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Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - February 17, 2026 [Doof]
Photo credit - Shannon Hill on X
5 years ago today, we lost a one-of-a kind legend.
Rush explains the Trump phenomenon (Oct 2018 )
Take in the first 20 seconds of this video especially. Two legends of conservativism - both sorely missed.
In memory of Rush Limbaugh on the anniversary of his passing
— Dangerous Thoughts (@DangerousThinkg) February 17, 2026
Rush Limbaugh at TPUSA's First Annual Winter Gala, which took place at Mar-A-Lago, December 20, 2018
Rush spoke with no notes, no teleprompter
Still cannot believe he has been gone for 5 years pic.twitter.com/V1vDZHK1AV
Let's also revisit this spectacularly titled opinion article from Erick Erickson which was published the day after Rush passed away. Talent Returned To God
My mother insisted that my dad and I take a college road trip together when I was in 11th grade. I got to drive. My dad got to control the radio. We opted for backroads and scenery instead of speed and the interstate. Driving through rural Alabama on the way to my eventual alma mater, Mercer University, in Macon, Georgia, my dad went in search of radio legend Paul Harvey. Instead, he stumbled upon a voice claiming to have talent on loan from God. My dad and I may not have had a super close relationship at the time, but together we found Rush Limbaugh and could connect with each other through listening to Rush. Years later, I helped start the website RedState and randomly sent a note through the comment line at Rush's website. I not only got back a reply, but it was from Rush himself. I could not believe he knew who I was. Thus began a correspondence, which led to a friendship, which led to a mentorship. The first time I ever remember my dad telling me he was proud of me was the day Rush Limbaugh referred to me on air as his friend. My dad nearly ran off the road and immediately called me with fatherly pride. After years of running RedState and being on television, my parents finally decided I would be okay in my career choices after Rush designated me one of his guest hosts.Definitely check out the whole thing.
At just 40 feet tall, the Newby-McMahon Building in Wichita Falls isn’t very impressive, even when compared to regular-sized buildings, let alone skyscrapers. And yet it was supposed to be one of the most imposing skyscrapers of its time when it was designed in the early 1900s. The nickname ‘World’s Littlest Skyscraper’ is a dubious title to have, but the Newby-McMahon Building is indeed dwarfed by every skyscraper in the world. It isn’t remotely worthy of being called a skyscraper, as it’s dwarfed by several normal buildings in Wichita Falls, but the story of how it came to be is truly fascinating. The origins of the Newby-McMahon Building can be traced back to the early 1900s, when the North Texas city of Wichita Falls became the center of a regional oil boom. The discovery of black gold in nearby Burkburnett turned hundreds of locals into millionaires, as mineral rights were negotiated virtually everywhere, from street corners to temporary tents. Philadelphia oil man J.D.D. McMahon was the first to notice the city’s dire need for office space and quickly proposed a solution – building an imposing skyscraper right next to the original Newby Building, built by Augustus Newby in 1906. His blueprints caught the eye of several investors, and he was able to raise about $200,000 (about $6.8 million in today’s money). McMahon promised a multistory office building that would be built just across the street from the St. James Hotel, but what he failed to mention was that it wouldn’t go up very much. Exctatic investors didn’t notice that the building’s scale was measured in inches rather than feet, and, by the time they realized they had been scammed, it was too late.Check out the whole thing. Video segment at the link.
Not related, yet somehow related
RIP to my favorite Presidents Day fun fact. John Tyler, our 10th president, had a grandson alive until last May. John had a son while in his 60s.That's a pretty random but interesting tidbit! But wait - there's more! Check out this very Horde-worthy comment to the post
That son had a kid while in his 70s.
And that kid, Harrison Tyler, passed away last year at age 96. So… New fun fact:
John was born during Washington administration. So 3 generations of Tylers span EVERY PRESIDENCY IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
Correction: Steven Tyler was John Tyler's father. 'Dream On' was almost our national anthem. And 'Love in an Elevator' was written by Otis Redding, two years after he founded the Otis Elevator Company. Look it up.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: RickZ at February 17, 2026 10:01 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 17, 2026 10:01 PM (2WIwB)
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Posted by: mindful webworker - there is no comment #zero at February 17, 2026 10:02 PM (dKz3G)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 17, 2026 10:03 PM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at February 17, 2026 10:03 PM (H/suN)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at February 17, 2026 10:03 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 17, 2026 10:03 PM (/TlUl)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 17, 2026 10:03 PM (uQesX)
Choosing a Spouse, by Ilhan Omar
How to Look Young, by Nancy Pelosi
Beginning Word Salad, and Advanced Word Salad, by Kamala Harris
Cajun Cooking, by Gator NoFingers
The KGB Guide to Protester Care
Taco Bell Wrecks, by Butt Isatorch
-- Feel free to add your own ideas. Lurkers welcome!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 17, 2026 10:04 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Oklahoma for another win at February 17, 2026 10:04 PM (dKz3G)
Posted by: RandomDave at February 17, 2026 10:05 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 17, 2026 10:05 PM (DZ9yr)
Steven Tyler was John Tyler's father. 'Dream On' was almost our national anthem. And 'Love in an Elevator' was written by Otis Redding, two years after he founded the Otis Elevator Company.
Did not know that!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 17, 2026 10:05 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 17, 2026 10:06 PM (/TlUl)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 17, 2026 10:03 PM (/TlUl)
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What sound does it make?
KA-ren! KA-ren!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 17, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX)
Let's go Buffalo .... clap clap clapclapclap
Posted by: browndog remembers at February 17, 2026 10:07 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: mindful webworker - there is no comment #zero at February 17, 2026 10:02 PM (dKz3G)
You never know around here.
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Had a good day today. Got a haircut for the first time since pre-COVID; cut off a good ten inches of hair. I got tired of the ponytail. Then I went to a local diner/ice cream place for lunch. On your birthday (with proof, LOL!), you get a free sundae (pistachio with hot fudge). That was desert. They even sang 'Happy Birthday'. Not a bad day for a big day, a day I never thought I'd ever see, my 70th.
Posted by: RickZ at February 17, 2026 10:08 PM (gKDq2)
Great photo. We had a similar sunset last night that preceded a winter storm that moved in overnight. Sometimes those sunsets just get better and better the longer you watch them.
RIP Rush. One of kind and a man for our time.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 17, 2026 10:08 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: RickZ at February 17, 2026 10:01 PM (gKDq2)
Is this some kind of inverse Sponge??
Posted by: Doof at February 17, 2026 10:08 PM (QMAsf)
Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 17, 2026 10:08 PM (zZu0s)
For those who are still wondering about Sunday's leitmotif, all the bands had a lead singer named Paul. As far as I could tell, nobody actually solved thst one on the Sunday thread.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 17, 2026 10:09 PM (/TlUl)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at February 17, 2026 10:03 PM (H/suN)
YW!
Posted by: Doof at February 17, 2026 10:09 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: zombie Jeffrey Epstein at February 17, 2026 10:10 PM (VHUov)
Clinton said this was part of Bill Clinton’s “charitable” work.
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IF one wanted to raise money for a good cause, one could buy the rights to piss on Hillary's grave. There would be a long line of people who would pay to buy tickets to do that. In my adult lifetime I've never encountered an "American" that I'm more convinced is evil incarnate.
Posted by: Crusader at February 17, 2026 10:10 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: RickZ at February 17, 2026 10:08 PM (gKDq2)
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Happy birthday RickZ
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 17, 2026 10:11 PM (RIvkX)
For those who are still wondering about Sunday's leitmotif, all the bands had a lead singer named Paul. As far as I could tell, nobody actually solved thst one on the Sunday thread.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 17, 2026 10:09 PM (/TlUl)
I think you are the only one who cares about my musical themes. Maybe I should delegate theme content to you!
Posted by: Doof at February 17, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 17, 2026 10:11 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 17, 2026 10:11 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: RandomDave at February 17, 2026 10:05 PM (aJQbY)
Pfft. I make the best pancakes.
Posted by: D9 at February 17, 2026 10:12 PM (uQesX)
With every story being 10 inches high, I guess it's the world's biggest hamster playground?
Posted by: mikeski at February 17, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 17, 2026 10:04 PM (S/Y4j)
A Guide to Spelling and Grammar by Otto Korracht
Posted by: tankdemon at February 17, 2026 10:13 PM (/TlUl)
I guess the theme is jailbait?
Posted by: zombie Jeffrey Epstein at February 17, 2026 10:10 PM (VHUov)
Ha! Tonight's theme was actually inspired by a jailbait-ish song I heard earlier today. Ringo Starr's "Your Sixteen". I just changed the theme to 17 since that's today's date.
Posted by: Doof at February 17, 2026 10:13 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 17, 2026 10:13 PM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 17, 2026 10:11 PM (LNeRu)
Howdy COMM!
