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Seal naps on someone's boat.

Big cats are just big house cats.

Dinner date with a dog.

Cat defends her furtress.

Otter pup (evil) chirping.

She's cute, but she's already a member of the Cat Lady Collective.

Dog gets off leash and lives his life to the full, for about a minute.

Dog just saw The Empire Strikes Back and he's just inspired.

Transformers, roll out.

Good Halloween costume.

A very #Based Halloween display.

I've linked a shorter clip of this very helpful otter before, but this clip has new material (new to me, at least) at the end.

Halloween is the season of Great Justice.

Posted by: Ace at 07:35 PM




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1 !

Posted by: wth at October 28, 2025 07:35 PM (v0R5T)

2 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 28, 2025 07:36 PM (SRRAx)

3
Reheated ribeye and Cajun baby potatoes for dinner. Sugar cookie for dessert.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 28, 2025 07:38 PM (tgvbd)

4 Speaking as a black LGBT woman (mired in the nightmare of genetic male caucacity), I was deeply touched by the little dog making a break for freedom.

Also got a big kick out of the dog inviting himself to dinner.

Posted by: Paco at October 28, 2025 07:39 PM (mADJX)

5 That last porch pirates is a lawsuit

Posted by: Accomack at October 28, 2025 07:39 PM (Dpv2s)

6 Those kittens aren't newborns. Just saying.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 28, 2025 07:41 PM (20xAy)

7 Reheated ribeye and Cajun baby potatoes for dinner. Sugar cookie for dessert. - Hadrian the Seventh

Man, I wish you hadn't said that. I'm in the last 15 hours of a 36-hour fast.

Posted by: Paco at October 28, 2025 07:41 PM (mADJX)

8 Willowed- pretty sure if 4 go go dancers tried to kidnap me they’d absolutely succeed

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 28, 2025 07:43 PM (hlNLQ)

9 The picture up top is art thread worthy. Very pretty.

Posted by: Tuna at October 28, 2025 07:44 PM (lJ0H4)

10 Sweet sweet helper sea otter!

Looks like he was pulling stuff out of his pockets at the end.

They hold hands when they sleep, you know.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 28, 2025 07:45 PM (IHOjG)

11 Porch Pirates should be sprayed with that indelible ink they use to identify stolen currency.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 28, 2025 07:45 PM (PiwSw)

12 I been on Keto for over a month.

Had to give a monster presentation today and afterwards I freaked out and ate a plate full of tater-tots.

And I'm glad I did - so there!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 28, 2025 07:45 PM (cYBz/)

13 Mandami Trans Rabbis is an anagram for It's Damn Barbarian Ms.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at October 28, 2025 07:45 PM (1Nv0l)

14 And I'm speaking as a black LGBT woman of 0% caucacity.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 28, 2025 07:45 PM (PiwSw)

15 Those package thief videos are hilarious! I've just noticed those showing up in youtube shorts for the last couple of days.

Posted by: Crusader at October 28, 2025 07:45 PM (TN0g+)

16 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 28, 2025 07:45 PM (+qU29)

17 Howdy Teresa

Posted by: Cybersmythe at October 28, 2025 07:45 PM (VmDLh)

18 Dog gets off leash and lives his life to the full
.....


It's a dog park.

Posted by: wth at October 28, 2025 07:46 PM (UjdFS)

19 8 Willowed- pretty sure if 4 go go dancers tried to kidnap me they’d absolutely succeed - Farmer Bob

The doctrine of non-resistance is completely understandable in a case like that. That's the way Gandhi would have handled it.

Posted by: Paco at October 28, 2025 07:46 PM (mADJX)

20 Porch Pirates should be sprayed with that indelible ink they use to identify stolen currency.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 28, 2025 07:45 PM (PiwSw)

Hydrofluoric acid right?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 28, 2025 07:46 PM (BI5O2)

21 *waves to Teresa, nurse, and Jordan*

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 28, 2025 07:46 PM (PBwDQ)

22 And I'm glad I did - so there!
Posted by: Tonypete at October 28, 2025 07:45 PM (cYBz/)

Tater-tots are awesome.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 28, 2025 07:47 PM (PiwSw)

23 Willowed- pretty sure if 4 go go dancers tried to kidnap me they’d absolutely succeed
Posted by: Farmer Bob

"Gee Farmer Bob, your hand is on my ass! Tee hee!!"


Um. . .. That's not my hand.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 28, 2025 07:48 PM (cYBz/)

24 Cybersmythe, it was so good to see you and your lovely wife. You hit the jackpot, guy.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 28, 2025 07:48 PM (QGLzn)

25 aww momma kitteh with the alsatian.
i remember when those dogs were considered the most dangerous breed. but he just wants to be frens and the kitty sees that.

Posted by: gKWVE at October 28, 2025 07:48 PM (gKWVE)

26 Tater-tots are awesome.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper

Lots great casseroles can be made with tater tots.

Posted by: Tuna at October 28, 2025 07:48 PM (lJ0H4)

27 I mean, liquefactive necrosis is pretty indelible. It'll definitely leave a mark.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 28, 2025 07:48 PM (BI5O2)

28 Mamdani is an anagram for "Damn, I am"

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at October 28, 2025 07:49 PM (1Nv0l)

29 aw jeez I didn't even know how bad I needed a dog video; thx!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 28, 2025 07:49 PM (kHop/)

30 12 Hi Tony! Been on keto for over 2.5 years now- when I do have carbs, maybe once a month, before races or on a date, I get an energy rush but crash after big time. Going back on keto is easy transition though, don’t get “keto flu” like I did at start- think probably because I quickly burn all stored glycogen and body is conditioned now to primarily burn fat/protein.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 28, 2025 07:49 PM (hlNLQ)

31 24 Cybersmythe, it was so good to see you and your lovely wife. You hit the jackpot, guy.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 28, 2025 07:48 PM

Of that, I am fully aware.

We concluded that the only explanation is Divine Intervention.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at October 28, 2025 07:50 PM (VmDLh)

32 Caucacity and the Sundance Kid was a good movie.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 28, 2025 07:50 PM (PiwSw)

33 Mamdani is Arabic for another sandrat.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 28, 2025 07:50 PM (QGLzn)

34 Hey SMH!

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 28, 2025 07:50 PM (oEorZ)

35 Elizabeth Warren is only 2047/2048 Caucacious.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at October 28, 2025 07:51 PM (1Nv0l)

36 & a good night to all!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 28, 2025 07:51 PM (kHop/)

37 We concluded that the only explanation is Divine Intervention.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at October 28, 2025 07:50 PM (VmDLh)
__

That's usually the case. : )

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 28, 2025 07:51 PM (PBwDQ)

38 Farmer Bob - excellent! I had my annual checkup the other day and my GP was very pleased with my weight loss and blood labs.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 28, 2025 07:51 PM (cYBz/)

39 Porch Pirates should be sprayed with that indelible ink they use to identify stolen currency.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes


Mixed with concentrated skunk spray.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 28, 2025 07:51 PM (PO1Da)

40 >>>She's cute, but she's already a member of the Cat Lady Collective.

Those cats look well-fed.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 28, 2025 07:53 PM (syz1S)

41 If I took a blood test it would show 45% cabernet sauvignon

Posted by: Ben Had at October 28, 2025 07:53 PM (QGLzn)

42 You know, if some diabolical villain were to rig up a live grenade in an Amazon box with a fake label, how would anyone really know which porch the pirate took it from when they find him all over his living room?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 28, 2025 07:53 PM (BI5O2)

43 That last porch pirates is a lawsuit
——

Not a successful one if I’m on the Jury.

F ‘em. If it ain’t yours, leave it alone.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 28, 2025 07:53 PM (HmHHo)

44
We concluded that the only explanation is Divine Intervention.
Posted by: Cybersmythe

__________

Her Majesty marrying me is proof of that. She's had 31 years to regret it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 28, 2025 07:53 PM (tgvbd)

45 We're on our way to fail obedience class. Finn is a complete spaz around other dogs.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 28, 2025 07:54 PM (oEorZ)

46 Give tiger a refrigerator box and will probably climb into it

Posted by: Skip at October 28, 2025 07:54 PM (+qU29)

47 Heaven help me. Watching that "Good Halloween costume " link, when they were stuffing the pantyhose i thought the costume would be Nancy Pelosi at the beach.

Posted by: bluebell at October 28, 2025 07:55 PM (P/Jb0)

48 Porch Pirates should be sprayed with that indelible ink they use to identify stolen currency.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes

Mixed with concentrated skunk spray.
Posted by: rickb223

Nah, that punishes the cops who have to arrest them.

Capsaicin, stinging nettle juice, stuff like that. Keep it personal.

Posted by: mikeski at October 28, 2025 07:55 PM (nhCoE)

49 Had the weirdest dream last night - I was in the hospital, needing a cardiac procedure of some sort (I don't have any heart issues - never have). My doctor turned out to be the top cardiologist in the country turns out that our very own Ace is not just a top doctor, he's actually a woman.

I promised I would keep her identity secret, but since it was a dream....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 28, 2025 07:55 PM (SRRAx)

50 bluebell, I so hope you and yours are all well.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 28, 2025 07:56 PM (QGLzn)

51 Where all the LGBTQMAP+ immigrant large-bodied women of color at?

Posted by: Sheriff Bart on the meme wagon at October 28, 2025 07:57 PM (TbWk/)

52 Scampywife just destroyed me in two games of Yahtzee.

Posted by: scampydog at October 28, 2025 07:58 PM (41CYW)

53 I had a dream last night that a bureaucrat at our townhall stole and hid my colored markers so that I couldn't draw pornographic cartoons.

