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San Francisco bay as seen from Sausalito
Pink elephants after the parade. Goose wearing beer goggles. Nightmare. Back off, bruv.
El Capitan in Yosemite. (NOT Yellowstone. Whoopsie.) Some pig. Friendly pig. Goose-stepping chicken. Re-post: Golden retriever wants to pack for the trip, too. Two paws have twice the scratching power. "The guilty dog test." It works every time. Caught red-pawed. Baby tiger tries to calm down his stressy mom.
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 07:30 PM (Ia/+0)
Willowed
Women sports announcers are hopeless. Their voices are too high and every one is so damn earnest sounding. They take themselves way too seriously.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2026 07:32 PM (tgvbd)
Would I still see suspicion in your eyes?
Here we go again, asking where I've been
You can't see the tears are real, I'm cryin' (Yes, I'm cryin')
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 07:32 PM (/+uur)
You can't even see the feces in the street from this angle. Nice.
Posted by: She Hobbit at April 21, 2026 07:33 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 07:33 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 21, 2026 07:33 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 07:33 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 07:34 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 07:33 PM (u73oe)
Full House was bad.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 07:34 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 07:34 PM (/+uur)
—————-
Oddly specific.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 07:35 PM (u73oe)
Some asshole driving a Jeep crashed into the side of a gift shop in Yellowstone. The vehicle went several feet into the store.
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 07:35 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2026 07:35 PM (JTLUe)
I'd like to see him try that at 50 mph! Very cool, by the way.
Posted by: t-bird at April 21, 2026 07:36 PM (aIYqR)
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 07:36 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 07:33 PM (Ia/+0)
El Capitan is in Yosemite
Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 07:37 PM (K88SD)
That stilt dance is impressive
Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 07:37 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 07:35 PM (3ek7K)
A real Jeep story was that they would have pulled it out and tried again to go deeper.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 07:38 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: LASue at April 21, 2026 07:38 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 07:38 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 07:35 PM (u73oe)
I have a friend that lost the toss on purpose
6 times
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 07:39 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 07:38 PM (Ia/+0)
Been to both... Spectacular...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 07:39 PM (K88SD)
Posted by: LASue at April 21, 2026 07:39 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: LASue at April 21, 2026 07:38 PM (lCppi)
Except home Depot orange buckets
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 07:40 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 07:40 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 07:33 PM (Ia/+0)
Yeah.... El Capitan has never been to Yellowstone either.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 21, 2026 07:41 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2026 07:35 PM (JTLUe)
No Fairfax vote in yet - when it comes in, it will be a 10pt swing...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 07:42 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 07:43 PM (u73oe)
Nova,
I had no hope that the redistricting would not pass.
I figure there is lots of cheating happening.
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 07:43 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 07:44 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 21, 2026 07:44 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 07:44 PM (tOcjL)
Thank you very much.
I hear 'El Capitan' in Q's voice. {i.e. John de Lancie}
Posted by: Adriane the Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May in April Critic . . . at April 21, 2026 07:45 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 07:45 PM (u73oe)
No wait, I mean it was electronically counted and securely transmitted.
Posted by: Accomack at April 21, 2026 07:46 PM (GbONR)
Nova,
I had an aunt and uncle who lived in Stafford back in the day. We always had a great time there when we visited them.
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 07:46 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Skip
>Slight error; that's Yosemite National Park.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 07:46 PM (Fbc0I)
Congressional Redistricting Special General
Ballot Measure
AP logoestimates
43% of votes counted
choice votes pct
No
731,420 55.0%
Yes
598,113 45.0%
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 07:47 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 07:33 PM (Ia/+0)
El Capitan is in Yosemite
Posted by: It's me donna
It would be a shame to go to Yellowstone to see El Capt!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 21, 2026 07:47 PM (YBtcQ)
True nightmares have penguins happy-footing hither and yon, enthusiastically propelling poop projectiles in probabilistic parabolas.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 21, 2026 07:47 PM (0sNs1)
Congressional Redistricting Special General
Ballot Measure
AP logoestimates
43% of votes counted
choice votes pct
No
731,420 55.0%
Yes
598,113 45.0%
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 07:47 PM (GD0B3)
Yup, it's at a point where Fairfax drops, it would now be even...this may go down to the wire...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 07:48 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: BEN ROETHLESSBERGER at April 21, 2026 07:49 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 07:49 PM (tOcjL)
True nightmares have penguins happy-footing hither and yon, enthusiastically propelling poop projectiles in probabilistic parabolas.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 21, 2026 07:47 PM (0sNs1)
Meandering through mephitic miasmas?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at April 21, 2026 07:49 PM (eOFY+)
Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 07:48 PM (tOcjL)
2026 Va. 1 - Congressional Redistricting Special General
Ballot Measure
AP logoestimates
47% of votes counted
choice votes pct
No
775,352 54.0%
Yes
659,489 46.0%
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 07:49 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Accomack at April 21, 2026 07:50 PM (GbONR)
Hot summer night in Sausalito
Can't stand the heat another mile
Let's drop a quarter in the meter
And hit the sidewalk for a while
I'll have a burger and a root beer
You feed the heap some multi-grade
A shot of premium to boot, dear
We'll get across the Golden Gate
All aboard (Sausalito summernight)
All aboard (Sausalito summernight)
All aboard (Sausalito summernight)
All aboard...
