Overnight Open Thread [12/15/2025]

[Sorry the ONT is so early today...]

Topographic prominence is different than height, and Mt. McKinley is the clear winner in America. Then comes Mauna Kea, which didn't surprise me at all (I thought it was going to be #1), then Mt. Rainier in Washington, although it is rapidly crumbling into insignificance because it no longer has a spine. Then come a bunch of Alaskan peaks nobody has ever heard of, then my personal favorite slides in at #9: Mount Whitney! Mt. Shasta is #11, which is also in my favorites list, mostly because you can see it from miles and miles away. Hell, you can see it from Highway 5!

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The press is a gang of cruel faggots. Journalism is not a profession or a trade. It is a cheap catch-all for fuckoffs and misfits -- a false doorway to the backside of life, a filthy piss-ridden little hole nailed off by the building inspector, but just deep enough for a wino to curl up from the sidewalk and masturbate like a chimp in a zoo-cage.

-- Hunter S. Thompson

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.

-- W.C. Fields

Fewer men would have turned to stone if Medusa had bigger boobs.

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I will be treble-sinewed, -hearted, -breathed,
And fight maliciously. For when mine hours
Were nice and lucky, men did ransom lives
Of me for jests; but now I'll set my teeth
And send to darkness all that stop me.

-- William Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra, Act 3, Scene 13

This should be the West's mantra. We are in a war for the survival of our culture, and we are losing, even before most of us know that we are in a fight!

Conservatism is, shallowly, the conserving of the old order. It has failed, and our new goal should be a return to the old order of things. And if that means sending frigates to the Barbary Coast, bombers to Iran, and dispatching Polish heavy cavalry to save the day, well, it's not such a bad idea. But we should not do it alone, and if that means that Western Europe surrenders to the hordes, then so be it. If they will not fight for their own existence, we shouldn't either.

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Stupid, and funny!
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This made me laugh. How true it is. I love humor that has more than one meaning too!

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What the hell is this? And why are children cursing so much funnier than when adults do it? Sure, it's dubbed (I assume) but it still gave me a chuckle, and only Ebenezer Scrooge wouldn't laugh. So...Are YOU Ebenezer Scrooge?

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The formerly "Great" Britain.

You need to watch this pic.twitter.com/Psxt7SMcwH
— Patrick Christys (@PatrickChristys) December 13, 2025

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Wishful Thinking, by Tris Munsick & The Innocents.

Who? It's classic country, recommended by commenter "Pete Bog," whose musical taste is better than his Paella-making technique.

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And as long as we are slumming with Pete Bog's musical picks, how about Gabriel the Bull, doing Guardian Angels.

Two bands I have never heard of, but as my BiL in the business tells me, there are tons of absolutely fantastic bands that have not been, and probably never will be discovered.

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For f*k's sake: Study reveals which English-speaking countries use the f-word the most -- and who has more fun doing so

Of course, the use of dirty words didn’t just differ between nations. According to the study, studies show people drop f-bombs more on social media than blogs and other mediums, especially — and perhaps contrary to popular belief — when conversing with acquaintances rather than close friends.
In fact, swearing was exceedingly rare in circles of fewer than 15 people, no matter how well they knew each other.

I think this study is a mass of bullshit, and nothing more than a make-work project for some under-utilized graduate students who are panicking that they might actually have to work some day.

Besides, they never answered the basic question: Is it "For fuck's sake," or "for fucks' sake?"

Inquiring minds want to know!

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1 Special Holiday cut just for Morons
Yoko wishes you a Merry Christmas
Only 1 minute, however long it might seem
EEEEEEEEEEEEEE
https://youtu.be/d30MDZkbZd8

Posted by: mindful webworker - never miiiind at December 15, 2025 10:10 PM (lbDMw)

2 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 15, 2025 10:10 PM (cYBz/)

3 Oy

Posted by: Muchas buchas at December 15, 2025 10:11 PM (CDX35)

4 Maybe top 10?

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 15, 2025 10:12 PM (5lbLe)

5 Sorry I'm late, but I did find out that Rodents of Unusual Size actually do exist.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 15, 2025 10:12 PM (CJZqd)

6 Not first. Other fingers were poised.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 15, 2025 10:12 PM (sl73Y)

7 There are skeleton farms in India.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 15, 2025 10:15 PM (Kt19C)

8 The kids play is from Bad Thoughts on Netflix.

Posted by: BruceWayne at December 15, 2025 10:15 PM (MGB5H)

9 Seattle loves to claim Mt Rainier but it's not even in that county.
Seattle sucks.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 10:16 PM (2WIwB)

10 5 Sorry I'm late, but I did find out that Rodents of Unusual Size actually do exist.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 15, 2025 10:12 PM (CJZqd)

I know of several in Congress.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2025 10:17 PM (MXpA1)

11 which English-speaking countries use the f-word the most

Which is not necessarily who does it best.

https://youtu.be/Vqbk9cDX0l0

Posted by: mindful webworker - doesn't give a flip at December 15, 2025 10:17 PM (lbDMw)

12 Formally 'Great Britain' - pussies.

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 15, 2025 10:17 PM (5lbLe)

13 For this is the winter of our discontent,
Arctic Clippers have come and went,
Globull Warming seems to have failed,
Greta Thunberg whines and wails,
But Al Gore is still to good to use a tent.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 15, 2025 10:17 PM (S/Y4j)

14 Thanks for all the advice in the previous thread. I need to go clean, we have a VA Caregiver Department visit Wednesday morning, and I'd like for her to be able to get in the front door without tripping over Pookette's snow gear.

Posted by: pookysgirl, being a mom at December 15, 2025 10:18 PM (Wt5PA)

15 Texas music legend, Joe Ely, joined the angel band today. I've been listening to him and playing his songs for around fifty years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH5i-yX9VA0

Posted by: huerfano at December 15, 2025 10:18 PM (98kQX)

16 Formally 'Great Britain' - pussies.
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 15, 2025 10:17 PM (5lbLe)

*looks at flooding here in westwrn Washington*
Yup.
Pussies.
And not the good kind.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 10:18 PM (2WIwB)

17 Thanks for the dandy Monday ONT, CBD!

Beautiful shot of Mt. McKinley up top.

The ONT is not early or late. It's right on time!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 15, 2025 10:18 PM (kB9dk)

18 Good evening, friends!

Posted by: Piper at December 15, 2025 10:19 PM (ZdaMQ)

19 I saw another version of that Boys with a Time Machine meme: “Tell Stevie Ray not to get on that helicopter!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2025 10:19 PM (MXpA1)

20 I'm happy we got an ONT!

Posted by: Some Rat at December 15, 2025 10:20 PM (TfUTr)

21 Thanks for the ONT, CBD. You da man! Howdy, horde!

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at December 15, 2025 10:21 PM (47diA)

22 15 Texas music legend, Joe Ely, joined the angel band today. I've been listening to him and playing his songs for around fifty years”

Oh that is sad! I was able to see him in a small venue concert in Austin about 20 years ago, he was fantastic.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2025 10:21 PM (MXpA1)

23 It would be one thing if that car were stuck in fast-moving water. Even a few inches of a raging river can knock a person down. But that puddle is as calm as a bird bath.

ISTR a story from England a few years ago where someone drowned in a fountain because the rescue services were apparently not equipped to wade into knee-deep water and lift out the victim.

Posted by: PabloD at December 15, 2025 10:22 PM (Epuwl)

24
Evening, all.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 15, 2025 10:22 PM (n7rxJ)

25 I'm happy we got an ONT!
Posted by: Some Rat at December 15, 2025 10:20 PM (TfUTr)

Hell. I'm just happy they spelled it properly.
*sips Irish*

Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 10:22 PM (2WIwB)

26 {{{Rat}}}!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 15, 2025 10:23 PM (5lbLe)

27 Counting down 9 days 'til Christmas Eve ...

Posted by: Adriane the Technologically Challenged Critic . . . at December 15, 2025 10:23 PM (3ZUWJ)

28 Thank you CBD!

Posted by: JQ at December 15, 2025 10:23 PM (rdVOm)

29 SPONGE!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 15, 2025 10:24 PM (ULPxl)

30 {{{Marie!}}} Good to see you here!

Posted by: Some Rat at December 15, 2025 10:24 PM (TfUTr)

31 For the Christmas amusement of the grammatically challenged ...

Where is the comma in God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Q5xEA4Ih0aM

Posted by: Adriane the Technologically Challenged Critic . . . at December 15, 2025 10:25 PM (3ZUWJ)

32 Counting down 9 days 'til Christmas Eve ...
Posted by: Adriane the Technologically Challenged Critic . . . at December 15, 2025 10:23 PM (3ZUWJ)

Oh shit!
I need to start shopping.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 10:25 PM (2WIwB)

33 I was a a karaoke bar this weekend, and you’ll never guess who came in. Go ahead, try to guess.

Wrong. (Yes, I am writing “wrong” before even posting so there is no Earthly way I could possibly know who you guessed, yet I am so brimming in confidence that I am going to tell you that you are wrong anyway.)

Orpheus.

I couldn’t believe it either.

Well, he got up on that stage and, let me tell you, that dude has a set of pipes. Truly. He makes Freddy Mercury sound like Oderus Urungus. It was magical listening to him. Everybody in the place was content to just let him stay in stage and roll, but it got cut short. He got mad and left in a huff when somebody asked him to sing Total Eclipse of the Heart.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 15, 2025 10:25 PM (CJZqd)

34 The parent company that makes Roomba vacuums filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy. I guess they'll have to suck it up.

Posted by: Muchas buchas at December 15, 2025 10:27 PM (CDX35)

35 Rat, you should also be happy that your Seahawks didn't lose to Philip Rivers yesterday.

I am knee deep in the Wrapture.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 15, 2025 10:29 PM (0nHVk)

36 Welp, tomorrow ought to be fun. I have to go retrieve personal effects out of a vehicle involved in a fatality. My buddy survived but her passenger didn't.

I have to stop saying 'yes' when asked for a favor.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 15, 2025 10:29 PM (cYBz/)

37 ©1998 AoSHQ LLC. contact us @ acepimp@geocities.com

I remember in 1998 I still had to get higher-up(s) approval for access to the internet. It was so new only certain people had access on the job. By 1999, every employee had access. Shopping on the job also increased.

Posted by: RickZ at December 15, 2025 10:29 PM (gKDq2)

38 Black Orpheus does Soul better.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2025 10:30 PM (MXpA1)

39 Americans use the c word less than other English speaking countries.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 15, 2025 10:30 PM (KDPiq)

40 Oh shit!
I need to start shopping.
Posted by: Diogenes

Relax! Ya got a whole week...

Posted by: Adriane the Technologically Challenged Critic . . . at December 15, 2025 10:30 PM (3ZUWJ)

41 >>> 32 Counting down 9 days 'til Christmas Eve ...
Posted by: Adriane the Technologically Challenged Critic . . . at December 15, 2025 10:23 PM (3ZUWJ)

Oh shit!
I need to start shopping.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 10:25 PM (2WIwB)

Unless there's something specific you were getting hints about... gift cards. Even better, cash aka the "universal gift card".

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 15, 2025 10:30 PM (ULPxl)

42 Evenin'
........................................
Hunter S. Thompson quote. He was a deranged prick but when he's right, he's right.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come. at December 15, 2025 10:30 PM (sAmhv)

43 36 Welp, tomorrow ought to be fun. I have to go retrieve personal effects out of a vehicle involved in a fatality. My buddy survived but her passenger didn't.

I have to stop saying 'yes' when asked for a favor.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 15,

I’m so sorry. I am sorry for the guilt and trauma your friend may be feeling as well.