She relented when I pointed out that I am not into porn, and her co-workers started ridiculing her.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at October 28, 2025 07:58 PM (1Nv0l)

54 I quickly burn all stored glycogen and body is conditioned now to primarily burn fat/protein.
———

Humans are adapted (or created if you will) to burn fat. Protein is only burned in a serious starvation. This takes a long time. It is important to consume enough protein, for adult males it is closer to 100 grams daily. The USDA claims about half that. Go figure. As we age our bodies do not utilize protein efficiently, so don’t think only bodybuilders need lots of protein.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 28, 2025 07:58 PM (HmHHo)

55 Any time you see a dog with a ton of cats climbing on him the dog always has the look on his face that says FML. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 28, 2025 07:59 PM (snZF9)

56 Porch pirates are...well, pirates, and should be treated as such, i.e., summarily executed. A glitter bomb is being way too kind to these enemies of humanity.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 28, 2025 08:00 PM (XMwZJ)

57 Hi Ben Had - we are well, thank you! Congratulations on a roaring success!

Posted by: bluebell at October 28, 2025 08:00 PM (P/Jb0)

58 Her Majesty marrying me is proof of that. She's had 31 years to regret it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 28, 2025 07:53 PM (tgvbd)

Don't sell yourself short. It's a bad habit.

Posted by: Have a bit of self-esteem bro at October 28, 2025 08:00 PM (TbWk/)

59 All a porch pirate is gonna score around here is an unmarked, discreetly-packed shipment of incontinence supplies or prelubed catheters.

Posted by: A Place For Momala at October 28, 2025 08:01 PM (oftw2)

60 Mamdani is Arabic for another sandrat.
Posted by: Ben Had
----
Raghead

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 28, 2025 08:01 PM (XeU6L)

61 bluebell, all thanks go to the Horde.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 28, 2025 08:02 PM (QGLzn)

62 56 Porch pirates are...well, pirates, and should be treated as such, i.e., summarily executed. A glitter bomb is being way too kind to these enemies of humanity.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 28, 2025 08:00 PM (XMwZJ)

Something involving white phosphorus would be in order.

Posted by: A literal face melter at October 28, 2025 08:02 PM (TbWk/)

63 Porch pirates are...well, pirates, and should be treated as such, i.e., summarily executed. A glitter bomb is being way too kind to these enemies of humanity.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 28, 2025 08:00 PM (XMwZJ)

Yeah they need to start getting blown up.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 28, 2025 08:03 PM (snZF9)

64 Porch pirates need a dose of a contact poison.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 28, 2025 08:05 PM (QGLzn)

65 >>>“At least five stories deep, the bunker, which was completed near the end of Obama’s tenure, can house the staff of the entire West Wing indefinitely in the event of a weapons of mass destruction attack,” Kessler wrote.
“After Trump became president, top staffers toured the bunker, whose existence is classified.”

https://tinyurl.com/yp53hycy

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 28, 2025 08:05 PM (aX+RN)

66
Broadcasters fawning over Shohei Ohtani is just as nauseating as then fawning over Aaron Judge.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 28, 2025 08:06 PM (tgvbd)

67
That last porch pirates is a lawsuit
Posted by: Accomack

==============

Why only the last one?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 28, 2025 08:07 PM (5e+/e)

68 The for bed
Hope everyone has a good night

Posted by: Skip at October 28, 2025 08:07 PM (+qU29)

69 53 I had a dream last night that a bureaucrat at our townhall stole and hid my colored markers so that I couldn't draw pornographic cartoons. - Don't blame the alligators

That literally made me lol.

Posted by: Paco at October 28, 2025 08:07 PM (mADJX)

70 It's a bad habit."

Sure thing, Miss Fields...

Posted by: man at October 28, 2025 08:08 PM (tubbA)

71 I think the FDA recommends something like 30 grams of protein for an adult male, but everything I've read says that serious athletes/weightlifters need at least 1 gram per pound of body weight daily for muscle building/repair/retention, so I target 185 grams daily, eggs, fish, whey protein, nuts, beans and red meat.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 28, 2025 08:08 PM (hlNLQ)

72 The for bed
Hope everyone has a good night
Posted by: Skip


Skip runs about an hour ahead of me.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 28, 2025 08:09 PM (PO1Da)

73 Also, protein is the most satiating nutrient, so I don't feel super hungry anymore, either.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 28, 2025 08:09 PM (hlNLQ)

74 German Shepherd is saying to himself, cats are friends not food.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 28, 2025 08:10 PM (XV/Pl)

75 55 Any time you see a dog with a ton of cats climbing on him the dog always has the look on his face that says FML. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 28, 2025 07:59 PM (snZF9)

Years ago, our dog made us laugh - one day the kittens were getting especially rambunctious, and all puppy wanted to do was rest. So she took her paw and gently put it on top of one of the one that was harassing her. It was hilarious to see, especially the sigh and the look of resignation on our dog's face 🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 28, 2025 08:10 PM (SRRAx)

76 >>Broadcasters fawning over Shohei Ohtani is just as nauseating as then fawning over Aaron Judge.

He is a pretty spectacular player.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 28, 2025 08:10 PM (viF8m)

77 I think the FDA recommends something like 30 grams of protein for an adult male, but everything I've read says that serious athletes/weightlifters need at least 1 gram per pound of body weight daily for muscle building/repair/retention, so I target 185 grams daily, eggs, fish, whey protein, nuts, beans and red meat.
Posted by: Farmer Bob


How many grams of protein in a 1 pound ribeye?

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 28, 2025 08:11 PM (PO1Da)

78 According to Alexa- 120 grams

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 28, 2025 08:12 PM (hlNLQ)

79 You know who else had a bunker?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 28, 2025 08:12 PM (zZu0s)

80 That last porch pirates is a lawsuit
Posted by: Accomack

Do banks get sued for putting in exploding dye packs with the stolen money?

Posted by: the way I see it at October 28, 2025 08:12 PM (EYmYM)

81 According to Alexa- 120 grams
Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 28, 2025 08:12 PM (hlNLQ)

Damn, I do love steak.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 28, 2025 08:12 PM (zZu0s)

82 Sirloin has more- 140, less fat

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 28, 2025 08:13 PM (hlNLQ)

83 How many grams of protein in a 1 pound ribeye?
Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 28, 2025 08:11 PM (PO1Da

Approximately 4oz.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 28, 2025 08:13 PM (BI5O2)

84 Been watching a new ewetub channel. I like the guys attitude. Something like 'how much do you bench, bro? Who gives a fuck. Don't ego lift!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 28, 2025 08:14 PM (zZu0s)

85 He is a pretty spectacular player.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 28, 2025 08:10 PM (viF8m)

=====

Seems like a decent guy, too.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 28, 2025 08:14 PM (oVZHd)

86 According to Alexa- 120 grams
Posted by: Farmer Bob

Thank you. Sorry. I'm driving.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 28, 2025 08:14 PM (PO1Da)

87
Speaking as a black woman and black LGBT woman and black immigrant...


...I am profoundly disturbed by the shameful exclusion of the 2S prefix from the LGBT label.

How dare you! How dare you!

And me, a "historic triple first"!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 28, 2025 08:14 PM (xG4kz)

88 I'm discovering that changing email address on online accounts (even major online accounts for banking and retail and healthcare,) is a huge task, fraught with error and indifference on the part of the web support apparatuses (apparati?) at those sites.

Very few of them seem to realize they have email addresses stored in several unlinked systems, not just the ONE they know about. Getting them to change email on ALL their systems (at central AND branch locations,) is like pulling damn teeth without an anesthetic.

Sorry. Had to vent. Now I'll go rewatch 'Red Dragon' and relax a bit.

Posted by: gp at October 28, 2025 08:15 PM (7imtn)

89 Sirloin has more- 140, less fat
Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 28, 2025 08:13 PM (hlNLQ)

Personally, good top sirloin is better tasting to me than ribeye.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 28, 2025 08:15 PM (zZu0s)

90 need at least 1 gram per pound of body weight daily for muscle building/repair/retention, so I target 185 grams daily, eggs, fish, whey protein, nuts, beans and red meat.
Posted by: Farmer Bob

I'm still in weight loss mode so 155gr protein/day for me.

a 1 lb ribeye has about 139gr

Posted by: Tonypete at October 28, 2025 08:15 PM (cYBz/)

91
You know who else had a bunker?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

Do you know who else was in a bunker?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 28, 2025 08:15 PM (xG4kz)

92 Aparat, I think.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 28, 2025 08:16 PM (zZu0s)

93 I have two partial bottles of chlordane "inherited" when in-laws went into assisted living. Incorporating into a glitter bomb would be an easy way for me to finally dispose of it.

Posted by: Inventiveness to Infinity at October 28, 2025 08:16 PM (oftw2)

94 Do you know who else was in a bunker?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 28, 2025 08:15 PM (xG4kz)

You know who else got shot in the face in a bunker?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 28, 2025 08:16 PM (zZu0s)

95 I was cool with three cats and the cute girl but then the others showed up and I’m out.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 28, 2025 08:16 PM (EYmYM)

96 I picked up a ribeye last week from H-E-B grocery store and then I picked up four ribeyes from Sam's on Saturday, and for how everyone swears H-E-B is so good, the Sam's ribeyes were 10 times better.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 28, 2025 08:17 PM (PO1Da)

97 >>Seems like a decent guy, too.

