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Fri-Yay Cafe
Rescue dog goes from being scared and cringing to happy and proud.
Mountain goats defying gravity pic.twitter.com/RiVltozokc
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) June 12, 2026
Elephants help each other in distress, grieve for their dead, feel emotions like us.
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) June 12, 2026
This is Nosey making her first new friend at her sanctuary after working in a circus for 29 years.pic.twitter.com/SBk4uQtvRn
Crow figures out how to grab all the cookies.pic.twitter.com/0pCgndSSer
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) June 12, 2026
The story of Boji the dog riding public transport for 5 years.
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) June 12, 2026
He's still alive and was adopted by billionaire Ömer Koç in 2022.pic.twitter.com/7qyLpzuAW6
Boji was adopted by Ömer Koç in 2022[8] after an image with feces on a tram seat was shared on social media with the title "IBB's permanent dog BOJI defecated on the tram". IBB Spokesperson Murat Ongun shared a video on the same social media channel, taken by tram security cameras, showing a person putting feces he had brought with him on the seat.[9][10] It was revealed that Boji was in the shelter during the day of the incident.[11] In March 2024, Boji was spotted out in public again, this time in London with Koç on a London bus.Anything for clicks, huh? Oh well. I'm glad everyone #BelievedBoji.
When your 18-year-old dog, who used to love water, is partially blind, and wants to play in the rain. again.. It's like seeing him be a puppy again..🐕🐾🥺❤️ pic.twitter.com/lDZujVEtLh
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) June 12, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: rickb223 at June 12, 2026 07:28 PM (+gsxO)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 12, 2026 07:28 PM (+gsxO)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 12, 2026 07:29 PM (l26NL)
This is Nosey making her first new friend at her sanctuary after working in a circus for 29 years
Elephants are awesome.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 12, 2026 07:30 PM (+gsxO)
"always on the lookout for the next Hero Philosopher Poet Guru Who Will Be Savior to the World -- of which rock has produced, so far, precisely zero"
Fair. But Bob Dylan came close.
Posted by: Fifth Yorkshireman at June 12, 2026 07:32 PM (1Nv0l)
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2026 07:32 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 12, 2026 07:32 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: modern art sucks at June 12, 2026 07:34 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 12, 2026 07:35 PM (kLJmv)
A friend of mine in HS said he liked Bob Dylan ONCE so one birthday every one of us, his friends, got him a cheap Bob Dylan cassette from Sam Goody or whatever. He had like 14 of the things and he barely knew who Bob Dylan was.
Whenever we'd go in his car, he would pay us back by playing them. "Oh what other cassettes do I have? Oh here's one, it's Bob Dylan, I hope you love it"
Posted by: ace at June 12, 2026 07:35 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 12, 2026 07:35 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: goats aren't all that at June 12, 2026 07:35 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Pink Floyd at June 12, 2026 07:36 PM (Cqx++)
We were able to feed them (washing and riding was not allowed, considered inhumane). We made up some rice-feed balls, but first they got an assortment of fruits.
We were told to hide the watermelon and feed them the pineapple and bananas first, because if they saw the watermelon they'd turn up their trunks to anything else. They loooooved watermelon.
It was a fantastic experience. Beautiful animals.
Posted by: Ann at June 12, 2026 07:36 PM (SHHm+)
I still have on my phone footage of our ailing 13 y.o. spaniel having one last delighted roll around in the snow. She died about a month later.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 07:39 PM (fBXgl)
Chick-Fil-A now has Peach Hate Shakes.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 12, 2026 07:35 PM (kLJmv)
I like these! They make my stomach hurt, but it might be worth it.
Posted by: Piper at June 12, 2026 07:39 PM (OoFl2)
That's an advanced age even for cats.
Surprised the little guy can even walk, but it's nice to see it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 12, 2026 07:39 PM (6ydKt)
No love for KC and the Sunshine Band?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 12, 2026 07:39 PM (kLJmv)
I'm a big fan of Dylan's writing but he's always been a god awful singer. The man could write great lyrics.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 12, 2026 07:40 PM (viF8m)
I have most of the Components in that 'Sweet 70's System'.
First Gen Pioneer with Digital Tuners, that one.
The Amps sound huge. Will drive just about any speaker, no matter how inefficient it is.
Only problem is there is no fix for some of the boards those things utilize.
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 07:41 PM (JIHG4)
Posted by: Ann at June 12, 2026 07:41 PM (SHHm+)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 12, 2026 07:42 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Sydney Sweeny at June 12, 2026 07:42 PM (Q+gd/)
I'm a big fan of Dylan's writing but he's always been a god awful singer. The man could write great lyrics.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 12, 2026 07:40 PM (viF8m)
Richie Havens did the definitive version of "Just Like a Woman"
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 12, 2026 07:42 PM (kLJmv)
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2026 07:42 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2026 07:42 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 12, 2026 07:43 PM (oIVsY)
Bob Dylan might be the All Time Leader of Songwriters who had the most of their songs owned by the most artists that were not them.
Dylan can pen a song. But he's a fucking terrible performer.
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 07:44 PM (JIHG4)
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2026 07:44 PM (GD0B3)
No love for KC and the Sunshine Band?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at
Boogie Shoes turns frowns upside down!
Posted by: Piper at June 12, 2026 07:44 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2026 07:42 PM (GD0B3)
Yuh-huh. Walked outside just now and my glasses steamed over.
Thunderstorm still in progress.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 07:44 PM (fBXgl)
I like this as much as Hachiko waiting for his owner for years at the train station in Japan.
Dogs amaze me with their loyalty and dedication.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 12, 2026 07:44 PM (6ydKt)
My ex's sister was friends with Richie.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 12, 2026 07:44 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2026 07:44 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 12, 2026 07:47 PM (5P5DO)
You have to be careful with herding dogs. They have no sense of fear for their own safety. They will do whatever you tell them and keep doing it until they drop. Because you asked them to.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 12, 2026 07:47 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 12, 2026 07:47 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2026 07:48 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 12, 2026 07:43 PM (oIVsY)
Trying to recreate the magic of the honey badger guy
Posted by: ... at June 12, 2026 07:49 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 12, 2026 07:49 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 12, 2026 07:49 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 12, 2026 07:47 PM (5P5DO)
THE WHEEL OF TIME IS OUT OF CONTROL!!
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2026 07:49 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2026 07:48 PM (Ia/+0)
He was going completely flat out at the beginning of the video. He is starting to get tired when they pass him and he's struggling to keep the pace.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 12, 2026 07:50 PM (zZu0s)
I'm thinking California will beat that record when their high speed train is completed somewhere around 2160.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 12, 2026 07:50 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 07:50 PM (JIHG4)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper
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Jimmy Hendrix "All Along the Watchtower"
Posted by: Fifth Yorkshireman at June 12, 2026 07:50 PM (1Nv0l)
Posted by: JackStraw
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Some of his music is inimitable but I think his Hokey Okey singing voice that Bruce picked up later is an affectation starting back in his folk singing days. Listen to his studio version of Lay Lady Lay for an example.
I've seen some of his shows and despite not a lot of hoopla in stage presence, the guy can hold a stage live (helps that he has crack musicians backing him).
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 07:51 PM (E4rtv)
You have to be careful with herding dogs. They have no sense of fear for their own safety. They will do whatever you tell them and keep doing it until they drop. Because you asked them to.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at
Which is the polar opposite of a Shiba Inu. 😂
Posted by: Piper at June 12, 2026 07:51 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 12, 2026 07:52 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Sydney Sweeny at June 12, 2026 07:42 PM
As long as they're properly cared for to avoid premature ptosis.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 12, 2026 07:52 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 12, 2026 07:49 PM (0sNs1)
Seen pics of the Lego set. Honestly, I wish I liked the actual Sagrada Familia Basilica, but I really don't. The architecture looks all, well, melty to me.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 07:53 PM (fBXgl)
So far so good.
If you like Soul music, I'd highly endorse it.
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 07:53 PM (JIHG4)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 12, 2026 07:43 PM (oIVsY)
You can always turn the sound off when you play it.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 12, 2026 07:54 PM (ZVgZ4)
I saw the Dylan and Dead shows at MSG.
They were fucking terrible.
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 07:54 PM (JIHG4)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 12, 2026 07:55 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Some retrievers, too.
"Hey! Let's play fetch until I collapse from heat exhaustion! C'mon!"
Posted by: mikeski throws the tennis ball again at June 12, 2026 07:55 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2026 07:42 PM
Pride Month is only 40% over. How can you be so dismissive, h8r?
