Mid-Morning Art Thread

Sugar Loaf Peak, El Dorado County
Thomas Hill

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 art

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 12, 2026 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

2
ESPONJA!!1!1!!!!1

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 12, 2026 09:30 AM (tljrc)

3 BOING!

Would paint by number.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 12, 2026 09:30 AM (7xyr6)

4 Oh, beautiful. Thanks, CBD!

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

5 Dog. Art.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 12, 2026 09:31 AM (Kt19C)

6 Good morning good people.

Me like it -

High on a hill, in El Dorado do do do. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at February 12, 2026 09:31 AM (cYBz/)

7 El Dorado was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at February 12, 2026 09:31 AM (2Ez/1)

8 Painting: Landscape. I don't hang landscapes.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 09:31 AM (N8ZBc)

9 Lovely. I particularly like the sun on the back left trees.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 12, 2026 09:31 AM (RDpV/)

10 Peak, by Hill.

What are the chances?!?!?!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 12, 2026 09:32 AM (7xyr6)

11 would not hang

Posted by: Gref at February 12, 2026 09:32 AM (5rh/l)

12 Better than some of the horrid things we've seen here. Would not hang but only because I don't have the space.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 12, 2026 09:32 AM (NR6c1)

13 Is this Liz Warren's summer place? I think I spot a teepee.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 12, 2026 09:33 AM (0nHVk)

14 Beautiful! Would hang!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 12, 2026 09:33 AM (ESVrU)

15 No nekkid babies?

Posted by: I was expecting nekkid babies at February 12, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

16 Sugar Loaf Peak, El Dorado County, 1865.
Thomas Hill (American, born England, 1829–190

Oil on canvas, 40 in. x 54 in. Crocker Art Museum, E. B. Crocker Collection, 1872.529

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 12, 2026 09:33 AM (gbOdA)

17 Back before California was a total shitshow.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 09:33 AM (77rzZ)

18 The green-eyed lady ocean lady is in the tent.

Posted by: Delurker at February 12, 2026 09:33 AM (gtcuf)

19 Crocker Art Museum
216 O Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 12, 2026 09:34 AM (gbOdA)

20 Better than some of the horrid things we've seen here.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 12, 2026 09:32 AM (NR6c1)

There is a vibrant Art Thread over at hotair.com...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 12, 2026 09:34 AM (n9ltV)

21 For some reason I keep expecting a dragon to come down and perch on the peak in the midground.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 12, 2026 09:34 AM (ESVrU)

22 Pretty! Would hang.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 12, 2026 09:34 AM (48ipd)

23 yow!
wanna go camping?

Posted by: cmeat at February 12, 2026 09:34 AM (R11M+)

24 I watched the old cartoon The Mysterious Cities of Gold as a kid, and El Dorado didn't look ANYTHING like this. I'm starting to think Thomas Hill had never been there!!!

https://tinyurl.com/39c7fnyd

Posted by: Confused Old Moron at February 12, 2026 09:35 AM (JCZqz)

25 Garage-saling, we found one of those 19th Century American landscapes for a buck or two. It was in poor condition, but it still fetched $140 on eBay. I forgot the name of the artist.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 09:35 AM (N8ZBc)

26 No nekkid babies?

Posted by: I was expecting nekkid babies at February 12, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

Tomorrow.

Posted by: Muhammad at February 12, 2026 09:35 AM (n9ltV)

27 Nice.

Posted by: huerfano at February 12, 2026 09:36 AM (98kQX)

28
Beautiful. Even without naked ladies.

Posted by: Auspex at February 12, 2026 09:36 AM (Y8DZL)

29 There's a "Sugar Loaf Mountain" near Fredrick, MD. Very scenic.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 12, 2026 09:37 AM (jtM2q)

30 Well, we got one Grand Teton. Where's the other one?

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 09:37 AM (77rzZ)

31 As a yoot in the agricultural Midwest, seeing these types of paintings made me want to live somewhere . . . not flat.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 12, 2026 09:37 AM (8AONa)

32 Peak Sugar Loaf?

Don't call us.

Posted by: man at February 12, 2026 09:37 AM (XuXeR)

33 Painting: Landscape. I don't hang landscapes.
Posted by: gp
____________

Turn it 90 degrees. Then you'll have portrait.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 12, 2026 09:37 AM (uFn16)

34 put your teton.

Posted by: cmeat at February 12, 2026 09:37 AM (R11M+)

35 There are people, but are the other animals horses or dogs?

Posted by: Pete in Texas at February 12, 2026 09:37 AM (BHrzb)

36 >> Well, we got one Grand Teton. Where's the other one?

Why, you wanna peek?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 12, 2026 09:38 AM (48ipd)

37 "Beautiful. Even without naked ladies."

The tent is full of nude women. Just can't see em.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 09:38 AM (N8ZBc)

38 Well, we got one Grand Teton. Where's the other one?"

Amazon?

Posted by: man at February 12, 2026 09:38 AM (XuXeR)

39 California is such a beautiful state. It's really sad to see it destroyed by the Democrat party.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 12, 2026 09:38 AM (NpAcC)

40 As a yoot in the agricultural Midwest, seeing these types of paintings made me want to live somewhere . . . not flat.
Posted by: 2009Refugee

Flat Midwestern farmland has a charm of its own.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 09:38 AM (77rzZ)

41 It's Spanish for "Sugar Loaf Peak, The Dorado County".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 12, 2026 09:38 AM (06Hmj)

42 >>Peak Sugar Loaf?

Pffft!

Posted by: Peak Sugartits at February 12, 2026 09:38 AM (48ipd)

43 33 Ha!

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 09:38 AM (N8ZBc)

44
Green-eyed Lady?

- - Sugarloaf

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 12, 2026 09:38 AM (x0n13)

45 32 what a fun song.

Posted by: cmeat at February 12, 2026 09:39 AM (R11M+)

46 California is such a beautiful state. It's really sad to see it destroyed by the Democrat party.
Posted by: redridinghood

Yes, it really is a tragedy.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

47 I like the bird on the branch of the dead tree, center-right. It's just chillin', taking it all in.

Posted by: Delurker at February 12, 2026 09:40 AM (gtcuf)

48 Why do you ask, Two Dogs Fucking?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 12, 2026 09:40 AM (xFfhU)

49 >>There are people, but are the other animals horses or dogs?

Posted by: Pete in Texas at February 12, 2026 09:37 AM

The dog is in the tent and the owl is in the tree.

Posted by: huerfano at February 12, 2026 09:40 AM (98kQX)

50 "Boy, that place was kind of a hellhole. It's nice that the Communists came in and cleaned it up a bit."

- Things no one has ever said in the history of things being said

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 12, 2026 09:41 AM (06Hmj)

51 Do I see someone standing to the left of the tent?

Posted by: dantesed at February 12, 2026 09:41 AM (Oy/m2)

52 >>I like the bird on the branch of the dead tree, center-right. It's just chillin', taking it all in.

It's thinking: "Could I scoop up that furry beast before the dude notices?"

Posted by: Lizzy at February 12, 2026 09:41 AM (48ipd)

53 30 Well, we got one Grand Teton. Where's the other one?
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 09:37 AM
---
She was a black-haired beauty with big, dark eyes
And points on their own sittin' way up high
Way up firm and high

Posted by: Bob Seger at February 12, 2026 09:41 AM (2Ez/1)

54
Dog, therefore art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2026 09:42 AM (tgvbd)

55 Falling asleep, turning over and rolling off the mountain would generally suck.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 12, 2026 09:42 AM (jtM2q)

56 >> Well, we got one Grand Teton. Where's the other one?

Why, you wanna peek?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 12, 2026 09:38 AM (48ipd)
=============
Going ridge-id right now

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 12, 2026 09:42 AM (DZdRD)

57 There's a "Sugar Loaf Mountain" near Fredrick, MD. Very scenic.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

I think there's a "Sugar Loaf Mountain/Hill" in practically every state. There's even one on Mackinac Island in Lake Huron.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 09:43 AM (77rzZ)

58 >>Going ridge-id right now

Ha!
Steer clear of the butte. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at February 12, 2026 09:43 AM (48ipd)

59 Very nice. Color palette is bright and sunny, and the blocking is well done.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 12, 2026 09:43 AM (CHHv1)

60 Flat Midwestern farmland has a charm of its own.
Posted by: Bulg

"Wanna get to Finlay do ya? Well, go down two squares until you come to Charlie's second section of beans, turn left and then keep going until you reach the place where Old Lady Wilma's grain bin used to be.

Can't miss it."

Posted by: Tonypete at February 12, 2026 09:43 AM (cYBz/)

61 58 Ha!

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 09:44 AM (N8ZBc)

62
Nice. Would hang.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2026 09:44 AM (tgvbd)

63 It's no Bob Ross but it does have people in it, so acceptable.

Posted by: Javems at February 12, 2026 09:44 AM (zFsEm)

64 "Well, we got one Grand Teton."

It's titillating.

Posted by: Oh, no... at February 12, 2026 09:44 AM (2Ez/1)

65 There's a "Sugar Loaf Mountain" near Fredrick, MD. Very scenic.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 12, 2026 09:37 AM (jtM2q)

Also something called Sugarloaf in Wicklow, Ireland.

Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 09:45 AM (B4Se1)

66 "Wanna get to Finlay do ya? Well, ya can't get there from here."

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 09:45 AM (N8ZBc)

67 Kind of a lumpy bewb. It'll do.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 12, 2026 09:45 AM (Hpgos)

68 There are people, but are the other animals horses or dogs?

Posted by: Pete in Texas at February 12, 2026 09:37 AM (BHrzb)

There is a dog in the lean-to, so this is art!

Posted by: Muhammad at February 12, 2026 09:45 AM (n9ltV)

69
See what you can do if you're not a syphilitic French painter?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2026 09:46 AM (tgvbd)

70 >>It's titillating.

