First World Problems...

That is in Harrods, a very nice department store in London.

Apparently the people of the United Kingdom are incapable of ascending or descending more than four steps, and require mechanical means to accomplish these harrowing tasks.

I cheerfully claim the mantle of the lazy, but even I can negotiate four steps without pause or assistance.

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 1it

Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2026 02:01 PM (Ia/+0)

2 I would no longer take the risk of stepping foot in London - and many other places.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 22, 2026 02:02 PM (UzL96)

3 Gotta be regulations or a purchasing manager got a kickback.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 22, 2026 02:02 PM (6ydKt)

4 You'll need a helmet.

Posted by: OSHA at February 22, 2026 02:02 PM (2Ez/1)

5 I’ve seen some really really nasty injuries caused by falls on escalators.

*shudders*

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2026 02:03 PM (A5RD0)

6 Four step escalator. Never seen that before.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 22, 2026 02:03 PM (avIFI)

7 I've seen escalators that size elsewhere.

"London calling, now don't look to us, phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust..."

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 22, 2026 02:03 PM (hJH5n)

8 My 1WP is need a new main spring for my garage door, it broke for the last time

Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2026 02:03 PM (Ia/+0)

9 Holy carp!

Thundersleet! Wow!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2026 02:04 PM (A5RD0)

10 Apparently the people of the United Kingdom are incapable of ascending or descending more than four steps, and require mechanical means to accomplish these harrowing tasks.
===

Euroweenies have serious handi-capper access rules.

In the US a ladder is usually good for trench access during construction. EU requires ramps in case some construction worker in a wheelchair needs to go down.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 22, 2026 02:04 PM (/lPRQ)

11 It no doubt is some Handycam regulation

Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2026 02:04 PM (Ia/+0)

12 A training escalator for people who have problems with a longer escalator. Kind of like a short bus

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 22, 2026 02:04 PM (/PQmQ)

13 I'd bet there has been at least one asian woman caught in those steps and nearly sucked in to her death.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 22, 2026 02:05 PM (gVUi7)

14 You'd think burqas would get caught in an escalator. Surprised they still allow escalators over there.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 22, 2026 02:05 PM (zuIfz)

15 > Apparently the people of the United Kingdom are incapable of ascending or descending more than four steps, and require mechanical means to accomplish these harrowing tasks.
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Yea, there is an awful lot those wankers in the UK that can't "do steps."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 22, 2026 02:07 PM (jtM2q)

16 I'm left wondering why there is a two and a half foot difference in height between the two areas. Two buildings that were once completely separate, and were joined together?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 22, 2026 02:08 PM (zZSxi)

17 I cheerfully claim the mantle of the lazy, but even I can negotiate four steps without pause or assistance.
====

Ableist!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 22, 2026 02:09 PM (RIvkX)

18 When they have mechanical or power failures they have to cordon off that escalator to protect the public from injuring themselves trying to navigate the steps.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 22, 2026 02:09 PM (/lPRQ)

19 That Cincy airport in Kentucky had people movers that went horizontally.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 22, 2026 02:10 PM (avIFI)

20 That is a moslem prayer escalator.

Posted by: Muhammed El Muhammed Muhammed at February 22, 2026 02:11 PM (Ksqrb)

21 negotiate four steps without pause or assistance.

Enjoy it while you can.

Posted by: The looming wheelchair at February 22, 2026 02:12 PM (FhXTo)

22 Getting winter mix now

Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2026 02:12 PM (Ia/+0)

23 A training escalator for people who have problems with a longer escalator. Kind of like a short bus

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 22, 2026 02:04 PM (/PQmQ)

Brilliant!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 22, 2026 02:12 PM (n9ltV)

24 O Angle Land … whither hath thou gone-est … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at February 22, 2026 02:12 PM (ayRl+)

25 That picture hurts my head. It's AI.

Posted by: Reforger at February 22, 2026 02:12 PM (onCFI)

26 Is that fake?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 22, 2026 02:13 PM (avIFI)

27 What happens if the power goes out and you are half way up?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 22, 2026 02:13 PM (Cqx++)

28 I'll bet there are, overall, fewer falls on escalators than there are on steps, and the risk of an escalator accident (with the appropriate insurance payout) is lower.

The insurance gods of Harrods smile.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 22, 2026 02:13 PM (zZSxi)

29 That is in Harrods, a very nice department store in London.

Give it time, the feral Savages will destroy it and there won't be any white men around to mend it.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 22, 2026 02:13 PM (a4flb)

30
That Cincy airport in Kentucky had people movers that went horizontally.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Covington, KY

There are horizontal person movers in the tunnel between terminals in Detroit's airport.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 22, 2026 02:14 PM (YfkBg)

31 I have a Harrod's mug with a Union Jack on it.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 22, 2026 02:15 PM (avIFI)

32 Meanwhile, in sunny Mexico:

URGENT — Massive evacuations and total chaos at Guadalajara Airport.

Reports of armed groups present. If the cartel is taking over the airport, this is going to be absolute madness.

Guadalajara is one of Mexico’s host cities for the 2026 World Cup.
---

Puerto Vallarta:

Airports shut down, military getting involved, power may soon be cut, our resort is surrounded by burning cars, the situation is intense!

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 22, 2026 02:15 PM (n1OCj)

33 Mr. Creosote shops there .....

Posted by: Jackson K. at February 22, 2026 02:15 PM (xl8DV)

34 14 You'd think burqas would get caught in an escalator. Surprised they still allow escalators over there.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 22, 2026 02:05 PM (zuIfz

Maybe it's an attempt to subvert the islamic takeover.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at February 22, 2026 02:15 PM (FMtrg)

35 When they have mechanical or power failures they have to cordon off that escalator to protect the public from injuring themselves trying to navigate the steps.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Obligatory:
https://youtu.be/vrIw2i4WtA4?t=73

Posted by: mikeski at February 22, 2026 02:16 PM (VHUov)

36 What's a Harrods??

Posted by: dantesed at February 22, 2026 02:16 PM (Oy/m2)

37 Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm!?!

Posted by: Escalator Yoda at February 22, 2026 02:16 PM (wVcYX)

38 What happens if the power goes out and you are half way up?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 22, 2026 02:13 PM (Cqx++)

Don't laugh! It's happened to me! I thought I was going to die. Fortunately, I wasn't going to die alone, as Hakeem was trapped right beside me when it happened.

Posted by: AOC at February 22, 2026 02:16 PM (zZSxi)

39 Imagine an 'escalator sequel' similar to 'Fahrenheit 451' by Ray Bradbury … a land where EscalatorMen go around ripping out escalators instead of installing them … (shudder at the thought).

Posted by: Dr_No at February 22, 2026 02:17 PM (ayRl+)

40 Harrod's is sort of like a British Walmart.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 22, 2026 02:17 PM (avIFI)

41
What's a Harrods??
Posted by: dantesed

Department store chain in the UK

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 22, 2026 02:17 PM (YfkBg)

42 I would no longer take the risk of stepping foot in London - and many other places.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 22, 2026 02:02 PM (UzL96)

Not without a Deathstar.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 22, 2026 02:17 PM (snZF9)

43 342 We be alla herd that the US Hochery Teem wanted to win the gold metal during black history month to honer Presdent Obama.
Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at February 22, 2026 01:59 PM (jwBFW)

So, the US Hockery Teem won the Gold for our Mocha Messiah ?

