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Truth
BOO!
Suicide by cop
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Game to scare the kiddies
When you hit an oil slick in mid air
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 16, 2026 10:02 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: mindful webworker - and away we go at January 16, 2026 10:02 PM (FMpsC)
Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:02 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 10:03 PM (3UR/I)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 10:03 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: mindful webworker - and away we go at January 16, 2026 10:04 PM (FMpsC)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:04 PM (nYv2H)
Our professor warned us though - he said something like, you can either photograph an event or experience it - never both.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:05 PM (cYBz/)
Without BC & SK.
Posted by: mindful webworker - it's the maine thing at January 16, 2026 10:05 PM (FMpsC)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:06 PM (nYv2H)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (nYv2H)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 16, 2026 10:09 PM (n4Qav)
Posted by: davidt at January 16, 2026 10:09 PM (Q+gd/)
Shite. Reading content like a fooking newbie. Could have been #3.
*i read the content, and clicked the linkies*
Nice ONT Wierd Dave, thank you.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 16, 2026 10:10 PM (QVmho)
What if the problem is that you have run out of 155mm ammo?
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (nYv2H)
Build AWFL trebuchets. We never seem to run out of AWFLs.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 16, 2026 10:10 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: browndog on the Maid of the Mist at January 16, 2026 10:11 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 16, 2026 10:11 PM (hybOl)
Posted by: Iris at January 16, 2026 10:12 PM (bOJ2I)
Of course, you can also set "Amazing Grace" and "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" to "House of the Rising Sun", so....
Confession: I was such a nerd that even as a young 'ette I used to look at the back of the Methodist Hymnal to see which hymns were set to the same tunes...
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 10:14 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: mindful webworker - and now I did at January 16, 2026 10:14 PM (FMpsC)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 16, 2026 10:15 PM (47diA)
Posted by: tankdemon
If you have already gone to direct fire and then have run out of shells, you have way bigger problems than just the shells.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:16 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Iris at January 16, 2026 10:12 PM (bOJ2I)
Chicago Book of Style vs Associated Press?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 16, 2026 10:16 PM (n4Qav)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:17 PM (nYv2H)
Doesn't the AP style guide insist on they/them pronouns? And no Oxford commas?
🙄
Posted by: mindful webworker - all the stuff I used to know at January 16, 2026 10:18 PM (FMpsC)
Enjoy your trip to Florida to see the manatees.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:19 PM (2WIwB)
I haven't done much fishin', but my thought was, that looks kinda small.
Then he threw it back. Maybe I ain't as unfisherman as I think I be?
Posted by: mindful webworker - good catch, though, at January 16, 2026 10:20 PM (FMpsC)
But I guess that means my sense of humor has room to grow.
This is good
Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 10:21 PM (ciYHQ)
Ents?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 16, 2026 10:22 PM (QOikT)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 10:22 PM (SRRAx)
What if the problem is that you have run out of 155mm ammo?
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (nYv2H)
Well then, you call the big boys. 8 inch howitzers when you want to send the very best.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB)
Without BC & SK.
Posted by: mindful webworker - it's the maine thing
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Ad a little here, cut some slack over there, make Putri Rico a state and you've got DEMOCRACY.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (3UR/I)
At my mother's former residence, there was a dock out back that I occasionally fished off of. Every so often we would have some manatees come by to visit while doing so. Very fun to see them float by.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (nYv2H)
I did basic at Fort Sill. my buddies and I arrived at reception station to the sound of live fire, at 0100.
My MOS was 91A/B (medic). Yes. I am that old. Now it's 68 W or some shit.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Ladyl at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (D6+4s)
Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 10:24 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (nYv2H)
* Warthog has entered the chat *
Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 10:26 PM (ciYHQ)
The "Gilligans Island" theme fits in that mix as well. "Amazing grace" to the "Gilligans Island" theme is quite a hoot.
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at January 16, 2026 10:26 PM (8JzZF)
I wonder if that bird was twirling madly on purpose. I'd like to see a few more seconds post-landing.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 10:27 PM (x4Mz/)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:04 PM (nYv2H)
Sorry. When I saw on the internet that those were termites, not crabs, it became an emergency.
Posted by: Pinocchio at January 16, 2026 10:28 PM (w/O5Q)
I did basic at Fort Sill. my buddies and I arrived at reception station to the sound of live fire, at 0100.
My MOS was 91A/B (medic). Yes. I am that old. Now it's 68 W or some shit.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (0aYVJ)
***
When I was commissioned, it was for a regular army slot in military intelligence. As part of the process back then, I did a year detail in field artillery so I did my OBC at Ft Sill. Artillery is just awesome!!! Loved every minute of it. Was able to spend half my career as the S2 or G2 of artillery units.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:28 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
There is unrest in the forest
Trouble with the trees
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleas
Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 10:28 PM (ciYHQ)
I never have been able to get into those books - then again, my knowledge of classic literature is pretty much non-existent. The year I would have gotten a good grounding in that the only times the class was offered at my high school were also the only times the 2 advanced science classes I wanted to take were offered.
So science it was. Engineering curriculum in college didn't require any literature courses, and after that I was busy studying and being a new bride.
I read, but just never got around to reading the classics.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 10:29 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 16, 2026 10:29 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn.
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Yesterday's compliment is today's lawsuit.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 10:29 PM (3UR/I)
What if the problem is that you have run out of 155mm ammo?
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (nYv2H)
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Well, if you have the USS Iowa offshore....
Posted by: clarence at January 16, 2026 10:29 PM (f2oT+)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 10:32 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 10:32 PM (sS8Vs)
Thank you for ONT Weird Dave
Coupla questions:
What are ENTs? Maybe somebody has already asked and answered so no need to repeat if so.
Second - I don't get the Chicago vs AP pizza.
Be back later to read thru all comments as is my wont...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 16, 2026 10:32 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Ladyl at January 16, 2026 10:32 PM (D6+4s)
I wonder if that bird was twirling madly on purpose. I'd like to see a few more seconds post-landing.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
It was a tumbler pigeon.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 16, 2026 10:33 PM (vzcgi)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 16, 2026 10:33 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at January 16, 2026 10:34 PM (pscAN)
What are ENTs? Maybe somebody has already asked and answered so no need to repeat if so.
