Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - May 5, 2026 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Tuesday night ONT has arrived. So glad you could make it. Open thread, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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Russia deportation process >>>>> USA deportation process

Man Gets Deported from Russia for Reviewing a Leather Skirt Online

In the Russian Federation, the LGBT movement is recognized as extremist and banned, so any sort of association or promotion can have serious legal consequences. A young migrant from Uzbekistan found this out the hard way after reviewing a women’s leather skirt on the Wildberries online marketplace.
In September 2025, the young man, known only as Islomjon, left a written review for a women’s leather skirt, along with a photo of himself wearing the garment. In the review, he wrote: “Great skirt! It conceals not only my figure flaws but even the fact that I’m a guy.”
The photo of Islomjon wearing a skirt did not, in fact, conceal his gender and was most likely posted as a joke, but Russian authorities did not find it very funny. Despite deleting his review and accompanying photo, the young migrant was apprehended and charged with “propaganda of non-traditional sexual preferences by disseminating (posting) information aimed at fostering non-traditional sexual attitudes and the attractiveness of non-traditional sexual relations.”
The offender reportedly admitted his guilt in court, but asked only to be fined for his mistake, and not deported, according to Russian law. Unfortunately for him, a court of law found no mitigating circumstances, and last month, he was sentenced to five days of administrative arrest, after which he was forcibly deported from the Russian Federation.

I'm not saying we should consider deporting people because of what they say or post online. But I'm also not NOT saying it.

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You'll put yer eye out!

Thermos Bottle Design Flaw Causes “Permanent Vision Loss” in at Least Three People

Of all the risks associated with using insulated food and beverage containers, permanent vision loss would probably rank pretty low on most people’s list, but according to a series of consumer reports, it’s a real possibility. At least 27 people have filed complaints claiming to have suffered laceration injuries when the caps violently ejected from the containers upon opening them.
Several models from Thermos’ Stainless King Food Jar and Sportsman Beverage Bottle lines reportedly feature a design flaw that can have dramatic consequences for users. The danger stems from the stoppers designed to prevent leaks and retain heat. If perishable food or beverages are stored for an extended period, pressure builds up and can cause the cap to violently eject when the container is opened.
Unlike other insulated containers, these faulty models don’t have a pressure release valve, which can cause the stoppers to pop out at high velocity, hitting and injuring users. Of the 27 complaints from people claiming to have suffered lacerations as a result of using Thermos containers, three have reported “permanent vision loss”.

News video segment at the link.

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Play stupid games...

“I made a stupid video about the president, the far right found it and posted it on Twitter, and then got me fired from my job”

-Liberal very upset that her actions have consequences

What is the easy solution to preventing this in the future? 🤔✨🌈 pic.twitter.com/vaMk0Hl4AV
— Meme’nOnLibs (@MemeNonLibs) May 5, 2026

I feel so sorry for her, don't you??

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Kewl!

An entrepreneur cuts up whiskey bottles collected from the trash to make luxury glasses, which he sells — almost at zero cost. pic.twitter.com/1dLhMrWBeQ
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) May 4, 2026

Very clever reuse of those bottles!

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Maryland's last Republican member of Congress, Andy Harris speaks about the Key Bridge debacle

(I like to intentionally mispronounce that word as DEB-a-clee)

Congressman Harris: Key Bridge price may have topped $9B; state searches for new builder

State and federal officials made a joint announcement last week that the current contract with Kiewit would not move forward to finish the Key Bridge rebuild, citing concerns with the timeline and cost. U.S. Rep. Andy Harris said he heard the number for the Kiewit-built Key Bridge may have been between $8 and $9 billion.
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“That is going to show just gross mismanagement,” he said during the radio interview.
Pointing to rising material costs, Harris also said Maryland’s minority business program for contractors may have played a role in the rising cost, but he also cited union agreements.
“The state chose a project labor agreement which can increase the cost from 20-25%,” Harris added.
State leaders announced in November 2025 the latest estimate for the Key Bridge rebuild effort would cost between $4.3 billion and $5.2 billion, with a target completion date of the end of 2030. That estimate came after the original price tag was set at around $2 billion.
After announcing the news to move away from Kiewit, state leaders have yet to provide many details about why the decision was specifically made.
“If the cost overrun was so great, let’s talk about it,” Harris said. “There’s a feeling in Congress that this was bait and switch.”

Check out the whole thing.

I live in Andy's district. For now. There is, of course, a redistricting plan underway in Maryland. Most of the red areas in Maryland (yes, there are red areas in MD -- lots of them) have already been Gerrymandered into blue districts. Have I mentioned lately that I can't wait to move out of MD?

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DJ Doof - Born on This Date Edition
from thisdayinmusic.com

Born on this date in 1959: American guitarist and songwriter Steve Stevens. Often referred to as "the fingers of rock", he is best known for being Billy Idol's guitarist

Also born on this date in 1959: English singer-songwriter and musician Ian McCulloch, best known as the frontman for the rock group Echo & the Bunnymen who had the 1983 UK No.8 single 'The Cutter'

Born on this date in 1948: Bill Ward, drummer with English rock band Black Sabbath

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Comments

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1 I want to see the meme of Marco Rubio realizing his new job is to post the ONT

Posted by: 496 at May 05, 2026 10:03 PM (sOtuf)

2 DOOF!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 05, 2026 10:04 PM (UDzNJ)

3 Nice filters on that top pic.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 05, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z)

4 291 Ont should be 10 minutes late as a joke.
Posted by: Piper

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 10:04 PM (nzPxx)

5 Turning to the Horde Mind - I was thinking of a list of gals' names that have become memes, mnemonics, etc.

Karen . want to see the manager
Marcia . Marcia, Marcia
Felecia . bye
Shirley . don't call me

I know I thought of a couple of others that I then forgot.
Any suggestions?

Posted by: mindful webworker - so very early tonight!! at May 05, 2026 10:04 PM (k0Y0k)

6 Is always the Uzbekestanis

Posted by: Borat at May 05, 2026 10:05 PM (sDWtc)

7 I read the content.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 10:05 PM (OoFl2)

8 Thank you for the ONT Doof!!!

Really thank you!!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 10:05 PM (Sco7b)

9 Thanks for the ONT, doof.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 10:05 PM (zZu0s)

10 Damn thats one hell of a picture up top.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 10:05 PM (snZF9)

11 Sorry I'm.late, I was teasing a Frenchman about the Battle of Puebla.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 05, 2026 10:06 PM (p6+WR)

12 Thanks for the ONT, Disco. Billy Idol always a welcome listen.

Posted by: scampydog at May 05, 2026 10:06 PM (41CYW)

13 Evening fappers and fappettes

Posted by: Otto Penn at May 05, 2026 10:06 PM (sJHOI)

14 News video segment at the link.

Eye can't see it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 05, 2026 10:06 PM (1Ff7Z)

15 Hey, Doof. How was your experience aboard the UFO last night)

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 10:06 PM (77rzZ)

16 Time to check out for the evening. Take care.

Posted by: clarence at May 05, 2026 10:06 PM (tsTuO)

17 Good evening Horde. Thanks Doof!

Posted by: TRex - chess master dino at May 05, 2026 10:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

18 You're over a day late, tankdemon. Excuses won't cut it this time.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 10:07 PM (sDWtc)

19 8 Thank you for the ONT Doof!!!

Really thank you!!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 10:05 PM (Sco7b)

9 Thanks for the ONT, doof.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 10:05 PM (zZu0s)

Feeling like I could have just simply posted "ONT" and it would be a hit tonight!

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)

20 I saw one of those bottle to rocks glasses o ewetub. It was like a Pendleton bottle? Huge fucking glass. For when you want to get blackout in one glass.

Or have one of those frozen sphere things.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 10:07 PM (zZu0s)

21 Good evening morons y gracias Disco

The drop off that porch is mighty steep.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX)

22 I feel so sorry for her, don't you??

Hmm. The shape of the mouth is right. Yes, no need to feel sorry, she has a great future on OF!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 05, 2026 10:08 PM (1Ff7Z)

23 Feeling like I could have just simply posted "ONT" and it would be a hit tonight!
Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)
Blinking font “The ONT is here (down arrow) “

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 10:08 PM (Wmg4n)

24 >> Damn thats one hell of a picture up top.

Doof likes sunsets. I do to. Also, sunrises.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 05, 2026 10:09 PM (w6EFb)

25 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 05, 2026 10:09 PM (sAmhv)

26 Feeling like I could have just simply posted "ONT" and it would be a hit tonight!

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)

But then we couldn't have enjoyed that liberal chick.

Wow, I wish so many others could experience her level of pain.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 10:09 PM (Sco7b)

27 Blinking font “The ONT is here (down arrow) “
Posted by: Piper

Don't give Eric Swalwell ideas.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 10:09 PM (sDWtc)

28 I'm not saying we should consider deporting people because of what they say or post online. But I'm also not NOT saying it.
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Well, yeah.

Not without seeing pics first.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 10:09 PM (RIvkX)

29 True fact: the coughing at the beginning of Sweet Leaf was Tony Iommi, trying some of that sweet leaf.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 10:10 PM (0aYVJ)

30 Feeling like I could have just simply posted "ONT" and it would be a hit tonight!
Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)

Blinking font “The ONT is here (down arrow) “
Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 10:08 PM (Wmg4n)

Keeping that one in reserve!

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:10 PM (QMAsf)

31 I feel so sorry for her, don't you??

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I probably would have if she didn't double down in her video .

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 10:10 PM (kxLc1)

32 I'm not saying we should consider deporting people because of what they say or post online. But I'm also not NOT saying it.

He was deported for being obnoxiously gay, even? Bluesky would implode if that happened here. Both literally and figuratively.

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 10:10 PM (VHUov)

33 Doof likes sunsets. I do to. Also, sunrises.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Wins twice a day.

Posted by: scampydog at May 05, 2026 10:10 PM (41CYW)

34 “If the cost overrun was so great, let’s talk about it,” Harris said. “There’s a feeling in Congress that this was bait and switch.”

That assumes you're surprised that this would happen in MD.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 10:10 PM (Riz8t)

35 I hope everybody took advantage of the fact that Cinco de Mayo fell on Taco Tuesday this year. It won't happen again until 2037.

I read somewhere today that people who support ICE aren't allowed to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. I was wondering if the person who posted that realizes Cinco de Mayo commemorates people violently opposing foreigners coming into their country without permission.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 05, 2026 10:11 PM (p6+WR)

36 Quality content at a reasonable price.

Well done

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 10:11 PM (X4yQA)

37 Hey, Doof. How was your experience aboard the UFO last night)
Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 10:06 PM (77rzZ)

What happens on a UFO...

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)

38 Indiana, land of my forefathers, decided to kick the trash off a cliff.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 10:12 PM (zZu0s)

39 True fact: the coughing at the beginning of Sweet Leaf was Tony Iommi, trying some of that sweet leaf.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 10:10 PM (0aYVJ)

I remember a whole band coughing while learning the song. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 10:12 PM (snZF9)

40 “If the cost overrun was so great, let’s talk about it,” Harris said. “There’s a feeling in Congress that this was bait and switch.”

Pfffffft.

Posted by: California High Speed Rail at May 05, 2026 10:12 PM (Riz8t)

41 Mindful, some literary "meme" names are Dorothy and Alice. Not sure if that's what you are looking for.

Posted by: mrally at May 05, 2026 10:13 PM (+ZHEV)

42 Doof likes sunsets. I do to. Also, sunrises.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 05, 2026 10:09 PM (w6EFb)

Life is short. You never know when you're looking at the last one you'll ever see. So enjoy them all!

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:13 PM (QMAsf)

43 Only $9B for a whole bridge? Pocket change

Posted by: California High-Speed Rail Commission at May 05, 2026 10:13 PM (p6+WR)

44 Gypsy. Black Sabbath. Technical Ecstasy. A great example of just how awesome Sabbath was. Stop with the sampler plate FM radio mix. Yes. We've heard iron man. ten thousand times.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 10:14 PM (0aYVJ)

45 Good evening good people

Posted by: Tonypete at May 05, 2026 10:14 PM (Kyh8Y)

46 I have seen Sting's daughter. It's self defense.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 10:14 PM (X4yQA)

47 Feeling like I could have just simply posted "ONT" and it would be a hit tonight!
Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)

Going for the generic ONT, Doof?

Maybe just black text on a white background and no pix?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 05, 2026 10:14 PM (1Ff7Z)

48 >> Wins twice a day.

On Mercury, because of the 3:2 spin vs high eccentricity, you can (at certain spots) get a double sunrise and set.

The sun would rise over the east horizon, stop, then dip below, then come back up again.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 05, 2026 10:14 PM (w6EFb)

49 I feel so sorry for her, don't you??

Not at all. Her side made the rules...

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 10:14 PM (rdVOm)

50 The far right found my stupid video - No, you dumb bitch, you posted it for all to see, they didn't have to search for it you rubbed it in their face.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 10:15 PM (nzPxx)

51 Deranged TikTok twat should move to another city, and become a stripper. She definitely has the intellectual chops for the job.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 10:15 PM (utfVc)

52 Completion date 2030? WTF.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 10:15 PM (kxLc1)

53 Thank you for ONT Doof!

Greetings Everyone.

In case you didn't see my post over the weekend, big-box membership store's tire dept finally got the TPMS issue straightened out. They didn't admit to anything, just said they got an alternate part number and stuck to their story that the original part they installed should work just fine. But the system works just fine now and so I'm happy. Didn't cost nutin beyond what I paid originally.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 05, 2026 10:15 PM (QGaXH)

54 Good evening Horde. Thanks Doof!
Posted by: TRex - chess master dino at May 05, 2026 10:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

Dino! Thanks for stopping by!

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)

55 On Mercury, because of the 3:2 spin vs high eccentricity, you can (at certain spots) get a double sunrise and set.

The sun would rise over the east horizon, stop, then dip below, then come back up again.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Damnit, no homework on ONT!

Posted by: scampydog at May 05, 2026 10:16 PM (41CYW)

56 Thanks for the ONT, Disco. Billy Idol always a welcome listen.
Posted by: scampydog at May 05, 2026 10:06 PM (41CYW)

Howdy Doggo! Good to see you!

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)

57 I feel so sorry for her, don't you??

Not at all. Her side made the rules...
Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 10:14 PM (rdVOm)

Sarc tag was implied!

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:17 PM (QMAsf)

58 DOOF!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 05, 2026 10:04 PM (UDzNJ)

Howdy COMM!

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:17 PM (QMAsf)

59 Mindful. Sure Jan
My german guy boss is named Jan, I think "sure Jan" a lot but don't say it out loud in the office.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 05, 2026 10:18 PM (PV+Zw)

60 I'll take What Do Gavin Newsom and Wes Moore Have in Common for $1000, Alex.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 10:18 PM (RIvkX)

61 I feel so sorry for her, don't you??

Not at all. Her side made the rules...

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 10:14 PM (rdVOm)

This! We warned them too. We told them they would not like the new rules. Did they care? Nope, they thought they would have a 1000 year reich. We warned them, so tough tittie.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 10:18 PM (snZF9)

62 That filter crash test dummy has a big future in the waitress arts.

She FA.
She FO.

Nothing of value was lost.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 10:18 PM (X4yQA)

63 Thanks for a timely ONT, Mr. Doof!

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 10:18 PM (rdVOm)

64
What's on YOUR mind tonight?

I introduced my junior team members to the secret of how to achieve and maintain a solod good attitude. I call it my GASV. Give A Shit Variable. I set it to 0.000000001. Doesn't return a zero when multiplied, and doesn't crash when divided. Next best thing to a barren field where I used to grow the fucks I'm all out of.