Posted by: Jackson K. at February 22, 2026 02:18 PM (xl8DV)

44 Hockey rebroadcast at 4:30.
Yeah, that’s gotta be required.
FWP: watching spring training baseball

Posted by: Accomack at February 22, 2026 02:18 PM (T8bqm)

45 It's there in place of a ramp.

Posted by: Philip Nolan at February 22, 2026 02:18 PM (1kQia)

46 Die Hard Guadalajara?

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 22, 2026 02:19 PM (wVcYX)

47 Seems like a ramp would do in that situation.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at February 22, 2026 02:19 PM (FMtrg)

48 32 Meanwhile, in sunny Mexico:
URGENT — Massive evacuations and total chaos at Guadalajara Airport.

And no COVFEFE, but a new category to be added to the tabula rasa of LIB Logic.

Cartels - Disenfranchised.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBdOutLogic

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 22, 2026 02:19 PM (UBpqK)

49 It's not even Christmas.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 22, 2026 02:19 PM (avIFI)

50 I hope my daughter and SIL never want to visit England, Ireland, Scotland, or Europa again in this lifetime. Their prior visits were made before the onset of the now-victorious Invasion, Pt II … that's enough.

Posted by: Dr_No at February 22, 2026 02:19 PM (ayRl+)

51 4 You'll need a helmet.

Posted by: OSHA

So we're completely ignoring the need for bubble wrap?

Posted by: Archimedes at February 22, 2026 02:19 PM (Riz8t)

52 A 4 step escalator. Yeah too much time, I would just clear it with one step and not pretend to be machinery on a freight elevator.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 22, 2026 02:20 PM (snZF9)

53 Couldn't resist:

"Hey, Grok. What's the point of a four step escalator, besides requiring Robert Reich to lug around his climbing ropes?"
______________________________
In most cases, the point is either:

--"We can, so we did" (engineering/show-off reasons),
--minor accessibility help for elderly/shoppers with carts in a very specific spot, or
--pure comedy/tourism value.

Posted by: Orson at February 22, 2026 02:20 PM (dIske)

54 At the bottom of the escalator to the subway platforms in Moscow is a lady in a glass booth with her hand hovering over the emergency lock, in case the 70m long escalator "fails" as they sometimes did. Oops, oopsie comrade!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 22, 2026 02:20 PM (RIvkX)

55 Some of the subway stops in NYC have escalators that are like 100’ in elevation change. Hudson Yards 7 train comes to mind. I think the 86th st stop express escalators are that long.

Posted by: Accomack at February 22, 2026 02:21 PM (T8bqm)

56 ascending or descending
Posted by: CBD

That's the part that really drives it home. The person in the pic is turning to walk towards it, so that must be a 4-step down escalator.

De-escalator?

Anyway, that's a level of lazy that makes the scooter people at Wal-Mart shake their heads.

Posted by: mikeski at February 22, 2026 02:21 PM (VHUov)

57 I heard they sell vodka in the subway in USSR.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 22, 2026 02:21 PM (avIFI)

58 And no COVFEFE, but a new category to be added to the tabula rasa of LIB Logic.

Cartels - Disenfranchised.

Obviously the chaos in Mexico means we can no longer deport people there.

Posted by: Democrats, An Hour From Now! at February 22, 2026 02:21 PM (n1OCj)

59 Seems like a ramp would do in that situation.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at February 22, 2026 02:19 PM (FMtrg)

True, but a ramp would eat up lots of floorspace on the lower floor; floorspace that could otherwise be filled with profit-making merchandise.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 22, 2026 02:21 PM (zZSxi)

60 Short escalator seems more hazardous than steps. They could just do shallow steps or a ramp if it's an accessibility concern.

Posted by: She Hobbit at February 22, 2026 02:22 PM (ftFVW)

61 Scariest escalator: the wooden ones in Macy's Herald Square.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 22, 2026 02:22 PM (RIvkX)

62 That is a moslem prayer escalator.

Posted by: Muhammed El Muhammed Muhammed at February 22, 2026 02:11 PM (Ksqrb)

Well then, it needs shredder blades at the finish line.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 22, 2026 02:23 PM (snZF9)

63 70m down! Good grief. What are they, bomb shelters?

Posted by: Accomack at February 22, 2026 02:23 PM (T8bqm)

64 Maybe the escalator union had a hand in this

Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2026 02:23 PM (Ia/+0)

65 0m down! Good grief. What are they, bomb shelters?
Posted by: Accomack at February 22, 2026 02:23 PM (T8bqm)
===

Yes they were built for civil defense.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 22, 2026 02:24 PM (RIvkX)

66 300 feetish?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 22, 2026 02:24 PM (avIFI)

67 That is a moslem prayer escalator.

Posted by: Muhammed El Muhammed Muhammed at February 22, 2026 02:11 PM (Ksqrb)

Well then, it needs shredder blades at the finish line.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 22, 2026 02:23 PM (snZF9)

I have a design ready to go!

Posted by: Python Architect Sketch at February 22, 2026 02:24 PM (wVcYX)

68 Well 210.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 22, 2026 02:24 PM (avIFI)

69 That's the part that really drives it home. The person in the pic is turning to walk towards it, so that must be a 4-step down escalator.

De-escalator?

But all the warning decals are on the side facing the camera, so it must be going up.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 22, 2026 02:24 PM (zZSxi)

70 70m down! Good grief. What are they, bomb shelters?

Yes. Yes, they are.

Posted by: The USSR Thinks Ahead! at February 22, 2026 02:25 PM (n1OCj)

71 Mexican government supposedly attempted to capture cartel boss El Mencho, but accidentally killed him in the ensuing gunfight.

Woops. Whoopsie.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at February 22, 2026 02:25 PM (yFLFB)

72 Look up the King's Cross London Underground Fire in 1987. You'll never get on an escalator in the UK again. 31 People died.

Posted by: Flaming Out at February 22, 2026 02:25 PM (oftw2)

73 Wait until your knees go bad you will not be asking;
'Why escalator'?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 22, 2026 02:25 PM (psWom)

74 71 Mexican government supposedly attempted to capture cartel boss El Mencho, but accidentally killed him in the ensuing gunfight.

yeah and in retaliation the cartels are rioting/starting fires/kidnapping tourists

not great

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 22, 2026 02:26 PM (j+aD2)

75 How do you get out if the top 90m collapses? Oh, well, not my problem.
Rain and wind here, I will head to the beach soon to see what’s up

Posted by: Accomack at February 22, 2026 02:27 PM (T8bqm)

76 58 And no COVFEFE, but a new category to be added to the tabula rasa of LIB Logic.
Cartels - Disenfranchised.
Obviously the chaos in Mexico means we can no longer deport people there.

Reality Check:
Send in Bad Bunny to do the half-time show. What could go wrong?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGUNPMPrxvA

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 22, 2026 02:27 PM (8w+YO)

77 That's the part that really drives it home. The person in the pic is turning to walk towards it, so that must be a 4-step down escalator.

But all the warning decals are on the side facing the camera, so it must be going up.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

So they installed it upside-down, too.

Posted by: mikeski at February 22, 2026 02:28 PM (VHUov)

78 Mexican government supposedly attempted to capture cartel boss El Mencho, but accidentally killed him in the ensuing gunfight.

yeah and in retaliation the cartels are rioting/starting fires/kidnapping tourists

not great

No, but it's inevitable. Either the government or the cartels will control Mexico. It can't be both.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 22, 2026 02:28 PM (Riz8t)

79 OK - that does it!

Multiple vehicles burn in the parking lot of a Costco in Puerto Vallarta, as the CJNG Cartel continues its rampage throughout the city and across the Mexican state of Jalisco.

Posted by: The Cartels Have Gone Too Far! at February 22, 2026 02:28 PM (n1OCj)

80 What's a Harrods??
Posted by: dantesed
+++
20 quid. Same as in Manchester.

Posted by: Blimey at February 22, 2026 02:28 PM (2Ez/1)

81 39 Imagine an 'escalator sequel' similar to 'Fahrenheit 451' by Ray Bradbury … a land where EscalatorMen go around ripping out escalators instead of installing them … (shudder at the thought).

what about monorails?

