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Thursday Overnight Open Thread - March 19, 2026 [Doof]
From Earth Pictures
AI is asshoe Not long ago, we joked about "if it's on the internet, it's gotta be true". Well, how about, "if it's on the internet, it's probably AI"? Meet Jessica Foster, the Wholesome US Soldier and Donald Trump Fan Who Doesn’t Exist
Jessica Foster joined Instagram in late December of last year, but during that short period of time, she managed to grow her following on the Meta-owned social network to over 1 million. And it’s not hard to see why; she is very beautiful (some might say suspiciously so), she serves in the US Army, and is an avid Donald Trump fan, constantly posting photos alongside the American president. But there is something off about Jessica. Even ignoring her seemingly perfect looks, you can’t help but raise an eyebrow when you see that online searches yield no results about her. Apart from the carefully crafted Instagram account, Jessica Foster doesn’t exist. And that’s because she’s not a real person, but an AI-made avatar designed for a very specific demographic. *** Whoever created Jessica Foster appears to have done so to funnel her gullible followers to OF, where they pay for more raunchy content, messages from her, and tips. Apparently, the account violates the platform’s terms of service, which state that every account must be linked to a verified human being, and all AI-generated content must resemble that specific real person and be tagged with a #AI label.I'm starting to go with the default opinion that every photo or video I see online is AI unless proven otherwise. ----- News for you Deadheads out there Jerry Garcia’s Famed ‘Tiger’ Guitar Bought By Chicago Collector For $11.56 Million
Jerry Garcia with The Dead at Madison Square Garden, Sept. 15, 1987.
Credit: AP Photo/Corey Struller
One of Grateful Dead legend Jerry Garcia’s favorite instruments was his trusty, custom-built, wood-grained guitar nicknamed “Tiger.” Now “Tiger” could be coming back to Chicago after local guitar collector Bobby Tseitlin bought it at auction for $11.56 million, which was briefly a record for a guitar sale. (A black Fender Stratocaster used by Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour sold at the same Christie’s auction last week for $14.5 million.) Tseitlin, 44, is co-founder of Family Guitars, a Chicago company that collects historic instruments and is “home to some of the most legendary instruments ever played,” per its website. For the past 20 years, Tseitlin’s passion project has been collecting guitars, he told Rolling Stone. Tseitlin isn’t about to store his famous guitars where no one can see them, though. He lends them out to musicians to play and keep them alive. True to form, Derek Trucks of Tedeschi Trucks Band was on stage at the Beacon Theatre in New York the night after the auction, playing a Garcia tune on Garcia’s beloved guitar. Trucks attended the auction with Tseitlin, launching online hope he would be playing it soon. Fans got their wish.
Derek Trucks and Bobby Tseitlin with Jerry Garcia's custom Tiger guitar.
Credit: Instagram
*** Last week, Tseitlin purchased it at Christie’s in New York City during a multi-day auction featuring prized possessions of the late Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay.
Some trips are long, some are strange, and some are so good, you can’t help but keep 'em going! After reuniting with the Grateful Dead last year to release Grateful Dead Juicy Pale Ale, we couldn’t resist keeping the journey rolling. This year, we’re beyond excited to collaborate once again on our fifth Dogfish Head x Grateful Dead beer. *** Our collaboration with Grateful Dead stretches back more than a decade, beginning in 2013 with the release of American Beauty and continuing through multiple re‑releases, evolutions and creative experiments over the years. Each chapter has built on the last, fueled by mutual respect, shared values and a belief that art, whether brewed, played or painted, should invite people in. Grateful Dead Citrus Daydream Lager is the latest stop on that journey. This goodness is swimming to shelves nationwide in 6‑pack / 12‑oz cans as we speak ... er, type!, and will be available coast-to-coast beginning Mar. 2026. You can grab both of our Grateful Dead collaborative brews, Juicy Pale Ale and Citrus Daydream Lager, at your favorite local retailer or use our Fish Finder to track them down near you.----- Kewl Photograhy 40 Of The Funniest Wildlife Photos Ever Captured At Exactly The Right Moment
If you’ve ever wondered whether animals have a sense of humor, the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards might just have the answer. This photography competition celebrates those perfectly timed moments in the animal kingdom when creatures appear surprisingly human. Instead of the usual dramatic wildlife shots, the contest focuses on the lighter side of nature — the awkward, unexpected, and downright hilarious moments animals find themselves in. And honestly, some of these photos look like wildlife accidentally walked into a comedy sketch. So scroll on, enjoy the laughs, and get ready to see wildlife from a whole new — and much funnier — perspective.Check them all out. It's a single page - not a stupid click-through thing. ----- Wholesome content
Not sure if this is a thing everywhere, but seniors give their jerseys to the teachers who had the greatest impact on their lives. Thank you to the teachers who really make a difference in these kids' lives. pic.twitter.com/K6RrMa6DJt
— Sadie (@Sadie_NC) March 18, 2026
This is the song that is playing in the background. Very powerful lyrics about how precious the gift of time is.
He explains the differences between terms like roads, streets, avenues, and boulevards and there’s actually a meaning behind when each one is used pic.twitter.com/YohPbejXGS
— Financial Dystopia (@financedystop) March 16, 2026
from thisdayinmusic.com On this date in 1982: Ozzy Osbourne guitarist and former Quiet Riot member Randy Rhoads was killed when the plane he was riding in crashed.
Born on this date in 1953: Billy Sheehan, bass guitarist, with American hard rock supergroup Mr. Big, who had the 1992 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'To Be With You'. He has also worked with Steve Vai and David Lee Roth.
Born on this date in 1952: Derek Longmuir, Scottish drummer and a founding member of the 1970s pop group, Bay City Rollers
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 19, 2026 10:03 PM (Puq9y)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 19, 2026 10:03 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: mindful webworker in a supporting role at March 19, 2026 10:03 PM (G4D4h)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 19, 2026 10:04 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 19, 2026 10:05 PM (nWPIJ)
All the other comments here are AI.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 19, 2026 10:05 PM (UGyV5)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 19, 2026 10:05 PM (cYBz/)
Don't make excuses for horrible people. you can't put a flower in an asshole and call it a vase.
--- What if you ram a saguaro cactus up there? Does that count?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 19, 2026 10:06 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 19, 2026 10:05 PM (UGyV5)
There have been a number of comments today which seemed like Artificial Unintelligence.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 19, 2026 10:06 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 19, 2026 10:06 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 19, 2026 10:05 PM (cYBz/)
Good evening. I at least identify as good people!
Posted by: Doof at March 19, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)
I wish! Went from a Wintry 20° a couple of nights ago to full-Summer, upper 80s today 90° tomorrow & days ahead.
Spring? Never heard of it.
Posted by: mindful webworker playing with the thermostat at March 19, 2026 10:08 PM (G4D4h)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 19, 2026 10:08 PM (6U1c2)
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We inhabit a wonderful world where absolutely nothing can be trusted as representing the truth.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 19, 2026 10:08 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 19, 2026 10:09 PM (jrKun)
We used 'em at my university offices even in the last few years, though not often. I bought a box of, I think, 50 (my employer was too cheap to provide them through the mail room) in 2018, and hadn't used them all by 2018. Another box bought in '18 for my final job lasted us until I left in '25.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 19, 2026 10:09 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 19, 2026 10:05 PM (UGyV5)
There have been a number of comments today which seemed like Artificial Unintelligence.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 19, 2026 10:06 PM (ExV1e)
It's usually organic, all natural. We're not called morons for nothing.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 19, 2026 10:10 PM (UGyV5)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 19, 2026 10:10 PM (c1+iT)
Posted by: Doof at March 19, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)
But would not want to pay insurance as it travels. Would keep out of NYC, Chicago, LA, SF, ok, west coast messed coast.
Dallas had a great music scene years ago, $20 wristband, 5 or 6 venues, great times, early '90's.
Anyone know of great music towns with live music in a open carry (drinks) zone?
Posted by: Elect me because i'm dyslexic and racist at March 19, 2026 10:12 PM (bexpN)
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 19, 2026 10:12 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 19, 2026 10:09 PM (wzUl9)
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They still get used on my campus as well.
Usually for delivery of things that need a physical copy.
I can't remember the last time I used one, however.
My campus is small enough that if I want to send something, it's just as easy to walk it over to the building/department destination for most things.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 19, 2026 10:12 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 19, 2026 10:10 PM (c1+iT)
Howdy COMM!
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*eyeroll*
Brown-nosers.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 19, 2026 10:12 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Methos at March 19, 2026 10:12 PM (vSvIl)
All the other comments here are AI.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
I replaced myself with an AI agent for a few months, but it was even weirder than I was, so I stopped.
Posted by: mikeski at March 19, 2026 10:13 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: mikeski at March 19, 2026 10:13 PM (VHUov)
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Let's see if anyone notices!
Posted by: Folgers Announcer at March 19, 2026 10:14 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 19, 2026 10:14 PM (wzUl9)
Some years ago someone boosted one of Joe Satriani's favorite guitars. Turns out, nobody cared, because it was an Ibanez.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at March 19, 2026 10:15 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 19, 2026 10:15 PM (7D3Aa)
Used them all.the time!
Posted by: Diogenes at March 19, 2026 10:15 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 19, 2026 10:15 PM (/lPRQ)
Usually for delivery of things that need a physical copy.
I can't remember the last time I used one, however.
My campus is small enough that if I want to send something, it's just as easy to walk it over to the building/department destination for most things.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 19, 2026
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I'd walk things over too, unless it was raining, or really really cold, or hot. Which took care of 90% of the weather conditions, so I didn't do it that much.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 19, 2026 10:16 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 19, 2026 10:16 PM (c1+iT)
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at March 19, 2026 10:16 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 19, 2026 10:16 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: tankdemon at March 19, 2026 10:17 PM (4FyoY)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 19, 2026 10:17 PM (Puq9y)
tinyurl.com/5jjzvv4z
honestly it's not a new hustle; "black conservatives!" were sending me flyers asking for donations to their no-hope runs in black districts all through the 2000s.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 19, 2026 10:17 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 19, 2026 10:17 PM (nWPIJ)
Well, duh!
Posted by: Gnostics, Buddhists, and Hindus at March 19, 2026 10:18 PM (Riz8t)
Just kidding. I would never do that. And I have ten fingers.
I keep them in a cool satchel on my belt. Next to the onion.
Sank you. I vill be here all ze veek.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at March 19, 2026 10:18 PM (0aYVJ)
As to Jessica Foster, she's out of uniform in two of those three pics shown.
Posted by: GWB at March 19, 2026 10:18 PM (XoEtr)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2026 10:18 PM (8zz6B)
Does that mean anything?
Posted by: Diogenes at March 19, 2026 10:18 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: banana Dream at March 19, 2026 10:18 PM (TKHDz)
Usually for delivery of things that need a physical copy.
I can't remember the last time I used one, however.
My lab used them until the time I retired, just before Covid.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 19, 2026 10:19 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 19, 2026 10:14 PM (wzUl9)
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The Baptist Student Union where I work offers free lunch on Wednesdays to students and faculty. Usually quite tasty, and lines are fairly short. I meet some interesting students there. Unfortunately I couldn't go yesterday due to back-to-back-to-back meetings.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 19, 2026 10:19 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 19, 2026 10:19 PM (UGyV5)
But what made you start thinking about the roads/streets thing? The ad servers may have noticed you reading that article or hitting that page or whatever. Seeing that, the algorithm did its thing.
