Mid-Week Cafe

The forest reflected in a bead of water on a twig

A real smooth criminal doesn't have to run from the scene of a crime.

Celebrity.

Golden retriever is so happy to be adopted.

Make room, bunky.

Mind the ice Part 1. Mind the ice Part 2.

Missed connection.

Some Like It Hoot.

Goat tries to dislodge a capybara.

The battle of Thermopylae, with a cat playing the Spartans.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

That’s not a cat.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/dNPCZEhaq0
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) February 4, 2026

When you lied on your resume but still got the job.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/K3Go8M7vtX
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) January 31, 2026

Get in there..🐕🐾🐦😅 pic.twitter.com/WSJunS7gX2
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) February 4, 2026

Dog leads officer to his leash while being rescued from a burning house..🙏

Even under stress, he’s making sure everyone follows proper leash protocol..🦮👮‍♂️❤️ pic.twitter.com/iFFWEMEdIv
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) February 4, 2026

Posted by: Ace at 07:10 PM

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1 Cool

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 04, 2026 07:12 PM (7zn4w)

2 You know you have awesome neighbors when they shovel your driveway after the snowstorm the day before you get back to town.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 04, 2026 07:15 PM (tcsrY)

3 Hump is what's for dinner.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 04, 2026 07:16 PM (TOSLe)

4 you want to rotate that pic 180 degrees, ace.

Or claim it is from Australia

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 07:17 PM (rbvCR)

5 Good evening, thanks Ace.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 04, 2026 07:17 PM (lpVer)

6 Robert Kraft, owner of the Patriots, is demanding the cancellation of Bad Bunny. Wow. Goodell is so horrible.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 04, 2026 07:17 PM (cxFcK)

7 also, "reflected" =/= "refracted"

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 07:17 PM (rbvCR)

8 I stole 2009Refugee's reply :

Gerard Baker @gerardtbaker

8h
I've no doubt that the Post has lost its way and needs radical reform. But hundreds of people lost their jobs today. Have a little common decency.

Tobias Took @TobiasTook
In fairness, they were employed on stolen land.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:17 PM (jc0TO)

9 At least it is not AI

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 07:18 PM (rbvCR)

10 Cafe Time! Perfect.

Today's China insight is this: Xi's purge may well be a sign he is pushing ahead with invading Taiwan despite the advice of his senior commanders. General Zhang is one of the last combat veterans in the PLA, and served as a regimental commander in the second round of fighting with Vietnam. He would know what happens when a green, untried army faces a determined enemy on their home ground: disaster.

Moreover, this is not the US Navy in 1944. China's last naval battle was in 1894 and it was a resounding defeat.

Another problem is that this is not Xi's first round of purges - he's whacking his own creatures. It's hard to keep purging the military and not have the survivors realize their days are numbered.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:18 PM (ZOv7s)

11 Willowed.

Dare we hope that going back to a more normal community, working closer with normal people might turn their hearts to God, which is the greatest thing that can happen to anyone?

No. Why ? Because I trust you people least of all.

When these Angels show up ? I might obey them. But you ? No. Because you're a bunch of pricks. End of story.

Posted by: Nope at February 04, 2026 07:18 PM (GvwA4)

12 Marvelous photo at the top.

Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2026 07:19 PM (2L+MU)

13 Willowed:

Don't all females update their boyfriends and husbands regularly to ensure the best behavior, tone, and performance?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 04, 2026 07:19 PM (0sNs1)

14 Another item: I'd overlooked that last spring a Chinese nuclear submarine sank while practicing mooring in the Yangtze River. Apparently its reactor melted down because there is now a plume of radioactive material that has reached the waters of the Philippines. That's a spectacular screw-up, and does not bode well for combat operations.

Yes, the US had a bunch of mishaps, but that was because of DEI and gross incompetence. That is being remedied. Can China fix the PLAN? These are the same guys who ran into their own cutter. Not top shelf, and probably heavily reliant on conscripts.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:20 PM (ZOv7s)

15 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2026 07:22 PM (Ia/+0)

16 No. Why ? Because I trust you people least of all.

When these Angels show up ? I might obey them. But you ? No. Because you're a bunch of pricks. End of story.
Posted by: Nope at February 04, 2026 07:18 PM (GvwA4)
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I shall pray for you.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:22 PM (ZOv7s)

17 Another problem is that this is not Xi's first round of purges - he's whacking his own creatures. It's hard to keep purging the military and not have the survivors realize their days are numbered.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:18 PM (ZOv7s)

Alternate analysis was: Xi is becoming quite ill, and has so far refused to name a successor; the recent purge was in response to unease and restlessness of senior officers who don't want to wait until the last minute to start fighting for the top spot.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 07:22 PM (rbvCR)

18 Innocent bystander if you as me, no guilt on his face

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2026 07:23 PM (Ia/+0)

19 I'm on bowl two of this chili.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:24 PM (jc0TO)

20 Alternate analysis was: Xi is becoming quite ill, and has so far refused to name a successor; the recent purge was in response to unease and restlessness of senior officers who don't want to wait until the last minute to start fighting for the top spot.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 07:22 PM (rbvCR)
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Possibly, though there is a mechanism for succession through the Party, which held a congress in September. Gutting the CMC by removing every general doesn't exactly promote stability, it threatens to create regional warlords in the persons of the five theater commanders.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:24 PM (ZOv7s)

21 Another problem is that this is not Xi's first round of purges - he's whacking his own creatures. It's hard to keep purging the military and not have the survivors realize their days are numbered.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:18 PM (ZOv7s)

Alternate analysis was: Xi is becoming quite ill, and has so far refused to name a successor; the recent purge was in response to unease and restlessness of senior officers who don't want to wait until the last minute to start fighting for the top spot.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 07:22 PM (rbvCR)

Even if you want to invade, decapitating your officers is going to work against your efforts. Most often the purge in the army or party is just internal. He purged several rivals during COVID on various pretexts.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 07:25 PM (8avO+)

22 6 Robert Kraft, owner of the Patriots, is demanding the cancellation of Bad Bunny. Wow. Goodell is so horrible.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly

LoL!!! Since I'm not watching it anyway (I have the Daytona 24 Hours race queued up), I hope Bad Bunny wears a see through dress, no underwear, does a satanic ritual with babies and simulates raping Feds and BADORANGEMAN on stage! I mean, go all in with the depravity. Its a world wide stage. Wallow in the vomit you are bringing to light NFL!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 04, 2026 07:25 PM (sAmhv)

23 Willowed:

Get on the bus
get off the bus

@MOSSADil
·
3h
TALKS BACK ON

🇮🇷🇺🇸 U.S.–IRAN TALKS BACK ON, SET FOR FRIDAY IN OMAN

After appearing close to collapse, talks between the U.S. and Iran are now back on.

Posted by: Don Black at February 04, 2026 07:25 PM (ZxPkt)

24 Today's China insight is this: Xi's purge may well be a sign he is pushing ahead with invading Taiwan despite the advice of his senior commanders.
__________

I've seen speculation that there was no purge and it's all a cover for the troop movements to the staging areas. But surely we'd be able to detect that.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 04, 2026 07:26 PM (XvL8K)

25 >The forest reflected in a bead of water on a twig
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looks like one of those space forests in Silent Running

Posted by: Don Black at February 04, 2026 07:26 PM (ZxPkt)

26 I get more of aGandalf on the bridge at Khazad-dum than the Spartans at Thermopylae with the cat in the stairwell video.

