Saturday Night Club ONT - July 11, 2026 [D&D]

Welcome to Club ONT - a collaboration of The Disco and The Dino. We built this place for you so you can have some fun. Come in in, grab a drink or 3. Keep it light and friendly. Jerks need not enter the premises (the moose out front is keeping track and you do NOT want to disappoint the moose).

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Saturday Night Jokes and Other Funnies

My wife asked me to see a psychologist about my anger issues.

The doctor asked, “If a train was coming down the hallway toward you, what would you do?”

I replied, “I’d get in my helicopter and fly away.”

The doctor asked, “Where did you get a helicopter?”

I replied, “The same fuckin’ place you got that train from!”

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"Bless me Father, for I have sinned. I have been with a loose girl."

The priest asks, "Is that you, little Joey Pagano?"

"'Yes, Father, it is."

"And who was the girl you were with?"

"I can't tell you, Father. I don't want to ruin her reputation."

"Well, Joey, I'm sure to find out her name sooner or later so you may as well tell me now. Was it Tina Minetti?"

"I cannot say."

"Was it Teresa Mazzarelli?"

"I'll never tell."

"Was it Nina Capelli?"

"I'm sorry, but I cannot name her."

"Was it Cathy Piriano?"

"My lips are sealed."

"Was it Rosa DiAngelo, then?"

"Please, Father, I cannot tell you."

The priest sighs in frustration. "You're very tight lipped, and I admire that. But you've sinned and have to atone. You cannot be an altar boy now for 4 months. Now you go and behave yourself."

Joey walks back to his pew, and his friend Franco slides over and whispers, "What'd you get?"

"Four months vacation and five good leads!"

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Drink of the Night

Today is 7/11, so go grab a Slurpee! Not just ANY Slurpee. One fit for The Club!

Hard Slurpee®

Did we just mix a Slurpee drink with booze? You bet we did and it’s delicious.
Grab your favorite Slurpee flavors, add some ice-cold booze and voila! You’ve just reached Hard Slurpee status. Easy, right? It’s like they practically make themselves. So, why are you still reading this? Get that liquor in the freezer, grab a Slurpee drink and start mixing things up. We’ve got our own Hard Slurpee cocktail to make.

7-eleven suggests a few varieties

Party Fuel Hard Slurpee
½ cherrysthebomb.com Slurpee
½ Bloop Razzle Slurpee
2 oz. ice-cold vodka

Poolside Colada Hard Slurpee
½ Pinata Colada Slurpee
½ Peelin’ Out Slurpee
2 oz. ice-cold rum

Sundae Funday Hard Slurpee
½ cherrysthebomb.com Slurpee
½ Peelin’ Out Slurpee Slurpee
2 oz. ice-cold vodka

Freeze vodka / rum before using. Mix after pouring.

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Club ONT Department of Pet Training

One of the D's is training a bird to work in the Club. We can't say which D did this, but it's not difficult to figure out

pic.twitter.com/8fTXCZJUTl
— Mens_Corner__ (@Mens_Corner__) June 1, 2026

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Club ONT Department of Medical Advice

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Club ONT Department of Bear News

Bear enters mall on Alaska military base, poops on floor

A black bear wandered into the shopping mall on Alaska's Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to eat a single peach and defecate on the floor before leaving.
The bear was caught on camera entering the Exchange shopping mall on the base - which is commonly known by the acronym JBER, pronounced "J-bear" - about 9 a.m. Sunday.
The bear entered the Commissary, ate a single peach and pooped on the floor before vacating the building, officials said.

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Club ONT Department of Eccentric Motorsport

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Club ONT Department of Music Theory

Can any among the Horde play the drum intro for Van Halen's Hot for Teacher?

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Club ONT Jukebox

Randomness? You betcha!

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Top 10ish Comments of the Week

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Club ONT is brought to you from far far away in another galaxy:

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No, Club ONT staff have not been in contact with The Turtle. The only turtle sightings around here are Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael. They are heroes in a half-shell.

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Comments

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1 Whoot!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 11, 2026 10:00 PM (yEz+x)

2 Muslim Council of Britain
Rooted in Britain, Connections Across the Globe.
https://youtu.be/_7xMfIp-irg&t=09

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 10:00 PM (Pee1E)

3 Nurse!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 11, 2026 10:00 PM (kpS4V)

4 First

Posted by: Johnfnotkerry at July 11, 2026 10:01 PM (ZAfEX)

5 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2026 10:01 PM (VmkSV)

6 The bear entered the Commissary, ate a single peach and pooped on the floor before vacating the building, officials said.

That's a hell of a review of the produce section.

Posted by: mikeski at July 11, 2026 10:01 PM (VHUov)

7 Jerks need not enter the premises

Blackballed again.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 11, 2026 10:01 PM (1Ff7Z)

8 One of the D's is training a bird to work in the Club.

Oh, the literal kind, not the British-slang kind. Bummer.