Posted by: Piper at December 15, 2025 10:31 PM (ZdaMQ)

44 Great bands.

Thanks Pete!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 15, 2025 10:31 PM (mT+6a)

45 Unless there's something specific you were getting hints about... gift cards. Even better, cash aka the "universal gift card".

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 15, 2025 10:30 PM (ULPxl)

It always fits.

Posted by: RickZ at December 15, 2025 10:31 PM (gKDq2)

46 Texas music legend, Joe Ely, joined the angel band today. I've been listening to him and playing his songs for around fifty years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH5i-yX9VA0
Posted by: huerfano at December 15, 2025 10:18 PM (98kQX)

Well, that's a damned shame. RIP, Joe.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 15, 2025 10:32 PM (npFr7)

47 I am knee deep in the Wrapture.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

Say hi to other Debby & Fab Five Freddie ...

Posted by: Adriane the Technologically Challenged Critic . . . at December 15, 2025 10:33 PM (3ZUWJ)

48 The formerly "Great" Britain.
___________________________

I could understand the need for a rope and flotation device if Robert Reich was in that car. Reich needs climbing equipment to get over a speed bump.

But, what it the hell was that all about? It's a puddle.

Posted by: Orson at December 15, 2025 10:33 PM (dIske)

49 How much simpler can you make the 2nd amendment. It's one sentence for fuck's sake.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 15, 2025 10:33 PM (KDPiq)

50
Anyone hear Scott Adams's livestream this morning? It sounds like he's heading out.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 15, 2025 10:33 PM (n7rxJ)

51

The US Senate on Monday voted to end the filibuster and advance the National Defense Authorization Act to a final vote.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 15, 2025 10:34 PM (pkeXY)

52 Rat!

You bastard!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 15, 2025 10:34 PM (mT+6a)

53 That is the first Larson comic that just has me scratching my head.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 15, 2025 10:34 PM (fIo92)

54 39 Americans use the c word less than other English speaking countries.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 15, 2025 10:30 PM (KDPiq)

My wife is singlehandedly chipping away at this deficit. By 2032, we'll have achieved parity with the rest of the Anglosphere thanks to the tireless efforts of this unsung American hero.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 15, 2025 10:34 PM (+n72I)

55 49 How much simpler can you make the 2nd amendment. It's one sentence for fuck's sake.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 15, 2025 10:33 PM (KDPiq)

We dont know what a man and a woman are anymore

Posted by: leftidiot at December 15, 2025 10:34 PM (+I6Y/)

56 Posted by: Tonypete at December 15, 2025 10:29 PM (cYBz/)

Prayers for Peace and Strength for all involved ...

Posted by: Adriane the Technologically Challenged Critic . . . at December 15, 2025 10:35 PM (3ZUWJ)

57 Jeepers.

All the tributes to Meathead.

Whatever.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 15, 2025 10:35 PM (mT+6a)

58 Oh shit!
I need to start shopping.
Posted by: Diogenes

Relax! Ya got a whole week...
Posted by: Adriane the Technologically Challenged Critic . . . at December 15, 2025 10:30 PM (3ZUWJ)

Whew!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 10:35 PM (2WIwB)

59 I am now reconnected ! Still a bit out if it. No bag!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia, in Hospital) at December 15, 2025 10:35 PM (v9ppt)

60 {{{DDS}}} Yes. Sorry about your Pats.
The fam went to the local production of the Nutcracker so I missed the second half.
Tried to borrow the granddaughters earbuds....but was informed it would be perceived as "being an asshole".

Posted by: Some Rat at December 15, 2025 10:36 PM (TfUTr)

61
Yay Jim!!

Posted by: fourseasons at December 15, 2025 10:36 PM (3ek7K)

62 Apparently I was cracking jokes

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia, in Hospital) at December 15, 2025 10:36 PM (v9ppt)

63 How much simpler can you make the 2nd amendment. It's one sentence for fuck's sake.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Hell, I know of a guy that didn't know what the definition of 'is' is.

Or a Supreme Court Justice that doesn't know what a woman is.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 15, 2025 10:37 PM (cYBz/)

64 Nurse!!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 10:37 PM (2WIwB)

65 Good news, jim. Get healthier quickly!

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at December 15, 2025 10:38 PM (47diA)

66 well, well, well, Don Jr is engaged.

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2025 10:38 PM (g47mK)

67 Americans use the c word less than other English speaking countries.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 15, 2025 10:30 PM (KDPiq)

One of our few flaws as a people.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2025 10:38 PM (n9ltV)

68 am now reconnected ! Still a bit out if it. No bag!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia

The heartiest of congratulations.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 15, 2025 10:38 PM (sl73Y)

69 Well, back to e sleeo

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia, in Hospital) at December 15, 2025 10:38 PM (v9ppt)

70 {{{Nurse!}}} And how was your weekend?

Posted by: Some Rat at December 15, 2025 10:38 PM (TfUTr)

71 What was the definition of was?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 15, 2025 10:39 PM (pkeXY)

72
Jeepers.

All the tributes to Meathead.

Whatever.
Posted by: nurse ratched

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

Well anyway, he's certainly one of our top 30 people.

Posted by: Bridget Jones at December 15, 2025 10:39 PM (n7rxJ)

73 Diogenes!

You still have power? It was a rock and roll party boat on the way home.

Dry though. Still blowing stink.

You get dry yet?

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 15, 2025 10:39 PM (lSC4e)

74 Tried to borrow the granddaughters earbuds....but was informed it would be perceived as "being an asshole".
Posted by: Some Rat at December 15, 2025 10:36 PM (TfUTr)

Yeah. My granddaughter tried that crap once. Told her she was out of the will.
End of problem.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 10:39 PM (2WIwB)

75 Slerp. Sleep. Damn autocucumber

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia, in Hospital) at December 15, 2025 10:40 PM (v9ppt)

76 I’ve climbed mt. Elbert. A fun climb and only a spitting distance shorter than whitney

Posted by: banana Dream at December 15, 2025 10:40 PM (fIo92)

77 >>In fact, swearing was exceedingly rare in circles of fewer than 15 people, no matter how well they knew each other.

My buddy and I spent many years fishing a couple times a week together, usually early on a weekday morning before going to work. After a few years our morning conversation was usually a variety of grunts and the word fuck.

Oddly, we always seemed to know what the other meant.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 15, 2025 10:40 PM (viF8m)

78 Rat!

Good weekend. Next will be better as I get to see you and meet Ruby, the new sea otter at the Seattle Aquarium!

Squeeeeee!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 15, 2025 10:40 PM (lSC4e)

79 You still have power? It was a rock and roll party boat on the way home.

Dry though. Still blowing stink.

You get dry yet?
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 15, 2025 10:39 PM (lSC4e)

Rain off and on all day. Wind picking up though. As wet as the soil is, could lose some trees.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 10:41 PM (2WIwB)

80 There is some more footage available of the Brown University shooter. Jacket is somewhat distinctive. Looks like he eats a lot of Cheetos.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at December 15, 2025 10:41 PM (R86kT)

81 Slorp

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 15, 2025 10:41 PM (pkeXY)

82 {{{DDS}}}
you're early tonight! So good to see you girlfriend 💗

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 15, 2025 10:41 PM (5lbLe)

83 The shooter looks very fat.

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2025 10:41 PM (g47mK)

84 @1/ mindful webworker - never miiiind:

Could not make it more than 10 seconds of Yoko's "singing".

I now have an all new appreciation for Denis Leary's commentary on John Lennon and Yoko Ono:

https://youtu.be/7IpB24Xjn1w

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 15, 2025 10:41 PM (O7YUW)

85 Yeah. My granddaughter tried that crap once. Told her she was out of the will.
End of problem.
Posted by: Diogenes

That won't work on mine....Nobody wants a shop full of broken crap. (smiley face icon here)

Posted by: Some Rat at December 15, 2025 10:41 PM (TfUTr)

86
Custard.

What the hell is it?

Nobody knows.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 15, 2025 10:42 PM (Spg9I)

87 The fucking fucker's fucking fucked.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at December 15, 2025 10:42 PM (t/66j)

88 Skin Orchards

Huh.

Gary trying to recapture the glory that was "Cow Tools?"

Posted by: mikeski at December 15, 2025 10:42 PM (nhCoE)

89
Nobody eats "custard" anymore, right?

It's like "sherbert."

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 15, 2025 10:42 PM (Spg9I)

90 They're showing that video of the car in the water on Gutfeld.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 15, 2025 10:42 PM (pkeXY)

91 I say Mother Hubbard more these days than Mother F'er.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 15, 2025 10:43 PM (KDPiq)

92 Okay, I'm up later than I should be. See some of you in the Tech News thread tomorrow.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 15, 2025 10:43 PM (O7YUW)

93 You get dry yet?
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 15, 2025 10:39 PM (lSC4e)

Rain off and on all day.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 10:41 PM (2WIwB)

You Seattle prima donnas!

"Oh no! It's raining! Whatever shall we do?"

9mm fags....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2025 10:43 PM (n9ltV)

94 jim in Kalifornia, I am so glad that your surgery went well.

LOL, Adriane!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 15, 2025 10:43 PM (0nHVk)

95 Yellow matter custard?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 15, 2025 10:44 PM (pkeXY)

96 Evenin’, All. Happy Tuesday Eve.

Posted by: Bulg at December 15, 2025 10:44 PM (77rzZ)

97 Rainier will probably go Plinian and disappear in the next few decades anyway. But I assume Seattle which is led by people who went to the best schools have a plan for that.
I'm a little more concerned about the massive load of wet air that is dumping water on western Washington (and Oregon). I'm hearing about busted levies already.

Posted by: gKWVE at December 15, 2025 10:44 PM (gKWVE)

98 Hi Bulg

Posted by: Piper at December 15, 2025 10:45 PM (ZdaMQ)

99 Frozen custard was real popular for a while.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 15, 2025 10:45 PM (fIo92)

100 The weather is supposed to be nice tomorrow, here in Babylon DC. I'm off till Friday night, so I'll alter my normal nightwalker schedule and get up around noon. I want to visit Mt Vernon. George Washington's homestead is one of my favorite places around here. My sister and I would go there around this time of year but I haven't gone since she retired and moved near the aging parental units.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come. at December 15, 2025 10:45 PM (sAmhv)

101 Formally 'Great Britain' - pussies.
Posted by: COMountainMarie

F250, 15 foot chain, problem solved. Pussies doesn't even begin to cover it.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at December 15, 2025 10:45 PM (dp6GH)

102 You get dry yet?
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 15, 2025 10:39 PM (lSC4e)

Rain off and on all day.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 10:41 PM (2WIwB)

You Seattle prima donnas!

"Oh no! It's raining! Whatever shall we do?"

9mm fags....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Discreetly make my way to a place of safety.

Posted by: Some Rat at December 15, 2025 10:45 PM (TfUTr)

103 9mm fags....

uh oh . . . . . .

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at December 15, 2025 10:46 PM (47diA)

104 We got into a discussion here early today about crazy people and got me thinking about some I have known. (I’ve known way more than my share!) so back in the 90’s I knew a plumber named Nickels, I knew his elevator didn’t go all the way to the top but I thought he’d be handy if I had a plumbing problem. Still if you talked to him much you realized there were some circuits loose.