Posted by: Beartooth at February 04, 2026 07:26 PM (GGatE)

27 If you need to purge, purge. You will feel much better for it.

Posted by: Xi at February 04, 2026 07:26 PM (0sNs1)

28
Posted by: toby928(c

Hardly 'my' reply. This place is full of wonderful snark.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 04, 2026 07:26 PM (8AONa)

29 Robert Kraft, owner of the Patriots, is demanding the cancellation of Bad Bunny. Wow. Goodell is so horrible.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly

LoL!!! Since I'm not watching it anyway (I have the Daytona 24 Hours race queued up), I hope Bad Bunny wears a see through dress, no underwear, does a satanic ritual with babies and simulates raping Feds and BADORANGEMAN on stage! I mean, go all in with the depravity. Its a world wide stage. Wallow in the vomit you are bringing to light NFL!
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All the while "Choose Love" will be painted at the back of each endzone.

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 07:27 PM (TN0g+)

30 Even if you want to invade, decapitating your officers is going to work against your efforts. Most often the purge in the army or party is just internal. He purged several rivals during COVID on various pretexts.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 07:25 PM (8avO+)
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Yes, but it often happens that way. I still think that the PLA - which apparently had had 2,000 officers purged under Xi - is probably losing patience with the situation. Zhang was a unifying figure, and while removing him creates a vacuum, nature abhors them as well.

Hence the apparent troops movements toward Beijing. The PLAAF seems loyal, but it's also not very effective at holding ground. The PLA is the center of gravity.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:27 PM (ZOv7s)

31 10:Another problem is that this is not Xi's first round of purges - he's whacking his own creatures. It's hard to keep purging the military and not have the survivors realize their days are numbered.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Stalin did something similar. Luckily for Stalin, he was up against 'I can fight a war on two fronts' Hitler.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 04, 2026 07:27 PM (sAmhv)

32 We lowly commenters don't have a good way to quote X since they took away our taskbar.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:28 PM (jc0TO)

33 I mean, go all in with the depravity.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 04, 2026 07:25 PM

Our philosophy, exactly.

Posted by: Big Penguin at February 04, 2026 07:28 PM (0sNs1)

34
A couple of days ago I saw a black lab loping down the sidewalk with his leash in his mouth. The leash was attached to his collar.

He must have escaped from his owner. He was gone before we could get outside to corral him.

He was a happy boy, lol.

I love dogs so much!

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 07:28 PM (3ek7K)

35 I want an Optimus, but not for a relationship. To put laundry away. I will be an early adopter. Lol.
Posted by: Piper
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Truly disappointed that it will not arrive until late '27.
Thought it would be a month or two.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 07:28 PM (TlCKo)

36 Very cool pic up top

Posted by: 496 at February 04, 2026 07:29 PM (Fzrlc)

37 I've seen speculation that there was no purge and it's all a cover for the troop movements to the staging areas. But surely we'd be able to detect that.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 04, 2026 07:26 PM (XvL8K)
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They are going toward Beijing, not staging on the coast. What is more, any invasion would rely on the Maritime Militia and dual-use commercial shipping. You can't hide that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:29 PM (ZOv7s)

38
Marvelous photo at the top.
Posted by: Paco

The Bubble
Under the Dome

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 04, 2026 07:29 PM (Cqx++)

39
The GOES East satellite captured these images put in a time lapse video of the arctic air mass pouring down here and over Florida:
https://is.gd/AUstKV

Those are informally called "cloud streets".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 04, 2026 07:29 PM (w6EFb)

40 19 I'm on bowl two of this chili.
Posted by: toby928(c)

That's great! Carotene is an essential nutrient!

Posted by: Zombie Euell Gibbons at February 04, 2026 07:30 PM (oftw2)

41 Yes, but it often happens that way. I still think that the PLA - which apparently had had 2,000 officers purged under Xi - is probably losing patience with the situation. Zhang was a unifying figure, and while removing him creates a vacuum, nature abhors them as well.

Hence the apparent troops movements toward Beijing. The PLAAF seems loyal, but it's also not very effective at holding ground. The PLA is the center of gravity.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:27 PM (ZOv7s)

Sure, but this puts the action on the internal front rather than on Taiwan. Win or Lose, the supposed Taiwan operation is on hold for a while.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 07:30 PM (8avO+)

42 Don't trust crow. Crow is asshoe.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 04, 2026 07:31 PM (Fs0KI)

43 Goat vs Capybara: irresistible force meets immovable object.

This is probably what creates black holes in the universe.

Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2026 07:31 PM (2L+MU)

44 NBC is funny. All day they tell me how evil America is. We’re like literal Nazis bro!!

But the Olympics are coming up and all of a sudden it’s “hey everyone cheer on team USA while tuning in to nbc”.

Fuck off.

Posted by: Really?? at February 04, 2026 07:32 PM (qDa2L)

45 Sure, but this puts the action on the internal front rather than on Taiwan. Win or Lose, the supposed Taiwan operation is on hold for a while.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 07:30 PM (8avO+)
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I mean it depends on what is going on and if Xi wins. Really hard to say at this point.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:32 PM (ZOv7s)

46 Hence the apparent troops movements toward Beijing. The PLAAF seems loyal, but it's also not very effective at holding ground. The PLA is the center of gravity.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:27 PM

The Coast Guard is waiting to see which way the wind is blowing.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:33 PM (jc0TO)

47 "I'm on bowl two of this chili.
Posted by: toby928(c)"

That's one way to dislodge the mortar.

Posted by: Guy who is intimate with a mortar at February 04, 2026 07:33 PM (vFG9F)

48 Hopefully the dog's owner lets him take walks by himself

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2026 07:34 PM (Ia/+0)

49 Sure, but this puts the action on the internal front rather than on Taiwan. Win or Lose, the supposed Taiwan operation is on hold for a while.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 07:30 PM (8avO+)
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I mean it depends on what is going on and if Xi wins. Really hard to say at this point.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:32 PM (ZOv7s)

If Xi wins, he has to repurge the army and put in new officers, work on army morale for a long time until he can trust it. If Xi loses, the generals will have to decide who replaces him and have to purge pro Xi forces.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 07:34 PM (8avO+)

50 > NBC is funny. All day they tell me how evil America is. We’re like literal Nazis bro!!

But the Olympics are coming up and all of a sudden it’s “hey everyone cheer on team USA while tuning in to nbc”.
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Are they still going to put on the Olympic shit show in LA?

With all the burned out homes. Or is Trump going to pump 5 billion dollars into that shit "for appearances"?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 04, 2026 07:35 PM (jtM2q)

51 I need to take a break and let this meal hit bottom. I have a problem when food is both hearty and tasty. I gulp it down like a starving dog and end up overfull. Like now, I WANT to go back for a third bowl but I know that I have had enough.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:35 PM (jc0TO)

52
Skip,

Yes, hopefully. It's a very small town here and we live on a deadend street.

I'm sure he was okay. I swear he was grinning, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 07:36 PM (3ek7K)

53
Andrew McCarthy stared at the sun for 6 hours and got this nice time lapse of a sunspot:

https://is.gd/UjD7aS

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 04, 2026 07:36 PM (w6EFb)

54 I'll try to watch the Olympic hockey tournament. IF they actually show the games, and not just schlocky human interest background stories about how much the players love their moms and shit like that

and Lindsay Vonn is gonna ski on her bum knee
has disaster written all over it

Posted by: Don Black at February 04, 2026 07:37 PM (ZxPkt)

55 Like now, I WANT to go back for a third bowl but I know that I have had enough.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:35 PM

YOLO, dude, YOLO.

Posted by: ONT Commenters at February 04, 2026 07:37 PM (0sNs1)

56 Sorry to display my ignorance (not sure why; I should be used to it by now), but these army walas in China who keep getting purged; are they simply demoted, forced into retirement or executed?

Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2026 07:38 PM (2L+MU)

57

I saw pictures yesterday of the unfinished venues at the Olympic site.

It will be interesting to see what happens.

