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Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - August 12, 2025 [scampydog]
Eleven miles south of Manila, Utah on UT Hwy 44 is the Sheep Creek Bay Interpretive Overlook. This paved pullout sits nearly 500 feet above the surface of the reservoir and rewards visitors with sweeping views of Sheep Creek Bay, a great launching point for water activities. During his historic Green River and Colorado River expedition in 1869, John Wesley Powell and crew named the area after witnessing the sun reflecting off the brilliant red hues of the sandstone cliffs towering above the Green River. Today visitors can witness the same spectacle by making a stop to the overlook during sunrise or sunset year-round.
You made it! Welcome to the Tuesday ONT. Join the comment section with your own brand of brilliance and sarcasm. Lurkers, consider the comment below your signal.
Alan Dershowitz, the renowned legal scholar and longtime defender of civil liberties, recently found himself at the center of a bizarre confrontation at the West Tisbury Farmers Market on Martha’s Vineyard. What started as an attempt to purchase some pierogis escalated into a public dispute that lays bare the growing intolerance among certain progressive circles. Dershowitz, who has faced backlash for his past representation of high-profile clients Jeffrey Epstein and his vocal support for Israel, was refused service by vendor Krem Miskevich of Good Pierogi. The incident, now dubbed “Pierogi-gate,” has sparked debates about discrimination, free speech, and the left’s selective application of principles like inclusivity.
Young guy has some game. Matt Rife roasting a lot of drunk women. It's a longer video, maybe bookmark for later.
At first glance, a 265-year-old beer brand may seem like an odd fit for Gen Z consumers, many of whom are more accustomed to CBD gummies and adaptogenic drinks than they are to a frothy stout. The trend calls to mind Pabst Blue Ribbon’s resurgence in the late 2010s. Unlike Pabst, however, which made a comeback thanks to hipsters, Guinness’ popularity rests squarely on the shoulders of social media influencers. Or, as many have taken to calling them, Guinnfluencers.
- Can you parallel park?
- Do you know how to change a tire?
- Do you own more than one firearm?
- Do you know that when my daughter says, "Nothing is wrong," it's a trap?
- Longbow or crossbow?
- As the article below mentions, "Are you a communist?" Wise words from AoSHQ regular commenter, Admiral Ackbar (of highly questionable links) speaks the truth.
A refreshingly, old-school overture that is deeply appreciated. I am a big fan of having my expectations managed—particularly with regards to my daughter and her happiness with the opposite sex. Mrs. Shepherd asked why the prospective son-in-law—code named “Too Tall”—didn’t just call me or schedule a more personal Zoom? “No, Mom,” my daughter said, “he wants to ask Dad in person.” I nodded, thinking well-played future son-in-law, you will be seeing me soon.
Active military or those that have served, you know. For the rest, here are some inside jokes for military patches. Hit the link for pictures and descriptions.
“Flaming Anus” — 9th Infantry Division
Based Susan 😂 pic.twitter.com/6Kq1woXEeY
— Giga Based Dad (@GigaBasedDad) August 7, 2025
According to Forbes, Blood Waterfall was discovered over 110 years ago by geoscientist Griffith Taylor. Mr Taylor gave his name both to the glacier where he found the spewing red water and to Taylor Valley, into which the glacier flows. Initially, researchers believed that the colour of the waterfall could be because of red algae content in the water. However, new research recently explained that the waterfall is rich in iron, which reacts with oxygen in the air when the water emerges from the glacier, staining it a bloody crimson colour. Another thing that left scientists baffled was the temperature in the area, which is almost minus 19 degrees Celcius. So, the fact that the water was running and not frozen solid was surprising.
I have a lot of questions about this. However, any reading about snipers is worth a look. Human Freeze Response and snipers. H/T to RCP - Real Clear Science.hmmmmmm..........guess its good he is up there !!!pic.twitter.com/duCV3seKlC
— Mooses Felix 🇺🇸 (@MoosesFelix) August 11, 2025
She offers two very different examples of people who are able to control the freeze response to their advantage. One is living statues, those street performers you see in tourist hotspots who are able to stay almost unnaturally still. The other? Snipers. Military marksmen also stay incredibly still, while simultaneously making critical decisions about accuracy and when to take a shot in a life-or-death situation. It’s something Roelofs has replicated in the lab and her work has also been integrated into training for the Dutch police. She created a virtual reality shooting game where players “have to make decisions on a threat and we force them to keep their heart rate in a certain area.” Roelofs says: “We found that the stronger the magnitude of the freezing [based on measurements of players’ heart rates], the better they were at the game and the faster they were in their decisions.”
you forgot chris hemsworth 🤤 pic.twitter.com/YL0Lc66hFt
— SETHY 🪐 (@sethspov) August 2, 2025
This ONT brought to you by: Intellivision and its 16-bit processor. Dust off those controllers. Sharp graphics for its day. Bonus: George Plimpton advertising.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: mindful webworker - bloody right at August 12, 2025 10:00 PM (RbyvF)
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Posted by: TRex - crossing off the Bangles from the Wed ONT at August 12, 2025 10:03 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: QED Texan at August 12, 2025 10:03 PM (fveCG)
I don't want to make trouble, but why are people so violently opposed to AI imagery? Its still a picture even if a computer came up with it. Animation by a computer can still be fun and entertaining.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Fake ad, 5 good looking black chicks whining about why they were passed over for the AE Jeans ad. One girl had six fingers on her left hand with no thumb and had a left hand on her right arm. F'n hilarious.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2025 10:04 PM (WS89C)
“Four Lieutenants Pointing North” — 4th Infantry Division
Posted by: RickZ at August 12, 2025 10:04 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2025 10:04 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 10:04 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 12, 2025 10:05 PM (1Ye21)
We're hiring.
Posted by: The Last Resort, Elon City at August 12, 2025 10:05 PM (gKWVE)
At the end of WWII, Germany, Italy and Japan become US colonies. France does too, because France causes all the troubles every time.
UK becomes a US territory. Same with Spain. Communism in China is nipped in the bud. Moscow becomes a smoking hole as a warning.
I think in this scenario, Bill Clinton becomes a hobo and Donald Trump develops properties all over the world.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 12, 2025 10:05 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 10:06 PM (41CYW)
Don't join any club where they'd have you as a member.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2025 10:06 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Receive gp's Free No-Information Obligation Packet at August 12, 2025 10:06 PM (iBAge)
Posted by: QED Texan at August 12, 2025 10:06 PM (fveCG)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 12, 2025 10:07 PM (5+Y60)
“Four Lieutenants Pointing North” — 4th Infantry Division
Posted by: RickZ at August 12, 2025 10:04 PM (gKDq2)
I used to collect WWII patches, got a shitload of them. Some really had me scratching my head wondering what the hell they were thinking when they designed them.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 12, 2025 10:07 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 12, 2025 10:07 PM (1Ye21)
Posted by: TRex
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Evening, TRex. How those push ups coming along?
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 10:08 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2025 10:06 PM
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Is that why some Saturday nights are quiet in Club ONT?
Posted by: TRex - could be the sticky floors? at August 12, 2025 10:08 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Doof at August 12, 2025 10:09 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 12, 2025 10:09 PM (wQPGd)
Posted by: On the Old Front Porch at August 12, 2025 10:09 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Doof
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Evening, Doof! All three D's in the house this evening.
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 10:10 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Sock Monkey
My mom made a killer potato non grata.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2025 10:10 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 12, 2025 10:10 PM (QcUc+)
Oh and to the lurkers who might have seen the pissy shit earlier, ace does not regularly do that. He could be like the guy at LGF. He's not.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2025 10:10 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 12, 2025 10:11 PM (5+Y60)
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 10:08 PM
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I've managed to get the beverage from the glass into my mouth without spilling tonight, so that's a good sign.
Posted by: TRex - friend of hans and franz at August 12, 2025 10:11 PM (IQ6Gq)
@C__Herridge
NEW I have obtained a newly declassified @FBI
interview summary from 2017 about intelligence leaks from the Russia probes.
While the interview subject’s name is withheld, it appears to be a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
According to the FBI report known as a ‘302,’ (redacted) “noted Swalwell has been the source of a lot of leaked information and had to be counseled to be more careful.”
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 12, 2025 10:11 PM (mlg/3)
Dr appt went as expected. I have gout. Near the big toe. Got proscribed a drug and sent on my way. I'll pick it up tomorrow. I'm walking a bit better now so it's improving before I pick up the drug. Still can't put full pressure on my right foot. Being 29 is no joke.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 12, 2025 10:12 PM (sAmhv)
And then there's Soft Cell. Almond was a 7/10 lyricist but did not write "Tainted Love".
Most people know that Johnny Cash didn't write "Hurt" either but it's his now.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2025 10:12 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: davidt at August 12, 2025 10:12 PM (i0F8b)
At the end of WWII, Germany, Italy and Japan become US colonies. France does too, because France causes all the troubles every time.
UK becomes a US territory. Same with Spain. Communism in China is nipped in the bud. Moscow becomes a smoking hole as a warning.
I think in this scenario, Bill Clinton becomes a hobo and Donald Trump develops properties all over the world.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 12, 2025 10:05 PM (CHHv1)
You'd have to start with FDR never being President...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 12, 2025 10:13 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Humble Hank at August 12, 2025 10:13 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 10:10 PM (41CYW)
Do we need our restroom tokens? Or do you have a fire hydrant for your ONTs?
Posted by: Doof at August 12, 2025 10:13 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 12, 2025 10:13 PM (bKn1x)
“Four Lieutenants Pointing North” — 4th Infantry Division
Posted by: RickZ
"Hawaii Power and Light" got me. 4LPN was a close second.
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2025 10:13 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Doof
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Wood pile is out back. Sometimes it needs checking on.
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 10:14 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2025 10:14 PM (Mq5fn)
People are free to associate with whomever they wish, and not associate with whomever they don't. But the government says otherwise and backs it up with force.*
*For certain groups only
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2025 10:14 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Puddleglum,
Next up: Lumbago
Posted by: Doc Campbell At The Shady Rest at August 12, 2025 10:15 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: gKWVE
It's different when the original artist says the cover is so much better that it's not his song anymore.
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2025 10:15 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2025 10:16 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: QED Texan at August 12, 2025 10:16 PM (fveCG)
Sky is full of wildfire smoke. Had to close my windows after I could smell the smoke in my apartment.
Sky to the west is orange. Creepy.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 12, 2025 10:16 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 12, 2025 10:12 PM (sAmhv)
Whatever that prescription drug is - they should have a commercial with a Tears for Fears parody song...
"Gout. Gout. Get it all out!"
Seriously though - hope you recover quickly!
Posted by: Doof at August 12, 2025 10:16 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 10:14 PM
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Phew. That's a relief. Literally. Had to go but forgot to ask first.
Posted by: TRex - heh, heh, heh. He said "wood." at August 12, 2025 10:16 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: gKWVE
I'm the guy who convinces someone to prop the exit-only back door open so I can sneak in. Apparently I need to quit bringing the bad hash to the party.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 12, 2025 10:16 PM (1Ye21)
Posted by: gKWVE
It's different when the original artist says the cover is so much better that it's not his song anymore.
Posted by: mikeski
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Saw an interview by the original band, Nine Inch Nails - lead singer (I think) admitted he was a bit put off with Johnny Cash covering it. Then he saw the video and it changed his outlook.
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 10:18 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: QED Texan at August 12, 2025 10:16 PM
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You're fine. Just bring double grata tomorrow night.
Posted by: TRex - how much grata is enough? at August 12, 2025 10:18 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2025 10:18 PM (WS89C)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 12, 2025 10:16 PM (mT+6a)
Orange sky at night, Trumpian delight.
Posted by: The Weather Report on The Gorilla Channel at August 12, 2025 10:19 PM (XCUp7)
Posted by: QED Texan at August 12, 2025 10:16 PM
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You're fine. Just bring double grata tomorrow night.
Posted by: TRex
Grata! Grata! Grata!
Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2025 10:19 PM (WS89C)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 12, 2025 10:19 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
We have common sense pissy shit control!!
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2025 10:19 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 10:14 PM
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Phew. That's a relief. Literally. Had to go but forgot to ask first.