Posted by: Diesel at April 21, 2026 07:50 PM (onPc6)
Posted by: Accomack at April 21, 2026 07:50 PM (GbONR)
Yeah, I'd have encouraged her to stay home.
Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 07:50 PM (tOcjL)
Okay, my aunt worked for the State Department many decades ago.
I'm in my 70's, so I was a kid when she said this.
She told us to never trust any slant eyed bastards.
She saw it coming many many decades ago.
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 07:51 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: VA is for Haters at April 21, 2026 07:53 PM (mFDo7)
Fairfax doesn't always go that blue, but tends to when Trump is on the ballot...or here, when they can get almost all the power...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 07:54 PM (tOcjL)
When the Moon first formed, it was much closer, and the angular size would've been about 10 degrees. That's about the angular width of your closed fist at arm's length.
Step out and put your closed fist at the horizon. That's how big the Moon would've appeared.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 21, 2026 07:55 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Eromero at April 21, 2026 07:55 PM (UYYJi)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at April 21, 2026 07:55 PM (PiwSw)
"Old People Suck And We Should Take Their Stuff"
Posted by: gKWVE at April 21, 2026 07:56 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2026 07:58 PM (JTLUe)
Posted by: LASue at April 21, 2026 07:38 PM (lCppi)
I thought it look just a little gay...
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 07:58 PM (DwqWV)
Who would want old people's stuff? ewwwww it smells like old people, lol. I tell my husband no one wants our old people stuff.
seriously, the stuff "they" want is our money.
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 07:58 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: VA is for Haters at April 21, 2026 07:59 PM (mFDo7)
She saw it coming many many decades ago.
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 07:51 PM (3ek7K)
My dad never bought anything made in Japan.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 07:59 PM (DwqWV)
tcn,
I get that. Probably some people here are horrified about what my aunt said.
Back in the day nothing was politically correct and people spoke their minds. She had seen some stuff working for the State Department.
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 08:01 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 08:02 PM (K88SD)
Posted by: Accomack at April 21, 2026 08:02 PM (8jVAy)
Who would want old people's stuff? ewwwww it smells like old people, lol. I tell my husband no one wants our old people stuff.
seriously, the stuff "they" want is our money.
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 07:58 PM (3ek7K)
When mom went into memory care, we had one hell of a time getting her to take a shower. She would always tell us she would shower when she got home. I guess she thought she was visiting somewhere, but it's not like she didn't shower on vacations before. No idea what the issue was about.
Luckily the visiting hairdresser would wash and set her hair like the bad old days, and she liked that fine.
After a life of cleaning everything all the time, why would she decide to stink?
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 08:02 PM (DwqWV)
tcn,
I get that. Probably some people here are horrified about what my aunt said.
Back in the day nothing was politically correct and people spoke their minds. She had seen some stuff working for the State Department.
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 08:01 PM (3ek7K)
During WWII, Dad lived in Seattle, and he was appalled when they took his Japanese-American friends to camps. He had no use for Japanese-Japanese, though, till the day he died. It wasn't racial, it was political and moral.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 08:04 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: Accomack at April 21, 2026 08:05 PM (8jVAy)
==
who that??
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 08:06 PM (GD0B3)
Have a good night everyone
Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 08:07 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Accomack at April 21, 2026 08:09 PM (8jVAy)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 21, 2026 08:09 PM (DIbRX)
The stilt dancing was gayer than 2 gays picking out bedcovers at bed bath and beyond flipping coins to see who had to bite the pillow tonight.
Posted by: r hennigantx
I guess that covers it.
Posted by: mindful webworker - not a cafe -- a zoo at April 21, 2026 08:09 PM (iMJMF)
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 08:09 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Accomack
NYT opinion:
"It is not ageist to ask whether older people should be required to give more to younger Americans and national priorities - it is critical to the future of our democracy and society. America needs to confront gerontocracy before the system collapses under the weight of its inequality and injustice.
Older Americans deserve a say over the future even when they might not live to see it. But they do not deserve the stranglehold over it they currently enjoy through overrepresentation in elections, which produces too many regressive policies and too many seniors in the highest offices.
Older Americans are owed the care that everyone else funds. Indeed, they should get more of it than they get now - including funding for long-term care at home or in nursing homes. But they also need incentives to give up accumulated housing, jobs and wealth.
In little more than a century, the extension of life has transformed American and global politics. It turned older Americans, who had been one of the most underprivileged groups in the country, into some of the most overprivileged."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 21, 2026 08:11 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 21, 2026 08:12 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: tcn in AK
>I worked with a couple of suspicious characters who where in Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima, and they always had some choice things to say. They never had anything to do with Japan for the rest of their lives.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 08:13 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 08:14 PM (GD0B3)
As for the rest of them they can all go eat Chinese food
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 21, 2026 08:15 PM (REq0p)
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 08:15 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at April 21, 2026 07:49 PM
:-)
Magna Spheniscidae delenda est
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 21, 2026 08:16 PM (0sNs1)
Most people around the world want to live in peace.