He does. I was hoping the Mets were going to get him but pretty clear he wanted to be a Dodger.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 28, 2025 08:17 PM (viF8m)

98 Costco beef is really good.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 28, 2025 08:17 PM (BI5O2)

99
The for bed
Hope everyone has a good night
Posted by: Skip

=============

No! You said "The" instead of "Time." Come back and fix it!! Skip, WAAAAAAKE UUUUPPP!!!!!!!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 28, 2025 08:18 PM (5e+/e)

100 You know who else got shot in the face in a bunker?
Posted by: Aetius451AD


Everyone who is ever in the movie with Peter North?

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 28, 2025 08:18 PM (PO1Da)

101
Bow-legged porch pirate, that last guy was

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 28, 2025 08:18 PM (xG4kz)

102 rickb223, HEB is my choice and that was what I chose for the MoMe.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 28, 2025 08:19 PM (QGLzn)

103 67
That last porch pirates is a lawsuit
Posted by: Accomack

==============

Why only the last one?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 28, 2025 08:07 PM (5e+/e)
_________________________

It's funny. It's justified. BUT, it is, also, highly illegal. And, unless you have your property posted, every single one of those people stealing have an "invitee" status on your property to the front door.

Civil suits don't give a flying eff about your morals and indiscretions. All they care about is liability. And, eventually, one of these thieving geniuses is going to take the hit legally to have a chance at the jackpot in civil court. And guess what? You're insurance company will wash their hands of the entire matter due to an "Intentional act." And, if John Q Homeowner who will be paying for the attorney and any verdict rendered by our lovely jury pools.

Not worth it...but still entertaining.

Posted by: Orson at October 28, 2025 08:20 PM (dIske)

104 I miss HEB...

*sigh*

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 28, 2025 08:20 PM (PBwDQ)

105 Bow-legged porch pirate, that last guy was

-------
Probably just took it up the ass five minutes before.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 28, 2025 08:21 PM (BI5O2)

106 Well, scratch 'Red Dragon.' Only about one in ten library DVDs are playable. (The rest are covered in PB&J and spooge and other contaminants.) The only ones that usually play are the Criterion/Kino/Janus DVDs that nobody watches, except maybe TJM and me.

Tragedy Of The Commons.

Posted by: gp at October 28, 2025 08:21 PM (7imtn)

107 Posted by: Orson at October 28, 2025 08:20 PM (dIske

Again why doesn’t that apply to exploding dye packs banks use ?

Posted by: the way I see it at October 28, 2025 08:22 PM (EYmYM)

108
Seems like a decent guy, too.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 28, 2025 08:14 PM (oVZHd)

_________

He does have an epic contract with the Dodgers. A dollar a year until he retires, then, when he presumably no longer lives in California, a zillion dollars a year forever.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 28, 2025 08:22 PM (tgvbd)

109 I miss HEB...

*sigh*
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 28, 2025 08:20 PM (PBwDQ)

=====

Same. When we first moved to TX husband pronounced it "Heeb" and I had to explain to him that that was a racial slur.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 28, 2025 08:22 PM (oVZHd)

110 107 Posted by: Orson at October 28, 2025 08:20 PM (dIske

Again why doesn’t that apply to exploding dye packs banks use ?
Posted by: the way I see it at October 28, 2025 08:22 PM (EYmYM)
____________

Take a look at Booby Trap laws instituted on a state level sometime. They include exceptions for some commercial institutions under strict regulation. Banks are one such industry.

Posted by: Orson at October 28, 2025 08:25 PM (dIske)

111 I have two partial bottles of chlordane "inherited" when in-laws went into assisted living. Incorporating into a glitter bomb would be an easy way for me to finally dispose of it.
Posted by: Inventiveness to Infinity


Had some leftover Malathion and permethrin, about 4 oz each, that somehow ended up in the same glass jar. Forgot about it for a year or so until I ran out of bug killer. Must have had some reaction going on in there as it smelled of powerfull death.

Buried the shit and could still smell it for days.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 28, 2025 08:25 PM (/lPRQ)

112 Some things aren't getting better or faster, they are getting cheaper.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 28, 2025 08:26 PM (aX+RN)

113 Same. When we first moved to TX husband pronounced it "Heeb" and I had to explain to him that that was a racial slur.
Posted by: Jordan61
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lol

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 28, 2025 08:26 PM (PBwDQ)

114 No football game tonight means I get to watch hockey. Go AVs.

Posted by: Don Black. Message: be groovy today at October 28, 2025 08:27 PM (AOsQT)

115
unless you have your property posted,

Posted by: Orson

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So I "post my property" and it's all good? Does that mean I put a sign up saying "Private property"?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 28, 2025 08:28 PM (5e+/e)

116 Mandami Trans Rabbis is an anagram for It's Damn Barbarian Ms.

Mamdani is an anagram for "Damn, I am"
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators

And now, the Top Ten Anagrams for "Mamdani Elected."

10. Damn, Ace Led Time?
9. Mice-Led Mandate
8. A Claim Demented
7. Decent Lie, Madam
6. Imam Can Deleted?
5. DEI Madman-Elect
4. Cad Amid Element
3. Me Decimate Land!
2. Middle Act: Enema

And tonight's number one anagram for "Mamdani Elected....."

1. Men, I'd Date Camel.

Posted by: mikeski letterman at October 28, 2025 08:28 PM (nhCoE)

117 We be calls on Presfent Obama to doo something abouts the Goverment shutdown. It be t h e Grocerments jobs too make sure peeple our fed !!!

Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at October 28, 2025 08:28 PM (QNNvM)

118 91
You know who else had a bunker?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

Do you know who else was in a bunker?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 28, 2025 08:15 PM (xG4kz)

Do you know who played Archie Bunker?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 28, 2025 08:28 PM (SRRAx)

119 Well, scratch 'Red Dragon.' Only about one in ten library DVDs are playable. (The rest are covered in PB&J and spooge and other contaminants.) The only ones that usually play are the Criterion/Kino/Janus DVDs that nobody watches, except maybe TJM and me.

Tragedy Of The Commons.
Posted by: gp


...covered in PB&J and spooge and other contaminants...
Just like Redbox.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 28, 2025 08:29 PM (/lPRQ)

120 Posted by: Orson at October 28, 2025 08:25 PM (dIske)

The law also defines illegal booby traps. A non harmful booby trap is not illegal IIRC . ie, fog dispersion , high decibel alarm , etc.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 28, 2025 08:29 PM (EYmYM)

121 Wait 'Heeb' is a racial slur? So you're telling me 'heebie jeebies' is racial?

Please, lie to me. I am so fucking tired of all the racial shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 28, 2025 08:30 PM (zZu0s)

122 TWO ATOMS WALK INTO A BAR.
“I’VE LOST AN ELECTRON.”
“ARE YOU SURE?”
“YES, I’M POSITIVE!”

Posted by: SMOD at October 28, 2025 08:30 PM (GITLP)

123 unless you have your property posted,

Posted by: Orson

=============

So I "post my property" and it's all good? Does that mean I put a sign up saying "Private property"?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 28, 2025 08:28 PM (5e+/e)
___________________________

It strengthens your position. It takes away the "invitee" status and they become trespassers. Still a crap shoot in civil court depending on the braindead juries who want JUSTICE FOR THE CAUSE.

Posted by: Orson at October 28, 2025 08:30 PM (dIske)

124 unless you have your property posted,

Posted by: Orson

=============

So I "post my property" and it's all good? Does that mean I put a sign up saying "Private property"?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

++++++++

"No Porch Pirates"

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 28, 2025 08:32 PM (/lPRQ)

125 Heeb is a racial (ethnic?) slur against Jewish people. I think heebie jeebies is fine.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 28, 2025 08:33 PM (oVZHd)

126 About to go face the students again. Finished reading the school newspaper. It only took them two months to publish and most of the stories are from the summer. Typical sophomoric level "oh see me virtue signal" lib wannabe writing.
I'm glad I teach business and can freely (so far) discuss the joys of capitalism.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 28, 2025 08:34 PM (AiFlB)

127 You’re only an invitee if you are there for a lawful purpose. As soon as they steal from your property they are no longer an invitee.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 28, 2025 08:34 PM (EYmYM)

128 I own a Maine Coon, Tom. When I took him off the street at age six weeks, I thought he was just another orange cat. He quickly grew into a giant Lovebeast, a Cat Dialed Up To Eleven in strength, cunning, and Catitude.

And hair! OMG, the shedding and the hairballs! I should have named him Shed. Or Puke.

When I open a fresh bag of dry chow, all the cats wolf it down. (A bag lasts less than a week, and they don't like it as much when the bag's been open even a day.)

So Tom stuffs himself. Then he goes through all the kitchen cabinets looking to eat something, anything, that will make him barf. He prefers to eat certain plastic films and wax paper as an emetic. I try, not hard enough I guess, to keep him away from that stuff.

Then he vomits it all up, in every room that he isn't locked out of. He's a mobile barfer.

Posted by: gp at October 28, 2025 08:34 PM (7imtn)

129 >>unless you have your property posted,
-----------

"Trespassers will be shot. Survivors will be shot again."

Posted by: JQ at October 28, 2025 08:34 PM (rdVOm)

130 Trespassers will be shot sign on the gate.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 28, 2025 08:35 PM (QGLzn)

131 I have two partial bottles of chlordane "inherited" when in-laws went into assisted living. Incorporating into a glitter bomb would be an easy way for me to finally dispose of it.

Posted by: Inventiveness to Infinity at October 28, 2025 08:16 PM (oftw2)

That shit is gold. I have a bottle. I get the terminex dude here 4 times a year to spray outside as a preventative measure. I don't see shit ever, not even a house spider. I used to show him the bottle to bust his balls and say if I start seeing bugs of any kind I'm popping this nuke and I won't need you anymore. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 28, 2025 08:35 PM (snZF9)

132
Take a look at Booby Trap laws instituted on a state level sometime. They include exceptions for some commercial institutions under strict regulation. Banks are one such industry.
Posted by: Orson

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I'd enlist a co-conspirator to testify that she had sent me the loveliest box of glitter for my enjoyment and that it was not supposed to explode.