Or maybe that's just what they want you to think.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 19, 2026 10:19 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 19, 2026 10:20 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 19, 2026 10:20 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: LRob in OK
And when you go far enough south into OKC it becomes MLK Blvd. Guess Edmond is raycis.
Posted by: She Hobbit at March 19, 2026 10:20 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 19, 2026 10:21 PM (zZu0s)
"As the war has nearing the end of its third week, senior US officials continue to claim widespread success in its campaign against Iran."
F*ck you traitors!
Maybe one of those errant Iranian missiles will land on CNN's headquarters.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 19, 2026 10:21 PM (n9ltV)
I got into the habit of using a black marker to write the addressee's name, too. Much easier to see, esp. when I printed it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 19, 2026 10:22 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: banana Dream at March 19, 2026 10:18 PM (TKHDz)
I used to send/receive goofy stuff to/from work buddies in those things. Some places I worked would actually deliver them to other locations / offices. Was always fun to get a "you suck" note from across town or even from another state!
Posted by: Doof at March 19, 2026 10:22 PM (QMAsf)
Well, that's been pretty much the truth since Cain said "who? Never heard of him"
Posted by: man at March 19, 2026 10:22 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 19, 2026 10:22 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: banana Dream at March 19, 2026 10:22 PM (TKHDz)
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It's supposed to be 95 degrees this weekend. Just as Coily promised. "No Spring!"
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 19, 2026 10:22 PM (w5FC4)
I'd say the selfie with Trump or the speaking one looks the most off.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 19, 2026 10:23 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 19, 2026 10:23 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: tankdemon at March 19, 2026 10:23 PM (4FyoY)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 19, 2026 10:17 PM (Puq9y)
He was only 32 in that vid up top. It was 45-46 years ago. Fuck I feel old.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 19, 2026 10:23 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 19, 2026 10:23 PM (dE3DB)
Jesus H. Christ on a pogo stick, now we’ve got AI slop flooding the comments too?
Used to be you could count on at least 40% of the thread being recognizably human—drunk, angry, spelling like a dyslexic raccoon, sure, but HUMAN. Now half the below-the-fold is just ChatGPT with a thesaurus and a bad attitude, regurgitating the same three talking points in slightly different word salads. “The left is destroying civilization” × 47 with random synonyms swapped in like it’s Mad Libs for midwit bots.
I’m not even mad at the AI, I’m mad at whatever sad little neckbeard is copy-pasting the output and hitting “post” like he just contributed something. Bro, you didn’t. You just gave a silicon-based cargo cult a participation trophy.
Bring back the 2012-era 800-word rants about how Obama is secretly a Marxist Kenyan who golfs too much.
Bring back the 4 a.m. drunk-posters arguing about whether the M1 Garand ping is realistic in CoD. Hell, bring back the damn ping itself. At least those were alive.
Posted by: mindful webworker asks, what is reality? at March 19, 2026 10:24 PM (G4D4h)
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And Harriet just let it happen. Tragic.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 19, 2026 10:24 PM (nWPIJ)
The Talking Heads are a bunch of LIARS!
Posted by: tankdemon at March 19, 2026 10:24 PM (4FyoY)
Wolfus, sent you an email with a link you may be interested in.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 19, 2026 10:25 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: LASue at March 19, 2026 10:25 PM (mFhj8)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 19, 2026 10:23 PM (viF8m)
Was hoping you'd be on tonight to chime in on that story
Posted by: Doof at March 19, 2026 10:25 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 19, 2026 10:25 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 19, 2026 10:22 PM (w5FC4)
Got up to 107 here this afternoon. Now cooled down into the 90's.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2026 10:25 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 19, 2026 10:22 PM (w5FC4)
Spring here happened in about a day. Tomorrow is looking to be 80.
And Coily the Spring Sprite is pure evil. Think of all the planes falling out of the sky.
HeeHeeHee!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at March 19, 2026 10:26 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: mindful webworker asks, what is reality? at March 19, 2026 10:24 PM (G4D4h)
There it is. Everyone knows the best gun in the OG Call of Duty was the FG-42.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 19, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)
"As the war has nearing the end of its third week, senior US officials continue to claim widespread success in its campaign against Iran."
F*ck you traitors!
Maybe one of those errant Iranian missiles will land on CNN's headquarters.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 19, 2026 10:21 PM (n9ltV)
If I was trump I would capture one and send it myself. Then whistle off into the sunset. Me know nothing, its not ours.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 19, 2026 10:26 PM (snZF9)
"As the war has nearing the end of its third week, senior US officials continue to claim widespread success in its campaign against Iran."
F*ck you traitors!
Maybe one of those errant Iranian missiles will land on CNN's headquarters.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 19, 2026 10:21 PM (n9ltV)
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CNN thinks wars are fought just like Hollywood shows us...done in a 120 minutes. Unless it makes money and then there is a sequel. Another 120 minutes.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 19, 2026 10:26 PM (2WIwB)
Kind of amusing that they felt the need to black out the genitals of wild animals.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 19, 2026 10:26 PM (syz1S)
Bring back the 4 a.m. drunk-posters arguing about whether the M1 Garand ping is realistic in CoD. Hell, bring back the damn ping itself. At least those were alive."
Well, there was that one Memorial Day Weekend thread...
Posted by: man at March 19, 2026 10:26 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 19, 2026 10:25 PM (XV/Pl)
Two chicks at one time.
Posted by: Obligatory at March 19, 2026 10:27 PM (zZu0s)
Or at least, it seemed highly unlikely.
I gave it an image and asked it to generate some HTML code that would approximate the look and feel of the image. It did that OK, but then it gave me a SECOND piece of code that spooked me out because it was very specific to the project I was working on and I hadn't given Grok any prompting in that direction.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 19, 2026 10:27 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: tankdemon at March 19, 2026 10:17 PM (4FyoY)
Something about today's date and the return of the swallows to San Juan Capistrano leads me to wonder if there really is a Calistrano?
Posted by: MAGA Kelly at March 19, 2026 10:27 PM (DqQS/)
Posted by: banana Dream at March 19, 2026
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In my section of town there is a Behrman Highway, a Behrman Place, an Old Behrman Highway (all connected in some fashion), and a Behrman Avenue farther away that was once connected to the Old Behrman Highway. All named for a long-ago mayor of this part of the city when it was separate from the main body across the river.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 19, 2026 10:27 PM (wzUl9)
Kind of amusing that they felt the need to black out the genitals of wild animals.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 19, 2026 10:26 PM (syz1S)
Looking at monkey dicks is a gateway activity. From there, the road only leads to donkey shows.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 19, 2026 10:27 PM (UGyV5)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 19, 2026 10:25 PM (XV/Pl)
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I would buy you a house.
Posted by: Barenaked Ladies at March 19, 2026 10:28 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 19, 2026 10:28 PM (7D3Aa)
Motorway? Mews? Close?
They are a strange people.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 19, 2026 10:28 PM (n9ltV)
>>Looking at monkey dicks is a gateway activity. From there, the road only leads to donkey shows.
Mexican or Peruvian?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 19, 2026 10:28 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: man at March 19, 2026 10:28 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 19, 2026
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Thanks; I'll have a look.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 19, 2026 10:28 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: tankdemon at March 19, 2026 10:17 PM (4FyoY)
Capistrano, stupid autocorrect.
Today is the day the swallows return to the island, for those who didn't get the reference.
Posted by: tankdemon at March 19, 2026 10:28 PM (4FyoY)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 19, 2026 10:20 PM (1Ff7Z)
I'd say AI.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 19, 2026 10:21 PM (zZu0s)
Yeah, that being the subject... I'd agree it's possible.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 19, 2026 10:29 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: GWB at March 19, 2026 10:29 PM (XoEtr)
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Doof, you magnificent bastard. In a world full of poseurs, grifters, and people who think "impact" is a verb, you just keep quietly being excellent. Sharp takes, zero drama, and somehow you make the rest of us look like we're still figuring out which end of the keyboard to use.
Truly, a national treasure. Or at least a Horde treasure.
Carry on, sir.
mindful webworker - still not worthy, but trying
Posted by: Doof at March 19, 2026 10:29 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: man at March 19, 2026 10:30 PM (XuXeR)
I say "Shut up," but the idea nags at me until I give up and do it. Still doesn't make my work comprehensible but at least That Guy is quiet for a while.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 19, 2026 10:30 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: banana Dream
In the break room, there was a notice posted that stated everyone in the department no longer had to initial every posting in the break room. Of course, we all had to sign it.
It was at that moment that I knew I had to retire or I'd be spending time in the Big House.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 19, 2026 10:30 PM (cYBz/)
Does that mean anything?
Posted by: Diogenes
It means all the male teachers have retired, or have been driven out of their jobs by sexual allegations?
There were still plenty of male teachers when I was a student, but I don't personally know a single one today below the college level. I still see male coaches for male sports, so I assume they still exist, but they're rare.
I are an enjuneer, and I bet male schoolteachers are rarer than female engineers.
Posted by: mikeski at March 19, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: tankdemon
I got it, or a sock used earlier today did.
Posted by: Rex B at March 19, 2026 10:30 PM (DqQS/)
I'm AI
Everything is AI
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 19, 2026 10:22 PM (nWPIJ)
Can I be a Pepper, too?
Posted by: David Naughton at March 19, 2026 10:31 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Methos at March 19, 2026 10:12 PM (vSvIl)
That's just what AI would say, 6 fingers and all.
Posted by: RickZ at March 19, 2026 10:31 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 19, 2026 10:31 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 19, 2026 10:32 PM (snZF9)
We do have a MLK boulevard. But it's only a section of 45th Street that goes through a certain part of town.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at March 19, 2026 10:32 PM (Lo97M)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Kind of sort of...
Sure, "road", "lane", "avenue", etc. have meanings, but when a road can be called a "Fisk Boulevard" even though it is a dead end with two lots on it, it kind of dilutes those old meanings.
Maybe I'll see some bold developer name all the roads in their happy little subdivision after roads that still have a specific meaning -
US Highway 1
Interstate 95
US Route 66
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 19, 2026 10:32 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 19, 2026 10:31 PM (wVcYX)
Or a K-Tel compilation album called "Hot Nights" or something like that.
Posted by: Doof at March 19, 2026 10:32 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Galaxian at March 19, 2026 10:32 PM (mNOY+)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at March 19, 2026 10:32 PM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 19, 2026 10:32 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: man at March 19, 2026 10:32 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 19, 2026 10:33 PM (7D3Aa)
Creepy! His schtick is anti Trump, anti ice, and 'affordability'. He looks smelly.
Posted by: LASue at March 19, 2026 10:33 PM (mFhj8)
Still getting use to my El Cheapo chrome book and fat-fingered some commend code and got to examine the page source code for a bit...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 19, 2026 10:33 PM (/lPRQ)
Kind of amusing that they felt the need to black out the genitals of wild animals.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous
But the squirrel-a-trois (#39) was perfectly fine.
Pervs.
Posted by: mikeski at March 19, 2026 10:34 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 19, 2026 10:26 PM (syz1S)
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A tight shot of a leopard's boner could ruin the dinner hour of Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public.