They're engineers and instantly got the secret to happy large MIC employment.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 05, 2026 10:19 PM (QVmho)

65 Nothing says "Intelligent Political Discussion" like posing with your top half off.

I, for one, wish to encourage our female populace to pursue this method of discourse, and perhaps explore further patches of skin they can expose whilst lecturing me.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 05, 2026 10:19 PM (hNnmQ)

66 Only $9B for a whole bridge? Pocket change
Posted by: California High-Speed Rail Commission at May 05, 2026 10:13 PM (p6+WR)

There are some unemployed bridge builders in Florida that will work cheap.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 10:19 PM (utfVc)

67 From last night's late cafe, I said
Just cute or borderline pedo? I'm too old to say.
https://youtu.be/K2KfaDyIcF8

I left before Braenyard replied,
It may not be pedo but it is blasphemous.

Y'know, I had to go back and watch the vid again to see what you meant. OMG is so common I didn't even think about it. Despite my own tendency to watch my speech.

Posted by: mindful webworker - gosh darn at May 05, 2026 10:19 PM (k0Y0k)

68 When you post a video on the internet about any subject, be sure to pull your hoodie off one shoulder in an artful way and polish up your nose ring. Details matter.

Posted by: huerfano at May 05, 2026 10:19 PM (VJX5o)

69
*strolls in*
*eats plate of hors d'oeuvres*

Good evening, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 10:20 PM (HdYcL)

70 Thanks for a timely ONT, Mr. Doof!
Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 10:18 PM (rdVOm)

Allow ME to serve YOU a drink tonight! What'll ya have?

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:20 PM (QMAsf)

71 Lifted From Below -
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You know

All y’all bitching and complaining about the lack of an ONT last evening could compose one yourself and submit it and have it considered by a COB during trying times. Have it in the bullpen.

Otherwise STFU.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Fair enough.
I sometimes have to do retarded reports for work.

Why not throw one to the editors here...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 05, 2026 10:20 PM (/lPRQ)

72 18 You're over a day late, tankdemon. Excuses won't cut it this time.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 10:07 PM (sDWtc)

Will bribery work? I think I still have a Club ONT bathroom token around here somewhere.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 05, 2026 10:20 PM (p6+WR)

73 I bet I could replace the bridge for 8B. 4B to bribe the right people. About 4B in my pocket. And then the very very small amount needed to make a spectacularly strong and well designed bridge.

You could probably tunnel under the river for less than 9 billion. Wait about twenty years or so. You could launch vehicles into orbit on one side, transit to the moon, do some sight seeing, transit back to earth orbit, reenter and land on the other side for less than 9 billion.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 05, 2026 10:21 PM (3uBP9)

74 MAY THE FIFTH BE WITH YOU

*hic*

HUMA!

MOAR GIN

Posted by: Hillary! Dark Horse Candidate 2026 at May 05, 2026 10:21 PM (JkO4W)

75 Karen . want to see the manager
Marcia . Marcia, Marcia
Felecia . bye
Shirley . don't call me

I know I thought of a couple of others that I then forgot.
Any suggestions?
Posted by: mindful webworker - so very early tonight!! at May 05, 2026 10:04 PM (k0Y0k)

Sure, Jan
Fucking Todd!
Khaaann!!
I don't know, Margot!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 10:21 PM (0aYVJ)

76 Thanks for the Tuesday Night ONT, Doof!

Great photo up top.

The Key Bridge rebuilding is indeed a debacle. Maryland should be ashamed.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 05, 2026 10:21 PM (vrNzf)

77 With Doof ONT stands for ON TIME

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 10:22 PM (vE0+H)

78 When you post a video on the internet about any subject, be sure to pull your hoodie off one shoulder in an artful way and polish up your nose ring. Details matter.
Posted by: huerfano at May 05, 2026 10:19 PM (VJX5o)
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TJM, to the white courtesy phone, please!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 10:22 PM (RIvkX)

79 With Doof ONT stands for ON TIME
Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 10:22 PM (vE0+H)

All ONTs are on time. Some are just more on time than others!

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:23 PM (QMAsf)

80 I know I thought of a couple of others that I then forgot.
Any suggestions?
Posted by: mindful webworker - so very early tonight!! at May 05, 2026 10:04 PM (k0Y0k)

Becky

Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2026 10:23 PM (rbvCR)

81 I read somewhere today that people who support ICE aren't allowed to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.

Like I'd want to? Hell, the only good thing about Cinco de Mayo is the TexMex food and the margaritas, which I can have anytime I want anyway. Although I do kinda like some Herb Alpert music with my tacos.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 05, 2026 10:24 PM (0Htd1)

82 Internet Girl now knows what FAFO is

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 10:24 PM (ZxPkt)

83 Why, thankee kindly Mr. Doof!

Toasty day here... an Iced Tea would be delightful, if you please. Long Island style.

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 10:25 PM (rdVOm)

84 "Oh my God, Becky. Look at her butt!

Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2026 10:25 PM (rbvCR)

85 some literary "meme" names are Dorothy and Alice. Not sure if that's what you are looking for.
Posted by: mrally

Not exactly. At least no single meaning I can think of.

Sure Jan
Posted by: PaleRider

Yeah, like that.

Jan . Sure

Posted by: mindful webworker - gosh darn at May 05, 2026 10:25 PM (k0Y0k)

86 80.

Chad
Brenda

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 10:25 PM (X4yQA)

87 I'll take What Do Gavin Newsom and Wes Moore Have in Common for $1000, Alex.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 10:18 PM (RIvkX)

What is "They both suck c*ck by choice."

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 05, 2026 10:25 PM (hNnmQ)

88 Police helicopters circling overhead.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 10:25 PM (77rzZ)

89 Anybody else watching the CA guv debate?
The dumbass Dems are eating each other alive trying to promise free shit they never did or will deliver.
Xavier is a sleazeball, Steyer is retarded, Katie Potato is a slug.
It's like a live version of the cartoon 'The Lockhorns'.

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 10:26 PM (b3Yos)

90 22 I feel so sorry for her, don't you??

I'm just disappointed that she wasn't deported. Oh, wait, she's not an immigrant, so maybe exiled.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 05, 2026 10:26 PM (0Htd1)

91 Trixie

Kelly

Debbie

Annie

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)

92
Final
Astros, 2 - Dodgers, 1

Losing pitcher: Ohtani

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 10:27 PM (HdYcL)

93 All y’all bitching and complaining about the lack of an ONT last evening could compose one yourself and submit it and have it considered by a COB during trying times. Have it in the bullpen.

Otherwise STFU.
Posted by: nurse ratched

We can do that?!

But then I remember, no one wants an OrangeEnt ONT.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 05, 2026 10:27 PM (1Ff7Z)

94 Echo and the Bunnymen!

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 10:27 PM (4PLHt)

95 I was a semi-proud Maryland resident right up to the point where we elected Bob Ehrlich governor. Bob was a good man, and I did what I could to get him elected. The Democrat controlled state promptly did everything it could to derail his term, and then after he was defeated for re-election, enacted everything he had run on. I left the state and swore to never return. I have to drive through it occasionally, but I do not stop. As with most of the country, Western MD red. Eastern Shore, red. Baltimore-Washington corridor, blue. A pox upon them all.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 05, 2026 10:27 PM (QaH55)

96 Unlike other insulated containers, these faulty models don’t have a pressure release valve, which can cause the stoppers to pop out at high velocity, hitting and injuring users. Of the 27 complaints from people claiming to have suffered lacerations as a result of using Thermos containers, three have reported “permanent vision loss”.
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Easy.
Like a radiator cap, emboss with,
"Do NOT open when hot".

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 05, 2026 10:27 PM (/lPRQ)

97 Herb Alpert... Doof might even like this one, heh.

youtu.be/vltC-O7PDYQ

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 10:28 PM (rdVOm)

98 Anyone ever seen that old movie The Naked Prey?

That, but for commie video offences.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 10:28 PM (X4yQA)

99 Plus Kaitlin Collins is so full of herself I want to her to puke.

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 10:28 PM (b3Yos)

100 It is hard to believe that these guys got their start on Ace's website.

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Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at May 05, 2026 10:28 PM (9aVck)

101
But then I remember, no one wants an OrangeEnt ONT.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 05, 2026 10:27 PM (1Ff7Z)

___________

A Hadrian ONT would be... unique.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 10:28 PM (HdYcL)

102 I know a fella what digs bottles in old dumps and privies. Finds them back to 1870 or so. Of course, you dig up many damaged and broken ones, also. Ones with a broken neck he cuts and sands/grinds into drinking glasses and sells them. You can have a 125 year old laudanum bottle as a rocks glass.

Posted by: Bottle Fever at May 05, 2026 10:29 PM (oftw2)

103 Turning to the Horde Mind - I was thinking of a list of gals' names that have become memes, mnemonics, etc.

Karen . want to see the manager
Marcia . Marcia, Marcia
Felecia . bye
Shirley . don't call me

I know I thought of a couple of others that I then forgot.
Any suggestions?
Posted by: mindful webworker

Since I socked it yesterday, Madge would like to remind you that you're soaking in it.

Posted by: mikeski and/or Madge at May 05, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)

104 38 >>>>Indiana, land of my forefathers, decided to kick the trash off a cliff.

Not all of it, unfortunately. Liz Brown squeaked out a victory.
Granted, Vogt wasn't a huge amount of better, but he wasn't Liz.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at May 05, 2026 10:29 PM (nz1sK)

105 Brenda
Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 10:25 PM (X4yQA)

The Reverend Billy C. Wirtz has a tale about Brenda:

https://youtu.be/TlHfvXTOB2k

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 10:29 PM (utfVc)

106 Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at May 05, 2026 10:28 PM (9aVck)

We wonder what happened to guys like Crenshaw? Small scale.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 10:30 PM (zZu0s)

107 but you gotta self-regulate online
I like to say rude things to politicians on X, but that's as far as it goes

SkyNet is always watching

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 10:30 PM (ZxPkt)

108 ***Maryland's last Republican member of Congress, Andy Harris speaks about the Key Bridge debacle
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Isn't there something about a $750,000 armored vehicle with with gold rims in the mix?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 10:30 PM (nzPxx)

109 Why, thankee kindly Mr. Doof!

Toasty day here... an Iced Tea would be delightful, if you please. Long Island style.
Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 10:25 PM (rdVOm)

*pulls glass back slightly, then slides it down to JQ*

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:30 PM (QMAsf)

110 93 All y’all bitching and complaining about the lack of an ONT last evening could compose one yourself and submit it and have it considered by a COB during trying times. Have it in the bullpen.

Otherwise STFU.
Posted by: nurse ratched

---------

As for myself, I admired the minimalist ethos exemplified by the absence of an expected element, which sparked an emotional reaction in me that bordered on ennui.

So there.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 05, 2026 10:30 PM (JkO4W)

111 Ruby.

From the Kenny Rogers song.

Also Rikki.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 10:31 PM (zZu0s)

112 Wit and wisdom of James "Snakehead" Carville.

Marco Foster
@MarcoFoster_
James Carville on Trump: “You look like the backside of a nutsack. That’s what you are Trump. No wonder Lindsey Graham’s always trying to lick your face. Your new name is Scrotumface. Because that’s what you are, Scrotumface”

Oilfield Rando
@Oilfield_Rando
I’m sorry, I can’t get over this video because Carville is claiming that women who don’t know him come up to him and start describing what their husbands scrotum looks like from various angles

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 10:31 PM (ndZc7)

113 >Karen . want to see the manager
Marcia . Marcia, Marcia
Felecia . bye
Shirley . don't call me
-----

Tits, Margaret!

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 10:32 PM (ZxPkt)

114 A Hadrian ONT would be... unique.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 10:28 PM (HdYcL)

Would people say it's gone to the dogs?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 05, 2026 10:32 PM (1Ff7Z)

115 Would those be Adirondack chairs perchance?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 05, 2026 10:32 PM (CybdD)

116 *sips tea*

Ahhh... perfect. Thank you, Doof!

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 10:33 PM (rdVOm)

117 Also Rikki.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 10:31 PM (zZu0s)

Don't lose that number. I think it's 867-5309

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 05, 2026 10:33 PM (QaH55)

118 93 All y’all bitching and complaining about the lack of an ONT last evening could compose one yourself and submit it and have it considered by a COB during trying times. Have it in the bullpen.

Otherwise STFU.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Its absence was an unsought gift.

Posted by: Crumb Cake Hole at May 05, 2026 10:33 PM (RUYj1)

119 Katie Potato is a slug.
....................................
MoooOOO

Posted by: Katie Porter throws feces at May 05, 2026 10:33 PM (sAmhv)

120 unlike Carville, I don't know what the backside of a nutsack looks like, not even been interested enough to get out a couple of mirrors.

One thing I must credit Carville with is his sense of adventure and boundless curiosity.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2026 10:34 PM (rbvCR)

121 Plus Kaitlin Collins is so full of herself I want to her to puke.
Posted by: wth
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I blame the tucking she does.

Posted by: scampydog at May 05, 2026 10:34 PM (41CYW)

122 Echo and the Bunnymen!
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 10:27 PM (4PLHt)

One of my all time favorite bands!

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:35 PM (QMAsf)

123 I am off to bed, everyone enjoy the rest of your evening!

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 10:35 PM (OoFl2)

124 So was Ian McCulloch supposed to be "Echo"?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 10:35 PM (RIvkX)

125 We could have an “Open ONT Night”. Folks could submit entries and get published.

You do the work.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 10:35 PM (hK9T6)

126 Offer the Amish $1 billion to build the bridge. It's a really silly idea, and yet far better than what will actually happen.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 05, 2026 10:36 PM (w/O5Q)

127 Herb Alpert... Doof might even like this one, heh.

youtu.be/vltC-O7PDYQ
Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 10:28 PM (rdVOm)

Indeed. Very headnodic.

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:37 PM (QMAsf)

128 Steyer wants tax AI.
lol

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 10:37 PM (b3Yos)

129 A Hadrian ONT would be... unique.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 10:28 PM (HdYcL)

Did you have to have a dog put down today, or did I misconstrue something I read earlier?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 10:37 PM (utfVc)

130 All y’all bitching and complaining about the lack of an ONT last evening

Personally, I don't bitch and complain about something like that. I think the worst. It's a trait that I inherited from my parents. I think, "OMG, I hope Doof didn't get in a terrible car accident and land in the ICU." Glad you're okay, Doof.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 05, 2026 10:37 PM (0Htd1)

131 But then I remember, no one wants an OrangeEnt ONT.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 05, 2026 10:27 PM

We might!

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 10:38 PM (OoFl2)

132 Billy Idol had a tight band. Black Sabbath was tight.

The first time I heard Guns and Roses, they sounded like shit.

There was definitely talent there but too many drugs and too much liquor, playing colleges beer bars and getting fucked up.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 10:39 PM (D1E+2)

133 Carville is claiming that women who don’t know him come up to him and start describing what their husbands scrotum looks like from various angles

-
I guess it must be his animal magnetism.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 10:39 PM (ndZc7)

134 OOh.
Now Kaitlin is asking them about Climate Change.

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 10:39 PM (b3Yos)

135 I didn't worry about the ONT but I did worry about CBD because I'm caring like that.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 10:39 PM (RIvkX)

136 Got some actual w-o-r-k done in the garage today.

Posted by: Eromero at May 05, 2026 10:40 PM (LHPAg)

137 Toasty day here... an Iced Tea would be delightful, if you please. Long Island style.

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 10:25 PM (rdVOm)

Long island ice teas are the shit. I always get those.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 10:41 PM (snZF9)

138 Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at May 05, 2026 10:28 PM (9aVck)

I'm not officially working tonight at DDHQ, just keeping an eye on the Discord in case they need me. I've been pulled in more than once doing this...