But aside from that, what's the damage supposed to be? You had to wash your clothes? You felt like an idiot looking like a giant cheeto? You got startled?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 28, 2025 08:37 PM (5e+/e)

133
Heebie Jeebies-Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksmGt2U-xTE

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 28, 2025 08:37 PM (aX+RN)

134 I miss HEB...

*sigh*
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 28, 2025 08:20 PM (PBwDQ)

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Same. When we first moved to TX husband pronounced it "Heeb" and I had to explain to him that that was a racial slur.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 28, 2025 08:22 PM (oVZHd)

Shit, thats how I pronounce it. I never saw one until the mome.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 28, 2025 08:37 PM (snZF9)

135 122 I am on a mission to be first to split the electron. Lepton/Shmepton, those things can be busted, say I! We just haven't had the right level of determination yet to do it. Nobel Prize and Ultimate Superweapon, here I come

Posted by: gp at October 28, 2025 08:38 PM (7imtn)

136
Heeb is a racial (ethnic?) slur against Jewish people.

_________

"Hebe" has been considered offensive for a long time.

"'We’re living in a sensitive age, Cuke,” Skeffington had said, 'and I’m not altogether sure you’re fully attuned to it. For example, if the Jewish Businessmen’s Association was having a small get-together and you were to speak at it, I have the feeling that your first story might begin with the words: ‘A little Hebe named Epstein was walking down the street one day...’ Now you may not realize it, but that kind of thing doesn’t exactly bring the Jewish vote swarming to my doors." - Edwin O'Connor The Last Hurrah (1956)

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 28, 2025 08:38 PM (tgvbd)

137 Shit, thats how I pronounce it. I never saw one until the mome.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 28, 2025 08:37 PM (snZF9)

Hah. We call it H-E-B

Posted by: the way I see it at October 28, 2025 08:39 PM (EYmYM)

138 44
We concluded that the only explanation is Divine Intervention.
Posted by: Cybersmythe

GREAT album.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 28, 2025 08:39 PM (sVOFR)

139 Katko v. Briney is the case some entitled porch pirate will use if they try to go after you in civil court and can show injuries. Every single one of the examples on that video above can lead to injuries. The courts value bodily injury above loss of property.

In the Katko case, some farmer was pissed off because a continued rash of burglaries to his uninhabited house, so he set up a trap in one of the bedrooms what would fire a shot gun at knee level if someone opened it. Well, someone did and that guy won $30k back in 1971. Today, it would be high six figure.

The porch pirate would have to show injuries from the glitter bombs or whatever. But, there is no shortage of plaintiff leaning doctors out there.

It's just a risk I wouldn't take regardless of how entertaining and deserved.

Posted by: Orson at October 28, 2025 08:40 PM (dIske)

140 Home. 15 & 1/4 hour day. And that's why I don't have a dog. I could not keep a puppy kenneled for 15 hours. I can't leave them outside. Especially with winter coming. I'm just screwed for a couple of years.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 28, 2025 08:40 PM (p6raP)

141 Same. When we first moved to TX husband pronounced it "Heeb" and I had to explain to him that that was a racial slur.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 28, 2025 08:22 PM (oVZHd)

Shit, thats how I pronounce it. I never saw one until the mome.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 28, 2025 08:37 PM (snZF9)

I never called it that. But I am a San Antonio native.

Howard E. Butt is what it means. Charles Butt has run it since 1971. Unfortunately he is a raging Leftist.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 28, 2025 08:40 PM (sVOFR)

142 "Edwin O'Connor The Last Hurrah (1956)"

Added to my list, thanks!

Posted by: gp at October 28, 2025 08:41 PM (7imtn)

143
Hmm, I think a sign saying "Private property | Porch packages may contain dangerous substances" would do.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 28, 2025 08:41 PM (5e+/e)

144 H E B or the other choice was Butts

Posted by: Ben Had at October 28, 2025 08:42 PM (QGLzn)

145 Shit, thats how I pronounce it. I never saw one until the mome.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 28, 2025 08:37 PM (snZF9)

Hah. We call it H-E-B

Posted by: the way I see it at October 28, 2025 08:39 PM (EYmYM)

I don't even know what it is. I imagine it's a store, but not sure what kind. First thing I thought when I saw one the first time was EBT. I'm thinking, is that what they call it in texas? lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 28, 2025 08:42 PM (snZF9)

146 I never called it that. But I am a San Antonio native.

Howard E. Butt is what it means. Charles Butt has run it since 1971. Unfortunately he is a raging Leftist.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 28, 2025 08:40 PM (sVOFR)

Ah, so it should be H.E.B.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 28, 2025 08:44 PM (snZF9)

147 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 28, 2025 08:42 PM (snZF9)

It’s an over-crowded grocery store. I hate going there though the prices are good.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 28, 2025 08:44 PM (EYmYM)

148 And H-E-B is NOT statewide. When I moved to the Panhandle I left them far behind. If I wanted H-E-B, I went there on visits to San Antonio and occasionally in Abilene, Big Spring and Midland. I was overjoyed when Lubbock got one. I’m just hoping north Lubbock or south Amarillo will get one at some point.

Slowly, it has taken 20 years, they are making inroads into DFW. They do not appear west of Odessa.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 28, 2025 08:45 PM (sVOFR)

149
Added to my list, thanks!
Posted by: gp at October 28, 2025 08:41 PM (7imtn)

_______

Great book. The character of Frank Skeffington is based on James Michael Currey, four-time mayor of Boston.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 28, 2025 08:45 PM (tgvbd)

150 I don't even know what it is. I imagine it's a store, but not sure what kind. First thing I thought when I saw one the first time was EBT. I'm thinking, is that what they call it in texas? lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division


It's a grocery store chain. It's what Trader Joes & Whole Paycheck wish they were WITHOUT the stupidly high prices.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 28, 2025 08:45 PM (p6raP)

151 Heaven help me. Watching that "Good Halloween costume " link, when they were stuffing the pantyhose i thought the costume would be Nancy Pelosi at the beach.
Posted by: bluebell

LOL. And "Ewww." But LOL.

But that costume needs some protection for the little girl's neck. Even a plastic plate will slice her if she falls forward. Probably not "cut the jugular and bleed out," but that's not a good place for a scar. Put some aquarium tubing around the edge, give her a thick turtleneck shirt, something.

Posted by: mikeski at October 28, 2025 08:46 PM (nhCoE)

152 And H-E-B is NOT statewide. When I moved to the Panhandle I left them far behind. If I wanted H-E-B, I went there on visits to San Antonio and occasionally in Abilene, Big Spring and Midland. I was overjoyed when Lubbock got one. I’m just hoping north Lubbock or south Amarillo will get one at some point.

Slowly, it has taken 20 years, they are making inroads into DFW. They do not appear west of Odessa.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 28, 2025 08:45 PM (sVOFR)

Ok, now I'm curious. Just what the hell do they sell there???

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 28, 2025 08:46 PM (snZF9)

153
HEB >>>>>> Kroger

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 28, 2025 08:47 PM (tgvbd)

154 But aside from that, what's the damage supposed to be? You had to wash your clothes? You felt like an idiot looking like a giant cheeto? You got startled?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 28, 2025 08:37 PM (5e+/e)

In my case, emotional damage and flashbacks to Fasching celebrations in Germany.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 28, 2025 08:47 PM (sVOFR)

155 Better route, now that I think about it: box with fake FedEx label. Cheap metal lockbox inside. Even if the larcenous tapeworm of a man opens the cardboard box in his hooptie right out front, he'll take it back to his lair to jimmy it open. Then the grenade. With his lair full of porch booty, who's to say where he got it?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 28, 2025 08:48 PM (BI5O2)

156 Berserker, the best meat and produce of any chain store in the state

Posted by: Ben Had at October 28, 2025 08:48 PM (QGLzn)

157 135 squish it really hard under your thumb

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at October 28, 2025 08:48 PM (1Nv0l)

158 HEB doesn’t carry Nolan Ryan ground beef. That should not be allowed in Texas.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 28, 2025 08:49 PM (EYmYM)

159 The Heebie Jeebies - The Boswell Sisters


https://youtu.be/AliWj9J6rFQ?t=15


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 28, 2025 08:49 PM (aX+RN)

160 153
HEB >>>>>> Kroger
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 28, 2025 08:47 PM (tgvbd)

True! Although…

I got Kroger brand K-cups on my way back from the MoMe. Relatively cheap and good. I got a box of 120 K-cups for $38 IIRC. By contrast, H-E-B has store brand K-cups in a box of 100 for $44.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 28, 2025 08:50 PM (sVOFR)

161 Berserker, the best meat and produce of any chain store in the state

Posted by: Ben Had at October 28, 2025 08:48 PM (QGLzn)

Ok, that says it all.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 28, 2025 08:50 PM (snZF9)

162 How much meat can you grind Nolan Ryan into? Seems like a very limited supply product.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 28, 2025 08:50 PM (BI5O2)

163 HEB has great produce. They sell some things I can't find at Walmart, which is the only other supermarket in my area. I also like the HEB store brands.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at October 28, 2025 08:51 PM (W3AhE)

164
I got Kroger brand K-cups on my way back from the MoMe. Relatively cheap and good. I got a box of 120 K-cups for $38 IIRC. By contrast, H-E-B has store brand K-cups in a box of 100 for $44.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 28, 2025 08:50 PM (sVOFR)

Shop-rite around here sells a 90 count of some decent K-cups for $15 on sale. Used to be $10. I thought that was almost giveaway.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 28, 2025 08:52 PM (snZF9)

165 158 HEB doesn’t carry Nolan Ryan ground beef. That should not be allowed in Texas.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 28, 2025 08:49 PM (EYmYM)

I had a beef with Nolan Ryan once. I don't recommend it.

