Washington's Birthday Cafe

Breakers on the Irish Coast,
via Elaine Farrell Photography
Video of the breakers below the jump

May the wings of liberty never lose a feather.

Bring your daughter to work day.

Neat: Lighted aerial drones were used to indicate the exits at an event in Japan.

That's the fact, Jack!

Confusing a horse.

A self-cleaning beaver.

Kittes adopt a stray human.

Another instant adoption.

And another.

Gotta start doing some vigorous calisthenics.

Hi guys. Ammmmmazing response to my previous video. Many thanks. And to the 20k likes on Threads too! 🤯 So, following on here’s a short clip of a longer video I’m working on, taken yesterday afternoon at high tide. I’ll post the full vid when I get it edited.
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— Elaine Farrell Photography (@_EFarrellPhoto) February 2, 2026

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— The Figen (@TheFigen_) February 5, 2026

No matter the species, kids will be kids..🐘😅 pic.twitter.com/POomaAu7Fe
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Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:20 PM

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Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 16, 2026 07:24 PM (cxFcK)

2 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at February 16, 2026 07:25 PM (Ia/+0)

3 The goat is too cute! As are the wee orange kitties.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 16, 2026 07:25 PM (Vvh2V)

4 YAY! Thanks, Ace!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 16, 2026 07:26 PM (Cjt/F)

5 My favorite snark about Bernie is that he combs his hair with a balloon.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 16, 2026 07:27 PM (YlWIZ)

6 Hey gang, surf's up!

Posted by: Frankie Avalon at February 16, 2026 07:28 PM (wVcYX)

7 Pretty horses!!!

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 16, 2026 07:29 PM (2GVsD)

8 The Irish coast, like Irish cuisine... colorless.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2026 07:30 PM (jhZBj)

9 Willowed because I insist on myself.

285 'BREAKING: Anderson Cooper Set to Exit CBS News' '60 Minutes' -- Variety'

Cooper will leave a gaping hole at CBS News.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 16, 2026 07:30 PM (fd80v)

10 I need to watch more baby elephant videos. They are a positive good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 16, 2026 07:30 PM (zZu0s)

11 I haven't watched 60 minutes in decades.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 16, 2026 07:31 PM (ht3QZ)

12
He'll save children, but not the British children.

LOL

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 16, 2026 07:31 PM (xG4kz)

13 That self-cleaning beaver would have been perfect for Tummy Rub Tuesday.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2026 07:32 PM (Wnv9h)

14 and most specially, thanks for Washington!

Mrs is still laughing; wait, now she's playing it again

lol!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 16, 2026 07:33 PM (Cjt/F)

15 In light of the previous post, Ace is not suicidal, is keeping in good health, and his polonium-210 levels are not great and not terrible.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 16, 2026 07:34 PM (gKWVE)

16
This is President's Day. George Washington's birthday is the 22nd.

Posted by: Auspex at February 16, 2026 07:35 PM (Y8DZL)

17 Allie the Calico Kitty Cat (the *other* cutest little cat of them all) is doing her "kneading dance" in my lap, part of her evening ritual.

It's oddly relaxing for me as well.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 16, 2026 07:35 PM (ESVrU)

18 The pet adoption videos remind me of upkeep costs. Sorry.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 16, 2026 07:35 PM (YlWIZ)

19 Brrrrrrr. Cold out on the water this afternoon!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 16, 2026 07:36 PM (/QciJ)

20 Democrats fear that zombie George Washington is going to row across a river for them

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 16, 2026 07:36 PM (2GVsD)

21 Washington video cracked me up

Posted by: Skip at February 16, 2026 07:36 PM (Ia/+0)

22 Those horses were hoping the girl had food.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 16, 2026 07:37 PM (6ydKt)

23 My grandfather was a 60 minutes addicted

Posted by: Skip at February 16, 2026 07:37 PM (Ia/+0)

24 PBS, stop taking tax money and operate on endowment funds.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 16, 2026 07:37 PM (YlWIZ)

25 In a very metaphorical way, they are not wrong, Anna.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 16, 2026 07:39 PM (Cjt/F)

26 11 I haven't watched 60 minutes in decades.
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 16, 2026 07:31 PM (ht3QZ)
____________________

I'd check out the Andy Rooney segment every so often. And, sometimes, they'd have Charles Kuralt do a guest segment even though he wasn't part of the 60 Minutes regulars. Curmudgeons doing a news segment is always fun. Rooney, especially, used to appear digusted by most of the people he met. That always made me laugh.

Posted by: Orson at February 16, 2026 07:40 PM (dIske)

27 My grandfather was a 60 minutes addicted
Posted by: Skip at February 16, 2026 07:37 PM (Ia/+0)

My dad too, but back in the day there was a pretty good chance they would confront some asshole, and give him the business. And usually he deserved it.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2026 07:41 PM (R0ru7)

28 My grandfather was a 60 minutes addicted
Posted by: Skip at February 16, 2026 07:37 PM (Ia/+0)

My dad too, but back in the day there was a pretty good chance they would confront some asshole, and give him the business. And usually he deserved it.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2026 07:41 PM (R0ru7)

29 Eagle swallows a fish while flying.

"To go, please."

Posted by: t-bird at February 16, 2026 07:41 PM (5FKHw)

30 Have ya paid your dues, Jack?

Posted by: Jack Burton at February 16, 2026 07:42 PM (3uBP9)

31 Before they weren't showing up at all, now my comments are showing up twice.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2026 07:42 PM (R0ru7)

32 nurse, we wish we HAD water here!!

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 16, 2026 07:42 PM (7D3Aa)

33 I better call it a night
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at February 16, 2026 07:43 PM (Ia/+0)

34 Yessir, the check is in the mail

Posted by: Jack Burton at February 16, 2026 07:44 PM (3uBP9)

35
I love the fact that we get a nice, totally true history lesson at the end of Teh Cafe.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 16, 2026 07:46 PM (kTyBw)

36 Cooper will leave a gaping hole at CBS News.

Yes, but I'll find another.

Posted by: Anderson Cooper at February 16, 2026 07:46 PM (5FKHw)

37 George Washington was born on February 11th, 1731. When the British Empire switched to the Gregorian Calendar in 1752 his birthday became February 22, 1732.

Posted by: Mark1971 at February 16, 2026 07:46 PM (CNl8/)

38 35
I love the fact that we get a nice, totally true history lesson at the end of Teh Cafe.

THIS!

I'm'a watch that until I get it for an earworm

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 16, 2026 07:48 PM (Cjt/F)

39
I didn't even know Cooper Anderson had left CNN.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 16, 2026 07:48 PM (n7rxJ)

40 I haven't watched 60 minutes in decades.
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 16, 2026 07:31 PM (ht3QZ)

Somebody on Twitter, can't remember who, said that the last time they watched 60 Minutes Andy Rooney was complaining about Miami Vice.

Posted by: Mark1971 at February 16, 2026 07:48 PM (CNl8/)

41 The Rhode Island shooting makes me sick True evil.

Dude shot his wife and his kids. He probably turned straight into a demon after he killed himself.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 07:49 PM (cwGMH)

42 My Dad was a 60 Minutes fan, too.

He'd watch it after the game on Sundays for decades.