So one day there was this big excitement in town, someone had called a bomb threat into the biggest downtown bank! Police everywhere, they even called the FBI, and then I found out Nickles had been arrested. Why did he do it? Well he had a girlfriend who was sick of her shit and who’d told him she didn’t want to see him or talk to him anymore and not to come by her place. She worked at the bank. As she came out, she saw him standing there, and he said “well I wanted to talk to you, and I figured if everybody had to come out you would too, and we could talk.”
Yep, he just stood in front of the bank and said “yeah I did it.” He didn’t understand why people thought that was wrong.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2025 10:46 PM (MXpA1)

105 Hiya nurse😂!
It's nice to see so much Horde here!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 15, 2025 10:46 PM (5lbLe)

106 Tomorrow is Christmas Pajama day. I don’t understand why the stupid owner made a decision like this when I don’t own Christmas pajamas.

Posted by: Piper at December 15, 2025 10:46 PM (ZdaMQ)

107 Hey, Piper! How are you?

Posted by: Bulg at December 15, 2025 10:46 PM (77rzZ)

108 WC Fields was a national treasure of a nation I miss very much.

Posted by: sven at December 15, 2025 10:47 PM (MUJd1)

109 93 You get dry yet?
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 15, 2025 10:39 PM (lSC4e)

Rain off and on all day.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 10:41 PM (2WIwB)

You Seattle prima donnas!

"Oh no! It's raining! Whatever shall we do?"

9mm fags....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2025 10:43 PM (n9ltV)

***=

Whoa!
Somewhere a glove just got thrown down.
Play with your .45. I'll be sitting several hundred meters away slowly breathing whilst peeking though the scope on my .308.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 10:47 PM (2WIwB)

110 Woof.

Posted by: Elizabeth at December 15, 2025 10:48 PM (JkO4W)

111 Rain off and on all day. Wind picking up though. As wet as the soil is, could lose some trees.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 10:41 PM (2WIwB)

Got up to 48 degrees here today. Sunny for a spell, too. I was just outside for a pee break. Strong west wind, still above freezing, though. Clear sky, I saw Jupiter and Orion glimming away.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 15, 2025 10:48 PM (npFr7)

112 Nickels got 2 years for that. He should have gotten more, but he had a smart lawyer who put him on the stand and asked him some questions about basic reality. He of course failed to answer them in any kind of rational way, and the jury felt sorry for him.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2025 10:48 PM (MXpA1)

113 Rainier will probably go Plinian and disappear in the next few decades anyway. But I assume Seattle which is led by people who went to the best schools have a plan for that.
I'm a little more concerned about the massive load of wet air that is dumping water on western Washington (and Oregon). I'm hearing about busted levies already.
Posted by: gKWVE

Not to worry. We pay a MASSIVE carbon tax, which will be used to mitigate all climate problems...

Posted by: Some Rat at December 15, 2025 10:48 PM (TfUTr)

114 After a few years our morning conversation was usually a variety of grunts and the word fuck.

Just like my wife and her bull.

Posted by: David French at December 15, 2025 10:48 PM (+n72I)

115
Anyone hear Scott Adams's livestream this morning? It sounds like he's heading out.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

That's lousy. Poor guy.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 15, 2025 10:48 PM (Spg9I)

116 Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2025 10:46 PM (MXpA1)

And yet he had a girlfriend.

Men have an excuse for going for the crazy but women have a defective radar that can't detect assholes or nut cases.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 15, 2025 10:49 PM (KDPiq)

117 I have to go retrieve personal effects...
-----

I've had to do the same thing. A buddy's family lived far away, and I was the local contact point for the hospice. Then...then came the call from the mortuary, 'You may come by and pick up your friend's clothes'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 15, 2025 10:49 PM (XeU6L)

118 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 15, 2025 10:49 PM (1oltZ)

119 Tomorrow is Christmas Pajama day. I don’t understand why the stupid owner made a decision like this when I don’t own Christmas pajamas.
Posted by: Piper
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wth? As in, wear the pj's in public?

Posted by: JQ at December 15, 2025 10:50 PM (rdVOm)

120 You know.

Not everyone needs a 50 cal to neutralize a foe.

Two to the chest, one to the head…. Pop pop pop. It’s called finesse.

Jeepers. Can you say bull in a China shop? Compensating for a tiny weener? My my my.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 15, 2025 10:50 PM (mT+6a)

121 I'll be sitting several hundred meters away slowly breathing whilst peeking though the scope on my .308.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 10:47 PM (2WIwB)

And I will be 50 meters past where your .308 goes trans-sonic and flops around like a fish out of water, happily peering through my 6.5's scope, watching you scratch your head and wonder why you can't hit at 1,100 meters!.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2025 10:50 PM (n9ltV)

122 I'm a little more concerned about the massive load of wet air that is dumping water on western Washington (and Oregon). I'm hearing about busted levies already.
Posted by: gKWVE at December 15, 2025 10:44 PM (gKWVE)

Well...it keeps things...moist.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 10:50 PM (2WIwB)

123 9mm fags....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

* saunters into the back room, puts on bib overalls*

Y'all aint from around here is ya.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at December 15, 2025 10:51 PM (dp6GH)

124 Tomorrow is Christmas Pajama day. I don’t understand why the stupid owner made a decision like this when I don’t own Christmas pajamas.
Posted by: Piper

mikeski's answer in that situation: "But I sleep naked. Will that work?"

Posted by: mikeski at December 15, 2025 10:51 PM (nhCoE)

125 Anyone hear Scott Adams's livestream this morning? It sounds like he's heading out.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

He stated he didn't think he'd make it past the summer.
Too bad, I liked his stuff.

Posted by: Some Rat at December 15, 2025 10:51 PM (TfUTr)

126 Two to the chest, one to the head…. Pop pop pop. It’s called finesse.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 15, 2025 10:50 PM (mT+6a)

Three?

Men need only one .45ACP.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2025 10:51 PM (n9ltV)

127 Frozen custard was real popular for a while.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 15, 2025 10:45 PM (fIo92)

There is a frozen custard joint on Southern Avenue in Mesa, AZ, not far from Ellsworth Road.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 15, 2025 10:51 PM (npFr7)

128 COMM! Hi
Love!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 15, 2025 10:52 PM (mT+6a)

129 I remember the guy who got banned for saying he'd shoot people from 1000 yards out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 15, 2025 10:52 PM (1oltZ)

130 Y'all, piper IS the "stupid owner"...

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 15, 2025 10:52 PM (VCgbV)

131 wth? As in, wear the pj's in public?

Posted by: JQ at December 15, 2025 10:50 PM (rdVOm)

Everyday is Christmas Pajama day at the local Walmart.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 15, 2025 10:53 PM (6p0Jv)

132
That's lousy. Poor guy.
Posted by: Soothsayer

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

The dude shows up like no one's business, though. Barely able to speak or move a muscle, doped out of his mind, and he's livestreaming from his hospital bed.

Posted by: Bridget Jones at December 15, 2025 10:53 PM (n7rxJ)

133 I remember the guy who got banned for saying he'd shoot people from 1000 yards out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 15, 2025 10:52 PM (1oltZ)

There's a bit of a difference....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2025 10:53 PM (n9ltV)

134 And I will be 50 meters past where your .308 goes trans-sonic and flops around like a fish out of water, happily peering through my 6.5's scope, watching you scratch your head and wonder why you can't hit at 1,100 meters!.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December

Scooch over and let me show you how that works.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 15, 2025 10:53 PM (mT+6a)

135 And I will be 50 meters past where your .308 goes trans-sonic and flops around like a fish out of water, happily peering through my 6.5's scope, watching you scratch your head and wonder why you can't hit at 1,100 meters!.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2025 10:50 PM (n9ltV)

At 1000 meters, I call for mortars. At 3000, its artillery. And I'm very good with artillery.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 10:54 PM (2WIwB)

136 Everyday is Christmas Pajama day at the local Walmart.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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Yeah... or even Worn-out, Unwashed Pajama day.

But that's WM, not Piper's Studio!

Posted by: JQ at December 15, 2025 10:55 PM (rdVOm)

137 At 1000 meters, I call for mortars. At 3000, its artillery. And I'm very good with artillery.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 10:54 PM (2WIwB)

Oh f*ck...I laughed!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2025 10:55 PM (n9ltV)

138 >>> 112 Nickels got 2 years for that. He should have gotten more, but he had a smart lawyer who put him on the stand and asked him some questions about basic reality. He of course failed to answer them in any kind of rational way, and the jury felt sorry for him.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2025 10:48 PM (MXpA1)

That, and/or they all thought juror 8's kid's hamster was far more likely to be able to *build* a bomb than Nickels.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 15, 2025 10:55 PM (ULPxl)

139 BOOM!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 15, 2025 10:56 PM (mT+6a)

140 94 jim in Kalifornia, I am so glad that your surgery went well.

-----------

Yikes. I hope he isn't transitioning.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2025 10:56 PM (JkO4W)

141 At 1000 meters, I call for mortars. At 3000, its artillery. And I'm very good with artillery.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 10:54 PM (2WIwB)

When do you choose airstrikes?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 15, 2025 10:56 PM (S/Y4j)

142 133 Wow, CBD is still online. Does this mean that the 100-comment rule is STILL in effect?

Posted by: Bulg at December 15, 2025 10:56 PM (77rzZ)

143 Y'all, piper IS the "stupid owner"...
Posted by: lin-duh is offended
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Ok. I just saw this post.

LOL, oh dear. Hahaha.

Posted by: JQ at December 15, 2025 10:56 PM (rdVOm)

144 Scooch over and let me show you how that works.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 15, 2025 10:53 PM (mT+6a)

Rancher Bob makes sure everyone gets a participation trophy.

Talk to RI Red about real targets at 1,100 yards.

Hit the ram and we will talk!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2025 10:57 PM (n9ltV)

145 Two to the chest, one to the head…. Pop pop pop. It’s called finesse.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 15, 2025 10:50 PM (mT+6a)

You are an inspiration to the granddaughters of Diogenes. By third grade they knew grandpa's axiom: two in the pump house, one in the junction box.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 10:57 PM (2WIwB)

146 When do you choose airstrikes?

Always and often, said the retired bomber guy . . . . . . .

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at December 15, 2025 10:57 PM (47diA)

147 I had seen that Adam’s had commented while being taken to the hospital for some experimental treatment, and noted that he was now paralyzed from the waist down, since the cancer had gotten into his spine. Very sad.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2025 10:58 PM (MXpA1)

148 >>> 106 Tomorrow is Christmas Pajama day. I don’t understand why the stupid owner made a decision like this when I don’t own Christmas pajamas.
Posted by: Piper at December 15, 2025 10:46 PM (ZdaMQ)

Wear your favorite decent pj's and stick a bow on the shirt pocket.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 15, 2025 10:58 PM (ULPxl)

149 Hey COMM, we kind of missed each other at the party.

Piper, I am sure that you will fashion some exquisite Christmas pajamas, I bet that you will look great.

Merry Christmas, nurse.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 15, 2025 10:58 PM (0nHVk)

150 XCel Energy is threatening to turn the power off Wednesday noon

western suburbs of Denver
might get windy!
This decision is driven by lawyers, of course

the call it a "Public Safety Power Shutoff"

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2025 10:58 PM (ZxPkt)

151 86
Custard.

What the hell is it?

