Tuesday Cafe

Lauterbrunnen Valley in the Swiss Alps

Dog hints that it's time for a walk.

Malinois thinks its owner's umbrella is a chew toy.

I've heard some call the performance pets put on when they haven't been fed for twenty minutes the Hunger Games. Here a kitten pounces and seizes on an unopened can of cat food, carrying on like a mental patient.

This dog must be salty.

Kangaroo rush hour.

Kitten adopts a jogger.

Space Invaders.

Dogs beating the heat.

Will you be my friend?

Wobbly juvenile giraffe stoops down for water.

Mama deer and her baby..🦌😍 pic.twitter.com/TQVqoEsgu8
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) June 28, 2026

Happy cat, happy kittens..🐈🐾😍 pic.twitter.com/ElOcIOYV9H
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) June 28, 2026

It's so hot outside..🐕🐾🥵😅 pic.twitter.com/s1IClE5pM5
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) June 27, 2026

Pupper living the best life..🐕🐾😅 pic.twitter.com/E1Cxfej5rF
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) June 30, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:30 PM

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1 /plants flag

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at June 30, 2026 07:31 PM (mQbp+)

2 H

Posted by: Thanatopsis at June 30, 2026 07:31 PM (Lx4gz)

3 Hola, dammit!

Posted by: Thanatopsis at June 30, 2026 07:31 PM (Lx4gz)

4 Cubanos are ready! Wash up.

Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 07:32 PM (Dd38x)

5 *Lauterbrunnen

Posted by: limbomaniac at June 30, 2026 07:32 PM (Q4twi)

6 I bet a man with a Slinky could get a lot of slinkin done in that top picture.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 30, 2026 07:33 PM (3uBP9)

7 I could have been first but I was beating the heat.

Posted by: fd at June 30, 2026 07:35 PM (MWfyi)

8 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 30, 2026 07:35 PM (Ia/+0)

9 Hills and valleys, huh?

"Country Roads, take me home, to the place I belong...

Posted by: man at June 30, 2026 07:35 PM (XuXeR)

10 Gorgeous photo, Ace.

I love it when there are clouds below the mountains here.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 30, 2026 07:36 PM (hzuYO)

11 Curses! Willowed again!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 30, 2026 07:36 PM (R+iUD)

12 I pine for Switzerland.

Before Ace started posting Swiss mountain pictures on the cafe, I had no idea I pined for Switzerland.

That little chalet looks like heaven.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 30, 2026 07:36 PM (zYpTz)

13
*sits down at tiny, greasy Café table*
*raises arm and snaps fingers*

Garçon!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 07:37 PM (O0L8i)

14 I pine for Switzerland.

Fir sure.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 30, 2026 07:39 PM (vTZFs)

15 Can someone fix the lack of centering, please? After the previous thread, this left justified crap hurts my eyes.

Posted by: a.moron at June 30, 2026 07:39 PM (X5Jzz)

16 >>> Gorgeous photo, Ace.

I love it when there are clouds below the mountains here.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 30, 2026 07:36 PM (hzuYO)

"Clouds below the mountains" if you know what I mean, hint hint nudge nudge, a nods as good as a wink to a blind bat, say no more...

Posted by: banana Dream at June 30, 2026 07:39 PM (3uBP9)

17
That little chalet looks like heaven.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 30, 2026 07:36 PM (zYpTz)

_____________

The outhouse is waaaaaay over there.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 07:39 PM (O0L8i)

18
"A lot of us, myself included, didn't even know the play took place until after the game. And now we're being painted as thugs. And [there are] death threats out on us, so it's really unacceptable. It's something that needs to change in this league, and I'm just really sick and tired of it."
-- Alyssa Thomas, forward for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury

Don't start thugging, won't be thug painted.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 30, 2026 07:40 PM (0sNs1)

19 and just like that...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 30, 2026 07:40 PM (vPv7/)

20 13
*sits down at tiny, greasy Café table*
*raises arm and snaps fingers*

Garçon!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026

I made healthier but you wouldn’t know it cubanos, garlicky green beans and rainbow veggie salad. It’s in the kitchen, though. You have to go grab your plate.

Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 07:40 PM (Dd38x)

21
/plants flag
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing

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

For a second I thought that was the pants flag.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 30, 2026 07:40 PM (XJ22o)

22 It's so hot outside.

Yes it is, we are under a heat wave for the rest of the week.
High for the 4th is supposed to be over 100 degrees.

Posted by: Case at June 30, 2026 07:40 PM (IY9No)

23 The pupper side eying his leash is cute.

Posted by: Tuna at June 30, 2026 07:41 PM (lJ0H4)

24
It’s in the kitchen, though. You have to go grab your plate.

Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 07:40 PM (Dd38x)

___________

What if I wanted a hamburger?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 07:41 PM (O0L8i)

25 I so appreciate the Cafe, ace.
What a great tradition. You started it as “The Quarantine Cafe.” It was so loved then. And needed. And silly and soothing and fun.

Thank you.

*hugs*

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 30, 2026 07:41 PM (yEz+x)

26 The outhouse is waaaaaay over there.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 07:39 PM (O0L8i)

Eh. When I have enough money to move to Switzerland, I'll have enough money for a septic tank.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 30, 2026 07:42 PM (zYpTz)

27 >>> 18
"A lot of us, myself included, didn't even know the play took place until after the game. And now we're being painted as thugs. And [there are] death threats out on us, so it's really unacceptable. It's something that needs to change in this league, and I'm just really sick and tired of it."
-- Alyssa Thomas, forward for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury

Don't start thugging, won't be thug painted.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 30, 2026 07:40 PM (0sNs1)

What does Alyssa think needs to change? People seeing her teamates being asshoes? Clark bringing in what is it, almost half of the WNBA's revenue? Retard.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 30, 2026 07:42 PM (R+iUD)

28
Eh. When I have enough money to move to Switzerland, I'll have enough money for a septic tank.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 30, 2026 07:42 PM (zYpTz)

__________

You will never have enough money to move to Switzerland.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 07:43 PM (O0L8i)

29
What if I wanted a hamburger?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026

Fine.

Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 07:43 PM (Dd38x)

30 I pine for Switzerland.

Fir sure.
Posted by: Oddbob

Yew bet.

Posted by: Tuna at June 30, 2026 07:43 PM (lJ0H4)

31 You will never have enough money to move to Switzerland.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 07:43 PM (O0L8i)

You get me.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 30, 2026 07:46 PM (zYpTz)

32 Heidi !

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at June 30, 2026 07:46 PM (URO9T)

33 Its so hot outside cracked me up

Time for bedtime, have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 30, 2026 07:46 PM (Ia/+0)

34 The recent rumor that a penguin with a laser on its head was used to create a 350 foot cut in the DC reflecting pool liner is not beyond the realm of possibilities. It is an established fact that Nazi scientists beneath the Antarctic have developed their fowl-based weaponry far beyond that seen during WWii. Big Penguin's continued use of this technology and partnership with the Soros to disrupt the 250th anniversary of our great country will no doubt manifest itself over the next few days. Be vigilant, and carry nose plugs.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at June 30, 2026 07:47 PM (MWfyi)

35
Got the lawn and pens mowed today. Two and a half hours in the heat. At last the yard and back acreage look decent. Took a terrific beating doing it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 07:49 PM (O0L8i)

36 What if I wanted a hamburger?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 07:41 PM

Over here!

