The Frankish Reich

Actually a damn good take here - read it!

I agree, it doesn't make any sense to try to arrest or prosecute them. But they know damn well what they're doing. It's meant as a provocation (under our 1st Amendment, a protected provocation), and it is doing exactly what it is intended to do.

I wouldn't ever say the "can" or they "can't." They should be free to do so. But let's not ignore the political statements that flying certain flags are intended to make. Flying an Irish flag on St Patrick's Day? That's nothing more than proclaiming your ancestry. Flying a Palestinian flag on October 7? That's a whole different thing.

Well, it's now clear: Melania's open letter to Putin was the turning point. Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize! Melania Trump, that is.

She was treated humanely. One perfect kill shot. Instant death. Isn't that what the Trumpy gun nuts preach?

There's some confusion here. They aren't flying a "British flag." I'm not even sure such a thing exists to symbolize Britain (England, Scotland, Wales). They aren't flying the Union Jack, the flag of the UK (including Northern Ireland and Britain). They are flying the ENGLISH flag, which has a whole different connotation; you don't see that flag a whole lot other than in World Cup years. The connotation is this: England is for the ethnically English. Not for the UK citizens of South Asian or Caribbean or whatever other ancestry. Maybe not even Scottish or Welsh, and for sure not Irish. English. England for the English. And so yes, it is perceived as racist because that concept is, by definition, racist.

Did I ever say they shouldn't be treated humanely? Of course I believed they were properly prosecuted, but I wasn't in favor of sending them to Alligator Alcatraz or Uganda or whatever.

Being the Voice of Reason here is not something I chose; it became my duty. And the Voice of Reason sez: We can argue about WJWDoWND (What Jesus Would or Would Not Do). And enforcing borders and immigration is one of those things that Jesus may just have left to the government. But I do know Jesus would like to see all people - all his brothers - treated humanely and with dignity. Even if they are being deported, and even if they are criminals who are being deported.

Which will, of course, have to be weighed (hah!) against the oft-spoken side effects of obesity. Just like, you know, the side effects of the COVID vaccines must be weighed against the effects of getting COVID. I know, it involves math and all that ...

Oh, I am appreciative. By the way, you guys continue to ignore my food shopping advice. Relatively healthy meal for 4: Costco rotisserie chicken, still $4.99. Cut up into Costco family Caesar salad: about $9.00. Dinner = $3.50 per person. I have more tips if you'd like them ...

Thank you for pointing me to this fine Made in Polwkzu product, which is likely made in the United States of Poland. That way you'll never need a desk!

The anti-IKEA tariff. College students rejoice, your parents can pay hundreds of dollars more for your desk.

My wife wasn't happy about Hobby Lobby and Obamacare. We still shopped there when our kids needed stuff for school projects. I didn't like Chick-fil-As ownership opposition to gay marriage. I don't really care for their chicken sandwiches either. But my kids like them so we occasionally went there. My elderly dad really likes Cracker Barrel. I take him there occasionally (but not since the minor do-over). I still will. I suspect he won't complain unless they take away the Old Timer's Breakfast or whatever it's called. My life isn't some kind of performance of upper middle class urban white center-liberalism. I don't require vendors to align themselves perfectly with my ideas of virtue and vice. In some aspects of my life I'm a political person, but much more frequently I'm just a consumer. Try it! It's liberating!!

I understand you've never had a security clearance. If you had, you'd know what I'm talking about.

Geez, I didn't take you for the toxic masculine type who would be offended by calling out toxic masculinity. But I guess you never know who you're dealing with online. You could be the forgotten third Tate bro

True. That is in the report. Steele didn't make things up from whole cloth. He reiterated derogatory/compromising information (yes, that includes rumors) in what looked like an official package. In short, there was nothing in Steele's "dossier" that wouldn't have been fair game in a background investigation done for anyone seeking the highest level security clearances.

State ownership isn't socialism when we do it. State-owned grocery store? Communist! State-owned chip maker? America First through state ownership!

Whoa, buddy! That's some bold action. Don't go all J6 outside Gillette Stadium!

By the way, a little context on why Cracker Barrel wanted to ever-so-slightly revamp: Q3 last year: comparable restaurant sales down 1.6%. Comparable retail sales (all that "World's Best Grandpa" mug crap) down 6.7%. Maybe 6.7% fewer grandpas are the best in world as compared to 2023, or maybe tastes have changed and fewer customers want to buy stupid sh!t? So maybe they downsize the part of the outlet devoted to selling stupid crap and increase/modernize the part that has some hope of turning a profit? But no, you dumb effs are gonna boycott them (which would have an impact on a countryporn dependent product) and you'll be left with just Waffle House. https://dcfmodeling.com/blogs/health/cbrl-financial-health?srsltid=AfmBOopHljg2uCYds7rv7GoqM8xEmgWpCdsZXsm_f7_mJroBvUrjZ8O4 What's your beef with Costco? Are the rotisserie chickens now more gay-friendly?

Intentional erasure of American culture, I tell you! Stupid ass chain restaurant. First they came for the Taco Bell Chihuahua, now the old Cracker Barrel cracker.

Dean Jones, our nation turns its lonely eyes to you.

Don't give up, @JDHillFan! You can do it!

Heaven forbid a company try to skew younger, as in 40s and 50s in place of 70s and 80s. It may be fake nostalgia, but it's our fake nostalgia!

Re-elect Mayor Adams and don't worry about grocery prices under his Potato Chip Big Cash Give-Away Plan! https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/winnie-greco-eric-adams-aide-attempted-cash-katie-honan-reporter/

No, he's supposed to nominate them, then according to the constitution the (Republican) Senate is supposed to confirm them. If you'd been paying attention in middle school Civics you'd know that. That's what the article is about. But hey, nice work, "Cynical Publius." You exposed Tarheel's ignorance.