It lava you long time!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 12, 2026 09:46 AM (48ipd)

71 Why does a pile of sugar get the "loaf" appellation, and yet a pile of dirt is not called a Dirt Loaf?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 12, 2026 09:46 AM (Dv3i1)

72 There is a dog in the lean-to, so this is art!
Posted by: Muhammad

Thought you hated dogs.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 09:46 AM (77rzZ)

73
No heroin-eyed goth girl. That's good.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2026 09:46 AM (tgvbd)

74 That's a sad looking tent.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at February 12, 2026 09:47 AM (+u9S1)

75 No idea what a Sugar Loaf is or supposed to look like.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 12, 2026 09:47 AM (RIvkX)

76 Poor site for a camp. The White Man could easily sneak around from either side.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 12, 2026 09:47 AM (uFn16)

77 Every US state has exquisitely beautiful places to visit. But folx seem to prefer to visit theme parks and casinos instead.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 09:47 AM (N8ZBc)

78 71 Why does a pile of sugar get the "loaf" appellation, and yet a pile of dirt is not called a Dirt Loaf?
--------------------
Back in the day sugar was sold in a cone form. You had to shave the amount of sugar you wanted for tea/coffee....

Posted by: pudinhead at February 12, 2026 09:48 AM (Hpgos)

79 No nekkid babies?

Posted by: I was expecting nekkid babies at February 12, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)
-

This is why we can't have nice advertisers!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 12, 2026 09:48 AM (7xyr6)

80 No heroin-eyed goth girl. That's good.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Billie Eilish Peak is the only one not on stolen land.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 09:48 AM (77rzZ)

81 "No idea what a Sugar Loaf is or supposed to look like."

Now you do! Art enriches the mind and soul.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 09:48 AM (N8ZBc)

82 77 Every US state has exquisitely beautiful places to visit. But folx seem to prefer to visit theme parks and casinos instead.
Posted by: gp

Uh, yes. Yes, yes we all do have beautiful places to visit.

Posted by: Rhode Island at February 12, 2026 09:49 AM (Dv3i1)

83 >>No heroin-eyed goth girl. That's good.

I know, right?
I'm always falling for those. . .

Posted by: CLIFF at February 12, 2026 09:49 AM (48ipd)

84
Uh, yes. Yes, yes we all do have beautiful places to visit.
Posted by: Rhode Island at February 12, 2026 09:49 AM (Dv3i1)

I'm sorry I've never seen any of the Newport mansions.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2026 09:49 AM (tgvbd)

85 My favorite butte joke came from the TV show Who's the Boss, of all things.

Everyone is on vacation in Wyoming and Cookie Milano has fallen for a local cowboy and spent the day with him without checking in with Tony.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Tony is frantically asking everyone if they've seen Sam. Someone tells him: "I saw Sam earlier, up on the butte. She was kissing some guy."

And Tony angrily yells: "Some guy was kissing my daughter on the butte!?!"

Posted by: Delurker at February 12, 2026 09:49 AM (gtcuf)

86 Just off to the left is a big brown bear looking for a meal.

Posted by: dantesed at February 12, 2026 09:50 AM (Oy/m2)

87 El Dorado County

**********

Been Done Wrong - a limerick

(Featuring Slim Pickin's)

The old prospector Jedediah Taft
Was toothless and a little bit daft
But his righteous ire was kindled
By his partners he was swindled
They got the gold mine...he got the shaft!

Posted by: muldoon at February 12, 2026 09:50 AM (qgHp7)

88 I'm sorry I've never seen any of the Newport mansions.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2026 09:49 AM (tgvbd)

Is that where all the Kool kids live?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 12, 2026 09:50 AM (06Hmj)

89 They hang stuff like this in the state capitol building.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 12, 2026 09:50 AM (RIvkX)

90 I know of a Sugar Loaf near Ensenada.

It's called sugar loaf because of all the birdshit.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 12, 2026 09:50 AM (qFwJc)

91 the owl is giving tom waits for no one the stinkeye.

Posted by: cmeat at February 12, 2026 09:51 AM (R11M+)

92 In my younger years, I would climb that rock, and roll the boulder off of the top. Just doing my part.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 12, 2026 09:51 AM (xFfhU)

93 You can be sure that any of the individuals depicted here is a gunperson.

Posted by: Artperson at February 12, 2026 09:51 AM (2Ez/1)

94 89 They hang stuff like this in the state capitol building.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I can think of other things to hang in the state capitol building.

Posted by: Formerly Proud State of Minnesota at February 12, 2026 09:51 AM (Dv3i1)

95 See what you can do if you're not a syphilitic French painter?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2026 09:46 AM (tgvbd)

Tomorrow.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 12, 2026 09:52 AM (n9ltV)

96 Sugar loaf recipe: Flour, LOTS of sugar, and very lucky famished yeast.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 09:52 AM (N8ZBc)

97 Every US state has exquisitely beautiful places to visit. But folx seem to prefer to visit theme parks and casinos instead.
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 09:47 AM (N8ZBc)

Neither is ugly, but I can't say I've seen anything I'd call exquisite in KS or NE, and I've been through both plenty of times.

Some wild grasslands, I guess. But flat as Brie Larson's buttcheeks.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 12, 2026 09:52 AM (BI5O2)

98 which toponym is more common in America... Sugarloaf, or Limekiln?

I think it's a tossup.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 12, 2026 09:53 AM (06Hmj)

99 40 As a yoot in the agricultural Midwest, seeing these types of paintings made me want to live somewhere . . . not flat.
Posted by: 2009Refugee

Flat Midwestern farmland has a charm of its own.
Posted by: Bulg

Reminds me of a T-shirt I always see in the Des Moines airport.
https://tinyurl.com/4mfvhtsz

Yup, I guess everything DOES become a boob thread...

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 12, 2026 09:53 AM (JCZqz)

100 I prefer a nice Meat Loaf. With Carrots on the side.

Posted by: Baked Potato at February 12, 2026 09:53 AM (oftw2)

101
Sugar Loaf Peak?

Pfffft!

It's nuthin' compared to -

Saccharin Bagel Plateau.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 12, 2026 09:53 AM (iJfKG)

102 Neither is ugly, but I can't say I've seen anything I'd call exquisite in KS or NE, and I've been through both plenty of times.

Some wild grasslands, I guess. But flat as Brie Larson's buttcheeks.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 12, 2026 09:52 AM (BI5O2)

Concur. Both states are merely quisite.

Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 09:54 AM (B4Se1)

103 which toponym is more common in America... Sugarloaf, or Limekiln?
+++
*polite cough*

Posted by: Springfield at February 12, 2026 09:55 AM (2Ez/1)

104
I prefer a nice Meat Loaf. With Carrots on the side.
Posted by: Baked Potato at February 12, 2026 09:53 AM (oftw2)

Baked Potato out!

Everyone knows the preferred spud item for meat loaf is Mashed Potatoes.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 12, 2026 09:55 AM (iJfKG)

105 Some wild grasslands, I guess. But flat as Brie Larson's buttcheeks.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

But grasslands stretching vastly to the horizon have a sort of majesty and grandeur in and of themselves.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 09:55 AM (77rzZ)

106 See what you can do if you're not a syphilitic French painter?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2026 09:46 AM (tgvbd)

Tomorrow.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 12, 2026 09:52 AM (n9ltV)
===

*makes breakfast reservation for tomorrow at place with no wifi*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 12, 2026 09:55 AM (RIvkX)

107 These landscapes are magnificent with the way they capture the light as it brings out the details of the land as well as the effect of distant mountains. It's a celebration of the wonder of creation. And while the people and their structures may be dwarfed, they are still at home with the grandeur. It's a pleasure to see such art.

I know the Hudson River School developed as way to celebrate the American landscape, and Hill was at least associated with that school. I do wonder if it was partly inspired by the Romantic poets, British and American, which established the aesthetic shone in the paintings like this. Not always overtly religious but certainly spiritual. It would have been interesting what Wordsworth or Shelly might have done with these American scenes.

Posted by: JTB at February 12, 2026 09:55 AM (yTvNw)

108 Concur. Both states are merely quisite.

Would you say they're whelming?

Posted by: Archimedes at February 12, 2026 09:56 AM (Riz8t)

109 108 Concur. Both states are merely quisite.

Would you say they're whelming?
Posted by: Archimedes at February 12, 2026 09:56 AM (Riz8t)

They'll leave you perfectly gruntled.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 12, 2026 09:56 AM (06Hmj)

110 CBD, Thanks. This is a wonderful image to start the day with.

Posted by: JTB at February 12, 2026 09:56 AM (yTvNw)

111 One thing I don't like about KS is all the damn windfarms everywhere.

Once we wind down that horrendously wasteful boondoggle and those stupid whirligigs get hauled to the landfill, KS will get prettier.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 12, 2026 09:56 AM (BI5O2)

112 LOVE

Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 12, 2026 09:57 AM (DgMqy)

113 Everyone knows the preferred spud item for meat loaf is Mashed Potatoes.

Posted by: naturalfake

R U retarded? You have to run the oven anyway!

Posted by: Frugal Freda at February 12, 2026 09:57 AM (oftw2)

114 I think there's a "Sugar Loaf Mountain/Hill" in practically every state. There's even one on Mackinac Island in Lake Huron.
Posted by: Bulg

Yep. One in Polk County, Tennessee also.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 12, 2026 09:58 AM (cYBz/)

115 This painting, I would mount it on my wall!

Posted by: CLIFF at February 12, 2026 09:58 AM (48ipd)

116 Flying over Kansas, it seems to be nothing but wind farms. Always makes me sad.

Posted by: Delurker at February 12, 2026 09:58 AM (gtcuf)

117 In the capitol building each of the 57 counties has a display case for each county to show off. Classy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 12, 2026 09:58 AM (RIvkX)

118 102 NE has ass-kicking birdwatching spots. KS has huge native grasslands. I look for little things, rare, closeup. I agree that, if you're looking for mountains and landscape-type beauty (as I suppose most people look for exquisite beauty,) some states are better than others.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 09:59 AM (N8ZBc)

119
The dog is in the tent and the owl is in the tree.
Posted by: huerfano

In perspective that owl must be the size of a pterodactyl.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 12, 2026 09:59 AM (lpVer)

120 Once we wind down that horrendously wasteful boondoggle and those stupid whirligigs get hauled to the landfill, KS will get prettier.

