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Saturday Night "Club ONT" October 4, 2025 [The 3 Ds]
Saturday Night Jokes and Other Funnies An old man calls his son and says, "Listen, your mother and I are getting a divorce. Forty-five years of misery is more than enough for anyone." "Wait, Dad, what are you talking about?" the son yells, completely shocked. "We just can't stand each other anymore," the old man says, his voice firm. "I'm tired of looking at her, and I don't want to discuss it. Call your sister and break the news to her," and he hangs up. The son, now in a panic, immediately calls his sister. She explodes, "Like heck they are!" She calls their father right back. "You are NOT getting divorced! Don't you dare do a single thing. We are both flying home first thing tomorrow to sort this out. Do not call a lawyer. Do not file a single paper. DO YOU HEAR ME?" She slams the phone down. The old man hangs up, turns to his wife, and says, "Okay, they're both coming for Christmas and paying their own airfares." *** A young man was crossing a road one day when a frog called out to him and said, "If you kiss me, I'll turn into a beautiful princess." The man bent over, picked up the frog and put it in his pocket. The frog spoke up again and said, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I will stay with you for one week." The young man took the frog out of his pocket, smiled at it and returned it to the pocket. The frog then cried out, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a princess, I'll stay with you for one week and do ANYTHING you want." Again the young man took the frog out, smiled at it and put it back into his pocket. Next the frog yells, "Okay okay, If you kiss me and turn me back into a princess, I'll stay with you FOREVER and do ANYTHING you want." Again the young man took the frog out, then he chuckled at it and put it back in his pocket. Finally, the frog asked, "What is the matter? I've told you I'm a beautiful princess, that I'll stay with you forever, and do anything you want. Why won't you kiss me?" The young man said, "Look I'm an engineer. I don't have time for a girlfriend, but a talking frog is cool." -----
Singing frog > talking frog
Drink of the Night Playing card cocktails are back!
The heist was not a spontaneous or random act of burglary either, with the perpetrators having carefully planned and orchestrated the theft using fraudulent logistics documents and a freight truck to carry it out. They arrived at the Burlington, Washington warehouse on the 31st of July posing as freight carrier crew bound for New Jersey with the delivery, but the distillery was alerted to the theft when after a week the bottles failed to arrive at their scheduled destination on the East coast.
Club ONT Storytime How many movies or books would be very different with modern technology? So many storylines are based on the unknown - Where is a person? Where is the enemy? I'm waiting for a response from someone. What is the weather? Where are we going? Are we lost? What does that unknown language mean?
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology examined more than 1,100 species of mammals and birds, asking a deceptively simple question: which sex tends to live longer? A clear rule emerged: the strongest predictor that the males of any given species would meet a relatively early end was down to how elaborate and energetic their mating rituals were.See also, "Hold my beer and watch this!"
Moron Worthy Club ONT History Olympic medals with art talent. From 1912 through 1948, the Olympics held competitions for art categories. Five divisions: Architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture. At the time known as the "Pentathlon of Muses."
It is not widely known that art competitions have been part of the Olympics Games from 1912 to 1948. Each host city would establish a jury to judge aspiring artists' submissions. Like in the sports competitions, the best artworks were awarded a medal. This competition was the brainchild of the founder of the modern Olympic Games, Pierre de Frédy, who believed that competitions of the mind and body should take place at the same time. He saw the expression of human creativity as fundamentally important as physical movement. One might even argue that the immaterial nature of thoughts and artistic invention is the origin of anything created physically in our world.
Club ONT Precision
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— Giga Based Dad (@GigaBasedDad) October 3, 2025
Club ONT Music Legal trouble!
Who remembers this bit of 80s cheese? It fits the theme, but it's pretty bad!
Top 10ish Comments of the Week. Or thereabout...
Club ONT brought to you by: The 1901 Ford "Sweepstakes."
Ford entered the car in a race that took place on October 10, 1901, at a horse racing track in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. The race was known as a sweepstakes, so Sweepstakes was the name that Ford and Barthel gave their car. Henry's opponent in the race was Alexander Winton, who was already a successful auto manufacturer, and the country's best known race driver. No one gave the inexperienced, unknown Ford a chance. When the race began Ford fell behind immediately, trailing by as much as 300 yards. But Henry improved his driving technique quickly, gradually cutting into Winton's lead. Then Winton's car developed mechanical trouble, and Ford swept past him on the main straightaway, as the crowd roared its approval. Henry's wife Clara described the scene in a letter to her brother: "The people went wild. One man threw his hat up and when it came down he stamped on it. Another man had to hit his wife on the head to keep her from going off the handle. She stood up in her seat ... screamed "I'd bet $50 on Ford if I had it.'" Henry Ford's victory had the desired effect. New investors backed Ford in his next venture, the Henry Ford Company. Yet he was not home free. He disagreed with his financiers, left the company in 1902, and finally formed his lasting enterprise, Ford Motor Company, in 1903.
Unlike the Federal government, Club ONT remains fully operational. All Club ONT personnel are essential and they are engaged in conducting essential functions. Club ONT will never give you up, never let you down, never run around, or desert you.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2025 10:00 PM (WJMvi)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2025 10:01 PM (WJMvi)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 04, 2025 10:01 PM (ha1wR)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2025 10:01 PM (WJMvi)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 04, 2025 10:01 PM (ha1wR)
Can't believe I'm first.
Posted by: YIKES! at October 04, 2025 10:01 PM (OgWfa)
Posted by: QED Texan at October 04, 2025 10:01 PM (fveCG)
Maybe not.
Posted by: YIKES! at October 04, 2025 10:01 PM (OgWfa)
Posted by: Caf at October 04, 2025 10:02 PM (/+mVZ)
Posted by: mindful webworker - it said no comments when I got there at October 04, 2025 10:02 PM (fevhA)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 04, 2025 10:02 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2025 10:02 PM (9ipOP)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2025 10:02 PM (uoNBM)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2025 10:02 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: PaleRider at October 04, 2025 10:03 PM (CFj4+)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 04, 2025 10:03 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Don Black was never here at October 04, 2025 10:03 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 04, 2025 10:03 PM (VVcrM)
Just found out a kittuh can get diabetes. My co-worker has a kittuh and just told me the poor kittuh has it. Has to have insulin shots now. Meow.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 04, 2025 10:03 PM (+J/Au)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 04, 2025 10:04 PM (nDqZl)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 04, 2025 10:05 PM (IBQGV)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 04, 2025 10:03 PM (VVcrM)
Oh, alright. Sponge is first. Again.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2025 10:05 PM (WJMvi)
Toward a New Life, by Josef Suk. Winner of the silver medal in music at the 1932 Olympics.
https://youtu.be/cmKqSQhF6Gc
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2025 10:06 PM (tgvbd)
Federal judge blocks Trump admin from sending troops to Portland
Posted by: Don Black was never here at October 04, 2025 10:03 PM (AOsQT)
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Send the troops to the judges house instead.
Or better yet, relocate the judge's house so it's in the worst criminal section of Portland.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 04, 2025 10:06 PM (IBQGV)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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32 slices of pepperoni on that pizza - sounds doable.
Posted by: scampydog at October 04, 2025 10:07 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 04, 2025 10:07 PM (ha1wR)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2025 10:02 PM (uoNBM)
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I thought there was a rule against math on the ONT...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 04, 2025 10:07 PM (IBQGV)
Federal judge blocks Trump admin from sending troops to Portland
Posted by: Don Black
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Roberts is already staying up nights trying to figure out how to worm word the law.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2025 10:07 PM (uoNBM)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 04, 2025 10:08 PM (gjue8)
Saw something about this a while back. Several different scenarios. Most memorable was Romeo & Juliet. "Romeo: I'm going to fake my death. Don't do anything rash."
Posted by: mindful webworker - it said no comments when I got there at October 04, 2025 10:08 PM (fevhA)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends
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I watched that Mel Gibson movie, Signs the other night too!
Posted by: scampydog at October 04, 2025 10:08 PM (41CYW)
All of you need to do a First acknowledgement, recognizing you have knavishly appropriated what is rightfully mine.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2025 10:08 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2025 10:08 PM (9ipOP)
Posted by: Don Black was never here at October 04, 2025 10:09 PM (AOsQT)
Federal judge blocks Trump admin from sending troops to Portland
Posted by: Don Black was never here at October 04, 2025 10:03 PM (AOsQT)
I'm so sick of these judges. Apparently this was a Trump appointed judge. Someone gave Trump a bum steer on appointments.
Posted by: Joyenz at October 04, 2025 10:09 PM (2F0/Y)
Federal judge blocks Trump admin from sending troops to Portland
Posted by: Don Black
What a shocker.
So why doesn't the DOJ send in Federal Marshalls? THEY carry guns and can arrest. (Or am I completely wrong on this.)
Posted by: Some Rat at October 04, 2025 10:09 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2025 10:10 PM (cYBz/)
Argumentum ad tardium
Knowing the best argument - after 2 or 3 noods.
I thought of a response this afternoon for last night’s ONT. Such is my life.
Posted by: QED Texan at October 04, 2025 10:10 PM (fveCG)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2025 10:10 PM (JnEe8)
Posted by: IS ROTH at October 04, 2025 10:11 PM (fg/kn)
Love the Saturday Night Jokes!