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 07:38 PM (3ek7K)

58
Don't trust crow. Crow is asshoe.
Posted by: Oddbob

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What the heck was that crow up to? Did he want the dog to burrow out a nice snow tunnel and then get in it himself?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 04, 2026 07:38 PM (JrWaT)

59 I need to take a break and let this meal hit bottom. I have a problem when food is both hearty and tasty. I gulp it down like a starving dog and end up overfull. Like now, I WANT to go back for a third bowl but I know that I have had enough.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:35 PM (jc0TO)
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Did you take your Beano? Mrs.928 should be prepared.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 07:39 PM (RIvkX)

60 Those are informally called "cloud streets".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)

kewl!

Posted by: Adriane the Momentarily Less Cynical Critic . . . at February 04, 2026 07:39 PM (3ZUWJ)

61 55 Like now, I WANT to go back for a third bowl but I know that I have had enough.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:35 PM

C'mon! You can let us know some of the key ingredients, can't you?

Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2026 07:39 PM (2L+MU)

62 I should have said that the Coast Guard was waiting for ... the turn of the tide.

Staircase Wit, I has it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:40 PM (jc0TO)

63 56 Sorry to display my ignorance (not sure why; I should be used to it by now), but these army walas in China who keep getting purged; are they simply demoted, forced into retirement or executed?
Posted by: Paco

Tortured, shot AND sent to the Russian Front!

Posted by: General Burkhalter at February 04, 2026 07:40 PM (oftw2)

64 29 Robert Kraft, owner of the Patriots, is demanding the cancellation of Bad Bunny. Wow. Goodell is so horrible.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly
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Thought it was a crack in the dam the other day.
Now the plastic surgeons are against child mutilation and FOOTBALL owner stands on hind legs speaking out against Decadence.
It's not cracks in the dam, chunks are coming lose.
Pretty soon we may have a cascade effect.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 07:40 PM (TlCKo)

65 I like canned beans for convenience. Not great, though not bad. The canned beef chili is rancid, I wonder if a dog will eat, say Hormel? I have my doubts.

Bush’s usually has canned beans for $1 on sale, try to stock up. At 6300’ dried pintos ain’t happening, not without my pressure canner. Brown some beef and onions, stir in a can of beans, add a few rare herbs and spices and Bob’s Yer Uncle. Great in soft Tortilla.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2026 07:41 PM (Rimwk)

66 I visited a Golden Retriever twice a day when its owners went out of town. I'd make sure the food and water bowls were good and then I'd take him out for a walk. We'd walk about 3 blocks down his home street and then the Retriever would take a chunk of the leash in his mouth to turn me back around and pointed towards his house--he was letting me know we'd gone far enough! Lol--what a great dog!

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 07:41 PM (TN0g+)

67
Did you take your Beano? Mrs.928 should be prepared.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 07:39 PM (RIvkX)

There’s no beans in chili!

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 07:41 PM (OoFl2)

68 you want to rotate that pic 180 degrees, ace.
Posted by: Kindltot

Would that be clockwise or counter-clockwise?

😜

Posted by: mindful webworker - the important questions at February 04, 2026 07:41 PM (ZDu+s)

69

Paco,

Make your chili the usual way, don't use kidney beans, use black beans and pinto beans.

It is much better without kidney beans.

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 07:41 PM (3ek7K)

70 44. Apparently,the lesbian ice skater is gearing up to complain on the podium how the alphabet people are so oppressed here in the USA. And today,another female skater was in tears complaining that it’s so sad that ice skating has been tainted by the word ice because of what ICE has been doing to the poor immigrants in the US.

Posted by: Jen the original at February 04, 2026 07:42 PM (m1pgC)

71
Lotsa shifty eyes in that dewdrop forest.

Who's got a hair dryer?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 04, 2026 07:43 PM (xG4kz)

72 C'mon! You can let us know some of the key ingredients, can't you?
Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2026 07:39 PM

Well, a pound each of black and pinto beans, I guess a pound of ground chuck, two or three cans of faygo rotel stuff, garlic, salt, two diced onions ... at least that is what I saw on the counter a while ago.

She just tastes and adds stuff, ground chilis, cumin ... probably some magic.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:43 PM (jc0TO)

73
After appearing close to collapse, talks between the U.S. and Iran are now back on.
Posted by: Don Black

Reminds me of cold war talks when they argued over the shape of the table.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 04, 2026 07:44 PM (Cqx++)

74 Nancy Pelosi
Willie Brown
Jerry Brown
Gavin Newsom
Adam Schiff
Rosa Delauro
Alex Padilla
Eric Swallwell

Each more dissolute and decrepit and dumb than the next. On behalf of California, I'm sorry.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 07:44 PM (RIvkX)

75 Make your chili the usual way, don't use kidney beans, use black beans and pinto beans.

It is much better without kidney beans.
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I had a girlfriend who used baked beans in chili. It was surprisingly *good*.

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 07:44 PM (TN0g+)

76 "these army walas in China who keep getting purged; are they simply demoted, forced into retirement or executed?"

They get to go to the farm.

Posted by: fd at February 04, 2026 07:44 PM (vFG9F)

77 Paco,

Make your chili the usual way, don't use kidney beans, use black beans and pinto beans.

It is much better without kidney beans.

Gotcha! Love me some black beans! Mrs. Paco makes black beans often and they're delicious. She also makes a lentil soup that's so good I could eat it several times a week if I had to.

Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2026 07:44 PM (2L+MU)

78
Apparently, the lesbian ice skater is gearing up to complain on the podium how the alphabet people are so oppressed here in the USA. And today, another female skater was in tears complaining that it’s so sad that ice skating has been tainted by the word ice because of what ICE has been doing to the poor immigrants in the US.
Posted by: Jen the original

So resign your positions on the team, you whimpering pansies. Courage of your convictions and all that.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 04, 2026 07:45 PM (xG4kz)

79 Apparently,the lesbian ice skater is gearing up to complain on the podium how the alphabet people are so oppressed here in the USA

With just less than 4 months until Pride Month kickoff, what did you expect?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 04, 2026 07:45 PM (0sNs1)

80 Oh and carrots, don't forget the carrots

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2026 07:45 PM (Ia/+0)

81 Oh and carrots, don't forget the carrots
Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2026 07:45 PM

Anathema I name you.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:46 PM (jc0TO)

82 Reminds me of cold war talks when they argued over the shape of the table.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 04, 2026 07:44 PM (Cqx++)
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Peace talks in Paris between Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 07:46 PM (RIvkX)

83

We didn't know about black beans until we moved to Tampa. Great cuban food there and black beans are used a lot.

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 07:47 PM (3ek7K)

84 It's not cracks in the dam, chunks are coming lose.
——-

How did this shit get started in the first place? When I was in school, if a boy tried to hang out in the girls locker room, he would have got his ass kicked, and then arrested.

I recall some grumbling about a lack of girls on the football team. Once in a while someone would try out.

Most of the other sports were gutted to make room (funding) for federally mandated Title 9. Girls sports. Again, if a guy tried to insert himself in this venue, everyone would have said Get The Fuck Out Of Here

“No, I’m really a Girl!” would NOT have persuaded anybody. I’m still unclear just how the fuck this even happened. Obviously some coordination involved.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2026 07:47 PM (Rimwk)

85 Like now, I WANT to go back for a third bowl but I know that I have had enough.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:35 PM

C'mon! You can let us know some of the key ingredients, can't you?
Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2026 07:39 PM (2L+MU)

carrots

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 07:48 PM (8avO+)

86
Olympics be mighty whyte! This is shameful for the whole world!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 04, 2026 07:48 PM (xG4kz)

87 Mrs928 makes a thinner chili thing but throws kernel corn into it and serves over corn chips. Santa Fe Stew I think she calls it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:49 PM (jc0TO)

88 74 Each more dissolute and decrepit and dumb than the next. On behalf of California, I'm sorry. - San Franpsycho

Well, you don't have anything to be sorry for. And I admire people who refuse to be driven out; the ties of family and home can be very strong. I've never been to California, but it's surely one of the most beautiful states in the union. It's a shame leftists make a mess of everything they touch. Btw, Death Valley is on my bucket list.

Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2026 07:49 PM (2L+MU)

89 Like now, I WANT to go back for a third bowl but I know that I have had enough.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Have you tried bulimia?
It is an especially useful skill to have when trying to get your money's worth at a buffet.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 04, 2026 07:51 PM (/lPRQ)

90 78 And today, another female skater was in tears complaining that it’s so sad that ice skating has been tainted by the word ice because of what ICE has been doing to the poor immigrants in the US.
Posted by: Jen the original

Seriously?!? So, is she a kind of idiot savant; a great skater who's dumb as a stump?

Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2026 07:52 PM (2L+MU)

91 And today,another female skater was in tears complaining that it’s so sad that ice skating has been tainted by the word ice because of what ICE has been doing to the poor immigrants in the US.

Elite athletes have to find some way to make themselves the victims of something that doesn't involve or affect them in any way at all.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 04, 2026 07:52 PM (Fs0KI)

92 I have just enough room for some sweet desert. No ice cream or cake in the house. I do have some fake oreos. I think I will put some in a mug, maybe crumbled a bit, drouse with heavy cream and a squirt of chocolate syrup.

Sound good?

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:53 PM (jc0TO)

93 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:18 PM (ZOv7s)

He is planning on invading from the inside - the Venezuela option.

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2026 07:53 PM (g47mK)

94 > Like now, I WANT to go back for a third bowl but I know that I have had enough.
Posted by: toby928(c)
----

remember the Roman vomitoriums
they would deliberately spew chunks so they could eat again

Posted by: Don Black at February 04, 2026 07:54 PM (ZxPkt)

95
I'm on bowl two of this chili.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Those klaxons sounding that we hear faintly are your bowels preparing for a tsunami, yes?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 04, 2026 07:55 PM (xG4kz)

96 92 I have just enough room for some sweet desert. No ice cream or cake in the house. I do have some fake oreos. I think I will put some in a mug, maybe crumbled a bit, drouse with heavy cream and a squirt of chocolate syrup.

Sound good?
Posted by: toby928(c) at February

I have half a king cake here. Come get it!

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 07:55 PM (OoFl2)

97 I have half a king cake here. Come get it!
Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 07:55 PM

Is it the half with baby Jesus?

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:56 PM (jc0TO)

98 Curtis LeMay’s recommendations were finally tried, and found especially effective. Surprise surprise, it drove them to the negotiating table. Which they did want to argue about, in terms of shape, or more specifically who might sit at the perceived head of any table, etc.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2026 07:56 PM (Rimwk)

99 70 44. Apparently,the lesbian ice skater is gearing up to complain on the podium how the alphabet people are so oppressed here in the USA. And today,another female skater was in tears complaining that it’s so sad that ice skating has been tainted by the word ice because of what ICE has been doing to the poor immigrants in the US.
Posted by: Jen the original

Well, that will help viewership. (cough)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 04, 2026 07:56 PM (sAmhv)

100 Like now, I WANT to go back for a third bowl but I know that I have had enough.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:35 PM

I use small plates and bowls for this reason. I mean, dudes laugh at me, but having two small bowls of something is better for me than having two large bowls.

Yes, I will eat half a donut for the same reason. Sure, later I go back and eat another half, but then I've still only eaten one donut instead of two.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 04, 2026 07:56 PM (zYpTz)

101 I had an old timer tell me that before the baby Jesus was a thing, they would put a silver dime in the King Cake to be found.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:56 PM (jc0TO)

102 So after the newest release of Epstein files, it looks like all the hubbub about Pizzagate turned out to be true. All the censorship and bannings and firings that occurred 10 years ago were not to hide misinformation but to protect powerful people like John Podesta. This abomination is much more widespread than I could ever want to imagine

Posted by: Farquad at February 04, 2026 07:57 PM (CFMhl)

103 >and Lindsay Vonn is gonna ski on her bum knee
has disaster written all over it
Posted by: Don Black at February 04, 2026 07:37 PM (ZxPkt)

The Olympics are unwatchable. So much performative bullshit, wall to wall commercials and maybe just maybe some sports tossed in.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 04, 2026 07:57 PM (GTqXr)

104 Dear Lefties,

As conservatives, we have little to no bargaining power with you, so we know you are going to keep putting sleazy, ignorant partisan hacks into elective office. We get that.

But is it really too much to ask that the people you select to represent you not be genuine retards? I mean...Eric Swalwell, for cryin' out loud!

Signed,

Baffled in Brunswick County

Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2026 07:57 PM (2L+MU)

105 Anti-ICE goon justifies setting up roadblocks.

Anti-ICE activist describes roadblocks and checkpoints constructed in Minneapolis:

“We are literally creating a place that we know who's coming and going in and out of our neighborhoods."

-
It's OK when we do it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 04, 2026 07:57 PM (J+Psw)

106 I had an old timer tell me that before the baby Jesus was a thing, they would put a silver dime in the King Cake to be found.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:56 PM (jc0TO)

Hiding a silver coin in Christmas pudding was a thing once!

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2026 07:58 PM (g47mK)

107 97 I have half a king cake here. Come get it!
Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 07:55 PM

Is it the half with baby Jesus?
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07

The people who live with me have slivered it tiny piece by tiny piece until half is gone. I know this because the king cake knife is staying in the box. 😂

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 07:58 PM (OoFl2)

108 Regarding the situation in, and around Iran....

Iran does what every country... near peer countries with the US tries.

Bluffing.

They suck at it. And for whatever reason(s) we've let them simmer in steaming pile of shit that they toss at anyone they're pissed off at.

It's time to empty that pot. The population's going to pay a hefty price. But the rest of the planet might be cool with that.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 04, 2026 07:58 PM (jtM2q)

109 Nancy Pelosi
Willie Brown
Jerry Brown
Gavin Newsom
Adam Schiff
Rosa Delauro
Alex Padilla
Eric Swallwell

Each more dissolute and decrepit and dumb than the next. On behalf of California, I'm sorry.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 07:44 PM (RIvkX)

Thats one serious list of shit stains.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 07:58 PM (snZF9)

110 @JackPosobiec 11m
Josh Shapiro took $2.1 Million from Reid Hoffman pass it on

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 04, 2026 07:59 PM (diia5)

111 LeMay’s counsel was something like “stop swattin’ flies and go after the manure pile”.

Naturally the leftists hated this man, and tried to portray him as a psychopath in the jet age. Probably most everything you’ve ever heard about the man was through a leftist lens intended to make him look bad, or extremist. He wasn’t perfect but it’s quite probable we’re all literally alive right now, in no small part due to that guy.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2026 08:00 PM (Rimwk)

112 And baby Jesus has not been found yet!

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 08:00 PM (OoFl2)

113 Yes, I will eat half a donut for the same reason. Sure, later I go back and eat another half, but then I've still only eaten one donut instead of two.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 04, 2026 07:56 PM (zYpTz)

And I'll go back 6 more times and have eaten 3. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 08:01 PM (snZF9)

114

I didn't know about King Cakes and muffalettas until I went to New Orleans several years ago.

Yum Yum.