Posted by: Charles "Chuck" Schumer (D-NY) at June 30, 2026 07:49 PM (0sNs1)

37 I want to go to that little valley in Switzerland. Or really any little valley in Switzerland. It looks quiet and peaceful there.

Posted by: bluebell at June 30, 2026 07:52 PM (afFes)

38
It was so hot today..
How hot was it?
It was so hot, they were feeding crushed ice to the chickens so they wouldn't lay hard-boiled eggs

Posted by: Don Black at June 30, 2026 07:52 PM (ZxPkt)

39 Birthright Bob made it clear today that the requirements to being a US citizen are lower than then requirements to being recognized as a US state resident.

We be f'd. This ruling is a neon billboard ad to the world "come on down."

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 30, 2026 07:52 PM (obVEo)

40 This heat is brutal. And we still have all of July and August to go. But at least I can have A/C. (Looks at Europe and smirks)

Posted by: Case at June 30, 2026 07:54 PM (IY9No)

41
What if I wanted a hamburger?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Today is Tuesday. Pay up, Wimpy.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 30, 2026 07:54 PM (Cqx++)

42 7 I could have been first but I was beating the heat.
Posted by: fd at June 30, 2026 07:35 PM (MWfyi)

Is that what we are calling it now?

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 30, 2026 07:56 PM (bl07w)

43 37 I want to go to that little valley in Switzerland. Or really any little valley in Switzerland. It looks quiet and peaceful there.
Posted by: bluebell at June 30, 2026 07:52 PM (afFes)

Switzerland has THOUSANDS of bomb shelters, that they have spent generations building.

probably a little tunnel back there somewhere...

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 30, 2026 07:57 PM (mP0Kj)

44 "Is that what we are calling it now?
Posted by: tcn in AK"

Also known as "dousing the fire".

Posted by: fd at June 30, 2026 07:58 PM (MWfyi)

45 Eastern US Heat Wave Set to Collide With World Cup Matches
---

Bastardi says it could be 105.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 30, 2026 08:00 PM (vPv7/)

46 I want to go to that little valley in Switzerland. Or really any little valley in Switzerland. It looks quiet and peaceful there.
Posted by: bluebell at June 30, 2026 07:52 PM (afFes)

Don't need to go to Europe. There are a ton places like that in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, etc.

But, don't tell anyone else. Idaho, Montana and Wyoming suck. Stay far away.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 08:00 PM (0aYVJ)

47 39 Birthright Bob made it clear today that the requirements to being a US citizen are lower than then requirements to being recognized as a US state resident.

We be f'd. This ruling is a neon billboard ad to the world "come on down."
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 30, 2026 07:52 PM (obVEo)

When you register to vote in Calif, you are supposed to have some form of ID, which includes things like a Bill... but you can just click past it, and continue, and still get registered.

And note, they do not check if a bill you photocopy onto their website is even valid... could be photoshopped easily.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 30, 2026 08:00 PM (mP0Kj)

48 Today is the 108th anniversary of the Tunguska event. That was about a 15 MT airburst from a comet fragment and leveled about 800 square miles of trees.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at June 30, 2026 08:01 PM (+82YS)

49 45 Eastern US Heat Wave Set to Collide With World Cup Matches
---

Bastardi says it could be 105.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 30, 2026 08:00 PM (vPv7/)

Yeah, uh, that would still be 5 degrees cooler than normal for here this time of year.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 30, 2026 08:01 PM (mP0Kj)

50 48 Today is the 108th anniversary of the Tunguska event. That was about a 15 MT airburst from a comet fragment and leveled about 800 square miles of trees.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at June 30, 2026 08:01 PM (+82YS)

Yeah, not sayin it was aliens... but...

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 30, 2026 08:02 PM (mP0Kj)

51 Thunder storms here and of course Saijo thinks he needs to go out. He will have to wait a sec.

Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 08:02 PM (hftzA)

52 Locally, we are good for fireworks. A ton of rain last weekend, and only moderately hot, but sunny, for the 4th. Only my second summer in Idaho, but it's been cooler than last summer.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 08:03 PM (0aYVJ)

53 Don't need to go to Europe. There are a ton places like that in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, etc.

But, don't tell anyone else. Idaho, Montana and Wyoming suck. Stay far away.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 08:00 PM (0aYVJ)

True. All of it. Horrible places. Maybe one day, I can return. It's a lot more likely than being able to move to Switzerland.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 30, 2026 08:03 PM (zYpTz)

54
Don't need to go to Europe. There are a ton places like that in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, etc.

___________

Once drove on I-90 through the Bitterroots. It was among the loveliest and most striking episodes in my driving experiences.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 08:05 PM (O0L8i)

55 What if I wanted a hamburger?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Got the lawn and pens mowed today. Two and a half hours in the heat. At last the yard and back acreage look decent. Took a terrific beating doing it.

You deserve a double with cheese and bacon.

Posted by: Tuna at June 30, 2026 08:05 PM (lJ0H4)

56 Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 30, 2026 07:41 PM

Nurse!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 30, 2026 08:06 PM (Wnv9h)

57 I hope we get another shot at the birth right citizenship issue. Hang in there, Justice Thomas.

Posted by: LASue at June 30, 2026 08:07 PM (lCppi)

58 NPR sez: "U.S. murder rate approaches a record low"

Yes, yes, it's NPR, but I choose to believe it because it's great news. IMHO, the second greatest achievement of DJT second term, after the first greatest: the closing of the southern border.

Posted by: gp at June 30, 2026 08:07 PM (Jr5Lq)

59 Big rolling thunder here, but no rain yet.

Posted by: toby928(c) at June 30, 2026 08:07 PM (4NO2D)

60 48 Today is the 108th anniversary of the Tunguska event. That was about a 15 MT airburst from a comet fragment and leveled about 800 square miles of trees.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at June 30, 2026 08:01 PM (+82YS)

Yeah, not sayin it was aliens... but...
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 30, 2026 08:02 PM (mP0Kj)

Those poor airmen. Left riddled with STDs.

Posted by: Often Wrong, Never In Doubt at June 30, 2026 08:09 PM (wVcYX)

61 Bastardi says it could be 105.

Just an aside, but I bet that guy hated Jr. High.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 30, 2026 08:09 PM (vTZFs)

62 When this heat breaks in a couple days, I expect ass-kicking T-storms.

Posted by: gp at June 30, 2026 08:10 PM (Jr5Lq)

63 59 Big rolling thunder here, but no rain yet.
Posted by: toby928(c) at June 30, 2026 08:07 PM

I see the lightening, it’s going kind of crazy. Weather says we have an hour of it.

Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 08:11 PM (hftzA)

64 Today is the 108th anniversary of the Tunguska event. That was about a 15 MT airburst from a comet fragment and leveled about 800 square miles of trees.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at June 30, 2026 08:01 PM (+82YS)

Yeah, not sayin it was aliens... but...
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 30, 2026 08:02 PM (mP0Kj)

Those poor airmen. Left riddled with STDs.
Posted by: Often Wrong, Never In Doubt at June 30, 2026 08:09 PM (wVcYX)

Gotta admit, this one took me a minute. Well done.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 08:12 PM (0aYVJ)

65 Those bastards!

Axios
@axios
GOP reboots the Red Scare as young Democrats embrace socialism

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 30, 2026 08:12 PM (ndZc7)

66 IMHO, the second greatest achievement of DJT second term, after the first greatest: the closing of the southern border.
Posted by: gp at June 30, 2026 08:07 PM (Jr5Lq)

It's almost like those two things are directly related.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 30, 2026 08:13 PM (zYpTz)

67 I mowed the lawn today, and pulled blackberry vines out of the hedges.
Cutting blackberries out of hedges is one of those hateful tasks that gets engrossing once you get started. I was just going to do one section near the back, and I wound up doing the whole back and the side hedge as well.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 30, 2026 08:13 PM (rbvCR)

68 What if I wanted a hamburger?"

Whataburger over there.
In n out down the road.
Mels is a bit further that away...

Posted by: man at June 30, 2026 08:13 PM (XuXeR)

69 Those poor airmen. Left riddled with STDs."

Tus....oh.

Posted by: man at June 30, 2026 08:13 PM (XuXeR)

70 >>Today is Tuesday. Pay up, Wimpy.

LOL. Reminded me of a story Dad told about this one particularly ne'er do well guy in his small home town, back in the early 1940s:

Grandma would set pies on the window sill to cool, and occasionally one would "disappear." Usually apple. She discovered that it was always the same guy, and he had no family so it wasn't as if he was trying to provide for children.

She made a special 'apple' pie out of potato slices, along with the usual good-smelling spices, baked it, then set it on the sill and left the house for a while. Sure enough, it got stolen.

Haha, she said no more pies were stolen after that!

Posted by: JQ at June 30, 2026 08:14 PM (rdVOm)

71 I am surprised that NPR did not claim the drop in violent crime was because blue states have continually failed to report or even respond to violent crime, showing Trump unable to influence even this part of the social contract.

NPR must be more interested in supporting the blue cities than in damaging Trump.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 30, 2026 08:15 PM (rbvCR)

72 @axios
Ravenna and Constantinople reboot the Bubonic Scare as a ship full of rats departs Pelusium
"We didn't really need civilization anyway", Roman experts shrug

Posted by: gKWVE at June 30, 2026 08:16 PM (gKWVE)

73 RMBS!

It’s just lovely here. Cloudy. 65. Little breeze.

Two more Eurofag Kickball Games in the city this week. Then we’re done iirc.

Too many tourists. Kill everyone.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 30, 2026 08:17 PM (DqQS/)

74 64 Today is the 108th anniversary of the Tunguska event. That was about a 15 MT airburst from a comet fragment and leveled about 800 square miles of trees.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at June 30, 2026 08:01 PM (+82YS)

Yeah, not sayin it was aliens... but...
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 30, 2026 08:02 PM (mP0Kj)

Those poor airmen. Left riddled with STDs.
Posted by: Often Wrong, Never In Doubt at June 30, 2026 08:09 PM (wVcYX)

Gotta admit, this one took me a minute. Well done.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 08:12 PM (0aYVJ)

It’s 2016?

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 30, 2026 08:18 PM (qA8eD)

75
Grandma would set pies on the window sill to cool, and occasionally one would "disappear." Usually apple. She discovered that it was always the same guy, and he had no family so it wasn't as if he was trying to provide for children.

She made a special 'apple' pie out of potato slices, along with the usual good-smelling spices, baked it, then set it on the sill and left the house for a while. Sure enough, it got stolen.

Haha, she said no more pies were stolen after that!
Posted by: JQ

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

Do you want to hear another funny story? Some guy who recovered from being a genuine neo-Nazi punk in East Germany talked about his childhood there. The kids would steal the cakes from the local industrial bakery and... use them to have cake-fights. The food was such shyte that they didn't even eat the "treats." Just used them as weapons!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 30, 2026 08:20 PM (XJ22o)

76 RMBS!

It’s just lovely here. Cloudy. 65. Little breeze.

Two more Eurofag Kickball Games in the city this week. Then we’re done iirc.

Too many tourists. Kill everyone.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 30, 2026 08:17 PM

Nice. It's getting way too hot here. On the plus side, Boston has been like a big block party lately. The Eurofags have been having fun here and pissing the lefties off by having fun in Boston. Especially the Scots.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 30, 2026 08:21 PM (Wnv9h)

77 >> Those poor airmen.

ROFL.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at June 30, 2026 08:21 PM (+82YS)

78 Seventeen minutes of Stan Getz 1954:
youtube.com/watch?v=-0wZ9eBqz9o

Posted by: gp at June 30, 2026 08:22 PM (Jr5Lq)

79 The food was such shyte that they didn't even eat the "treats." Just used them as weapons!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

LOL

Posted by: JQ at June 30, 2026 08:23 PM (rdVOm)

80 >>I want to go to that little valley in Switzerland. Or really any little valley in Switzerland. It looks quiet and peaceful there.

One of my favorite trips was visiting Lake Lucerne and Mt. Pilatus. They have a tour called the Golden Circle that starts with a boat ride around Lake Lucerne which is beautiful. Busier than that little valley but right at the base of the Alps and lovely.

The ride ends at the base of Mt Pilatus where you take a cog railway to the top of Mt Pilatus. The railway is very steep but there are homes like the one in the photo above and cows grazing on the side of the mountain and crazy Swiss hiking up the mountain.

Big viewing area at the top of the Alps and the lake and a couple restaurants and a hotel. You hop on a gondola and ride back to Lucerne for big ending. Really spectacular views.

https://tinyurl.com/2v5suabp

Posted by: JackStraw at June 30, 2026 08:23 PM (viF8m)

81 *sits down at tiny, greasy Café table*
*raises arm and snaps fingers*
Garçon!
Posted by: Hadrian

*Garçon saunters over slowly, wipes table with greasier bar rag*

"Oui, monsewer. Quelle sera votre pression?"

*Snaps towel; walks away without taking order.*

Posted by: travailleur webattentif - sniffing diffidently at June 30, 2026 08:24 PM (FL3q9)

82 RMBS

I’ve never seen as many American flags (not on fire) as I did after the USA v Australia match a couple weeks ago. It was freaking amazing!

Tons of tourists. I don’t think Seattle could handle the Scotts. Or the British. Jeepers.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 30, 2026 08:24 PM (yEz+x)

83 "A lot of us, myself included, didn't even know the play took place until after the game. And now we're being painted as thugs. And [there are] death threats out on us, so it's really unacceptable. It's something that needs to change in this league, and I'm just really sick and tired of it."
-- Alyssa Thomas, forward for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury

Don't start thugging, won't be thug painted.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 30, 2026 07:40 PM (0sNs1)

This isn't the first time. She was knocked out for half a year last season. She has been speared in the eyes several times intentionally.

I saw the Pistons knock Jordan around for years and I never saw him get fingers and eyes in the face repeatedly, every game like the WNBA.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 30, 2026 08:25 PM (uhVAy)

84
This isn't the first time. She was knocked out for half a year last season. She has been speared in the eyes several times intentionally.