It was a different era with Mike Wallace, Harry Reasoner, Morley Safer, Ed Bradley, and the like.

He always liked Andy Rooney, too, and say "He's right" after just about every segment he did.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 16, 2026 07:49 PM (6ydKt)

43 Nothing of consequence below the equator.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 16, 2026 07:49 PM (ht3QZ)

44 When the British Empire switched to the Gregorian Calendar in 1752 his birthday became February 22, 1732.

Posted by: Mark1971 at February 16, 2026 07:46 PM (CNl8/)

Can you imagine the fucking meltdown people would have if we tried that today?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at February 16, 2026 07:49 PM (w6EFb)

45 That Washington video was...disturbing. But kind of awesome.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2026 07:50 PM (Wnv9h)

46 Nothing of consequence below the equator.
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 16, 2026 07:49 PM (ht3QZ)

Unless the equator referred to is one's belt line.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 07:51 PM (cwGMH)

47 Have ya paid your dues, Jack?

Posted by: Jack Burton

=====

I know it's not the right movie, but I hear that in the voice of Cpt Dudley Smith in LA Confidential

Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 16, 2026 07:51 PM (8AONa)

48 Unless the equator referred to is one's belt line.

And suddenly we get a Nadler joke

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 16, 2026 07:51 PM (2GVsD)

49 AOC proves she knows nothing of history or geography .

Posted by: Ben Had at February 16, 2026 07:52 PM (0KSrI)

50 Nothing of consequence below the equator.
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 16, 2026 07:49 PM (ht3QZ)

Face it, it's kaput!

Posted by: Lili Von Shtupp at February 16, 2026 07:52 PM (wVcYX)

51 It's ok. Everybody relax, I'm here

Posted by: Jack Burton at February 16, 2026 07:53 PM (3uBP9)

52 41 The Rhode Island shooting makes me sick True evil

As a "bonus" that dingleberry has just added more ammo for those* who tell other women that men are just too dangerous.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 16, 2026 07:54 PM (gKWVE)

53 Nothing of consequence below the equator.
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 16, 2026 07:49 PM (ht3QZ)

Only because the nazi aliens living below Antarctica don't let anything of consequence happen.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2026 07:54 PM (LoNNw)

54 Saijo stole another cat toy and is not eating his dinner because he is showing off his pirated loot.

Posted by: Piper at February 16, 2026 07:54 PM (Wmg4n)

55 AOC proves she knows nothing ~~of history or geography~~ .
Posted by: Ben Had at February 16, 2026 07:52 PM

FIFY.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2026 07:54 PM (Wnv9h)

56 They should have done that sequel to Big Trouble in Little China

It could've been at least as good as Escape From LA.
(not that that was the greatest movie or something)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 16, 2026 07:54 PM (6ydKt)

57 Soup! you naughty loveable scamp!

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 16, 2026 07:54 PM (2GVsD)

58 AOC proves she knows nothing of history or geography .
Posted by: Ben Had at February 16, 2026 07:52 PM (0KSrI

Reminded me that Obama didn't know his home state of Illinois shades a border with Kentucky.

He claimed Hillary had an advantage over him in the Kentucky primary because Arkansas was closer to Kentucky.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 07:55 PM (cwGMH)

59 RMBS, I stand corrected and will buy the drinks when we next meet.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 16, 2026 07:55 PM (0KSrI)

60 54 Saijo stole another cat toy and is not eating his dinner because he is showing off his pirated loot.

Posted by: Piper at February 16, 2026 07:54 PM (Wmg4n)

And the cats know that revenge is a dish best served cold.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 16, 2026 07:55 PM (6ydKt)

61 57 Soup! you naughty loveable scamp!
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 16, 2026

This is when we do need Ace Cam because he is hopping around like a bronco.

Posted by: Piper at February 16, 2026 07:55 PM (Wmg4n)

62 I don't want anyone to even try doing a big trouble in little china sequel. Or remake, blah! 100% they'd f it up. My favorite movie of all time. No one is allowed to touch it.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 16, 2026 07:56 PM (3uBP9)

63 Breakers on the Irish Coast"

That's Erie-al-astan...

Posted by: man at February 16, 2026 07:56 PM (XuXeR)

64 RMBS, I stand corrected and will buy the drinks when we next meet.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 16, 2026 07:55 PM

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2026 07:56 PM (Wnv9h)

65 I thought Anderson Cooper was on CNN.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 16, 2026 07:56 PM (Cqx++)

66 Sooo... Newsome just signed a memorandum of understanding on clean energy... with the UK.

Isn't this a flat out violation of the Logan Act?

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2026 07:57 PM (mP0Kj)

67 There is actually a comic sequel to Big Trouble in Little China that is set at least twenty years after the events in the movie.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 16, 2026 07:57 PM (2GVsD)

68 62 I don't want anyone to even try doing a big trouble in little china sequel. Or remake, blah! 100% they'd f it up. My favorite movie of all time. No one is allowed to touch it.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 16, 2026 07:56 PM (3uBP9)

There's supposed to be a comic book that serves as a sequel.
It picks up in the truck where it leaves off in the movie with the monster on the back.

I've never read it, but that's probably the closest we'll ever get to a sequel.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 16, 2026 07:57 PM (6ydKt)

69 Anna's all in my head tonight.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 16, 2026 07:58 PM (6ydKt)

70 biddy biddy biddy

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 16, 2026 07:58 PM (2GVsD)

71 I just watched Predator-The Badlands.

I thought it was really enjoyable.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 07:59 PM (cwGMH)

72 Newsome just signed a memorandum of understanding on clean energy... with the UK.

Isn't this a flat out violation of the Logan Act?"

Nah. It's a promise (!) that cali will pay $$$ to a britbunch, with the right people getting the vig...

Posted by: man at February 16, 2026 08:00 PM (XuXeR)

73 Logan!

Posted by: Col. Klink at February 16, 2026 08:00 PM (wVcYX)

74 62 I don't want anyone to even try doing a big trouble in little china sequel. Or remake, blah! 100% they'd f it up. My favorite movie of all time. No one is allowed to touch it.
Posted by: banana Dream at February 16, 2026 07:56 PM (3uBP9)

Yup, some movies should never be remade...

Big Trouble.
Princess Bride.
Second Hand Lions (RIP Robert Duvall)
Casablanca.

And could you imagine the screaming if they 'update' The Sound of Music with modern sensibilities? Young Babysitter falls for Older Sailor... sounds more like Pron Hub but with Music!

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2026 08:00 PM (mP0Kj)

75 Drinks are on me. Horseshow day had Rancherbob winning one class tied for first in another and a second. First time to show his new horse.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 16, 2026 08:00 PM (0KSrI)

76 Sooo... Newsome just signed a memorandum of understanding on clean energy... with the UK.

Isn't this a flat out violation of the Logan Act?
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2026 07:57 PM (mP0K

I think it's the same when states did the same with the various climate treaties.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 08:01 PM (cwGMH)

77 Since it's got a cute monkey:

Meet Punch — a macaque from a Japanese zoo with a difficult story

His mother abandoned him, and the caretakers raised him by hand. Later, he was moved into an enclosure with other monkeys, but he struggled to integrate into the group.