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 08:02 PM (3ek7K)

115 We are literally creating a place that we know who's coming and going in and out of our neighborhoods.
———

LOL. We’re gonna make them hard core John Birchers yet, just give it time

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2026 08:02 PM (Rimwk)

116 Apparently,the lesbian ice skater is gearing up to complain on the podium how the alphabet people are so oppressed here in the USA. And today,another female skater was in tears complaining that it’s so sad that ice skating has been tainted by the word ice because of what ICE has been doing to the poor immigrants in the US.
Posted by: Jen the original

Our US Ice Dancing champions won’t be going to the Olympics because the female skater is not a citizen of the US yet. It’s the IOC who won’t let her compete for the US. She’s married to her skating partner who was born in the US. She has her green card and is in the middle of the 3 year waiting period. Senator Warren and Rep Markey tried to expedite the process but was unsuccessful.

Frankly I think the red tape is bullshit.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 04, 2026 08:04 PM (cwGMH)

117 So resign your positions on the team, you whimpering pansies. Courage of your convictions and all that.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 04, 2026 07:45 PM (xG4kz)

Ah, but, you see, if they don't have their positions, who will listen to them?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 04, 2026 08:04 PM (zYpTz)

118 didn't know about King Cakes and muffalettas until I went to New Orleans several years ago.

Yum Yum.
Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 08:02 PM (3ek7K)

I think it’s only one Yum.

Most retail sold King Cakes taste like crap in my experience.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 04, 2026 08:06 PM (cwGMH)

119 >We are literally creating a place that we know who's coming and going in and out of our neighborhoods.

---

Sort of like having a border.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 04, 2026 08:06 PM (GTqXr)

120 >114

I didn't know about King Cakes and muffalettas until I went to New Orleans several years ago.

Yum Yum.
Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 08:02 PM (3ek7K)

Oooh. Muffalettas are the bomb!

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 04, 2026 08:07 PM (GTqXr)

121 >We are literally creating a place that we know who's coming and going in and out of our neighborhoods.

---

Sort of like having a border.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 04, 2026 08:06 PM

Whoa.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 08:07 PM (jc0TO)

122

No Borders!!!

Oh, it's okay when the assholes do that.

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 08:08 PM (3ek7K)

123 109
'Rosa Delauro'

I thought she was from the NE.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 08:08 PM (fd80v)

124 I went back and looked at the last video on the Quick Hits Thread. Dude needs a Snickers bar.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 04, 2026 08:08 PM (0sNs1)

125 "Jeremy Boreing
@JeremyDBoreing
13m
Many influencers try to peddle evil ideas for personal gain. Maybe it's for shock value, or irony, or just rage bait. Whatever the reason, it's a cynical move, and an arrogant one.

You cannot wield evil. You are the tool wielded by evil"

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2026 08:09 PM (g47mK)

126

My opinion is that "influencers" are only interested in clicks and money.

I believe most of them are lying.

Just my opinion and I could be wrong, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 08:11 PM (3ek7K)

127 Welding evil requires a borax flux and a strong arc.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 08:11 PM (jc0TO)

128 "Muffalettas are the bomb!
Posted by: Heavy Meta"

Made with real Muff!

Posted by: Little Miss Muffaletta at February 04, 2026 08:12 PM (vFG9F)

129 Okay, the cookies and cream were as good as I imagined. Luckily deserts go in a separate place in your stomach or I would be stuffed.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 08:12 PM (jc0TO)

130 Whenever I'm feeling down I'm just gonna read the Bezos post again:

Jeff Bezos wealth in 2024: $194 billion

Jeff Bezos wealth in 2025............. etc etc

Hahahahahaha it just gets better and better, I'm crying here

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 08:12 PM (E0p3T)

131

If someone tries to validate their lives by how many clicks they get on social media, they are very sad fucks.

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 08:12 PM (3ek7K)

132 126
'My opinion is that "influencers" are only interested in clicks and money.'

You know, you're very cynical.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 08:13 PM (fd80v)

133 What everyone in the media actually wants is some rich guy to backstop them pushing a partisan agenda in perpetuity, declining audience and influence be damned.
------------------------

Because that's what the government / taxpayer has been doing for them all this time, why should some "rich guy" be any different.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 08:14 PM (E0p3T)

134
Dr. Claw,

LMAO, yes I am.

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 08:14 PM (3ek7K)

135
Reminds me of cold war talks when they argued over the shape of the table.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
---

Seem to remember Reagan walking out because they didn't have any CARBON PAPER.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 08:15 PM (TlCKo)

136 And I'll go back 6 more times and have eaten 3. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 08:01 PM (snZF9)

But, not 6, amirite?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 04, 2026 08:15 PM (zYpTz)

137 And baby Jesus has not been found yet!

I realize that it would be an unforgivable breach of tradition but it would be hilarious if the baker left it out of one batch so people would go nuts thinking that they must have eaten it.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 04, 2026 08:15 PM (Fs0KI)

138 134
'
LMAO, yes I am.'

I think you're right in this case.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 08:16 PM (fd80v)

139

Oh jeez, I remember carbon paper.

My first job was in a steno pool with manual typewriters. If you made a mistake it was a pain in the ass to have to correct the mistakes on the carbon paper.

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 08:17 PM (3ek7K)

140 The left has about ruined sports for me. When it gets to the point I don't care about football anymore the other sports seem even more unwatchable. I'm so tired of all the woke bs.
Rule changes, the stupid sports casters, even the commercials are terrible. I had rather watch the high schools play basketball or baseball. They are more fun to watch.

Posted by: Case at February 04, 2026 08:20 PM (E7+ue)

141 qu'est-ce qu'un "type writer" ??

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2026 08:20 PM (g47mK)

142

Back in the day before Dictaphones, we in the steno pool who knew shorthand would be sent to people who requested us.

My first time the asshole asked me to sit in his lap while I was taking shorthand.

I refused. Pervs gonna perv.

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 08:22 PM (3ek7K)

143 Star Trek is on. It's the one with the Chicago typewriters.

Posted by: fd at February 04, 2026 08:23 PM (vFG9F)

144 110 @JackPosobiec 11m
Josh Shapiro took $2.1 Million from Reid Hoffman pass it on
Posted by: weft cut-loop
---

No value added there.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 08:24 PM (TlCKo)

145 140
'The left has about ruined sports for me. '

They've ruined just about everything at the national level for me: sports, entertainment, government, religion, media.
They saturated everything so thoroughly that taking part in any of things feels like genuflecting at their altar.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 08:25 PM (fd80v)

146 >>>and Lindsay Vonn is gonna ski on her bum knee
has disaster written all over it

Posted by: Don Black

>Lindsay is washed up like LeBron and Tiger. It's hard to grow old gracefully. Sometimes crippling injuries become a reality because you ignore the signs that tell you when it's time to move on.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 04, 2026 08:26 PM (TOSLe)

147 Posted by: Little Miss Muffaletta at February 04, 2026 08:12 PM (vFG9F)

—————

Yo, what’s in the bowl, bitch?

Posted by: A Spider at February 04, 2026 08:26 PM (u73oe)

148 >>Lindsay is washed up like LeBron and Tiger
---
she won a World Cup downhill race in Austria last month

Posted by: Don Black at February 04, 2026 08:32 PM (ZxPkt)

149 If that idiot Trump deos be bomb that Iran place we be hopes does nots targotz any Gaya or Trinsginders.

Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at February 04, 2026 08:36 PM (AzSs/)

150 Posted by: Little Miss Muffaletta

—————

Yo, what’s in the bowl, bitch?
Posted by: A Spider

What's a 'tuffet' anyway?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 04, 2026 08:38 PM (cYBz/)

151 Top story at Insty makes me think: 77 year old hooks up eith a former porn star is not pretty woman- it's Anna Nicole Smith.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 08:38 PM (zZu0s)

152 Probably will not watch the Winter Olympics.

TV and Europeans will probably try to shove the Gay, Transgender, Hate Trump stuff down our throats in Commercials and Stupid statements from the Athletes.