Posted by: leonard nimoy at February 22, 2026 02:29 PM (edU/H)

82 Whose dumb idea was it to put a black maple leaf on the Canada hockey uniforms?

Posted by: Mark1971 at February 22, 2026 02:30 PM (CNl8/)

83 56 ascending or descending
Posted by: CBD
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Downscalator.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 22, 2026 02:30 PM (2Ez/1)

84 The Mexican cartels are only an idea.

Posted by: Christopher Wray! at February 22, 2026 02:31 PM (n1OCj)

85 Is that fake?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 22, 2026 02:13 PM (avIFI)

No. I took it last month.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 22, 2026 02:31 PM (n9ltV)

86 Euroweenies have serious handi-capper access rules.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

And yet, in some of the Underground stations in Londonstan, there are stairs that lead up/down to a level that is at least a full story higher or lower than where you are and there are no elevators or escalators nearby.

Mind the gap.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 22, 2026 02:31 PM (cYBz/)

87 I’ve seen some really really nasty injuries caused by falls on escalators.
Posted by: nurse ratched

That is a moslem prayer escalator.
Posted by: Muhammed

Well then, it needs shredder blades at the finish line.
Posted by: Berserker

A temporary fix, then?

https://xkcd.com/954/

Posted by: mikeski at February 22, 2026 02:32 PM (VHUov)

88 Presdnent Obama, who we love, should sign a Secutive Oder to make Bad Bunny sing at all football games to fight White Supermacy. He still has a pen and phone, or if he doesn't, he can borrow one from his lovely wife Michael.

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein of Brattleboro! at February 22, 2026 02:32 PM (oftw2)

89 Did you ride the midget escalator? That seems like a bucket list item

Posted by: Accomack at February 22, 2026 02:32 PM (T8bqm)

90 AHORA — Se reportan múltiples ataques y narco bloqueos en Puerto Vallarta tras la captura de “El Mencho”.

Caos total en varias ciudades de México

15 second pan from the Puerto Vallarta beach

https://tinyurl.com/2ad7hk44

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 22, 2026 02:33 PM (psWom)

91 Harrods is foreign owned isn't it?

Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2026 02:33 PM (Ia/+0)

92 @ 81 39 Imagine an 'escalator sequel' similar to 'Fahrenheit 451' by Ray Bradbury … a land where EscalatorMen go around ripping out escalators instead of installing them … (shudder at the thought).

what about monorails?
________________________________

Disney did it first in Failifornia - and he did it better …

Posted by: Dr_No at February 22, 2026 02:34 PM (ayRl+)

93 Harrod's is owned by a rich mooslimp.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 22, 2026 02:34 PM (avIFI)

94 That's the part that really drives it home. The person in the pic is turning to walk towards it, so that must be a 4-step down escalator.

But all the warning decals are on the side facing the camera, so it must be going up.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

So they installed it upside-down, too.
Posted by: mikeski

Like ordinary stairs escalators are reversible.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 22, 2026 02:34 PM (/lPRQ)

95 President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico’s Security Cabinet will release official details on reports that “El Mencho,” alleged leader of the CJNG, was killed in a joint U.S.–Mexico operation, emphasizing that confirmation will come through formal federal channels.

Following the reports, cartel-linked violence erupted across western Mexico.

Jalisco authorities activated a statewide “Código Rojo” after vehicles were torched and highways blocked, with unrest spreading into Michoacán, Guanajuato, and Tamaulipas
---

So far the reports of kidnapping Americans is rumor?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 22, 2026 02:35 PM (psWom)

96 88 President Obama, who we love, should sign a Secutive Oder to make Bad Bunny sing at all football games to fight White Supermacy. He still has a pen and phone, or if he doesn't, he can borrow one from his lovely wife Michael.

Does she look like she is in a giving vein this day?
https://tinyurl.com/EvilDoktor-MichelleO

truth in advertising: The version w/o makeup is factually scarier.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 22, 2026 02:36 PM (Tn8uZ)

97 The Harrod's heir was killed with Princess Diana.

Posted by: Mark1971 at February 22, 2026 02:36 PM (CNl8/)

98 No, but it's inevitable. Either the government or the cartels will control Mexico. It can't be both.

Posted by: Archimedes

Sheinbaum did not win election by opposing the cartels. This is most likely an accident in the real sense of the word. The government was not supposed to kill a cartel boss, as per the rules of the game.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at February 22, 2026 02:36 PM (yFLFB)

99 #79

Sounds like a job for de Infantería de Marina de México.

Posted by: mrp at February 22, 2026 02:36 PM (rj6Yv)

100 I'm guessing that steps in Britain are now declared Haram.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 22, 2026 02:37 PM (yJpvi)

101 He sold it to the Quataris in 2010.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 22, 2026 02:38 PM (avIFI)

102 Some of us over 29s have hip issues and would welcome short flight escalators.

Posted by: Tuna at February 22, 2026 02:39 PM (lJ0H4)

103 Their fathers and grandfathers had an empire that spanned the entire world.

Yep. Sounds about right.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 22, 2026 02:39 PM (bss/y)

104 I think he owned Fulham soccer too

Posted by: Accomack at February 22, 2026 02:40 PM (T8bqm)

105 He sold it to the Quataris in 2010.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Didn't the Quataris hold the territory next to Fukarwes and the Slapahoes at one time?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 22, 2026 02:40 PM (cYBz/)

106 President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico’s Security Cabinet will release official details on reports that “El Mencho,” alleged leader of the CJNG, was killed in a joint U.S.–Mexico operation, emphasizing that confirmation will come through formal federal channels.
===
“El Mencho” men raised weapons.
The Mexicans froze.

The US lit up“El Mencho” and men.

US does not do Mexican Standoffs.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 22, 2026 02:40 PM (/lPRQ)

107 > President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico’s Security Cabinet will release official details on reports that “El Mencho,” alleged leader of the CJNG, was killed in a joint U.S.–Mexico operation, emphasizing that confirmation will come through formal federal channels.
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"Joint US-Mexican" not "Joint Mexican-US" effort.

It might make a difference to the cartels who's running this show. Maybe.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 22, 2026 02:40 PM (jtM2q)

108 Two joints.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 22, 2026 02:41 PM (avIFI)

109 Harrod's must pay the City of London to inspect that toy escalator at least yearly, and I'm sure it's the same price as a 100 ft. one. Inspector gets finished in 5 minutes, charges for half-a-day, more time for him to visit the pub and participate in a rape gang.

Posted by: Win-Win! at February 22, 2026 02:42 PM (oftw2)

110 President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico’s Security Cabinet will release official details on reports that “El Mencho,” alleged leader of the CJNG, was killed in a joint U.S.–Mexico operation, emphasizing that confirmation will come through formal federal channels.
===
“El Mencho” men raised weapons.
The Mexicans froze.

The US lit up“El Mencho” and men.

US does not do Mexican Standoffs.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 22, 2026 02:40 PM (/lPRQ)

I reckon so.

Posted by: Blondie at February 22, 2026 02:43 PM (wVcYX)

111 30
That Cincy airport in Kentucky had people movers that went horizontally.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Covington, KY

There are horizontal person movers in the tunnel between terminals in Detroit's airport.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 22, 2026 02:14 PM (YfkBg)

Moving sidewalks?

