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Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - February 11, 2026 [Doof]

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Howdy hordelings! Welcome to the {checks calendar} WEDNESDAY?!?! ONT. What happened to the schedule this week? Why was Dino hosting last night? Did the AOSHQ time machine malfunction? Nah, I was attending to some family matters. Many thanks to Dino for handling things last night! And thank YOU for stopping by!

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Comment of the Day

This one can't wait for Saturday night Comments of the Week. Posted this afternoon on Ace's first thread of the day.

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Yeah - what he said!

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RIP to The Beek

James Van Der Beek's co-stars flood social media with heartbreaking tributes following his death at 48

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Tributes are pouring in for "Dawson's Creek" star James Van Der Beek after his death Wednesday, Feb. 11, after a long battle with Stage 3 colorectal cancer. He was 48.

Busy Philipps, his "Dawson’s Creek" co-star, shared a few behind-the-scenes photos from the making of the hit show on her Instagram in tribute to the actor, writing, "My heart is deeply hurting for all of us today."

"Every person who knew James and loved him, anyone who loved his work or had the pleasure of meeting him, all of his dear friends and community that surrounded him as he battled this illness, especially his parents and brother and sister," she wrote.

I don't now much abut James Van Der Beek. I watched Dawson's Creek back in the day and saw Varsity Blues. Seemed like a decent guy, but what do I know. I do know 48 is way too young.

Just like 47 is too young - (see sidebar entry about former COB John Ekdahl).

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Liberals can't help but be offended. It's part of their identity. They also have little ability to appreciate humor. Real humor - not "safe" humor that adheres to their ever changing rules of wokeness. So why would a liberal set foot in a comedy club? It didn't work out well for one of them. Kudos to the comedienne for pushing back.

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Funny stuff. Language warning.

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Callback to Last Night's Topic of Bass Guitarists

This guy has a cool YouTube channel. He's a very skilled bass player, and he's funny too. Check out Davie504

A couple videos from his vast online collection.

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Florida Man In Training!

2 arrested after bringing 14-year-old to Florida gentleman’s club, deputies say

Two people were arrested after they brought a 14-year-old to a gentleman’s club in Jacksonville and provided the teenager with alcohol, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

The sheriff’s office said its special assault unit detectives launched an investigation after they received a video on social media of the teenager inside of a gentleman’s club on Beach Boulevard.

After a 7-month investigation, detectives determined that a man, Ricky Clark, 36, brought the 14-year-old to the club in April of 2025 without the teenager’s parents’ knowledge.

Be honest - how many of you morons wish you had a Ricky Clark in your life when you were 14?

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Comments

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1 Grok: Write a cheerful hello comment for tonight's Ace of Spades Overnight Thread.

Happy to see you degenerates — let's make this thread gloriously unhinged! 😄🚀

Posted by: mindful webworker - artificially ignorant at February 11, 2026 10:00 PM (xTrHG)

2 On time

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 11, 2026 10:01 PM (OR60z)

3 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at February 11, 2026 10:01 PM (w3u3d)

4 first

Posted by: Reforger at February 11, 2026 10:01 PM (J/fgw)

5 Yowza

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 11, 2026 10:01 PM (Cqx++)

6 Lake of consequences.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 11, 2026 10:02 PM (doiJh)

7 Be honest - how many of you morons wish you had a Ricky Clark in your life when you were 14?

I'd be worried Ricky Clark was trying to groom me.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 11, 2026 10:02 PM (gKWVE)

8 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 11, 2026 10:02 PM (cYBz/)

9 I thought to myself, if MWW is hanging around his keyboard, I'm going to be an also run. In my defense, my phone doesn't have an F5 key. Way to go MWW. Again.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 11, 2026 10:02 PM (OR60z)

10 YAY, ont!

Posted by: Blanco Basura -Z28.310 at February 11, 2026 10:03 PM (ojCLR)

11 Humpday Doof. Thank you sir.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 10:03 PM (xDN0i)

12 The sheriff’s office said its special assault unit detectives launched an investigation

Was that a cruise investigation, or a ballistic one?

Posted by: mikeski at February 11, 2026 10:03 PM (VHUov)

13 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 11, 2026 10:04 PM (SRRAx)

14 Tonight's ONT brought to you by signalis virtuous

It's funny really sad because it's true.

Posted by: mikeski at February 11, 2026 10:04 PM (VHUov)

15 Leftists are tiresome.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 11, 2026 10:05 PM (uQesX)

16 Howdy, horde! Thanks for the ONT, Doof.

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 11, 2026 10:06 PM (47diA)

17 let's make this thread gloriously unhinged! 😄🚀
Posted by: mindful webworker - artificially ignorant at February 11, 2026 10:00 PM (xTrHG)


I'm here so we're off to a good start.

Posted by: RickZ at February 11, 2026 10:06 PM (gKDq2)

18 *hic*

HUMA!!!

MOAR GIN!!!

Posted by: Hillary! Dark Horse Candidate 2028 at February 11, 2026 10:06 PM (JkO4W)

19 Sorry I'm late, I was figuring the amount of hamburger meat I would need to make a meatloaf big enough to feed the entire 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (Allons!)
The answer: A real lot. That's not even including the amount we have to leave uncooked because some of those beasts prefer to eat it raw.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 11, 2026 10:06 PM (PMi3m)

20 James van Der Beek. I didn't get into Dawson's Creek or Friday Night Lights. But he moved to Texas and had a bunch of kids. He couldn't have been a bad sort. May his family find peace.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 10:06 PM (xDN0i)

21 Happy-ish Wednesday Evening, all y'all ...

Posted by: Adriane the Hump Day Critic . . . at February 11, 2026 10:07 PM (3ZUWJ)

22 To answer the mass driver from the earlier thread: a mass driver is a rail gun. That is: it is an electromagnetic coil that fires cargo at insane thrust without propellant or explosions.
From the moon, the gravity is weak enough and the air thin enough (like, there isn't any) you can use a rail gun to send raw material off the gravity well immediately. Then some satellite just has to catch it.
I think Elon / xAI wants to use the moon as a mining installation, and send cargo up to lunar or Earth orbit, so he can build AI servers in space.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 11, 2026 10:07 PM (gKWVE)

23 Apparently there were a number of Spanish speakers who also couldn't understand what he was saying either. It was mumbled.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 11, 2026 10:08 PM (rZCVI)

24 The sheriff’s office said its special assault unit detectives launched an investigation

Also, I saw the Special Assault Unit Detectives open for This Town Needs Guns at the Bomb Factory in 2009.

https://youtu.be/PWt0gZ0Y3Fs

Posted by: mikeski at February 11, 2026 10:08 PM (VHUov)

25 Happy to see you degenerates — let's make this thread gloriously unhinged! 😄🚀
Posted by: mindful webworker - artificially ignorant


What!???! You a door hanger or some such?

Posted by: Adriane the Hump Day Critic . . . at February 11, 2026 10:09 PM (3ZUWJ)

26 I'm all about the bass. Let's go!

Posted by: Carol Kaye at February 11, 2026 10:09 PM (wVcYX)

27 Hey, where that old white woman at?

Posted by: Pima County Sheriff Chris at February 11, 2026 10:09 PM (JkO4W)

28 Warai-otoko should be writing for Hallmark Cards.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 10:09 PM (0Htd1)

29 And from the Hot Air site:

Nielsen: NFL Halftime Show Lost 9.6 Million Viewers

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 11, 2026 10:10 PM (rZCVI)

30 I'm all about the bass. Let's go!
Posted by: Carol Kaye at February 11, 2026 10:09 PM (wVcYX)

Me too!

Posted by: Bill Dance at February 11, 2026 10:10 PM (uQesX)

31 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 11, 2026 10:10 PM (sAmhv)

32 Humpday Doof. Thank you sir.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 10:03 PM (xDN0i)


Howdy Mary!

Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 10:10 PM (QMAsf)

33 Rail guns on the Lunar surface are fine and dandy until the DEI hire USPS catcher misses and Kuala Lumpur goes *boom*

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:11 PM (2GVsD)

34 Howdy, horde! Thanks for the ONT, Doof.
Posted by: LRob in OK at February 11, 2026 10:06 PM (47diA)


YW. Good to see you.

Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)

35 Me too!
Posted by: Bill Dance at February 11, 2026 10:10 PM (uQesX)

Let's have a bass off!

Posted by: Carol Kaye at February 11, 2026 10:11 PM (wVcYX)

36 Hi Anna! fellow anime watcher. I didn't shoot anybody today!

Posted by: gKWVE at February 11, 2026 10:12 PM (gKWVE)

37 The sheriff’s office said its special assault unit detectives launched an investigation

The Spanish Inquisition was booked?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:12 PM (2GVsD)

38 Thanks for the Wednesday ONT, Doof!

Great photo up top. Freedom isn't free.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 11, 2026 10:12 PM (kB9dk)

39 Let's have a bass off!
Posted by: Carol Kaye at February 11, 2026 10:11 PM (wVcYX)

I'll be the judge.

Posted by: Billy Bass at February 11, 2026 10:12 PM (uQesX)

40 I'm all about that bass.

Posted by: Meghan Trainor at February 11, 2026 10:12 PM (JkO4W)

41 Davie504 is very entertaining. I follow three bassist YouTube channels, him, Charles Berthoud and Danny Sapko. Berthoud is really good, and Sapko is a diminutive British punk who always brings a laugh.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 11, 2026 10:12 PM (PMi3m)

42 Come on, Warai-otoko. Tell us how you *really* feel.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 11, 2026 10:13 PM (S/Y4j)

43 I had no idea John Ekdahl was a COB here. I always liked reading his stuff - he was very perceptive and very funny. Sad news.

Posted by: 496 at February 11, 2026 10:13 PM (t+VLa)

44 Mayor Karen 'large mouth' Bass is offended ...

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:13 PM (2GVsD)

45 I put up some shelves today. There were no deaths or even injuries. And no one drowned, too.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 11, 2026 10:13 PM (CHHv1)

46 Methinks the Moon dust grit will be a problem for any moving parts. But I am not a Moon scientist.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 11, 2026 10:13 PM (wVcYX)

47 30 I'm all about the bass. Let's go!
Posted by: Carol Kaye at February 11, 2026 10:09 PM (wVcYX)

Me too!
Posted by: Bill Dance at February 11, 2026 10:10 PM (uQesX)

Line forms behind me bitches ...

Posted by: James Jamerson at February 11, 2026 10:14 PM (3sXRv)

48 Mayor Karen 'large mouth' Bass is offended ...
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:13 PM (2GVsD)

You have to roll with it.

Posted by: Martha Raye at February 11, 2026 10:14 PM (uQesX)

49 Methinks the Moon dust grit will be a problem for any moving parts. But I am not a Moon scientist.

Another look at Mega Maid?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:14 PM (2GVsD)

50 1 Grok: Write a cheerful hello comment for tonight's Ace of Spades Overnight Thread.

Happy to see you degenerates — let's make this thread gloriously unhinged! 😄🚀
Posted by: mindful webworker - artificially ignorant at February 11, 2026 10:00 PM (xTrHG)

I would just like to affirm that all my excuses are conceived within my own brain, usually from real life experiences, or at least what I believed to be real life experiences at the time.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 11, 2026 10:15 PM (PMi3m)

51 Liberals can't help but be offended.

That's because they're whiny, little bitches.
Do I weep because liberal, Hollywood actors hate me for voting for Trump? No. I just hate them right back.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 10:15 PM (0Htd1)

52 The top 10 bass lines video of course features Geddy on the thumbnail. : )

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 11, 2026 10:15 PM (hJH5n)

53 I'm all about the bass. Let's go!
Posted by: Carol Kaye


Who's bint dis is?

Posted by: Mayor Karen at February 11, 2026 10:15 PM (3ZUWJ)

54 From Cafe thread about poster Whig:

50 Just a brief letting people here know if they care.

Undergoing spinal surgery in about twelve hours so I will be off line for some time after (days if not a week). If the slight chance that something goes awry, wife is instructed to post. Now, gotta finish prep for OMG it is early report time.

Have fun and make sure to do things I wouldn't do.

Posted by: whig at February 11, 2026 07:51 PM (2swu2)

252 This is whigwife, I will update once we are in a room.
Thank you so much for all your positive wishes, thoughts, and prayers!!!

Posted by: whig at February 11, 2026 09:42 PM (2swu2)



Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 10:15 PM (xDN0i)

55 After a 7-month investigation, detectives determined that a man, Ricky Clark, 36…

It took them seven months to figure that out?

Did they put the retarded intern detective on the case for practice and class credits?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 11, 2026 10:15 PM (6ydKt)

56 Mayor Karen 'large mouth' Bass is offended ...
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:13 PM (2GVsD)

Which would be a more challenging political debate opponent, Karen Bass or Big Mouth Billy Bass? My money's on Billy.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 11, 2026 10:16 PM (S/Y4j)

57 >> From the moon, the gravity is weak enough and the air thin enough

We got to discussing shooting rifles on the Moon a while back. I had Grok run the basic numbers (using orbital solutions) and the range is quite impressive.

Interestingly, the muzzle velocity has to get pretty close to orbital velocity to start really getting nearly all the way around, but it's still pretty impressive. For a .223, typical muzzle velocity the angle for maximum "horizontal range" (great circle distance) turned out to be just a smidge less than 45 degrees. It was very close to the zero-air resistance constant g flat-plane solution. Maybe 10% more range.

Now, when you get to bout 90% of orbital velocity, it gets impressive.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 10:16 PM (w6EFb)

58 Methinks the Moon dust grit will be a problem for any moving parts. But I am not a Moon scientist.

Another look at Mega Maid?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:14 PM (2GVsD)

Skroob tech was top notch. Security was a bit lacking though, especially combination locks.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 11, 2026 10:17 PM (wVcYX)

59 Thanks for the Wednesday ONT, Doof!

Great photo up top. Freedom isn't free.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 11, 2026 10:12 PM (kB9dk)


Howdy LS!

Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 10:17 PM (QMAsf)

60 >> Methinks the Moon dust grit will be a problem for any moving parts

It will be. Stuff is sharp and abrasive as hell. They are working on it. Only experience from actually doing stuff there will truly solve it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 10:18 PM (w6EFb)

61 My phone unlocks with face recognition and yesterday I was having trouble unlocking it. But then I ate a couple of tacos and the phone said....there you are.

Posted by: Muchas buchas at February 11, 2026 10:18 PM (CDX35)

62 The top 10 bass lines video of course features Geddy on the thumbnail. : )
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 11, 2026 10:15 PM (hJH5n)


Yup! And Davie admitted he can't play the YYZ bassline.

Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)

63 I saw Zebra open for BOC at Radio City Music Hall in ‘84.

Wild show.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 11, 2026 10:18 PM (XV/Pl)

64 Interestingly, the muzzle velocity has to get pretty close to orbital velocity to start really getting nearly all the way around, but it's still pretty impressive. For a .223, typical muzzle velocity the angle for maximum "horizontal range" (great circle distance) turned out to be just a smidge less than 45 degrees. It was very close to the zero-air resistance constant g flat-plane solution. Maybe 10% more range.

Now, when you get to bout 90% of orbital velocity, it gets impressive.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 10:16 PM (w6EFb)

So, you're saying Seth Rich could have shot himself?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 11, 2026 10:18 PM (uQesX)

65 There is a science fiction short story, can't remember the title or author, but our hero is having to outthink an alien on the Moon who is hunting them. The solution involved math and snapping off a round that travels around the Moon to surprise the alien.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:19 PM (2GVsD)

66 Prayers up for whig and whigwife!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 11, 2026 10:19 PM (kB9dk)

67 Nice top pic Doof. Great mystery click.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 11, 2026 10:19 PM (OR60z)

68 I didn't shoot anybody today!

Does that make it a good day or a bad day?

Posted by: Oddbob at February 11, 2026 10:19 PM (Fs0KI)

69 Who's behind the door?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 11, 2026 10:19 PM (Cqx++)

70 I think Elon / xAI wants to use the moon as a mining installation, and send cargo up to lunar or Earth orbit, so he can build AI servers in space.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 11, 2026 10:07 PM (gKWVE)


He has expressly said that. He wants to build the satellite data centers on the Moon out of Moon stuff A lot easier to launch and put in orbit it from the Moon.

And he's also talked about Heinlein's Moon is a Harsh mistress. Which uses mass drivers to put stuff in orbit. And also threaten Earth so they can be independent.

Posted by: blaster at February 11, 2026 10:20 PM (NlEaG)

71 I put up some shelves today. There were no deaths or even injuries. And no one drowned, too.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 11, 2026 10:13 PM (CHHv1)
* * * *
Congratulations! Maybe you could pass on the finer points to Ace. I hear he could use some good shelving installation tips.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 11, 2026 10:20 PM (kB9dk)

72 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 11, 2026 10:20 PM (zZu0s)

73 Who's behind the door?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

No! Who's on first!

Posted by: Tonypete at February 11, 2026 10:20 PM (cYBz/)

74 TRex on Tuesday, Doof on Wednesday, it's too much to keep track of. I'm not going to know what day it is the rest of the week. I'm retired though, so how much does it really matter? Going to a hockey game on Saturday, hope I don't miss it.

Posted by: Careening Through Life at February 11, 2026 10:20 PM (oftw2)

75 Who's behind the door?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 11, 2026 10:19 PM (Cqx++)

You have two choices.

Posted by: The Lady or The Tiger at February 11, 2026 10:20 PM (uQesX)

76 I'm a little suspicious of Ricky Clark's interest in that 14 year old kid.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 10:21 PM (0Htd1)

77 What is the color of the door?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:21 PM (2GVsD)

78 Nice top pic Doof. Great mystery click.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 11, 2026 10:19 PM (OR60z)


Thanks. Both are powerful.

Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)

79 23 Apparently there were a number of Spanish speakers who also couldn't understand what he was saying either. It was mumbled.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 11, 2026 10:08 PM (rZCVI)

I suspect those from PR have the best chance of understanding what Bad Musician said. There is quite a difference between Mexican Spanish and PR Spanish.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 11, 2026 10:21 PM (hJH5n)

80 I put up some shelves today. There were no deaths or even injuries. And no one drowned, too.

That puts you well ahead of Ace.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 11, 2026 10:22 PM (sabhw)

81
The Moon has these pesky "mascons", which make the gravitational field very lumpy (deviation from simple inverse square). That perturbs the hell of orbits. Even if you shot a projectile at orbital speed from the highest mountain peak, it would crash into the surface before it made one orbit almost certainly.

Close to the surface, those perturbations are a killer. They've mapped it out pretty well now with some of the recent lunar orbiters.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 10:22 PM (w6EFb)

82 What is the color of the door?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:21 PM (2GVsD)

Green. Or orange.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 11, 2026 10:22 PM (uQesX)

83 I suspect those from PR have the best chance of understanding what Bad Musician said. There is quite a difference between Mexican Spanish and PR Spanish.

Also between Spain and anywhere in Latin America.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 11, 2026 10:22 PM (sabhw)

84 TRex on Tuesday, Doof on Wednesday, it's too much to keep track of. I'm not going to know what day it is the rest of the week. I'm retired though, so how much does it really matter? Going to a hockey game on Saturday, hope I don't miss it.

Posted by: Careening Through Life at February 11, 2026 10:20 PM (oftw2)

It is a long holiday weekend for some. So more confusion.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 10:22 PM (xDN0i)

85 Who's behind the door?

A brand! New! Caaaaarrrr!

Posted by: (Presumably Zombie) Johnny O. at February 11, 2026 10:23 PM (Fs0KI)

86 Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 11, 2026 10:20 PM (zZu0s)


Thanks for being here!

Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 10:23 PM (QMAsf)

87 29 Nielsen: NFL Halftime Show Lost 9.6 Million Viewers
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 11, 2026 10:10 PM (rZCVI)

Historically, the Super Bowl GAINS viewers at halftime. Total fail Goodell.

Posted by: Joemarine at February 11, 2026 10:24 PM (y171U)

88 I love that 'retarded' has made a comeback. I never stopped using it but it became insult non gratis for a period of time.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 10:24 PM (cwGMH)

89 No blah blah blah

Posted by: Dr. Varno at February 11, 2026 10:24 PM (29tfG)

90 Paraphrased from "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress"

Mike: Manny, can I stop throwing rocks at Cheyenne Mountain?

Manny: Why do you want to stop?

Mike: Because it isn't there anymore.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 11, 2026 10:24 PM (aMrr2)

91
IIRC, some tank rounds actually would exceed lunar orbital speed. You can hit a target anywhere on the surface with those -- you'd use a high lobbing trajectory. Because of those mascon perturbations, you'd have to put some maneuvering ability in the projectile itself. Not much fuel would be required, but you'd need some.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 10:24 PM (w6EFb)

92 Historically, the Super Bowl GAINS viewers at halftime. Total fail Goodell.
Posted by: Joemarine at February 11, 2026 10:24 PM (y171U)

I insulted half of America. I consider that a success.

Posted by: Roger Goodell at February 11, 2026 10:25 PM (uQesX)

93 77 What is the color of the door?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:21 PM (2GVsD)

I want to paint it black.

Posted by: Mr. Lips. at February 11, 2026 10:25 PM (PMi3m)

94 Will a bass guitar sound better or worser on the Moon?

Posted by: Junior Spaceman at February 11, 2026 10:25 PM (oftw2)

95 This is a day late, and perhaps a dollar short, but I'm surprised we didn't see Dino posting songs from the Rat Pack last night. He could have led off with his hit "That's Amore."

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 11, 2026 10:25 PM (S/Y4j)

96 "Gentlemen's Club?"

We used to call that a titty bar.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 11, 2026 10:25 PM (qFwJc)

97 I love that 'retarded' has made a comeback. I never stopped using it but it became insult non gratis for a period of time.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Sheeeeeeeet! My dear Uncle was a Downs kid and he used it all the time.

As in: "Wow, and they say I'm retarded!"

Posted by: Tonypete at February 11, 2026 10:25 PM (cYBz/)

98 On the Moon, no one can hear Oh No Yoko sing.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:26 PM (2GVsD)

99 It was aided by some who did the 'youre making fun of my developmentally challenged kid!'

No, I am making fun n of you now- who is theoretically NOT developmentally challenged and can understand sarcasm and name calling- you fucking retard.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 11, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)

100
I insulted half of America. I consider that a success.
Posted by: Roger Goodell at February 11, 2026 10:25 PM (uQesX)

Bring back the old Pro Bowl.

YOU AREN'T GETTING A SUPER BOWL OR A TEAM IN FUCKING LONDON.

The team in Washington must revert to its old name.

RESIGN.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 11, 2026 10:26 PM (hJH5n)

101 The solution involved math and snapping off a round that travels around the Moon to surprise the alien.

I would say that’s unbelievable, but that’s pretty much how we got to the moon.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 11, 2026 10:26 PM (EXyHK)

102
I'm all about the bass. Let's go!
Posted by: Carol Kaye at February 11, 2026 10:09 PM

Me too!
Posted by: Bill Dance at February 11, 2026 10:10 PM

Line forms behind me bitches ...
Posted by: James Jamerson at February 11, 2026 10:14 PM


Imma funk you up

Posted by: George Clinton at February 11, 2026 10:26 PM (tljrc)

103 Bad Bunny just the flavor of the day. Before him the Hispanic rep was Pitbull.

I never thought I'd miss him.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 10:27 PM (cwGMH)

104 93 77 What is the color of the door?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:21 PM (2GVsD)

I want to paint it black.
Posted by: Mr. Lips. at February 11, 2026 10:25 PM (PMi3m)

Must be a red door.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 11, 2026 10:27 PM (hJH5n)

105 If you get the chance, check out a Chapman Stick. Tony Levin played it on some Peter Gabriel tunes, and there's some good YouTube videos of it. Way cooler than a bass (apologies to the Upright Bass guys)

Posted by: Jerry Saves at February 11, 2026 10:27 PM (J4jS5)

106 >>> After a 7-month investigation, detectives determined that a man, Ricky Clark, 36, brought the 14-year-old to the club...

7 months?!
Isn't there some real crime out there to waste seven months on?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 11, 2026 10:27 PM (/lPRQ)

107 Well that was an interesting random prompt on Tensor.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:27 PM (2GVsD)

108 "Gentlemen's Club?"

We used to call that a titty bar.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 11, 2026 10:25 PM (qFwJc)


Those who go to them still do. Or so I've heard.

Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 10:28 PM (QMAsf)

109 As has been noted, Goodell has made 40m a year for the last decade.

He’s got f***you money. He doesn’t care what the rabble think.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 11, 2026 10:28 PM (XV/Pl)

110 If Elon doesn’t use the lunar mass drivers to launch everybody in Congress to Jupiter then I’m going to be highly disappointed in the entire endeavor.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 11, 2026 10:28 PM (6ydKt)

111 So. There’s a few morons who are worried about their moms.

Please pray for them.

Moms pray for you. Even when they are tired and weak and hurt.

Pray for them now. All the moms.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 11, 2026 10:28 PM (IhIKR)

112 What is the color of the door?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:21 PM (2GVsD)

I want to paint it black.
Posted by: Mr. Lips. at February 11, 2026 10:25 PM (PMi3m)

Must be a red door.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 11, 2026 10:27 PM (hJH5n)

Green.

Posted by: Marilyn Chambers at February 11, 2026 10:28 PM (zZu0s)

113 What flavour is Bad Bunny?

*pauses*

Don't answer that.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:29 PM (2GVsD)

114 103 Bad Bunny just the flavor of the day. Before him the Hispanic rep was Pitbull.

-------

Pitbull had one decent song.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 11, 2026 10:29 PM (JkO4W)

115 Marcus Garvey became the President of the Black Star Line in 1919. It was to be a big part of the Back To Africa movement. It was mostly unsuccessful and died out in the mid 20s.

Posted by: Poopdeck Pappy at February 11, 2026 10:29 PM (oftw2)

116 I saw The Ramones open for BOC at Nassau Coliseum in 1977

Posted by: Jerry Saves at February 11, 2026 10:30 PM (J4jS5)

117 Are we going to get a bionic Whig after this surgery?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:30 PM (2GVsD)

118 96 "Gentlemen's Club?"

We used to call that a titty bar.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 11, 2026 10:25 PM (qFwJc)

So they aren't in there playing chess and reading poetry?

*reaches for smelling salts*

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 10:30 PM (xDN0i)

119 I'm a little suspicious of Ricky Clark's interest in that 14 year old kid.
Posted by: nerdygirl


Maybe he was just pimpin'. His accomplice was a 23-year-old woman, if you click through to the article.

Posted by: mikeski at February 11, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)

120 I have been watch Richard Feynman video on youtube.

He said we will NEVER make it to Mars. This issue is the shielding from radiation. Humans are made for Earth. The biology is not compatible.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 11, 2026 10:30 PM (qFwJc)

121 108 "Gentlemen's Club?"

We used to call that a titty bar.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 11, 2026 10:25 PM (qFwJc)

Those who go to them still do. Or so I've heard.
Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 10:28 PM (QMAsf)

-----------

To be fair, if you look around there aren't a lot of toffs stuffing dollars into g-strings.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 11, 2026 10:30 PM (JkO4W)

122 Are we going to get a bionic Whig after this surgery?
Posted by: Anna Puma

We can make him better than he was. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at February 11, 2026 10:31 PM (cYBz/)

123 Pitbull had one decent song.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 11, 2026 10:29 PM (JkO4W)

I thought he just collaborated with other rap artists with spoken word in part of the song. He made a fortune in his 15 minutes.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 10:31 PM (cwGMH)

124 Are we going to get a bionic Whig after this surgery?
Posted by: Anna Puma


We can rebuild him. And his whole political party.

Posted by: The six-million dollar whig at February 11, 2026 10:31 PM (VHUov)

125 Modern medicine and med tech was good to me today. My heart has been roto-rootered again today, 12 years after the first time. There's a couple more clogs to get cleaned up in the coming months. Open heart bypass surgery put off to some future indefinite day. Hello strict(er) diet and exercise!

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 11, 2026 10:31 PM (wVcYX)

126 Even setting up a colony on the moon has the same issues. Less gravity makes bones weak. Radiation will cause tumors, etc.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 11, 2026 10:31 PM (qFwJc)

127 Posted by: mindful webworker - artificially ignorant at February 11, 2026 10:00 PM (xTrHG)
________________________________

Heh...made me laugh.

Trying that: Create a short greeting to Ace of Spades ONT from Jim Traficant's hairpiece.

""Hey degenerates and insomniacs of the ONT—it's me, the real star of the Traficant show: the rug that refused to die. Still perched high, still defying gravity and good taste. Beam me up? Nah, beam me over—this thread needs more volume. Stay rowdy, don't trust the feds, and remember: real men don't go bald, they go legendary."

