Toonces: The Next Generation Cafe

Taking the pet wolf for a walk and howl.

Beautiful Renaissance painting of a chocolate starfish.

Diving in cramped and flooded caves, without air tanks, hits several of my top phobias at once. Now if the diver was also naked and just realized he has to take a crucial high school final exam he didn't even know was on the schedule, it would hit all of them.

😂😂 pic.twitter.com/jfMtV7NFrV
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) January 27, 2026

Dog thinks he’s one of the cats.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/IjRDiwiyoV
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) January 28, 2026

Wait for me.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/eITC82R2QJ
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) January 28, 2026

This kid is my hero.

Future politician. 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/ZKDpPNxMUM
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) January 28, 2026

Posted by: Ace at 07:20 PM

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1 Corgis called.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 28, 2026 07:24 PM (0sNs1)

2 Re: top Pic.

Awwwww.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 28, 2026 07:24 PM (zZu0s)

3 Cave Diving is beyond insane.

You have to be absolutely unhinged to make that your hobby.

Posted by: garrett at January 28, 2026 07:25 PM (ZcsJV)

4 Corgis called

So answer the phone!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 28, 2026 07:25 PM (/HDaX)

5 The dog sitting on the cat tree is adorable.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 28, 2026 07:25 PM (X42T3)

6 2 Re: top Pic.

Awwwww.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 28, 2026 07:24 PM (zZu0s)

x1000 Soooo adorable! I need that smile every day!

Posted by: Iris at January 28, 2026 07:26 PM (bOJ2I)

7 I suwannee, Ace. You better have my back here and posted a Shiba video. 😂

Posted by: Piper at January 28, 2026 07:27 PM (Wmg4n)

8 Maybe the reason to try and buy a house this year is to be able to adopt a dog.

Posted by: XTC at January 28, 2026 07:28 PM (6Uni8)

9 My daughter somehow, someway, just had a bag of microwave baby potatoes catch on fire. Ay yi yi. How? Why? No one is hurt, nothing damaged. It it smells awful.

Posted by: Piper at January 28, 2026 07:31 PM (Wmg4n)

10 What could possibly be so gorgeous or fun in that muddy cave? I say nothing and nope! You know there are snakes in there. Snakes are top of my list of things to avoid at all cost, along with Dimmycrats.

I have phobias but that's not one I have considered. I can add it to my list but it will never happen.

I do have dreams I am late, can't find the correct elevator and I need to in the med center, can't find what I need as a nurse. These are my stress dreams.

Never flying, never nekkid, never late for a class in HS. I have stress nurse dreams. Well, the other day I was reading a lab report for my baby granddaughter that was not good...woke and was relieved it was a dream.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 28, 2026 07:31 PM (WONhk)

11 Now if the diver was also naked and just realized he has to take a crucial high school final exam he didn't even know was on the schedule, it would hit all of them.
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But first he has to open his locker, and he can't remember the combination to save his life.

Posted by: bluebell at January 28, 2026 07:32 PM (79pEw)

12 >>My daughter somehow, someway, just had a bag of microwave baby potatoes catch on fire. Ay yi yi. How?

Those bags usually have a metal clip holding the mesh together, at the bottom.

Posted by: garrett at January 28, 2026 07:32 PM (ZcsJV)

13 Greetings, my excellent friends.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 28, 2026 07:32 PM (zYpTz)

14 My daughter somehow, someway, just had a bag of microwave baby potatoes catch on fire. Ay yi yi. How? Why? No one is hurt, nothing damaged. It it smells awful.
Posted by: Piper at January 28, 2026 07:31 PM (Wmg4n)
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Five days bread and water.

Posted by: Weasel at January 28, 2026 07:32 PM (DJPFk)

15 Caves are scary enough. I wouldn't want to be underwater in a cave.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 28, 2026 07:33 PM (jc0TO)

16 Top pic reminds me of "Trouble With Tribbles".

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at January 28, 2026 07:33 PM (vFG9F)

17 Five days bread and water.
Posted by: Weasel at January 28, 2026 07:32 PM

Cooler!

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 28, 2026 07:33 PM (jc0TO)

18 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 28, 2026 07:35 PM (Ia/+0)

19 >>15 Caves are scary enough. I wouldn't want to be underwater in a cave.

It would only be scarier if the underwater caves were filled with angry Ex-First Wives, eating Dates.

Posted by: garrett at January 28, 2026 07:35 PM (ZcsJV)

20
The equitable distribution of sausages was a laugh riot.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 28, 2026 07:35 PM (xG4kz)

21 Wow. Somebody needs to drive by Walz's house and remind him he's a retard.

"I'd beat the shit out of JD Vance if I could."

Vance was a marine, so you're right. It's probably off the table.

Posted by: Axeman at January 28, 2026 07:35 PM (krQz2)

22 I almost never remember my dreams anymore. But when I do, and they're bad, they are always about being back at work.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 28, 2026 07:35 PM (AlhUl)

23 "Beautiful Renaissance painting of a chocolate starfish."

aka The Sphincter

The gallery patrons are getting punked.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 28, 2026 07:35 PM (gLikB)

24 The "haiku" one is heartbreaking.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 28, 2026 07:36 PM (AlhUl)

25 Adorable puppy photo at top. He looks genuinely joyful.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 28, 2026 07:37 PM (gLikB)

26 Mistakes were made.
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Even before I clicked on the link I suspected one or more cats were involved.

Posted by: Obligatory Highlander reference at January 28, 2026 07:38 PM (ESVrU)

27 >>Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 28, 2026 07:35 PM (xG4kz)

When I was like 7, I saved all of my Meatballs on Spaghetti and Meatball Night. Just leaving them for last...
At the end of the meal I sold them to my Dad for $5.

He never forgot that.

Posted by: garrett at January 28, 2026 07:38 PM (ZcsJV)

28 14 My daughter somehow, someway, just had a bag of microwave baby potatoes catch on fire. Ay yi yi. How? Why? No one is hurt, nothing damaged. It it smells awful.
Posted by: Piper at January 28, 2026 07:31 PM (Wmg4n)
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Five days bread and water.
Posted by: Weasel at January 28, 2026

Well it certainly won’t be potatoes!

Posted by: Piper at January 28, 2026 07:40 PM (Wmg4n)

29 "Cave divers' risky technique to navigate tight passages by removing their tanks."

Awesome. Because diving in muddied water isn't at all disorienting either.

That's not a sport; that's a death wish.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 28, 2026 07:40 PM (gLikB)

30 "Beautiful Renaissance painting of a chocolate starfish."

That's what it looks like to beam down to Uranus.

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at January 28, 2026 07:40 PM (vFG9F)

31 I just wouldn't want a wolf as a pet, never tell when you might be supper

Posted by: Skip at January 28, 2026 07:40 PM (Ia/+0)

32 "Beautiful Renaissance painting of a chocolate starfish."

That's what it looks like to beam down to Uranus.

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at January 28, 2026 07:40 PM (vFG9F)

33 Underwater cave diving is definitely not for the faint of heart.

Even regular spelunking can get pretty dicey.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 28, 2026 07:41 PM (ESVrU)

34 A star fish isn't my first thought

Posted by: Skip at January 28, 2026 07:41 PM (Ia/+0)

35 That is a cute pup up top. And caves=nope. Underwater in a cave is a double, triple nope.

Posted by: turambar at January 28, 2026 07:41 PM (Q0yOR)

36 12 >>My daughter somehow, someway, just had a bag of microwave baby potatoes catch on fire. Ay yi yi. How?

