Saturday Night Club ONT - May 23, 2026 [D Squared]

Welcome to Club ONT - a collaboration of The Disco and The Dino. Come in in, grab a drink or 3.

Raise one in honor of those who fought and died for this great country. They are the reason for this holiday weekend. "Time Will Not Dim the Glory of Their Deeds"

[Top photo: Flags for Memorial Day at Boston Common]

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Saturday Night Jokes and Other Funnies

After Mass, the priest caught up with Mark and said, "Mark, I am so glad you decided to come to Mass. What made you come?"

Mark said, "I've got to be honest with you, Father. A while back, I misplaced my hat, and I really, really love that hat. I know that McGlynn had a hat just like mine, and I knew that McGlynn came to church every Sunday. I also knew that McGlynn had to take off his hat during Mass and figured he would leave it in the back of the church. So, I was going to leave after Communion and steal McGlynn's hat."

The priest said, "Well, Mark, I notice that you didn't steal McGlynn's hat. What changed your mind?"

Mark said, "Well, after I heard your sermon on the Ten Commandments, I decided that I didn't need to steal McGlynn’'s hat."

The priest gave Mark a big smile and said, "After I talked about 'Thou Shalt Not Steal,' you decided you would rather do without your hat than burn in Hell, right?"

Mark shook his head and said, "No, Father. After you talked about 'Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery,' I remembered where I left my hat."

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A drill sergeant was addressing a squad of 25 and said, "I have an easy job for the laziest man here. Put up your hand if you are the laziest."

24 men raised their hands, and the drill sergeant asked the other man, "Why didn't you raise your hand?"

The man replied, "Too much trouble raising the hand, Sarge."

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Drink of the Night

Tonight we drew the Six of Clubs from our deck of playing card cocktails

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Club ONT Department of Questioning Correlation and Causation

True? Apparently so (according to Grok).

Ohio ranks #1 in the U.S. for library circulation per person. In 2023 data (analyzed and released around April 2026 by USA Facts / Institute of Museum and Library Services), Ohio led with 12.99 items checked out per resident (including physical and electronic materials).
Ohio ranks #1 in Mountain Dew sales according to the brand's own 2026 data. Mountain Dew (PepsiCo) released a list naming Ohio #1, followed by North Carolina, Michigan, Kentucky, and Florida. This appears to be total sales volume (not explicitly per capita in all reports).

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Club ONT Department of Cat Identification

A leopard doesn't change its spots, but how do you know it is a leopard?

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H/T - nurse ratched

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Club ONT Department of Public Health

Brain-eating amoeba found in hot springs at 3 National Parks

A new study detected Naegleria fowleri, better known as "brain-eating amoeba" in thermal waters at Yellowstone, Grand Teton and Lake Mead.
The study, published in ACS ES&T Water, analyzed 185 water samples from 40 thermally impacted recreational waters between 2016 and 2024. Overall, 34% of the samples tested positive for N. fowleri. Samples were collected at Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Olympic National Park, Newberry National Volcanic Monument and Lake Mead. The amoeba was not detected in samples from Olympic or Newberry; however, other nonpathogenic Naegleria species were found there.

The amoeba does not infect people when contaminated water is swallowed. Infection can occur when warm freshwater containing N. fowleri enters the nose, allowing the amoeba to travel to the brain.
Most U.S. cases have been linked to swimming, diving or other water activities in warm freshwater. Fewer than 10 cases are typically reported in the United States each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Symptoms can include headache, fever and nausea before worsening to confusion, seizures and coma. The infection often progresses quickly and can be fatal within days.

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Club ONT Department of Hellport Availability

Turkmenistan's fiery "Gates of Hell" crater is dimming

Recent data suggests the flames of Turkmenistan's famous crater are starting to go out.
The Darvaza Gas Crater, more commonly referred to as the "Door to Hell" or "Gates of Hell," is a 196-foot-wide pit of fire about the size of a soccer field located in Turkmenistan's remote Karakum Desert. The crater has been ablaze for more than 50 years and has been as much a popular tourist attraction as it's puzzled scientists.
BBC reports the crater has been ablaze for at least 40 years, but recent data suggest it is slowly dimming.
The flaming crater's heat intensity has reduced by over 75 percent over the last three years.

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Club ONT Jukebox

Getting fired up tonight!

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Happy Anniversary to those who celebrate

🎶Eddie Murphy released ‘Party All The Time’ 41 years ago, May 23, 1985 pic.twitter.com/TbGmliyfXc
— RetroNewsNow (@RetroNewsNow) May 23, 2026

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Top 10ish Comments of the Week

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Club ONT is brought to you tonight by: lil' buckaroos

Something tells me he's gonna be a cowboy.

😏🤠😎 pic.twitter.com/JpkLCrREzy
— Declaration of Memes (@LibertyCappy) May 23, 2026

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Club ONT regrets to inform our patrons that President Trump wanted to join us here tonight, but according to a message he sent to the DJT/Disco/Dino group chat:

"Circumstances pertaining to Government, and my love for the United States of America, do not allow me to do so."

Perhaps he will join us next week!

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

Comments

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1 right on

Posted by: IS Roth at May 23, 2026 10:01 PM (iY4+5)

2 1 right on
Posted by: IS Roth

.....or, is he?

Posted by: mikeski at May 23, 2026 10:02 PM (VHUov)

3 Caribbean Champagne looks like a fast way to a bad life decision.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 23, 2026 10:02 PM (gKWVE)

4 Hunt for Red October

Posted by: Eromero at May 23, 2026 10:04 PM (LHPAg)

5 Good evening Hordemates.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 23, 2026 10:05 PM (2WIwB)

6 * buffs knuckles on lapel *

I'm not sure if that counts as one CotW or two.

One with a footnote?

Posted by: mikeski at May 23, 2026 10:05 PM (VHUov)

7 Gene Loves Jezebel >> The Cult

Posted by: gKWVE at May 23, 2026 10:06 PM (gKWVE)

8 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 23, 2026 10:06 PM (sAmhv)

9 7 year old: "Dad! Dad!"

Me: "Slow down, son. Now, what is it?"

7 year old: "What if Bigfoot is just a Wookie Lt. who got lost on the Land Nav course??"

Me: *leans in closer* "Tell me more."

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 23, 2026 10:07 PM (qx7Zg)

10 Tracking

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 10:07 PM (sqJYm)

11
Another week, another assassination attempt. Remember "stochastic terrorism"?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 10:09 PM (HdYcL)

12 Gene Loves Jezebel >> The Cult
Posted by: gKWVE at May 23, 2026 10:06 PM (gKWVE)

Fans of both and saw both live multiple times. Can't agree with you there.

Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2026 10:09 PM (QMAsf)

13 Jimmy plays the “A” chord backwards on that tune, kinda. It allows a hammer on with the index finger, it’s tricky to play if you can’t play “A” like that.

He has a guitar lesson on this one on YouTube. That’s pretty cool. If you watch his fingers and chords, it has been described as “Spider playing Twister”, which is about right.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 10:10 PM (3LcAa)

14 * buffs knuckles on lapel *

I'm not sure if that counts as one CotW or two.

One with a footnote?
Posted by: mikeski at May 23, 2026 10:05 PM (VHUov)

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Well done!
Two and an assist!
I'll be nominating you for inclusion into the comments of the year award and look forward to seeing you win at the awards show followed by the gala reception.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 23, 2026 10:10 PM (2WIwB)

15 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 23, 2026 10:11 PM (zZu0s)

16 Evening all. Did the Joos smoke another ayatollah today?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2026 10:11 PM (2PamV)

17 ***A new study detected Naegleria fowleri, better known as "brain-eating amoeba" in thermal waters at Yellowstone, Grand Teton and Lake Mead.
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We can't waste a minute, Nuke It Now!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 10:11 PM (sqJYm)

18 Thanks for the swell Saturday Night Club ONT, D Squared!

All gave some, some gave all. Let us never forget.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 23, 2026 10:12 PM (D/6p1)

19 Another week, another assassination attempt. Remember "stochastic terrorism"?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 10:09 PM (HdYcL)

One cannot hate the media enough. They will continue to stoke the fire of hatred.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 23, 2026 10:12 PM (2WIwB)

20 Brewers are getting smushed.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 23, 2026 10:12 PM (A5RD0)

21 So it seems the White House was a Christian Extremist?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 23, 2026 10:13 PM (/lPRQ)

22 Not even a sidebar? I guess shooting at the white house is weak tea these days.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 23, 2026 10:13 PM (zZu0s)

23 So it seems the White House was a Christian Extremist?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 23, 2026 10:13 PM (/lPRQ)

Would Jesus Christ be considered a Christian? Or a Jew? I'd say Jew or neither. He is the object of a religion- not the religion itself.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 23, 2026 10:14 PM (zZu0s)

24 We know the shooter wasn't actually the Mashiach because the real Christ wouldn't announce himself

Posted by: Life Of Brian at May 23, 2026 10:15 PM (gKWVE)

25 Olympic National Park. Naegleria fowleri, better known as "brain-eating amoeba"

"Sol Duc Hot Springs is a resort located in Olympic National Park, Washington state, that is best known for its soaking pools, heated with the nearby hot springs."

Been there maybe forty years ago. Across the highway is Crescent Lake and it has the most beautiful deep blue water you'll ever have the pleasure of seeing.

Posted by: 13times at May 23, 2026 10:15 PM (44mUT)

26 Not even a sidebar? I guess shooting at the white house is weak tea these days.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 23, 2026 10:13 PM (zZu0s)

There hasn't been such violence near DC since the last time democrats started shooting.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 23, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)

27 Its also hard because is he a worshiper. Of God maybe. Yet as a Catholic, that means he is worshiping other aspects of himself.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 23, 2026 10:15 PM (zZu0s)

28 What is exciting now is that after working for a short while the washer stopped working and started smelling like the magic smoke escaped.
So it is waiting for me in the driveway for me to pull the motor in order to replace it with a new one.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 23, 2026 10:16 PM (rbvCR)

29 Sorry I'm late, I thought that I grabbed the hand sanitizer. It was crazy glue.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 23, 2026 10:16 PM (0KINo)

30 "Circumstances pertaining to Government, and my love for the United States of America, do not allow me to do so."
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They're all at the White House but X only speculates.
...

It's 5:45 AM in Tehran and 5:17 in Aden; nothing happening tonight.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 10:17 PM (sqJYm)

31 When you see blue smoke, the electronic gods are angry. One must take all the money out of your wallet and set it on fire in sacrifice. Summon the electric medicine man to bless the machine and take notice of your sacrifice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 23, 2026 10:17 PM (zZu0s)

32 Would Jesus Christ be considered a Christian? Or a Jew? I'd say Jew or neither. He is the object of a religion- not the religion itself.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Gotta give the MFM something to work with.
Why didn't the guy's shrinks just tell him to look in a mirror....

Given half the reporters in the country being virtual witnesses now we see why there was little speculation of who the shooter was, or misrepresentation, or even releasing the obvious - not a member of the Swedish Bikini Volleyball Team.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 23, 2026 10:18 PM (/lPRQ)

33 Turkmenistan's remote Karakum Desert. The crater has been ablaze for more than 50 years and has been as much a popular tourist attraction as it's puzzled scientists.
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Did anyone ever calculate the carbon footprint of that thing?