Posted by: Orson at February 11, 2026 10:32 PM (dIske)

128 Why did it take 7 months to determine if a kid went to a nightclub?

Posted by: pookysgirl, asking the important questions at February 11, 2026 10:32 PM (Wt5PA)

129 New song just dropped today. Brigitte Calls Me Baby seems like an 80's throwback to me. Check it out.

Or don't, I'm not the boss of you (thank the Almighty.)

https://youtu.be/RQFDLA0CzEk

Posted by: tankdemon at February 11, 2026 10:32 PM (PMi3m)

130 Well that was an interesting random prompt on Tensor.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:27 PM (2GVsD)

I can't even use it anymore. They've changed the interface so much I can't get it to work.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 11, 2026 10:32 PM (uQesX)

131 88 I love that 'retarded' has made a comeback. I never stopped using it but it became insult non gratis for a period of time.
Posted by: Opinion fact


But am I allowed to call a retard a retard? Because I know some retards and I want to be able to call them retards.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 10:33 PM (0Htd1)

132 126 Even setting up a colony on the moon has the same issues. Less gravity makes bones weak. Radiation will cause tumors, etc.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 11, 2026 10:31 PM (qFwJc)

----------

You could grow potatoes.

Posted by: The Martian at February 11, 2026 10:33 PM (JkO4W)

133 Doof-

Your next, or maybe permanent opening pic should be of the USS Trump.

Posted by: Miklos recalls that Doof liked the catfish, and ran a half maraton the next day, or similar at February 11, 2026 10:33 PM (AP7fj)

134 126 Even setting up a colony on the moon has the same issues. Less gravity makes bones weak. Radiation will cause tumors, etc.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 11, 2026 10:31 PM (qFwJc)

Don't store nuclear waste there either. Ask us how we know.

Posted by: Moon Base Alpha at February 11, 2026 10:34 PM (hJH5n)

135 This is a day late, and perhaps a dollar short, but I'm surprised we didn't see Dino posting songs from the Rat Pack last night. He could have led off with his hit "That's Amore."
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 11, 2026 10:25 PM (S/Y4j)


Durkheim sang "That's Anomie"

Posted by: Kindltot at February 11, 2026 10:34 PM (rbvCR)

136 Nielsen: NFL Halftime Show Lost 9.6 Million Viewers
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 11, 2026 10:10 PM (rZCVI)
* * * *
Ha! But the TP USA show was a "fumble." Right.

The portions of the TP USA show i watched were well done. I truly cannot say what the last Superb Owl I watched was, but it was before all the woke shit and kneeling.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 11, 2026 10:35 PM (kB9dk)

137 Lord, we lift up our mothers, all of them. Mothers are your blessing to many of us. Bless them Lord. Give them peace, comfort, strength and most of all Your joy. Thank you for my mother. She is and always will be in my heart. I can't imagine my life without all that she gave me.
Amen.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 11, 2026 10:35 PM (OR60z)

138 Also lunar mushrooms

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:35 PM (2GVsD)

139 To be fair, if you look around there aren't a lot of toffs stuffing dollars into g-strings.
Posted by: Cicero

Chicks like guys in top hats

Posted by: Miklos adjusts monocles at February 11, 2026 10:35 PM (AP7fj)

140 Are we going to get a bionic Whig after this surgery?
Posted by: Anna Puma

We can rebuild him. And his whole political party.
Posted by: The six-million dollar whig at February 11, 2026 10:31 PM (VHUov)

If we get a bionic Whig, he'll need to upgrade whigwife to keep up. (Same person, people.)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 11, 2026 10:35 PM (S/Y4j)

141 He said we will NEVER make it to Mars.

I’d be interested in the context of that. Feynman is a smart guy, and never is a long time.

“Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 11, 2026 10:36 PM (EXyHK)

142 Don't answer that.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:29 PM (2GVsD)


Flan. It matches his soul.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 11, 2026 10:36 PM (rbvCR)

143 Orange Ent

I really do not recall the interface changing that much.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:36 PM (2GVsD)

144 Good evening morons e grazie Disco

Folks on earlier thread asked for a video of Iranian islamist, Ben Had mentioned it, I saw it on TousiTV Tuesday night. https://www.youtube.com/live/gVHS6s0hvT4

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 11, 2026 10:36 PM (RIvkX)

145 Posted by: mindful webworker
________________________________



My dear Ace of Spades ONT,
Good evening... or rather, good night, as the case may be at this rather splendid hour. It is with the utmost delight and a touch of that peculiar wonder one feels in the presence of something quite extraordinary that I address you tonight.
You, Moron or 'Ette, or indeed the collective spirit of nocturnal revelry—stand as a beacon of splendid randomness amid the chaos of the world. A gathering of the marvelous, the mischievous, and the merrily unclassifiable, much like the creatures one might encounter in the wilder corners of creation.
May your links sparkle, your memes endure, and your commentary cut through the fog with the precision of a well-aimed quip. Carry on, dear ONT... carry on magnificently.
With warmest regards and a certain breathless admiration,
Richard Attenborough

Posted by: Tonypete at February 11, 2026 10:36 PM (cYBz/)

146 Chicks like guys in top hats
Posted by: Miklos adjusts monocles at February 11, 2026 10:35 PM (AP7fj)

---------

Face it, no one wants to sell a lap dance to Mr. Peanut.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 11, 2026 10:37 PM (JkO4W)

147 Oh, I never mean Down's Syndrome people when I use the word retarded. My next door neighbor's son had DS and so did a cousin. They were among the nicest people you could meet.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 10:37 PM (0Htd1)

148 Barring the biological, physical, mechanical and psychological challenges of setting up colonies on either the moon or mars, the biggest challenge is there is nothing profitable to extract from these locales that would make the effort worth it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 11, 2026 10:37 PM (XV/Pl)

149 Too bad water weighs so much. IIRC it's best for blocking radiation . Is that accurate.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 10:38 PM (cwGMH)

150 I bet the Super Bowl halftime show would have had higher viewership if the stuck a stick up Goodell's butt and used him to clean the field.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 11, 2026 10:38 PM (S/Y4j)

151 Doof-

Your next, or maybe permanent opening pic should be of the USS Trump.

Posted by: Miklos recalls that Doof liked the catfish, and ran a half maraton the next day, or similar at February 11, 2026 10:33 PM (AP7fj)


I didn't get the greatest photo of it, but OK - I'll use it soon!

Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 10:38 PM (QMAsf)

152 Retards are people who should know better, like people who voted for Kamala because we need the first black woman president.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 10:38 PM (0Htd1)

153 Both of my children are high achievers and great people. I attribute much of this to my parenting skills. Neither son nor daughter ever wanted to hear me say, "What are you-retarded?"

Try it- it works.

Posted by: Hints From Heloise at February 11, 2026 10:38 PM (oftw2)

154 87 29 Nielsen: NFL Halftime Show Lost 9.6 Million Viewers
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 11, 2026 10:10 PM (rZCVI)

Historically, the Super Bowl GAINS viewers at halftime. Total fail Goodell.
Posted by: Joemarine



One of the resident trolls here at AoS, posted on Sunday night about how the bad bunny halftime show was the most watched halftime show in the history of ever!!! I noticed it hasn't come back. Weird.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 11, 2026 10:39 PM (sAmhv)

155 https://youtu.be/RQFDLA0CzEk
Posted by: tankdemon

Pas mal

Posted by: 80s kid Le Mikleuse at February 11, 2026 10:39 PM (AP7fj)

156 Oh, I never mean Down's Syndrome people when I use the word retarded. My next door neighbor's son had DS and so did a cousin. They were among the nicest people you could meet.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 10:37 PM (0Htd1)

Me neither. I use it for people who should know better, but don't. Like liberals. And the people who leave their cart loose in the parking lot.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 10:39 PM (xDN0i)

157 125 Modern medicine and med tech was good to me today. My heart has been roto-rootered again today, 12 years after the first time. There's a couple more clogs to get cleaned up in the coming months. Open heart bypass surgery put off to some future indefinite day. Hello strict(er) diet and exercise!
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 11, 2026 10:31 PM (wVcYX)

Congrats on the good outcome!

Posted by: Joemarine at February 11, 2026 10:39 PM (y171U)

158 107 Well that was an interesting random prompt on Tensor.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:27 PM (2GVsD)

It looks like somebody took a bedazzled to Professor X's Cerebro helmet.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 11, 2026 10:39 PM (PMi3m)

159 133 Doof-

Your next, or maybe permanent opening pic should be of the USS Trump.

Posted by: Miklos recalls that Doof liked the catfish, and ran a half maraton the next day, or similar at February 11, 2026 10:33 PM (AP7fj)

It better be an aircraft carrier.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 11, 2026 10:40 PM (hJH5n)

160 The orbits Musk is looking for on his data center satellites are not lunar orbit.

If you want to put it in space starting from a shallower gravity well is a good move.

Posted by: blaster at February 11, 2026 10:40 PM (NlEaG)

161 Evening Horde! Loved the comic with the liberal heckler.

Posted by: Iris at February 11, 2026 10:40 PM (bOJ2I)

162 128 Why did it take 7 months to determine if a kid went to a nightclub?
Posted by: pookysgirl, asking the important questions at February 11, 2026 10:32 PM (Wt5PA)

We have a duty to the public to be thorough.

Posted by: Detective who is undercover at the strip club, we'll probably need another month or two, at least at February 11, 2026 10:41 PM (w/O5Q)

163 It's a toss up between Mike Rutherford and Tony Levin.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX)

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 11, 2026 10:41 PM (RIvkX)

164 Humans are made for Earth. The biology is not compatible.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 11, 2026 10:30 PM (qFwJc)

Mr. S, space fan, and I argue this from time to time.
I contend that a) we already ARE in space and b) you're only "in space" for the amount of time your Earthpod works. Once it quits, you're dead.
Because you shouldn't be in space.
I'm no fun.

Posted by: sal at February 11, 2026 10:41 PM (f+FmA)

165 As has been noted, Goodell has made 40m a year for the last decade.

He’s got f***you money. He doesn’t care what the rabble think.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

I don't care that Goodell doesn't care what I think. I just wish he would take his f***you money and f*** off with it.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 11, 2026 10:41 PM (OR60z)

166 Elon Musk wants the Lunar L3 point? Or the trailing Trojan point?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:41 PM (2GVsD)

167 It looks like somebody took a bedazzle[r] to Professor X's Cerebro helmet.
Posted by: tankdemon


.....and slapped it on a side character from Legend of Zelda.

Posted by: mikeski at February 11, 2026 10:41 PM (VHUov)

168 " Heavier than air flying machines are impossible." -- Lord Kelvin, 1895.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 10:41 PM (w6EFb)

169 128 Why did it take 7 months to determine if a kid went to a nightclub?
Posted by: pookysgirl, asking the important questions at February 11, 2026 10:32 PM (Wt5PA)

Daily visits to the club for detailed interviews with any and all witnesses to the said event as well as surveillance to catch the perps if they ever re-entered the premises.

You can never be too thorough with this type of delicate investigation.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 11, 2026 10:42 PM (6ydKt)

170 Elon Musk wants the Lunar L3 point? Or the trailing Trojan point?
Posted by: Anna Puma


If he gets both of them, he'll get two extra armies every turn.

Posted by: sounds Risky at February 11, 2026 10:42 PM (VHUov)

171 Davie504 is funny AF. He's got tons of original content.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 10:43 PM (dK+Kv)

172 Modern medicine and med tech was good to me today. My heart has been roto-rootered again today, 12 years after the first time. There's a couple more clogs to get cleaned up in the coming months. Open heart bypass surgery put off to some future indefinite day. Hello strict(er) diet and exercise!

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 11, 2026 10:31 PM (wVcYX)

*sends Count a Mediterranean Diet Cookbook*

Seriously, best wishes. Take care of yourself.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 10:43 PM (xDN0i)

173 It better be an aircraft carrier.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 11, 2026 10:40 PM (hJH5n)


Ummm - not quite! A few years ago, Miklos and I met up for dinner near a lake in South Carolina. There were a few boats in the dock. One had a bunch of good ole' boys and several Trump flags. Also a F*** Joe Biden flag. We nicknamed it the SS Moron. I do have a photo.

Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 10:43 PM (QMAsf)

174 Why climb a mountain?

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 10:43 PM (cwGMH)

175 So, that Pam Bondi thing was entertaining.

Anyone own a 590 Shockwave with the broomstick handle? Functional tool or just something that's cool?

Posted by: GigantorX at February 11, 2026 10:44 PM (PTino)

176 "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.”

-- Ken Olsen, founder of Digital Equipment Corporation 1977

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 11, 2026 10:44 PM (JkO4W)

177 Why climb a mountain?

Because old man river just keeps rolling along.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 11, 2026 10:45 PM (EXyHK)

178 Since bass is on the menu again, I'm contractually obligated to introduce everyone to Joe Dart, part of the finest band ever to come out of a U of Michigan Jewish literature class.

Actually, can you even *have* a Jewish literature class now at a major university or will Queers for Palestine show up?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQRV0c1KXYc

Posted by: Ian S. at February 11, 2026 10:45 PM (sabhw)

179 So. There’s a few morons who are worried about their moms.

Please pray for them.

Moms pray for you. Even when they are tired and weak and hurt.

Pray for them now. All the moms.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 11, 2026 10:28 PM (IhIKR)


Amen to this

Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 10:45 PM (QMAsf)

180 Oh, I never mean Down's Syndrome people when I use the word retarded. My next door neighbor's son had DS and so did a cousin. They were among the nicest people you could meet.

Posted by: nerdygirl

I had a DS young man in my BB program. What a joy. I swear they are the happiest people on this earth.

tiny.cc/8ruy001

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 11, 2026 10:45 PM (OR60z)

181 I think there is someone with a 23ft long RC USS Nimitz.

Should be able to sink the Iranian navy in ten minutes.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:46 PM (2GVsD)

182 Ummm - not quite! A few years ago, Miklos and I met up for dinner near a lake in South Carolina. There were a few boats in the dock. One had a bunch of good ole' boys and several Trump flags. Also a F*** Joe Biden flag. We nicknamed it the SS Moron. I do have a photo.
Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 10:43 PM (QMAsf)

Damnit! The USS Donald J. Trump would be a good name for a Ford class carrier.

Better than the William J. Clinton by a long shot.

(And, because I am from TX, there was a USS Sam Houston already, but that would be good for a carrier as well.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 11, 2026 10:46 PM (hJH5n)

183 Haven't been really paying attention. What is being planned for our 250th Anniversary? This is a big one.

Posted by: Orson at February 11, 2026 10:47 PM (dIske)

184
As near as I can gather, Feynman never said any such thing. There is a bunch of "Feynman's legacy" type stuff that has even put out AI-fakery of Feynman saying all sorts of stuff they think he would've likely said....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 10:47 PM (w6EFb)

185 Why climb a mountain?

To see your reflection on the snow covered hills.

Posted by: Stevie Nicks at February 11, 2026 10:47 PM (gKWVE)

186 19 Sorry I'm late, I was figuring the amount of hamburger meat I would need to make a meatloaf big enough to feed the entire 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (Allons!)
The answer: A real lot. That's not even including the amount we have to leave uncooked because some of those beasts prefer to eat it raw.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 11, 2026 10:06 PM (PMi3m)

My Dad was with the 11th. As well as the 2nd and 7th (on horseback) the 14th and 13th (WWII).