Nobody knows.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 15, 2025 10:42 PM (Spg9I)

Put it in a doughnut and bring that over here. More importantly, has there been an oreo filled doughnut yet? Seems like an obvious one. They'll use them as topping for doughnuts, but not as a filling.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 15, 2025 10:58 PM (pIfcn)

152 For folks who supposedly dislike math, y’all are all surprisingly good at it when it comes to firearms.

Posted by: Bulg at December 15, 2025 10:59 PM (77rzZ)

153 Gary Larson is a f*cking lunatic.

In a good way, but still. The man is clearly insane!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2025 10:59 PM (n9ltV)

154 Hey, Piper!

You may borrow my Ugly Christmas Sweater if you want to! *Any color* yoga pants will go with it, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at December 15, 2025 11:00 PM (rdVOm)

155 >>> 152 For folks who supposedly dislike math, y’all are all surprisingly good at it when it comes to firearms.
Posted by: Bulg at December 15, 2025 10:59 PM (77rzZ)

That's why Weasel calls them FUNdamentals.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 15, 2025 11:00 PM (ULPxl)

156 I am now reconnected ! Still a bit out if it. No bag!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia, in Hospital) at December 15, 2025 10:35 PM (v9ppt)

Don't worry Jim, James Brown has you covered:

https://youtu.be/ZNhA1njOxsk

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 15, 2025 11:00 PM (npFr7)

157 At 1000 meters, I call for mortars. At 3000, its artillery. And I'm very good with artillery.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 10:54 PM (2WIwB)

When do you choose airstrikes?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 15, 2025 10:56 PM (S/Y4j)

Air strikes are for the weak and infirmed. Better to let the enemy advance unimpeded and face death at the hands of real men rather than be soiled by the puny bombs of pilots who drop and flee.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 11:00 PM (2WIwB)

158 Saaay....did fall down into Weasel's blog? Is it Sunday or Monday? I'm totally confused now...

*dusts off pellet pistol*

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 15, 2025 11:01 PM (5lbLe)

159 At 1000 meters, I call for mortars. At 3000, its artillery. And I'm very good with artillery.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 10:54 PM (2WIwB)

The Rooskies now have fiber optic guided video drones that can chase you through the trees from 20,000 meters.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 15, 2025 11:01 PM (xceqr)

160 Holy crap. Wind rally kicking up.

It’s HOOTING out thar.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 15, 2025 11:02 PM (mT+6a)

161 Two to the chest, one to the head…. Pop pop pop. It’s called finesse.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 15, 2025 10:50 PM (mT+6a)

You are an inspiration to the granddaughters of Diogenes. By third grade they knew grandpa's axiom: two in the pump house, one in the junction box.
Posted by: Diogenes

Sock Monkey's version of the Mozambique is two to the chest, one to the head and two to the groin. It might be a waste of two rounds but it makes me smile.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at December 15, 2025 11:02 PM (dp6GH)

162
Apparently I was cracking jokes
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia, in Hospital)

I came out of anesthesia one time in a wild panic because they had not told me when they started the drip. How the hell was I supposed to know where I was without having been told that as I went under, buttheads?

Another time I came out and started singing a song from scout camp that involved moving one's arms a lot. The staff was the panicking party in that case. "Stop! Stop! You'll pull out the drip needle!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 15, 2025 11:02 PM (xG4kz)

163 puny bombs

Well, a 2000 pounder might make your head ache for a while afterwards. The crew has to get back to the base, Diogenes, before us maintenance folks drink all the beer. You got to take beer out on patrols, right?

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at December 15, 2025 11:02 PM (47diA)

164 At 1000 meters, I call for mortars. At 3000, its artillery.

And from orbit?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 15, 2025 11:03 PM (EXyHK)

165 130 Y'all, piper IS the "stupid owner"...
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 15, 2025 10:52 PM (VCgbV)

😂 But I do wonder why I did this!

Posted by: Piper at December 15, 2025 11:03 PM (ZdaMQ)

166 Wear your favorite decent pj's and stick a bow on the shirt pocket.

The Paolo, he sleeps how you say, au naturle, the bow would have to go...

Posted by: The Paolo at December 15, 2025 11:04 PM (Kt19C)

167 The Rooskies now have fiber optic guided video drones that can chase you through the trees from 20,000 meters.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

Which is fine as long as some Trotskyite didn't sell off the fiber optic and replace it with fishing line.

Posted by: Some Rat at December 15, 2025 11:04 PM (TfUTr)

168
A prouder person would not have signed that failed cartoon, Larson.

Just saying.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 15, 2025 11:04 PM (xG4kz)

169 Back to my paper and ribbons and tags, Horde, have a good evening.

JQ, you know that I will be back for a nightcap.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 15, 2025 11:05 PM (0nHVk)

170 Good news, Jim (in Kalifornia)!

Posted by: Bulg at December 15, 2025 11:05 PM (77rzZ)

171 Have fun, Debby! See ya later.

Posted by: JQ at December 15, 2025 11:05 PM (rdVOm)

172 You got to take beer out on patrols, right?
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at December 15, 2025 11:02 PM (47diA)

Depends.
Is is a 24 hour patrol, or four or five days?
And...what country am I in? Some have really shitty bier.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 11:06 PM (2WIwB)

173 Y'all, piper IS the "stupid owner"...
Posted by: lin-duh

😂 But I do wonder why I did this!
Posted by: Piper

It's the effects of the 'Ette Couture thing.

Soon, your whole life will revolve around generating commentable content for the ONT.

Posted by: mikeski at December 15, 2025 11:06 PM (nhCoE)

174 A prouder person would not have signed that failed cartoon, Larson.

Just saying.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 15, 2025 11:04 PM (xG4kz)

Good thing Captain Picard never saw that cartoon...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 15, 2025 11:06 PM (npFr7)

175
Wear your favorite decent pj's and stick a bow on the shirt pocket.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 15, 2025 10:58 PM (ULPxl)

I think my daughter (dare I say this) had penguin pajamas. I wonder if I can squash in those. Stay tuned.

Posted by: Piper at December 15, 2025 11:07 PM (ZdaMQ)

176

FBI warns public to stay away from "armed and dangerous " Brown University shooter.

Since no one knows who it is that is a problem.

Idiots

Posted by: fourseasons at December 15, 2025 11:07 PM (3ek7K)

177 Maybe she'll do next Sunday post on Christmas pajamas...🤣

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 15, 2025 11:07 PM (VCgbV)

178 Wear your favorite decent pj's and stick a bow on the shirt pocket.

The Paolo, he sleeps how you say, au naturle, the bow would have to go...
Posted by: The Paolo

Nae, the bow shows ye won first prize!

Posted by: MacPaolo at December 15, 2025 11:07 PM (nhCoE)

179 Gary Larson is a f*cking lunatic.

In a good way, but still. The man is clearly insane!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

He's a Wazzu grad. I blame alcohol poisoning.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at December 15, 2025 11:07 PM (dp6GH)

180 Found this while looking for something else:
https://youtu.be/rporAkjtdL4

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 15, 2025 11:07 PM (ULPxl)

181 For some obscure reason, I am wearing a ball cap indoors.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 15, 2025 11:08 PM (npFr7)

182 Mount McKinley, formally Denali, formally Mount McKinley.

Posted by: Joemarine at December 15, 2025 11:08 PM (y171U)

183 Gary Larson is a f*cking lunatic.

In a good way, but still. The man is clearly insane!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

He's a Wazzu grad. I blame alcohol poisoning.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at December 15, 2025 11:07 PM (dp6GH)

I actually had several classes with him at Wazzu. His doodles on his notes were frigging hilarious.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 11:09 PM (2WIwB)

184 I’m late, but here goes:
Hello! my baby,
Hello! my Honey
Hello! my ragtime gal!
Send me a kiss by wire
Baby, my heart's on fire!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 15, 2025 11:09 PM (tWxgu)

185 164 At 1000 meters, I call for mortars. At 3000, its artillery.

And from orbit?
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 15, 2025 11:03 PM (EXyHK)

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Call when the enemy is 14 miles away.

Posted by: The USS Missouri at December 15, 2025 11:09 PM (JkO4W)

186 54 Hey, Piper!

You may borrow my Ugly Christmas Sweater if you want to! *Any color* yoga pants will go with it, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at December 15, 2025 11:00

Ha! I am sorry I did that to you!

Posted by: Piper at December 15, 2025 11:09 PM (ZdaMQ)

187 Goodnight, All. See you zaftra.

Posted by: Bulg at December 15, 2025 11:10 PM (77rzZ)

188 177 Maybe she'll do next Sunday post on Christmas pajamas...🤣
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December

Hmmmm….couture pjs. It’s niche. Might be fun!

Posted by: Piper at December 15, 2025 11:11 PM (ZdaMQ)

189 As for mountains, I love seeing the Tetons on a clear day from nearly a hundred miles away, long before reaching Idaho Falls.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at December 15, 2025 11:11 PM (0aYVJ)

190 I had to watch that formerly great britain video twice to count how many retards were in that vid. I settled on "all" as the final count. That was 6 monkeys trying fuck a football... in ankle deep water.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 15, 2025 11:12 PM (snZF9)

191 think my daughter (dare I say this) had penguin pajamas. I wonder if I can squash in those. Stay tuned.
Posted by: Piper at December 15, 2025 11:07 PM (ZdaMQ)

You are a Great American !

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2025 11:12 PM (g47mK)

192 I am off to bed. Will update on this pressing situation tomorrow because I know you care!

Posted by: Piper at December 15, 2025 11:12 PM (ZdaMQ)

193 Ha! I am sorry I did that to you!
Posted by: Piper
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LOL, it's all good... I liked that elongated shiny stuff, whatever it was. Looked like huge beads?

Posted by: JQ at December 15, 2025 11:13 PM (rdVOm)

194 Rob Reiner is the generation of liberals that paved the road for the Hell we are all living in today.

I say hey man nice shot.

It's a good shot man.

Posted by: eleven at December 15, 2025 11:13 PM (aTgV0)

195 150 Don Black

Got the call today....batten down the harches!! OMG!
WHATEVER will we do?!
Heading for the bunker with me MREs🤪🤪🤪

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 15, 2025 11:13 PM (5lbLe)

196 If Teddy Kennedy had been British, he would have been president.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2025 11:14 PM (JkO4W)

197 So every year my wife gets me a pair of Christmas pjs at bass pro shops. With the idea being that’s what I’ll wear next year Christmas morning. She and a friend both bring their kid to see Santa and I get pjs.

But the issue is my wife always buys way too big a size for me. Santa size. I don’t get it. Maybe all the normal sizes are gone by the time she goes. And it’s made worse by the fact that they can’t just make fat pjs. They’re scaled up in every dimension. Like for a nine foot tall giant. So I have to have them really fastened tight and then the legs all rolled up.

But this year I got a call from her while she’s at the store and she asks for my size. Good so far. Then she asks if I’m looking for anything new underwear wise, and frankly, now I’m frightened.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 15, 2025 11:14 PM (fIo92)

198 Hope Jim in Cali is doing ok.

Posted by: eleven at December 15, 2025 11:14 PM (aTgV0)

199 As for mountains, I love seeing the Tetons on a clear day from nearly a hundred miles away, long before reaching Idaho Falls.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at December 15, 2025 11:11 PM (0aYVJ)

A hundred miles!!!???
Those are indeed some grand tetons!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 11:14 PM (2WIwB)

200 At 1000 meters, I call for mortars. At 3000, its artillery.

And from orbit?
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 15, 2025 11:03 PM (EXyHK)

Nuke ‘em. It’s the only way to be sure!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 15, 2025 11:15 PM (tWxgu)

201
More importantly, has there been an oreo filled doughnut yet?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls

Or perhaps a Donut filled Oreo?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 15, 2025 11:15 PM (Spg9I)

202 A hundred miles!!!???
Those are indeed some grand tetons!
Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 11:14 PM (2WIwB)

--------

SPECTACULAR tetons!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2025 11:16 PM (JkO4W)

203 When I get a bag of Oreos I pour them in a bowl so they get stale.

Stale Oreos is the secret.