If California is any example, they won't get hauled away. They'll just stand there, broken, until they fall down.

Posted by: t-bird at February 12, 2026 09:59 AM (upeQk)

121 Oh, to live on Sugar Loaf Peak
With the barkers and the colored balloons
You can't be twenty on Sugar Loaf Peak
Though you're thinking that you're leaving there too soon
You're leaving there too soon

Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 12, 2026 09:59 AM (DgMqy)

122 I wonder if those guys know the way to Bells Canyon.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 12, 2026 09:59 AM (KgHVl)

123 Nice colors and setting. This is another nature painting, though, that would be better without the people.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 12, 2026 10:00 AM (iFTx/)

124 CNN Headline

Birthday wishes, island plans and ‘xoxo’ sign-offs: Inside a former Obama WH counsel’s ties to Epstein

—

Someone’s getting fired over this.

Posted by: Really?? at February 12, 2026 10:00 AM (Eh6IB)

125 With my readers on, it is an owl. I called it a bird.

But owls count as birds. I think.

Posted by: Delurker at February 12, 2026 10:00 AM (gtcuf)

126 Fun fact: A very small part of the SE corner of Kansas is considered part of the Ozarks.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)

127 Olympic TV commenters are so insipid.

And I want to see something other than ice dancing, half-pipe, and curling.

The Korean women on the Korean team are crazy annoying screaming in gookinese. Good grief.

I am so jaded this morning. I need to wake up.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 12, 2026 10:00 AM (ufFY8)

128 Neither is ugly, but I can't say I've seen anything I'd call exquisite in KS or NE, and I've been through both plenty of times.

Some wild grasslands, I guess. But flat as Brie Larson's buttcheeks.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 12, 2026 09:52 AM (BI5O2)

If you'd like to be suicidally bored, try driving East through Western Oklahoma.

Mile after mile of very small rolling hills covered with grass, and every mile looks the same except for the occasional gas station and Hardy's.

You literally think you're going nowhere, just staying in the same place despite the fact the your pedometers reading 70MPH.

The deserts and prairies of Texas have more variation and beauty.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 12, 2026 10:01 AM (iJfKG)

129 NJ gets short shrift. There are some real beauty spots there, but everyone thinks the whole state is a chemical toilet populated by roving bands of gun-wielding CHUDs because of the northern part.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 12, 2026 10:01 AM (BI5O2)

130 >>But owls count as birds. I think.

Yup, and if it's a great horned owl it is a legitimate threat.

Posted by: CLIFF at February 12, 2026 10:02 AM (48ipd)

131 In perspective that owl must be the size of a pterodactyl.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

It must be that Superb Owl I've heard tell about.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:02 AM (77rzZ)

132 Once we wind down that horrendously wasteful boondoggle and those stupid whirligigs get hauled to the landfill, KS will get prettier.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 12, 2026 09:56 AM (BI5O2)

Trump signed an EO ending construction of these monstrosities offshore. A “judge” said nah bruh I get to decide energy policy for the country, not you. And forced the construction to start back up.

Posted by: Really?? at February 12, 2026 10:02 AM (Eh6IB)

133 NJ gets short shrift. There are some real beauty spots there, but everyone thinks the whole state is a chemical toilet populated by roving bands of gun-wielding CHUDs because of the northern part.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

The Pine Barrens are nice, I hear.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

134 Rhode Island, if it truly existed, would showcase Narragansett Bay.
The only thing better would be that it engulfed Capitol Hill in Providence.
Suddenly.

Posted by: RI Red - who is now Somebody! at February 12, 2026 10:03 AM (tez/p)

135 For context, in the 19th century sugar was suppled in a sort of cone shape, wrapped in paper. Not sure why.

Now that I think about it. Ever notice in the US table salt is always supplied in squat cylindrical paper cartons? Regardless of brand. Why is that?

Posted by: Common Tater at February 12, 2026 10:03 AM (wzze2)

136 Some wild grasslands, I guess. But flat as Brie Larson's buttcheeks.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Her first Captain Marvel images were incredibly flat, granted: https://tinyurl.com/55985ne5

The costume doesn't look tight, but I saw some analysis of the intense workout routine she did to prepare, and they emphasized how there was no gluten work, and she got lean, so the booty went away.

Whether deliberate, or not, her butt seems to be back.
https://tinyurl.com/4nez9w8f
https://tinyurl.com/557h6t74

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 12, 2026 10:03 AM (JCZqz)

137 104 with whorled peas and quiet.

Posted by: cmeat at February 12, 2026 10:03 AM (R11M+)

138 129 NJ gets short shrift. There are some real beauty spots there, but everyone thinks the whole state is a chemical toilet populated by roving bands of gun-wielding CHUDs because of the northern part.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Trenton and Camden are NOT in the north of that awful state.

Posted by: Nova Caesarea at February 12, 2026 10:03 AM (oftw2)

139 "The Korean women on the Korean team are crazy annoying screaming in gookinese. Good grief."
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Is this about us?

Posted by: Your local nail salon at February 12, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)

140 The Pine Barrens are nice, I hear.
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

I saw an hour long documentary about it on HBO once.
Two dudes got lost, and were looking for their Russian buddy.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 12, 2026 10:04 AM (ufFY8)

141 The Pine Barrens are nice, I hear.
Posted by: Bulg
________

Paulie Walnuts and Christopher would disagree.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 12, 2026 10:05 AM (uFn16)

142 Donner party, table for 4.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 12, 2026 10:05 AM (xFfhU)

143 I believe someone worked out the math and determined that (allowing for scale) Kansas is actually flatter than a typical pancake.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 12, 2026 10:05 AM (IG3/x)

144 NJ gets short shrift. There are some real beauty spots there

Yeah, there's a real nice lookout area where you pull off the highway (295 maybe?) and get to look across the river... at Pennsylvania.

Posted by: t-bird at February 12, 2026 10:05 AM (upeQk)

145
I Cannot Lie - a limerick

A amply arsed woman named Zoot
Frolicked in her birthday suit
"It's HUGE!" one man cried
Sir Mix-A-Lot replied,
"That ain't a mountain, that's a beaut!"

Posted by: muldoon at February 12, 2026 10:05 AM (qgHp7)

146 And I'm not sure why... People seem to understand that TN is breathtaking, and they don't think the whole state is some Memphis horror show. But NJ gets crapped on for Camden, Trenton, and Jersey City, as if that's all there is.

I suspect it's because NY has a huge amount of cultural power, and they delight in denigrating NJ as their landfill.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 12, 2026 10:06 AM (BI5O2)

147 But grasslands stretching vastly to the horizon have a sort of majesty and grandeur in and of themselves.
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 09:55 AM (77rzZ)

Amber waves of grain.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 12, 2026 10:06 AM (8zz6B)

148 Good morning, from stately de Money ~~manor~~ hovel.

Every day is a gift.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 12, 2026 10:06 AM (wVcYX)

149 In a RR right-of-way, in an industrial brownfield in Hammond Indiana, I found a patch of remnant prairie with astonishing native orange lady-slipper orchids. I've got tons of photos of stuff and places like that, but I'm too lazy to dig them out. I look for the little things, not the big ones. YMMV.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 10:06 AM (N8ZBc)

150 If California is any example, they won't get hauled away. They'll just stand there, broken, until they fall down.
Posted by: t-bird

And the site will need superfund cleanup in perpetuity.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 12, 2026 10:06 AM (lpVer)

151
Is this about us?
Posted by: Your local nail salon at February 12, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)

Mrs. DIG used to work with a lot of asians (Cambodian, Lao, Vietnamese), and she said this is exactly how they sounded. LOL.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 12, 2026 10:06 AM (ufFY8)

152

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 10:06 AM (N8ZBc)

153 Come for the art.
Stay for the in-depth analysis of Brie Larson's derriere.

Posted by: We've got it all at February 12, 2026 10:06 AM (2Ez/1)

154 One thing I don't like about KS is all the damn windfarms everywhere.

Once we wind down that horrendously wasteful boondoggle and those stupid whirligigs get hauled to the landfill, KS will get prettier.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Lol. Iowa has many more wind turbines than Kansas (almost 50% more), and is actually #2 in the nation behind Texas.

All in on wind power AND ethanol. You're welcome!

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 12, 2026 10:06 AM (JCZqz)

155 Sorry. messed up the close tag on that one.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 10:07 AM (N8ZBc)

156 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Hunterdon and Warren County are very nice as are parts the Southern half of the state , and there are charming towns in many places.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 12, 2026 10:07 AM (rZCVI)

157 Birthday wishes, island plans and ‘xoxo’ sign-offs: Inside a former Obama WH counsel’s ties to Epstein

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Someone’s getting fired over this.
Posted by: Really??

Lucky!
-- Zombie Former Chef

Posted by: Tonypete at February 12, 2026 10:07 AM (cYBz/)

158 The Pine Barrens are nice, I hear.
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

I saw an hour long documentary about it on HBO once.
Two dudes got lost, and were looking for their Russian buddy.
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Have you seen the AI re-mixes where they do Star Trek: TNG with the Sopranos?

Fricking hilarious.
The mash up of that episode is one of the best.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 12, 2026 10:07 AM (HXT0k)

159 >>NJ gets short shrift. There are some real beauty spots there

Cape May

Posted by: CLIFF at February 12, 2026 10:07 AM (48ipd)

160 My Olympics complaint: no matter what’s happening nbc is 100% focused on the American in the event. Case in point, men’s cross country. American was in 2nd place. A Norwegian just had the race of his life, was a mile ahead of 2nd place American. The crowd was going wild for him too.

Announcers overlook the winner and are all oh my god anAmerican has won silver, this is amazing!!!

It’s like fuck man you don’t even mention the winner? Thats just retarded and annoying.

Posted by: Really?? at February 12, 2026 10:08 AM (Eh6IB)

161 everyone thinks the whole state is a chemical toilet populated by roving bands of gun-wielding CHUDs because of the northern part.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 12, 2026 10:01 AM (BI5O2)

The I-95 corridor is a shithole, and there are some additional turds like Trenton and Camden. But most of the state, including the northern part, is pleasant.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 12, 2026 10:08 AM (n9ltV)

162 139 "The Korean women on the Korean team are crazy annoying screaming in gookinese. Good grief."
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Is this about us?
Posted by: Your local nail salon

Luxury! At least they look kinda hot.