____________

Women are warm, empathic and supportive of each other. That's what I'm told.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 08:28 PM (O0L8i)

85 The Tunguska object was most likely a large fragment in the Taurid meteor stream. That is the debris trail of Comet Encke, which crosses the ETFs orbit on two spots, one around June 30 of course, a few day window.

At this spot the stream is coming at you from the direction of the sun. You can't see it coming.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at June 30, 2026 08:29 PM (+82YS)

86 Slapshot is on TCM. I think it’s my favorite sports movie. Newman took a real risk doing this.

Posted by: Blutarski, gradually then suddenly at June 30, 2026 08:29 PM (l26NL)

87 Just so you all can be jealous, our local ski area got 12-15 inches of snow last night.

Posted by: Wenda at June 30, 2026 08:30 PM (AZWHC)

88 Hm, if the taters were cooked thoroughly, it might be pretty good? Cheese & onions &c.

That … isn’t what she had in mind though I betcha. I’ve heard oft-repeated tales of Ex-Lax being liberally incorporated into common break area refrigerators, lunches that formerly were mysteriously disappearing are suddenly and unexpectedly left alone! Hm

Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 08:30 PM (EmvwI)

89 First World Problems: Ok, not really but it's all that Freddy the German soccer fan guy. I've been binge listening to Ella Langley for the last few days. Don't care what the cool kids say, I like her.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 30, 2026 08:32 PM (sAmhv)

90 AI sez: "Potato pie is a versatile dish made with potatoes, butter, milk, and cheese. It can be savory or sweet. You can make a savory version with mashed potatoes, ham, and mozzarella in a casserole dish, or a pastry-crusted pie filled with sliced potatoes, cheese, and onions"

I'd buy that for a dollar.

Posted by: gp at June 30, 2026 08:34 PM (Jr5Lq)

91 Switzerland has a robust form of Democracy, some say it was a model for the founders. Lots of referendums. Swiss citizens vote on everything.

Democrats here don’t like democracy. For example one final hurdle for would be Swiss citizenship, your neighbors get to vote on whether you should become a Swiss citizen.

Can you imagine the howls of outrage from the leftist twats? Now that’s Democratic.

“Nah, brah. That guy is a dickhead”

Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 08:34 PM (EmvwI)

92 Tons of tourists. I don’t think Seattle could handle the Scotts. Or the British. Jeepers.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 30, 2026 08:24 PM

I'd love to see the Tartan Army invade Seattle. There just isn't enough popcorn.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 30, 2026 08:35 PM (Wnv9h)

93 That … isn’t what she had in mind though I betcha. I’ve heard oft-repeated tales of Ex-Lax being liberally incorporated into common break area refrigerators, lunches that formerly were mysteriously disappearing are suddenly and unexpectedly left alone! Hm
Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 08:30 PM (EmvwI)

There was that office-wide email that went something like, "for who-ever needed milk for their coffee and took it out of the clear container in the break-room fridge, please understand that I am just back from maternity leave and I am pumping breast milk for my son . . ."

Posted by: Kindltot at June 30, 2026 08:35 PM (rbvCR)

94
Just so you all can be jealous, our local ski area got 12-15 inches of snow last night.
Posted by: Wenda

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

And the gas tax goes up to about $.65/gallon here in California tomorrow. I get to contribute more to the common good.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 30, 2026 08:35 PM (XJ22o)

95 Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 08:30 PM

Haha, grandma was so tired of being ripped off.. times were hard for everyone back then. I'm sure the pie smelled terrific but tasted like crap, as intended.

Posted by: JQ at June 30, 2026 08:37 PM (rdVOm)

96 34 The recent rumor that a penguin with a laser on its head was used to create a 350 foot cut in the DC reflecting pool liner is not beyond the realm of possibilities. It is an established fact that Nazi scientists beneath the Antarctic have developed their fowl-based weaponry far beyond that seen during WWii. Big Penguin's continued use of this technology and partnership with the Soros to disrupt the 250th anniversary of our great country will no doubt manifest itself over the next few days. Be vigilant, and carry nose plugs.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at June 30, 2026 07:47 PM (MWfyi)

Beware The Penguins

Posted by: Bud Ice at June 30, 2026 08:37 PM (qA8eD)

97 The weather is putting a halt to my golf game. Near 100 tomorrow. Maybe next week (sigh). Probably rain then. We need it.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 30, 2026 08:37 PM (sAmhv)

98
And the gas tax goes up to about $.65/gallon here in California tomorrow. I get to contribute more to the common good.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 30, 2026 08:35 PM (XJ22o)

Paid $2.89/gal in Cleburne, TX today.

Posted by: Bud Ice at June 30, 2026 08:38 PM (qA8eD)

99 Die sock die

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 30, 2026 08:38 PM (qA8eD)

100 Here's our new law debuting tomorrow: "Illinois now requires universal blood lead testing for all children." Cripes.

Posted by: gp at June 30, 2026 08:40 PM (Jr5Lq)

101 Beware The Penguins
Posted by: Bud Ice at June 30, 2026 08:37 PM

Dobee dobee doo....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 30, 2026 08:40 PM (Wnv9h)

102 Die sock die
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 30, 2026 08:38 PM (qA8eD)

Nobody who speaks German could be evil.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 08:41 PM (0aYVJ)

103 Trump is giving Iran back to the Iranians. What kind of insane person does that?

Posted by: Pawl at June 30, 2026 08:41 PM (MWfyi)

104 In other words, Swiss citizens have the right of self determination. A sovereign entity. When the asshats here say “that’s not who we are!”

What they are REALLY saying, we don’t have the right to say what we will become.

Or put another way, in modern America, no particular group can actually define itself. That’s how they destroyed the Boy Scouts, for just one of many examples. A fine organization, it was.

Or say, an after school Bible study group. You just have to allow an atheist satan worshipping goat fucker be President, or it’s “discrimination”.

In much the same way, the USA is not allowed to define itself any longer. This is not by accident. “Sovereign” nations have to go, and be subsumed by the globalist borg. We’re watching this play out in real time. 100 years worth now, I suppose.

Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 08:42 PM (EmvwI)

105 "Illinois now requires universal blood lead testing for all children."

It's just a little blood. They'll get used to it.

Posted by: Pawl at June 30, 2026 08:43 PM (MWfyi)

106 I wish there was a movie made based on the Tunguska event where there is was international group of military sent to investigate. It could've had Arnie and other big action heros.

They take a Zepplin to the site and discover it is an alien spaceship zoo. Not sure of the plot other than there is lots of guns and killing.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at June 30, 2026 08:43 PM (tSa4q)

107 The vast majority of lead-poisoned children in Illinois got that way by being shot.

Posted by: gp at June 30, 2026 08:46 PM (Jr5Lq)

108 Gas is 5.50 here in SeaTown.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 30, 2026 08:47 PM (yEz+x)

109 $3.89/gal in Shitsville.

Posted by: gp at June 30, 2026 08:48 PM (Jr5Lq)

110 As the precision of measurement standards improve, the bureaucrats like to lower the threshold of acceptable limits. Parts per million can now be measured in parts per billion.

Frightening the womenfolk & horses, and turning errybody into neurotics.