And I love Teresa in Fort Worth's comment! Such fantastic news and positive outlook on life! (hugs)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 04, 2025 10:12 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2025 10:13 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 04, 2025 10:13 PM (ha1wR)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2025 10:14 PM (9ipOP)
Posted by: scampydog at October 04, 2025 10:14 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2025 10:14 PM (Nzhwp)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2025 10:02 PM (uoNBM)
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So Japan will be led by a chick.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 10:14 PM (ZOv7s)
Nice. My dear wife and I should try this. We've lived in our new digs for 3 years now but her son can't be bothered to visit. Hell, the baby we helped raise and his family have been here three times already. My oldest and his family whom live in London have been here a few times.
Grrrrrr. . . .
Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2025 10:15 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 04, 2025 10:15 PM (ha1wR)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2025 10:15 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Jus' sayin' at October 04, 2025 10:15 PM (fevhA)
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It is interesting reading a mystery story written decades ago and realizing how easy it would be to solve with modern technology.
Nowadays, writers have to work around technology like smartphones if they want to pose challenges for characters, such as breaking the tech at key moments or putting the characters underground where they can't get a signal.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 04, 2025 10:16 PM (IBQGV)
Posted by: Ashurbanipal, King of Kings at October 04, 2025 10:16 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2025 10:15 PM (63Dwl)
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Everybody's doing the Michigan Rag!!!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 10:16 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 04, 2025 10:18 PM (IAdFa)
Posted by: mikeski at October 04, 2025 10:18 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 04, 2025 10:16 PM (IBQGV)
That's why The Shadow Stalker Murders are set in 1950.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 04, 2025 10:18 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2025 10:14 PM (Nzhwp)
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Triumvirate. Now, there's a word you don't see every day! Excellent choice!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 04, 2025 10:18 PM (kB9dk)
Grrrrrr. . . .
Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2025 10:15 PM (cYBz/)
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I don't have to ask if my grandchildren will be here for Christmas because they live here year-round. Same with 2/3 of my adult daughters.
The grass is always greener.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 10:19 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 04, 2025 10:19 PM (ha1wR)
Posted by: Braenyard
"Asui is scheduled to become Japan's next prime minister"
Vivaldi browser translate button is really remarkable and handy.
Doesn't know Yiddish though. (Looking at you, Morning Reporter.)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Has been known to identify Yiddish as Hungarian at October 04, 2025 10:20 PM (fevhA)
Federal judge blocks Trump admin from sending troops to Portland
Posted by: Don Black
Send em anyway. Ask the judge how many divisions he has.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 04, 2025 10:20 PM (VVcrM)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 10:21 PM (ZOv7s)
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all the westerns
would Johnny Ringo follow Wyatt Earp on X, or would Earp block him
Posted by: Don Black was never here at October 04, 2025 10:21 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 04, 2025 10:21 PM (ha1wR)
Posted by: RickZ at October 04, 2025 10:21 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 10:21 PM (ZOv7s)
He’s the CINC. Don’t have to like it, but he has the executive authority to do this. Whether he should, or should not, is not part of the equation.
Maybe if portland wasn’t fucked up like a soup sandwich it wouldn’t be an issue.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 04, 2025 10:21 PM (pIZjG)
Posted by: The Barrel at October 04, 2025 10:22 PM (gKWVE)
Just call me Methuselah.
Posted by: mikeski at October 04, 2025 10:18 PM (nhCoE)
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I keep saying chafing kills, but nobody believes me.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2025 10:22 PM (4a+wk)
Posted by: QED Texan at October 04, 2025 10:22 PM (fveCG)
Posted by: RickZ at October 04, 2025 10:22 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Don Black was never here at October 04, 2025 10:22 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 04, 2025 10:15 PM (ha1wR)
I'd agree with this assessment. Hold the mushrooms on my half.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 04, 2025 10:22 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: The Barrel at October 04, 2025 10:22 PM (9ipOP)
Mindful webworker, please report to the Barrel.
Mindful webworker, please report to the Barrel.
Thank you.
Posted by: The Hungry Barrel at October 04, 2025 10:23 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: scampydog at October 04, 2025 10:23 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Don Black was never here at October 04, 2025 10:22 PM (AOsQT)
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Smelt it dealt it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 10:23 PM (ZOv7s)
I don't think a week counts as "alerted." More like "finally figured out."
Posted by: GWB at October 04, 2025 10:23 PM (Dvcu+)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2025 10:24 PM (uoNBM)
Mindful webworker, please report to the Barrel.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
FIFY
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 04, 2025 10:24 PM (ha1wR)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2025 10:14 PM (Nzhwp)
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Triumvirate. Now, there's a word you don't see every day! Excellent choice!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient
Triumvirate, the art of logic, grammar and rhetoric.
* looks at 3 Ds *
We'll allow it.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 04, 2025 10:24 PM (VVcrM)
At first I though, well, I can live with that. Then I realized it said Portland, not Poland.
Posted by: mindful webworker - US vs Enemies Domestic at October 04, 2025 10:24 PM (fevhA)
Had a strenuous day today so we be mostly lurk-kink tonight.
Hope all are well and having a good weekend.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 04, 2025 10:24 PM (QGaXH)
Almost all pre-2000 cop shows. Definitely all pre-1975ish ones.
Posted by: GWB at October 04, 2025 10:25 PM (Dvcu+)
then I'll go watch my new favorite TV show about the really smart girl who helps the cops catch bad guys
Posted by: Don Black was never here at October 04, 2025 10:25 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: QED Texan at October 04, 2025 10:25 PM (fveCG)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 04, 2025 10:25 PM (IQ6Gq)
Federal judge blocks Trump admin from sending troops to Portland
Posted by: Don Black
Send em anyway. Ask the judge how many divisions he has.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 04, 2025 10:20 PM (VVcrM)
Send the judge to stay in the Portland ICE facility for a month, as an _impartial observer_.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 04, 2025 10:25 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Common Tater at October 04, 2025 10:21 PM (pIZjG)
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Never heard of a "soup sandwich" before. What is that, exactly?
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 04, 2025 10:25 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: Don Black was never here at October 04, 2025 10:25 PM (AOsQT)
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Is she stunning and also brave?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 10:26 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Don Black was never here at October 04, 2025 10:26 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 04, 2025 10:26 PM (EYmYM)
Well, as above, it's --------ed up.
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 04, 2025 10:26 PM (ha1wR)
The plot required land lines
I couldn't buy into it
Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at October 04, 2025 10:27 PM (HqkRa)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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she is leggy and sassy and kinda looks like Liz Hurley
Posted by: Don Black was never here at October 04, 2025 10:27 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 04, 2025 10:27 PM (VVcrM)
Federal judge blocks Trump admin from sending troops to Portland
Posted by: Don Black
Send em anyway. Ask the judge how many divisions he has.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude
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El Donaldo is a trickster, he knows it's going to court; However, always, at the last judgement he wins and also gains more authority that he can use for the duration.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2025 10:27 PM (uoNBM)
Federal judge blocks Trump admin from sending troops to Portland
Posted by: Don Black was never here
Are there any Oregon National Guard armories in Portland?
Use them. They are already there.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 04, 2025 10:27 PM (/lPRQ)
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You know who was pretty good at painting landscapes?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2025 10:27 PM (4a+wk)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient
Triumvirate, the art of logic, grammar and rhetoric.
* looks at 3 Ds *
We'll allow it.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 04, 2025 10:24 PM (VVcrM)
The mistake may be trivial, but you're thinking of the Trivium.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 04, 2025 10:28 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 04, 2025 10:28 PM (gKWVE)
Those girls have awful trigger discipline.
And I'm surprisingly ok with that.
Posted by: GWB at October 04, 2025 10:28 PM (Dvcu+)
Posted by: mindful webworker - from deep in the barrel at October 04, 2025 10:28 PM (fevhA)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 04, 2025 10:25 PM (kB9dk)
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Try to make one. You'll figure it out.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 10:28 PM (ZOv7s)
Or better yet, relocate the judge's house so it's in the worst criminal section of Portland.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 04, 2025 10:06 PM (IBQGV)
Declare Oregon to be in a state of insurrection, and send the troops in anyway. Arrest the Governor, and all the Dem judges, Dem prosecutors, and other Democrats. Hang at least half of them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2025 10:28 PM (Nzhwp)
then I'll go watch my new favorite TV show about the really smart girl who helps the cops catch bad guys
Posted by: Don Black
I just switched from the Minnesota v Ohio State game to the Colorado v. TCU game. Much more interesting—at least it one sided. Both teams have scored since I switched.
Posted by: QED Texan at October 04, 2025 10:29 PM (fveCG)
At first I though, well, I can live with that. Then I realized it said Portland, not Poland.
Posted by: mindful webworker
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Ha! I read it as Portugal and said why would we send troops to Portugal....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 04, 2025 10:29 PM (IQ6Gq)
Had Berskerker in mind.
Husband: My wife is missing. She went shopping yesterday and has not come home!
Officer: Age?
Husband: I'm not sure. Somewhere between 25 and 35. We don't do birthdays.
Officer: Height?
Husband: I'm not sure. A little over five-feet tall.
OFFICER : Weight?
Husband: Don't know. Not slim, not really fat.