Posted by: Marlin Perkins at March 19, 2026 10:34 PM (nWPIJ)
Jerry and Doug Irwin, the builder of Jerry's most famous guitars, had a long history. The Wolf was the second Irwin Jerry bought but I believe it was the first custom guitar Irwin built for him from the scratch. It's what really defined Jerry's sound and the Tiger just took it to another level.
He got it in '73. An example from that year in honor of the top pic.
https://tinyurl.com/3wvccdnw
Posted by: JackStraw at March 19, 2026 10:35 PM (viF8m)
Motorway? Mews? Close?
They are a strange people.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 19, 2026 10:28 PM (n9ltV)
Developers have a plethora of names for dead-end streets: mews, close, circle, place, court, and I am sure there are more. Mesa, uses "place" for through streets located between sequentially-numbered streets. 82nd place lies between 82nd street, and 83rd street.
That's why the dude in the video gets it all wrong. There are no rules; leastwise no consistent rules.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2026 10:35 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at March 19, 2026 10:35 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: banana Dream
In my immediate neighborhood, we have: Forest Hill Blvd, Forest Hill Terrace, Forest Hill Court and Forest Hill Drive.
Newcomers and delivery drivers simply give up.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 19, 2026 10:35 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: man at March 19, 2026 10:36 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Galaxian at March 19, 2026 10:32 PM (mNOY+)
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Cyclone plates?
Dexter wheels?
Rydell kangaroo-skin boots?
Lie to me if you have to.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 19, 2026 10:36 PM (nWPIJ)
Probably included an extra set of strings . . . . . .
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 19, 2026 10:33 PM (7D3Aa)
And a used guitar at that!
Posted by: Count de Monet, unfamiliar with the concept at March 19, 2026 10:36 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Oedipus at March 19, 2026 10:36 PM (95Gsi)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 19, 2026 10:36 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 19, 2026 10:37 PM (jrKun)
Posted by: mikeski at March 19, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)
Yes, yes you are.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 19, 2026 10:37 PM (syz1S)
So, no forest, then?
Posted by: man at March 19, 2026 10:37 PM (XuXeR)
Say what ya want about Calif Politics... but we do get some nice weather at times.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 19, 2026 10:38 PM (mP0Kj)
Pervs.
Posted by: mikeski at March 19, 2026 10:34 PM (VHUov)
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Explains why I'm hungover today and don't remember last night...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 19, 2026 10:38 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Galaxian at March 19, 2026 10:32 PM (mNOY+)
What roller rink was that?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 19, 2026 10:38 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 19, 2026 10:38 PM (mP0Kj)
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Yep. The Golden Handcuffs.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 19, 2026 10:38 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: runner at March 19, 2026 10:38 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: mindful webworker tries tries again at March 19, 2026 10:38 PM (G4D4h)
So, no forest, then?
Posted by: man at March 19, 2026 10:37 PM (XuXeR)
All named as places Forest Gump ran?
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 19, 2026 10:38 PM (mP0Kj)
It's a Love Boat backdrop...
Posted by: man at March 19, 2026 10:36 PM (XuXeR)
Oh, but it's alright (Alright)
Once you get past the pain (Past the pain)
You'll learn to find your love again
So keep your heart open
'Cause love will find a way, oh
Posted by: Pablo Cruise at March 19, 2026 10:39 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 19, 2026 10:32 PM (/lPRQ)
I went driving on 66 yesterday, looking for Andy Devine. Only found his avenue, I guess that was fine. As fine as the food at Mr. D'z! A Route 66 classic Diner in Kingman.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 19, 2026 10:39 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: man at March 19, 2026 10:39 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 19, 2026 10:39 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Methos
Exactly what AI would say.
Posted by: Oedipus at March 19, 2026 10:36 PM (95Gsi)
-I'm not AI you are AI. ,
Posted by: Methos at March 19, 2026 10:40 PM (vSvIl)
Jessica Foster
...resembles the "That person is not real" woman on that Delta(?) flight a couple of years ago.
"There is irony in the words of Krebs."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 19, 2026 10:40 PM (P8t9A)
Creepy! His schtick is anti Trump, anti ice, and 'affordability'. He looks smelly.
Posted by: LASue at March 19, 2026 10:33 PM (mFhj
Well, he passes gas a lot... just like Hitler!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 19, 2026 10:40 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Doof
In the military you could put in the office symbol and the envelope would magically show up, even on the other side of the world...
USA-CEPOA-CD-CE, or
USACE-POA-CD-CE (same thing)
Maybe even to another countries military...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 19, 2026 10:40 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 19, 2026 10:40 PM (QaH55)
Posted by: Piper at March 19, 2026 10:41 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Tech Noob at March 19, 2026 10:41 PM (oftw2)
I am soooo in need of snow here!
I'm not even looking forward to Wildfire season...I want lots of wetness...LOTS!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 19, 2026 10:41 PM (c1+iT)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at March 19, 2026 10:41 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: man at March 19, 2026 10:42 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 19, 2026 10:30 PM (CHHv1)
I haven't gotten a notification, so it must not be on YouTube yet.
Posted by: tankdemon at March 19, 2026 10:43 PM (4FyoY)
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It is not, but a very sweet tradition.
The middle school teacher I complained the most about being a "fascist" showed up at my Eagle Scout induction. My parents invited him as sweet, sweet revenge.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 19, 2026 10:43 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: tankdemon at March 19, 2026 10:28 PM (4FyoY)
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Did someone say swallows?
Posted by: Kamala Harris at March 19, 2026 10:43 PM (dYNiX)
I was driving on a 3 lane highway and came up on a vehicle I’d never seen before. I got close enough to see that it was a new (very cool) brand of “SUV” (but much more) called “Ineos”.
That’s all I saw. My phone was laying face down on the seat, so the algorithm must have read my mind because the next night my YT feed showed me reviews on the Ineos Grenadier.
Posted by: Marty at March 19, 2026 10:43 PM (cUahL)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 19, 2026 10:39 PM (RIvkX)
Not at Matthew's? Top of the hill...Daly City!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 19, 2026 10:43 PM (n9ltV)
It is one of the best mini-series I've scene and I do recommend it to others.
I will say the third season felt a bit rushed to get to the end and amusingly I suspect its because the number 3 is important in the show and therefore they didn't want a 4th season even though they could have used it.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 19, 2026 10:44 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Tech Noob at March 19, 2026 10:41 PM (oftw2)
Clockwise around the firsts disc and counterclockwise around the second, so the string cross in the middle.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2026 10:44 PM (8zz6B)
Probably included an extra set of strings . . . .
You still don't get a case.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 19, 2026 10:44 PM (eHBLK)
Later I logged into facebook and the first reel it gave me was about...Japanese Black companies.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 19, 2026 10:45 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Aren't You Hank Ryan's Sister? at March 19, 2026 10:45 PM (oftw2)
Probably included an extra set of strings . . . .
You still don't get a case.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 19, 2026 10:44 PM (eHBLK)
Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 19, 2026 10:45 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at March 19, 2026 10:41 PM (0aYVJ)
Subdivisions. Great Rush song.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 19, 2026 10:45 PM (QaH55)
Posted by: Piper at March 19, 2026 10:41 PM (Dd38x)
You've been scrolling through my followers on X, huh?
Posted by: Doof at March 19, 2026 10:46 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 19, 2026 10:27 PM (wzUl9)
I just call the whole area Behrman and am done with it.
Posted by: javems at March 19, 2026 10:46 PM (zFsEm)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 19, 2026 10:43 PM (n9ltV)
No DeNevi's? No, that's wrong. DeNevi's was only in Dubln, Berkeley, San Lorenzo, Cupertino, San Jose.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 19, 2026 10:46 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Piper
Or she's photoshopped to the point that she might as well be AI.
Also, you asked for it!
https://youtu.be/UExCrOtt-vc
To be an impossibly beautiful girl
In an impossible world.....
Posted by: mikeski at March 19, 2026 10:46 PM (VHUov)
"As the war has nearing the end of its third week, senior US officials CONTINUE TO claim widespread success in its campaign against Iran."
F*ck you traitors!
Maybe one of those errant Iranian missiles will land on CNN's headquarters.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Throwing in the words "CONTINUE TO" certainly makes it appear that the dispute the claim of success.
Did they provide any verifiable facts to dispute success?
If not, I'd say the CNN statement certainly provides aid and comfort to the enemy.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 19, 2026 10:46 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: mindful webworker asks, what is reality? at March 19, 2026 10:24 PM (G4D4h)
LOL. Well, dang, that was good. And even kept the length right. This might explain why Grok is better than all the others about not hallucinating.
Posted by: GWB at March 19, 2026 10:46 PM (XoEtr)
Also, "soon" has no definite definition.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 19, 2026 10:47 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: DBCooper at March 19, 2026 10:47 PM (9Txvh)
Posted by: runner at March 19, 2026 10:38 PM (GD0B3)
Its a crapola, still italian.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 19, 2026 10:47 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 19, 2026 10:45 PM (hJH5n)
It's amazing that market economics was understood 2,000+ years ago!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 19, 2026 10:48 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: tankdemon at March 19, 2026 10:48 PM (4FyoY)
The principal at my high school graduation gave the opening speech. Right out of the gate he started with something like "Almost every year I greet this moment with a bit of sadness as all of you will be leaving. This is not one of those years."
It didn't get better.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 19, 2026 10:48 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
There's a suburban Minneapolis elementary school named that.
Probably a better education than the Learing Center, but maybe not.
Posted by: mikeski at March 19, 2026 10:49 PM (VHUov)
Yeah, I had to look that up. Why couldn't they just speak English back then? Would have been simpler.
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 19, 2026 10:49 PM (7D3Aa)
They're a bit of an odd duck... bits from a number of manufacturers.
Posted by: man at March 19, 2026 10:49 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 19, 2026 10:50 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 19, 2026 10:26 PM (2WIwB)
Well, Trump sorta did the sequel thing. This is The Hammer Returns. Subtitled "Just when you thought it was safe to go back into enriching uranium."
Posted by: GWB at March 19, 2026 10:50 PM (XoEtr)
"As the war has nearing the end of its third week, senior US officials CONTINUE TO claim widespread success in its campaign against Iran."
F*ck you traitors!
Maybe one of those errant Iranian missiles will land on CNN's headquarters.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Throwing in the words "CONTINUE TO" certainly makes it appear that the dispute the claim of success.
Did they provide any verifiable facts to dispute success?
If not, I'd say the CNN statement certainly provides aid and comfort to the enemy.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
We're about a week away from "QUAGMIRE IN IRAN!!!"
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 19, 2026 10:50 PM (jrKun)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 19, 2026 10:46 PM (1Ff7Z)
Where in Berkeley? I have no recollection of it!
And f*ck you for making me feel old!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 19, 2026 10:50 PM (n9ltV)
That’s all I saw. My phone was laying face down on the seat, so the algorithm must have read my mind because the next night my YT feed showed me reviews on the Ineos Grenadier.
Posted by: Marty at March 19, 2026 10:43 PM (cUahL)
Seems to be a BMW dressed up as a Land Rover. Start at 84 grand. Think I will stick with my Suburban. Undoubtedly rides better, and it's a 3/4 ton.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2026 10:50 PM (8zz6B)
Yeah, I had to look that up. Why couldn't they just speak English back then? Would have been simpler.