Posted by: TRex - heh, heh, heh. He said "wood." at August 12, 2025 10:16 PM (IQ6Gq)
Thank you, T Rex, for a proper use of the word "literally"!!! That word has nearly loss all meaning and effect anymore with the annoying overuse and misuse.
I'd high-five you, but...
Posted by: Doof at August 12, 2025 10:19 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: QED Texan at August 12, 2025 10:16 PM (fveCG)
You didn't miss much. The Monday ONT host is kinda lame.
Posted by: Doof at August 12, 2025 10:20 PM (QMAsf)
At the end of WWII almost all of our military units were filled with people that wanted out of the service and back home in America. Leaders felt the same way, except of Patton.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 12, 2025 10:21 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 10:18 PM (41CY
Trent Reznor told Cash that was his song now.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 12, 2025 10:22 PM (5+Y60)
Posted by: davidt at August 12, 2025 10:22 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: Mary Clogerstein from Brattleboro, Vt at August 12, 2025 10:22 PM (cAexM)
Posted by: Doof at August 12, 2025 10:20 PM
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But you'll love the new Thursday ONT host!
Posted by: TRex - winds of change at August 12, 2025 10:22 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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what thread was that- I'd like to read
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at August 12, 2025 10:23 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: davidt
Seconded. Seegar is what Springsteen wishes he was.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 12, 2025 10:23 PM (1Ye21)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 12, 2025 10:23 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 12, 2025 10:24 PM (L9kkv)
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 10:25 PM (41CYW)
KTE has a freeze response
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 12, 2025 10:25 PM (IMKWe)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2025 10:25 PM (wHp1L)
I suppose I have more shoes than some women but they all fill specific roles and applications. So I don’t buy that one bit.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 12, 2025 10:25 PM (gkpAx)
Posted by: Mary Clogerstein
If Mary were real, her autocucumber would change her catchphrase to "children of collar," which would be darkly humorous.
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2025 10:26 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Ready 5 at August 12, 2025 10:27 PM (yx8Q1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
The real takeaway from that kerfuffle is: If you get ace's goat, he'll stew for a week and then break down like a fat girl who forgot her lunch money at home. Bring back Lamont, already.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 12, 2025 10:27 PM (XCUp7)
Posted by: Doc Campbell At The Shady Rest at August 12, 2025 10:15 PM (G5+As)
Last night I dreamt of lumbago....
Posted by: Mandonna at August 12, 2025 10:27 PM (0eaVi)
Great photo up top of scenic Utah and the Green River.
I guess if I have to ask what a Shrek Twinkie is, it means I need to get out of the house more often?
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 12, 2025 10:27 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: davidt
Seconded. Seegar is what Springsteen wishes he was.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 12, 2025 10:23 PM (1Ye21)
***pedant alert***
Pete Seeger is a nasty old Commie folk singer.
Bob Seger is a classic rocker.
And sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
/pedant
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2025 10:27 PM (Mq5fn)
Posted by: Gnostic Surface at August 12, 2025 10:27 PM (kZs1J)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2025 10:28 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2025 10:28 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 12, 2025 10:16 PM (mT+6a)
The spirit of Trump is engulfing Canadia.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2025 10:28 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: TRex - no personal knowledge at August 12, 2025 10:28 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Hans O'Lo at August 12, 2025 10:29 PM (kmSxS)
Posted by: Joyenz at August 12, 2025 10:29 PM (sPQoU)
Superintendent Alberto Carvalho went on to explain that federal agents left bullets on the ground. "That example says all we need to know about why these actions should not be taking place around schools, bullets on the ground.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 12, 2025 10:29 PM (NeYqv)
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 12, 2025 10:25 PM (gkpAx)
No shit-kickin' shoes? Are you some kind of infidel?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2025 10:29 PM (Mq5fn)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 12, 2025 10:29 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient
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Evening, LS. As some above noted - a bit of olderish content this evening. Shrek Twinkies were the rage in the 90's with the pre-teens/early teens. And some adults with impulse control issues.
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 10:30 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 12, 2025 10:30 PM (L9kkv)
I suppose I have more shoes than some women but they all fill specific roles and applications. So I don’t buy that one bit.
Posted by: Cow Demon
That's the sort of huge pile of shoes a person should have.
Eleven pairs of sandals, differences in color distinguishable only by spectroscopy, is the problem.
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2025 10:30 PM (DgGvY)
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I would like to lodge a complaint with the management about this.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 12, 2025 10:31 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 12, 2025 10:23 PM (u82oZ)
Judy, Judy, Judy?
Posted by: A Leach at August 12, 2025 10:31 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Hans O'Lo
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Thanks for hopping in. Welcome to the chaos. That is an actual Intellivision box in my basement. Full box of games to go with it! Winters get long here.
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 10:32 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Cow Demon
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Jesus only had one pair of shoes and they were sandals.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 12, 2025 10:32 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Doof at August 12, 2025 10:32 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: TRex - no personal knowledge at August 12, 2025 10:28 PM (IQ6Gq)
There might be a feminine venereal disease with that first one.
Posted by: RickZ at August 12, 2025 10:32 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2025 10:33 PM (kkTda)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2025 10:33 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 12, 2025 10:33 PM (XCUp7)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 12, 2025 10:33 PM (L9kkv)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 12, 2025 10:31 PM (JkO4W)
Go stick on the clipboard in the back with the others.
Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2025 10:34 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 12, 2025 10:34 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 12, 2025 10:32 PM
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Did he wear his sandals when walking on water or carry them across?
Posted by: TRex - theology puzzler at August 12, 2025 10:34 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 12, 2025 10:29 PM (NeYqv)
Stupid F'er. Those were foam earplugs!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2025 10:34 PM (0eaVi)
Mentioned this last thread. I didn't know she became a veterinarian. That's one child star that got out from under Hollywood's control.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2025 10:35 PM (WS89C)
Dr appt went as expected. I have gout. Near the big toe... I'm walking a bit better now so it's improving before I pick up the drug.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 12, 2025 10:12 PM (sAmhv)
Glad you are feeling better. My dad also had the gout in his big toe.
Posted by: joemarine at August 12, 2025 10:35 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 12, 2025 10:35 PM (JkO4W)
He thinks he might have two pair of shoes.
Posted by: Hans O'Lo at August 12, 2025 10:35 PM (u7pQw)
Been a lurker - but extremely rare posted - for a long time long time. But that Intellivision sponsorship has made my day! Still love it!
Posted by: Hans O'Lo at August 12, 2025 10:29 PM (kmSxS)
_________
Lurker less, comment more. They put up with me, so you know the standards are very low.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2025 10:35 PM (kkTda)
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 10:32 PM (41CYW)
You really are my brother from another mother! I still have my Atari 2600 with several dozen games - and WORKING paddles. Also my original NES with the Mario Bros / Duck Hunt cartridge and light gun controller.
My boys and I used to have a New Years Eve tradition of playing those old consoles. Then they grew up.
Come on over to Casa de Doof and we'll party like it's 1985!
Posted by: Doof at August 12, 2025 10:35 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Pumped at August 12, 2025 10:36 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 12, 2025 10:30 PM (L9kkv)
That calls for a boogie:
https://youtu.be/OM4Zl4waKIQ
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2025 10:36 PM (Mq5fn)
My generation probably has a high rate of carpal tunnel due to the NES controller design.
Posted by: PabloD at August 12, 2025 10:36 PM (APp3S)
Mattel has a presence in 35 countries and territories; its products are sold in more than 150 countries.[15][16]
It is the world's second largest toy maker in terms of revenue, after the Lego Group.[17][18] Two of its historic and most valuable brands, Barbie and Hot Wheels, were respectively named the top global toy property and the top-selling global toy of the year for 2020
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far out
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2025 10:36 PM (wHp1L)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 12, 2025 10:23 PM
Judy, Judy, Judy?
Posted by: A Leach at August 12, 2025 10:31 PM
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Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!
Posted by: TRex - nostalgia historian at August 12, 2025 10:36 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 12, 2025 10:36 PM (u82oZ)
Bob almost got DOGEd but he lucked out and had stopped watching “Advanced Scissoring VI” when they did the spot check.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2025 10:36 PM (QZThv)
My SiL asked me first before he asked Girl F. and although I was flattered and very pleased think it is an unnecessary practice and a little backward.
I would have been as pleased either way.
Posted by: Mirror Universe Mr. Spock because Star Wars canon is bullsh*t at August 12, 2025 10:37 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2025 10:37 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 10:32 PM (41CYW)
I hope you have an old CRT TV to use it on. That old shit don't work with the new modern flat screens. Ask me how I know.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 12, 2025 10:37 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2025 10:37 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 12, 2025 10:39 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 10:32 PM (41CYW)
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That is awesome! Hope you get a chance to play it once in a while!
I must confess that I have an... unhealthy amount of Intellivision stuff! Even a website about it.
That box is from pretty early on in the system's lifespan - 1981 or so I reckon. Our replacement system had that box -- we "let the smoke out" of the first one lol.
It actually stayed on the market until 1990... and to this day, there are people making new games -- boxes and overlays and all!
Crazy!
Posted by: Hans O'Lo at August 12, 2025 10:39 PM (u7pQw)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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That's pretty good, AOP. Not heard that one before.
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 10:39 PM (41CYW)
One pro tip. When Admiral Ackbar says it is a trap, believe him.
When Admiral Ackbar says it is not a trap, do not believe him.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 12, 2025 10:40 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: gKWVE
It's different when the original artist says the cover is so much better that it's not his song anymore.
Posted by: mikeski
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Saw an interview by the original band, Nine Inch Nails - lead singer (I think) admitted he was a bit put off with Johnny Cash covering it. Then he saw the video and it changed his outlook.
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 10:18 PM (41CYW)
Otis Redding said that about Aretha Franklin when he heard her sing the song he wrote for himself: Respect.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 12, 2025 10:40 PM (ZyG/M)
It is muggy as hell here. Temp is 74.5F. Dewpoint is 75F.
Came out of a local joint this evening that had the A/C cranked up pretty good. My glasses immediately fogged up when I hit the outside air.
In these conditions it doesn't feel all that hot, but if you do the slightest little bit of work, you'll be soaked in sweat. It doesn't evaporate much at all.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2025 10:41 PM (w6EFb)
Mentioned this last thread. I didn't know she became a veterinarian. That's one child star that got out from under Hollywood's control.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2025 10:35 PM (WS89C)
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We studied her methods in manipulating her brother and his idiot friends.
She became a vet?? A doctor? b"h
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2025 10:41 PM (RIvkX)
Inquiring minds want to know!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 12, 2025 10:41 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: rickb223
Child star Pamelyn Ferdin, who was in dozens of TV shows, some movies, and hundreds of commercials, became an RN and left acting. Now she's some kind of Vegan Animal Rights crank, though.
Posted by: Edna Unger at August 12, 2025 10:41 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: PabloD at August 12, 2025 10:36 PM (APp3S)
The rectangular sharp cornered piece of frigging shit? Those controllers?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 12, 2025 10:41 PM (snZF9)
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Confession. That was my cool uncles Intellivision. One of his friends was a big shot for Mattel and Unc got it for free and a pile of games. With instructions: "Test it out and report back."
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 10:42 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 12, 2025 10:42 PM (f/FeX)
Unpopular opinion: I've always hated that song.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 12, 2025 10:42 PM (XCUp7)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 12, 2025 10:37 PM (snZF9)
Au contraire, my Garden State friend! I found every kind of adapter known to man to get my old consoles working on whatever TV one may have. Let me know if you need some help!
Posted by: Doof at August 12, 2025 10:42 PM (QMAsf)
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In theory, yes.
First, you start with a perfectly spherical tire in a vacuum.
Posted by: A Theoretical Physicist at August 12, 2025 10:43 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 10:39 PM (41CYW)
There are no bad Little Feat tunes; some are just not as well-loved as others.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2025 10:43 PM (Mq5fn)
There are ways to get the old systems onto new TVs, but unless you can adjust the TV to support 4:3 things will look odd.
On a hunch, I hooked up the ol' Intellivision to our LED LG to the antenna input -- allegedly for DTV -- but the old analog circuitry still kicked in!
Though the best is still an old CRT. USB TV sticks to hook to a PC work decent, too.