Posted by: Robin Ventura at October 28, 2025 08:52 PM (pIfcn)

166 Ok, now I'm curious. Just what the hell do they sell there???
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 28, 2025 08:46 PM (snZF9)

It’s a damn good grocery store with, I must say, good store brand items. I load up on store brand items at the Lubbock store and take them home. The Creamy Creations ice cream frigging RULES.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 28, 2025 08:52 PM (sVOFR)

167 I had a beef with Nolan Ryan once. I don't recommend it.
Posted by: Robin Ventura at October 28, 2025 08:52 PM (

A beef? We call that an ass kicking.

Never charge Nolan Ryan.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 28, 2025 08:53 PM (sVOFR)

168 HEB has seafood I trust. Or at least they haven’t disappointed me yet.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 28, 2025 08:53 PM (EYmYM)

169 Barely ScaryMary, the H E B store brands are very good. I am a huge fan of their spinach florentine spaghetti sauce.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 28, 2025 08:53 PM (QGLzn)

170 162 How much meat can you grind Nolan Ryan into? Seems like a very limited supply product.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 28, 2025 08:50 PM (BI5O2)

I’ll let you know.

Posted by: Jeffrey Dahmer at October 28, 2025 08:54 PM (sVOFR)

171
My idea to fight porch pirates has always been to enlist neighbors in a package scheme. Just keep a one or two package-looking boxes on your porch at all times. Go ahead and label them "Empty Box, You Fucking Pirate and Smile for Hidden Camera." If everyone in the neighborhood put the empty boxes on their porches, the pirate would have to visit every single porch to find the actual loot. They'd be running from house to house (not suspicious at all, lol) or they'd possibly have to follow delivery trucks and note the addresses that got packages. Huge expenditure of time for possibly getting low-value items.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 28, 2025 08:54 PM (5e+/e)

172 Better route, now that I think about it: box with fake FedEx label. Cheap metal lockbox inside. Even if the larcenous tapeworm of a man opens the cardboard box in his hooptie right out front, he'll take it back to his lair to jimmy it open. Then the grenade. With his lair full of porch booty, who's to say where he got it?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Even if I built the bomb myself, I don't think I'd want to have a live grenade sitting on my front porch.

And some small fractional percentage of porch piracy is going to be neighborhood kids being pranksters. It's not all DeShauns looking for Fentanyl money.

Posted by: mikeski at October 28, 2025 08:55 PM (nhCoE)

173 Ok, now I'm curious. Just what the hell do they sell there???
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division


Besides what everyone else said, homemade tortillas. They have a meat case that hangs and ages beef. And yes, their store brands are every bit as good as national brands.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 28, 2025 08:55 PM (p6raP)

174 171 Wow, that's a good idea!

Posted by: gp at October 28, 2025 08:55 PM (7imtn)

175 I can eat fifty Nolan Ryan burgers.

Posted by: Cool Hand Canibal at October 28, 2025 08:56 PM (i0F8b)

176
It's a grocery store chain. It's what Trader Joes & Whole Paycheck wish they were WITHOUT the stupidly high prices.
Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 28, 2025 08:45 PM (p6raP)

I have been in one Trader Joe’s. I was underwhelmed.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 28, 2025 08:56 PM (sVOFR)

177 154 But aside from that, what's the damage supposed to be? You had to wash your clothes? You felt like an idiot looking like a giant cheeto? You got startled?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 28, 2025 08:37 PM (5e+/e)
____________________

Eye injuries would be the soup du jour on the glitter bombs. My favorite isn't even a porch pirate trap. Have you ever seen the stolen bicycle ones? They lock a very expensive bike to a poll or even a bike stand and just wait for the usual suspect to show up with a chain cutter. They cut the lock, hop on and try to ride away. They get about 20 yards and the entire bike falls apart because all the screws were loosened or removed. It's hilarious. But, risky.

Posted by: Orson at October 28, 2025 08:56 PM (dIske)

178
"Edwin O'Connor The Last Hurrah (1956)"

Added to my list, thanks!
Posted by: gp

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051845

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 28, 2025 08:56 PM (pkeXY)

179 Barely ScaryMary, the H E B store brands are very good. I am a huge fan of their spinach florentine spaghetti sauce.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 28, 2025 08:53 PM (QGLzn)

I like that they look to stock individual entrepreneurs products. Or at least used to.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 28, 2025 08:56 PM (EYmYM)

180 I had a beef with Nolan Ryan once. I don't recommend it.
Posted by: Robin Ventura


The only player in league history to get seven hits off Nolan Ryan in one inning!

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 28, 2025 08:57 PM (p6raP)

181 "And some small fractional percentage of porch piracy is going to be neighborhood kids being pranksters."

Screw them too. Blow em to flinders, the little monsters.

Posted by: gp at October 28, 2025 08:57 PM (7imtn)

182 Mama cat video is awesome.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 28, 2025 08:57 PM (9aoE1)

183 Most all of the food brought to you at the MoMe came from HEB.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 28, 2025 08:57 PM (QGLzn)

184 I am a huge fan of their spinach florentine spaghetti sauce.

Posted by: Ben Had


Thanks! I'll give it a try.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at October 28, 2025 08:58 PM (W3AhE)

185 I would suspect eye injuries. Not worth the risk. I had items sent to an Amazon locker when we had a pirate problem which the hood solved.
Sometime in the 1920’s, a NYC transit cop helped a guy board a subway. In doing so, an illegal firework fell from the passenger’s bag, went off, knocked a tile from the ceiling and injured a third party. Courts held NYC liable because the cop knocked the firework out. Platsgraff or something like that. Crazy kraut name.
I knew to quit law right then.

Posted by: Accomack at October 28, 2025 08:58 PM (Dpv2s)

186 Most all of the food brought to you at the MoMe came from HEB.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 28, 2025 08:57 PM (QGLzn)

Those big caveman chunks of beef we had???

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 28, 2025 08:59 PM (snZF9)

187 I can honestly say I’ve never had anything stolen porch pirate wise. So of course I’m jinxing myself and will have my next 10 packages stolen.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 28, 2025 08:59 PM (9aoE1)

188 Berserker, yes indeed.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 28, 2025 08:59 PM (QGLzn)

189 "I’m jinxing myself and will have my next 10 packages stolen."

I've got three coming just this week alone. I have to sit all day waiting for delivery, so I can pounce on them before the criminals do. It sucks, but I'm stuck living here in Hell, until I croak and go to Hell.

Posted by: gp at October 28, 2025 09:01 PM (7imtn)

190 Berserker, yes indeed.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 28, 2025 08:59 PM (QGLzn)

Holy crap, that shit was to die for.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 28, 2025 09:01 PM (snZF9)

191 PDJT wheels up out of Japan en route to South Korea.

Posted by: TRex - AF1 tracking service at October 28, 2025 09:02 PM (IQ6Gq)

192 Her son gets the credit but, in 1905, Florence Thornton Butt opened “Mrs. C. C. Butt’s Staple and Fancy Grocery” in Kerrville, Texas—a humble beginning for what would become a retail powerhouse.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 28, 2025 09:02 PM (ZVgZ4)

193 Trader Joe's and Walmart sell many of the same products.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 28, 2025 09:02 PM (aX+RN)

194 It's a grocery store chain. It's what Trader Joes & Whole Paycheck wish they were WITHOUT the stupidly high prices.
Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 28, 2025 08:45 PM (p6raP)

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Trader Joe's is not high-priced. You can cross-shop alcohol with the local conventional supermarket and they're always cheaper.

Whole Foods IS pricey but they have hard-to-find stuff like oysters and octopus.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 28, 2025 09:02 PM (dyewR)

195 184 I am a huge fan of their spinach florentine spaghetti sauce.

Posted by: Ben Had


Thanks! I'll give it a try.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at October 28, 2025 08:58 PM (W3AhE)

For me it’s all about the Garlic and Herb. So good.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 28, 2025 09:02 PM (sVOFR)

196 124 unless you have your property posted,

Posted by: Orson

So, hypothetically speaking, of course, one might have a "Caution High Voltage" sign and a package wired to a wall switch. If it'll keep the squirrels off the bird feeder, it will keep the porch pirates at bay.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at October 28, 2025 09:02 PM (pIfcn)

197 Mamdani is Arabic for another sandrat.
Posted by: Ben Had
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Raghead
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 28, 2025 08:01 PM (XeU6L)

If his family hails from Uganda, they are (or were, maybe) most likely Ismaili muslims, the crowd that follows the dictates of the Aga Khan. The Brits shipped a lot of Ismailis from India to Uganda to create a merchant/civil service class that they could work with. Ismailis are, or at least used to be, pretty chill, with a decent work ethic. Mamdani appears to be an exception to that rule, though.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 28, 2025 09:03 PM (npFr7)

198 Cicero, those can be had at HEB also and they are fresh.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 28, 2025 09:03 PM (QGLzn)

199
PDJT wheels up out of Japan en route to South Korea.
Posted by: TRex - AF1 tracking service

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WHAT?! He's not heading home yet? What's up in Korea anyway? Yet more trade talk and a possible visit to Rocket Man?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 28, 2025 09:03 PM (5e+/e)

200 "If it'll keep the squirrels off the bird feeder,"

Even my soon-to-be-perfected Electron Bomb won't deter squirrels from that. They are 100% Determined.