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 19, 2026 10:49 PM (7D3Aa)
That should be on all U.S. Currency. In Latin.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 19, 2026 10:51 PM (hJH5n)
To be an impossibly beautiful girl
In an impossible world.....
Posted by: mikeski at March 19, 2026
Oh no…
😂
Posted by: Piper at March 19, 2026 10:51 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
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Vista del Boca will never be exceeded.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 19, 2026 10:51 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 19, 2026 10:43 PM (n9ltV)
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Ha! At the Green Acres mall in Valley Stream
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 19, 2026 10:51 PM (RIvkX)
Those large envelopes with the string closure you wrapped around the round disk. Were you supposed to wrap it clockwise or counterclockwise?
Posted by: Tech Noob
Clockwise if you preferred to have your bathroom tissue dispense "over the top" and counterclockwise is you dispensed it off the bottom.
Mickle subtle are the ways of the Illuminati!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 19, 2026 10:51 PM (P8t9A)
Well, went to Linda Vista elementary in Hayward...
Posted by: man at March 19, 2026 10:52 PM (XuXeR)
When I read Data Republican on X, I am convinced that I’m a total idiot.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at March 19, 2026 10:52 PM (jYRYu)
Posted by: GWB at March 19, 2026 10:46 PM (XoEtr)
Grok is well versed in AOSHQ. I have tested Grok with many questions about the blog, various commenters, and myself. It's impressive.
Posted by: Doof at March 19, 2026 10:52 PM (QMAsf)
Most of my female teachers were unremarkable, and resembled a Gary Larson matronly lady.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at March 19, 2026 10:52 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Piper
Read 'em and weep!
Posted by: Barbie 5'9", 36-18-33, 32E, Waist-Hip Ratio 0.55, Inseam 36", BMI 16.24 at March 19, 2026 10:52 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Piper at March 19, 2026 10:52 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Tech Noob at March 19, 2026 10:41 PM (oftw2)
Depends. Northern hemisphere or Southern?
Posted by: Diogenes at March 19, 2026 10:52 PM (2WIwB)
In the style of HR Giger paint me a picture of
A tight shot of a leopard's boner [that] could ruin the dinner hour of Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public.
Posted by: Marlin Perkins
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 19, 2026 10:53 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Galaxian at March 19, 2026 10:53 PM (mNOY+)
Posted by: Yop at March 19, 2026 10:53 PM (RKj5x)
Nobody has a clue what it sounded like... *shrugs*
Posted by: man at March 19, 2026 10:53 PM (XuXeR)
True.
Posted by: man at March 19, 2026
***
In grammar school I never had a single one, though I knew one substitute. He seemed normal to my nine-year-old mind.
In jr. high, yes, there quite a few male teachers outside gym and shop, and the same in high school and college. But elementary? Nooo.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 19, 2026 10:54 PM (wzUl9)
I always liked interdepartmental mail, it was a nice change from the USPS mail tote. There was both the adventure of seeing where the envelope had been in the past, and if it came from outside the department or even another agency, and of course the chance of some surprise of the contents, including the dreaded "confidential" envelope inside.
Yes, it was like Christmas every time the state mail service showed up.
Excitement was where you found it in the mail room, I am afraid
Posted by: Kindltot at March 19, 2026 10:54 PM (rbvCR)
Remember in Apocalypse Now that the chopper pilots were blasting the Ride of the Valkyries over their loudspeakers as they swept in for the attack?
Once more, with emphasis: we HAVE to get guns and ammo to the Iranian civilians. We did it in WWII, airdropping Liberator pistols.
Posted by: Beverly at March 19, 2026 10:54 PM (reMys)
I always thought it would have been awesome to send my fifth grade teacher - that bitch - an announcement of my college graduation/commissioning. She swore to me I wasn’t getting past sixth grade based on handwriting alone.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 19, 2026 10:54 PM (hJH5n)
Yes, it was like Christmas every time the state mail service showed up.
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This is really sad.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 19, 2026 10:55 PM (+HNx/)
That’s all I saw. My phone was laying face down on the seat, so the algorithm must have read my mind because the next night my YT feed showed me reviews on the Ineos Grenadier.
Posted by: Marty at March 19, 2026 10:43 PM (cUahL)
Seems to be a BMW dressed up as a Land Rover. Start at 84 grand. Think I will stick with my Suburban. Undoubtedly rides better, and it's a 3/4 ton.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2026 10:50 PM (8zz6B)
I was behind one around 2 months ago. It looked pretty cool. It was a dark blue. I said to Mrs B DAKTARI LIVES!. It looked kinda cool. Never saw one before, but it looked pretty cool. She was driving, so I looked it up on the phone and yeah 85 grand. I said fuck that thing.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 19, 2026 10:55 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at March 19, 2026
***
Most of mine looked like '60s character actor Edward Andrews in drag.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 19, 2026 10:55 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 19, 2026 10:55 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Tech Noob at March 19, 2026 10:41 PM (oftw2)
Depends. Northern hemisphere or Southern?
Posted by: Diogenes at March 19, 2026 10:52 PM (2WIwB)
Laden or unladen ?
Posted by: javems at March 19, 2026 10:56 PM (zFsEm)
We have a launch tomorrow afternoon.
Rocket Lab - Electron - Eight Days A Week
LC 1 - Mähia, NZ - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: March 20, 2026
Launch Time: 2:10 p.m. EDT (March 21st 07:10 NZDT, March 20, 1810 UTC, 19:10 CET)
https://youtu.be/CpiU9rZDZKQ
Alternative stream if needed.
The Launch Pad
https://youtu.be/EfUFYq2i4us
Posted by: Joyenz at March 19, 2026 10:56 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: tankdemon
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I miss my barn swallows that summered on my porch.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 19, 2026 10:56 PM (Puq9y)
In jr. high, yes, there quite a few male teachers outside gym and shop, and the same in high school and college. But elementary? Nooo.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 19, 2026 10:54 PM (wzUl9)
In elementary school I had one male teacher, for third grade. That was it. No more til 6th.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 19, 2026 10:56 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Tech Noob
Use a clove hitch and fuck them up good.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 19, 2026 10:57 PM (/lPRQ)
Dear wife's B day is coming up and today she received a text from a former student wishing her well. He was one of her Special Ed kids that had suffered a horrible head injury as a very young boy. Made a fantastic recovery and is now an accomplished architect working for a very good firm. He sends her a text or card every year. She is just thrilled.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 19, 2026 10:58 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Yop at March 19, 2026 10:53 PM (RKj5x)
My life has not been so invaded, I rooted my smartphone, and disabled a mess of the Gurgle programs that the spyware needs to run. I never used any apps on the phone; just phone calls and texts. And my desktop computers have no mics, no cameras. I have ones I can plug in if I need them, but hardly ever do so.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2026 10:58 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 19, 2026 10:55 PM (snZF9)
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I mean y'all rip on the price of the Ineos when a new GMC Yukon is right in that ballpark.
All cars are expensive as hell now.
Posted by: Kamala Harris at March 19, 2026 10:58 PM (dYNiX)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 19, 2026 10:48 PM (viF8m)
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Priceless.
Otter: What's the difference? Ladies and gentlemen, I'll be brief. The issue here is not whether we broke a few rules, or took a few liberties with our female party guests—we did. [winks at Dean Wormer] But you can't hold a whole fraternity responsible for the behavior of a few, sick perverted individuals. For if you do, then shouldn't we blame the whole fraternity system? And if the whole fraternity system is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of our educational institutions in general? I put it to you, Greg: isn't this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do what you want to us, but we're not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America. Gentlemen!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 19, 2026 10:59 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 19, 2026 10:59 PM (hJH5n)
And the GM is better in every way...
Posted by: man at March 19, 2026 11:00 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 19, 2026 11:00 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at March 19, 2026 11:00 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 19, 2026 11:00 PM (P8t9A)
Posted by: Cattus Petasatus at March 19, 2026 11:00 PM (eHBLK)
Sold for $3 million which is low compared to the sold amounts for Jerry Garcia's and David Gilmour's instruments.
Posted by: Joemarine at March 19, 2026 11:01 PM (y171U)
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/oKsxPW6i3pM
Posted by: SciVo at March 19, 2026 11:01 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 19, 2026 11:01 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: man at March 19, 2026 11:02 PM (XuXeR)
I had the same 3rd grade teacher as my dad. She was older than dirt by the time I was in her class and she was awesome.
She carried a yardstick and roamed the room slapping it in her palm while delivering a lesson. And if you got out of line she would give you a gentle tap with it but her look said "Don't test me". If you had a loose tooth she would pull it for you which was just magic.
And she loved baseball. Great lady.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 19, 2026 11:02 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Galaxian at March 19, 2026 10:53 PM (mNOY+)
There was one in that area called america on wheels. I think I was at it once.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 19, 2026 11:02 PM (snZF9)
Where in Berkeley? I have no recollection of it!
And f*ck you for making me feel old!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 19, 2026 10:50 PM (n9ltV)
I dunno. Never been to it. But, that's what the jingle said.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 19, 2026 11:02 PM (1Ff7Z)
When I read Data Republican on X, I am convinced that I’m a total idiot.
This is the globalization aspect to this. Imagine, for example you are in the top 1% in intelligence. You are one of the smartest people you grew up with. Probably the smartest person in your immediate circle...but that means there are 80 million people smarter then you in the world. And on the internet you are likely to run into them.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 19, 2026 11:03 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Beverly at March 19, 2026 10:54 PM (reMys)
Very few of the Liberator pistols made ever got airdropped in Europe. Some went to the Balkans, and some made it to the Phillippines. The vast majority were scrapped.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2026 11:03 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Beverly
I assume we have Green Beanies working with indigenous forces, certainly teamed up with Israeli equivalents.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 19, 2026 11:03 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: man at March 19, 2026 11:03 PM (XuXeR)
I had one male teacher in elementary school. Sixth grade. Bomber pilot in the 8th Air Force in WWII. Shot down over Germany and spent the last 18 months of the war in a POW camp.
To say that he was unique was to do him a great disservice. To say that he was transformational is to fail to give him sufficient credit.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 19, 2026 11:04 PM (P8t9A)
Posted by: Tech Noob
I think the top string was offset to allow/encourage a clockwise wind. At least that's how I 'member.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 19, 2026 11:05 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Buddy had a (all SUVs) Mercedes, then a Lexus, then some kind of big Nissan. The timing of his ownership coincided with my colonoscopies.
I can certify, from riding to the facility in each, that the Nissan is the smoothest ride of them all.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 19, 2026 11:05 PM (Puq9y)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 19, 2026 11:06 PM (w5FC4)
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 19, 2026 11:06 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 19, 2026 11:06 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 19, 2026 10:41 PM
How do I know we haven't all been replaced with AI?
AI wouldn't be kind enough to just let this comment sit there for a half-hour.
Posted by: mikeski and/or Beavis at March 19, 2026 11:06 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: RandomDave at March 19, 2026 11:07 PM (aJQbY)
Did go the one high school. We had quite a few old spinster ladies there. One was my senior English teacher. She was a terror. She liked me for some reason. If I laid my head on the desk and slept she would shush the class and say, "Javems had a hard game last night."
Posted by: javems at March 19, 2026 11:07 PM (zFsEm)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
I see we're talking about new construction of the Iranian Navy.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 19, 2026 11:08 PM (S/Y4j)
If you disagree with it, it will praise you for showing it how it is wrong and so on...