Posted by: pookysgirl has a fairly low-key job at May 05, 2026 10:41 PM (Wt5PA)

139 It is hard to believe that these guys got their start on Ace's website.
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Yes and no. I mean, there was a time when Trump supporters were nearly chased off this site. I know I nearly left from being sick to death of the bullshit. Imagine how deprived everyone would be if *I* left.

By some miracle it has stayed reasonably sane as Trump continued to win, but it was touch and go for sure in 2016 and a couple other times. The fucking O'Donnell Wars were another.

All some of us wanted was for someone to shake up the cuck-ass GOP and stop worrying so much about "the rules" of a stacked game.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 10:41 PM (vE0+H)

140 You could probably tunnel under the river for less than 9 billion. Wait about twenty years or so. You could launch vehicles into orbit on one side, transit to the moon, do some sight seeing, transit back to earth orbit, reenter and land on the other side for less than 9 billion.
Posted by: banana Dream
===

Hello, Elon?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 05, 2026 10:41 PM (/lPRQ)

141 Steyer: Gasoline Crisis !!!

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 10:41 PM (b3Yos)

142 Posted by: nerdygirl at May 05, 2026 10:37 PM (0Htd1)

*fistbump*

iirc it was CBD's night?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 10:41 PM (RIvkX)

143 Voluntary Thermos recall - from the article, it appears heat has nothing to do with it.

If you were to fill it with say, chicken stew, and then leave it for an “extended time period”, say a week or three, it will rot and ferment and generally do Bad Things. What did you expect?

The whole thing is bullshit, basically. Fucking bottom feeder attorneys. If You Like Your Thermos, You Can Keep Your Thermos.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 05, 2026 10:42 PM (nC+3t)

144 Got some actual w-o-r-k done in the garage today.

Posted by: Eromero at May 05, 2026 10:40 PM (LHPAg)

I got nothing done in the shop today, because YANG POON.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 10:42 PM (snZF9)

145 133 Carville is claiming that women who don’t know him come up to him and start describing what their husbands scrotum looks like from various angles

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They look at him and think, "now this is a man who knows a wrinkly sack."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 05, 2026 10:43 PM (CybdD)

146 Watched a Liam Needon B mpvie that was funnier than I expected: Cold Storage.
Basically a fungus zombie movie.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 05, 2026 10:44 PM (GhIJO)

147 Don't get me wrong - "I am not a witch" was one of the worst political decisions made by anyone in the last 100 years. But that's just because people - particularly Republicans - don't understand branding and persuasion. Hell, DeSantis's Top Gov was cringe inducing GOPelike horseshit. Trump for all his Trumpness is the branding king. He rebranded two parties.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 10:44 PM (vE0+H)

148 126 Offer the Amish $1 billion to build the bridge. It's a really silly idea, and yet far better than what will actually happen.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 05, 2026 10:36 PM (w/O5Q)
This is a great idea, but you’ll need Mennonite ironworkers.

Posted by: Eromero at May 05, 2026 10:44 PM (LHPAg)

149 Neeson

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 05, 2026 10:44 PM (GhIJO)

150 So was Ian McCulloch supposed to be "Echo"?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 10:35 PM (RIvkX)

No. "Echo" was the drum machine they used in their early days before drummer Pete de Freitas joined the band in 1980.

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:45 PM (QMAsf)

151 utfVc)

67 From last night's late cafe, I said
Just cute or borderline pedo? I'm too old to say.
https://youtu.be/K2KfaDyIcF8

I left before Braenyard replied,
It may not be pedo but it is blasphemous.

Y'know, I had to go back and watch the vid again to see what you meant. OMG is so common I didn't even think about it. Despite my own tendency to watch my speech.
Posted by: mindful webworker - gosh darn at May 05, 2026 10:19 PM (k0Y0k)

The answer to the original question depends on who’s watching. If Eric Swallwell is watching, oh yeah. That’s pedo.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 05, 2026 10:45 PM (6w0jO)

152 You could probably tunnel under the river for less than 9 billion. Wait about twenty years or so. You could launch vehicles into orbit on one side, transit to the moon, do some sight seeing, transit back to earth orbit, reenter and land on the other side for less than 9 billion.
Posted by: banana Dream
===

Hello, Elon?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 05, 2026 10:41 PM (/lPRQ)

How deep is the channel that must be crossed? Could you build a tunnel made of sections of concrete tubes, coupled together and laid across the bottom, and would it be deep enough for deep-draft ships to clear it at low tide?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 10:45 PM (utfVc)

153 question on High Speed Rail
BWAHAHAAA

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 10:46 PM (b3Yos)

154 Several Indiana GOPe are gonna have a lot more time to spend with their families and male prostitutes, but mostly male prostitutes:

https://tinyurl.com/32yuf6z8

Bye, fags!

Posted by: Gonna Miss Those Guys at May 05, 2026 10:46 PM (pVV4d)

155
Did you have to have a dog put down today, or did I misconstrue something I read earlier?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 10:37 PM (utfVc)

_____________

Everything is fine here. Her Majesty, The Big Dummy and Rosalind have headed off until June 1st.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 10:46 PM (HdYcL)

156 Glad you're okay, Doof.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 05, 2026 10:37 PM (0Htd1)

Thanks!

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:46 PM (QMAsf)

157 Hah! Rubio really did fill in for Press Sec

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 05, 2026 10:47 PM (6U1c2)

158 Everything is fine here. Her Majesty, The Big Dummy and Rosalind have headed off until June 1st.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 10:46 PM (HdYcL)

Ah, good! I guess the female dog thought she was going on the trip, but had to stay home. Diana?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 10:48 PM (utfVc)

159 Several Indiana GOPe are gonna have a lot more time to spend with their families and male prostitutes, but mostly male prostitutes:

https://tinyurl.com/32yuf6z8

Bye, fags!

Posted by: Gonna Miss Those Guys at May 05, 2026 10:46 PM (pVV4d)

Nice. Mike Pence can live out his days staring at his flaccid meat.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 10:49 PM (snZF9)

160 You could probably tunnel under the river for less than 9 billion. Wait about twenty years or so. You could launch vehicles into orbit on one side, transit to the moon, do some sight seeing, transit back to earth orbit, reenter and land on the other side for less than 9 billion.
Posted by: banana Dream
===

Hello, Elon?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 05, 2026 10:41 PM (/lPRQ)

How deep is the channel that must be crossed? Could you build a tunnel made of sections of concrete tubes, coupled together and laid across the bottom, and would it be deep enough for deep-draft ships to clear it at low tide?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 10:45 PM (utfVc)

The Key Bridge was the only harbor crossing that allowed hazmat. There are already 2 tunnels for the inner harbor crossing - neither allow hazmat (including propane tanks). A new bridge is definitely needed.

They could have at least started some kind of ferry service for the outer harbor crossing.

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:49 PM (QMAsf)

161 5-2 Avalanche
lead the series 2-0

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 10:50 PM (ZxPkt)

162 141 Steyer: Gasoline Crisis !!!
Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 10:41 PM (b3Yos)

Steyer will come.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 05, 2026 10:50 PM (QaH55)

163
Re: Rapidly ballooning cost of Key Bridge replacement in Baltimore, MD. I recall that the cargo ship collision that knocked down the bridge was fishy and hard/impossible to explain. You don't suppose...

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 05, 2026 10:51 PM (azNOR)

164 iirc it was CBD's night?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I'm retired. I barely keep track of what day of the week it is.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 05, 2026 10:52 PM (0Htd1)

165
98 Anyone ever seen that old movie The Naked Prey?

That, but for commie video offences.
Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 10:28 PM (X4yQA)

I always thought Naked Prey was a great movie, still got it on DVD somewhere around here.

And Mel Gibson ripped it off almost scene for scene when he made Apocolypto. I figured this out first time I saw Apocalypto, when I realized I already knew how each member of the hunting party was going to get killed.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 05, 2026 10:52 PM (6w0jO)

166 We could have an “Open ONT Night”. Folks could submit entries and get published.

You do the work.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 10:35 PM (hK9T6)

My email is at the bottom of all of my ONTs. I'm not ashamed to take credit for someone else's work. Just ask Piper!

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:52 PM (QMAsf)

167

In the '80s, both Anheuser-Busch and Miller started Hispanic Marketing divisions in an attempt to capture America's growing Latino consumer base and sponsored Cinco de Mayo parties to promote their products.

Then, in 1989, the Gambrinus Group, American importers of Corona and Modelo, ran a Cinco de Mayo ad campaign. It proved to be a huge success, cementing a link between Cinco de Mayo and Corona beer that persists to this day.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 05, 2026 10:52 PM (Cqx++)

168 132 Billy Idol had a tight band. Black Sabbath was tight.

The first time I heard Guns and Roses, they sounded like shit.

There was definitely talent there but too many drugs and too much liquor, playing colleges beer bars and getting fucked up.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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Always enjoy/enjoyed Steve Stevens guitar work.

Posted by: scampydog at May 05, 2026 10:53 PM (41CYW)

169 Carville has obviously given scrotums a lot of thought. Okay..

also: if there's no ONT, the top thread becomes the ONT by default- you can decorate it with macaroni and glitter, little pieces of yarn, whatever
just have fun with it

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 10:53 PM (ZxPkt)

170
Ah, good! I guess the female dog thought she was going on the trip, but had to stay home. Diana?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 10:48 PM (utfVc)

___________

Poor Diana gets so excited when she sees us pick up a travel collar. But she's not the one going on a trip. Next year, perhaps, we'll be showing her and she can enjoy Mommy Time in the RV.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 10:53 PM (HdYcL)

171 In the Halls of the Thermos King was one of the lesser known Edvard Grieg pieces. Critically and financially a disaster for the young composer, it is notable as it did supply some of the better themes re-used in later, more successful orchestral works.

This suite was cordially infamous for the single movement which is known colloquially as the "My Eye, My F___ Eye" piece, due more for the lyrics than the music, showing that many elements go into a memorable fragment of an otherwise unremarkable composition by seizing onto popular imagination. As the text was in Swedish, the notoriety of the piece was limited to Scandinavia, and its notoriety was spread only as far as its opprobrium was understood.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2026 10:54 PM (rbvCR)

172
163
Re: Rapidly ballooning cost of Key Bridge replacement in Baltimore, MD. I recall that the cargo ship collision that knocked down the bridge was fishy and hard/impossible to explain. You don't suppose...
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 05, 2026 10:51 PM (azNOR)

Intense, mind numbing stupidity at all levels may be hard to believe, but it’s easy to explain.

Same logic applies to the replacement cost.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 05, 2026 10:54 PM (6w0jO)

173 I'm retired. I barely keep track of what day of the week it is.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 05, 2026 10:52 PM (0Htd1)
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I know which day it is by my medication case.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 10:55 PM (RIvkX)

174 147 Don't get me wrong - "I am not a witch" was one of the worst political decisions made by anyone in the last 100 years. But that's just because people - particularly Republicans - don't understand branding and persuasion. Hell, DeSantis's Top Gov was cringe inducing GOPelike horseshit. Trump for all his Trumpness is the branding king. He rebranded two parties.
Posted by: ...
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There are probably reasons why these things happened. The GOP has always been an old boys club in recent memory and not really friendly to outsiders. The GOP was given a chance to run things starting in the 90's and quite frankly they blew it. From a revolutionary start in 1994, they ran a tired old Bob Dole because it was his time in 1996. Then went all in the Bush revival in 2000 forgetting that GHWB's betrayal of Reaganism in his sole term.

GWB's term in office was one where he purposefully betrayed his base voters in order to butter up Dems and let Congress blow out the door with wasteful spending. That set the stage for Obama.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 10:55 PM (E4rtv)

175 Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2026 10:54 PM (rbvCR)

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 05, 2026 10:56 PM (GhIJO)

176 -Liberal very upset that her actions have consequences

She's got the uptalk and jazz hands nearly mastered.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 05, 2026 10:57 PM (ceJ0R)

177 89 Anybody else watching the CA guv debate?
The dumbass Dems are eating each other alive trying to promise free shit they never did or will deliver.
Xavier is a sleazeball, Steyer is retarded, Katie Potato is a slug.
It's like a live version of the cartoon 'The Lockhorns'.

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 10:26 PM (b3Yos)

Heard that Steyer wants to arrest Stephen Miller because it is illegal for ICE to operate in CA. Deranged and delusional.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 05, 2026 10:58 PM (y171U)

178 Nice. Mike Pence can live out his days staring at his flaccid meat.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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I am guessing he is smooth down there like a Ken doll. His wife probably has his man bits in her purse along with the rest of his manhood.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 10:58 PM (E4rtv)

179 The Key Bridge was the only harbor crossing that allowed hazmat. There are already 2 tunnels for the inner harbor crossing - neither allow hazmat (including propane tanks). A new bridge is definitely needed.

They could have at least started some kind of ferry service for the outer harbor crossing.
Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:49 PM (QMAsf)

You could move hazmat through a tunnel. Just have scheduled "hazmat transit periods", say 8 times a day, a half hour each. Convoy of hazmat rigs pass through, at a sedate 25 mph, then an inspector follows through, looking for spills, and finding none, opens the tunnel again.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 10:58 PM (utfVc)

180
Miss Israel has an encounter with Commie Mamdani's Jew-hating wife in NYC:

https://is.gd/wnZo4v

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 05, 2026 10:58 PM (w6EFb)

181 I already voted for Steve Hilton.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 10:59 PM (RIvkX)

182 GWB's term in office was one where he purposefully betrayed his base voters in order to butter up Dems and let Congress blow out the door with wasteful spending. That set the stage for Obama.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 10:55 PM (E4rtv)

That second term was just giving away the store. The whole GOP rolled out the red carpet for Dems and freakin Pelosi to take over, then Bush signed off on half their agenda at least and THEN he and GOP took the blame for the inevitable crash that came after the D's started burning it all down. They got rewarded and then punched through 60 Senators under highly spurious circumstances.

It would seem God intervened with Teddy and Brown but it wans't enough to stop ObamaCare. It was a total joke. Just thinking about that stupid big gavel still makes me a bit mad but I have to be honest Trump 1 and 2 have been sweet "payback" if you want to call it that. And I didn't want payback I just wanted someone to stop them - and give the man his due, he has done that to a larger extent than most of us dreamed possible.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:01 PM (vE0+H)

183 China is the wave of the future~

@EpochTimes
An explosion at a fireworks factory in Liuyang, Hunan Province, killed at least 26 people and injured 61 others, according to local authorities.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 05, 2026 11:03 PM (diia5)

184 97 Herb Alpert... Doof might even like this one, heh.

youtu.be/vltC-O7PDYQ
Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 10:28 PM (rdVOm)

Herb Alpert is doing concerts this month in RI & NY.
Good to see he is still working and performing, interesting that the ads for tickets show him as a young Herb.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 05, 2026 11:04 PM (y171U)

185 The CA guv debate is over.
The only thing that would have made it better was Swallwell.
bwahahaa

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 11:05 PM (b3Yos)

186 I love hockey.

But not enough to pay out the butt for cable or satellite TV.