To give him some comfort, staff gave Punch a toy to replace his mother — and now he carries it everywhere.

After a viral video, visitors began coming specifically to see him, but he still plays alone, holding his plush “mom” close to his chest.

https://tinyurl.com/42rc4fv4
(Nexta on X)

Video and some pics.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 16, 2026 08:01 PM (6ydKt)

78 Fun Fact- There are 504 counties in the United States larger than the state of Rhode Island.

Posted by: Case at February 16, 2026 08:01 PM (j6kTf)

79 70 biddy biddy biddy
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 16, 2026 07:58 PM (2GVsD)

What the Fuck Buck...

Posted by: Twiki at February 16, 2026 08:01 PM (mP0Kj)

80 The pleas and the hail Mary that it took to get a bunch of tired and weary soldiers that were at that end of their enlistment....to give just a bit more with no guarantee of victory....better men than most. Sailed that river, slaughtered those dirty Hessians and from them went on to victory in a few successive and decisive battles that set the rebellion on a path to total victory.

A great man, not the best general but he was the best when it counted. Just don't ask where he got those teeth for his dentures.

Posted by: GigantorX at February 16, 2026 08:02 PM (tU2mX)

81 Princess Bride shouldn't have been made in the first place.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 16, 2026 08:02 PM (gKWVE)

82 Twinkie.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 16, 2026 08:03 PM (ht3QZ)

83
Sooo... Newsome just signed a memorandum of understanding on clean energy... with the UK.

Posted by: Romeo13

==============

The New Special Relationship.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 16, 2026 08:03 PM (n7rxJ)

84
And the cats know that revenge is a dish best served cold.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 16, 2026 07:55 PM

They cannot wait until he grows up a little bit more. When he is calm, everything is fine, but he gets really bouncy and they get really annoyed by him. But he is so cute, it makes up for it.

Posted by: Piper at February 16, 2026 08:03 PM (Wmg4n)

85 Newsom and Starmer giving each other blow jobs?

Posted by: Ben Had at February 16, 2026 08:04 PM (0KSrI)

86 I was this many years old when I found out they tried to do a Casablanca TV series in the early 80s.

Found out a month or two ago and I am still not sure what to think.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 16, 2026 08:04 PM (zZu0s)

87 I'm'a watch that until I get it for an earworm

I didn't even watch it. Just seeing the embed was enough to start the earworm.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 16, 2026 08:06 PM (Fs0KI)

88 I commented on a prior thread that two movies I don't get the love were The Princess Bride and Field of Dreams.

I would also add The Big Lebowski.

I also posted I realized I was in the minority.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 08:06 PM (cwGMH)

89 Glad the guy took both kittens.

I adopted my current cats as a pair back when they were kittens. It's definitely the way to go! They're well into adulthood now, but I love watching them play stalk each other, chase each other, wrestle, groom each other, and settle down to nap together. A close sibling can provide companionship to a cat in a way that a human just can't.

Also there's nothing quite like lying in bed with a pair of cats snuggled up to you, one on each side.

Posted by: Bitblt at February 16, 2026 08:06 PM (11pZm)

90 And could you imagine the screaming if they 'update' The Sound of Music with modern sensibilities"

Sure. It's an exciting drama, with the Hernandez family trying to reunite in the USA, while Maria's old fling, now an ICE agent, threatens to turn in the family unless she "dates" him... meanwhile, Papa, who was deported from a home depot, crosses the border, joining the entire family...

Trust me, it's a blockbuster!

Posted by: man at February 16, 2026 08:06 PM (XuXeR)

91 Newsom and Starmer giving each other blow jobs?

*types*

*deletes*

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 16, 2026 08:06 PM (2GVsD)

92 Sooo... Newsome just signed a memorandum of understanding on clean energy... with the UK.

Isn't this a flat out violation of the Logan Act?
Posted by: Romeo13

Is the punishment evisceration by a wolverine?

Posted by: mikeski at February 16, 2026 08:08 PM (VHUov)

93 Newsom and Starmer giving each other blow jobs?"

Reacharound...

Posted by: man at February 16, 2026 08:08 PM (XuXeR)

94 I'm pretty sure the brad neely video has been played here every washington's birthday and some presidents day and the 4th or whenever the british children get uppity.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 16, 2026 08:08 PM (3uBP9)

95 Casablanca sequel. Only if Louie and Rick are being partisans thwarting the Germans with snappy dialogue.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 16, 2026 08:08 PM (2GVsD)

96 *fistbump* Opinion Fact
Lebowski had performances and quotables, but as a story was pointless. It was just a frame to hang the Coenisms onto.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 16, 2026 08:09 PM (gKWVE)

97 Fun Fact- There are 504 counties in the United States larger than the state of Rhode Island.

Posted by: Case at February 16, 2026 08:01 PM (j6kTf)

There are 9 states smaller than San Bernardino County.

Posted by: Mark1971 at February 16, 2026 08:09 PM (CNl8/)

98 I'm leaving Field of Dreams aside because I never saw it.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 16, 2026 08:10 PM (gKWVE)

99 Posted by: Bitblt at February 16, 2026 08:06 PM (11pZm

I have a brother and sister kittehs. They are 8 now and don't interact like they used to but they get along and clean each other occasionally. The brother outweighs his sister by at least 10 pounds.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 08:10 PM (cwGMH)

100 Reminder that there was a time when Mount Vernon was the largest whiskey distillery in the US. (This was a few years after leading American troops against the Whiskey Rebellion.)

Posted by: tankdemon at February 16, 2026 08:10 PM (VkDi+)

101 Posted by: tankdemon at February 16, 2026 08:10 PM (VkDi+)

It wasn't about the whiskey. It was about the whiskey taxes.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 08:12 PM (cwGMH)

102 Bwahahahahahahaha!!!

Steve Hilton is surging to 1st place in the California Governor race leading the pack in this wide-open primary! Thanks to California's Top-Two system, the June 2, 2026 primary could deliver a Republican vs. Republican general election matchup, completely shutting out the Democrats.

This is a once-in-a-generation chance to flip the script on Gavin Newsom's catastrophic leadership and boot the insane Democrat field consisting of Katie Porter and Eric Fang-Fang Swalwell out of the running!

California could finally get a real MAGA Governor who puts America First instead of another Newsom-style disaster. The people are fed up this primary is a referendum on the Democrats who wrecked the state.

Bwahahahahahahaha!!!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2026 08:14 PM (xGgfV)

103 81 Princess Bride shouldn't have been made in the first place.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 16, 2026 08:02 PM (gKWVE)

I read the book when it was first published in 1973/1974(?) - got it as part of an order through Scholastic Books when I was in Junior High. I LOVED that book - so much so that I STILL have it.

I was excited, but concerned when I saw that they were making a movie of the book.

OMG - the movie was everything that I ever could have wanted and more. My daughters and I have a special bond through that movie - it is wonderful.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 16, 2026 08:15 PM (SRRAx)

104 We here at the Womyn's Collective salute Presdnent Obama on his big day! We have been hoping his beautiful wife Michael would run for office, but she doesn't appear interested. Maybe they're semi-bootyful daughters Malaria and Sasquatch will run. So, there is still hope!