Posted by: Methos at May 23, 2026 10:19 PM (vSvIl)

34 Ohtani is such a little princess.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 23, 2026 10:19 PM (XwqDD)

35 White House shooter? They have to do something about what the media is doing to spin these people up

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2026 10:20 PM (sKqQm)

36 Is Centralia still the Silent-Hill of PA?

Posted by: gKWVE at May 23, 2026 10:20 PM (gKWVE)

37 "stochastic", that word has no relationship to any language that I know.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 10:20 PM (sqJYm)

38 Ossifer, I literally live right over there....

Posted by: Nut Behind The Wheel at May 23, 2026 10:20 PM (oftw2)

39 sto what

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 10:20 PM (sqJYm)

40 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at May 23, 2026 10:20 PM (77rzZ)

41 So it seems the White House was a “Christian Extremist”?
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Says who?

Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 10:20 PM (ISwP0)

42 I wonder if Eddie ever got that urinary infection cleared up.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 23, 2026 10:21 PM (syz1S)

43 "Circumstances pertaining to Government, and my love for the United States of America, do not allow me to do so."
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So great.
P

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 23, 2026 10:21 PM (jKGsh)

44 Is Centralia still the Silent-Hill of PA?
Posted by: gKWVE at May 23, 2026 10:20 PM (gKWVE)

I think Centralia was what the game was based on. And yes, but they have bulldozed all the structures. Really does take all the fun out of it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 23, 2026 10:22 PM (zZu0s)

45 "stochastic", that word has no relationship to any language that I know.
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We used to order books from those guys in grade school

Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 10:22 PM (ISwP0)

46 Also, BOOBS!

Posted by: Bulg at May 23, 2026 10:22 PM (77rzZ)

47 I don't believe you on the brain-eating umeeba* thing. It's been months and neither Candace nor Tucker have lapsed into a coma.

(* I'm not looking up how to spell it, again. That's how it's pronounced.)

Posted by: GWB at May 23, 2026 10:23 PM (kU0PQ)

48 So it seems the White House was a Christian Extremist?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 23, 2026 10:13 PM (/lPRQ)

I do not care.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 23, 2026 10:23 PM (2WIwB)

49 White House shooter? They have to do something about what the media is doing to spin these people up
Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2026 10:20 PM (sKqQm)

Remind them what happened to Julius Streicher after the war?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 23, 2026 10:23 PM (1Ff7Z)

50 Evening Horde, thx D Squared
Graham Parker lived around here , Woodstock specifically, for a time in the 90s. Saw him in concert a couple times. His song Big Man on Paper mentions the Hudson Valley Mall, which is pretty much empty. Parker was definitely hit and miss

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 23, 2026 10:23 PM (FpbZP)

51 Agent Orange might be my favorite punk band. Here's a song from them thst fits tonight's theme.

https://youtu.be/OBwqt-115lA

Posted by: tankdemon at May 23, 2026 10:24 PM (0KINo)

52 Too late for the movie thread, but I figure I'd let folks know that Vinegar Syndrome releases are about 20 percent great to about 70 percent terrible (and not the good kind of terrible) with 10 percent misc.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 23, 2026 10:24 PM (CHHv1)

53 Also, if you're close enough to notice those differences in spots? You're either in a zoo or won't have time to figure out which one is eating you.

Posted by: GWB at May 23, 2026 10:24 PM (kU0PQ)

54 Hegseth arriving at White House.

https://tinyurl.com/dr2cxje5

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 10:24 PM (sqJYm)

55 Drink of the Night? I don't drink much lately - the docs would prefer I not drink at all, so I only drink medicinally. A couple of days ago, MiladyJo mixed up some rather potent Irish Cream. So far, we've had that on ice, and in coffee. Trying some tonight on ice cream. Just testing, y'know. Mmmm.

Posted by: mindful webworker - toteetler at May 23, 2026 10:24 PM (0poB+)

56 "stochastic", that word has no relationship to any language that I know.

Posted by: Braenyard

Means random. But terrorism is not random... no more random than people buying Tide detergent. Media plays a significant role. Most media, at least degreed, have some study of advertising, propaganda, and mass culture. For many, being an "influencer" is their reason for being.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 23, 2026 10:25 PM (/lPRQ)

57 Eddie Murphy released ‘Party All The Time’ 41 years ago, May 23, 1985

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When my daughter was learning to use the toilet, I would sing "my girl likes to potty all the time, potty all the time, potty all the time...". At least she thought it was funny.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 23, 2026 10:25 PM (THY4u)

58 Drink of the Night? I don't drink much lately - the docs would prefer I not drink at all, so I only drink medicinally. A couple of days ago, MiladyJo mixed up some rather potent Irish Cream. So far, we've had that on ice, and in coffee. Trying some tonight on ice cream. Just testing, y'know. Mmmm.
Posted by: mindful webworker - toteetler at May 23, 2026 10:24 PM (0poB+)

Pear brandy on ice cream is a wonderful dessert.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 23, 2026 10:26 PM (2WIwB)

59 When you see blue smoke, the electronic gods are angry. One must take all the money out of your wallet and set it on fire in sacrifice. Summon the electric medicine man to bless the machine and take notice of your sacrifice.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 23, 2026 10:17 PM (zZu0s)
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My electric medicine man pronounced the dryer as dead with the washer not far behind. Same taking of money from wallet and sacrificing it. Ugh. Plus waiting two freaking weeks for the new set (but that's just a guess, could be sooner!). Appliances don't last like they used to. And don't get me started on the Wi-Fi crap they seem to come with nowadays!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 23, 2026 10:26 PM (D/6p1)

60 Best video of shots fired, White House - >

https://tinyurl.com/yws726ma

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 10:26 PM (sqJYm)

61 Also, if you're close enough to notice those differences in spots? You're either in a zoo or won't have time to figure out which one is eating you.
Posted by: GWB at May 23, 2026 10:24 PM (kU0PQ)

According to some You Tuber, it wouldn't be a Cheetah because they are just big pussycats around humans.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 23, 2026 10:27 PM (1Ff7Z)

62 I remembered where I left my hat.

That one's going in my joke rotation.

Posted by: mikeski at May 23, 2026 10:27 PM (VHUov)

63 Olympic National Park. Naegleria fowleri, better known as "brain-eating amoeba"
Posted by: 13times

If they show up at the Statehouse in Olympia they'll starve to death.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2026 10:27 PM (vhPr1)

64 I'm of two minds posting this John Schneider song.

https://youtu.be/ZkOsgU7zUEQ

It fits better for Veterans Day, but it touches on those who served who lost brothers and sisters in combat who we remember on Monday.

For those veterans described by the song, please work on staying around for more Veterans Days. Please don't rush to join the friends you lost.

COBs, if this is a thread killer, you have my permission to delete this post.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 23, 2026 10:28 PM (qx7Zg)

65 Brain-eating amoeba found in hot springs at 3 National Parks.

Fewer than 10 cases are typically reported in the United States each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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I was convinced that the Govt. was putting something in toothpaste, or nailing us with those contrails which in turn made everyone dumber.

Turns out it's zombie amoeba.

Posted by: Orson at May 23, 2026 10:29 PM (dIske)

66 Pear brandy on ice cream is a wonderful dessert.
Posted by: Diogenes

Not as good as Tincture of Opium!!

Posted by: Cooter Brown, Flyin' High at May 23, 2026 10:30 PM (oftw2)

67 A girl from my city got the brain eating amoeba while swimming in a warm creek in Maryland. 19 yrs old , died after a couple of days on life support

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 23, 2026 10:30 PM (FpbZP)

68 Best video of shots fired, White House - >

https://tinyurl.com/yws726ma

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 10:26 PM (sqJYm)

The look on that Asian chicks face reminds me of how the first wife reacted when she saw me with my clothes... nevermind.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 23, 2026 10:30 PM (1Ff7Z)

69 So there is now a "ghost runner" in extra inning MLB games! A runner is placed at second base in every half inning after the normal nine.

Weird ... I have not been watching "Pro Sports" much for a few years, so missed out on that odd addition.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 23, 2026 10:32 PM (vbXSk)

70 Best video of shots fired, White House - >

https://tinyurl.com/yws726ma

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 10:26 PM (sqJYm)
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The look on that Asian chicks face reminds me of how the first wife reacted when she saw me with my clothes... nevermind.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
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With a name like Selina Wang.... just check first. OK?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 23, 2026 10:32 PM (/lPRQ)

71 Look, Fat. I'm immune to those brain-eating amoebas!

Posted by: Delaware's Own at May 23, 2026 10:32 PM (oftw2)

72 That joke about the hat is one of my favorites.

Posted by: Bulg at May 23, 2026 10:33 PM (77rzZ)

73 With a name like Selina Wang.... just check first. OK?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 23, 2026 10:32 PM (/lPRQ)

Well, Mick Dundee wasn't with me at the time.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 23, 2026 10:33 PM (1Ff7Z)

74 What is exciting now is that after working for a short while the washer stopped working and started smelling like the magic smoke escaped.
So it is waiting for me in the driveway for me to pull the motor in order to replace it with a new one.
Posted by: Kindltot

When you see blue smoke, the electronic gods are angry. One must take all the money out of your wallet and set it on fire in sacrifice. Summon the electric medicine man to bless the machine and take notice of your sacrifice.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

If you're quick enough, and can gather all the magic smoke, and put it back in the component that released it, it should start working again. The magic smoke is what makes electronic things function, after all.

Posted by: mikeski at May 23, 2026 10:33 PM (VHUov)

75 Good evening morons and Слава Двоим!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 10:34 PM (RIvkX)

76 The shooter at the White House was id'ed as Nasire Best. Safe to say he wasn't at his best

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 23, 2026 10:36 PM (FpbZP)

77 You put your left leg in, your back goes out, you're creaking and cramping and you've got a dose of gout... You twist and shout and a little wee comes out...
That's what aging is all about!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 23, 2026 10:36 PM (qx7Zg)

78 The gunman who opened fire near the White House on Saturday evening has been identified as a man named Nesire Best...

Nasire Best was previously arrested on July 10, 2025 for attempting to enter the White House complex...

He had serious mental-health issues
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With a name like that it was a given.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 23, 2026 10:37 PM (/lPRQ)

79 I recently took a pole and found out that 100% of the people in the tent were angry when it collapsed.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 23, 2026 10:37 PM (qx7Zg)

80 Club ONT regrets to inform our patrons that President Trump wanted to join us here tonight, but according to a message he sent to the DJT/Disco/Dino group chat:

"Circumstances pertaining to Government, and my love for the United States of America, do not allow me to do so."
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I think you're being catfished by an Orange Roughy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 10:39 PM (RIvkX)

81 Hi fellas!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 23, 2026 10:39 PM (uTEOj)

82 The old cougar joke made me grin. I was teasing my mom once about her flirting with younger men. She knew the term "cougar" but couldn't remember the right word, and she came up with "leopard," so that was our joke from then on.

She got sassy after hitting 80. Once I took her to Five Guys. I saw her pondering the sign as we drove in and parked. This is how it went:

Mom: Are they all here?
Me: What, all 5 guys? I dunno, I guess so.
*beat*
Mom: How many for you and how many for me?