Posted by: gp at October 28, 2025 09:04 PM (7imtn)

201 Both Senators from Kentucky again joined with the Democrats to screw Trump’s agenda and voted against the 50% tariff Trump implemented against Socialist run Brazil . They joined with the usual 3 other Republican Senators, Collins, Murcowski and Tillis.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 28, 2025 09:04 PM (EYmYM)

202 Posted by: Ben Had at October 28, 2025 09:03 PM (QGLzn)

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I've never been in a HEB but I know it by its legend.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 28, 2025 09:04 PM (dyewR)

203 Cow Demon, the garlic and herb is my second favorite.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 28, 2025 09:04 PM (QGLzn)

204 "Person of Color" is the most racist phrase I have ever heard, if I ever hear it again, I'm going to...complain about it again.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 28, 2025 09:05 PM (vd6bO)

205 192 Her son gets the credit but, in 1905, Florence Thornton Butt opened “Mrs. C. C. Butt’s Staple and Fancy Grocery” in Kerrville, Texas—a humble beginning for what would become a retail powerhouse.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 28, 2025 09:02 PM (ZVgZ4)

In 1948, the HQ moved to Corpus Christi. In 1985, it moved to the old federal arsenal in San Antonio. Hence many in H-E-B referring to “The Arsenal” when they mean corporate HQ.

Last I saw H-E-B is San Antonio’s biggest employer.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 28, 2025 09:05 PM (sVOFR)

206 That beef at the mome was so frigging good I de-evolved to around 50,000 B.C. and ate it with my hands like they were licorice sticks. I had an urge to do cave drawings after, but hey...

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 28, 2025 09:05 PM (snZF9)

207 WF has really good local milk. Their prices are not horrible. I would never grocery shop there. BJ’s and Food Lion for ordinary stuff. I like to go to Stew Leonard’s in East Meadow when I am in Queens.

Posted by: Accomack at October 28, 2025 09:06 PM (Dpv2s)

208 "What's up in [South] Korea anyway?"

Maybe he can convince them to pay for their own damn defense, so we don't have to. Our thousands of soldiers stationed there are just a tripwire that can trigger a major war, which we do not need right now.

Fix America First, I say.

Posted by: gp at October 28, 2025 09:06 PM (7imtn)

209 Berserker, high praise to the cooks but having quality meat makes the chef 's job easier.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 28, 2025 09:07 PM (QGLzn)

210 191 PDJT wheels up out of Japan en route to South Korea.
Posted by: TRex - AF1 tracking service at October 28, 2025 09:02 PM (IQ6Gq)

Hope he stops by Osan AB like Bush XLIII did 20 years ago.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 28, 2025 09:07 PM (sVOFR)

211 Posted by: Accomack at October 28, 2025 08:58 PM (Dpv2s)

NY has Comparative Negligence laws . It leads to some ridiculous payouts.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 28, 2025 09:08 PM (EYmYM)

212 206 That beef at the mome was so frigging good I de-evolved to around 50,000 B.C. and ate it with my hands like they were licorice sticks.

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Question: Was there a big black monolith outside when you left? Did you touch it?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 28, 2025 09:08 PM (dyewR)

213 Civil suits don't give a flying eff about your morals and indiscretions. All they care about is liability. And, eventually, one of these thieving geniuses is going to take the hit legally to have a chance at the jackpot in civil court. And guess what? You're insurance company will wash their hands of the entire matter due to an "Intentional act." And, if John Q Homeowner who will be paying for the attorney and any verdict rendered by our lovely jury pools.

Not worth it...but still entertaining.
Posted by: Orson at October 28, 2025 08:20 PM (dIske)

So put the loaded package on your neighbor's porch, not your own. Particularly if you know neighbor will out of town for a few days.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 28, 2025 09:08 PM (npFr7)

214 Cicero, people just waved at the Angus calves on the way out.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 28, 2025 09:09 PM (QGLzn)

215 For me it’s all about the Garlic and Herb. So good.

Posted by: Cow Demon

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Thanks! Havent had that one either. Guess I'll be stocking up on pasta sauce.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at October 28, 2025 09:09 PM (W3AhE)

216 Is Heeb even a slur anymore? I never see it in 4chan. They use other slurs I won't repeat here.

Posted by: gKWVE at October 28, 2025 09:10 PM (gKWVE)

217 All they care about is liability. And, eventually, one of these thieving geniuses is going to take the hit legally to have a chance at the jackpot in civil court. And guess what? You're insurance company will wash their hands of the entire matter due to an "Intentional act." And, if John Q Homeowner who will be paying for the attorney and any verdict rendered by our lovely jury pools.
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I don’t care for apologia for criminals, particularly because the Law is an Ass, and has ironically brought us to this point. But all this legal minutiae is a legacy of a society that is long, long gone. It was only in a high trust society that valuable items could simply be left on people’s porch in the first place.

So I’m completely unmoved by legal twaddle at rhis point. And to your point - see also “Judgment Proof”

The bottom feeder attorneys only go after people with money in the first place. Nobody GAF about thieves and looters, we are returning to the default whether we like it or not. The justice system is broken, sabotaged, whatever. Get used to seeing more of this.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 28, 2025 09:10 PM (J8tyi)

218 Trader Joe's is not high-priced. You can cross-shop alcohol with the local conventional supermarket and they're always cheaper.

Whole Foods IS pricey but they have hard-to-find stuff like oysters and octopus.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 28, 2025 09:02 PM (dyewR)

yeah I didn't think trader joes was expensive. I was never in one, but we have them, and see what people buy there and it seems cheap. I got this one guitar player dude who stops by and he always has some great bean coffee from various places. There's also this dunker cookies in a plastic tub he brings. Long, flat , and with chocolate on one side. Holy shit they are addicting.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 28, 2025 09:10 PM (snZF9)

219
Speaking of Trump in Asia, I'm actually surprised -- I didn't think it was possible anymore -- at the lefty case that Trump was exhibiting signs of confusion and dementia at that combo Sleeping Beauty Ballet/tea ceremony at the Japanese reception yesterday, just because the hosts were extending an arm (the way Asians do) to indicate "This way" or "Over here."

He's lost his mind! He's 79 years old!! He just had an MRI!!! (for back pain, duh?)

I watched the whole thing and there was basically ONE TIME when Takaichi said "This way," and it wasn't at all clear that Trump was in the wrong place.

Meanwhile, will someone for the love of god release the video of Biden's Hur testimony? Why isn't this happening?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 28, 2025 09:10 PM (5e+/e)

220
I have seen motion activated sprinklers for sale. Pretty strong output. Too bad we can't hook them to a tank of ink or something smelly.

Posted by: fourseasons at October 28, 2025 09:11 PM (3ek7K)

221 Maybe he can convince them to pay for their own damn defense, so we don't have to. Our thousands of soldiers stationed there are just a tripwire that can trigger a major war, which we do not need right now.

Fix America First, I say.
Posted by: gp at October 28, 2025 09:06 PM (7imtn)

They in fact pay for their own defense, Our forces have steadily DECLINED in number over the years. I know because I had a hand in moving some of them out.

Does the idea of power projection make you embarrassed or does it elude you altogether?

Make America Weak and Whiny, you say. I prefer Peace Through Strength and deterrence,

Go back to studying Mandarin, or Hindi.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 28, 2025 09:11 PM (sVOFR)

222 BarleyScaryMary. either of those sauces are fantastic for use in making g homemade pizza.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 28, 2025 09:11 PM (QGLzn)

223 "So put the loaded package on your neighbor's porch, not your own"

Forget about civil liability. If you put even an empty box on your porch as a decoy, or one full of dog poop, you risk a reprisal from those thieving assholes themselves. They could easily come back and vandalize your property in return. We're dealing with f'n animals now. At least I am. They are pure evil.

Posted by: gp at October 28, 2025 09:12 PM (7imtn)

224 That beef at the mome was so frigging good I de-evolved to around 50,000 B.C. and ate it with my hands like they were licorice sticks.

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Question: Was there a big black monolith outside when you left? Did you touch it?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 28, 2025 09:08 PM (dyewR)

Touch it? I would have ate it if it meant getting more of that beef.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 28, 2025 09:12 PM (snZF9)

225 My porch pirate defense is the velocirapor. Step on yard and she is at the front screen door in berserker mode. We keep the wooden front door open and have an retractable, glass screen door.

So unwanted thieves see a snarling dinosaur barking and trying to tear through the glass to attack them. We've doubled the security by adding a new dog to the mix who has joined the velocirapor at the door.

Delivery people know to place packages next to the garage door. Still in sight of our security detail.

Posted by: Beartooth at October 28, 2025 09:13 PM (Gg/ma)

226 have seen motion activated sprinklers for sale. Pretty strong output. Too bad we can't hook them to a tank of ink or something smelly.

Posted by: fourseasons at October 28, 2025 09:11 PM (3ek7K)

I’ve seen a couple of high dollar homes that have foggers that are tripped in case of a break in. The thieves can’t see anything as it fills the home pretty fast.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 28, 2025 09:14 PM (EYmYM)

227 Ohtani.

Dude.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 28, 2025 09:14 PM (xRMIr)

228 "They in fact pay for their own defense"

This is true, in terms of dollars paid directly for foreign aid. However ...

'The United States maintains approximately 28,500 troops in South Korea, primarily to deter North Korean aggression and support regional stability.'

"Does the idea of power projection make you embarrassed or does it elude you altogether?"

Neither. We're broke, and being World Policeman isn't working anymore.

Notice how I can disagree with somebody without being an asshole about it. It can be done.