Those bags usually have a metal clip holding the mesh together, at the bottom.
Posted by: garrett at January 28, 2026 07:32 PM (ZcsJV)

Even the ones meant to cook in the microwave? I am thinking she didn’t put the right side up. It’s too cold to open windows. Candles it is!

Posted by: Piper at January 28, 2026 07:42 PM (Wmg4n)

37 31 I just wouldn't want a wolf as a pet, never tell when you might be supper

Posted by: Skip at January 28, 2026 07:40 PM (Ia/+0)

It only takes 2 or 3% dog content to make a wolf somewhat handleable (if you have the personality to make sure it doesn't dominate you).

Posted by: XTC at January 28, 2026 07:42 PM (6Uni8)

38 Whoa! Time warp!

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at January 28, 2026 07:42 PM (vFG9F)

39 My top phobia is being surrounded by a circle of penguins, all facing outboard and leaning away, about to initiate a projectile poop time--on-target assault.

The smell ... the smell.

Posted by: Col. Kurz at January 28, 2026 07:43 PM (0sNs1)

40 Starfish = Pucker Factor 10

Posted by: javems at January 28, 2026 07:44 PM (Njbvu)

41 The Figen: Future politician. pic.twitter.com/ZKDpPNxMUM

Correction: Well-developed Communist

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 28, 2026 07:44 PM (gLikB)

42 Underwater cave diving is definitely not for the faint of heart.

Even regular spelunking can get pretty dicey.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

To say nothing of exploring caves.

What??

Posted by: Tonypete at January 28, 2026 07:44 PM (cYBz/)

43 >>"Beautiful Renaissance painting of a chocolate starfish."

Balloon Knot Above White Ottoman

Posted by: garrett at January 28, 2026 07:45 PM (ZcsJV)

44 I still have occasional nightmares but I'm no longer scared in them. I guess getting older the less you care.

One that aggravates me more is I find myself in a gunfight and my gun has the power of a rubber dart gun.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 28, 2026 07:45 PM (KDPiq)

45 Cooler!
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 28, 2026 07:33 PM (jc0TO)

Eastern front.

Posted by: General Burkhalter at January 28, 2026 07:45 PM (/HDaX)

46 Corgis called

So answer the phone!
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 28, 2026 07:25 PM

They asked if my refrigerator was running.

Posted by: Col. Kurz at January 28, 2026 07:46 PM (0sNs1)

47 It would only be scarier if the underwater caves were filled with angry Ex-First Wives, eating Dates.
Posted by: garrett at January 28, 2026 07:35 PM (ZcsJV)

Jaysus. That's terrifying.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 28, 2026 07:46 PM (zYpTz)

48 Toonces!

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 28, 2026 07:46 PM (jc0TO)

49
Even the ones meant to cook in the microwave? I am thinking she didn’t put the right side up. It’s too cold to open windows. Candles it is!
Posted by: Piper

The mesh bag with all the potatoes would have the metal clip.

The individually wrapped in plastic potatoes would be metal clip free.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 28, 2026 07:46 PM (xG4kz)

50 That chocolate starfish was probably a bright yellow brass at one point before it aged.

Posted by: banana Dream - Funky Hole Patina at January 28, 2026 07:47 PM (3uBP9)

51 11 Now if the diver was also naked and just realized he has to take a crucial high school final exam he didn't even know was on the schedule, it would hit all of them.
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But first he has to open his locker, and he can't remember the combination to save his life.

Posted by: bluebell at January 28, 2026 07:32 PM (79pEw)

And his suitcase in full, he can't find the rest of his clothes and he is late to his flight on the Queen Mary

Posted by: javems at January 28, 2026 07:47 PM (Njbvu)

52 Lots of youtube videos out there of idiots getting stuck in caves, underwater caves and bouncing off of rocks in their wingsuits and going to be with Jesus.

Posted by: Zombie Charles Darwin at January 28, 2026 07:47 PM (R/m4+)

53 Whoa! Time warp!
Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at January 28, 2026 07:42 PM

It's just a jump to the left,

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to The Rocky Horror Picture Show at January 28, 2026 07:48 PM (0sNs1)

54 Corgis called

So answer the phone!
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent

They asked if my refrigerator was running.
Posted by: Col. Kurz

As a yute while goofing off at the bowling alley, we'd call the front desk from the pay phone as ask the young lady there to page "Dr. Harry Paratestes". Since we had a large Greek community in our area, no shenanigans were ever expected.

Hilarity always ensued.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 28, 2026 07:49 PM (cYBz/)

55 For someone Walz age he is acting childish. But he is an idiot so it's to be expected. Great governor y'all got Minnesota.
Hope the Donks run him for President next go around. But by then he will probably be in jail.

Posted by: Case at January 28, 2026 07:50 PM (E7+ue)

56 There was a reef in front of my dive shop in PR. The water was about 25 and the reef topped just a few inches below the surface.

About halfway down the reef there was a small cave between the bottom of the reef and ocean floor. There just enough room to slide along the bottom on your belly and the tank just barely below the bottom of the reef. The cave was only about 10 feet long and it opened in a round "room" big enough for 3 people and it was open to the top of the reef. When the sun hit the room the reef would light up with the sunlight reflecting off the coral. We called it the cathedral.

Cool place.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 28, 2026 07:50 PM (viF8m)

57 21
'Somebody needs to drive by Walz's house and remind him he's a retard.

"I'd beat the shit out of JD Vance if I could."'

But you can't, Tim. Some people get to be Vice President and some people are just retarded weaklings .

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 28, 2026 07:50 PM (fd80v)

58 They are clamoring for a Civil War

Posted by: Skip at January 28, 2026 07:51 PM (Ia/+0)

59 "I'd beat the shit out of JD Vance if I could."

That's an admission of impotence if I've ever heard one.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 28, 2026 07:52 PM (gLikB)

60 If you could quit calling my dad a retard, that'd be great.

Posted by: Tim Walz's daughter at January 28, 2026 07:53 PM (0sNs1)

61 Didn't Walz talk about fighting Vance before? That would be such a pathetic beat down I don't think JD would even do it.

Posted by: fd at January 28, 2026 07:53 PM (vFG9F)

62 I used to have naked dreams but stopped when I turned old and wrinkly. I guess my brain no longer deamed it a sufficient source of nightmare anxiety. But I used to have them all the time. Like, I'm at work and suddently notice I'm naked and I'm so embarrased and here's someone coming by to talk about my work and I'm trying to hold a report folder over my naughty bits hoping they don't notice I'm completely naked. And they don't seem to notice and I'm thinking, ok, maybe I can hold out until the end of the day naked and no one will find out.

Posted by: banana Dream - Funky Hole Patina at January 28, 2026 07:53 PM (3uBP9)

63 >> "I'd beat the shit out of JD Vance if I could."

I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt that this is a misquote.

He most definitely mean 'eat', rather than 'beat'.

Posted by: garrett at January 28, 2026 07:54 PM (ZcsJV)

64 If you could quit calling my dad a retard, that'd be great.
Posted by: Tim Walz's daughter at January 28, 2026 07:53 PM (0sNs1)
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Facts are facts, young lady.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 28, 2026 07:54 PM (ESVrU)

65 They are clamoring for a Civil War
Posted by: Skip at January 28, 2026 07:51 PM (Ia/+0)

Mooch and Mme. Macron should have a Clam War. Civilly, of course.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 07:54 PM (8zz6B)

66 Future politician. 😂😂

He didn't keep any of that wealth transfer for himself? Fail! Go back to the Learing Center, kid!