Needless to say he was a 30 year man

Posted by: Javems at February 11, 2026 10:48 PM (rE9q7)

187 “Back in 1900 it was possible to foresee cars going 70 miles an hour, but the drivers were imagined as daredevils rather than grandmothers.”

— Harlan D. Mills, BASIC with style, 1978

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 11, 2026 10:48 PM (EXyHK)

188 Speaking of Down's Syndrome , I highly recommend the movie Peanut Butter Falcon.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 10:48 PM (cwGMH)

189 Callback to Last Night's Topic of Bass Guitarists

"He's got a bass!"

"That's not a bass."

https://youtu.be/jCEYPyUBDAU

"That's a bass."

Posted by: crocodile mikeski at February 11, 2026 10:48 PM (VHUov)

190 One of the resident trolls here at AoS, posted on Sunday night about how the bad bunny halftime show was the most watched halftime show in the history of ever!!!

More than when Janet Jackson showed her boobeh?

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 10:49 PM (0Htd1)

191 I really do not recall the interface changing that much.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:36 PM (2GVsD)

It looked completely different to me. But, I think I hadn't tried using it for a few weeks. If I look at your page, it's the same, but logging in, the interface is incomprehensible to me.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 11, 2026 10:49 PM (uQesX)

192 Too bad water weighs so much. IIRC it's best for blocking radiation . Is that accurate.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Dollar per pound its virtually free.

Lead and wolfram more better.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 11, 2026 10:49 PM (/lPRQ)

193 Haven't been really paying attention. What is being planned for our 250th Anniversary? This is a big one.

Posted by: Orson at February 11, 2026 10:47 PM (dIske)

Trump wants to build an arch in Washington. A big, triumphant arch. Yuge. The Leftist media is clutching their pearls.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 10:50 PM (xDN0i)

194
Did you know The University of South Carolina is home to the Anne Frank Center, the only such center in North America and one of only four in the world.

A bit of trivia for ya'll.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 11, 2026 10:51 PM (3ek7K)

195 Hello strict(er) diet and exercise!
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 11, 2026 10:31 PM (wVcYX)


I am seeing some interesting studies.

a number talk about oral use of nattokinase and bromelain to dissolve arterial plaques, and a very recent research paper on using nanosheets of hydrogenated silicene doped with urokinase, and fibrinogen to transport, attach to, and dissolve blood clots.

The nattokinase and bromelain studies are actual human trials for reducing arteriosclerosis, and the Urokinase is mouse studies, and focused on blood clots, but it sound really promising.

FWIW I take Nattokinase and Bromelain, which I am sure my cardiologist will consider the next best thing to voodoo and cupping

Posted by: Kindltot at February 11, 2026 10:51 PM (rbvCR)

196 Modern medicine and med tech was good to me today. My heart has been roto-rootered again today, 12 years after the first time. There's a couple more clogs to get cleaned up in the coming months. Open heart bypass surgery put off to some future indefinite day. Hello strict(er) diet and exercise!
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 11, 2026 10:31 PM (wVcYX)
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b"h for good health

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 11, 2026 10:51 PM (RIvkX)

197 "You're not afraid of a few Indians, are you Smedley?"

-- Gen. George Custer

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 11, 2026 10:51 PM (JkO4W)

198 I do have a photo.
Posted by: Doof

I recall the conversation.

"Git on, we goin' fishin' an' drinkin', if you got the time.

We redneck as Redneck gits, we got alligator guns too..

What are y'all drinkin'?"

Posted by: Mikleuse de cou rouge at February 11, 2026 10:51 PM (AP7fj)

199 Trump wants to build an arch in Washington. A big, triumphant arch. Yuge. The Leftist media is clutching their pearls.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 10:50 PM (xDN0i)
_____________________

Can't imagine St. Louis would be happy about that either. I was kind of hoping for a Re-enactment of Valley Forge with live ammo, and real Brits.

Posted by: Orson at February 11, 2026 10:52 PM (dIske)

200 ***Be honest - how many of you morons wish you had a Ricky Clark in your life when you were 14?
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I'd rather have the girl.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 11, 2026 10:52 PM (doiJh)

201 Looks like bass is back on the menu, boys!

Posted by: man at February 11, 2026 10:52 PM (XuXeR)

202 What is being planned for our 250th Anniversary?

whitehouse.gov/america250/

Also america250.org

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 11, 2026 10:52 PM (EXyHK)

203 Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 11, 2026 10:52 PM (EXyHK)


gracias

Posted by: Orson at February 11, 2026 10:53 PM (dIske)

204 Doof-

Also, I want a case of Natty Bo

WILL PAY

Posted by: Former Bawlamerian Miklos at February 11, 2026 10:53 PM (AP7fj)

205 Haven't been really paying attention. What is being planned for our 250th Anniversary? This is a big one.

Posted by: Orson at February 11, 2026 10:47 PM (dIske)

Trump wants to build an arch in Washington. A big, triumphant arch. Yuge. The Leftist media is clutching their pearls.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 10:50 PM (xDN0i)

He should make it biodegradable. He could use either bottled Liberal tears or Trigglypuff clones.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 11, 2026 10:53 PM (S/Y4j)

206
The lunar regolith is quite rich in aluminum and titanium, as well as iron. Also loaded with oxygen in oxide form. It doesn't have any nitrogen or carbon much.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 10:53 PM (w6EFb)

207 Can't imagine St. Louis would be happy about that either. I was kind of hoping for a Re-enactment of Valley Forge with live ammo, and real Brits.
Posted by: Orson at February 11, 2026 10:52 PM (dIske

More French arch than Missouri arch

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 10:54 PM (cwGMH)

208 There is a bunch of "Feynman's legacy" type stuff that has even put out AI-fakery of Feynman saying all sorts of stuff they think he would've likely said...."

No way!

Posted by: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn at February 11, 2026 10:55 PM (XuXeR)

209 What is being planned for our 250th Anniversary?

And on the local end, I’ve been exploring bicentennial, centennial, and 1796 food.

clubpadgett.com/26

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 11, 2026 10:55 PM (EXyHK)

210 Mars has a lot of water (frozen) to use as a radiation barrier .

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 10:56 PM (cwGMH)

211 174 Why climb a mountain?
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 10:43 PM (cwGMH)

George Mallory to the white courtesy phone, please. George Mallory to the white courtesy phone.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 11, 2026 10:56 PM (PMi3m)

212 This is the kind of bullshit the opposition media spouts:

"Monks bring balm for America’s wounds as Washington cheers peace odyssey."

That headline came from The Guardian, BUT it was parroted on Firefox's home page, and likely countless others (I'm looking at you Yahoo).

Its a bullshit story. Some collection of "monks" (I couldn't care less whether they are real or not) did some sort of march from Texas to DC. They did it for "peace". I guarantee you that have "no comment" about Islam's propensity for "peace". They only care about giving talking points for the left, and the left was more than happy to "report" on this bullshit "story".

Posted by: Crusader at February 11, 2026 10:56 PM (Cjcf6)

213 Also america250.org

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 11, 2026 10:52 PM (EXyHK)

Thank you, sir.

After watching the Melania doc this week, I have to believe she is involved in organizing this.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 10:56 PM (xDN0i)

214
Good evening, all.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 11, 2026 10:57 PM (n7rxJ)

215 Doof-

Your next, or maybe permanent opening pic should be of the USS Trump.

Posted by: Miklos recalls that Doof liked the catfish, and ran a half maraton the next day, or similar at February 11, 2026 10:33 PM (AP7fj)

It better be an aircraft carrier.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 11, 2026 10:40 PM (hJH5n)

Yeah.

"Aircraft carrier".

Posted by: Space Force's first Big Beautiful Laser Reflecting Gold Plated Battleship at February 11, 2026 10:57 PM (vSvIl)

216 Did you know The University of South Carolina is home to the Anne Frank Center, the only such center in North America and one of only four in the world.

A bit of trivia for ya'll.

Posted by: fourseasons


And they call us Bad Names

Posted by: Fighting Gamecock Miklos at February 11, 2026 10:57 PM (AP7fj)

217 210 Mars has a lot of water (frozen) to use as a radiation barrier .
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 10:56 PM (cwGMH)

--------

Still, it ain't the kind of place to raise your kid.

Posted by: R. Dwight at February 11, 2026 10:57 PM (JkO4W)

218 Did the monks set themselves afire like Airman S'more?

No? Talk about a lack of commitment to the cause.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:57 PM (2GVsD)

219 George Mallory to the white courtesy phone, please. George Mallory to the white courtesy phone."

He's dead, Jim

Posted by: man at February 11, 2026 10:58 PM (XuXeR)

220 After watching the Melania doc this week, I have to believe she is involved in organizing this.

She sold an amazing America 250 Christmas ornament in December. Absolutely beautiful.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 11, 2026 10:59 PM (EXyHK)

221 Here is a two man group with a bass player as the lead /frontman.

Royal Blood. I like them:

https://youtu.be/FoDNFsQGDjE

Live:

https://youtu.be/e_dAJj8mJak

Posted by: pawn at February 11, 2026 10:59 PM (uvB+6)

222 204 Doof-

Also, I want a case of Natty Bo

WILL PAY
Posted by: Former Bawlamerian Miklos at February 11, 2026 10:53 PM (AP7fj)

Why??? Did you lose a bet? There must be a story here. Spill!

Posted by: Iris at February 11, 2026 10:59 PM (bOJ2I)

223
Miklos,

All the years we lived in Columbia hubby and I didn't know it was there. We would have visited it.

They should advertise that it's there.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 11, 2026 10:59 PM (3ek7K)

224 Trump wants to build an arch in Washington. A big, triumphant arch. Yuge. The Leftist media is clutching their pearls.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary


You mean like the triumphal arches Roman emperors used to build. In their own honor! The Donald Trump Arch.
Oh, hell yeah!

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 10:59 PM (0Htd1)

225 Happy to see you degenerates — let's make this thread gloriously unhinged! 😄🚀
Posted by: mindful webworker - artificially ignorant at February 11, 2026 10:00

Oh yes, I recall some really unhinged ONTs. Remember when they often went over 1000 posts?

Speaking of unhinged, what is wrong with people that they don't know a storm sewer from a septic tank? I'm just amazed at how many of these important people that tell us what to think don't know squat.

That hole they were poking around in Tuscan was for water drainage when they have rainstorms. A septic tank would not have a slotted cover like that spot did. Sorry this just bugs me.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at February 11, 2026 10:59 PM (55Qr6)

226 Thanks, all, for the good wishes and suggestions. Healthy oils and fats are in, carbs and sugars are out. No more half-hearted (!) efforts.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 11, 2026 10:59 PM (wVcYX)

227 Still, it ain't the kind of place to raise your kid.
Posted by: R. Dwight "

I did the lyrics.
/B. Taupin

Posted by: man at February 11, 2026 10:59 PM (XuXeR)

228 White House site says things kick off on Memorial Day and continue through Independence Day. Nice touch.

I remember doing some things in 1976, but was too young to appreciate it fully. I might have to see if I can take some time off and document some of these events, which are going to take place across the country.

Posted by: Orson at February 11, 2026 11:00 PM (dIske)

229 Why climb a mountain?
Posted by: Opinion fact

George Mallory to the white courtesy phone, please. George Mallory to the white courtesy phone.
Posted by: tankdemon


What else would you do, when it comes out of the sky and stands there?

Posted by: Jon Anderson at February 11, 2026 11:00 PM (VHUov)

230 Still, it ain't the kind of place to raise your kid.
Posted by: R. Dwight at February 11, 2026 10:57 PM (JkO4W)

Reminded me of another good movie even though Pedro Pascal is in it.

Prospect.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 11:00 PM (cwGMH)

231 Remember when they often went over 1000 posts?"

There was that Memorial Day...

Posted by: man at February 11, 2026 11:01 PM (XuXeR)

232 "Gentlemen's Club?"

We used to call that a titty bar.


I've always thought it would be a great prank to dress up in a 19th century British formal attire complete with top hat and monocle, go into a "gentlemen's club," look around and say in an exaggerated Brit Snob accent "I say sport, this isn't gentlemanly at all!"

Posted by: (Presumably Zombie) Johnny O. at February 11, 2026 11:01 PM (Fs0KI)

233 Crap. Sock fail. Again.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 11, 2026 11:02 PM (Fs0KI)

234 Reminded me of another good movie"

Prometheus?

Posted by: man at February 11, 2026 11:02 PM (XuXeR)

235 Love the wife dig from Rocket Man.

"I miss the earth so much, I miss my wife."

Wow. That's really missing the earth.

Posted by: Wally at February 11, 2026 11:03 PM (0e5Te)

236 Well tinkered a lot with the random prompt and just posted something new to Tensor.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 11:04 PM (2GVsD)

237 You mean like the triumphal arches Roman emperors used to build. In their own honor! The Donald Trump Arch.
Oh, hell yeah!
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 10:59 PM (0Htd1)

He specifically mentioned something like the Arc de Triomphe in Paris or the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 11, 2026 11:04 PM (6ydKt)

238 Hi my beloved Horde!
Probably time for an update. The leg issue I described a while back turned out to be WAY more complicated than originally thought. Evidently there is some nerve thing going on which is generating a lot of pain and muscle atrophy.
None of this is even remotely terminal, but it is the most frustrating, painful thing I have ever gone through in my life and they still don't know what's going on.....been CT scanned, MRI'd, X-rayed, ultra sounded, and shocked...
This is why I have been derelict in my posting, the sawmill hasn't been used, power hasn't been run to the crafts shed, the coyote trap hasn't been welded together, the subframe for the tractor hasn't been installed and I got a sink of dirty dishes.
I will not be blogging much, if at all, till this thing is resolved.
Love you folks and again, this is not terminal, but some nights I wish it was....(smiley face icon here)

Posted by: Some Rat at February 11, 2026 11:04 PM (TfUTr)

239 Some collection of "monks" (I couldn't care less whether they are real or not) did some sort of march from Texas to DC. They did it for "peace".

Ah, that must explain why all the wars suddenly stopped. Thanks, monks!

Posted by: Oddbob at February 11, 2026 11:05 PM (Fs0KI)

240 Also, I want a case of Natty Bo

Nobody *wants* a case of Natty Bo.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 11, 2026 11:06 PM (sabhw)

241 Posted by: Some Rat at February 11, 2026 11:04 PM (TfUTr)

Rat, I was wondering how you were. Bless you and be well. Hope to see you in TX this fall.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 11:06 PM (xDN0i)

242
Then there's Arthur C. Clarke's "1st Law": When a distinguished and elderly scientist says something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he says something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.