Posted by: Hans O'Lo at August 12, 2025 10:43 PM (u7pQw)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 12, 2025 10:43 PM (L9kkv)
Posted by: PabloD at August 12, 2025 10:36 PM (APp3S)
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Sure. Now explain the chafed dick.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 12, 2025 10:44 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Edna Unger at August 12, 2025 10:41 PM (G5+As)
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Aw, man, I had a crush on her when I was a kid. Life sucks.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2025 10:44 PM (WvZaB)
Posted by: Puddleglum
1) steroids for the inflammation this time, or something like allopurinol for long-term control? Or both? Hopefully both. If you can have some prednisone or something on-hand, it helps. Gout comes on fast; by the time you get to the clinic and get your prescription, it's over.
B) I've got it. No episodes since before the Covidiocy. Allopurinol works, at least for me.
iii) It's only "early-onset gout" if it hits you in your 20s. Everyone thinks of it as a grandma/grandpa disease, but it often starts in your 40s, or even 30s. Like mine did. It's the progressive damage from a lifetime of episodes that give it the "disease of the elderly" stigma. Try not to have too many flare-ups.
Posted by: mikeski, limping in sympathy at August 12, 2025 10:44 PM (DgGvY)
I gave up video games when Ms. Pac-Man came out.
Posted by: Cicero
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Did the character chomp up dollar symbols?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2025 10:45 PM (kkTda)
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 10:45 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 12, 2025 10:07 PM (5+Y60)
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Disagree. On the binary scale, she is a rare 2.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at August 12, 2025 10:45 PM (OGOaV)
Today Geezer Golf was incredible. Had the best round of the year and pocketed a whopping $18.58. Woohoo!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2025 10:45 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2025 10:45 PM (w6EFb)
Inquiring minds want to know!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 12, 2025 10:41 PM
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Probably a giant lime green...nah, nevermind.
Posted by: TRex - that's all folks! at August 12, 2025 10:45 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 12, 2025 10:46 PM (L9kkv)
Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2025 10:46 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2025 10:46 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2025 10:46 PM (kkTda)
Posted by: Diogenes
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Getting your game in shape for the big weekend! Congrats.
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 10:47 PM (41CYW)
You lol 'cause it's true.
Posted by: Pooklord at August 12, 2025 10:47 PM (asU3w)
Inquiring minds want to know!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Probably a giant lime green...nah, nevermind.
Posted by: TRex
.....this week. It would change with the memesons.
Posted by: like seasons, but online at August 12, 2025 10:47 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 10:47 PM (41CYW)
FT EUSTIS - Even Uncle Sam Thinks It Sucks
US ARMY - Yes My Retarded Ass Signed Up (backwards)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2025 10:47 PM (zwYaq)
In other news, the rebuilt transmission is now bolted to the back of the engine block in my '99 Suburban. Lots of install chores remain, but the one biggie is done.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2025 10:48 PM (Mq5fn)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 12, 2025 10:48 PM (f/FeX)
Dr appt went as expected. I have gout. Near the big toe. Got proscribed a drug and sent on my way. I'll pick it up tomorrow. I'm walking a bit better now so it's improving before I pick up the drug. Still can't put full pressure on my right foot. Being 29 is no joke.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 12, 2025 10:12 PM (sAmhv)
I think the technical medical term is "The Gout". As in, I have the gout.
Posted by: haffhowershower at August 12, 2025 10:48 PM (144I4)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 10:48 PM (hV2n9)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 12, 2025 10:07 PM (5+Y60)
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Disagree. On the binary scale, she is a rare 2.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at August 12, 2025 10:45 PM (OGOaV)
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Having seen her performance of "Feel Like Makin' Love," No One Johnson is right!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2025 10:48 PM (WvZaB)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 12, 2025 10:48 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: mikeski
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**shifty eyes** I don't have a problem ...
Posted by: lin-duh at August 12, 2025 10:48 PM (VCgbV)
Dr appt went as expected. I have gout. Near the big toe. Got proscribed a drug and sent on my way. I'll pick it up tomorrow. I'm walking a bit better now so it's improving before I pick up the drug. Still can't put full pressure on my right foot. Being 29 is no joke.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 12, 2025 10:12 PM (sAmhv)
I think the technical medical term is "The Gout". As in, I have the gout.
Posted by: haffhowershower at August 12, 2025 10:48 PM (144I4)
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And the proper phrasing is "a touch of the gout"
Posted by: No One of Consequence at August 12, 2025 10:49 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: RandomDave at August 12, 2025 10:49 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 10:47 PM (41CYW)
I hope I didn't peak too early.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2025 10:50 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 10:50 PM (hV2n9)
You lol 'cause it's true.
Posted by: Pooklord at August 12, 2025 10:47 PM (asU3w)
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I've been told the 101 is "Puking Buzzard."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2025 10:50 PM (WvZaB)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 12, 2025 10:48 PM (f/FeX)
Eurhythmatism: when your hair falls out.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2025 10:50 PM (Mq5fn)
Today Geezer Golf was incredible. Had the best round of the year and pocketed a whopping $18.58. Woohoo!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2025 10:45 PM
Way to sandbag your buddies!
I hope your handicap doesn't go down too much.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 12, 2025 10:51 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 12, 2025 10:51 PM (f/FeX)
Posted by: Humble Hank at August 12, 2025 10:13 PM (G5+As)
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...all that much yet.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2025 10:51 PM (RIvkX)
And the proper phrasing is "a touch of the gout"
Posted by: No One of Consequence at August 12, 2025 10:49 PM (OGOaV)
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Caused by a dissipated lifestyle.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2025 10:51 PM (kkTda)
Posted by: Edna Unger at August 12, 2025 10:41 PM (G5+As)
She's been a wacko leftist for years.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2025 10:51 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 12, 2025 10:52 PM (f/FeX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 10:52 PM (hV2n9)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0JB2JDxU_0
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 10:48 PM (hV2n9)
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I've got this one on my phone. It's part of my work playlist. Great cover.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at August 12, 2025 10:52 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2025 10:52 PM (kkTda)
United Nations, Melissa Fleming says, "They *own* the science on climate change", and they have worked with Google to make sure the algorithms shows only UN information
Peter Clack@PeterDClack . 4h
This is how censorship works. Head of global communications for the United Nations, Melissa Fleming, boasts about a 2021 deal with Google to block access to all alternate climate or global warming images or studies. Google is the world's biggest online search engine.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2025 10:52 PM (wHp1L)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 12, 2025 10:53 PM (L9kkv)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 12, 2025 10:53 PM (ZVgZ4)
Seriously though - hope you recover quickly!
Posted by: Doof
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LoL! Thanks. I've had it over a week now. It's getting better, slowly. It's not a frequent issue, yet. I had the same problem earlier this year. Seems to just show up suddenly and then I'm limping around in pain for a week.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 12, 2025 10:53 PM (sAmhv)
This is how censorship works. Head of global communications for the United Nations, Melissa Fleming, boasts about a 2021 deal with Google to block access to all alternate climate or global warming images or studies. Google is the world's biggest online search engine.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2025 10:52 PM (wHp1L)
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Thus the Grok inquiry a couple of days ago on This Very Blog that discounted the Sun's influence on climate.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2025 10:54 PM (WvZaB)
Inquiring minds want to know!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 12, 2025 10:41 PM (S/Y4j)
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An image of Merv Griffin!
IYKYK
Posted by: No One of Consequence at August 12, 2025 10:54 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: Edna Unger at August 12, 2025 10:41 PM (G5+As)
She's been a wacko leftist for years.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2025 10:51 PM
I am not sure I can blame her. Knowing what we now know about Hollywood, what are the odds she was molested more than once while on a set as a girl or young woman?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 12, 2025 10:54 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 10:50 PM (hV2n9)
3rd Infantry Division
Rock of the Marne!
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2025 10:55 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: haffhowershower
Or is that a plural, like The Kilt?
One Scotsman wears a kilt.
A group of Scotsmen wear the kilt.
But "kilt" is a count noun, and "gout" a mass noun, so perhaps not.
Posted by: mikeski, grammatically at August 12, 2025 10:55 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2025 10:55 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 10:52 PM (hV2n9)
I have a bunch of those. Its crazy how many versions there were of those.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 12, 2025 10:55 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 12, 2025 10:42 PM (XCUp7)
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Yoko, is that you?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2025 10:56 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Braenyard
So don’t use Google for searches. I haven’t for over a decade. There are alternatives!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 12, 2025 10:57 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 12, 2025 10:54 PM (HlyYF)
Probably true. Who knows what she's seen and been forced into during those years.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2025 10:57 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Frankie at August 12, 2025 10:57 PM (B+wnz)
The NG hit the streets of D.C. at around 8PM. Kash says 23 arrests have been made so far.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2025 10:57 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: haffhowershower
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Calvin and Hobbes:
*Hobbes happens on Calvin attempting to counterfeit a dollar bill. Calvin say that the process is hard.*
Hobbes: It appears that ol' George has the gout.
Calvin: I SAID THIS WAS HARD!!!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2025 10:57 PM (WvZaB)
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What's the corniest state of all? You'd be surprised.
https://tinyurl.com/4jpxny9w
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2025 10:58 PM (wHp1L)
Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2025 10:58 PM (77rzZ)
Click on my nic, I just tried as part of a prompt 'spaceship in the background shaped like a guitar axe.'
The result was interesting.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 10:58 PM (hV2n9)
Posted by: Frankie at August 12, 2025 10:57 PM (B+wnz)
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The SeaBees have the coolest emblem.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2025 10:59 PM (WvZaB)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2025 10:52 PM (wHp1L)
If this is true, it is so evil...
Posted by: joemarine at August 12, 2025 10:59 PM (y171U)
But tonight, am asking for "Prayers Up" for my next door neighbor Michelle, who has battled the very worst cancer for women...inter-uterine with metastasis to the bladder and kidneys. She fought well for the last 5 years but has now entered into Hospice. She was working in the movie industry as a Location Manager for decades on some major productions which are too long to name and she and I crossed paths on a couple of productions during my attempts in the industry behind the camera. She tried to keep her issues private but as neighbors I knew when she was having tough times. Her family is with her now.
Thank you.
Posted by: Nightwatch at August 12, 2025 10:59 PM (25kuG)
This ought to drive them over the edge. Trump is apparently creating a domestic rapid reaction force. This will be unit tasked with rapid response if needed to any American city where things get out of hand.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2025 11:00 PM (w6EFb)
So many youngsters. Someone didn’t know the Bangles Hazy Shade of Winter was written by Paul Simon. @1966, was part of the Bookends album.
Hey you over there, get off my lawn.
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at August 12, 2025 11:00 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: TV Facts and Foibles at August 12, 2025 11:00 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Frankie at August 12, 2025 10:57 PM (B+wnz)
Played the golf course there a couple of times after the rest of the base closed. Kinda creepy seeing the abandoned housing. Lived in Helendale.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2025 11:00 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 11:00 PM (41CYW)
I am LOVING that the Idaho Inmate is being driven more insane locked up, after murdering four sleeping college students. And whining! Hahahaha
The Moron in me whats to know what they are shouting to him in the prison vents. Am I wrong to wonder this? Is it the sleep deprivation I've had all day that I am quietly cheering other murder inmates? He apparently gets upset if he thinks anyone is mean to his mommy. Maybe that is some of the comments in the vents of his solitary life. His one hour is not outside but in a chain length cage. Possibly other inmates in other cages mess with him then, too. I really despise this bug eyed cretin (no offense to normal bug eyed cretins).
Regarding the theme of the ONT. My husband did not think, I don't guess, to call my father and ask for permission to marry his only daughter.
Because they did not even meet until a few days before we married, due to thousands of miles between us.,
When they did meet my father did not grill him. He told him he hoped he knew what he was getting into, and probably the short end of the deal. There was laughter and bonding within hours to mock me. I am surprised a dowry was not offered.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 12, 2025 11:00 PM (6PCLE)
Posted by: RandomDave
You live in one of those states where they don't test your water when you buy a water softener, right? They just set it to max and warn you it'll eat salt like a m--f--r.
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2025 11:01 PM (DgGvY)
Click on my nic, I just tried as part of a prompt 'spaceship in the background shaped like a guitar axe.'