OFFICER : Color of eyes?
Husband: Sort of brown I think.
OFFICER : Color of hair?
Husband: Changes a couple times a year. Maybe dark brown now. I can't remember.
OFFICER : What was she wearing?
Husband: Could have been pants, or maybe a skirt or shorts. I don't know exactly.
OFFICER : What kind of car was she driving?
Husband: She took my motorcycle.
OFFICER : What kind of motorcycle was it?
Husband : A 2018 Harley Davidson Roadglide, Twisted Cherry with 14" apes, stage 2 kit, Vance and Hines fishtail pipes, Klock Werks windshield, JP cycles foot boards, highway pegs and crash bars...at this point the husband started choking up.
OFFICER: Take it easy sir, we'll find your your motorcycle.
Posted by: haffhowershower at October 04, 2025 10:29 PM (144I4)
Posted by: Nigel Tufnell at October 04, 2025 10:29 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 04, 2025 10:27 PM (VVcrM)
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Close enough for ONT / Club work.
Posted by: scampydog at October 04, 2025 10:29 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Don Black was never here at October 04, 2025 10:27 PM (AOsQT)
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Current Liz Hurley or superior 1990s Liz Hurley?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 10:29 PM (ZOv7s)
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I'm not sure why anyone in the military would take orders from a judge, since allegedly chain of command is a thing.
Posted by: Methos at October 04, 2025 10:30 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Braenyard
"Asui is scheduled to become Japan's next prime minister"
Vivaldi browser translate button is really remarkable and handy.
Posted by: mindful webworker
Ha! I was trying to piece it together with Nihongodict.
The first two kanji, "麻酔," which are apparently her name, translate individually as "hemp" and "drunk," and together as "anesthesia."
Posted by: mikeski at October 04, 2025 10:30 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 04, 2025 10:29 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Like knocking over a popsicle stand. Its army wears tights,
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2025 10:30 PM (4a+wk)
problem: so is Illinois.
It's called a "two front war" and it sucks for the states in between, which includes Colorado, which has a major airport and a strangehold on the I-70.
Posted by: Nigel Tufnell at October 04, 2025 10:31 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 04, 2025 10:31 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: clarence at October 04, 2025 10:31 PM (gatCI)
UCMJ says do not obey illegal orders. Judges define what is or is not illegal.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 04, 2025 10:32 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: mikeski at October 04, 2025 10:30 PM (nhCoE)
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But does it include the philosophy of Sung, or the poetry if Kitai?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 10:32 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Fo you perchance happen to have a newsletter one may subscribe to?
Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2025 10:32 PM (JnEe8)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2025 10:33 PM (4a+wk)
Posted by: Don Black was never here at October 04, 2025 10:33 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 04, 2025 10:25 PM (kB9dk)
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Try to make one. You'll figure it out.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 10:28 PM (ZOv7s)
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D'oh! *hangs head in shame* I was thinking of a sandwich that goes with soup, not a sammie made of soup! Thanks for the enlightening...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 04, 2025 10:33 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 04, 2025 10:33 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 04, 2025 10:32 PM (gKWVE)
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Now do the vaxx mandate.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 10:33 PM (ZOv7s)
I don't think so. I'm pretty sure the UCMJ describes and defines the legality of orders. I suppose I could look it up.
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 04, 2025 10:34 PM (ha1wR)
Triumverate
Trivium
Tripod
Trivial...wait, what? How did that get in there? Shouldn't it mean three vials?
Posted by: haffhowershower at October 04, 2025 10:34 PM (144I4)
Posted by: Sock Monkey
Mrs. QED homeschooled our kids, too. I did do a literature-heavy course with our oldest for 3 years of high school. I read more books in those three years than all of my high school and college years (literature) combined.
Posted by: QED Texan at October 04, 2025 10:34 PM (fveCG)
Trivium
Tripod
Trivial...wait, what? How did that get in there? Shouldn't it mean three vials?
Posted by: haffhowershower at October 04, 2025 10:34 PM (144I4)
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Triamnic
Triceratops
Tricycle
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 10:35 PM (ZOv7s)
Oh, well. Evening to all of you.
On the movie thread, there was a mention of Carole Lombard and her early death in a plane crash. My favorite Carole Lombard story comes from when she was married to Clark Gable. A friend told her there was a whorehouse in Nevada which specialized in lookalikes of famous Hollywood actresses . . . and there was one who was a ringer for her, Carole.
Instead of getting huffy and proclaiming, "I'll sue!", she simply laughed. "Don't tell Clark. He'll want to go!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2025 10:36 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient
Try to make one. You'll figure it out.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
And using a bread bowl is cheating.
Posted by: mikeski at October 04, 2025 10:36 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 04, 2025 10:36 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 04, 2025 10:36 PM (ha1wR)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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https://tinyurl.com/4c48ye9h
Posted by: Don Black was never here at October 04, 2025 10:36 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 04, 2025 10:33 PM (kB9dk)
Have to go with grilled cheese and tomato soup as the definitive 'soup' sandwich. But since I'm not a big fan of tomato soup, I've been known to dip grilled peanut butter sandwiches into chicken noodle soup. Mmmmm.
Posted by: haffhowershower at October 04, 2025 10:37 PM (144I4)
Triceratops
Tricycle
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 10:35 PM (ZOv7s)
Kamala got an early start on sluttitude. She was the town tricycle.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2025 10:37 PM (Nzhwp)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 04, 2025 10:36 PM (gKWVE)
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Neither did I, which is why I had an unplanned retirement!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 10:37 PM (ZOv7s)
Trivium
Tripod
Trivial...wait, what? How did that get in there? Shouldn't it mean three vials?
Posted by: haffhowershower
Triamnic
Triceratops
Tricycle
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
You're gonna make T-Rex hungry with comments like that.
Posted by: mikeski at October 04, 2025 10:37 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 04, 2025 10:37 PM (IAdFa)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient
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It's the soup that eats like a sandwich
Posted by: Don Black was never here at October 04, 2025 10:38 PM (AOsQT)
Pixy's auto-close-tag was defeated. I musta put open-italics twice. Y'gotta work for that.
Posted by: mindful webworker - better off lurking at October 04, 2025 10:38 PM (fevhA)
Now Trump gets to point out another anti law and order judge.
Posted by: davidt at October 04, 2025 10:38 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: Don Black was never here at October 04, 2025 10:36 PM (AOsQT)
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Oh hell no.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 04, 2025 10:38 PM (ZOv7s)
New kitten is doing well. I missed the pet thread earlier... busy making about 200 cookies for the TXMoMe.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at October 04, 2025 10:38 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2025 10:38 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Don Black was never here
"Leak" plans for big ICE raids around the judges home, at the courthouse at end of day when the judge leave, family members workplace/schools, etc.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 04, 2025 10:39 PM (/lPRQ)
Now Trump gets to point out another anti law and order judge.
Posted by: davidt at October 04, 2025 10:38 PM (i0F8b)
___________________________
That Trump nominated for the position.
Posted by: Orson at October 04, 2025 10:39 PM (dIske)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
It's more exciting to work without a net.
Posted by: mikeski at October 04, 2025 10:39 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: GWB at October 04, 2025 10:40 PM (Dvcu+)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 04, 2025 10:40 PM (2NHgQ)
What do you think?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 04, 2025 10:41 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2025 10:41 PM (sKqQm)
Hegseth, maybe?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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I'd go with Rubio.
Posted by: scampydog at October 04, 2025 10:41 PM (41CYW)
Triceratops
Tricycle
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Trivial
Trigonometry ( sorry math, work with me)
Triangulation
Posted by: QED Texan at October 04, 2025 10:41 PM (fveCG)
Pixy's auto-close-tag was defeated. I musta put open-italics twice. Y'gotta work for that.
Posted by: mindful webworker - better off lurking at October 04, 2025 10:38 PM (fevhA)
At least no one made any dumb comments about the formatting flaw :-)
Oh, your hash is appropriate. You've got a fevhA, and the only cure is more barrel!
Posted by: haffhowershower at October 04, 2025 10:42 PM (144I4)
The first two kanji, "麻酔," which are apparently her name, translate individually as "hemp" and "drunk," and together as "anesthesia."
Posted by: mikeski
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Pixy giving me grief on long strings.
Sanae Takaichi set to become Japan's first prime minister
_anti-migration politician is a member of Japan’s largest nationalist organisation Nippon Kaigi and is known as a hard-line conservative.
_opposes same-sex marriage and supports a requirement for couples to share a surname after marriage.
_stated that a government gender equality plan could "destroy the social structure based on family units"
_supports imprisoning those who damage Japan's national flag.
_China-hawk and supports revising article 9 of the Japanese constitution which prohibits Japan from entering armed conflict.
Ruh Roh
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2025 10:42 PM (uoNBM)
Posted by: mikeski at October 04, 2025 10:39 PM (nhCoE)
Mike Wallendaski.
Posted by: RickZ at October 04, 2025 10:42 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Don Black was never here at October 04, 2025 10:42 PM (AOsQT)
Tomato soup is ok, but veggie-beef is great for sammich-dunking.