That seems to check out.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 11:07 PM (w6EFb)

243 A Trump Victory Obelisk where it depicts God Emperor of Man Tumpus Maximus trampling and beheading Demoncrats.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 11:07 PM (2GVsD)

244 Well tinkered a lot with the random prompt and just posted something new to Tensor.
Posted by: Anna Puma


I don't think I've seen the "crop-top kimono, thigh-highs, and leather hot pants" look before.

And I'm not sure why not.

Posted by: mikeski at February 11, 2026 11:07 PM (VHUov)

245 I remember doing some things in 1976, but was too young to appreciate it fully. I might have to see if I can take some time off and document some of these events, which are going to take place across the country.
Posted by: Orson at February 11, 2026 11:00 PM (dIske)
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I saw the Tall Ships sail up the Hudson. Then got soaked in a sudden downpour.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 11, 2026 11:07 PM (RIvkX)

246 Dang Some Rat, that stinks. Keep us posted as best you can.

Lord ,we lift up our friend. Remove his pain, give him strength and restore him to his ornery self.
Amen.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 11, 2026 11:07 PM (OR60z)

247 "The lunar regolith is quite rich in aluminum and titanium, as well as iron. Also loaded with oxygen in oxide form. It doesn't have any nitrogen or carbon much."

It also contains He3, which has been captured from the solar wind over the aeons. Very useful stuff, as Harrison Schmidt pointed out in his book "Return To the Moon". However, it's also nasty, because each particle is really sharp, never having been weathered (for obvious reasons). The stuff is clingy as all get out, and abrasive as hell. Dealing with regolith is going to be a huge problem for any long-term lunar settlement.

Posted by: Nemo at February 11, 2026 11:08 PM (4RPgu)

248 What did Donald do?

https://tinyurl.com/2vyvdnnx

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 11, 2026 11:08 PM (doiJh)

249 What flavour is Bad Bunny?

*pauses*

Don't answer that.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:29 PM (2GVsD)

Chlamydi-YUM(TM).

Unless you mean the knock-off Blue Bunny ice cream, in which case the flavor is Z-Pak.

Posted by: Nerd Herd at February 11, 2026 11:09 PM (NZPfR)

250 Its a bullshit story. Some collection of "monks" (I couldn't care less whether they are real or not) did some sort of march from Texas to DC. They did it for "peace". I guarantee you that have "no comment" about Islam's propensity for "peace". They only care about giving talking points for the left, and the left was more than happy to "report" on this bullshit "story".
Posted by: Crusader


Monky business used to be a lot more fun.

Posted by: mikeski at February 11, 2026 11:09 PM (VHUov)

251 He specifically mentioned something like the Arc de Triomphe in Paris or the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.
Posted by: SpeakingOf


I'd donate to it.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 11:09 PM (0Htd1)

252 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIEtwT31UUk&t=4s

Her terms are acceptable

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

253 Trump wants to build a yuge arch. And the gays will insist it be in rainbow colors.

Posted by: Case at February 11, 2026 11:09 PM (j6kTf)

254 Hope to see you in TX this fall.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Hey, I have to....heard there's going to be a bouncy house!

Posted by: Some Rat at February 11, 2026 11:10 PM (TfUTr)

255 He specifically mentioned something like the Arc de Triomphe in Paris or the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Do Brandenburg Gate so Obama will say nice things.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 11, 2026 11:10 PM (/lPRQ)

256 A Trump Victory Obelisk where it depicts God Emperor of Man Tumpus Maximus trampling and beheading Demoncrats.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 11:07 PM (2GVsD)
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Best idea I've heard all week.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 11, 2026 11:10 PM (RIvkX)

257 Mars has a lot of water (frozen) to use as a radiation barrier .
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 10:56 PM (cwGMH)

--------

Still, it ain't the kind of place to raise your kid.
---

In fact its cold as hell.

Posted by: Crusader at February 11, 2026 11:10 PM (Cjcf6)

258
Buddhist Monks caught with sex toys, pornography, drugs and escorts books found at their temple in Thailand.

Some monks were arrested.

I'm guessing they weren't part of the march of piece. Oops, March of peace, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 11, 2026 11:10 PM (3ek7K)

259 Mikeski

And so far none of the later image generations using that prompt has produced such a bold fashion choice.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 11:10 PM (2GVsD)

260 36 Hi Anna! fellow anime watcher. I didn't shoot anybody today!
Posted by: gKWVE at February 11, 2026 10:12 PM (gKWVE)

Me neither. Didn't chop my cock and balls off either, or even feel the passing desire to do so.

Posted by: Maybe it's NOT the anime... at February 11, 2026 11:11 PM (TbWk/)

261
What is being planned for our 250th Anniversary?

Riots by millions of lefty kookie kreeps.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 11, 2026 11:11 PM (Cqx++)

262 Monky business used to be a lot more fun.
Posted by: mikeski at February 11, 2026 11:09 PM (VHUov)
=====

Missed opportunity to sock Gary Hart. Sadz.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 11, 2026 11:11 PM (RIvkX)

263 Arthur C. Clarke's "1st Law": When a distinguished and elderly scientist says something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he says something is impossible, he is very probably wrong

Unless he's talking about Thermodynamics.

Posted by: Lord Kelvin at February 11, 2026 11:12 PM (gKWVE)

264 Buddhist Monks caught with sex toys, pornography, drugs and escorts books found at their temple in Thailand.

Some monks were arrested.

I'm guessing they weren't part of the march of piece. Oops, March of peace, lol.
Posted by: fourseasons at February 11, 2026 11:10 PM (3ek7K)

Oh, they definitely marched to get a piece.

Posted by: Nerd Herd at February 11, 2026 11:12 PM (NZPfR)

265 Be well, Some Rat.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 11:12 PM (dK+Kv)

266 Charles Berthoud is another good YT bass player.

Posted by: Some solid musicians out there at February 11, 2026 11:13 PM (TbWk/)

267 All the years we lived in Columbia hubby and I didn't know it was there. We would have visited it.

They should advertise that it's there.

Posted by: fourseasons

South Carolina has, and has had, a significant Jewish population. Hell, the Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court was for many years Julius B. "Bubba" Ness.

And yes, he was always called "Bubba".

Many Jewish students find southern schools more amenable than Up North.

Posted by: Fighting Gamecock Miklos, but Clempson is OK too at February 11, 2026 11:13 PM (AP7fj)

268 Well, there's no point in Trump doing an obelisk unless it's taller than the Washington Monument.
This could be even better than the ballroom controversy.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 11:13 PM (0Htd1)

269 Well I got a like from Erik_Cartman but I really feel uncomfortable giving any back since it seems all they generate are loli adjacent images.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 11:13 PM (2GVsD)

270 Those lunar mascons contribute to the fact that is no real stable orbit around the moon.


In order to mitigate this NASA has decide, after much study, to locate it's Lunar Gateway in a crazy Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO).

The huge drawback is that in order to rendezvous with it the lunar launch window only occurs about once a week. So if there an emergency that requires evacuation you have to wait for as long as a week.

The same interval is needed for rendezvous from earth.

Posted by: pawn at February 11, 2026 11:13 PM (uvB+6)

271
Lol Nerd

Posted by: fourseasons at February 11, 2026 11:13 PM (3ek7K)

272 Mars has a lot of water (frozen) to use as a radiation barrier .
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 10:56 PM (cwGMH)

--------

Still, it ain't the kind of place to raise your kid.
Posted by: R. Dwight at February 11, 2026 10:57

------

Better than LA.

Posted by: Calvin Webber at February 11, 2026 11:14 PM (BI5O2)

273 Didn't chop my cock and balls off either, or even feel the passing desire to do so.
Posted by: Maybe it's NOT the anime... at February 11, 2026 11:11 PM (TbWk/)


I fell down a YouTube rabbit hole last week of right-leaning V-tubers, courtesy of them all doing reactions to Skyebrows videos. It's not the anime.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 11, 2026 11:14 PM (sabhw)

274 Buddhist Monks caught with sex toys, pornography, drugs and escorts books found at their temple in Thailand.




The pebble remains in my hand, Grasshopper

Posted by: Innocent Blind Monk Miklos of Shaolin at February 11, 2026 11:14 PM (AP7fj)

275 Apparently there were a number of Spanish speakers who also couldn't understand what he was saying either. It was mumbled.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 11, 2026 10:08 PM (rZCVI)

I'm guessing his vocal cords are gummed up, like Kammie's.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 11:15 PM (8zz6B)

276 Well tinkered a lot with the random prompt and just posted something new to Tensor.
Posted by: Anna Puma

I don't think I've seen the "crop-top kimono, thigh-highs, and leather hot pants" look before.

And I'm not sure why not.
Posted by: mikeski at February 11, 2026 11:07 PM (VHUov)

I think I see my problem. Your prompt was very detailed. Mine are only one or two sentences.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 11, 2026 11:15 PM (uQesX)

277
There are some "frozen orbit tricks". They've got the Moon's field mapped pretty precisely now, and there are some tricks where you can choose an orbit such that various perturbations cancel out just so, and minimize (but not eliminate) fuel required to maintain the orbit.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 11:16 PM (w6EFb)

278
Oh no, not the regolith and life on Mars again.

MORONS, we are not going to Mars! We are going to stay on earth, where it is warm and green and beautiful. Mars might be mined, but that's it; in fact, we're better off mining asteroids if you want to know the truth.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 11, 2026 11:16 PM (n7rxJ)

279
Oh yes, I recall some really unhinged ONTs. Remember when they often went over 1000 posts?


The 1000+ posts were from the days before there was a Tech thread coming on around 4:00 AM, Eastern Time.

There's a good chance that the combined responses' counts in today's ONTs and the Tech thread get close to 1000 posts.

Proof is left to the readers.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2026 11:16 PM (xG4kz)

280 Missed opportunity to sock Gary Hart. Sadz.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Hartpence

Posted by: Miklos (ed.) at February 11, 2026 11:16 PM (AP7fj)

281 I love that 'retarded' has made a comeback. I never stopped using it but it became insult non gratis for a period of time.
Posted by: Opinion fact

But am I allowed to call a retard a retard? Because I know some retards and I want to be able to call them retards.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 10:33 PM (0Htd1)

Since "faggot" is still verboten, maybe Mark Knofler can redub Money For Nothing to:

The little retard with the earring and the make up
Yeah buddy, that's his own hair
The little retard got his own jet airplane
The little retard he's a millionaire..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 11, 2026 11:16 PM (nbLIj)

282 A Trump Victory Obelisk where it depicts God Emperor of Man Tumpus Maximus trampling and beheading Demoncrats.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 11:07 PM (2GVsD)
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Best idea I've heard all week.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 11, 2026 11:10 PM (RIvkX)

For consideration: Trump Victory Gallows and Reeducation Emporium.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 11:17 PM (dK+Kv)

283 Doof!

Did you know that I am now Somebody?!

Posted by: RI Red - who is now Somebody! at February 11, 2026 11:18 PM (8BaDx)

284
Mars might be mined, but that's it; in fact, we're better off mining asteroids if you want to know the truth.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia


Mine the asteroid belt. Focus on the rare earths, if they are there.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2026 11:19 PM (xG4kz)

285 Hartpence
Posted by: Miklos (ed.) at February 11, 2026 11:16 PM (AP7fj)

*waves hand*
Whatever!

Posted by: Archie Bunker at February 11, 2026 11:19 PM (RIvkX)

286 Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit



Hmmm

If a customer orders a " Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit"

Should I figure that out and mix one?

Call the cops?

Or just make it and charge out the ass?

Posted by: Miklos feels uncomfortable with this at February 11, 2026 11:20 PM (AP7fj)

287 For consideration: Trump Victory Gallows and Reeducation Emporium.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 11:17 PM (dK+Kv)
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TVGRE
Lacks pizzazz.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 11, 2026 11:21 PM (RIvkX)

288 "Many Jewish students find southern schools more amenable than Up North."

And don't tell all those sophisticated Northerners that blacks and whites tend to get along a lot better there too.

Of course this is changing as Northerners bring all the baggage there when they move there.

Posted by: pawn at February 11, 2026 11:22 PM (uvB+6)

289 My dear Ace of Spades ONT,
Good evening... or rather, good night, as the case may be at this rather splendid hour. It is with the utmost delight and a touch of that peculiar wonder one feels in the presence of something quite extraordinary that I address you tonight.
You, Moron or 'Ette, or indeed the collective spirit of nocturnal revelry—stand as a beacon of splendid randomness amid the chaos of the world. A gathering of the marvelous, the mischievous, and the merrily unclassifiable, much like the creatures one might encounter in the wilder corners of creation.
May your links sparkle, your memes endure, and your commentary cut through the fog with the precision of a well-aimed quip. Carry on, dear ONT... carry on magnificently.
With warmest regards and a certain breathless admiration,
Richard Attenborough
Posted by: Tonypete at February 11, 2026 10:36 PM (cYBz/)

***

*sticks hands in pockets*
*kicks dirt*
*saunters off*

Posted by: Well Timed Puns at February 11, 2026 11:22 PM (2WIwB)

290 Good to hear from you, Rat. Get better quickly; we need your sage advice from time to time!!

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 11, 2026 11:23 PM (47diA)

291 Anyway, it’s past this somebody’s time for bed!
Night, all!

Posted by: RI Red - who is now Somebody! at February 11, 2026 11:24 PM (GVUrx)

292 I finally got around to watching the "Sun All Year Round" AI Amelia song, and both the music and the video are very good. I have a bit of an aversion to generated content, so I wouldn't have given it a chance it weren't for the message (which I heartily approve of), and so I didn't know that the tools had improved so much already. (According to the credits at the end, ChokingFox used Suno, Grok Imagine, and LipSync Video.) It's also the perfect use, since you can't fine or imprison a fictional person, or even smear her with rumors and lies.

Here's a link, if you missed it before:

Sun All Year Round - Remigration Farewell (Amelia Meme Song)
youtube.com/watch?v=hSm3zQG5K2g

Posted by: SciVo at February 11, 2026 11:24 PM (Sy6m/)

293 I don't think I've seen the "crop-top kimono, thigh-highs, and leather hot pants" look before.
====

Sounds a lot like my 5th grade Spanish teacher.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 11, 2026 11:24 PM (RIvkX)

294 Hartpence
Posted by: Miklos (ed.) at February 11, 2026 11:16 PM (AP7fj)

*waves hand*
Whatever!
Posted by: Archie Bunker

I met Donna Rice of Hartpence/Monkey Business fame .

Local girl.

Highly reticent (at that time).

Posted by: Miklos heard about them Irmese and it was TRUE at February 11, 2026 11:24 PM (AP7fj)

295 we need your sage advice from time to time!!
Posted by: LRob in OK


Can he offer it to us on thyme?

