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Politics / Re: Congress releases names of over 20 lawmakers ... investigated for sexual miscon
« Last post by SVPete on April 21, 2026, 06:36:16 PM »
Quote from: Ralph Wiggum on April 21, 2026, 05:33:48 PM
What, no fat Teddy or his running buddy Chris Dodd, renowned for their "waitress sandwiches"?

That was my first thought, but the list is from the House while Dodd and Teddy the Snorkel were Senators.
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Politics / Re: Congress releases names of over 20 lawmakers ... investigated for sexual miscon
« Last post by Ralph Wiggum on April 21, 2026, 05:33:48 PM »
What, no fat Teddy or his running buddy Chris Dodd, renowned for their "waitress sandwiches"?
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General Discussion / Mamdani Orders Visiting Teams To Redistribute Some Of Their Runs To The Mets
« Last post by Ralph Wiggum on April 21, 2026, 05:32:38 PM »
NEW YORK, NY — In a bold new effort to address what he referred to as "run inequality," Mayor Zohran Mamdani ordered that a percentage of runs scored by each visiting MLB team be redistributed to the struggling New York Mets.

In order to achieve equity on the baseball diamond, Mamdani stated that city officials would seize 40% of all runs scored by visiting teams and give them to the Mets, who are currently on an 11-game losing streak.

"It's time to even the playing field for our less-fortunate teams," Mamdani said at a press conference held outside Citi Field. "Baseball has for too long been a system where a small number of teams hoard runs while others, specifically the Mets, are left struggling to meet even their most basic scoring needs. It's not fair that some teams can collect lots of wins while some teams — again, we're talking about the Mets — can't collect any."

While many baseball fans criticized run redistribution as antithetical to sports competition, Mamdani stated that the old method of teams earning runs themselves is broken. "Some teams just are not capable of earning their own runs. And by some teams, I mean the New York Mets," said Mamdani. "For decades now, people have tried to tell the Mets to just 'play better' to score runs. But that kind of thinking ignores the structural barriers preventing them from scoring runs — like the other team's pitching, defense, and overall competence. These barriers cannot be overcome, at least not by the Mets."

At publishing time, the Kansas City Royals had petitioned the mayor of their city to adopt the same run redistribution policy.

This BEE very much akin to communism
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The DUmpster / Re: Kamala Harris Just Lit Trump the **** Up
« Last post by Ralph Wiggum on April 21, 2026, 05:29:47 PM »
Heard clips of that and am still amazed that anyone either votes for her or thinks she is intelligent. She's gone into the Cankles mode of affecting an accent and none of the shit she says makes a modicum of sense.

Besides the fact she sounds drunk all the time during her public speaking appearances.
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Breaking News / Re: Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 4/21
« Last post by SVPete on April 21, 2026, 05:08:25 PM »
Yeah, block of salt time. US attack seem to be by air, and the source is reliably Prog and America-hating The Guardian. If it isn't pure fiction it probably was cartel forces or Ecuadorian navy or coast guard. I lean toward the former.
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The DUmpster / Re: Kamala Harris Just Lit Trump the **** Up
« Last post by FlippyDoo on April 21, 2026, 04:53:40 PM »
Say what you want, I don't know that there's many other KnobGobblers who can whip up a word salad recipe like the KnobGobbling World Salad Chef.

I didn't read it or hear it. Did she happen to work in her favorite quote? I can't remember the exact wording. Maybe "with your head up your ass you're not blinded by what could have been" or something kind of like that.
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The DUmpster / Re: "Donald Trump's presidency is a morality lesson.
« Last post by ADsOutburst on April 21, 2026, 04:39:46 PM »
They lost me at:

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"Donald Trump's presidency is a morality lesson.

Then, just now, I went back to read it again, and they lost me for good at:

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He is a living example of what happens when a man is given power that far exceeds his character."
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Breaking News / Re: Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 4/21
« Last post by enslaved1 on April 21, 2026, 03:38:31 PM »
‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out

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By 4pm, the light was softening over the Pacific, and the crew of the Don Maca were finishing a long day hauling in lines of swordfish and albacore. Down in the hold, the mood had settled into the familiar rhythm of a fishing day drawing to a close.

“We were just working, waiting for the last trawler to return,” said Jhonny Sebastián Palacios, one of the fishers. “Everything was perfectly fine.”

From nowhere, an explosion ripped through the boat. “There was a sudden crash – boom! It came from a drone,” he said.