Posted by: Vermont's Own Mary Cloggenstein at February 16, 2026 08:15 PM (oftw2)

105 Those horses were hoping the girl had food.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 16, 2026 07:37 PM (6ydKt)

Or checking to see if she was food.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2026 08:15 PM (8zz6B)

106 >>>>Thanks to California's Top-Two system, the June 2, 2026 primary could deliver a Republican vs. Republican general election matchup, completely shutting out the Democrats.

This would be the funniest thing that ever happened.

Posted by: Mark1971 at February 16, 2026 08:16 PM (CNl8/)

107 But what are the odds???

@MattWalshBlog 19m
Local news is reporting that the shooter at the hockey rink tonight was a man in women’s clothing

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 16, 2026 08:17 PM (diia5)

108 Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2026 08:14 PM (xGg

I'm afraid any Republican governor would be completely stymied by the Lefty dominated CA assembly and senate.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 08:17 PM (cwGMH)

109
Sitting in her study, Her Majesty saw a squirrel near the feeders. She stealthily got old Dot and quietly led her outside. Momza saw the critter and charged off, chasing it up a tree where it chattered at her angrily.

Dot was panting heavily but she was a happy girl. It's like having a 10-year-old puppy in the house.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2026 08:18 PM (tgvbd)

110 But what are the odds???

@MattWalshBlog 19m
Local news is reporting that the shooter at the hockey rink tonight was a man in women’s clothing
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 16, 2026 08:17 PM (diia5)

OW!

Guys, some feather just knocked me over. For reals.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 16, 2026 08:19 PM (0aYVJ)

111 Drinks are on me. Horseshow day had Rancherbob winning one class tied for first in another and a second. First time to show his new horse.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 16, 2026 08:00 PM (0KSrI)

Congrats to Rancher Bob!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2026 08:19 PM (8zz6B)

112
Steve Hilton is surging to 1st place in the California Governor race leading the pack in this wide-open primary!

Hope he does better than Larry Elder.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 16, 2026 08:20 PM (Cqx++)

113 https://youtu.be/nw2CZtTCXuc?
si=yu2sSlGaFla56OLn

Someone linked this title sequence for the Casablanca series. Its fascinating. And tone deaf.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 16, 2026 08:20 PM (zZu0s)

114 49
'AOC proves she knows nothing of history or geography'

The fact that she has any power at all is a tyranny.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 16, 2026 08:20 PM (fd80v)

115 The report I read was it was a domestic shooting. I guess it could be both.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 08:20 PM (cwGMH)

116
Horseshow day had Rancherbob winning one class tied for first in another and a second.

_________

Every time I stomp and bellow about the cost of showing dogs, I reflect it could be horses instead.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2026 08:21 PM (tgvbd)

117 >>> OMG - the movie was everything that I ever could have wanted and more. My daughters and I have a special bond through that movie - it is wonderful.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 16, 2026 08:15 PM (SRRAx)

I got my wife the book and new ones have a little part at the end, an epilog called Buttercup's Baby. It's an unfinished sequel that the author had legal difficulties getting published.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 16, 2026 08:21 PM (3uBP9)

118 Elephants can be asshoe.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 16, 2026 08:22 PM (snZF9)

119 I'm afraid any Republican governor would be completely stymied by the Lefty dominated CA assembly and senate.
Posted by: Opinion fact

I don't know. Think about it.

"I put forward a 72 point plan. The Democrat controlled legislature shot down all 72 points."
--Republican Governor

At some point, the pitchforks are coming for you, not the governor.
L

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2026 08:23 PM (xGgfV)

120 Elephants can be asshoe.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 16, 2026 08:22 PM (snZF9)

Yeah I don't think that little one was playing. Think he was pissed at the caregiver.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 08:23 PM (cwGMH)

121 AOC proves she knows nothing of history or geography .
Posted by: Ben Had

She only ever needed biology and mixology before.

Posted by: mikeski at February 16, 2026 08:23 PM (VHUov)

122 @MattWalshBlog 19m
Local news is reporting that the shooter at the hockey rink tonight was a man in women’s clothing
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 16, 2026 08:17 PM (diia5)

Over-tight bra straps made him testy, I guess.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2026 08:24 PM (8zz6B)

123 >>>Gotta start doing some vigorous calisthenics.

That's kind of a roly-poly kitty. I don't think those were calisthenics. It was just trying to get up.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 16, 2026 08:24 PM (syz1S)

124
I watched Nick Shirley's California voter fraud expose. All the people "residing" at storage facilities and UPS stores should embarrass Newsom a wee tad, assuming anyone asks him about it lololol as if.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 16, 2026 08:24 PM (n7rxJ)

125 Father who shot his children and ex wife was trans. Good heavens.

I think I can support Trans Gun prohibition.

Posted by: Piper at February 16, 2026 08:25 PM (Wmg4n)

126 Moose the lab loves ridding the backyard of critters.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 16, 2026 08:25 PM (RiE77)

127 Washington's Birthday Cafe

I'd like a big ol' slice of cherry pie, thanks. Warm that up and plop a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. 🍒

Well, it's President's day. Make it two scoops.

Posted by: mindful webworker - I cannot tell a lie, I threw that silver dollar across the Potomac at February 16, 2026 08:25 PM (6hyzx)

128 Every time I stomp and bellow about the cost of showing dogs, I reflect it could be horses instead.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2026 08:21 PM (tgvbd)

Amoebas might be affordable show stock...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2026 08:25 PM (8zz6B)

129
I'm afraid any Republican governor would be completely stymied by the Lefty dominated CA assembly and senate.
Posted by: Opinion fact

==============

Embrace the power of vice versa.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 16, 2026 08:26 PM (n7rxJ)

130 Local news is reporting that the shooter at the hockey rink tonight was a man in women’s clothing

maybe 12 hour rule on this?
i don't want to be more contrarian than i have to be, but this seems Too Good To Check.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 16, 2026 08:27 PM (gKWVE)

131 Goldfish show might fit in my budget.

Posted by: Very Fixed Income at February 16, 2026 08:27 PM (oftw2)

132 I think I can support Trans Gun prohibition.
Posted by: Piper at February 16, 2026 08:25 PM (Wmg4n)

Trannies all whine about "trans genocide". I am beginning to warm to the idea.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2026 08:27 PM (8zz6B)

133
Thanks to California's Top-Two system, the June 2, 2026 primary could deliver a Republican vs. Republican general election matchup, completely shutting out the Democrats.

This would be the funniest thing that ever happened.
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 16, 2026 08:16 PM (CNl8/)

Of course, the Donk commie cocksuckers would immediately file suit with one of their Donk commie cocksucker fellow traveler judges who would rule that a California election must have a viable Donk commie cocksucker candidate in the running, so the 2nd place Republican would be kicked off the ticket.

Totally Constitutional, yo.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 16, 2026 08:27 PM (kTyBw)

134 Goldman died in '18 so I guess there isn't going to be a princess bride sequel. I guess stephen king has some of Goldman's notes. "Turns out, it was all just a big kid orgy!" yeah, no thanks buddy.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 16, 2026 08:27 PM (3uBP9)

135 Father who shot his children and ex wife was trans. Good heavens.

I think I can support Trans Gun prohibition.