Posted by: mikeski at July 11, 2026 10:03 PM (VHUov)

9 Birds love to bop! I remember a parrot named Mingus in a PBS special who was a slave to the rhythm.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 11, 2026 10:03 PM (kpS4V)

10 They sell hard slurpees here in Wyoming. I was not ready for that. They're not cheap, but some are so damn good they're hard to pass up.

Posted by: 496 at July 11, 2026 10:04 PM (sOtuf)

11 If you have T-Mobile, they run promotions where you can get a free Slurpee at 7-Elevens.

Xfinity Mobile runs plans that don't offer loyal customers anything. Bastids.

I like Slurpees and I can't lie.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2026 10:05 PM (VmkSV)

12 All Hail Eris!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 11, 2026 10:05 PM (yEz+x)

13 They sell hard slurpees here in Wyoming. I was not ready for that. They're not cheap, but some are so damn good they're hard to pass up.
Posted by: 496

So, more than the $20 they charge in town?

Posted by: mikeski at July 11, 2026 10:06 PM (VHUov)

14 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura -Z28.310 at July 11, 2026 10:07 PM (+9wcF)

15 Costco sold adult otter pops a few years ago. Took several days to get the suckers to freeze with the booze in them. Best we could get was mostly slushy. They were GOOOOOOD though.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 11, 2026 10:07 PM (yEz+x)

16 And I always considered black bears to be the friendly ones.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 11, 2026 10:08 PM (6/7Fs)

17 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 11, 2026 10:08 PM (L1JuH)

18 And I always considered black bears to be the friendly ones.
Posted by: Cicero

Please!! Our Ursus americanus brothers are known as Bears of Color these days!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2026 10:09 PM (VmkSV)

19 17 Evenin'
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 11, 2026 10:08 PM (L1JuH)

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*peeks through the Venetian blind*

Checks out.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 11, 2026 10:10 PM (6/7Fs)

20 Oh, the literal kind, not the British-slang kind. Bummer.

Posted by: mikeski
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Radio was on and on about substituting foreign words for American words such as, football. How many of you have smoked a fag or put it in the dickie? He was pissed about Americans accepting other people's norms.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 10:11 PM (Pee1E)

21 16 And I always considered black bears to be the friendly ones.
Posted by: Cicero

Because we're all, like, high, man....

Posted by: Black Bears love schrooms at July 11, 2026 10:11 PM (L1JuH)

22 19 17 Evenin'
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 11, 2026 10:08 PM (L1JuH)

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*peeks through the Venetian blind*

Checks out.
Posted by: Cicero

Thanks! I was guessing. I work in a windowless office in a basement.

Posted by: Black Bears love schrooms at July 11, 2026 10:12 PM (L1JuH)

23 off stoner bear sock

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 11, 2026 10:13 PM (L1JuH)

24 Tom Cruise and Bryan Brown need to be behind that bar.
Points for anyone who can list Coughlin's Laws.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 11, 2026 10:13 PM (QaH55)

25 Well darn.

I was hoping Norway would beat England in the eurofag kickball tournament. Oh well.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 11, 2026 10:14 PM (yEz+x)

26 Here in southeastern Missouri, had some serious flooding going on since Thursday night.

A poor woman who lived nearby was found today after being swept from her home Thursday night/Friday morning. Unfortunately, she didn't make it.

The MSM is calling it a once in a thousand year flood.

The locals here call it normal for this part of the Ozarks.

Power is still out in many areas, so having a generator is a must in these parts, since it could be days before power is restored.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 11, 2026 10:14 PM (S5K1I)

27 And that bear's name was Amber.

Posted by: Johnny D at July 11, 2026 10:14 PM (Q+gd/)

28 Speaking of animals, didja see this?

INSANE: 900 Snakes, Including Venomous Cobras, Escape into Village from Breeding Farm After Massive Flooding in China.

https://tinyurl.com/y2yfepzc

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 10:15 PM (ndZc7)

29 Well. Come on. Who among us hasn't dropped a deuce in an Air Force commissary?

Posted by: Navy Bear at July 11, 2026 10:16 PM (2WIwB)

30 The Disco and The Dino. We built this place...
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Nice looking cabana bar you fellas built. Shame that I'm gonna have to tag it closed for safety violation. The distance from the bar to the ledge is too short and the drop is too steep. Some drunk will surely step of and bust his coconut.
_Inspector Grebbs

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 10:17 PM (Pee1E)

31 INSANE: 900 Snakes, Including Venomous Cobras, Escape into Village from Breeding Farm After Massive Flooding in China.

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With any luck they'll all slither into a wet market and the entire episode will soon be forgotten.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 11, 2026 10:17 PM (6/7Fs)

32 Hey, I wish someone had told me there was going to be an ONT tonight.
🙄

Last night, some neighbors still had some fireworks to shoot off. Tonight, we had a spectacular thunderstorm and lots of rain. God wins.

Posted by: mindful webworker - every time at July 11, 2026 10:17 PM (ci8WY)

33 The bear entered the Commissary, ate a single peach and pooped on the floor before vacating the building, officials said.