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 23, 2026 10:39 PM (0SdQT)

83 It appears that all African American and Muslim criminals have mental health issues. Therefore they can never be guilty

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 23, 2026 10:41 PM (FpbZP)

84 Hi friends! Home from dinner. The best grouper. I am stuffed.

Posted by: Piper at May 23, 2026 10:41 PM (pZEOD)

85 I recently took a pole and found out that 100% of the members in a Warsaw grand jury voted to indict me for kidnapping

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 23, 2026 10:42 PM (giFnw)

86 The gunman who opened fire near the White House on Saturday evening has been identified as a man named Nesire Best...

Nasire Best was previously arrested on July 10, 2025 for attempting to enter the White House complex...

He had serious mental-health issues
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With a name like that it was a given.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 23, 2026 10:37 PM (/lPRQ)

At least he wasn't named Nacho Best.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 23, 2026 10:42 PM (qx7Zg)

87 Bananas don't belong in cocktails. They also don't belong in you mouth.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 23, 2026 10:44 PM (diia5)

88 "stochastic", that word has no relationship to any language that I know.

Posted by: Braenyard

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The Stochastic Man https://a.co/d/0h79pFRG

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 10:44 PM (RIvkX)

89 Of the above three cats the jaguar is by far the most bad assed. Watching them dive from a tree and kill a caiman is awesome

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 23, 2026 10:44 PM (FpbZP)

90 I recently took a pole and found out that 100% of the people in the tent were angry when it collapsed.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Nice.

Very "Mitch Hedberg."

Posted by: mikeski at May 23, 2026 10:44 PM (VHUov)

91 @31 When you see blue smoke, the electronic gods are angry.

I once bought a used external disk drive for a Macintosh. It didn't work, so I brought it back to the shop to test it.

They plugged it in, and, honestly, neon pink smoke came out of it. They gave me my money back.

What does pink smoke mean?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 23, 2026 10:45 PM (CHHv1)

92
Astros are 22-31 and 5 games back

Yankees are 30-22 and 5.5 games back

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 10:45 PM (HdYcL)

93 Watching them dive from a tree and kill a caiman is awesome
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Sounds like a hate crime...
Oh, CAIman. Nevermind~

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 23, 2026 10:45 PM (diia5)

94 Nasire Best was previously arrested on July 10, 2025 for attempting to enter the White House complex...
-
So he tried Plenti, but his Best wasn't Goode enough?

Posted by: Methos at May 23, 2026 10:47 PM (vSvIl)

95 87 Bananas don't belong in cocktails. They also don't belong in you mouth.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 23, 2026 10:44 PM (diia5)

But they're okay on hats, right?

Posted by: Carmen Miranda at May 23, 2026 10:47 PM (0KINo)

96 We know the shooter wasn't actually the Mashiach because the real Christ wouldn't announce himself
Posted by: Life Of Brian at May 23, 2026 10:15 PM (gKWVE)

We know he's not Jesus because Jesus would be coming on the clouds, not just high.

Posted by: GWB at May 23, 2026 10:47 PM (kU0PQ)

97 This should be a Florida Man joke, but it's in Wisconsin during Construction season (I.e., not winter).

https://youtu.be/lPeoGqeuf5M

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 23, 2026 10:48 PM (qx7Zg)

98 What does pink smoke mean?
-
The new Pope is a girl?

Posted by: Methos at May 23, 2026 10:48 PM (vSvIl)

99 Evening Horde, thx D Squared
Graham Parker lived around here , Woodstock specifically, for a time in the 90s. Saw him in concert a couple times. His song Big Man on Paper mentions the Hudson Valley Mall, which is pretty much empty. Parker was definitely hit and miss
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 23, 2026 10:23 PM (FpbZP)

Temporary Beauty and his cover of J5's I Want You Back were solid.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 23, 2026 10:50 PM (nbLIj)

100 I once bought a used external disk drive for a Macintosh. It didn't work, so I brought it back to the shop to test it.

They plugged it in, and, honestly, neon pink smoke came out of it. They gave me my money back.

What does pink smoke mean?
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 23, 2026 10:45 PM (CHHv1)

It was a female disk drive.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 23, 2026 10:50 PM (qx7Zg)

101 When each son reached potty training age, Kate Winslet's Boobs and I would take up that timeless anthem "My Baby Wants to Potty All the Time." Those were fun times.

How weird that I never realized that was Eddie Murphy. Then again, I may have been potty training myself when it came out, so I'll give myself a pass.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 23, 2026 10:50 PM (ftFVW)

102 They plugged it in, and, honestly, neon pink smoke came out of it. They gave me my money back.

What does pink smoke mean?
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

Blue smoke: normal wizard

Pink smoke: Mahou Shoujo

Posted by: Sakura Kinomoto at May 23, 2026 10:50 PM (VHUov)

103 The NHL team formerly known as the Hartford Whalers (miss those uniforms) beat the Montreal Ice Frogs, in OT.

GO WHALERS!!!

I wasn't even a fan of the Hartford Whalers. I just liked the name and uniforms. Seemed appropriate for the city and location. Whaling was a thing. I do appreciate the trade that brought Ron Francis and Ulf Samuelson to Pittsburgh! That was nice.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 23, 2026 10:50 PM (sAmhv)

104 This is just desperation at this point

@HollywoodHandle 2h
‘SHREK 6’ is officially in the works.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 23, 2026 10:51 PM (diia5)

105 Banana Ball live from Tacoma, Washington right now. First time in that state. Banana Ball will visit 46 states this year. All games live on Youtube.

Posted by: Clowns vs. Party Animals at May 23, 2026 10:52 PM (oftw2)

106 Dropping in to say thank you Ds forONT.

Slipping out to go pick up takee-outee dinner...glad I don't have to catch or shoot something so that's a plus...

Maybe be back in a while.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 23, 2026 10:52 PM (QGaXH)

107 This is just desperation at this point

@HollywoodHandle 2h
‘SHREK 6’ is officially in the works.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Yeah, I'm all out.

Posted by: a mummified cow at May 23, 2026 10:53 PM (VHUov)

108 Banana liqueur does not sound good at all. Why was that invented? Just why?

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 23, 2026 10:53 PM (LZ0gJ)

109 Dropping in to say thank you Ds forONT.

Slipping out to go pick up takee-outee dinner...glad I don't have to catch or shoot something so that's a plus...

Maybe be back in a while.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
===

Maybe you'll get lucky and hit a possum on the way?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 23, 2026 10:53 PM (/lPRQ)

110 Club ONT Jukebox
Getting fired up tonight!

Bonus tracks.

https://youtu.be/3jtkwaNMkyI
https://youtu.be/ve2pS-jxXz0
https://youtu.be/croDgo5DEWo
https://youtu.be/iH27h0NNZPo
https://youtu.be/6OGBmVhUSg4
https://youtu.be/DUDPGaBYX00
https://youtu.be/0l3dsHCScxU

Posted by: mikeski at May 23, 2026 10:54 PM (VHUov)

111 Slipping out to go pick up takee-outee dinner...glad I don't have to catch or shoot something so that's a plus...

Maybe be back in a while.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

Take out? For just double the price you can Door Dash it and complain of being broke like a gen Z-er.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 23, 2026 10:59 PM (LZ0gJ)

112 51 Agent Orange might be my favorite punk band. Here's a song from them thst fits tonight's theme.

https://youtu.be/OBwqt-115lA
Posted by: tankdemon at May 23, 2026 10:24 PM (0KINo)

Got a cassette out in the garage. When You Least Expect It.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 23, 2026 10:59 PM (QaH55)

113 A country track for tonight, from The Man in Black.

https://youtu.be/1Osyw6Svv8U

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 23, 2026 11:00 PM (qx7Zg)

114 What does pink smoke mean?
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 23, 2026 10:45 PM (CHHv1)

Pink? Tim Cook got laid.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 23, 2026 11:01 PM (rbvCR)

115 98 What does pink smoke mean?
-
The new Pope is a girl?
Posted by: Methos
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Popa Leona.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 11:02 PM (sqJYm)

116 108 Banana liqueur does not sound good at all. Why was that invented? Just why?
Posted by: She Hobbit at May 23, 2026 10:53 PM (LZ0gJ)
_____________________________

I just asked Grok if there was anything worse than a drunken monkey?

I expected some flip answer telling me that this is not a scientific issue or that there were plenty of things worse than a drunken monkey.

Instead I got a whole dissertation about how monkey's purposefully seek out fermented fruit, but have learned to pace themselves unlike humans. On average the eat the equivalent of two large alcolholic drinks per day. Grok want's me to think that the annoying little monkey has better discipline than most humans (as they throw feces at you and masturbate in front of school kids at the zoo). Ok...sounds reasonable.

Posted by: Orson at May 23, 2026 11:04 PM (dIske)

117 One last song for tonight's jukebox, from the Kelly's Heroes soundtrack

https://youtu.be/kgeIINs1TrQ

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 23, 2026 11:04 PM (qx7Zg)

118 Pope Joan II

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

119 I don't know if Jesus was a Christian or a Jew, but Mary and Joseph were certainly Jewish.

The only one who looks Jewish in The Last Supper is Judas... as Monty Python pointed out.

Posted by: mnw at May 23, 2026 11:05 PM (RCjYY)

120 Nothing to see here, just a tankdemon taking off his sock. Move it along, people, no need to stare.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 23, 2026 11:06 PM (0KINo)

121 Banana liqueur does not sound good at all. Why was that invented? Just why?
Posted by: She Hobbit

Tropical and tiki drinks can use some banana flavor sometimes.

It's actually pretty tasty. At least Giffard's "banane du bresil" is.

I've had local banana-infused rum in the Caribbean, too. That saves a step.

Posted by: mikeski at May 23, 2026 11:07 PM (VHUov)

122 1986 I was DJing at the UC/San Diego college radio station during a GLJ show on campus nearby. The two Aston brothers and their escort came running over after the show and I barely got the door closed and barred; the hordes of goth autograph seekers were relentless. Had a pleasant chat. Ahhh, the days of records when DJ transitions between one song and another was an art.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 23, 2026 11:07 PM (W5mpo)

123 Grok want's me to think that the annoying little monkey has better discipline than most humans (as they throw feces at you and masturbate in front of school kids at the zoo). Ok...sounds reasonable.
Posted by: Orson

Did you tell 'Grok' that?

Maybe Grok will say the monkey's have no alcohol tolerance like some native Americans and Asians?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 23, 2026 11:07 PM (/lPRQ)

124 Great idea, mikeski...

More fire:

https://youtu.be/Z6z-nxAYhGw
https://youtu.be/1xqMY8UAGgg

Posted by: JQ at May 23, 2026 11:07 PM (rdVOm)

125 I am such a cheap date. I had 2 glasses of wine with dinner and I feel like I would tell y’all anything. Sad. Lol.

Posted by: Piper at May 23, 2026 11:09 PM (Wmg4n)

126 Instead I got a whole dissertation about how monkey's purposefully seek out fermented fruit, but have learned to pace themselves unlike humans. On average the eat the equivalent of two large alcolholic drinks per day. Grok want's me to think that the annoying little monkey has better discipline than most humans
Posted by: Orson

Is that adjusted for body weight?

Because if I had two large cocktails a day and I weighed twelve pounds, I'd be dead.

Posted by: mikeski at May 23, 2026 11:09 PM (VHUov)

127 I am such a cheap date. I had 2 glasses of wine with dinner and I feel like I would tell y’all anything. Sad. Lol.
Posted by: Piper at May 23, 2026 11:09 PM (Wmg4n)
====

Moar wine!