Posted by: Doof at February 17, 2026 10:13 PM (QMAsf)
Great photo. We had a similar sunset last night that preceded a winter storm that moved in overnight. Sometimes those sunsets just get better and better the longer you watch them.
RIP Rush. One of kind and a man for our time.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 17, 2026 10:08 PM (kB9dk)
Howdy LS!
Posted by: Doof at February 17, 2026 10:14 PM (QMAsf)
🎸🎶Well, she was just seventeen
YKWIM
and the way she looked was way beyond compare
Speaking of ogling
https://youtu.be/yatGAAslCsM
https://youtu.be/sVdaFQhS86E
https://youtu.be/Am38jAK38DU
Posted by: mindful webworker - how could I dance with another at February 17, 2026 10:15 PM (dKz3G)
Posted by: Doof
Keep going back in time and the girls the rockstars sing about keep getting younger. Donovan's "My Supergirl" (1969) was about a 14-year-old.
Posted by: mikeski at February 17, 2026 10:17 PM (VHUov)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRJJDxe0fgc
Yes........worse than Megaforce
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 17, 2026 10:18 PM (jrgJz)
Why? Even if you somehow misplaced your birth certificate and marriage certificate, do you lack the intelligence to go to one or two counties' vital records website and spend $30 ($15 on each) to get a certified copy?
($15 each for Cook County IL certified birth certificate and marriage certificate)
Posted by: Chuck C at February 17, 2026 10:19 PM (D0HYP)
Clinton said this was part of Bill Clinton’s “charitable” work.
I won't condemn anyone to Hell (Judge not and all that) but I am comforted by the knowledge that God's Judgement is just and Eternal.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 17, 2026 10:19 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 17, 2026 10:20 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 17, 2026 10:21 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Radio Days at February 17, 2026 10:21 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 17, 2026 10:22 PM (otNgF)
HE WENT OFF ON IT. He (correctly) pointed out the FIRST duty of government was public safety. Therefore funding for police and fire departments should be solved FIRST, and then everything else figured out afterwards. The younger me (this was during the middle '90s) really appreciated this ranking of government priorities. Even conservatives need to be reminded that these kind of proposals are gimmicks--other leftist bullshit has already been approved and yet we're asking taxpayers the equivalent of "Would you all pay more sales tax if we kept you...safe?".
Posted by: Crusader at February 17, 2026 10:23 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 17, 2026 10:23 PM (lUFok)
Disappointing. That was why I quit trying to listen to Mark Levin, too.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Our car radio lacked a fast-forward button at February 17, 2026 10:23 PM (dKz3G)
Posted by: Doof
Keep going back in time and the girls the rockstars sing about keep getting younger. Donovan's "My Supergirl" (1969) was about a 14-year-old.
Posted by: mikeski at February 17, 2026 10:17 PM (VHUov)
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Adam Carolla calls this genre "little girl rock"
The lyrics are mostly gross.
"Young girl, get out of my mind!"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 17, 2026 10:23 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 17, 2026 10:23 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 17, 2026 10:24 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Bulg at February 17, 2026 10:25 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 17, 2026 10:26 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 17, 2026 10:26 PM (f/buw)
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at February 17, 2026 10:26 PM (t/Eo5)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 17, 2026 10:24 PM (zZu0s)
I’ll bet you casually talked about the topic with someone while your phone was in your pocket.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 17, 2026 10:26 PM (otNgF)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 17, 2026 10:23 PM (RIvkX)
Two i can think of that were creepy but nit pedo (both Lileks had on a podcast): 'Get out of the car' about a dude who is going to leave a gal in the middle of nowhere if she doesn't put out. And then the door knocking song about a dude who smacked his girlfriend around and is demanding she let him in her apartment.
Fucking charming.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 17, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: RickZ
Happy Birthday!
I won't sing it, what with the restraining order and all.
Chainsaw For Birthday, instead:
https://youtu.be/NJ_9Kl4uBto
Posted by: mikeski at February 17, 2026 10:26 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: nckate at February 17, 2026 10:27 PM (uQzkA)
($15 each for Cook County IL certified birth certificate and marriage certificate)
Posted by: Chuck C
No, it's not too difficult, not too expensive unless there was a prior marriage. Then it becomes a pita.
Posted by: Been there, done that at February 17, 2026 10:29 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Our car radio lacked a fast-forward button at February 17, 2026 10:23 PM (dKz3G)
The benefit to podcasts is that a lot of them (not all by a long chalk) don't do commercials, or if they do they are at the beginning and end - and I download them to listen while driving so I can pick up and drag the USB into the house.
The No Agenda Show (Adam Curry) for example does no commercials, but they do spend a good amount of time thanking the donors who give more than $50
Posted by: Kindltot at February 17, 2026 10:29 PM (rbvCR)
"Young girl, get out of my mind!"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 17, 2026 10:23 PM (RIvkX)
I hate that thats a fun song to sing and a really catchy tune.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 17, 2026 10:29 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
I had a 300 I6 in a 1980 Ford Cruisin' Van. An E-100. Favorite truck I've ever owned, put 200K on it, then sold it to a plumber who worked out of it. I'd see it for another ten years on the road. Faded glory, but still chugging along.
Posted by: Had Much Fun In It at February 17, 2026 10:29 PM (oftw2)
Anyway, that's what MiladyJo read to me today from the Chomsky was right about Epstein article linked from the Morning Report.
Posted by: mindful webworker - close enough for government work at February 17, 2026 10:30 PM (dKz3G)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 17, 2026 10:30 PM (TtTH3)
Posted by: mikeski at February 17, 2026 10:17 PM (VHUov)
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Bob Seger actually changes Chuck Berry's lyrics about Little Queenie's age from 17 down to 13.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at February 17, 2026 10:30 PM (Lo97M)
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at February 17, 2026 10:30 PM (t/Eo5)
Posted by: Benny Mardones at February 17, 2026 10:30 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 17, 2026 10:31 PM (LNeRu)
— the Pedo Chorus
Posted by: Bulg at February 17, 2026 10:31 PM (77rzZ)
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Yeah, that actually doesn't make it better.
Posted by: Crusader at February 17, 2026 10:32 PM (Cjcf6)
The left sure does a lot of fearmongering. You would think that people would stop and ask themselves how ridiculous a leftist claim has to be before they decide to not believe it.
Posted by: Emmie at February 17, 2026 10:32 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Emmie at February 17, 2026 10:33 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Janis Ian at February 17, 2026 10:33 PM (GI9/m)
Anyway, that's what MiladyJo read to me today from the Chomsky was right about Epstein article linked from the Morning Report.
Posted by: mindful webworker -
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I think there are many women out there who wish this stuff would just go away.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 17, 2026 10:34 PM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: Emmie
[malcolm_reynolds_speechless.gif]
Posted by: mikeski at February 17, 2026 10:34 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Solutus at February 17, 2026 10:34 PM (Ds9EH)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at February 17, 2026 10:35 PM (+0Wk3)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 17, 2026 10:36 PM (xDN0i)
How is a pita? Add the cost for a divorce certificate and/or court decree
Posted by: Chuck C at February 17, 2026 10:37 PM (D0HYP)
The left sure does a lot of fearmongering. You would think that people would stop and ask themselves how ridiculous a leftist claim has to be before they decide to not believe it.
Posted by: Emmie at February 17, 2026 10:32 PM (FMtrg)
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I suggest telling them to just calm down.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 17, 2026 10:38 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 17, 2026 10:38 PM (snZF9)
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Why shouldn't the doctor who performed that surgery brought up on charges? Is there a legitimate medical reason to perform that operation?
Posted by: Crusader at February 17, 2026 10:38 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Come back when you grow up girl
You're still living in a paper-doll world
https://youtu.be/u8l_pH_YRR0
Younger girl keeps a rollin' cross my mind
https://youtu.be/qSDj1y5UnaM
Along with the likes of
Children behaaaave. That's what they say when we're together...
https://youtu.be/hFWhTqLSVzE
Sweet Young Thing
https://youtu.be/PRqVIizxCuU
and the memorable
Wake up little Suzy (fell asleep in the movies -- surrre you did.)
https://youtu.be/v1fImXAeS-s
Posted by: mindful webworker - 16yo looked good to me... when I was 16 at February 17, 2026 10:39 PM (dKz3G)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 17, 2026 10:36 PM (xDN0i)
One of the things I observed during Covidmania was the use of fear to control people. It works very well because you cannot reason with someone who is controlled by fear.
Posted by: Emmie at February 17, 2026 10:39 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Emmie at February 17, 2026 10:33 PM (FMtrg)
Hey there, Emmie! Good to see you. Been a while.
Posted by: Doof at February 17, 2026 10:39 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Crusader
Need to grab the beer and coffee concessions rights. Keep them folks fueled up and great view of the entertainment. Win, win.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 17, 2026 10:39 PM (TtTH3)
No kidding...