Tree herders from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 16, 2026 10:34 PM (vzcgi)
FBI Raids Washington Post Reporter’s Home in Classified Leak Probe
In a statement posted on X, Patel said the FBI moved after uncovering evidence that a journalist had been receiving and publishing sensitive information from a Pentagon-linked government contractor, potentially endangering U.S. military operations abroad.
THAT IS TREASON
https://tinyurl.com/y3ntabce
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (sui1r)
He is constantly edging with dudes.
Too much smoke there.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (xcxpd)
I've tried three times to start The Hobbit and quit somewhere around page 80. Just can't do it.
I do pick up various Lit stories from time to time though and enjoy them.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (cYBz/)
Almost as rare as an honest dem.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (cYBz/)
I'm gonna try to visit more often!
How are ya?
Posted by: Ladyl at January 16, 2026 10:36 PM (D6+4s)
FBI Raids Washington Post Reporter’s Home in Classified Leak Probe
In a statement posted on X, Patel said the FBI moved after uncovering evidence that a journalist had been receiving and publishing sensitive information from a Pentagon-linked government contractor, potentially endangering U.S. military operations abroad.
THAT IS TREASON
https://tinyurl.com/y3ntabce
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (sui1r)
Well...WaPo reporter...they do this.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 16, 2026 10:36 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: browndog on the Maid of the Mist at January 16, 2026 10:11 PM (TTAGa)
I believe the proper Law Enforcement term is DRT. As in "Dead rat there!"
Posted by: Brewingfrog at January 16, 2026 10:37 PM (saXwr)
Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 10:38 PM (ciYHQ)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 10:14 PM (SRRAx)
In fairness though...
Amazing Grace - 1772
O Little Town of Bethlehem - 1868
House of the Rising Sun - 1930s
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 10:38 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 10:38 PM (RIvkX)
If I recall correctly, he raised three types. Homing pigeons, raised for longest trips back to the coop. Racers, raised for fastest trip back to the coop.
And Tumbler pigeons, who'd just do weird shit like in the video for no particular reason. Tumblers were my favorite.
Posted by: From about That Time at January 16, 2026 10:39 PM (sl73Y)
You know, we live on the edge down here!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:39 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Mario's Pizza at January 16, 2026 10:40 PM (oftw2)
Tree herders from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 16, 2026 10:34 PM (vzcgi)
Ents were, basically, giant sentient trees from Lord of the Rings. They acted as guardians of the forest.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 10:41 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Mark in SC at January 16, 2026 10:41 PM (Vvo0d)
Posted by: The Ents at January 16, 2026 10:41 PM (w/O5Q)
When thousands have been murdered.
But at least Trump got to hang out with the Stanley Cup champs, and that's something we can all take pride in!
Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 10:42 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 10:42 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:28 PM (2WIwB)
Right? It was weird when I did not hear the whoomp and the thud.
It sucks that my duty station in Germany was LANCE missile. A lot of driving around in the Spessart and pretending to shoot stuff at the Fulda Gap. Did get to see a live fire in Crete.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:43 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (xcxpd)
The theory is that chicks don't give up secrets for the promise of sex. O'Keefe would have to hand them stacks of cash to get them to give up the info.
DC Dudes, OTOH...
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 10:43 PM (ExV1e)
Well, of course.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 10:43 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Case at January 16, 2026 10:44 PM (4rWc3)
You know, we live on the edge down here!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:39 PM (cYBz/)
Sounds grand to me!
Posted by: Ladyl at January 16, 2026 10:44 PM (D6+4s)
Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 10:44 PM (ZxPkt)
Presumably any mutation that would increase your resistance to damage from radiation would dramatically increase your changes of survival...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 10:44 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Mario's Pizza
It is not good dough.
It is Bisquick.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 16, 2026 10:45 PM (/lPRQ)
I do pick up various Lit stories from time to time though and enjoy them.
Posted by: Diogenes
Tolkien wrote the Hobbit as a childrens book. The Lord of the Rings is not a kids book. That said , LOR is about 4 times as long as the Hobbit.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 16, 2026 10:46 PM (vzcgi)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:43 PM (0aYVJ)
I was at Herzo Base in Germany. Just two battalions there, an 8 inch (I was the S2) and a Lance Battalion. Also the 210th Group HQ.
A great assignment!
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:46 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 10:46 PM (8zz6B)
Also, no thank you to lumping BC into the trade. It is lovely, but as liberal as can be
Posted by: 496 at January 16, 2026 10:46 PM (hdZBB)
When I was in college, there was an English class that covered Tolkien and some other classic fantasy authors. I saw no reason whatsoever to have gone to college to do the work involved in a course like that, but I was interested in the topic. So I just showed up at the class and didn’t do any of the work.
I didn’t completely think it through, though. The professor liked to have pop quizzes; whenever he announced that today was a quiz day, I would walk out, assuming that the fact that it was a giant pop-culture class with literally hundreds of students in an auditorium would hide me. It did not. The last time I walked out, he addressed me directly telling me I wasn’t going to pass the course if I didn’t take the tests.
Which of course wasn’t a problem, but it did threaten the anonymity I craved then and still do. I would’ve been that guy in 1776: The Musical who voted for independence just so that no one knew my name.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 16, 2026 10:47 PM (EXyHK)
THAT IS TREASON
https://tinyurl.com/y3ntabce
Posted by: rickb223
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I'm delighted to see Patel and Bondi are on it. I hope that reporter is quaking in her boots. Doubtless another Awful Liberal (I don't care about the race and sex -- they're all guilty) who thought no one would ever bother her for such a mere trifle as treason. "We always got away with it before! When did the rules change?"
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 10:47 PM (x4Mz/)
Posted by: 496 at January 16, 2026 10:48 PM (FqCIy)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
When ICE started using real bullets. 😂😂😂
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 10:49 PM (sui1r)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 10:50 PM (BSdIE)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 10:51 PM (hxusQ)
Enjoy your trip to Florida to see the manatees.
Posted by: Diogenes at
That's when you have to decide either to tell him, or to take it to the grave with you.