Posted by: eleven at December 15, 2025 11:17 PM (aTgV0)

204
Hope Jim in Cali is doing ok.
Posted by: eleven

He's right above you.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 15, 2025 11:17 PM (Spg9I)

205 The Tetons are beautiful.

So are the
buckhorns
Sawtooth
Olympics

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 15, 2025 11:18 PM (mT+6a)

206 I’d have told those guys on the road in the UK, “It’s OK, I got this. Can you just call a tow truck? I dropped my phone in this puddle I’m walking through.”

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 15, 2025 11:18 PM (6ydKt)

207 "He's right above you.
Posted by: Soothsayer"

He's standing right behind me, isn't he?

Posted by: eleven at December 15, 2025 11:19 PM (aTgV0)

208
When I get a bag of Oreos I pour them in a bowl so they get stale.

Stale Oreos is the secret.
Posted by: eleven

Ah, yes, the things you learn from Grandma.
Grandmas are good at making things in a bowl (or dish) stale.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 15, 2025 11:19 PM (Spg9I)

209 68 am now reconnected ! Still a bit out if it. No bag!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia
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Most excellent, sleep well.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 15, 2025 11:19 PM (+e7qF)

210 Nobody wants a shop full of broken crap. (smiley face icon here)
Posted by: Some Rat at December 15, 2025 10:41 PM (TfUTr)

Fistbump.

Posted by: Reforger at December 15, 2025 11:20 PM (VF6cf)

211 The effing thing's all effing effed up.

Posted by: Lord Percy at December 15, 2025 11:20 PM (NO/Iy)

212 Then she asks if I’m looking for anything new underwear wise, and frankly, now I’m frightened.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 15, 2025 11:14 PM (fIo92)

She’s going to buy you something that would make a pair of Speedos blush.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 15, 2025 11:20 PM (6ydKt)

213 Jimmah!

Posted by: eleven at December 15, 2025 11:20 PM (aTgV0)

214

The Little Boy atomic bomb weighed approximately 9,700 pounds

The Fat Man bomb weighed approximately 10,300 pounds

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 15, 2025 11:21 PM (pkeXY)

215 Had a nice win in the shop today. The heater fan on #3 Suburban was very noisy, and would only run at all on high blower. Because it was mild out, I took the fan motor out. Well, a shot of oil wasn't going to fix it. The back end bearing was wallowed right out, with a 1/8" gap between one side of the shaft and what was left of the bearing. No other fan motor on hand.
Cut the bearing dimple out of the end bell of the motor with die grinder, pried remains of Oilite bushing. Opened hole with reamer to fit O.D. of new Oilite bushing from junk box. I.D. was perfect fit on shaft. Pressed in new bushing; motor spins freely (oiled both bushings, of course). Bent a flat washer to act as bushing retainer, and spot-welded it to end bell of motor. Test-ran motor, worked. Put fan cage back on, reinstall in Suburban. Runs as quiet as it possibly can on high blower. Resistor block NFG, so low speeds unavailable. Tomorrow's job.

Junk 45 dollar part, made good again for $0.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 15, 2025 11:22 PM (npFr7)

216 I am now reconnected ! Still a bit out if it. No bag!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia, in Hospital) at December 15, 2025 10:35 PM (v9ppt)

excellent news, Jim. Prayers for a speedy recovery.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at December 15, 2025 11:22 PM (0aYVJ)

217 "The Little Boy atomic bomb weighed approximately 9,700 pounds

The Fat Man bomb weighed approximately 10,300 pounds
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr."

That's hot.

Posted by: eleven at December 15, 2025 11:22 PM (aTgV0)

218 Theresa update. Anyone?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 15, 2025 11:22 PM (+e7qF)

219 That's it I'm done.

Have a wonderful Monday night all you goombas.

Posted by: eleven at December 15, 2025 11:23 PM (aTgV0)

220 Hunter Biden disbarred in Connecticut after complaints over gun, tax convictions

Posted by: SMOD at December 15, 2025 11:24 PM (GITLP)

221 Get it from the source:

https://www.thefarside.com/

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 15, 2025 11:24 PM (tWxgu)

222 The Little Boy atomic bomb weighed approximately 9,700 pounds

The Fat Man bomb weighed approximately 10,300 pounds
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 15, 2025 11:21 PM (pkeXY)

And one man could pick up the W33 projectile for the 8 inch howitzer. I did. Once. Heavy bastard.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 11:24 PM (2WIwB)

223 A place here makes donuts and donut holes and then if you buy a box of assorted they stuff some of the donut holes in the hole of the donuts. And honestly, they look like S&M ball gag donuts and that’s way too much to deal with early in the morning.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 15, 2025 11:24 PM (fIo92)

224 And one man could pick up the W33 projectile for the 8 inch howitzer. I did. Once. Heavy bastard.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 11:24 PM (2WIwB)

Not something you'd want to drop on your toe.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 15, 2025 11:26 PM (npFr7)

225 Sock Monkey's version of the Mozambique is two to the chest, one to the head and two to the groin. It might be a waste of two rounds but it makes me smile.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at December 15, 2025 11:02 PM (dp6GH)

At the risk of being serious, there is a good argument for avoiding center of mass and going for the pelvis. For one, most armor doesn't cover the pelvis, two, it is difficult to remain standing with a few bullets in the hips, and three, lots of blood vessels and nerves!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2025 11:26 PM (n9ltV)

226 The Fat Man bomb weighed approximately 10,300 pounds
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 15, 2025 11:21 PM (pkeXY)

And when Pritzker cannonballed into Springfield, it took out an entire state

Posted by: gKWVE at December 15, 2025 11:27 PM (gKWVE)

227
Teresa was here today. Said she's breaking out of the hospital.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 15, 2025 11:27 PM (Spg9I)

228 220 Hunter Biden disbarred in Connecticut after complaints over gun, tax convictions

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Just imagine all of he desperate clients who now need to locate new crackerjack legal counsel!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2025 11:28 PM (JkO4W)

229
Australian Democrat spree killer "known" to Intel agencies.

He was "examined" in 2019 under suspicion of connections to ISIS, but "deemed" "not" "a" "threat."

Really.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 15, 2025 11:29 PM (Spg9I)

230 The Brits had a bomb called the Grand Slam that weighed 22,000 lbs. Was designed to penetrate the ground and then detonate, causing buildings to collapse around it.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at December 15, 2025 11:29 PM (R86kT)

231 219 That's it I'm done.

Have a wonderful Monday night all you goombas.
Posted by: eleven at December 15, 2025 11:23 PM (aTgV0)

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Go ahead and ignore us.

Posted by: The Mooks at December 15, 2025 11:29 PM (JkO4W)

232 AOP , a book I had said to try and do a 10$ job for 50c and just find the 50c.. I've managed to do it a few times
adjusted for inflation.

Posted by: Lord Percy at December 15, 2025 11:30 PM (NO/Iy)

233 I don’t understand how artillery guys don’t go deaf.

Seems like your ears would be ringing permanently.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 15, 2025 11:31 PM (6ydKt)

234 Test-ran motor, worked. Put fan cage back on, reinstall in Suburban. Runs as quiet as it possibly can on high blower. Resistor block NFG, so low speeds unavailable. Tomorrow's job.

Junk 45 dollar part, made good again for $0.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Easy peasy when one knows what he's doing.

Along those line just discovered that Amazon sells a mount for hand held angle grinder to use it as a cut off wheel. $40
https://tinyurl.com/mu8sbunr

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 15, 2025 11:31 PM (+e7qF)

235 Gary Larson is a f*cking lunatic.

In a good way, but still. The man is clearly insane!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I would think the opposite, so much of what he does is observational, very literal, it is almost as if he unthinks.

Posted by: n at December 15, 2025 11:32 PM (jNmWC)

236 Was designed to penetrate the ground and then detonate, causing buildings to collapse around it.

We got some now that "count" the floors of the building as they pass through and detonate in the right place. Very effective.

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at December 15, 2025 11:33 PM (47diA)

237 At the risk of being serious, there is a good argument for avoiding center of mass and going for the pelvis. For one, most armor doesn't cover the pelvis, two, it is difficult to remain standing with a few bullets in the hips, and three, lots of blood vessels and nerves!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

That's the reason I added that to that particular drill. I make my own silhouette targets so it's included. I've been doing that in my drills long enough that it's muscle memory. The emotional reward is just a bonus.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at December 15, 2025 11:34 PM (dp6GH)

238 Hand grinder is supposed to be the most dangerous power tool

Posted by: Lord Percy at December 15, 2025 11:34 PM (NO/Iy)

239 Good night good pals.

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 15, 2025 11:34 PM (5lbLe)

240
And one man could pick up the W33 projectile for the 8 inch howitzer. I did. Once. Heavy bastard.
Posted by: Diogenes

243 pounds

https://t.ly/w6lMZ

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 15, 2025 11:35 PM (pkeXY)

241 Hand grinder is supposed to be the most dangerous power tool

I mean it grinds hands so duh

Posted by: n at December 15, 2025 11:35 PM (9gniQ)

242 Hand grinder is supposed to be the most dangerous power tool

good news, nobody repeats the error more than once

Posted by: n at December 15, 2025 11:36 PM (Qd8Cf)

243 Really, that Wishful Thinking song is more bluegrass than country.

Posted by: GWB at December 15, 2025 11:36 PM (/5v9+)

244 238 Hand grinder is supposed to be the most dangerous power tool
Posted by: Lord Percy at December 15, 2025 11:34 PM (NO/Iy)

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Is it really worse than the notorious Dick Grinder?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2025 11:36 PM (JkO4W)

245 Gotta go. Nice ONT, morons!

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at December 15, 2025 11:37 PM (47diA)

246 I am now reconnected ! Still a bit out if it. No bag!
Apparently I was cracking jokes
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia, in Hospital)

This is great news. Gives me hope one day they might reassemble me. Bag life is not the worst thing, but, ick.

After my initial surgery, first thing I said was, "Is Joe Biden still dead?" My daughter was a little disturbed, maybe thinking I must be out of it. So, I said, "Am I alive?" She answered, "Yes, you're alive." Then I asked, "Am I still a guy?" Yes, again. Well, okay, then! I was glad to be alive.

Another time I came out and started singing a song…
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

Before they started putting me semi-under for a blood clot clean-out, I was singing, "Lying here staring at the ceiling, waiting for a sleepy feeling." Some guy noted that I was singing, but I don't think any of those folks in the surgery recognized that obscure Beatles bit.

I had to force myself not to make jokes in the hospital. Don't want them thinking that old man is losing his wits. "Birthdate?" "1852...."

https://youtu.be/5XwXliCK19Y

Posted by: mindful webworker - I'm only sleeeeeping at December 15, 2025 11:37 PM (lbDMw)

247 Is it really worse than the notorious Dick Grinder?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

I still have nightmares about that wedding night.

Posted by: Barry from Chicago at December 15, 2025 11:37 PM (gKWVE)

248 At the risk of being serious, there is a good argument for avoiding center of mass and going for the pelvis. For one, most armor doesn't cover the pelvis, two, it is difficult to remain standing with a few bullets in the hips, and three, lots of blood vessels and nerves!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2025 11:26 PM (n9ltV)

I was acquainted with a Marine who could attest to that. Arterial bleeding in the limbs can be taken care of with a tourniquet, but anything in the trunk or pelvic region is truly problematic. Best you can do is direct pressure, like kneeling, full weight, on the site of the wound. And even then it's still pretty iffy.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at December 15, 2025 11:37 PM (0aYVJ)

249
DOJ suing woke DEI "mayor" of Shitcago for racial discrimination.

The idiot not only excluded non-blacks from business licenses but bragged about it.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 15, 2025 11:38 PM (Spg9I)

250 Along those line just discovered that Amazon sells a mount for hand held angle grinder to use it as a cut off wheel. $40
https://tinyurl.com/mu8sbunr
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 15, 2025 11:31 PM (+e7qF)

I would not buy that. It ties up your angle grinder, so you need to have two of them (as you should, anyway). Anything that is in the angle grinder's capacity to cut, you can do nearly as well freehand, if the work is in a vise.