Posted by: JQ at October 04, 2025 10:42 PM (rdVOm)
Can the Dems tank the economy enough before Trump and co inflict enough personal pain on them to get a funding vote?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2025 10:43 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 04, 2025 10:43 PM (IAdFa)
Posted by: Don Black
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Except that Alabama won....not that I was rooting for Vandy...I kinda of hoped it would go for 4-5 OTs and wind up in a tie....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 04, 2025 10:43 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at October 04, 2025 10:43 PM (WKIwd)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2025 10:44 PM (Nzhwp)
Posted by: LRob in OK,
You not only have to fool mom (teacher) but also the principal (dad). Good luck.
Posted by: QED Texan at October 04, 2025 10:44 PM (fveCG)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2025 10:45 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine
No love for Vance?
Posted by: QED Texan at October 04, 2025 10:46 PM (fveCG)
Because we want to.
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at October 04, 2025
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Because they drag us through noisy crowds on hot rainy nights to look at utterly boring "art" in galleries we would never enter on our own.
Ask me how I know
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2025 10:46 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: mindful webworker - now I hope I didn't misgender at October 04, 2025 10:47 PM (fevhA)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2025
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Tell people it's your special sauce
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2025 10:47 PM (omVj0)
This is from a former military lawyer.
No mention of civilian judges.
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 04, 2025 10:47 PM (ha1wR)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2025 10:41 PM (sKqQm)
In the cartoon he already talked like a fag and his shit was retarded. All they need to do is change his name. Stretchscream?
Posted by: haffhowershower at October 04, 2025 10:47 PM (144I4)
Posted by: ...Hello, Hello, Operator..... at October 04, 2025 10:48 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 04, 2025 10:49 PM (2NHgQ)
Then she (it was always a she) had to contact several operators along the route in this long daisy chain along the way, with several other operators getting in on the act. Beeps and clicks and pauses. Took about 2 or 3 minutes for the phone to start ringing.
Friday and his partner didn’t have cell phones, of course so they were always asking to use a land line. “Yes it’s down the hall, right under the picture of Black Jack Pershing”.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 04, 2025 10:49 PM (Fn30I)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Darn it, they just don't live long enough!
First time I had to drive the truck after Baby was gone...grabbed the keys...no excited doggo appeared... & tears just started flowing.
Posted by: JQ at October 04, 2025 10:49 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 04, 2025 10:50 PM (gjue8)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
AOP, sorry for your loss. There’s a joke about a guy that lives off the grid and cleans all his dishes with Cold Water. The joke is that Cold Water is the name of his dog.
Posted by: QED Texan at October 04, 2025 10:50 PM (fveCG)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine
No love for Vance?
Posted by: QED Texan at October 04, 2025
***
The Second Triumvirate divided up Roman territories (it was an empire by then, but they weren't calling it one yet): Augustus got the western provinces, Antony the eastern, and Lepidus got North Africa. He was maneuvered out and went into exile. Personally I always thought he had a great setup, with Egypt being the breadbasket of Rome.
Anyway, our new triumvirate should have widely separated areas of authority, which is why I suggested Trump and Musk. Hegseth or Rubio could work too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2025 10:51 PM (omVj0)
Ask me how I know
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
With that attitude, CBD will never consider you for substitute Art Thread host.
Posted by: On My Own Private Ottoman at October 04, 2025 10:51 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Common Tater at October 04, 2025 10:53 PM (Fn30I)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2025 10:53 PM (uoNBM)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine
Quincunxvirate?
Posted by: Boss Moss
Maybe?
Posted by: QED Texan at October 04, 2025 10:53 PM (fveCG)
Heart doc just prescribed that for me.
True story: really was prescribed two new meds on Thursday, then on my way out ran into a Pfizer rep in the lobby. All the "what I should have said" things I thought of later…!
Posted by: mindful webworker - 'oh, so it's your fault!' at October 04, 2025 10:55 PM (fevhA)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 04, 2025 10:55 PM (+J/Au)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2025 10:55 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 04, 2025 10:55 PM (2NHgQ)
antifa heads.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2025 10:56 PM (Nzhwp)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2025 10:57 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 04, 2025 10:57 PM (2NHgQ)
Gonna go wander off and hang out with MiladyJo. Will check back in to check out. Unless I don't.
Posted by: mindful webworker - this could be g'nite at October 04, 2025 10:58 PM (fevhA)
Posted by: Sam Ito Still Liveth at October 04, 2025 10:58 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine
Saw the highlights of the game in Wyoming today that had to stop to clear HAIL off of the field.
I cleaned up my garden today and pulled all the tomato plants. Still have peppers. Picked the rest of the tomatillos and made salsa.
Posted by: QED Texan at October 04, 2025 10:59 PM (fveCG)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
AOP, please send a picture of Pogo to the Pet Thread.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: RickZ at October 04, 2025 10:59 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 04, 2025 10:55 PM (2NHgQ)
It was socked in here all day, temps in the high 40's to low 50's, maybe. Round about 4:00 P.M., a cold North wind sprang up, and a few droplets of rain. Would not be surprised at all to see a skiff of snow on the ground come morning.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2025 10:59 PM (Nzhwp)
Ask me how I know
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2025 10:46 PM (omVj0)
But it was free.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 04, 2025 11:00 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Thanks for the Roman history!
Posted by: QED Texan at October 04, 2025 11:01 PM (fveCG)
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: RickZ
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Yes, as RickZ said.
Posted by: scampydog at October 04, 2025 11:01 PM (41CYW)
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: RickZ at October 04, 2025 10:59 PM (gKDq2)
I did take some pics, very recently. Have yet to download them from the camera.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2025 11:02 PM (Nzhwp)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 04, 2025 11:02 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 04, 2025 11:02 PM (uQesX)
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: RickZ
*********
that's a great suggestion.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 04, 2025 11:03 PM (IQ6Gq)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincunx
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 04, 2025 11:03 PM (IAdFa)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2025 11:04 PM (4a+wk)
Nowadays, writers have to work around technology like smartphones if they want to pose challenges for characters, such as breaking the tech at key moments or putting the characters underground where they can't get a signal.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
I'm not a mystery fan, but I've heard that "genetic chimerism" and "genetic mosaicism" are a common cop-out. Humans who grew from two embryos that merged together, or humans who had a bone-marrow transplant. So the DNA of their blood was different than the DNA of their skin or hair, etc.
It's a real thing. From wikipedia on "Human Chimera:"
The Dutch sprinter Foekje Dillema was expelled from the 1950 national team after she refused a mandatory sex test in July 1950; later investigations revealed a Y-chromosome in her body cells, and the analysis showed that she was probably a 46,XX/46,XY mosaic female.
In 1953, a human chimera was reported in the British Medical Journal. A woman was found to have blood containing two different blood types.
Posted by: mikeski is beside himself about being inside himself at October 04, 2025 11:04 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 04, 2025 11:04 PM (IAdFa)
Posted by: Random PJ at October 04, 2025 11:04 PM (RRCAT)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2025 11:06 PM (mlg/3)
They can throw you in jail for refusing. They can do a lot of things along those lines, commandeer cars in an emergency too. The Sheriff is usually the highest or most important elected official in a county. Sometimes the coroner.
County health officials have tremendous power too, as we saw during the lockdowns. It is only very temporary. Maybe 30 or 60 days. Then the legislature has to act, which is the point. Health officials can act faster than a legislative body in an emergency. Of course they dropped the ball, and conveniently “forgot” about the limits of that particular authority. I think in some cases they exercised it for years. Oops
Posted by: Common Tater at October 04, 2025 11:06 PM (vOk4U)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 04, 2025 11:06 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 04, 2025 10:40 PM (2NHgQ)
Get six of them and call it a Hegsex.
Posted by: haffhowershower at October 04, 2025 11:06 PM (144I4)
Posted by: Random PJ
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It's a strainer. Made to fit over the lip of various sizes of containers.
Posted by: JQ at October 04, 2025 11:06 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: QED Texan at October 04, 2025 11:06 PM (fveCG)
Posted by: Don Black was never here at October 04, 2025 11:07 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 04, 2025 11:08 PM (CHHv1)
Pentarchy /ˈpɛn·tə(r)·ki/ — literally “rule of five.” Used historically (e.g., the Pentarchy of five ancient patriarchates) or for five ruling powers. Best for political/official contexts.
Quinquvirate (or quinvirate) /kwɪnˈkwiːvəˌreɪt/ — modeled directly on triumvirate (from Latin quinque + viri). Rare but historically valid (Romans had quinquviri — five-man commissions). Good if you want a classical/clever twist.
Posted by: scampydog at October 04, 2025 11:08 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 04, 2025 11:08 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2025 11:08 PM (4a+wk)
Well that was a Foekje Dillema indeed.
Posted by: haffhowershower at October 04, 2025 11:09 PM (144I4)
Posted by: haffhowershower at October 04, 2025 11:10 PM (144I4)
Ask me how I know
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
With that attitude, CBD will never consider you for substitute Art Thread host.
Posted by: On My Own Private Ottoman at October 04, 2025
***
Nobody would like my choices. I'd pick realistic noir-oriented people like Jack Vettriano, illustrators whose work is art like Robert McGinnis and Norman Rockwell . . . or examples of abstracts, cubism, and surrealism that would spark irritable discussions.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2025 11:11 PM (omVj0)
Sanae Takaichi is set to become Japan's first female Prime Minister...but also arguably it's first metal prime minister, as she played drums in a metal band while in college and has also been interviewed Metal Hammer magazine. A big shift from Ishiba, the "idol otaku PM"
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 04, 2025 11:11 PM (TGPs7)
Posted by: Common Tater at October 04, 2025 11:13 PM (66/qG)
For about three weeks.