Setting allowable limits arbitrarily is a time proven method of destroying business and industry, a de facto prohibition or outlawing of any given particular activity. It’s not “illegal” per se, it’s simply that nobody can pencil it out and afford to comply.

So the industry, jobs, factories, etc get offshored to Mexico or Cambodia or China or wherever, they don’t play silly reindeer games.

Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 08:51 PM (EmvwI)

111 My Swiss Valley in my nic.

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 08:51 PM (KC5Lt)

112 When the govt completes its Jihad Against Lead, and every last trace of plumbum is eradicated from Illinois, at least that will be one less thing they can blame for stupid kids being stupid.

Posted by: gp at June 30, 2026 08:52 PM (Jr5Lq)

113 Unleaded Reg at Krogers here before discount is $3.15

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 08:52 PM (KC5Lt)

114 Ope, "Slapshot" is on TCM. It's halfway through and I've seen it half a dozen times, but I'm watching it anyway.

"And from Mile 40, Saskatchewan..."

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 30, 2026 08:53 PM (kpS4V)

115 They didn't get a scientific investigation team out there until 1927, almost 10 years later. There were witnesses, including a farmer named Sergei Semenov.

Sergei felt the enormous heat pulse and shockwave, very similar to a big nuke.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at June 30, 2026 08:53 PM (+82YS)

116 Turn off the air conditioners on the lower floors.

Posted by: The people on the upper floors at June 30, 2026 08:53 PM (MWfyi)

117 Dave’s a killer!

Dave’s a mess.

Posted by: Blutarski, gradually then suddenly at June 30, 2026 08:54 PM (l26NL)

118 I'm watching Slap Shot too!

Posted by: Archer at June 30, 2026 08:55 PM (wvc0i)

119
$2.99 at Costco, $3.09 at HEB.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 08:55 PM (O0L8i)

120 The weather is putting a halt to my golf game. Near 100 tomorrow. Maybe next week (sigh). Probably rain then. We need it.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 30, 2026 08:37 PM (sAmhv)

I only played 13 holes today. Too damn hot.

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 08:55 PM (KC5Lt)

121 She's a lesbian! A lesbian!

Posted by: Archer at June 30, 2026 08:55 PM (wvc0i)

122 I'm watching Slap Shot too!

Posted by: Archer at June 30, 2026 08:55 PM (wvc0i)

Goon is free on Roku. Would be a great double header.

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 08:57 PM (KC5Lt)

123 >86 Slapshot is on TCM. I think it’s my favorite sports movie. Newman took a real risk doing this.
Posted by: Blutarski, gradually then suddenly at June 30, 2026 08:29 PM (l26NL)

Brando was extremely competitive, and in 1968 he appeared at a private party celebrating Oscar nominations in which Paul Newman was in attendance with his wife Joanne Woodward. Brando approached Newman and began a conversation that eventually became very heated, resulting in Brando shouting and Newman walking away. Later that evening Brando stood on a table and challenged Newman to an egg eating contest, like the one Newman was depicted doing in Cool Hand Luke, however Newman ignored the challenge.

Brando, undeterred, had somebody from his entourage bring him dozens of hard boiled eggs, and started the competition without Newman. While eating, he would loudly keep count as he consumed the eggs saying things like "21 Newman! 21 eggs already! I'm better than you Newman!", while mocking and insulting Newman the whole time, and calling him a "phony".

Eventually, Brando consumed 51 eggs before being removed from the party, 1 more than Newman's character did in Cool Hand Luke. As he was being escorted out, he

Posted by: Chudley Moore at June 30, 2026 08:57 PM (zw+Ob)

124 Ace, your 80s Mystery Click has interesting captioning....

It happened one summer, it happened one time
It happened forever, for a short time
is transcribed as
If ever one summer
If ever one time
If ever forever, for a short time

It's sooooo smart. /eyeroll/

Posted by: GWB at June 30, 2026 08:57 PM (kU0PQ)

125 For this Mexican soccer game, do the refs hand out green cards?

Posted by: Wally at June 30, 2026 08:57 PM (jeAJZ)

126
For the end of Pride Month

"You know, your son looks like a fag to me. You better get married again, 'cause he's gonna wind up with somebody's cock in his mouth before you can say 'Jack Robinson'".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 08:57 PM (O0L8i)

127 "As he was being escorted out, he"

Now THAT'S how you leave your audience wanting more!

Posted by: gp at June 30, 2026 08:58 PM (Jr5Lq)

128 As he was being escorted out, he reportedly said "51 eggs Newman! I beat you! You couldn't eat 51 eggs because you're a phony, Newman. I'm better than you, and always will be Newman! Don't ever forget that!"

Posted by: Chudley Moore at June 30, 2026 08:58 PM (zw+Ob)

129 Okay guys, show us what you've got.

Posted by: Archer at June 30, 2026 09:00 PM (wvc0i)

130 Fortunato, I have a cask of Amontilado in the cellar. It's much cooler down there.

Posted by: Eromero at June 30, 2026 09:01 PM (LHPAg)

131 OwnZA. OwnZA.

Posted by: Blutarski, gradually then suddenly at June 30, 2026 09:01 PM (l26NL)

132
Scouts?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 09:01 PM (O0L8i)

133 Goon is a great hockey movie.

Posted by: Archer at June 30, 2026 09:02 PM (wvc0i)

134 Minnesota has now legalized gay bathhouses after pressure from Tim Walz. He's totally straight though.

Apparently that news may get Obama to move his obelisk there.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:03 PM (xlvhb)

135 …In much the same way, the USA is not allowed to define itself any longer. This is not by accident. “Sovereign” nations have to go, and be subsumed by the globalist borg. We’re watching this play out in real time. 100 years worth now, I suppose.
Posted by: Common Tater

I am still astounded at the cavalier way the "elites" manage to overrule and overrun the common folk with the invading armies. And they just keep doing it.

Latest PJ Watson, again, on the dispersal of alien invaders across Britain. Why aren't the Brits arming themselves? Oh, riiight.

https://youtu.be/oe-qRTTdLsY

"At this point, you've just got to accept that this isn't an organic migrant crisis; it's a deliberate weaponized assault on native Brits."

Posted by: mindful webworker - basking in a/c turned down low at June 30, 2026 09:03 PM (FL3q9)

136 SCOTUS has now destroyed free and fair elections by ruling that Election Day, really isn’t the day that’s set, it’s a mutable day based on when ballots are received.

They also took the 14th Amendment meant specifically for African Americans and turned it into an immigration weapon that automatically confers citizenship on whoever crosses the border.

ACB is perhaps the worst justice to ever serve on the court. She is subverting the constitution at will, along with her fellow traveler, Roberts.

A lot of people have decried the fact they haven’t taken up the 2A bans cases, even as many citizens are irreversibly harmed by the lack of injunctions- which by the way should be a “clue”. I say, I hope this court never takes up a ban case because it will just be another right ACB steals from us.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 30, 2026 09:04 PM (1lVAS)

137 Oglet’orp?

Posted by: Blutarski, gradually then suddenly at June 30, 2026 09:04 PM (l26NL)

138 14 I pine for Switzerland.