Posted by: t-bird at January 28, 2026 07:54 PM (rsGFG)

67 33
'Even regular spelunking can get pretty dicey.'

What's the appeal? To me it looks like an event in the claustrophobia Olympics.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 28, 2026 07:54 PM (fd80v)

68 >>>Furpile.

That needed a spoiler alert.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 28, 2026 07:54 PM (syz1S)

69
"I'd beat the shit out of JD Vance if I could."'

I call that bold talk for an Insurrection Sergeant Major

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 28, 2026 07:54 PM (xG4kz)

70 As a doctor of psychiatry, I have had ample opportunity to study the phenomenon known as Sphenisciphobia: the excessive fear of, or aversion to, the harmless, flightless birds better known as penguins. Based on my extensive research, it is clear that this phobia usually stems from poor potty training, which explains why it is also often found in conjunction with a parallel neurosis, Chiropteraphilia, an excessive fondness for bats arising out of an unhealthy admiration for their tendency to wantonly scatter their feces, or guano, with complete abandon. I have compiled substantial empirical evidence in support of this view, much of which appears in the Fall edition of the scholarly quarterly journal, Penguin Antipathies: Common Origins, under the title “Penguin Poop: Does Anybody Really Give A S**t?”.

"Col. Kurz", indeed!

Posted by: Dr. P.A. Crooke-Overton at January 28, 2026 07:55 PM (2L+MU)

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 28, 2026 07:55 PM (jc0TO)

72 "I'd beat the shit out of JD Vance if I could."

That's an admission of impotence if I've ever heard one.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 28, 2026 07:52 PM

Impotence? According to the Democrat Party, I am the pillar of Modern Masculinity, along with Mr. Emhoff and Mr. Hogg!

Posted by: Tim Walz at January 28, 2026 07:55 PM (0sNs1)

73 I would beat Mario Andretti in the Indianapolis 500 if I could.

Posted by: fd at January 28, 2026 07:55 PM (vFG9F)

74 I'd beat my meat if I could find it.

Posted by: JB Pritzker at January 28, 2026 07:57 PM (83+LM)

75 Someone at Bulwark or somewhere was saying that Minneapolis was like Gettysburg, and I was thinking yeah I could go with that if you think about Tim Walz as a pathetic prancing Jazz Hands Robert E. Lee.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 28, 2026 07:57 PM (uL2gq)

76 If Walz keeps pushing his shit it ain't going to be about fist fighting. And we already know he's a coward who abandoned his unit when they were going to a combat zone.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 28, 2026 07:58 PM (KDPiq)

77 72 "I'd beat the shit out of JD Vance if I could."

That's an admission of impotence if I've ever heard one.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 28, 2026 07:52 PM

Impotence? According to the Democrat Party, I am the pillar of Modern Masculinity, along with Mr. Emhoff and Mr. Hogg!
Posted by: Tim Walz at January 28, 2026

If the dems were smart, instead of Mr. Guy, they would have turned Walz into everyone’s dad.

Posted by: Piper at January 28, 2026 07:59 PM (Wmg4n)

78 >>>We're looking for a name for this amazing Renaissance painting. What would you call it?

one of the comments:
Pre-bidet

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 28, 2026 07:59 PM (syz1S)

79 Someone at Bulwark or somewhere was saying that Minneapolis was like Gettysburg, and I was thinking yeah I could go with that if you think about Tim Walz as a pathetic prancing Jazz Hands Robert E. Lee.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 28, 2026 07:57 PM

It could be the Democrats last throw of the dice to keep their slaves so, analogy:

[X] Apt
[_] Other than Apt

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 28, 2026 08:00 PM (jc0TO)

80 73 I would beat Mario Andretti in the Indianapolis 500 if I could.
Posted by: fd

You might. With the exception of 1969, Mario and the rest of the Andretti's are famously snake bit at Indy.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 28, 2026 08:01 PM (sAmhv)

81 I really like my cats butI will not let them drive.

Posted by: Eromero at January 28, 2026 08:01 PM (LHPAg)

82 >>Someone at Bulwark or somewhere was saying that Minneapolis was like Gettysburg

Democrats fighting to keep their Slaves...

I can see that.

Posted by: garrett at January 28, 2026 08:01 PM (ZcsJV)

83 jinx

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 28, 2026 08:02 PM (jc0TO)

84 I know it looks pitiful for grown men to talk shit. When you get older you just do , no talk. But in this case I would like to see Vance respond
'Bring it retard'

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 28, 2026 08:02 PM (KDPiq)

85 There is no sane person on the planet that prefers penguin poop to bat guano. There is no market at all for penguin excrement, whereas bat guano is considered in many places to be a valuable renewable natural resource. Just go try to buy some penguin poop. You can't, because no one will touch the stuff.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 28, 2026 08:03 PM (vFG9F)

86 At an island lots of stray cats and dogs around

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 28, 2026 08:04 PM (YHqnU)

87 If the dems were smart, instead of Mr. Guy, they would have turned Walz into everyone’s dad.
Posted by: Piper

Nobody ain't calling Walz "daddy" in prison.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 28, 2026 08:05 PM (gKWVE)

88 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 08:05 PM (77rzZ)

89 If the dems were smart, instead of Mr. Guy, they would have turned Walz into everyone’s dad.
Posted by: Piper

Nobody ain't calling Walz "daddy" in prison.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 28, 2026 08:05 PM (gKWVE)
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Though he might have to answer the question, "Who's your daddy?"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 28, 2026 08:07 PM (ESVrU)

90 >>>Diving in cramped and flooded caves, without air tanks, hits several of my top phobias at once.

He's not actually without the airtank. He removes it from his back since he won't fit with it on, but he still takes it with him. If you watch the very start of the video, you can see the tank by his side. I'm betting he is still breathing from it, but you can't see that one way or another.

Still, I'd be worried about getting stuck in a place I couldn't back out of. The risk would make it a hard no from me.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 28, 2026 08:07 PM (syz1S)

91 Now they are trying to gaslight you with a poll that alleges say 59% believe ICE is being too aggressive.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 28, 2026 08:08 PM (KDPiq)

92 Way past my bedtime
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 28, 2026 08:08 PM (Ia/+0)

93 If the dems were smart, instead of Mr. Guy, they would have turned Walz into everyone’s dad.
Posted by: Piper at January 28, 2026 07:59 PM

True. It's instructive, however, that they felt they needed to compete in the BDE arena, first with those drawings of 'muscle' Biden and his aviators, then with Dark Brandon, and finally with the 'modern masculinity' hogswallop.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 28, 2026 08:08 PM (0sNs1)

94 I know it looks pitiful for grown men to talk shit. When you get older you just do , no talk. But in this case I would like to see Vance respond
'Bring it retard'

It would be best if JD just told Walz: "Why don't we have a friendly sparring match under controlled conditions. The loser has to donate his annual salary to a charity of the other fellow's choice, and resign from office and never run again. Deal?"

Posted by: Archimedes at January 28, 2026 08:08 PM (Riz8t)

95 If penguins are so great, how come you can't buy their poop on Amazon? Hmmm?

Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 28, 2026 08:08 PM (vFG9F)

96 Non representational, so doubtful Renaissance.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 28, 2026 08:08 PM (zZu0s)

97 Just go try to buy some penguin poop. You can't, because no one will touch the stuff.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 28, 2026 08:03 PM (vFG9F)
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The only way to get it is through an Antarctic underwater cave-diving expedition.

No one is that crazy or desperate.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 28, 2026 08:09 PM (ESVrU)

98 Hmmm, Vance has like 20 years on Timmy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 28, 2026 08:09 PM (zZu0s)

99 I had four cats growing up.

Midnight got run over by my mom at three months old, on the first day of third grade.