Posted by: Scott Weiner, soon to be (D-CA) at June 12, 2026 07:55 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 12, 2026 07:43 PM (oIVsY)
You can always turn the sound off when you play it.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 12, 2026 07:54 PM (ZVgZ4)
Shut up, Wesley.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 12, 2026 07:56 PM (oIVsY)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 12, 2026 07:57 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2026 07:42 PM
Pride Month is only 40% over. How can you be so dismissive, h8r?
Posted by: Scott Weiner, soon to be (D-CA) at June 12, 2026 07:55 PM (0sNs1)
In honor of which, the Dee Cee metro has painted some of its train cars in a rainbow pattern.
I just wait for the next one.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 07:57 PM (fBXgl)
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 07:58 PM (JIHG4)
Posted by: mikeski throws the tennis ball again at June 12, 2026 07:55 PM (VHUov)
Ajax did that once. We were out walking on a bad August day. Blazing hot and humid. The dog had a coat like a mink. He kept the pace which is why I didnt notice he was having problems. Then he just collapsed in the grass. I picked him up and carried him to shade, gave him some water and we just sat there for 15 or 20 mins. He got up then, raring to go. He didnt like me waiting on him or carrying him, even when he couldn't walk.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 12, 2026 07:59 PM (zZu0s)
So far so good.
If you like Soul music, I'd highly endorse it.
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 07:53 PM (JIHG4)
Definite Motown sound:
https://youtu.be/gUoGT6-RCDs
Jalen Ngonda “Burning Temptation”
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 12, 2026 07:59 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 08:00 PM (E4rtv)
"Hey! Let's play fetch until I collapse from heat exhaustion! C'mon!"
Posted by: mikeski
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My retriever mix simply refuses to release the ball when he gets tired.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 08:01 PM (E4rtv)
I'm thinking California will beat that record when their high speed train is completed somewhere around 2160.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 12, 2026 07:50 PM (6ydKt)
The pace will slow a bit when they hit the several mountain ranges they need to cross, then demolish parts of LA and SF to reach a station.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 12, 2026 08:01 PM (uhVAy)
Medieval cathedrals typically took centuries to complete.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 12, 2026 07:57 PM (ZVgZ4)
No doubt, but they had better construction techniques in 1882.
I realize financing, a few wars, and some political upheaval held up progress a lot.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 12, 2026 08:02 PM (6ydKt)
When I saw Dylan for the last time though, he ran through a bunch of his oldies like a buzz saw without a bunch of noodling from the band.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 08:04 PM (E4rtv)
290 Do you need to woo the groupies if you are the actual lead of the act?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 12, 2026 07:09 PM (zZu0s)
Although I do not care for Frank Zappa's music or personality, I accidentally learned some in putting together the occasional comments on musician's birthdays beneath the ONT. (Sometimes the OP includes some, but my taste is different anyway.)
So, I learned that FZ has this album (live or presented as such) that's basically outtakes from the soundtrack for a mockumentary about life on the road, 99 Motels (IIRC). And a prominent part in the middle is the band attempting to impress some would-be groupies with both their fame and the size of their dicks. So they pretend to be The Turtles and sing "Happy Together," where a meta joke is that three of them are actually from The Turtles -- while in the song's conceit, they're non-Turtles pretending to be Turtles. (The bassist was from after that song's release, but two were the frontmen for it.)
So many layers of meta. I think I was just trying to find a recording of that bassist (whose birthday it was) playing the band's big hit, and it snowballed out of control.
Posted by: SciVo at June 12, 2026 08:05 PM (Sy6m/)
https://youtu.be/nin-fiNz50M
Don't Wanna Fight
(this woman has serious some pipes)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 12, 2026 08:05 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Bat-shit crazy architect probably didn't help.
Posted by: Fifth Yorkshireman at June 12, 2026 08:05 PM (1Nv0l)
Yeah, I feel for Nosey. It's not easy to make friends at 29. Maybe I should try an elephant sanctuary.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 12, 2026 08:06 PM (n7rxJ)
I am obviously a Dead fan but I preferred JGB covers of Dylan. Jerry just seemed better when he was playing Dylan's stuff with his own band.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 12, 2026 08:07 PM (viF8m)
The chick that sings for/with Lake Street Dive has some serious pipes.
Their material can be a wee bit hokey...but, god damn she has an amazing voice.
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 08:08 PM (JIHG4)
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 08:01 PM (E4rtv)
...........
My retriever refuses to release the ball at all times. Poor training on my part I suppose
Posted by: Molly k. at June 12, 2026 08:08 PM (j/yko)
Posted by: SciVo
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Flo and Eddie (Turtles) and 200 motels.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 08:08 PM (E4rtv)
Legion of Mary era 'Tangled Up in Blue' is about as good as it gets.
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 08:08 PM (JIHG4)
Posted by: 496 at June 12, 2026 08:08 PM (wn82L)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 12, 2026 08:09 PM (QGaXH)
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There was local wit called Wally Pleasant. [Pauses for web search]
Here it is, all about the various Bob Dylans:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVQWbV6CwLA
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2026 08:09 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Molly k.
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We had to originally coax our retriever mix. He had went through several foster homes and never had his own toys. He still guards it from our Catahoula who has no interest in such things anyway.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 08:09 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 12, 2026 08:09 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2026 08:10 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: PaleRider at June 12, 2026 08:10 PM (PV+Zw)
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2026 08:11 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 12, 2026 08:11 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 12, 2026 08:11 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2026 08:12 PM (vFG9F)
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A pretty eerie Dylan live version of Tangled Up in Blue on YT is floating around. The concert lighting and Dylan's apparent stage makeup made him look a little demonic singing it.
As far as soul, I prefer Atlantic (especially music on Stax) to Mo-Town style. Bit more grit.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 08:13 PM (E4rtv)
I just saw Spencer Pratt's new video "Saving LA: Phase III". Great video. If half of what he says is coming actually happens we will enjoy the fallout.
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He promised big. I hope he comes through. It seems like he'd like to scare one of them into dropping out or doing something rash given the timeline. Five months before he lets it out?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 12, 2026 08:13 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 08:13 PM (E4rtv)
Checkout the Colemine Records offerings on YouTube or their Spotify Channel.
Modern Soul is one of the few areas of modern music where incredible bands are regularly producing quality music.
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 08:14 PM (JIHG4)
We had to originally coax our retriever mix. He had went through several foster homes and never had his own toys. He still guards it from our Catahoula who has no interest in such things anyway.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 08:09 PM (E4rtv)
Our mix is lab/greyhound. The latter half wins out: he'd rather run around than stop to pick anything up.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 08:15 PM (fBXgl)
The version (I think it is a demo) from 'The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (Shit Bob Dylan Said) is the best version I ever heard Bob do.
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 08:16 PM (JIHG4)
Posted by: JQ at June 12, 2026 08:16 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 12, 2026 08:16 PM (SRceu)
Posted by: JackStraw
I can see that. Back in the early seventies, saw a bill with the Dead coupled with the Who at the Fillmore West I think. Ultimate uppers and downers in the same concert room.
Bands from the 60's and early 70's all seemed to run across each other. And the UK groups all had a big clubhouse basically in the London scene where you might have drummer Phil Collins as a lad run into Keith Moon tending bar at a pub as a one off.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 08:17 PM (E4rtv)
Midland Memorial Hospital has received 9 victims from the shooting. 5 victims released from the hospital, 3 underwent surgery, and 1 victim is still in surgery.
https://tinyurl.com/4kzsx6bt
Posted by: rickb223 at June 12, 2026 08:17 PM (+gsxO)
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 08:18 PM (JIHG4)
https://youtu.be/A7_Lg5dd_9g
She doesn't even really need the mic.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 12, 2026 08:18 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 08:08 PM (E4rtv)
They had some seriously weak drugs then, man. Today it would just kill you.
83 Are you talking about the Fillmore 71 album, SciVo?
85 Or the 200 Motels album?
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2026 08:11 PM (vFG9F)
I think the former, Fillmore 71. As I say, it looks like he really got invested in the mockumentary project and had too much material for it, so it ended up on a separate album.
Posted by: SciVo at June 12, 2026 08:18 PM (Sy6m/)
So "Sons of Bob Dylan" (linked above) has a horrible harmonic intro and then begins "Bob Dylan was the first Bob Dylan..." and then goes through all the fake folk singers, including Springsteen. Worth a listen. If you look through his other stuff, I own "Songs About Stuff" on CD.
"The Hippie's Lament" is really funny.
The refrain is: "I'm self-righteous, pretentious, and politically correct. My politics are slightly to the left of Karl Marx and Berthold Brecht. I've even considered joining a Buddhist sect."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2026 08:19 PM (ZOv7s)
Best of Breed and a Hound Group 3 for The Big Dummy at today's Wheaton KC show in Greyslake, IL.