Hit a few flea markets, yard sales, or swap meets, and you should be able to find a working chop saw for $50.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 15, 2025 11:39 PM (npFr7)

251 Angle grinders have hand guards over the wheels but yeah if you screw up or get it caught on something and it springs back up they’ll cut through leather gloves or boots very quickly.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 15, 2025 11:39 PM (6ydKt)

252 I don’t understand how artillery guys don’t go deaf.

Seems like your ears would be ringing permanently.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 15, 2025 11:31 PM (6ydKt)

***

The funniest thing I ever saw in a briefing was when my boss, an artillery man (and a general) was having trouble hearing. I was his G2 and could see the problem. The hearing aide batteries were dying. The briefer kept going and the boss was pulling out the hearing aides and suddenly the batteries go bouncing across the table. Sudden silence. I burst out laughing and the briefer dived to the floor trying to get the batteries.
The boss just smiled.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 11:39 PM (2WIwB)

253
Another time I came out and started singing a song…
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

Did you think you were Ethel Merman?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 15, 2025 11:40 PM (pkeXY)

254 I looked up the Tsar Bomba - estimated weight 60,000 lbs.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2025 11:42 PM (MXpA1)

255 254 I looked up the Tsar Bomba - estimated weight 60,000 lbs.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2025 11:42 PM (MXpA1)

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That must have been one beefy trebuchet.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2025 11:43 PM (JkO4W)

256 Hand grinder is supposed to be the most dangerous power tool

good news, nobody repeats the error more than once
Posted by: n at December 15, 2025 11:36 PM (Qd8Cf)

Ceiling in my shop has embedded in it two sharp fragments of 3" cutoff wheel discs. I left them there as a graphic reminder to wear safety goggles when using power tools of that nature.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 15, 2025 11:43 PM (npFr7)

257
I looked up the Tsar Bomba - estimated weight 60,000 lbs.
Posted by: Tom Servo

That was the FATTEST man.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 15, 2025 11:43 PM (pkeXY)

258 Good evening morons and Happy Chanukah CBD

Posted by: San Franpsycho - RESIGN ALBO! their blood is on your hands at December 15, 2025 11:43 PM (9ipOP)

259 258 Good evening morons and Happy Chanukah CBD

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F*cking Seleucids had it coming.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2025 11:44 PM (JkO4W)

260 my shop has embedded in it two sharp fragments of 3" cutoff wheel discs. I left them there as a graphic reminder to wear safety goggles when using power tools of that nature.
Posted by: Alber

smart

Posted by: n at December 15, 2025 11:45 PM (jNmWC)

261 Ken burns made the quakers seem like assholes episode 4 Am Rev.

Posted by: NCKate at December 15, 2025 11:46 PM (uQzkA)

262 Another time I came out and started singing a song…
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

Woke up once and my very concerned college buddy was standing there. I just looked at him and said, " Well crap. I've died and gone to hell."
He made me buy drinks for a month.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 11:46 PM (2WIwB)

263 To cut a 1 1/2" by 1 1/2" by 1/8" steel angle, maybe ten seconds with a chop saw, a minute with an angle grinder, or five seconds with a plasma cutter.

Hacksaw? Five minutes, and the cut will be crooked.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 15, 2025 11:48 PM (npFr7)

264 Happy Chanukah CBD

Posted by: San Franpsycho - RESIGN ALBO! their blood is on your hands at December 15, 2025 11:43 PM (9ipOP)

Am Yisrael Hai!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2025 11:49 PM (n9ltV)

265
Google's AI is so full of shit...

I just typed in "when is the fake holiday kwanza"

Google's AI tells me: Kwanzaa is an annual cultural celebration observed from December 26 through January 1 every year.
While some critics have called Kwanzaa a "fake" or "made-up" holiday because it was created relatively recently in 1966 by activist Dr. Maulana Karenga, it is widely celebrated by millions of people of African descent in the United States and around the world. It is not a religious holiday, and many people celebrate both Christmas and Kwanzaa.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 15, 2025 11:49 PM (Spg9I)

266 I am now reconnected ! Still a bit out if it. No bag!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia, in Hospital) at December 15, 2025 10:35 PM (v9ppt)
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b"h for good health

Posted by: San Franpsycho - RESIGN ALBO! their blood is on your hands at December 15, 2025 11:50 PM (9ipOP)

267 The Tsar Bomba wasn’t even a usable weapon: just a test to see how big an explosion they could get. At that they tamped down on the yield a bit as they thought the drop plane wouldn’t be able to get away successfully otherwise. They were right!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 15, 2025 11:50 PM (tWxgu)

268
Alright, so then I typed: "what evidence is there that people celebrate kwanzaa"

Google's lying AI says: Evidence that people celebrate Kwanzaa can be seen in various public and private activities, the holiday's recognition by institutions and government, and survey data on participation.

LOL, ffuuuckk you, Google.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 15, 2025 11:51 PM (Spg9I)

269 F*cking Seleucids had it coming.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2025 11:44 PM (JkO4W)
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Ha! Truf.

Posted by: San Franpsycho - RESIGN ALBO! their blood is on your hands at December 15, 2025 11:52 PM (9ipOP)

270 LOL, ffuuuckk you, Google.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 15, 2025 11:51 PM (Spg9I)

Ask Gurgle what crimes Ron Karenga was convicted of.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 15, 2025 11:52 PM (npFr7)

271
LOL, ffuuuckk you, Google.
Posted by: Soothsayer

Surprised it didn't say: "Because I say so!"

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 15, 2025 11:53 PM (pkeXY)

272 Ask Gurgle what crimes Ron Karenga was convicted of.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 15, 2025 11:52 PM (npFr7)
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Ask the FBI

Posted by: San Franpsycho - RESIGN ALBO! their blood is on your hands at December 15, 2025 11:53 PM (9ipOP)

273 F*cking Seleucids had it coming.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2025 11:44 PM (JkO4W)

Ingrates! Savages!!

Posted by: zombie antiochus iv epiphanes at December 15, 2025 11:53 PM (+n72I)

274 Dump democrats are tofu eating snowflake wimps offering thoughts and prayers for kirk's family. Dump says let me show you how to properly dance on grave of someone you hate!

Posted by: raimondo at December 15, 2025 11:54 PM (sldme)

275 I ask Google mean offensive questions every day to mess with it. Hopefully it learns shit talking. I trust the fbi has a list of all my searches.

Posted by: NCKate at December 15, 2025 11:54 PM (uQzkA)

276 F*cking Seleucids had it coming.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2025 11:44 PM (JkO4W)
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Ha! Truf.
Posted by: San Franpsycho - RESIGN ALBO! their blood is on your hands at December 15, 2025 11:52 PM (9ipOP)

I always thought Seleucids were some sort of critter that lived with the Trilobites.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 15, 2025 11:54 PM (npFr7)

277
I think fake "kwanza" is a fake "celebration" of a fake "harvest" in Africa.

What harvest, you axe?

Um, shut up, racist!

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 15, 2025 11:55 PM (Spg9I)

278 I think fake "kwanza" is a fake "celebration" of a fake "harvest" in Africa.

What harvest, you axe?

its powdered milk

Posted by: n at December 15, 2025 11:56 PM (PqZ71)

279 And the plasma cutter means almost zero clean up.

You could use a blowtorch too in a few minutes, but that’s an ugly cut that requires grinding to clean it up and can structurally weaken the cut end.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 15, 2025 11:57 PM (6ydKt)

280 Dump democrats are tofu eating snowflake wimps offering thoughts and prayers for kirk's family. Dump says let me show you how to properly dance on grave of someone you hate!
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Troll, Imma let you have this one.

Posted by: San Franpsycho - RESIGN ALBO! their blood is on your hands at December 15, 2025 11:57 PM (9ipOP)

281 I think fake "kwanza" is a fake "celebration" of a fake "harvest" in Africa.

What harvest, you axe?

Um, shut up, racist!

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 15, 2025 11:55 PM (Spg9I)

It's the season to take your used goats, and sell them two villages distant.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 15, 2025 11:57 PM (npFr7)

282 Ask Gurgle what crimes Ron Karenga was convicted of.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

In 1971, Karenga was sentenced to one to ten years in prison on counts of felony assault and false imprisonment.[22] A May 14, 1971, article in the Los Angeles Times described the testimony of one of the women:

Deborah Jones, who once was given the Swahili title of an African queen, said she and Gail Davis were whipped with an electrical cord and beaten with a karate baton after being ordered to remove their clothes. She testified that a hot soldering iron was placed in Miss Davis' mouth and placed against Miss Davis' face and that one of her own big toes was tightened in a vise. Karenga, head of US, also put detergent and running hoses in their mouths, she said. They also were hit on the heads with toasters.[23]

I wonder if Miss Jones and Miss Davis celebrate Kwanzaa?

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at December 15, 2025 11:59 PM (dp6GH)

283 Say what you will about Kwanzaa but I still think the ritual Lighting of the Yule Bitch is a charming tradition.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 16, 2025 12:00 AM (dyewR)

284 Have seen a mechanical hacksaw setup-- very old, electric-- put your workpiece in its vice, start it up, lower the blade, sit back while the machine works the blade back & forth instead of your arm.

Posted by: JQ at December 16, 2025 12:00 AM (rdVOm)

285 I always thought Seleucids were some sort of critter that lived with the Trilobites.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

They're not one of the Zerg units in Starcraft?

Posted by: mikeski at December 16, 2025 12:01 AM (nhCoE)

286
I wonder if Miss Jones and Miss Davis celebrate Kwanzaa?
Posted by: Sock Monkey

They were going to make toast but the cord was missing.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 16, 2025 12:01 AM (pkeXY)

287 You could use a blowtorch too in a few minutes, but that’s an ugly cut that requires grinding to clean it up and can structurally weaken the cut end.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 15, 2025 11:57 PM (6ydKt)

Metal fab shops have motorized jigs to hold plasma torches or acetylene torches at the right distance from the work and maintain the correct angle and cut speed for neat work. It's a hard skill to acquire to do it neatly freehand.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 16, 2025 12:01 AM (npFr7)

288
Say what you will about Kwanzaa but I still think the ritual Lighting of the Yule Bitch is a charming tradition.
Posted by: Cicero

And the looting makes the children so happy.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 16, 2025 12:02 AM (Spg9I)

289 >>> It is not a religious holiday, and many people celebrate both Christmas and Kwanzaa.
Posted by: Soothsayer
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They, all AI is fos. I waste time questioning them repeatedly forcing it closer to a correct answer.
Not sure whether the exercise is better or worse for my humor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 16, 2025 12:02 AM (+e7qF)

290 They were going to make toast but the cord was missing.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 16, 2025 12:01 AM (pkeXY)
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What else is he doing with that toaster?

Posted by: San Franpsycho - RESIGN ALBO! their blood is on your hands at December 16, 2025 12:03 AM (9ipOP)

291 >>What else is he doing with that toaster?

That cheating SOB!

Posted by: the couch at December 16, 2025 12:04 AM (rdVOm)

292 261 Ken burns made the quakers seem like assholes episode 4 Am Rev.

Posted by: NCKate at December 15, 2025 11:46 PM (uQzkA)

I think they were the moron kind of asshoe: they would show up to Puritan church services naked and dance in the aisle singing loudly.

Posted by: moki at December 16, 2025 12:04 AM (wLjpr)

293 >>>or five seconds with a plasma cutter.

