"How dare the Apaches fight back!"

Whenever I'm on an indigenous peoples reservation, I ask if they have a word for "murder" or "homicide."

These are not PhDs I'm asking, but regular folks who speak the language.

I have heard the word for "kill," referring to an animal or fish, but not a specific word for "murder" or "homicide."

There are other words the Native Americans don't have, like "railroad," "rifle," or "cancer."

The indigenous folks created portmanteaus like "Iron Horse" or "Fire Stick" as work-arounds.

TYPO fixed: "The Persians should never have been under-estimated and the attacks against their environment and infrastructure are only angering their people while hardening their resolve."

The Iranian military has manufactured and stockpiled thousands of drones, by their own admission.

They've been selling drones to Russia for years. And Vladimir Putin is going to put his foot down on Dummkopf Trumpf for constantly attacking his ally and economic partner. Russian oligarchs have invested billions in Iran and Putin is desperate to beat Ukraine.

Years of hostility and isolation by the West have given Iran a "bunker-industrial complex," financed by oil, secured by a sophisticated "SAVAK," and supported by Russia.

The Persians should never have been under-estimated and the attacks against their environment and infrastructure are only hardening angering their people while hardening their resolve.

US bases are getting hit with Iranian drones, but there is little reporting about this in the Western media.

And Iranian drone launchers are not stationary ICBM silos which can be easily targeted, but mobile and moved around on flatbed trucks.

Hah! Good one, Doc Sarvis.

I don't know why, but when I write comments about slimy Howard Nutlick, I also think of sycophantic Uriah Heep.

Your entreaty to a Higher Power about Dummkopf Trumpf reminded me of this wonderful Broadway song from last century.

I used to play a piano arrangement of this decades ago.

Enjoy the harmony, counterpoints, goofy choerography, and synchopation.

In Pennslyvania, real Democrats have been trying to kick this Faux News / Bill Maher fixture out for years.

An inexperienced mailman will be able to beat John Festerman in their next primary.

If miraculously not, someone fetch an elephant gun.

And people who say "blah-blah stroke" and "yada yada recovery" are making excuses or reasons or trying to "square a circle" about this DINO.

"Blech!"

The majority of the GIs from the "Greatest Generation" that fought fascism leaned Democratic, not Republican.

AI slice:

"Soldiers overwhelmingly voted for Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944, the only presidential election held during the war. FDR was the Democratic commanderinchief, and military ballots showed a large proDemocratic margin.

Gallup polls from 1945"1953 show that WWII veterans continued identifying as Democrats at higher rates than comparable nonveterans. This wasn't a temporary wartime effect " it persisted for decades."

What type of hijab was Dummkopf Trumpf singling out for ridicule? A or B? Or were any burqas like in C?

Lunatic Victor Marx (R) eked out a plurality of ~39% of the GOP vote, while Phil Weiser (D) easily beat Michael Bennet (D), despite millions of AIPAC dollars helping him.

The Centennial State will have a Democratic governor (Phil Weiser) on Tuesday 3 Nov 2026 who does not take AIPAC money.

AI slice:

"Colorado's 2026 primary voter turnout was 36.2%, according to the Colorado Secretary of State.

That figure reflects 1,457,832 ballots returned statewide, the highest primary turnout since at least 2018 (excluding the unusual 2020 pandemic primary).

The voter turnout was nearly an even split between Democrats and Republicans. Democrats took a slight edge with 98,163 more votes. While that seems like a high number, it's 6.7% of the total number of voters."

Corky strikes again! No, wait! Mother of Mercy! It's "Retort" this time!

Carpetbagging mega-oligarch Michael Bloomberg spent millions of dollars on Michael Bennet, an AIPAC-funded candidate who lost the Democratic Party primary to Phil Weiser and will now face this exorcist on Tuesday 3 Nov 2026.

"Habitat destruction is considered the strongest driver of species loss. The legislation has helped safeguard more than 1,700 species and their habitats, preventing 99% of those listed from going extinct, most famously the bald eagle. Experts fear the move could cause catastrophic damage to species already close to the brink."

~snip~

The soulless hellspawns of the nefarious Trumpf Crime Family (TCF) demostrating their love and compassion for Mother Nature and the Animal Kingdom:

Thanks MattM for the medical input.

Abdominal wounds are the worst injuries to inflict on someone.

I think MattM can attest to this better, but here goes my take.

The most dense amount of tissue is located there, the lengthy large and small intestines are coiled around like a snake.

The painful wound -- bullet, knife, or sword -- penetrates the digestive system spreading bacteria into the blood stream and the rest of the body, which leads to sepsis.

Why shoot someone in the gut to cause a slow, painful death that is difficult to treat?

There's no reason for this, other than sadism.

And ICE can be issued effective non-lethal rounds

Lastly, Araujo could have been picked up at a later date without violence as ICE had all of his pedigree info and he had nowhere to hide.

As retired 73rd Precint NYPD homicide detective First Grade "P.M." -- a good New York Irishman -- related to me last century:

"Meh. We'll pick him up tomorrow. Let's go get some coffee." [Sets fire to his Marlboro and enjoys a drag]

Gosh, I hope the Freedom Fuel Network gas isn't diluted with adulterating chemicals to save the plutocrats a shekel.

"Honey, the, uh, engine doesn't sound right. And there's no pep when I step on the pedal. We'd better have Cletus check out the car."

"Stupid Obama!"

Oof!

"I work my furry little paws to the bone for you people on my antiquated XP computer and this is the thanks I get!"

"Argh! Stupid American terrorists siding with oil-rich Iran's 93m people! Blargh! And don't support NATO ally Turkiye and their 88m people whose soldiers died alongside US Marines in Korea! Blargh! Keep Israel's 7.7m Jews in world class universal healthcare while they murder Muslims and steal their land! Argh! Stupid American taxpayers! Enjoy the BBB! Plargh!"

"...lowering prices, by a lot, at my junta's request" sounds like socialism, not capitalism.

We're all glad that Dummkopf Trumpf is finally learning from NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D), the jagged pebble in the Republican Party and AIPAC's shoe.

"Ouch! Melanoma! Help me out of my compression socks and get this rock outta my foot! Gargh!"

"Do it yourself, Diaper Boy! Blech!"

I'm innocent I tells ya!
(we have more threads than posters now... I always ck, but sometimes I miss one)

#7 | Posted by Corky at 2026-07-10 03:55 PM | Reply | Flag: Uh-huh

*** The West Bank: Palestinian Infant's Birth and Death Certificates Issued on Same Day ***

Thomas Massie for US Senate, as Nerfherder pointed out.

Dwight Eisenhower, 17 Jan 1961: "In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist."

April 1961: New POTUS JFK asks advice from a retired five-star US Army general with 52 years military experience about Asia and communism. General Douglas MacArthur (Ret) had trained the Philippines Army ("I shall return"), was the former American viceroy of occupied Japan who humbled the Emperor, and outsmarted the North Koreans at Inchon with his own D-Day ("Take that, Ike!").

The "American Caesar" advised the [Catholic] POTUS about Asia: "Make Japan, the Phillipines, and Formosa your Red Lines. Concentrate on domestic issues [sic]."