Posted by: Cicero
Diocletian instituted one, and It was kept in place between AD 293 and 324.
Posted by: QED Texan at October 04, 2025 11:14 PM (fveCG)
Posted by: QED Texan at October 04, 2025 11:14 PM (fveCG)
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I was talking Julian weeks.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2025 11:14 PM (4a+wk)
Posted by: QED Texan at October 04, 2025 11:15 PM (fveCG)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dice
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 04, 2025 11:16 PM (IAdFa)
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 04, 2025 11:18 PM (c44Rp)
Posted by: Cicero
No worries. I think there were several. Another is the Herodian Tetrarchy 4BC — 44AD.
Posted by: QED Texan at October 04, 2025 11:19 PM (fveCG)
Posted by: Don Black was never here at October 04, 2025 11:19 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Common Tater at October 04, 2025 11:13 PM (66/qG)
Svimvear.
Very nice...
Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2025 11:20 PM (2WIwB)
And the title? Lawyers are incapable of love, as they are not human. We all know this. Insert the obligatory Shakespearean quote on lawyers here.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 04, 2025 11:20 PM (c44Rp)
Posted by: Common Tater at October 04, 2025 11:13 PM (66/qG)
Svimvear.
Very nice...
Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2025 11:20 PM (2WIwB)
Remember when the East German Olympic team’s women looked….um, a little less than feminine?
The IOC looked the other way, naturally.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 04, 2025 11:21 PM (c44Rp)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2025 11:14 PM (4a+wk)
I dated a Susan Weeks for awhile. Probably no relation.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2025 11:21 PM (2WIwB)
Whoever lives near Dallas airport is a lucky duck. Never been, so I didn't know until I watched this old video of an old flight that Dallas had overpasses as taxiways.
So you can literally drive under a 747 taxiing over you!
Best airport ever? Would be for me.
https://is.gd/We7UNL
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 04, 2025 11:22 PM (3B9GA)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 04, 2025 11:23 PM (sdgx/)
Posted by: QED Texan at October 04, 2025 11:23 PM (fveCG)
Let's go Mariners!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2025 11:23 PM (2WIwB)
So you can literally drive under a 747 taxiing over you!
Best airport ever? Would be for me.
https://is.gd/We7UNL
Posted by: Soothsayer
MCO in Orlando has overpass taxiways, too. I'm not sure if they're sturdy enough to support a 747 or if they're just for lighter jets.
Posted by: mikeski at October 04, 2025 11:24 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2025 11:14 PM (4a+wk)
I dated a Susan Weeks for awhile. Probably no relation.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2025 11:21 PM (2WIwB)
It was said that seven nights with Susan made one weak!
Bwahahahaha!!!! I crack myself up!
Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2025 11:25 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2025 11:25 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Yellow Fever at October 04, 2025 11:25 PM (oftw2)
Let's go Mariners!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2025 11:23 PM (2WIwB)
Yes, what they said!
Posted by: Samuel Taylor Coleridge at October 04, 2025 11:26 PM (gKDq2)
Japan set to have its first female PM who makes Giorgio Meloni seem like a libtard
I had a boner learning that her political idol is…. Margaret Thatcher 😂
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 04, 2025 11:27 PM (TGPs7)
Well I'll be damned. Orlando does indeed have cool taxiways, too. Never been.
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 04, 2025 11:28 PM (3B9GA)
Best airport ever? Would be for me.
https://is.gd/We7UNL
Posted by: Soothsayer
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Big airport.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2025 11:30 PM (uoNBM)
Best airport ever? Would be for me.
https://is.gd/We7UNL
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 04, 2025 11:22 PM (3B9GA)
I think Calgary International Airport (YYC) has a car tunnel passing under a taxiway, too. I know there is a tunnel; I have driven through it. Not much point in there being a tunnel unless it is to provide an unobstructed taxiway.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2025 11:32 PM (Nzhwp)
Remember when the East German Olympic team’s women looked….um, a little less than feminine?
https://youtu.be/Bn4XFMVyaBQ
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2025 11:32 PM (63Dwl)
Japan set to have its first female PM who makes Giorgio Meloni seem like a libtard
I had a boner learning that her political idol is…. Margaret Thatcher 😂
Posted by: Mister Ghost
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Giorgia Meloni & Sanae Takaichi today and yesterday
https://tinyurl.com/nsbcmvdf
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2025 11:32 PM (uoNBM)
Remember when the East German Olympic team’s women looked….um, a little less than feminine?
https://youtu.be/Bn4XFMVyaBQ
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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LOL. Thought it was going to be the East German Swim team.
Posted by: scampydog at October 04, 2025 11:34 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
See 97. I blame it on the squirrel panel discussion I was immersed in.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 04, 2025 11:35 PM (VVcrM)
Posted by: Random PJ at October 04, 2025 11:35 PM (RRCAT)
Posted by: JQ
***********
And there is the expertise of Club ONTs best bartender, knowledgeable, reliable, and wise to the needs of her customers...
I think she needs a raise...bathroom tokens only get you so far, you know....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 04, 2025 11:41 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
See 97. I blame it on the squirrel panel discussion I was immersed in.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 04, 2025 11:35 PM (VVcrM)
Lost Star Trek episode, wherein kitchenware on the Enterprise is infected by a virus, and becomes self-aware: "The Trouble With Trivets."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2025 11:43 PM (Nzhwp)
Posted by: Random PJ
That style, with the spring/coil to keep the ice in the shaker, is called a Hawthorne Strainer, if you're looking for one.
Posted by: mikeski at October 04, 2025 11:44 PM (nhCoE)
I wonder if St. Peter and a bunch of angels ran had hid when Hyacinth Bucket appeared at the Pearly Gates. "Oh no, it's that Bucket woman!"
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 04, 2025 11:46 PM (w6EFb)
The shaker also has a built-in strainer-- the middle section of the 3 pieces.
Posted by: JQ at October 04, 2025 11:48 PM (rdVOm)
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Thank you for those very kind words!
Posted by: JQ at October 04, 2025 11:49 PM (rdVOm)
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In some jurisdictions, the Coroner was the only one with the authority to arrest the sheriff.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 04, 2025 11:51 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 04, 2025 11:55 PM (sdgx/)
But there's a crockpot full of "lil smokies" in BBQ sauce at the end of the bar.
Posted by: JQ at October 04, 2025 11:58 PM (rdVOm)
Every gun owner should be aware that @czusafirearms is currently assisting the Canadian government in a plan to destroy privately owned firearms confiscated from their citizens as a result of their new gun bans.
Companies owned by CZ:
Colt
CZ
CZ-USA
Dan Wesson
Colt Canada
4M Systems
Spuhr
Sellier & Bellot
This is what happens when you put your trust into military industrial complex companies who don't actually give a shit about your individual right to bear arms.
You get a foreign company participating in the destruction of freedom in a country they have no allegiance to, and with nobody to hold them accountable.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2025 11:58 PM (uoNBM)
Tough they mostly are comprised of White, far left liberal brain washed college students of the last decade; they are led by hard core leaders of the core movement who espouse the destruction of our Republic and are supported by Democrats and the MSM with funding from European sources like Soros and (SHOCK) Big Tech here in the US.
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 04, 2025 11:59 PM (25kuG)
Yeah, good luck with that. I've seen this movie. Damn frog won't talk at all in front of anyone else.
Posted by: MartynWW at October 05, 2025 12:00 AM (s1DvK)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 05, 2025 12:03 AM (sdgx/)
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 05, 2025 12:06 AM (25kuG)
Tough they mostly are comprised of White, far left liberal brain washed college students of the last decade; they are led by hard core leaders of the core movement who espouse the destruction of our Republic and are supported by Democrats and the MSM with funding from European sources like Soros and (SHOCK) Big Tech here in the US.
Posted by: Nightwatch
I believe 'AntiFa' dates back to the 1930s.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 05, 2025 12:06 AM (+J/Au)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2025 10:44 PM (Nzhwp)
Delurking long enough to say sorry for your loss..
As someone else above mentioned, their lives are always too short.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 05, 2025 12:07 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 05, 2025 12:07 AM (UCEkw)
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See also: The RAF (Red Army Faction) , and the Baader-Meinhof Gang.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 05, 2025 12:08 AM (XeU6L)
Here's an article (it loads slow) of Patricia Routledge being "damed" in 2017 by then Prince Chuckles:
https://is.gd/RzcypE
She was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Boy, Hyacinth would've been really insufferable after that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 05, 2025 12:08 AM (w6EFb)
Delurking long enough to say sorry for your loss..
As someone else above mentioned, their lives are always too short.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
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Hey, ARiK. Another of us Cali morons.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 05, 2025 12:08 AM (4U88C)
As someone else above mentioned, their lives are always too short.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 05, 2025 12:07 AM (QGaXH)
Thank you!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2025 12:08 AM (Nzhwp)
How are you tonight?