Well done, that boy!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 12, 2026 08:19 PM (rqNGS)
Posted by: garrett
Have to look for it.
In the Memphis show, Dylan did do his Stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues again and killed it.
Sometimes, I think outside massive arenas and huge indoor venues like the Silverdome kill much of the feeling of a shared show between artists and the audience.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 08:20 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2026 08:21 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: SciVo at June 12, 2026 08:05 PM
Phlorescent Leech & Eddie, who became Flo and Eddie (Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan).
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 12, 2026 08:21 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 08:21 PM (JIHG4)
The Goodthinkers say Art must be politically aware, but notice that the smelly little orthodoxies of the Left are the only ones we're allowed to be aware of.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 12, 2026 08:23 PM (rqNGS)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
National Lampoon's Radio Dinner is one of the funniest parody albums ever made IMHO. They put a grenade up Joan Baez's ass with their parody of her and pulled the pin. And Magical Misery Tour took Lennon's actual words from interviews and skewered his early Yoko period work.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 08:24 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 12, 2026 08:24 PM (SKC9R)
It was pretty cool. Dude with a guitar playing goofy songs at a college bar. The way music was meant to be experienced.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2026 08:24 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Piper at June 12, 2026 08:25 PM (OoFl2)
She has an incredible voice. Glad you found that.
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 08:21 PM (JIHG4)
A commenter says her name is Rachael Price.
She does have a great voice.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 12, 2026 08:25 PM (6ydKt)
He shot at cops a few days before this mass shooting.
Posted by: polynikes at June 12, 2026 08:26 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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I have a weakness for the early Turtles stuff--simply amazing harmonies and song writing and Happy Together is almost as creepy stalkerish as Every Breath You Take. Well recorded from that era as well which was hit or miss by the late 60's.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 08:26 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2026 08:26 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 08:24 PM (E4rtv)
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Once upon a time, the left could make fun of the left.
One of the things that has really pissed me off is how my "live and let live" college town turned into a theocracy. Happily, the locals also got sick of it and voted out the assholes.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2026 08:26 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2026 08:26 PM (vFG9F)
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Mitch McConnell?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2026 08:27 PM (ZOv7s)
He shot at cops a few days before this mass shooting.
Posted by: polynikes at June 12, 2026 08:26 PM (GseMx)
Just turning his life around. C'mon.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 08:27 PM (fBXgl)
Posted by: Wenda at June 12, 2026 08:28 PM (UIfeN)
Posted by: fd
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They always seemed to be having fun and did a lot that is hidden in the credits for other artists as backing vocals. I think you can still see a Midnight Special with Flo, Eddie, and some other musicians on You Tube.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 08:29 PM (E4rtv)
Star Trek is on. It's the one with the clawed talking steaming pile of GOP.
Posted by: fd
Help me, Spock!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 12, 2026 08:29 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2026 08:26 PM (ZOv7s)
Has always been an exception to the rule. The Left hate any ridicule. The Left have more purges than a bulimic runway model.
Posted by: polynikes at June 12, 2026 08:30 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2026 08:26 PM (vFG9F)
The one with Lincoln? Sorry I missed it. I really like the actor who played him.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 08:30 PM (fBXgl)
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2026 08:30 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Wenda at June 12, 2026 08:28 PM (UIfeN)
Ajax was like that too. Youd try to play with him and he'd just kind of look at me as if to say: whatever you want, boss.
It worked better when I just told him: 'find your ball.' And he'd systematically search the apartment until he found a ball.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 12, 2026 08:31 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 12, 2026 08:31 PM (zZu0s)
The officer returned fire, but Villarreal got back into the vehicle and fled the area, police said.
Authorities later found the abandoned vehicle a short distance away.
Officers searched but were not able to find Villarreal.
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Didn't the cops have extra magazines in their console? Why didn't they follow him when he departed the scene? Pit maneuver? Ram? Slam? Shoot?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 12, 2026 08:32 PM (P4ocI)
I know the voices in my head aren't real...
But sometimes their ideas are absolutely awesome!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 12, 2026 08:32 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd"
No. This creature is far more sentient.
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2026 08:32 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 12, 2026 08:33 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: polynikes at June 12, 2026 08:30 PM (GseMx)
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The left *hated* Tipper Gore, and Al was a drag on the ticket among the young, but Bill played sax on Arsenio, so it was forgiven.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2026 08:33 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 12, 2026 08:31 PM (zZu0s)
Yes. In moments of levity in our misspent yoot, my brother and I would yell, "Help me....SPOCK!!" at each other.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 08:33 PM (fBXgl)
She has an incredible voice. Glad you found that.
Two of my favorites.
https://tinyurl.com/mvzcpen9
https://tinyurl.com/7sbhmm26
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2026 08:35 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: polynikes at June 12, 2026 08:35 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 08:33 PM (fBXgl)
Lincoln is good. The rest are a bit weak. Especially the crazy liberal lady.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 12, 2026 08:35 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: polynikes"
"Put 'em in a jar and watch 'em fight" seems to be a universal concept.
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2026 08:37 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: polynikes at June 12, 2026 08:35 PM (GseMx)
Test? Mostly just Arena and Savage Curtain. The others were more annoyed by them or wanted them to worship them or dance/fight for their pleasure.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 12, 2026 08:37 PM (zZu0s)
Very, very nice.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 08:37 PM (fBXgl)
Posted by: Some hopeful news? at June 12, 2026 08:38 PM (4XNv4)
My favorite part of the Spanish Civil War is when the Republicans turned on each other. ( which you are well aware of of course)
Posted by: polynikes at June 12, 2026 08:38 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2026 08:38 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Bulg at June 12, 2026 08:39 PM (77rzZ)
Very, very nice.
Thanks for letting me know. It's sublime.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2026 08:39 PM (Riz8t)
Yikes, Yordan Alvarez hits a 2-run homer and a grand slam in one inning. Astros, 9 - Royals, 0, 1st inning.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 12, 2026 08:40 PM (rqNGS)
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2026 08:38 PM (vFG9F)
Arena=Gorn
They werent testing the crew in the Empath, they were testing her.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 12, 2026 08:40 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Some hopeful news?
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Moved from Illinois to Missouri.
Got mostly unpacked.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 12, 2026 08:40 PM (/cwZe)
Test/Fight 220/221
Spectre of the Gun was another.
Posted by: polynikes at June 12, 2026 08:41 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: polynikes at June 12, 2026 08:41 PM (GseMx)
OK, that one is valid.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 12, 2026 08:42 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley at June 12, 2026 08:43 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 12, 2026 08:44 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Bulg at June 12, 2026 08:44 PM (77rzZ)
Yikes, Yordan Alvarez hits a 2-run homer and a grand slam in one inning. Astros, 9 - Royals, 0, 1st inning.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 12, 2026 08:40 PM (rqNGS)
Yeah? The Nats were up on SF 10-1 going into the bottom of the 8th the other night but managed to blow the game.
Baseball is much like cigarettes and whiskey and wild, wild, wimmin....it'll drive you crazy, it'll drive you insane...
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 08:44 PM (fBXgl)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 12, 2026 08:44 PM (SRceu)
Posted by: polynikes at June 12, 2026 08:44 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: fd
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I think it is safe to say that most artists of that era learned quickly that record companies were not their friends, and many times their management wasn't either.
At one time, Allen Klein became every big UK band's nightmare that he got his hooks into. Who Are You by Pete Townshend and the Who was written about Pete's experience with lawyers involving Allen Klein in the Tin Pan district fighting over royalties and then Pete went on a drunken bender (IIRC he tore up the check from Klein during that)--ran into two of the Sex Pistols telling them the Who was finished and the Sex Pistols had to carry on the tradition, etc. etc. And yes, waking up to a policeman.
But that douchebaggery seems to be spreading with Fender suing everyone for making copies of Strats from decades ago. Trying to leverage a German court decision as precedent and then using international IP law.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 08:45 PM (E4rtv)
Moving can be cathartic. Blessings upon you and your family. And your sweet ex ex.
Posted by: Some hopeful news? at June 12, 2026 08:45 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Bulg at June 12, 2026 08:45 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at June 12, 2026 08:44 PM (77rzZ)
She was at her sexiest in This Property is Condemned
Posted by: polynikes at June 12, 2026 08:46 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2026 08:46 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
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A grim casualty of watching Spielburg's latest film and not surviving the occasion.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 08:46 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2026 08:47 PM (Ia/+0)
Got mostly unpacked.
Congrats, SMH! Hope all goes well for you in your new homeland!
Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 12, 2026 08:47 PM (ceJ0R)
I know Robert Reich could never, in a million years, do a hundredth of a percent of what Elon has done.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2026 08:47 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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You must write Trek fan fic. That storyline is dynamite among that crowd.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 08:47 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: polynikes at June 12, 2026 08:44 PM (GseMx)
Also when they come up against a superior automated utopian force: Landru, I Mudd, the M-5, Vaal, etc.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 08:48 PM (fBXgl)
Posted by: polynikes at June 12, 2026 08:38 PM (GseMx)
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The defense of the Alcazar was epic. I need to read more on that. I think Long Live Death has the right amount of detail, but there is a lot more to learn. But by the time I finished, I was really burned out on the topic. Same thing happened with China.
The Teruel campaign was epic. The Nationalists fought like lions, turning every church into fortress, and every inch was contested. It was crazy. Last stands defending the altar.
And then Franco's decision to relieve them at all costs through bitter cold and snow. A pre-figurement of the Battle of the Bulge but just too late. So Franco took it back anyway, and then reasoned that the Republicans were exhausted, so instead of attacking Madrid, he threw his reserves on that front, and shattered it completely.
Drove all the way to the sea in Ford trucks.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2026 08:48 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 08:48 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
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A grim casualty of watching Spielburg's latest film and not surviving the occasion.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 08:46 PM (E4rtv)
*makes note to never watch the new Spielberg flick*
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley at June 12, 2026 08:49 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2026 08:46 PM (vFG9F)
No, they just wanted him to mate with their Frankenstein.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 12, 2026 08:49 PM (zZu0s)
Here's a favorite example that's about sixteen years old by an indie folk duo from Norway called Kings of Convenience.
I stumbled on it in YouTube recommendations years ago.
I'd describe it as an Up tempo 60s Bossa Nova-inspired Folk ballad:
https://youtu.be/Rq8RUTsQOjM
'Misread'
Perfect for rainy Sunday evening dinner music.
(or anytime really)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 12, 2026 08:49 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 12, 2026 08:49 PM (P4ocI)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone"
Pon Fart?
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2026 08:49 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2026 08:4
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Reich is there to explain to super smart credentialed liberals why they still have money problems but stupid dumb and retarded Republicans are awash in cash.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2026 08:50 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 12, 2026 08:51 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone "
They tested him and found him wanting, to get the heck out of there.
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2026 08:52 PM (vFG9F)
Got mostly unpacked.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy
Welcome. Which part? East, no doubt.
Posted by: MkY at June 12, 2026 08:52 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
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Wow. I still remember Shalit's praise for the original Star Wars when it came out on his Today Show review. Why did he like it? Because it was simple and fun and exciting, not like the other dense, dark, convoluted SF garbage that had preceded it.
Good times. Good times.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 08:52 PM (fBXgl)
Yes, but how many cookies did it still have when it reached its destination. It didn't look like it have a firm grasp on all of them.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 12, 2026 08:52 PM (syz1S)
Musk is a trillionaire by creating a scientific/engineering phenomenon.
Reich is the kind of guy who schmoozes with Epstein types to cadge a few bucks.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 12, 2026 08:52 PM (rqNGS)
Posted by: Bulg at June 12, 2026 08:53 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at June 12, 2026 08:44 PM (77rzZ)
She was at her sexiest in This Property is Condemned
Posted by: polynikes at June 12, 2026 08:46 PM (GseMx)
I thought a few here would enjoy the montage.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 12, 2026 08:53 PM (qx7Zg)
3h
Pakistan says a final draft of the U.S.-Iran deal has been reached. Qatar's PM and Saudi FM spoke by phone expressing satisfaction with the progress and hope for a swift signing.
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How long before Iran breaks the treaty?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 12, 2026 08:53 PM (P4ocI)
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2026 08:54 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: polynikes at June 12, 2026 08:54 PM (GseMx)
Got mostly unpacked.
Congrats, SMH! Hope all goes well for you in your new homeland!
Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 12, 2026 08:47 PM (ceJ0R)
Before you know it she'll be in Texas.
Posted by: Eromero at June 12, 2026 08:54 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2026 08:54 PM (vFG9F)
Convention Hall, 1977
https://tinyurl.com/rmua2bes
Posted by: JackStraw
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Pretty good performance from that era. Thanks. Got it saved on playlist.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 08:54 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2026 08:54 PM (vFG9F)
My favorite Spielberg movie is his cameo in The Blues Brothers as a Cook County Tax Office flunkie with a sammich.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 08:57 PM (fBXgl)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley at June 12, 2026 08:58 PM (0aYVJ)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwSZvHqf9qM
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 08:58 PM (E4rtv)
garrett is right, the Legion of Mary version is better but that one is not too shabby.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 12, 2026 08:59 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
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Drive ins were not for watching movies but for other entertainment.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:00 PM (E4rtv)
Mrs D has the FIFA Soccer game on. Well actually it's been three hours of bullshit. Finally the players have walked onto the field as always holding the hands of kids. I'll be damned! Two white kids!!! How the hell did they let them there???
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2026 09:00 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 12, 2026 08:53 PM
26 hours is ny guess for the pool
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2026 09:01 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 08:57 PM (fBXgl)
dang. I missed that. I recall the scene, but did not know that it was him. Good thing I have that one on DVD.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley at June 12, 2026 09:01 PM (0aYVJ)
I hope so. I hope so.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 09:01 PM (fBXgl)
Posted by: polynikes at June 12, 2026 09:01 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2026 09:02 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 09:01 PM (fBXgl)
About one hour. Friday usually means weird dave.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 12, 2026 09:03 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: fd
That is the problem with dying in boredom. It is catching.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:03 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:00 PM (E4rtv)
I was 14. I was with my parents and brother and two sisters.
Not my kind of party. Heh.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley at June 12, 2026 09:03 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Don Black at June 12, 2026 09:03 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Bulg at June 12, 2026 09:04 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 12, 2026 08:53 PM (P4ocI)
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The stupidest take I've seen on all this back and forth is the people who think Trump is a wet-behind-the-ears novice and doesn't understand that deals are broken all the time.
Really? New York tycoon doesn't understand betrayal? Pull another finger.
He has been making deals with the express purpose of watching people break them. See also: China, which is now on the brink of total collapse. If he makes a deal with Iran, it's going to be on the order of Venezuela.
Besides, who cares what the Mullahs do once their uranium is gone? That was always the big danger.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2026 09:04 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2026 08:4
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Reich is there to explain to super smart credentialed liberals why they still have money problems but stupid dumb and retarded Republicans are awash in cash.
Robert Reich is there to make Graham Platner feel okay with his penis size.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2026 09:05 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 12, 2026 09:05 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2026 09:05 PM (Ia/+0)
It's a fool's errand to put any faith in a pact with the devil.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 12, 2026 09:06 PM (ceJ0R)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2026 09:06 PM (2WIwB)
Concur. I usually find him predictable. I also detest his screaming children device which he seems to employ in every movie.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2026 09:06 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 09:01 PM (fBXgl)
Usually 2200 Eastern Time. Not always. some cobs sleep through the alarm clock.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley at June 12, 2026 09:07 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 12, 2026 09:07 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2026 09:05 PM (Ia/+0)
never saw The Elephant Man, but I love the Straight Story. Richard Farnsworth. I love that guy. It's really hard to find on DVD.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley at June 12, 2026 09:08 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Don Black at June 12, 2026 09:03 PM (ZxPkt)
Yup!
Ditto.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2026 09:06 PM (2WIwB)
Admittedly I have not seen that one.
Posted by: polynikes at June 12, 2026 09:09 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 12, 2026 09:09 PM (/cwZe)
Not my kind of party. Heh.
Posted by: Pug Mahon
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I can see then why it might be boring unless you tormented your siblings during it.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:10 PM (E4rtv)
He has been making deals with the express purpose of watching people break them. See also: China, which is now on the brink of total collapse. If he makes a deal with Iran, it's going to be on the order of Venezuela.
Besides, who cares what the Mullahs do once their uranium is gone? That was always the big danger.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2026 09:04 PM (ZOv7s)
***
Well said.
Concur.
And China worries me. If we choke them off, where will they go? I'm happy.to.give them India.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2026 09:10 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 12, 2026 09:10 PM (/cwZe)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2026 08:39 PM (Riz8t)
Only fault this evening is no lighting on the horizon after dark. But you can't have everything, I suppose.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 09:10 PM (fBXgl)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 12, 2026 09:11 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 12, 2026 09:11 PM (gm9Sb)
I blame Trump.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2026 09:11 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley
>Same reason I never like Star Wars. Muppets with big green ears. I kept hearing Grover but he never showed.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 12, 2026 09:12 PM (SRceu)
Good times. Good times.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 08:52 PM (fBXgl)
________________________
I remember him being one of the first to feel "cancel culture"....he really laid into "Brokeback Mountain." As I recall, he called Jake Gyllenhaal's character a "sexual predator". Lots of the usual suspects wanted an apology...I think GLAAD was the major mouthpiece on that. Shalit wouldn't budge on his opinion.