Posted by: Piper at February 16, 2026 08:25 PM (Wmg4n)

At this point I think I can support death squad tranny hunting.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 16, 2026 08:27 PM (snZF9)

136 Anybody knows what's Presdent Obama did twoday on his be Hollyday???

Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at February 16, 2026 08:28 PM (jwBFW)

137 Trans-sanity is not what it's cracked up to be apparently.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 16, 2026 08:28 PM (2GVsD)

138 >>Every time I stomp and bellow about the cost of showing dogs, I reflect it could be horses instead.

Or 3 day eventing them.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2026 08:29 PM (viF8m)

139 At this point I think I can support death squad tranny hunting.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 16, 2026 08:27 PM (snZF9)

A bounty.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2026 08:30 PM (8zz6B)

140 Local news is reporting that the shooter at the hockey rink tonight was a man in women’s clothing
Posted by: weft cut-loop

What are the odds?

Probably pissed off about the Buffalo Bill renouncing the tranny way.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 16, 2026 08:30 PM (/lPRQ)

141 Goldfish show might fit in my budget.
Posted by: Very Fixed Income

Rolls in with a 14", six pound koi.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2026 08:30 PM (xGgfV)

142
Also there's nothing quite like lying in bed with a pair of cats snuggled up to you, one on each side.
Posted by: Bitblt at February 16, 2026 08:06 PM (11pZm)

Is he still breathing? I'm hungry.

Posted by: Bitblt's cats at February 16, 2026 08:30 PM (kTyBw)

143
Thanks to California's Top-Two system, the June 2, 2026 primary could deliver a Republican vs. Republican general election matchup, completely shutting out the Democrats.

================

HAHAHA, Cali Republicans at some point were calling on one of these guys to drop out to clear the way for one, but now I see a diabolical fortune on the horizon! HEHEHEHEH.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 16, 2026 08:31 PM (n7rxJ)

144 I know flea circuses were once popular, but never heard about a Flea Show with actual judging and awards.

Posted by: Lodge With My Fleas In The Hills at February 16, 2026 08:31 PM (oftw2)

145 Also there's nothing quite like lying in bed with a pair of cats snuggled up to you, one on each side.
Posted by: Bitblt

Nothing like a pussy laying on each side of you.

Posted by: Mrs. Slocum at February 16, 2026 08:32 PM (xGgfV)

146 Jurassic Park was the result of a guy who had a flea circus.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 16, 2026 08:32 PM (2GVsD)

147 Goldfish show might fit in my budget.
Posted by: Very Fixed Income

Flush 'em if they don't place.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 16, 2026 08:33 PM (RiE77)

148
Of course, the Donk commie cocksuckers would immediately file suit with one of their Donk commie cocksucker fellow traveler judges who would rule that a California election must have a viable Donk commie cocksucker candidate in the running, so the 2nd place Republican would be kicked off the ticket.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur

===============

Not after all those years when I wrote in Mickey Mouse sooner than pick the lesser of of two Dems.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 16, 2026 08:34 PM (n7rxJ)

149 At this point I think I can support death squad tranny hunting.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 16, 2026 08:27 PM (snZF9)

My AO has a larger than normal number of troons. I find this annoying, and I make sure my domicile is secure.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 16, 2026 08:34 PM (0aYVJ)

150
Or 3 day eventing them.
Posted by: JackStraw at February

Hey now! lol.

Though I don’t anymore, my guy is way too old. Maybe one day in the old geezer division, I guess.

Posted by: Piper at February 16, 2026 08:34 PM (Wmg4n)

151 Rolls in with a 14", six pound koi.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2026 08:30 PM (xGgfV)

If you fall into the koi pond, you are done for. They mob up, and by sheer weight force your head underwater until you drown. Then they simpy wait until your corpse rots, and suck the flesh off your bones.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2026 08:34 PM (8zz6B)

152 If you fall into the koi pond, you are done for. They mob up, and by sheer weight force your head underwater until you drown. Then they simpy wait until your corpse rots, and suck the flesh off your bones.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2026 08:36 PM (xGgfV)

153 If you fall into the koi pond, you are done for. They mob up, and by sheer weight force your head underwater until you drown. Then they simpy wait until your corpse rots, and suck the flesh off your bones.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2026 08:34 PM (8zz6B)

And they ain't frigging koi about it either.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 16, 2026 08:36 PM (snZF9)

154 Wonder if California would consider letting San Bernardino become their own state? Gives the Democrats two more Senators. I wouldn't put anything past them.

Posted by: Case at February 16, 2026 08:37 PM (j6kTf)

155 >>Though I don’t anymore, my guy is way too old. Maybe one day in the old geezer division, I guess.

My mom competed into her 60s. Crazy old woman.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2026 08:37 PM (viF8m)

156 Rolls in with a 14", six pound koi.
Posted by: rickb223

I brought in a live koi in a bucket that big for dissection day in Biology class in 9th grade. Mrs. Tuck did not want to kill it and brought it home to put in her pond. Another girl classmate brought in two nice brown trout (dead) from her home stream and pond. Teacher dissected them, but took the meat home for dinner.

Posted by: Fish Tales From 1970 at February 16, 2026 08:38 PM (oftw2)

157 In re: AOC knows nothing--

I'm still wondering how a college can give somebody who claims to be a socialist a degree in economics and not lose its accreditation.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 16, 2026 08:38 PM (VkDi+)

158 Goldfish show might fit in my budget.
Posted by: Very Fixed Income

DDG AI: The most expensive goldfish ever sold is a Kōhaku Koi named "S Legend," which fetched a staggering $1.8 million.

Posted by: mikeski at February 16, 2026 08:39 PM (VHUov)

159 My AO has a larger than normal number of troons. I find this annoying, and I make sure my domicile is secure.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 16, 2026 08:34 PM (0aYVJ)

Yeah you would think they were last ones you need to worry about, but thats starting to sound like them thars friendly indians.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 16, 2026 08:40 PM (snZF9)

160 I played that Washington video at the end. All I could think was what the hell did I just watch?

Posted by: LKP at February 16, 2026 08:41 PM (ylpKQ)

161 Goldfish show might fit in my budget.
Posted by: Very Fixed Income

Flush 'em if they don't place.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 16, 2026 08:33 PM (RiE77)
---
ALL HAIL THE GLORY OF THE HYPNOTOAD!!!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 16, 2026 08:41 PM (ESVrU)

162 DDG AI: The most expensive goldfish ever sold is a Kōhaku Koi named "S Legend," which fetched a staggering $1.8 million.

Posted by: mikeski at February 16, 2026 08:39 PM (VHUov)

Frigging thing better be able to drive a race car, or kick a field goal. Anything other than float around the water with it's mouth open.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 16, 2026 08:42 PM (snZF9)

163 I'm still wondering how a college can give somebody who claims to be a socialist a degree in economics and not lose its accreditation.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 16, 2026 08:38 PM (VkDi+)

The entire department is probably 95% socialist at Boston U.

They’d have failed her if they caught her reading Smith, Von Mises, Hayek or Friedman.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 16, 2026 08:42 PM (6ydKt)

164 Flush 'em if they don't place.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Anyone else know what a Pittsburgh Potty is?