It's getting cooler here, so I need to do preps on my pellet-stove before it gets *really cold* LOL. Keep putting it off-- I hate having to contort myself to get the parts out for pre-season cleaning.
Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2025 12:12 AM (rdVOm)
True, then there were true Fascists. Not the made-up applications of today's "Black Bloq" trying to control the "LIE" of their narrative in the US.
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 05, 2025 12:15 AM (25kuG)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2025 10:59 PM (Nzhwp)
Arizona beckons....nice and warm in the valley of the sun....forecast highs in the upper 80's - and 90's for the next ten days....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 05, 2025 12:18 AM (QGaXH)
Here's an article (it loads slow) of Patricia Routledge being "damed"
There is nothing like a dame.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2025 12:18 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: RIP Hyacinth Bucket at October 05, 2025 12:21 AM (oftw2)
CZ-USA: Colt Canada Is Not ‘And Will Not Be Involved’ in the Canadian Buyback Program from Canadian Citizens
_Breitbart
https://tinyurl.com/mr272crh
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2025 12:22 AM (uoNBM)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2025 12:22 AM (2WIwB)
It was 95 degrees today, so unlikely to need it soon, lol.
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 05, 2025 12:23 AM (UCEkw)
Posted by: mikeski at October 04, 2025 11:24 PM (nhCoE)
Pacific Coast Highway goes under some LAX runways.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 05, 2025 12:23 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 05, 2025 12:24 AM (0nHVk)
Bill Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn, Tom Hayden.
Still living their commie lives...still teaching in our universities...except Hayden, he died a while ago. (Small graces)
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 05, 2025 12:25 AM (25kuG)
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Wear a long raincoat. Perfect for smuggling a small painting out. Be sure to pick something you like!
Posted by: Opportunistic Art Thief at October 05, 2025 12:27 AM (aNcwF)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2025 12:27 AM (uoNBM)
Still living their commie lives...still teaching in our universities...except Hayden, he died a while ago. (Small graces)
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 05, 2025 12:25 AM (25kuG)
Hayden. I remember that asshole. Where's he buried? I would like to piss on his grave.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2025 12:28 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2025 12:28 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 05, 2025 12:30 AM (25kuG)
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 05, 2025 12:32 AM (UCEkw)
Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2025 12:33 AM (rdVOm)
Use them. They are already there.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 04, 2025 10:27 PM (/lPRQ)
I have been told the OR air national guard have been doing helo overflights, and the crews are pretty pissed about the flag burnings
Posted by: Kindltot at October 05, 2025 12:33 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2025 12:34 AM (rdVOm)
Delurking long enough to say sorry for your loss..
As someone else above mentioned, their lives are always too short.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
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Hey, ARiK. Another of us Cali morons.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 05, 2025 12:08 AM (4U88C)
Hi Blonde Morticia - I saw with interest your exchange with pdqsteve last night -I think - or previous night regarding a meet up. Could be interesting.
Are you in So Cal?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 05, 2025 12:34 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 05, 2025 12:33 AM (rbvCR)
They should be dropping hand grenades into the heart of the mob.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2025 12:36 AM (Nzhwp)
Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2025 12:36 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: scampydog at October 04, 2025 10:41 PM (41CYW)
The problem with Rubio is that he would be assigned two of the three positions in the Triumvirate.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 05, 2025 12:38 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2025 12:36 AM (Nzhwp)
I bet they wish they could mount their minis
Posted by: Kindltot at October 05, 2025 12:39 AM (rbvCR)
Sorry to hear she's gone. Was hoping to get to meet her some day. Dogs are always the best people.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 05, 2025 12:40 AM (lUFok)
Posted by: Kindltot
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True. I see your logic.
Posted by: scampydog at October 05, 2025 12:40 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: JQ
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Help! I'm on the floor and I can't get up.
Used to laugh at that commercial. But as one becomes less mobile practicing, from prone position, getting up off the floor exercises all the essential torso muscles.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2025 12:41 AM (uoNBM)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
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Here in the Appalachians we call them foothills, or piedmont. Wait...never mind.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 05, 2025 12:41 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 05, 2025 12:42 AM (UCEkw)
I live in Commiefornia.
A Rocket launch, I still might see...if up the coast a drive would be...
To a place, called "Vandenberg", near a beach where the waves do surge, and a hope to be that close,
to the rocket's crest...
as to feel the rumble across my chest...
BURMA SHAVE!
Night Horde...
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 05, 2025 12:43 AM (25kuG)
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 05, 2025 12:32 AM (UCEkw)
I haven't but now I have the lifetime old fart pass gets me in free to the National Parks.
I got into Joshua Tree for free during the 2017 shutdown. All the way out (150 miles)I was trying not to fret over the anticipated $25 entrance fee just to go hiking then what do you know - no entrance fee!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 05, 2025 12:43 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2025 12:43 AM (uoNBM)
I am also certain that she and the Oregon Legislature has not signed onto any of the "protect the guard" legislation that attempts to keep NG units from being deployed overseas except in specific situations, and has had not issue with previous deployments.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 05, 2025 12:44 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 05, 2025 12:24 AM (0nHVk)
I have a little smokey !
Posted by: Gavin Nuisance at October 05, 2025 12:44 AM (WF/xn)
Well, the Erf's little sput of fast rotation has about topped out for 2025. It's near the predicted top for DUT1 (difference between UT1 and UTC, how much ahead of UTC the Erf is).
DUT1 is now at 93.279 ms. It should top out around 10/16, then start decreasing slowly, then faster and bottom out by May 2026. The one year prediction has it starting another fast tear after that and getting up 120 ms or so by Sept 2026.
A negative leap second by 2029 to 2030 looks increasingly likely. That will be interesting indeed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 05, 2025 12:46 AM (w6EFb)
Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports
To help ease the pressure of solving and winning every case, Matlock liked to tailgate with hard liquor and Keanu Reeves at Cleveland Indians games.
https://tinyurl.com/dc9vc4mf
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 05, 2025 12:47 AM (TGPs7)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 05, 2025 12:47 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Random PJ at October 04, 2025 11:04 PM (RRCAT)
It collects electrons, the technical term is "anode"
Posted by: Kindltot at October 05, 2025 12:47 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 05, 2025 12:44 AM (rbvCR)
Heh. Trump should deploy the Oregon National Guard to fight for Russia in the Ukraine, in exchange for Russian Spetsnaz troops to take out antifa in Portland. Watch the heads explode.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2025 12:48 AM (Nzhwp)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 05, 2025 12:33 AM (rbvCR)
They should be dropping hand grenades into the heart of the mob.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2025 12:36 AM (Nzhwp)
By the crate.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 05, 2025 12:50 AM (snZF9)
I had better be checking antifreeze in vehicles tomorrow!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2025 12:50 AM (Nzhwp)
Posted by: Berserker
I feel sorry for the guy. His OCD is driving him to cut the pizza perfectly on one hand, and to not divide any pepperonis on the other. It must tear him apart.
Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2025 12:51 AM (nhCoE)
The Portland mess seems to me to qualify for the relevant section of the Insurrection Act, local authorities unable/unwilling to act to protect the rights of the citizenry.
That would be a big deal, but hell, FAFO big time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 05, 2025 12:52 AM (w6EFb)
You forget that it removes excess Vermouth and overdoses of Pimentos but lets the prime Vodka through without the ice.
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 05, 2025 12:52 AM (25kuG)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 05, 2025 12:46 AM (w6EFb)
Thank you for your help the other night - Jupiter, not Saturn in the east at 5:30.
I recently read Ambrose's Undaunted Courage regarding the Lewis and Clark expedition. The author partly described how the expedition determined longitude using astronomical observation - moons of Jupiter I believe - to determine Greenwich Time and thus calculate how far west they were. I found that utterly fascinating.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 05, 2025 12:53 AM (QGaXH)
I had better be checking antifreeze in vehicles tomorrow!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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One week heatwave in MN. 89/90ish today.
Posted by: scampydog at October 05, 2025 12:54 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Oh, great..
Just reminded of *yet another* chore!
Thanks, though. LOL. At least I have only 3 vehicles to check.
Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2025 12:55 AM (rdVOm)
Think about that for a moment.
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 05, 2025 12:55 AM (25kuG)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 05, 2025 12:56 AM (XeU6L)
I had better be checking antifreeze in vehicles tomorrow!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2025 12:50 AM (Nzhwp)
For some reason Mark Lindsay's song 'Arizona' is playing in my head....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 05, 2025 12:58 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 05, 2025 12:53 AM (QGaXH)
I guess the 4 Galilean moons could be viewed as a sort of clock, but one would need a pretty decent telescope to see them well enough to make a useful observation.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2025 12:58 AM (Nzhwp)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 05, 2025 12:56 AM (XeU6L)
You're talking about Obi wan Nairobi? Dude got balls that clank.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 05, 2025 12:58 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue
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I seem to remember some of the parks had vandalism issues during the last shutdown. Fingers crossed they don't this time. For my parents' sake I hope the restrooms are accessible. Sending them to squat behind a cactus would be a last resort.
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 05, 2025 01:00 AM (UCEkw)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Heh. True.
Also a problem is that the hearth is so damned *hard* and even though I put down an old blanket, still get sore spots from laying on it for more than just a few minutes.
Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2025 01:01 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2025 12:55 AM (rdVOm)
The ones that have been here a while and regularly driven are OK for antifreeze. The two I will be checking are the Studebaker Zip Van, and the '99 Arizona Suburban, both of which had engines installed this Summer, and I am pretty sure at least one has only water in the radiator.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2025 01:01 AM (Nzhwp)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2025 12:58 AM (Nzhwp)
I would have liked a little more detail on how that was accomplished, exactly. Perhaps they carried a published table showing the GMT time of a certain moonrise by date ? If you have a table that says moon 'X' will rise at exactly 06:00 GMT on a certain date and you observe it and note the local time then you know where you are longitudinally....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 05, 2025 01:04 AM (QGaXH)
Not to mention that "Mohave Green Rattlesnakes" might take immediate umbrage with lily white butt cheeks in their face...
could be fatal.
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 05, 2025 01:05 AM (25kuG)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2025 01:06 AM (uoNBM)
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 05, 2025 01:00 AM (UCEkw)
I recall the park was minimally staffed. Agree those cacti can be rough on the hindquarters....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 05, 2025 01:07 AM (QGaXH)
I've read Undaunted Courage a couple times, but it's been a few years. I do remember that their estimates of distance and position were later found to be fairly accurate, within 2 percent or so.
Posted by: PabloD at October 05, 2025 01:07 AM (k29Yc)
Yes, this is quite fascinating. It is "easy" to, at any spot determine your local mean solar time by observation. (I say easy, but I laugh at what a mess I'd make, even if I had the equipment with the required precision -- this takes skill and practice, practice).
But, unless you know your longitude, you cannot convert that to GMT. You have no idea what your longitude is. Now, if you have a very accurate clock, set to GMT, well easy-peasy. That was the ultimate solution to the dreaded Longitude Problem, thank you John Harrison.
But if you don't, then how the hell do you determine GMT at the time of your local observation. Well, another method is what they did. With very accurate ephemeris tables, and even higher precision equipment, you can observe something, like transits of the moons of Jupiter, lunar occultations of stars and other things. Via the ephemeris, you know what GMT time those events are supposed to happen.
That gives you the reference to know the difference between your observed local solar time and GMT.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 05, 2025 01:08 AM (w6EFb)
Stay safe and warm and keep smiling! It pisses off the libs no end......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 05, 2025 01:09 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Excellent ideas! Especially the exercise mat. Usually I end up laying on my side, to access the back of the heater.
Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2025 01:10 AM (rdVOm)
They are sweet people. I really don't want to send them behind that cactus. Squatting would be hard. I'd scout ahead for snakes, at least.
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 05, 2025 01:10 AM (UCEkw)
Help! I'm on the floor and I can't get up.
Used to laugh at that commercial.
None of those are funny any more!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2025 01:11 AM (63Dwl)
You're talking about Obi wan Nairobi? Dude got balls that clank.
Posted by: Berserker
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This guy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybIFDj-z3u0
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Also, I note in the comments: "This man has more respect for our flag then 90 percent of the people in this country today. Hats off brother, thank you for your service, I can definitely tell he’s a true believer in freedom and the brotherhood."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 05, 2025 01:11 AM (XeU6L)
For those "GMT determining" observations to work, one you need accurate ephemeris tables. Also, you need events that have high time resolution. Something you can see that happens fast enough to pin down the time it happens to a few seconds or so. If it's something very slow, and/or "fuzzy" (ie, you can't judge easily exactly the event whatever you're looking is actually occurring), you've got problems.
The Moon was used for a lot of this. I remember reading about the errors prone with this method, and the resulting navigation havoc it caused back in the day.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 05, 2025 01:11 AM (w6EFb)
That wouldn't work. No observation relative to the earth will work, because you don't know where you are. You're trying to determine where you are. Latitude fixing is relatively easy. It's longitude that's the bitch.
You've got to have some event, with the necessary time resolution and "sharpness" I was rambling about above that is relative to the sky. When does the Moon occult a certain star. When do the Galilean moons transit Jupiter, etc. That's some event in the sky, relative to the sky, and not anything relative to the ground.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 05, 2025 01:15 AM (w6EFb)
Lewis and William Clark relied heavily on astronomical observations, particularly using a sextant and chronometer-like techniques, to determine longitude and maintain a sense of time during their journey.
They had a chronometer, an instrument critical for navigation, which was used to measure time relative to Greenwich Mean Time for calculating longitude. Lewis purchased a chronometer from Thomas Parker in Philadelphia for $250 before the expedition, as noted in expedition records. This device, while not a clock in the modern sense, was a precise timekeeping tool designed for navigation, though it was bulky and required careful handling.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2025 01:15 AM (uoNBM)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 05, 2025 01:16 AM (G5HPk)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 05, 2025 01:16 AM (0nHVk)
Can't afford a costume this year? No worries. Just buy a pack of gum at CVS. Free of charge, they'll mummify you in their receipt. :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 05, 2025 01:17 AM (G5HPk)
Posted by: PabloD at October 05, 2025 01:18 AM (k29Yc)
Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2025 01:19 AM (+qU29)
336 >> moons of Jupiter I believe - to determine Greenwich Time and thus calculate how far west they were.
Yes, this is quite fascinating. It is "easy" to, at any spot determine your local mean solar time by observation. (I say easy, but I laugh at what a mess I'd make, even if I had the equipment with the required precision -- this takes skill and practice, practice).
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 05, 2025 01:08 AM (w6EFb)
Last comment for real now - in the book the author does relate how Lewis lived with Jefferson for something like two years I think doing just that - practicing and learning botany, astronomy, geology and other subjects so he could bring back useful science, along with a water route to the Pacific which we know now doesn't exist.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 05, 2025 01:21 AM (QGaXH)
Speaking of falls/can't get up...
Nursing home *just* called & says hubby has fallen (again!) and they're sending him to ER for x-rays. Crap. He's broken both hips (separate events) this year already, the last time just in early August.
Fk. Poor hubby!
Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2025 01:23 AM (rdVOm)
I don't think so. I'm pretty sure the UCMJ describes and defines the legality of orders. I suppose I could look it up.
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 04, 2025 10:34 PM (ha1wR)
But we can and will do as we damn well please. Laws do not apply to us, and our word IS in fact that law. Who needs a stupid legislature when you have us?
Posted by: Police at October 05, 2025 01:23 AM (c44Rp)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 05, 2025 01:26 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 05, 2025 01:27 AM (XeU6L)
FML. Do I take a chance, and go to ER? Or...
I think I'd better wait. Nursing home rep said she'd keep me updated.
It'll take a couple hours for ER to even get their portable xray crew over there.
Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2025 01:27 AM (rdVOm)
Look up Lewis and Clark and the "American Incognitum". That was the name for the wolly mammoth and elephant, the extinct megafauna of NA before the Younger Dryas and the modern Holocene.
They didn't know what it was, and wondered if some still lived out in the great unknown. I think Jefferson, in secrete, instructed Lewis and Clark to bring one back at all costs if they happened to find a live one.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 05, 2025 01:28 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2025 01:29 AM (nhCoE)
Poor hubby!
Posted by: JQ
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Damn, poor guy! I hope they're not stingy with the pain killers.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 05, 2025 01:29 AM (4U88C)
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 05, 2025 01:30 AM (UCEkw)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 05, 2025 01:30 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 05, 2025 01:31 AM (UCEkw)
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2025 01:31 AM (c44Rp)
If you got love, I got you need
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAfaR6IuO-4
Posted by: Miklos and the Mighty Mighty Tams at October 05, 2025 01:32 AM (YGmAl)
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2025 01:34 AM (c44Rp)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 05, 2025 12:33 AM (rbvCR)
They should be dropping hand grenades into the heart of the mob
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Emergency fuel dump. Then somebody drops a lit ciggie...
Posted by: Oops! Oopsie! at October 05, 2025 01:35 AM (HUKYh)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 05, 2025 01:35 AM (G5HPk)
Posted by: JQ
Knees down
Prayers up
Posted by: Miklos at October 05, 2025 01:35 AM (YGmAl)
I'll be here for a little, sans beverage... will go to ER in a while.
Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2025 01:36 AM (rdVOm)
Here's and IERS plot of DUT1 (UT1 - UTC) since about 2025, with one year of predictions stitched on the end:
https://is.gd/RLUzJk
Note the speed up of the earth's rotation starting in Jun 2020. You can see the slow linear trend there. Before, it would decrease, then bam, leap second, slow down, etc. But in 2020, it started increasing.
Amazingly, UT1 got ahead of UTC in 2023 on its own, due to the speed up, and not leap seconds.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 05, 2025 01:37 AM (w6EFb)
Nursing home *just* called & says hubby has fallen (again!) and they're sending him to ER for x-rays. Crap. He's broken both hips (separate events) this year already, the last time just in early August.
Fk. Poor hubby!
Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2025 01:23 AM (rdVOm)
Well, crap! Sorry to hear that, JQ. I hope the X-rays show no new damage.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2025 01:37 AM (Nzhwp)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 05, 2025 01:37 AM (G5HPk)
Details are on reluctantchange.org
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2025 01:38 AM (uoNBM)
BTW, UT1 is the current closest thing to the old GMT. The precision is much much greater. UT1 is known now to around 15 us of precision.