That's a hell of a review of the produce section.
Posted by: mikeski at July 11, 2026 10:01 PM (VHUov)
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With bears, you never know if they're fur it or agin' it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 11, 2026 10:17 PM (FZ29D)

34 who's breeding cobras, that's like something i expect from AO3's x-com fandom

Posted by: gKWVE at July 11, 2026 10:17 PM (gKWVE)

35 So, more than the $20 they charge in town?

Posted by: mikeski at July 11, 2026 10:06 PM (VHUov)
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Heh heh... they're about $8 or $9 bucks for about 20 ounces so I've only bought them twice - each time when someone else wanted to try them.

I've given up a lot of the sugar I used to eat. These things are pretty sugary, so they slap. They're damn good. They come in a Styrofoam cup with a silly "seal" so you don't drink it on your way home.

Posted by: 496 at July 11, 2026 10:18 PM (sOtuf)

36 Also speaking of animals, didja see this?

https://tinyurl.com/4krb9pj4

The moonbatkarenmcAWFL.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 10:18 PM (ndZc7)

37 INSANE: 900 Snakes, Including Venomous Cobras, Escape into Village from Breeding Farm After Massive Flooding in China.

With any luck they'll all slither into a wet market and the entire episode will soon be forgotten.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 11, 2026 10:17 PM (6/7Fs)
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Or we get COVID II: Cobra Boogaloo.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 11, 2026 10:18 PM (FZ29D)

38 Well. Come on. Who among us hasn't dropped a deuce in an Air Force commissary?
Posted by: Navy Bear

The GS-12 - "MARINE!! YOU CAN'T SHIT HERE!!"

LCpl - "I'm doing it aren't I?"

Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2026 10:20 PM (VmkSV)

39 Well. Come on. Who among us hasn't dropped a deuce in an Air Force commissary?
Posted by: Navy Bear at July 11, 2026 10:16 PM (2WIwB)

Irv, clean up on aisle 7!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 10:20 PM (wVcYX)

40 INSANE: 900 Snakes, Including Venomous Cobras, Escape into Village from Breeding Farm After Massive Flooding in China.
https://tinyurl.com/y2yfepzc
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Why farm venomous serpents?

Because this exists:

https://is.gd/b3kJQZ

Posted by: mikeski at July 11, 2026 10:20 PM (VHUov)

41 So if the Dutch reverse racers were to race in...say...Australia, would they go forward?

Posted by: Navy Bear at July 11, 2026 10:20 PM (2WIwB)

42 Or we get COVID II: Cobra Boogaloo.

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My box of N95 masks is at the ready.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 11, 2026 10:21 PM (6/7Fs)

43 Sheesh.
Off smelly bear sock.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 11, 2026 10:21 PM (2WIwB)

44 Why farm venomous serpents?

Because this exists:

https://is.gd/b3kJQZ
Posted by: mikeski

I'm shaken, not stirred.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 10:23 PM (ndZc7)

45 My box of N95 masks is at the ready.
Posted by: Cicero

Speaking of that, I saw a youngish woman wearing a mask, that coordinated with her outfit, the other day at WallyWorld.

No eye contact with anyone. No interactions with anyone.
Does any other accoutrement scream "I'm a cat lady and I'm mentally ill!!" louder?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2026 10:23 PM (VmkSV)

46 Partying with Nurse is on my bucket list. I've never seen flaming clown boners before, although I did have a corn dog at a circus once.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 11, 2026 10:24 PM (2WIwB)

47 So if the Dutch reverse racers were to race in...say...Australia, would they go forward?
Posted by: Navy Bear

No, but the steering wheels turning the opposite way adds another level of difficulty.

Posted by: mikeski at July 11, 2026 10:24 PM (VHUov)

48 That bar in the top pic - when you stand up and then stumble off the raised platform and face-plant, they cut you off. Been that, done there.😒

Posted by: mindful webworker - another tekillya sunrise at July 11, 2026 10:24 PM (ci8WY)

49 Club ONT Department of Medical Advice
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When the anesthesiologist puts the mask over your face
and says, 'it's just oxygen'. Yeah, right.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 10:24 PM (Pee1E)

50 SMH

Peace be with you and ex ex amd your family. I hope y’all are safe and dry and staying cool. Please be happy.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 11, 2026 10:24 PM (yEz+x)

51 Evening, ONT Horde! The Dutch have reverse racing because hill climbs are right out.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 10:24 PM (1z8ji)

52 https://is.gd/b3kJQZ

Ohh! Snake surprise!

Posted by: gKWVE prays to shiva at July 11, 2026 10:25 PM (gKWVE)

53 Raiders of the Lost Ark depleted the world supply of poisonous snakes and the snake industry has been struggling to catch up ever since.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 11, 2026 10:25 PM (6/7Fs)

54 I lifted “flaming clown boners” from Ace’s Kaboom! piece.

If you haven’t read it. Omg. You will pee your pants laughing.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 11, 2026 10:26 PM (yEz+x)

55 My box of N95 masks is at the ready.
Posted by: Cicero

Speaking of that, I saw a youngish woman wearing a mask, that coordinated with her outfit, the other day at WallyWorld.