I'll go see the Boise team live next season.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 11:05 PM (0aYVJ)

187
An explosion at a fireworks factory in Liuyang, Hunan Province, killed at least 26 people and injured 61 others, according to local authorities.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 05, 2026 11:03 PM (diia5)

____________

China technology incredible! US is horrible.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 11:05 PM (HdYcL)

188 It would seem God intervened with Teddy and Brown but it wans't enough to stop ObamaCare. It was a total joke. Just thinking about that stupid big gavel still makes me a bit mad but I have to be honest Trump 1 and 2 have been sweet "payback" if you want to call it that. And I didn't want payback I just wanted someone to stop them - and give the man his due, he has done that to a larger extent than most of us dreamed possible.
Posted by: ...
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And yet the Bush family thought it wonderful to give us Jeb in 2016 along with GOPe Inc. so Hillary and Jeb could agree on a grand amnesty for the ages for all the illegals let in from the Obama and GWB years.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:05 PM (E4rtv)

189 Whig - Two things made me livid back when I still gave a shit about politics - and it was the same day - that idiot giant gavel and black Democrats somehow getting away with claiming that the "Tea Party" spit on them and called them n's. Ludicrous on its face. And it was all to control the story of their takeover of health insurance and the looting of trillions.

I really thought we were done then, they had way too much control over everything, especially narratively.

Their bs over benghazi and "if I had a son" with "little trayvon" were both pretty much it for me. I just decided politics was only good for a laugh and that was it.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:05 PM (vE0+H)

190 Hey guys,

Launch in about 40 minutes.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-29
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: May 5, 2026 (PDT)
Launch Time: 7:00 p.m. EDT (May 6, 0200 UTC, 04:00 CEST)

https://youtu.be/yt5DGn7No6U

Posted by: Joyenz at May 05, 2026 11:06 PM (2F0/Y)

191 You do the work.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 10:35 PM (hK9T6)

But I don't wanna do the work.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:06 PM (vE0+H)

192 I already voted for Steve Hilton.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
.......

What are you... SANE ?

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 11:07 PM (b3Yos)

193 163
Re: Rapidly ballooning cost of Key Bridge replacement in Baltimore, MD. I recall that the cargo ship collision that knocked down the bridge was fishy and hard/impossible to explain. You don't suppose...

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 05, 2026 10:51 PM (azNOR)

You mean . . . The Jooos did it?

Posted by: a.moron at May 05, 2026 11:07 PM (X5Jzz)

194 And yet the Bush family thought it wonderful to give us Jeb in 2016 along with GOPe Inc. so Hillary and Jeb could agree on a grand amnesty for the ages for all the illegals let in from the Obama and GWB years.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:05 PM (E4rtv)

Watching Trump bend the Bushes over was heavenly.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:08 PM (vE0+H)

195 31 I feel so sorry for her, don't you??

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I probably would have if she didn't double down in her video .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 10:10 PM (kxLc1)

The most self-pitying, offense-justifying non-apology ever. Shit-talking leftists like her openly fantasize about rounding up Trump voters like me into "re-education" (death) camps, so she can just fuck right off.

Posted by: SciVo at May 05, 2026 11:09 PM (Sy6m/)

196 Liam Neeson in Gun Shy was a hoot. Sandra Bullock is the love interest. Highly recommend!

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at May 05, 2026 11:10 PM (ZTJjv)

197
Dogs taken care of, evening prayers said, Diana is on her back on Her Majesty's side of the bed. Good night, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 11:10 PM (HdYcL)

198 189 Whig -
I really thought we were done then, they had way too much control over everything, especially narratively.

Their bs over benghazi and "if I had a son" with "little trayvon" were both pretty much it for me. I just decided politics was only good for a laugh and that was it.
Posted by: ...

I think that Obama had the big rig in 2012 to win over Romney and Romney was too gutless to call him in on it. This cheat machine has been running since 2007-2008 with the HAVA act hitting full force. For whatever reason, probably because Killary thought she had it in the bag, they did not turn it on for her and Trump won by going to states that she ignored as not befitting a queen of her stature.

The key for GOP wins was to ramp up turnout enough from the average non voter to win which contradicts everything GOPe based its campaigns on-low turnout and negative ads. You can't beat a cheat machine with low turnout--you have to ramp it to eleventy and that means doing what the base voters want, not the donor corporate class of GOPe.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:10 PM (E4rtv)

199 The dumbass Dems are eating each other alive trying to promise free shit they never did or will deliver.
——-
H.L. Mencken has a lot of great quotes. One of them is “Elections are a kind of advance auction of stolen goods”. He said this about a hundred years ago. Not much has changed, apparently.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 05, 2026 11:11 PM (l+ype)

200 191 You do the work.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 10:35 PM (hK9T6)

But I don't wanna do the work.
Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:06 PM (vE0+H)

Obligatory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhYWNPzBuiM

Posted by: Gurney Halleck at May 05, 2026 11:12 PM (3sXRv)

201 Watching Trump bend the Bushes over was heavenly.
Posted by: ...
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The one time I ever agreed with douchebag Al Sharpton. "Stay out of the Bushes indeed." and the Bush family's petulant behavior toward Trump and hinting about supporting Killary and Biden from family members was just the indication that their loyalty was to themselves, not this country.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:12 PM (E4rtv)

202 Hardly any snow all winter, but nature decided to drop two feet on May 5.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 05, 2026 11:12 PM (n5tGW)

203 /Off sock

Posted by: browndog says woof at May 05, 2026 11:13 PM (3sXRv)

204 Liam Neeson in Gun Shy was a hoot. Sandra Bullock is the love interest. Highly recommend!
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at May 05, 2026 11:10 PM (ZTJjv)

Woah! I totally forgot about that movie! Saw it years ago. I bet the missus would like that.

Ride! Ride to the internets, sweet Concord!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 11:15 PM (0aYVJ)

205 31 I feel so sorry for her, don't you??

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I probably would have if she didn't double down in her video .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 10:10 PM (kxLc1)

The most self-pitying, offense-justifying non-apology ever. Shit-talking leftists like her openly fantasize about rounding up Trump voters like me into "re-education" (death) camps, so she can just fuck right off.
Posted by: SciVo
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No, I don't feel sorry for her. Insane and wicked people are not helped by others feeding into their delusions and thinking they are misguided, not evil.

She is not a good person, is proposing evil to others, and thus is a perfect example of toxic narcissism combined with idiocy. To her, other people are things to be commanded or destroyed, not persuaded.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:15 PM (E4rtv)

206 Don't pay for any sports subscription or cable tv. If you have internet, check out the Vsee Box.

I'm blown away by it

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at May 05, 2026 11:15 PM (okSLL)

207 For whatever reason, probably because Killary thought she had it in the bag, they did not turn it on for her and Trump won by going to states that she ignored as not befitting a queen of her stature.

¯¯¯¯¯¯

They used it.
As repulsive as the projected Trump to be, Hillary was far worse and the cheat machine was not enough.

So they turned it to II with Biden and penciled in twenty million fake votes.

It's that simple.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 05, 2026 11:16 PM (/lPRQ)

208 Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:10 PM (E4rtv)

Trump's super power is his understsnding of narrative and story. He's also been insanely loyal to his voters and his promises. It's just not seen anywhere. The guy is a law unto himself but for some reason he decided that we were the gap in the market and what's more that this country and the world was worth saving.

If someone like Trump ever gets in from the Left (thankfully the DNC is too controlling to allow it but they might get lightning in a bottle), we are basically looking at Actual Hitler Redux. Imagine him but with the power of the entirety of media and academia etc behind him? With how easy it has been to mobilize and motivate their sick violent schizo crazies? A leftard with his genuine charisma and talents would be the most dangerous thing the world has seen in 60 years.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:17 PM (vE0+H)

209 191 You do the work.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 10:35 PM (hK9T6)

But I don't wanna do the work.
Posted by: ...

youtu.be/8LdLIqkmMB0

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 05, 2026 11:17 PM (sAmhv)

210
The young woman whining about getting fired, and all the nasty comments she got -- what did she post? A threat to kill the President? You zany funster. Too bad they took it the wrong way. And that the threat is a felony.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 05, 2026 11:17 PM (t1fZA)

211 China technology incredible! US is horrible.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 11:05 PM (HdYcL)

China tech is yang poon.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 11:18 PM (snZF9)

212 Maryland's last Republican member of Congress, Andy Harris speaks about the Key Bridge debacle

(I like to intentionally mispronounce that word as DEB-a-clee)

I once thought debacle was "DEB-uh-kull," because I read it long before I heard it.

So it should work like all other three-syllable -acle words, right? Oracle, obstacle, miracle, tentacle, barnacle, spectacle?

English is a very silly language.

Posted by: mikeski is the exception to the rule at May 05, 2026 11:18 PM (VHUov)

213 Watching Trump bend the Bushes over was heavenly.
Posted by: ...
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Low energy branded Jeb instantly. And like the best rhetoric, it was true--Jeb inspired no one other than the Bushies hoping to regain offices in the West Wing and polishing their resumes for generational wealth lobbying careers.

The best political rhetoric has a bit of exaggeration but underlying illustrating underlying truth at a glance. Low Energy did that in spades.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:19 PM (E4rtv)

214 A Hadrian ONT would be... unique.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 10:28 PM (HdYcL)

Would people say it's gone to the dogs?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 05, 2026 10:32 PM (1Ff7Z)

You might get a Robert the Cat ONT. A Dogbert ONT might be fun, though.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 05, 2026 11:21 PM (qx7Zg)

215 Dang. Overtired.

Dog Ralphy is asleep on the bed. My friends' cat Snowflake is sleeping behind him. Too cute.

Good night.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 11:22 PM (Sco7b)

216 Nice. Mike Pence can live out his days staring at his flaccid meat.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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I am guessing he is smooth down there like a Ken doll. His wife probably has his man bits in her purse along with the rest of his manhood.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 10:58 PM (E4rtv)

Probably in a jar. Good ol' Mason jar Mike they call him.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 11:22 PM (snZF9)

217 What are you... SANE ?
Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 11:07 PM (b3Yos)
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Sane. Desperate. Whatever.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 11:23 PM (RIvkX)

218 English is a very silly language.
Posted by: mikeski is the exception to the rule at May 05, 2026 11:18 PM (VHUov)

A fun thing is to say words Greekly. It is too a word!
like Heracles.

Testicles
Particles
Articles
Barnacles
...ex chethera

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 11:23 PM (0aYVJ)

219 Trump's super power is his understsnding of narrative and story. He's also been insanely loyal to his voters and his promises. It's just not seen anywhere. The guy is a law unto himself but for some reason he decided that we were the gap in the market and what's more that this country and the world was worth saving.

If someone like Trump ever gets in from the Left (thankfully the DNC is too controlling to allow it but they might get lightning in a bottle), we are basically looking at Actual Hitler Redux. Imagine him but with the power of the entirety of media and academia etc behind him? With how easy it has been to mobilize and motivate their sick violent schizo crazies? A leftard with his genuine charisma and talents would be the most dangerous thing the world has seen in 60 years.
Posted by: ...
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Trump ran briefly for president in 2000 under the Reform Party (Perot's created party) until he figured it was going nowhere.

As far as demagogues, I think you are correct that can be a danger, it was close enough with SCOAMF reading his teleprompter for comfort. FDR was certainly one aided by WWII when his popularity was just beginning to falter.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:23 PM (E4rtv)

220 I just wanna bang on the drum all day

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 11:23 PM (ZxPkt)

221 145 133 Carville is claiming that women who don’t know him come up to him and start describing what their husbands scrotum looks like from various angles

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They look at him and think, "now this is a man who knows a wrinkly sack."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 05, 2026 10:43 PM (CybdD)

If Carville's head looked any more like a ball sack, he'd need "this end up," tattooed on his scalp.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 05, 2026 11:23 PM (w/O5Q)

222 English is a very silly language.

Posted by: mikeski is the exception to the rule at May 05, 2026 11:18 PM (VHUov)

I had always kind of known this, but it really became evident when Pookette was two and learning to talk.

Posted by: pookysgirl, English major at May 05, 2026 11:24 PM (Wt5PA)

223 The young woman whining about getting fired, and all the nasty comments she got -- what did she post? A threat to kill the President? You zany funster. Too bad they took it the wrong way. And that the threat is a felony.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
......

Oopty.

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 11:24 PM (b3Yos)

224 210 The young woman whining about getting fired, and all the nasty comments she got -- what did she post? A threat to kill the President? You zany funster. Too bad they took it the wrong way. And that the threat is a felony.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 05, 2026 11:17 PM (t1fZA)

If she posted a threat to kill, the FBI will be knocking at her door.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 05, 2026 11:25 PM (y171U)

225 China is the wave of the future~

@EpochTimes
An explosion at a fireworks factory in Liuyang, Hunan Province, killed at least 26 people and injured 61 others, according to local authorities.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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Shock wave of the future.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 05, 2026 11:25 PM (XeU6L)

226 According to Steven Colbert, "a lot of people" are telling him to run for president. 3 possibilities:
1. Democrats are even dumber than we think they are;
2. Colbert counts "a lot of people" as a few family members, plus himself, over and over;
3. You guys are doing it, and it's the funniest thing ever!

Posted by: Wally at May 05, 2026 11:25 PM (0e5Te)

227 Posted by: Gurney Halleck at May 05, 2026 11:12 PM (3sXRv)

Don't know what that is but I love it

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:26 PM (vE0+H)

228 137 Toasty day here... an Iced Tea would be delightful, if you please. Long Island style.

Posted by: JQ
--

Going down to 80 tonight.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 11:26 PM (nzPxx)

229 I actually kind of like Cajun Skeletor.

Sure he's batshit crazy, but in comparison to all the other Dems, it's a refreshing change of batshit crazy.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 11:26 PM (Sco7b)

230 They look at him and think, "now this is a man who knows a wrinkly sack."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 05, 2026 10:43 PM (CybdD)

If Carville's head looked any more like a ball sack, he'd need "this end up," tattooed on his scalp.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 05, 2026 11:23 PM (w/O5Q)

I always thought he looked like crypt keeper.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 11:27 PM (snZF9)

231 When a boy CIA agent and a girl CIA agent love each other very much…

Posted by: Rufus.we.sm at May 05, 2026 11:28 PM (f+9pV)

232 Don't pay for any sports subscription or cable tv. If you have internet, check out the Vsee Box.

I'm blown away by it
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at May 05, 2026 11:15 PM (okSLL)

This is the way! I use v-see boxes exclusively now. As do lots of my friends and family. Because they know a guy, IYKWIMAITYD

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 11:29 PM (QMAsf)

233 Going down to 80 tonight.
Posted by: Braenyard

Ugh. Sorry! It was only 85 here today, with blazing sunshine.

"Spring" is over. At least it still cools overnight and isn't humid. The worst is yet to come.

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 11:30 PM (rdVOm)

234 Probably in a jar. Good ol' Mason jar Mike they call him.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Curious thing that. A sheriff in Arkansas has convicted rapist Wayne Dumond's manhood in just such a jar after some masked vigilantes did it while Dumond was waiting for a trial. Dumond always claimed the Clintons were behind it and later Gov. Mike Huckabee freed the pos. Dumond then raped and murdered a woman in Missouri showing he should have rotted in jail in the first place.

Killed any ability for Huckabee to run for prezzie 2012 which I think he planned to do.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:30 PM (E4rtv)

235 I love the English language. I love the fluid nature. I love that every now again, a new word becomes real.

Cromulent, for example. It was a one-off joke in an episode of The Simpsons. and now, it is a real word. Like embiggen.