Fir sure.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 30, 2026 07:39 PM

May need to spruce it up a bit.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 30, 2026 09:04 PM (gVsIh)

139 At the ballgame with my grandson.
Go Mariners!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 30, 2026 09:05 PM (gVsIh)

140 Posted by: Vengeance at June 30, 2026 09:04 PM (1lVAS

They just ruled on the Hawaiian ban .

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 09:06 PM (KC5Lt)

141 ACB is perhaps the worst justice to ever serve on the court. She is subverting the constitution at will, along with her fellow traveler, Roberts.

She’s awful, but nobody tops Earl Warren.

Almost every serious problem in this country today can be traced back to him.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 30, 2026 09:06 PM (7wNAQ)

142 Why aren't the Brits arming themselves? Oh, riiight.

Just a periodic reminder that school shootings didn't exist before the late 90s and then they suddenly happened in the US, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand within a short period of time. 3 of the 4 countries banned guns.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:07 PM (xlvhb)

143 "U.S. President Donald Trump said that the Republican convention for the midterms will be held in Dallas, Texas on September 9-10."

Y'all going ??

Posted by: runner at June 30, 2026 09:08 PM (SCqlx)

144 My favorite hockey movies are:
Slapshot
Mystery, Alaska
Goon
Youngblood (mostly because of Cynthia Gibb)

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 09:08 PM (0aYVJ)

145 >142 Just a periodic reminder that school shootings didn't exist before the late 90s and then they suddenly happened in the US, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand within a short period of time. 3 of the 4 countries banned guns.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:07 PM (xlvhb)

And now the sudden international push for internet-ID, for the children, of course.

Posted by: Chudley Moore at June 30, 2026 09:09 PM (zw+Ob)

146 I love how bloodthirsty the crowd is.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 30, 2026 09:10 PM (kpS4V)

147 Even now, Tunguska sized object could still sneak in, coming out of the sun and we wouldn't see it coming.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at June 30, 2026 09:10 PM (+82YS)

148 Youngblood (mostly because of Cynthia Gibb)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 09:08 PM (0aYVJ)

Oh! I forgot! And the woman running the boarding house! Dang.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 09:11 PM (0aYVJ)

149 Because gay bathhouses worked out so well the last time.

I'm sure they've got all the dangers associated with unprotected anal sex with multiple partners fixed now.

Anyway, it's a great day for Bette Midler. Welcome back, Bette. It's ON!

Posted by: mnw at June 30, 2026 09:12 PM (RCjYY)

150 Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:07 PM (xlvhb

I think the biggest mass killing at a school in the US happened in 1927. 45 dead.

That doesn't count because history only starts yesterday for the left. Also it was a bomb instead of a gun. The biggest gun mass killing was at VA Tech. 27. IIRC the shooter wasn't American.

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 09:12 PM (KC5Lt)

151 Miss McGill

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 09:13 PM (0aYVJ)

152 I was in England when the Dunblane massacre occurred, and all I heard was "American-style violence" from the media.

You don't hear them bleating about our violence and racism anymore now that they are enjoying the blessings of diversity.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 30, 2026 09:14 PM (kpS4V)

153 And now the sudden international push for internet-ID, for the children, of course.

That is 100% so they can jail people who make comments they don't like. There's always a trial run of this shit in Europe before it goes wide, because they're more prone to be sheep there.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:14 PM (xlvhb)

154 151 Fionnula Flanagan.

Posted by: gp at June 30, 2026 09:14 PM (Jr5Lq)

155 The Eurotrash are still losing their minds over Americans (and even the occasional Canadian, Japanese, and, hell, probably Hottentot) lighting them up for letting their old people die of heat stroke.

They've got a circular excuse going... when one excuse is refuted, they'll bring out the next, eventually circling back to the first one. It's the same circular excuse strategy that communists always deploy to excuse the failures of communism.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 09:15 PM (qpyNK)

156 My favorite hockey movies are:
Slapshot
Mystery, Alaska
Goon
Youngblood (mostly because of Cynthia Gibb)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 09:08 PM (0aYVJ)

I give up one of my man cards and say I'd add two other skating movies to that list.

The Cutting Edge
Ice Castles

( also because of the chicks but they are really good anyway)

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 09:16 PM (KC5Lt)

157 149 Because gay bathhouses worked out so well the last time.

I'm sure they've got all the dangers associated with unprotected anal sex with multiple partners fixed now.

Anyway, it's a great day for Bette Midler. Welcome back, Bette. It's ON!

Posted by: mnw at

Why do gay guys need a public place for sex? Why can’t they just use their bedroom or if not that a seedy hotel?

Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 09:16 PM (hftzA)

158 Even now, Tunguska sized object could still sneak in, coming out of the sun and we wouldn't see it coming.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at June 30, 2026 09:10 PM (+82YS)

The Why Files (giving the atheist opinion on what destroyed Sodom) mentioned in passing that in late 2024 a building-sized asteroid was inside the orbit of some of our satellites and wasn't discovered until two days later.

Posted by: Methos at June 30, 2026 09:16 PM (vSvIl)

159 I was in England when the Dunblane massacre occurred, and all I heard was "American-style violence" from the media.

I saw some funny data on X today that you're more likely to die of diarrhea in India than of guns in the US. And it's a significant margin, too.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:17 PM (xlvhb)

160 > the biggest mass killing at a school in the US happened in 1927. 45 dead.

The biggest mass killing in Europe happened between 1917 and 1991. 40-60 million dead.

I still can't quite understand why murder by government doesn't count.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 09:17 PM (qpyNK)

161 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 09:17 PM (qpyN

That's a big ass school !

( I understand your point though)

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 09:19 PM (KC5Lt)

162 The Eurotrash are still losing their minds over Americans (and even the occasional Canadian, Japanese, and, hell, probably Hottentot) lighting them up for letting their old people die of heat stroke.
-
Some comedienne took the time to look up the stats, and apparently more Europeans die from summer heat than Americans from "gun violence" all year.

Posted by: Methos at June 30, 2026 09:19 PM (vSvIl)

163 Malinois thinks its owner's umbrella is a chew toy.

That's funny. Glad to see a Malinois even less trained than our Daisy. She got over chewing up random shoes and bras and furniture and now just chews up her own toys. And the occasional squirrel.

Posted by: mindful webworker - if it's mal-eh-nwah, why isn't it ill-eh-nwah? at June 30, 2026 09:20 PM (FL3q9)

164 > Hottentot

Now I'm wondering... is "Hottentot" still okay, or is that one of those words we're not allowed to say any more?

Oh, right: I don't give a shit.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 09:20 PM (qpyNK)

165
I saw some funny data on X today that you're more likely to die of diarrhea in India than of guns in the US. And it's a significant margin, too.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:17 PM (xlvhb)

___________

But nobody really cares about that. Bashing the US is the only point.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 09:20 PM (O0L8i)

166 Piper

Hi.

Because it's impossible to get 55 naked guys in one room!

Posted by: mnw at June 30, 2026 09:20 PM (RCjYY)

167 "Iran's Speaker of Parliament, Ghalibaf:

From the day the blockade was actually lifted until today, we have exported over 40 million barrels of oil, and this happened in just the last 10 or 12 days.