Toonces and Faster came at the same time, and Toonces ran away and Faster drank antifreeze afterwards. They were both three months old.

Mittens, the first cat *I* got to name, lived to be eighteen years old... before my mom ran her over.

Posted by: pookysgirl has forgiven her mom... kinda at January 28, 2026 08:10 PM (Wt5PA)

100 85 There is no sane person on the planet that prefers penguin poop to bat guano. There is no market at all for penguin excrement, whereas bat guano is considered in many places to be a valuable renewable natural resource. Just go try to buy some penguin poop. You can't, because no one will touch the stuff. - Penguin Facts

Interesting. The obsession with the relative merits of the excrement of different animals is something which we shall have to delve into at your next appointment. Unfortunately, our time is up, right now. The receptionist will book you for next week - sometime early next week, I would strongly recommend.

Posted by: Dr. P.A. Crooke-Overton at January 28, 2026 08:11 PM (2L+MU)

101 Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 28, 2026 08:03 PM

As always, Penguin Facts brings the truth that the Big Penguin-influenced MSM won't report.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 28, 2026 08:11 PM (0sNs1)

102 I had a dream where I found myself in prison . It was unsettling but found myself trying to figure out how I was going to best survive.

I need to stop watching Lockup Raw.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 28, 2026 08:12 PM (KDPiq)

103 98 Hmmm, Vance has like 20 years on Timmy.

That's Walz's problem. He's the one talking smack.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 28, 2026 08:12 PM (Riz8t)

104 Vance was a marine, so you're right. It's probably off the table.
Posted by: Axeman at January 28, 2026 07:35 PM (krQz2)

There is no “was a Marine”.

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 28, 2026 08:13 PM (+VCCp)

105 95 If penguins are so great, how come you can't buy their poop on Amazon? Hmmm?
Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 28, 2026 08:08 PM (vFG9F)

You Pittsburgh fans are pretty loyal.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 28, 2026 08:14 PM (br2D8)

106 There is no “was a Marine”.
Posted by: Cow Demon at January 28, 2026 08:13 PM

And we appreciate that!

Posted by: Crayola at January 28, 2026 08:14 PM (0sNs1)

107 Put a bunch of crayons in Walz's helmet and it's over.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 28, 2026 08:14 PM (zZu0s)

108 had a bag of microwave baby potatoes catch on fire. Ay yi yi. How?
——

Never mind how, why?

Posted by: Ick at January 28, 2026 08:15 PM (hF3wE)

109 Rise of the Trans Cat.

I tried to warn you guys SMH but you didn't listen

"Trask Actual this is Fen, Sit Rep over"

skkkkkktttttch

"Fen this is Trask Actual, send it"

"Launch all Sentinels, I say again, launch all Sentinels"

...if only.. you had just ...listened

Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 08:16 PM (ciYHQ)

110 My daughter somehow, someway, just had a bag of microwave baby potatoes catch on fire. Ay yi yi. How? Why? No one is hurt, nothing damaged. It it smells awful.
Posted by: Piper at January 28, 2026 07:31 PM (Wmg4n)

There is something about cutting grapes in half and putting them side by side, touching, on a plate in the microwave that causes plasma. I think the grapes are vaguely microwave wave size and cause a discharge. (this was a highly technical discussion of complex electromagnetic phenomenon so please bear with me)

This might be what happened, your daughter created a plasma pocket that ignited the bag.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 28, 2026 08:18 PM (rbvCR)

111 I had four cats growing up.

Midnight got run over by my mom at three months old, on the first day of third grade.

Toonces and Faster came at the same time, and Toonces ran away and Faster drank antifreeze afterwards. They were both three months old.

Mittens, the first cat *I* got to name, lived to be eighteen years old... before my mom ran her over.
Posted by: pookysgirl has forgiven her mom... kinda at January 28, 2026 08:10 PM (Wt5PA)
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That might be the most depressing thing I've read all day.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 28, 2026 08:23 PM (ESVrU)

112 If you could quit calling my dad a retard, that'd be great.
Posted by: Tim Walz's daughter at January 28, 2026 07:53 PM (0sNs1)

It sounds more real when you say, "kwit cawwing mah dah a weetawd" you know

Posted by: Kindltot at January 28, 2026 08:23 PM (rbvCR)

113 I really like my cats butI will not let them drive.
Posted by: Eromero at January 28, 2026 08:01 PM (LHPAg)

But . . . But, Toonces?

Posted by: Kindltot at January 28, 2026 08:25 PM (rbvCR)

114 Was that, indeed, the plan? To make Walz "everybody's dad"? He looks and acts more like "everyone's creepy guy down at the Circle K hanging around the bathrooms with a bag of candy trying to get children to help him look for a lost dog".

Posted by: Paco at January 28, 2026 08:25 PM (2L+MU)

115 Posted by: pookysgirl has forgiven her mom... kinda at January 28, 2026 08:10 PM (Wt5PA)

We're going to have to take away your mom's DL.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 28, 2026 08:26 PM (KDPiq)

116 Midnight got run over by my mom at three months old, on the first day of third grade.
. . .
Posted by: pookysgirl

How tragic!! Most cats don't make it out of kittygarten.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 28, 2026 08:27 PM (cYBz/)

117 I'd beat the shit out of JD Vance if I could.

https://tinyurl.com/5bnbcbas

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 08:28 PM (ExV1e)

118 Posted by: pookysgirl has forgiven her mom... kinda at January 28, 2026 08:10 PM (Wt5PA)

Dear God.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 28, 2026 08:28 PM (zZu0s)

119 We're going to have to take away your mom's DL.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 28, 2026 08:26 PM (KDPiq)

I am starting to wonder if her mom hated the cats.

'Ran away'. Sure.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 28, 2026 08:29 PM (zZu0s)

120 It's mostly people of low IQ that hate penguins. It's true. Have you ever seen a Somali and a penguin together? No, never.

Posted by: It's Because Of Inbreeding, I Think at January 28, 2026 08:30 PM (oftw2)

121 'Ran away'. Sure.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 28, 2026 08:29 PM

Maybe they went to the farm with Spot.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 28, 2026 08:30 PM (jc0TO)

122 >>> 112 If you could quit calling my dad a retard, that'd be great.
Posted by: Tim Walz's daughter at January 28, 2026 07:53 PM (0sNs1)

It sounds more real when you say, "kwit cawwing mah dah a weetawd" you know
Posted by: Kindltot at January 28, 2026 08:23 PM (rbvCR)

If I won the lottery I would have banner-towing airplanes circling every day, as long as there was daylight, until the RETARD!!! surrendered to OrangeManBad or made a run for CHYna.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 28, 2026 08:34 PM (ULPxl)

123 Posted by: pookysgirl has forgiven her mom... kinda at January 28, 2026 08:10 PM (Wt5PA)
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That might be the most depressing thing I've read all day.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 28, 2026 08:23 PM (ESVrU)

Oh my gosh yes! (((((Big Hug)))) for the trauma.

Posted by: Iris at January 28, 2026 08:36 PM (bOJ2I)

124
The car has been loaded and The Big Dummy has gotten a bath.

A good day's work? Not done, oh no. Her Majesty wanted to trim everyone else's nails before she sets off tomorrow. OK, spend about 30 minutes doing that? Fine.