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

128 Because if I had two large cocktails a day and I weighed twelve pounds, I'd be dead.
Posted by: mikeski

You don't know me! *hiccup*

Posted by: Drunken Monkey at May 23, 2026 11:11 PM (ftFVW)

129 Good evening, Club patrons!

Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2026 11:12 PM (QMAsf)

130 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 10:24 PM (sqJYm)
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What a great video! Thanks.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 23, 2026 11:12 PM (UqeTT)

131 105 Banana Ball live from Tacoma, Washington right now. First time in that state. Banana Ball will visit 46 states this year. All games live on Youtube.
Posted by: Clowns vs. Party Animals

Huh? It was here last year in the Mariner’s stadium.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 23, 2026 11:12 PM (JOv66)

132 earworm: mine is Don't Fear the Reaper.

Stupidest song ever written, but earworms don't care about that.

Posted by: mnw at May 23, 2026 11:13 PM (RCjYY)

133 "Turkmenistan has one of the highest levels of global methane emissions ...

They should capture some of that gas and produce electricity instead of going with solar. Although wind might work.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 23, 2026 11:13 PM (/lPRQ)

134 earworm: mine is Don't Fear the Reaper.

Stupidest song ever written, but earworms don't care about that.
Posted by: mnw

Not a cowbell fan?

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 23, 2026 11:14 PM (ftFVW)

135 Warning. This may cause side-splitting laughter!

https://youtube.com/shorts/mzev8b28mZQ

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 23, 2026 11:14 PM (qx7Zg)

136 Thank you horde, for being you. I appreciate all of you.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 23, 2026 11:15 PM (UqeTT)

137 Nosiree Bob

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 23, 2026 11:15 PM (Cqx++)

138 I am such a cheap date. I had 2 glasses of wine with dinner and I feel like I would tell y’all anything. Sad. Lol.
Posted by: Piper at May 23, 2026 11:09 PM (Wmg4n)

Bill Cosby would like a word

Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2026 11:16 PM (QMAsf)

139 earworms: there were some interesting ones listed on an ONT earlier this week.

They're whatever your subconscious coughs up, I think. Like dreams.

Posted by: mnw at May 23, 2026 11:18 PM (RCjYY)

140 Posted by: mikeski at May 23, 2026 11:09 PM (VHUov)
________________________

Sorry, got distracted. I was thinking that "Drunken' Monkey" would be a great name for a bar. Then, sadly, I checked to see how many other people thought that. Turns out hundreds of bars exist worldwide with that name... Including one in Prague that advertises,
"The Drunken Monkey Pub Crawl"
https://tinyurl.com/2fzbv672

Posted by: Orson at May 23, 2026 11:18 PM (dIske)

141 What does pink smoke mean?

Never mind. It's fine. If you don't know, we aren't going to tell you.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2026 11:19 PM (2PamV)

142 Monkeys are nasty aggressive assholes. They will rip your face off, eat it and crap in you eyeholes.

Kinda like river otters.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 23, 2026 11:20 PM (A5RD0)

143 Any of those penguin pushers around tonight? Just watched a Casual Geographic video on the penguins' pal, the leopard seal. And by pal I mean deadly predator. I don't use the word gnarly, but for some reason it comes to mind about these sea monsters.

https://youtu.be/QyLYAB5zk7E

Posted by: mindful webworker - curiously informed at May 23, 2026 11:21 PM (0poB+)

144 earworms: there were some interesting ones listed on an ONT earlier this week.

It's a world of laughter, a world of tears
It's a world of hopes and a world of fears
There's so much that we share that its time we're aware
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small, small world

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2026 11:21 PM (2PamV)

145
138 I am such a cheap date. I had 2 glasses of wine with dinner and I feel like I would tell y’all anything. Sad. Lol.
Posted by: Piper at May 23, 2026 11:09 PM (Wmg4n)

Bill Cosby would like a word
Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2026 11

I can still talk. He liked his comatose. Shudder.

Posted by: Piper at May 23, 2026 11:22 PM (Wmg4n)

146 I was DJing at the UC/San Diego college radio station during a GLJ show on campus nearby.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal

Gay Lozenge Job?
Geographic Lothario Jerimiah?
Giggly Lubricant Jezebel?
Goethe Lobby Jihad?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 23, 2026 11:23 PM (diia5)

147 Earworm

Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 11:24 PM (RIvkX)

148 Is the Cult singing something about "crazy in the rhizome"?

Posted by: GWB at May 23, 2026 11:24 PM (kU0PQ)

149 I can still talk. He liked his comatose. Shudder.
Posted by: Piper at May 23, 2026 11:22 PM (Wmg4n)

Right. Important distinction!

Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2026 11:24 PM (QMAsf)

150 Weeeeeeellllllllll

You know, you make me want to (Shout)
Kick my heels up and (Shout)
Throw my head back and (Shout)
Come on now (Shout)
Come on now (Shout)
Don't forget to say you will
Don't forget to say-yay-ay-ay-ay (say you will)
Say it right now, baby (Say you will)
Come on, Come on (say you will)
Say that a youoooo (say you will)

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2026 11:25 PM (2PamV)

151 Lol @magic smoke...

I printed the book of schematics (provided only on CDrom by the mfr.) for my machine at work & used xkcd's "Circuit Diagram" as cover page:

https://xkcd.com/730/

Techs appreciated the effort.

Posted by: JQ at May 23, 2026 11:25 PM (rdVOm)

152 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZBIseq-cKM

the trunk monkey collection

Posted by: Lord Percy at May 23, 2026 11:26 PM (T8RPZ)

153 OffKai 5th Gen continues to cover themselves with gloryhole effluvia.

1. 13 to 17 year olds can wander the con unattended if they have a notarized parental consent form signed by a parent or guardian. This includes the Exhibition Hall.

2. The OnlyFans of VTubing, Fansly, is now a sponsor of OffKai and will be in the Exhibition Hall.

3. A VTubing group called VBimbos will attend OffKai.

A sinkhole needs to swallow the whole convention.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2026 11:26 PM (2GVsD)

154 144

Romeo and Juliet
Are together in eternity.
We can be like they are.
Come on, baby
We'll be able to fly!

Posted by: mnw at May 23, 2026 11:26 PM (RCjYY)

155 A sinkhole needs to swallow the whole convention.
Posted by: Anna Puma

What did I ever do to you?

Posted by: a sinkhole at May 23, 2026 11:30 PM (VHUov)

156 3. A VTubing group called VBimbos will attend OffKai.
A sinkhole needs to swallow the whole convention.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2026 11:26 PM (2GVsD)

Sounds like it will.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 23, 2026 11:31 PM (gKWVE)

157 The shooter at the White House was id'ed as Nasire Best. Safe to say he wasn't at his best
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 23, 2026 10:36 PM (FpbZP)

Sounds like a an Arabic name, maybe Lebanese. Living for generations in close proximity to muslims, the crazy can rub off.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 23, 2026 11:33 PM (8zz6B)

158 I am going to bed. Sweet dreams!

Posted by: Piper at May 23, 2026 11:33 PM (Wmg4n)

159 What does pink smoke mean?
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 23, 2026 10:45 PM (CHHv1)

They've elected a gay pope.

Posted by: Pink AND blue it's a transpope at May 23, 2026 11:33 PM (TbWk/)

160 The NHL team formerly known as the Hartford Whalers (miss those uniforms) beat the Montreal Ice Frogs, in OT.

GO WHALERS!!!

------------
I appreciate that the Canes embrace their Whaler heritage. Many fans wearing their gear, as well as their throwback uniform games.

LETS GO CANES!

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 23, 2026 11:34 PM (5yDGQ)

161 Posted by: Pink AND blue it's a transpope at May 23, 2026 11:33 PM (TbWk/)

Going to be trouble putting that hat over those cat ears.

Posted by: the furries at May 23, 2026 11:35 PM (gKWVE)

162 1-877-Kars for Kidz

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 23, 2026 11:35 PM (XgKq6)

163 America's first advanced nuclear reactor since 1979 has begun generating electricity — a milestone that marks the real beginning of the nuclear renaissance in the United States.

The last nuclear power plant to enter commercial operation in the United States before the current era was Watts Bar Unit 1 in Tennessee — commissioned in 1996 but whose construction began in 1973. For fifty years, no genuinely new nuclear construction project reached commercial operation in America. The regulatory environment, the capital costs, the public perception shaped by Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, and the availability of cheap natural gas combined to make nuclear investment essentially impossible for half a century.

Vogtle Unit 3 in Georgia — the first new nuclear reactor built from scratch in the United States since the 1970s construction era — achieved commercial operation in July 2023. Vogtle Unit 4 followed in April 2024. Both are AP1000 pressurised water reactors designed by Westinghouse — third-generation designs with passive safety systems that make the active cooling failures that caused Three Mile Island and Fukushima physically impossible. (Cont)

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2026 11:36 PM (2PamV)

164 Georgia Power's customers are now receiving carbon-free electricity from two reactors that will operate for at least 60 years.

The Vogtle project was over budget and behind schedule — a reality that nuclear critics correctly cite as evidence of the industry's current cost challenges. But the reactors are running. The electricity is flowing. The lessons learned from Vogtle's construction — in workforce development, modular fabrication, regulatory navigation, and supply chain management — are already being incorporated into the design of the next generation of American nuclear projects that TerraPower, X-energy, and Kairos Power are building.

America's nuclear future started with a difficult delivery. It was still delivered.

Source: Georgia Power & US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2024

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2026 11:36 PM (2PamV)

165 https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 23, 2026 11:38 PM (A5RD0)

166 Dating rituals change when adults become intoxicated. This has long been known, and is why fathers are protective of their wives and daughters. When you introduce an aberrant culture of savages, there will be pain.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 23, 2026 11:38 PM (D1E+2)

167
GO WHALERS!!!

Too bad Burger King did away with them.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 23, 2026 11:38 PM (Cqx++)

168 >>>America's nuclear future started with a difficult delivery. It was still delivered.
--

Jimmy, the abortionist, 'I will make nuclear energy safe for America', Carter.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 11:41 PM (sqJYm)

169 GO WHALERS!!!

Too bad Burger King did away with them.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
----

Butt...Boston still makes them, right?

Posted by: Ishmael at May 23, 2026 11:41 PM (XeU6L)

170 Evening, D-squared and ONT Horde. Had a nice visit with AZ Deplorable Moron, and his lovely wife.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 23, 2026 11:43 PM (8zz6B)

171 >>The NHL team formerly known as the Hartford Whalers (miss those uniforms) beat the Montreal Ice Frogs, in OT.

>>GO WHALERS!!!

Jack Kelley was a hell of a hockey guy. First GM and head coach of the Whalers. I went to school with his son Mark who eventually became head of amateur scouting for the Blackhawks. His brother is David Kelley who created a bunch of hit TV shows.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 23, 2026 11:44 PM (viF8m)

172 159 What does pink smoke mean?
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 23, 2026 10:45 PM (CHHv1)

They've elected a gay pope.
Posted by: Pink AND blue it's a transpope at May 23, 2026 11:33 PM (TbWk/)

I thought they were all gay.