The problem is when they want to live in their version of peace in other countries.
Stay in your country and leave everyone else alone.
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 08:16 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 08:14 PM (GD0B3)
20% in...better breakdown than I expected so far (73-27)...not Youngkin's 65-35, but not Trump 80-20s...I think it needs to be better than what it is right now for a No win...gotta see it drop to the 60s...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 08:16 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 08:18 PM (GD0B3)
Should a lot of them retire? Probably.
But blaming the Boomers is just envy-casting at this point.
“Incentives” = taxing them to death, literally, to give all their stuff (money & houses) to Millennials and Gen Z.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 08:18 PM (6ydKt)
Science questions: How do they know there's no fentanyl in it? Do they really care one way or the other? Do the fish snort it through the gills, or do they surface long enough to smoke it?
The stuff must be really cheap now if they're feeding it to fish.
Posted by: gp at April 21, 2026 08:19 PM (N8ZBc)
They should be ashamed of themselves but they don't give two shits.
Posted by: Virginia Is For Parasites at April 21, 2026 08:22 PM (onPc6)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 21, 2026 08:23 PM (gu0hJ)
@SecScottBessent
2h
As @POTUS has made clear, the United States Navy will continue the blockade of Iranian ports. In a matter of days, Kharg Island storage will be full and the fragile Iranian oil wells will be shut in. Constraining Iran’s maritime trade directly targets the regime’s primary revenue lifelines.
The @USTreasury will continue to apply maximum pressure through Economic Fury to systematically degrade Tehran’s ability to generate, move, and repatriate funds.
Any person or vessel facilitating these flows—through covert trade and finance—risks exposure to U.S. sanctions.
We continue to freeze the funds stolen by the corrupt leadership on behalf of the people of Iran."
CRACK...
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 08:23 PM (GD0B3)
The county we live in notified us that the value of our property here in SW Wyoming increased $10,000.
We have a 4 br, 3 full bath house with a large lot and our property tax is $2,200 a year.
We've never lived anywhere where the property tax is so low.
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 08:23 PM (3ek7K)
The rest of it can join DC with the other parasites
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 21, 2026 08:24 PM (REq0p)
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 08:25 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 08:25 PM (OoFl2)
Apparently those salmon broke swimming records; harder, faster, stronger, longer.
It’s one helluva drug.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 08:25 PM (6ydKt)
>SPLC bankrolled the Charlottesville “white supremacy” riot.
----------------
>>@WesternLensman
>>Biden claimed the entire reason he ran for president in 2020 was because of what he saw in Charlottesville.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 08:26 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 08:26 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 21, 2026 08:27 PM (0cOSz)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 21, 2026 08:23 PM (gu0hJ)
Fairfax has about 200-250K votes left (it's 30% in) - it's % yes keeps dropping (now 71.9%)...
It needs to keep dropping...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 08:27 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 08:27 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 08:26 PM (77rzZ)
Get off my lawn
Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 08:27 PM (K88SD)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 08:27 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: gp at April 21, 2026 08:27 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 08:27 PM (3ek7K)
Rewatching Game of Thrones, i'm on the Red Wedding episode.
Arya was right to poison them all later.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 21, 2026 08:27 PM (Jf2Xp)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 08:28 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Delurker at April 21, 2026 08:28 PM (gtcuf)
The rest of it can join DC with the other parasites
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 21, 2026 08:24 PM (REq0p)
-----
Make DC Square Again would solve most of the problem by subsuming Arlington and Alexandria back into the Swamp proper. FFX and Loudoun would still be a problem but at least half of the NoVA AWFULs would have to live with the bullshit they voted for.
Posted by: ballistic at April 21, 2026 08:28 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: gp at April 21, 2026 08:27 PM (N8ZBc)
*fistbump
If only I could get my husband to agree.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 21, 2026 08:29 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 08:29 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 08:29 PM (+2QQb)
Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 08:30 PM (tOcjL)
Probably not. But given everything we've seen over the last decade or so would you be surprised if his people didn't know exactly what the SPLC was doing in Charlottesville and beyond?
How many times did Biden and his administration tell the world the biggest threat to the US was white supremacism?
Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 08:30 PM (viF8m)
If you turn on your headlights at 186,000 miles per second what happens?
Posted by: r hennigantx
Are you backing up?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 21, 2026 08:31 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 08:31 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 08:31 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 21, 2026 08:27 PM (Jf2Xp)
An actual strong, empowered, woman, who worked & suffered for it.
That’s why her character worked while so many pale imitations fail miserably.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 08:33 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026 08:33 PM (nz1sK)
The only time our tvs are on is for college sports and the Cubs.
I used to watch detective shows but everything is now about queers and I don't watch it anymore.
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 08:33 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: gp at April 21, 2026 08:33 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 08:34 PM (GD0B3)
What’s going on here?