No eye contact with anyone. No interactions with anyone.
Does any other accoutrement scream "I'm a cat lady and I'm mentally ill!!" louder?
Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2026 10:23 PM (VmkSV)

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Saw a woman in the store this afternoon wearing a mask. She was wearing it inside out.
Nobody said anything.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 11, 2026 10:26 PM (2WIwB)

56 Can you guys please stop posting obvious AI pics..?

Posted by: That guy at July 11, 2026 10:26 PM (jkyX4)

57 https://is.gd/b3kJQZ

Ohh! Snake surprise!
Posted by: gKWVE

* nods *

If your exhaust-hood-snake stir-fry calls for rice wine, you'll get a richer flavor using this.

Posted by: mikeski at July 11, 2026 10:27 PM (VHUov)

58 Is that a tiki bar? I'm not seeing any tikis.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 11, 2026 10:28 PM (6/7Fs)

59 Switzerland GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLL!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 11, 2026 10:28 PM (yEz+x)

60 The Mrs and I just had our free slurpees. First time we've been in a 7-Eleven in about 40 years.

Posted by: Embarrassing Stain at July 11, 2026 10:29 PM (e+Esi)

61 Saw a woman in the store this afternoon wearing a mask. She was wearing it inside out.
Posted by: Diogenes

That way you can use it two days before you wash it.

Posted by: Karen McKaren of Clan McKaren at July 11, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)

62 Is that a tiki bar? I'm not seeing any tikis.
Posted by: Cicero

* checks *

Not a titty bar either, then.

Posted by: mikeski at July 11, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)

63 That should have been "MacKaren," shouldn't it? Oh well.

Posted by: mikeski at July 11, 2026 10:31 PM (VHUov)

64 Black bears are often asshoe

Posted by: Common Tater at July 11, 2026 10:31 PM (u3mlR)

65 ***Club ONT Department of Eccentric Motorsport
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Trabant for the win.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 10:32 PM (Pee1E)

66 Good evening Horde. Welcome to Club ONT.

Enjoy your stay and please, no pooping in the aisles. Especially if you have the blizzard shits.

Posted by: TRex - substitute bartender dino at July 11, 2026 10:32 PM (IQ6Gq)

67 Must be an AI tiki bar. The stools are like half height.

Or it's for midgets.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 11, 2026 10:32 PM (jehhT)

68 My box of N95 masks is at the ready.
Posted by: Cicero

It will surprise no one here that for decades, I owned a grass skirt and a coconut shell top. And yes, I wore them to parties.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2026 10:32 PM (VmkSV)

69 Awesome ONT, two Ds!!

>>Why farm venomous serpents?
Because this exists:
https://is.gd/b3kJQZ
Posted by: mikeski
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Ugh! XH & I saw stuff like that in Japan. He always wanted to buy some "snake juice" but thankfully it was too expensive for our lowly E3 budget. (Not "command sponsored", him being below E4, so had to live off-base and pay rent)

Posted by: JQ at July 11, 2026 10:33 PM (rdVOm)

70 Must be an AI tiki bar. The stools are like half height.

Or it's for midgets.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 11, 2026 10:32 PM (jehhT)

Oompa-loompas.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2026 10:33 PM (rbvCR)

71 Trump to Iran: We're sick of your shit.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 11, 2026 10:34 PM (6/7Fs)

72 Hi.

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 11, 2026 10:35 PM (uTEOj)

73 Must be an AI tiki bar. The stools are like half height.

Or it's for midgets.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 11, 2026 10:32 PM (jehhT)

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Sometimes a guy just wants to stop off for a short one.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 11, 2026 10:36 PM (2WIwB)

74 Who doesn’t love The Enchanted Tiki Room?

All the birds sing words and the flowers croon!
In the tiki tiki tiki tiki
Tiki room.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 11, 2026 10:36 PM (yEz+x)

75 72 Hi.

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 11, 2026 10:35 PM
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Howdy.

Posted by: TRex - dimunituve bar stool builder dino at July 11, 2026 10:36 PM (IQ6Gq)

76 71 Trump to Iran: We're sick of your shit.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 11, 2026 10:34 PM (6/7Fs)

And he's going to kill you.

Posted by: slim trumpy at July 11, 2026 10:37 PM (gKWVE)

77 The Disco and The Dino. We built this place...
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Nice looking cabana bar you fellas built. Shame that I'm gonna have to tag it closed for safety violation. The distance from the bar to the ledge is too short and the drop is too steep. Some drunk will surely step of and bust his coconut.
_Inspector Grebbs

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 10:17 PM (Pee1E)

Inspector Grebbs, me old nemesis. This is the genteel bar. You're looking for the bar with the hard stuff, and harder women. Step through this little door, and explore the dungeon a little. Tell the Dragon at the bar I sent you. He'll take really nice care of you.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 11, 2026 10:38 PM (qx7Zg)

78 COMM!

Please, dear sweet lady, join me at our wobbly table and let’s chat.