Posted by: Anti-Potpourri League at May 23, 2026 11:44 PM (ZGFTp)

173 Reported: Talarico is pulling up in the polls.

@amuse --

TEXAS SENATE RACE: James Talarico (CIS) claims to oppose dark money.
It turns out his super PAC is funded by the darkest money imaginable ... Epstein associate Reid Hoffman, Sixteen Thirty Fund, and a secretive Delaware shell company

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 23, 2026 11:44 PM (sqJYm)

174 Let's just start burning coal again.

Posted by: Case at May 23, 2026 11:46 PM (8XBuM)

175 From the hobby thread:

My house was a lesson in insanity. The colors here were soooo bad either they were gotten of a clearance shelf, or the dude's girlfriend who picked the colors has the worse frigging taste in colors in the galaxy and should have had her ass removed. Who in their right mind paints the whole central area of the house pumpkin orange. The one bedroom had 2 walls periwinkle and 2 walls a greenish yellow. Another room had 2 walls bright red and 2 walls bright yellow. The one half bath was grey and green. It was brutal.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 23, 2026 07:10 PM (snZF9)

I'm convinced that extensive pot use destroys some people's color sense. It might not even be color perception itself, but some combination of degraded stimulus response and destroyed disgust reflex. But you can observe how the "lifestyle" potheads, older and closer to burnout, will gravitate to more unusual colors in tasteless combinations.

That's just what it takes to tickle their brains at all anymore, is my best guess.

Posted by: SciVo at May 23, 2026 11:47 PM (Sy6m/)

176 Dead shooter is a black guy with dreads (sp?), if photo I saw is correct. "Thought he was Jesus". Well we all have times like that. Just that we don't attack a heavily protected national facility like a crazy dumbass.

Haven't checked if still true, but the leader in post-Soviet Turkmenistan was known as "the great horseman", basically the president (for life, natch). Some good stories out of that place.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 23, 2026 11:49 PM (U/Byj)

177 I'm convinced that extensive pot use destroys some people's color sense. It might not even be color perception itself, but some combination of degraded stimulus response and destroyed disgust reflex. But you can observe how the "lifestyle" potheads, older and closer to burnout, will gravitate to more unusual colors in tasteless combinations.

That's just what it takes to tickle their brains at all anymore, is my best guess.
Posted by: SciVo

Thanks! The Early 1970s make sense, now...

Posted by: JQ at May 23, 2026 11:49 PM (rdVOm)

178
Dead shooter is a black guy with dreads (sp?), if photo I saw is correct. "Thought he was Jesus".

Posted by: rhomboid

==================

We'll find out in three days if he was right.

--stolen from elsewhere

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 23, 2026 11:50 PM (n7rxJ)

179 Makes sense. One would should a place up with a glock, just like Jesus did.

Posted by: Anti-Potpourri League at May 23, 2026 11:51 PM (ZGFTp)

180 Glad to see a new nuke get lit up.

Disgusted to see the absurd "carbon-free" nonsense still in use.

Aside from being wildly untrue (every single thing about the reactor operation is based on real, i.e. carbon-based energy, apart from the nuclear fuel, from its construction to its maintenance to the workers' commute to the food they eat to the clothes they wear to ...... duh), it comes across like a Russian politician in the 2000s starting his statements with "as Comrade Stalin has written".

Posted by: rhomboid at May 23, 2026 11:52 PM (U/Byj)

181 Reckon Talarico has taken a pole or three.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 23, 2026 11:52 PM (gKWVE)

182 We'll find out in three days if he was right.

--stolen from elsewhere
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 23, 2026 11:50 PM (n7rxJ)

Well, too late to crucify him. But we could shove his carcass through a wood chipper, and juicify him.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 23, 2026 11:52 PM (8zz6B)

183 but the leader in post-Soviet Turkmenistan
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Are we talking Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow?

Posted by: Derb at May 23, 2026 11:55 PM (XeU6L)

184 Jaguars have the strongest bite of any cat. Their typical attack is to bite through the prey's skull and into their brain. About 10 years ago, I saw a black jaguar killing a sheep just south of Tomball TX (North of Houston). He had the sheep's head in his mouth. Jaguar's aren't supposed to be in the US, but the one I saw sure was.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at May 23, 2026 11:55 PM (Da7Vv)

185 119 I don't know if Jesus was a Christian or a Jew, but Mary and Joseph were certainly Jewish.

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And verily, saith the scribe, they never paid retail.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 11:56 PM (u/oMr)

186 Dead shooter is a black guy with dreads (sp?), if photo I saw is correct. "Thought he was Jesus". Well we all have times like that. Just that we don't attack a heavily protected national facility like a crazy dumbass.

I guess I'm defective. After 63 years, I have never once thought I was Jesus.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2026 11:56 PM (2PamV)

187 Nice clear slams at DEI garbage by Pete at the West Point graduation.

Meanwhile via some skullduggery or something, the sole candidate for prez of Univ. of FL is a former Univ. of Alabama prez who is a DEI insect.

Hoping/assuming DeSantis will nuke the thing, if he has that authority. Good (redundant?) reminder that "DEI" (racist-totalitarian delusional social engineering) is far far far from done, or even in retreat. It will take 10 years of adult supervision to really start to purge it, and I'm doubtful we'll have that.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 23, 2026 11:57 PM (U/Byj)

188 I’m reasonably sure that the “gate to hell” in Turkmenistan was created by very sloppy Soviet drilling practices, which created an underground blowout near the surface, which caused a sinkhole to form as all the fluid movement created a sinkhole. Then the ensuing crater was left connected to a deep gas reservoir which had taken 60 years to burn itself off.

And the Russians, starting with the Soviets, all say “we have no idea what happened!” And try hard to burn all the records of what actually did happen.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2026 11:57 PM (U0opd)

189 rickb223, I was of course attempting a joke, with the usual success.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 23, 2026 11:58 PM (U/Byj)

190 You know what's great about cats?

Because I'd like to hear a couple of things.

I went to cet the pat and all he wanted to do was bite me.

What the Hell, people, what the Hell.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 23, 2026 11:58 PM (CHHv1)

191 Sounds like a an Arabic name, maybe Lebanese. Living for generations in close proximity to muslims, the crazy can rub off.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 23, 2026 11:33 PM (8zz6B)

H'zbollah is funded by the Iranians, so not a complete stretch. Most of the Maronites left, as they were fond of drawing breathe

Posted by: moki at May 23, 2026 11:59 PM (wLjpr)

192 "Thought he was Jesus".
Posted by: rhomboid

The Good Book tells us what to expect when He returns, and it isn't "moneychangers in the temple" personal level stuff. It's a bit more global.

Sorry, glock mess~~iah~~, but I'm not sure how you persuaded yourself of that.

Posted by: mikeski at May 23, 2026 11:59 PM (VHUov)

193 Reckon Talarico has taken a pole or three.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 23, 2026 11:52 PM (gKWVE)

We should make a point of calling the turd by his birth name, Causey, to make it clear he is a fake Hispanic.

"James Causey, alias Talarico"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 24, 2026 12:00 AM (8zz6B)

194 rickb223, I was of course attempting a joke, with the usual success.
Posted by: rhomboid

Sorry. 😢

Posted by: rickb223 at May 24, 2026 12:00 AM (2PamV)

195 I'd rather be Saint Jerome anyway.

Posted by: so my niece can recite the line at May 24, 2026 12:00 AM (gKWVE)

196 https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 23, 2026 11:38 PM (A5RD0)

Wow. That video has 1.77 billion (with a "b") views.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 24, 2026 12:00 AM (aMrr2)

197 Nuclear, carbon free, is a selling point to shut down the water melons.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 12:01 AM (sqJYm)

198 I can say with complete honesty that I have never thought I was Jesus. Napoleon, Caesar, and Alexander once or twice, I’ll ’fess up to that. But never Jesus.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 24, 2026 12:01 AM (U0opd)

199 I fell today walking on my pegleg, no whiskey was involved this time.

It's a lot trickier than you would believe, especially turning around.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 24, 2026 12:03 AM (XV/Pl)

200 Here's a music video. For Bulg, Man of the Boobs.

https://youtu.be/IZvpHwoQfqk

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 24, 2026 12:03 AM (qx7Zg)

201 Hi, BC!

Cats must be *in the mood* for petting, otherwise... chomp and slice!

Or, sometimes, they want to 'play'-- you're the prey and they're practicing their skillz.

Posted by: JQ at May 24, 2026 12:03 AM (rdVOm)

202 193 Reckon Talarico has taken a pole or three.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 23, 2026 11:52 PM (gKWVE)

We should make a point of calling the turd by his birth name, Causey, to make it clear he is a fake Hispanic.

"James Causey, alias Talarico"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 24, 2026 12:00 AM (8zz6B)

Just like Beto.
Another pretend Mexican.

Posted by: Anti-Potpourri League at May 24, 2026 12:04 AM (ZGFTp)

203 "Are we talking Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow?"

Can't recall the guy's name now, but it was a russified Central Asian name (ending in -ov). Kazakhstan had the same guy in charge forever, he either died or something, new guy now for some time. Aliyev Jr. in Azerbaijan has been there a long time, can't recall now if his dad (Politburo member) was running things after 1991 for a while (and I was there a lot - hmm, memory slipping).

But Uncle Sasha (Lukashenko) in Belarus holds the record, still at the top after 35 years. Or, as Trump called him in a recent post, the "highly respected president of Belarus", possibly Trump's funniest line yet. I get it, he was thanking him for springing an American in detention (something this administration is very good at and focused on and which receives little attention). But still, funny. Even nationalist, non-"liberal" Russians mock Lukashenko.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 24, 2026 12:04 AM (U/Byj)

204 It's a lot trickier than you would believe, especially turning around.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 24, 2026 12:03 AM (XV/Pl)

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One would think a crisp pencil spin would be facilitated by a peg leg, but the fire hazard might argue against it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 24, 2026 12:05 AM (u/oMr)

205 I fell today walking on my pegleg, no whiskey was involved this time.

It's a lot trickier than you would believe, especially turning around.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

You don't just plant the pegleg and spin like Brian Boitano?

Posted by: mikeski at May 24, 2026 12:05 AM (VHUov)

206 .....sorry for all the clutter in the Hordemind, Cicero.

Posted by: mikeski at May 24, 2026 12:06 AM (VHUov)

207 >>>Let's just start burning coal again.

Posted by: Case

>We need to warm the planet with carbon because it's cooling off to quickly.

Posted by: Alphonse Gore Esq. at May 24, 2026 12:09 AM (D1E+2)

208 It's a lot trickier than you would believe, especially turning around.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 24, 2026 12:03 AM (XV/Pl)

Cut off a camel's foot, and graft it to the peg leg. "Hey, honey, want to see my cameltoe?"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 24, 2026 12:09 AM (8zz6B)

209 Just like Beto.
Another pretend Mexican.
Posted by: Anti-Potpourri League

Ol' Pancho Vanilla.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 24, 2026 12:09 AM (2PamV)

210 GPT -5 didn’t want to give it up but - >

Coal fired plants in Michigan, Washington Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana have been re-opened.

Other states with recent federal orders or actions keeping retired/idle coal units available or restarted include: Indiana, Colorado, Ohio, West Virginia and Illinois.
_U.S. Department of Energy

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 12:09 AM (sqJYm)

211 @204

>>One would think a crisp pencil spin would be facilitated by a peg leg, but the fire hazard might argue against it.

You would think, but the center of balance is all out of whack with the massive cast hanging off the back of the deck.