Posted by: Jackson K. at February 04, 2026 08:40 PM (J9q9v)

153 Are we doing the Andrew Dice Clay bit?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 08:41 PM (zZu0s)

154 Are we doing the Andrew Dice Clay bit?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

OH!!!

Posted by: Tonypete at February 04, 2026 08:42 PM (cYBz/)

155 Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 08:25 PM (fd80v)

Don't forget comedy

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 08:42 PM (E0p3T)

156 Oh jeez, I remember carbon paper.

My first job was in a steno pool with manual typewriters. If you made a mistake it was a pain in the ass to have to correct the mistakes on the carbon paper.

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 08:17 PM (3ek7K)

My wife likes to eat nori (seaweed used for wrapping sushi) sheets for a snack. When I knew her before we were married, she would bring sheets of nori out so we could eat rice and bits of other stuff wrapped in nori (with chopsticks, it is a skill), and I always referred to the sheets in my head as "typing paper" because how they rustled

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 08:43 PM (rbvCR)

157 Smart statement from one of those athletes would be the exception.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 08:44 PM (TlCKo)

158 C'est ainsi que les Américains désignent la machine à écrire.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 08:45 PM (rbvCR)

159 155
'Don't forget comedy'

The leftist comics suck but the non-leftists are hitting on all cylinders.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 08:45 PM (fd80v)

160 Forget typewriters. The future is in microfiche readers.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 04, 2026 08:46 PM (gm9Sb)

161 Ate a seaweed cookie...once.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 08:47 PM (TlCKo)

162 They’ve ruined Engineering, Medicine, Arithmetic and Math, Chemistry and Physics, too.

Hm, I’m starting to notice a pattern ….

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2026 08:48 PM (f9G9D)

163 151 Top story at Insty makes me think: 77 year old hooks up eith a former porn star is not pretty woman- it's Anna Nicole Smith.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

I read that. It's a train wreck. She's ex-Navy, now doing pron on Onlyfans and he's a vet too, retired, and as the NYPost helpfully repeats, a 'Church goer'. Yes, he's a 'Church goer', that's still hell bound.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 04, 2026 08:48 PM (sAmhv)

164 Pressure is mounting on Casey Wasserman to resign as chair of the LA28 Organizing Committee after newly released Justice Department files exposed his flirtatious email exchanges with Ghislaine Maxwell.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 08:48 PM (TlCKo)

165
When he was a youngster, Mr. Finn lost a lot of the pigment in his nose. Not good for a show career. At someone's recommendation, we fed him those seaweed flakes you can buy at Costco. He (and the other guys) loved them and they actually helped.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 08:49 PM (tgvbd)

166 Flirtatious emails with Ghislane.

Am I alone in thinking this is better than b underage shit? She has an awesome rack, he's just a retard who fell for a honeypot.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 08:50 PM (zZu0s)

167 Left has gotten so used to having huge piles of money thrown at them for no reason that they are Shocked to see anyone call a stop to it.
If we ever manage to take a bite out of the trillion dollar fraud going on, that will really give them a tumble.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 04, 2026 08:50 PM (JbyEi)

168 >154 Are we doing the Andrew Dice Clay bit?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

OH!!!
Posted by: Tonypete at February 04, 2026 08:42 PM (cYBz/)

Little boy blue..

He needed the money.

Oooohhh!

Posted by: Dice at February 04, 2026 08:51 PM (GTqXr)

169
When you're 29, the word "flirtatious" has an air of coy intrigue. I doubt that nowadays that applies to the actual exchange.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 08:52 PM (tgvbd)

170 I read that. It's a train wreck. She's ex-Navy, now doing pron on Onlyfans and he's a vet too, retired, and as the NYPost helpfully repeats, a 'Church goer'. Yes, he's a 'Church goer', that's still hell bound.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 04, 2026 08:48 PM (sAmhv)

I wish I could un read that story. *shudders*

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 04, 2026 08:53 PM (lpTXP)

171 Oh come on that Navy guy lived a vanilla life, why can’t he buy a toy to retire on?

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 04, 2026 08:54 PM (JbyEi)

172 The problematic picture of Anthony Bourdain . . . That isn't Anthony Bourdain after all

https://tinyurl.com/bdzx4ba9

"You know he killed himself"
"Um, a lot of people disagree."

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 08:56 PM (rbvCR)

173 161
'Ate a seaweed cookie...once.'

So. Let's say your cat ate dry cat food and threw it up.
And then it dried.
How close does your imagination of that taste come to your memory of the seaweed cookie?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 08:58 PM (fd80v)

174 Long Island Rep. Tom Suozzi beats Pelosi's stock portfolio performance with 35% return: _nypost.com/2026/01/03/us-new

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 08:58 PM (TlCKo)

175 Sleazebag "influencer" and lawyer Leonard Leo, who has legal issues of his own, goes around telling everyone how he has the Legal System RIGGED. I hope that's not true and, if it is, it should be thoroughly looked into. Leonard has a big and very dangerous mouth!
_PDJT
---

Don't know who Leo is but he did a good job pissing off the prez.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 09:03 PM (TlCKo)

176 You know, we've been listening to evangelical Christians like Lindsey Graham for far too long HAHAHAHA!!!!!

Anyway, what would they know about free markets and liberty? They learned everything from hummus-chugging usurers. They're not exactly reliable sources, except for insidious, false scripture.

Anyway, what if there were a more conservative source for biblical doctrine than your local "Christian" church?

What if the Juche Ideal *was* the good news about Jesus Christ?

I'm just asking questions, but you can find the answers in the Selected Works of Kim il-Sung, a patriotic conservative - nobody can doubt that. It only costs $20.00 running dog dollars, or 450,000 DPRK won, but salvation is priceless.

Click the link below, or just like and subscribe to learn more.

Posted by: T. Carlson at February 04, 2026 09:04 PM (azaTt)

177
Her Majesty and The Big Dummy arrived safely in Tuscaloosa. It's been a long, punishing trip for them in bad weather, so I'm relieved they got there without incident. It's not her driving I worry about, it's the idiots who increasingly populate America's highways.

On to Texarkana tomorrow for this weekend's shows.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 09:05 PM (tgvbd)

178
bitches

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 09:08 PM (TlCKo)

179 punching F5 till I die

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 09:10 PM (TlCKo)

180 This is totally unrelated to anything on this thread but with all the coverage of Samantha Guthrie's mother - and I honestly don't wish her any harm, hell I don't even know who she is - but how in all that is holy in fuckdom does this story merit more coverage than was done - AND IS STILL NOT BEING DONE!!! - on Trump's assassination attempt in Butler, PA!!!! We still have no idea of even what media contacts that little fucker had! For the ever loving fuck's sake of it all!!!!!

Talk about an un-serious fucking country!

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at February 04, 2026 09:13 PM (dWlcQ)

181 not now
no
not now

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 09:13 PM (TlCKo)

182
Sleazebag "influencer"

Redundant

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 09:14 PM (tgvbd)

183 I need a drink.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 09:18 PM (TlCKo)

184 Maybe later

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song at February 04, 2026 09:20 PM (vFG9F)

185 Thats one serious list of shit stains.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 07:58 PM (snZF9)
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Tip of the iceberg.
Google Mohamed Nuru. Google Leland Yee.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 09:21 PM (RIvkX)

186 While we're waiting…

Sabine Hossenfelder - How Bad Are Microplastics? (6:55)
A rare Sabine video that I can actually comprehend.
TL/DR They might be unhealthy, but no evidence of that.
I'm glad to see her take that stance.
https://youtu.be/pyGvCtkIuDk

Posted by: mindful webworker - the important questions at February 04, 2026 09:22 PM (ZDu+s)

187 Dude, you've been off by an hour for 23 minutes, and no matter how much you hammer that key, it won't show up for 37 more minutes. Take it easy.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 04, 2026 09:23 PM (BI5O2)

188 I thought she was from the NE.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 08:08 PM (fd80v)
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You're right I thought she was from L.A.
Ok take her off the list add Maxine Waters

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 09:24 PM (RIvkX)

189
COBs aren't old enough to be having a mid-life crisis.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 09:25 PM (TlCKo)

190 must... push... button... again...

