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If a guy talks about food all the time, and thinks about food all the time, and dreams about food all the time, we call him a gourmet When someone talks, thinks, and dreams about gay men and transgender kids all the time, we call him JD Vance

What do you call an adult man who never stops talking about gay sex and transgendered kids, who never seems to stop thinking about gay sex and transgender kidy, who seems utterly obsessed with gay sex and transgendered kids? I call him JD Vance

If Trump had been in Munich in 1938 instead of Chamberlain, he would have given Hitler a blowjob along with the Sudetenland

He was a trailblazer for today's Republican party "Dennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, Dies" "The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84." NYT 10/5/26

Slimy dirtball and all-round sack of excrement Eric Schmitt is, amazingly enough, only the second worst Senator from Missouri!

Amateurs talk tactics. Professionals talk logistics Imbeciles talk testosterone levels

The President of the United States is a lying sack of shit "Trump Backs Away From Deal to Let Ukraine Build Patriot Missiles" NYT 8/1/2026

Paraphrasing Bette Davis:When someone dies, you should say something good. Lindsey Graham is dead. Good.

I have a question: When someone replies to something you said, is there any way to determine which post they are replying to? I'm a bit of a blabbermouth, so I can lose track

Why do we say "Chief Justice John Roberts" when we should be saying "Chief Justice John Roberts whose wife has earned $10 million in fees from law firms that practice before the Supreme Court"

#chess #database #chessbase I'm thinking of getting the new Mac Neo. This would mean leaving the world of Chessbase behind. Am I right in thinking that stockfish runs fine on a mac? Also, are there any good chess GUIs and chess database software for Mac?

Sindarov says that concrete calculation is the most important #chess skill. Caruana says that visualization ability is the critical #chess skill. Are they both talking about the same thing? Or is there a difference between calculation and visualization? And what is it?

A fast food place called "Dave's Hot Chicken" has opened in my neighborhood. Apparently it's part of a large chain. Has anyone ever eaten at one of these? Is it any good? And what is "hot chicken?"

An octogenarian here, looking for a definition of what is meant when someone is described as "based." From the context where I've seen it used is seems to be shorthand for "is a complete asshole." Or am I missing something?

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has threatened to revoke the licenses of networks that don't report the war the way Trump wants. Fuck him! Call (don't email!) your Representative and two Senators and demand that they begin impeachment proceedings against Brendan Carr! Let's revoke him instead!

This idea of using targeted strikes to take ut senile dictators is oddly attractive

DHS is creating a database of "Domestic Terrorists." We can help

Who, or what is David Plouffe?

Coincidence? "Adams and Police Chiefs Let N.Y.P.D. Corruption Fester, Suits Charge" NYT 6/10 "Eric Adams Asked Bill Ackman to Vet Campaign Manager Before Hiring Him" NYT 6/10

Does anyone have some informed opinions about who I should vote for in the New Jersey gubernatorial primary?

I don't have these kind of skills, but there must be someone who can edit the famous "Made it ma, top of the world!" clip to switch in Donald Trump for Cagney

RIP The great Jerry Butler. A voice line no other www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNPC...

As an angry Democrat, who should I donate money to right now. I know future elections are important, but are their groups fighting Trump in the courts right now? And how can I support them?

What? You thought they were kidding? Kennedy’s Lawyer Has Asked the F.D.A. to Revoke Approval of the Polio Vaccine" NYT 12/13/24 "

Full disclosure: If you cloned 49 copies of me and we all played in a simul against Ding Liren, we would be lucky to scape out one or two draws. BUT, I would have never played 55.Rf2, allowing the rook exchange. What the hell happened there?

Has anyone here ever done any cooking with the grain farro? How did you prepare it? And what was it like?

TIME TO INVEST IN BODY BAGS! "Nursing Home Industry Wants Trump to Rescind Staffing Mandate" NYT

Does anyone know WTF is happening in Syria? And could you explain it in simple terms