Posted by: Orson at June 12, 2026 09:12 PM (dIske)
And China worries me. If we choke them off, where will they go? I'm happy.to.give them India.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2026 09:10 PM (2WIwB)
_____________
I'm perfectly willing to hand Siberia over to them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 12, 2026 09:12 PM (rqNGS)
He cleans up well. Doesn't look like a kook at all.
https://tinyurl.com/38a84vxf
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 12, 2026 09:12 PM (P4ocI)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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I think the IRGC is in the driver's seat now, the figleaf of religion has now been pretty much cast aside.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:12 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: polynikes at June 12, 2026 09:13 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Eromero
But does she have a fiddle in the band?
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 09:13 PM (fBXgl)
Any bets that the dogshit emplacer trying to frame Boji is not a musloid?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 12, 2026 09:14 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 12, 2026 09:14 PM (qx7Zg)
I hope so. I hope so.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher
Typically 10:00 PM Horde Time. Got another 47 minutes in ya?
Posted by: mikeski at June 12, 2026 09:14 PM (VHUov)
Have a good night everyone
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2026 09:14 PM (Ia/+0)
https://tinyurl.com/2z95m3hk
I remember the days of Desert Storm, when we'd see grainy images of bridges, tanks, and other things being blown up. Now we can see it in glorious color and high res. I like now.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2026 09:14 PM (Riz8t)
And China worries me. If we choke them off, where will they go? I'm happy.to.give them India.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2026 09:10 PM (2WIwB)
_____________
I'm perfectly willing to hand Siberia over to them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Yall be playing mighty free with other people's lives.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 12, 2026 09:15 PM (P4ocI)
Concur.
And China worries me. If we choke them off, where will they go? I'm happy.to.give them India.
Posted by: Diogenes
I think if China tries to expand, it will end up collapsing. Their demographic situation is grim like much of E. Asia and the money has run out. 3 times the debt to gdp ratio that we have and ours is not particularly healthy.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:15 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
Enjoying a Ferengi Steamer is illogical, Captain.
.....but, who can be logical all the time?
Posted by: Mr. Spock at June 12, 2026 09:15 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Orson at June 12, 2026 09:12 PM (dIske)
I did not know that, but it makes me admire him even more. He simply seemed like a cool guy with an amazing mustache. Rest in Peace, good sir.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley at June 12, 2026 09:15 PM (0aYVJ)
Yup. Now they're just a mob of garden variety authoritarian thugs.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2026 09:16 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 12, 2026 09:17 PM (A5RD0)
Makes me wonder why the Europeans don't use goats rather than Saint Bernards to provide assistance to Alpine climbers. Maybe the goats are too smart to let themselves be trained for the task? So, crazy-smart?
Posted by: Gref at June 12, 2026 09:17 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:12 PM (E4rtv)
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I think they were, but events are rapidly undermining their control. The US threat to take Kharg Island represents an existential danger to the regime.
Everyone keeps forgetting China, who has a big say in what Iran does. Iran cannot regenerate its military power without China. Russia has no capacity to spare. If China tells them to take the deal, they have to take the deal.
On a completely different note, picked up an Orbea Hermanos revolver today. Exquisite, Smith and Wesson clone in .32 long. Previous owner even put S&W grips on it for me.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2026 09:17 PM (ZOv7s)
I wonder if the mullahs in Iran enjoyed it.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 12, 2026 09:17 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 12, 2026 09:18 PM (rqNGS)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
Frank Oz was all of the gravelly-voiced muppets.
Yoda, Sam The Eagle, Grover, Bert, Cookie Monster, Fozzie Bear.....
Miss Piggy.....
Posted by: mikeski at June 12, 2026 09:18 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 12, 2026 09:14 PM (qx7Zg)
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He's like his dick: very undersized.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2026 09:19 PM (ZOv7s)
Ever feel like you’re invisible?
Posted by: nurse ratched
Who said that?!?!
Posted by: mikeski at June 12, 2026 09:19 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 12, 2026 09:19 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2026 09:10 PM (2WIwB)
_____________
I'm perfectly willing to hand Siberia over to them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Yall be playing mighty free with other people's lives.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 12, 2026 09:15 PM (P4ocI)
***
Well. They really don't want India. They could not handle another billion mouths to feed and who have Nikes. And they are already into Siberia in a big way. And Putin can't stop them.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2026 09:20 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2026 07:44 PM (GD0B3)
I dunno man, there is a lot to be said for Sydney Sweeney
Posted by: Kindltot at June 12, 2026 09:20 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 12, 2026 09:17 PM (viF8m)
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Didn't they get a pile of Iraqi jets, or was that the sequel? I get the two movies mixed up.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2026 09:20 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 12, 2026 09:17 PM (A5RD0)
yup. I'm like the kid in Mystery Men.
"I'm going up to my room with three strange men"
Dad continues reading the paper
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley at June 12, 2026 09:21 PM (0aYVJ)
I've been following its construction for years, and I like it a whole lot. Gaudi did a fine job of combining modern(ish) elements with traditional forms.
If anyone is interested in that sort of thing, there are plenty of photos on the web that will be worth your time. Most of the shots seem to be of the exterior, but it's worth seeking out some shots of the interior as well, which is every bit as impressive.
I'm not actually Catholic, but I can appreciate good art... let's just hope it doesn't wind up being turned into a mosque like Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (and yes, Constantinople is its name. That will ALWAYS be its name. "New Rome" and "Byzantium" are acceptable if speaking poetically. No fucking Istanbul).
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2026 09:21 PM (IG3/x)
Ever feel like you’re invisible?
Posted by: nurse ratched
Who said that?!?!
Posted by: mikeski at June 12, 2026 09:19 PM (VHUov)
Is it Lucy the Fink's litter box cleaner?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 12, 2026 09:21 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: mikeski at June 12, 2026 09:14 PM (VHUov)
Prolly not, alas. I've been 29 long enough and one more glass of wine will put me one over the eight. And that lawn ain't going to mow itself tomorrow morning.
But it's still been fun kicking around with you earlier evening Hordlings.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 09:21 PM (fBXgl)
Posted by: Gref at June 12, 2026 09:21 PM (5rh/l)
It's potentially a hugely dangerous flash point between two paranoid, very proud nations, both equipped with lots and lots of nukes.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2026 09:21 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
You must be getting quite a collection now of 32's.
I think Heritage/Taurus is coming out with a single action 32 H&R for under 300 list soon if not now.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:22 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 12, 2026 09:22 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:15 PM (E4rtv)
Probably why they are also trying to stop AI here by having all the libs be agin it.
Its bizarre, do any of the ever wonder that they are for every strategic chinese goal?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 12, 2026 09:22 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 12, 2026 09:22 PM (/cwZe)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
I do give Spielberg credit for one thing, there. He said "I don't care if it's making a godzillion dollars, the story's been told. There will be no sequel to E.T."
Quite unusual for Hollyweird.
Posted by: mikeski at June 12, 2026 09:24 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 12, 2026 09:24 PM (oIVsY)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 12, 2026 09:24 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 12, 2026 07:49 PM (0sNs1)
Silly Sand did the Sagrada Familia Basilica play-set back in the 70's I think.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 12, 2026 09:24 PM (rbvCR)
Sagrada Familia Cathedral
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Iberian Catholicism has no aesthetic appeal to me. Too overwrought and greasy.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 12, 2026 09:24 PM (rqNGS)
9-1 end 7. They were up 9-6 going into the 9th and picked up #10 in the top half. Gave up a run on an RBI double then gave up the youngest walk-off granny in MLB history.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 12, 2026 09:24 PM (DZ9Lv)
If so, they can always buy it from us.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 12, 2026 09:19 PM (qx7Zg)
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Think Japan, 1939. We isolate them from the natural resources their rapidly modernizing military needs. They go and take them.
Admittedly this is a different era, but china will do what it needs to do for china.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2026 09:24 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley at June 12, 2026 09:24 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2026 09:21 PM (IG3/x)
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I prefer the classical Gothic, but respect the fanatical attention to detail and the effort to see it through.
As to Islam, Pope Leo's visit was really impressive. He electrified the Spanish faithful and on Twitter that was lots of fallen away Spanish Catholics saying they were experiencing a renewal.