Oh, no. It also meant grooming all the kennel dogs. That 30 minute job stretched out to 2+ hours of hard work. I hurt all over.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2026 08:36 PM (tgvbd)

125 Vance was a marine, so you're right. It's probably off the table.
Posted by: Axeman at January 28, 2026 07:35 PM (krQz2)

There is no “was a Marine”.
Posted by: Cow Demon

1) yes, Marine is always capitalized

2) Once A Marine Always A Marine?
Marines from the 70s say Ex-Marine is fine
Marines from 90s (me) say Former Marine is standard, Ex-Marine = prob a poser
Marines from 2020s say Always A Marine means Marine, Former or Ex-Marine = prob a poser

I don't know who decides, I think it's a veteran org, but they aren't telling us when they change it. So now, civilians who think they are doing us a favor by policing Stolen Valor are accidentally accusing honorable Marines of Stolen Valor based on something they read on the internet.

Please stop doing this. It REALLY sucks. The stigma associated with stolen valor is almost as reprehensible to us as the stigma associated with child molestation. Stolen Valor shitbirds are separated from gen pop in prison so they won't be murdered. It's happened to me, fcked up my mental health to the point I've had to put myself in therapy as a precaution to prevent myself from wiping the perp's entire family off the face of the earth.

Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 08:39 PM (ciYHQ)

126 A microcosm of Tim Walz's idiocy:

He made a point to complain to the media that people were driving up to his house and calling him a retard. He, obviously, did it to gain sympathy while casting negativity on his opposition.

Here's the thing. You can't get anywhere near the Governor's Mansion in Minnesota. There is a giant yard surrounding the house. Then there is an iron fence. Then, there is a non-access area beyond the fence the size of a large parking lot. No thruways give access anywhere close to the residence.

NO ONE drove up to the Governor's Mansion and called him a retard. BUT, by making up the story he created a hilarious and sticking Colloquialism directly associated with him. At the same time he emboldened a cowed public into using the word "retard" on a regular basis once again.

Thank's, Tim. The gift that keeps on giving.

Posted by: Orson at January 28, 2026 08:41 PM (dIske)

127 Speaking of poop, my dog just did the thing where she goes up to the front door and just growls. Ok, not going to open that door for a while. Then she hops up and slams the I gotta poop bell. So, with the training if the dog rings the bell you gotta take the dog out. So I take the dog out, ready for anything and turns out, she just needed to poop. Angry poop I guess.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 28, 2026 08:41 PM (X919G)

128 I hurt all over.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Tequila or bourbon.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 28, 2026 08:42 PM (qo38o)

129
This was interesting. A team of astronomers turned AI loose on a big dataset of 100 million Hubble images. The mission was to find anything really weird, anything strange. It found about 1300 objects. 800 of them hadn't been noticed at all.

Of those, several dozen are totally unknown, some objects they have no idea what the hell they are.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 28, 2026 08:43 PM (w6EFb)

130 If you MUST go after a suspected poser, at least get a veteran to advise you. And be careful, the last thing you want to do us wrongly accuse an innocent veteran that tgd Stolen Valor law js meant to protect.

If you plan to be casual with the Honor of Marine, you better be sleeping in Kevlar

Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 08:44 PM (ciYHQ)

131
Hi, everyone. What's for dinner? I'm starving.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 28, 2026 08:44 PM (Pno9/)

132 I had to inform a neighbor that she ran over her cat in the driveway. I watched the whole thing and had to flag her down in the road.

Bad scene.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 28, 2026 08:44 PM (P+WAR)

133 Oh, no. It also meant grooming all the kennel dogs. That 30 minute job stretched out to 2+ hours of hard work. I hurt all over.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2026 08:36 PM (tgvbd)
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Extra kibble for you tonight!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 28, 2026 08:45 PM (RIvkX)

134 For someone Walz age he is acting childish. But he is an idiot so it's to be expected. Great governor y'all got Minnesota.
Posted by: Case at January

A former governor of Minnesomalia, Jesse 'The Body' Ventura, on a podcast said that Minnesomalia should succeed and join Canada. No shit.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 28, 2026 08:46 PM (cxFcK)

135 127 Speaking of poop, my dog just did the thing where she goes up to the front door and just growls. Ok, not going to open that door for a while. Then she hops up and slams the I gotta poop bell. So, with the training if the dog rings the bell you gotta take the dog out. So I take the dog out, ready for anything and turns out, she just needed to poop. Angry poop I guess. -banana Dream

Sounds like irritable bowl syndrome.

Posted by: Paco at January 28, 2026 08:46 PM (2L+MU)

136 Bad scene.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 28, 2026 08:44 PM (P+WAR)
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Awful, so sorry.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 28, 2026 08:46 PM (RIvkX)

137
Walz, Ventura, Franken, Omar. What is it with Minnesota?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2026 08:48 PM (tgvbd)

138
Ah, great, good change of a snow again here in the Carolinas on Saturday. All likely will have the coldest temps so far this season. Models are painting single digits for the morning of Feb 1, but the official forecasts aren't taking it that low yet.

My low here Tuesday morning was 9.1F.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 28, 2026 08:50 PM (w6EFb)

139 There are a certain cadre of people who don’t really feel alive unless death is on the line.

Free Solo is a good illustration of that.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 28, 2026 08:51 PM (XV/Pl)

140 Walz, Ventura, Franken, Omar. What is it with Minnesota?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Parade of assholes. Similar to NY, CA, IL...

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 28, 2026 08:52 PM (P+WAR)

141
The Euroweenie model has the freeze line going all the way down Lake Okeechobee that Sunday morning.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 28, 2026 08:53 PM (w6EFb)

142 Minnesomalia should succeed and join Canada.

Maybe they should succeed in bringing this one to trial instead.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 28, 2026 08:54 PM (zdLoL)

143 I don't want to make you guys jealous, but I finally had a chance to have the chimney guy out to fix things that only about 10 lightning strikes over time can damage.

Fully operational , as is my highly illegal wood/coal burning stove. The cat and Black Lab have not moved from that spot in four hours.

-10 F tonight, so timing is key.

Posted by: Orson at January 28, 2026 08:55 PM (dIske)

144 I'm in Montana- weatherman says 50 and sunny tomorrow. Low 50's for the next few days

Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at January 28, 2026 08:56 PM (iNp3L)

145 138 Ah, great, good change of a snow again here in the Carolinas on Saturday. All likely will have the coldest temps so far this season. Models are painting single digits for the morning of Feb 1, but the official forecasts aren't taking it that low yet.

My low here Tuesday morning was 9.1F. - publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Here in Brunswick County (just south of Wilmington) we're looking for temps in the teens overnight this Saturday and Sunday, with a chance of snow. I mean, for cryin' out loud, I thought I was safe moving to someplace with palm trees when I retired. Guess I should have just kept heading south.

Posted by: Paco at January 28, 2026 08:58 PM (2L+MU)

146 144 I'm in Montana- weatherman says 50 and sunny tomorrow. Low 50's for the next few days
Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at January 28, 2026 08:56 PM (iNp3L)

__________________________

I'm starting to wonder if we should be concerned about moving polar caps. The wrong areas seem to be getting the most cold. High temp here for the next 3 days is projected to be 14 F. That's the high.

Posted by: Orson at January 28, 2026 08:59 PM (dIske)

147
Midnight got run over by my mom at three months old, on the first day of third grade.

Toonces and Faster came at the same time, and Toonces ran away and Faster drank antifreeze afterwards. They were both three months old.

Mittens, the first cat *I* got to name, lived to be eighteen years old... before my mom ran her over.
Posted by: pookysgirl has forgiven her mom... kinda at January 28, 2026 08:10 PM (Wt5PA)

How was your mom at building castles in a swamp?