The result was interesting.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 10:58 PM (hV2n9)
thats pretty cool. Would look wicked on a harley rear fender.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 12, 2025 11:03 PM (snZF9)
The ahole Idaho murderer deserves all the bad things the other inmates do to him.
He planned those murders for a long time.
Posted by: fourseasons at August 12, 2025 11:03 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 12, 2025 11:03 PM (sAmhv)
DC Police Chief Pamela Smith says she is a tree.
No, she really said this. She's a tree.
https://tinyurl.com/4cmksx9r
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at August 12, 2025 11:03 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at August 12, 2025 10:23 PM (AOsQT)
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=416055
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 12, 2025 11:04 PM (bss/y)
Thus the Grok inquiry a couple of days ago on This Very Blog that discounted the Sun's influence on climate.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea
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Grok grabs off the surface and regurgitates it. Possibly, if one has knowledge of the subject grok can be forced to pursue the topic in more depth. But, I think, one must be skilled.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2025 11:04 PM (wHp1L)
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You're in North Hollywood, yes? You mentioned some months ago that you had noted some kind of project to turn part of North Hollywood into a replica of times past. Can you enlarge?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2025 11:05 PM (WvZaB)
So many youngsters. Someone didn’t know the Bangles Hazy Shade of Winter was written by Paul Simon. @1966, was part of the Bookends album.
Hey you over there, get off my lawn.
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at August 12, 2025 11:00 PM (w3u3d)
I didn't know, and I'm not that young. I just figured it was too good to be simon and carbuncle.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 12, 2025 11:06 PM (snZF9)
No, she really said this. She's a tree.
https://tinyurl.com/4cmksx9r
Posted by: Don Black. Message:
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Tree: Dense interior. Flaky exterior.
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 11:06 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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The real takeaway from that kerfuffle is: If you get ace's goat, he'll stew for a week and then break down like a fat girl who forgot her lunch money at home. Bring back Lamont, already.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
The ability to conjur visual memes like ^^^^that one^^^^ is one of the reasons i came here to begin with. Hehehehehe.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 12, 2025 11:06 PM (QcUc+)
Posted by: fourseasons at August 12, 2025 11:06 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 11:07 PM (hV2n9)
Posted by: scampydog
o7
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2025 11:07 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Captain Obvious,
Helios is too busy during the day lighting up the earth to influence climate. And he has to rest at night so no influence then either.
Duh.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2025 11:07 PM (cYBz/)
No, she really said this. She's a tree.
https://tinyurl.com/4cmksx9r
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at August 12, 2025 11:03 PM (AOsQT)
More like a potted plant.
Posted by: RickZ at August 12, 2025 11:07 PM (gKDq2)
Click on my nic, I just tried as part of a prompt 'spaceship in the background shaped like a guitar axe.'
The result was interesting.
Posted by: Anna Puma
thats pretty cool. Would look wicked on a harley rear fender.
Posted by: Berserker
Looks hard to play, though.
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2025 11:07 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 11:07 PM (hV2n9)
https://tinyurl.com/4cmksx9r
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at August 12, 2025 11:03 PM (AOsQT)
I guess that's why crime has her stumped.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2025 11:08 PM (Mq5fn)
Posted by: tankdemon at August 12, 2025 11:08 PM (FVLcK)
The Sun is the primary reason we even have a climate. Anyone not studying the Sun is not really serious about climatology.
Posted by: clarence at August 12, 2025 11:08 PM (KGfTv)
Dr appt went as expected. I have gout. Near the big toe. Got proscribed a drug and sent on my way. I'll pick it up tomorrow. I'm walking a bit better now so it's improving before I pick up the drug. Still can't put full pressure on my right foot. Being 29 is no joke.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 12, 2025 10:12 PM (sAmhv)
I'm also prone to gout outbreaks, I mostly manage it by watching what I eat. Do some research and figure out what foods to avoid. Italian sausage and pickled herring seem to set mine off.
Also, weird as it may sound, keep your feet warm at night. The pain of gout is caused by urate crystals in the joint, which act like sand in gears. Urate crystals form when uric acid in your blood comes out of solution, and that's more likely to happen if your feet get cold. Good luck, a gout attack is miserable, as you have discovered.
Posted by: a.moron at August 12, 2025 11:09 PM (Yt3ED)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2025 10:52 PM (wHp1L)
In theory, their search monopoly should be trivial to break. 20 years ago their marketshare made sense because their competitors were generally awful. Now there are plenty of options that pretty much have parity with them. Especially now that more and more people are starting to rely on LLMs rather than scrolling thought results pages.
All that's really keeping google on top is laziness and/or extreme tech illiteracy from users that don't know how to, or that you even can, change search engines. Which, in practice, are extremely powerful barriers.
Posted by: Sjg at August 12, 2025 11:09 PM (aqZN1)
Posted by: clarence at August 12, 2025 11:08 PM (KGfTv)
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I stopped reading the Wiki entry on climate change shortly after it stated that the Sun has no influence on climate.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2025 11:09 PM (WvZaB)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 12, 2025 11:10 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2025 11:10 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Had A Stage Mom at August 12, 2025 11:11 PM (G5+As)
https://tinyurl.com/4cmksx9r
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at August 12, 2025 11:03 PM (AOsQT)
I guess that's why crime has her stumped.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2025 11:08 PM (Mq5fn)
She's out on a limb now.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2025 11:12 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at August 12, 2025 11:12 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Had A Stage Mom at August 12, 2025 11:11 PM (G5+As)
Good for her.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 12, 2025 11:12 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 11:12 PM (hV2n9)
If you are speaking of the "Laurel Plaza" re-do....it will never happen under Puerto-Rico Bass.
I doubt this transplant has the ability to even bring off the next OLYMPICS.
Trump will have to take this over.
Posted by: Nightwatch at August 12, 2025 11:13 PM (25kuG)
https://tinyurl.com/4cmksx9r
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at August 12, 2025 11:03 PM (AOsQT)
I guess that's why crime has her stumped.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2025 11:08 PM (Mq5fn)
She's out on a limb now.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2025 11:12 PM (2WIwB)
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It would be good if she would leaf now.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2025 11:13 PM (WvZaB)
I mostly manage it by watching what I eat
..................................
I'm trying to figure out what I consume that would set it off. I do drink beer but not excessively. None at all in the last couple of weeks. I mainline ice cream this time of year so it could be that.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 12, 2025 11:14 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2025 11:15 PM (zwYaq)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 11:15 PM (hV2n9)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at August 12, 2025 11:15 PM (AOsQT)
https://tinyurl.com/4cmksx9r
Posted by: Don Black
She's dyslexic, too.
"I'm glad god has chosen to use this tree."
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2025 11:15 PM (DgGvY)
This ought to drive them over the edge. Trump is apparently creating a domestic rapid reaction force. This will be unit tasked with rapid response if needed to any American city where things get out of hand.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2025 11:00 PM (w6EFb)
This sounds awesome!
Posted by: joemarine at August 12, 2025 11:15 PM (y171U)
The ahole Idaho murderer deserves all the bad things the other inmates do to him.
He planned those murders for a long time.
Posted by: fourseasons at August 12, 2025 11:03 PM (3ek7K)
Yep. It's been a long time since I followed a case. This was sort of personal as I could have easily been prey to a serial killer in college decades ago. I knew fear. He finally got fried.
I then was not much interested til the OJ Bronco chase.
I want the absolute worse for Inmate #163214. Every minute for the rest of his miserable life. Misery/fear/disgust for a germophobe/anger anything awful. Apparently the others in solitary have ganged up and take turns yelling in the vents! I love this!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 12, 2025 11:15 PM (6PCLE)
I was surprised! First the colors code for % change. The maximum yield state was not what I expected and also had no change from the previous year. I guess maxed out is maxed out? What is the third image, the global map, coded for? I hate graphics without legends!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 12, 2025 11:15 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2025 11:13 PM (WvZaB)
The Usual Suspects will root for her.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2025 11:15 PM (Mq5fn)
Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2025 11:15 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: t-bird at August 12, 2025 11:16 PM (MQmdM)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 11:17 PM (hV2n9)
Posted by: Don Black
If These Trees Could Talk >>> if that tree would just STFU
https://youtu.be/rXFlQfrVgO0
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2025 11:17 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: tankdemon
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Chalkboard up front and ready for writing.
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 11:18 PM (41CYW)
"I'm glad god has chosen to use this tree."
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2025 11:15 PM (DgGvY)
Maybe she thinks she is a tire instead with the dyslexia and vitamin deficiency.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 12, 2025 11:19 PM (6PCLE)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2025 11:19 PM (zwYaq)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 11:19 PM (hV2n9)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 12, 2025 11:20 PM (1Ye21)
Posted by: AnchorPoint at August 12, 2025 11:20 PM (qgPFD)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 12, 2025 11:22 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 11:17 PM (hV2n9)
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Those aren't nets. Those are Ballistic Dildo Countermeasure Defense Arrays.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 12, 2025 11:22 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 12, 2025 10:57 PM
What are the best alternatives for Morons?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 12, 2025 11:22 PM (HlyYF)
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I grew up in Burbank. Refresh my memory - which intersection is Laurel Plaza?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2025 11:22 PM (WvZaB)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2025 11:22 PM (zwYaq)
@seanmdav 15m
BREAKING:
@FDRLST has obtained the most recent 266-page tranche of declassified FBI documents.
Because we believe in the right of the public to access and analyze these documents in their entirety, we are making the entire file available to everybody.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 12, 2025 11:23 PM (mlg/3)
When you live in a Muslim country you have no rights.
Don't ignore what is happening in NYC and Minneapolis. If you think it will just stay there you are fooling yourself.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 12, 2025 11:23 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2025 11:15 PM (zwYaq)
He plead guilty. With no compassion. Wooden and creepy in trial. Got life x4 with no appeals plus another 10yrs for burglary. The Idaho prison put him in solitary a couple of weeks after his sentencing. Now he's whining that meanie inmates are not letting him sleep and yelling mean things in the vents. This gives me a spark of joy. I want the worst for this thing, for the rest of his miserable life.
The families of the slaughtered are not getting a lot of sleep, either.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 12, 2025 11:23 PM (6PCLE)
Posted by: AnchorPoint at August 12, 2025 11:20 PM (qgPFD)
Mail in two labels and 50 cents and receive a 9th Infantry Division patch!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2025 11:23 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2025 11:15 PM (zwYaq)
He pled guilty on the eve of the trial and was sentenced to multiple life without parole terms instead of the death penalty. Too bad.
Posted by: a.moron at August 12, 2025 11:24 PM (Yt3ED)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2025 11:24 PM (wHp1L)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2025 11:22 PM (WvZaB)
It's across from Hardy Street.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2025 11:24 PM (0eaVi)
-it is not the 'tender cut' type where it is just slightly dehydrated meat. This stuff is dry as a desert.
-seasoning is very good.
-the cuts are all flat. It is odd.
I am not really going anywhere with this, it is just good jerky. A bit pricey.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 12, 2025 11:25 PM (bss/y)
When you live in a Muslim country you have no rights.
Don't ignore what is happening in NYC and Minneapolis. If you think it will just stay there you are fooling yourself.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 12, 2025 11:23 PM (viF8m)
*tee hee*
Posted by: see eye ay at August 12, 2025 11:25 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 12, 2025 11:26 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 11:27 PM (hV2n9)
Posted by: Puddleglum
I think that's older theory, like "eating fat causes high cholesterol." Both gout and high cholesterol are probably mostly genetic.
Though it skipped a generation here; one grandmother had it, but neither of my parents do, but all of my siblings and I do.
I take my meds and eat and drink what I want, and my feet stay usable.
Cutting out this or that would seem to work, and then I'd get another gout attack.....
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2025 11:27 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 11:27 PM (hV2n9)
Is that a guitar axe headless chicken?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 12, 2025 11:28 PM (bss/y)
Was that wrong?
Posted by: PTSD giver at August 12, 2025 11:28 PM (8RDQ+)
scroll up to see where I asked B-D to look at it. *shrugs* Was asking for an axe shaped guitar as spaceship. Got that.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 11:29 PM (hV2n9)
The angel over earth variations... probably 'now that is a guardian angel'.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 12, 2025 11:29 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 12, 2025 11:29 PM (sAmhv)
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Carbohydrates are converted into cholesterol.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2025 11:30 PM (WvZaB)
When you live in a Muslim country you have no rights.