An immense amount of effort is being spent trying to convince Americans that the pope is a communist or a Francis clone, but the reality is very different.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2026 09:25 PM (ZOv7s)
Yoda, Sam The Eagle, Grover, Bert, Cookie Monster, Fozzie Bear.....
Miss Piggy.....
Posted by: mikeski at June 12, 2026 09:18 PM (VHUov)
I would point out that Frank Oz ALSO had a cameo in The Blues Brothers, as the prison flunky who gave Jake back his stuff when he was released from Jolliet. "One....soiled."
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 09:26 PM (fBXgl)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
And that is the stick of dynamite in those foreign intercept databases, ActBlue smurfing cases, fincen records, and other information.
I think the evidence of foreign interference by a lot of countries in US politics and elections are there waiting to be revealed.
And a fair chunk of those in Congress and other offices are not elected by the US people but got there by fraud and rigging.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:26 PM (E4rtv)
The most envious, Marxist, redistributive person in the world isn't the guy busting his hump to frame a house, or the guy grinding out DoorDash...it's the smug guy worth 7 or 8 figures staring at a trillionaire he considers socially beneath him.
https://tinyurl.com/pez776df
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2026 09:26 PM (Riz8t)
I think Heritage/Taurus is coming out with a single action 32 H&R for under 300 list soon if not now.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:22 PM (E4rtv)
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I'm listening. Go on.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2026 09:27 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
Seen one. Truly huge bird. Seen a few more bald eagles though at a much closer distance.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:27 PM (E4rtv)
Bush I and Gorbachev have themselves frozen for 50 years so they can see what future holds.
When they're thawed out, the first thing they ask for is a newspaper (old joke, remember).
Gorby starts laughing.
Bush: "What's so funny?"
Gorby: "I see that the US economy is in the toilet again."
Then Bush starts laughing.
"What's so funny?"
"I see there's renewed fighting on the German-Chinese border."
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2026 09:27 PM (IG3/x)
They know. Their street forces get a lot of their money from the CCP.
We aren't fighting against the old Democrat Party. This new breed are straight up communists.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 12, 2026 09:27 PM (viF8m)
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Iberian Catholicism has no aesthetic appeal to me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
I went looking for pictures, and DDG-AI got all huffy with me.
"The Sagrada Família is not a cathedral; it is a basilica. It is the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world and was consecrated by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010."
Well, ex-cuuuuuuuuse me!
Posted by: mikeski martin at June 12, 2026 09:28 PM (VHUov)
6.5″ Rough Rider® .32 H&R
RR STEEL 32H&R 6 1/2” 6R BK SATIN POLY GRIPS (list is 257.99).
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:28 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: nurse ratched
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I can tell you that it didn't work that one time in the women's dressing room.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2026 09:28 PM (2WIwB)
I love y’all.
Seattle is about to go bonkers over stupid kickball and I work within 1/2 mile of the stadium.
What a freaking shitstorm. Our mayor is a fucking teenager. There’s graffiti and piles of shit and tents on the street. And druggies assaulting people. I’m not allowed to carry to my workplace and there’s no way I feel safe going to freaking work. It’s a shitshow.
I really should have been long distance running training. But. Fuck that. I don’t run. If you see me running gtfo. It’s baaaaaad.
And patients are assholes. They show up when ever they elegant and expect me to kiss their asses and be all welcoming and forgiving. You’re 40 minutes late for your 60 minute consult. AYFKM.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 12, 2026 09:29 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2026 09:24 PM (2WIwB)
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The problem is that the Cult of Xi is based on loyalty, not competence. Imperial Japan was pretty ruthless and demanded performance. Communist China is all about tofu dregs and toeing the party line. They've also pissed off all their neighbors without gaining any strategic advantage, and now they are all arming up and drawing closer together.
The smart play is to appear weak and obliging and then strike without warning. More evidence that the West takes Sun Tzu more seriously than the Chinese.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2026 09:29 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2026 09:24 PM (2WIwB)
The question is: where? Not a ton of oil in the region unless I am wrong.
Could they project enough power to somewhere where there IS oil? California? I could see Newsome selling them oil.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 12, 2026 09:29 PM (G3T/K)
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In a clever bit of stunt casting, Frank Oz also played the crooked cop who inventoried Dan Ackroyd's possessions when he was arrested in Trading Places.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 12, 2026 09:30 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2026 09:10 PM (2WIwB)
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China is much worse off than what the conventional wisdom believes. I have a relative who married into my family. Her side of the family remains on Mainland China and she visits periodically. That last time she was there, about two years ago she said it was a totally different place. The "great unwashed" have had enough. Apparently, there have been over 700 separate protests throughout the provinces in less than a year by the average worker. And, when they send out the armed police, the people deluged them with rice (symbolic to expelling evil). The CCP is hiring riot police every month which is a telltale sign of unrest.
And, think about it. If China didn't make a move on Taiwan while Biden was in office, it's because they are strapped.
Posted by: Orson at June 12, 2026 09:30 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Diogenes
Maybe if you hadn't been naked and twirling your hips while going "whooooo!".
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2026 09:30 PM (Riz8t)
The most envious, Marxist, redistributive person in the world isn't the guy busting his hump to frame a house, or the guy grinding out DoorDash...it's the smug guy worth 7 or 8 figures staring at a trillionaire he considers socially beneath him.
https://tinyurl.com/pez776df
Posted by: Archimedes
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Guy makes a very good point. Vanity and envy can happen when one has achieved a lifetime's worth of wealth.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:30 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:27 PM (E4rtv)
My sister lives in Maine and keeps chickens. She's not fond of eagles.
I live about a mile outside the Potomac River valley. Once every few years I see one in my neighborhood. I've no problem with it.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 09:31 PM (fBXgl)
Posted by: Gref at June 12, 2026 09:31 PM (5rh/l)
Lots of Goldens out here. I had one all but land on me while I was Antelope Hunting. I was sitting out a snow squall in a crown of rocks out on the prairie and fell asleep. Woke up to a giant raptor trying to land on my head. Thing got so close I could have reached up and grabbed its talons.
They are ginormous.
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 09:32 PM (JIHG4)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 12, 2026 09:32 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Gref at June 12, 2026 09:33 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 09:33 PM (JIHG4)
Posted by: Diogenes
Maybe if you hadn't been naked and twirling your hips while going "whooooo!".
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2026 09:30 PM (Riz8t)
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Odd.
I didn't see you there.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2026 09:33 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Bulg at June 12, 2026 09:33 PM (77rzZ)
They are ginormous.
Posted by: garrett
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I'll have nightmares now.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:34 PM (E4rtv)
I just watched Death of Stalin again for the 4th time. Brilliant .
Posted by: polynikes at June 12, 2026 09:34 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Accomack at June 12, 2026 09:34 PM (GbONR)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher
My closest encounter was at the delta of the Gulf of America (had to catch myself) and the Suwanee River. Incredible place to see all kinds of wildlife. We were taking pictures and then a bald eagle landed about ten feet from us, grabbed some lizard, or rodent, and took off. Took our breath away.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:36 PM (E4rtv)
I was hiking with my future ex husband along the WA coast and we came upon a small river running to the ocean and down in the crevice was a golden who flew up maybe 30 feet in front of us.
That was a really big bird. Seriously. Big. Bird.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 12, 2026 09:36 PM (A5RD0)
“SpaceX’s IPO created 4,400 millionaires, according to the New York Times. Critics like Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Elizabeth Warren have created one each — themselves.”
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 12, 2026 09:36 PM (G3T/K)
They are ginormous.
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 09:32 PM (JIHG4)
Last time I saw antelope was on the grounds of the Casper, WY airport getting in the way of traffic. You likely set up a blind in the airport coffee shop and nail one.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 09:36 PM (fBXgl)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 12, 2026 09:37 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 12, 2026 08:06 PM (n7rxJ)
Tyler Durden's mistake was trying to find some sort of connection to humanity by going to self help groups. So an elephant sanctuary might be a better choice, true.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 12, 2026 09:37 PM (rbvCR)
Funny you say that...
When I was sleeping, I was having a dream that I was in the Goose Blind, I could hear the Creaking of Wings but couldn't find the geese in my dream. Then I remembered I was Antelope Hunting and woke up to that goofy bird trying to light on my head.
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 09:37 PM (JIHG4)
Posted by: Orson
Xi seems to be peering over his shoulder a lot and doing leadership purges to keep his top dawg job. That is kind of distracting when planning to invade that if you are too good at your job, you might get canned as a threat to Xi. Same if you are bad at your job, half the time you are wondering when the chop might occur.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:38 PM (E4rtv)
Lots of Goldens out here. I had one all but land on me while I was Antelope Hunting. I was sitting out a snow squall in a crown of rocks out on the prairie and fell asleep. Woke up to a giant raptor trying to land on my head. Thing got so close I could have reached up and grabbed its talons.