Meerkats plotting their takeover.
Posted by: Delurker
Gray Minbari Meerkats
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 21, 2026 08:34 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 08:35 PM (OoFl2)
Went to see three more houses today. One was okay, one was lower than meh as it had no garage (but space to build one at least). The third was a charmer. Unfortunately, as I was leaving to meet Salty for an early dinner (and he is, as I always suspected, a gentleman as well as a scholar), my car flashed a message at me: "Right low beam failure."
I had the left done a couple of years ago, and I know it's not as simple to change the HID bulb as it was to swap a bulb in 1970s-1990s cars. But my regular mechanic told me he had to take the bumper off to reach the headlight housing! YooToob videos make no mention of that, but admit various bits have to be removed or moved. I've had a tire and service place here in Salina recommended to me and will try them tomorrow. I don't want to drive at night or in rain with only one headlight!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 08:35 PM (+2QQb)
Posted by: Delurker at April 21, 2026 08:36 PM (gtcuf)
When I'm home I have my TV on until I go to bed.
Never run out of stuff to watch for free. Watching the American Pickers channel right now.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 21, 2026 08:37 PM (0cOSz)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 08:29 PM (77rzZ)
They almost have me sold on the LegXercize Ellipse.
It’s so easy, relaxing, with zero impact.
Makes me feel stronger, and gives me back my mobility.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 08:38 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: fd at April 21, 2026 08:38 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Delurker at April 21, 2026 08:38 PM (gtcuf)
On what grounds could they overturn it?
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 21, 2026 08:38 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 21, 2026 08:27 PM (Jf2Xp)
An actual strong, empowered, woman, who worked & suffered for it.
That’s why her character worked while so many pale imitations fail miserably.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 08:33 PM (6ydKt)
True. She definitely had "spirit" but was no Mary Sue. She got the absolute shit kicked out of her repeatedly - including getting blinded, beaten, and almost killed - to develop the skills she used to obtain her revenge.
Posted by: Actual character development, who'dathunkit at April 21, 2026 08:39 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 08:39 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026
***
All the channels with "vintage" programming, like MeTV, Heroes & Icons, Movies!, etc., have an endless parade of Medicare Supplement spots, HurryCanes, Relaxium and other "natural" pain relievers, Plexaderm, CarShield, the closed-caption phones, et cetera ad nauseam. If I want to watch a Trek or a Wanted Dead or Alive, I have to put up with Annette Figueroa telling me that Plexadern "is for real."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 08:41 PM (+2QQb)
We've never lived anywhere where the property tax is so low.
Posted by: four seasons
Prop tax rates are much of the reason we moved to TN. Our property sounds similar to yours. My prop tax is $1600 a year.
Back in OH, for a similar home, it was around $14,500/yr.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 21, 2026 08:41 PM (cYBz/)
I hope you two had a wonderful time.
And here's hoping your car gets quickly fixed.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026 08:42 PM (nz1sK)
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 21, 2026 08:42 PM (wVcYX)
It’s so easy, relaxing, with zero impact.
Makes me feel stronger, and gives me back my mobility.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026
***
And it's so quiet your coworkers will never know you're using it!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 08:43 PM (+2QQb)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 21, 2026 08:43 PM (DIbRX)
It only grows when it's on the vine.
Posted by: Neil Yuck at April 21, 2026 08:43 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Delurker at April 21, 2026 08:44 PM (gtcuf)
Watched him on Western shows playing everything from Doc Holiday to Indian Chiefs to Mexican bandits or vaqueros, to him on Maverick, right now, playing an 1880s saloon owner who sounds like he’d be right at home managing a casino in 1960 Las Vegas.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 08:44 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 21, 2026 08:44 PM (2NHgQ)
On what grounds could they overturn it?
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 21, 2026 08:38 PM (CNl8/)
The whole thing is against the VA Consitutition.
Normally, you can't make an amendment unless a vote has passed between - aka, you need 2 sitting legislatures both passing it. Ds passed the amendment after early voting started in the last state legislature, so that does not meet the "a vote passing" in between standard.
Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 08:44 PM (tOcjL)
When we lived in Illinois on the Fox River our property tax was $18,000 a year. It's highway robbery.
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 08:45 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 21, 2026 08:45 PM (0cOSz)
Posted by: gp at April 21, 2026 08:45 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2026 08:46 PM (JTLUe)
I hope you two had a wonderful time.
And here's hoping your car gets quickly fixed.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026
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It was a great dinner -- excellent Italian food, and we had a great time talking.
The tire and service place I've had recommended opens at 7:30. If it's like tire places in Da Swamp, they don't take appointments and are first come-first served. The part won't be terribly cheap, but labor to do something like remove and replace a bumper is rough. On the other hand, the driver's side, which required that bumper removal, may be more crowded with gear like the fuse box than is the passenger side. We'll see.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 08:46 PM (+2QQb)
Ben Had, MrTea and I were just talking about the MoMe while walking after supper tonight. We think we will try -- he doesn't get any time off on the new job for 6 months, which will fall just before the MoMe.