Also not moved by fingernails on a chalkboard 🤮...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 17, 2026 10:39 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: nckate at February 17, 2026 10:41 PM (uQzkA)
Ford always, for me, had a problem, with their sixes, getting enough oil to the tappets; so much so that an aftermarket oil like could be purchased to route more oil into the valve cover.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 17, 2026 10:41 PM (DZ9yr)
Teenage girls were a complete mystery to me.
Posted by: Bulg at February 17, 2026 10:41 PM (77rzZ)
The article was from Compact. It is to be taken seriously since they're the ones who posted Jacob Savage's classic "The Lost Generation".
Posted by: gKWVE at February 17, 2026 10:41 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 17, 2026 10:42 PM (hfxb3)
I have a neighbor who is afraid to legally change her name to her married name because she thinks that Trump is trying to keep her from being able to vote. I also have a relative who had her Fallopian tubes REMOVED (not just tied) because Trump was going to force her to have babies.
I'm not truly meaning to be cruel here, but
* points and laughs *
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 17, 2026 10:42 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Ripley at February 17, 2026 10:42 PM (PTDkx)
Posted by: Crusader at February 17, 2026 10:38 PM (Cjcf6)
I've heard that the Hippocratic oath is no longer a thing in the medical community.
Posted by: Emmie at February 17, 2026 10:42 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 17, 2026 10:42 PM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 17, 2026 10:42 PM (/TlUl)
Posted by: nckate
Dang.
.....
LOL!
Posted by: mikeski at February 17, 2026 10:42 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Don Black at February 17, 2026 10:44 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Bulg
I'm pretty sure they're a complete mystery to themselves.
Posted by: mikeski at February 17, 2026 10:45 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Great Balls of Fire at February 17, 2026 10:45 PM (RIvkX)
Need to grab the beer and coffee concessions rights. Keep them folks fueled up and great view of the entertainment. Win, win.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude
What was either the movie or the recording where a guy is pissing and it goes on and on, then appears to be over, but he gets his second wind and proceeds to go for another span numbering in minutes, and so on?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 17, 2026 10:45 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Crusader
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Forget bringing up. Read his actions, they are verified in hospital records, to the public while he stands on the gibbets. Then hang him and every doctor that did it.
Then go to Johns Hopkins, who were the originators, and clean house.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 17, 2026 10:46 PM (DZ9yr)
Troubleshooting Trannies, by Y. B. Nutzz and Bat Turup
Sports Heroes of Penguin Racing, Published by Penguin Press
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 17, 2026 10:46 PM (S/Y4j)
Why? at long last we get to see how far politico's will go to protect one of their own.
Why haven't all the doc's been released? if they were, consider well both Clinton's would know precisely what not to recall -- which is precisely why both want it televised, which makes it that much more difficult to parallel construct a conviction of implications and perjury upon them... They're cooked, and so is Brennan and his dancing undead.
All things open to question are precisely why Epstein chose to prominently display a life sized portrait of Bill Clinton in a blue dress pointing an accusing finger at the viewer.
"I am not a great man, I am a failure – and you have made me one." -- Clinton'01
If a President of the United States ever lied to the American people, he should resign. -- Clinton'98
It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is. Clinton'98
“the people in charge are lying to the public and telling them not to believe what we’ve seen with our own eyes.” Clinton 01/26/26
"We'll actually have to work very hard to kill as many people in the 21st century. What's the difference? This time, you think the victim could be you," Clinton'07
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 17, 2026 10:47 PM (Xgyka)
Posted by: Doof at February 17, 2026 10:39 PM (QMAsf)
Hi, Doof! Yes, I keep having to miss Corsicana gatherings because they are during the school year. I'd love a chance to visit with you again. Your spirit is fun and energizing. (Around this bunch, I'm afraid to say your spirit is infectious.)
Posted by: Emmie at February 17, 2026 10:47 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Crusader at February 17, 2026 10:47 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 17, 2026 10:45 PM (xG4kz)
Michael Myers did that gag in Austin Powers. Possibly it was used in other movies.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 17, 2026 10:47 PM (/TlUl)
Posted by: Bulg at February 17, 2026 10:48 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at February 17, 2026 10:48 PM (H/suN)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 17, 2026 10:48 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Emmie at February 17, 2026 10:47 PM (FMtrg)
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You mean like fungus?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 17, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Don Black
A 24-year-old singing about 16-year-olds is a bit less creepy than a 33-year-old covering the same song.
A bit.
Posted by: mikeski at February 17, 2026 10:49 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Emmie
Hahahahaha. They don't even think to ask. If it fits their preconceptions, it must be true.
Posted by: mindful webworker - I know it's true because I read it on reddit at February 17, 2026 10:50 PM (dKz3G)
https://youtu.be/f6rWamHseRg
Posted by: Don Black
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No shit. Eighth grade dating was cool. Ninth grade girls had one overriding question; Does he have a car?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 17, 2026 10:50 PM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 17, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)
See? That's what I mean.
Posted by: Emmie at February 17, 2026 10:52 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Don Black at February 17, 2026 10:53 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Emmie at February 17, 2026 10:52 PM (FMtrg)
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Give the people what they want!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 17, 2026 10:54 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Yes, too much coke and not enough practice.
When one is a main piece it doesn't matter.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 17, 2026 10:54 PM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: Doof at February 17, 2026 10:39 PM (QMAsf)
Hi, Doof! Yes, I keep having to miss Corsicana gatherings because they are during the school year. I'd love a chance to visit with you again. Your spirit is fun and energizing. (Around this bunch, I'm afraid to say your spirit is infectious.)
Posted by: Emmie at February 17, 2026 10:47 PM (FMtrg)
You're too kind! Thank you.
Posted by: Doof at February 17, 2026 10:54 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Don Black at February 17, 2026 10:53 PM (ZxPkt)
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Yeah in 1973.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 17, 2026 10:55 PM (RIvkX)
continued...
Without Bill Clinton, there factually would have been no Epstein, ctHillary would not have been able to pimp out Chelsea to Maxwell and all the while the secret service protectors were duty-bound to report every shenanigan, every misdeed, especially when it involved foreign countries and nations to whom? MSNBC's uncle sourpuss. and if he didn't know, how intelligent was he really?
but to get to that information all kinds of gymnastics are required to hide the obviousness of the truth -- they all knew, and Clinton knew that they knew, and he could force them to watch.
Why else 72hrs of phone sex alot from AF1? even decrypted by the Russians?
Why else she shear insolence of him forcing us to deny Kathleen Willey, Lewinsky and the many others he diddled with on the nations time and clock? he could for you to watch, and the libs to actively defend the indefensible -- which has reduced them to what they are today.
Why wouldn't he, ctHillary or any normal parent be concerned if their kid is hanging around with a madam like Maxwell? are they not normal?
A: NO, they are truely evil abetted by the venal and the weak -- the LIBs.
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 17, 2026 10:56 PM (a+pDA)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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OTOH, Christine was perfect.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 17, 2026 10:56 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Don Black at February 17, 2026 10:53 PM (ZxPkt)
"It's not too late; it's never too late! 231 Ramona.
Posted by: Emmie at February 17, 2026 10:56 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 17, 2026 10:57 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: 496 at February 17, 2026 10:57 PM (YpWtw)
Posted by: Emmie at February 17, 2026 10:57 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 17, 2026 10:58 PM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 17, 2026 10:58 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 17, 2026 10:48 PM (snZF9)
Officially she had nodules on her vocal cords.
Personally I think it was singing while drinking and heroin that made them that rough. But I am neither a doctor or an addiction therapist.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 17, 2026 10:58 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at February 17, 2026 10:59 PM (xfRZZ)
Posted by: Emmie at February 17, 2026 10:57 PM (FMtrg)
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Between entropy, ennui and autocorrect, my life is a constant battle.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 17, 2026 10:59 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 17, 2026 10:59 PM (S/Y4j)
So noe there’s this weird dichotomy where a fella of any age can de facto use young females as fuck toys, and discard them. They are now merely a commodity The left (of course) has everything completely and utterly wrong about the origins and purpose of marriage.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 17, 2026 10:59 PM (J48Co)
Posted by: Crusader
😄
I don't usually nominate a comment for a comment of the week, but I think this one should be.
Posted by: mindful webworker - gonna need a bigger mast at February 17, 2026 11:00 PM (dKz3G)
Rush was bottled lightning. Woke me the fuck up, and with good humor, and positive spirits.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 17, 2026 11:00 PM (0aYVJ)
Clinton said this was part of Bill Clinton’s “charitable” work.
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IF one wanted to raise money for a good cause, one could buy the rights to piss on Hillary's grave. There would be a long line of people who would pay to buy tickets to do that. In my adult lifetime I've never encountered an "American" that I'm more convinced is evil incarnate.