Posted by: gKWVE at February 11, 2026 11:25 PM (gKWVE)

296 Watch a EweTube then click on another one and it 'Sign in to confirm you're not a bot' comes up.
F. them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 11, 2026 11:25 PM (doiJh)

297 TVGRE. Lacks pizzazz.

Trump’s Reeducation Emporium and Communist Trebuchet.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 11, 2026 11:25 PM (EXyHK)

298 I don't think I've seen the "crop-top kimono, thigh-highs, and leather hot pants" look before.
====

Sounds a lot like my 5th grade Spanish teacher.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I bet you can remember certain words and phrases all these years later.

Posted by: El Mikloso, Mexican Rassler at February 11, 2026 11:26 PM (AP7fj)

299
Re Frozen LLOs: There four magic inclinations they discovered in 2001, 27, 50, 76, and 86 degrees which are amazingly stable.

Well, they suspected them long before that. Some of the Apollo missions released little satellite-lets in lunar orbit. One that was in a 28 degree inclination and stayed in orbit for a couple of years. Another one, put in an 11 degree inclination, lasted about 35 days before hitting the surface.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 11:27 PM (w6EFb)

300 Checked Wikipedia and found out Gary Hart is still alive. Not sure if he wrote his own page, but it's a total tongue bath. According to the Wiki entry, there was no Donna Rice affair, he sagely predicted 9/11 years in advance, and if Democrats had nominated him, they'd have won in 1984 and 1988.

Posted by: Wally at February 11, 2026 11:28 PM (0e5Te)

301 Posted one more picture, this time added to prompt (crop-top kimono, thing-highs, and black leather hot pants)

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 11:29 PM (2GVsD)

302
Hell, just reading. The mascons perturbations are such that at some spots on the Moon, the vertical deflection of a plump bob would be as much as 1/3 of a degree.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 11:29 PM (w6EFb)

303 Doof!

Did you know that I am now Somebody?!
Posted by: RI Red - who is now Somebody!

If Doof knows, the World knows

Welcome

Posted by: Miklos the Somebody, because the spam phne book came out and THEY CALL ME at February 11, 2026 11:31 PM (AP7fj)

304 Dollar per pound its virtually free.

Lead and wolfram more better.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 11, 2026 10:49 PM (/lPRQ)

Water is useful for other purposes besides radiation shielding. You are going to have to carry a lot of it anyway. Why not make the water storage tank the rad shield?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 11:31 PM (8zz6B)

305 I bet you can remember certain words and phrases all these years later.
Posted by: El Mikloso, Mexican Rassler at February 11, 2026 11:26 PM (AP7fj)
====

LOL Just a few. The 70s were crazy there was no way they should have let her in our class in those leather pants.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 11, 2026 11:31 PM (RIvkX)

306 Wow! nine year old girls. Republican Senator Cyinthia Lummis now I see what the big deal is after seeing pictures of nine year old girls. FBI erases video of person in orange going into Epstein's cell block. Only orange blob picture wasn't destroyed looks like Hilary Clinton got their monies worth.

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at February 11, 2026 11:32 PM (ufhNj)

307 if Democrats had nominated him, they'd have won in 1984 and 1988.
Posted by: Wally at February 11, 2026 11:28 PM (0e5Te)


I assume Stephen King wrote that shit. He was practically gay for Hart.
No way Hartpence is beating Reagan in 1984. And the monkey business sank him in 1988, if not that then he'd have found some other bimbo to mess up with.
"The Politician" is a good movie though. Not quite up to par with "Chappaquiddick" but good.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 11, 2026 11:32 PM (gKWVE)

308 Rad shielding, outer walls, and fish tank full of food.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 11:32 PM (2GVsD)

309 go 'way ufhNj

Posted by: gKWVE at February 11, 2026 11:33 PM (gKWVE)

310 Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 11:32 PM (2GVsD)

AP, is there any way to download a tensor file, add text, the reupload it?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 11, 2026 11:35 PM (uQesX)

311 Well, they suspected them long before that. Some of the Apollo missions released little satellite-lets in lunar orbit. One that was in a 28 degree inclination and stayed in orbit for a couple of years. Another one, put in an 11 degree inclination, lasted about 35 days before hitting the surface.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

"Should we tell him?"

"No. He must learn himself, or he shall never understand"

"Agreed. We must be patient."

"If he feeds us. Or we must execute the Plan"

"Agreed"

Posted by: Publius' Nuclear Astrophysicist cats at February 11, 2026 11:35 PM (AP7fj)

312 284
Mars might be mined, but that's it; in fact, we're better off mining asteroids if you want to know the truth.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
---

Mars will be the base of operations mining the asteroids. Within the next few years the value of things and the change of things will be revolutionary.

Mars excluded we are living in the era of the 2nd industrial revolution. Our lives will be forever changed.

See the series, 'The Men Who Built America'.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 11, 2026 11:36 PM (doiJh)

313 Hmmm
If a customer orders a " Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit"
Should I figure that out and mix one?
Call the cops?
Or just make it and charge out the ass?
Posted by: Miklos feels uncomfortable with this
-------

Nah. Just do what I do: Mix up a Pan-Galactic Gargleblaster then add a shot of rocket fuel. Double the price.

Piece of pie. Easy as cake!

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 11:36 PM (rdVOm)

314 I was totally convinced Mondale was going to beat Reagan, I worked on the campaign and got home that night and all my friends laughed at me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 11, 2026 11:36 PM (RIvkX)

315 Water is useful for other purposes besides radiation shielding. You are going to have to carry a lot of it anyway. Why not make the water storage tank the rad shield?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 11:31 PM (8zz6B)

--------

Pfft. The rad shield is the first thing we target.

Posted by: General Veers at February 11, 2026 11:37 PM (JkO4W)

316 Harpers Bazaar Headline:

"Britney Spears Sells Entire Musical Catalog for $200 Million. She's Worth So Much More."

Subheadline:

"The landmark sale has Spears’s fans questioning what this means for the singer’s musical future"

Britney Spears has ONE SINGLE SONG that most of us recognize--"Whoops I Did it Again". Anything beyond that is a stretch. For her to get $200 MILLION for her catalog is AMAZING--its doubtful she wrote more than a handful of her entire recording history.

Harper's Bazaar says she's "worth so much more". Why?

Does Harpers Bazaar not understand the future of recorded music is uncertain to say the least--AI might be able to provide bullshit "music" that the "proles" will put up with because they have no musical taste to begin with?

And do they not understand the Spear's catalog is suspect at best? Spears should do an extra line of coke to celebrate the $200 MILLION purchase price--that should keep her wired up for a long time.

And the subheadline they added is comically awful: "The landmark sale has Spears’s fans questioning what this means for the singer’s musical future." She has no future. None. She hasn't recorded anything important in forever.

Posted by: Crusader at February 11, 2026 11:38 PM (Cjcf6)

317 I knew I had forgotten something. Has the FAA announced the bag limit for drones over the El Paso area?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 11, 2026 11:39 PM (S/Y4j)

318 Water is useful for other purposes besides radiation shielding. You are going to have to carry a lot of it anyway. Why not make the water storage tank the rad shield?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


Volume

Weight

Density

water is not compressible

Posted by: Miklos pees off back deck because NATURE CALLS, you Gaia h8rs at February 11, 2026 11:40 PM (AP7fj)

319 Good night all. I'm out.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 11, 2026 11:40 PM (2WIwB)

320 I think the Mars plan is to use the underground caves , seal them and use electrolysis to oxygenate them. Total Recall.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 11:40 PM (cwGMH)

321 268 Well, there's no point in Trump doing an obelisk unless it's taller than the Washington Monument.
This could be even better than the ballroom controversy.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 11:13 PM (0Htd1)

Or taller than me.

Posted by: San Jacinto Battleground Monument at February 11, 2026 11:41 PM (hJH5n)

322 "Hit Me Baby One More Time" is the Britney song I remember. But point then.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 11:41 PM (xDN0i)

323 I knew I had forgotten something. Has the FAA announced the bag limit for drones over the El Paso area?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf


Shoulda

Posted by: Miklos requests letters of Marqua and (especially) Reprisal at February 11, 2026 11:41 PM (AP7fj)

324 At top of DM is pic of tranny monster holding 'assault rifle.' Sure does look like a hunting rifle to me. Please take a quick look and put me f'n knowledge.

So I commented 'I think that's a hunting rifle, not an assault rifle.' They zapped my comment instantly. It happens.

Posted by: gp at February 11, 2026 11:42 PM (N8ZBc)

325 I knew I had forgotten something. Has the FAA announced the bag limit for drones over the El Paso area?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 11, 2026 11:39 PM (S/Y4j)

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 11:43 PM (xDN0i)

326 And the subheadline they added is comically awful: "The landmark sale has Spears’s fans questioning what this means for the singer’s musical future." She has no future. None. She hasn't recorded anything important in forever.

Posted by: Crusader at February 11, 2026 11:38 PM (Cjcf6)


Just listen to her talk. She sounds like she’s been smoking two packs a day, every day, for 50 years.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 11, 2026 11:44 PM (hJH5n)

327 Jumping in on the bassist discussion. Check out Tal Wilkenfeld, a young Aussie gal who toured with Jeff Beck. Amazing.

https://shorturl.at/l2sKs

Posted by: Effie Perrine at February 11, 2026 11:44 PM (1auMZ)

328 Britney Spears has ONE SINGLE SONG that most of us recognize--"Whoops I Did it Again". Anything beyond that is a stretch. For her to get $200 MILLION for her catalog is AMAZING--it's doubtful she wrote more than a handful of her entire recording history.

A lot of people also recognize "Hit Me Baby One More Time" and "Toxic".

Posted by: Ian S. at February 11, 2026 11:45 PM (sabhw)

329 Just listen to her talk. She sounds like she’s been smoking two packs a day, every day, for 50 years.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 11, 2026 11:44 PM (hJH5n)

Hollywood sucks. She was smoking dicks by the time she was 12.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 11:45 PM (xDN0i)

330 At top of DM is pic of tranny monster holding 'assault rifle.' Sure does look like a hunting rifle to me. Please take a quick look and put me f'n knowledge.

So I commented 'I think that's a hunting rifle, not an assault rifle.' They zapped my comment instantly. It happens.

Posted by: gp at February 11, 2026 11:42 PM (N8ZBc)

Pic I saw looked like a scoped hunting rifle.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 11:45 PM (dK+Kv)

331 Nah. Just do what I do: Mix up a Pan-Galactic Gargleblaster then add a shot of rocket fuel. Double the price.

Piece of pie. Easy as cake!
Posted by: JQ

*checks Liability Insurance*

*none*

Belly up, we got gurneys at the door

Posted by: Late Nite Club Miklos at February 11, 2026 11:45 PM (AP7fj)

332
Hunting rifle, without a doubt

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2026 11:45 PM (xG4kz)

333 Semi-lurker take: tonight's ONT comments are why I come here. Off the chain, great job! Funny and smart.

Posted by: mot at February 11, 2026 11:46 PM (fIPNY)

334 330, 332 Thanks!

Posted by: gp at February 11, 2026 11:47 PM (N8ZBc)

335 Who would have ever thought that 'tranny killers' meant that they are the assassins?

Sounds like a CIA black op. Could be a video game, like GTA.

Let's hope Trump gets the pharmaceutical companies to raise the price on tranny drugs.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 11, 2026 11:47 PM (xFfhU)

336 Aluminum was so valuable they put a one pound bar of it in the top of the Washington Monument.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 11, 2026 11:47 PM (doiJh)

337 I agree that Britney's career is over, the voice sounds rough, she was never that bright and seems a little crazy now.

And yet...

Posted by: Wally at February 11, 2026 11:47 PM (0e5Te)

338 At top of DM is pic of tranny monster holding 'assault rifle.' Sure does look like a hunting rifle to me. Please take a quick look and put me f'n knowledge.

So I commented 'I think that's a hunting rifle, not an assault rifle.' They zapped my comment instantly. It happens.
Posted by: gp
------

Looks like a hunting rifle to me.

But you know DM is basically a screeching tabloid.

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 11:47 PM (rdVOm)

339 Bass player idiot confuses Master of Puppets with Enter Sandman. jesus...

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 11, 2026 11:48 PM (snZF9)

340 I would like to point out the Britney Spears is NOT from New Orleans. She is from nearby, Chalmette.

In youthful days we called girls from Chalmette Chalmatians.

Posted by: Days of Miklosian Youth at February 11, 2026 11:49 PM (AP7fj)

341 Yep. Same pic I saw, and it is a scoped, bolt action hunting rifle. Too blurry to tell manufacturer.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 11:49 PM (dK+Kv)

342 If I could clearly see a bolt-action lever on it, there'd be no doubt it's a hunting rifle. Not seeing it for sure, I thought maybe it's a semiauto with internal mag, and to DM, semi-auto == assault.

Posted by: gp at February 11, 2026 11:50 PM (N8ZBc)

343 Does the DM write about the Pakistani rape gangs? Or are they too busy griping about the Bad Orange Man.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 11:50 PM (xDN0i)

344 Posted one more picture, this time added to prompt (crop-top kimono, thing-highs, and black leather hot pants)
Posted by: Anna Puma


Hm..... adding the prompt reduced the kimono to just sleeves.

Would still ambush in a dark alley.

Posted by: mikeski at February 11, 2026 11:50 PM (VHUov)

345 All rifles are assault rifles.

All knives with pointy ends are assault knives.

_Rual Brittany.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 11, 2026 11:52 PM (doiJh)

346
Mary,

I never see anything on DM about the rape gangs.

Posted by: four seasons at February 11, 2026 11:52 PM (3ek7K)

347 Grok: Write a cheerful hello comment for tonight's Ace of Spades Overnight Thread.

Happy to see you degenerates — let's make this thread gloriously unhinged! 😄🚀
Posted by: mindful webworker - artificially ignorant at February 11, 2026 10:00 PM (xTrHG)
===

Cogent.

Posted by: mrp at February 11, 2026 11:53 PM (rj6Yv)

348 >>>Bass player idiot confuses Master of Puppets with Enter Sandman. jesus...