Posted by: ICE Agents dealing with nonstop whistles and harridan shrieking (and that's just from the soy dudes) at February 12, 2026 10:08 AM (JCZqz)

163
Hammond Indiana, I found a patch of remnant prairie with astonishing native orange lady-slipper orchids.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 10:06 AM (N8ZBc)

Hammond, wow.
Near my old stomping grounds.

Industrial wasteland.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 12, 2026 10:08 AM (ufFY8)

164 I believe someone worked out the math and determined that (allowing for scale) Kansas is actually flatter than a typical pancake.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Pfft. Pikers.
-- Zombie Rachel Corrie

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:09 AM (77rzZ)

165 139 "The Korean women on the Korean team are crazy annoying screaming in gookinese. Good grief.
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Is this about us?
Posted by: Your local nail salon
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Snort.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 12, 2026 10:09 AM (Hpgos)

166 "That ain't a mountain, that's a beaut!"
Posted by: muldoon at February 12, 2026 10:05 AM (qgHp7)

That is so tailored for Hordian tastes. Bravo!

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 12, 2026 10:09 AM (wVcYX)

167 > Is this about us?
Posted by: Your local nail salon at February 12, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)

They let Koreans have nail salons where you're from?

Around here the Hmong ladies would cut a bitch for trying that, or so I've heard.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 12, 2026 10:10 AM (IG3/x)

168 Northern NJ suburbs have some amazing homes.

Posted by: Really?? at February 12, 2026 10:10 AM (Eh6IB)

169 Cape May is gorgeous.

Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 10:10 AM (S5fB5)

170 It’s like fuck man you don’t even mention the winner? Thats just retarded and annoying.
Posted by: Really?? at February 12, 2026 10:08 AM (Eh6IB)

Word.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 12, 2026 10:10 AM (ufFY8)

171 My girlfriend said "kiss me where it smells". So I took her to New Jersey.

Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 10:10 AM (S5fB5)

172 I believe someone worked out the math and determined that (allowing for scale) Kansas is actually flatter than a typical pancake.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Last I checked, the state tree is a telephone pole.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 12, 2026 10:10 AM (cYBz/)

173 Port of call: Bayonne, New Jersey.

Posted by: Old SNL Commercial for Navy recruiting at February 12, 2026 10:10 AM (2Ez/1)

174 168 Northern NJ suburbs have some amazing homes.
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You should see their property tax bill.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 12, 2026 10:10 AM (Hpgos)

175 > Trump signed an EO ending construction of these monstrosities offshore. A “judge” said nah bruh I get to decide energy policy for the country, not you. And forced the construction to start back up.
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Reason 3,159,673 why the administration should have confronted the judicial coup on day one. And put it down with prejudice.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 12, 2026 10:11 AM (jtM2q)

176 Those with a fine eye for detail may note a common thread between these two tweets.

1) % of Americans who have a great deal of confidence in journalists to act in the best interests of the public

All US adults: 6%
Republicans: 2%
Democrats: 9%

2) ABC News
@abcnews
#BREAKING: The person who carried out a school massacre is an 18-year-old woman with mental health issues, but she did not give a motive for one of the worst mass shootings in Canada's history.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 12, 2026 10:11 AM (J+Psw)

177 146 misspelled newark.

Posted by: cmeat at February 12, 2026 10:11 AM (R11M+)

178 Funny. New Jersey and Pleasant in the same sentence.
Of course, I have only driven on the I-95 shithole corridor.

Posted by: RI Red - who is now Somebody! at February 12, 2026 10:11 AM (tez/p)

179 Industrial wasteland.
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Not any longer. Now it’s just post-industrial wasteland.

With methamphetamine, Bingo, and hordes of illegals. Amirite? We were a lot better off when the Cuyahoga had an octane rating, much as it pains me to admit. Much better off.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 12, 2026 10:11 AM (wzze2)

180 >
Paulie Walnuts and Christopher would disagree.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 12, 2026 10:05 AM (uFn16)

I laughed my ass off when they signified just how desperate the situation was becoming by showing Paulie's hair messed up.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 12, 2026 10:12 AM (IG3/x)

181 147 amber waves at groin.

Posted by: cmeat at February 12, 2026 10:12 AM (R11M+)

182
You should see their property tax bill.
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Fuuugetaboutit.

Posted by: Really?? at February 12, 2026 10:12 AM (Eh6IB)

183 "Hammond, wow.
Near my old stomping grounds.
Industrial wasteland."

Before development, the southern tip of Lake Michigan was a naturalist's paradise. Incredible biodiversity, unique ecosystems, endemic species. It's almost all gone now.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 10:12 AM (N8ZBc)

184 Last I checked, the state tree is a telephone pole.
Posted by: Tonypete

My brother lived in Kansas briefly in the early '80s. At that time, the highest point in the state was the roof of the Holiday Inn in Wichita.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:12 AM (77rzZ)

185 My Olympics complaint: no matter what’s happening nbc is 100% focused on the American in the event.

Foreign feeds are nice. Most countries suck at the bullshit made-for-NBC sports, so they show the real stuff.

Posted by: t-bird at February 12, 2026 10:13 AM (upeQk)

186 When we'd drive to Chicago on I-94 as a kid, you could always smell when you were driving past Gary.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:14 AM (77rzZ)

187 I like the bird on the branch of the dead tree, center-right. It's just chillin', taking it all in.

*********

Betty, when you call me you can call me "Owl".

Posted by: the bird on the branch at February 12, 2026 10:14 AM (qgHp7)

188 Neither is ugly, but I can't say I've seen anything I'd call exquisite in KS or NE, and I've been through both plenty of times.

Some wild grasslands, I guess.

But flat as Brie Larson's buttcheeks.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

*North & Central Texas has entered the chat.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 12, 2026 10:14 AM (lnk1R)

189 186 When we'd drive to Chicago on I-94 as a kid, you could always smell when you were driving past Gary.
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Cleveland kind of smelled, too. Does it still smell?

Posted by: pudinhead at February 12, 2026 10:14 AM (Hpgos)

190 dog, so art.

Posted by: Eromero at February 12, 2026 10:15 AM (LHPAg)

191 Ya know, it's almost like every state in the country has good parts and bad parts.

NJ has some great forests, nice mountains, some very nice scenery, nice quiet suburbs (I have a house in one), and some of the riches areas in the country.

NJ also has Camden and Newark (although Newark is starting to gentrify).

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 12, 2026 10:15 AM (iFTx/)

192 161 hamptons?

Posted by: cmeat at February 12, 2026 10:16 AM (R11M+)

193 Cleveland kind of smelled, too. Does it still smell?
Posted by: pudinhead

I was by there on the interstate last summer. Didn't smell anything.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:16 AM (77rzZ)

194 Know what city also has some gorgeous suburbs? Detroit. Grossed Pointe area (yeah like the movie) area is awesome. And relatively cheap for what you get compared to other cities.

Posted by: Really?? at February 12, 2026 10:16 AM (Eh6IB)

195 I laughed my ass off when they signified just how desperate the situation was becoming by showing Paulie's hair messed up.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
_______

Mix the ketchup with the relish!

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 12, 2026 10:16 AM (uFn16)

196 Indiana: Columbus is cool. The whole city is a modern architecture museum, and much if it is even nice.

One thing that confuses me... Eero Saarinen's church there became the template for churches around the country, but his father's church there is considerably prettier - particularly the interior.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 12, 2026 10:16 AM (BI5O2)

197 Grosse not Grossed

Posted by: Really?? at February 12, 2026 10:16 AM (Eh6IB)

198 NJ also has Camden and Newark (although Newark is starting to gentrify).
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I worked in Newark. This was the Iron Bound. It was run by Portuguese. Don't go north of Union Station.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 12, 2026 10:16 AM (Hpgos)

199 Cleveland kind of smelled, too. Does it still smell?
Posted by: pudinhead

Not since the Cuyahoga River quit burning.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 12, 2026 10:17 AM (lnk1R)

200
"Wanna get to Finlay do ya? Well, go down two squares until you come to Charlie's second section of beans, turn left and then keep going until you reach the place where Old Lady Wilma's grain bin used to be.

Can't miss it."
Posted by: Tonypete at February 12, 2026 09:43 AM (cYBz/)
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Findlay, Ohio, I know. A hoot and a holler from Lima.

Posted by: mrp at February 12, 2026 10:18 AM (rj6Yv)

201 Indiana: Columbus is cool. The whole city is a modern architecture museum, and much if it is even nice.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I've been there. It's cool. Also like Brown County State Park, which is not too far from Columbus.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:18 AM (77rzZ)

202 194 Know what city also has some gorgeous suburbs? Detroit. Grossed Pointe area (yeah like the movie) area is awesome. And relatively cheap for what you get compared to other cities.
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I lived in the rough and tumble scrap ground known as Bloomfield Hills. Tough place.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 12, 2026 10:18 AM (Hpgos)

203
Foreign feeds are nice. Most countries suck at the bullshit made-for-NBC sports, so they show the real stuff.
Posted by: t-bird at February 12, 2026 10:13 AM (upeQk)

CBC had always been good for that, oddly enough. They keep the soap opera bullshit to a minimum.

Posted by: Really?? at February 12, 2026 10:18 AM (Eh6IB)

204 There's a "Sugar Loaf Mountain" near Fredrick, MD. Very scenic.

You can see Washington Monument from the lookout
park.

Posted by: DaveA at February 12, 2026 10:19 AM (FhXTo)

205 New Jersey has some excellent swamp areas.

Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 10:19 AM (S5fB5)

206 One thing NJ has always suffered from compared to NY is the lack of great state parks and the university system is crap too. Rockefeller and Moses catch a lot of grief, but they made the state better in perpetuity. NJ has too many little fiefdoms and doesn't do things on a large scale.

Of course, both are occupied foreign despotic regimes and I will never darken their towels again.