Posted by: Crusader at February 17, 2026 10:10 PM (Cjcf6)
He selflessly cured Monica's cootie problem with a nicotine poultice!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 17, 2026 11:00 PM (8zz6B)
1. shilling for Apple. 2. doing the ads. I know he was contracted to do so, but it was always after a huge block of ads anyway. 3. Talking about sports. 4. having a kid caller. It was always about his books and how great they are. Which they might have been, I don't know.
That said, when he passed, I turned off the radio and seldom have had it on since. There's no purpose, no point. Oldies are fine, they are part of a better world. But no news comes from that world.
Also, happy Tuesday to the Horde, the best people on the planet.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 17, 2026 11:01 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 17, 2026 11:01 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 17, 2026 10:11 PM (RIvkX)
Dittoe from me!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 17, 2026 11:01 PM (8zz6B)
MisHum can have the frozen tundra all to himself for a while. Ice fishing! Sturgeon spearing! Snow shoveling and scraping ice off the windshield! We're out here for the first time in a few years, and intend to relax and unwind. It's been kind of a hard winter.
I like the Southwest. The scenery is gorgeous, the weather at this time of year is great, and people are generally decent. Prices stink ($200+ for a hotel room!?!?!!) but I'll do it to make the missus happy.
Posted by: The Neon Madman at February 17, 2026 11:02 PM (bcdO4)
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Joni Mitchell in her natural prime used to piss everybody off because she was a chain smoker and had a great range.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 17, 2026 11:02 PM (J48Co)
continued...
Why did Bernard Nussbaum notify ctHillary *FIRST* upon notification of Vince Foster's body being found.
Yup. This is where the fun begins.
Was Benghazi a Youtube Video, did she approve Susan Rice's statements to that effect. Didn't she watch her own people die on live broadcast without calling in air support.
What was is she is on record of that "What difference does it make, they're Dead!"
Just like Bill telling the parents of BlackHawk Down in the WH -- "It's their own fault that they were dead"
The fact is, Les Aspen went out of his way to deny the armored support that the crew requested, refused to acknowledge that the expected warlords were speaking arabic rather than Somali -- because it was OBL's organization and trial ballon.
That Bill simply couldn't bring himself to order the kill shot on OBL because he couldn't find any reason to tear his attention away from the super bowl.
So many questions, the congressMONSTERS refuse to ask. But why ask why, when HOW is so much more fun...
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 17, 2026 11:03 PM (pcGsg)
Yay, Pancake Day ONT! (I made pancakes for the first time in years... did better than I feared!)
Posted by: RandomDave at February 17, 2026 10:05 PM (aJQbY)
Pfft. I make the best pancakes.
Posted by: D9 at February 17, 2026 10:12 PM (uQesX)
You suck. You flat out suck.
*pouts*
Posted by: Zombie Rachel Corrie at February 17, 2026 11:05 PM (kTyBw)
Negative and ad hominen criticism: Hasta la Visa
Positive comments/ recognition: Front of the line
Curious who the guy is: More research required
It worked, btw. Better half even reads John Derbyshire and thinks he pulls his punches.
Posted by: Orson at February 17, 2026 11:05 PM (dIske)
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Johnny Falfa is waiting for you.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 17, 2026 11:05 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Don Black at February 17, 2026 11:06 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Crusader
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Grave?
Pickled and put into an above ground crystal sarcophagus.
Urinals above piped to the tomb.
Overflow of course to the city sewer.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 17, 2026 11:06 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 17, 2026 11:06 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Janis Ian at February 17, 2026 11:06 PM (GI9/m)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 17, 2026 11:06 PM (UORBG)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 17, 2026 11:07 PM (J48Co)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Ok, I won't wade into the "is that how she always sounds?" discussion because I LOVE everything that Fleetwood Mac did when Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie joined the band. That was amazing material, and they earned eternal respect for that.
What I WILL provide is this update on Stevie's live solo shows.
If your girlfriend or wife wants to go, take her. But just know going in that her range has deteriorated, and her back-up singers now hit the high notes for her. And her band is "professionally generic". What I mean by that is that they play all of the right notes, but their "tone" is off...often. They "overdrive" sections of songs that should sound acoustic...a lot.
Lindsey Buckingham didn't do that. Because he is an amazing guitarist that knows how to do stuff that sounds over-driven and he also knows how to play clean.
But Stevie apparently *hates* Lindsey, because of all of the 100 or more (not kidding here) visuals that show up behind her in her concert, there were a dozen of Tom Petty, a half dozen of Christine McVie, a half dozen of Joe Walsh...and ONE of Lindsey.
Posted by: Crusader at February 17, 2026 11:07 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Rex B at February 17, 2026 11:07 PM (GI9/m)
When Bill passes, and that when the last of his LIBs refuse to support his lies, the *WORLD* will have the opportunity to pay tribute IN KIND to the man who at the Pinnacle of our Civilization PISSED IT ALL WAY -- the eternal urinal, what he deserves.
I remember Judas, that was Bill Clinton before he disgraced his office and Betrayed us ALL.
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 17, 2026 11:08 PM (5vEKK)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 17, 2026 11:08 PM (otNgF)
Posted by: Bulg at February 17, 2026 11:08 PM (77rzZ)
Even now I can hear my father bitching about Les Aspin - when he was Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 17, 2026 11:08 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Crusader
But why risk those of other faiths or no faith being right?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 17, 2026 11:08 PM (/lPRQ)
The left sure does a lot of fearmongering. You would think that people would stop and ask themselves how ridiculous a leftist claim has to be before they decide to not believe it.
Posted by: Emmie at February 17, 2026 10:32 PM (FMtrg)
Just cackle, and tell her it was the right decision, because she's too stupid to breed anyway.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 17, 2026 11:09 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Bulg at February 17, 2026 11:08 PM (77rzZ)
That might have worked for some.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 17, 2026 11:09 PM (hJH5n)
Used to throw my oldest in his car seat in the front seat of my 1984 Bl*zer (the back seat was too far away) and we’d listen to Rush and drive out to the coast and play in the ocean. He loved the opening music and danced in his seat and we enjoyed the drive and listened and rocked out.
Both my boys are rock hard conservatives.
So blessed.
I miss Rush.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2026 11:10 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 17, 2026 11:11 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 17, 2026 11:06 PM (UORBG)
If you’re not cheating, YOU’RE NOT TRYING!!!
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 17, 2026 11:12 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Case at February 17, 2026 11:12 PM (j6kTf)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 17, 2026 11:13 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Think that is what powered our wood chipper back on the "farm".
Could take limbs as big as a leg...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 17, 2026 11:13 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 17, 2026 11:14 PM (UORBG)
Posted by: zombie Jeffrey Epstein at February 17, 2026 10:10 PM (VHUov)
If it was, Motörhead would feature.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 17, 2026 11:14 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: 496 at February 17, 2026 11:14 PM (Fzrlc)
I should buy another one.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 17, 2026 11:15 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Bulg at February 17, 2026 11:08 PM (77rzZ)
That might have worked for some.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 17, 2026 11:09 PM (hJH5n)
Given the sales, I'd say it did...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 17, 2026 11:15 PM (nbLIj)
it was an I (heart) Israel mug.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 17, 2026 11:15 PM (gKWVE)
https://youtu.be/3ZNjK_qPWBM
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 17, 2026 11:15 PM (tqpXi)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 17, 2026 11:16 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Bulg at February 17, 2026 11:16 PM (77rzZ)
Thank you Disco for the Rush remembrance and clips...he was one of a kind, a real gift, who will forever more be missed. - but never forgotten.
Posted by: The Grateful at February 17, 2026 11:17 PM (IQ6Gq)
She listened to his demo tape and instantly realized she could never do it as well as he just did, so she said take it, it’s yours now.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 17, 2026 11:17 PM (otNgF)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 17, 2026 11:18 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 17, 2026 11:18 PM (CHHv1)
Butt first, a repost from the cafe:
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Hot off the presses:
Heap o' Amelia Links #4 - the memes go international
https://bit.ly/amelia-memes-04
Of course the earlier ones are still up
https://bit.ly/amelia-memes-01
https://bit.ly/amelia-memes-02
https://bit.ly/amelia-memes-03
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Jimi
https://youtu.be/Lw2L_vGUMtE
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - time is relative and so are my siblings at February 17, 2026 11:19 PM (dKz3G)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 17, 2026 11:19 PM (UORBG)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 17, 2026 11:20 PM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 17, 2026 11:19 PM (UORBG)
Could you bonsai them?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 17, 2026 11:21 PM (8zz6B)
Personally, I hate American Graffiti with the heat of a thousand suns. It's George Lucas' big "fuck you" to Modesto, where he grew up. The epilogue has everyone either dying horribly, going to Canada (almost certainly to avoid the draft), and Opie gets his dreams of leaving Modesto dashed when Shirley latches onto him like a blood-sucking tropical leech and begs him to stay.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 17, 2026 11:21 PM (kTyBw)
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Big Cod has destroyed the sardine market.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 17, 2026 11:21 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 17, 2026 11:21 PM (nbLIj)
Fucking charming.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 17, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)
How about a song about what happens when you take your girlfriend into closed quarters and begin RIPPING HER LEGS OFF AND EATING HER TO DEATH???