Posted by: From about That Time at January 16, 2026 10:51 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Archer at January 16, 2026 10:52 PM (7o/iC)
Aside from regular FTXs, our Arteps were at Wildflecken. Never got to experience Graff. Still, the artillery fire at Wildflecken was soothing. Like a thundershower on a summer night.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:52 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16,
If that doesn’t work you call on ole Davy Crockett
Posted by: Javems at January 16, 2026 10:52 PM (zFsEm)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:53 PM (0aYVJ)
I mean, I like James O'Keefe but have you ever noticed he never tries to honeypot chicks?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (xcxpd)
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The women expose their disloyalty on social media, and in presentations to friendly audiences. O'Keefe chases them down the street asking them to comment.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 16, 2026 10:56 PM (XeO61)
I vaguely recall seeing his GF in some pictures of him and...she is a dime.
O'Keefe isn't the one flirting with gay lefties.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 10:57 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:52 PM (0aYVJ)
Being the S2 in an 8 inch battalion meant I was the defacto FO since we didn't have any organic ones. Best job to have and I spent every Graf trip on the OPs. Coldest I've ever been though. And lots of wild boar. My only break was for NRAS.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB)
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Specifically, who is the contractor?
What company does he work for?
Who hired him?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 10:57 PM (3UR/I)
Posted by: davidt at January 16, 2026 10:09 PM (Q+gd/)
It would be feasible to build a highway from northern Saskatchewan to link up with the Alcan Highway. But probably more practical to make the three main E/W highways (and railways) neutral territory insofar as the rights of way go. Treat them sort of like toll roads; an Alberta licence plate would let you enter/exit those highways at will, no stop required. Plate from any other province would be dinged for a fee for every entry and exit, save for highway rest stops and gas stations.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 10:58 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 10:59 PM (/F7JY)
Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz) at January 16, 2026 11:01 PM (z3oKc)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 11:01 PM (BSdIE)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:53 PM (0aYVJ)
Use a buffer on the floor.
Polish your boots.
Make some SOS for breakfast.
Have a bier.
It'll pass.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 11:01 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:02 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (3UR/I)
Posted by: Methos at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (KDPiq)
I know it's a joke, but it's also possible.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Archer at January 16, 2026 10:52 PM (7o/iC)
Great idea!
I've met some ladies from Saskatchewan. Not everything is flat in Saskatchewan.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (2WIwB)
A bitch judge in Minnesota says ICE can't retaliate against protesters or stop drivers.
The story is at Daily Mail.
Posted by: fourseasons at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 16, 2026 11:04 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 16, 2026 11:05 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16,
That's what she said.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:06 PM (KDPiq)
73 You know there was a reason that when we were more a serious country being gay was considered a serious security risk
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 10:42 PM (sKqQm)
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In the before time, the possibility of blackmail
was cited as justification for a ban. Now that the gays are out and proud, they betray secrets to be fabulous, and humiliate anybody who trusted them. It turns out that "gay" correlates with "character defects, and delusions." Who knew?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 16, 2026 11:06 PM (XeO61)
Canadian oil costs $60 a barrel to produce. Venezuelan oil costs $30 a barrel to produce.
Canada is fckd, eh?
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 16, 2026 11:06 PM (Kl6OU)
Posted by: Sad! at January 16, 2026 11:07 PM (12gd1)
·
9h
REPORTER: "Did Arab and Israeli officials convince you to not strike Iran?"
PRESIDENT TRUMP: "Nobody convinced me. I convinced myself.
Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 11:08 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Sad! at January 16, 2026 11:07 PM (12gd1)
Can I be her boyfriend if I defend her?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:08 PM (KDPiq)
But the part in the denoument where the cult leader says "your Courts are civilized, aren't they, pig?" and then Stallone says "this is where the law stops, and I start!" and then hooks him up on a crucible is probably it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:10 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 16, 2026 11:10 PM (DK5Sh)
If you read any of his (unpublished during his lifetime) backgrounds, such as the Silmarillion, they are literally choirs of angels around God creating the world.
I’m currently reading volume 5 of Christopher Tolkien’s collection of his father’s writings and it’s fascinating.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 16, 2026 11:11 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16,
That's what she said.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:06 PM (KDPiq)
All artillery is 8 inches on the internet.
Posted by: Dog Posting Online at January 16, 2026 11:11 PM (FJl0E)
I convinced myself.
Posted by: Don Black
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Great. What DOES he intend to do? If anything?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 11:12 PM (x4Mz/)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 11:13 PM (BSdIE)
Last November, Elaine Miles, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon and an actress known for her roles in “Northern Exposure” and “The Last of Us,” said she was stopped by ICE officers in Washington state who told her that her tribal ID looked fake.
-AP
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Factoid -
The Hon-Dah Casino, on Tribal land, owned and operated by the White Mountain Apache Tribe, does not accept tribal ID as proof of age or residence at either the casino cashier or the bar.
Posted by: buddhaha at January 16, 2026 11:14 PM (epPlm)
Canada is fckd, eh?
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 16, 2026 11:06 PM (Kl6OU)
Cost of production depends upon what kind of oil, and what you have to do to produce it. There is vast room for expansion of the oil sands resource at MacMurray. Economies of scale can kick in. The logical thing to do would be use nuclear power to run the mines, and the recovery process, and the upgrader. And just a couple hundred miles east, in Saskatchewan, are massive uranium mines already production. Room for expansion there, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:16 PM (8zz6B)
A sub off the coast of South America could radio fisher boat 1 (from where? out of nowhere) and tell him to prepare rescue for boat 2 and 3. Do the same with boat 4. Then sink boat 2,3,5 and 6.
Then go to the South China Sea and do the same thing and leave.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:16 PM (3UR/I)
It's not a retaliation, it's a response to escalation. Totally different, FO bitch.
Posted by: From about That Time at January 16, 2026 11:17 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth
Definitely a candidate for entry into The Big Book of Hilarious Autoincorrects.
(Read the Lord of the Rings to find out what the landlord Rents charged Saruman.)
🤔
Posted by: mindful webworker - in a hole in the ground lived a Hobbit... at January 16, 2026 11:17 PM (FMpsC)
Or the motel shootout.
Or the hostage scenario in the grocery store at the beginning.
Every part of that movie kicks ass.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:18 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 16, 2026 11:18 PM (SEFV4)
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Sounds like a judge needs to be charged with impeding federal agents and locked up with the current haul of illegals overnight.