Posted by: Refugee Ruffian at February 12, 2026 10:19 AM (oftw2)

207 Findlay, Ohio, I know. A hoot and a holler from Lima.
Posted by: mrp

Isn't Findlay the place where they used to get all the migrating buzzards?

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:19 AM (77rzZ)

208 "I came from a real tough neighborhood. Once a guy pulled a knife on me. I knew he wasn't a professional, the knife had butter on it."

-- Rodney Dangerfield

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 12, 2026 10:19 AM (wVcYX)

209 lived in the rough and tumble scrap ground known as Bloomfield Hills. Tough place.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 12, 2026 10:18 AM (Hpgos)

I heard horror stories of HS kids there driving 3-series bmws. That’s how poor their parents were. Shudder.

Posted by: Really?? at February 12, 2026 10:20 AM (Eh6IB)

210 Back in the 90s, when I still bothered with the Olympics, the over-the-top soap opera crap was already intolerable, and I hear it's much worse now.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 12, 2026 10:20 AM (BI5O2)

211 Thank Satan transphobia has not stopped the march of progressivism!

EU Parliament votes to recognize men as women as part of women's rights agenda

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 12, 2026 10:20 AM (J+Psw)

212 "Cleveland kind of smelled, too. Does it still smell?"

Ohio called itself the Polymer Capital of the World. It's drenched in vinyl chloride. Not complaining, since I like plastics very much. But development does alter the natural landscape in profound ways. That makes the rare untouched patches worth a visit for folx who are into that nature stuff. Before they're all gone.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 10:21 AM (N8ZBc)

213 Back in the 90s, when I still bothered with the Olympics, the over-the-top soap opera crap was already intolerable
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Harding v. Kerrigan has entered the chat.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:21 AM (77rzZ)

214 There's an Olympics going on? Odd.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 12, 2026 10:23 AM (iFTx/)

215 Isn't Findlay the place where they used to get all the migrating buzzards?
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:19 AM (77rzZ)
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Ohio buzzards. That's ancient history for me so I had to do a refresh to look it up. That's Hinckley, Ohio.

Posted by: mrp at February 12, 2026 10:23 AM (rj6Yv)

216 Outside New Orleans is the worst smell I remember. Bunch of paper mills or something.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 12, 2026 10:23 AM (uFn16)

217 Study: Smart underwear shows people fart way more than anyone thought

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Well, I knew people fart more than they think.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 12, 2026 10:24 AM (J+Psw)

218 Harding v. Kerrigan has entered the chat.
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:21 AM (77rzZ)

LOL, TBF, that legit WAS a soap opera.

I remember a plumber's print ad that showed a picture of a pipe captioned "Your Plumbing Problem" and a picture of Kerrigan's leg, captioned "Your Weekend."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 12, 2026 10:24 AM (BI5O2)

219 Ohio buzzards. That's ancient history for me so I had to do a refresh to look it up. That's Hinckley, Ohio.
Posted by: mrp

OK, thanks. I knew the place ended in a "-ly" sound.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:24 AM (77rzZ)

220 183 the dunes are forever

Posted by: edwin way teal at February 12, 2026 10:25 AM (R11M+)

221 Back in the 90s, when I still bothered with the Olympics, the over-the-top soap opera crap was already intolerable, and I hear it's much worse now.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 12, 2026 10:20 AM (BI5O2)

Jenny Smith’s life started out on January 19, 2003. In Toledo, Ohio. That was the day she was born and the day her step uncle was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Jenny devoted her entire life to fighting cancer and this Olympics is dedicated to her deceased step uncle. Let’s go spend 18 minutes of the hour long broadcast learning about what Jenny does in her fight against cancer.

Oh Jenny came in 17th place.

Posted by: Really?? at February 12, 2026 10:25 AM (Eh6IB)

222 If you think KS is flat, come for a visit and bring your bicycle. It's rolling hills out here. And the elevation is 2100ft

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 12, 2026 10:25 AM (+mUZM)

223 "Isn't Findlay the place where they used to get all the migrating buzzards?"

Garage-saling, I found a genuine old Findlay bubble-base oil lamp for cheap. I put it up on eBay and the buyer was from Findlay. I think I netted like ten bucks on the deal.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 10:25 AM (N8ZBc)

224 Study: Smart underwear shows people fart way more than anyone thought

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Well, I knew people fart more than they think.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 12, 2026 10:24 AM (J+Psw)

God added the stink for the hard of hearing.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 12, 2026 10:26 AM (wVcYX)

225 LOL, TBF, that legit WAS a soap opera.

I remember a plumber's print ad that showed a picture of a pipe captioned "Your Plumbing Problem" and a picture of Kerrigan's leg, captioned "Your Weekend."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I went to a bar in Monterey to watch it and ended up in an extended makeout session with a young lady who had one of the most beautiful smiles I've ever seen.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:26 AM (77rzZ)

226 Speaking of Koreans...

Last night, I was flipping around on the TV, when I noticed that "Decision to Leave" was streaming on HULU.

I realized that I hadn't seen "Decision to Leave", mostly cuz I was waiting for it to stream, so I decided to watch it, given that TJM is currently in the throes of Park Chan-Wook fever.

It is a very well-directed, very well-acted, very tightly scripted, but...very Korean movie. And so because of that, whether or not you buy into the action and finale depends on if the motivations of the characters seem real or reasonable to you.

This movie struck me almost from the get-go as Park Chan-Wook's version of Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo". Not the same story, but with elements from the same sort of neighborhood, a sort of highly romantic mystery surrounding a detective who's obsessed with a mysterious woman who in this case may have murdered her husband.

At times, I got the feeling that although all the actors were great that they were playing "concepts" more than flesh and blood characters. Not a student of Korean mythology or whatever so I could be wrong about this.

DtL feels like a 50s "woman's movie". Check it out.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 12, 2026 10:27 AM (iJfKG)

227 186 we would go to some seafood place down there. smelled like rotten eggs.

Posted by: cmeat at February 12, 2026 10:27 AM (R11M+)

228 Wow, love it. Although #21 Perfessor Squirrel is right - a dragon would add to the ambience.

Posted by: Persnickety at February 12, 2026 10:27 AM (NXsA/)

229 There's a huge flock of ole buzzards in these very comment threads daily. Why go all the way to Ohio to see more?

Posted by: Bird Watcher at February 12, 2026 10:28 AM (oftw2)

230 >>>There's an Olympics going on? Odd.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

>Whenever Congress is in session, it's the Octogenarian Olympics.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 12, 2026 10:28 AM (xFfhU)

231 "Sheinbaum" is Mexican for "Schultz".

Mexico’s President Says She Knows Nothing About Cartel Drones on U.S. Border

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She knows nothing! Nothing!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 12, 2026 10:29 AM (J+Psw)

232 If you think KS is flat, come for a visit and bring your bicycle. It's rolling hills out here. And the elevation is 2100ft
Posted by: Notsothoreau

Go to North Dakota. Look south. See Oklahoma City.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 12, 2026 10:29 AM (lnk1R)

233 I pretty much tuned out of the whole Nancy Tonya thing. I had heard about it since it was impossible to not hear about it. But I didnt know any details.

Wasn’t until the movie with Margot Robbie that I learned the whole thing. And I don’t even know how accurate that was. Good movie though.

Posted by: Really?? at February 12, 2026 10:29 AM (Eh6IB)

234 Breweries, industrial coffee grind & packaging, big bakery operations, refineries - all smell like Big Bu$ine$$.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 12, 2026 10:30 AM (wVcYX)

235 Findlay, Ohio, I know. A hoot and a holler from Lima.
Posted by: mrp

Gateway to Jenera and Benton Ridge.

heh

Posted by: Tonypete at February 12, 2026 10:31 AM (cYBz/)

236 Tent status on Sugar Loaf Peak:
[X] Pinched
[ ] Not pinched

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at February 12, 2026 10:31 AM (rDZVo)

237 Feed lots and dairies mean $$$ too. But the odor is tough to enjoy.

Posted by: The Nose Knows at February 12, 2026 10:32 AM (oftw2)

238 "Sheinbaum" is Mexican for "Schultz".

Mexico’s President Says She Knows Nothing About Cartel Drones on U.S. Border

-
She knows nothing! Nothing!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 12, 2026 10:29 AM (J+Psw)

I'm re-watching the Hogan's Heroes series with a good friend on her Amazon Prime account. John Banner is a jewel, not only with the funny lines bit also his facial expressions and vocal modulation.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 12, 2026 10:33 AM (wVcYX)

239 The cool thing about the western plains is how you can watch a storm coming in from, like, twenty miles away.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:33 AM (77rzZ)

240 He made it! He's #1!

Britain’s PM Starmer Most Unpopular UK Leader in History

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 12, 2026 10:33 AM (J+Psw)

241 John Banner is a jewel, not only with the funny lines bit also his facial expressions and vocal modulation.
Posted by: Count de Monet

And one of many Jews in the cast.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:34 AM (77rzZ)

242 Breweries, industrial coffee grind & packaging, big bakery operations, refineries - all smell like Big Bu$ine$$.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Cat food plant near the Ingalls Shipbuilding shipyard in Pascagoula, MS.

What a location.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 12, 2026 10:34 AM (cYBz/)

243 NYT Headline:

In Kentucky, People Blame Ford More Than Trump for Lost Factory Jobs

For a second I thought this was President Ford. And I’m like wow that’s a deep cut to go back to Ford as your boogeyman. 🤣

Posted by: Really?? at February 12, 2026 10:34 AM (Eh6IB)

244 /off sock

Posted by: muldoon at February 12, 2026 10:34 AM (qgHp7)

245 Between John & Lorena Bobbitt, Harding & Gillooly, and Fisher & Buttafuoco, the early 90s were a cavalcade of White Trash Couples Gone Wild.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 12, 2026 10:34 AM (BI5O2)

246 Ohio?
My city was gone.

Posted by: Chrissie Hynde at February 12, 2026 10:34 AM (2Ez/1)

247 I’m good with this one.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 12, 2026 10:34 AM (O3dBq)

248
Study: Smart underwear shows people fart way more than anyone thought

Is the underwear smart enough to know what a horrible job it has?