THIS IS 213…
Posted by: Slayer at February 17, 2026 11:21 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Bulg
Then. Don’t buy them. Or read them
This is a “fuck off” moment. Rush was an immensely positive power in the conservative movement. This post commemorates the anniversary of his death. Be respectful.
Or fuck the fuck off.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2026 11:22 PM (RHmin)
Posted by: Slayer at February 17, 2026 11:22 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 17, 2026 11:22 PM (J48Co)
But they're waving it in western countries.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 17, 2026 11:20 PM (DZ9yr)
Difference between a Government that don’t put up with any shit on its home turf, and governments that don’t give a shit no matter what goes on.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 17, 2026 11:22 PM (otNgF)
Posted by: zombie Jeffrey Epstein at February 17, 2026 10:10 PM (VHUov)
If it was, Motörhead would feature.
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I'm a big fan of Dokken--their debut album had a song titled "Felony". George Lynch's guitar work was excellent, like it always was, and the lyrics assert that Don Dokken was duped.
Posted by: Crusader at February 17, 2026 11:22 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: fourseasons at February 17, 2026 11:22 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Janis Ian at February 17, 2026 11:06 PM (GI9/m)
Janis also had a hit in 1967 with "Society's Child".
Posted by: Joemarine at February 17, 2026 11:23 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 17, 2026 11:23 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 17, 2026 11:23 PM (xDN0i)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 17, 2026 11:09 PM (8zz6B)
I can't. I'm absolutely heartbroken over what has happened to my sweet nieces. They have been overtaken by lies.
Posted by: Emmie at February 17, 2026 11:25 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 17, 2026 11:25 PM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 17, 2026 11:25 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Bulg at February 17, 2026 11:26 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Emmie at February 17, 2026 11:25 PM (FMtrg)
The future belongs to those who show up for it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 17, 2026 11:27 PM (8zz6B)
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This should be brought up a thousand times in interviews. Supporters of "Palestine" (a mythical entity) should be required to comment on how Muslims in Mecca said "No, not y'all."
Posted by: Crusader at February 17, 2026 11:30 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 17, 2026 11:30 PM (DZ9yr)
https://tinyurl.com/y8nr5wnz
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 17, 2026 11:25 PM (DZ9yr)
What was that? The muzzie call to prayer?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 17, 2026 11:30 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Crusader
Or how the wall is just as high on the Egyptian side.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 17, 2026 11:33 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Bulg at February 17, 2026 11:16 PM (77rzZ)
If we come out of the womb 20, sure, I agree.
But you do have to make it palatable at first. For some. Not for me, but I was one of the weird kids. (As soon as I saw there was a wall around West Berlin I began reading all I could about Berlin when I was nine. But again, I was weird.).
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 17, 2026 11:34 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 17, 2026 11:25 PM (hJH5n)
He was the first to expose (to me at least) the inner workings of the deep state. You're right, he made you think. I kind of hated when he took calls, because they often interrupted a train of thought that I was just starting to grasp..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 17, 2026 11:34 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: JQ at February 17, 2026 11:35 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Joemarine at February 17, 2026 11:23 PM (y171U)
Damn. I missed that one. I didn't catch much radio tunes until the 70s and onwards. Thanks for the info. Janis was 16 when she recorded that song.
Posted by: Rex B at February 17, 2026 11:37 PM (GI9/m)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Yup.
Last thread main reoccurring topic was Mandani increasing taxes. That is acceptance.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 17, 2026 11:37 PM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: Don Black at February 17, 2026 10:53 PM (ZxPkt)
Many times when it came out in the theater, and a shit ton since. It made me a gear head years before I could drive, and I'm still gonna get a '32 coupe or a frigging '55 chevy before I leave this miserable planet.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 17, 2026 11:37 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Bulg at February 17, 2026 11:38 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: From about That Time at February 17, 2026 11:38 PM (sl73Y)
"McCain? McGenius.."
Little did any of us know at the time..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 17, 2026 11:39 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 17, 2026 11:34 PM (hJH5n)
Agreed. If a talking horse gets a kid interested in history, that's cool.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 17, 2026 11:39 PM (xDN0i)
I miss Rush. His voice was a comfort.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2026 11:40 PM (IhIKR)
I wonder how Rush's widow is doing. I see Snerdley on X.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 17, 2026 11:41 PM (r2mT1)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 17, 2026 11:41 PM (rbvCR)
Nope. Not MY future! No fkn way.
Posted by: JQ
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As long as they are here that's the way it's going.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 17, 2026 11:41 PM (DZ9yr)
2.) Erickson is a detestable, treacherous cuck who wasn't fit to shine Limbaugh's shoes, without regard to some guest-host appearances over the years. Of course he cashed in on his death with some disingenuous eulogy - it was a situation he could capitalize upon. He'd capitalize on the death of a penniless, unknown nun if he could.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 17, 2026 11:41 PM (OX5EB)
The horse was lame though - I'll give you that
Posted by: 496 at February 17, 2026 11:41 PM (8TPCk)
Posted by: Bulg at February 17, 2026 11:42 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 17, 2026 11:39 PM (nbLIj)
She was the only reason I voted that year. McCain was lame and creepy
Posted by: Kindltot at February 17, 2026 11:44 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Bulg at February 17, 2026 11:42 PM (77rzZ)
Lighten up, Francis.
Posted by: Mr. Ed at February 17, 2026 11:44 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Pete Bog at February 17, 2026 11:45 PM (Osfnn)
Am I mistaken, or did I read that Nevada and Maine are the only states that contain some form of legalized prostitution?
Posted by: Crusader at February 17, 2026 11:45 PM (Cjcf6)
Yeah, hit him with hard history, that'll get his attention.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 17, 2026 11:46 PM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 17, 2026 11:46 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 17, 2026 11:46 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2026 11:48 PM (9Gqch)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 17, 2026 11:46 PM (8zz6B)
Time for a warning shot -- an air drop of bacon grease -- two seconds before impact?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 17, 2026 11:48 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Jen the original at February 17, 2026 11:48 PM (htw0c)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 17, 2026 11:44 PM (rbvCR)
I hated John McCain, and thought the fix was in during that GOP primary, where he made a "miraculous" charge from the back of the pack. I even recall Hugh Hewitt declaring his candidacy DOA, and the next thing you know, he's the guy. I voted for Palin, and after November 2008, I hated John McCain even more..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 17, 2026 11:50 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Kindltot
I voted for Palin. One of the few candidates I affirmatively voted for.
McCain was irrelevent and would soon pass. Unfortunately he threw the election. Only to come back and screw us again.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 17, 2026 11:50 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Jen
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The Justice Brothers, what a hoot.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 17, 2026 11:51 PM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: Catherine II's horse at February 17, 2026 11:51 PM (gKWVE)
Nancy Mace is requesting all records from the CIA on Epstein and Maxwell and their ties to the CIA and CIA actions
Posted by: Kindltot at February 17, 2026 11:51 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 17, 2026 10:23 PM (RIvkX)
Speak for yourself
Posted by: Jimmy Page at February 17, 2026 11:51 PM (0bjKf)
Posted by: nckate at February 17, 2026 11:51 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 17, 2026 11:52 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: fourseasons at February 17, 2026 11:53 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 17, 2026 11:44 PM (rbvCR)
I hated John McCain, and thought the fix was in during that GOP primary, where he made a "miraculous" charge from the back of the pack. I even recall Hugh Hewitt declaring his candidacy DOA, and the next thing you know, he's the guy.
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Election integrity is amazingly important. Even IF the day comes where "we" are in command, we have to ensure fair elections.
Posted by: Crusader at February 17, 2026 11:53 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: nckate at February 17, 2026 11:53 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: Bulg at February 17, 2026 11:53 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2026 11:54 PM (IhIKR)
I think Obama has earned the "Worst President of All Time" award, and I know he licks it a lot. Gross, I know, but then, he's gross.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 17, 2026 11:54 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 17, 2026 11:51 PM (rbvCR)
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"NO. GFY."
----The CIA
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 17, 2026 11:54 PM (OX5EB)
Nancy Mace is requesting all records from the CIA on Epstein and Maxwell and their ties to the CIA and CIA actions
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Good for her. Let's do this.