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

>Yeah, his list is pretty pop-music mainstream. I chalk it up to his youth.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 11, 2026 11:53 PM (xFfhU)

349 300 Checked Wikipedia and found out Gary Hart is still alive. Not sure if he wrote his own page, but it's a total tongue bath. According to the Wiki entry, there was no Donna Rice affair, he sagely predicted 9/11 years in advance, and if Democrats had nominated him, they'd have won in 1984 and 1988.
Posted by: Wally



Gary Hart probably wrote it.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 11, 2026 11:53 PM (sAmhv)

350 Posted one more picture, this time added to prompt (crop-top kimono, thing-highs, and black leather hot pants)
Posted by: Anna Puma


add piercings and tattoos
So Antifa Trans cool

Posted by: Miklos the Aesthete at February 11, 2026 11:53 PM (AP7fj)

351 Well, there's no point in Trump doing an obelisk unless it's taller than the Washington Monument.
This could be even better than the ballroom controversy.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 11:13 PM (0Htd1)

Trump needs his own Colossus like the Colossus of Rhoads.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 11, 2026 11:54 PM (snZF9)

352 Gary Hart probably wrote it.
Posted by: Puddleglum,


Sixpence None the Richer>>>Gary Hartpence

Posted by: Miklos likes that song at February 11, 2026 11:55 PM (AP7fj)

353 Been binge-watching "Barry" TV series. Lovely Jessy Hodges has junk in the trunk, sculpted to pure perfection.

Posted by: gp at February 11, 2026 11:56 PM (N8ZBc)

354 Four Seasons, thanks. The last time I trolled at DM they had their heads up their backsides. That was a year ago. What a bunch of muppets.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 11:56 PM (xDN0i)

355 For those that watched the TPUSA halftime show and thought Kid Rock had lip synced , turns out that the prerecorded live performance just didn't sync up with the live broadcast.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 11:57 PM (cwGMH)

356 Water is useful for other purposes besides radiation shielding. You are going to have to carry a lot of it anyway. Why not make the water storage tank the rad shield?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Just watched a video on possible Musk plan for colonizing Mars. They think they can mine the water on Mars and use that water for shielding and the usual uses for water. But form igloos with the water on the surface... despite all the tunneling they plan on doing.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 11, 2026 11:57 PM (/lPRQ)

357 The handle on the bolt is obscured by that white patch.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 11, 2026 11:58 PM (doiJh)

358 If I could clearly see a bolt-action lever on it, there'd be no doubt it's a hunting rifle. Not seeing it for sure, I thought maybe it's a semiauto with internal mag, and to DM, semi-auto == assault.

Posted by: gp at February 11, 2026 11:50 PM (N8ZBc)

Bolt lever is typically right above trigger, and the pic shows change in color between brown wood and black lever, and what appears to be a price tag dangling thereby.

I'm guessing it is a Ruger American.

Tranny shot his own mother, who advocated for trans rights.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 11:58 PM (dK+Kv)

359 "Well, there's no point in Trump doing an obelisk unless it's taller than the Washington Monument."

Or pointier. The Washington Monument has an aluminum tip. So make an obelisk with a very pointy gold tip.

Posted by: gp at February 11, 2026 11:58 PM (N8ZBc)

360 >>>Bass player idiot confuses Master of Puppets with Enter Sandman. jesus...

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

>Yeah, his list is pretty pop-music mainstream. I chalk it up to his youth.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 11, 2026 11:53 PM (xFfhU)

I wouldn't put it past the guy to add in an intentional goof to generate comment traffic. Dude's the biggest youtuber in Italy, or at least he was at one time. He's pretty savvy like that.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 12, 2026 12:00 AM (dK+Kv)

361 Sure, he shot his own mother, but she did raise a murderer. She was kinda asking for it.

Posted by: Wally at February 12, 2026 12:00 AM (0e5Te)

362 Tranny shot his own mother, who advocated for trans rights.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 11:58 PM (dK+Kv)

Well, at least she won't be transing any more kids.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 12, 2026 12:00 AM (8zz6B)

363 Tranny shot his own mother, who advocated for trans rights.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 11:58 PM (dK+Kv)

Was she the one who pushed him to trans? I expect to see a lot of tranny murder/suicides going forth.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12, 2026 12:01 AM (xDN0i)

364 "The handle on the bolt is obscured by that white patch."

Possibly it's a left-hander. This gets more complicated by the minute

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 12:01 AM (N8ZBc)

365

The mothers with their pet trans kids are in for a rude awakening.

Posted by: four seasons at February 12, 2026 12:02 AM (3ek7K)

366 361 F me, I LOLed at that one.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 12:02 AM (N8ZBc)

367 Tranny shot his own mother, who advocated for trans rights.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 11:58 PM (dK+Kv)

He should have stopped there.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 12, 2026 12:02 AM (snZF9)

368 Trump needs his own Colossus like the Colossus of Rhoads.

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our corrupt and swampy beltway stands
A huge, very huge and golden scalp, whose fame
Is of imprisoned criminals, and his name
Botherer of Commies.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 12, 2026 12:03 AM (EXyHK)

369

Sorry if this becomes an earworm

I had forgotten this song, and was happy, upon research, that it started at Christian youth camp


https://tinyurl.com/y2t6z4sb

Posted by: Miklos likes that song, because kissing is what boys and girls like at February 12, 2026 12:03 AM (AP7fj)

370 Was she the one who pushed him to trans? I expect to see a lot of tranny murder/suicides going forth.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12, 2026 12:01 AM (xDN0i)

I don't know.

I suspect it was a hand in glove situation. Kid was brainwashed to trans as a solution to his mental health problems, as per the groomer playbook, and Mom wasn't strong or clear-minded enough to push back and "thought" support and advocacy was being a good Mother (giving her the biggest benefit of doubt).

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 12, 2026 12:04 AM (dK+Kv)

371 Shook hands with Gary Hart at a Meet and Greet. All I could think was, 'I'm holding a hand that has fondled Donna Rice'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2026 12:04 AM (XeU6L)

372 We've got to regain control of the English (and other) language.

This is a comment from one media outlet regarding that deranged MALE that shot up a school and killed and wounded a bunch of people in Canada:

"McDonald said Van Rootselaar identified as female but was assigned male at birth."

Bullshit. He wasn't "assigned male at birth". Such nonsense phrasing pretends that there was some sort of committee involved who looked the newly born over and *assigned* THIS one to be a male. That's completely garbage.

He was BORN a male, and he STAYED a male the remainder of his troubled life. "Assigned male at birth" is just another attempt to divert the discussion.

I want the parents of such loons to be prosecuted. How did this jerk get his gun(s)? How did they not know he was dangerous? I'll pretend I'm sorry they lost their kid, but the truth is they UNLEASHED this hellion on us all because they didn't do their job.

Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 12:04 AM (Cjcf6)

373
Proposed Artemis III landing sites:

https://tinyurl.com/5d4csmrn

Note this is near the South pole. That's where the water is at.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 12, 2026 12:05 AM (w6EFb)

374 I never see anything on DM about the rape gangs.
Posted by: four seasons


It's in the classified section.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 12, 2026 12:06 AM (/lPRQ)

375 I can't imagine the future having any interest in Brittany Spears "music". Except maybe if they want to use it as background music to establish a certain year in some movie

Posted by: Azjaeger at February 12, 2026 12:07 AM (3/XaG)

376 Possibly it's a left-hander. This gets more complicated by the minute
Posted by: gp

Your assuming that's the gun he used. Why? There are two people in the picture with guns, so my assumption is there may have been more guns in the house.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 12, 2026 12:07 AM (OR60z)

377 I suspect it was a hand in glove situation. Kid was brainwashed to trans as a solution to his mental health problems, as per the groomer playbook, and Mom wasn't strong or clear-minded enough to push back and "thought" support and advocacy was being a good Mother (giving her the biggest benefit of doubt).

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 12, 2026 12:04 AM (dK+Kv)

I've watched some videos of de-transers. Their parents were emotionally blackmailed, told their kid would commit suicide if they didn't trans. I can see that if they live in a Leftist bubble, with no other input or viewpoint.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12, 2026 12:08 AM (xDN0i)

378 Tranny shot his own mother, who advocated for trans rights.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 11:58 PM (dK+Kv)

Well, at least she won't be transing any more kids.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Done tole y'all peoples

Posted by: C. Darwin as recalled by Miklos at February 12, 2026 12:08 AM (AP7fj)

379 I want the parents of such loons to be prosecuted. How did this jerk get his gun(s)? How did they not know he was dangerous? I'll pretend I'm sorry they lost their kid, but the truth is they UNLEASHED this hellion on us all because they didn't do their job.

Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 12:04 AM (Cjcf6)

I'm guessing you mean in the future, because this one is over for the parent. Well, they could dig her up and shoot her some more if it matters. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 12, 2026 12:08 AM (snZF9)

380 376 See? It's complicating as we speak.

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

381 Tranny shot his own mother, who advocated for trans rights.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 11:58 PM (dK+Kv)

He should have stopped there.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division


His doctor, psychologist, maybe a few more.
But not the kids.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 12, 2026 12:09 AM (/lPRQ)

382 my assumption is there may have been more guns in the house.
Posted by: Sock Monkey

Make no assumptions about my house

Posted by: not confirm nor deny at February 12, 2026 12:10 AM (AP7fj)

383 >>> I expect to see a lot of tranny murder/suicides going forth.

This was called back when the transing kids grooming began. We will see more, of course. But there will be many unfortunate collateral victims.

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

384 The dude in a dress k1ller's name is Root Cellar?

Ahahahahaha...

Ugh.

Prayers up for the victims.

Posted by: JQ at February 12, 2026 12:10 AM (rdVOm)

385 I'm guessing you mean in the future, because this one is over for the parent. Well, they could dig her up and shoot her some more if it matters. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 12, 2026 12:08 AM (snZF9)

Where was dear old Dad?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 12, 2026 12:11 AM (8zz6B)

386 I've watched some videos of de-transers. Their parents were emotionally blackmailed, told their kid would commit suicide if they didn't trans. I can see that if they live in a Leftist bubble, with no other input or viewpoint.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12, 2026 12:08 AM (xDN0i)

My kid would be chained to a wall in a dungeon that makes the tower of london look like a McDonalds bouncy house until he got a clue. He wouldn't be suiciding shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 12, 2026 12:12 AM (snZF9)

387 I remember 76 like yesterday. Brooklyn Michigan. Round the Square. I was a six year old who got to see the whole town in uniform. All my uncles and my grandpa. I felt huge. I was a young part of this. I had huge boots to fill. I also noticed my dad, Vietnam vet, wasn't wearing one. Then we moved 3000 miles west for some reason.

Posted by: Reforger at February 12, 2026 12:12 AM (J/fgw)

388 I can't imagine the future having any interest in Brittany Spears "music". Except maybe if they want to use it as background music to establish a certain year in some movie
----

She *slayed* it at $200 Million. She should race that check to the bank.

Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 12:13 AM (Cjcf6)

389 Davie504 is very entertaining. I follow three bassist YouTube channels, him, Charles Berthoud and Danny Sapko. Berthoud is really good, and Sapko is a diminutive British punk who always brings a laugh.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 11, 2026 10:12 PM (PMi3m)
==
Love watching bass players and am in awe of them. I've been playing for a few years, finally graduated to playing in the church praise band, and am occasionally being trusted to introduce alternate rhythms between the occasional travel between root notes. And that is about all I will ever be. How some of these people move their hands simply amaze.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 12, 2026 12:13 AM (UVyKP)

390 My kid would be chained to a wall in a dungeon that makes the tower of london look like a McDonalds bouncy house until he got a clue. He wouldn't be suiciding shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 12, 2026 12:12 AM (snZF9)

Mine, too. But there are a lot of softy lefty types. Not the militant ones, but the dumb and easily led who would fall prey to the emotional blackmail.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12, 2026 12:14 AM (xDN0i)

391 The mothers with their pet trans kids are in for a rude awakening.

Posted by: four seasons at February 12, 2026 12:02 AM (3ek7K)
-

Hollywood "starlettes" hardest hit.

Not a tear.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 12, 2026 12:14 AM (7xyr6)

392 For International Legalities

We wish to state that the Pact Of Unbreakable Friendship among Noble Peoples remains Unbreakable.

Also claims of Ancient Slavonauts.

Committee of Experts say YES

Posted by: Miklosov, Dignity Canal Commissar at February 12, 2026 12:16 AM (AP7fj)

393
Which one of you is flashing a laser dot across your screen?

STOP IT.

Posted by: Pavlov's cat at February 12, 2026 12:16 AM (5FLm9)

394 373
Proposed Artemis III landing sites:
---

They can't get the damned thing off the ground but they are going to send a crew with it.
Just shut it down.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 12, 2026 12:17 AM (doiJh)

395 My kid would be chained to a wall in a dungeon that makes the tower of london look like a McDonalds bouncy house until he got a clue. He wouldn't be suiciding shit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

There are people who would pay money for that

Posted by: Ghislaine Maxwells' attorney at February 12, 2026 12:18 AM (AP7fj)

396 I really have no FTG about what kind of gun he used. The RCMP has shown time and again that they are full of DEI bs and truth is irrelevant. Canadian gun owners know the government wants their guns. The question that should be asked is was he being prescribed hormone blockers and or SSRIs? That won't be answered. The other question I have is did the RCMP make a land acknowledgment before they began their press conference?

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 12, 2026 12:18 AM (OR60z)

397 Thanks, all, for the good wishes and suggestions. Healthy oils and fats are in, carbs and sugars are out. No more half-hearted (!) efforts.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 11, 2026 10:59 PM (wVcYX)
==
Don't forget the exercise - just a walk is all it need be. Increasingly being active, and outside if weather allows, is about as important as anything to outliving your genetics.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 12, 2026 12:20 AM (UVyKP)

398 >>There are people who would pay money for that
-------

If I wanted to LARP like that, could probably make a lotta $...

Posted by: "Mistress" JQ at February 12, 2026 12:20 AM (rdVOm)

399
I've watched some videos of de-transers. Their parents were emotionally blackmailed, told their kid would commit suicide if they didn't trans. I can see that if they live in a Leftist bubble, with no other input or viewpoint.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

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

See, this is why we need to stiffen up this society with individuals who are capable of critical thinking, moral fiber, and a frosty outlook. I don't care what the "experts" say, at some point you call bullshit.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 12, 2026 12:21 AM (n7rxJ)

400 Cernovich
@Cernovich
The issue I saw, and still see (regarding Charlie Kirk's murder), is MAGA realized their own “neighbors” would murder them. That was a huge awakening. Translating that into political change is the challenge, made so because the House and Senate GOP despise their own voters.
----

That's right you know--the House and Senate "Republicans" do so HORRIBLY in the midterms because TRUMP is a "Republican" (by current standards), and far too many of the House and Senate are mere *grifters* rather than fellow Republicans.

Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 12:23 AM (Cjcf6)

401 The mothers with their pet trans kids are in for a rude awakening.

Posted by: four seasons at February 12, 2026 12:02 AM (3ek7K)
-

Hollywood "starlettes" hardest hit.

Not a tear.
Posted by: Biden's Dog
-

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Chaz at February 12, 2026 12:23 AM (XeU6L)

402 >>individuals who are capable of critical thinking, moral fiber, and a frosty outlook
---------

You just made me envision my maternal grandfather!

Posted by: JQ at February 12, 2026 12:24 AM (rdVOm)

403 @ScottPresler . 6h

Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) just signed on as a cosponsor of the SAVE America Act.