Also, as Calvin once said, verbing weirds language. But it's fun. Spanish and German are far too rooted in the rules.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 11:30 PM (0aYVJ)

236 Steven Colbert for president. OK, Steve run.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 11:32 PM (nzPxx)

237 EpochTimes
An explosion at a fireworks factory in Liuyang, Hunan Province, killed at least 26 people and injured 61 others, according to local authorities.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
----

Shock wave of the future.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 05, 2026 11:25 PM (XeU6L)

I want to see a video of that with Leslie Nelson standing in front saying “Move along, nothing to see here, Move along people!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 05, 2026 11:32 PM (6w0jO)

238 166 We could have an “Open ONT Night”. Folks could submit entries and get published.

You do the work.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 10:35 PM (hK9T6)

My email is at the bottom of all of my ONTs. I'm not ashamed to take credit for someone else's work. Just ask Piper!
Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:52 PM (QMAsf)

I support nurse r's idea. Might even consider contributing something if I had something interesting to contribute...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 05, 2026 11:33 PM (QGaXH)

239 Steven Colbert for president. OK, Steve run.
Posted by: Braenyard

He'll have *finally* done something funny!

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 11:33 PM (rdVOm)

240 229 I actually kind of like Cajun Skeletor.

Sure he's batshit crazy, but in comparison to all the other Dems, it's a refreshing change of batshit crazy.
Posted by: Stateless

Anyone around the Clinton political operations is to be assumed as a worthless piece of shit with no morals whatsoever. Carville smeared and attacked a lot of women that had nothing other than Billy Jeff Clinton trying or actually molesting them. Carville is just like Gollum--stuck on wanting that ring of power just a bit more.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:33 PM (E4rtv)

241 sportsurge

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 11:33 PM (ZxPkt)

242 The best political rhetoric has a bit of exaggeration but underlying illustrating underlying truth at a glance. Low Energy did that in spades.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:19 PM (E4rtv)

The thing about branding and in particular Trump's is once seen it can't be unseen. Think "that face" for Carly - done. Retard for Walz - done. And look at what he did to the Obama's a few months ago. And he let the media amplify the message for him. They are STILL busy countering it. Why? Because somewhere someone realizes that's exactly what he did. The Obama's are extremely important for their general messaging and mindfuckening.

Newsom's post about "missing an intelligent president" - and everyone made it viral by saying well he ignored Biden - that was the point - it was to get Obama and Intelligent back in the discourse... seen and clocked by the masses.

It was a direct counter from the DNC to the damage Trump did to BOTH Obama's. So was putting Malia out there recently. Because Trump's branding video could not be unseen and by the time they realized it it was too late. And we *need* that shit because Lord knows they have been doing it to us for half a century or more.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:35 PM (vE0+H)

243
234 Probably in a jar. Good ol' Mason jar Mike they call him.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Curious thing that. A sheriff in Arkansas has convicted rapist Wayne Dumond's manhood in just such a jar after some masked vigilantes did it while Dumond was waiting for a trial. Dumond always claimed the Clintons were behind it and later Gov. Mike Huckabee freed the pos. Dumond then raped and murdered a woman in Missouri showing he should have rotted in jail in the first place.

Killed any ability for Huckabee to run for prezzie 2012 which I think he planned to do.
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:30 PM

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Raped? With what? Maybe I'm not clear on the timeline.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 05, 2026 11:35 PM (VWtfl)

244 226 According to Steven Colbert, "a lot of people" are telling him to run for president. 3 possibilities:
1. Democrats are even dumber than we think they are;
2. Colbert counts "a lot of people" as a few family members, plus himself, over and over;
3. You guys are doing it, and it's the funniest thing ever!
Posted by: Wally
=======
Remember when he thought he could run for office in South Carolina and then balked at it. Most of those entertainment types are just not into actually talking with real voters--only their groupie sycophants. The normal politicians do it as part of their job.

The rare types like Bill Clinton (Scumbag that he is) or Trump actually get energized by crowds and people. Natural extroverts.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:35 PM (E4rtv)

245 229 I actually kind of like Cajun Skeletor.

Sure he's batshit crazy, but in comparison to all the other Dems, it's a refreshing change of batshit crazy.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 11:26 PM (Sco7b)

He's like a TEMU Batman villain.

He activates some gadget on his utility belt, but instead if it functioning, his cod piece falls out and his old man balls fall out his tights.

It's like a demented elderly squirrel on bath salts gained the power of speech. He screams "MY NUTS, MY NUTS" and you think he realizes his balls are dragging across the pavement, but you can't be sure. He might just be on about acorns again. Or Dem primary voters.

Posted by: Sod Off, Swampy at May 05, 2026 11:36 PM (lZt8q)

246 I love the English language. I love the fluid nature. I love that every now again, a new word becomes real.

=====
Can't let that go by without saying that I too am an English language supremacist and will always take an opportunity to cement my reputation in that regard.
*juts out chin*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 11:39 PM (RIvkX)

247

WTHR INDIANAPOLIS — President Donald Trump targeted seven Indiana state senators who defied months of White House pressure by voting against mid-decade redistricting, which the president wanted to boost Republicans' chances in the midterm elections.

Tuesday night, five of those senators lost in their primary elections.

Indiana House Rep. Ed DeLaney (D) told 13News, "It is concerning. It does prove that if you spend 9 or 10 million dollars of out-of-state money, you can affect some elections. So far, the haters are doing well. It's the problem of primary voting, only those who feel most committed to their party and feel the strongest, in this case, the most angry turnout"

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 05, 2026 11:40 PM (Cqx++)

248 " And yet the Bush family thought it wonderful to give us Jeb in 2016"
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There was no way I'd ever have voted for Jeb. The instant Trump threw his hat in I was all in on him because for once we would have a fighter. He might be a jerk, but he was going to be our jerk. He has exceeded expectations. Then again, Jeb might have exceeded expectations too. I expected him to be awful and he might have been downright terrible

Posted by: 496 at May 05, 2026 11:41 PM (sOtuf)

249 Also, as Calvin once said, verbing weirds language. But it's fun. Spanish and German are far too rooted in the rules.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 11:30 PM (0aYVJ)

Spanish can be tortured to do odd things as well, but it depends on homologues and edge cases.

Enfocarse means "to focus oneself" and Enfocar is a verb, "to focus"
but "Foca" means "seal" and adding an -ar ending makes it look like a verb, and this is verbing.
So Enforcarse can mean also, if you hold your nose and don't care about proprieties, "To turn oneself into a seal"

Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2026 11:41 PM (rbvCR)

250 And yet the Bush family thought it wonderful to give us Jeb in 2016 along with GOPe Inc. so Hillary and Jeb could agree on a grand amnesty for the ages for all the illegals let in from the Obama and GWB years.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:05 PM (E4rtv)

Let us remember the Bush plan was for Jeb! to run in 2000, but he messed that up by losing the Florida Governor race in '98. W was their second choice.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 05, 2026 11:41 PM (hNnmQ)

251 So this is like totally cringe dialogue ya know.

Christopher Nolan's 'adaptation' of The Odyssey.

One of Penelope's suitors telling Odysseus's son in a condescending tone, "You're pining for a Daddy you never knew, you sniveling bastard."

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 11:41 PM (2GVsD)

252 Also, as Calvin once said, verbing weirds language. But it's fun. Spanish and German are far too rooted in the rules.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

"Any noun can be verbed."

The fun in German (and Japanese, and any other similar languages) is making new words by gluing together the existing ones. Which is what they do for most of their vocabulary, anyway.

Not sure what you can do in Spanish, other than swap ñ for n to make years into asses.

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 11:42 PM (VHUov)

253 >>> And we *need* that shit because Lord knows they have been doing it to us for half a century or more.
Posted by: ...
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Pity is, too few are taking lessons instead of countering.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 11:43 PM (nzPxx)

254 Dumond's life of violent crime began on August 8, 1972, DuMond was charged with murder in Lawton, Oklahoma. He committed the crime with help from two other men. On October 19, 1973, DuMond was charged with molesting a teenage girl in the parking lot of a shopping center in Tacoma, Washington. The second-degree assault charge resulted in a five-year deferred sentence and mandatory drug counseling during the five-year probation. On September 28, 1976, DuMond was charged with raping a woman in DeWitt, Arkansas. The charges were dropped before trial with the condition he undergo counseling.

DuMond received his second sexual assault conviction from a rape perpetrated in Forrest City, Arkansas in 1984. The victim, Ashley Stevens, was a 17-year-old cheerleader and a third cousin of then-Governor Bill Clinton.

He was castrated with his balls in a jar kept by the Sheriff in 1985 and sent to the state pen. Freed by Huckabee in 1999, he moved to Missouri where he raped and killed another woman. On June 22, 2001, DuMond was arrested and charged with the September 20, 2000, rape and murder of Carol Sue Shields of Parkville and raped/killed another woman for which he was about to be charged.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:43 PM (E4rtv)

255 236 Steven Colbert for president. OK, Steve run.

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A nation turns its lonely eyes to you

Woo hoo hoo

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 05, 2026 11:43 PM (CybdD)

256 ARiK,
I know from your posts yoh have plenty to contribute.

BeckoningChasm could blow us all away.

So could AOP with his projects and musings.

Get your shit together and submit a post. See what you come up with. Open Mike Night on the ONT could be super fun.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 11:44 PM (A5RD0)

257 Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:23 PM (E4rtv)

I saw some AI generated thing of what I *think* (or could only imagine) was a Hitler speech in english by some "African" guy supposedly in Africa. I don't think any of it was real even though it was presented as being real - and it looked real.

Lot of stuff about "taking back the country" and "working for the future" and basically getting up off your ass to do it because it is "right", and it sounded extremely empty and leftarded and was honestly the most frightening thing I've seen in years.

Because I know that that kind of person if unleashed here has a world of very angry mental patients at the end of a puppet string. Watching a modern Khmer Rouge mobilized in slow motion since 2008 and seeing them head straight in that direction year on year while knowing it is what's going on, has been a sight, trust me.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:44 PM (vE0+H)

258 Evening all!

46 I have seen Sting's daughter. It's self defense.
Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 10:14 PM (X4yQA)

That's because she's a guy.... I'm pretty sure. Yup, another celebrity with a trans kid. Person had a small part in the movie "The Gentlemen". Overall the movie is pretty good, with Hugh Grant chewing the scenery.

Posted by: Effie Perrine at May 05, 2026 11:45 PM (b77PF)

259 Dumond died in prison before he could be charged with the second rape-murder in Missouri in 2005.

Dumond was undoubtedly a psychopath who managed to con Huckabee into releasing him from prison claiming that he had changed by embracing Christianity and the mean ole Clintons were responsible for keeping him in jail and having him castrated.

He should have never been released from prison.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:45 PM (E4rtv)

260 Let us remember the Bush plan was for Jeb! to run in 2000, but he messed that up by losing the Florida Governor race in '98. W was their second choice.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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Please clap.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:46 PM (E4rtv)

261 Huckabee was the Jimmy Carter of the GOPe.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 11:46 PM (2GVsD)

262 Get your shit together and submit a post. See what you come up with. Open Mike Night on the ONT could be super fun.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 11:44 PM (A5RD0)

An ONT with only one link?

Evil Roy Slade, perhaps?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 05, 2026 11:47 PM (1Ff7Z)

263 I love those Indiana primary results, mainly because those arrogant “Republican” uniparty members got their heads handed to them by the voters.

Coming up in Texas, I think Cornyn is gonna get his ass kicked by Paxton. One big tell - nobody in the media wants to talk about that runoff race anymore.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 05, 2026 11:47 PM (6w0jO)

264 And the winner of the inter-sectional victim pyramid at the Met Gala was the persyn who is a 'black transgender quadriplegic with cerebral palsy.'

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 11:48 PM (2GVsD)

265 Unlike other insulated containers
Ummm, I've never owned a thermos or other insulated container that had any sort of pressure relief valve. Ever.

Posted by: GWB at May 05, 2026 11:48 PM (rjPoz)

266 Sorry I'm late. I was waiting for the Monday ONT to drop.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 05, 2026 11:48 PM (Xqite)

267 Think about it.

Open Mike night. Once a month. See what you can do. Submit your musings under an alias.

Entertain me!

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 11:49 PM (A5RD0)

268 Just read three articles about people getting fucked by bears around Yellowstone. For those tourist out there, keep in mind that they're bigger than you and unless you're packing serious heat with a license, stay away or at least keep your distance.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 11:49 PM (D1E+2)

269 Get your shit together and submit a post. See what you come up with. Open Mike Night on the ONT could be super fun.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 11:44 PM (A5RD0)

You're planning a post about the local Autopsy Club?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 05, 2026 11:49 PM (qx7Zg)

270 (I like to intentionally mispronounce that word as DEB-a-clee)

duh-BACK-uhl

Posted by: GWB at May 05, 2026 11:49 PM (rjPoz)

271 Hi kids! What did I miss?

Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2026 11:50 PM (I0N4X)

272 Lot of stuff about "taking back the country" and "working for the future" and basically getting up off your ass to do it because it is "right", and it sounded extremely empty and leftarded and was honestly the most frightening thing I've seen in years.

Because I know that that kind of person if unleashed here has a world of very angry mental patients at the end of a puppet string. Watching a modern Khmer Rouge mobilized in slow motion since 2008 and seeing them head straight in that direction year on year while knowing it is what's going on, has been a sight, trust me.
Posted by: ...
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So far, we've been lucky or the Lord has been looking after us like Bismarck's quote, ‘God has a special providence for fools, drunkards, and the United States of America.’

But that is exactly why I think the globalists want to flood the West with barbarians from uncivilized countries. They want to divide and conquer with the native populations being enslaved and oppressed by the newcomers.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:50 PM (E4rtv)

273 Jeb was a big open borders guy. Because we had some moral obligation to roll out the red carpet for every misfit criminal piece of shit with an itch for taxpayer largesse that wanted into the country.

I think his wife Jimmy Kimmeled him.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 05, 2026 11:50 PM (CybdD)

274 You mean there are people in the world who want to be Leonardo DiCrapio?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 11:50 PM (2GVsD)

275 Huckabee was the Jimmy Carter of the GOPe.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 11:46 PM (2GVsD)

There was a time where I really thought they were gonna try and make him the nominee in 2012.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:50 PM (vE0+H)

276 Running for President is a pretty good gig if you aren't a serious candidate. You just have to mention your sponsor's favorite pet peeves in your stump speeches and you get to roll around in the attention that you crave.

And who knows, maybe the stars will align and the job will drop into your lap, as happened to Clinton and Obama.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 05, 2026 11:51 PM (hNnmQ)

277 261 Huckabee was the Jimmy Carter of the GOPe.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Huckabee was a lot nicer to people than Carter was. Apparently Carter was a real sonuvabitch when he wasn't in public as well as vengeful. Huckabee was gulled by being an actual ordained minister prior to entering politics and dealing with cleaning up Arkansas after the Clintons went to DC.

They left a lot of messes behind them including Fahmy Malek, a state coroner who was so lousy at his job, he claimed that two yutes smoke so much dope that they went to sleep on the railroad tracks among his other awful pronouncements on curious deaths in Arkansas.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:53 PM (E4rtv)

278 So far, we've been lucky or the Lord has been looking after us like Bismarck's quote, ‘God has a special providence for fools, drunkards, and the United States of America.’

But that is exactly why I think the globalists want to flood the West with barbarians from uncivilized countries. They want to divide and conquer with the native populations being enslaved and oppressed by the newcomers.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:50 PM (E4rtv)

LOL you've quoted that one before and yes.

But yeah I basically look at it the way Mexico appears to run their country. The criminals on the street enforce the streets and the criminals in government enforce the criminals. And maybe the hierarchy is not so straightforward but the idea remains and the law abiding are at the bottom.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:53 PM (vE0+H)

279 Dumond died in prison before he could be charged with the second rape-murder in Missouri in 2005.

Dumond was undoubtedly a psychopath who managed to con Huckabee into releasing him from prison claiming that he had changed by embracing Christianity and the mean ole Clintons were responsible for keeping him in jail and having him castrated.