How are you?

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 11, 2026 10:38 PM (yEz+x)

79 Good evening morons and Слава Двоим!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2026 10:39 PM (RIvkX)

80 I don't care if top pic is (probably) AI-- it fuels the imagination.

Would build the main level larger and install attractive railing with wide top. Could have another row of barstools there, facing the lower area... perhaps a stage on the other end of lower area, for live music/dj.

Oh, the possibilities!

Posted by: JQ at July 11, 2026 10:39 PM (rdVOm)

81 My brother worked at a 7/11 back when he was a teenager. He got free slurpees all the time.
I had to pay for mine. But that was OK. I worked at General Cinema and got to watch free movies.
He had to buy a ticket.

Posted by: Case at July 11, 2026 10:40 PM (IY9No)

82 Must be an AI tiki bar. The stools are like half height.
Or it's for midgets.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Maybe they mix 'em strong, and they want to give you a shorter, safer trip to the floor?

Posted by: mikeski at July 11, 2026 10:40 PM (VHUov)

83 *pitcher of margaritas to wobbly table for nurse & COMM*

Posted by: JQ at July 11, 2026 10:40 PM (rdVOm)

84 Must be an AI tiki bar. The stools are like half height.

Or it's for midgets.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Look fine for me.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 11, 2026 10:42 PM (ftFVW)

85 81 My brother worked at a 7/11 back when he was a teenager. He got free slurpees all the time.

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Slurpees? He should have applied for a job changing the sheets in a whorehouse.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 11, 2026 10:42 PM (6/7Fs)

86 It will surprise no one here that for decades, I owned a grass skirt and a coconut shell top. And yes, I wore them to parties.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2026 10:32 PM (VmkSV)

Sitting next to a girl at a college luau. She was in the grass skirt. Apparently plucking off grass and saying "She loves me." Pluck. "she loves me not." Pluck, was frowned upon.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 11, 2026 10:43 PM (2WIwB)

87 Must be an AI tiki bar. The stools are like half height.

Or it's for midgets.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Look fine for me.
Posted by: She Hobbit

CotW collection is gonna start early.

Posted by: mikeski at July 11, 2026 10:43 PM (VHUov)

88 Must be an AI tiki bar. The stools are like half height.

Or it's for midgets.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Look fine for me.
Posted by: She Hobbit at July 11, 2026 10:42 PM (ftFVW)

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You free tonight?

Posted by: Robert Reich at July 11, 2026 10:44 PM (6/7Fs)

89 Seen elsewhere.

The older I get, the more I understand why cats walk away mid-conversation.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 11, 2026 10:44 PM (qx7Zg)

90 ICYMI:
In the morning Tech Thread, one thing led to another, and m discovered a most delightful performance and shared it with us:

Sting and Rufus Wainwright Wrapped around your finger 720p
https://youtu.be/6scVohi0TYI

With a little research, I have determined that this was from Sting's 60th birthday party, a 4-hour charity concert at the Beacon Theater in Manhattan on October 1, 2011. It's such a stunning rendition, I now consider it the definitive version of the song, much better than his original studio recording with The Police. I'm passing on this little bit of serendipity, and hope my fellow Nightwalkers enjoy it too.

Posted by: SciVo at July 11, 2026 10:45 PM (Sy6m/)

91 I worked at General Cinema and got to watch free movies.
He had to buy a ticket.

Posted by: Case at July 11, 2026 10:40 PM (IY9No)

You're welcome!

https://tinyurl.com/3sd6bmky

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 11, 2026 10:45 PM (1Ff7Z)

92 This is so appalling I'm gonna put it in the ONT comments instead of a daytime news thread.

Long original, article in Breitbart (3000 words?) today:

"Los Angeles Gives Free Pass to Illegal Alien Food Vendors While Restaurants Get Fined or Even Shut Down"

You assumed that? Me too, but the DETAILS are just horrific, imo.

The Cliff Notes:

1) Licensed restaurants, and food trucks, pay appx ONE THIRD of their gross revenues for licensing, safety inspections, mandatory insurance, complying with fire and safety codes, taxes, employee minimum wage requirements, etc.

2) Illegal alien food stands pay none of that, of course. No required refrigeration, no hand washing, etc. These "illegal (?) operations" are spreading like wildfire, including into affluent neighborhoods. Often they set up shop in front of restaurants. Licensed restaurants are going out of business all over LA-- in yuuge numbers.

3) The City Council and Mayor Bass have explained, indeed legislated, that illegal food stands are EXEMPT from code enforcement, and have instructed police not to cite them or bother them. The rationale?

(hIt word limit; cont below)

Posted by: mnw at July 11, 2026 10:45 PM (RCjYY)

93
Great pic choice. 7 hours of Strawberry daiquiris on the back deck tonight. I Love summer.

Posted by: Auspex at July 11, 2026 10:46 PM (Y8DZL)

94 Yeah I've seen a few people wearing masks when shopping lately. I sure hope local stores don't make them mandatory again.