Posted by: Artie From Altoona at February 16, 2026 08:43 PM (oftw2)

165 I played that Washington video at the end. All I could think was what the hell did I just watch?

Posted by: LKP at February 16, 2026 08:41 PM (ylpKQ)

Aren't drugs wonderful?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 16, 2026 08:43 PM (snZF9)

166 Frigging thing better be able to drive a race car, or kick a field goal. Anything other than float around the water with it's mouth open.
Posted by: Berserker

Is this still about goldfish, or are we back to AOC?

Posted by: mikeski at February 16, 2026 08:44 PM (VHUov)

167 Koi are glorified carp. One of my gangs great joys was a good old fashioned carp shoot. Stop at Dad's bakery, get some week old day old bread left out back for a farmer, ride our bikes out to the creek with shotguns on the handlebars, cast bread upon the water and let the fun begin.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 16, 2026 08:45 PM (gm9Sb)

168 Frigging thing better be able to drive a race car, or kick a field goal. Anything other than float around the water with it's mouth open.
Posted by: Berserker

Is this still about goldfish, or are we back to AOC?
Posted by: mikeski

*SNORT

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2026 08:45 PM (xGgfV)

169 I played that Washington video at the end. All I could think was what the hell did I just watch?

Posted by: LKP at February 16, 2026 08:41 PM (ylpKQ)

Aren't drugs wonderful?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 16, 2026 08:43 PM (snZF9)
---
Oh, sure, Washington was quite the badass, but the real question is, "What would Brian Boitano do?"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 16, 2026 08:45 PM (ESVrU)

170 lol I showed that George Washington vid to my 12 year old grandson and he thinks it’s the greatest thing ever.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2026 08:45 PM (otNgF)

171 165 I played that Washington video at the end. All I could think was what the hell did I just watch?

Posted by: LKP at February 16, 2026 08:41 PM (ylpKQ)

Aren't drugs wonderful?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 16, 2026 08:43 PM (snZF9)

It was like Beck Hansen doing Schoolhouse Rock.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 16, 2026 08:45 PM (6ydKt)

172 Islamic regime in Iran may be fracturing (Tousi TV)

https://www.youtube.com/live/UmCf8gdB5aM

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at February 16, 2026 08:45 PM (kvcnI)

173
The most expensive goldfish ever sold is a Kōhaku Koi named "S Legend," which fetched a staggering $1.8 million.

____________

Tasted awful.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2026 08:48 PM (tgvbd)

174 And could you imagine the screaming if they 'update' The Sound of Music with modern sensibilities? Young Babysitter falls for Older Sailor... sounds more like Pron Hub but with Music!
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2026 08:00 PM (mP0Kj)

Da hills be’s alive wit da sound of Jive!

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2026 08:51 PM (otNgF)

175 Bi-di bi-di bi-di bi-di buttcheeks

Posted by: Twiki at February 16, 2026 08:51 PM (/HDaX)

176 Tasted awful.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2026 08:48 PM (tgvbd)

https://youtu.be/Khb2u2LPQas

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 16, 2026 08:52 PM (6ydKt)

177 The carp family are mostly pests, but Sonoran Suckers are protected in Arizona. It's legal to catch them, but they must be released alive. They clean the canals, ponds, and irrigation ditches.

Posted by: Gadabout Gaddis, The Flying Fisherman. at February 16, 2026 08:53 PM (oftw2)

178 174 Korvettenkapitan Von Trapp. Coolest DJ name evah!

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 16, 2026 08:53 PM (gm9Sb)

179 Elaine Farrell's music needs an upgrade. It sounds like modified Miami Vice.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 08:54 PM (VExqf)

180 “ Sonoran Suckers are protected in Arizona.”

The political class always takes care of themselves.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2026 08:55 PM (otNgF)

181 Jinkies, this is Cwazy....

Aidan Kearney
@DoctorTurtleboy
·
Sources are reporting that the person who shot up a hockey game in Pawtucket today, killing 3 people, is a transgender Dad who goes by Roberta Esposito. This is gonna be a popsicle headache for some people, but he appears to be a diehard Trump supporter who has been warning other conservatives on Twitter not to bad mouth trans people. Just yesterday he warned
@ksorbs
and
@RealAlexJones
that "we" (transgender people) are going to "go BESERK" if people keep bashing men like him. I'll have more on this later.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at February 16, 2026 08:55 PM (TGPs7)

182 The carp family are mostly pests, but Sonoran Suckers are protected in Arizona. It's legal to catch them, but they must be released alive. They clean the canals, ponds, and irrigation ditches.
Posted by: Gadabout Gaddis

Sonora? As in, the Mexican state?

So we've got immigrant fish doing housekeeping work?

Posted by: mikeski at February 16, 2026 08:57 PM (VHUov)

183 43 Nothing of consequence below the equator.
Posted by: Boss Moss
.......................................
Yea, you tell them!!

Posted by: Canada at February 16, 2026 08:57 PM (sAmhv)

184 When i was 12 or 13, my buddy and I would catch carp in the local reservoir and bring them to the local Chinese restaurant and trade them for Chinese food. They ate them somehow. Also was camping once and fishing for Channel Catfish at night, but caught a bunch of eels. The Korean family camping there were happy to take them off my hands.

Posted by: Gadabout Gaddis at February 16, 2026 08:58 PM (oftw2)

185 All the hotties wanted Twiki the ambuquad:

https://youtu.be/KwpDsQuuaHU

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 16, 2026 08:58 PM (6ydKt)

186 184 Friend's Dad, guy about my age, has prepared and put carp into his smoker. I tried some and it's not bad as in I wouldn't turn it down.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 16, 2026 09:00 PM (gm9Sb)

187 ... diehard Trump supporter who has been warning other conservatives on Twitter not to bad mouth trans people. Just yesterday he warned
@ksorbs
and
@RealAlexJones
that "we" (transgender people) are going to "go BESERK" if people keep bashing men like him. I'll have more on this later.
Posted by: Mister Ghost

If true even more reason they should be warehoused as criminally insane.

If not true still more reason they should be warehoused as criminally insane.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 16, 2026 09:02 PM (/lPRQ)

188 Why in hell would you bother preparing and smoking carp when you could have lovely Alaskan Copper River Salmon instead?

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 16, 2026 09:04 PM (I40wl)

189 >>>It was a different era with Mike Wallace, Harry Reasoner, Morley Safer, Ed Bradley, and the like.
---

Heartbreaking to discover them to be lying sons of bitches. Probably why Andy was so disgusted.

"I don't watch the news anymore.
I've already seen it."
_Andy Rooney

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 09:05 PM (VExqf)

190 And finally for the will be missed, Mr. Robert Duvall:

https://youtu.be/1RHo_ZG-YGo

and

https://youtu.be/nBG2IxzEn7g

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 16, 2026 09:05 PM (6ydKt)

191 He'll save children, but not the British children.

Posted by: davidt at February 16, 2026 09:05 PM (Q+gd/)

192 Friend's Dad, guy about my age, has prepared and put carp into his smoker. I tried some and it's not bad as in I wouldn't turn it down.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 16, 2026 09:00 PM (gm9Sb)

Pickled carp is an eastern European dish. It is like gravlax for salmon, (but not as tasty)

Posted by: Kindltot at February 16, 2026 09:06 PM (rbvCR)

193 188 Why in hell would you bother preparing and smoking carp when you could have lovely Alaskan Copper River Salmon instead?
Posted by: tcn in AK

They's no salmon here in the South, Ma'am.