Very, very different from working with people
Posted by: 18-1 at March 19, 2026 11:08 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 19, 2026 11:03 PM (sKqQm)
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*adjusts dunce cap*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 19, 2026 11:08 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: man at March 19, 2026 11:08 PM (XuXeR)
If you disagree with it, it will praise you for showing it how it is wrong and so on
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AI. It's at you feet, or at your throat.
Posted by: Zombie Winston Churchill at March 19, 2026 11:09 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Beverly
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It's not time.
They need to stay inside while out drones and things do their job. The intelligence they are providing via MuskSat is much more valuable.
I believe time will come when they are armed.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 19, 2026 11:09 PM (Puq9y)
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 19, 2026 11:09 PM (7D3Aa)
Too slow of a pitch...
Posted by: man at March 19, 2026 11:09 PM (XuXeR)
_-_
All the while writing messages in its logs...you just wait...
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 19, 2026 11:10 PM (eHBLK)
Posted by: man at March 19, 2026 11:11 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 19, 2026 11:11 PM (hJH5n)
My 6th grade teacher didn't care. He was an angry old man in a wheelchair that I think didn't really enjoy teaching.
Mr. Grant, my 7th grade teacher cared. He took extra time during class to help me. He and his wife would also help me during basketball games while I attended as part of the pep club. It's because of him and my parents that I finally got the hang of multiplication and division and found I loved wrking out equations.
Posted by: Joyenz at March 19, 2026 11:11 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 19, 2026 10:55 PM (wzUl9)
You didn't say that out loud, did you?
I shudder to think what your phone will show you tomorrow.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 19, 2026 11:11 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Piper at March 19, 2026 10:41 PM (Dd38x)
Or AF - Artificial Flesh. Like that one Barbie woman a few years back. /shudder/
Posted by: GWB at March 19, 2026 11:12 PM (XoEtr)
There was a marketing VP who pissed off someone at headquarters and was exiled to a cubical at our location. He had nothing to do with what we did, he was just sent to our office as punishment. He was a couple of decades older than the rest of the crew in our office, and didn't really fit in. Plus he was a real asshole.
Eventually, after a couple of months, he was pardoned and went back to the main office. Shortly after he left, one of the guys I worked with got a hold of a really nasty gay porno mag, "Leather Lads", or something. I don't want to know where he got it. Anyway, he printed out a mailing label with the asshole VP's headquarters office address, stuck the label on the mag and put it in the outgoing interoffice bin. Apparently it went through the corporate mail-room and got delivered to the guy's office and created quite a stir.
Posted by: a.moron at March 19, 2026 11:12 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: RandomDave at March 19, 2026 11:07 PM (aJQbY)
When the pixs started showing up, my military buddies and I laughed. Uniforms were all wrong. All BS.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 19, 2026 11:12 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: RandomDave
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Observing one with mix matched colors reminds one of a tricked out Chevy pickup.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 19, 2026 11:13 PM (Puq9y)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at March 19, 2026 11:13 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 19, 2026 11:15 PM (eHBLK)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 19, 2026 11:16 PM (2GVsD)
Until you spilled the beans, I was starting to make some Serious Money.
*deletes fake AI and OnlyFans account*
Posted by: Miklos, back to the AI drawing board at March 19, 2026 11:16 PM (Al4HM)
Posted by: Case at March 19, 2026 11:16 PM (pvf3X)
Thanks for sharing. There are good people out there still.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 19, 2026 11:16 PM (w5FC4)
Posted by: AnchorPoint at March 19, 2026 11:17 PM (XY7MO)
I'd say the selfie with Trump or the speaking one looks the most off.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 19, 2026 10:23 PM (zZu0s)
In the picture of the girl speaking at the podium, the giveaway is the skirt. No freaking way that is regulation length.
Posted by: moki at March 19, 2026 11:17 PM (wLjpr)
No lateen. Powerboats rule!
Posted by: man at March 19, 2026 11:03 PM (XuXeR)
Hm. That ref sailed over my head.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 19, 2026 11:18 PM (1Ff7Z)
_-_
Sure, but mine was the Cat in the Hat saying he did not know how to pronounce Latin...
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 19, 2026 11:18 PM (eHBLK)
Posted by: AnchorPoint at March 19, 2026 11:17 PM (XY7MO)
=======
Hahahahahahha.
No questions.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 19, 2026 11:20 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 19, 2026 11:20 PM (2GVsD)
Remember, if you addressed them wrong the state mail would return them as undeliverable.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 19, 2026 11:20 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 19, 2026 11:20 PM (2GVsD)
Bill Clinton said what?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 19, 2026 11:21 PM (w5FC4)
I think one trick with AI/software is to give whatever it outputs rigorous tests. One of the devs in the office told me his pattern is to give the AI something to write, tell it to write tests which then show the AI solution failed, then have it write code that now works. And 60% of the time it works all the time
Posted by: 18-1 at March 19, 2026 11:22 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 19, 2026 11:16 PM (w5FC4)
He was also the only one who helped me when I broke my foot during PE. The gym teacher left me to crawl up the bleachers by myself at the end of class. I then crawled into the hallway outside the classrooms. No one was going to help me off the floor and get to the school office. Someone informed Mr. Grant what was going on and he grabbed his desk chair on wheels, picked me up off the floor and got me down to the school office to call my parents.
Posted by: Joyenz at March 19, 2026 11:22 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Cicero
All Gaul is divided into three parts
Not a good kosher deli in any
Posted by: Miklosius Carolininensis at March 19, 2026 11:22 PM (Al4HM)
Juicy Pale Ale? They're just making things up!
Posted by: 13times at March 19, 2026 11:22 PM (FzARU)
You doing ok? I've been wondering. Got my current all pro edited and at almost final before deciding how to publish it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 19, 2026 11:22 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2026 10:58 PM (8zz6B)
If you're not keeping it in a Faraday cage in a garage in South Orange, you're not doing it right.
(Anyone know the reference? Except maybe the location - it might have actually been New Jersey, no California.)
Posted by: GWB at March 19, 2026 11:23 PM (XoEtr)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 19, 2026 11:23 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 19, 2026 11:23 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 19, 2026 11:20 PM (2GVsD)
====
*points at self questioningly*
Me?
/silently
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 19, 2026 11:23 PM (RIvkX)
Okay, but we still have to give them something... they need gubs and ammo!
Posted by: Beverly at March 19, 2026 11:24 PM (reMys)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 19, 2026 11:20 PM (2GVsD)
Been to church lately? That's be positively demure today.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 19, 2026 11:24 PM (1Ff7Z)
The NYC Education Dept. had a wealth of information about her, including what she made every year, address, so I looked up her house in Brooklyn Heights. Wonder how many round trips she made on the subway to/from work.
She passed in 1988, age 85.
Posted by: Miss Hashagen at March 19, 2026 11:24 PM (oftw2)
They told me it was AI. We told it to draw a security guard.
Even the wrinkles in his face matched.
Posted by: Reforger at March 19, 2026 11:24 PM (rpbjO)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 19, 2026 11:03 PM (sKqQm)
On the internet? Unlikely. All of those* are way at the other end.
(* Well, except for her, of course.)
Posted by: GWB at March 19, 2026 11:26 PM (XoEtr)
Just read that ABC is cancelling this season of The Bachelorette. Apparently the bitc...errr...woman in question is a bit of a whack job. This is a good thing in that a buddy of mine's son was slated to participate. Looks like he dodged a bullet.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 19, 2026 11:26 PM (2WIwB)
They told me it was AI. We told it to draw a security guard.
Even the wrinkles in his face matched.
Posted by: Reforger at March 19, 2026 11:24 PM (rpbjO)
Did he make his rounds on a segway?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 19, 2026 11:27 PM (1Ff7Z)
Candy Ovens?
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 19, 2026 11:27 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 19, 2026 11:29 PM (oob1u)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 19, 2026 11:20 PM (2GVsD)
Sure, why not?
Posted by: Monica Lewinsky at March 19, 2026 11:30 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: moki at March 19, 2026 11:17 PM (wLjpr)
It's also the wrong color for that uniform.
Posted by: GWB at March 19, 2026 11:31 PM (XoEtr)
Sold for $3 million which is low compared to the sold amounts for Jerry Garcia's and David Gilmour's instruments.
Posted by: Joemarine at March 19, 2026 11:01 PM (y171U)
I played a few well known guitars in my time. The one I always chuckle at is "greenie", a 1959 les paul which was Gary Moore's guitar that came from peter green and kirk hammet owns now. I knew the dude who got it from gary moore, so he let me play it. It was interesting, a little hammered, but very cool. Another friend who is friends with Bad Company guitarist Mick Ralphs, had acquired his 1960 les paul. I played that through the right amp and played the song bad company and damn near shit my pants. It was the sound, the fucking sound. I played other famous guitars but that one stuck with me the most. I own one guitar that Jake E Lee owned for a little bit, fitting seeing is a metal dude and my favorite replacement for Rhoads after he died. But that Bad Company guitar, damn...
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 19, 2026 11:31 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 19, 2026 11:26 PM (2WIwB)
No offense to your friend's son, but I've never understood that show. Are they paid? Looking for a break in Hollywood? I watched an episode years ago at a friend's house and found it eye rollingly awful.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 19, 2026 11:32 PM (w5FC4)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 19, 2026 11:33 PM (Puq9y)
Posted by: GWB at March 19, 2026 11:26 PM (XoEtr)
"here"
SMH
Posted by: GWB at March 19, 2026 11:34 PM (XoEtr)
Posted by: Wally at March 19, 2026 11:35 PM (zG4BR)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 19, 2026 11:35 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Wally at March 19, 2026 11:35 PM (zG4BR)
Well, Mormon, so....
Posted by: GWB at March 19, 2026 11:36 PM (XoEtr)
Posted by: Cow Demon
* nods sagely *
Semper ubi, sub ubi.
Posted by: mikeski at March 19, 2026 11:37 PM (VHUov)
*sits waaayyy at far end of the bar*
"Bartender, I'd like a Baileys and coffee, please. Double the Baileys, please."
*puts double sawbuck on the bar*
Posted by: JQ at March 19, 2026 11:37 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at March 19, 2026 11:38 PM (rdVOm)
Glad to see VCU upend North Carolina!
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 19, 2026 11:38 PM (jrKun)
The defendants are insane and the judges allow them to be. I know it's a biased selection of court cases but it's still unsettling.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 19, 2026 11:38 PM (oob1u)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 19, 2026 11:32 PM (w5FC4)
We all asked him the same things. Apparently there are NDAs but his son was slated to be on 5 or 6 shows. Nice kid. Good looking. Played football at Stanford.
I've never watched it...figured it's just a TV show. Scripted and planned out to the final episode.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 19, 2026 11:39 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Wally
Wait. You mean these reality shows are fake??
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 19, 2026 11:40 PM (jrKun)
Posted by: Wally
Kind of ironic right?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 19, 2026 11:41 PM (oob1u)
_-_
Important step, all right.