The details of this are gory, but at that level of precision the "fuzziness" of terrestrial reference frames gets important. Consider the Chandler wobble, the wobbling of the earth's instantaneous axis relative to the "fixed" surface. This means latitude and longitude of a given point are actually changing down at so many decimal points all the time. This is had to be factored in.
UT0 is the raw measurement. UT1 factors out the Chandler wobble. The details of all this are mind-blowingly tedious. But that's the level of precision they're at now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 05, 2025 01:41 AM (w6EFb)
This guy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybIFDj-z3u0
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Also, I note in the comments: "This man has more respect for our flag then 90 percent of the people in this country today. Hats off brother, thank you for your service, I can definitely tell he’s a true believer in freedom and the brotherhood."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 05, 2025 01:11 AM (XeU6L)
Oh yeah, that dude is great. Trump should make that dude a citizen, like yesterday.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 05, 2025 01:42 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 05, 2025 01:42 AM (G5HPk)
Nursing home *just* called & says hubby has fallen (again!) and they're sending him to ER for x-rays. Crap. He's broken both hips (separate events) this year already, the last time just in early August.
Fk. Poor hubby!
Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2025 01:23 AM (rdVOm)
Damn. Keeping my fingers crossed that everything is ok.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 05, 2025 01:45 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2025 01:45 AM (uoNBM)
Posted by: Horde for Hammer 2026! at October 05, 2025 01:47 AM (YGmAl)
Posted by: Adriane the Weird Accordion Solo Critic . . . at October 05, 2025 01:47 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: publius, Rascally
I got a UTO or UT1 infection, maybe just yeast, the Docs don't know
Posted by: TransMiklos at October 05, 2025 01:53 AM (YGmAl)
Hah. "UT" stands for Universal Time. There are a bunch, UT0, UT1, UT1R, UT2. ANd of course the bastard hybrid that is the standard now, UTC.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 05, 2025 01:55 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2025 01:55 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 05, 2025 01:56 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Miklos collected reception reports , Papa had to buy the IRCs at October 05, 2025 01:58 AM (YGmAl)
I think that Woodpecker was the subject of some of Art Bell's guests back in the day. And some other mysterious Russian signals.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 05, 2025 02:00 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Miklos might save some money here at October 05, 2025 02:00 AM (YGmAl)
Portland (Oct. 4) — A leftist rioter outside the ICE facility sexually harasses a female federal agent. The militant pretends to m—turbate and to throw his bodily fluid on her. He then degrades her body shape as she walks away
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Arresting these people would go a long way stopping this nonsense.
A bullet in the head would go further.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2025 02:01 AM (uoNBM)
Miklos, I liked the Tams song, thank you.
{{{JQ}}}, I think that you made the right decision, you will probably be there for a couple of hours when you get there. I am giving you hugs from afar.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 05, 2025 02:03 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Yellow Fever at October 04, 2025 11:25 PM (oftw2)
They lollygag the ball around infield, they lollygag their way down to first, they lollygag in and out of the dugout. Do you know what that makes them?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at October 05, 2025 02:04 AM (pIfcn)
Posted by: Miklos knows things, and suspects many more at October 05, 2025 02:05 AM (YGmAl)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2025 02:07 AM (Nzhwp)
Mojo had only the first clue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DcTY9i-fx8
Posted by: Miklos the Enlightened at October 05, 2025 02:09 AM (YGmAl)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
*sobs silently*
Posted by: the Wretched Panhard at October 05, 2025 02:11 AM (YGmAl)
A bullet in the head would go further.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2025 02:01 AM (uoNBM)
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Was it Ace the other day who called it for what it is, a civil war?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 05, 2025 02:11 AM (z+UA5)
Heh.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 05, 2025 02:13 AM (sdgx/)
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[ponders hard-tail choppers, with ape-hanger bars]
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 05, 2025 02:16 AM (XeU6L)
I will invite Marleen, Charleen and Arleen over, maybe Earleen too
Carleen (the cousin) is doing her usual weekends at County.
Prepare yo selfs
Posted by: Miklos, braced for Impact at October 05, 2025 02:20 AM (YGmAl)
Irlene Mandrell was a hottie.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 05, 2025 02:22 AM (w6EFb)
Every Steak n Shake is getting the tallest and biggest American flag that local governments will allow!
Steak n Shake proudly supports American values and traditions.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2025 02:23 AM (uoNBM)
If Trump 2.0 succeeds in Restoration of the Republic, I look forward to Hee Haw Honeys 2.0. Green Acres 2.0, etc, etc. The things that made America Great.
Hank Kimball 2.0 ought to be a riot shore nuff.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 05, 2025 02:23 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Miklos, publicly edumacated at October 05, 2025 02:24 AM (YGmAl)
Miklos, that is a whole lot of shakin' going on, have fun. It could be a seismic event.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 05, 2025 02:25 AM (0nHVk)
It was also another booming stamp of disapproval for the EU's policies.
_ZH
Two for two this week.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2025 02:27 AM (uoNBM)
Hank Kimball 2.0 ought to be a riot shore nuff.
Posted by: publius,
As long as I get that girl that cried, Paw, 'cause that 'un made her cry
Posted by: Miklos, songwriter of the Ballad Of Harley's Hat at October 05, 2025 02:27 AM (YGmAl)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
Not sure what that means
But I read and sang it in a Jerry Lee Lewis voice
Posted by: Great Balls Of Fire at October 05, 2025 02:30 AM (YGmAl)
Irelene and her two daughters back in 2014:
https://is.gd/Z22TfQ
That's Facebook crap. Just dismiss the stupid dialog and you can see the picture.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 05, 2025 02:33 AM (w6EFb)
Now read anything from Justice Jumanji, and you that she is trying to out-Kimball
Fail. Because over in Pixley....
Posted by: Miklos can do Hank Kimball talk for days, but then can't stop at October 05, 2025 02:34 AM (YGmAl)
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[ponders hard-tail choppers, with ape-hanger bars]
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 05, 2025 02:16 AM (XeU6L)
yeah not anymore. I sold my hardtail 14" apehanger panhead in 2004. It was a beautiful bike, but after the neck injury I was done with hardtails. It was funny seeing Mrs b ride that thing. I made her ride it before I sold it. She's a trooper, thats for sure.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 05, 2025 02:36 AM (snZF9)
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Ha! I knew it...I knew it. We cafe types just get bad backs and depleted neck vertebra.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 05, 2025 02:43 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 05, 2025 02:48 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Miklos the Lowlander at October 05, 2025 02:55 AM (YGmAl)
@BattleshipNJ
16h
For the first time in over 30 years, Battleship New Jersey is dressed in honor of the Navy and Marine Corps' 250th birthday celebrations next week! See the Battleship looking ship-shape from October 9-16 for Homecoming 250 events, limited-time exhibits, and once-in-a-lifetime experiences.
[Red, White, & Blue bunting]
discounted self-guided and guided tour tickets! For more info:
https://www.battleshipnewjersey.org/
homecoming-250-events/
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2025 03:08 AM (uoNBM)
Portland (Oct. 4) — A leftist rioter outside the ICE facility sexually harasses a female federal agent. The militant pretends to m—turbate and to throw his bodily fluid on her. He then degrades her body shape as she walks away
----------
Arresting these people would go a long way stopping this nonsense.
A bullet in the head would go further.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2025 02:01 AM (uoNBM)
But, they seem nice.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 05, 2025 03:11 AM (urtE/)
Portland (Oct. 4) — A leftist rioter outside the ICE facility sexually harasses a female federal agent. The militant pretends to m—turbate and to throw his bodily fluid on her. He then degrades her body shape as she walks away
----------
Arresting these people would go a long way stopping this nonsense.
A bullet in the head would go further.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2025 02:01 AM (uoNBM)
Some need a mag dump.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 05, 2025 03:15 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2025 03:31 AM (uoNBM)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 05, 2025 01:35 AM (G5HPk)
I still want to see Crater Lake. No nukes at all. Just reorganized the place. I bet we could break OR into two states.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2025 03:35 AM (c44Rp)
Deep State leftist FBI agents are threatening to resign if the FBI does a perp walk for Jim Comey.
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Walk him. Let the commies self exit. Excellent threat.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2025 03:40 AM (uoNBM)
Deep State leftist FBI agents are threatening to resign if the FBI does a perp walk for Jim Comey.
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Walk him. Let the commies self exit. Excellent threat.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2025 03:40 AM (uoNBM)
Their terms are acceptable!
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2025 03:42 AM (c44Rp)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2025 10:08 PM (9ipOP)
?
Posted by: m at October 05, 2025 03:47 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: m at October 05, 2025 03:49 AM (aURVT)
'night.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2025 03:49 AM (uoNBM)
You gotta think three steps ahead, dude.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 05, 2025 03:50 AM (3ZNK4)
Posted by: Erudite Philosopher of All The Things at October 05, 2025 03:51 AM (WKIwd)
Posted by: m at October 05, 2025 03:54 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 04, 2025 10:33 PM (gKWVE)
They never did with Quebec. Except for the time the FLQ was getting sporty.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2025 03:57 AM (c44Rp)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 04, 2025 10:15 PM (ha1wR)
Onions? Mushrooms? You are either a monster or a demon. Italian sausage is nice, but give me pepperoni. It’s for kids of all ages.
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