Posted by: naturalfake at February 12, 2026 10:34 AM (iJfKG)

249 Sugar Loaf Peak, El Dorado County, 1865
Thomas Hill, American, Born in England, 1829–1908
Period: Hudson River School

Crocker Art Museum (crocker art dot org) has a Searchable Collection of Hill's paintings.

I think the painting is lovely & certainly appropriate for hanging.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 12, 2026 10:35 AM (NFX2v)

250 Looking for little things: I did a weeklong peatlands workshop at U Maine with the world's leading expert. We'd get to a location, and there was a gaggle of lichen guys who would rush out and ooooh and ahhhh. (I was with the orchid, sphagnum moss, and arrowgrass guys.)

Bushwhacked for hours to get to some of those places! Saw some stuff that very few get to see. Contrary to common opinion, peatlands, bogs, fens, heaths are not only beautiful when you look close, but smell like heaven. Lovely smell!

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 10:35 AM (N8ZBc)

251 224 so blind people can hate them too.

Posted by: cmeat at February 12, 2026 10:35 AM (R11M+)

252 243 NYT Headline:

In Kentucky, People Blame Ford More Than Trump for Lost Factory Jobs

For a second I thought this was President Ford. And I’m like wow that’s a deep cut to go back to Ford as your boogeyman. 🤣
Posted by: Really?? at February 12, 2026 10:34 AM (Eh6IB)

(Whew)

Posted by: Premier Doug Ford (ON) at February 12, 2026 10:35 AM (O3dBq)

253 I stopped interest in the Olympics when Nothing But Commies started focusing on "human interest" more than the achievements and greatness of the spectacle. That was the late 90s or so. I guess now it's better since you're not forced to watch NBC?

Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 10:35 AM (S5fB5)

254 225 get a room.

Posted by: cmeat at February 12, 2026 10:35 AM (R11M+)

255 lichen guys?

Is that a new pron fetish?

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:36 AM (77rzZ)

256 Between John & Lorena Bobbitt, Harding & Gillooly, and Fisher & Buttafuoco, the early 90s were a cavalcade of White Trash Couples Gone Wild.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 12, 2026 10:34 AM (BI5O2)
====

No love for Bill and Hillary?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 12, 2026 10:36 AM (RIvkX)

257 224 If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it.

Posted by: Mao at February 12, 2026 10:36 AM (O3dBq)

258 >Britain’s PM Starmer Most Unpopular UK Leader in History
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 12, 2026 10:33 AM (J+Psw)

Jeez, that's saying something.

Posted by: Neville Chamberlain at February 12, 2026 10:37 AM (GTqXr)

259 No love for Bill and Hillary?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

LOL. Wish I'd thought of that.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:37 AM (77rzZ)

260 Jeez, that's saying something.
Posted by: Neville Chamberlain

*fistbump*
-- Lord North

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:37 AM (77rzZ)

261 He was hiding a card up his sleeve.

NYC Mayor Mamdani Seeks 2% Tax Hike on Wealthy in NYC

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 12, 2026 10:38 AM (J+Psw)

262 Sir Queer could be at 0% approval and there won’t be a snap election. He may step down but Labour isn’t going anywhere.

Posted by: Really?? at February 12, 2026 10:38 AM (Eh6IB)

263
lichen guys?

Is that a new pron fetish?

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:36 AM (77rzZ)

I think if you're lichen guys that's just being plain old gay.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 12, 2026 10:38 AM (iJfKG)

264 Jeez, that's saying something.
Posted by: Neville Chamberlain

*fistbump*
-- Lord North
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:37 AM (77rzZ)
====

*fistbump*
-the chick who was PM for a month

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 12, 2026 10:38 AM (RIvkX)

265 253: the “human interest” but has been there as long as there has been Olympic coverage. I remember seeing it in 1988 when ABC still carried the Games (their last hurrah was the Calgary Winter Olympics of 198

.

It’s popular to hate the Olympics here, but I am watching them, if only because I am able to see sports I do not ordinarily see. The biathlon would be a good Gun Thread topic.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 12, 2026 10:39 AM (O3dBq)

266 If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it.
Posted by: Mao

A fart unfarted travels up the spine to the brain.

That's where shitty ideas come from.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 12, 2026 10:39 AM (lnk1R)

267 I want to be in the room when Mamdani AWFL voters find out wealthy means makes over $100k a year.

Posted by: Really?? at February 12, 2026 10:39 AM (Eh6IB)

268 225 get a room.
Posted by: cmeat

I was supposed to go visit her in Fresno the next weekend, but she called it off.

I later saw her again in Monterey, with another woman. I suspect she was in a lesbian relationship, and that's why she cancelled on me.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:39 AM (77rzZ)

269 And one of many Jews in the cast.
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:34 AM (77rzZ)

Pretty much all of the recurring Germans officers I understand - Klink, Burkhalter, Hochstetter, and lovable Sgt Schultz.

"Puh-lease, Colonel Hogan! I have to work for my side sometimes."

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 12, 2026 10:39 AM (wVcYX)

270 No love for Bill and Hillary?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 12, 2026 10:36 AM (RIvkX

LOL. How could I forget? The White Trash Power Couple Gone Wild.

Those truly were the days of wine & roses & senseless violent attacks.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 12, 2026 10:40 AM (BI5O2)

271 29 NJ gets short shrift. There are some real beauty spots there, but everyone thinks the whole state is a chemical toilet populated by roving bands of gun-wielding CHUDs because of the northern part.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Trenton and Camden are NOT in the north of that awful state.
Posted by: Nova Caesarea at February 12, 2026 10:03 AM (oftw2)

Those are cities populated by trash. Go 15 miles west of the Turnpike and it's a different state. Born and raised here and have lived here for 78 years. Most of you yahoos have no clue how beautiful and how historical this state is. Number 4 on the list of healthiest states, as well.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 12, 2026 10:40 AM (5xuJ/)

272 261 He was hiding a card up his sleeve.

NYC Mayor Mamdani Seeks 2% Tax Hike on Wealthy in NYC
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 12, 2026 10:38 AM (J+Psw)

Just calculate PCI in NYC, kill everyone who makes as much as a penny above that, and have the government seize their assets. Problem solved. And you know that evil socialist wants to do that anyway.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 12, 2026 10:41 AM (O3dBq)

273 For bug photography, I had a blast at Indiana Dunes State Park. It was 105 degF, and that heat brings out the bugs bigly!

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 10:41 AM (N8ZBc)

274 One of my idiot friends back east loves "Hogan's Heroes" and is always texting clips. HOOOh-gan!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 12, 2026 10:41 AM (RIvkX)

275 If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it.
Posted by: Mao

If you do it in church, you'll sit alone in pew.

Posted by: Confucius Says at February 12, 2026 10:41 AM (JCZqz)

276 It’s popular to hate the Olympics here, but I am watching them, if only because I am able to see sports I do not ordinarily see. The biathlon would be a good Gun Thread topic.
Posted by: Cow Demon

The Agony of Defeat.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 12, 2026 10:41 AM (lnk1R)

277 Yeah Trump caved to the terrorists. Not a good sign.

Posted by: Really?? at February 12, 2026 10:42 AM (Eh6IB)

278 "Those are cities populated by trash."

I heard some things about Ramapo. I heard some things.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 10:42 AM (N8ZBc)

279
Those are cities populated by trash. Go 15 miles west of the Turnpike and it's a different state. Born and raised here and have lived here for 78 years. Most of you yahoos have no clue how beautiful and how historical this state is. Number 4 on the list of healthiest states, as well.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 12, 2026 10:40 AM (5xuJ/)

I’ve been there and am not impressed.

Number 4 on the list of “healthiest states”? Why, do people never die there?

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 12, 2026 10:42 AM (O3dBq)

280 Sir Queer could be at 0% approval and there won’t be a snap election. He may step down but Labour isn’t going anywhere.
Posted by: Really??
________

Rumor was he threatened to call for snap elections if they force him out. Like Biden endorsing Harris.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 12, 2026 10:42 AM (uFn16)

281 Big Rock Candy Mountain can't be far.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 12, 2026 10:42 AM (36PRH)

282 Most of you yahoos have no clue how beautiful and how historical this state is. Number 4 on the list of healthiest states, as well.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy

I know a guy who lives in southern NJ, and is really big into the history of his town. I think it's the same town where Burr killed Hamilton.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)

283 Troll, you're giving us nothing to work with.

Sad.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 12, 2026 10:42 AM (RIvkX)

284 You know who else was an unpopular leader, eventually?

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 12, 2026 10:42 AM (wVcYX)

285 No love for Bill and Hillary?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 12, 2026 10:36 AM (RIvkX

LOL. How could I forget? The White Trash Power Couple Gone Wild.

Those truly were the days of wine & roses & senseless violent attacks.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 12, 2026 10:40 AM (BI5O2)

Oh, please. We put the trash in White Trash.

Posted by: Joe and Dr Jill Biden at February 12, 2026 10:42 AM (iJfKG)

286 It's Christmas in February!

NYC Opens First Free Grocery Store — What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 12, 2026 10:43 AM (J+Psw)

287 Those are cities populated by trash. Go 15 miles west of the Turnpike and it's a different state. Born and raised here and have lived here for 78 years. Most of you yahoos have no clue how beautiful and how historical this state is. Number 4 on the list of healthiest states, as well.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy

The Garden State.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 12, 2026 10:43 AM (lnk1R)

288 this was before you so identified?
so soon old, so late wise.

Posted by: cmeat at February 12, 2026 10:43 AM (R11M+)

289 I loved living in Newark.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 12, 2026 10:44 AM (RIvkX)

290 Don't shoot Sid the messenger. Trump is ending the ice surge in Minneapolis. The terrorists won.

Posted by: Really?? at February 12, 2026 10:44 AM (Eh6IB)

291 Rhode Island, if it truly existed, would showcase Narragansett Bay.
The only thing better would be that it engulfed Capitol Hill in Providence.
Suddenly.
Posted by: RI Red - who is now Somebody! at February 12, 2026 10:03 AM

Cruel, but accurate.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 12, 2026 10:44 AM (KB48j)

292 285 You know who else was an unpopular leader, eventually?
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 12, 2026 10:42 AM (wVcYX)

Nixon?