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 22, 2026 02:43 PM (hJH5n)

112 I hope they had body armor.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 22, 2026 02:43 PM (avIFI)

113 things are getting sporty

Posted by: Don Black at February 22, 2026 02:44 PM (ZxPkt)

114 Democrat Government Shutdown Forces TSA to Suspend All Congressional Courtesy Escorts to “Secure America’s Skies”
-The GWP

Assuming it is true, the Donks scored an own goal.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 22, 2026 02:44 PM (/lPRQ)

115 When they went down their for the - Joint Training Exercise - one surmised that there would be action.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 22, 2026 02:44 PM (psWom)

116 My plan is to never go anywhere that could even have an escalator for the rest of my life. So far, I am succeeding.

Posted by: Sweet Rural Shade at February 22, 2026 02:44 PM (oftw2)

117 That Cincy airport in Kentucky had people movers that went horizontally.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Covington, KY

There are horizontal person movers in the tunnel between terminals in Detroit's airport.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 22, 2026 02:14 PM (YfkBg)

Moving sidewalks?
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 22, 2026 02:43 PM (hJH5n)

Dallas had moving sidewalks IIRC, moving between concourses. It's been about 20 years...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 22, 2026 02:45 PM (bss/y)

118 Moving sidewalks?
Posted by: Cow Demon

Slidewalks are very common in airports.

People in a hurry keep walking on them and there are often signs telling the standers to pull over to the slow lane.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 22, 2026 02:46 PM (/lPRQ)

119 Hmmm... what's the likelihood that Mexican cartels have MANPADS in their armories?

Posted by: mrp at February 22, 2026 02:46 PM (rj6Yv)

120
Moving sidewalks?
Posted by: Cow Demon

Tes

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 22, 2026 02:47 PM (YfkBg)

121 Thundersleet! Wow!
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2026 02:04 PM (A5RD0)

AC/DC tribute band?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at February 22, 2026 02:47 PM (0aYVJ)

122 Edmontonians are stranded in Puerto Vallarta after cartel violence erupted following reports that Mexican forces killed alleged cartel leader El Mencho.

The Government of Canada has issued a shelter-in-place advisory as roadblocks, burning vehicles, and armed clashes have been reported across the city.

WestJet and Air Canada have cancelled flights into Puerto Vallarta, leaving travellers unable to leave as the security situation remains unstable.

At least they're not vacationing in Trump's Evil United States...

Posted by: Elbows Up! at February 22, 2026 02:47 PM (n1OCj)

123 118 Moving sidewalks?
Posted by: Cow Demon

Slidewalks are very common in airports.

People in a hurry keep walking on them and there are often signs telling the standers to pull over to the slow lane.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 22, 2026 02:46 PM (/lPRQ)

I've never seen moving sidewalks in any place other than an airport.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 22, 2026 02:48 PM (hJH5n)

124 Moving sidewalks?
Posted by: Cow Demon

Usually longer than four paces, though.

Posted by: mikeski at February 22, 2026 02:48 PM (VHUov)

125 Word on the Mexican Street is that "El Rumpo" has already taken "El Menchos" place, including driving his "El Camino".

Posted by: Drove My Chevy To The Levee at February 22, 2026 02:48 PM (oftw2)

126 Sheinbaum did not win election by opposing the cartels. This is most likely an accident in the real sense of the word. The government was not supposed to kill a cartel boss, as per the rules of the game.

And we all know politicians never lie.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 22, 2026 02:48 PM (Riz8t)

127 Mexican cartels, Cuba, Venezuela, China.

Posted by: mrp at February 22, 2026 02:48 PM (rj6Yv)

128 At least they're not vacationing in Trump's Evil United States...
Posted by: Elbows Up! at February 22, 2026 02:47 PM (n1OCj)

Getting harder to find the underaged sex slaves Canadian sex tourists demand.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 22, 2026 02:49 PM (bss/y)

129 Most of the airports I've been in have the moving walks. Noobs always stand there, like it's a friggin' ride.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at February 22, 2026 02:49 PM (0aYVJ)

130 Moving sidewalks?
Posted by: Cow Demon

Usually longer than four paces, though.
Posted by: mikeski

A short one would really screw some people up.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 22, 2026 02:49 PM (/lPRQ)

131 Thundersleet! Wow!
Posted by: nurse ratched

Stay inside! If the sleet's breaking the sound barrier, it'll hurt.

Posted by: mikeski at February 22, 2026 02:49 PM (VHUov)

132 The airport in Providence RI has a lot of moving sidewalks.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 22, 2026 02:49 PM (2Ez/1)

133 From last March:

Last week I had a trip booked to the US, cancelled that and went to Mexico. If you're looking for a vacation I suggest 🇲🇽, the love for Canadians is real down there.

Better food, better people, better country, and they dont have an elderly orange r*pist felon as President.

Posted by: Elbows Up! at February 22, 2026 02:49 PM (n1OCj)

134 Escape From Puerto Vallarta!

Posted by: Snake Plissken Rides Again! at February 22, 2026 02:49 PM (wVcYX)

135 Where's the "You must be this tall for this ride" signs?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 22, 2026 02:50 PM (S/Y4j)

136 Getting winter mix now
Posted by: Skip
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Had some snow flurries this a.m. here in W. NC.

Temp has dropped precipitously. Now ~30 deg.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 22, 2026 02:50 PM (XeU6L)

137 Yippee kiyee esse.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 22, 2026 02:50 PM (avIFI)

138 131 Thundersleet! Wow!
Posted by: nurse ratched

Stay inside! If the sleet's breaking the sound barrier, it'll hurt.

wasn't the thundersleet the experimental propeller-driven f-86?

Posted by: anachronda at February 22, 2026 02:50 PM (edU/H)

139 126 Sheinbaum did not win election by opposing the cartels. This is most likely an accident in the real sense of the word. The government was not supposed to kill a cartel boss, as per the rules of the game.

And we all know politicians never lie.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 22, 2026 02:48 PM (Riz8t)

Sheinbaum? Odd name for a hispanic person...

I guess we will find out if she winds up with her head staked at the gates to her presidential mansion.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 22, 2026 02:50 PM (bss/y)

140 Sunny and almost 60 here. Very nice.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at February 22, 2026 02:50 PM (0aYVJ)

141 Getting harder to find the underaged sex slaves Canadian sex tourists demand.

We're still right here, you know.

Posted by: Cuba! at February 22, 2026 02:51 PM (n1OCj)

142 For Pete's sake. We're all going to wind up like the people in Wall-E.

Posted by: bluebell at February 22, 2026 02:52 PM (79pEw)

143 Is this about me?

Posted by: El Diablo at February 22, 2026 02:52 PM (2Ez/1)

144 I have experienced snow thunderstorms. Weird. Thunder, lightening and blizzard, all rolled into one.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 22, 2026 02:52 PM (XeU6L)

145 For Pete's sake. We're all going to wind up like the people in Wall-E.

Two-dimensional?

Posted by: Archimedes at February 22, 2026 02:52 PM (Riz8t)

146 I wonder how many PRC nationals were smuggled into the US by the cartels during Barry's third term?

Posted by: mrp at February 22, 2026 02:53 PM (rj6Yv)

147 from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, shows intense classes between CJNG fighters and Mexican authorities

https://tinyurl.com/4tjf4t4r

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 22, 2026 02:54 PM (psWom)

148 Two-dimensional?
Posted by: Archimedes at February 22, 2026 02:52 PM (Riz8t)
--------

Enormous, incapable of walking and moving everywhere by hoverchairs.

I blame AI.

Posted by: bluebell at February 22, 2026 02:54 PM (79pEw)

149 Where's the "You must be this tall to vote" signs?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 22, 2026 02:54 PM (Kt19C)

150 "from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, shows intense classes between CJNG fighters and Mexican authorities"

Damn, were they in math or philosophy?