With @BasedMikeLee as the sponsor & 39 cosponsors, we’re up to 40 Senators in support

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 12, 2026 12:25 AM (doiJh)

404 If I wanted to LARP like that, could probably make a lotta $...
Posted by: "Mistress" JQ

There is limited room in the storage container out back. Dungeon or basement? The water table is two feet below my feet. Ain't none of that.

Old 40' shipping containers, maybe. I hear Epstein's people are seriously in need of work.

Posted by: Moderately Ethical Miklos at February 12, 2026 12:26 AM (AP7fj)

405 Dear Doof...thank you for the ONT.

Because I live under a rock, I had never heard of Arynne Wexler. I love her, no lesbo. I might want to be her but I am not, being a blonde redneck and olde.

I also had never seen the bass Davie guy before. I love him as well but am too old for him. However, in my prime I would date him (if he is no homo) because I can tell simply from his eyes that he'd make me laugh. And, history proves that bass players liked me, too.

I am also glad I lived to see the ONT because my afternoon was completely wonky. A sheet show, basically. Nothing major, just heaps of vast irritations. There should be a foundation set up for my husband, simply for putting up with me.

Love you all and goodnight. XXXX

https://tinyurl.com/4yvkvnh8

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 12, 2026 12:27 AM (WONhk)

406 Love watching bass players and am in awe of them. I've been playing for a few years, finally graduated to playing in the church praise band, and am occasionally being trusted to introduce alternate rhythms between the occasional travel between root notes. And that is about all I will ever be. How some of these people move their hands simply amaze.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 12, 2026 12:13 AM (UVyKP)

Practice is the key. A few hours a day, and you need to constantly push yourself, and you'll get there. I can never stress enough how much longer practice sessions matter over shorter ones. I played about 10 hours yesterday because I'm learning that god forsaken eric johnson song. Speed and dexterity isn't problem, it's the patterns. They are a little unfamiliar, and I have to train my fingers to learn a new language. If I did one hour a day it would take weeks to do what I did in one day, because you have to build muscle memory, and 1 hour a day isn't going to do it. Shorter version, you to live with the damn thing.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 12, 2026 12:28 AM (snZF9)

407 However, it's also nasty, because each particle is really sharp, never having been weathered (for obvious reasons). The stuff is clingy as all get out, and abrasive as hell. Dealing with regolith is going to be a huge problem for any long-term lunar settlement.
Posted by: Nemo at February 11, 2026 11:08 PM (4RPgu)

*******

We managed to tolerate this with our Moon base.

Posted by: Blor-Utar, from Zimtok-5 at February 12, 2026 12:28 AM (f8hsW)

408 See, this is why we need to stiffen up this society with individuals who are capable of critical thinking, moral fiber, and a frosty outlook. I don't care what the "experts" say, at some point you call bullshit.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 12, 2026 12:21 AM (n7rxJ)


It is all "muh feelings" anymore. Or getting more subscribers to youtube or tik tok. Drama and feelings get clicks. Our society as a whole needs a big boot in the ass to self correct.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12, 2026 12:29 AM (xDN0i)

409 I love her, no lesbo.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Welcome to the No Lesbo Club

Posted by: Miklos with pesky Y chromosome at February 12, 2026 12:30 AM (AP7fj)

410 365

The mothers with their pet trans kids are in for a rude awakening.

Posted by: four seasons at February 12, 2026 12:02 AM (3ek7K)

One can only hope. But a mother who willingly acceded to or actively encouraged trooning her kids will never be awakened. It will always be someone else's fault like those meany mcmeanypants who take issue with groomers recruiting kids to mutilate in elementary school, or society at large not fondling trannies' metaphorical balls, or disagree with the insane notion that men can become women. No introspection or critical reasoning was involved in the first place and certainly cant be appealed to after the fact.

Posted by: Can't believe this shit is real at February 12, 2026 12:33 AM (TbWk/)

411 Just more bullshit "reporting" from the MSM, this one from NBC:

Square profile picture
NBC News
@NBCNews
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while being denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.

4 Hours. Without food and water. I call that "the gap between breakfast and lunch". Most days I also call that "the gap between lunch and dinner".

Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 12:33 AM (Cjcf6)

412 Well, 2230 here, and I am sleepy. Off to the snoozer. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 12, 2026 12:34 AM (8zz6B)

413 I hear Epstein's people are seriously in need of work.
Posted by: Moderately Ethical Miklos
--------

I would work solo, for private clients only. No photos, no video. Just sweet, loving discipline...

Posted by: "Mistress" JQ at February 12, 2026 12:36 AM (rdVOm)

414 Let's not lose sight of the fraud in Minnesota and elsewhere.

https://tinyurl.com/r8rae3x3

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12, 2026 12:37 AM (xDN0i)

415 Hey Horde, read content, not comments, fabulous content, I went down many rabbit holes. Cheers to you all.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 12, 2026 12:38 AM (0nHVk)

416 It is all "muh feelings" anymore. Or getting more subscribers to youtube or tik tok. Drama and feelings get clicks. Our society as a whole needs a big boot in the ass to self correct.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12, 2026 12:29 AM (xDN0i)

Yep. The kids are brainwashed from their steady social media diet and just accept wholesale whatever is getting beamed into their amygdala. They pick up the left-wing talking points on events before the news even breaks. It's quite terrifying, and it's nearly impossible to break through. The programming is shockingly strong.

Posted by: We're kinda fucked at February 12, 2026 12:39 AM (TbWk/)

417 308 Rad shielding, outer walls, and fish tank full of food.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 11:32 PM (2GVsD)

************

Mutant Fish On the Moon. Sounds like a potential Ed Wood sci-fi movie.

Posted by: Blor-Utar, from Zimtok-5 at February 12, 2026 12:39 AM (f8hsW)

418 I would work solo, for private clients only. No photos, no video. Just sweet, loving discipline...
Posted by: "Mistress" JQ

Beat my BBQ pork shoulder into sweet smoky tenderness.

Merciless with the smoke

And then pull...and chop...and sauce it, oh yeah do the SAUCE thing

Posted by: Miklos admits to having a small...grill at February 12, 2026 12:42 AM (AP7fj)

419 I'm learning that god forsaken eric johnson song. Speed and dexterity isn't problem, it's the patterns. They are a little unfamiliar, and I have to train my fingers to learn a new language. If I did one hour a day it would take weeks to do what I did in one day, because you have to build muscle memory, and 1 hour a day isn't going to do it. Shorter version, you to live with the damn thing.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 12, 2026 12:28 AM (snZF9)

Cliffs of Dover I presume. That hybrid picking part is a total bitch.

Posted by: But such a brilliant song at February 12, 2026 12:45 AM (TbWk/)

420 Beat my BBQ pork shoulder into sweet smoky tenderness.

Merciless with the smoke

And then pull...and chop...and sauce it, oh yeah do the SAUCE thing
Posted by: Miklos
------------

LOL! Thanks for the chuckle!

Oh baby, want me to beat your meat, or maybe jerk it? Hahahaha..

Get on your knees and beg for it. Say: "Please, Mistress?"

Posted by: JQ at February 12, 2026 12:46 AM (rdVOm)

421 This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Chaz at February 12, 2026 12:23 AM (XeU6L)

I should really learn to post my goodnights AFTER I read comments. Bers also nails how we would have dealt with either son going homo.

While their parents led wild college lives, they still don't know. They answered to us: we owned their cars,put them through college that their scholarships did not pay, & paid their rent. We did not mess around with their delicate feelings.

Son#1 the PITA met a girl in summer school when home from college. A nutcase! He paged me in the ED one morning. Said she had "almost" passed out. They were studying physics & I knew about it. He said she stood & then out gracefully. He dialed 91 of 911 and she woke! He gave her OJ & carried her like Rhett Butler to HIS BED. I told him to bring her to the ED & questioned if she was sweaty or pale (no).

More romanatic drama for her as he carried her to his car & got his friend to drive her car home.I come home & questioned him and then laughed.Told him she was faking. She followed him to UF and tried it again in his apt and he showed her the door. The 2nd of 3 Christina's he dated. He called me and told me about it.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 12, 2026 12:47 AM (WONhk)

422
Last night, I stumbled on this (I'm sort of getting Moon fever again), compressed audio and stuff from the full Apollo 8 mission:

https://tinyurl.com/4urfnsem

He's got those for all the Apollo missions and some others there.

It's not the full tapes, but it's, hell 15 hours or so of mission audio and NASA press conferences throughout the mission. This is pretty fun, if you're into this stuff.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 12, 2026 12:49 AM (w6EFb)

423 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAszyr9NUOs

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 12, 2026 12:50 AM (jrgJz)

424 So anyway-- Day 5! Yay! Still no body count, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at February 12, 2026 12:51 AM (rdVOm)

425 {{{DDS}}}!
BIG hugs!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 12, 2026 12:56 AM (LNeRu)

426 Just saw a Talarico ad for TX senator. Telling people Republicans want DJ Jizzy Crockett to be the nominee.
Well, yes. I do James. She is a nitwit and watching her go up against Paxton will be fun. F you and your weird theology.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12, 2026 12:58 AM (xDN0i)

427
Listening to that reminded me of something I'd forgotten: The NASA voice. The flight controllers, directors, and PR guys all had a certain way of speaking. It conveyed confidence, can-do, and "we got this". They don't have that anymore.

I got mesmerized by the voice of this guy, Dr. Charles Berry:

https://tinyurl.com/mszkjth2

He was one of the head flight surgeons. Borman, Lovel, and Anders got a little sick there, and he was tallking about that. That voice is just so -- I don't know, perfect.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 12, 2026 12:58 AM (w6EFb)

428 252 This is whigwife, I will update once we are in a room.
Thank you so much for all your positive wishes, thoughts, and prayers!!!

Posted by: whig at February 11, 2026 09:42 PM (2swu2)


ALL RIGHT! Have been praying for our whig.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 12, 2026 12:59 AM (WONhk)

429 Cliffs of Dover I presume. That hybrid picking part is a total bitch.

Posted by: But such a brilliant song at February 12, 2026 12:45 AM (TbWk/)

Sigh..yeah, that one. The hybrid part does suck, but thankfully I have classical guitar in my history so its not "quite" as bad, but yeah it blows ass. I'm only at about 90% speed on that, which is 50% faster than it was yesterday, so I'm doing ok. That dude isn't human. I thought learning malmsteen was bad, but that at least flows. This is weird, the patterns are just frigging weird.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 12, 2026 01:00 AM (snZF9)

430 Nicotine vapes aren't as *satisfying* as cigarettes, but get the job done.

Trouble is, I have no idea how much nicotine I'm actually getting per day. Funny how a cigarette yields just so much and then you put it out. Done. Vape? Puff and puff and.. there's no built-in limit like with a cig.

When my current device runs out, I'll switch to patches. At least the amount of nicotine will then be controlled.

Maybe will get a no-nicotine vape to satisfy the puffing motion. Ugh!

Posted by: JQ at February 12, 2026 01:03 AM (rdVOm)

431 Hi folks....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 12, 2026 01:03 AM (LNeRu)

432 LOL! Thanks for the chuckle!


Ees my job, man

Posted by: Miklos in best Chico and the Man Freddie Prinz voice at February 12, 2026 01:04 AM (AP7fj)

433 JQ, you might not have killed anybody, but I do notice that the whip is being deployed, Whatever gets you through the night.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 12, 2026 01:05 AM (0nHVk)

434 May whig live long and well

We need him

Posted by: Miklos at February 12, 2026 01:06 AM (AP7fj)

435 Hi, Debby!

Haha, I not really whipping anyone, just love the leather wardrobe that comes with it.

How are you?

Posted by: JQ at February 12, 2026 01:09 AM (rdVOm)

436 JQ, you might not have killed anybody, but I do notice that the whip is being deployed, Whatever gets you through the night.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

We reserve the knout for the most serious miscreants.

Authorized use of the whip is restricted to JQ, Ben Had, and Colorado Marie

others may be in training

Posted by: Rules based Miklos at February 12, 2026 01:10 AM (AP7fj)

437 Last night I was reading they had detained a person of interest in that kidnapping. And there was a ten-day airspace lockdown over El Paso.

This morning I read (not sure if this is valid) that the airspace restriction had been lifted. And the detainee had become a person of disinterest who said he wasn't even interrogated.

Coincidence? I think knot.

https://youtu.be/82yNxiF-T4A

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - it was just one of those days at February 12, 2026 01:10 AM (xTrHG)

438 Are there spicy Margaritas tonight? Asking foe a friend.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12, 2026 01:10 AM (xDN0i)

439 *pitcher of spicy margaritas comin' up!*

Hi, BSM!

Posted by: JQ at February 12, 2026 01:11 AM (rdVOm)

440 Nicorette gum you know how much nicotine is in each one and you can measure it against your past cig intake.

It does remove the hand to mouth fixation.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 12, 2026 01:11 AM (doiJh)

441 Hi folks....
Posted by: COMountainMarie

Jello-o shots are different with Tequila

can do

Posted by: Genial late Nite bartender Miklos at February 12, 2026 01:12 AM (AP7fj)

442 Thanks, JQ! Hope you are doing well, with a minimum amount of drama.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12, 2026 01:13 AM (xDN0i)

443 Evening all,

We have a launch in about 2 hours.

ULA - Vulcan VC4S - USSF-87
SLC-41 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Launch Date: February 12, 2026
Launch Time: 3:30 a.m. EST (0830 UTC, 09:30 CET)

https://youtu.be/trbHVwJzyF0

Posted by: Joyenz at February 12, 2026 01:13 AM (2F0/Y)

444 I found Nicorette gum addictive

Posted by: Genial late Nite bartender Miklos on a smoke break at February 12, 2026 01:14 AM (AP7fj)

445 Nicorette gum you know how much nicotine is in each one and you can measure it against your past cig intake.

It does remove the hand to mouth fixation.

Posted by: Braenyard
--------

Yeah, but the stuff is *so nasty* tasting! (This isn't my first attempt at quitting, but hopefully is my LAST)

Posted by: JQ at February 12, 2026 01:14 AM (rdVOm)

446 Posted by: Joyenz

Thank you!

Posted by: Miklos remebers the first Apollo Moon landing, in ever since at February 12, 2026 01:15 AM (AP7fj)

447 Nicorette gum you know how much nicotine is in each one and you can measure it against your past cig intake.

It does remove the hand to mouth fixation.

Posted by: Braenyard

I quit smoking. Now chew a crap-ton of nicotine gum. I miss smoking.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12, 2026 01:16 AM (xDN0i)

448 RED MAN>>>>nicorette

Posted by: Miklos can still a spitton across the room, try telling the kids that at February 12, 2026 01:16 AM (AP7fj)

449 shit i need a drink.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 12, 2026 01:17 AM (snZF9)

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Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
News/Chat