We would love to come.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026 08:46 PM (nz1sK)
Why is that? I'm guessing meth?
Posted by: Delurker at April 21, 2026 08:44 PM (gtcuf)
Hillbillys can't count.
Posted by: Alabama Hillbilly at April 21, 2026 08:46 PM (onPc6)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 21, 2026 08:46 PM (0cOSz)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 21, 2026 08:47 PM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: fd at April 21, 2026 08:47 PM (vFG9F)
Watched him on Western shows playing everything from Doc Holiday to Indian Chiefs to Mexican bandits or vaqueros, to him on Maverick, right now, playing an 1880s saloon owner who sounds like he’d be right at home managing a casino in 1960 Las Vegas.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026
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He was on U.N.C.L.E. playing a villain in a Season One episode. And I seem to recall he played Philip Marlowe, Chandler's private eye, on radio at some point.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 08:48 PM (+2QQb)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 08:35 PM (+2QQb)
Sometimes you get lucky if you look at it closely. We had a 2001 Acura TL some years ago. The procedure was to drop the bumper. I found a much faster way that didn't require dropping the bumper. A friend of mine had an Altima that was supposedly a nightmare to change the bulb. All I did was pull the air box and got to it no problem. Maybe 10 minutes.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 08:48 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Delurker at April 21, 2026 08:48 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 08:49 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2026 08:49 PM (JTLUe)
Good and hard, Virginia.
Posted by: Delurker at April 21, 2026 08:48 PM (gtcuf)
This one goes beyond VA. It's congressional seats.
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 21, 2026 08:49 PM (CNl8/)
I wish I would have known this little factoid back when I first purchased a Nissan.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 21, 2026 08:49 PM (QHBow)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 21, 2026 08:47 PM (gu0hJ)
As mentioned, it will be interesting to see how this turns out (if the VA SC keeps chickening out). If they kept the districts the same and turnout was the same from 2025, Ds would have been 9-2 after 2026. Now, they've spent a ton of money, used up a lot of political goodwill, will be putting up new candidates in the gerrymandered spots, and are hoping for 1 extra seat. Will be interesting if this backfires, and they end up 8-3 or worse...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 08:50 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: gp at April 21, 2026 08:45 PM (N8ZBc)
Our population was better educated when we relied on barely-funded one-room schoolhouses. The insane amount of money (purportedly) spent on education gets used up for everything BUT actual education.
Posted by: Graft, bloat, money laundering and child grooming at April 21, 2026 08:50 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: four seasons"
That's crazy. I don't know if I could live with that. Yall would flip if I told you what I pay for the house and "farm".
Posted by: fd at April 21, 2026 08:51 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
>Worse than clogging without the moonshine.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 08:52 PM (Fbc0I)
We needed to cheat harder. Manufacture votes in the rural and military districts and hold back.
Would have been nice if the GOP gerontacracy would be a little more aggressive. They're still figuring out ORCA.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 21, 2026 08:52 PM (qwx/I)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026 08:53 PM (nz1sK)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at April 21, 2026 08:53 PM (oSeBJ)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026
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So I hope. The YooToob videos I've looked at, for my car and year and the HID headlights, don't mention the bumper removal. Maybe I'll come out of this quickly and for less $$$ than I expect.
Hey, it's a ten-year-old car. This was bound to happen sooner or later. The Buick has been extremely reliable and cheap to run, feed, maintain, and repair.
The tire shop is within a mile of the charmer house I looked at this morning, so maybe I can get an idea of the neighborhood (which looked good on the visit earlier).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 08:53 PM (+2QQb)
https://tinyurl.com/mryrj583
Another accounting error, I suppose.
Posted by: Delurker at April 21, 2026 08:55 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 21, 2026 08:55 PM (Cqx++)
“What you do is have a clean, dry, face, and apply a small amount because it’s sooo powerful.”
“My Dad calls me once a month, Hey Anette, send me more Plexaderm,”
At this point I’m just undressing Anette with my eyes every time I glance over at her.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 08:55 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 21, 2026 08:44 PM (2NHgQ)
I have seen pictures of French (maybe Breton?) herders wearing stilts for that reason, but I have also heard of French farmers wearing stilts for the hop harvest, too.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 08:55 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026
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Good for you. Say some prayers for him when you get a chance.
I'm hoping Salina will be similar -- that, if the tire store can't fix it, they can send me to someone )other than the $$$ dealer) who can.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 08:56 PM (+2QQb)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 08:39 PM (snZF9)
Looked pretty homosexual to me, too.
Of course, because DH is tall and I am not, his uncle offered me his drywall stilts for the wedding photos. I told him I could just see the wedding announcement: The Bride lurched toward the altar....
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 08:56 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at April 21, 2026 08:57 PM (6aueu)
If Obama and the Democrats succeed today, nearly every congressional district in Virginia will be handed to a Democrat."
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 08:58 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 08:55 PM (rbvCR)
Maybe the dancing is training so they can hop better while on stilts?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 08:58 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: Mork Levin at April 21, 2026 08:59 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026 08:46 PM (nz1sK)
You will not regret it.