He should have never been released from prison.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:45 PM (E4rtv)

He should have been machined gunned decades earlier.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 11:53 PM (snZF9)

280 Let us remember the Bush plan was for Jeb! to run in 2000, but he messed that up by losing the Florida Governor race in '98. W was their second choice.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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Not to be forgetting the recent George P. Bush who ran for TX, Atty Gen. They even paid/enforced/tortured Louie Gohmert (who was locked in as a Rep) to give it up at a stalking horse against Paxton. - We could retire on the money they spent.

It wouldn't be a surprise if there wasn't Bush money behind Wesley Hunt's run in this TX senate primary.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 11:54 PM (nzPxx)

281 Running for President is a pretty good gig if you aren't a serious candidate. You just have to mention your sponsor's favorite pet peeves in your stump speeches
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OLIGOCKY!!!!!

Posted by: Feel the Bern at May 05, 2026 11:54 PM (vE0+H)

282 Greetings from Indiana State Senate District 01, where I have just finished mounting RINO Dan Dernulc's political scalp to my wall... and it looks beautiful! On behalf of Indiana, you are welcome, America! Now that all the RINOs can see for themselves what happens when you betray your base, maybe they might be a little less likely to stab us all in the back from here on out!!! If not, you know what to do! Your move, bitches!!!

Posted by: Mr. Right at May 05, 2026 11:54 PM (qbYk4)

283 Posted by: Mr. Right at May 05, 2026 11:54 PM (qbYk4)
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It's been fun to watch what's going on in Indiana tonight

Posted by: 496 at May 05, 2026 11:57 PM (sOtuf)

284 273 Jeb was a big open borders guy. Because we had some moral obligation to roll out the red carpet for every misfit criminal piece of shit with an itch for taxpayer largesse that wanted into the country.

I think his wife Jimmy Kimmeled him.
Posted by: Cicero
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Supposedly something similar about Pence but people from Indiana would know that better than I. I also think that is why Mark Sanford purposefully sabotaged his own possible run for the White House with his Argentinian floozy. He didn't want to run for it I think. You really have to have fire in the belly to do it as it is miserable work. Carter ran for two years after leaving GA governor's job and appeared at every little place, set up living in Iowa for a time, etc.

Hard enough to run statewide, very hard work to run across the country and most of the people running campaigns are scumbags that want power and money out of the gig.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:57 PM (E4rtv)

285 >>>You mean there are people in the world who want to be Leonardo DiCrapio?

Posted by: Anna Puma

>I like the 'art' of that film but the bear thing was silly and unrealistic. Still, entertaining.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 11:58 PM (D1E+2)

286 271 Hi kids! What did I miss?
Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2026 11:50 PM (I0N4X)

Muldoon!

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 05, 2026 11:58 PM (iCCzn)

287 He should have been machined gunned decades earlier.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Agreed.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:59 PM (E4rtv)

288 256 ARiK,
I know from your posts yoh have plenty to contribute.

BeckoningChasm could blow us all away.

So could AOP with his projects and musings.

Get your shit together and submit a post. See what you come up with. Open Mike Night on the ONT could be super fun.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 11:44 PM (A5RD0)

Aw shucks...you are too kind.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 06, 2026 12:00 AM (QGaXH)

289 Greetings from Indiana State Senate District 01, where I have just finished mounting RINO Dan Dernulc's political scalp to my wall... and it looks beautiful! On behalf of Indiana, you are welcome, America! Now that all the RINOs can see for themselves what happens when you betray your base, maybe they might be a little less likely to stab us all in the back from here on out!!! If not, you know what to do! Your move, bitches!!!

Posted by: Mr. Right at May 05, 2026 11:54 PM (qbYk4)

Definitely a most impressive night.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 12:01 AM (snZF9)

290 Get your shit together and submit a post. See what you come up with. Open Mike Night on the ONT could be super fun.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 11:44 PM (A5RD0)

Not if I submit anything. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 12:02 AM (snZF9)

291 After tonight’s election results in Indiana, I can’t help thinking about this movie clip:

https://tinyurl.com/vxbz7td6

Posted by: Mr. Right at May 06, 2026 12:02 AM (qbYk4)

292 Not to be forgetting the recent George P. Bush who ran for TX, Atty Gen. They even paid/enforced/tortured Louie Gohmert (who was locked in as a Rep) to give it up at a stalking horse against Paxton. - We could retire on the money they spent.

It wouldn't be a surprise if there wasn't Bush money behind Wesley Hunt's run in this TX senate primary.

Posted by: Braenyard

If not the Bushes, probably someone like Karl Rove who really deserved GWB's nickname for him as Turdblossom. Rove was trying to get Missouri to pass that awful ranked choice voter because Missouri was no longer a swing state.

They got ranked choice voting done in Alaska to protect worthless Murcow after Joe Miller knocked her off in the primary and she won (illegally according to law) as a write in independent with Mitch funding her.

All to protect those awful GOPe grifting machines--the Danforths in MO, the Bushes in TX, and the GOPe Murkowski Stevens machine in AK.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:02 AM (E4rtv)

293 Earlier today, I tried to take a joking poke at a Sometimes Karen, and was surprised to get a Humorless Scold response. I like her, as a rule, when she's not scoldilocks. But, a reminder there are certain folks with whom one should just never engage under any circumstance because the lightest remark can return darkness. Online and off.

A fellow I knew from high school I thought was a good friend, until one day his mask fell off to show his true sneering disdain for me, for reasons I never really understood, after which I reflected on how he'd been poison all along. Never interacted after that. No real loss. But sad.

Posted by: mindful webworker - democraps in disguise at May 06, 2026 12:03 AM (k0Y0k)

294 IndyStar@indystar - 2h

So far on Tuesday night, five President Donald Trump-endorsed Statehouse candidates ousted state lawmakers.

Sen. Jim Banks celebrated the news by saying that "President Trump is the single most popular Republican among Hoosier voters."

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 12:04 AM (nzPxx)

295 Now that all the RINOs can see for themselves what happens when you betray your base, maybe they might be a little less likely to stab us all in the back from here on out!!! If not, you know what to do! Your move, bitches!!!

Posted by: Mr. Right
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I see Indiana likely to move a bit to the right statewide after this primary. Kemp in GA and McMasters in SC have to be crapping their pants over this.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:04 AM (E4rtv)

296 After tonight’s election results in Indiana, I can’t help thinking about this movie clip:

https://tinyurl.com/vxbz7td6

Posted by: Mr. Right at May 06, 2026 12:02 AM (qbYk4)

Fitting. Definitely fitting.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 12:04 AM (snZF9)

297 265 Unlike other insulated containers
Ummm, I've never owned a thermos or other insulated container that had any sort of pressure relief valve. Ever.
Posted by: GWB at May 05, 2026 11:48 PM (rjPoz)

I've always been kind of fascinated by the thermos. It keeps cold things cold, hot things hot. How does it know which is which? How does it know? How does it know?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 06, 2026 12:04 AM (QGaXH)

298 Not sure what you can do in Spanish, other than swap ñ for n to make years into asses.
Posted by: mikeski

*******

My former business partner, an asshole South African practicing in San Antonio thought he was learning Spanish. A Hispanic friend said, "He is butchering the language!". He once asked a young patient, leaving the tilde off the 'n', " Quantos anos tiene tu?"

The little boy's eyes got real big and he timidly held up one finger and replied, "Solamente uno, señor!"

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 12:05 AM (I0N4X)

299 NICE: National Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Choke on it CNN

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 12:06 AM (nzPxx)

300 Oh BSD, ever run across Richard Thompson in NJ clubs.

He lives in New Jersey now instead of England with his third wife. Guitar and musical genius. Still touring on occasion with his grandson in the business. Think he is over 75 nowadays but still a wizard at both electric and acoustic guitar.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:07 AM (E4rtv)

301 I've always been kind of fascinated by the thermos. It keeps cold things cold, hot things hot. How does it know which is which? How does it know? How does it know?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 06, 2026 12:04 AM (QGaXH)

The word you're looking for is Insulation.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 12:08 AM (snZF9)

302 Muldoon!
Posted by: Darrell Harris

***********

Harris!

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 12:08 AM (I0N4X)

303
>>>You mean there are people in the world who want to be Leonardo DiCrapio?

Is he one of those teenage turtles?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 06, 2026 12:08 AM (Cqx++)

304 Yet another AI cat video

https://tinyurl.com/3693v3aa

Posted by: Kindltot at May 06, 2026 12:10 AM (rbvCR)

305 Oh BSD, ever run across Richard Thompson in NJ clubs.

He lives in New Jersey now instead of England with his third wife. Guitar and musical genius. Still touring on occasion with his grandson in the business. Think he is over 75 nowadays but still a wizard at both electric and acoustic guitar.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:07 AM (E4rtv)

He wouldn't be in any of the places I go to. I had to look him up to see who he is.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 12:10 AM (snZF9)

306 I've always been kind of fascinated by the thermos. It keeps cold things cold, hot things hot. How does it know which is which? How does it know? How does it know?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 06, 2026 12:04 AM (QGaXH)

Fuckin' magnets.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 12:10 AM (vE0+H)

307 303
>>>You mean there are people in the world who want to be Leonardo DiCrapio?

Is he one of those teenage turtles?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Faggots live in places other than America.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 12:11 AM (nzPxx)

308 I see Indiana likely to move a bit to the right statewide after this primary. Kemp in GA and McMasters in SC have to be crapping their pants over this.
Posted by: whig

Something something "elect the right people." Something something "the wrong people to do the right thing."

Posted by: Darth Milton at May 06, 2026 12:11 AM (VHUov)

309 It wouldn't be a surprise if there wasn't Bush money behind Wesley Hunt's run in this TX senate primary.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 11:54 PM (nzPxx)

Agreed. Hunt was a spoiler, assigned to keep Paxton from winning outright.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 06, 2026 12:12 AM (iCCzn)

310 He lives in New Jersey now instead of England with his third wife. Guitar and musical genius. Still touring on occasion with his grandson in the business. Think he is over 75 nowadays but still a wizard at both electric and acoustic guitar.
Posted by: whig

*********

There's a youtube vid of him doing "Vincent Black Lightning 1952, unaccompanied, at a singer/songwriter gig and ?Suzanne Vega is onstage with him watching his guitar riffs and her eyes are bugging out oof her skull and. her jaw is slack. Amazing guitar talent!

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 12:13 AM (I0N4X)

311 BSD, the guy has chops.
Tear Stained Letter live in the 80's with his former bandmates in Fairport Convention.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfBYoakHe4E

Solo on acoustic 2012

https://youtu.be/W8SCOvLVjlE

His live shows are a hoot. Probably the best guitarist that few have every heard of.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:13 AM (E4rtv)

312 Back when Obama first ran for President I was told that if I didn't vote for him I was a racist. I didn't fall for the crap. I don't vote for anyone's race or their sex. That's a stupid reason to vote for anyone. You vote for the person who best represents how you think will do the best job. The lesser of the two evils. Sometimes it may come down to the flip of a coin.

Posted by: Case at May 06, 2026 12:14 AM (9lqZe)

313 I don't think the Minnesota Wild have an answer for the Avalanche. Avs are just too talented top to bottom.

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 12:16 AM (I0N4X)

314 There's a youtube vid of him doing "Vincent Black Lightning 1952, unaccompanied, at a singer/songwriter gig and ?Suzanne Vega is onstage with him watching his guitar riffs and her eyes are bugging out oof her skull and. her jaw is slack. Amazing guitar talent!
Posted by: muldoon

He has some interviews out there, mainly in UK, but a few here as he has toured the US extensively since the late 60's. But interestingly enough, he noted he purposefully did not follow blues guitarists unlike the rest of his Brit compatriots in the 60's. He got his influences from jazz, classical music, and Celtic folk songs.

He can play fast or slow and mixes it up during live shows. A lot of which are on Youtube now including those with his ex wife Linda Thompson.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:16 AM (E4rtv)

315 There's a youtube vid of him doing "Vincent Black Lightning 1952, unaccompanied, at a singer/songwriter gig and ?Suzanne Vega is onstage with him watching his guitar riffs and her eyes are bugging out oof her skull and. her jaw is slack. Amazing guitar talent!
Posted by: muldoon
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And that is both a tearjerker as a song he wrote and his performance of it varies over the years. Faster, slower, he just keeps it fresh. He mentioned playing a song the same way over and over again was not for him anyway.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:18 AM (E4rtv)

316 Folk singers and Metal don't run in the same lane.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 12:19 AM (nzPxx)

317 Off simian mavolent cow sock.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 06, 2026 12:20 AM (sAmhv)

318 Richard Thompson- Vincent Black Lightning

https://is.gd/yqgO48

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 12:20 AM (I0N4X)

319 I've been brooding for six months at least over the fact that the Left seemed to get so lucky with the name "ICE". They used to be the more innocuous INS.

I freaking love that magnificent bastard Trump.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 12:21 AM (vE0+H)

320 I don't think the Minnesota Wild have an answer for the Avalanche. Avs are just too talented top to bottom.
Posted by: muldoon

I think you're right. I'm rooting for Buffalo as a sentimental favorite to win it all.

Posted by: Archer at May 06, 2026 12:23 AM (wvc0i)

321 And Fairport Convention is famous in UK, Sandy Denny was part of that bunch until she got fired by being a bit out there. Nick Drake was kind of an orbiter but his weirdness never really made him someone to work with in a band.

Thompson left the band himself because he had a bandmate that got into speed and Thompson got sick of trying to play with the guy at concerts.

Massive discography of all sorts of songs over the years. Which in part led to his song, Guitar Heroes where he quite adequately demonstrates where he got certain techniques from including the Shadows.

Playboy once wrote him (as part of a story they planned to do), of naming the most important songs over the last 1000 years. Thompson ended up with an album and concert tour with songs dating back 1000 years as well as more modern songs he worked into the act.

Guy was already an encyclopedia of old folk music songs in UK so it wasn't a hard lift for him.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:24 AM (E4rtv)

322 I don't think the Minnesota Wild have an answer for the Avalanche. Avs are just too talented top to bottom.
Posted by: muldoon

They're a Minnesota sports franchise. Their lot in life is to be good enough to make the playoffs, but not good enough to win it all.

Not sure how the Twins pulled off the two WS wins.

But I'm not sure who else stops the Avs, either. Even the announcers in this game were saying it was basically the Stanley Cup final, with the two best teams meeting in the 2nd round of the playoffs.

Posted by: Darth Milton at May 06, 2026 12:24 AM (VHUov)

323 Hey Indiana RINOs: It’s FAFO’Clock!!!

Posted by: Mr. Right at May 06, 2026 12:24 AM (qbYk4)

324 McCain and Romney in their respective four years would have each destroyed the GOP for a generation or more. It was obvious at the time. So I really don't know what the least evil was. In McCain's case, Obama would have been back in 2012 and swept the country. In Romney's I suppose it would have been Hillary beating his ass as another "historic first" which would have worked against any Republican but Trump. You can't really say what "would" have happened, but that was the trajec... that was... the trajec... the path.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 12:24 AM (vE0+H)

325 Folk singers and Metal don't run in the same lane.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 12:19 AM (nzPxx)

I'm glad you said it. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 12:25 AM (snZF9)

326 I think you're right. I'm rooting for Buffalo as a sentimental favorite to win it all.

Posted by: Archer

********

Carolina v. Buffalo would be a fun Eastern Conference final.