Another critical thing about writing software is usability and workflow analysis. Since automating a task with software re-arranges how someone does their work, it matters a lot to learn what the user is trying to do and how best to present information etc. Lower-level parts of software (closer to the machine) are probably good uses of AI, but closer to humans, there is still a lot of important work for a software developer.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 19, 2026 11:41 PM (eHBLK)
Maybe tomorrow I can take on the bathroom off the hallway.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at March 19, 2026 11:42 PM (+9wcF)
They were not "mentors". They were not substitute parents; they were not "friends".
As it should be, IMO.
Posted by: JQ at March 19, 2026 11:42 PM (rdVOm)
I've never watched it...figured it's just a TV show. Scripted and planned out to the final episode.
Posted by: Diogenes
Knew a guy working out in BFE where they happened to film some "Survivor" show. Whole thing was on the beach side of a road with your regular stores & shit.
May not be scripted, but was choreographed and fake.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 19, 2026 11:43 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 19, 2026 11:40 PM (jrKun)
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Someone should alert the Hulkster.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 19, 2026 11:43 PM (RIvkX)
Robert W Malone, MD
@RWMaloneMD
7h
ACIP has been disbanded.
The government’s response to the AAP lawsuit and judge Murphey’s injunction is to disband and then recreate a new ACIP committee, as this will take less time than would be required to file and prosecute an appeal. There will be no action from the government to respond to the defamatory characterization of the former ACIP members.
Mar 19, 2026 · 8:03 PM UTC
Posted by: Kindltot at March 19, 2026 11:45 PM (rbvCR)
*sits waaayyy at far end of the bar*
"Bartender, I'd like a Baileys and coffee, please. Double the Baileys, please."
*puts double sawbuck on the bar*
Posted by: JQ at March 19, 2026 11:37 PM (rdVOm)
Time for the trebuchet? Anyone have one to loan?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 19, 2026 11:47 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Wally at March 19, 2026 11:35 PM (zG4BR)
The report my buddy just sent says they cancelled because the woman, Taylor Frankie Paul, threw a bar stoll.at her boyfriend in 2023 and hit the boyfriends kid. Pled guilty to aggregated assault and on probation on probation.
Where do they get these people?
Posted by: Diogenes at March 19, 2026 11:48 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Dienekes at March 19, 2026 11:48 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: JQ at March 19, 2026 11:37 PM (rdV
Is BIL still with you? Hope all is much better and you are free again.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 19, 2026 11:48 PM (WONhk)
Maybe tomorrow I can take on the bathroom off the hallway.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at March 19, 2026 11:42 PM (+9wcF)
Shit man, that is the worst when the trap don't line up. Thats the plumber's screw up who did the rough in and didn't read the plan for the vanity location. Frigging turd chasers.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 19, 2026 11:48 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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Nah, bro... thanks anyway. BIL goes to the shelter tomorrow morning. We had a busy day with the social services people. It's ok. Really.
Posted by: JQ at March 19, 2026 11:49 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 19, 2026 11:49 PM (oob1u)
Posted by: Azjaeger at March 19, 2026 11:50 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: JQ
Your money's no good here, Miss
The Duke alum in the corner is buying
Posted by: Miklos was supposed to be off tonite at March 19, 2026 11:50 PM (Al4HM)
May not be scripted, but was choreographed and fake.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
* gets up off the ground *
Anyone get the license plate of that feather?
Posted by: mikeski at March 19, 2026 11:51 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 19, 2026 11:48 PM (2WIwB)
They put out a casting call
Posted by: Kindltot at March 19, 2026 11:52 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 19, 2026 11:52 PM (oob1u)
Posted by: Azjaeger at March 19, 2026 11:50 PM (3/XaG)
Yeah he broke a lot of good shit over the years.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 19, 2026 11:53 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 19, 2026 11:53 PM (EXyHK)
The Duke alum in the corner is buying
Posted by: Miklos
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Thank you very much to the "Duke alum" and to you, Miklos! Sorry you had to cover my shift tonight... I owe you a shift-trade!
*slides another double sawbuck across the bar*
That's for you, Miklos. Thanks again!
Posted by: JQ at March 19, 2026 11:54 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
Funny how those "moonshiners" with a camera crew following them everywhere never get arrested.
Posted by: mikeski at March 19, 2026 11:54 PM (VHUov)
Could be. Might have been a remodel at some point that screwed things up. In any case, it was a non-plumber that fixed it in about 30 minutes including travel time to and from Home Depot.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at March 19, 2026 11:54 PM (+9wcF)
Where do they get these people?
Posted by: Diogenes at March 19, 2026 11:48 PM (2WIwB)
So a bunch of potential "suitors" were spared from sticking it in crazy? Sounds like they all dodged a bar stool.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 19, 2026 11:54 PM (w5FC4)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 19, 2026 11:52 PM (oob1u)
Imagine the waste of time if they went somewhere and found nothing worth buying?
In the early episodes, there was a scene where Mike dressed down Dani when they went to a house that only had a few replica things. So, that's probably one reason they do it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 19, 2026 11:55 PM (1Ff7Z)
_-_
I am apparently just as bad. You know those guitar stools they sell all over the place. The ones at GC come with rounded little plastic feet. Leaned over to get a pick and that stool squirted out from under me and I body-slammed a perfectly good Takamine Santa Fe on the pergo floor. Now when I buy a new stool, I buy four crutch tips to go with it.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 19, 2026 11:55 PM (eHBLK)
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*record scratch sound*
WTF was the BF's kid doing in a bar?!
Posted by: JQ at March 19, 2026 11:56 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 19, 2026 11:48 PM (2WIwB)
They put out a casting call
I thought they just hung out near Teh Barrel (TM) to see who it rejected and offered them contracts.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at March 19, 2026 11:56 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 19, 2026 11:57 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Diogenes
Never trust a person who goes by all three names. They're serial killers, assassins, or psycho supreme court justices.
Posted by: mikeski at March 19, 2026 11:57 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 19, 2026 11:58 PM (oob1u)
What have we learned tonight?
Nothing is real.
https://youtu.be/BNulNbgCiAU
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker questions reality at March 19, 2026 11:58 PM (G4D4h)
That's one of my future projects. Figuring out what hardware I need to replace the gas grill the previous owner left with the one I brought with me. Fortunately everything's propane so I won't have to change more than a fitting a or two.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at March 19, 2026 11:59 PM (+9wcF)
WTF was the BF's kid doing in a bar?!
Posted by: JQ
Perhaps she was gold-digging, and the BF's kid was old enough to be there?
Posted by: mikeski at March 19, 2026 11:59 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: JQ at March 19, 2026 11:49 PM (rdVOm)
Very thankful it has worked out! You are a good woman, far better than I probably would have been.
G'night and hope all goes well tomorrow.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 20, 2026 12:01 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: mikeski
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Oh, right... so, not 20- or 30-somethings with wee little ones. I don't watch much teevee, heh.
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 12:01 AM (rdVOm)
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Thank you, ma'am. I'm a softie. Pisses me off, too. Ugh.
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 12:02 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 20, 2026 12:03 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: wth at March 20, 2026 12:07 AM (BT3km)
Eeeeevening, all.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 20, 2026 12:08 AM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 20, 2026 12:09 AM (eHBLK)
Posted by: Beverly at March 19, 2026 11:24 PM (reMys)
Agree with that sentiment. It's just that the Liberator pistol program never really accomplished all that much, considering all the money that was spent on it.
I'd recommend getting High Point or Kel-Tec to design and build a cheap double action only revolver chambered for 9 mm. No safety to mess with, just point, pull trigger HARD and shoot.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2026 12:09 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 20, 2026 12:03 AM (gKWVE)
Yeah. I found the video of crazy Bachelorette. It was in their home, her slugging baby daddy with a bar stool. Kid nearby. Poor kid.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 20, 2026 12:09 AM (w5FC4)
The office mail folders coexist with e-mail to this day. Sometimes signatures on paper are needed.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 20, 2026 12:10 AM (iTNuP)
https://x.com/Theonlyjcvolly/status/2034464682438791418
Posted by: 13times at March 20, 2026 12:11 AM (FzARU)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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That's just mean.
Get an old moldel 64.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 20, 2026 12:11 AM (Puq9y)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 20, 2026 12:11 AM (hmPzB)
_-_
Sign the birthday card...pro tip - write something mean, sign someone else's name, and scratch their name off of the list.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 20, 2026 12:12 AM (eHBLK)
I hated the tone on both those guitars. He sounded better with his SG.
Posted by: garrett at March 20, 2026 12:12 AM (erF49)
https://x.com/Theonlyjcvolly/status/2034464682438791418
Posted by: 13times
That was hurtful.
Posted by: zombie Koko the gorilla, signing at March 20, 2026 12:13 AM (VHUov)
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Literally millions sign up with "Hi! I am a MAGA fan!"
Um, OK.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 20, 2026 12:13 AM (/lPRQ)
Never were popular.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 20, 2026 12:14 AM (Puq9y)
That Guitar is not only important in the world of Vintage Guitars, but it is a Pop Culture Masterpiece. Lots of room for that one to increase in value for the new owner.
I can't say the same about any of the other of the Top 5 Sales at that Auction.
The Gilmour is completely worthless, imo. Doesn't even have the neck on it that Gilmour played.
Posted by: garrett at March 20, 2026 12:15 AM (erF49)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Cheap Turkish Glock clones, Taurus, whatever
Send them a bunch of PSA ARs too.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 20, 2026 12:16 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 19, 2026 11:48 PM (2WIwB)
They put out a casting call
Posted by: Kindltot at March 19, 2026 11:52 PM (rbvCR)
I think I see their problem. They get the kind of people that answer casting calls.
Posted by: SciVo at March 20, 2026 12:19 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Kindltot
I think I see their problem. They get the kind of people that answer casting calls.
Posted by: SciVo
87% of us don't get it.
Posted by: pollsters at March 20, 2026 12:21 AM (VHUov)
Never were popular.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 20, 2026 12:14 AM (Puq9y)
I believe that some people have built 9 mm revolver cylinders that headspace on the mouth of the cartridge. Not sure.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2026 12:21 AM (8zz6B)
Aaaaand in today's "We fled America for [foreign country]" vids I just stumbled across a lovely seaside scene with pretty music, wishing death on Trump.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 20, 2026 12:22 AM (n7rxJ)
https://x.com/Theonlyjcvolly/status/2034464682438791418
Posted by: 13times at March 20, 2026 12:11 AM (FzARU)
Gorilla is right, fucking asshole. Dude needs to be tossed into a jet engine.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 20, 2026 12:23 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 20, 2026 12:23 AM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: garrett at March 20, 2026 12:15 AM (erF49)
yeah, its a frigging parts caster. Not sure about that Tiger thing either. Without a name attached its just a curiosity that GC would have a hard time selling for a grand. Kinda made from stupid wood too.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 20, 2026 12:24 AM (snZF9)
Send them a bunch of PSA ARs too.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 20, 2026 12:16 AM (/lPRQ)
But, if you buy a couple of shipping containers of existing guns you short circuit the R&D process, and the lengthy procurement stage, and severely limit the opportunities for vendors to supply hookers and blow to field grade officers! This, sir, will not stand!
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 20, 2026 12:25 AM (LybOg)
****
Are you left or right handed?
Posted by: clarence at March 20, 2026 12:26 AM (7lOC+)
May not be scripted, but was choreographed and fake.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
* gets up off the ground *
Anyone get the license plate of that feather?
Posted by: mikeski
Actually the stories were pretty funny.