Don't ignore what is happening in NYC and Minneapolis. If you think it will just stay there you are fooling yourself.
Posted by: JackStraw
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They, all, need to go now, peacefully. If they are solid citizens and invested they can be made whole. That expense would be minor compared to the money squandered by the previous administration.
This nation is so foolish to allow immigrants of a group raised and sworn to kill us.
What? Are we suicidal?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2025 11:31 PM (wHp1L)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 12, 2025 11:28 PM (bss/y)
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It's a judicial axe, so, probably.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2025 11:31 PM (WvZaB)
Posted by: Pooklord at August 12, 2025 11:32 PM (asU3w)
They know most people that search something are doing so for a quick response. So, they are depending on the laziness of the searcher to accept their "served right up on a dinner plate" answer.
It's nothing more than clever censorship of those sources that might provide alternative views with references and facts.
Or, at least, that's my opinion of Google's latest unveiling.
Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2025 11:33 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 11:19 PM (hV2n9)
Huey, Dewey, and Louie will take care of them.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 12, 2025 11:33 PM (wVcYX)
He pled guilty on the eve of the trial and was sentenced to multiple life without parole terms instead of the death penalty. Too bad.
Posted by: a.moron at August 12, 2025 11:24 PM (Yt3ED)
The good thing is the famlies and roommates and friends won't have to endure the defense trying to find this bug eyed cretin innocent during the trial. As he sits and stares his dead eyes. Yes, I had hoped for the Idaho firing squad. But that could take decades, as we see them rot on death row. This was quicker. He's being kept awake and whining.
The other good thing as he will never leave prison and his fellow inmates are already messing with him. He's very delicate and they are being mean to him by yelling in the vents and keeping him awake in solitary. They take turns. This makes me laugh in an evil way (quietly, not cackling and alarming my husband).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 12, 2025 11:34 PM (6PCLE)
Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2025 11:34 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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Rumor has it that CAPTCHA is a Google training and mapping device for its AI.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2025 11:35 PM (wHp1L)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2025 11:15 PM (zwYaq)
Pled guilty to the four murders, plus another charge IIRC, to avoid the death penalty. Plus, no appeal.
Yet he still complains. I do believe the other inmates are going to have fun with that whiny little bitch.
Posted by: RickZ at August 12, 2025 11:35 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I was a bit surprised it took them so long to identify what was going on. Had two thoughts: 1) It wasn't a priority - iron seems obvious. 2) More going on than meets the eye.
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 11:35 PM (41CYW)
With your head, heart, arms and legs wrapped around my family pride
See the whites of their eyes then shoot
With all the romance of the Ton Ton Macoute
[Heaven knows]
Posted by: SMOD at August 12, 2025 11:36 PM (GITLP)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 12, 2025 11:37 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Anna Puma
I hadn't looked in a while.
"Well it's no Rothko."
I laffed.
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2025 11:37 PM (DgGvY)
>>What? Are we suicidal?
Days after Islamic terrorist hijacked planes and murdered thousands of Americans when they flew them into buildings we had a president who assured us Islam is a religion of peace.
Islam is not a religion, it is a social/ruling order with a religion tacked on and it has nothing to do with peace. It is a philosophy of cultural domination. If you don't believe it then ask them.
That's how we got here.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 12, 2025 11:37 PM (viF8m)
When you live in a Muslim country you have no rights.
Don't ignore what is happening in NYC and Minneapolis. If you think it will just stay there you are fooling yourself.
Posted by: JackStraw
_________________________
Friend of mine used to be a Muslim as recent as 2 years ago. He told me this, and I have no reason not to believe him. Each Mosque in the US has an individual whose single purpose and job is to be an expert on all entitlements and welfare benefits etc. That person counsels members of the Mosque on how to get the absolute maximum benefits from the government. Additionally, and somewhat related, he said it's rare when a Muslim family in the US doesn't have at least five or six children while holding no job.
Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2025 11:38 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 11:38 PM (hV2n9)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at August 12, 2025 11:39 PM (AOsQT)
Leftists are no different in that regard. They used to hate, hate, hate the F.B.I. when they were doing yeoman’s work rooting out spies and Communists.
They had the “Berkley Free Speech Movement” on campus when the universities weren’t full bore leftist. They don’t like Free Speech now, that they run everything. Weird, huh?
They had a professed anti-corporate stance, until they started running them. Everything is transactional. I always figured they would have a strange, new love for Capital Punishment once they can start zapping Republicans and Enemies of the State.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2025 11:39 PM (pNrDU)
Hydrate!
Pint of water when you wake up. A pint of water BEFORE every meal. A pint of water after exercising.
Other drinks don't count.
And you'll most probably need to diet and reduce weight.
Toe is bad enough. It can get much worse. Don't let it.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2025 11:39 PM (Y+jbb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 11:39 PM (hV2n9)
Posted by: JackStraw
Islam is a political system pretending to be a religion.
Marxism is a religion pretending to be a political system.
I don't know why they get along. I guess they both think they're pulling the wool over the others' eyes.
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2025 11:40 PM (DgGvY)
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When they sang the "Battle Hymn" in the National Cathedral in those days, they included what I call the "Civil War" verses.
"I have read a righteous sentence writ in burnished rows of steel."
I believed and hoped for it then. Dammit.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2025 11:40 PM (WvZaB)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 11:29 PM (hV2n9)
Looks like a baroque, hee hee, axe to me....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2025 11:40 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Diogenes
Ummm
Phrasing?
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 12, 2025 11:37 PM (mT+6a)
Never early.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2025 11:40 PM (2WIwB)
This nation is so foolish to allow immigrants of a group raised and sworn to kill us.
What? Are we suicidal?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2025 11:31 PM (wHp1L)
Let the "good" muslims become resident aliens. They can live out their lives, and own property, and thrive, but cannot have any role in governance. No vote, not allowed to hold or run for public office. If they find that restriction too onerous, let them make a choice: renounce islam, and make a true conversion to a faith compatible with Western values. Backsliders will be deported or shot, as needs must. Or self deport to one of the 57 islamic shitholes already in existence.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2025 11:41 PM (Mq5fn)
Posted by: RickZ at August 12, 2025 11:35 PM (gKDq2)
He'd better hope he stays in solitary, meanie shouts in the vents keeping him awake vs what could be in gen pop. This has united the inmates in solitary and they tag team this vent hello/welcome!
I have learned the lingo like gen pop. I already knew about shanks from watching Prison Break.
I hope Inmate # 163214 has hell on earth til the real thing waiting.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 12, 2025 11:42 PM (6PCLE)
Posted by: buddhaha at August 12, 2025 11:42 PM (ha888)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2025 11:42 PM (63Dwl)
Toe is bad enough. It can get much worse. Don't let it.
Posted by: Biden's Dog
I knew a guy who got gout in his wrists. I can't even imagine that pain.
He was the leanest gym-rat mofo you'd imagine, though. His resting heart rate was probably 6.
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2025 11:42 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at August 12, 2025 11:39 PM (AOsQT)
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Massively dumb. Murdered his crewmates, took the ship out beyond Saturn and couldn't figure out why the plants were dying.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2025 11:43 PM (WvZaB)
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 11:35 PM (41CYW)
How close are the Blood Falls to the Mountains of Madness?
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: H.P. Lovecraft at August 12, 2025 11:43 PM (bKn1x)
youtube.com/watch?v=ynOprS5Lcgo
Posted by: Receive gp's Free No-Information Obligation Packet at August 12, 2025 11:44 PM (iBAge)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 11:44 PM (hV2n9)
Islam is not a religion, it is a social/ruling order with a religion tacked on and it has nothing to do with peace. It is a philosophy of cultural domination. If you don't believe it then ask them.
That's how we got here.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 12, 2025 11:37 PM (viF8m)
WE should have outlawed islam in the west, nuked the fucking borg cube in mecca, built a huge colosseum here and stocked it with lions and...food.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 12, 2025 11:44 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Doof
Not true! See you on Thursday for your new gig. Appreciate you and Scampy dog welcoming a lurker.
Posted by: QED Texan at August 12, 2025 11:45 PM (fveCG)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2025 11:45 PM (pNrDU)
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: H.P. Lovecraft at August 12, 2025 11:43 PM (bKn1x)'
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Tekeli-li! Tekeli-li!
Posted by: Those darn birds at August 12, 2025 11:46 PM (WvZaB)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 11:46 PM (hV2n9)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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It's almost as good as a dungeon.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2025 11:47 PM (wHp1L)
I have learned the lingo like gen pop. I already knew about shanks from watching Prison Break.
I hope Inmate # 163214 has hell on earth til the real thing waiting.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 12, 2025 11:42 PM (6PCLE)
As said by someone above, he can still be got in AdSeg. Especially if the guards take a dislike to him. A 'whoopsie!' on the guards' part.
Posted by: RickZ at August 12, 2025 11:47 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 11:48 PM (hV2n9)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 12, 2025 11:49 PM (gOZ19)
Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2025 11:33 PM (dIske)
Brave is starting to do that, too.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2025 11:49 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 11:48 PM (hV2n9)
Always good to be an optimist.
Thinking of the ending of 'Life Of Bryan': Look on the bright side of life (do do, do do)
Posted by: RickZ at August 12, 2025 11:51 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 12, 2025 11:49 PM (gOZ19)
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For you, perhaps. Still the shank of the evening here.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2025 11:51 PM (WvZaB)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 12, 2025 11:51 PM (gOZ19)
I'd be worried if they weren't ballistic. Imagine a john thomas able to correct its trajectory in flight
Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2025 11:52 PM (gKWVE)
Now if the inmates start singing that through the air vents...
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 11:53 PM (hV2n9)
youtube.com/watch?v=Oh31I1F2vds
Posted by: Receive gp's Free No-Information Obligation Packet at August 12, 2025 11:53 PM (iBAge)
Posted by: RickZ at August 12, 2025 11:51 PM (gKDq2)
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Fun fact: crewmen of HMS Sheffield, when sunk by the Argentine Air Force, sang that song while waiting to be rescued.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2025 11:53 PM (WvZaB)
Here:
https://youtu.be/fVV2_HxWZ4w
Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2025 11:54 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 12, 2025 11:54 PM (gOZ19)
My Dr prescribed Allopurinol and I haven't had an attack since.
I was told it is caused by too much uric acid in the blood.
Have you tried that. Did it not work?
Posted by: No gout for me at August 12, 2025 11:54 PM (h0xSh)
I'd be worried if they weren't ballistic. Imagine a john thomas able to correct its trajectory in flight
Posted by: gKWVE
The original models were heat-seeking. Or hottie-seeking, anyway.
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2025 11:54 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2025 11:55 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 12, 2025 11:55 PM (gOZ19)
Posted by: Case at August 12, 2025 11:55 PM (iwlvf)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2025 11:55 PM (hV2n9)
Posted by: Orson
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Not so. Many muslims are shop keepers and employed in professional and semi-professional jobs. Trump has put a muslim in charge of one of his agencies. This does not go against Islam it's taqiyya; the further they can insinuate themselves into our system the more destructive they can be.
Wait until the doctors, engineers and beer-n-gas stops get the signal.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2025 11:57 PM (wHp1L)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 12, 2025 11:57 PM (gOZ19)
They hadn’t even figured out how to build an atomic bomb yet, and Teller more or less got bored with that - purely an engineering problem. He started talking about the “Super” as the hydrogen weapon was called, and of course all the other crackpots got really interested in the idea, theory, of deuterium and derailed the discussions. Pissed Oppenheimer off. LOL
Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2025 11:58 PM (4vbgA)
So do they all: some are better than others. Judgment is required and is all too often lacking.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 12, 2025 11:58 PM (ZVgZ4)
For many years I did business in the Middle East. The craziest place I went to by far was Egypt, birthplace of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Most places over there are fairly chill, the UAE is Disneyland for the wealthy. But there is a large and seemingly growing number of Islamic crazies that even the locals in the region are afraid to deal with. People who give the Israelis shit for dealing with Hamas, which is the Muslim Brotherhood, too harshly have no fucking idea what these animals will do.