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 12:25 AM (I0N4X)

327 Off, sith economist sock.

Posted by: mikeski at May 06, 2026 12:25 AM (VHUov)

328 Well, my work is done here for tonight.

Looks like we had a good day in Indiana. Keep pushing, we'll have more in the future, some setbacks too. Remember folks, eye on the prize.

Good Night from 'Occupied' California.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 06, 2026 12:25 AM (QGaXH)

329 GOPe had been a growing, festering, pustule for years. Trump has lanced it a lot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 12:28 AM (nzPxx)

330 Bedtime beckons. Good night y'all!

Endeavor to persevere.

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 12:30 AM (I0N4X)

331 Posted by: Braenyard
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If you heard his guitar soloes when he cuts loose, you would think they are metal at times. And he can play a mean acoustic guitar as well.

For what it is worth, some of the old Brit metal bands actually incorporate older Celtic melodies that the folk singers used into their work.

They were all in a small island touring around the clubs in the UK at a time where musicians kept stumbling into each other, particularly in London in those years in pubs after gigs or watching others play gigs.

E.g. a young Phil Collins tells of heading to a pub just about legal age or slightly under and Keith Moon was pulling the taps having a great old time as bartender until time was called. Pete Townshend was an early pub attendee at the UFO club and got to be good friends with David Gilmour--later putting him on the album. The Rolling Stones, Faces, Kinks, and the Who all knew each other as London based groups as well.

And while Keith Moon and John Entwistle were mad at Roger Daltrey at the time, they were hanging with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. They hit him up about their idea for a new band and Moon told them it would go over like a Lead Zeppelin.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:32 AM (E4rtv)

332 If only the GOPe could learn the simple lesson.

Giorgia Meloni@GiorgiaMeloni - 13h

Several fake photos of me are circulating these days, generated with artificial intelligence and passed off as real by some diligent opponent.

I have to acknowledge that whoever made them, at least in the case attached, also improved me quite a bit. But the fact remains that, in order to attack and invent falsehoods, anything is really used now.

The point, however, also goes beyond me. Deepfakes are a dangerous tool, because they can deceive, manipulate, and target anyone. I can defend myself. Many others do not.

For this reason, a rule should always apply: check before you believe, and believe before you share. Because today it happens to me, tomorrow it can happen to anyone
---------

She posted the phony photo with the statement.

https://tinyurl.com/ydh78xuf

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 12:35 AM (nzPxx)

333 I'm glad you said it. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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I trained in classical piano for about 10 years as a yute.

Can't play anymore due to arthritis but I've always liked a variety of music including some early metal. Classical, jazz, swing, big band, rock, some pop, and even punk/metal up to the 1980's. Digitizing all my lps reminded me of things I listened to once but forgot over the years from all sorts of musicians. Ironically I never cared much for folk back in the day but like it more as I get older.

Tinnitus in both ears, a side effect from psoriatic arthritis makes it a pain sometimes but music can even make that better for a time.

For me, the key marker is good song, good musicianship for that song, and I will give it a listen. If it is really good, then more of a listen. Third time, I might buy a copy of it.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:39 AM (E4rtv)

334 Vivek won his OH primary.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 06, 2026 12:41 AM (iCCzn)

335 334 Vivek won his OH primary.

Other guy was stupid and running against Trump. We shall see if Vivek can take out DeWino's Mini Fauci in the general.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:42 AM (E4rtv)

336 Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:39 AM (E4rtv)

Are you doing a little better these days? I guess I hope against hope you are.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 12:42 AM (vE0+H)

337 Discovered an interesting site then new information, to me, about pitches some involving tinnitus and other involving cognizance. Don't go away.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 12:43 AM (nzPxx)

338 Y'all have fun. Surgeon appointment tomorrow to see if the spine implant is bonding to bone.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:43 AM (E4rtv)

339 I would like to see a great many more RINOs disappeared in all 50 states.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 06, 2026 12:45 AM (0nHVk)

340 Incidentally I get a lot of food/cooking related videos on YT but it's getting out of hand - these chinese AI bot driven ones that are named like "Best cookies! No work! No calories! No oven!"

And they purportedly have millions of views.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 12:45 AM (vE0+H)

341 Almost forgot/suddenly remembered that I wanted to pass along this little bit of cheesecake found on 5mind.

Some guys would.

https://bit.ly/some-guys-would

Posted by: mindful webworker - what me wouldn't? at May 06, 2026 12:47 AM (k0Y0k)

342 Hmmm, this Richard Thompson dude. Since I got pulled into it, here's my thoughts if I had to do a technical breakdown. Guitar wise, nothing special at all difficulty wise, BUT, the dude got a great ability to make a lot of sound with doing very minimum. He plays around within the chord patterns, very minimum movements, but picks the right stuff. Thats his true magic. Like David Gilmour from pink floyd, not fast at all, not complex, but he does more with one frigging string than some guitar players do with 6. I think that Thompson dude's magic is doing stuff that sounds good, it fits, it compliments what he's doing without killing himself. It don't sound forced, or clumsy, and it flows. He could probably play endless variations of his songs and they would always sound good with the approach he has. He makes music with little effort. Thats why he sounds good. He fills the space with what matters. That is an art. Its not a technical thing, because there is very little of that. Its a soul thing that guides him.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 12:48 AM (snZF9)

343 speaking of DIY content:

CG short film on the extinction of the dinosaurs "Dinosaurs: The true story" - by P-L. Aeberhardt

youtu.be/gYXpRWHVIPE

Posted by: Kindltot at May 06, 2026 12:49 AM (rbvCR)

344 Are you doing a little better these days? I guess I hope against hope you are.
Posted by: ...

Well, we shall see. Issue which I knew going forward with the surgery is that the implant changed the weight distribution of the back which is now putting more pressure on degenerative discs in the thoracic and lumbar. Can't get the normal steroid shots or nerve blocks until the surgeon tells me that the implant is bonding. Can't take NSAIDS because it affects that either. And insurance insists that i have steroid shots before I can get the more expensive ablation (which I had in 2021). And under weight and activity limits right now that probably will be extended depending on imaging tomorrow.

About all I can do is post here, drive a short distance to docs, fix a meal, and work on digitizing my record collection. I have about 600-700 hundred lps plus some collectors 45s to do over the next year. And also digitizing old family photos to distribute around to family while people are still living to enjoy them.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:49 AM (E4rtv)

345 Stop with the sampler plate FM radio mix. Yes. We've heard iron man. ten thousand times.

This is the whole problem with the classic rock format. If you didnt know better you would think that each of the legendary bands of the era had 2-4 good songs out of their entire catalog. Like everyone was The Knack or Flock of Seagulls back then

Posted by: Azjaeger at May 06, 2026 12:52 AM (N/KpB)

346 Its a soul thing that guides him.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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I would regard that as a fair review. I used to play Bartok, Stravinsky, etc. for presentations simply because I could hit the chords hard while something like Bach was simply not playing to my strengths. Mozart was in the middle.

But I would rather play like Professor Longhair.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:54 AM (E4rtv)

347 szynalski.com/tone-generator/
https://tinyurl.com/yknmx5ve

I used it to rate my hearing loss at pitches and volumes, you can adjust the volume and the htz. My thoughts were on what pitches are missing and the possibility of getting a board to alter or enhance missing or diminished areas. Didn’t take down the information on tinnitus but it referred to discovering what htz one is affected with and blocking or neutralizing it.

Per AI - Aspect Details
40 Hz - Cognitive Enhancement Improves focus and working memory
Neural Synchronization Facilitates coherent communication between brain regions
Potential Therapeutic Effects May aid in conditions like Alzheimer’s and fibromyalgia
How 40 Hz Works
Binaural Beats: Listening to slightly different tones in each ear can create a perceived 40 Hz frequency, helping the brain synchronize its activity to this rhythm.
Flow State: Engaging with 40 Hz can lead to a state where productivity and calmness coexist, enhancing overall mental performance.
In summary, E2 at 40 Hz is a frequency that significantly impacts brain function, particularly in enhancing cognitive abilities and potentially aiding in therapeutic contexts.

Practical Considerations

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 12:55 AM (nzPxx)

348 Summary ellipsis, it will take about a year. But I had to do something as I was losing feeling, dexterity, and strength in my hands. I can deal with endless muscle spasms and back pain, not being able to use hands makes it damn difficult to function in this life.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:55 AM (E4rtv)

349 Practical Considerations
While A7 is the highest note, it is important to note that E7 is often used in compositions. This is because notes above E7 can be quite challenging to play and are not commonly found in violin sheet music.

Summary of Violin Range
Note Frequency (Hz) Octave Position
G3 196 Lowest Note
E7 2637.02 Commonly Used
A7 3520 Highest Note

Dance band drums, what is the common pitch of the ride cymbal?
I need to know the pitches in htz

18" ride: ~300–420 Hz
20" ride: ~250–360 Hz
22" ride: ~220–320 Hz

Interesting that 40htz pitch is E which, I'm told is a favorite key for guitar players.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 12:56 AM (nzPxx)

350
Have you considered a hyperbaric chamber?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 01:00 AM (nzPxx)

351 Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:49 AM (E4rtv)

You're a good man. Prayers continue.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 01:01 AM (vE0+H)

352 Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:55 AM (E4rtv)

I'm sorry man. Not that I'd want anyone to go through that shit but you know I have a high regard for you.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 01:02 AM (vE0+H)

353 Braenyard,

Thanks. I have the webpage bookmarked for more messing around with.

I will have to play with it to get the exact pitch but my tinnitus is about 1100 khz or so in my left ear. Right ear is a bit harder to hear when the left is roaring.

I've had a dip in hearing as part of my psoriasis is targeting the scalp and the ear canal at times which is why docs think the tinnitus and hearing loss is related. Ironically, I used to hear with perfect pitch which is annoying to lose.

Spent a year in marching band and parents wanted me to be Glen Miller and thus a trombone. Want to make someone with perfect pitch crazy--give them a trombone to play--extremely difficult to hit the same notes identically which is bad enough on a piano, awful on open tuned instruments like a trombone.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 01:03 AM (E4rtv)

354 My left ear seems to be resonating between C#6 and D6 (1109-1135 hz).

Thanks Braenyard again, I can now tune my ears. Literally.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 01:05 AM (E4rtv)

355 350
Have you considered a hyperbaric chamber?
Posted by: Braenyard
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Not really. Have no problem with researching it. As it might help flares in psoriasis.

The tinnitus strikes worse when I am flaring from inflammation spiking. Weather changes, stress, sleep issues can all trigger it. And psoriatic arthritis likes to move around in targeting as it attacks the underlying layers of skin as the enemy of the immune system. That is what does the damage if the skin happens to be in a certain spot.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 01:08 AM (E4rtv)

356 Interesting that 40htz pitch is E which, I'm told is a favorite key for guitar players.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 12:56 AM (nzPxx)

Yeah, E is used a lot.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 01:12 AM (snZF9)

357 I'm sorry man. Not that I'd want anyone to go through that shit but you know I have a high regard for you.
Posted by: ...
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Thanks deeply for the prayers that you have given in my name. There are others here that have it far worse including cancer, amputations, severe heart issues, etc. Mine is just pain and back spasms for the most part now along with the arthritis.

My problem is that I cannot travel long distances right now and my mother is in a state requiring a long trip to see her. She is in rehab after breaking her hip in a fall at her memory care facility. Having to rely on my sister, the facility, and our hired social worker to visit my mom in care to make sure things are ok. She has vascular dementia so it is hard to check on her condition by talking with her.

Makes me feel like I am failing as a child because I cannot be there now for her. That is what is bothering me (along with the damn insurance co and hospital billing dispute over my pre approved surgery.)

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 01:15 AM (E4rtv)

358 Whig, I can sympathize.

How some people dread dentists is how I feel about back doctors. This comes from growing up in a sawmill town where you would commonly see some poor bastard slowly shuffling down the street, hunched over like he was off to ring the bells at Notre Dame, with people clucking about how he had gotten "back surgery."

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 06, 2026 01:17 AM (hNnmQ)

359 Whig I'm sorry about those feelings. They are reasonable feelings but not entirely true.

I don't think you would judge me so harshly if it you heard that was me in the identical situation as you.

You might think less of me, OTOH, if I didn't feel bad about it so I get why you do.

But "failing" is a strong word. I get the impression you are the type to generally do what you can and not a fraction less, and often more. So rather than "failing" let's call it not living up to your own high expectations for yourself.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 01:23 AM (vE0+H)

360 CG short film on the extinction of the dinosaurs "Dinosaurs: The true story" - by P-L. Aeberhardt

youtu.be/gYXpRWHVIPE

Posted by: Kindltot at May 06, 2026 12:49 AM (rbvCR)

That was fantastic. They definitely knew how to build suspense!

Posted by: pookysgirl hopes Dino sees this at May 06, 2026 01:23 AM (Wt5PA)

361 {{{whig}}} you are not in any way failing as a child, I am sorry that you are dealing with all of this. Prayers will continue.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 06, 2026 01:24 AM (0nHVk)

362 Interesting that with all the medical inventions and improvements over the last half century, hearing is about the least developed.

You're going deaf, here's a prescription for hearing aids. That's like a prescription for a wooden leg.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 01:24 AM (nzPxx)

363 >>>But "failing" is a strong word. I get the impression you are the type to generally do what you can and not a fraction less, and often more. So rather than "failing" let's call it not living up to your own high expectations for yourself.
Posted by: ...
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Along with our prayers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 01:26 AM (nzPxx)

364 You're going deaf, here's a prescription for hearing aids. That's like a prescription for a wooden leg.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 01:24 AM (nzPxx)

Karnak opens the envelope: "What you get from listening to an Obama speech."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 01:28 AM (utfVc)

365 362 Interesting that with all the medical inventions and improvements over the last half century, hearing is about the least developed.

You're going deaf, here's a prescription for hearing aids. That's like a prescription for a wooden leg.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 01:24 AM (nzPxx)

"I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that you have cataracts. The good news is that your insurance covers this state-of-the-art treatment: a brand new magnifying glass!"

Posted by: SciVo at May 06, 2026 01:36 AM (Sy6m/)

366 I got a friend in a nursing home right now. He's quite older than me. I don't expect him to last another 2 weeks. I want to fucking strangle him, because it don't have to be this way. He stopped eating and drinking weeks ago. No heart problems, blood work is great, no BP problems, sugar is fine. He will not listen to doctors, will not take meds, refuses treatments. I don't know what the fuck is going on in his head. He says he can't swallow, but won't let them find out why. he has a hernia, but won;t let them operate. It goes on and on. I see people fighting for every day they can get and this chucklehead is content to just waste away in bed when he has nothing that can't be treated. I don't know if its dementia or what, but he is deathly afraid of doctors. He shuts down every suggestion. He can't see good, needs new glasses, has the insurance and it won't cost him a dime. Nope, don't want to hear it. I'm baffled by it all.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 01:38 AM (snZF9)

367 Bers, your friend seems to have *some level* of cognitive impairment. Nothing makes sense in dementia.

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 01:41 AM (rdVOm)

368
Doctor: I have good news and bad news.
Patient: Okay, shoot.
Doctor: The bad news is you have Alzheimer's.
Patient: Ok. And what's the bad news?