Posted by: Boswell at February 22, 2026 02:55 PM (j10i6)

151 I actually love moving sidewalks. You walk fast on em and you get a thrill with the speed. I always grin like a maniac.

I am a simple man.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 22, 2026 02:56 PM (bss/y)

152 from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, shows intense classes between CJNG fighters and Mexican authorities

https://tinyurl.com/4tjf4t4r
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 22, 2026 02:54 PM (psWom)
======

So the CNJNG gunmen are committed and out in the open?

Posted by: mrp at February 22, 2026 02:56 PM (rj6Yv)

153 150 "from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, shows intense classes between CJNG fighters and Mexican authorities"

Damn, were they in math or philosophy?
Posted by: Boswell at February 22, 2026 02:55 PM (j10i6)

They said 'intense'. P-Chem.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 22, 2026 02:57 PM (bss/y)

154 146 I wonder how many PRC nationals were smuggled into the US by the cartels during Barry's third term?
Posted by: mrp at February 22, 2026 02:53 PM (rj6Yv)

And much else besides?

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 22, 2026 02:57 PM (hJH5n)

155 So the CNJNG gunmen are committed and out in the open?
Posted by: mrp at February 22, 2026 02:56 PM (rj6Yv)

Might be a good place for some A-10s...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 22, 2026 02:58 PM (bss/y)

156 Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta are the relatively safe places in Mexico.

Anyway, I believe Trump Admin had already designated all Mexican drug cartels as terrorists groups.

They went after this El Honcho because they knew where he was. They probably already know where all the El Honchos are.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 22, 2026 02:58 PM (/lPRQ)

157 For Pete's sake. We're all going to wind up like the people in Wall-E.

Two-dimensional?
Posted by: Archimedes

Mentally, yes. But Wall-E was 3D animation.

Posted by: mikeski at February 22, 2026 02:58 PM (VHUov)

158 Not special forces. These are members of a drug cartel in Mexico, armed like a military unit.

https://tinyurl.com/36tv3vw9

Is this what we're going to be up against when they get the signal here?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 22, 2026 02:58 PM (psWom)

159 Exterminate all the drug cartels.

You do that and you will save thousands of livers.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 22, 2026 02:59 PM (XV/Pl)

160 Damn, were they in math or philosophy?

I do wonder how the closing of the border has affected Mexican society.

For years, the Mexican government has encouraged their surplus population to emigrate to El Norte (whether legally or illegally), as a way of reducing social pressures in Mexico.

Now, it is very difficult to cross the border illegally, and deportations actually matter - you no longer have the option of sneaking back into the US in a week or two after being deported.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 22, 2026 02:59 PM (n1OCj)

161 Uhh...

Lives not livers.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 22, 2026 03:00 PM (XV/Pl)

162 I actually love moving sidewalks. You walk fast on em and you get a thrill with the speed. I always grin like a maniac.

I am a simple man.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
--------

But, inevitably, there will be someone with their luggage standing stock still in your path.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 22, 2026 03:00 PM (XeU6L)

163 Uhh...
Lives not livers.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Both, probably.

Posted by: mikeski at February 22, 2026 03:00 PM (VHUov)

164 They said 'intense'. P-Chem.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 22, 2026 02:57 PM (bss/y)

Ahh - those ones with the bungee cords and chainsaws? Two students go in, one chemist comes out...

Posted by: Boswell at February 22, 2026 03:00 PM (j10i6)

165 159 Exterminate all the drug cartels.

You do that and you will save thousands of livers.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 22, 2026 02:59 PM (XV/Pl)

Livers are a horrible thing to waste on cheap vodka.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 22, 2026 03:00 PM (bss/y)

166 Damn, Mexico. And you think Canada has problems?

Posted by: Case at February 22, 2026 03:00 PM (Z3Kkg)

167 The airport in Providence RI has a lot of moving sidewalks.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 22, 2026 02:49 PM (2Ez/1)
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They have an airport? They know about planes and everything?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 22, 2026 03:01 PM (RIvkX)

168 Moving sidewalks
I don't see under my feet
Climbing up from
The pain in my heart 'cause it's you that I need -Dan H

Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 22, 2026 03:01 PM (qIH9H)

169 I actually love moving sidewalks. You walk fast on em and you get a thrill with the speed. I always grin like a maniac.
I am a simple man.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

But, inevitably, there will be someone with their luggage standing stock still in your path.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Only an issue if they're of similar size. The kids and the little old ladies hardly slow you down at all.

What?

Posted by: mikeski at February 22, 2026 03:02 PM (VHUov)

170 156 Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta are the relatively safe places in Mexico.
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are on fire

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 22, 2026 03:04 PM (psWom)

171 You either walk up the escalator or go to the side in NYC. There are people who will stand shoulder to shoulder and talk while riding.

Posted by: Accomack at February 22, 2026 03:05 PM (GbONR)

172 171 You either walk up the escalator or go to the side in NYC. There are people who will stand shoulder to shoulder and talk while riding.
Posted by: Accomack at February 22, 2026 03:05 PM (GbONR)

At IU, we called it 'Freshman Force Formation'. Standing abreast and talking while walking slowly on the path and not making way for the students who want to walk faster.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 22, 2026 03:06 PM (bss/y)

173 Attention FL morons

@PaulDMauro 1h
OMG. The American olympians were all flying to JFK. All now going to Miami due to the snow. South Beach is gonna be LIT.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 22, 2026 03:07 PM (diia5)

174 Laura Loomer@LauraLoomer 1h

Important safety information for Americans in Mexico or traveling to Mexico!

Puerto Vallerta, Mexico, a popular US tourist destination where many Americans are currently vacationing and own property is under attack by the Mexican posters today following the US elimination of CJNC leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes.

Here is the drone footage of the aftermath.

It's a war zone on the ground in Jalisco and Puerto Vallerta. The cartels have stormed the airport in Guadalajara and are reportedly shutting down the roads and nearby resorts with armed cartel gunmen.

If you are an American citizen, shelter somewhere safe and stay inside.

https://tinyurl.com/45abxd76

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 22, 2026 03:07 PM (psWom)

175 156 Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta are the relatively safe places in Mexico.
---

are on fire
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 22, 2026 03:04 PM (psWom)
====

A good thing for the Mexican cartels is that California is a sanctuary state.

Posted by: mrp at February 22, 2026 03:08 PM (rj6Yv)

176 > They went after this El Honcho because they knew where he was. They probably already know where all the El Honchos are.
-----------
You betcha' they do. We've been monitoring their comms for over a year with ICR aircraft and drones. Pinpointing the "honchos" likely bases of operations, their typical movements, etc.

I'd bet a fairly, ubiquitous "sternly worded letter" was delivered to Sheinbaum right about the time Maduro was snatched.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 22, 2026 03:08 PM (jtM2q)

177 More wet snow now

Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2026 03:08 PM (Ia/+0)

178 Attention FL morons

@PaulDMauro 1h
OMG. The American olympians were all flying to JFK. All now going to Miami due to the snow. South Beach is gonna be LIT.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 22, 2026 03:07 PM (diia5)

The city had better open it's Condom Strategic Reserve and like pronto!

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 22, 2026 03:10 PM (wVcYX)

179 I actually love moving sidewalks. You walk fast on em and you get a thrill with the speed. I always grin like a maniac.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 22, 2026 02:56 PM (bss/y)

It's the best! The one downside is that my wheeled carry-on makes a lot of noise on the surface, but it is absolutely worth the irritating din!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 22, 2026 03:11 PM (n9ltV)

180 Moving sidewalks remind me of the Jetsons

Posted by: doug at February 22, 2026 03:11 PM (Hy+R4)

181 167 ... " The airport in Providence RI has a lot of moving sidewalks.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 22, 2026 02:49 PM (2Ez/1)
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They have an airport? They know about planes and everything?"