Between the knee scooter, crutches and the peg leg, I'm able to get around.

It's wild how difficult things get once you lose the function of a leg.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 24, 2026 12:12 AM (XV/Pl)

212 @208

>>Cut off a camel's foot, and graft it to the peg leg. "Hey, honey, want to see my cameltoe?"

Don't have access to a camel, but there are some alpaca in the vicinity I could potentially rustle.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 24, 2026 12:13 AM (XV/Pl)

213 Just like Beto.
Another pretend Mexican.
Posted by: Anti-Potpourri League
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I got called on that one. Actually, it's the most honest thing about him. He was adopted, as a babe or child, by his step father, Daddy Talarico.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 12:14 AM (sqJYm)

214 The kicker; Daddy Talarico is Italian.
An Italian in San Antonio, TX, wtf?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 12:15 AM (sqJYm)

215 @201 - yeah, I get it. Because of their abilities, cats have never developed the "cooperation" ability that dogs have. So their solution to "too much petting" is "slash and kill" rather than the dogs' "I will tolerate this for the good of the pack."

It honestly just gets tiresome. I give out treats, clean the box, pet when he wants it, allow my chest to be used as a trampoline, and what I get is...nothing.

It's like being in a Dario Argento film. One night I'll wake up with a knife at my throat. "I told you, I'm tired of chicken-flavored treats. Now, you will know just how tired I am."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 24, 2026 12:17 AM (CHHv1)

216 Well, I am getting real sleepy. Time to hit the sack. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 24, 2026 12:18 AM (8zz6B)

217 I don't bother people for being adopted and taking the stepdad's name. BJ Clinton was born a Blythe but I don't mock his last name.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 24, 2026 12:21 AM (gKWVE)

218 A cheetah will not eat you. A leopard or jaguar will.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 24, 2026 12:21 AM (Xqite)

219 Glad to see a new nuke get lit up.
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Well there's something I wouldn't want to read out of context.

Posted by: Methos at May 24, 2026 12:21 AM (vSvIl)

220 A cheetah will not eat you. A leopard or jaguar will.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 24, 2026 12:21 AM (Xqite)

The cheetah will take your wallet and clothes.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 24, 2026 12:22 AM (qx7Zg)

221 … it comes across like a Russian politician in the 2000s starting his statements with "as Comrade Stalin has written".
Posted by: rhomboid at May 23, 2026 11:52 PM (U/Byj)

Surely that went out with the Soviet Union, i.e., after 1989.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 24, 2026 12:23 AM (eGn4U)

222 A cheetah will give you Cheetos.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 24, 2026 12:24 AM (Cqx++)

223 We have over 500 years of coal, we might as well put it to use.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 24, 2026 12:25 AM (eGn4U)

224 Are these new nuke plants the ones in Michigan or Wyoming, or somewhere else?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 24, 2026 12:27 AM (eGn4U)

225 >>It honestly just gets tiresome. I give out treats, clean the box, pet when he wants it, allow my chest to be used as a trampoline, and what I get is...nothing.

Aw, BC-- this is sad for me to read. I'm sorry you feel no benefit from Robert the Cat.

Some cats (kind of like some people) are not "touchy-feely". Darn it, if they didn't want to be petted, they shouldn't be so *soft!*

My own cat is not the lap-type. Prefers outdoors, except when it's very cold/wet. He will sleep at the foot of my bed on winter nights, but wants out at daybreak. Once temps are above 40F, he's out 95+% of the time and only begs for kibble/ treats 3 or 4 times a day.

I've learned to not attempt to pet him while he sleeps! (Slash & chomp!) He will come to me for rubbys, and sit there while I oblige... then he walks away. I do not pursue. He will sit outside at patio door, wanting me to be outside with him. If I'm outside, he will follow me around the yard unless I'm using machinery, LOL.

He's my buddy but not a snuggler.

Posted by: JQ at May 24, 2026 12:32 AM (rdVOm)

226 If AI is going to take massive amounts of energy then we better get massive amounts of electricity fast. No one wants sky high electric bills. Taking 20 years to build nuclear plants is not going to work. D.C. we have a problem!

Posted by: Case at May 24, 2026 12:32 AM (8XBuM)

227
Meanwhile via some skullduggery or something, the sole candidate for prez of Univ. of FL is a former Univ. of Alabama prez who is a DEI insect.

Hoping/assuming DeSantis will nuke the thing, if he has that authority.

Posted by: rhomboid

==============

Wait, what? Is this the same post for which they'd hired a lefty from University of Michigan, then rejected him on review? Santa Ono was his name. Now they're doing it again?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 24, 2026 12:34 AM (n7rxJ)

228 Are these new nuke plants the ones in Michigan or Wyoming, or somewhere else?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

The one I posted about was in Georgia.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 24, 2026 12:35 AM (2PamV)

229
If AI is going to take massive amounts of energy then we better get massive amounts of electricity fast. No one wants sky high electric bills. Taking 20 years to build nuclear plants is not going to work. D.C. we have a problem!
Posted by: Case

Just wait till they bring back electric cars.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 24, 2026 12:37 AM (Cqx++)

230 Public water systems may not filter out hormones, pharmaceuticals, and certain contaminants like lead and *PFAS (forever chemicals).

Reverse Osmosis filters out this crap that tap water contains. Who knows what tap water is doing to our systems?

I drink bottled water but then thinking, what about my tea, coffee and orange juice. I've been making that with tap water. Yikes.

I've started making all my drinks with bottled water, they taste better too.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 12:37 AM (sqJYm)

231 I am detecting a profound lack of astronauts, mermaids, fascists, ninjas, and cheerleaders. I can fix this, while staying in the fire theme!

AWOLNATION - Burn It Down (Official Video)
https://youtu.be/XcClvRt9g2Q

Posted by: SciVo at May 24, 2026 12:40 AM (Sy6m/)

232 The shooting had one positive outcome: CNN preempted at least an hour of their 3 hour tribute to Colbert that was supposed to air tonight. That’s a lot of air time to fill with the phrase “stunning and brave” otherwise.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 24, 2026 12:40 AM (QZThv)

233 If AI is going to take massive amounts of energy then we better get massive amounts of electricity fast. No one wants sky high electric bills. Taking 20 years to build nuclear plants is not going to work. D.C. we have a problem!
Posted by: Case

Just wait till they bring back electric cars.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 24, 2026 12:37 AM (Cqx++)

It's relatively simple. Require each new data center to have its own, brand new nuclear reactor for power, and a sealed, safe cooling system that leaves local water sources untouched.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 24, 2026 12:40 AM (qx7Zg)

234 He's my buddy but not a snuggler.
Posted by: JQ
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He's a Tom. Tom's have a different perspective on how stuff works.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 12:40 AM (sqJYm)

235 @225 - again, I get it. I've lived with six cats over the years and have known a few others. Most of them were able to come to an agreement with me, and company was enjoyed. (Best one was Orbison, who was gone from us too soon.)

Robert the Cat (TM) just seems stubbornly opposed to any kind of cooperative contract. Possibly that's my fault. More likely it's his.

I am committed, so I won't be strangling him. (Sigh) But it would ne nice if he acknowledged, even if grudgingly, that I am giving him a better life than he had in the shelter.

But then, he doesn't have to acknowledge that, does he.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 24, 2026 12:41 AM (CHHv1)

236 Guys named Best just aren't any good

Posted by: John, Paul and George at May 24, 2026 12:41 AM (3/XaG)

237 Just came home from 3 days at the Vegas strip (nephews wedding). Place is overwhelming to the senses with all the lights and sounds.

Kind of fun, especially if you are under 40, but I am not much of a gambler. If you like food and entertainment it can't be beat.

Climate is fantastic but I guess the 100+ temps start after Memorial Day.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 24, 2026 12:41 AM (y171U)

238 Now, you will know just how tired I am."
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
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It has trained you well.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 12:44 AM (sqJYm)

239 @236 - there was an actor named James Best who was in "The Giant Gila Monster" and sang a song about mushrooms. Not sure what category of "good" that falls in, though.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 24, 2026 12:44 AM (CHHv1)

240 James Best was OK.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 24, 2026 12:44 AM (Cqx++)

241 Energy - SMR’s (small modular reactors) are already being constructed in Texas and other states. The biggest challenge is standardizing the design, but that takes some trial and error.
Once that is done, it should not be hard to build 10 - 20 per year. I wouldn’t be surprised if not far into the future, every large data center will come with its own dedicated SMR.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 24, 2026 12:45 AM (U0opd)

242 He's a Tom. Tom's have a different perspective on how stuff works.

Posted by: Braenyard

Hahaha, yes. He sets his own terms. But it's sweet when I'm at the deck rail, and he comes walking along it & gives me a forehead *bonk*-- our way of greeting-- and then goes about his bidness.

"Hi, hooman! See ya later!"

Posted by: JQ at May 24, 2026 12:46 AM (rdVOm)

243 James Best was in the Killer Shrews not the Gila Monster.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 24, 2026 12:46 AM (Cqx++)

244 >>But it would ne nice if he acknowledged, even if grudgingly, that I am giving him a better life than he had in the shelter.

BC, do you know what sort of life he had before the shelter? Might have something to do with his cattitude.

Posted by: JQ at May 24, 2026 12:48 AM (rdVOm)

245 It's relatively simple. Require each new data center to have its own, brand new nuclear reactor for power, and a sealed, safe cooling system that leaves local water sources untouched.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 24, 2026 12:40 AM (qx7Zg)

The molten salt design does exactly that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 24, 2026 12:49 AM (U0opd)

246
AWOLNATION - Burn It Down (Official Video)
https://youtu.be/XcClvRt9g2Q
Posted by: SciVo
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Rock & Roll, 2026

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 12:50 AM (sqJYm)

247 245 It's relatively simple. Require each new data center to have its own, brand new nuclear reactor for power, and a sealed, safe cooling system that leaves local water sources untouched.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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Isn't Musk working toward his data center being in orbit? Intends on letting the sun be his power source.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 12:52 AM (sqJYm)

248 132 earworm: mine is Don't Fear the Reaper.
Stupidest song ever written, but earworms don't care about that.
Posted by: mnw

Banhammer on #132

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 24, 2026 12:53 AM (W5mpo)

249 Fire theme, plus BOC

https://youtu.be/z0efJeGsvlc

Posted by: JQ at May 24, 2026 12:55 AM (rdVOm)

250 No, *not* Burnin' For You

Posted by: JQ at May 24, 2026 12:58 AM (rdVOm)

251 241 Energy - SMR’s (small modular reactors) are already being constructed in Texas and other states. The biggest challenge is standardizing the design, but that takes some trial and error.
Once that is done, it should not be hard to build 10 - 20 per year. I wouldn’t be surprised if not far into the future, every large data center will come with its own dedicated SMR.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Competition is good it will drive innovation.
They don't, necessarily, need to be standardized. Just like car engines there a several valid approaches to achieving power.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 12:58 AM (sqJYm)

252 This would probably have attracted AOP...

https://youtube.com/shorts/klKec7kG9vM

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 24, 2026 12:58 AM (qx7Zg)

253 @244 - no, not really. And I understand that early experiences shape one's outlook. But he's been with me for over 4 years, you might think he'd adjust. You know, just a bit.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 24, 2026 01:00 AM (CHHv1)

254 I tried to get tickets a month ago. Sold out!

"105 Banana Ball live from Tacoma, Washington right now. First time in that state. Banana Ball will visit 46 states this year. All games live on Youtube.
Posted by: Clowns vs. Party Animals at May 23, 2026 10:52 PM (oftw2)"

Posted by: Are you sure about this sir? at May 24, 2026 01:00 AM (U/7CP)

255 The one I posted about was in Georgia.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 24, 2026 12:35 AM (2PamV)

Is that the Plant Vogtle #2, or have they got #3 up yet?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 24, 2026 01:01 AM (eGn4U)

256 No, *not* Burnin' For You
Posted by: JQ

I was thinking:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWZy5o9Eq9U

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 24, 2026 01:01 AM (W5mpo)

257 @243 - oops. Somebody sang a song about mushrooms in a film. I thought it was him.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 24, 2026 01:01 AM (CHHv1)

258 61
Also, if you're close enough to notice those differences in spots? You're either in a zoo or won't have time to figure out which one is eating you.
Posted by: GWB at May 23, 2026 10:24 PM (kU0PQ)

According to some You Tuber, it wouldn't be a Cheetah because they are just big pussycats around humans.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 23, 2026 10:27 PM (1Ff7Z)

Cheetas always look vaguely sad to me, like even their own friends have given up on them as hopeless in love and life. At least their dogs love them...