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 01:44 AM (vE0+H)

369 So sorry, BDD, that clearly wasn't directed your way. I will pray for you and your friend.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 01:47 AM (vE0+H)

370 Dip your hand in heaven's waters
All of life's abundance in a
Drop of condensation

https://youtu.be/rLDI-7MyBoM

And that's a big g'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - forgiveness is forever at May 06, 2026 01:49 AM (k0Y0k)

371 Some people just want to die others never give up.
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"I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that you have cataracts. The good news is that your insurance covers this state-of-the-art treatment: a brand new magnifying glass!"
Posted by: SciVo
----

Thank Obunghole for that.
Medicare bought me a pair of Bauch and Lombs.
For an extra grand I got the one's that attached to the muscle and adjusts like normal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 01:50 AM (nzPxx)

372 Evenin’, All.

Whig, I wish you all the best in your health struggles.

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 01:53 AM (77rzZ)

373 Thanks for the words everyone, going to bed.

Berserker, sounds like your friend might have depression and has just given up. That can happen in life changes. Guy really needs someone to talk too it seems but sometimes a stranger like a priest, minister, or counselor is required if the matter is embarrassing to the patient. Loss of face fears can lead people to avoid hard conversations.

Posted by: whig's phone at May 06, 2026 01:57 AM (E4rtv)

374 LOL AOP!

Bers, sorry about your friend, could be some deep trauma there or as others have mentioned he is experiencing some major cognitive issues/

Hiya JQ, how are you?

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 06, 2026 02:01 AM (0nHVk)

375 Bers, that was not sarcasm, I just hit the wrong key and didn't notice.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 06, 2026 02:03 AM (0nHVk)

376 Hi, Debby!

Just reading/dozing... reading/dozing, LOL.

Got nothing accomplished today, but that's okay. Girl needs a day off once in a while, yes?

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:03 AM (rdVOm)

377 Bers, your friend seems to have *some level* of cognitive impairment. Nothing makes sense in dementia.

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 01:41 AM (rdVOm)

This is what I'm thinking. It has to be some kind of dementia. I have zero experience with that because nobody in my family ever had it, so I have no clue about all the shit that happens. Somebody told me that late stage dementia patients lose the ability to swallow, but it has happened in early cases. I have no clue. He got some kind of mental block, a paranoia, something. When this first started happening another friend took him to the hospital. The doctor saw the hernia and says we can fix that no problem. Nope, didn't want to hear it. Another time they wanted to do an MRI. He says no I'm claustrophobic. I said dude, you know whats real claustrophobic? A fucking casket. Didn't want to hear it. He was having a hard time peeing. They gave him flomax. He took it for 2 days said it made him dizzy and stopped, so he stopped drinking. He says they could fix it but its too terrible to talk about. I have no clue. It has to be all in his head.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 02:04 AM (snZF9)

378 Hi, DDS. Hope you are well.

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 02:07 AM (77rzZ)

379 Got nothing accomplished today, but that's okay. Girl needs a day off once in a while, yes?

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:03 AM (rdVOm)

I got nothing done today because of yang poon.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 02:11 AM (snZF9)

380 Debby. 🤗

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 02:12 AM (vE0+H)

381 Bers. Wow. Your friend has a lot going on. He's in a nursing home? There's a reason for that-- I mean, you don't just *check in* to skilled nursing facility on a whim-- doctor must order it. "Failure to thrive" is a catch-all that can be used for admission, but still must be by dr. order...

Hubby has issues with swallowing now. He no longer can have foods in his room; must go to dining area for all meals so they can tell if he's choking/aspirating food. I can't even leave snacks & treats any more. Sad.

His usual *defiant act* is refusing meds. Very common with all forms of dementia, btw.

Again, sorry about your friend!

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:12 AM (rdVOm)

382 Yang poon.. LOL. The words make me chuckle..

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:15 AM (rdVOm)

383 Bers. Wow. Your friend has a lot going on. He's in a nursing home? There's a reason for that-- I mean, you don't just *check in* to skilled nursing facility on a whim-- doctor must order it. "Failure to thrive" is a catch-all that can be used for admission, but still must be by dr. order...

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:12 AM (rdVOm)

yeah, nursing home. I would think he was ordered there from the hospital because he refused to let any doctors treat or help him. They must have saw the writing on the wall.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 02:15 AM (snZF9)

384 So sorry for what you two are going through JQ.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 02:19 AM (vE0+H)

385 I had better shuffle off to bed, night all and here's to better days ahead.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 02:19 AM (vE0+H)

386 Very sad, Bers. Yeah, hospitals are for healing. Nursing homes are for ~~keeping those bodies alive long enough to squeeze every last dollar out before they die~~ managing the decline.

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:20 AM (rdVOm)

387 When I turned the tone generator off last night it was as if the world stopped it was so quiet. Not that it was loud, it was set at 3% but like you get comfortable with the hum of an engine then suddenly it's gone.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 02:21 AM (nzPxx)

388 Tone generator? Braenyard, does it help with tinnitus?

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:26 AM (rdVOm)

389 Yang poon.. LOL. The words make me chuckle..

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:15 AM (rdVOm)

Right? Frigging yang pooon. I was putting an engine together and I was working with the lifter blocks. They are basically the blocks that have the lifter bores, but are removable. If they wear out you just get new ones. Kinda nice really. Well of course they are made wrong because yang poon. The bores were all off center and the screw holes weren't even accurate. Good USA made lifter blocks are $500, and these are probably $100, but they never used to be shitty like this. I think the supplier changed where he gets them from. I had the shop dude order ones that are made in japan. They are real nice, it was what he should have got in the first place, but the books don't specify where they come from. It was easy to tell with these, because they are shit. I found an old box and got the part# and we matched it up in the books. Yang poon strikes again.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 02:26 AM (snZF9)

390 210
The young woman whining about getting fired, and all the nasty comments she got -- what did she post? A threat to kill the President? You zany funster. Too bad they took it the wrong way. And that the threat is a felony.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 05, 2026 11:17 PM (t1fZA)

I've never heard of a Lefty Lunatic being fired for any such thing before. Or getiing a mildly threatening letter. So that's interesting, if it's actually real. It kind of sounds like some sort of parody.

She says she shouldn't have posted whatever it was, but then gives excuses "POTUS prob didn't see it" (when obviously it's about inciting others to violence) and goes on to demonize Trump as someone spouting violent rhetoric - AGAIN. Then says "Leave me alone!"

So, you shouldn't have, but Trump is literally Hitler, so it's really his fault. Got it.

Posted by: MrExcitement at May 06, 2026 02:28 AM (ovdkm)

391 Posted by: ...

Thanks. Sweet dreams to you!

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:28 AM (rdVOm)

392 Anybody else see Amon Amarth in MD tonight? Fantastic show. Need to get me a horn holster, lol.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at May 06, 2026 02:30 AM (88/1G)

393 Brave AI

Exposure to 40 Hz sensory stimulation (via light, sound, or ultrasound) restores gamma brainwave oscillations, which are typically disrupted in Alzheimer’s patients, leading to improved memory, learning, and cognitive function.

This non-invasive therapy enhances neural connectivity and synchronizes brain activity, with combined audiovisual stimulation showing superior results in reducing cognitive decline compared to single-modality treatments.

Physically, 40 Hz stimulation directly targets pathological buildups by reducing amyloid-beta (Aβ

plaques and tau tangles in the brain.

It achieves this by activating microglia (brain immune cells) to clear toxic proteins and by dilating meningeal lymphatic vessels and blood vessels, which accelerates the glymphatic system’s ability to flush waste from the brain parenchyma into the cerebrospinal fluid.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 02:30 AM (nzPxx)

394 "and these are probably $100, but they never used to be shitty like this"

Yang Poon, meet Dung Dong...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at May 06, 2026 02:32 AM (88/1G)

395 I've always been kind of fascinated by the thermos. It keeps cold things cold, hot things hot. How does it know which is which? How does it know? How does it know?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 06, 2026 12:04 AM (QGaXH)
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The word you're looking for is Insulation.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 12:08 AM (snZF9)
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True, ARiK seems highly insulated from the world.

BTW, we have one of the recalled thermoses, Bought in on Amazon about 8 years ago, I think. Amazon sent me the recall notice last week. I asked for a refund but still waiting to hear back from Thermos.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 06, 2026 02:35 AM (lgmVC)

396 I got some yang poon parts from a US outfit, about 20 years ago... freaking wheel cylinders for my old Ford truck didn't fit! Castings were too large so wouldn't fit under the (whatever the hell you call it....) stud that holds the shoe return springs. Double checked the part numbers, yep that's what they sent... fk it. Went to Napa for different ones.

Oh, and the transmission mount's holes didn't line up with crossmember's holes. All other dimensions were spot-on.

Haha, that project was a comedy of error, but I finished it! Never again, she muttered...

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:39 AM (rdVOm)

397 Sweet dreams Horde, I need to sleep.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 06, 2026 02:39 AM (0nHVk)

398 Brave AI

How many hertz is the trumpet's high C? (big deal for trumpet players)
The trumpet's high C is approximately 1046.5 Hz.

What are the htz of the low E string on the double bass instrument?
The low E string on a double bass is tuned to 41.2 Hz. This is the fundamental frequency of the open E1 string, which is the lowest note on a standard four-string double bass.

What is the htz on a standard electric guitar?
A standard electric guitar in standard tuning has the following fundamental frequencies for its open strings:

Low E (6th string): 82.41 Hz
A (5th string): 110.00 Hz
D (4th string): 146.83 Hz
G (3rd string): 196.00 Hz
B (2nd string): 246.94 Hz
High E (1st string): 329.63 Hz

These frequencies are based on the international standard pitch of A4 = 440 Hz

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 02:42 AM (nzPxx)

399 I have four thermos's. The safety relief is they break seal well before the top disengage the threads. I wonder what idiot fucked up that redesign. Reinventing the wheel gets old and costly. Stick with what works.

Posted by: Reforger at May 06, 2026 02:42 AM (ZFqKB)

400 'Night, Debby!

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:44 AM (rdVOm)

401 I got some yang poon parts from a US outfit, about 20 years ago... freaking wheel cylinders for my old Ford truck didn't fit! Castings were too large so wouldn't fit under the (whatever the hell you call it....) stud that holds the shoe return springs. Double checked the part numbers, yep that's what they sent... fk it. Went to Napa for different ones.

Oh, and the transmission mount's holes didn't line up with crossmember's holes. All other dimensions were spot-on.

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:39 AM (rdVOm)

Yup, yang poon. The problem is all aftermarket stuff is yang poon. Mostly the bolt on crap like fenders, oil tanks, gas tanks, headlight assemblies, tail lights, etc. Very few American companies make that, and if they do its custom looking shit, not reproductions of original stuff. You're not going to find an American company making repro gas tanks for a 1956 panhead, but Taiwan does, so you have no choice. You can find American stuff for engines and transmissions, and its all I use. Pricey, but it works. There are a few times where the yang poon stuff is ok IF its made right, and its a crap shoot.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 02:48 AM (snZF9)

402 Low E (6th string): 82.41 Hz
A (5th string): 110.00 Hz
D (4th string): 146.83 Hz
G (3rd string): 196.00 Hz
B (2nd string): 246.94 Hz
High E (1st string): 329.63 Hz

These frequencies are based on the international standard pitch of A4 = 440 Hz
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _

So the next string is 440?

Posted by: Reforger at May 06, 2026 02:48 AM (ZFqKB)

403 There was a period of time that Ford was notorious for changing parts in the middle of the year sometimes more than once. Tried to purchase u-joints and the parts guy needed a serial number because Ford had changed them up mid stream.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 02:49 AM (nzPxx)

404 Oh yeah-- Taiwan-- there's another! Got a new alternator for my previous car. New, because sick & tired of sh1tty rebuilds...and better warranty.

Surprise! Mounting holes not quite right! Hadn't exchanged the old one yet, so mapped the holes & drilled the "new" one correctly. Meh. Got it installed and no problemo.

Thought about keeping & rebuilding the old one, but knew the car wouldn't last that long so took it in & got my core charge back.

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:54 AM (rdVOm)

405 I'm not math, doesn't seem like perfect continuity between htz and standard pitches. If AOP is here, he may have an answer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 02:55 AM (nzPxx)

406 U-joints too? Whew, I didn't have any problem there. Old beast had the 2-pc drive line, so 3 u-joints and a carrier bearing.

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:59 AM (rdVOm)

407 Brave says: Bingo

The A note immediately above the high E string (329.63 Hz) on a guitar is A4, which has a frequency of 440.00 Hz.

This note is located at the 5th fret of the 1st (high E) string and serves as the international standard tuning pitch (A440).

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 03:00 AM (nzPxx)

408 My man, Charles Payne, a great Pro-American.
WallStreetStrategies makes me money.
Positive attitude, always going for yardage.

https://tinyurl.com/45fsahej

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 03:08 AM (nzPxx)

409 There was a period of time that Ford was notorious for changing parts in the middle of the year sometimes more than once. Tried to purchase u-joints and the parts guy needed a serial number because Ford had changed them up mid stream.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 02:49 AM (nzPxx)

That would drive me nuts. Harley has done that only a few times. What does piss me off is the parts books because they don't list the change accurately. Harley changed the gear tooth pitch on everything in the cam chamber in late 1977, basically mid year. The cam, pinion gear, and breather gear. They can be used as a set, but can't be miss matched. You can put a 1978 gear set in a 1971 if you use them as a set, but you can be using a mix. What do parts books say? 77-back, 78-forward. Totally wrong, a late 77 uses the 78-up set. If you didn't know this and were some schmo looking online for parts and happened to have a late 77, you can't be using what the book would call 1977-back. I constantly fight with some of these shop owners over shit like that. They order the wrong shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 03:09 AM (snZF9)

410 Dang, Bers.. I'd be b1tching at the parts houses to fix their fking books!

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 03:16 AM (rdVOm)

411 At least Ford published those mid-year changes. After the fact, maybe.. but they DID it.

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 03:19 AM (rdVOm)

412 Can't remember how many yang poon mechanical fuel pumps I went through over the years... pressed fittings that just popped out, mainly... others had crap diaphragms *right out of the box*

Grrrr!

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 03:25 AM (rdVOm)

413 It achieves this by activating microglia (brain immune cells) to clear toxic proteins and by dilating meningeal lymphatic vessels and blood vessels, which accelerates the glymphatic system’s ability to flush waste from the brain parenchyma into the cerebrospinal fluid.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 02:30 AM (nzPxx)

That was a lot of words I didn't understand. But it sounds way cool.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 06, 2026 03:27 AM (DwqWV)

414 Can't remember how many yang poon mechanical fuel pumps I went through over the years... pressed fittings that just popped out, mainly... others had crap diaphragms *right out of the box*

Grrrr!

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 03:25 AM (rdVOm)

I put a new horn on a bike. It didn't work. I opened another, and that didn't work. I opened a 3rd, and that didn't work. I grabbed a used 4th one of a different style we had laying around and it worked fine. 3 bad identical horns.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 03:34 AM (snZF9)

415 I put a new horn on a bike. It didn't work. I opened another, and that didn't work. I opened a 3rd, and that didn't work. I grabbed a used 4th one of a different style we had laying around and it worked fine. 3 bad identical horns.
Posted by: Berserker

Kwality! LOL! They got child- & slave-labor... whaddathey gonna do? Fire them?

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 03:39 AM (rdVOm)

416 *wanders in*
*grab abandoned drink glass off table, chugs dregs*
*chokes on cigar butt at bottom of glass*
*wanders out, coughing violently*

Posted by: Late Night Lurker at May 06, 2026 03:41 AM (JDhDw)

417 That was a lot of words I didn't understand. But it sounds way cool.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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Same boat, side effects are nil. I put it on as soon as I read it and have it on now. It will remain on while the computer is on (18 hrs a day) until I read something negative.

Volume is at 3% so it doesn't interfere,

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 03:42 AM (nzPxx)

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