Last go around I 'complied', cuz I didn't want to make life extra difficult for the retail staff. I was one of many who kept the same worthless surgical mask in my purse and pulled it out and put it on right at store doorways. No way that was protecting me, nor preventing me from spreading germs if I had happened to be sick. I quit the charade when they said "don't have to mask if you are vaccinated" --(they didn't know I was not vaccinated)

If there is a repeat I will enter stores unmasked and if challenged I will point out that the mask is not pristine and is only theater as I put it on.

The worst would be if the idiots at my work decided they can't have us WFH again but they do need people to wear a mask; that might push me into "well, good luck keeping things running, here's my retirement notice"

Posted by: PaleRider at July 11, 2026 10:47 PM (PV+Zw)

95 78 {{{nurse}}}

JQ is mixing me a 'special' Slurpee margarita. I'll be right over🤪!
Weeeeee!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 11, 2026 10:47 PM (uTEOj)

96 Some days I wonder about my ability to fill in the gaps. I misread Slurpee in the content as Sharpie, and I was trying to figure out what kind of a drink that might be.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 11, 2026 10:48 PM (qx7Zg)

97 Just wait until the Three Gorges Dam fails/is blown up. 400 million will be homeless.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)

98 Good evening!

Posted by: Piper at July 11, 2026 10:50 PM (/FMtk)

99 Must be an AI tiki bar. The stools are like half height.

Or it's for midgets.

Um, wouldn't stools for midgets have to be taller than regular stools?

Posted by: Oddbob at July 11, 2026 10:50 PM (vTZFs)

100 COMM--

Lemon-lime slurpee, extra flavoring, little triple sec, squeeze a lime wedge, couple oz's of tequila.. salt rim on a ~~plastic cup~~...

Aw, hell no! Poured it into a spicy-salt-rimmed GLASS!

Posted by: JQ at July 11, 2026 10:51 PM (rdVOm)

101 JQ is mixing me a 'special' Slurpee margarita. I'll be right over🤪!
Weeeeee!
Posted by: COMountainMarie

Isn't that just a frozen/blended margarita?

Or is she serving them in 7-11 cups?

Posted by: mikeski at July 11, 2026 10:52 PM (VHUov)

102 92 continuation:

4) That licensing requirements, which include fingerprinting and record checks, MIGHT SUBJECT ILLEGAL ALIEN FOOD VENDORS TO ICE AGENTS!

5) The illegal alien food truck and sidewalk vendors complain that... Latino street gangs are shaking them down! "Nice food stand. Be a shame if anything happened to it."

Words fail me that America has come to this. The criminals are nurtured and encouraged, while the law abiding are regulated, penalized & often put out of business.

Posted by: mnw at July 11, 2026 10:53 PM (RCjYY)

103 Last go around I 'complied', cuz I didn't want to make life extra difficult for the retail staff. I was one of many who kept the same worthless surgical mask in my purse and pulled it out and put it on right at store doorways
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Same here, except I had a mask made in my family's tartan that I reused hundreds of times just because it shut people up. It did nothing (but it was the most comfortable mask I ever wore).

Posted by: 496 at July 11, 2026 10:53 PM (sOtuf)

104 Must be an AI tiki bar. The stools are like half height.

Or it's for midgets.

Um, wouldn't stools for midgets have to be taller than regular stools?
Posted by: Oddbob

If they're using them alone, yes.

Posted by: mikeski is actually 3 midgets in a trenchcoat at July 11, 2026 10:53 PM (VHUov)

105 3) The City Council and Mayor Bass have explained, indeed legislated, that illegal food stands are EXEMPT from code enforcement, and have instructed police not to cite them or bother them..

The hell? How would the police even know they are illegals?
Legit food businesses will have to set up their own 'illegal owned' food stands to be able to compete.

Posted by: PaleRider at July 11, 2026 10:54 PM (PV+Zw)

106 Um, wouldn't stools for midgets have to be taller than regular stools?
Posted by: Oddbob

Only if the bar was at big folk height. I think the pictured tiki bar is giving a clear signal that all y'all freakishly tall people are not the target demo. Bet the drinks are smaller, too.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 11, 2026 10:54 PM (ftFVW)

107 https://tinyurl.com/4krb9pj4
The moonbatkarenmcAWFL.

What a tiresome collection of cliched and shallow tripe. Ignorance so vast in everything she said, I couldn't even begin the futile exercise of unwinding it and informing her. She probably thinks she's profound and original, too. urk

Posted by: mindful webworker - daddieee isssuees at July 11, 2026 10:54 PM (ci8WY)

108 Thanks for the Club ONT, D's.
28th anniversary here. Fun day and evening with the lovely scampywife.

Posted by: scampydog at July 11, 2026 10:55 PM (41CYW)

109 Some days I wonder about my ability to fill in the gaps. I misread Slurpee in the content as Sharpie, and I was trying to figure out what kind of a drink that might be.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Read more carefully, or we'll put a marker on your permanent record.