Imagine walking into a bar with great food, and everybody knows your nic, and everybody is friendly, and there's no pressure to do a damned thing all weekend.
Plus, shooting.
Lots of that.
I didn't shoot all weekend but DH did and had the time of his life.
It's worth the trip.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 08:59 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: Plexaderm, FTW! at April 21, 2026 08:59 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Delurker at April 21, 2026 09:00 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 09:00 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 09:00 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 09:02 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 08:58 PM (utfVc)
There was a medieval thing where men would dance with horns or antlers strapped to their feet. It required balance, strength, practice as well as being mythologically significant.
Bet the stilt dancing is something similar
Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 09:02 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:02 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 09:00 PM (GD0B3)
He's not.
He's there to juice turnout in NoVa to spite the orange man.
And it worked.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at April 21, 2026 09:02 PM (oSeBJ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 08:56 PM (+2QQb)
Possibly one of the auto parts chains, like Autovalue, or O'Reilly's, or Pep Boys would be able to supply a bulb and change it for you. Wouldn't hurt to ask. If they cannot do it, go in and ask a gray-headed counter person if they can recommend an independent shop that will treat you fairly. NAPA, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 09:03 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: Mork Levin at April 21, 2026
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My oldest friend did -- his wife clamored for the "protection." But he didn't realize there's a thirty-day waiting period, and he foolishly let a Midas Muffler shop ding him for $4000 of repairs. I asked, "Didn't you get a second opinion???" "Guess I should have." "Ya think?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 09:03 PM (+2QQb)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026 09:04 PM (nz1sK)
The borough clears the snow on our street, but there's no water, sewer, or gas. We pay for electric and heating oil, but no more than that.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 09:04 PM (DwqWV)
My town has some of the lowest property taxes in the area. And some of the top ranked schools in the state.
The amount of money being spent on our schools has very little overall outcome on results.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 09:04 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026
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Yeah, they have those stores here. Won't hurt to check.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 09:05 PM (+2QQb)
The "Pink Elephants on Parade" number from "Dumbo"'is the second-gayest thing I ever saw.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 21, 2026 09:05 PM (Y4VCL)
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 08:33 PM (3ek7K)
An Evening Of Old Time Radio channel on youtube.
Better than most TV today.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at April 21, 2026 09:05 PM (6aueu)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026 09:04 PM (nz1sK)
It's a bit of a flight, but not awful. We leave a day on each end for travel. Means I get to read more, is all.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 09:06 PM (DwqWV)
He must've been well-liked and reliable in 1950s/60s Hollywood because he never lacked for guest roles on TV productions from what I’ve seen.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 09:06 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:06 PM (77rzZ)
It'll get better. After I posted that I was reading comments in Quick Hits and saw you answered Stateless, who asked the same question I did.
Is this something you've done before -- tutoring? Are you a teacher?
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026 09:07 PM (nz1sK)
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 09:08 PM (3ek7K)
The borough clears the snow on our street, but there's no water, sewer, or gas. We pay for electric and heating oil, but no more than that.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 09:04 PM (DwqWV)
Funding education off property tax is evil. Fund school buildings? Sure. Because nice school buildings (and grounds) can have other community uses, and a nice modern school building can be a magnet to draw new residents to the community, spreading out the tax burden a little. But teacher salaries, textbooks, and operating expenses should come from general revenue.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 09:09 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:06 PM (77rzZ)
Or maybe democrats are demons.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 09:09 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: DavidW at April 21, 2026 09:09 PM (m2xfY)
And democrats figure they’ll never win as democrats so why not try to win as “Republicans”. This woman I know from Nextdoor is running for state rep. She is a rabid Trump hater and is always posting shit about lgbtq++++++ rights and how teachers are the mostest bestest people on the planet . But she’s running as a super duper conservative.
She just might win too. Nobody pays attention at the local level they vote on name recognition. She has bombarded the area with signs. Who is paying for it? Doubt it’s her. Soros money probably.
The left never stops. They’re terminator always moving towards their goal.
Posted by: Heroq at April 21, 2026 09:09 PM (ohom6)
Powell wore the hell of a fedora. And in real life, he got around. He was engaged to Jean Harlow before she died, and married to Carole Lombard -- and stayed friends with her after their divorce.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 09:10 PM (+2QQb)
Posted by: Fahrvegnugen at April 21, 2026 09:10 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: DavidW
Too many people still don’t understand it’s a war and Dems will do whatever it takes to win.
Posted by: Heroq at April 21, 2026 09:11 PM (ohom6)
Drug-induced entertainment for children.