Posted by: crack monkey at February 04, 2026 09:25 PM (Q+gd/)

191 Her Majesty and The Big Dummy arrived safely in Tuscaloosa.
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I bet that is a relief.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 09:26 PM (RIvkX)

192 I forgot they were doing a Muppet Show tonight! I know, Disney, yuck. But I loved the Muppet Show!

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 09:26 PM (Wmg4n)

193 I mentioned how much I didnt care about Savanah guthrie’s mon and was scolded for it.

She’s no more important than anyone else’s mom.

The press loves to make stories about themselves. Because they are important.

No. They really aren’t.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 04, 2026 09:28 PM (Ql5Kr)

194 While we're waiting…

That bow-tie History Guy - The Water Witch Affair
In 1858, President Buchanan sends the then-largest-ever armada of US gunboats to… the land-locked South American nation of Paraguay. To get them to sign a treaty.
https://youtu.be/N0TrcWozBJA

Posted by: mindful webworker - asking the important questions at February 04, 2026 09:28 PM (ZDu+s)

195 186
'Sabine Hossenfelder - How Bad Are Microplastics?'

I find her scientific takes very sensible. Seldom do I disagree.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 09:30 PM (fd80v)

196 Go to the French Quarter in New Orleans, order a muffuletta, and try to eat it all by yourself. Better, bring some friends with you and split it. Good eating, but messy, and filling.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 04, 2026 09:30 PM (dhHpw)

197 The only time my maternal grandfather ever got irritated with me and my brother was when he told us to pipe down during The Muppet Show.

He loved that show.

I wish it would go into syndication on antenna tv.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 04, 2026 09:31 PM (Ql5Kr)

198 I find her scientific takes very sensible. Seldom do I disagree.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 09:30 PM (fd80v)

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Microplastics are the Alar du jour.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 04, 2026 09:32 PM (nWPIJ)

199 Good dogs are good.

Goldens are so silly. So lovable.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 04, 2026 09:33 PM (xcxpd)

200 @145 Dr Claw

I gave up on regular TV shows years ago. I hate the so called reality shows. I only watch old TV shows that make sense. I will watch Newsmax. If the left wants to watch the new tripe that's on they can have it.

Posted by: Case at February 04, 2026 09:33 PM (E7+ue)

201 I wonder if Savannah Guthrie regrets working with Russia to interfere with our elections now.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 09:33 PM (E0p3T)

202 Arriving late to respond to comment #4:

you want to rotate that pic 180 degrees, ace.
Or claim it is from Australia
Posted by: Kindltot

I think the water drop is intentionally upside-down, so the forest inside it is upside-up.

Posted by: mikeski at February 04, 2026 09:33 PM (VHUov)

203 Or peeing on hookers. Maybe Savannah Guthrie shouldn't have peed on all those hookers.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 09:34 PM (E0p3T)

204 While we're waiting…

🤠Cowboy cook Kent Rollins demonstrates how to get the Crispiest Hash Brown Potatoes and Homestyle Potato Pancakes, which both look so danged tasty I want some for breakfast and lunch.
https://youtu.be/SU8JHmWqjKg

Posted by: mindful webworker - questioning all the important answers at February 04, 2026 09:34 PM (ZDu+s)

205 I see that Mark Levin is ordering people to not talk about the Epstein files any more. Does anyone have a clue as to why? It seems off-subject since it has nothing to do with Iran or Hamas.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 09:34 PM (rbvCR)

206 I had to look up who the Guthrie woman even is.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 09:34 PM (zZu0s)

207 Muppet Show was cool!

I frequently babysat for a friend, back in the early 80s. Her toddler daughter just ***loved*** "Doot Dee Doot!" (her name for the Muppet Show)

Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 09:35 PM (rdVOm)

208 I'm just kidding, I don't know what country if any that Savannah Guthrie worked with to interfere in our precious elections. And it might not have been hookers that she peed on.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 09:36 PM (E0p3T)

209 Interesting interview with a former SOAR CH-47 pilot about the aircraft, it's mission, and the training the aviators go through. The CH-47 figured prominently in the raid to capture Maduro.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIStBktajt4

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 04, 2026 09:37 PM (jtM2q)

210 207 Muppet Show was cool!

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It was a paycheck.

Posted by: Michael Caine at February 04, 2026 09:37 PM (nWPIJ)

211 200
'I only watch old TV shows that make sense. I will watch Newsmax. If the left wants to watch the new tripe that's on they can have it.'

I'd rather rewatch a Columbo for the third time than watch about anything new. There is always at least a little leftism in everything produced these days.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 09:38 PM (fd80v)

212 198
'Microplastics are the Alar du jour.'

I'll care about microplastics when it's proven they cause cancer.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 09:39 PM (fd80v)

213 Sabine Hossenfelder - How Bad Are Microplastics? (6:55)

TL/DR They might be unhealthy, but no evidence of that.
Posted by: mindful webworker

That's no way to do science.

"I don't know?" Seriously?

How are you supposed to get more research grants like that?

Posted by: literally everyone doing climate "science" at February 04, 2026 09:39 PM (VHUov)

214
I've seen probably every episode of Columbo and Perry Mason no telling how many times. And I can watch them again and again, provided not too close together.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 04, 2026 09:41 PM (w6EFb)

215 197 The only time my maternal grandfather ever got irritated with me and my brother was when he told us to pipe down during The Muppet Show.

He loved that show.

I wish it would go into syndication on antenna tv.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 04, 2026 09

It’s on ABC now, for another 20 minutes. There are a few clips on YouTube. It looks like they captured the spirit of the old show, from what I have seen! I am truly hoping I can see the whole thing tomorrow on a reply on one of the streaming channels.

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 09:42 PM (OoFl2)

216
I had to turn FOX off -- I think they've run that statement by Savannah Guthrie 10 times in the last hour.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 04, 2026 09:42 PM (w6EFb)

217 Needed the pleasant visit to the cafe today. Thank you.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 04, 2026 09:42 PM (0iJDD)

218 Microplastics are the Alar du jour.'

I'll care about microplastics when it's proven they cause cancer.
Posted by: Dr. Claw

Only the most stable compounds cause cancer.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 04, 2026 09:42 PM (/lPRQ)

219 Sabine Hossenfelder… I find her scientific takes very sensible. Seldom do I disagree.
Posted by: Dr. Claw

I never do, but usually because I can't comprehend what she's talking about — I give her a 9 on my wtf meter — but she's still fun to watch.

Posted by: mindful webworker - what was the question? at February 04, 2026 09:42 PM (ZDu+s)

220 I’ve taken to simply shredding potatoes, and soaking up the juice. Parboiling is a little too much hassle. They turn out pretty well that way.

We had an old school Diner, a classic that didn’t remodel. Individual booths each had a jukebox control box that was a hit with kids, of course. Anyway, Kenny always used butter, you’d see big honking 1 lb blocks of dairy butter for the grill for frying hashbrowns.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2026 09:43 PM (f9G9D)

221
On Breitbart.com, Gates regrets every minute he spent with Epstein.

Sure, you lying sack of shit.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 04, 2026 09:44 PM (3ek7K)

222 203
'Maybe Savannah Guthrie shouldn't have peed on all those hookers.'