Posted by: Little Pee Dee River at February 16, 2026 09:06 PM (oftw2)

194 Why in hell would you bother preparing and smoking carp when you could have lovely Alaskan Copper River Salmon instead?
Posted by: tcn in AK

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeet - I'd settle for decent fish sticks.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 16, 2026 09:07 PM (cYBz/)

195 They's no salmon here in the South, Ma'am.
Posted by: Little Pee Dee River at February 16, 2026 09:06 PM (oftw2)

You did not check the freezer at your local butcher, did you?

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 16, 2026 09:07 PM (I40wl)

196 The actor who played Buffalo Bill apologized for making transgender people look bad with a false stereotype portrayal.

Typical ignorant lefty actor. Guess he never heard of Richard Speck.

Also must ignore the high percentage of homosexual serial killers.

He needs to put some lotion on his brain.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 09:08 PM (cwGMH)

197 > death squad tranny hunting.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 16, 2026

Death Squad Tranny Hunters would be a good name for a Tarantino flick.

Posted by: Ted Nugent at February 16, 2026 09:09 PM (IG3/x)

198 MattWalshBlog 19m
Local news is reporting that the shooter at the hockey rink tonight was a man in women’s clothing
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 16, 2026 08:17 PM (diia5)

Over-tight bra straps made him testy, I guess.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2026 08:24 PM (8zz6B)

Spending a day in heels is no laughing matter

Posted by: LASue at February 16, 2026 09:09 PM (lCppi)

199 Heartbreaking to discover them to be lying sons of bitches. Probably why Andy was so disgusted.

"I don't watch the news anymore.
I've already seen it."
_Andy Rooney
Posted by: Braenyard

"And that's the way I'm going to report it - no matter what really happened."
-- Zombie Walter Shitface

Posted by: Tonypete at February 16, 2026 09:10 PM (cYBz/)

200 >>>when you could have lovely Alaskan Copper River Salmon instead?
Posted by: tcn in AK
---

ewe, they taste fishy

Good to see you here, just got here myself.
Hope things are going well for you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 09:11 PM (VExqf)

201 I like that capitalists😀 took ocean trash fish, changed the names and marketed it like it was fine dining.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 09:12 PM (cwGMH)

202 Spending a day in heels is no laughing matter
Posted by: LASue

Try drivin' a truck. Drivin' a big ass truck.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 16, 2026 09:12 PM (gKWVE)

203 That Charles Kuralt was skeevy only came out after his death. His apartment and wife were in Manhattan, but every summer he would go "trout fishing" for about 3 weeks in Montana, I believe. He had a concubine there and was supporting her for decades. Don't remember if he had a kid with her.

Posted by: Feet of Clay at February 16, 2026 09:14 PM (oftw2)

204 "You know what I hate? That buttmunch on 60 Minutes who just whines about stuff." -- Beavis, on Andy Rooney.

Mickey Rooney > Andy Rooney

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 16, 2026 09:14 PM (IG3/x)

205 Don't trust seafood in any state that doesn't actually border a sea

Posted by: Don Black at February 16, 2026 09:17 PM (ZxPkt)

206 Those Andy Rooney eyebrows were the inspiration for the Dune guy.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 09:17 PM (cwGMH)

207
Don Black,

You are correct. Living in Wyoming has taught us that.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 16, 2026 09:18 PM (3ek7K)

208 the 2nd video

did anyone see the war of the worlds tripod high up on the ridge?

first coupla seconds

Posted by: Don Black at February 16, 2026 09:19 PM (ZxPkt)

209 Breakers on the Irish Coast

Well...crap!
*drains the glass of bourbon*
*pours up a 15 year Redbreast Irish*
Slainte!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 16, 2026 09:19 PM (2WIwB)

210 Try drivin' a truck. Drivin' a big ass truck.
Posted by: gKWVE
---

No one knows if you take your heels off while driving.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 09:19 PM (VExqf)

211 205 Don't trust seafood in any state that doesn't actually border a sea
Posted by: Don Black

My daughter and family live in CO like you, but visit me in the old homestead here in Coastal NC. The first thing she wants is to get fresh seafood.

Posted by: Currituck Chuck at February 16, 2026 09:20 PM (oftw2)

212 A Pokémon card sold for over 16 million.

More ammo for Marxists.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 09:21 PM (cwGMH)

213 Carp are the things that live in water in which nothing should live.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 16, 2026 09:22 PM (8AONa)

214 213 Carp are the things that live in water in which nothing should live.
Posted by: 2009Refugee

Potomac?

Posted by: gKWVE at February 16, 2026 09:24 PM (gKWVE)

215 That Charles Kuralt was skeevy only came out after his death. His apartment and wife were in Manhattan, but every summer he would go "trout fishing" for about 3 weeks in Montana, I believe. He had a concubine there and was supporting her for decades. Don't remember if he had a kid with her.
Posted by: Feet of Clay at February 16, 2026 09:14 PM (oftw2)

I remember that, I think the Montana thot even wrote a book, about it. Mom was a big fan of On the Road, and was greatly disappointed when the news of his double life came out...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 16, 2026 09:24 PM (nbLIj)

216 >>> Don't trust seafood in any state that doesn't actually border a sea
Posted by: Don Black at February 16, 2026 09:17 PM (ZxPkt)

As a Kansan I would have to agree. Unless you like crappie which isn't too crappy fried. I like a it a lot actually but it's been a long time. Oh no, now I have a awful hankerin for fried crappie.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 16, 2026 09:25 PM (3uBP9)

217 believe. He had a concubine there and was supporting her for decades. Don't remember if he had a kid with her.
Posted by: Feet of Clay at February 16, 2026 09:14 PM (oftw2)

It was worse than that - she was no concubine, he had married her and they had kids. He also had a wife and kids back east, and neither bunch knew about the others until his funeral, when they all showed up.

And now you know why he spent so much time on the road.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2026 09:25 PM (otNgF)

218 Ok, crappie isn't seafood. What do I know? I'm from Kansas.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 16, 2026 09:27 PM (3uBP9)

219
There's A spring sucker run out of Lake Superior; the meat above the Y-bone is supposedly the finest smoked fish there is.

Posted by: Auspex at February 16, 2026 09:27 PM (Y8DZL)

220 I remember that, I think the Montana thot even wrote a book, about it. Mom was a big fan of On the Road, and was greatly disappointed when the news of his double life came out...
Posted by: Joe Kidd

Here in NC, the state put up markers for the Kuralt Trail at many locations in the state. Fallen into disrepair, I think no one cares enough about him to keep things up. His name is mud, for many people.

Posted by: Currituck Chuck. at February 16, 2026 09:28 PM (oftw2)

221
We asked our local butcher about catfish and salmon.

He's had other people ask for it also.