Nightmarish.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026 09:11 PM (nz1sK)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:11 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 09:13 PM (+2QQb)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 09:05 PM (+2QQb)
Your independent mechanic shops, and most of the backyard guys, will be buying their routine service parts from one of those chains. The gray-headed counterman has been there for years, and probably is on a first-name basis with many of those guys.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 09:13 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 09:09 PM (utfVc)
Lots of the schools up here do get funded by general revenue, because most of the village do not have a tax base worth shit. But, in the populous areas, like Anchorage, Fairbanks, MatSu, and the Kenai, they soak property owners for it. Sucks when you realize the schools are awful (except for some reason, in MatSu). We do not pay state income tax, and the only sales taxes are local to municipalities, which then pays for services. We do soak tourists for things like fishing and hunting licenses, bed taxes, and other premiums. But most of the income is from oil and gas development.
Don't get me started on the PFD.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 09:13 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: gp at April 21, 2026 09:13 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 09:13 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Fahrvegnugen at April 21, 2026 09:10 PM (oftw2)
Fuckengrooven.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 09:14 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: turambar at April 21, 2026 09:14 PM (Q0yOR)
Thats how they saved Democracy guys.
Posted by: Heroq at April 21, 2026 09:15 PM (ohom6)
That sounds way more interesting than the ACT.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026 09:16 PM (nz1sK)
Posted by: TC at April 21, 2026 09:16 PM (cHOHf)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 08:44 PM (6ydKt)
I remember him as a demonic alien (dressed as Lucifer) in an episode of Lost In Space.
Posted by: Joemarine at April 21, 2026 09:17 PM (y171U)
The DEI push in aviation is going to kill a lot of people.
Posted by: Heroq at April 21, 2026 09:18 PM (ohom6)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:18 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026 09:18 PM (nz1sK)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026
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Winning!!!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 09:19 PM (+2QQb)
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 09:20 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:18 PM (77rzZ)
I’m honestly surprised it was so close. I guess that’s some kind of silver lining. VA voted in Spammy by 15% less than a year ago.
Posted by: Heroq at April 21, 2026 09:20 PM (ohom6)
Posted by: AnnaS at April 21, 2026 09:22 PM (i5Vkf)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:22 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt
The shadow knows!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 21, 2026 09:22 PM (YBtcQ)
You may have taught my wife's former BIL. He was there in '91 to learn Russian.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 21, 2026 09:23 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: steevy at April 21, 2026 09:23 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 09:23 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: AnnaS at April 21, 2026 09:26 PM (ANuwa)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:27 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 09:27 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: AnnaS at April 21, 2026 09:27 PM (ANuwa)
But suppose Republicans hang on to the majority. Best case scenario is two years of House members saying mean things while doing absolutely nothing.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2026 09:28 PM (Fmj+u)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:29 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: AnnaS at April 21, 2026 09:22 PM (i5Vkf)
It helps when the other side doesn’t even try to win. The gop got their donors the tax cuts they wanted, no need to stay in power any longer.
Posted by: Heroq at April 21, 2026 09:29 PM (ohom6)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026 09:29 PM (nz1sK)
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 09:30 PM (3ek7K)
Won't have to dig very far. The SPLC has gotten a lot federal funding.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 09:30 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: f'd at April 21, 2026 09:30 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 08:39 PM (snZF9)
Right. At least some sorts of gas ass dancing is appreciated by the ladies. But no one's ever getting laid with that stilts shit. They may as well donate their dicks to science right now.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 21, 2026 09:31 PM (1pJhn)
You should be depressed about Virginia for nothing less than being spawn of Bernie.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBdOutLogic
But live for the day when ALL THE LIBS, every single last one realizes how wrong they were, how they were LIED TO and CHEATED out of a future worth having by their own willinness to believe in the unreal, the non-existant, and profoundly insane spouted by their LIB leadership -- they will have no part in America250.
Their wailing will be legendary as they shout out their windows: MAD AS HELL and NOT GOING TO LIB any more -- but it'll be too late.
As all the filth of their corruption foam up around their waist they will all look up at Trump Triumphant and plea SAVE US... and he will whisper: NO.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsTheBotchmen
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 21, 2026 09:32 PM (1ZuCl)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:33 PM (77rzZ)
We're big Cubs fans. They are doing great so far, but it is the Cubs. They will screw up soon, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 09:33 PM (3ek7K)
It seems to be a job that’s easy to get into, and steady work in urban areas.
You just need to be able to deal with the clientele, which might cause me to blow my top dealing with kids today.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 09:33 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 09:10 PM (+2QQb)
Hollywood recycled this plot in later movies, because it's a good one.
Posted by: Joemarine at April 21, 2026 09:35 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 09:37 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 21, 2026 09:37 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: AnnaS at April 21, 2026 09:22 PM (i5Vkf)
Remember, the Dems are like Wile E. Coyote, it usually blows up in their faces because they go too far.
Posted by: Joemarine at April 21, 2026 09:37 PM (y171U)
FAILURE OF IMAGINATION NO MORE.
Imagine FREEPORT/CUBA replacing Kharg Island.
Imagine $100Billion in offshore IRG assets seized and converted into a new Iran Asset class exchangeable by its citizens, and banned from the enemies lists with sanctions upon those who continue to sponsor the IRG currency.