Posted by: mikeski at July 11, 2026 10:55 PM (VHUov)

110 Argentina. / Switzerland tied right now. In case y’all forgot, we were Team USA, then a very short lived Team Norway, and we are now team Argentina. We can breathe a sigh of relief we don’t have to be Team Anybody But Morocco.

We may start to feel that way about France. Yes, I understand the irony of me saying this. Sorry, mama.

Posted by: Piper at July 11, 2026 10:56 PM (/FMtk)

111 108 Thanks for the Club ONT, D's.
28th anniversary here. Fun day and evening with the lovely scampywife.
Posted by: scampydog at July 11, 2026

Congratulations!

Posted by: Piper at July 11, 2026 10:56 PM (/FMtk)

112 Same here, except I had a mask made in my family's tartan that I reused hundreds of times just because it shut people up. It did nothing (but it was the most comfortable mask I ever wore).
Posted by: 496 at July 11, 2026 10:53 PM (sOtuf)

I wore a shemagh. I looked like the newest data-entry clerk at Hamas' headquarters.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2026 10:58 PM (rbvCR)

113 Piper, if you're looking for a fun fashion nook to explore, you could always try Saijo and the Cats as various types of bands. Hair bands, rock, pop, country, jazz, or others.

That assumes, of course, that they're willing to participate. We don't want you hurt in the name of fashion.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 11, 2026 10:58 PM (qx7Zg)

114 Happy anniversary, Doggo!

Posted by: JQ at July 11, 2026 10:58 PM (rdVOm)

115 100 JQ

Awesome!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 11, 2026 10:59 PM (uTEOj)

116 https://tinyurl.com/4krb9pj4
The moonbatkarenmcAWFL.
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[ ... ] She probably thinks she's profound and original, too. urk

She is undoubtedly proud of herself for single-handedly destroying Christianity. Tomorrow she'll wake up and be completely baffled why there are still Christians.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 11, 2026 11:00 PM (vTZFs)

117 Peace be with you and ex ex amd your family. I hope y’all are safe and dry and staying cool. Please be happy.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 11, 2026 10:24 PM (yEz+x)
___

nurse!

We're fine, praise God.

I just feel bad for my neighbors who lost their homes, and even more so for those who lost loved ones.

Just another reminder that tomorrow is never guaranteed.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 11, 2026 11:00 PM (OPKpU)

118 Thank God the tiki bar is open
Thank God the tiki torch still shines
Thank God the tiki bar is open
Come on in and open up your mind

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 11:00 PM (/+uur)

119 I wouldn't buy food from a truck anyway. I barely trust restaurants.

Posted by: Case at July 11, 2026 11:00 PM (IY9No)

120 Thanks Piper and JQ.

Posted by: scampydog at July 11, 2026 11:00 PM (41CYW)

121 The hell? How would the police even know they are illegals?
Legit food businesses will have to set up their own 'illegal owned' food stands to be able to compete.
Posted by: PaleRider at July 11, 2026 10:54 PM (PV+Zw)

Those wetback roach coaches probably don't even have fire extinguishers...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 11:00 PM (1z8ji)

122 Some days I wonder about my ability to fill in the gaps. I misread Slurpee in the content as Sharpie, and I was trying to figure out what kind of a drink that might be.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Read more carefully, or we'll put a marker on your permanent record.
Posted by: mikeski at July 11, 2026 10:55 PM (VHUov)

For $50 or $100?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 11, 2026 11:01 PM (qx7Zg)

123 113 Piper, if you're looking for a fun fashion nook to explore, you could always try Saijo and the Cats as various types of bands. Hair bands, rock, pop, country, jazz, or others.

That assumes, of course, that they're willing to participate. We don't want you hurt in the name of fashion.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 11, 2026 10

Saijo is pretty good at wearing silly things. He humors me. The cats are fine with Saijo, except when he is extra bouncy. But I don’t know if they would wear costumes!

Posted by: Piper at July 11, 2026 11:03 PM (p4NUW)

124 Congratulations Scampy!💕

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 11, 2026 11:04 PM (uTEOj)

125 The City Council and the Execrable Mayor Bass have explained, indeed legislated, that illegal food stands are EXEMPT from code enforcement.
———

Notice Americans have to comply with reams and reams of bureacratic bullshit paperwork, with all the correct stamps and forms in triplicate filed on time and maintained, permits, inspections. Every jot and tittle must be correct, Comrade.

And yet they then encourage millions of foreign nationals to migrate illegally, and call them “undocumented”, but it’s no big deal, not a cause for concern. No insurance, no problem. We’ll give them Driver License. Hell, even a Commercial Driver License. Never mind Doctors and Nurses, Aircraft mechanics ….