They are ginormous.
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 09:32 PM (JIHG4)
A red-tailed hawk perched on my patio fence years ago. I was gobsmacked. Had no idea of their size. It was the size of a dachshund.
Posted by: Gref at June 12, 2026 09:38 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Gref at June 12, 2026 09:31 PM (5rh/l)
If they're using fire hoses on the players and fans, it could be worth watching.... If all the players are getting is the bottled water for Gen X: "Hose Water, straight from the garden hose", then who cares. [Thanks, Doof, for the image on Tues. ONT.]
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 12, 2026 09:38 PM (qx7Zg)
Pretty sure Casper still gives out permits to shoot on them on the local Municipal Golf Course. They are covered up in Speed Goats, there.
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 09:38 PM (JIHG4)
Posted by: polynikes at June 12, 2026 09:38 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: garrett
LOL. Blame it on the Snow Geese, they are omnipresent.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:39 PM (E4rtv)
Here it is, all about the various Bob Dylans:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVQWbV6CwLA
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2026 08:09 PM (ZOv7s)
This song, and "I Wanna Have A Stalker" are my favorite folk songs
Posted by: Kindltot at June 12, 2026 09:39 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley at June 12, 2026 09:24 PM (0aYVJ)
Yes, I have. Here is the problem, do you know why there is always only one eaglet in the golden nest ? Because they are assholes and kill their siblings right after they hatch. and then the parent feeds the carcase to the surviving chick. a lot of times while the eaglet is still breathing. just tear it to peaces. You never want to see what goes on in the golden eagle nest !
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2026 09:39 PM (GD0B3)
I just watched Death of Stalin again for the 4th time. Brilliant .
Posted by: polynikes at June 12, 2026 09:34 PM (GseMx)
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If you knew what went on, you can imagine that this is what went on.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 12, 2026 09:40 PM (rqNGS)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 12, 2026 09:40 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Gref at June 12, 2026 09:33 PM (5rh/l)
I read that as eagles wetting their beak for 3 minutes.
Posted by: Eromero at June 12, 2026 09:41 PM (LHPAg)
We have them here. Couple years ago one landed on the railing around my deck. Large bird.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 12, 2026 09:41 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: garrett
I've hunted duck (out of blinds) but never geese. I thought that involved lying down in the middle of rice fields and looking as flat as possible. Are there different approaches?
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 09:42 PM (fBXgl)
They are ginormous.
Posted by: garrett
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I'll have nightmares now.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:34 PM (E4rtv)
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Was sitting on the tailgate on my truck (drinking single malt) near Barstow CA. Suddenly heard this thump-whump sound. Looked up. About half a dozen California condors were settling into the trees near me.
O M G!!! Incredible huge and stunningly beautiful.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2026 09:42 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Gref
We have woodlands behind us and I saw what I thought was a cat sitting on top of a post at dusk. I moved and suddenly the cat had wings--it was a great horned owl looking for supper.
But the funniest time was when I was with my Catahoula walking her back in our forested part. Prior to then, she was always interested in birds and would actually point game.
Well, she saw a turkey in a small sapling and went to go greet it--it suddenly bolted and flew overhead at about ten feet altitude over us and underneath it was as big as a B1 bomber it seemed. My dog no longer wanted to chase wild turkeys after that.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:42 PM (E4rtv)
And a fair chunk of those in Congress and other offices are not elected by the US people but got there by fraud and rigging.
Posted by: whig
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Glad Tulsi's husband's operation went well.
Good to see her back on the job.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 12, 2026 09:43 PM (P4ocI)
Coffin Blinds are typically used in the fields.
I usually hunted them over water. So, typical Duck Type Pit Blind.
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 09:43 PM (JIHG4)
O M G!!! Incredible huge and stunningly beautiful.
Posted by: Diogenes
Glad to see that they are still on the recovery path and that they shut down that Obama era solar bird incinerator disguised as a solar power plant in the deserts of NV or CA if I recall right.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:44 PM (E4rtv)
Occasionally I find a rotting salmon carcass in the street.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 12, 2026 09:44 PM (EmS+m)
Not just eagles. Birds in general are fucking cold-blooded killers. Herons, usually two eggs, then it's Thunderdome for the hatchlings.
Geese and ducks seem to be a little less severe. But Canada geese are asshoe.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley at June 12, 2026 09:44 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2026 09:45 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 09:42 PM (fBXgl)
You want geese?
Meet me for Geezer Golf on any Tuesday.
You'll only need a fairway iron. Recommend #5 or 6.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2026 09:45 PM (2WIwB)
We have them here. Couple years ago one landed on the railing around my deck. Large bird.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 12, 2026 09:41 PM (viF8m)
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Every now and then one of them goes on an attack run at our feeder birds.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 09:45 PM (fBXgl)
Geese and ducks seem to be a little less severe. But Canada geese are asshoe.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley at June 12, 2026 09:44 PM (0aYVJ)
Storks are the worst when it comes to culling its own. They just eat them.
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2026 09:46 PM (GD0B3)
Not just eagles. Birds in general are fucking cold-blooded killers. Herons, usually two eggs, then it's Thunderdome for the hatchlings.
Geese and ducks seem to be a little less severe. But Canada geese are asshoe.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley at June 12, 2026 09:44 PM (0aYVJ)
Birds are descendants of carnivorous dinosaurs.
Posted by: Gref at June 12, 2026 09:46 PM (5rh/l)
The downside is then you have the prep them.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:47 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Accomack at June 12, 2026 09:47 PM (/Chlc)
Posted by: Orson at June 12, 2026 09:30 PM (dIske)
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They figured Harris would succeed. The China connection will not be confirmed in the cheating until closer to the election for maximum effect.
The biggest difference between China today and Japan in 1941 is that the PLAN is completely untried. Japan had won naval battles against China and Russia. Its fleet was seasoned and had capable, experienced officers and its ships were used to operating at long range.
The PLAN has zero force projection experience. Their newest carrier is running minimal flight operations. Sortie generation is anemic. They also run on oil, yet the new one has massive electricity needs which require generators that make it very thirsty.
As for Newsome opening the gate, he knows his National Guard will arrest him if he tried that. Remember how he was going to call them out and didn't? Remember how Walz (who was a Guardsman!) made the same bluff and folded?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2026 09:47 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Bulg at June 12, 2026 09:47 PM (77rzZ)
I love Montana.
Posted by: Wenda at June 12, 2026 09:47 PM (UIfeN)
Once a dinosaur, always a dinosaur.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 12, 2026 09:48 PM (viF8m)
If you ever want to hunt them, a lot of farmers will charge you a pretty penny to shoot ducks from their flooded rice fields, but not for getting rid of snow geese. Cheap license as well.
Former Arkansas native and I've seen the skies look like a snow storm when snow geese all decide to take flight in the Delta.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:48 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 12, 2026 09:49 PM (kNpNa)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 12, 2026 09:49 PM (P4ocI)
O M G!!! Incredible huge and stunningly beautiful.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2026 09:42 PM (2WIwB)
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Went from little over 20 to 600. Nice to see them coming back.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2026 09:49 PM (ZOv7s)
I usually hunted them over water. So, typical Duck Type Pit Blind.
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 09:43 PM (JIHG4)
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Coldest I've ever been, doing that along the Texas coast. Even worse than wading into the Connecticut River barefoot to put in a shell for crew spring training. (At least with that I had to keep moving.)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 09:50 PM (fBXgl)
I love Montana.
Posted by: Wenda
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Pretty country if you can keep most of the newcomers out from the Left Coast.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:50 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Diogenes
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aka the Goose-Be-Cool club
Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 12, 2026 09:50 PM (gpQ8/)
I've seen a Eurasian eagle-owl at a zoo, too. They're smaller than golden eagles, but they look bigger. "Only" a 6-foot wingspan, but they're owls, with owl builds. Bulky for a birb.
https://tinyurl.com/2s4zfexk
Posted by: mikeski at June 12, 2026 09:50 PM (VHUov)
I have to admit it was pretty fucking cool. Silver Gate, Montana.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley at June 12, 2026 09:50 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 12, 2026 09:50 PM (P4ocI)
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:44 PM (E4rtv)
Yup.
I have half a dozen memorable moments in my life. Seeing these birds not 10 feet away is one of them.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2026 09:50 PM (2WIwB)
Once a dinosaur, always a dinosaur.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 12, 2026 09:48 PM
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You rang?
Posted by: TRex - OG dino at June 12, 2026 09:50 PM (cCn4/)
I guided a Hunt one Winter where the true temperature was -36F.