Posted by: Really?? at February 12, 2026 10:45 AM (Eh6IB)

293 Go to North Dakota. Look south. See Oklahoma City.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 12, 2026 10:29 AM (lnk1R)

I’d love to visit Minot. I hear there’s a pretty girl behind every tree at Minot.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 12, 2026 10:45 AM (O3dBq)

294 @288 also The Big Hair State, at least in the 1980s and 90s.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 12, 2026 10:45 AM (36PRH)

295 The Agony of Defeat
Posted by: rickb223

There's a funny story about the Agony of Defeat guy. He was invited to some party here in the States celebrating an anniversary of the show. He went to it, and was surprised to find guys like Mohammed Ali asking for his autograph. He had no idea what a sensation he was here.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:45 AM (77rzZ)

296 291 Don't shoot Sid the messenger. Trump is ending the ice surge in Minneapolis. The terrorists won.
Posted by: Really?? at February 12, 2026 10:44 AM (Eh6IB)

Did they though? ICE can always re-surge.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 12, 2026 10:46 AM (O3dBq)

297 >>Rhode Island, if it truly existed, would showcase Narragansett Bay.

Et tu, Red?

Posted by: JackStraw at February 12, 2026 10:46 AM (viF8m)

298 I really enjoyed I Tonya to the point I regretted that we watched it on the TV instead of my little theater because I hadn't been expecting much from it. Definitely above average fare, fun movie.

Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 10:46 AM (S5fB5)

299 I’ve been there and am not impressed.

Number 4 on the list of “healthiest states”? Why, do people never die there?
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 12, 2026 10:42 AM (O3dBq)

And you live where??

https://renewbariatrics.com/healthiest-states-rankings/

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 12, 2026 10:46 AM (5xuJ/)

300 Go to North Dakota. Look south. See Oklahoma City.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 12, 2026 10:29 AM (lnk1R)

I’d love to visit Minot. I hear there’s a pretty girl behind every tree at Minot.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 12, 2026 10:45 AM (O3dBq)

Kansas City.

I hear they've got some crazy, little women there. And you can get you one!

Posted by: naturalfake at February 12, 2026 10:46 AM (iJfKG)

301 While I agree that the coverage of the Olympics is maudlin and jingoistic, we have been watching in the evening with my nonagenarian M-I-L who used to roller-skate dance when she was young. I'm willing to put up with NBC, just to see the small smile on her face as she watches the ice dancers. She's so far gone she doesn't know what country anybody is from, or who wins, but she exclaims "Oh my!", and oohs and ahs at the spins and lifts. Her usually agitated frustration is briefly replaced by some pleasant connection deep in her lost memories. For that I am thankful.

Posted by: muldoon at February 12, 2026 10:47 AM (qgHp7)

302 "I really enjoyed I Tonya"

Highly recommended. Excellent movie.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 10:47 AM (N8ZBc)

303 I’d love to visit Minot. I hear there’s a pretty girl behind every tree at Minot.
Posted by: Cow Demon

I had a HS teacher who was from Fargo. He hated Minot.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:47 AM (77rzZ)

304 You need to watch Aerial America to help judge the beauty of a state. Fantastic show except for the woke commentary.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 12, 2026 10:47 AM (cwGMH)

305 For bug photography, I had a blast at Indiana Dunes State Park. It was 105 degF, and that heat brings out the bugs bigly!
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 10:41 AM (N8ZBc)

Just stake Sid out on a fire ant mound.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 12, 2026 10:47 AM (8zz6B)

306 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Nice art. All those trees, I think I'll try some golf this morning. My golf ball loves trees.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 12, 2026 10:47 AM (2WIwB)

307 John Bobbitt went to my high school. One of my brothers was friends with him.

Posted by: Delurker at February 12, 2026 10:47 AM (gtcuf)

308 She also likes hockey!

Posted by: muldoon at February 12, 2026 10:48 AM (qgHp7)

309 The “free” grocery store is a marketing campaign by Polymarket which is operating it. It’s free for 3 days or something like that.

It’s not a city run store and it’s not really free.

Posted by: Really?? at February 12, 2026 10:48 AM (Eh6IB)

310 He had no idea what a sensation he was here.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:45 AM (77rzZ)

That somehow reminds me of the kids the dad named Winner and Loser. Winner was a career criminal, in and out of jail, and Loser became a cop. They called him Lou.

Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 10:48 AM (S5fB5)

311 Kansas City.

I hear they've got some crazy, little women there. And you can get you one!
Posted by: naturalfake

As round above as she is round below!

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:48 AM (77rzZ)

312 I watched the tail end of Lonely Are the Brave on TCM. I'm glad I didn't watch the introduction, since Ben Mankiewicz would have no doubt stressed that the screenplay was by Communist Dalton Trumbo - he was blacklisted, don't you know - but we're also asked to sympathize with the people who aid illegal immigrants, "which make the movie so relevant today." Since I didn't know the context, it made for compelling viewing.

I guessed as soon as I saw Kirk Douglas struggling to get his horse up and over the top of the mountain that the magnificent creature* was going to get a bullet in the brain at the end of picture, and I was right.

* the horse, not Kirk Douglas

Posted by: Pete in Texas at February 12, 2026 10:48 AM (BHrzb)

313 I’d love to visit Minot. I hear there’s a pretty girl behind every tree at Minot.
Posted by: Cow Demon

*snort

ISWYDT.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 12, 2026 10:49 AM (lnk1R)

314 >> Don't shoot Sid the messenger. Trump is ending the ice surge in Minneapolis. The terrorists won.

Or maybe, they accomplished what they intended and are now surging to other areas.

Which is exactly what Homan is saying.

@RealTomHoman
: "I'm very pleased to report that this surge operation, and our work here with state and local officials to improve coordination and achieve mutual goals, as well as our efforts to address issues of concern here on the ground have yielded the successful results we have came here for..

Posted by: JackStraw at February 12, 2026 10:49 AM (viF8m)

315 John Bobbitt went to my high school. One of my brothers was friends with him.
Posted by: Delurker at February 12, 2026 10:47 AM (gtcuf)

He always seemed like a low IQ goofball.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 12, 2026 10:49 AM (cwGMH)

316 Did they though? ICE can always re-surge.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 12, 2026 10:46 AM (O3dBq)

This was a cave. Let’s not do the 4-D chess thing.

Posted by: Really?? at February 12, 2026 10:50 AM (Eh6IB)

317 Have you stood on my corner?

Posted by: Winslow, AZ at February 12, 2026 10:50 AM (2Ez/1)

318 I 've not been watching the Olympics, but I am impressed by anyone who ski jumps, much less someone who does it competitively, even the "agony of defeat" fellow.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 12, 2026 10:50 AM (Nx5jP)

319 Kansas City.

I hear they've got some crazy, little women there. And you can get you one!
Posted by: naturalfake at February 12, 2026 10:46 AM

Just as long as they don't jump around. I'd have questions.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 12, 2026 10:50 AM (KB48j)

320 What did Jeffrey Dahmer say to Lorena Bobbit?

"You gonna eat that?"

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:50 AM (77rzZ)

321 You need to watch Aerial America to help judge the beauty of a state. Fantastic show except for the woke commentary.
Posted by: Opinion fact
_________

Makes it totally unwatchable with the sound on. You can tell they're about to get into it when the ominous music starts.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 12, 2026 10:50 AM (uFn16)

322 Kansas City.

I hear they've got some crazy, little women there. And you can get you one!
Posted by: naturalfake

As round above as she is round below!
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:48 AM (77rzZ)

Yes, but do they have any surf?

Posted by: Surf City - Two Girls For Every Boy at February 12, 2026 10:50 AM (wVcYX)

323 And you live where??

https://renewbariatrics.com/healthiest-states-rankings/
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 12, 2026 10:46 AM (5xuJ/)

In a place where I will one day die.

So will you.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 12, 2026 10:51 AM (rFdmY)

324 Makes it totally unwatchable with the sound on. You can tell they're about to get into it when the ominous music starts.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 12, 2026 10:50 AM (uFn16)

Hah I never thought about that and now I can hear that exact music.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 12, 2026 10:52 AM (cwGMH)

325 306 For bug photography, I had a blast at Indiana Dunes State Park. It was 105 degF, and that heat brings out the bugs bigly!
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 10:41 AM (N8ZBc)

Just stake Sid out on a fire ant mound.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 12, 2026 10:47 AM (8zz6B)

----
I collect spores, molds, and fungus.

Posted by: Egon Spengler at February 12, 2026 10:52 AM (36PRH)

326 Thread babe.

http://alturl.com/ewu3x

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 12, 2026 10:52 AM (dK+Kv)

327 This was a cave. Let’s not do the 4-D chess thing.
Posted by: Really?? at February 12, 2026 10:50 AM (Eh6IB)

You are full of shit, just like that Joe Xiden fucktard.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 12, 2026 10:52 AM (8zz6B)

328 "Just stake Sid out on a fire ant mound."

I haven't tried baiting bugs yet, but some recommend 'sugaring for moths,' smearing sweets around at night and seeing what comes for them. When I visited NE as a kid, there were giant moths, several species, very pretty, common outside and inside my grandmother's shack.

It seemed like, back then, there were way more bugs than there are now. Every little town would have dense clouds of bugs around the central crossroads streetlamp. Don't see that anymore.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 10:53 AM (N8ZBc)

329 where's the green eyed lady?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 12, 2026 10:53 AM (l0YH1)

330 Back in the 70s, I used to sometimes stop at a pizza shopin New City, NY. The guys working it were first generation Italian immigrants. They had a small TV in the kitchen and I noticed they watched Hogan's Hero reruns and laughed hysterically at it. So, once from home I ordered a pizza and gave the name "Klink". They kinda laughed it off and hung up the phone.

I showed up twenty minutes later and said "Pie for Klink". They were flustered and said they must have forgot the order. It was worth the twenty minute wait for the joke. They were very apologetic.

Posted by: Pepino's Pizza And Pasta at February 12, 2026 10:53 AM (oftw2)

331 Or maybe, they accomplished what they intended and are now surging to other areas.

Which is exactly what Homan is saying.