Posted by: SciVo at May 24, 2026 01:05 AM (7Wnc/)

259 BC, if he's not behaving the way you'd like-- withhold treats. (Don't want to reward poor behavior.)

Only give a treat IF he is nice to you.

Sorry, that's all I got.

Posted by: JQ at May 24, 2026 01:05 AM (rdVOm)

260 Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 24, 2026 01:01 AM

Heh. Sorry, that's the *one* BOC album I'm not fond of.

Posted by: JQ at May 24, 2026 01:06 AM (rdVOm)

261 Is that the Plant Vogtle #2, or have they got #3 up yet?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

See 163 & #164. They have 3 AND 4 up.

Vogtle Unit 3 in Georgia — the first new nuclear reactor built from scratch in the United States since the 1970s construction era — achieved commercial operation in July 2023.

Vogtle Unit 4 followed in April 2024. Both are AP1000 pressurised water reactors designed by Westinghouse — third-generation designs with passive safety systems that make the active cooling failures that caused Three Mile Island and Fukushima physically impossible.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 24, 2026 01:15 AM (2PamV)

262 An old neighbor had a very cool, mostly outdoor Siamese cat, we really got along. He'd spot me walking in the very early morning and would bolt across the street and stop just before ramming into me.

I'd talk to him and give him a good solid bit of petting. I don't think his humans gave him much attention, but kept him well fed. Or maybe it was just kismet. Then one day they all moved.

Posted by: 13times at May 24, 2026 01:15 AM (r8pP+)

263 When I was a kid we had a tom that was do tough that, even after he'd lost his teeth, he could walk the street and other tom's would run for the porch.

He was house broke but when you approached him it was from the front and slowly.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 01:15 AM (sqJYm)

264 @259 thank you. It's a hard road and always has been. Dogs--well, they require a lot more (cats are kind of like throw pillows) but they are so grateful for anything they get in terms of attention. (I've met several on my walks and they're so doggy.)

Cats are basically "And--? You're expecting something special? For...doing your duty? (pause) How...odd."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 24, 2026 01:18 AM (CHHv1)

265 83 It appears that all African American and Muslim criminals have mental health issues. Therefore they can never be guilty
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 23, 2026 10:41 PM (FpbZP)

I am of the opinion that if someone cannot be held responsible for his actions, then he should not be allowed to choose them. And if there aren't enough psych beds, then there's always "Canadian healthcare" or the Cricket treatment for feral animals.

Posted by: SciVo at May 24, 2026 01:20 AM (Sy6m/)

266 265 83 It appears that all African American and Muslim criminals have mental health issues. Therefore they can never be guilty
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 23, 2026 10:41 PM (FpbZP)

I am of the opinion that if someone cannot be held responsible for his actions, then he should not be allowed to choose them. And if there aren't enough psych beds, then there's always "Canadian healthcare" or the Cricket treatment for feral animals.
Posted by: SciVo at May 24, 2026 01:20 AM (Sy6m/)

My favorite stupidity on this subject? They can be declared incompetent to stand trial for a crime they committed, because they are too stupid.

So yeah, we let them stay out of Jail, so they can stupidly commit more crime?

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 24, 2026 01:26 AM (mP0Kj)

267 And if there aren't enough psych beds, then there's always [...] the Cricket treatment for feral animals.
Posted by: SciVo

You..... make them play silly Indian baseball forever?

Cruel. And unusual.

Posted by: mikeski at May 24, 2026 01:28 AM (VHUov)

268 My ol' Cat likes people, if they approach slowly. Better, if they're standing still & then he will approach them. Maybe even *bonk* their leg and accept a skritch from them. And then he's off, upon his merry way...

He'll fight if necessary but hasn't needed to (afaik) since the bully tomcat next door moved away. They looked so much alike but had *totally different* personalities.

Posted by: JQ at May 24, 2026 01:30 AM (rdVOm)

269 Doggonnit, peopul, it's hard to get caught up on comments when I keep getting sidetracked on your links. Especially ones that a person can't just listen to but has to watch. Like them country sisters. Mm mm mm.

Well, here's some Mozart for a change of pace.
https://youtu.be/y058ndfXHz4

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - 'Wolfie' Mozart the classic rapper at May 24, 2026 01:30 AM (0poB+)

270 It appears that all African American and Muslim criminals have mental health issues. Therefore they can never be guilty
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 23, 2026 10:41 PM (FpbZP)

I am of the opinion that if someone cannot be held responsible for his actions, then he should not be allowed to choose them. And if there aren't enough psych beds, then there's always "Canadian healthcare" or the Cricket treatment for feral animals.
Posted by: SciVo at May 24, 2026 01:20 AM (Sy6m/)

My favorite stupidity on this subject? They can be declared incompetent to stand trial for a crime they committed, because they are too stupid.

So yeah, we let them stay out of Jail, so they can stupidly commit more crime?
Posted by: Romeo13

What's criminal? We put down dogs for less.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 24, 2026 01:34 AM (2PamV)

271 Heh. Sorry, that's the *one* BOC album I'm not fond of.
Posted by: JQ

Hush your mouth.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 24, 2026 01:35 AM (W5mpo)

272 Paul was a hologram the whole time.

Posted by: Billy Shears at May 24, 2026 01:35 AM (37Xn2)

273
https://x.com/aricchen/status/2058357470334947535

Japan's new PM is 100% awesome! Read the whole thing.

[...] In April 2026, the Takaichi cabinet removed the "five categories" restriction on lethal weapons exports. In May, Tokyo concluded an agreement with Manila for the transfer of Abukuma-class destroyer escorts to the Philippine Navy — the first export of finished lethal military equipment in Japan's postwar history.

And in November 2025, three months before the Iran war began, Japan made its first-ever transfer of domestically-produced PAC-3 interceptor missiles to the United States military, backfilling American stockpiles depleted by Ukraine.

Posted by: 13times at May 24, 2026 01:37 AM (r8pP+)

274
I bet alot of the newspeople at the White House were the scummy liars who lie about Trump.

Hope they are terrified to be around him now.

Posted by: four seasons at May 24, 2026 01:39 AM (3ek7K)

275 I bought ground beef and corn on the cob for this weekend. Not really "feelin' it" for the traditional cookout, though... will bring shrimp in garlic butter to go with hubby's lunch tomorrow. He's doing ok I guess.

Meh. My roses are at peak bloom, so should cut bouquets for parents' and late BF's graves.

Posted by: JQ at May 24, 2026 01:39 AM (rdVOm)

276 Hush your mouth.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal

I should clarify: not the band's fault. Just reminds me of a very bad time in my life, that's all.

Posted by: JQ at May 24, 2026 01:40 AM (rdVOm)

277 "watches pitch slowly float by..."
Aetius451AD

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Congratulations on a new way to say something without actually saying it

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 24, 2026 01:42 AM (SVeHj)

278 Hope they are terrified to be around him now.
Posted by: four seasons

I hope they are terrified, period! Serves them right, for promoting the hate.

Posted by: JQ at May 24, 2026 01:42 AM (rdVOm)

279
Chickens coming home to roost.

Posted by: four seasons at May 24, 2026 01:45 AM (3ek7K)

280
The one I posted about was in Georgia.

Posted by: rickb223

I watched a video recently about some historical goings on in the U. S. state of Georgia -- it may have been the Civil War battles around Atlanta or the Revolutionary War battles around Savannah.

Anyway the AI, for such was its origin, chose to display, briefly, a map of Georgia. It used a map of the country, Georgia, located in the on the Black Sea, in Europe.

Don't ever change, AI. Don't ever change.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 24, 2026 01:46 AM (s9VOe)

281 I watched a video recently about some historical goings on in the U. S. state of Georgia -- it may have been the Civil War battles around Atlanta or the Revolutionary War battles around Savannah.

Anyway the AI, for such was its origin, chose to display, briefly, a map of Georgia. It used a map of the country, Georgia, located in the on the Black Sea, in Europe.

Don't ever change, AI. Don't ever change.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

Old and busted: Sherman's march to the sea

New hotness: Sherman's march through the sea

Posted by: mikeski at May 24, 2026 01:47 AM (VHUov)

282 273
https://x.com/aricchen/status/2058357470334947535
...
Japan's new PM is 100% awesome! Read the whole thing.
...
Japan made its first-ever transfer of domestically-produced PAC-3 interceptor missiles to the United States military, backfilling American stockpiles depleted by Ukraine.

Posted by: 13times
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She's also achieved 3 constitutional amendments moving Japan's military to a more aggressive position away from the old defensive standard.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 01:48 AM (sqJYm)

283 MFM doesn't talk much about Biden's War In Ukraine these days... wonder why??? (no, I really don't)

We need to cut Zman completely off. What's taking so long?

Posted by: JQ at May 24, 2026 01:51 AM (rdVOm)

284
Old and busted: Sherman's march to the sea

New hotness: Sherman's march through the sea

Posted by: mikeski

An AI joke:

Name two leaders who marched their followers through the sea. Moses and William T Sherman

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 24, 2026 01:52 AM (s9VOe)

285 "We put down dogs for less. "

true.
a principle deserving wider application in these times.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 24, 2026 01:53 AM (VyBeY)

286 https://x.com/aricchen/status/2058357470334947535

Japan's new PM is 100% awesome! Read the whole thing.

Posted by: 13times at May 24, 2026 01:37 AM (r8pP+)

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Sounds like Japan's PM Takaichi is in the mold of the great Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 24, 2026 01:55 AM (lQA6G)

287
We need to cut Zman completely off. What's taking so long?

Posted by: JQ

Let's give the Euroweenies the opportunity to lead for which they have been begging.

"Here, Euroweenies, catch!"