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 28, 2026 09:00 PM (nbLIj)

148 polar rotational caps don't move. magnetic caps move

Posted by: gKWVE at January 28, 2026 09:01 PM (gKWVE)

149 A former governor of Minnesomalia, Jesse 'The Body' Ventura, on a podcast said that Minnesomalia should succeed and join Canada. No shit.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 28, 2026 08:46 PM (cxFcK)

I would not regard that as a "success".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 09:01 PM (8zz6B)

150 >> Here in Brunswick County (just south of Wilmington) we're looking for temps in the teens overnight this Saturday and Sunday, with a chance of snow

According the models, you guys are going to get maybe 6" - 8", the brunt of the snowfall this weekend.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 28, 2026 09:02 PM (w6EFb)

151 polar rotational caps don't move. magnetic caps move

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The things you learn in this place!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 28, 2026 09:03 PM (nWPIJ)

152
Toonces and Faster came at the same time, and Toonces ran away and Faster drank antifreeze afterwards. They were both three months old.

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They probably heard the first one got run over by the car.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 28, 2026 09:05 PM (nWPIJ)

153
Here in Wyoming it's supposed to be in the 50's.

Grilling weather.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 28, 2026 09:05 PM (3ek7K)

154 Holy shit

Y’all are talking about kitties getting run over by cars driven by moms?

wtf

Out.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 28, 2026 09:08 PM (IhIKR)

155 Y’all are talking about kitties getting run over by cars driven by moms?

wtf

Out.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 28, 2026 09:08 PM (IhIKR)

And the kitten was being so helpful, too. Standing up, and using tiny flags to direct Momma into the parallel parking spot.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 09:10 PM (8zz6B)

156 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCg5o4eoeIA

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 28, 2026 09:11 PM (jrgJz)

157 Never give a cat access to your vehicle unless you have an infestation of mice chewing up the wiring and upholstery.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 28, 2026 09:13 PM (oT7pT)

158
I was just watching some clips of the local TV weather guys down in central Florida. They're going crazy. Hard freeze likely, and even a small chance of some snow flurries. That's really getting them excited.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 28, 2026 09:13 PM (w6EFb)

159 I was just watching some clips of the local TV weather guys down in central Florida. They're going crazy. Hard freeze likely, and even a small chance of some snow flurries. That's really getting them excited.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 28, 2026 09:13 PM (w6EFb)

Going to be pretty tough sledding, though, what with the lack of hills.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 09:16 PM (8zz6B)

160 The temp here has gotten up to a couple degrees above zero.

After an extended period of 20 below, it feels like spring.

Posted by: davidt at January 28, 2026 09:17 PM (Q+gd/)

161 148 polar rotational caps don't move. magnetic caps move
Posted by: gKWVE at January 28, 2026 09:01 PM (gKWVE)

________________________

I believe you. I know so little about the topic, that I'd wonder if the polar cap has a Red Sox or a Yankee's insignia on it. My AI insists that the polar caps AND the magnetic caps move constantly. It claims the North Pole cap is drifting towards Europe due to Climate Change (which already makes me suspect of the AI). While the magnetic pole is drifting from Canada towards Siberia.

Posted by: Orson at January 28, 2026 09:18 PM (dIske)

162 I was just watching some clips of the local TV weather guys down in central Florida. They're going crazy. Hard freeze likely, and even a small chance of some snow flurries. That's really getting them excited.
Posted by: publius
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Was just over at the NWS site. Looks like we are in for serious winter weather this week.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2026 09:19 PM (XeU6L)

163 I'm starting to wonder if we should be concerned about moving polar caps. The wrong areas seem to be getting the most cold.
Posted by: Orson

This is why the Climate Change scam is so evil (aside from the 3rd world dying because they've been starved of energy)

In the event of a catastrophe, not only will most disregard legit warnings as another Cry Wolf, climate science is so perverted that it's worse than nothing.

I remember on the Rifle Range the guys that had the hardest time qualifying were ironically the hunters. Because they had learned to shoot "wrong". They had to unlearn all the bad muscle memory before they could even begin to shoot "right"

That's where we are now with climate science. We have to denormalize all the fake science before we can even solve a climate catastrophe

Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 09:19 PM (ciYHQ)

164 Breitbart News
@BreitbartNews
Actress Molly Ringwald warns Trump supporters that they'll be found guilty of treason once he leaves office
“That is what’s going to happen. You should not support what is going on... You are going to be seen as a collaborationist.”

-
She used to be somebody 40 years ago.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 28, 2026 09:20 PM (L/fGl)

165 That little kid is already a friggin' democrat.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 28, 2026 09:21 PM (2WIwB)

166 It's really hard to lose a pet. No matter if it's a goldfish or a horse. It's yours and you are going to miss it. I feel sorry for anyone who has gone through it.

Posted by: Case at January 28, 2026 09:22 PM (E7+ue)

167
Going to be pretty tough sledding, though, what with the lack of hills.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Holly Hill, FL
Elevation ~10 ft.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2026 09:22 PM (XeU6L)

168 Oh, and it looks like when we get dealt a climate problem, the test will be timed. Yay.

Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 09:23 PM (ciYHQ)

169 Collaborationist. Whoa. Didn't know that was a word.

Hollyweird idiot doesn't know "collaborator"?

Dumb bint.

Posted by: JQ at January 28, 2026 09:24 PM (rdVOm)

170 She used to be somebody 40 years ago.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 28, 2026 09:20 PM (L/fGl)

Aero Trump is going to have one Hell of a backlog.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 09:25 PM (8zz6B)

171 Going to be pretty tough sledding, though, what with the lack of hills.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Holly Hill, FL
Elevation ~10 ft.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2026 09:22 PM (XeU6L)
_________________________

My concern if I lived in certain parts of Florida would be when it warms up. The alligators are going to be cranky.

Posted by: Orson at January 28, 2026 09:25 PM (dIske)

172 Tulsi G is in Fulton County.

Posted by: Piper at January 28, 2026 09:26 PM (Wmg4n)

173 Holly Hill, FL
Elevation ~10 ft.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2026 09:22 PM (XeU6L)

But all the kids in Florida will have to share it. They will wear the snow right out.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 09:27 PM (8zz6B)

174 My concern if I lived in certain parts of Florida would be when it warms up. The alligators are going to be cranky.
Posted by: Orson at January 28, 2026 09:25 PM (dIske)

Alligators are always cranky. Of course, momma says that alligators are ornery because they have all those teeth and no toothbrush.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 09:27 PM (ExV1e)

175 This was interesting. A team of astronomers turned AI loose on a big dataset of 100 million Hubble images. The mission was to find anything really weird, anything strange. It found about 1300 objects. 800 of them hadn't been noticed at all.

Of those, several dozen are totally unknown, some objects they have no idea what the hell they are.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

This is what AI (as currently conceived) seems best at - finding patterns and replicating them, or finding out what does not fit the pattern.

We can call this capability
"Burn the Witch"

Feed AI all data on everyone in the US the tell it to
"Burn the Witch"

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 28, 2026 09:27 PM (/lPRQ)

176 So I just watched an Olive Garden ad where they claim they are bringing back fan favorites.
Huh...
If they were favorites, why did you dumbshits take them away?

Posted by: Diogenes at January 28, 2026 09:27 PM (2WIwB)

177
Tropical Tidbits has all the model runs here:
https://is.gd/4CNnNj

Look at GFS vs ECMWF(Euroweenie). Clicky-clack on the buttons for the different variables. Tons of stuff there.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 28, 2026 09:27 PM (w6EFb)

178 Tulsi G is in Fulton County.
Posted by: Piper at January 28, 2026 09:26 PM (Wmg4n)

Sounds like a country song.