Posted by: gp at October 28, 2025 09:16 PM (7imtn)

229 Every porch pirate should spend 10 years in Gitmo.

Posted by: no one at October 28, 2025 09:17 PM (W7XSX)

230 Very few of them seem to realize they have email addresses stored in several unlinked systems, not just the ONE they know about. Getting them to change email on ALL their systems (at central AND branch locations,) is like pulling damn teeth without an anesthetic.

Sorry. Had to vent. Now I'll go rewatch 'Red Dragon' and relax a bit.
Posted by: gp at October 28, 2025 08:15 PM (7imtn)

Often linked databases have a level that informs all the dependent layers, and quite often a representative or cube-rat only works in one level, and is only accustomed to the work layer he or she works in, which leads to frustration when any change is merely local, instead of global in the system. Especially if it is strictly compartmentalized and the operator doesn't have access to the other areas.
This is made worse when varying types of data are mastered at different layers or location, because sometimes even IT hasn't a clue.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 28, 2025 09:18 PM (rbvCR)

231 Notice how I can disagree with somebody without being an asshole about it. It can be done.
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Oh, you're no fun anymore.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 28, 2025 09:18 PM (vd6bO)

232 That beef at the mome was so frigging good I de-evolved to around 50,000 B.C. and ate it with my hands like they were licorice sticks.

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Question: Was there a big black monolith outside when you left? Did you touch it?

Posted by: Cicero


The one with the Sleestak writing on it?

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 28, 2025 09:18 PM (p6raP)

233 Neither. We're broke, and being World Policeman isn't working anymore.

Notice how I can disagree with somebody without being an asshole about it. It can be done.
Posted by: gp at October 28, 2025 09:16 PM (7imtn)

We aren’t “World Policeman”, and paying for our defense and power projection keeps your ass at home spoiled rotten and safe instead of having the shit get HERE. And it isn’t defense that made us broke: it is doing every other thing not under the bloody Constitution that is. At least the Constitution calls for the creation of an Army and a Navy by Congress. Show me where is says to baby people with a doc or free food.

I’m a veteran who wants PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH, DETERRENCE, AND THE WORLD FEARING US. You think it’s cool if we are a bunch of wimps and pussies if that saves us a buck. Well, thank Schlürpo you weren’t in charge in WWII.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 28, 2025 09:22 PM (sVOFR)

234 Porch pirate video is fake but funny.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 28, 2025 09:23 PM (R86kT)

235
Neither. We're broke, and being World Policeman isn't working anymore

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When did it?

We've projected US forces in bases around the globe for more than three-quarters of a century, at a cost of billions of dollars and over 100,000 casualties, and lost every armed conflict we got in during this period, for the dubious privilege of emboldening our enemies and engendering new ones.

I've more or less started shrugging off the people who love the MIC sexually. If this litany of failure can't convince them to reconsider the position, nothing will, until something truly terrible happens.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 28, 2025 09:23 PM (BI5O2)

236 Cat defends her furtress.
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Speaking as a black LGBT woman, I've never seen a cat cave with a drawbridge before. Neat.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 28, 2025 09:25 PM (IBQGV)

237 We've projected US forces in bases around the globe for more than three-quarters of a century, at a cost of billions of dollars and over 100,000 casualties, and lost every armed conflict we got in during this period, for the dubious privilege of emboldening our enemies and engendering new ones.

I've more or less started shrugging off the people who love the MIC sexually. If this litany of failure can't convince them to reconsider the position, nothing will, until something truly terrible happens.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 28, 2025 09:23 PM (BI5O2)

We agree! Join us!

Posted by: AoS Isolationists and Code Pinkers at October 28, 2025 09:25 PM (sVOFR)

238 Cicero, people just waved at the Angus calves on the way out.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 28, 2025 09:09 PM (QGLzn)

They were grazing off to one side as I walked back from the rifle range. One took note of my presence and alerted the rest of the herd, which took off across my path and settled down about thirty yards to my left. For some reason, the Toreador March from Carmen started playing in my head...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 28, 2025 09:26 PM (nbLIj)

239 “We've projected US forces in bases around the globe for more than three-quarters of a century, at a cost of billions of dollars and over 100,000 casualties, and lost every armed conflict we got in during this period, for the dubious privilege of emboldening our enemies and engendering new ones.“

The existence of the country emboldens our enemies and engenders new ones. Be pissed. But not at me, but at the Founders who bothered founding the country in the first place. That began in 1776. Maybe we should just end the country so you can feel better.

Posted by: AoS Isolationists and Code Pinkers at October 28, 2025 09:28 PM (sVOFR)

240 I've more or less started shrugging off the people who love the MIC sexually. If this litany of failure can't convince them to reconsider the position, nothing will, until something truly terrible happens.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice


If protecting the sea lanes for other countries' commerce isn't worth it then we might as well stay home and make all our stuff domestically.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 28, 2025 09:28 PM (/lPRQ)

241 There's also this dunker cookies in a plastic tub he brings. Long, flat , and with chocolate on one side. Holy shit they are addicting.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Yes. Those are damn good. They don't last long around here.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 28, 2025 09:28 PM (LjSYW)

242 Last I saw H-E-B is San Antonio’s biggest employer.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 28, 2025 09:05 PM (sVOFR)

More than USAA?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 28, 2025 09:29 PM (9aoE1)

243 We've projected US forces in bases around the globe for more than three-quarters of a century, at a cost of billions of dollars and over 100,000 casualties

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Not billions. Trillions. Many many trillions.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 28, 2025 09:30 PM (9aoE1)

244 Notice how I can disagree with somebody without being an asshole about it. It can be done.
Posted by: gp at October 28, 2025 09:16 PM (7imtn)

Sir, this is the internet!

Good DAY, sir!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 28, 2025 09:30 PM (zZu0s)

245 Greetings Horde. Hello from the person with the worst cat ever.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 28, 2025 09:31 PM (CHHv1)

246 BREAKING: BLM has announced that it will provide food for the black community in light of the SNAP budget cuts.





Just kidding. BLM doesn’t do that sort of thing.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 28, 2025 09:31 PM (p6raP)

247 If protecting the sea lanes for other countries' commerce isn't worth it then we might as well stay home and make all our stuff domestically.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 28, 2025 09:28 PM (/lPRQ)

A strong naval presence is necessary.

Scattering military bases across the globe while our civilian foreign service foments war after war, and our political class ensures we lose them all, is most assuredly not.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 28, 2025 09:31 PM (BI5O2)

248 Notice how I can disagree with somebody without being an asshole about it. It can be done.
Posted by: gp at October 28, 2025 09:16 PM (7imtn)

Sir, this is the internet!

Good DAY, sir!
Posted by: Aetius451AD


Bite your thumb at him! Bite your thumb!

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 28, 2025 09:32 PM (p6raP)

249 paying for our defense and power projection keeps your ass at home spoiled rotten and safe instead of having the shit get HERE

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Ahh the old “fight them there so we dont fight them here” neo-con 2003 rhetoric. Oldie but goodie.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 28, 2025 09:33 PM (9aoE1)

250
OH, and in case the incompetence in the Louvre heist was bad, it just got worse.

The gendarmes say that whoever on the force revealed that suspects were arrested blew their case with this premature revelation. They hadn't finished interrogating the suspects they had, they were hoping to find more perps, and they were definitely hoping to recover the loot. Thanks to the at-large perps now being alerted that the others were in custody, they've probably fled and hidden the loot.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 28, 2025 09:34 PM (5e+/e)

251 You know who didn't have a strong navel presence? Barbara Eden. They edited it out of the TV series.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 28, 2025 09:36 PM (npFr7)

252 Speaking of Trump in Asia, I'm actually surprised -- I didn't think it was possible anymore -- at the lefty case that Trump was exhibiting signs of confusion and dementia at that combo Sleeping Beauty Ballet/tea ceremony at the Japanese reception yesterday, just because the hosts were extending an arm (the way Asians do) to indicate "This way" or "Over here."

[ . . . ]
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 28, 2025 09:10 PM (5e+/e)

Very "polite Japanese woman" gesture. Broke my heart thinking of a couple Japanese ladies I knew a long time ago.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 28, 2025 09:37 PM (rbvCR)

253 5 '
That last porch pirates is a lawsuit'

I wonder if you can set the timer to blow up farther away from your house.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 28, 2025 09:37 PM (fd80v)

254 I mean they are French. So, of course they fucked it up.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 28, 2025 09:37 PM (9aoE1)

255 Just kidding. BLM doesn’t do that sort of thing.
Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 28, 2025 09:31 PM (p6raP)

Bureau of Land Management? Not their wheel house, I d say.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 28, 2025 09:37 PM (zZu0s)

256 Also, if you climb into the way-back machine, you'll find something interesting: when America was isolationist and didn't maintain huge peacetime militaries, it won two world wars.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 28, 2025 09:40 PM (BI5O2)

257 Posted by: AoS Isolationists and Code Pinkers at October 28, 2025 09:28 PM (sVOFR)

Don't out yourself as a faggot stooge of the CCP, dude.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 28, 2025 09:40 PM (rbvCR)

258 I get that biting ones thumb was an insulting gesture (Shakespeare.) But what does it signify.

Their dick getting bit off?

They are a baby? (Sucking thumb)

I am curious.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 28, 2025 09:40 PM (zZu0s)

259 The book I'm reading has a ribbon for marking my place.

It's now Allie's new favorite toy.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 28, 2025 09:40 PM (IBQGV)

260 when America was isolationist and didn't maintain huge peacetime militaries, it won two world wars.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 28, 2025 09:40 PM (BI5O2)

We did get attacked during one of those.