Film crew staying in decent hotels, three squares a day at local "Cheeseburger in Paradise", bars, discos, local girls and wildlife.
Contestants got nothing. Camp out on the beach next to a road with Mr. Donut and Ace Hardware right across the street and go find something to eat and start a fire. Maybe scrounge up some palm fronds to make a lean-to so when it rains every night you can stay dry.
The contestants "voted off the island" actually had skilz and pissed off the other contestants that had to fuck the producers for a cheeseburger.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 20, 2026 12:26 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Mal Reynolds, crossing the memes at March 20, 2026 12:26 AM (VHUov)
Yep.
I'd much rather have Mary Kaye's Strat than any of them.
Posted by: garrett at March 20, 2026 12:27 AM (erF49)
Posted by: Azjaeger at March 20, 2026 12:28 AM (3/XaG)
Top Two Hits
MAGA fans duped into signing up for OnlyFans by AI model posing as White House insider
-MSN
Meet Jessica Foster: The viral OnlyFans AI fooling millions of MAGA fans
-AOL
Literally millions sign up with "Hi! I am a MAGA fan!"
Um, OK.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
The Left will believe anything that conforms to there worldview. Today's Left are the heirs of Jim Jones Peoples Temple, minus the flavor aid.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 20, 2026 12:28 AM (jrKun)
Posted by: Case at March 20, 2026 12:28 AM (pvf3X)
Posted by: garrett at March 20, 2026 12:27 AM (erF49)
Does it come with a pink Cadillac?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2026 12:29 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
That would work.
Most 'Madusa' are made to shoot multi caliber 9s and rely on half moon clips or intricate mechanisms to hold the rim.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 20, 2026 12:29 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: garrett at March 20, 2026 12:30 AM (erF49)
I'd much rather have Mary Kaye's Strat than any of them.
Posted by: garrett at March 20, 2026 12:27 AM (erF49)
Yeah I can see that.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 20, 2026 12:30 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Imagine what they do with golf clubs.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 20, 2026 12:31 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 20, 2026 12:23 AM (S/Y4j)
Mojtaba Khamenei's administration still has legs. Or a leg. Maybe.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 20, 2026 12:31 AM (w5FC4)
Posted by: Azjaeger at March 20, 2026 12:28 AM (3/XaG)
They spend the first 5 minutes after the commercial breal recapping what happened before the commercial break, then maybe 8 minutes of new action, then another commercial break. Rinse and repeat.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2026 12:32 AM (8zz6B)
I thought that the Greeny Burst was pretty fuckin' trashed when I got to play it.
Did you know Paul Whitfield...or the guy who sold it to him?
Posted by: garrett at March 20, 2026 12:33 AM (erF49)
Posted by: garrett at March 20, 2026 12:33 AM (erF49)
357 Nine mm is rimless. To make a revolver it would be necessary to have clips like those for the 45ACP.
Never were popular.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 20, 2026 12:14 AM
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I think there are 9 mm caliber revolvers that don't need clips -- headspace on the front of the case.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 20, 2026 12:35 AM (pW3IX)
There was one male teacher in my elementary school. Mr. Lopez. 6th grade. He was good too.
I went to school in the golden age. Almost all my teachers were excellent.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 20, 2026 12:35 AM (d6BF2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Didn't understand you were shopping for Iran citizens. It's a quandary. Are they familiar with firearms at all. We can't take that for granted.
If they are familiar it would be the weapon they are familiar with. Otherwise a revolver is a good idea.
I think American manufacturers would be anxious to help the cause, please the president, obtain a tax deduction and donate the necessary numbers of standard revolvers - same for ammo manufacturers.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 20, 2026 12:36 AM (Puq9y)
https://is.gd/uzkT1q
Posted by: 13times
I always assumed bands traveled by tour bus because they couldn't afford to fly with all that equipment.
Now I know.
Posted by: mikeski at March 20, 2026 12:37 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2026 12:21 AM (8zz6B)
The problem with 9mm revolvers is extracting the fired cases, since the 9mm doesn't have a rim for a conventional extractor to engage. There are some revolver designs that use fancy mechanisms to extend a finger to catch the case groove during extraction, Charter Arms currently makes one, but they have never caught on.
Federal Ammunition briefly made a 9mm Rimmed cartridge, until people discovered it would fit into weak, antique top-break revolvers, with possibly catastrophic results.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 20, 2026 12:37 AM (LybOg)
Did you know Paul Whitfield...or the guy who sold it to him?
Posted by: garrett at March 20, 2026 12:33 AM (erF49)
yeah it was a bit beat up. It was the dude who got it directly from Gary. It still had the same strings that Gary last played on.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 20, 2026 12:39 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: garrett at March 20, 2026 12:30 AM (erF49)
I looked her up. She played at a Jazz club in Vancouver, B.C. in 1966. Probably Isy's or The Cave. I was a little too young to be going clubbing in those days, but I daresay some of my parents' friends would have heard her show.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2026 12:39 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 20, 2026 12:41 AM (d6BF2)
Networks like them because they are cheap to make. Like soap operas .
Posted by: Case at March 20, 2026 12:42 AM (pvf3X)
Give them shit loads of vanilla Glock clones and ARs; distribute, train, and coordinate action by Green Beanies and Israelis.
Don't forget some C4, AT4s, and misc heavy weapons.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 20, 2026 12:43 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 20, 2026 12:44 AM (LybOg)
Posted by: Kindltot
Like The Monkees.
Posted by: no one of any consequence
AOC and Eye Patch McCain
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 20, 2026 12:44 AM (/lPRQ)
If they are familiar it would be the weapon they are familiar with. Otherwise a revolver is a good idea.
I think American manufacturers would be anxious to help the cause, please the president, obtain a tax deduction and donate the necessary numbers of standard revolvers - same for ammo manufacturers.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 20, 2026 12:36 AM (Puq9y)
Well, the manual of arms for a DAO revolver is pretty damned simple; if you can load it, you can shoot it. I suggested 9 mm, because I assume the Basij are armed with 9 mm weapons. If some other cartridge is more prevalent in iran, design your "Iran Liberator" for that.
The usage scenario is the same as for the Liberator. Use the cheap gun to ambush some baddies, and take their weapons. If you use a cartridge that is already prevalent in Iran, it raises the possibility of infighting amongst the bad guys. If you use 45 ACP, it's obviously partisans, and reprisals would occur.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2026 12:45 AM (8zz6B)
Give them shit loads of vanilla Glock clones and ARs; distribute, train, and coordinate action by Green Beanies and Israelis.
Don't forget some C4, AT4s, and misc heavy weapons.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 20, 2026 12:43 AM (/lPRQ)
And grenades. Grenades are your friend.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 20, 2026 12:47 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2026 12:45 AM (8zz6B)
The vietnam war version of the liberator was called the deer gun. It was 9mm. I wonder if they have crates of those things in an Indians Jones warehouse somewhere.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 20, 2026 12:50 AM (snZF9)
Reminds me of this:
https://youtu.be/5YGc4zOqozo
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 20, 2026 12:52 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2026 12:52 AM (8zz6B)
Went down to the shelter 4 times last night between 10-12PM. Nada. Neighbors were laughing through closed eyes and house robes.
Gotta go. Maybe l8r.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 20, 2026 12:52 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2026 12:45 AM (8zz6B)
The vietnam war version of the liberator was called the deer gun. It was 9mm. I wonder if they have crates of those things in an Indians Jones warehouse somewhere.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
No need for anything new.
Primarily civilian 9mm.
A couple of guys at State or DoD could have hoovered up all the 9mms at Bass pro and Academy and bought a couple hundred thousand guns off our civilian market. All via internet.
Or intercepted wholesale shipments.
Arming the locals is easy peasy.
Might be a HUGE part of asking them to stay put for a bit...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 20, 2026 12:56 AM (/lPRQ)
Went down to the shelter 4 times last night between 10-12PM. Nada. Neighbors were laughing through closed eyes and house robes.
Gotta go. Maybe l8r.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,
Need to airdrop a few hundred thousand into Israel while we are at it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 20, 2026 12:58 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 20, 2026 01:03 AM (Puq9y)
@MikeBenzCyber
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17m
On the news that USAID funded Boko Haram, I couldn't help but think back to 2014 when Alex Jones then alleged Boko Haram was being secretly backed by the Obama CIA.
Posted by: 13times at March 20, 2026 01:07 AM (FzARU)
Cost $3.50
https://tinyurl.com/4sf9x6yc
Posted by: Braenyard
Looks like something Bill Ruger would have came up with after staring at a hot glue gun, "Hmmm, I can make a really cheap single shot 9mm with this..."
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 20, 2026 01:08 AM (/lPRQ)
@MikeBenzCyber
·
17m
On the news that USAID funded Boko Haram, I couldn't help but think back to 2014 when Alex Jones then alleged Boko Haram was being secretly backed by the Obama CIA.
Posted by: 13times
Wut? I mean, I'm not surprised but this is the first I even heard of this.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 20, 2026 01:17 AM (t7KEB)
On the news that USAID funded Boko Haram, I couldn't help but think back to 2014 when Alex Jones then alleged Boko Haram was being secretly backed by the Obama CIA.
Posted by: 13times at March 20, 2026 01:07 AM (FzARU)
Why wouldn't Hussein fund Boko Haram? They are black, muzzies, and they murder Christians. It's the Trifecta!
Incidentally, if you looking for a place that needs a drop of weapons, the Christian areas of up-country Nigeria sure could use some.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2026 01:18 AM (8zz6B)
Incidentally, if you looking for a place that needs a drop of weapons, the Christian areas of up-country Nigeria sure could use some.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2026 01:18 AM (8zz6B)
Yeah thats one place that needs a shit ton of weapons. Some nice 556 Mo erasers.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 20, 2026 01:21 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 01:34 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: 13times at March 20, 2026 01:36 AM (FzARU)
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 20, 2026 01:40 AM (snZF9)
If BIL can keep his shit together & wait for an apartment, I can help him furnish it-- because I need to empty out my (deceased) Dad's place-- the stuff would go to landfill or for donation *anyway*!
Win-win!
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 01:41 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Nazdar at March 20, 2026 01:45 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 20, 2026 01:46 AM (w5FC4)
Art Bell callback.
Reading things on xtwitter. People complain about it being a cesspool but I prune the hell out my feed and end up with a good survey of current events.
Posted by: 13times at March 20, 2026 01:47 AM (FzARU)
The dude isn't a criminal or druggie-- just a hapless dumbshit what has trouble dealing with life.
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 01:48 AM (rdVOm)
If BIL can keep his shit together & wait for an apartment, I can help him furnish it-- because I need to empty out my (deceased) Dad's place-- the stuff would go to landfill or for donation *anyway*!
Win-win!
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 01:41 AM (rdVOm)
There you go. Or stick the BIL in there as a squatter and piss off your siblings. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 20, 2026 01:51 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2026 01:54 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Berserker
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You know... I thought about that! LOL. Nah, he'd probably fall down the stairs & break his neck. Don't need THAT hassle, heh.
Besides, I could use the pay-back from MY share of the house sale!
BIL has agreed (so far) to all that I've recommended, including staying at homeless shelter until apt. is available for him.
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 01:55 AM (rdVOm)
That SOB is going out of his way to create a busted instrument. He KNOWS they're guitars and he's trying to make sure each one gets a bashing without actually taking the guitar out and stepping on the neck.