It's a mistake to think like Momdani and they even more radical asshole in Minneapolis are just local problems. They are just the vanguard of the next wave of leftist, totalitarian assholes on the menu. And these idiots are truly murderous, bug fuck nuts crazies.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 12, 2025 11:58 PM (viF8m)
Dogs must love her.
Posted by: Case at August 12, 2025 11:55 PM (iwlvf)
We raise our legs to her!
Posted by: Doggie Galore at August 12, 2025 11:59 PM (0eaVi)
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I had the pleasure of seeing Dr. Teller talk to us as a Mensa Regional Gathering in the late '80s. What I remember is that during the Q&A, someone asked him about Bohr's model for the atom in the 1930s. He replied, in his droll Hungarian accent, "Well, everyone thought he was crazy - but he was such a nice man!."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 12:01 AM (WvZaB)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2025 11:53 PM (WvZaB)
IIRC, that was an Exocet hit, right? And the Sheffield had a lot of aluminum (or aluminium), or othr lightweight metal(s), in her superstructure? Something like that? The combo caused the Sheffield to sink quick.
Posted by: RickZ at August 13, 2025 12:01 AM (gKDq2)
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Posted by: Sabbatiklos at August 13, 2025 12:02 AM (ofZJB)
I'm green with envy over here! I was lucky enough to attend a Paul Erdos lecture in 1974.
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Have an excellent night!!!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 13, 2025 12:03 AM (KXnKl)
Weirdest thing I came across in the Mid East... is how fast one single innocent comment, can change you from Friend invited to my home for dinner... to Infidel who must be killed... and both will be done with friendly demeanors and a smile on their face.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 13, 2025 12:04 AM (mP0Kj)
"We are a nuclear power. If we go down, we’ll take half the world with us,"
_8/11/25
https://tinyurl.com/yppye2ca
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2025 12:04 AM (wHp1L)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2025 12:05 AM (wHp1L)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 12:05 AM (gOZ19)
Here:
https://youtu.be/fVV2_HxWZ4w
Posted by: JQ
3fer?
tiny.cc/o74r001
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 13, 2025 12:06 AM (1Ye21)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 12:06 AM (gOZ19)
Posted by: RickZ at August 13, 2025 12:01 AM (gKDq2)
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Yeah, they bored in and launched at about 20 miles. The Exocet has a 75 mile range, so there was a lot of fuel still in the missile.
Interestingly, at another Mensa meeting, I had a chat with a fellow who did a lot of contractor work for the Navy. His opinion, after seeing photos of the Sheffield after the strike, was that the wireways onboard got burned out and crippled the firefighting systems, contributing to the sinking.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 12:07 AM (WvZaB)
Noted. You are now first on our target list. Congratulations!
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Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 12:06 AM (gOZ19)
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Yup.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 12:08 AM (WvZaB)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 12:08 AM (gOZ19)
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 10:42 PM (41CYW)
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WOW! Wow wow wow! People covet that kind of thing! ... don't know the syntax for fancy eyeball emoji here
Posted by: Hans O'Lo at August 13, 2025 12:09 AM (u7pQw)
Have a family connection to the Project at Los Alamos. Sadly didn't get a chance to mine it for info and perspective, for reasons. But only enhances what would've been great interest anyway.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 13, 2025 12:09 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2025 12:05 AM (wHp1L)
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Nuke the dump truck. Easy peasey.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 13, 2025 12:10 AM (RIvkX)
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Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2025 11:53 PM (WvZaB)
IIRC, the ship's officers, who of course had never seen "Life of Brian", thought the men were just in jolly good spirits, pip pip, and tallyho!
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 13, 2025 12:13 AM (bKn1x)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 13, 2025 12:13 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2025 10:42 PM (41CYW)
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WOW! Wow wow wow! People covet that kind of thing! ... don't know the syntax for fancy eyeball emoji here
Posted by: Hans O'Lo at August 13, 2025 12:09 AM (u7pQw)
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My Dad's store was linked with Magnavox (for Nightwatch, they were at Victory and Van Nuys), who were often first out of the gate with new technology, but were terrible at marketing it. S.T.A.R. system (digital channel selection), laser discs, early video games - and where are they now?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 12:13 AM (WvZaB)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at August 13, 2025 12:13 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 12:15 AM (gOZ19)
I forget at the moment the reasonable estimate of additional RN losses if not for the duds among the Mk 82s that hit several vessels. All dropped by A-4s in daring impressive attacks.
Antelope, Ardent, Coventry, Sheffield, RFA Galahad, Atlantic Conveyor. Still remember the names. Timing is everything. My responsibility was Latin American political/military affairs starting ..... February 1982.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 13, 2025 12:17 AM (U/Byj)
China’s ton-class drone delivers supplies offshore oil platforms 150km off the coast.
A great leap in efficiency:
🚢 8 hours by ship → ✈️
https://tinyurl.com/mtre84ap
It’s fake
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2025 12:17 AM (wHp1L)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 12:17 AM (gOZ19)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2025 12:18 AM (rdVOm)
“Brotherhood of the Bomb” and “The Pope of Physics (Fermi) are a couple I’m going through now. Another is “The Hiroshima Men” and “109 East Palace”
All are quite good, some overlap naturally, and the inevitable revisionism wankery to varying degree, comes with the territory
Posted by: Common Tater at August 13, 2025 12:18 AM (4vbgA)
I thought I had a pretty good idea of the region by reading about it before spending time there. I really didn't.
I don't pretend the Israelis are perfect. I know we aren't. But to survive in that neighborhood you have to be much tougher than we are. Anyone who judges how they deal with things who doesn't really understand what goes on over there is not worth taking seriously.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 13, 2025 12:18 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea
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Daaaamn. Forgotten about those laser discs.
Posted by: scampydog at August 13, 2025 12:18 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: rhomboid at August 13, 2025 12:17 AM (U/Byj)
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I remember having a conversation with a fella at that time - he noted that it was pretty sad, forty years earlier, the Brits would have sent the South Atlantic Squadron to deal with it, now, they had to send the entire Navy.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 12:19 AM (WvZaB)
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Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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The Pastor at our wedding had to suppress a laugh when my wife's stepfather, doing the whole giving-away-the-bride bit, laid her hand on my hand, looked at me and said, "She's your problem now."
A good problem to have. If I can live that long 😁 , diamond in a year and a quarter.
Posted by: buddhaha at August 13, 2025 12:20 AM (ha888)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 13, 2025 12:22 AM (ZVgZ4)
All are quite good, some overlap naturally, and the inevitable revisionism wankery to varying degree, comes with the territory
Posted by: Common Tater at August 13, 2025 12:18 AM (4vbgA)
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I worked with a gal whose father worked at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton in the early 50s. One time, he overheard Einstein talking to someone else (Fermi?). In his words, "I didn't know what the fuck they were talking about!"
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 12:24 AM (WvZaB)
Posted by: JackStraw
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Back to them conquering Iberia, to their conversations with Thomas Jefferson;
Knowing that they are sworn to kill us should be adequate.
Some people won't get it until their wife is raped or their throat is slit. Well, actually, they prefer to stab you in the back high up where the veins and arteries are.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2025 12:24 AM (wHp1L)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 13, 2025 12:24 AM (4vbgA)
Was at the lab twice for work. Second time, was happy I was aggressive and pressed the deputy director on the Comprehensive Test Ban (at that time, fresh). He was not a fan, for good reasons (not parochial ones).
Posted by: rhomboid at August 13, 2025 12:26 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 12:27 AM (gOZ19)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 12:27 AM (WvZaB)
_NYT
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That's going to be tight.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2025 12:30 AM (wHp1L)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2025 12:30 AM (wHp1L)
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Still luxurious.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 12:31 AM (WvZaB)
And of course, on the Argie side, USS Phoenix, Brooklyn-class cruiser AKA ARA General Belgrano, sunk by a reconditioned torpedo fired by HMS Conqueror (only ship sunk by a nuke sub).
Posted by: rhomboid at August 13, 2025 12:32 AM (U/Byj)
They didn’t really look at it in terms of bombs, at first. Fast fission was thought to be a way to power navy ships or submarines (which eventually did happen of course)
What was weird, there were several tons of high grade (65%) uranium ore stored on Staten Island, from the Belgian Congo. Why was that there? Satisfy futures contracts maybe? They secured it right away.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 13, 2025 12:32 AM (Zo4ys)
https://tinyurl.com/3x2486jm
Posted by: JackStraw at August 13, 2025 12:32 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 12:33 AM (gOZ19)
Posted by: rhomboid at August 13, 2025 12:33 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 13, 2025 12:33 AM (ZVgZ4)
I will not stand by while corporations unlawfully manipulate our healthcare system to line their own pockets
_Ken Paxton
Attorney General Ken Paxton@KenPaxtonTX . 11h
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2025 12:34 AM (wHp1L)
Posted by: rhomboid at August 13, 2025 12:32 AM (U/Byj)
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IIRR, they fired a spread of three or four "dumb" torpedoes, and hit her with at least two. Broke her back.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 12:34 AM (WvZaB)
Posted by: rhomboid at August 13, 2025 12:33 AM (U/Byj)
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Dang. Yours is a brain I'd like to pick.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 12:35 AM (WvZaB)
https://tinyurl.com/3x2486jm
Posted by: JackStraw
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'Ette's, we are going to need some of you and those rocks up in the content.
Posted by: scampydog at August 13, 2025 12:37 AM (41CYW)
Of course despite Al Haig's druthers, we helped the Brits quite a bit. But not under Article 5/NATO auspices.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 13, 2025 12:37 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 12:35 AM (WvZaB)
Second that, Captain.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2025 12:38 AM (Mq5fn)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 12:38 AM (gOZ19)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 12:38 AM (WvZaB)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 12:33 AM (gOZ19)
Thats a good question. Maybe because it was just a UK territory and not the UK itself? Maybe article 5 don't cover an attack on investments. I'm curious.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 13, 2025 12:38 AM (snZF9)
Over the last few years, he has handed over control of his empire to his son, Alex, and Alex seems unable to do either of those things successfully.
HedgeFollow, a website that tracks and ranks U.S. hedge fund performances, currently gives Soros Fund Management a performance rating of 1 out of 5 stars, making it one of the least successful in the country.
Today, more than a dozen Soros DA’s have been removed from office by recalls, scandals, or simply not seeking re-election. And the spike in urban crime ended up being a key factor for the Democratic Party’s defeat in 2024.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2025 12:39 AM (wHp1L)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 12:35 AM (WvZaB)
Second that, Captain.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Third.
Posted by: scampydog at August 13, 2025 12:39 AM (41CYW)
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Good.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 12:41 AM (WvZaB)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 13, 2025 12:41 AM (ZVgZ4)
Now he rarely needs the meds. But it will be tough to weed through what you eat and test for a reaction. There are good uric acid gout supplements available on Amazon. You may need to go through a couple until you hit on the one that works best for you. But it will be a game changer.
Posted by: Effie Perrine at August 13, 2025 12:42 AM (1auMZ)
And I think I'd be far the beneficiary in picking brains in TX. And I'd certainly expect our exchange to be symmetrical.
You mentioned your dad's old store on Victory. Years ago I recall a visitor to the museum where I volunteered mentioning he frequented a weekly gathering at a Denny's on Victory, WWII vets. Like me he sought them out to do Library of Congress interviews, etc. Sad to think that group is surely gone. Worse - their grandkids (most of them anyway) have no idea why it's "Victory" Boulevard.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 13, 2025 12:44 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 12:44 AM (WvZaB)
Any one of you Morons who prowl the boozy haunts of the Delaware beaches better have your head on a swivel -- there's a Biden woman on the cougary side on the prowl now!
Do not say that you weren't warned!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 13, 2025 12:44 AM (xG4kz)
Based Susan got her rocks off (the lawn),
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 13, 2025 12:45 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 13, 2025 12:45 AM (ZVgZ4)
'Ette's, we are going to need some of you and those rocks up in the content.
Posted by: scampydog
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They've been quiet tonight. Too quiet.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2025 12:46 AM (wHp1L)
The reason Fermi used the squash courts under the bleachers, and built the pile himself, was because the contractor was on Strike.