I am not sure where I come down in the argument anymore though. The history is muddled.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 28, 2025 09:41 PM (zZu0s)

261 I get that biting ones thumb was an insulting gesture (Shakespeare.) But what does it signify.

Their dick getting bit off?

They are a baby? (Sucking thumb)

I am curious.
Posted by: Aetius451AD



It is from Shakespeare.

There seem to be a few different definitions but the core idea is this - You are saying "fuck you" and "wanna fight, you little bitch?"

It's an insult and a challenge to a fight rolled into one.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 28, 2025 09:44 PM (p6raP)

262 We did get attacked during one of those.

I am not sure where I come down in the argument anymore though. The history is muddled.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 28, 2025 09:41 PM (zZu0s

Got attacked when we weren't isolationist, too. That'll happen. The trick is winning the war. And our current policies have made that seemingly impossible.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 28, 2025 09:45 PM (BI5O2)

263 when America was isolationist and didn't maintain huge peacetime militaries, it won two world wars.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 28, 2025 09:40 PM (BI5O2)

we were in the Philippines, Caribbean, Central America, and China - The USN gun boats patrolling Chinese rivers got attacked by the IJN a couple of times.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 28, 2025 09:48 PM (rbvCR)

264 anyways, dinner was a chicken quarter cooked with tomatoes, potatoes and carrots. The veggies were from the garden.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 28, 2025 09:51 PM (rbvCR)

265 when America was isolationist and didn't maintain huge peacetime militaries, it won two world wars.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 28, 2025 09:40 PM (BI5O2)

we were in the Philippines, Caribbean, Central America, and China - The USN gun boats patrolling Chinese rivers got attacked by the IJN a couple of times.
Posted by: Kindltot



Japan won bunch of Flyspec Islands from the Germans in the great war. We were bumping elbows all over the Pacific.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 28, 2025 09:53 PM (/lPRQ)

266 when America was isolationist and didn't maintain huge peacetime militaries, it won two world wars.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 28, 2025 09:40 PM (BI5O2)

So isolation leads to World Wars.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 28, 2025 09:54 PM (EYmYM)

267 ah, the good old days when we replaced banana republic dictators before lunch...

Posted by: runner at October 28, 2025 09:55 PM (g47mK)

268 “Isolationist” is a carefully curated pejorative from about 1940. It was coined that way. Intended that way. Brought to you (probably) by the same folks who coined “Conspiracy Theory” to those who were at least a mite skeptical of the whole JFK murder and the Warren report.

Anyhoo, they sanctioned Japan, froze assets, cut off their oil (Japan has no natural resources of her own) thus guaranteeing an attack sooner or later.

Right or Wrong - Does that sound “isolationist” to you? Does that sound “Non Interventionist”? (a somewhat more accurate term, if not one of sneering opprobrium). I don’t think so, because it isn’t.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 28, 2025 09:55 PM (hfxb3)

269 we did not even need militaries for that, we just needed a newspaper man !

Posted by: runner at October 28, 2025 09:56 PM (g47mK)

270
Re the bunker. Apparently there is a 5 story structure under the North Lawn of the White House. According to Grok, during preparations for this Ballroom construction, some safety study data involving something about ground penetrating radar used to detect all the utility stuff around the WH layout was leaked. It didn't seem that bad, but it analysis of it showed massive voids under the North Lawn.

There is a investigation going on about the breach -- this has been planned a while, and that leak was in April of this year.

What amazes me is nothing has been mentioned in the mainstream press about this. But it's out there, as Grok knew all about it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 28, 2025 09:56 PM (w6EFb)

271 So isolation leads to World Wars.
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Competing civilizations, tribes, and nations lead to wars. Choose your favorite strategy and hang on.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 28, 2025 09:57 PM (vd6bO)

272 Japan won bunch of Flyspec Islands from the Germans in the great war. We were bumping elbows all over the Pacific.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 28, 2025 09:53 PM (/lPRQ)

I worked with a lady from Pohnpei who had a German grandfather. Nice lady.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 28, 2025 09:57 PM (rbvCR)

273 1 So isolation leads to World Wars.
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Competing civilizations, tribes, and nations lead to wars. Choose your favorite strategy and hang on.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 28, 2025 09:57 PM (vd6bO)

Perceived weakness leads to war. A lion doesn’t attack a Bull elephant.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 28, 2025 09:59 PM (EYmYM)

274
To clarify it wasn't a "leak", just some sloppy release of information that shouldn't have been -- the GSA was the one that did, at least according to Grok.

Remember a sinkhole that developed in the North Lawn in 2018? That was due to that massive digging and structure that was built. It was done in the Big Dig in 2010 - 2012. Barky's basketball court or whatever it was the cover for that. When you're going to be excavating massive amounts of dirt, well, you've got to have some excuse for all the truck traffic.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 28, 2025 09:59 PM (w6EFb)

275 Competing civilizations, tribes, and nations lead to wars.
Posted by: Don in SoCo

Diversity + Proximity

Posted by: mikeski at October 28, 2025 10:00 PM (nhCoE)

276 Mr.Fuji love to torture American wrestler!
McMahon, you remember Pearl Harbor?

Posted by: Mr. Fuji at October 28, 2025 10:01 PM (oftw2)

277 Grok still doesn't say Saint Floyd of Fentynl died from eating his drugs as the police walked up. He flat out says it in the bodycam video, "I ate too many drugs."

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 28, 2025 10:01 PM (b4o9z)

278 I'LL SEE YOU ALL IN THE OCTAGON!!!

Posted by: SCOGG'S ENLARGED STRIATUM at October 28, 2025 10:01 PM (m6UYW)

279 275 Competing civilizations, tribes, and nations lead to wars.
Posted by: Don in SoCo

Diversity + Proximity

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Competition for routes and resources?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 28, 2025 10:02 PM (vd6bO)

280
Grok still doesn't say Saint Floyd of Fentynl died from eating his drugs as the police walked up. He flat out says it in the bodycam video, "I ate too many drugs."
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

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Also, "kneeled on his neck" is not the correct description for what Chauvin did to detain Floyd. "Applied a standard, approved Maximum Restraint Technique" is more like it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 28, 2025 10:06 PM (5e+/e)

281 I love reading commentary here. You good people are a great source of knowledge and ideas.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 28, 2025 10:06 PM (vd6bO)

282 233
'You think it’s cool if we are a bunch of wimps and pussies if that saves us a buck. '

He didn't say that, Goddamnit.
Act like a grown up.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 28, 2025 10:07 PM (fd80v)

283 Also, "kneeled on his neck" is not the correct description for what Chauvin did to detain Floyd. "Applied a standard, approved Maximum Restraint Technique" is more like it.
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By the book, as I understood it.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 28, 2025 10:07 PM (vd6bO)

284 250 The gendarmes say that whoever on the force revealed that suspects were arrested blew their case with this premature revelation.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 28, 2025 09:34 PM (5e+/e)

Someone in French law enforcement leaked the arrest information to the media. Not surprised.

Posted by: Joemarine at October 28, 2025 10:08 PM (y171U)

285 I live in the land of no porch pirates. But if it ever happens I am going to remember this color explosion deal. I hope they have scratched corneas and the ink can't be washed off for days.

What if they get boxes of men's boxers? Or kid books? Nasal spray. Then what? The next Amazon order is oven mitts and pastry brushes.

I am ordering on whims now and stocking up for winter cooking as the cold weather improves that skill. A lot of Christmas shopping is done, which is nothing new and easier vs in stores. I'd rather die than go into a mall.

Sure, sometimes, like yesterday, I got some clothes from Nordstroms but I honestly am glad I don't have to deal with these dikwads. I would be even more violent than I am now.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 28, 2025 10:11 PM (j5WMt)

286 we were in the Philippines, Caribbean, Central America, and China - The USN gun boats patrolling Chinese rivers got attacked by the IJN a couple of times.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 28, 2025 09:48 PM (rbvCR)

We were. We also had a very small Army compared to its size at the end of WWI and a population and elected officials so opposed to foreign intervention that even a popular interventionist President like FDR was too nervous to go in guns blazing until we were directly attacked.

The United States of 1941 was not a country that believed it should be everywhere all the time fucking around in everyone's affairs.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 28, 2025 10:13 PM (BI5O2)

287
The United States of 1941 was not a country that believed it should be everywhere all the time fucking around in everyone's affairs.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 28, 2025 10:13 PM (BI5O2)

Bunch of dummies I tell ya.
- Lockheed

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 28, 2025 10:14 PM (9aoE1)

288 The left has its sacred cows. So the does the right. A gigantic military policing the world is one of them. Cuz otherwise the terrorists will win or some such.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 28, 2025 10:16 PM (9aoE1)

289 I am ordering on whims now and stocking up for winter cooking _-_
The guy working at our local post office - necessary dropoff point for Amazon - is maybe not too fond of me, but always happy to see me. Get these boxes outta here! Going in tomorrow to pick up motor oil at the post office.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 28, 2025 10:16 PM (vd6bO)

290 Read the other day that most just join one team or the other, then the media tells them what to say. I admit to having seen a lot of that.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 28, 2025 10:19 PM (vd6bO)

291 —

Ahh the old “fight them there so we dont fight them here” neo-con 2003 rhetoric. Oldie but goodie.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
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Wha'cher lookin at there is a strawman.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 28, 2025 10:23 PM (aX+RN)

292 >>> blew their case with this premature revelation.
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Sounds just like the French.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 28, 2025 10:25 PM (aX+RN)

293 PS...gorgeous colors in that top photo, Ace.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 28, 2025 10:31 PM (j5WMt)

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