Oh, they know about them. Problem is they touch down in RI but they are in MA by the time they stop. Sometimes size does matter.

Posted by: JTB at February 22, 2026 03:11 PM (yTvNw)

182 That escalator’s only two steps for most Americans.

Posted by: Eromero at February 22, 2026 03:13 PM (LHPAg)

183 Is this what we're going to be up against when they get the signal here?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 22, 2026 02:58 PM (psWom)
=======

I've been thinking about that, too.

Posted by: mrp at February 22, 2026 03:13 PM (rj6Yv)

184 73 Wait until your knees go bad you will not be asking;
'Why escalator'?
Posted by: Braenyard
----/
*word*
I can maybe do 1-2 flights before it becomes bad. Going down is worse than going up.

Posted by: lin-duh at February 22, 2026 03:13 PM (VCgbV)

185 SNIP
===
El Mencho was one of the world’s most wanted drug lords with a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head. The cartel, known for its paramilitary tactics including drone strikes and RPGs, has been designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the U.S. under the Kingpin Act.

This status allows American forces to treat CJNG members as combatants rather than criminals.
===

So, if they have infiltrators getting frisky CONUS side then Trump get to deploy military to hunt them down domestically?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 22, 2026 03:13 PM (/lPRQ)

186 Gimme Four Steps was a rejected song title.

Posted by: Head Janitor, The Brill Building at February 22, 2026 03:14 PM (oftw2)

187
So the CNJNG gunmen are committed and out in the open?
Posted by: mrp

They are the ones in pink tennis shoes. Right?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 22, 2026 03:15 PM (lpVer)

188 o the CNJNG gunmen are committed and out in the open?
Posted by: mrp

They are the ones in pink tennis shoes. Right?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Less gay than Crocs and they needed some uniform / identifier.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 22, 2026 03:16 PM (/lPRQ)

189
Less gay than Crocs and they needed some uniform / identifier.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Garrett hardest hit.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 22, 2026 03:17 PM (lpVer)

190 So, if they have infiltrators getting frisky CONUS side then Trump get to deploy military to hunt them down domestically?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
--

Need to look at that clip of those Cartel member and the way they are dressed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 22, 2026 03:18 PM (psWom)

191 The Snow Mexicans are taking the loss hard. They need more taunting.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 22, 2026 03:18 PM (viF8m)

192 So the CNJNG gunmen are committed and out in the open?
Posted by: mrp

They are the ones in pink tennis shoes. Right?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Less gay than Crocs and they needed some uniform / identifier.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 22, 2026 03:16 PM (/lPRQ)

Pendajo hats?

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 22, 2026 03:18 PM (wVcYX)

193 Dangerous looking escalator, would need to stop for a couple of hits off the pot pipe before attempting that.

Posted by: From about That Time at February 22, 2026 03:18 PM (sl73Y)

194 Less gay than Crocs and they needed some uniform / identifier.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 22, 2026 03:16 PM (/lPRQ)

No offense to garrett ...

Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side at February 22, 2026 03:18 PM (3sXRv)

195 If you don’t use the moving sidewalks in the Denver airport, you’ll never get anywhere. That place is YUGE.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2026 03:19 PM (A5RD0)

196 We wants to know why there be nots any persins of coler on the US Hochery Team ??

Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at February 22, 2026 03:19 PM (jwBFW)

197 You are such a pussy and obviously didn't see the video when the escalator went rogue and ate people? Are you stupid? lol

Posted by: Pamazon at February 22, 2026 03:19 PM (b5MGU)

198 The Horror! The Horror!

Posted by: The Daleks at February 22, 2026 03:20 PM (tmCNn)

199 187 So the CNJNG gunmen are committed and out in the open?
They are the ones in pink tennis shoes. Right?

No, those are the Dare2BeSt00p1D TRANSformrer-like libs advocating for open borders, free speech, to demand to be heard but only if they can force you listen to discover they have nothing to say.

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-SaveDaWorldTakeTheGun
"Look, you wanna save the world? You're the great humanitarian? Take the gun!"

https://www.tinyurl.com/forWARd-WhenLIBsDisarm :: Or Attack.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 22, 2026 03:20 PM (xa7td)

200 Ok.

Thundersleet and now a rainbow.

Jeepers.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2026 03:20 PM (A5RD0)

201 Apparently the people of the United Kingdom are incapable of ascending or descending more than four steps, and require mechanical means to accomplish these harrowing tasks.

So, TL;DR: They're poofters. ?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 22, 2026 03:21 PM (0sNs1)

202 I got sensitive scrotum skin stuck in an escalator once.

Posted by: Old Softee at February 22, 2026 03:21 PM (oftw2)

203 If you haven't seen this video you need to look at it.
These are Cartel members.

https://tinyurl.com/36tv3vw9

Is this what we're going to be up against when they get the signal here?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 22, 2026 03:21 PM (psWom)

204 And I have a friend posting me pictures from Cabo.

It’s beautiful and peaceful.

Show your work.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2026 03:21 PM (A5RD0)

205 More wet snow now
Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2026 03:08 PM

Yup. 16-24" expected overnight and all day tomorrow.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 22, 2026 03:22 PM (Wnv9h)

206 And we all know politicians never lie.

Posted by: Archimedes

I should have been more clear. Many Mexicans believe that Sheinbaum receives financial support in exchange for not meddling in a serious way in their business. Arrests happen, but assassinations do not. The last cartel to suffer a major disruption was that of El Chapo, but it appeared to be inter-cartel fighting where the government sided against El Chapo's son. But I'm a little foggy on how that went down.

So, the violence erupting now might be a result of the cartel feeling betrayed by the government's involvement in El Mencho's death.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at February 22, 2026 03:23 PM (yFLFB)

207 Wow. Our totals haven jacked from 6-8 to 8-13”. We get that much snow, this place will be closed until Wednesday.

Posted by: Accomack at February 22, 2026 03:25 PM (/Chlc)

208 Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2026 03:21 PM

Nurse, you asked about the woodpeckers...I've got 2 or 3 species hanging around outside right now. And a bunch of blue jays being asshoe.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 22, 2026 03:25 PM (Wnv9h)

209 So, the violence erupting now might be a result of the cartel feeling betrayed by the government's involvement in El Mencho's death.
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at February 22, 2026 03:23 PM (yFLFB)
========

If those SOBs are kidnapping US citizens (and likely killing some of them in the process) and destroying US property, they've picked the wrong President to fuck with.

Posted by: mrp at February 22, 2026 03:25 PM (rj6Yv)

210 "I need to be in quite a calm state and I am not at the moment."
-- William, son of Charles

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at February 22, 2026 03:26 PM (0sNs1)

211 DDG-81 is serving as the air defense commander for the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 22, 2026 03:26 PM (psWom)

212 If you haven't seen this video you need to look at it.
These are Cartel members.
https://tinyurl.com/36tv3vw9
Is this what we're going to be up against when they get the signal here?
Posted by: Braenyard

They have a uniform, but the weapons appear to be random, whatever they happen to get hold of.

Be interesting if an annotated version of the clip was done by someone with knowledge to identify all the kit they got.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 22, 2026 03:28 PM (/lPRQ)

213 202 I got sensitive scrotum skin stuck in an escalator once.
Posted by: Old Softee

My mistake, it was twice.

Posted by: Old Softee. at February 22, 2026 03:28 PM (oftw2)

214 If you haven't seen this video you need to look at it.
These are Cartel members.

https://tinyurl.com/36tv3vw9

Is this what we're going to be up against when they get the signal here?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 22, 2026 03:21 PM (psWom)
________

Looks like a paintball team

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 22, 2026 03:28 PM (iFTx/)

215 "…even I can negotiate four steps without pause or assistance."