I didn’t know Graphite was so heavy. They had 450 tons of it, and 50 tons of uranium in various forms. I had no idea it was that large. Dangerous as hell what they did, they took a lot of precautions but …
Posted by: Common Tater at August 13, 2025 12:46 AM (Zo4ys)
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Are you also a San Fernando Valley boy?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 12:47 AM (WvZaB)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 13, 2025 12:47 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 12:48 AM (gOZ19)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 13, 2025 12:48 AM (1Ye21)
Posted by: rhomboid at August 13, 2025 12:48 AM (U/Byj)
We’re lucky that Herr Doktor Professor Heisenberg miscalculated the required amount of fissile U-235 for a chain reaction.
No Fission Magician was he!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 13, 2025 12:49 AM (xG4kz)
Article 5 applies to an attack in Europe or North America.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 13, 2025 12:51 AM (viF8m)
https://t.ly/UhBe7
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
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I say, that girl is as sharp as a burlap bag full of rubber mallets.
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at August 13, 2025 12:51 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: scampydog
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Oh, yeah... saw the vid. Arrogant b!tch needs her teeth kicked in. Her and all her followers.
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2025 12:52 AM (rdVOm)
“Selfie Yacht 2.0”: Greta Thunberg Announces New ‘Aid Mission’ to Gaza
Look, those of you with military assets on the water in the eastern Mediterranean, just shoot first and ask questions later this time. Rid us of the pestilential doom goblin for once and for all.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 13, 2025 12:53 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 12:54 AM (WvZaB)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 12:54 AM (gOZ19)
https://t.ly/UhBe7
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
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Thank goodness, she wasn't dancing this time.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2025 12:54 AM (wHp1L)
https://youtube.com/shorts/FmRIr0Je1cQ
Posted by: Rex B at August 13, 2025 12:58 AM (+xk6Q)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 13, 2025 12:59 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2025 12:54 AM (wHp1L)
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Kind of sad, actually - a mentally-ill kid whose parents took advantage of her mental illness.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 12:59 AM (WvZaB)
Nobody seems to remember the origin of that slogan. It's the opposite of boastful.
The 1972 GOP convention was slated for San Diego. That was a pretty big deal for the city of that time. Nixon called San Diego his "lucky city" (not sure where that came from). Anyway. 1972. The s**t-stirrers of the time made big threats to disrupt the GOP convention (of course). Hoping to avoid their own 1968 Chicago Dem debacle, the RNC decided to move the convention to Miami Beach - easy to control and prevent major unpleasantness, thanks to geography.
Major butt-hurt among the Chamber of Commerce types (understandable). Indifference and amusement among the masses (San Diego definitely a GOP-voting area at that time, BTW). A sort of tongue-in-cheek "civic pride" stunt was the solution - "America's Finest City". No idea about that, then or now, but can report that back then, a spectacular place to grow up.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 13, 2025 12:59 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 01:00 AM (gOZ19)
Posted by: Skip at August 13, 2025 01:01 AM (+qU29)
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Oh, man, free solo. I'd have done rock climbing when I was young, but I weighed 145 pounds at 6'3" and had no upper body strength.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 01:01 AM (WvZaB)
https://t.ly/UhBe7
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
Did she finally hit puberty? She looks teenaged in that picture.
Which is bad, because she's 22. She'll probably haunt us until she's 122.
Well, not me, since I'm 29 myself, but.....
Posted by: mikeski at August 13, 2025 01:01 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: rhomboid at August 13, 2025 01:02 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 01:03 AM (gOZ19)
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Ah. Close friends of ours moved to Rancho Bernardo when it was still being built. Us kids ranged out over the mud behind their house (at the time).
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 01:04 AM (WvZaB)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea
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Yep. Derelict parents and a reminder of how the left and masses easily are influenced. Scary and sad.
Posted by: scampydog at August 13, 2025 01:04 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 13, 2025 12:53 AM (xG4kz)
Sounds like a job for a frogman team with undersea scooters, and sack of limpet mines. Boat goes Kaboom! and sinks, no "hostile" naval vessels in sight to lay blame upon. Must have been an old Nazi sea mine, floating around in the med for 80 years, eh?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2025 01:05 AM (Mq5fn)
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Given that she wouldn't eat for two years when she was in her pre-teens explains a lot.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 01:05 AM (WvZaB)
Not sure what I did wrong. Sorry.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 13, 2025 01:05 AM (viF8m)
Google is trying the back door on censorship still. You will notice that they changed the format. Now, when you search a topic, an AI generated text is the first entry. It pretends to be objective and comprehensive. They get to control what sources are used in determination of the answered topic for which you are inquiring. Which means responses are bias.
They know most people that search something are doing so for a quick response. So, they are depending on the laziness of the searcher to accept their "served right up on a dinner plate" answer.
It's nothing more than clever censorship of those sources that might provide alternative views with references and facts.
Or, at least, that's my opinion of Google's latest unveiling.
Posted by: Orson
Google's moronic kid brother or sister first response from its search engine is AI, true. If you check it out, however, it is little more than a "bored undergrad's cut and paste mock up from the next two to four responses. Real heavy lifting, that is.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 13, 2025 01:06 AM (xG4kz)
You're find, Jack.
It's that jihadi b!tch's video (in your post) that's got us ready to hurl rocks.
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2025 01:08 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2025 01:09 AM (Mq5fn)
Not sure what I did wrong. Sorry.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Oh gosh, nothing wrong. Short form commenting/context fizzle. Agreeing with you. Just don't want to punch a punchable faced woman - suggested that the 'Ette's handle/deal with that rotten, horrible woman in your link. We are all good JS. And the Mets better get things turned around!
Posted by: scampydog at August 13, 2025 01:09 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2025 01:09 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2025 01:10 AM (rdVOm)
Capt. Obvious, the Argie air force was quite intrepid (and was the most professional arm). The poor army conscripts were of course completely outclassed and poorly led. The navy wisely stayed in port, apart from the tragic Belgrano incident.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 13, 2025 01:10 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: scampydog at August 13, 2025 01:10 AM (41CYW)
I got a kick out of Tyrus on Gutfeld tonight. Judge Jugs, Jeanine Pirro as DC US Attorney cameup. Tyrus said she scares him. Her office at FOX HQ was right next to his, he said, and several times when they were there together, she call him for something, "Tyrus!".
He said he'd pee himself a little bit when he heard that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 01:11 AM (w6EFb)
The American Storm retweeted
United Nations, Melissa Fleming says, "They *own* the science on climate change", and they have worked with Google to make sure the algorithms shows only UN information
Peter Clack@PeterDClack . 4h
This is how censorship works. Head of global communications for the United Nations, Melissa Fleming, boasts about a 2021 deal with Google to block access to all alternate climate or global warming images or studies. Google is the world's biggest online search engine.
How many times do I have to say that those research groups that got into the climate modeling scam at the outset were set for life? Their "work product" became one among many in the grand canonical assembly of climate change models and, as such, transcended nearly all others to become Holy Writ. Their work cannot be defunded because "it's holy writ"!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 13, 2025 01:11 AM (xG4kz)
Nice effort tonight. Nice to see Pete get the record.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 13, 2025 01:12 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: rhomboid at August 13, 2025 01:10 AM (U/Byj)
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Yeah, they were trying to escape from the exclusion zone when they were spotted and sunk.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 01:13 AM (WvZaB)
Posted by: JackStraw
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He is a good dude. Metrics don't like him but time will love his contributions.
Posted by: scampydog at August 13, 2025 01:14 AM (41CYW)
I have two sets of keys to find before I set out from here tomorrow morning, but I'm not going to look for them now.
G'night, all.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 13, 2025 01:16 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2025 01:16 AM (wHp1L)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2025 01:17 AM (rdVOm)
Nightwatch, prayers for comfort and peace for your neighbor Michelle.
A lot of these Muslim women have never been loved properly. They need to take off the burka and have reciprocal gratifying sex. It might change some of their views.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 13, 2025 01:18 AM (0nHVk)
Then there was the time Judge Jeanine took a cab ride with Jimmy Failla:
https://tinyurl.com/26qm5u4a
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 01:19 AM (w6EFb)
So all the kids have ARs and nines in their lockers, but they can't get ammo so if they find some all heck will break loose?
Posted by: azjaeger at August 13, 2025 01:20 AM (3/XaG)
Thanks for a mighty ONT!
Posted by: JQ
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Well thanks. Just providing a forum. The magic is the commenters and their brainiac, witty, and ornery comments.
Posted by: scampydog at August 13, 2025 01:20 AM (41CYW)
I have two sets of keys to find before I set out from here tomorrow morning, but I'm not going to look for them now.
Found one just now right where I left it in the door that I unlocked late this afternoon.
The other is more crucial to work around if that need comes to pass.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 13, 2025 01:20 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: VirginiaSmoker at August 13, 2025 01:20 AM (YC7Ue)
I was amazed the MSM didn't make a big screaming deal about it, but there was the time Judge Jeanine got stopped for speeding coming back to NYC from upstate NY. They clocked her doing 119 MPH in her Escalade.
She got in a bit of trouble for that....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 01:21 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: VirginiaSmoker
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Posted by: scampydog at August 13, 2025 01:22 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: scampydog at August 13, 2025 01:20 AM (41CYW)
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I'll admit to ornery, but braniac and witty I'll leave to others.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 01:23 AM (WvZaB)
That was back in 2017, I see. She "plead it down" to 95 in a 65 mph zone. 95 must be some sort of legal cut off or something.
Anyway, she had to pay a hefty fine, and take some sort of driving course.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 01:23 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2025 01:24 AM (TNJzY)
From the story, the service refuser uses they/them pronouns....
Figures, as Joe Friday would say.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 01:26 AM (w6EFb)
I don't know that muz women (or men) can be salvaged. They've been conditioned to hate anything not-islam.
Ever read Rand's The Comprachicos? It's a quick read:
https://tinyurl.com/3ubmtssm
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2025 01:27 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 13, 2025 01:27 AM (/vPt3)
Started raining here again too, and gonna be cloudy all night.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 01:27 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 13, 2025 01:28 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 01:28 AM (gOZ19)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 01:29 AM (gOZ19)
Posted by: scampydog at August 13, 2025 01:30 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Aliens....
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 13, 2025 01:30 AM (sAmhv)
She got in a bit of trouble for that....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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She's so tiny she must have a bumper cushion to sit on and lift chocks on the pedals.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2025 01:30 AM (wHp1L)
I've been mesmerized before, by t-storms visible *way off in the distance* It's neat when they pose no threat, just an amazing light show.
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2025 01:33 AM (rdVOm)
Figures, as Joe Friday would say.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 01:26 AM (w6EFb)
That, right there, is a flashing neon sign that reads: Fucked in the Head.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2025 01:34 AM (TNJzY)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 01:34 AM (gOZ19)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2025 01:35 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Mixed emotions about this...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 13, 2025 01:36 AM (XeU6L)
She got in a bit of trouble for that....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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She's so tiny she must have a bumper cushion to sit on and lift chocks on the pedals.
Posted by: Braenyard
I worked with a girl that was a towering 4'10, maybe. She was tiny. She owned a mid 90s Pontiac Firebird. She drove it. I'm not sure how but she did.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 13, 2025 01:37 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Mixed emotions about this...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 13, 2025 01:36 AM (XeU6L)
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Eh.
Chips.
Fall.
Where they may.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 01:37 AM (WvZaB)
Posted by: scampydog at August 13, 2025 01:37 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 13, 2025 01:37 AM (sAmhv)
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Probably the same as the kid who was gonna R U N N O F T.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 01:39 AM (WvZaB)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 13, 2025 01:36 AM (XeU6L)
Presumably the Deep State has been playing fast and loose with everybody's data all along. Having some good guys get at it likely won't do any further harm, and may eventually lead to better data security.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2025 01:39 AM (TNJzY)
Pleiades rise time here is a little after midnight, now. The ancient Greek homos were big on the Pleiades, and the heliacal rising was the signal for safe sailing, and also the start of the farming season.
This was similar to how the ancient Egyptians used the heliacal rising of the Alpha Big Dog, Sirius, as a go-signal.