He said by the time it gets here it's already bad.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 16, 2026 09:28 PM (3ek7K)

222 I’m not going to be too hard on Andy.
During WWII he wrote for Stars and Stripes while in the Army and covered a few important battles as well as being one of the first to report on the concentration camps (which turned him from being a pacifist into a believer in just wars).

He got a Bronze Star and an Air Medal for his service.

He was definitely an old school liberal, like most of his colleagues, but he had some brains, common sense and self-respect unlike the newsreader propagandists we have today.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 16, 2026 09:29 PM (6ydKt)

223 We cannot let the Democrats get away with NO VOTER I.D. any longer. These are horrible, disingenuous CHEATERS. They have all sorts of reasons why it shouldn't be passed, and then boldly laugh in the backrooms after their ridiculous presentations. If it weren't such a serious matter, it would be considered a TOTAL JOKE! No Voter I.D. is even crazier, and more ridiculous, than Men playing in Women's Sports, Open Borders, or Transgender for Everyone. Republicans must put this at the top of every speech — It is a CAN'T MISS FOR RE-ELECTION IN THE MIDTERMS, AND BEYOND! ...
...President Donald J. Trump

You know where you are on the bell curve. You know where Trump is on the bell curve. You know where the majority of Americans are on the bell curve.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 09:29 PM (VExqf)

224 It was worse than that - she was no concubine, he had married her and they had kids. He also had a wife and kids back east, and neither bunch knew about the others until his funeral, when they all showed up.
Posted by: Tom Servo

I attended a funeral where two daughters found out their deceased Mom had two other daughters. It was not pretty.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 16, 2026 09:31 PM (cYBz/)

225 Should have said where the majority of people in Western Civilization are.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 09:31 PM (VExqf)

226 "Roberta Esposito" is pulling a few people in google news. Both look like biofemmes. One is involved in autism help.
Maybe this one renamed xerself after that one.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 16, 2026 09:31 PM (gKWVE)

227 You know where you are on the bell curve.

Bill Gates is on the clapper.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 16, 2026 09:32 PM (gKWVE)

228 202 Spending a day in heels is no laughing matter
Posted by: LASue

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Tell me about it, sister.

Posted by: Gavin Newsom at February 16, 2026 09:32 PM (JkO4W)

229 I liked that Sunday Morning show Charles Kuralt did. He, like most of the entertainment industry, have a camera on/camera off personality. What you see on camera is rarely the reality.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 16, 2026 09:35 PM (sAmhv)

230 Washington, Washington

Thanks, Ace. Always good to re-watch the Great Classics.

Posted by: mindful webworker - weighed a f'ing ton at February 16, 2026 09:36 PM (6hyzx)

231 I'm a native Marylander, where 'fresh' means 'we caught these earlier this morning'

the one fish I really liked was striped bass- 'rockfish'

Posted by: Don Black at February 16, 2026 09:37 PM (ZxPkt)

232 liked that Sunday Morning show Charles Kuralt did. He, like most of the entertainment industry, have a camera on/camera off personality. What you see on camera is rarely the reality.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 16, 2026 09:35 PM (sAmhv)

No shit.

Posted by: "Flasher" Charlie Rose at February 16, 2026 09:37 PM (uipH1)

233
136 Anybody knows what's Presdent Obama did twoday on his be Hollyday???
Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at February 16, 2026 08:28 PM

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Let's see here. He --- was a homo

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 16, 2026 09:38 PM (VWtfl)

234 I attended a funeral where two daughters found out their deceased Mom had two other daughters. It was not pretty.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 16, 2026 09:31 PM (cYBz/)

Knew a guy from a church men's group I was part of. Great guy; a real man's man. Turned out he had two families, one in California, and one in Arkansas. Ended up killing himself when he feared the jig was up. The two families met for the first time at his funeral. Tell you what, those wives exhibited a level if Christ-like forgiveness that I continue to marvel at, some fifteen years later...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 16, 2026 09:39 PM (nbLIj)

235 Charlie Rose was from NC, too.

Must be something up with journalists named Charles from the Tarheel State.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 16, 2026 09:41 PM (6ydKt)

236 the one fish I really liked was striped bass- 'rockfish'
Posted by: Don Black

Stripers off the Cape are very different from rockfish here in Puget Sound.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 16, 2026 09:41 PM (IhIKR)

237 I attended a funeral where two daughters found out their deceased Mom had two other daughters. It was not pretty.
Posted by: Tonypete

I presume before those kids were born?

Posted by: gKWVE at February 16, 2026 09:42 PM (gKWVE)

238 Stripers are tasty. Lots of fun to catch.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 16, 2026 09:44 PM (uipH1)

239 238 Stripers are tasty. Lots of fun to catch.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

With a fresh stack of $20s?

Posted by: gKWVE at February 16, 2026 09:46 PM (gKWVE)

240 >>Stripers are tasty. Lots of fun to catch.

Every season for many years I use to go striper fishing 3 or 4 days a week before work or whenever on the weekends when I wasn't on the road. Great way to start the day.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2026 09:46 PM (viF8m)

241 Kuralt was part of the CBS Sunday Morning Show that is still on. I started calling it Yuppie Church in the 80s.

Posted by: Currituck Chuck.. at February 16, 2026 09:47 PM (oftw2)

242
Tell you what, those wives exhibited a level if Christ-like forgiveness that I continue to marvel at, some fifteen years later...
Posted by: Joe Kidd

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Fine if they "forgave" each other, but forgiving him would be suicidal empathy.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 16, 2026 09:47 PM (ctGN8)

243 I like to go fishing, always have. But don't care much about eating them. Rather have a cheeseburger.

Posted by: Case at February 16, 2026 09:51 PM (j6kTf)

244 Washington. A President so mighty he was born on both Feb 11 and Feb 22.

Posted by: mindful webworker - don't try this at home at February 16, 2026 10:00 PM (6hyzx)

245 RIP Robert Duvall.
He never phoned in a performance.
Lived a life.
A good run.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 16, 2026 10:01 PM (xcxpd)

246 Duvall in the Godfather was great.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 16, 2026 10:02 PM (gKWVE)

247 Lundi Gras here in New Orleans. Many the year I was down in the middle of it.

Posted by: Javems at February 16, 2026 10:04 PM (zFsEm)

248 Fine if they "forgave" each other, but forgiving him would be suicidal empathy.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Unless one of the women knew he was two-timing, they'd have no reason to forgive each other, as there would be nothing to forgive. "I'm sorry my husband did things I never knew about?"

And if he's dead, carrying a grudge won't help. Not like he could start three-timing them at that point.

Posted by: mikeski at February 16, 2026 10:06 PM (VHUov)

249
Unless one of the women knew he was two-timing, they'd have no reason to forgive each other, as there would be nothing to forgive. "I'm sorry my husband did things I never knew about?"

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That's why I put it in quotation marks.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 16, 2026 10:08 PM (ctGN8)

250 Looks like someone forgot to hit post.

"Push the button, Max!"

Posted by: clarence at February 16, 2026 10:12 PM (5OgL1)

251 "ANOTHER INSTANT ADOPTION"
What kind of fat short-legged sausage doggie is that?
Anyone know?

Posted by: Kevin Hicks at February 16, 2026 10:18 PM (Bt1tR)

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