How may was she supposed to pee on? Is there a right number?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 09:44 PM (fd80v)

223 Hmmm. Chinese crotch rocket (CFMoto). I should think not considering their avg level of QC and what a catastrophic failure would mean.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 09:46 PM (zZu0s)

224 That bow-tie History Guy -
-

Watched him do one. He makes it interesting but twists it up a bit.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 09:47 PM (TlCKo)

225 How are you supposed to get more research grants like that?
Posted by: literally everyone doing climate "science" at February 04, 2026 09:39 PM (VHUov)

Duh. Link it to global warming

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 09:47 PM (rbvCR)

226 You cannot wield evil.
Posted by: runner

Can too! I made my saving throw! Natural 20!

Posted by: mikeski, nerrrrrd at February 04, 2026 09:47 PM (VHUov)

227 Of course he regrets it, he got caught.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 09:48 PM (TlCKo)

228 Photo of the criminal doggie who ate the pillow...

Son and DIL got their first Golden boy as a baby of 8wks. When he was six months old, they decided he could hang out in part of the house when they worked, not in his crate. I advised them not to, but our sons rarely listen to me.

They came home for lunch from work that week and there were feathers flying like snow in the familyroom/kitchen. Bailey was proud he killed his bed. During the murder, the bed knocked over a cheap tv table and he took a large bite of particle board from that enemy.

A book I had given DIL and pen fell off the table in the battle. He ate most of the book and part of the pen.

The vet was called. They were told to "watch him." I had to "watch him" poop white (the book) for one day. We figured the plastic in the pen absorbed in to the paper and white feathers and did not kill him.

They crated him again for another six months and he was good after that. Except for eating coconuts at our house (the fiberous part). He was addicted to those.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 04, 2026 09:48 PM (WONhk)

229
214
I've seen probably every episode of Columbo and Perry Mason no telling how many times. And I can watch them again and again, provided not too close together.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 04, 2026 09:41 PM (w6EFb)

My wife and I have been going through the box set of Perry Mason. Most episodes are pretty good stories, and it’s fun to see how many stock actors from the early to mid 60’s we can recognize. Saw one last night with Cyrano Jones in it, but he wasn’t selling tribbles.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 04, 2026 09:49 PM (JbyEi)

230 That top picture reminds one of a B-17 vertical stabilizer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 09:49 PM (TlCKo)

231 On Breitbart.com, Gates regrets every minute he spent with Epstein.

Sure, you lying sack of shit.
Posted by: fourseasons

That's a Clintonian Truth.

He regrets every minute he spent with Epstein.

.....because it was a minute he was not playing grab-ass with a 14-year-old.

Posted by: mikeski at February 04, 2026 09:50 PM (VHUov)

232 The media's number one concern is the media.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 09:50 PM (RIvkX)

233 That is a great photo, Ace.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 04, 2026 09:50 PM (WONhk)

234 Dominic Michael Tripi
@DMichaelTripi·56m
NEW: Trump says we "maybe need a softer touch" on immigration enforcement, adding that he does not want to deport "all illegals" and is only focused on going after the "worst of the worst criminals."

Disclose.tv
@disclosetv·2h
NOW - Trump says he is adjusting his mass deportations policy to only go into cities if the mayors or governors "ask" and "say please," adding, "I don't want to go and force ourselves into a city, even if their numbers are terrible."

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at February 04, 2026 09:51 PM (9aVck)

235 We had an old school Diner, a classic that didn’t remodel. Individual booths each had a jukebox control box that was a hit with kids, of course.”

Best diners had the little devils head that told fortunes.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 04, 2026 09:51 PM (JbyEi)

236 I want Savannah Guthrie to answer for her mother's tweets, immediately. I'm just journalistically journalisming over here.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 04, 2026 09:52 PM (BI5O2)

237 Savannah Guthrie
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Couldn't pick her out of a lineup.

FFS I just learned who Taylor Swift is.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 09:52 PM (RIvkX)

238 I want Savannah Guthrie to answer for her mother's vaccination status, immediately. I'm just journalistically journalisming over here.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 04, 2026 09:53 PM (BI5O2)

239 I want Savannah Guthrie to trll us how often her mother wears a mask, immediately. I'm just journalistically journalisming over here.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 04, 2026 09:54 PM (BI5O2)

240 216
I had to turn FOX off -- I think they've run that statement by Savannah Guthrie 10 times in the last hour.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 04, 2026 09:42 PM (w6EFb)

^^Oh I agree. I don't need to go over this for hours. Just tell me in two minutes when something is known.

Posted by: Iris at February 04, 2026 09:54 PM (bOJ2I)

241 I want Savannah Guthrie to tell us if her mother reads QAnon, immediately. I'm just journalistically journalisming over here.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 04, 2026 09:55 PM (BI5O2)

242 YD really earning that Pulitzer over here.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 09:55 PM (RIvkX)

243 231 On Breitbart.com, Gates regrets every minute he spent with Epstein.

Sure, you lying sack of shit.
Posted by: fourseasons

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To be fair, Melinda Gates turned out to be a dude.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 04, 2026 09:55 PM (nWPIJ)

244 We be another loving black Presdent like Presdent Obana again to saves the cuntry.

Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at February 04, 2026 09:56 PM (AzSs/)

245 I want Savannah Guthrie to tellus if her mother willa accept the results of the 2028 elections, immediately. I'm just journalistically journalisming over here.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 04, 2026 09:57 PM (BI5O2)

246 Regarding Perry Mason...Here's how every Saturday of my life for 10yrs went:

We went over to my other grandmothers to be with cousins after Saturday cartoons. Sometimes gangs were formed, especially if cousins were visiting from New Orleans. Some cousins got spankings. I once fed mud to younger ones, who watched me make mud pies, telling them it was chocolate pudding. Some are still mad about this but they freaking watched me do it.

We had dinner. Often cheap chicken or Krystal Burgers. Lunch was horrid British cooking, often with a tough roast, so this was dinner. I had an Orange Crush, my only soda of the week.

We watched part of Lawrence Welk before going home to our apt and I watched the rest of Welk with my other grandmother and aunt. I am pretty sure we then watched Perry Mason and I went to bed.

I had my entire week made up of tv. Sunday was Disney, Lassie, then Bonanza.

I don't remember Monday.

Tuesdays was Red Skelton. I remember this because in 4th grade I went with my mother to a hygiene class (sex ed and I learned nothing) and missed the show and was mad.

Don't remember Wed or Th.

Friday night we got to watch The Flintstone's while eating burgers.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 04, 2026 09:59 PM (WONhk)

247 The Cafe is closing for the night.

The ONT is open.

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=418359

Posted by: mindful webworker - join the fun at February 04, 2026 10:01 PM (ZDu+s)

248 Mother of the year.

BREAKING - A liberal mother in Portland, Oregon, says she has had thoughts of “taking out her kids” to protect them from ICE.

“If it comes down to me taking out myself and my kids versus us being taken and harmed by ICE, death would be an easier out.”

CPS has been notified.

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Her face looks like a pin cushion.

https://is.gd/AjuklI5

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 04, 2026 10:03 PM (J+Psw)

249 Trump is probably focused on deporting as many illegals as possible in the time he has left as President. Hitting a rough patch in one area threatens to disrupt the whole program. The idea is to stay below the media threshold but keep up the intensity.

There is some craft involved.

Personally, I don't care if he goes soft on MN. I don't live there and if the citizens there want to harbor a bunch of dependent, low-life, scum bags, then let them have at it. MN is in for a lot of self-generated hurt, let the people there deal with it. Those people are punishing their kids.

I mean realistically, do you think these hard-ass policies are really going to work in S CA?

Posted by: pawn at February 04, 2026 10:07 PM (uvB+6)

250 How may was she supposed to pee on? Is there a right number?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 09:44 PM (fd80v)

Between 3 and 5

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 10:13 PM (E0p3T)

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