Posted by: Crusader at February 17, 2026 11:55 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: nckate at February 17, 2026 11:51 PM (uQzkA)
It's amazing how strongly people feel about her even today- especially the ones who hate her. I mentioned a year or two ago saying her delivery of that speech at the convention was absolutely perfect. I have rarely, if ever seen one done as well.
All of a sudden guys here came out of the woodwork, foaming at the mouth saying she was stupid and knew nothing and was completely unprepared and was the reason Obama won (literally, it was fucking crazy.)
I had seen women respond that strongly but this was the first time I had seen dudes react that way. I am wondering if gay.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 17, 2026 11:55 PM (bss/y)
It is, but they pronounce it a little differently today.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 17, 2026 11:56 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Bulg at February 17, 2026 11:53 PM (77rzZ)
Tell me more how fucking brilliant you are
Then comment again.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2026 11:56 PM (IhIKR)
How much fraud is there?
Posted by: Kindltot at February 17, 2026 11:56 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: nckate at February 17, 2026 11:53 PM (uQzkA)
She may be a loon, but if the CIA had zero involvement in Epstein's racket, i will eat my hat.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 17, 2026 11:56 PM (8zz6B)
Nancy Mace is requesting all records from the CIA on Epstein and Maxwell and their ties to the CIA and CIA actions
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Good for her. Let's do this.
Posted by: Crusader at February 17, 2026 11:55 PM (Cjcf6)
Did she post that she is not suicidal, and any disappearance should be treated as a murder or kidnapping?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 17, 2026 11:56 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 17, 2026 11:57 PM (TtTH3)
https://tinyurl.com/3da756et
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 17, 2026 11:57 PM (DZ9yr)
Republican voters in 2008 mostly figured it was McCain's turrrrn. That's how they thought at the time. Most of them were, well... old. This was before Trump and Vance.
Ron Paul was a thing but mostly with young potheads who didn't turn up.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 17, 2026 11:57 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Bulg at February 17, 2026 11:57 PM (77rzZ)
How much fraud is there?
Posted by: Kindltot at February 17, 2026 11:56 PM (rbvCR)
That seems a bit hinky, eh old chap?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 17, 2026 11:57 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: fourseasons at February 17, 2026 11:57 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Bulg at February 17, 2026 11:53 PM (77rzZ)
Sounds like you were an advanced, even precocious, young man. So what the hell happened?
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 17, 2026 11:58 PM (nbLIj)
She is still around, but seems happy to be mostly off the radar. I see occasional X posts from her account that appear to be truly from her.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 17, 2026 11:58 PM (EXyHK)
Lol
Posted by: fourseasons at February 17, 2026 11:59 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Bulg at February 17, 2026 11:57 PM (77rzZ)
We doing this one tonight, Bulgar?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 17, 2026 11:59 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 17, 2026 11:58 PM (EXyHK)
Who could blame her?
I liked her.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 17, 2026 11:59 PM (bss/y)
That said, she's the ONLY reason McCain didn't lose all 50 states.
Everyone hates McCain, except for his gigantic sow of a daughter.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 18, 2026 12:00 AM (OX5EB)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 18, 2026 12:00 AM (xDN0i)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 18, 2026 12:01 AM (EXyHK)
That said, she's the ONLY reason McCain didn't lose all 50 states.
Everyone hates McCain, except for his gigantic sow of a daughter.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 18, 2026 12:00 AM (OX5EB)
Huh. You think she was GOPe? I dunno, I think she got bit by the uniparty more than anything. McCain was supposed to lose gracefully it feels like.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2026 12:01 AM (bss/y)
Reports of RISING forced child marriages linked to some Islamic clerics in Australia are deeply alarming
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https://tinyurl.com/5n99d9sp
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 12:02 AM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: Bulg at February 18, 2026 12:02 AM (77rzZ)
Reports of RISING forced child marriages linked to some Islamic clerics in Australia are deeply alarming
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https://tinyurl.com/5n99d9sp
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026
Critical mass, you stupid retards.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2026 12:02 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Crusader
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Maine? Don't think so. Nevada has legalized prostitution by county option. Heavily regulated, only in licensed locations, girls licenced, medical checkups once a month, etc.
Fun fact: Prostitution is outlawed in Clark County (Las Vegas). That's the town with probably the highest ratio of hookers per square mile of anywhere in the US.
Posted by: buddhaha at February 18, 2026 12:02 AM (QCk9o)
Posted by: fourseasons at February 18, 2026 12:03 AM (3ek7K)
https://tinyurl.com/3da756et
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 17, 2026 11:57 PM (DZ9yr)
Poor woman will likely be charged with a hate crime.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2026 12:03 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Kindltot
===
There are secret levels above Top Secret and Mace doesn't have clearance. Nor does anybody else.
If Epstein was about pedos or, more accurately, Lolitas (theme of the night) he would have shop in Hawaii where the age consent was like 14 at the time.
Epstein had his own little hotel Continental going on.
Powerful people who could have people killed with the wave of a hand could kick back, take it easy, talk business, move some money around for a small handling fee, and maybe have some nubiles frollick.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 18, 2026 12:03 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2026 12:03 AM (IhIKR)
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I don't recall her advocating immigration, or less nuclear weapons, or higher minimum wages, or anything else the GOPe would have supported. McCain sold her out.
Posted by: Crusader at February 18, 2026 12:04 AM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: nckate at February 18, 2026 12:04 AM (uQzkA)
Posted by: fourseasons at February 18, 2026 12:04 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Bulg at February 18, 2026 12:05 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 18, 2026 12:05 AM (gKWVE)
How much fraud is there?
Posted by: Kindltot
===
Maybe,
But there is also a Walgreens and CVS at every major intersection. It is God's Waiting Room.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 18, 2026 12:06 AM (/lPRQ)
As of late 2023,
Maine does not fully legalize or regulate prostitution, but it has partially decriminalized it. Specifically, Maine law now prohibits the purchase of sexual services, but it does not criminalize those who sell or engage in sex work, making it the first state to adopt this approach.
Posted by: Crusader at February 18, 2026 12:07 AM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 18, 2026 12:07 AM (xDN0i)
Literally so. She was part of a conservative reform movement in Alaska. The Murkowski republicans on the losing end of reform openly joined with democrats to kill it and bankrupt her family.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 18, 2026 12:07 AM (EXyHK)
Liked the music. As a matter of fact I have the movie soundtrack on LP. record.
Posted by: Case at February 18, 2026 12:07 AM (j6kTf)
Posted by: Reforger at February 18, 2026 12:08 AM (onCFI)
Posted by: Crusader at February 18, 2026 12:08 AM (Cjcf6)
You can go ahead and excoriate me. But let's try to keep petty stuff in the petty aisle.
I love you all. I don't want to divide that.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 18, 2026 12:08 AM (CHHv1)
Why?
you're being an asshole.
You have to be right and only your opinions matter.
By the way, you misspelled a word in one of your comments tonight.
Since you love correcting people's spelling and grammar I can't pass up correcting you.
Posted by: fourseasons at February 18, 2026 12:09 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Crusader at February 18, 2026 12:07 AM (Cjcf6)
"The lobster said she was 18. How was I to know she lied?"
Posted by: Bill clinton at February 18, 2026 12:09 AM (8zz6B)
Republican voters in 2008 mostly figured it was McCain's turrrrn. That's how they thought at the time. Most of them were, well... old.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 17, 2026 11:57 PM (gKWVE)
Hell, I was all in on Mitt as well. He cleaned Obama's clock in the first debate and I thought, "Here. We. Go.."
McCain was determined to have a role in electing America's first black president. Sticking his thumb in the eye of the TEA party and Americans like me was a bonus. Best part of that guy ran down his father's leg...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 18, 2026 12:09 AM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Bulg at February 18, 2026 12:09 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at February 18, 2026 12:10 AM (0bjKf)
Posted by: Bulg at February 18, 2026 12:05 AM (77rzZ)
Bulgar, I say this as a friend, but I have started avoiding reading your comments.
Look we all have pet peeves. Issues we have strong feeling about. Often people discuss them here. However, on a handful of subjects, man, it feels like it is less a discussion with you and more an exercise in denial and contradiction. It is less a free flow or exchange of ideas and more rote ceremonial denial.
We get it: you don't like Catholicism. You don't like Fantasy literature. You see no value in these things. Your opinion has been fucking logged.
This gets tedious. It kind of annoys people. Yes, we Catholics (of which I am a very bad example) are about to embark on one of our biggest rituals of self denial and trying to become closer to God. The fact that you find this annoying kind of pisses me the fuck off. If that is what you are looking for, congratufuckinglations.