Posted by: Methos at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (sS8Vs)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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who knows
in the meantime, the massacres continue
Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (ZxPkt)
Women in Iran are not allowed to do this kind of thing, but the daughters and granddaughters of religious leaders are
https://tinyurl.com/49hhey9p
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (3UR/I)
Last November, Elaine Miles, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon and an actress known for her roles in “Northern Exposure” and “The Last of Us,” said she was stopped by ICE officers in Washington state who told her that her tribal ID looked fake.
-AP
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Factoid -
The Hon-Dah Casino, on Tribal land, owned and operated by the White Mountain Apache Tribe, does not accept tribal ID as proof of age or residence at either the casino cashier or the bar.
Posted by: buddhaha
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It was hand-written on the backside of a Corn Pops cereal box top.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 11:22 PM (BSdIE)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (KDPiq)
See? That's from the first five minutes of the movie, and it only keeps getting cooler from there.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:23 PM (BI5O2)
https://tinyurl.com/49hhey9p
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (3UR/I)
I'm guessing the yacht was nowhere near Iran. Saudi women lose the veil as soon as the plane they are on leaves Saudi airspace, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:26 PM (8zz6B)
I'm sure there are a few other retarded states we can throw in to sweeten the deal.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 11:26 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 11:12 PM (x4Mz/)
You could try asking a Washington Post reporter. They might know.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 11:26 PM (sS8Vs)
Which is not to say that we really need to recover a lot of areas from The Enemy Domestic.
Posted by: mindful webworker - and the land we belong to is graaaannd at January 16, 2026 11:28 PM (FMpsC)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 10:41 PM (ExV1e)
Ents raised trees and became like them in form and pace and lifespan, and some of the trees likewise became like the ents in sentience and mobility. The entwives raised flowers, and no one has seen them in an age...
Posted by: SciVo at January 16, 2026 11:31 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 16, 2026 11:10 PM (DK5Sh)
And PT is volleyball, but once a year they have to complete 18 holes of golf WITHOUT using a cart.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 11:31 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:02 PM (KDPiq)
I recognized the video from the still. He and another cop had been talking to this guy about what was essentially a squatter situation for around 20 minutes IIRC. That it ended up in a shooting was avoidable on his part, I think the worst they were going to charge him with was breaking and entering (he hadn't taken the copper pipes off the property yet). Just sad.
Posted by: pookysgirl watches too many Donut Operator videos at January 16, 2026 11:32 PM (Wt5PA)
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Seriously, why?
We're in more danger from the enemy now than if we broke up and went at one another. In our current situation, they hold all the commanding heights.
In a fractured country trying to find its feet, with factions that hold territories and institutions against one another, we at least stand a fighting chance.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:33 PM (BI5O2)
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Sounds like a judge needs to be charged with impeding federal agents and locked up with the current haul of illegals overnight.
Posted by: Methos at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (vSvIl)
The lack of proper love for volcanoes is disturbing.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 11:33 PM (snZF9)
Women in Iran are not allowed to do this kind of thing, but the daughters and granddaughters of religious leaders are
https://tinyurl.com/49hhey9p
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (3UR/I)
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No wonder the Regime is working so hard to jam starlink.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 11:33 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 16, 2026 11:34 PM (DK5Sh)
The Democrats hired 87,000 IRS agents to go after YOU... sorry, I meant to "crack down on tax fraud". Then how did they miss the INSANE amount of fraud in Minnesota?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:34 PM (3UR/I)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin
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It's published that IMF is positioning Iron Dome for Iranian attack.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:36 PM (3UR/I)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 16, 2026 11:34 PM (DK5Sh)
Well, if some sort of air campaign against Iran is contemplated, it makes a great deal of sense to delay until all your assets are in theater. Also keeps the weirdbeards guessing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:38 PM (8zz6B)
A federal judge just FORCED the @USDA to CONTINUE sending SNAP administrative funds to Minnesota — even though they're refusing to help root out massive fraud!
This isn't protecting taxpayers or the families who truly need help; it's letting crooks game the system.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:38 PM (3UR/I)
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 16, 2026 11:39 PM (X+xvk)
Last November, Elaine Miles, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon and an actress known for her roles in “Northern Exposure” and “The Last of Us,” said she was stopped by ICE officers in Washington state who told her that her tribal ID looked fake.
-AP
--------
Factoid -
The Hon-Dah Casino, on Tribal land, owned and operated by the White Mountain Apache Tribe, does not accept tribal ID as proof of age or residence at either the casino cashier or the bar.
Posted by: buddhaha
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It was hand-written on the backside of a Corn Pops cereal box top.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (/lPRQ)
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Hey! That's Maize Pops to you white man!
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 11:40 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:36 PM (3UR/I)
One would hope that the locations of all the fixed launchers are known, as well as where the mobile launchers are garaged. Destroy the missiles on the ground as much as is possible.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:41 PM (8zz6B)
Of course. What else is new? And it's not a matter of letting anyone do anything, either. They aren't asking.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:42 PM (BI5O2)
Which is not to say that we really need to recover a lot of areas from The Enemy Domestic.
Posted by: mindful webworker - and the land we belong to is graaaannd at January 16, 2026 11:28 PM (FMpsC)
I wouldn't mind nudging (say) California and New York to secede, then immediately declaring war and conquering them, to be followed by martial law and reconstruction under American principles, with aggressive indoctrination imposed in school against their Secular Sins of transnationalism and bureaucratism.
Posted by: SciVo at January 16, 2026 11:46 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 16, 2026 11:46 PM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:49 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 11:50 PM (BSdIE)
Posted by: Joyenz at January 16, 2026 11:51 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: SciVo at January 16, 2026 11:46 PM (Sy6m/)
NYC would be easy. Cave the tunnels and blow the bridges. It becomes an isle of misery parked next to the US. Americans on the mainland can just hold up food and wave.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 11:52 PM (snZF9)
It's published that IMF is positioning Iron Dome for Iranian attack.
Good morning, Mister Phelps.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 11:53 PM (pkeXY)
That's the kicker; Canada and Venzuela produce the same type of crude oil; heavy and sour. The refineries best equipped to process this are on the Gulf Coast.
And what makes Canadian crude more expensive isn't just the technical challenges of extraction, there's also a high regulatory burden. An oilfield takes on average eight years to open in Canada and involves a lot of payoffs along the way. An oilfield in Venezuela or Guyana is just three years.