But in the previous 50 or 60 days, we truly didn't export even a single barrel of oil. We were entirely tied up with this issue..."

Posted by: runner at June 30, 2026 09:21 PM (SCqlx)

168 "Iran's Speaker of Parliament, Ghalibaf:

We are selling our oil at a 20 percent premium..."

Posted by: runner at June 30, 2026 09:22 PM (SCqlx)

169 > Why do gay guys need a public place for sex? Why can’t they just use their bedroom or if not that a seedy hotel?
Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 09:16 PM (hftzA)

Takes too much time. Their goal is to get their rocks off as quickly as possible, as anonymously as possible.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 09:22 PM (qpyNK)

170 Publius - there’s a great book I’m reading, called “This New Ocean”, a history of Project Mercury. It’s a hefty tome of 708 pages, written shortly after completion in the 1960s.

It delved into all aspects of the initial impetus, during the 1950s and prior, with the NACA and also delves into some of the aspects of orbital mechanics. I knew it was complicated, but I didn’t realize the twists involved with rendezvous.

There’s also some semi-related interesting stuff on the torture devices constructed to put the astronauts through the paces.

One was called MASTIF, it revolved on 3 gimbals and could hit 60 RPM in a single revolution, turning on three axes. They had a big red “Chicken” button to be pressed, when you couldn’t handle it any longer. A loud klaxon would sound, letting everyone know you wimped out. LOL

Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 09:22 PM (9EbSF)

171 Because it's impossible to get 55 naked guys in one room!

That's why Obama wanted to build the ballroom first. Except he thought "ball room" meant something else entirely.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:22 PM (xlvhb)

172 "Interviewer: Trump said that this money would only be allowed to be used to buy grain, and only from American farmers. How true was this?

Iran's Ghalibaf: Not accurate at all, really.."

Posted by: runner at June 30, 2026 09:22 PM (SCqlx)

173
Can you imagine the deaths if this heat wave happened in August? It's a good way to offload all those elderly people who cost the state money.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 09:23 PM (O0L8i)

174 "Iran's Parliament Speaker, Ghalibaf:

$12 billion is to be given to the Central Bank so that it can purchase any goods it needs, at any price and in any currency worldwide. This is possible, and the process is underway..."

Posted by: runner at June 30, 2026 09:23 PM (SCqlx)

175 To answer my own question, Wikipedia sez:

"Use of the term Hottentot is now considered deeply offensive"

Oh, well.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 09:23 PM (qpyNK)

176 Some comedienne took the time to look up the stats, and apparently more Europeans die from summer heat than Americans from "gun violence" all year.
Posted by: Methos at June 30, 2026 09:19 PM (vSvIl

Reminded me that Europeans count infant mortality rate different than the USA . They don't count premature births.

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 09:23 PM (KC5Lt)

177 "TankerTrackers: Oil exports from Iran have topped 50 million barrels since U.S. ended its blockade on Iran 2 weeks ago..."

Posted by: runner at June 30, 2026 09:24 PM (SCqlx)

178 Whenever I see deer I think deer shit, beheaded tulips and ticks.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 30, 2026 09:25 PM (XV/Pl)

179 >>"Use of the term Hottentot is now considered deeply offensive"

What makes a Hottentot so hot?

Courage.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 30, 2026 09:26 PM (viF8m)

180 Wikipedia sez:

"Use of the term Hottentot is now considered deeply offensive"

Is that like how "Eskimo" became the most offensive slur in the history of man during the 2020 Summer of Love? At least, according to the Canadian government and white women.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:26 PM (xlvhb)

181 “Use of the term Hottentot is now considered deeply offensive"

Oh, well.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 09:23 PM (qpyNK)

What makes the Hottentot’s so hot?
What have they got that I ain’t got?

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 30, 2026 09:26 PM (7wNAQ)

182 Homosexuals are …. different. Anonymous anal intercourse, with dozens of partners is not unheard of.

That’s why they used to make massive arrests at public parks, rest areas, and the like. They all congregate at places like that to “cruise”.

Dick Quest was the British CNN correspondent arrested in NYC’s Central Park early one morning, notable because of an apparent drug-induced disorientation, with a leash around his member. Could happen to anybody

Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 09:27 PM (9EbSF)

183 Just a periodic reminder that school shootings didn't exist before the late 90s and then they suddenly happened in the US, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand within a short period of time. 3 of the 4 countries banned guns.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:07 PM (xlvhb)

So, will Alex Jones ever pay that billion dollar penalty for making a similar allegation?

Posted by: Kindltot at June 30, 2026 09:27 PM (rbvCR)

184 In the west, I don't think anyone's died of diarrhea since the American Civil War.

Posted by: mnw at June 30, 2026 09:28 PM (RCjYY)

185 Did someone say "hot tots"? Sign me up. Love the smell!

Posted by: Joseph Robinette Biden at June 30, 2026 09:28 PM (qpyNK)

186
Miss McGill

She called herself Lil.
But everyone knew her as Nancy.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 30, 2026 09:28 PM (Cqx++)

187 Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 09:27 PM (9EbS

George Michaels was arrested at one of those anonymous hook up spots. Definitely a kink for homos.

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 09:28 PM (KC5Lt)

188 > Dick Quest

That was this guy's REAL NAME?

Oooo....kay.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 09:29 PM (qpyNK)

189 Can we say Kaffir ?

Posted by: runner at June 30, 2026 09:30 PM (SCqlx)

190 Hold up, there was a CNN reporter named "Dick Quest"? Was he Johnny's uncle that nobody talks about?

Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:31 PM (xlvhb)

191 > Dick Quest

That was this guy's REAL NAME?

Oooo....kay.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 09:29 PM (qpyNK)
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A self-fulfilling prophecy?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 30, 2026 09:31 PM (gnNyN)

192 I’m not making this up

Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 09:32 PM (9EbSF)

193 Dick Quest
Wiener
Spitzer

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 30, 2026 09:32 PM (kpS4V)

194 At great risk to my NSA file I Googled "CNN dick quest" and it's true. (I was expecting Don Lemon to pop up with a prompt like that).

Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:33 PM (xlvhb)

195 Johnny’s never talked about brother.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 30, 2026 09:34 PM (7wNAQ)

196 Jews happiest with SCOTUS decision.
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I wouldn't say happy but you're the expert on da joos.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 30, 2026 09:34 PM (RIvkX)

197 At great risk to my NSA file I Googled "CNN dick quest" and it's true. (I was expecting Don Lemon to pop up with a prompt like that).
Posted by: Ian S

You are already on every list. Not much more you can do to get red flagged.

Posted by: NSA Bob at June 30, 2026 09:35 PM (4ektZ)

198 Toobin said hold my beer.

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 09:36 PM (KC5Lt)

199 His on-air name was Richard Quest, he did the "Briton-in-the-street" shtick where he played a refined Brit interviewing stupid American lumpen for CNN.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 30, 2026 09:37 PM (RIvkX)

200 175 To answer my own question, Wikipedia sez:

"Use of the term Hottentot is now considered deeply offensive"

Oh, well.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 09:23 PM (qpyNK)
By whom? Hottentots?