Posted by: The Really Old Guy From The Wedding Singer at January 28, 2026 09:28 PM (0aYVJ)

179 "Actress Molly Ringwald warns Trump supporters that they'll be found guilty of treason once he leaves office"

So you're saying Trump shouldn't leave office?

I'm fine with that. The Left hasn't respected the outcome of his last two elections, and they've tried to sabotage his two terms. Those terms shouldn't count towards his total. We'll just keep electing him until the Left accepts the results.

Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 09:28 PM (ciYHQ)

180 Alligators are always cranky. Of course, momma says that alligators are ornery because they have all those teeth and no toothbrush.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 09:27 PM (ExV1e)

They could floss with Somalians.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 09:29 PM (8zz6B)

181
Yeah, they'll have to really stretch those flurry flakes out.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 28, 2026 09:29 PM (w6EFb)

182 I've done a lot of things, but you won't see me diving in caves.
I will not draw my last breath thinking, "How could I be stupid enough to get myself stuck in a hole?:

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 28, 2026 09:31 PM (hEUiL)

183 180 Alligators are always cranky. Of course, momma says that alligators are ornery because they have all those teeth and no toothbrush.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 09:27 PM (ExV1e)

They could floss with Somalians.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 09:29 PM (8zz6B)
__________________________________

Had to go to Tampa for work, and decided to take my lunch out to the picnic tables they had around this giant pond. No one briefed me on what might be in that innocuous looking man-made pond until grounds guy saw me and asked me if I had a death wish. Which I misinterpreted for a personal threat. Then he pointed to the pond and just said, "Big one in there. Saw it last week."

I went back inside to eat.

Posted by: Orson at January 28, 2026 09:32 PM (dIske)

184 I read somewhere that if a president is impeached and NOT found guilty, then his term is as if it never happened and he is eligible for two more terms. Hmmm

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 28, 2026 09:33 PM (cxFcK)

185 @BreitbartNews
Actress Molly Ringwald warns Trump supporters that they'll be found guilty of treason once he leaves office
“That is what’s going to happen. You should not support what is going on... You are going to be seen as a collaborationist.”

Jeez. Hollywood just STFU. None you or any other democrat gives a Tinker's Damn about the illegals. You're just a bunch of foolish dupes for the Marxists. Piss off.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 28, 2026 09:33 PM (2WIwB)

186
There was a big arctic blast in Feb of 1899. Florida set its all-time record low of -2F in Tallahassee. They got some decent snow, and there's a photo of a snowball fight on the steps of the capitol there.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 28, 2026 09:33 PM (w6EFb)

187 A former governor of Minnesomalia, Jesse 'The Body' Ventura, on a podcast said that Minnesomalia should succeed and join Canada. No shit.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly

He's certain he will be in charge of the gulags and not in them.
And he is right.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 28, 2026 09:34 PM (/lPRQ)

188 Feed AI all data on everyone in the US the tell it to
"Burn the Witch"
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Really? Nothing else was available to teach AI?

Because Salem wasn't bad enough?

What happened to that guy who says:
GET OFF
THE NUCLEAR
WARHEAD

Could we maybe hire him back?

Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 09:34 PM (ciYHQ)

189 There are a certain cadre of people who don’t really feel alive unless death is on the line.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 28, 2026 08:51 PM

Send them to us, please,

Posted by: Sicilians at January 28, 2026 09:34 PM (0sNs1)

190 172 Tulsi G is in Fulton County.
Posted by: Piper at January 28, 2026 09:26 PM (Wmg4n)

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Oh my. That certainly has connotations. DNI Director on a presumed vote fraud matter suggests non-domestic involvement. And, perhaps previously issued FISA warrants in advance of the FBI's warrant.

Posted by: Orson at January 28, 2026 09:36 PM (dIske)

191
Hollywood just STFU. None you or any other democrat gives a Tinker's Damn about the illegals. You're just a bunch of foolish dupes for the Marxists. Piss off.
Posted by: Diogenes

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EXCEPT Mel Gibson, who's thinking of running for governor.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 28, 2026 09:36 PM (Pno9/)

192 I read somewhere that if a president is impeached and NOT found guilty, then his term is as if it never happened and he is eligible for two more terms. Hmmm
Posted by: Blutarski

Yeah. I think those prefer to be called TransTerms

They IDENTIFY as terms but don't really count

Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 09:36 PM (ciYHQ)

193 Some whacked out hollywood bitch sez I’m gonna get arrested? Bring it on bitch. Let’s get this party started

Posted by: Common Tater at January 28, 2026 09:38 PM (B0ATO)

194
Damn, the latest GFS model run is out, and it has the freeze line pushing toward Miami. Temp of 33F in Miami!

It's interesting. The freeze line doesn't want to get over Lake Okeechobee, so it just sort oozes around it, pushing down from the sides. This latest GFS does have the freeze line crossing a tiny bit over the lake from the NW side.

The latest GFS has that line pushing down into Broward country, 31F for the western half, with the 31F hitting the top of Miami-Dade.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 28, 2026 09:39 PM (w6EFb)

195 Electoral fraud. Election fraud. Somebody was pointing that out today, been a peeve of mine for a while too. Stop calling it “voter fraud”.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 28, 2026 09:40 PM (B0ATO)

196 I've done a lot of things, but you won't see me diving in caves.
Posted by: JM in Illinois

Probably the most dangerous thing in the world.
I get the cringes just thinking about it.

Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 09:40 PM (ciYHQ)

197 Silver spot at $118.53 per oz that means a circulated and average conedition pre 1965 dime has $8.46 worth of Silver in it.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 28, 2026 09:41 PM (Da7Vv)

198 I was just watching some clips of the local TV weather guys down in central Florida. They're going crazy. Hard freeze likely, and even a small chance of some snow flurries. That's really getting them excited.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Last time that happened (76 or 77) it killed literally every tree in the state. Never recovered.

When y'all migrate south suggest you stop before Georgia.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 28, 2026 09:41 PM (/lPRQ)

199 polar rotational caps don't move. magnetic caps move
Posted by: gKWVE at January 28, 2026 09:01 PM (gKWVE)

Unless you subscribe to the EDCO theory (Exothermic Core-Mantle Decoupling – Dzhanibekov Oscillation theory) and then you would have to consider that the physical pole may wind up in Zambia again for a bit, and the oceans will slosh onto the land because of the flip.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 28, 2026 09:43 PM (rbvCR)

200 Wow. Silver was $114/oz yesterday.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 28, 2026 09:44 PM (P+WAR)

201 Sister lives near Washington DC said they get twenty three inches of snow, much of it iced over. Shoveling is murder.

Bad: that area has so many foreigners who don't know the first thing about driving on snow and ice.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 28, 2026 09:45 PM (CKLSw)

202 polar rotational caps don't move. magnetic caps move
Posted by: gKWVE at January 28, 2026 09:01 PM (gKWVE)

Unless you subscribe to the EDCO theory (Exothermic Core-Mantle Decoupling – Dzhanibekov Oscillation theory) and then you would have to consider that the physical pole may wind up in Zambia again for a bit, and the oceans will slosh onto the land because of the flip.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 28, 2026 09:43 PM (rbvCR)

***

Well...crap!
I just washed the truck too.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 28, 2026 09:45 PM (2WIwB)

203 Toonces was one of the stupidest --yet funny-- SNL sketches. I think Steve Martin was in the first one.

If gold is $5,500 per ounce and one has gold cuff links (not me, a friend of course), that weight an ounce what realistically are you going to get for them?