Now Canada could find a market for heavy sour crude in China... if the Government hadn't blocked construction of pipelines from Alberta to the Pacific.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 16, 2026 11:54 PM (f0sNM)
Posted by: Winner of the Gov DeSantis lookalike contest at January 16, 2026 11:55 PM (fKeBm)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 16, 2026 11:55 PM (n4Qav)
They are pretty sensitive about the trees, though.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at January 16, 2026 11:56 PM (NZPfR)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 11:57 PM (sS8Vs)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 16, 2026 11:55 PM (n4Qav)
Well, I take your point, but I care far more about NYC and Minneapolis than Tehran. I don't wish any ill will toward these Persians, at least not on general principles.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:58 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 11:52 PM (snZF9)
Tell me more...
Posted by: Snake Plisken at January 16, 2026 11:59 PM (sS8Vs)
I enjoyed watching Trump answer questions about Canada making a deal with China. Having Venezuela as a partner has removed the only deal leverage Canada had with the US.
Canada is trading their biggest trade partner, by a huge amount, for a deal with China for a fraction of the amount. Brilliant.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2026 12:01 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 17, 2026 12:02 AM (f0sNM)
I once had a brother who played this album loudly several times a day the summer of 1971. Our bedrooms shared a wall and we'd compete with our stereos til one of us gave up and listened to what we agreed on. Funniest guy I have ever known. I assure you he was a Moron of the Highest Order.
I miss you, bro.
https://tinyurl.com/53mxhf5n
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 17, 2026 12:04 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 12:04 AM (u82oZ)
And what makes Canadian crude more expensive isn't just the technical challenges of extraction, there's also a high regulatory burden. An oilfield takes on average eight years to open in Canada and involves a lot of payoffs along the way. An oilfield in Venezuela or Guyana is just three years.
Now Canada could find a market for heavy sour crude in China... if the Government hadn't blocked construction of pipelines from Alberta to the Pacific.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 16, 2026 11:54 PM (f0sNM)
There is plenty of light, sweet crude in Alberta, too. The oil from the oil sands is put though an upgrader before it ever enters a pipeline. The upgrader hydrogenates the heavy oilsands crude, and makes a lighter, sweeter product that is what the buyers get. The upgrader is fueled by "stranded" natural gas that is produced from wells located on the far side of the oilands area, too far from markets to be sold directly.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:04 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 17, 2026 12:05 AM (f0sNM)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:06 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Braenyard
By looking the other way, or more likely, being in on the scam.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 17, 2026 12:06 AM (SEFV4)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
>MN and NYC need to handle their own shit. I'm convinced they can do that but what these states and cities are bringing to the kitchen table is nothing compared to what these other countries owe us. This is your global economic theory.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 17, 2026 12:06 AM (BSdIE)
Forget SF/mysteries/westerns.
Write AWFL women / Hunky ICE agent stories.
Not bodice rippers, sweatshirt rippers.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 12:06 AM (u82oZ)
Separate note - thank you to those who explained the ENTs thingy. I read LoTR many many years ago - not sure if I could get through it again...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 17, 2026 12:07 AM (QGaXH)
‣The History Guy: The Bloody Russian Baron of Mongolia (15m) - he seems nice
https://youtu.be/NGTAVqOj4gg
‣Coca Colа is DOING WHAT?? Satаn is desperate yall (1m) - conspiracy or blasphemy?
https://youtu.be/19J-ZWyS_Ps
‣Ringo Starr's January 2026 Update - still kickin' (2:30)
https://youtu.be/0Sr-U0xZUEU
And thus endeth my AoS day. Prayers, plants, and pets tomorrow.
⁂ What's it all about? ⁂
https://youtu.be/xGxhECBbw08
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - rooms within rooms at January 17, 2026 12:07 AM (FMpsC)
One does not just “get through” The Lord of the Rings…
Posted by: Boromir, Son of Denethor, Steward of Gondor at January 17, 2026 12:10 AM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:58 PM (BI5O2)
Yes. It is unacceptable to have major cities controlled by the Commie/Islam alliance. The people who perpetrate this, and egg on the useful idiots, I hate with the power of a million suns.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:10 AM (n4Qav)
Posted by: davidt at January 16, 2026 10:09 PM (Q+gd/)
That is the most boring drive you could possibly imagine, at least until you start getting some mountains in western Alberta.
It makes the Dakotas and Kansas seem like exciting scenery by comparison.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:10 AM (IG3/x)
No.
She either committed suicide by cop (if she knew what she was doing) or won a Darwin Award (if she was too stupid to know what she was doing).
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:12 AM (IG3/x)
The old alliances are broken. Going to be some interesting times.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2026 12:12 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:12 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Braenyard
By looking the other way, or more likely, being in on the scam.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Biden hired them to go after the right.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 17, 2026 12:12 AM (sui1r)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:14 AM (n4Qav)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 17, 2026 12:14 AM (pkeXY)
Oh, and no offense intended, AOP, but you gotta admit that MB, SK, and eastern AB are rather...monotonous.
Western AB makes up for a lot, though. Some nice scenery there.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:15 AM (IG3/x)
Christy @177. The link doesn't work. But RIP for your brother
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
Link works for me.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 17, 2026 12:16 AM (pkeXY)
My very first date, 9th grade, was with a football player in our class (girlfriends made me go out with him. I liked his best friend better). Nice guy. Drove an orange muscle car, I think a Dodge something.
Anyway, I was nervous as was he on the way to the stupid drive-in torture. So I could see what people did there and not approve.
On the way down our long driveway my brother jumped out of a ditch, on all fours, barking like a dog.
We pretended not to see him but I laughed anyway.
We did not date long. I had to "walk him off the football field" a few times. I honestly did not see the point but I did it. He was sweaty and dating a buffoon who'd rather stay home and he eventually gave up as I was hopeless.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 17, 2026 12:16 AM (WONhk)
One does not just “get through” The Lord of the Rings…
Posted by: Boromir, Son of Denethor, Steward of Gondor at January 17, 2026 12:10 AM (EXyHK)
Oh gawd.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 17, 2026 12:17 AM (QGaXH)
We are in luck that our enemies have to work much harder to avoid entropy.
Got some remedies for problems, but it takes will.
Oliver Cromwell is smiling at current events. He can fix things.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 12:18 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:14 AM (n4Qav)
Weird! Bell Bottom Blues by Derick and the Dominoes.