The blast tore through the vessel, shattering glass, and injuring several crew members. “I ran upstairs and saw the boat destroyed … The whole ship was stripped bare,” he said.

A group of Ecuadorian fishers have described how they were attacked in a double drone strike and then detained at gunpoint by soldiers on a US-flagged patrol vessel, in a rare first-hand account by victims of Donald Trump’s militarized campaign against alleged drug-trafficking boats off South America.

Have a good amount of salt available.  The US troops supposedly stole the crew's beer and managed to confiscate almost everyone's cellphones to delete all but a couple of photos.  The official response so far...

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The Pentagon and the White House did not respond to requests for comment. US Southern Command said it had “no information to provide regarding any US government personnel involvement in any of the incidents” laid out.

Doesn't guarantee something didn't happen, but I'm not betting much on the accuracy of this account. 
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Breaking News / Re: Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 4/21
« Last post by SVPete on April 21, 2026, 01:59:24 PM »
BREAKING: Scandal-Riddled Dem Congresswoman Resigns

https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/04/21/breaking-scandal-riddled-dem-congresswoman-resigns-n4952027

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Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who was found guilty of ethics violations after stealing significant amounts of federal funds for her own campaign and personal luxury shopping, has resigned from Congress.

The scandal-plagued Democrat representative from Florida under federal indictment resigned on April 21, but in doing so, she did not admit that she almost certainly broke campaign finance laws in spectacular and egregious fashion. She expressed no repentance for wasting taxpayer-funded relief on her jewelry and political campaign. Rather, she whined that she was a victim.
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Cherfilus-McCormick appropriated over $5 million in COVID-19 relief from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to her campaign. Not only was she using this taxpayer money for her personal political campaign, which is against federal law, but she even used the taxpayer money for luxury purchases such as a 3.14-carat yellow diamond ring, according to the New York Post. She is also guilty of a "straw donors scheme."

Hopefully there will also be Federal prosecution.
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Politics / Congress releases names of over 20 lawmakers ... investigated for sexual miscon
« Last post by SVPete on April 21, 2026, 01:46:33 PM »
Congress releases names of over 20 lawmakers and former lawmakers investigated for sexual misconduct

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/congress-releases-names-over-20-lawmakers-and-former-lawmakers-investigated

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The House Ethics Committee released a list Monday of current and former lawmakers who have been accused of sexual misconduct and its probes into those lawmakers since 1976.
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Here are the lawmakers on the list:

Former California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, who was investigated in 2026.

Former Texas GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales, who was investigated in 2026.

Florida GOP Rep. Cory Mills, who is still under investigation.

Former Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz, who was under investigation in 2024.

Former New York GOP Rep. George Santos, who was investigated in 2023.

Former North Carolina GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who was investigated in 2022.

Former Guam Democratic Rep. Michael San Nicolas, who was investigated in 2022.

Former New York GOP Rep. Tom Reed, who was investigated in 2021.

The late-Florida Democratic Rep. Alcee Hastings, who was listed twice for investigations, in 2020 and 2014.

Former California Democratic Rep. Katie Hill, who was investigated in 2019.

Former Nevada Democratic Rep. Ruben Kihuen, who was investigated in 2018.

Former Pennsylvania GOP Rep. Patrick Meehan, who was also investigated in 2018.

The late-Texas GOP Rep. Blake Farenthold, who died in 2025 and was investigated in 2018.

Former Arizona GOP Rep. Trent Franks, who was investigated in 2017.

The late-Michigan Democratic Rep. John Conyers, who was investigated in 2017. He died at the age of 90.

Former Democratic New York Rep. Eric Massa, who was investigated in 2010.

Former Democratic California Rep. Gary Condit, who was investigated in 2001.

Former Illinois Democratic Rep. Mel Reynolds, who was investigated in 1995.

Former Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank, who was investigated in 1990.

The late-Illinois Democratic Rep. Gus Savage, who was investigated in 1990.

Former Democratic California Rep. Jim Banks, who was investigated in 1989.

The late-Ohio GOP Rep. Donald “Buz” Lukens, who was also investigated in 1989.

The late-Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Gerry Studds. who was investigated in 1983.

The late-Republican Illinois Rep. Dan Crane, who was investigated in 1983.

The late-Democratic Ohio Rep. Wayne Hays, who was investigated for an alleged affair with a staffer in 1976.
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