Imagine Accountability for all the forWAR'ders as Brennan rats them out, and justice comes for him (like Epstein's Jeffmas) by them to save their own skins.
so much coming, change your mind? that to not be able to see it or be a part of it is to truly believe in the false preeminence of Evil and that Good Men will do Absolutely Nothing in the face of it.
LET'S GO BRANDON!
https://iran.liveuamap.com/
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 21, 2026 09:38 PM (tM5D7)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:38 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 09:40 PM (3ek7K)
Won't have to dig very far. The SPLC has gotten a lot federal funding.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 09:30 PM (viF8m)
And Biden ran for President because of the Charlottesville riot, which was a false flag op funded by SPLC. And Biden probably was in on it.
Posted by: Joemarine at April 21, 2026 09:41 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 21, 2026 09:42 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:43 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 09:44 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 09:44 PM (3ek7K)
Went to see three more houses today. One was okay, one was lower than meh as it had no garage (but space to build one at least). The third was a charmer. Unfortunately, as I was leaving to meet Salty for an early dinner (and he is, as I always suspected, a gentleman as well as a scholar), my car flashed a message at me: "Right low beam failure."
I had the left done a couple of years ago, and I know it's not as simple to change the HID bulb as it was to swap a bulb in 1970s-1990s cars. But my regular mechanic told me he had to take the bumper off to reach the headlight housing! YooToob videos make no mention of that, but admit various bits have to be removed or moved. I've had a tire and service place here in Salina recommended to me and will try them tomorrow. I don't want to drive at night or in rain with only one headlight!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 08:35 PM (+2QQb)
If you had a Cinderella, to put it all together, you could drive it home!
https://youtu.be/Zzyfcys1aLM
Posted by: SciVo at April 21, 2026 09:44 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 09:47 PM (3ek7K)
https://tinyurl.com/23a7ffk3
Trump should just give up now. There's no way to counter such a formidable force.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 21, 2026 09:47 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:48 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 09:49 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 21, 2026 09:49 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Hints From Heloise at April 21, 2026 09:50 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:50 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 09:50 PM (3ek7K)
If anyone is interested, the peak of the April Lyrid shower occurs early this morning. The radiant is just rising here, and it will transit pretty high in the sky around 5AM or so local time. Best time to start looking is around 10PM local time or so.
I've never had much look seeing meteors when I'm actively looking for them, but your mileage may vary.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 21, 2026 09:51 PM (w6EFb)
@jsolomonReports
Breaking: Devin Nunes departing Trump Media to focus on intel oversight role.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 21, 2026 09:51 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:52 PM (77rzZ)
4m
>>They killed Charlie.
>>And they will pay.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 09:44 PM (viF8m)
~~~~~
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 21, 2026 09:53 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 21, 2026 09:53 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Joemarine at April 21, 2026 09:17 PM (y171U)"
Morbus in "A Trip to Hades", Season 2, ep. 12.
He had 156 roles to his credit when he died in 1968 at the age of 54 (heart attack).
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at April 21, 2026 09:53 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026
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Toast 'em for ten minutes at 350 F. I did that with the knockoff woven wheat crackers, which seemed a little stale out of the box. Some cheese, mustard, and ham on them made for good snacks. Same for Triscuits -- except they cost $4 for a regular box, while the knockoffs were $2.50. None of the stores in Da Swamp has them any more, not even Aldi or Walmart.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 09:55 PM (+2QQb)
Breaking: Devin Nunes departing Trump Media to focus on intel oversight role.
Another loss would be ViceRoy/Rubio choosing to save himself, Cuba, and indeed the world rather than be the best President since Eisenhower -- one he could and should be. If there is anyone that has earned that much of a choice, it is him.
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 21, 2026 09:55 PM (0ulpP)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:29 PM (77rzZ)
Hoover up the cash while you can, big guy. Lol.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 09:55 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: r hennigantx
You see the light go in front of you at 186,000 miles per second. Your time and distance measurements are changed enough that light keeps its velocity. People who aren't traveling at that speed see something very different; the light appears stuck with you. If they watch long enough they see it slowly pull away from your vehicle.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 21, 2026 09:55 PM (Da7Vv)
2779 years ago today the city of Rome was founded. The Roman kingdom, and it’s first King Romulus began what would be thousands of years of Roman history.
Who knew Rome was a Taurus?
Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 09:56 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Paul at April 21, 2026 09:57 PM (LYtCO)
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Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 09:56 PM (rbvCR)
I know there's been a lot of bull coming from that general vicinity.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 09:58 PM (DwqWV)
Since the SPLC indictment dropped the focus has been on how corrupt they are. But think how the people they funded changed the public focus.
The called us Nazis and a threat to democracy. They ginned up a lot of anger and violence but it's pretty wild to see a DOJ heavyweight make that statement.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 09:58 PM (viF8m)
2779 years ago today the city of Rome was founded. The Roman kingdom, and it’s first King Romulus began what would be thousands of years of Roman history.
Who knew Rome was a Taurus?
Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026
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I'd never read they knew a specific month and day, just that the traditional founding date was 753 BC.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 09:59 PM (+2QQb)
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Need some dark sky!
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