G'nite! Blows kisses!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 17, 2026 12:19 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: As not seen on TV at January 17, 2026 12:19 AM (vfct/)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 12:19 AM (u82oZ)
G'nite! Blows kisses!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 17, 2026 12:19 AM (WONhk)
Great song, Christy!
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:19 AM (n4Qav)
The name of the band was supposed to be Eric and the Dynamos, but the announcer at an early gig screwed it up, and they decided they liked that name better.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:20 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 12:22 AM (u82oZ)
Western AB makes up for a lot, though. Some nice scenery there.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:15 AM (IG3/x)
It's easier to build highways in "boring" country, you know. Don't have to go far off the Trans-Canada to see some neat stuff. Cypress Hills, on the AB-SK border is a small mountain ridge that remained unglaciated during the height of the last glacial period. Home to a unique and subtly different ecology. About 30 miles off the highway. And the Alberta badlands around Drumheller are about 30 miles north of the highway, further West. Many miles of quite spectacular scenery. And dinosaurs.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:22 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:24 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:24 AM (n4Qav)
I do hope to see some more of Canada before taking my final dirt nap, but the way things are going, I'm not even going to see most of Alaska before then.
Still need to make it to the Arctic Ocean.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:25 AM (IG3/x)
149 Seriously (or as seriously as my late-night mind will bear), I cringe to read about kicking any state out of the USA. I don't think we should ever let go of one square mile of our territory.
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Seriously, why?
We're in more danger from the enemy now than if we broke up and went at one another. In our current situation, they hold all the commanding heights.
In a fractured country trying to find its feet, with factions that hold territories and institutions against one another, we at least stand a fighting chance.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:33 PM
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What is a state? There are people. There are territory, resources, infrastructure, history and tradition. If a faction of the human component choose to stop being loyal citizens, and become a waxy yellow buildup instead, discard the traitorous weasels, and keep everything else. They don't get
to take it with them. They'd just sell it off to the Chinese anyway. No. It's ours.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 17, 2026 12:26 AM (L78T1)
I miss you, bro.
https://tinyurl.com/53mxhf5n
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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Always thought that was the Beatles.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 12:27 AM (3UR/I)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at January 17, 2026 12:30 AM (xSYff)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
>Look at how vicious the Left is right now. Be prepared when the right decides to become vicious because conditions will change rapidly. They keep messing with the bull.
Trump should step in and put a halt to this escalation.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 17, 2026 12:30 AM (BSdIE)
Posted by: SmallTownGirl at January 17, 2026 12:31 AM (9DbxP)
My brother, in addition to being insane and brilliant, had great taste in music. We went to many concerts together from HS through college.
We would laugh til we cried even as adults. Could read each other's minds (I was 2yrs older). He made me humble & I never thought I was "all that" because of him.
The main thing we fought over was the remote control for the new color TV in 1965. For a decade we rarely brawled, then, whammo! Torture time! We'd get sent to our rooms upstairs & continue to argue over the groovy "intercom" of the new house (1964). My parents listened in the den.
I once catapulted him up the stairs during a brawl & he crashed on the landing loudly. I really got into trouble then, but totally worth it!
He could stop an argument by saying, "Don't you flare those nostrils at me!" (he called me Pig Nose). He knew it would make me laugh.
Defended me in HS when a guy I did not even kiss at a dance said he did all sorts of nasty things. I told him, oh, hell, no!
He was in our wedding & approved of my husband and we all had some crazy adventures when he visited out West. Will always miss him.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 17, 2026 12:31 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 12:27 AM (3UR/I)
It got confusing. Clapton played on on Beatles songs. And on George Harrison's All Things Must Pass. And they shared Layla.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:32 AM (n4Qav)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:25 AM (IG3/x)
I think a boat trip down the Mackenize River from Yellowknife to the river mouth would be amazing. There is a boat tour, this year's rate is 30,000 dollarsper person. Shit, I could buy a good boat for less than that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:33 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Pug Mahon,
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When I "graduated" out of Ft Monmouth (long gone), my MOS was 187. Sometime in the next 15 months, it got redefined to 32E. It was only useful in locations where the military had their own long distance comms. No use in CONUS. So, when I separated, as a draftee, I was supposed to put in 3 more years active reserve (Reserve or NG) and then 1 year inactive reserve. No slots for that MOS in US, and the only cross train slot was for comm controller for an ASA units. I went to work for a.company in a small town in Ohio. Closest reserve ASA unit was in upstate NY. For the next 3 years, I filled out a form certifying my location. At the end of 6 years I got my discharge, with only 1 year, 11 months, and 27 days on active duty - early out returning from overseas. Never went to even one reserve meeting or 2 week summer camp.
So, my original mos was a WW2/Korean war number.
Posted by: buddhaha at January 17, 2026 12:34 AM (epPlm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 12:27 AM (3UR/I)
Some of the guitar is similar to his friend, George Harrison. They sort of shared? Patti Boyd, who he wrote Layla for. She must have had something special!?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 17, 2026 12:34 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: keena at January 17, 2026 12:35 AM (4Aqsh)
May you not have an Arctic wind howling over the house.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
Better than thru the house.
Just sayin'
Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Friday . . . at January 17, 2026 12:35 AM (3ZUWJ)
to take it with them. They'd just sell it off to the Chinese anyway. No. It's ours.
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I view the Acela Corridor as a foreign occupying power.
If people like you want to absorb the Acelans into our country, fine.
But, I'd rather raffle them off them to foreigners. They aren't my countrymen. Their daughters can slave in foreign harems, under foreign flags, and foreign men, where they belong. They've already sold out to foreigners, and are foreigners, AFAIC.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:36 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: keena
When you format academic papers for thesis or publication, there are 2 distinct formatting styles: Chicago (University of) and AP.
Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Friday . . . at January 17, 2026 12:37 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Friday . . . at January 17, 2026 12:37 AM (3ZUWJ)
Wow that’s obscure.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 17, 2026 12:39 AM (hxusQ)
Posted by: Sock Monkey
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I read it to.my daughter when she was my 7 year old sweetheart (lets not talk about teenage years ). She picked up LOTR as an adult, and told me that she slipped into.Middle Earth like an old friend.
Posted by: buddhaha at January 17, 2026 12:42 AM (epPlm)
Posted by: Jeans Loop Pickard at January 17, 2026 12:44 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Braenyard
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You're obviously a.'murrican!