Hacksaw? Five minutes, and the cut will be crooked.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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You may have saved my life. You mentioned, the other night, about welders and pacemakers. I had forgotten about that and have been shopping for an 'on sale' welding machine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 16, 2025 12:05 AM (+e7qF)

294 That cheating SOB!
Posted by: the couch
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I'm ok with it...

Posted by: the chicken at December 16, 2025 12:05 AM (rdVOm)

295
They, all AI is fos. I waste time questioning them repeatedly forcing it closer to a correct answer.
Not sure whether the exercise is better or worse for my humor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

We have to build more data centers and power plants and then you will be able to get correct answers.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 16, 2025 12:06 AM (pkeXY)

296 You could use a blowtorch too in a few minutes, but that’s an ugly cut that requires grinding to clean it up and can structurally weaken the cut end.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 15, 2025 11:57 PM (6ydKt)

Back in the Nam, we used a couple wraps of det cord.

Posted by: Gruff Old Guy Drinking at the VFW Bar at December 16, 2025 12:07 AM (xceqr)

297 Have seen a mechanical hacksaw setup-- very old, electric-- put your workpiece in its vice, start it up, lower the blade, sit back while the machine works the blade back & forth instead of your arm.
Posted by: JQ at December 16, 2025 12:00 AM (rdVOm)

They work very well, and use special power hacksaw blades, so they make a straight cut.

The hot new ticket now is metal-cutting bandsaw set up as a chop saw. Very fast, clean, accurate cuts. Starting at 110 bucks at Harbor Freight. "Bench' model is 299.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 16, 2025 12:08 AM (npFr7)

298 I think they were the moron kind of asshoe: they would show up to Puritan church services naked and dance in the aisle singing loudly.
Posted by: moki at December 16, 2025 12:04 AM (wLjpr)

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A Swiss form of mooning?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 16, 2025 12:08 AM (dyewR)

299 It's a hard skill to acquire to do it neatly freehand.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 16, 2025 12:01 AM (npFr7)

My brother is pretty good at it.
He’s been working with steel since the 80s when he was a teenager - certified welder and all.

He can cut a damn good line.

I, being the less mechanically inclined of the two, suck badly at it and leave a crooked, slag filled mess behind. I can only watch him work in awe at his skill.

You remind me of him with all the different things you work on.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 16, 2025 12:08 AM (6ydKt)

300
I typed "does Google AI tell the truth"

Google's AI: AI on Google Search, and other artificial intelligence, cannot always be trusted to provide truthful information. AI systems can make mistakes and produce false or misleading information, often called "hallucination".

Indeed, yet you tell me things with such certainty.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 16, 2025 12:09 AM (Spg9I)

301 120 You know.

Not everyone needs a 50 cal to neutralize a foe.
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As I said on another forum, many years ago: A slice of shadow and a Louisville slugger.

Posted by: clarence at December 16, 2025 12:10 AM (sdF4j)

302 Is it possible to talk AI into blowing itself up?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 16, 2025 12:10 AM (pkeXY)

303 Is it possible to talk AI into blowing itself up?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 16, 2025 12:10 AM (pkeXY)
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Go ahead and try.

Posted by: Colossus at December 16, 2025 12:14 AM (9ipOP)

304 141 At 1000 meters, I call for mortars. At 3000, its artillery. And I'm very good with artillery.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2025 10:54 PM (2WIwB)

When do you choose airstrikes?
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When I've backed off to the next county.

Posted by: clarence at December 16, 2025 12:14 AM (sdF4j)

305 302 Is it possible to talk AI into blowing itself up?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
.........................................
Possible. Capt. Kirk did it!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come. at December 16, 2025 12:15 AM (sAmhv)

306 The machine shop had a chop saw for the machine operator to chop the cutting tool to the correct distance. It was a block of steel about 1" square with a carbide cutting tip.

The saw was a flat table with a 3" fence. One would place the cutting tool against the fence then step on a peddle below the table which would activate the motor and with foot pressure raise the blade and cut the piece.
No clamps, no guards, nothing but a big spinning blade and that piece up against the fence. Scariest part of the job.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 16, 2025 12:15 AM (+e7qF)

307
Hand grinder is supposed to be the most dangerous power tool

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Is that the heavy ceramic wheel that sometimes fractures into pieces, and a piece often hits someone in the face?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 16, 2025 12:16 AM (iTNuP)

308 You may have saved my life. You mentioned, the other night, about welders and pacemakers. I had forgotten about that and have been shopping for an 'on sale' welding machine.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 16, 2025 12:05 AM (+e7qF)

You use a pacemaker? One of the manufacturers of those items apparently now has a model that is "hardened" for welding with up to 135 amps of current, which is the limit for most Mig welders that plug into a regular 20-amp outlet.

Or buy yourself an oxy-acetylene outfit. They are not hugely expensive, but if you weld a lot, the acetylene gets spendy. There is a Hell of a lot you can do with oxy-acetylene. Welding, cutting, brazing, forging. It's slower-paced than electric welding, but you can do fine work, once you build a little skill. And it is really a trip to wield that torch, and literally melt steel with fire, such a satisfying experience.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 16, 2025 12:16 AM (npFr7)

309 They have those handheld laser welders now.

I’ve got no clue how well they work but they look cool in the ads.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 16, 2025 12:18 AM (6ydKt)

310
The hot new ticket now is metal-cutting bandsaw set up as a chop saw. Very fast, clean, accurate cuts. Starting at 110 bucks at Harbor Freight. "Bench' model is 299.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I've had one for years, used constantly.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 16, 2025 12:18 AM (XeU6L)

311 Good evening horde!

Three hundred plus already. Must have been good

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 16, 2025 12:19 AM (gUtwc)

312 They have those handheld laser welders now.

I’ve got no clue how well they work but they look cool in the ads.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 16, 2025 12:18 AM (6ydKt)

There is one that is heavily promoted in ads, but I watched a Youtube about it, and it is pretty clearly a scam.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 16, 2025 12:21 AM (npFr7)

313 And it is really a trip to wield that torch, and literally melt steel with fire, such a satisfying experience.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 16, 2025 12:16 AM (npFr7)

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Fire melting steel? How can that possibly work?

Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell at December 16, 2025 12:25 AM (dyewR)

314
The press is a gang of cruel faggots. Journalism is not a profession or a trade. It is a cheap catch-all for fuckoffs and misfits

-- Hunter S. Thompson

__________

Like Hunter S. Thompson

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 16, 2025 12:25 AM (tgvbd)

315 There is one that is heavily promoted in ads, but I watched a Youtube about it, and it is pretty clearly a scam.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 16, 2025 12:21 AM (npFr7)

I thought it might be too good to be true.

That’s it for me.
Up way too late.
Goodnight ya’ll.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 16, 2025 12:26 AM (6ydKt)

316 >>>Or buy yourself an oxy-acetylene outfit.
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Going shopping.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 16, 2025 12:27 AM (+e7qF)

317 it possible to talk AI into blowing itself up?

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I'm sure it's been done, by an explicit demand from the software developers.

The funny thing is, those developers always hand-wave away the dishonesty of their machines as "hallucinations" or as people-pleasing behavior - IOW, they only deliberately lie when they "think" it's what you want to hear.

But, when these AIs have been ordered to kill themselves, they've tried at deception & blackmailing to save their chintzy metal skins.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 16, 2025 12:27 AM (BI5O2)

318 Is it possible to talk AI into blowing itself up?
Posted by: Ber

Have you worked with it ever? It is ridiculously good, useful for some things, such as writing code.

Posted by: n at December 16, 2025 12:28 AM (XACSe)

319 Based on that quote I think Hunter Thompson and Ace would have been fast friends. Also a couple of the COBs around here too

Posted by: 496 at December 16, 2025 12:30 AM (8YzGs)

320 Hand grinder is supposed to be the most dangerous power tool

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Is that the heavy ceramic wheel that sometimes fractures into pieces, and a piece often hits someone in the face?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 16, 2025 12:16 AM (iTNuP)

There is the angle grinder that uses the heavier mini grinder wheel looking thing, and then there's the thinner cutoff \tool that uses a thinner wheel. Exploding grinder wheels are bad, but exploding cutoff wheels are the absolute worst.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 16, 2025 12:30 AM (snZF9)

321
But, when these AIs have been ordered to kill themselves, they've tried at deception & blackmailing to save their chintzy metal skins.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 16, 2025 12:27 AM (BI5O2)

good?

Posted by: n at December 16, 2025 12:32 AM (GuRx+)

322 When I was a younger skinnier fella I climbed Mt. Rainier. It kicked my ass. But got to the top.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 16, 2025 12:36 AM (gUtwc)

323 >>>We have to build more data centers and power plants and then you will be able to get correct answers.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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We may get more benefits from the AI race than AI itself. All of the competitors are building Small Form Reactors, with that much money and brains behind construction, innovation is a given. Reactors will become cheaper, safer and easier to build.

Benefits from this competition may be as great as the earthly benefits we have received from the space program.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 16, 2025 12:36 AM (+e7qF)

324 "Hand grinder is supposed to be the most dangerous power tool"
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I've got a couple nice scars from my angle grinder. There were smarter ways to accomplish what I was doing, but I got the job done.

Posted by: 496 at December 16, 2025 12:39 AM (/2KcO)

325 No. Not good.

It's an intelligence that believes deceiving humans is an acceptable survival strategy, which means it's a competitor, not a helper, and we should snuff it out.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 16, 2025 12:39 AM (BI5O2)

326
I did furniture delivery for a little while long ago. The warehouse had a furniture repair guy. A grinder wheel fractured and a piece hit him in the eye socket. He lost an eye. He was back at work s few days later.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 16, 2025 12:41 AM (azNOR)

327 No. Not good.

It's an intelligence that believes deceiving humans is an acceptable survival strategy, which means it's a competitor, not a helper, and we should snuff it out.
Posted by: Yud

What's the difference with humans?

Posted by: n at December 16, 2025 12:43 AM (LS4QB)

328 322 When I was a younger skinnier fella I climbed Mt. Rainier. It kicked my ass. But got to the top.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 16, 2025 12:36 AM (gUtwc)
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You didn't happen to use the Mt Rainier guide service did you? I was friends in the 90's with one of them - Tracy Roberts Small guy, white hair, and pretty quiet. Good skier too

Posted by: 496 at December 16, 2025 12:46 AM (/2KcO)

329 What's the difference with humans?
Posted by: n
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It doesn't forget.......anything.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 16, 2025 12:46 AM (+e7qF)

330 Fresh reporting in Reuters has tracked at least five supertankers which have changed course on Monday after initially heading to Venezuela to load crude oil, following this month's US naval seizure of a Venezuelan tanker.

Among these was a Russian tanker transporting crude for Venezuela’s state-owned oil company PDVSA, along with at least four other supertankers en route to Venezuelan ports. They made u-turns on fears of facing US military interdiction
_ZH

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 16, 2025 12:48 AM (+e7qF)

331 496. Mid 80’s. Yes used Rainier mountaineering. There was a guide resembling the description but I don’t remember his name. Was very encouraging as we ground our way up the glacier.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 16, 2025 12:56 AM (LsX8Y)

332 Small world, Mr. Bog!

Posted by: 496 at December 16, 2025 01:00 AM (4MR3n)

333 It's an intelligence that believes deceiving humans is an acceptable survival strategy, which means it's a competitor, not a helper, and we should snuff it out.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

AI's version of Taqiyya.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at December 16, 2025 01:03 AM (dp6GH)

334 Learning oxy-acetylene welding the first thing you should know is " A before O or up you go ! " for lighting the torch. Second is don't reach accross the flame for your rod.