The "Dog days of Summer" comes from this heliacal rising. Indeed, August 11th is about that rise date for the most of us in the Northern hemisphere. It varies with latitude, of course, but that's a good rough date.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 01:40 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 01:41 AM (gOZ19)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 13, 2025 01:41 AM (sAmhv)
Moon is not even visible here.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 01:41 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 13, 2025 01:37 AM (sAmhv)
There are custom shops who can relocate the seat rails, or put blocks on the pedals, or fit a car with hand controls.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2025 01:41 AM (TNJzY)
Inquiring minds want to know!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 12, 2025 10:41 PM (S/Y4j)
Isn't it obvious? An Ewok.....installing shelves....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 13, 2025 01:42 AM (QGaXH)
Precession of the equinoxes has shifted the heliacal rise timing by a bit since the days of the ancients, especially for Sirius and the ancient Egyptians. I can't remember how much.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 01:43 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2025 01:46 AM (TNJzY)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 01:47 AM (gOZ19)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 01:43 AM (w6EFb)
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They had a different north star, I know that much.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 01:47 AM (WvZaB)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 01:51 AM (gOZ19)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 13, 2025 01:51 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 01:52 AM (gOZ19)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 01:52 AM (WvZaB)
The desktop version of Stellarium has a setting to show the precession circle with dates, if you're interested. You can see the circular path of the pole relative to the northern sky.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 01:53 AM (w6EFb)
Also-- it's still 85F! Yuck. Not muggy, but too warm for comfort since air is so still. Thankful for a/c!
I do have an extra box fan, for those warm evenings on the deck, LOL. But don't feel like setting it up for tonight.
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2025 01:53 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 13, 2025 01:53 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 01:55 AM (gOZ19)
Extinction is the rule.
Survival is the exception.
-- Dr. Carl Saga
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2025 01:55 AM (wHp1L)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 13, 2025 01:55 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Common Tater
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Retail Pong (as a store-bought game) precipitated FCC Part 15 regs.
A single-sided pc board with about 25 7400 series logic ICs, with probably one whole uf of bypass was one hell of an EMI radiator. The FCC was inundated with complaints from people trying to watch TV, but having a ghost image of a pong game overlaid on it from the kids next door playing it.
Posted by: buddhaha at August 13, 2025 01:56 AM (ha888)
Posted by: Boss Moss
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I gave up on the 'tobacco' flavors. New fave is "aqua" flavor, by "Nasty" brand. Holds a charge for a looooong time and is pretty smooth.
If you're ok with menthol, you'd like this one.
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2025 01:57 AM (rdVOm)
The new Grok 4 tries to do "deeper thinking" and takes a long time. It's been cranking for about 5 minutes after I asked for the helical rising dates.
Now, it tried to generate code using some ephemeris APIs, and has encountered errors, which it's trying to fix. ROFL. It's using ephemeris time and the error was with delta-T using IERS tables or some shit.
This is hilarious. It's trying to be really accurate, but messing up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 01:57 AM (w6EFb)
It just finished as I typed that, total of 11 min 25 s "thinking time" for that. I'll see what it says now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 01:58 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 02:01 AM (gOZ19)
Cripes, I went to the vape shop & was overwhelmed by all the choices! I said 'give me something I can barely taste, because all the *flavors* taste so gross' (or something to that effect)
Bingo. I can live with this one. Still: not like a cig, but better than nothing at all.
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2025 02:04 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2025 02:04 AM (wHp1L)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2025 02:06 AM (rdVOm)
You obviously want more precision than this Sky & Telescope article offers, but they suggest the heliacal rising of Sirius as seen from Memphis, Egypt has shifted from early July to present day early August. There is an illustration in the article showing the position of Sirius at 3° high 32 minutes before sunrise around the time of its heliacal rising on 15 July 3000 BC, as seen from Memphis. See the article for more details. The calculation was done using Stellarium.
https://is.gd/AfTaD8
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 13, 2025 02:07 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 02:08 AM (WvZaB)
Work is over for tonight. I've now forgotten more about Nitrogen generators than I will ever know.
Anyway.
A single-sided pc board with about 25 7400 series logic ICs, with probably one whole uf of bypass was one hell of an EMI radiator. The FCC was inundated with complaints from people trying to watch TV, but having a ghost image of a pong game overlaid on it from the kids next door playing it.
Posted by: buddhaha at August 13, 2025 01:56 AM (ha88
We burned that image into a very expensive TV Record player combination. Huge wedding gift to my parents from some wealthy relatives. Had to watch cartoons with stripes.
My younger brothers played it for a whole summer non stop.
I loved it because it kept them out of my hair.
Posted by: Reforger at August 13, 2025 02:08 AM (pxUkb)
So their seasonal alignment is off. Back in ancient Egypt the heliacal rising of Sirius heralded the flooding of the Nile.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 02:08 AM (w6EFb)
One minute of the stupidest drivers on earth.
https://tinyurl.com/td4r9ns2
Posted by: Braenyard
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I'll guess that it's icy roads and that this is Texas or somewhere south anyway.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 13, 2025 02:09 AM (sAmhv)
One minute of the stupidest drivers on earth.
https://tinyurl.com/td4r9ns2
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2025 02:04 AM (wHp1L)
I have personally witnessed this behavior...a large crash with cars continuing to crash into cars in front seconds later...
Here in Kali, I've gotten into the habit if I see massive slowing ahead, I slow down waaay ahead and turn on my emergency blinkers...it's the idiots behind you that are the most dangerous.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 13, 2025 02:09 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 13, 2025 02:09 AM (ynpvh)
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When I drove down the Conejo Grade once in the very early morning, I ran into pea soup descending into the Ventura coastal plain. My principal concern was idiots ramming me from behind.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 02:12 AM (WvZaB)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 02:15 AM (gOZ19)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 02:16 AM (gOZ19)
But, common sense would say drive on ice isn't nice. Slow down.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2025 02:21 AM (wHp1L)
That's accurate enough. Grok centered on Thebes to calculate it. I remember Guy Ottowell uses Thebes over Memphis as well for his ancient Egyptian origin for astronomical alignments. There's a reason for that, but I forget.
Anyway, it was about June 25th in 2500 BC, sort of centering on the Old Kingdom period. For the Pleiades, it was May 25 in Athens in 300BC.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 02:21 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 02:24 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 02:25 AM (WvZaB)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 02:27 AM (WvZaB)
Oh, and those dates are proleptic Gregorian, as they should be, and not proleptic Julian, for better seasonal reference alignment.
Even the Gregorian will drift going k 10Ks of years or better, but it's dead on seasonally for the period of human history.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 02:28 AM (w6EFb)
Speaking of cats, the one here is doing his gently annoy Publius at the computer to get his shrimp and tuna treat paste. So, off to serve him that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 02:29 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 02:28 AM (w6EFb)
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So, we'll need to skip a leap year in 10,000 years or so?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 02:30 AM (WvZaB)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 02:29 AM (w6EFb)
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Well, there are worse things that one has to do...
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 02:31 AM (WvZaB)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 02:33 AM (gOZ19)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 02:33 AM (gOZ19)
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Well, that's reasonable.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 02:34 AM (WvZaB)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2025 02:34 AM (wHp1L)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 13, 2025 02:34 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 13, 2025 02:34 AM (ZVgZ4)
Seriously?
Posted by: Reforger at August 13, 2025 02:37 AM (pxUkb)
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Maybe they'll stop shipping rusty stainless steel.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2025 02:40 AM (wHp1L)
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Maybe they'll stop shipping rusty stainless steel.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2025 02:40 AM (wHp1L)
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What about the Paks? I'm tired of Paki knives that won't hold and edge.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 02:41 AM (WvZaB)
Yep, although it gets a bit more complicated than that. Due to Milankovich cycles, a complex mess of perturbation cycles, the tropical year (complete cycle of seasons) is getting shorter by a bit, and long term tidal friction is slowing the earth's rotation. This adds up to small, but steadily decreasing number of mean solar days per tropical year.
A proposal that would fix it the best goes something like dropping a 400 year leap year in 3600, then resuming at 4000 AD, but switching to a 500 yr cycle then, rather than 400.
Initially that would be added to few leap years, but after several thousand years would then be adding too many and would balance out. That would keep things in sync, long term average for maybe 15,000 years give or take.
The uncertainty as well as the random factors in the earth's rotation make anything more precise than that impossible that far out. You'd just have to wait until then to see how things played out.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 02:44 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2025 02:44 AM (WvZaB)
The Gregorian will likely be out of sync by 1 day around 4000 AD or so. That's a bit early due to the shortening of the tropical year and lengthening of the day compared to a static drift calculation with the current tropical year and mean solar day.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 02:46 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 13, 2025 02:50 AM (ZVgZ4)
Looked it up. The proposal is to drop the leap year in 3200 AD, keep 3600 and 4000 AD, then switch to the 500 year cycle.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 02:51 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 13, 2025 02:56 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 13, 2025 02:34 AM (ZVgZ4)
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youtu.be/o3n2wR-9PuI?t=953
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2025 02:57 AM (wHp1L)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 13, 2025 02:59 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Reforger at August 13, 2025 03:01 AM (pxUkb)
The standard astronomical convention is this. Julian before the Gregorian was first instituted in Oct, 1582, Gregorian thereafter. There are thus 10 days that don't exist. But it wasn't until much later that it became uniform. Great Britain didn't switch until ~1752 (that's the deal with Washington's birthday). So, no matter what you do, there will be confusion in between.
But before Oct 1582, nobody was using it, so they decided to just use the Julian -- imagine the confusion of historical dates if forcing a proleptic Gregorian.
Now, the lack of a year 0 is a problem for the arithmetic as well, so the convention is use 1 BC as year zero, and then negative years before that.
Thus 2 BC is year -1, etc. Year number for BC dates is (1 - Year_BC). That makes the math work out nicely, but using the proleptic Julian arbitrarily back in time. Nobody was using the Julian before 45BC or whenever, but it doesn't matter than far back. No modern person would have any clue about the mish mash of ancient calendar systems used back then. :-)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 03:01 AM (w6EFb)
What about the Paks? I'm tired of Paki knives that won't hold and edge.
Posted by: Captain Obvious,
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They are a unsavory, devious and belligerent obstacle to peace in their region and by recent threats the world. We should act accordingly.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2025 03:03 AM (wHp1L)
Now for seasonal purposes, to know if a date was winter, summer, etc, the proleptic Gregorian is much better, but it's non-standard astronomical date numbering. It's relatively easy (hah! -- with a correct library routine) to convert for this purpose.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 03:04 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 13, 2025 03:11 AM (gOZ19)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 13, 2025 03:17 AM (sAmhv)
The Gregorian cycle corresponds to a mean tropical year of 365.2425 mean solar days. As of epoch J2000 (current t = 0 reference for astronomical purposes -- this keeps your t variable from getting ridiculously large -- the reset the epoch every so many decades):
The mean tropical year is 365.24219 ephemeris days (based on the SI/atomic time second), but 365.24217 mean solar days (again using the value at J2000). So there's the slight difference and drift.
As of 2020, the earth has sped up smidge (temporarily) and for these purposes, the mean solar day currently is averaging very close to an SI ephemeris day. But that's only temporary and the slow down continues over centuries.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 03:19 AM (w6EFb)
Mini Dozier has great looks but won't take an edge for me.
My Kershaw looks like a gentleman's knife not a marauder,
circa 2000 titanium, is simply marvelous. It's put away in a secure place. So secure it'll be found one day.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2025 03:23 AM (wHp1L)
There's a phone app that is the shiz, point at shoot at the sky and shows you what you're looking at. The desktop version (Windows, Linux, Mac versions) is much more sophisticated and capable.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2025 03:24 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2025 03:30 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Skip at August 13, 2025 04:00 AM (+qU29)
Mini Dozier has great looks but won't take an edge for me.
My Kershaw looks like a gentleman's knife not a marauder,
circa 2000 titanium, is simply marvelous. It's put away in a secure place. So secure it'll be found one day.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2025 03:23 AM (wHp1L)
This was looking like a poem for the first few lines.
Posted by: m at August 13, 2025 04:27 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: m at August 13, 2025 04:42 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 12, 2025 10:32 PM (JkO4W)
He's JUST all right.
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