So I will go back to ignoring your comments.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2026 12:10 AM (bss/y)
Literally so. She was part of a conservative reform movement in Alaska. The Murkowski republicans on the losing end of reform openly joined with democrats to kill it and bankrupt her family.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 18, 2026 12:07 AM (EXyHK)
Murk is kind of a bitch.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2026 12:11 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Boss Moss
need to pull your professional sardines smelling credentials here, friend.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2026 12:11 AM (diia5)
Reports of RISING forced child marriages linked to some Islamic clerics in Australia are deeply alarming
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https://tinyurl.com/5n99d9sp
Posted by: Braenyard
The sweet beauty of Liberty. Embrace the diversity of other mature cultures.
Posted by: David French, peering out of shame closet at February 18, 2026 12:12 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Bulg at February 18, 2026 12:12 AM (77rzZ)
She was a Tea Party grifter.
If you're looking at a Republican politician who got through a Party machine to a statewide office, you're looking at a hustler. Her hustle was just a different hustle than his hustle, and the old lizard ate her alive.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 18, 2026 12:12 AM (OX5EB)
Posted by: Boss Moss
need to pull your professional sardines smelling credentials here, friend.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2026 12:11 AM (diia5)
I read that comment.... are we talking about sardines here, Boss?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2026 12:13 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2026 12:13 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Bulg at February 18, 2026 12:12 AM (77rzZ)
And what does it matter if she does, man. Just skim right past her comments.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2026 12:14 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 18, 2026 12:14 AM (xDN0i)
Posted by: Reforger at February 18, 2026 12:14 AM (onCFI)
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I like you both. Let's wind this down tonight and re-visit tomorrow if needed.
Posted by: Crusader at February 18, 2026 12:15 AM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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Absolutely! Got pitchers of 'em!
Frosty salt-rimmed glasses for all.... hold 'em up there, ya all!
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2026 12:15 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Reforger at February 18, 2026 12:14 AM (onCFI)
Flakey?
Is it snowing biscuits?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2026 12:16 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Don Black at February 17, 2026 10:53 PM (ZxPkt)
Many times when it came out in the theater, and a shit ton since. It made me a gear head years before I could drive, and I'm still gonna get a '32 coupe or a frigging '55 chevy before I leave this miserable planet.
If you don't know, the 55 in Graffiti and in Two Lane Blacktop is the same car. Graffiti is by far the better movie, but the 55 is much better in Two Lane. Has been my single favorite car of all time for the last 50 years lol
Posted by: Azjaeger at February 18, 2026 12:16 AM (3/XaG)
McCain was irrelevent and would soon pass. Unfortunately he threw the election. Only to come back and screw us again.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 17, 2026 11:50 PM (/lPRQ)
I hated that fuckfacefuck.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 18, 2026 12:17 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 18, 2026 12:17 AM (xDN0i)
Posted by: Reforger at February 18, 2026 12:14 AM (onCFI)
Flakey?
Is it snowing biscuits?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2026 12:16 AM (bss/y)
Must be croissants.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 18, 2026 12:17 AM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2026 12:16 AM (bss/y)
More Triscuit sized.
Posted by: Reforger at February 18, 2026 12:17 AM (onCFI)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Do you find good in anything?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 12:18 AM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: Koichi Toyama at February 18, 2026 12:18 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2026 12:18 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 18, 2026 12:19 AM (UORBG)
Now there is a movie I haven't seen in decades. The first time was probably a double bill at a drive-in, in my hometown. American Graffiti and Star Wars. Probably 1977-1978 timeframe. I don't know if I have seen AG since. I'll have to search the interwebs for it. Probably out there somewhere.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 18, 2026 12:20 AM (sAmhv)
I do respect you, and value your comments.
And I am not trying to pick religious fights. Just acknowledging those that already seem to be in progress:
Posted by: Bulg at February 18, 2026 12:21 AM (77rzZ)
I've never been so shocked in all my life that Romney lost. Rush thought Romney was going to win. The country saw what Obama was the first term, how disruptive he was, how he was a liar.
He didn't win. He stole it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 12:21 AM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Do you find good in anything?
Posted by: Braenyard
He REALLY likes Katie Porter.
;-)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 18, 2026 12:22 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2026 12:22 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: JQ
I taunted winter by taking the plow off my Mule Saturday. We've got about 4 inches and still snowing. I still think winter is bluffing.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 18, 2026 12:22 AM (TtTH3)
If you don't know, the 55 in Graffiti and in Two Lane Blacktop is the same car. Graffiti is by far the better movie, but the 55 is much better in Two Lane. Has been my single favorite car of all time for the last 50 years lol
Posted by: Azjaeger at February 18, 2026 12:16 AM (3/XaG)
I know, my fav too. Right after, I mean like the week after I got the 69 roadrunner I saw a clone of that 55 for sale. It had the same rear wheel well cutouts, same hood scoop, nice interior. It was sweet. It was 25K, 1K cheaper than the roadrunner. I was pissed. That was a frigging steal. I'm still pissed about that. My asshole brother says sell some guitars and buy it. Right, am I gonna park it in my ass? I was still at the old house at the time, no place to keep it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 18, 2026 12:22 AM (snZF9)
He didn't win. He stole it.
Posted by: Braenyard
---------
Bet o'bummer has info that could convict hillary clinton...
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2026 12:23 AM (rdVOm)
Liked the music. As a matter of fact I have the movie soundtrack on LP. record.
Posted by: Case at February 18, 2026 12:07 AM (j6kTf)
Got that double LP myself. Pretty mint condition, too. That ending scene did seem odd, given these were fictional characters. I did steal the idea for a screenplay I wrote about a historical event, however. Probably never see the light of day, so Lucas will never know..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 18, 2026 12:23 AM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 18, 2026 12:20 AM (sAmhv)
That movie, and its soundtrack LP, spawned an entire industry of "graffiti" compilation records.
Posted by: Bill clinton at February 18, 2026 12:23 AM (8zz6B)
They fixed that the second time around.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 12:24 AM (DZ9yr)
No fighting at the bar!
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2026 12:13 AM (rdVOm)
let them fight, we'll step out and get baked. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 18, 2026 12:24 AM (snZF9)
Fortunately, they filled 'er all the way up as a hedge against the possibility of needing to divert, so we had enough fuel on board to haul some ass and make some time once we got airborne.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 18, 2026 12:24 AM (OX5EB)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2026 12:22 AM (bss/y)
Obama's tears make me proud of my country.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 18, 2026 12:24 AM (xDN0i)
Posted by: nckate at February 18, 2026 12:04 AM (uQzkA)
it was reported that Trump consulted with Palin before he entered the race for 2016.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 18, 2026 12:25 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Koichi Toyama at February 18, 2026 12:18 AM (TbWk/)
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Let's go for drinks.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2026 12:25 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Sock Monkey
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LOL! I taunted winter by *not* putting on snow tires this season, and regular tires are not quite down to the low indicator point... but getting close.
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2026 12:25 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 18, 2026 12:26 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Berserker
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Hmmm. I like the way you think. I'm gonna keep my eye on you...
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2026 12:26 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2026 12:26 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 18, 2026 12:23 AM (nbLIj)
"Animal House" had an ending like that, too.
Posted by: Bill clinton at February 18, 2026 12:26 AM (8zz6B)
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I believe that how much Hillary was hated made it easier to overcome the fix. Heterosexual men couldn't stomach that bitch. She was literally everything that a straight male couldn't stand in a prospective wife.
Posted by: Crusader at February 18, 2026 12:27 AM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 12:18 AM (DZ9yr)
Sure. In all kinds of things.
But none of them include a Republican politician.
You want to think that somehow one of them might not be a hustler. But they're all hustlers.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 18, 2026 12:27 AM (OX5EB)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 18, 2026 12:28 AM (UORBG)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2026 12:28 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 18, 2026 12:28 AM (UORBG)
I've heard the show is quite good.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2026 12:28 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
I assumed sardines were involved. If not, there's a Sardinian equation involved.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2026 12:29 AM (diia5)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2026 12:29 AM (diia5)
*nods*
Napoleon is coming back from Elba.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2026 12:29 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Reforger at February 18, 2026 12:30 AM (onCFI)
In Animal House it made more sense, and was an opportunity for another series of jokes.
It wasn’t an attempt to cram a different movie in just before the credits.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 18, 2026 12:30 AM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 18, 2026 12:27 AM (OX5EB)
So, you want lazy and corrupt instead? I'm your huckleberry.
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at February 18, 2026 12:31 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
yeah, but ol'right, where is Idris from? Yeah?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2026 12:32 AM (diia5)
He didn't win. He stole it.
Posted by: Braenyard
+++
Romney was weak.
BUT Obama was far worse than Carter in every way.
Not really surprising that he won the first go around as he was objectively popular, three tours of (R) tires the LIV, but, his first tour was a total shit show. Not average. Not meh. Total shit show.