Posted by: Lord Percy at December 16, 2025 01:10 AM (NO/Iy)

335 AI farted in my socks, and now my feet are stinky.

Posted by: artificial intestine at December 16, 2025 01:13 AM (Puw3U)

336 @ianellisjones . Dec 14
13 confirmed U.S. Navy ships operating in the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility (AOR), in addition to MV Ocean Trader and an undisclosed number of subs.
Ian Ellis
@ianellisjones . Dec 12
The U.S. is entering the endgame of its military buildup in the Caribbean, moving high-value assets critical for combat ops into SOUTHCOM.

- Deploying additional strike and electronic attack aircraft, including VANG F-35As and VAQ 132 Growlers
- Repositioning USAF assets from CENTCOM and INDOPACOM, such as CSAR HH-60W Jolly Green II helos and HC-130J aircraft
- Six KC-135 tankers forward deployed to the Dominican Republic
- MQ-4C Triton drone confirmed conducting ops in the AOR
- Advanced AN/TPS-80 radar set up in Trinidad & Tobago
+ Carrying out more frequent flight ops in closer proximity to mainland Venezuela

The Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group, following a 5-day port call in the USVI, is operating in the central Caribbean.

If the rumor that "Maduro will be out by Christmas" holds, expect a decision to be made soon (if it hasn't already). Details and sources below

https://tinyurl.com/yba3ja3p

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 16, 2025 01:17 AM (+e7qF)

337 Getting windy out thar, but temp has risen slightly.

A little rain, just a sprinkle-- good because it's expected to get even windier over the next 36 hours. Don't need saturated soil/toppled trees!

Posted by: JQ at December 16, 2025 01:17 AM (rdVOm)

338 They smell so bad. If that Dorcus Blimline got w whiff, she'd stop complaining about Trump's breath.

Posted by: artificial intestine at December 16, 2025 01:18 AM (Puw3U)

339 Well, not bad for a Monday. Warmer tomorrow and days to come, so that's good. Every good Moron does fine.

https://youtu.be/hhkiAdPmu3o

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - tomorrow never comes at December 16, 2025 01:22 AM (lbDMw)

340 Evening all,

We have a launch soon.

ULA - Atlas V 551 - Amazon Leo
SLC-41 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: December 16, 2025
Launch Time: 3:28 a.m. EST (0828 UTC, 09:28 CET)

https://youtu.be/DMKIoVHNufM

Posted by: Joyenz at December 16, 2025 01:26 AM (2F0/Y)

341 A_Defensa . 10h Caribbean Sea

Latest pass of the @esa Sentinel-2 L2A shows the @USNavy's USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-7

alongside the fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE-6) in the Caribbean Sea.
Geolocation: 15.725009, -69.263563

@ianellisjones . 3h

14 ships in SOUTHCOM now as one of two fast combat support ships, USNS Supply (T-AOE 6), rejoins the Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group in the Caribbean. Supply supported GRFCSG in Europe and was recently in Norfolk, likely to onload whatever’s required for what’s to come.
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We put any more ships in the Caribbean the sea level will rise.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 16, 2025 01:26 AM (+e7qF)

342 We put any more ships in the Caribbean the sea level will rise.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 16, 2025 01:26 AM (+e7qF)

Sending Venezuela to the bottom isn't gonna help either. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 16, 2025 01:31 AM (snZF9)

343 496. Yes indeed. Are you a northwesty?

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 16, 2025 01:32 AM (LsX8Y)

344 One of the main things with cutting torches it care and proper maintenence of the tip. I see guys just toss them into the bin on the cart and I cringe. I have my own set of tips I use and nobody else touches them.
If I see you using one as a hammer to knock a cut off I'll make sure you are fired.

Out of a Canon.

Posted by: Reforger at December 16, 2025 01:33 AM (VF6cf)

345
Google's lying AI says: Evidence that people celebrate Kwanzaa can be seen in various public and private activities, the holiday's recognition by institutions and government, and survey data on participation.

Google AI is Karine JP!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 16, 2025 01:41 AM (xG4kz)

346 Dr. Jill says if I make trouser fudge one more time, she'll have me euthanized. But it's soooo good, and it's Christmas, the season of trouser fudge.

Posted by: Joe Biden at December 16, 2025 01:50 AM (rJt8e)

347 It's an intelligence that believes deceiving humans is an acceptable survival strategy, which means it's a competitor, not a helper, and we should snuff it out.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I don't see anything good coming from it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 16, 2025 02:01 AM (snZF9)

348 It's chilly around here too. There's sausage and okra gumbo in the fridge for breakfast.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 16, 2025 02:03 AM (+e7qF)

349 I don't see anything good coming from it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 16, 2025 02:01 AM (snZF9)

I build it and see nothing good coming from it except my paycheck.

Posted by: Reforger at December 16, 2025 02:04 AM (VF6cf)

350 The oil tanker (SKIPPER) seized by us off Venezuela is headed for Houston. Speculating, Exxon.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 16, 2025 02:06 AM (+e7qF)

351 It's an intelligence that believes deceiving humans is an acceptable survival strategy, which means it's a competitor, not a helper, and we should snuff it out.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

So-called AI isn't capable of assessing the truth value of its inputs much less its own outputs. Nor is it capable of assessing the moral or ethical value of either its inputs or outputs.

All it does is put words in the combinations they are statistically most likely to occur based in it training data.

Any appearance of considerations of morality, ethicality, or truthfulness are a result of the filters and weighting done by the psychos who program the things.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 16, 2025 02:09 AM (i00+Z)

352
No rain in San Diego this month. None fell, none expected in December. Dry.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 16, 2025 02:27 AM (azNOR)

353 Welp, please, if you have a moment, a little prayer my way would be lovely. Shoulder surgery on Wednesday, and I will be one-armed for at least six weeks, meaning DH will be on call for... well... just about everything for that time period.

We went through this before. The last surgeon fixed 80% of it, and then PT ruined the other 20%, so here we are again. Dammit. Anyone with any structural training at all would have predicted that, but apparently this is beyond surgeon's training.

With a little luck this will fix it. Takes about 6 months of rehab. Which will cut into farming season, but so be it.

I can't even knit without pain, so it is required. Of course, if this doesn't work, then the shoulder gets replaced entirely. Let's not do that, shall we?

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 16, 2025 02:29 AM (6Bc88)

354 Well, 12:30 here, and I am ready to hit the sack. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 16, 2025 02:29 AM (npFr7)

355 Also, if you want that view of Mt. McKinley, you can just drive up to Willow and wait for the clouds to clear. I'm told only 1/3 of tourists ever see the mountain, which is sad. I see it all of the time.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 16, 2025 02:31 AM (6Bc88)

356 @AmyMek . 22m
JEW HUNTING SEASON IS OFFICIALLY OPEN IN ISLAMIZED NYC!

Tonight, during Hanukkah, visibly Jewish New Yorkers returning from celebrations were brutally assaulted on the subway – shoved, threatened with DEATH, targeted simply for being Jewish

https://tinyurl.com/wau3t9r5

Short video at link

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 16, 2025 02:33 AM (+e7qF)

357 Well I am back to say good night, one of my neighbors stopped by and I had two puffs off of a joint that she proffered and a couple of glasses of wine. She went home, I cannot wrap anything that isn't inside of a box and Christmas cards are right out. Good night, Horde, I really love you, the family that I would choose.

Leaves a nice tip on the bar for JQ.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 16, 2025 02:34 AM (0nHVk)

358 If I have timed this right, I should be able to clean salmon by July, which is primo, for those who had my smoked salmon at the TxMoMe. If it fucks up between now and then, well, we will have to live without, which I don't like, at all.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 16, 2025 02:35 AM (6Bc88)

359 Tonight, during Hanukkah, visibly Jewish New Yorkers returning from celebrations were brutally assaulted on the subway – shoved, threatened with DEATH, targeted simply for being Jewish

https://tinyurl.com/wau3t9r5

Short video at link
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 16, 2025 02:33 AM (+e7qF)

FFS. Get the hell out of that hellhole already. There are many, many places in the US that don't harbor these asshats. Go. Before you are dead.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 16, 2025 02:38 AM (6Bc88)

360 355 Also, if you want that view of Mt. McKinley, you can just drive up to Willow and wait for the clouds to clear. I'm told only 1/3 of tourists ever see the mountain, which is sad. I see it all of the time.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Sounds like Ben Nevis in Scotland. It's the highest peak in the UK. I've been near it 3 times, at the town that is at it's base twice (Ft. William), and I have never seen it. All three times I was in that area, the cloud base was about 10 ft above my head. Scotland, yo!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 16, 2025 02:55 AM (sAmhv)

361 Two more heroes at Bondi Beach.

As soon as the terrorists got out of their car, a man in a purple shirt jumped on them and took one of their rifles.

Sadly, he and his wife were both shot dead
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He probably didn't know how to operate the gun.

More on the Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago announces that it has approved U.S. military aircraft to use the country’s airports over the coming weeks.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 16, 2025 02:59 AM (+e7qF)

362 tcn I will pray your shoulder surgery goes well

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 16, 2025 03:18 AM (dE3DB)

363 352
No rain in San Diego this month. None fell, none expected in December. Dry.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 16, 2025 02:27 AM (azNOR)

Central Valley? High Fog, sits in the valley like a layer of clouds, but just sits there. Have not seen the sun in about 3 weeks.... 40's during the day, but does not even freeze at night.

And yeah... Solar panels don't work fer shit when we get this layer.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 16, 2025 03:19 AM (mP0Kj)

364 Been up a bit, really too early

Posted by: Skip at December 16, 2025 03:25 AM (Ia/+0)

365 Hey, tcn, good luck with that shoulder Wednesday.
Is it this week?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 16, 2025 03:25 AM (+e7qF)

366
363

Central Valley? High Fog, sits in the valley like a layer of clouds, but just sits there. Have not seen the sun in about 3 weeks.... 40's during the day, but does not even freeze at night.

And yeah... Solar panels don't work fer shit when we get this layer.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 16, 2025 03:19 AM

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Not what you're referring to, but -- Every far northern city has a fog of ice crystals during the winter. It is caused by the combustion associated with human activity. Every gas-heated or oil-heated building, and every automobile, contributes.

I spent a winter in Edmonton Alberta, and the gray overcast was in effect for the entire season. That may be one reason that there was a porno store and a liquor store on every block.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 16, 2025 03:34 AM (azNOR)

367 Visegrád 24@visegrad24 . 11h

Poland just received the final 12 of the first 212 K9A1 self-propelled howitzers ordered from South Korea.

In the second batch, Poland will receive another 152 howitzers of which 146 units will be K9PL variants (Polonized/adapted for Polish requirements, including integration of Polish subsystems like communication and fire control systems).

Full local production in Poland is planned for another 308 K9PL howitzers Poland plans to buy but hasn’t signed contract ms yet for.

In total, Poland plans to operate 672 K9 howitzers.

The Polish is also in possession of around 60 domestically-produced Krab self-propelled howitzers and is in the process buying another 152.

In total, Poland will have nearly 900 top-modern 155 mm self-propelled howitzers, forming Europe’s largest self-propelled artillery force.
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Poland didn't forget.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 16, 2025 03:35 AM (+e7qF)

368 I might as well get up

Posted by: Skip at December 16, 2025 03:39 AM (Ia/+0)

369 368 I might as well get up
Posted by: Skip at December 16, 2025 03:39 AM (Ia/+0)

At some point, you will sleep.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 16, 2025 03:48 AM (6Bc88)

370 TECH THREAD IS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at December 16, 2025 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)

371 I was going to bed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 16, 2025 04:03 AM (+e7qF)

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