Posted by: Eromero at June 30, 2026 09:38 PM (LHPAg)

201

The House on Tuesday evening canceled votes for the remainder of the week amid tensions over the SAVE America Act, which means lawmakers can go home for the Fourth of July holiday and a week-long recess next week.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 30, 2026 09:39 PM (Cqx++)

202 > At least, according to the Canadian government and white women.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:26 PM (xlvhb)

Meanwhile it's still commonly used here in Alaska.

Calling them all "Inuit" is jug-headed even by woketard standards.

The Inuit live in Canada. Alaska has Inupiat (fairly closely related to the Inuit, but distinct) and Yupik (more distant).

Yupik definitely do not like being called "Inuit". Historically the two groups did not get along.

The languages are related, but not that closely. It's like calling a Spaniard "French" just because they both speak a Romance language (i.e., might even get your ass kicked for that).

Oh, and Alaska's Indian tribes are definitely not Eskimos. Take the historical dislike between Inupiat and Yupik and magnify it by about a hundred.

Where I live there are Eskimos (Chugachigmiut, a Yupik people) on the other side of the Chugach mountain range east of town, in the Prince William Sound drainage. On this side, in the Cook Inlet drainage, it's historically been all Indians (Denaʼina, an Athabascan people).

Why? Because the Denaʼina genocided the Chugachigmiut on this side of the Chugach mountains before Whitey even showed up.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 09:39 PM (qpyNK)

203
Altuve wins appeal on a third strike with the bases loaded, two outs and a 3-2 count. Then Alvarez hits a grand slam.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 09:41 PM (O0L8i)

204 His on-air name was Richard Quest, he did the "Briton-in-the-street" shtick where he played a refined Brit interviewing stupid American lumpen for CNN.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 30, 2026 09:37 PM (RIvkX

The USA has over 430 Nobel prize winners. The next closest is Great Britain with 148.

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 09:42 PM (KC5Lt)

205 A self-fulfilling prophecy?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Nominative determinism
https://w.wiki/aBr

Posted by: mindful webworker visits Doctor Paine the dentist at June 30, 2026 09:45 PM (FL3q9)

206
The USA has over 430 Nobel prize winners. The next closest is Great Britain with 148.

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 09:42 PM (KC5Lt)

___________

Point this out to the Eurotrash and they'll whine about how many were foreign born. To which the reply is that they had to come here to do Nobel Prize worthy work.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 09:46 PM (O0L8i)

207
Though Bob Grubbs (2005, Chemistry) was born in Possum Trot, Kentucky.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 09:48 PM (O0L8i)

208 You are already on every list. Not much more you can do to get red flagged

At this point, if you’re not already on some sort of list, you really ought to be ashamed of yourself. I mean, really.

Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 09:49 PM (9EbSF)

209 Though Bob Grubbs (2005, Chemistry) was born in Possum Trot, Kentucky.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 09:48 PM (O0L8i)

The youngest person to build a nuclear reactor is a red neck from Tennessee. He broke the previous record of another young redneck from Arkansas.

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 09:51 PM (KC5Lt)

210 Guys like Johnny Von Neumann or Enrico Fermi were certainly “foreign born” but the Eurotrash kicked them out.

LOL. These sorts of arguments are infantile.

Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 09:51 PM (9EbSF)

211 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at June 30, 2026 09:52 PM (77rzZ)

212 My grandparents were foreign born but were American through and through.

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 09:53 PM (KC5Lt)

213 Boobs!

Jus’ sayin’.

Posted by: Bulg at June 30, 2026 09:53 PM (77rzZ)

214 I suppose Schlong Crusade would have been too on the nose... and upper lip, and palate

Posted by: gKWVE at June 30, 2026 09:55 PM (gKWVE)

215 The youngest person to build a nuclear reactor is a red neck from Tennessee
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Luis Alvarez once suggested that a sufficiently large mass of U235 slammed into another mass by hand could achieve criticality and blow up.

This is of course why Uranium and such is so closely monitored.

Fermi constructed NR-1 on the squash court during the war using hired people off the street, involving tons of bricks of graphite. He did this because the government contracted firm to construct it was on strike, it was supposed to be built at Argonne iirc.

Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 09:56 PM (9EbSF)

216 MacCracken: Dunlop, you suck cock!
Dunlop: All I can get!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 30, 2026 09:57 PM (kpS4V)

217 >>> 208 You are already on every list. Not much more you can do to get red flagged

At this point, if you’re not already on some sort of list, you really ought to be ashamed of yourself. I mean, really.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 09:49 PM (9EbSF)

Lists are *so* '97, Heather.

My Social Credit score is like, 100 times more negative than yours.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 30, 2026 09:57 PM (R+iUD)

218 Tesla was born in Croatia to Serbian parents but became an American citizen when he was 35.

The story of America which is only 250 years old.

Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 09:57 PM (KC5Lt)

219 What makes the Hottentots so hot?
What puts the “ape” in “apricot?”
Whatta they got that I ain’t got?

Posted by: Bulg at June 30, 2026 09:58 PM (77rzZ)

220 _

Point this out to the Eurotrash and they'll whine about how many were foreign born. To which the reply is that they had to come here to do Nobel Prize worthy work.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 09:46 PM (O0L8i)

Germany would have had a lot more, but they wanted to put them all in death camps so they came to America instead.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 30, 2026 09:58 PM (7wNAQ)

221 Reminded me that Europeans count infant mortality rate different than the USA . They don't count premature births."

This. Mrs was once unit manager Neonatal, and was on an overseas project. No one else counts as we do.

Posted by: man at June 30, 2026 09:58 PM (XuXeR)

222 >>> 183 Just a periodic reminder that school shootings didn't exist before the late 90s and then they suddenly happened in the US, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand within a short period of time. 3 of the 4 countries banned guns.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:07 PM (xlvhb)

So, will Alex Jones ever pay that billion dollar penalty for making a similar allegation?
Posted by: Kindltot at June 30, 2026 09:27 PM (rbvCR)

I would call Jones' claim an order of magnitude beyond 'hey look why are school shootings suddenly, unexpectedly increasing' but that doesn't make the penalty any less commie bullshit.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 30, 2026 10:00 PM (R+iUD)

223 NOOD

TuONT

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 30, 2026 10:00 PM (R+iUD)

224 Fermi was a great fan of Square Dancing. He was said to “dance with his brain, not his feet”, but still. He loved America.

They assigned him a personal bodyguard during the Los Alamos days. They spent a lot of time playing Gin Rummy when traveling. By the time the war ended, he ended up owing his bodyguard several million dollars. They both would reveal this to people with a serious tone. LOL

I guess Von Neumann learned to play poker, but always got beat. He wrote the book on probability theory and similar.

Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 10:01 PM (9EbSF)

225 You are already on every list. Not much more you can do to get red flagged.
Posted by: NSA Bob at June 30, 2026 09:35 PM

I'm confident I do have a decent NSA file. My sister has a high enough security clearance that she's personally briefed every SecState in the last 25 years, starting with Condi Rice so I probably get some notice by association. In real life it just means I win all Six Degrees Of contests without trying.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 10:02 PM (KLKSV)

226 War will be the last option, after 50 years of 'conservatives' doing nothing but line their own pockets.

Posted by: Eromero at June 30, 2026 10:03 PM (LHPAg)

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