And his reelection had verifiable massive vote/election fraud going on. Philly alone had multiple precincts with over 100% registered voter turnout, 100% Obama, and/or 0% Romney (with stray third party votes). From a quality assurance perspective this is just that guy writing down whatever vote totals for the precinct with whatever the hell they feel like.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 18, 2026 12:32 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 12:34 AM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: Reforger at February 18, 2026 12:37 AM (onCFI)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2026 12:28 AM (8zz6B)
Doesn't that require some serious cleaning, for self-preservation?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 18, 2026 12:37 AM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 18, 2026 12:37 AM (S/Y4j)
A 40-grit Sanders. (unsocks)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2026 12:40 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Hahahahaha, yes... mine are merely well-worn but still "legal" LOL.
You joke, but I have seen tires like that-- some cruddy looking chick was driving a beater POS car & parked in front of a convenience store, what had a tire so worn, the steel belts were showing! I was in awe that it even held air at that point.
I had just gotten there and was about to say something to her, but this guy came out of the store and told her what-for about it. Certainly it went over her head and out the other window-- she looked completely zoned out on gawd-only knows what. Can't fix stupid.
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2026 12:40 AM (rdVOm)
_Capital News Service - 7 hr
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 12:43 AM (DZ9yr)
Marlo replies "You want it to be one way."
SG: "What?"
Marlo: "You want it to be one way."
SG: "What's that supposed to mean?"
Marlo: "You want it to be one way."
SG: "Stop saying that!"
Marlo: "But it's the other way."
Marlo then jumps in his Escalade and speeds off, and in a later episode, has the security guard murdered for daring to mouth off to him that day.
This is how the American political system works and the Republican Marlos are no different than the Democrat ones.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 18, 2026 12:43 AM (OX5EB)
_Capital News Service - 7 hr
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 12:43 AM (DZ9yr)
Every day he is here, he is guilty of illegal entry. Pick him up on new charges.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2026 12:46 AM (8zz6B)
No it isn’t.
Posted by: John Cleese at February 18, 2026 12:46 AM (otNgF)
https://tinyurl.com/4nccr9nz
Suitcase nukes were a hot topic after 9/11.
The Soviet dissolution didn't keep track of things therefore the probability of a wild card in possession of one was high.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 12:49 AM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 18, 2026 12:49 AM (TtTH3)
No it isn’t.
Posted by: John Cleese
Beautiful plumage.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2026 12:50 AM (diia5)
Great ONT tonight, Doof, Rush brought back a lot of memories.
I love you all Horde.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 18, 2026 12:50 AM (0nHVk)
Suitcase nukes were a hot topic after 9/11.
The Soviet dissolution didn't keep track of things therefore the probability of a wild card in possession of one was high.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 12:49 AM (DZ9yr)
Link doesn't take you there.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2026 12:53 AM (8zz6B)
I had just gotten there and was about to say something to her, but this guy came out of the store and told her what-for about it. Certainly it went over her head and out the other window-- she looked completely zoned out on gawd-only knows what. Can't fix stupid.
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2026 12:40 AM (rdVOm)
Occasionally I'll get a harley with back tires so bald they make picard look like hair metal. Some have long fenders in the back and the owners say shit I didn't notice. I say you need to use the old knowledge, bend the fuck over and look at it once in a while. I had another one that had no tread left and the dude was going on a short road trip. He says its just a short trip. I said you're right, shorter than you think.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 18, 2026 12:54 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2026 12:55 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Koichi Toyama at February 18, 2026 12:18 AM (TbWk/)
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The breadth and depth of political knowledge here, and the humorous callbacks of said knowledge, keep me entertained and educated like no other site. I just showed this to my wife (and had to explain it). I then explained how rare someone could post that anywhere else with the full expectation that most of the others would get it and laugh.
This is why I read every post and most of the comments. I feel blessed I'm allowed to play in this sandbox!
Posted by: 496 at February 18, 2026 12:55 AM (rlR9Y)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 18, 2026 12:54 AM (snZF9)
Just ride over some anti-ICE goblins, and check the depth of the treadmarks on their faces.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2026 12:57 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 18, 2026 12:37 AM (S/Y4j)
A 40-grit Sanders. (unsocks)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Penicillin. Several doses, just to be sure.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 18, 2026 12:58 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 18, 2026 12:58 AM (sAmhv)
Now, now. I haven't been boning Bill Gate's wife.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2026 01:00 AM (8zz6B)
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Yeah, understood that some (normally conscious) people may miss the tire thing... I was told at last oil change about my own tires... busy people don't always pay attention.
Anyway, stoned-chick's shitty tire was driver's side *front* and showing metal! Gotta be pretty out of it to miss that, and of course she WAS out of it, so.... ugh. Prolly spent every nickel she had on drugs, so "couldn't" fix it if she noticed it.
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2026 01:01 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2026 01:01 AM (rdVOm)
Most likely that was the deal.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 18, 2026 01:03 AM (snZF9)
_Capital News Service - 7 hr
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 12:43 AM (DZ9yr)
Another volunteer, along with Boasberg, to monitor conditions within CECOT? Will this one look good in orange - or does CECOT use stripes?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 18, 2026 01:03 AM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Bulg at February 18, 2026 12:12 AM (77rzZ
She pulled your ponytail?
Posted by: Pete Bog at February 18, 2026 01:04 AM (Osfnn)
Link doesn't take you there.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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It's the two links, Deep Dive and Declassified Truth.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 01:05 AM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 01:05 AM (DZ9yr)
I don't think thoise links work unless you are logged into Twatter.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2026 01:07 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 18, 2026 01:07 AM (0nHVk)
It's the only place I've found that has a variety of maritime information. I'll avoid linking in the future.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 01:10 AM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2026 01:10 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 18, 2026 01:13 AM (TtTH3)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2026 01:14 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 18, 2026 01:13 AM (TtTH3)
Nice going!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2026 01:16 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Reforger at February 18, 2026 01:21 AM (onCFI)
Rush really twisted some panties with his coinage of the femi-Nazi. That touched a nerve with large swaths of America, so many people knew such a person. The precursor to Pink pussy hats, Karen's and now AWFLS.
I loved the movie American Graffiti too, and obviously I am not a mechanic, I just enjoyed that little slice of Americana.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 18, 2026 01:21 AM (0nHVk)
Cat is sitting under a table that's up against the house. There's a cocoa-fiber mat under it, so he can stay dry head to toe while he surveys his kingdom.
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm)
In recent weeks, Anthropic approached 1789 Capital, the firm where President Trump’s son is a partner, about investing in its latest round. 1789 declined for ideological reasons.
The latest on the escalating tensions between Anthropic and the Trump Administration, ...
Next: Anthropic "bends" its principles and allows Beijing to invest in its $500BN round.
_ZH
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 01:41 AM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 01:43 AM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at February 18, 2026 01:44 AM (Vpvpw)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25
That's more than we can say about you.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 18, 2026 01:47 AM (TtTH3)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 18, 2026 01:48 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Scoldy McScoldface at February 18, 2026 01:49 AM (txGor)
Microsoft Research and Salesforce analyzed 200,000+ AI conversations and found something the entire industry already suspected but nobody would say out loud.
every major model gets dramatically worse the longer you talk to it.
GPT-4, Claude, Gemini, Llama. all of them. no exceptions.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 01:50 AM (DZ9yr)
https://youtu.be/TvQWBXJOgAI
SFW, I think.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 18, 2026 01:51 AM (S/Y4j)
https://tinyurl.com/pskfft9t
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 01:57 AM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 18, 2026 01:58 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2026 01:59 AM (rdVOm)
We have a launch in the late afternoon.
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 10-36
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: February 18, 2026
Launch Time: 5:00 p.m. EST (2200 UTC, 23:00 CET)
https://youtu.be/VdX4HXYM8FY
Posted by: Joyenz at February 18, 2026 02:01 AM (2F0/Y)
https://tinyurl.com/pskfft9t
Posted by: Braenyard
Reason 676 why I don't have neighbors.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 18, 2026 02:03 AM (TtTH3)
I'm sleepy too. See ya all next time.
Posted by: JQ
I didn't hear last call. Goodnight DDS. Goodnight JQ.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 18, 2026 02:06 AM (TtTH3)
Saunters on down the hall.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 02:12 AM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2026 02:33 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 18, 2026 02:36 AM (TtTH3)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2026 02:37 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Past my expiration date at February 18, 2026 02:55 AM (txGor)
Shawn Ryan (language warning):
https://tinyurl.com/33pn8s8s
Finally have clear no-dust weather here after 5 days of it. Out for exercise I go!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 18, 2026 02:55 AM (7xyr6)
GPT-4, Claude, Gemini, Llama. all of them. no exceptions.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 18, 2026 01:50 AM (DZ9yr)
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Example:
https://tinyurl.com/4ryhjwc3
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 18, 2026 02:58 AM (7xyr6)
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