The Warden was stopping by every 45 minutes or so to make sure my clients were still alive.
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 09:52 PM (JIHG4)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
My wife was on the back screened in porch one time and a tiny screech owl was hidden in the Yews back there next to the porch suddenly let go.
Scared the hell out of my wife. Sound generated per cubic inch of owls is most impressive in screech owls.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:52 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 12, 2026 09:49 PM (kNpNa)
Hear Great Horned Owls here very often but I've never actually seen one.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 12, 2026 09:52 PM (fBXgl)
I have to admit it was pretty fucking cool. Silver Gate, Montana.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley at June 12, 2026 09:50 PM (0aYVJ)
dude, don't mess with owls, also raptors, and they mean business! they attack eagles at night when they perch, very common occurence, knock them right off
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2026 09:52 PM (GD0B3)
Yeah - Owl are incredible. They don't make any noise at all, in flight. Pretty amazing to see.
One of the Trails I ride regularly has a nesting pair and I get to see them teach their hatchlings to fly every year.
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 09:53 PM (JIHG4)
Elon sure isn't into the trapping of wealth and opulence and all that like so many other billionaires. He just sees money as the means to an end, and that's gettting humanity untied from this third rock.
His ambition may be to be god-emperor of Mars one day, but that would just be sort of trophy.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 12, 2026 09:53 PM (w6EFb)
My backyard is pretty much an aviary. I go through bird seed faster than dog food. And it's pretty common to see a hawk doing overflight.
Haven't seen one do a feeder attack, I think they are scouting prey.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 12, 2026 09:54 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2026 09:54 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 12, 2026 09:54 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Braenyard
I have an informal agreement with the local snakes, I stamp around and make plenty of noise but stay the hell out of my house. Outside, kill and eat as many chipmunks as you like, squirrels, etc.
Love my big king snakes as they keep the copperhead population down. And the rat snakes do the same with rodents.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:54 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Accomack at June 12, 2026 09:47 PM (/Chlc)
LOL Don't get too excited that time is added at the end of the half.
Posted by: NC Ref at June 12, 2026 09:55 PM (JLqL/)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 12, 2026 09:55 PM (gpQ8/)
Posted by: Accomack at June 12, 2026 09:47 PM (/Chlc)
Even soccer fans aren't going to sit through more than 90 minutes of that shit.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 12, 2026 09:55 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Wenda
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Pretty country if you can keep most of the newcomers out from the Left Coast.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:50 PM (E4rtv)
I...would have liked to have seen it.
Posted by: Captain Borodin at June 12, 2026 09:55 PM (fBXgl)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 12, 2026 09:49 PM (P4ocI)
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My neighborhood is alive with wildlife. Bunnies everywhere. Earlier in the spring, when it was cool and we left the window open at night, the little ones would scream as they were taken and the "whoop whoop" of the others running away would wake us up before dawn.
In addition to squirrels and chipmunks, we have a skunk at large and a groundhog hiding under my deck. (the crossbow stands ready) Deer wander through at will. At some point I'll put of the trail cam and see when the possums show up.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2026 09:55 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Accomack at June 12, 2026 09:55 PM (8jVAy)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 12, 2026 09:56 PM (P4ocI)
Posted by: Wenda at June 12, 2026 09:47 PM (UIfeN)
I really wanted to move back to Montana. My bride did not want to. We compromised. We are in Idaho. Also, I got a great job here.
I love Idaho. But we were in Montana a couple weeks ago for my Mom's celebration of life in Billings. Lord, I love Montana.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Born in Butte America at June 12, 2026 09:56 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher
Same. I can hear the call and response from others as I live in a fairly forested area with many small meadows in the exurbs. Excellent bird habitat and we have made our yard bird friendly with all sorts of berries, bushy plants, etc.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:57 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 12, 2026 09:53 PM (w6EFb)
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We need men like this. Visionaries with impossible dreams.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2026 09:57 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2026 09:57 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2026 09:54 PM (GD0B3)
Fluffy???
Fluffy???
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2026 09:57 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 12, 2026 09:48 PM
***
You rang?
Posted by: TRex - OG dino at June 12, 2026 09:50 PM (cCn4/)
I heard a rumor that you took one of those online tests to find your spirit animal. Is it true that it came back "extinct"?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 12, 2026 09:58 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 12, 2026 09:58 PM (kNpNa)
Posted by: runner
Raptors take bigger prey than that, too.
East Missoula, Montana had a power outage due to a whitetail deer fawn being dropped on a power line by a bald eagle, who apparently got tired of carrying it.
https://tinyurl.com/4d6sjt32
Posted by: mikeski at June 12, 2026 09:58 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 09:03 PM (E4rtv)
The nice thing about boredom is that it lasts
Posted by: Kindltot at June 12, 2026 09:59 PM (rbvCR)
Had a friend of mine over from Oregon this week for a week of mountain biking.
I took him out for 5 days straight. 10-15 mi per day.
We saw 1 other Trail user over the entire week.
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 09:59 PM (JIHG4)
Posted by: mindful webworker - specially relative at June 12, 2026 09:59 PM (32Bdv)
One of the few places I really want to visit. Last time was when I was a kid and I loved it then.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 12, 2026 09:59 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Wenda at June 12, 2026 09:47 PM (UIfeN)
I really wanted to move back to Montana. My bride did not want to. We compromised. We are in Idaho. Also, I got a great job here.
I love Idaho. But we were in Montana a couple weeks ago for my Mom's celebration of life in Billings. Lord, I love Montana.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Born in Butte America at June 12, 2026 09:56 PM (0aYVJ)
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If Mrs D doesn't get with the program soon, I may be going there myself.
I love it there.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2026 09:59 PM (2WIwB)
Goldens pick up fawn/yearling Deer and Antelope on the regular. It's a sight to see.
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 10:00 PM (JIHG4)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2026 10:00 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2026 09:57 PM (Riz8t)
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When the Germans decided to intervene in Spain, they looked to those who knew Spanish and a bunch came from South America, and they were the ones who picked the name Condor Legion, which was of course absurd because there are no condors in Spain.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2026 10:00 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo
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The few hunters that I know in Arkansas going after snow geese just wear white. I used to do farm surveys and would run across masses in fields going from farmer to farmer but never had much desire to hunt them either. PITA to clean and of all the game birds, goose is my least favorite meat.
They aren't really hunted much in the South compared with ducks where in duck season, you get charged a bit amount or if have to deal with crowded wildlife refuge hunting in river bottom lands.
Posted by: whig at June 12, 2026 10:00 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 12, 2026 10:00 PM (kNpNa)
Anytime, hippie. You just let me know when you want to visit.
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 10:00 PM (JIHG4)
Posted by: mindful webworker - go now go now at June 12, 2026 10:01 PM (32Bdv)
When we go dipnetting, the three or four eagles just walk the beach, away from the people mostly, and scavenge. The seagulls, OTOH, are every damned where and harass those of us cleaning salmon. I throw them the heads in midair and they swallow them whole. Disgusting.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 12, 2026 10:01 PM (bl07w)
Fluffy???
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2026 09:57 PM (2WIwB)
Fluffy went to a happy place... and no, you cannot visit, not allowed..
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2026 10:01 PM (GD0B3)
Careful what you offer, I might take you up on it.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 12, 2026 10:02 PM (viF8m)
https://tinyurl.com/4d6sjt32
Posted by: mikeski at June 12, 2026 09:58 PM (VHUov)
yeah, they do that, very opportunistic, though they are Sea Eagles at heart
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2026 10:03 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Wenda at June 12, 2026 10:04 PM (UIfeN)
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2026 10:05 PM (JIHG4)
https://tinyurl.com/2z95m3hk
Posted by: JackStraw at June 12, 2026 09:11 PM (viF8m)
Tren de Aragua is also a threat to the Venezuelan government, and US backing really makes it OK for Pres. Rodriguez to allow that sort of action.
Cartel de Soles is probably next since that is the organization the Generals under Maduro were (apparently) getting themselves paid from oil sales.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 12, 2026 10:06 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 12, 2026 10:14 PM (SRceu)
The "Cats are the stars of this Production" video, featuring the cat that forced it's way into Romeo & Juliette, was a riot. When Juliette dragged Romeo by an ankle over the stage, away from the cat, I laughed like I hadn't in ages. (I would have been thrown out of the theater, it was that good.)
I so needed something like that.
Thanks, and have a super weekend.
Ps - Did have one of those 'Sweet 70s-era high end audio systems.' Rather than crate and move it with a ton of other stuff, I gave it to one of my idiots brothers (the junior thief) and have never been entirely forgiven by some menfolk.
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