But do you ascend at the official regulated government pace? Hah? No holding up the queue, peon.

Posted by: mindful webworker - 1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2 at February 22, 2026 03:30 PM (oq2IS)

216 44 Hockey rebroadcast at 4:30.
Yeah, that’s gotta be required.
FWP: watching spring training baseball
Posted by: Accomack at February 22, 2026 02:18 PM (T8bqm)

You really only need to watch the 1st period til we score, the last 5 minutes of the 3rd period where we get the literal bloody shirt, and then OT. Canada pretty much dominated all the time in between, but as always, when you have the best goalie playing absolutely lights out, you always have a very good chance of winning.

Soccer and hockey - where one player can literally win an entire game for you...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 22, 2026 03:30 PM (tOcjL)

217 139 126 Sheinbaum did not win election by opposing the cartels. This is most likely an accident in the real sense of the word. The government was not supposed to kill a cartel boss, as per the rules of the game.

And we all know politicians never lie.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 22, 2026 02:48 PM (Riz8t)

Sheinbaum? Odd name for a hispanic person...

I guess we will find out if she winds up with her head staked at the gates to her presidential mansion.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 22, 2026 02:50 PM (bss/y)

Vicente Fox was the President of Mexico from 2000-2006.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 22, 2026 03:31 PM (hJH5n)

218 Obligatory escalator video. Love the look in the idiot's eyes as he realizes this was a really stupid idea.

https://tinyurl.com/2p8yuxzj

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 22, 2026 03:31 PM (iFTx/)

219 Sidebar -
Canadian tribunal fines man $750,000 for believing there are only two genders

"believing"
Their tribunals have mastered prosecuting thought crime.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 22, 2026 03:31 PM (/lPRQ)

220 You really only need to watch the 1st period til we score, the last 5 minutes of the 3rd period where we get the literal bloody shirt, and then OT. Canada pretty much dominated all the time in between, but as always, when you have the best goalie playing absolutely lights out, you always have a very good chance of winning.

Soccer and hockey - where one player can literally win an entire game for you...
Posted by: Nova Local at February 22, 2026 03:30 PM (tOcjL)

That's reductive.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 22, 2026 03:32 PM (hJH5n)

221 "Canadian tribunal fines man $750,000 for believing there are only two genders"

If you can believe there are X number of genders, why can't X=2?

Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 22, 2026 03:32 PM (qIH9H)

222 220 You really only need to watch the 1st period til we score, the last 5 minutes of the 3rd period where we get the literal bloody shirt, and then OT. Canada pretty much dominated all the time in between, but as always, when you have the best goalie playing absolutely lights out, you always have a very good chance of winning.

Soccer and hockey - where one player can literally win an entire game for you...
Posted by: Nova Local at February 22, 2026 03:30 PM (tOcjL)

That's reductive.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 22, 2026 03:32 PM (hJH5n)

Nah, it's the game. The entire US team all said the goalie is the only reason they won. Canada dominated regulation time. And then came out flat in OT.

Posted by: Nova Local at February 22, 2026 03:33 PM (tOcjL)

223 Obligatory escalator video. Love the look in the idiot's eyes as he realizes this was a really stupid idea.

https://tinyurl.com/2p8yuxzj
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

Ow, my nuts!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 22, 2026 03:33 PM (/lPRQ)

224 Going down is worse than going up.

Posted by: lin-duh at February 22, 2026 03:13 PM (VCgbV)

No it isn't!

Posted by: Kamala Harris at February 22, 2026 03:34 PM (n9ltV)

225 Nurse, you asked about the woodpeckers...I've got 2 or 3 species hanging around outside right now. And a bunch of blue jays being asshoe.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Birds are not real.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2026 03:34 PM (J2ite)

226 151 I actually love moving sidewalks. You walk fast on em and you get a thrill with the speed. I always grin like a maniac.

I am a simple man.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 22, 2026 02:56 PM (bss/y)

Earworms are for sharing!

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man (Audio, Live At Fox Theatre, Atlanta, 1976)
https://youtu.be/taYbcol6lQY

Shinedown - Simple Man (Official Video)
https://youtu.be/rgFQ6WmxdMs

Posted by: SciVo at February 22, 2026 03:35 PM (Sy6m/)

227 "Canadian tribunal fines man $750,000 for believing there are only two genders"
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Raises the qustion of exactly how many 'genders' there are. Logcally, the assignment of any particular number would have the same consequence.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 22, 2026 03:35 PM (XeU6L)

228 "If you can believe there are X number of genders, why can't X=2?"

I mean, if you believe in 7 genders, aren't you still excluding/discriminating against X-7 genders?

Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 22, 2026 03:36 PM (qIH9H)

229 ________

Looks like a paintball team
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
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Plates, knee, eye, head protection and comms. And organization. If the muzzies have that in their kit bag it will be a different game.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 22, 2026 03:37 PM (psWom)

230 I have just decided that I will COME out of the closet and say I am proud to be Gay.

I am also divorcing my wife to marry RuPaul....

Long live the Gay Pride Flag....

Posted by: Chucky "Sweetcheeks" Schumer at February 22, 2026 03:40 PM (YuOiR)

231 I would argue prove there are more than 2

You can't

Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2026 03:40 PM (Ia/+0)

232 Looks like a paintball team
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
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Plates, knee, eye, head protection and comms. And organization. If the muzzies have that in their kit bag it will be a different game.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 22, 2026 03:37 PM (psWom)
_______

There's a vid in thread you linked of these guys dancing like idiots in the back of the van. I suspect the entire thing is AI or otherwise fake.

Not that cartels don't have military grade equipment. Of course they do. Cartels are a billion-dollar industry and can afford any gear or mercs they want. I'm just saying that this particular video look clownish and probably fake.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 22, 2026 03:40 PM (iFTx/)

233 I actually love moving sidewalks. You walk fast on em and you get a thrill with the speed. I always grin like a maniac.

Just be sure to slow down before reaching the end. It's fun watching people who don't know that faceplant when they slow down unexpectedly.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 22, 2026 03:40 PM (8RpAR)

234 Birds are not real.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2026 03:34 PM

Nice. They'll be an extra tin in your envelope this week.

Posted by: Big Penguin at February 22, 2026 03:42 PM (xvDSE)

235 Somehow this Mexican drug cartel war is Trump's fault.
I don't know how it is but I'm sure the top notch media we have in this country will tell us. Oh, and the bad snow storm is his fault too. So is the ten pounds you gained in the past month.

Posted by: Case at February 22, 2026 03:42 PM (Z3Kkg)

236
the wheels are closing in
the walls are coming off
very newsy today

Posted by: Don Black at February 22, 2026 03:42 PM (ZxPkt)

237 I mean, if you believe in 7 genders, aren't you still excluding/discriminating against X-7 genders?

* blows whistle, throws flag *

Not just math but algebra.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 22, 2026 03:43 PM (8RpAR)

238 Nurse, you asked about the woodpeckers...I've got 2 or 3 species hanging around outside right now. And a bunch of blue jays being asshoe.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Birds are not real.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2026 03:34 PM (J2ite)
_______

Obligatory:

https://tinyurl.com/3tb7c3yr

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 22, 2026 03:43 PM (iFTx/)

239 Earworms are for sharing!

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man (Audio, Live At Fox Theatre, Atlanta, 1976)
https://youtu.be/taYbcol6lQY

Shinedown - Simple Man (Official Video)
https://youtu.be/rgFQ6WmxdMs
Posted by: SciVo
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Uh...Graham Nash, 'Simple Man'

"This song was written the day that Joni Mitchell broke up with Nash via telegraph. "

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 22, 2026 03:43 PM (XeU6L)

240 the wheels are closing in
the walls are coming off
very newsy today
Posted by: Don Black at February 22, 2026 03:42 PM

What are we, chopped liver?