Posted by: Lex at January 28, 2026 09:45 PM (y4H1r)

204 Dallas still hasn't learned how to dig out of a winter storms. Maryland really spoiled me, which is some I never thought I would say. Two hours for what took Dallas two days

Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 09:45 PM (ciYHQ)

205 @BreitbartNews
Actress Molly Ringwald warns Trump supporters that they'll be found guilty of treason once he leaves office
“That is what’s going to happen. You should not support what is going on... You are going to be seen as a collaborationist.”

BREAKING: Aged-out Hollywood has-been will hold her breath until she turns blue unless everyone thinks exactly like she does.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 28, 2026 09:46 PM (8DR9B)

206 186
There was a big arctic blast in Feb of 1899. Florida set its all-time record low of -2F in Tallahassee. They got some decent snow, and there's a photo of a snowball fight on the steps of the capitol there.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January

We are going to have a low of 23 Sunday, high of 41. No bueno. Especially since I am relying on space heaters in my studio until the parts come in for the broken furnace.

Posted by: Piper at January 28, 2026 09:46 PM (Wmg4n)

207 Wow. Silver was $114/oz yesterday.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 28, 2026 09:44 PM (P+WAR)

Pfft.

Posted by: Spot Gold at $5,315 per Ounce at January 28, 2026 09:47 PM (8DR9B)

208 "the physical pole may wind up in Zambia "

Ahhhh waitaminute, does Greenland by coincidence become lush and warm?

Trump, you crafty devil you!

Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 09:47 PM (ciYHQ)

209 Tulsi hasn't been in the news lately. Now she pops up in one of the epicenters of the 2020 Steal, where there also happens to be an investigation.

The plot thickens.

Posted by: davidt at January 28, 2026 09:48 PM (Q+gd/)

210 129
This was interesting. A team of astronomers turned AI loose on a big dataset of 100 million Hubble images. The mission was to find anything really weird, anything strange. It found about 1300 objects. 800 of them hadn't been noticed at all.

Of those, several dozen are totally unknown, some objects they have no idea what the hell they are.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 28, 2026 08:43 PM (w6EFb)

That's a perfect use of AI. Slogging through tons of data that would take forever for humans to do.

Posted by: Joemarine at January 28, 2026 09:49 PM (y171U)

211 Seriously, WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH WHITE WOMEN THESE DAYS?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 28, 2026 09:49 PM (8DR9B)

212 195 Electoral fraud. Election fraud. Somebody was pointing that out today, been a peeve of mine for a while too. Stop calling it “voter fraud”.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 28, 2026 09:40 PM (B0ATO)
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Sorry to question your anal retentive tendencies, but do us all a favor and show us on this thread where someone used the term "voter fraud." Personally, I used the term "vote fraud", which is entirely accurate.

Posted by: Orson at January 28, 2026 09:49 PM (dIske)

213 If gold is $5,500 per ounce and one has gold cuff links (not me, a friend of course), that weight an ounce what realistically are you going to get for them?
Posted by: Lex at January 28, 2026 09:45 PM (y4H1r)

depends on what the purity of the metal is, you would either sell them for melt value, or if they are artistic, you can sell them for melt plus the possible resale value as items that are valued more than the gold in them.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 28, 2026 09:50 PM (rbvCR)

214 a low of 23 Sunday, high of 41.

Billilngs MT ---
Sunday low 30 with a high of 52.
Cloudy, thoug :-(

Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at January 28, 2026 09:50 PM (iNp3L)

215 If gold is $5,500 per ounce and one has gold cuff links (not me, a friend of course), that weight an ounce what realistically are you going to get for them?
Posted by: Lex
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Best I can do is fifty bucks...

Posted by: Pawn Stars Guy at January 28, 2026 09:52 PM (rdVOm)

216 185 @BreitbartNews
Actress Molly Ringwald warns Trump supporters that they'll be found guilty of treason once he leaves office
“That is what’s going to happen. You should not support what is going on... You are going to be seen as a collaborationist.”

Jeez. Hollywood just STFU. None you or any other democrat gives a Tinker's Damn about the illegals. You're just a bunch of foolish dupes for the Marxists. Piss off.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 28, 2026 09:33 PM (2WIwB)

All these years to gain experience and she is still that stupid. Must be some kind of record.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 28, 2026 09:52 PM (1vYii)

217 Best I can do is fifty bucks...
Posted by: Pawn Stars Guy at January 28, 2026 09:52 PM (rdVOm)

Get off my block.

Posted by: Bo Diddley at January 28, 2026 09:54 PM (8DR9B)

218 211 Seriously, WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH WHITE WOMEN THESE DAYS?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 28, 2026 09:49 PM (8DR9B)

NOT FUCK ALL, except for the crazies. Bite me, and not in a good way.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 28, 2026 09:54 PM (1vYii)

219 207 Wow. Silver was $114/oz yesterday.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 28, 2026 09:44 PM (P+WAR)

Pfft.
Posted by: Spot Gold at $5,315 per Ounce at January 28, 2026

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"The Mandibles": the frightening novel describing the grim aftermath when major countries dumped the inflated, shrunken dollar. And, no I wasn't smart enough to buy gold after I read it.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 28, 2026 09:54 PM (hEUiL)

220 Don’t get yer panties in a twist Orson, More accurate is better than accurate.

The fraud is organized, and effected at the higher levels in government. “Voter fraud” is the customary term — it sort of implies it’s voters doing it. When that isn’t the real fraud. Election fraud better encompasses the issue at hand, that’s all

Posted by: Common Tater at January 28, 2026 09:55 PM (pCu7j)

221 NOT FUCK ALL, except for the crazies. Bite me, and not in a good way.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 28, 2026 09:54 PM (1vYii)

Woof.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 28, 2026 09:55 PM (8DR9B)

222 Seriously, WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH WHITE WOMEN THESE DAYS?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

https://tinyurl.com/ytsdx7ds

Short version: displacement of maternal instinct

Like all sin, a virtue taken out of it's proper role becomes wicked

Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 09:56 PM (ciYHQ)

223 Bob Dole could help in case of erectoral fraud.

Posted by: Zombie Bob Dole at January 28, 2026 09:56 PM (Q+gd/)

224 Imagine if Norma Desmond had Twitter.

Posted by: Max at January 28, 2026 09:57 PM (WxFYM)

225 215...Haha, I'm convinced that guy knows nothing. He always has an expert friend he's going to call who seems to be in the next room ready to go. They try to make the haggling look spontaneous but some of the figures are so high there's no way he doesn't know before the person comes in what he's probably going to offer.

"In Philadelphia, it's worth $50 bucks."

Posted by: Lex at January 28, 2026 09:58 PM (y4H1r)

226 I have a 2-3 lb. silver bar that must be worth thousands. Wedding gift from the 90s when it was worth $4.50 an ounce.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 28, 2026 09:59 PM (R86kT)

227 Was living near Tampa the winter of 2017-18. In January, got down to -29 F degrees.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 28, 2026 10:00 PM (5LPnR)

228 Last week I got a mild fever and an itchy throat, and my wife came down with the flu and spent three days in bed.
And today I am sneezing up a storm so I suspect I caught a cold, too.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 28, 2026 10:00 PM (rbvCR)

229 noodle

Posted by: Zombie Bob Dole at January 28, 2026 10:01 PM (Q+gd/)

230 > Of those, several dozen are totally unknown, some objects they have no idea what the hell they are.
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Was one Earth?

It should be.

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