* Toss the Ukraine War tar baby in their direction *

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 24, 2026 01:55 AM (s9VOe)

288 There's an odd thing about this turn of the century photograph (I colorized it.)

The breach-bands on working pack animals caught my interest for reasons I won't bore you guys with. Then I noticed the (funny) Weird Thing.

archive.org link.

https://tinyurl.com/4b4ttknn

Posted by: 13times at May 24, 2026 01:56 AM (r8pP+)

289
"We put down dogs for less. "

true.
a principle deserving wider application in these times.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez

I consider the Gaza Strip to be humankind's mad dog preserve.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 24, 2026 01:57 AM (s9VOe)

290 45, LOL

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 24, 2026 01:58 AM (VyBeY)

291 Let's give the Euroweenies the opportunity to lead for which they have been begging.

"Here, Euroweenies, catch!"

* Toss the Ukraine War tar baby in their direction *
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

LOL! No shit... they hates rooshya so bad! Let them step up, for once.

"Sorry, EU. We got our own problems, and Uke ain't one of 'em. Deal with it."

Posted by: JQ at May 24, 2026 01:59 AM (rdVOm)

292
Cheetas always look vaguely sad to me, like even their own friends have given up on them as hopeless in love and life. At least their dogs love them...
Posted by: SciVo at May 24, 2026 01:05 AM (7Wnc/)

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Cheetahs always look thin to me and, in that sense, strangely vulnerable. Even though they are packing 70 mph of teeth and claws

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 24, 2026 02:02 AM (q7IhF)

293 Anyway the AI, for such was its origin, chose to display, briefly, a map of Georgia. It used a map of the country, Georgia, located in the on the Black Sea, in Europe.

Don't ever change, AI. Don't ever change.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

LOL.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 24, 2026 02:02 AM (2PamV)

294 exactly, KvC, among others ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 24, 2026 02:03 AM (VyBeY)

295 Cheetahs always look thin to me and, in that sense, strangely vulnerable. Even though they are packing 70 mph of teeth and claws
Posted by: JM in Illinois

I like how they'll walk over to the cameraman and either flop down or jump up on the Land Rover and lay down.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 24, 2026 02:05 AM (2PamV)

296 Barack Obama, when in a Memorial Day speech before veterans, he stupidly said of America’s “fallen heroes” that “I see many of them in the audience here today.”

>How did this guy get elected? Remember, half of America has an IQ below 100.

Posted by: Alphonse Gore Esq. at May 24, 2026 02:11 AM (D1E+2)

297 Barack Obama, when in a Memorial Day speech before veterans, he stupidly said of America’s “fallen heroes” that “I see many of them in the audience here today.”

He saw that many in the audience were frantically jabbing their Life Alert signalling devices.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 24, 2026 02:16 AM (s9VOe)

298 Nite all. Hope to see everyone at the food thread tomorrow.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 24, 2026 02:16 AM (2PamV)

299 Barack Obama was the first DEI president. People voted for him because they were afraid of being called "racist" and losing their careers thusly.

To be honest, though, McCain and Romney would have also capsized the country. I guess it was in the air.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 24, 2026 02:17 AM (CHHv1)

300
Tree hunnert

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 24, 2026 02:18 AM (s9VOe)

301 Barack Obama, when in a Memorial Day speech before veterans, he stupidly said of America’s “fallen heroes” that “I see many of them in the audience here today.”
Posted by: Alphonse Gore Esq.

If you're possessed by demons, does that let you see the dead?

I assume they were all flipping him the bird.

Posted by: mikeski would have at May 24, 2026 02:20 AM (VHUov)

302 @ILA_NewsX - May 23
Idaho gets it. This should be the law in every state.
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July 1, Idaho begins executing child rapists by firing squad.
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That's too good for them. They deserved to be hanged.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 02:23 AM (sqJYm)

303 299, yeah, wow, no kidding, those were some effed-up times.

not much better today, but at least we have the ray of hope that is PDT ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 24, 2026 02:23 AM (VyBeY)

304 Keating Five. John McCain. He was just the "getaway driver." The Maverick!

He was always a low rent, scum sucking, cheap shitweasel.

Posted by: 13times at May 24, 2026 02:23 AM (r8pP+)

305 304, this!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 24, 2026 02:26 AM (VyBeY)

306 @ILA_NewsX - May 23
Idaho gets it. This should be the law in every state.
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July 1, Idaho begins executing child rapists by firing squad.
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That's too good for them. They deserved to be hanged.

Posted by: Braenyard

===

Gibbet

Weld into an iron cage and hoist them over Main Street.

So, hanged in a way.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 24, 2026 02:26 AM (/lPRQ)

307 He was always a low rent, scum sucking, cheap shitweasel.
Posted by: 13times at May 24, 2026 02:23 AM (r8pP

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For a short time before each election, McMcain pretended to be a true blue conservative Re.publican. After that, he resumed his role as a s*** weasel

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 24, 2026 02:27 AM (v3gtd)

308 ===

Gibbet

Weld into an iron cage and hoist them over Main Street.

So, hanged in a way.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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They did that out here in a small county only out front of the court house on the lawn close to the side walk so the ladies and others could walk by and have a talk (or other) with him before judgement day.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 02:33 AM (sqJYm)

309 July 1, Idaho begins executing child rapists by firing squad.
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That's too good for them. They deserved to be hanged.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 02:23 AM (sqJYm)

By the scrotum.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 24, 2026 02:39 AM (DwqWV)

310 They did that out here in a small county only out front of the court house on the lawn close to the side walk so the ladies and others could walk by and have a talk (or other) with him before judgement day.

Posted by: Braenyard
====

It is in English Common Law. So, by definition, not unusual.
Not particularly cruel. Dehydration before starvation, or exposure in cold.

Totes Legit and Constitutional.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 24, 2026 02:41 AM (/lPRQ)

311 265 83 It appears that all African American and Muslim criminals have mental health issues. Therefore they can never be guilty
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 23, 2026 10:41 PM (FpbZP)

I am of the opinion that if someone cannot be held responsible for his actions, then he should not be allowed to choose them. And if there aren't enough psych beds, then there's always "Canadian healthcare" or the Cricket treatment for feral animals.
Posted by: SciVo at May 24, 2026 01:20 AM (Sy6m/)

I just love how drunk drivers who kill people don't get sent to jail for life. Somehow, being drunk means they weren't entirely responsible, as if someone held them down and forced them to get drunk.

Murder's murder.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 24, 2026 02:45 AM (DwqWV)

312 Hawaii has just passed laws negating citizens united so corporations can no longer buy elections other states are following their lead.

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at May 24, 2026 02:45 AM (lMl+c)

313 267 And if there aren't enough psych beds, then there's always [...] the Cricket treatment for feral animals.
Posted by: SciVo

You..... make them play silly Indian baseball forever?

Cruel. And unusual.
Posted by: mikeski at May 24, 2026 01:28 AM (VHUov)

Well... we can tell them that!

"There's a game called 'cricket' that would be right up your alley, you hit people with bats! Kristi Noem has her own 'pitch' at the old quarry, here's directions, she'll meet you there."

Posted by: SciVo at May 24, 2026 02:49 AM (Sy6m/)

314 >>>Idaho gets it. This should be the law in every state.
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July 1, Idaho begins executing child rapists by firing squad.
--
That's too good for them. They deserved to be hanged.

Posted by: Braenyard

>I'm in favor of a system where it doesn't cost the taxpayers a dime. WW11 surplus ammo would be good, but there's a limited supply.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 24, 2026 02:49 AM (D1E+2)

315 288 There's an odd thing about this turn of the century photograph (I colorized it.)

The breach-bands on working pack animals caught my interest for reasons I won't bore you guys with. Then I noticed the (funny) Weird Thing.

archive.org link.

https://tinyurl.com/4b4ttknn
Posted by: 13times at May 24, 2026 01:56 AM (r8pP+)

Okay, I looked. What's the Weird Thing?

Posted by: SciVo at May 24, 2026 02:57 AM (Sy6m/)

316 I actually went to a couple of cricket matches in the UK while stationed there. Nothing major, local teams. Small villages playing each other. They were fun! I don't recall much about cricket though. There is a 'flow' to it but that's all I remember. I had consumed vast pints of bitter, ale, cider, lager, etc. I did watch another match soberish, but I still couldn't explain it to you.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 24, 2026 03:05 AM (sAmhv)

317 Okay, I looked. What's the Weird Thing?
Posted by: SciVo at May 24, 2026 02:57 AM (Sy6m/)

Lower center of the photo. Look between the donkeys legs; another donkey is stooped low to look at the camera.

It's just a curious thing that goes unnoticed!

Posted by: 13times at May 24, 2026 03:12 AM (r8pP+)

318 Posted by: 13times at May 24, 2026 03:12 AM (r8pP+)

Ah! I see it now! It took some looking just for me to pick out all the faces and signs in the background, but none of them looked 'weird' enough. And even with all that scrutiny, I didn't see the curious donkey.

Posted by: SciVo at May 24, 2026 03:34 AM (Sy6m/)

319 300
Tree hunnert
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 24, 2026 02:18 AM (s9VOe)

hahahaha

Posted by: m at May 24, 2026 03:42 AM (6wpGE)

320 I just love how drunk drivers who kill people don't get sent to jail for life. Somehow, being drunk means they weren't entirely responsible, as if someone held them down and forced them to get drunk.

Murder's murder.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 24, 2026 02:45 AM (DwqWV)

That one I get; they are being held responsible for the "depraved disregard for the value of human life" exhibited by over-imbibing with their keys in their pocket. IANAL but I understand that different states give the charge different names and grades, but that's basically it.

So, killing John Q. Public driving drunk is roughly on par with being a getaway driver for a bank robbery, speeding and weaving in and out, and killing JQP that way. It wasn't specifically intended, but nor was it avoided; the stage for such an event was knowingly set.

That's worse than doing everything right and having no way to avoid JQP when he blows through a red light right in front of you, but better than if you see him on a bicycle and aim at him and floor the gas, and better yet than if you laid in wait for him specifically.

It's those last two kinds of killings where slaps on the wrist are particularly galling.

Posted by: SciVo at May 24, 2026 03:46 AM (Sy6m/)

321
To be honest, though, McCain and Romney would have also capsized the country. I guess it was in the air.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

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Equally bad, they would have capsized the Republican party and conservatives along with it. Like, this is what you get when you vote R?

(I know, the GOPers were pretty much shooting holes in the hull anyway, but it wouldn't help to have 2 self-proclaimed conservatives giving orders to fire.)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 24, 2026 03:49 AM (n7rxJ)

322 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at May 24, 2026 04:31 AM (6wpGE)

323 Tech Thread is tardy.

Disgusting!

Posted by: Hall Monitor at May 24, 2026 04:31 AM (qq/w/)

324 Flags for Memorial Day at Boston Common picture is wonderful and appropriate.

"The Unknown Soldier" by The Doors was an anti-war song, protesting against the Vietnam War, recorded November 1967 & released March 1968 on the album Waiting for the Sun. Yes, it and the over-the-top dramatics by Jim Morrison was loved by many college crowds, hippies and, of course, elitists.

I knew of so many who were drafted or volunteered right out of high school, and some immediately upon graduating college. Several died in combat during the Vietnam War and/or suffered horrible results for years afterwards.

Further, for my first real job out of high school, I had the honor of working for a Physical Evaluation Board in one of several U.S. military hospitals that largely handled many military personnel - both White and Black, women and men - terribly injured, physically and mentally, in that war.

Songs such as that in the mystery click - along with fabricated evening news of the war on main stream media back then - were further morale crushers for those who already sacrificed a great deal for a cause of the nation.

They were not good years in this country.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 24, 2026 01:13 PM (NFX2v)

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