Posted by: buddhaha at January 17, 2026 12:46 AM (epPlm)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:47 AM (n4Qav)
Posted by: buddhaha at January 17, 2026 12:42 AM (epPlm)
Tolkien did a fantastic job of world-building. Really read like he was describing an actual place.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:47 AM (8zz6B)
So, like $27 USD? Totally doable.
I've been to NWT. Just grab the legs of a black fly and it'll cruse around giving you a nice areal tour or the territory.
Posted by: Weirddave at January 17, 2026 12:49 AM (Ffl2s)
Posted by: Tracknar at January 17, 2026 12:51 AM (J6fin)
Posted by: Weirddave at January 17, 2026 12:49 AM (Ffl2s)
The danger there is that it will fly back to the nest, and the big ones will take you away from him.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:51 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Weirddave at January 17, 2026 12:52 AM (Ffl2s)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 17, 2026 12:07 AM (QGaX
I definitely couldn't get through it again. Once was enough for me. If I wanted to read 300 pages of how the sun reflects on leaves I would have become a botanist.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 12:52 AM (snZF9)
Canada is fckd, eh?
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
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Where did you get those numbers? I've seen more like $45-50 and $35-40. They're both a PITA to refine so that's a wash.
They certainly aren't in the cat bird seat, but fsckd ? Not really. It's good practice to maintain at least at least 20% of your supply from a second source. From a defense/geopolitical pov, V oil is easily interdicted ( translation:sunk), whereas Alberta oil is comparatively safe.
Posted by: buddhaha at January 17, 2026 12:56 AM (epPlm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:47 AM (8zz6B)
yeah, the only problem was he described it down to the atomic level. It took 30 pages for the hobbits to walk 100 yards. After 1000 pages of that shit I wanted hold the book in front of a .357 magnum.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 12:58 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:59 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Tracknar at January 17, 2026 12:51 AM (J6fin)
Unfortunately that part of BC is full of communists, even more communist than the communist on our West Coast.
Interior BC has some cool people, but I don't think we'd want the coastal regions.
California already has far too many electoral votes.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 01:01 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Do what you want as long as it remains under our jurisdiction.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 01:02 AM (3UR/I)
Posted by: Tracknar at January 17, 2026 01:02 AM (J6fin)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin
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I once saluted an AF LTC as we were passing on the sidewalk. It took him awhile to return it. He was walking with a couple of AF EMs and they were having a conversation. He seemed confused by the protocol, like it was unusual. I got the impression that the boys in blue don't do a lot of saluting.
Posted by: buddhaha at January 17, 2026 01:05 AM (epPlm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 01:06 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:59 AM (BI5O2)
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Do we get compounded interest with the return of our $23 worth of beads?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 17, 2026 01:08 AM (+HNx/)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 01:09 AM (n4Qav)
Posted by: mikeski, showing up late and quoting comment #2 at January 17, 2026 01:12 AM (VHUov)
Might as well get them off our books.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 01:13 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:59 AM (BI5O2)
It's got a pretty decent harbor (shared with Jersey) and a lot of other transportation infrastructure.
Its primary raison d'etre was as a financial capital, though, and that just doesn't make sense any more. Computers don't care if they're on Wall Street or Greasy Corners, Arkansas, as long as there's a good net connection, and Musk's Starlink is doing its best to make that a non-issue as well.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 01:14 AM (IG3/x)
Its primary raison d'etre was as a financial capital, though, and that just doesn't make sense any more. Computers don't care if they're on Wall Street or Greasy Corners, Arkansas, as long as there's a good net connection, and Musk's Starlink is doing its best to make that a non-issue as well.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 01:14 AM (IG3/x)
Especially after goat fucker gets done with it. In a few years it will looked like the cursed earth in Judge Dred, only inside the city.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 01:19 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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I'm right here, you know.
Posted by: Nebraska - more corn than Iowa at January 17, 2026 01:23 AM (epPlm)
Assad went to college and had an education to fall back on after his playing days were over.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 17, 2026 01:23 AM (KAi1n)
humans are deuterostomes which means that when they develop in the womb, the anus forms before any other opening. Which basically means, at one point, you were nothing but an asshole. Some people never developed beyond this stage.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 17, 2026 01:24 AM (vzcgi)
He's probably cleverer than Khamenei for that. But that's still a pussy move.
Khamenei has three choices:
1. Run
2. Stand and fight, and win because Trump blinks
3. Stand and fight, and lose because he doesn't
If I'm these mullahs, I'm putting every nickel on #2. It's basically the only choice. It's a shitty choice, but it's all you've got.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 01:35 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 17, 2026 01:36 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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On a motorcycle. Right?
There a video on the Revzilla website about 2 guys who.took a new Trail.125 and an old CT90 up.the haul.road
Spoiler.... They sorta made it.
Posted by: Nebraska - more corn than Iowa at January 17, 2026 01:36 AM (epPlm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 01:36 AM (3UR/I)
humans are deuterostomes which means that when they develop in the womb, the anus forms before any other opening. Which basically means, at one point, you were nothing but an asshole. Some people never developed beyond this stage.
Posted by: Sock Monkey
Correct!
1) you're a cell.
B) you're a ball of undifferentiated cells.
iii) you're a ball of undifferentiated cells with one hole in it..... that one.
The other fun fact: humans are female by default. If you're male, those hormones and that development don't begin until about week 12.
That's why men have nipples. They started developing before the blueprints showed up and the foreman said "hey, wait, we don't need those! Well, heck, leave the spigots on the outside o the house, we just won't run plumbing to them."
The foreman also had to deal with the pre-developed outer labia.
"There's no door here? Ok, glue 'em together and we'll call it a scrotum. Like a bay window, but wrinkly."
Which is why guys have a scar/seam (the scrotal rathe) down the middle of their sack.
Posted by: mikeski at January 17, 2026 01:40 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Kelloggs Heap Good Corn Flakes at January 17, 2026 01:44 AM (zocr6)
Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Friday
Wow that’s obscure.
Posted by: Tom Servo
And AP is a lot more simplified/streamlined than Chicago style, since that pizza is half empty?
Posted by: mikeski might get the joke now at January 17, 2026 01:44 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 17, 2026 01:45 AM (jrgJz)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 01:45 AM (BI5O2)
"There's cellphone tumors. I'm representing hundreds of people who have cellphone tumors behind the ear.