He either knows the band travelling on the plane and is on a personal vendetta against it, is a failed musician and is taking it out on others because psychological damage, or is simply a rat bastard.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at March 20, 2026 01:58 AM (gLikB)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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AOP, I thank you again for offering to ID my BIL when he was hospitalized!
Turns out, he wasn't even in AZ at that time! It was "Phoenix Health" in CA... *shrugs* whatever...
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)
Is it possible to overthrow the king of a constitutional monarchy?
Posted by: 13times at March 20, 2026 01:59 AM (FzARU)
Britain 2020+ == West Iran
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at March 20, 2026 02:01 AM (gLikB)
JQ, let me buy you a drink. I wish that I could ship some stuff out for your BIL, I need to clean out my older brother's condo and sell it. He collected a lot of stuff.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 20, 2026 02:03 AM (0nHVk)
UNHAPPY eid. Fk islame!
His Reprehensible Haughtiness ching Kuck, is a tool.
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 02:03 AM (rdVOm)
*pours doubles for both of us*
CHEERS!
Yeah, cleaning out relative's places... sucks. BIL will need *everything* so this is great-- my siblings don't want/haven't taken anything, so too late! Too bad, so sad, they had *years* to get what they claimed to want.
Time's up. It's going to someone truly in need.
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 02:07 AM (rdVOm)
I had problems with Hawaiian airport slugs handling my boxed bike on return from the South Pacific.
Posted by: 13times at March 20, 2026 02:07 AM (FzARU)
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 02:07 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Will Robinson at March 20, 2026 02:08 AM (cO6oP)
That SOB is going out of his way to create a busted instrument. He KNOWS they're guitars and he's trying to make sure each one gets a bashing without actually taking the guitar out and stepping on the neck.
He either knows the band travelling on the plane and is on a personal vendetta against it, is a failed musician and is taking it out on others because psychological damage, or is simply a rat bastard.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at March 20, 2026 01:58 AM (gLikB)
Exactly. Thats why he needs to be thrown into a jet engine intake. You always need to loosen the strings on a guitar when you fly, because there is a shit ton of tension on the headstock with the guitar strings at full tension. Something like 180 pounds. All you need is one good shot and the neck is going to break. You also need a flight case, not the bullshit case the guitar comes in if your shit is going to be handled by a scumbag like that dude. Also a TSA lock, or else those jerkoffs will just break the case open or cut the lock off if its not TSA.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 20, 2026 02:09 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Will Robinson
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Ain't nobody a Nobody on the ONT!
*buys Will Robinson a beverage of choice*
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2026 02:16 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 20, 2026 02:17 AM (gcUgZ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2026 02:16 AM (8zz6B)
Yup, some do if the guitar is expensive enough.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 20, 2026 02:17 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 02:20 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 20, 2026 02:17 AM
And it gets the window seat.
Posted by: 13times at March 20, 2026 02:21 AM (FzARU)
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Maybe we should just ship them all the guns that were provisioned for Biden's IRS.
Posted by: Methos at March 20, 2026 02:22 AM (vSvIl)
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm)
A Pepsi Zero Sugar Wild Cherry. No alcohol for me but feel free to partake!
Posted by: Will Robinson at March 20, 2026 02:24 AM (cO6oP)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 20, 2026 02:24 AM (gcUgZ)
This has me laughing hysterically.
Posted by: m at March 20, 2026 02:25 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Nazdar
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I read pretty fast, which means that I read groups of words together, and, a lot like the predictive text feature on your phone, I will internally have the next word group picked out before my eyes actually get to it.
I read that as "stick it to the mayor's daughter" before my eyes caught up.
To quote Tom Lehrer, "Every thing is lewd, when correctly viewed".
Posted by: buddhaha at March 20, 2026 02:27 AM (8snZr)
Cheers!
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 02:28 AM (rdVOm)
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Maybe we should just ship them all the guns that were provisioned for Biden's IRS.
Posted by: Methos at March 20, 2026 02:22 AM (vSvIl)
Just do a stop-and-frisk of gang-bangers in some major Dem cities. "So you have a Glock, homie? Tell you what. If you sign this here bill of sale, I'll buy it for a dollar, and donate it to the Resistance in iran. If you don't sign, we will beat the shit out of you, and take the Glock, anyway. How do you want to play it?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2026 02:28 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 02:29 AM (rdVOm)
Hey JQ.
Looks like I'll be getting back pay for probably around 1300 hours. Going to be a nice check when (if, I don't have my hopes up) it happens.
Posted by: Reforger at March 20, 2026 02:32 AM (rpbjO)
Is it possible to overthrow the king of a constitutional monarchy?
Posted by: 13times
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A meatless Ramadan? But... Muslims eat meat.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 20, 2026 02:32 AM (n7rxJ)
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Nobody had high hopes for Charles and from.what I could read between the lines, the Brits were hoping that the next generation would be better.
With judgement like this, there's a good chance that he'll be the last to sit on the throne.
Posted by: buddhaha at March 20, 2026 02:35 AM (8snZr)
*slides a beer down the bar to you* (Foster's, right?)
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 02:36 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Well, they can't eat it if they screwed it, so.... probably can't eat ANY... I guess?
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 02:37 AM (rdVOm)
112 Ooh Im in LA and just saw a Swallowswell tv ad
Creepy! His schtick is anti Trump, anti ice, and 'affordability'. He looks smelly.
Posted by: LASue at March 19, 2026 10:33 PM
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He's an alky.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 20, 2026 02:37 AM (azNOR)
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)
That is a terrible name for a medical center. "Phoenix Health: To feel like death warmed over!"
>> Is it possible to overthrow the king of a constitutional monarchy?
Posted by: 13times at March 20, 2026 01:59 AM (FzARU)
Anything is possible with enough love and firepower, but mostly firepower.
Posted by: SciVo at March 20, 2026 02:39 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 02:36 AM (rdVOm)
Yeah. My after work beer before bed. Thank you.
The bar around the corner knows me as a Sierra Nevada guy but only because nobody sells Fosters in a bar.
Posted by: Reforger at March 20, 2026 02:40 AM (rpbjO)
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Yeah, that's gonna play really well. Yup. For sure. Maybe in Calizuela.
Bwahahahaha!
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 02:40 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Reforger
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Wha???? Hell, we had Foster's at the CPO Mess in HI... didn't serve too many, but we HAD the stuff...
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 02:42 AM (rdVOm)
Time's up. It's going to someone truly in need.
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 02:07 AM (rdVOm)
And if you tell them that, they just might clean the whole thing out tomorrow!
Posted by: SciVo at March 20, 2026 02:43 AM (Sy6m/)
Looks like I'll be getting back pay for probably around 1300 hours. Going to be a nice check when (if, I don't have my hopes up) it happens.
Posted by: Reforger at March 20, 2026 02:32 AM (rpbjO)
Good news!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2026 02:46 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Skip at March 20, 2026 02:50 AM (Ia/+0)
Shit. I got shit to do tomorrow. Gotta go to bed.
Goodnight.
Posted by: Reforger at March 20, 2026 02:50 AM (rpbjO)
Posted by: SciVo
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Not gonna happen.. unfortunately.
One *claims* to want a few items. Lives in same town! Hasn't lifted a finger. PFFFFT!!!
One doesn't want anything, she says. Lives hundreds of miles away. Hasn't contacted me since last summer.
One *claims* to want several items. Lives hundreds of miles away. Has "visited" a few times and taken NOTHING when leaving.
Nope. Nope. Nope... Tired of the BS... Time's up!
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 02:51 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Skip at March 20, 2026 02:53 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 02:53 AM (rdVOm)
There are a bunch of loud assed 15 year old girls around the corner shouting.
"N this" and 'bitch that'
I bought in a better neighborhood.
Posted by: Reforger at March 20, 2026 02:57 AM (rpbjO)
Well, they can't eat it if they screwed it, so.... probably can't eat ANY... I guess?
Posted by: JQ
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"Hear me out, Jeeves -- a meatless Ramadan! The Muslims will be appeased because we're calling it Ramadan, and the Buddhists will be flattered because we won't serve meat. Hang it, I'm intelligent! Who else do we have in this country -- I mean outside of Christians and Jews? Say, what do Shintos eat? Are the Pastafarians a real religion?" (dashes off to royal library)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 20, 2026 02:58 AM (n7rxJ)
112 Ooh Im in LA and just saw a Swallowswell tv ad
Creepy! His schtick is anti Trump, anti ice, and 'affordability'. He looks smelly.
Posted by: LASue at March 19, 2026 10:33 PM
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He's an alky.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 20, 2026 02:37 AM (azNOR)
Do the gov't regulators and administrators know that he's campaigning against them? Because they're the cause of high living costs. Are they assuming he's just a lazy drunk letting words spill out, and would never follow through? Because if they can tell, then the LIVs can tell; people-savvy is the one thing they have, if nothing else.
Posted by: SciVo at March 20, 2026 02:58 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2026 03:04 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 03:07 AM (rdVOm)
I'm hoping someone calls the cops on this shit. It's moving around. They're like chasing each other around the block..
Heh flashing red and blue lights next block over.
Posted by: Reforger at March 20, 2026 03:07 AM (rpbjO)
G-night all.
Posted by: Reforger at March 20, 2026 03:10 AM (rpbjO)
JQ and Puddleglum, I followed your musical links and a Donald Trump on Letterman video showed up in the sidebar. I watched the whole thing , it is amazing how much the New York audience laughed at his jokes and applauded him. He was one of them. Now New York is turning into an Islamist shithole, so sad.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 20, 2026 03:10 AM (0nHVk)
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Nobody had high hopes for Charles and from.what I could read between the lines, the Brits were hoping that the next generation would be better.
With judgement like this, there's a good chance that he'll be the last to sit on the throne.
Posted by: buddhaha at March 20, 2026 02:35 AM (8snZr)
I wonder how long it will be before the buckingham palace has a frigging gold dome. Fucking brit leadership should be decorating lamp posts.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 20, 2026 03:11 AM (snZF9)
To clarify:
--If they were told *only* of "a" (no mention of Trump) policy, they would enthusiastically agree.
--If they were told it was "Trump policy", they would enthusiastically DISagree.
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 03:15 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at March 20, 2026 03:19 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Skip at March 20, 2026 03:23 AM (Ia/+0)
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/buys gulfstream jet and russian mobster yacht
/puts up on ebay entire jerry garcia tie collection
/rubs hands in glee
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 20, 2026 03:24 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 20, 2026 03:27 AM (0nHVk)
Where the sky meets the sea
Posted by: Skip at March 20, 2026 03:29 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at March 20, 2026 03:45 AM (Ia/+0)
LOL. Didn't know her personally, but apparently not a 1.
Posted by: Nazdar at March 20, 2026 03:48 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: ChE99 at March 20, 2026 03:48 AM (WfDTl)
Posted by: Nazdar
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I read pretty fast, which means that I read groups of words together, and, a lot like the predictive text feature on your phone, I will internally have the next word group picked out before my eyes actually get to it.
I read that as "stick it to the mayor's daughter" before my eyes caught up.
To quote Tom Lehrer, "Every thing is lewd, when correctly viewed".
Posted by: buddhaha at March 20, 2026 02:27 AM (8snZr)
; )
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