Posted by: John's philtrum follicles at February 22, 2026 03:45 PM (0sNs1)

241
Not just math but algebra.
Posted by: Oddbob at February 22, 2026 03:43 PM
+++
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What's next?
Polynomials?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 22, 2026 03:45 PM (2Ez/1)

242 Do Canadian high schools have debate teams?

Posted by: mrp at February 22, 2026 03:46 PM (rj6Yv)

243 TaraBull @TaraBull

CJNG Cartel just posted this warning:

DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOUSES, THERE'S GOING TO BE A HUGE MESS BECAUSE OF THE DIRTY GOVERNMENT. WE HAVE ORDERS TO FINISH OFF EVERYONE WHO CROSSES OUR PATH AND WE DON'T WANT TO HARM THE PEOPLE, EVERYONE IN THEIR HOUSES UNTIL IT'S UNDER CONTROL.

X: https://bit.ly/4tMDBs4

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 22, 2026 03:49 PM (P5BPp)

244 Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What's next?
Polynomials?

Only in Utah.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 22, 2026 03:49 PM (W4ybS)

245 Laying on grass areas

Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2026 03:51 PM (Ia/+0)

246 Do Canadian high schools have debate teams?
Posted by: mrp at February 22, 2026 03:46 PM (rj6Yv)

Sort of. It's mostly:

Hey friend.

I'm not your friend, pal.

I'm not your pal, chum...

and so on.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at February 22, 2026 03:51 PM (0aYVJ)

247 Do Canadian high schools have debate teams?

Have your team start off with a Muslim. No one will dare to disagree.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 22, 2026 03:51 PM (W4ybS)

248 Canadian Marxists Seminaries probably have debates like American Marxists Seminaries do

Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2026 03:52 PM (Ia/+0)

249 "This song was written the day that Joni Mitchell broke up with Nash via telegraph. "

There's a certain Old World charm in that. Only thing better might be a singing telegram.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 22, 2026 03:54 PM (W4ybS)

250 Canadian Marxists Seminaries probably have debates like American Marxists Seminaries do
Posted by: Skip

"Donald Trump. Threat, or menace?"

Posted by: Canadian Marxist Seminary at February 22, 2026 03:54 PM (VHUov)

251 >>If you haven't seen this video you need to look at it.
These are Cartel members.

A four-man Delta team would wade through those guys in a couple of seconds.

In fact if we ever really decided to Let Slip The Dogs of War, every South American cartel member would be dead with a couple of months.

Being able to take them out has never been the problem.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 22, 2026 03:55 PM (XV/Pl)

252 TaraBull @TaraBull

CJNG Cartel just posted this warning:

DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOUSES, THERE'S GOING TO BE A HUGE MESS BECAUSE OF THE DIRTY GOVERNMENT. WE HAVE ORDERS TO FINISH OFF EVERYONE WHO CROSSES OUR PATH AND WE DON'T WANT TO HARM THE PEOPLE, EVERYONE IN THEIR HOUSES UNTIL IT'S UNDER CONTROL.

X: https://bit.ly/4tMDBs4
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
===

So they are threatening to wander around in the streets attacking anybody they see.

This is
The Walking Dead

'Cept they will all be wearing pink sneakers to indentify themselves.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 22, 2026 03:55 PM (/lPRQ)

253 There's a certain Old World charm in that. Only thing better might be a singing telegram.
Posted by: Oddbob
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Skywriting.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 22, 2026 03:55 PM (XeU6L)

254 Nah, it's the game. The entire US team all said the goalie is the only reason they won. Canada dominated regulation time. And then came out flat in OT.
Posted by: Nova Local at February 22, 2026 03:33 PM (tOcjL)

This is true, and I saw that!

HOWEVER, someone HAD to score. Two people scored, in fact, to give the U.S. the two goals needed to win.

(In hockey, you need goaltending, in baseball, you need pitching, in football, you need a defense.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 22, 2026 03:55 PM (hJH5n)

255 251 >>If you haven't seen this video you need to look at it.
These are Cartel members.

A four-man Delta team would wade through those guys in a couple of seconds.
---

Reference wasn't - our military v them. It was us vs. the Muzzies when they get the calll.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 22, 2026 03:56 PM (psWom)

256 So they are threatening to wander around in the streets attacking anybody they see.

.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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The Tim Walz method.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 22, 2026 03:56 PM (XeU6L)

257 Huh. Guess everybody is F5-ing for the food thread.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 22, 2026 03:59 PM (W4ybS)

258 If they didn't want to harm the people they probably shouldn't have threatened anyone who crossed their path

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 22, 2026 03:59 PM (looXz)

259 FOOD NOOD

Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2026 04:01 PM (Ia/+0)

260 Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson

Parts of Mexico have become a total warzone after Top CJNG cartel leader, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes “El Mencho,” was eliminated in a U.S. assisted Mexican military operation.

Three X videos: https://bit.ly/3OF5oum

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 22, 2026 04:02 PM (P5BPp)

261 Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What's next?
Polynomials?

Only in Utah.
Posted by: Oddbob at February 22, 2026 03:49 PM

*golfclap*

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 22, 2026 04:02 PM (2Ez/1)

262 Uh...Graham Nash, 'Simple Man'

"This song was written the day that Joni Mitchell broke up with Nash via telegraph. "
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 22, 2026 03:43 PM (XeU6L)

I don't think I ever heard it before, but here's a link!

Graham Nash - Simple Man (2008 Stereo Mix)
https://youtu.be/1XjcQ0Zu5CM

And here is the 1971 album version, if you want to compare, but I just checked them both out and I strongly recommend the other one:
https://youtu.be/tKCUWxy6cP8

Posted by: SciVo at February 22, 2026 04:02 PM (Sy6m/)

263 >>If you haven't seen this video you need to look at it.
These are Cartel members.

A four-man Delta team would wade through those guys in a couple of seconds.
---

Reference wasn't - our military v them. It was us vs. the Muzzies when they get the calll.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
==

Personally I do not expect to be walking out of the local Publix and have a van pull up, bunch of hood rats dressed in black jump out and gun me down.
Nor do I expect to sit on a public bus and expect some dude to stab me in the neck from behind.

Surprise is 95% of just killing somebody.

If me and a few friends are expecting a van full of ninjas to attack us things change significantly.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 22, 2026 04:05 PM (/lPRQ)

264
I don't think I ever heard it before, but here's a link!

Graham Nash - Simple Man (2008 Stereo Mix)
https://youtu.be/1XjcQ0Zu5CM

And here is the 1971 album version, if you want to compare, but I just checked them both out and I strongly recommend the other one:
https://youtu.be/tKCUWxy6cP8
Posted by: SciVo
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I have the album. Nice tune.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 22, 2026 04:05 PM (XeU6L)

265 FOOD NOOD
Posted by: Skip

Better be Mexican!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 22, 2026 04:06 PM (/lPRQ)

266 My wife semi defended this escalator

“It’s very cute” she said

Posted by: PMRich at February 22, 2026 04:16 PM (LmDYX)

267 This video is not from the Mexican army, it is the hitmen of Mencho, the Special Forces Elite Group; of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG
--

More dancing Cartelestos in pink tennis shoes and skirts.
--
https://tinyurl.com/mwz5r4rv

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 22, 2026 04:42 PM (psWom)

268 Maye they just did a poor design and didn't catch it until too late.

Posted by: LKP at February 22, 2026 05:09 PM (ylpKQ)

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