—

What else is he going to say? Yeah all the terrorists on the streets are too much of a PIA so we decided to give them city back. He can’t say that so he’s spinning a shit sandwich into a shit sandwichwith a lot of mustard on it.

Do you honestly believe that had the riots not happened they’d be pulling out?

Posted by: Really?? at February 12, 2026 10:53 AM (Eh6IB)

332 I’d love to visit Minot. I hear there’s a pretty girl behind every tree at Minot.
Posted by: Cow Demon

I had a HS teacher who was from Fargo. He hated Minot.
Posted by: Bulg

I had two cow orkers who were both Air Force Security Police. One worked the flight line and one responded to alarms at the silos. Flight line guy said that was the coldest he's ever been. And he moved back to Wisconsin when he left here.
Silo responder asked the farmer who's land it was on, "how much land do you own?" The farmer responded, "see the horizon west? See the horizon east? Everything in between".

Posted by: rickb223 at February 12, 2026 10:53 AM (lnk1R)

333 >>>Go to North Dakota. Look south. See Oklahoma City.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 12, 2026 10:29 AM (lnk1R)

I’d love to visit Minot. I hear there’s a pretty girl behind every tree at Minot.

Posted by: Cow Demon

>Driving thru ND one time, - did a 360deg survey of the horizon from the car. 4 tornadoes.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 12, 2026 10:53 AM (xFfhU)

334 317 Did they though? ICE can always re-surge.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 12, 2026 10:46 AM (O3dBq)

This was a cave. Let’s not do the 4-D chess thing.
Posted by: Really?? at February 12, 2026 10:50 AM (Eh6IB)

It took the "protestors" off the front page and from what I gather they are still picking up illegals in other parts of MN with local cooperation...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 12, 2026 10:53 AM (6XbCK)

335 Thread babe.

http://alturl.com/ewu3x
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 12, 2026 10:52 AM

You, sir, are a great American.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 12, 2026 10:54 AM (KB48j)

336
John Bobbitt went to my high school. One of my brothers was friends with him.

Posted by: Delurker at February 12, 2026 10:47 AM (gtcuf)

...

...

I...I think that's a complete loss on the "Near Meetings With The Famous Meter".

Posted by: naturalfake at February 12, 2026 10:54 AM (iJfKG)

337 Thread babe.

http://alturl.com/ewu3x
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 12, 2026 10:52 AM (dK+Kv)

Large tracts of land, and a Rover to rove them with.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 12, 2026 10:54 AM (8zz6B)

338 Thread babe.

http://alturl.com/ewu3x
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

Nice, thanks. I love the whole bib-overalls-with-no-shirt look on the ladies.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:54 AM (77rzZ)

339 For some people ICE would have to remain in MN in surge mode for eternity for it not to be a failure.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 12, 2026 10:54 AM (cwGMH)

340 On today's episode of Gunsmoke, festus gets a job at Delmonicos where he serves mule dick tied in a knot. Doc objects.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 12, 2026 10:54 AM (Kt19C)

341 Thread babe.

http://alturl.com/ewu3x

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 12, 2026 10:52 AM (dK+Kv)

You are a gentleman but not much of a scholar going by those bazoombas

Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 10:55 AM (S5fB5)

342 I see that we're in the Olympic competitive arguing and insults. part of the program. See you folks later.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 12, 2026 10:55 AM (Nx5jP)

343 MN anti ice protestors = The Black Knight

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 12, 2026 10:55 AM (cwGMH)

344 Nice, thanks. I love the whole bib-overalls-with-no-shirt look on the ladies.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:54 AM (77rzZ)

You just know that those puppies are bound to come out and play.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 12, 2026 10:55 AM (dK+Kv)

345 322 You need to watch Aerial America to help judge the beauty of a state. Fantastic show except for the woke commentary.
Posted by: Opinion fact
_________

Makes it totally unwatchable with the sound on. You can tell they're about to get into it when the ominous music starts.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 12, 2026 10:50 AM (uFn16)
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*Ominous music* all the leaves are brown, and falling in massive numbers, leaving miles of trees barren, caused by manmade global climate change, or becoming the Fall season.

Posted by: Egon Spengler at February 12, 2026 10:55 AM (36PRH)

346 Thread babe.

http://alturl.com/ewu3x
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 12, 2026 10:52 AM (dK+Kv)

So.
Not everything is flat in Kansas??!!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 12, 2026 10:56 AM (2WIwB)

347 You are a gentleman but not much of a scholar going by those bazoombas

Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 10:55 AM (S5fB5)

It's a fair trade.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 12, 2026 10:56 AM (dK+Kv)

348 if only because I am able to see sports I do not ordinarily see. The biathlon...

The BI-athlon? Ooh, you've given us an idea...

Posted by: NBC at February 12, 2026 10:56 AM (upeQk)

349 Et tu, Red?
Posted by: JackStraw at February 12, 2026 10:46 AM (viF8m)

‘Tis but a memory in my fevered brain . . .

Posted by: RI Red - who is now Somebody! at February 12, 2026 10:56 AM (GVUrx)

350 if only because I am able to see sports I do not ordinarily see. The biathlon...

The BI-athlon? Ooh, you've given us an idea...

Posted by: NBC at February 12, 2026 10:56 AM (upeQk)

Homo dry humping and slap fights?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 12, 2026 10:57 AM (dK+Kv)

351 see that we're in the Olympic competitive arguing and insults. part of the program. See you folks later.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 12, 2026 10:55 AM (Nx5jP)

Wait you’re leaving without being the church lady regard to the lady boobs link?

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 12, 2026 10:57 AM (cwGMH)

352 @345 She was in such a hurry to leave she forget to put on a bra and shirt.

Posted by: Egon Spengler at February 12, 2026 10:57 AM (36PRH)

353 Dodeca-athlon. No athlete has yet completed the twelve-stage feat of endurance.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 10:57 AM (N8ZBc)

354 >>Do you honestly believe that had the riots not happened they’d be pulling out?

Yea, I honestly believe Homan and Trump. It doesn't mean ICE is leaving MN. It means the surge they used because MN was resisting any cooperation with ICE is no longer needed because 1) they got most of the worst they were going after 2) MN is now doing more to cooperate which has been obvious if you have been watching the videos coming out of MN and 3) the resources are more urgently needed in other areas.

Why are you always so invested in failure no matter what name you are using?

Posted by: JackStraw at February 12, 2026 10:57 AM (viF8m)

355 For some people ICE would have to remain in MN in surge mode for eternity for it not to be a failure.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 12, 2026 10:54 AM (cwGMH)

Exactly. A "surge", by definition, has a beginning and an end. They got Minnesota to require the county cops to aid ICE in detaining criminal aliens, so they don't need as many ICE boots on the ground there. If Minnesota reneges, they can do a re-surge.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 12, 2026 10:58 AM (8zz6B)

356 So it's a boob thread?

Posted by: Such bodaciousness! at February 12, 2026 10:59 AM (2Ez/1)

357 MN = 79.1 (Life expectancy in years)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 12, 2026 11:00 AM (NFX2v)

358 Rant's up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 12, 2026 11:00 AM (8zz6B)

359 Insurrection rant up!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 12, 2026 11:00 AM (lnk1R)

360 >>>Homo dry humping and slap fights?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

>Don't they call that MMA?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 12, 2026 11:01 AM (xFfhU)

361 Do wives have any idea that a simple glimpse of their boobs is likely enough to turn a man's mood positive?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 12, 2026 11:01 AM (Dv3i1)

362 So it's a boob thread?
Posted by: Such bodaciousness!

Given today's art, it was bound to happen sooner or later.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

363 356 So it's a boob thread?
Posted by: Such bodaciousness! at February 12, 2026 10:59 AM (2Ez/1)

Yeah... There's a couple real idiots here... Oh.. You meant Boobs as in Ta ta's...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 12, 2026 11:01 AM (6XbCK)

364 @345 She was in such a hurry to leave she forget to put on a bra and shirt.
Posted by: Egon Spengler at February 12, 2026 10:57 AM (36PRH)

Them puppies need to romp and play.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 12, 2026 11:01 AM (wVcYX)

365 No matter what - the Anti Trumpers as well as the Trump Faithful will always claim victory simultaneously. Same as it ever was.

Posted by: Nope at February 12, 2026 11:02 AM (qVy9K)

366 For some people ICE would have to remain in MN in surge mode for eternity for it not to be a failure.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 12, 2026 10:54 AM (cwGMH)

Exactly. A "surge", by definition, has a beginning and an end. They got Minnesota to require the county cops to aid ICE in detaining criminal aliens, so they don't need as many ICE boots on the ground there. If Minnesota reneges, they can do a re-surge.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 12, 2026 10:58 AM (8zz6B)
________

Notice there hasn't been much out of MN lately in regards to rioting? They tried a rent-a-riot a few days ago, but the scumbags were immediately arrested. That wouldn't have happened 2 weeks ago. The surge did its job.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 12, 2026 11:03 AM (iFTx/)

367 Ilhan Omar is still in the country, so the surge obviously didn't work.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 12, 2026 11:04 AM (Dv3i1)

368 256 So it's a boob thread?

pretty sure that's one of them thar whatchamacallits; a question for which the answer is always "yes". ah, yes. tautology. that's the word.

Posted by: anachronda at February 12, 2026 11:04 AM (sGtp+)

369 MN protestors - This but a scratch

WHACK!

MN protestors- I’ve had worse

WHACK !

MN protestors - Just a flesh wound

WHACK !

MN protestors - come Back here and take what’s coming to you! I’ll bite your balls off !

You’re a looney

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 12, 2026 11:04 AM (cwGMH)

370 No matter what - the Anti Trumpers as well as the Trump Faithful will always claim victory simultaneously. Same as it ever was.
Posted by: Nope at February 12, 2026 11:02 AM (qVy9K)

One is not like the other but continue to sit in the middle of the road .

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 12, 2026 11:05 AM (cwGMH)

371 Those SOBs! This doesn't taste like sugar at all!

Posted by: GWB at February 12, 2026 12:23 PM (ZuFx4)

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