It's always on the ear that you favor with your cellphone...We have the science," Kennedy said in a 2023 appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience. "You should never put one next to your head... I put it on speakerphone or use earphones."
__ZH
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 01:47 AM (3UR/I)
"There's cellphone tumors. I'm representing hundreds of people who have cellphone tumors behind the ear.
It's always on the ear that you favor with your cellphone...We have the science," Kennedy said in a 2023 appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience. "You should never put one next to your head... I put it on speakerphone or use earphones."
__ZH
Posted by: Braenyard
"Leave it in your pocket. Testicular cancer is more survivable than brain cancer."
Posted by: The FDA, probably at January 17, 2026 01:48 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 01:52 AM (3UR/I)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 01:56 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Braenyard
Neither gender has a cloaca, so yes. But more of it gets closed up on the males.
Posted by: mikeski, pedantically at January 17, 2026 01:56 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 17, 2026 02:01 AM (0nHVk)
No Ayatollah Left Behind should be his policy. Chase them to the last lonely bolt hole and kill them like dogs.
.
Or they'll come back, just like you.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 02:02 AM (BI5O2)
Interior BC has some cool people, but I don't think we'd want the coastal regions.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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Yet another issue with Vancouver and environs is the immigrant Chinese population. Canada.has very(!) good relations with China. Much of the support for that position is provided by the "overseas" Chinese in the west. Most of them got to Canada when the UK agreed to turn over Hong Kong to the tender mercies of the CCP. As citizens of a Commonwealth territory, they were allowed to.emigrate to any other Commonwealth country, irrespective over any immigration restrictions the receiving country may have. Seeing the handwriting on the wall, many moved family and fortune to Aus, Z and Canada. You'd think that they would know better, but cultural.ties are strong.
Having them in the US would add... unneeded complexity... to our relationship with Xi etc al.
Posted by: buddha at January 17, 2026 02:05 AM (epPlm)
The small islands of St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix—specifically the “small Gibraltar,” St. Thomas—were considered vital to national security.
The American and Danish officials had reached an agreement to purchase St. Thomas and St. John for $7.5 million in gold coins. A plebiscite on the islands overwhelmingly approved the sale.
But American politics ended the purchasing process. [ ratification was refused]
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[Fast forward to the early twentieth century, ]Germans are on the march, and US Sec State
"made it clear that “the United States would be under the necessity of seizing and annexing [the islands].”
On Aug. 4, 1916, Lansing and Brun signed the treaty, which both sides ratified, and the purchase of the now-U.S. Virgin Islands
... Part of this agreement, however, confirmed Denmark’s rights to Greenland.
there's more to it https://tinyurl.com/5d9hpx87
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 02:10 AM (3UR/I)
No Ayatollah Left Behind should be his policy. Chase them to the last lonely bolt hole and kill them like dogs.
.
Or they'll come back, just like you.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 02:02 AM (BI5O2)
The galaxy is too small to let any ayatollahs survive.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 02:12 AM (snZF9)
__ZH
Posted by: Braenyard
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Wired earphones, right. I mean, if you're concerned about close-in RF, why would you want a Bluetooth (2.4MHz, same freq as your microwave oven) transmitter IN your ear?
Posted by: buddha at January 17, 2026 02:13 AM (epPlm)
Posted by: The Man from Athens at January 17, 2026 02:17 AM (lDkhm)
Would a dungeon soften him up before the hanging?
We should see.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 02:21 AM (3UR/I)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 02:12 AM (snZF9
If your dad got deposed, and you sieze his glorious throne back from his perfidious usurpers, could you bring yourself to spare even one of their scalps?
I know I couldn't.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 02:23 AM (BI5O2)
I know I couldn't.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 02:23 AM (BI5O2)
My father never been there and don't have a throne and I would still burn them down to the last of them.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 02:27 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 02:29 AM (3UR/I)
Posted by: buddha
The difference between "this signal goes 5 yards to a nearby bluetooth thingy" and "this signal goes 5 miles to a nearby cell tower?"
Posted by: mikeski sends magic smoke signals at January 17, 2026 02:32 AM (VHUov)
there's more to it https://tinyurl.com/5d9hpx87
Posted by: Braenyard
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Good info. Thanks
Some.people wonder about Trump's seeming.obsession with Greenland.
Look at what's going on with Diego Garcia. The UK is, over US objections, trying to.turn over the Chagos Islands, including that atoll and its strategic and secret US naval and air bases, to Mauritas, another island group. Which is A) more than a thousand miles away (what kind of territorial claim is that?) and B) very chummy with China.
Posted by: buddha at January 17, 2026 02:36 AM (epPlm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 02:40 AM (8zz6B)
They managed it in Russia and Germany and Japan, but those were longstanding social orders with a large degree of homogeneity.
This is a country with a lot of different religions and cultures that coexisted well once upon a time, but its balance got completely wrecked by Islam.
Everybody would have to side with each other against their fanatical Muslim neighbors, and also forgive their excesses and try to welcome them. It's not likely to happen.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 02:44 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
Who are these neighbors? Iran seems to be pretty ethnically connected. The arab mercenaries aside, I'm not sure there's a set of anti-persian set inside of Iran.
Posted by: Jeans Loop Pickard at January 17, 2026 03:01 AM (mlg/3)
Can't quote, but his thesis was that Iran was more modern and literate that Europe at that time and listed some impressive examples.
There are many refugees who fled Iran and are ready to go back and help their homeland into the 21st century.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 03:06 AM (3UR/I)
Remembering the old ways and, say, having 'dress up' gatherings where the each have something of modernity to share.
The gathering ends; they put on their burkas and turbans when they head for home.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 03:13 AM (3UR/I)
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 03:23 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Tracknar at January 17, 2026 12:51 AM (J6fin)
Not sure I want to have that sort of connection.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 17, 2026 03:31 AM (6Bc88)
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 03:31 AM (Ia/+0)
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Posted by: Danimal28 at January 17, 2026 07:34 AM (mNOhh)
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Posted by: OldManMike at January 17, 2026 11:57 AM (b0ILp)
we've got central euros around here that keep roller pigeons. some kind of genetic mutation makes them do that, often the whole coop in a giant circle at the same time. kinda like fainting goats.
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