Everything is fake, and gay, now. Sleep well, America! Yeesh

Posted by: Common Tater at July 11, 2026 11:04 PM (u3mlR)

126
Well, just got back from the hospital. Absolute disaster with my mother in the nursing home early this morning. Out of her head, and thinking no telling what, as I was figuring would happen at some point, she tried to get up out of bed. She fell. Big time.

At the ER, well, she looked like she'd been in the ring for a round or two with Mike Tyson. Two massive black eyes and a knot on her forehead the size of a turkey egg. And a gash on her left knee. Lots of blood loss for that, and more units of blood required.

And now completely out of her head and agitated, trying to move around, and reaching for phantom things all around.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 11:05 PM (w6EFb)

127 Same here, except I had a mask made in my family's tartan that I reused hundreds of times just because it shut people up. It did nothing (but it was the most comfortable mask I ever wore).
Posted by: 496 at July 11, 2026 10:53 PM (sOtuf)

I wore a shemagh. I looked like the newest data-entry clerk at Hamas' headquarters.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2026 10:58 PM (rbvCR)

Kept a bandana around my neck. Whenever I got called out, I'd just pull it over my nose. Idiots...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 11, 2026 11:05 PM (nbLIj)

128 oops

Posted by: Common Tater at July 11, 2026 11:05 PM (u3mlR)

129 Mom and her sister made awesome lime daiquiris-- in the freezer. No blender, and it came out nice & slushy because of much rum.

Sadly, Mom didn't pass along the recipe! I sort of remember that she used a couple of cans of frozen limeade concentrate, maybe a lemonade also, and 1/2 (or whole?) bottle of rum. Likely Bacardi silver, but not sure. Mixed it all up in a metal bowl and put in freezer for a while, stirred once in a while to check for slushiness..

Auntie is a total Karen, absolutely TDS, so we haven't spoken for several years-- her choice. Sad.

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

130 No Triple Sec

Cointreau
Gran Marnier

No Triple sec

Posted by: Otto Penn at July 11, 2026 11:05 PM (sJHOI)

131 Storm tonight knocked out a tree in the neighborhood so we have no power.

And here I am using up my phone battery lurking at AoS. Guess I'd better try to sleep (with no air conditioning) instead.

Good night, Beloved Horde!

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 11, 2026 11:05 PM (Hz7GI)

132

"Yeah, I know how it looks. Waltzed in...ate a peach, dumped on the floor. But, what you didn't know was I had the Double Cheese Chimichanga over at Taco Bell about 20 minutes prior. The spaced out kid at the Drive-thru thought I was a fuzzy Volkswagon or something, and tossed out the bag. I ate it. What do I know? I'm a bear. To be honest I went into the Mall to grab some Pepto, but there was this big stack of peaches sitting right there. Just give me a break, I've been trying to get the taste of that Treadwell moron out of my mouth since 2003. I'd eat kale if I thought it would help. And quit belittling me. I have a name you know. It's Boomer."

Posted by: The Bear (aka as Boomer) at July 11, 2026 11:05 PM (dIske)

133 I barely recognize my country any more. I just haven't gotten used to it. I suppose Europeans would say "been there, done that" way back when.

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

134 Cointreau
Gran Marnier

No Triple sec
Posted by: Otto Penn

Suit y'self. I'd make yours *however you like!*

Posted by: JQ at July 11, 2026 11:06 PM (rdVOm)

135 Sting and Rufus Wainwright Wrapped around your finger 720p
https://youtu.be/6scVohi0TYI
...

Posted by: SciVo
--

Yeah.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 11:06 PM (Pee1E)

136 Very sorry to hear that Publius. It is extremely difficult to lose a parent, even when we know it is coming.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 11, 2026 11:07 PM (u3mlR)

137 Well, just got back from the hospital. Absolute disaster with my mother in the nursing home early this morning. Out of her head, and thinking no telling what, as I was figuring would happen at some point, she tried to get up out of bed. She fell. Big time.

At the ER, well, she looked like she'd been in the ring for a round or two with Mike Tyson. Two massive black eyes and a knot on her forehead the size of a turkey egg. And a gash on her left knee. Lots of blood loss for that, and more units of blood required.

And now completely out of her head and agitated, trying to move around, and reaching for phantom things all around.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 11:05 PM (w6EFb)

Sorry to hear that. I hope she and your family find peace soon

Posted by: Otto Penn at July 11, 2026 11:08 PM (sJHOI)

138 Thanks for the Club ONT, D's.
28th anniversary here. Fun day and evening with the lovely scampywife.
Posted by: scampydog

Congrats!

Is that converted from dog years? Not sure if it's 4, 28, or 196.

Probably not that last one.

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

139 126 And now completely out of her head and agitated, trying to move around, and reaching for phantom things all around.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11

Oh, that’s rough. I am sorry. Many prayers, for all of you.

Posted by: Piper at July 11, 2026 11:09 PM (pZEOD)

140 Me too, poly.

Posted by: mnw at July 11, 2026 11:09 PM (RCjYY)

141 People use the minority owned biz loans (8A) IIRC to get a six figure biz loan and piss most of it away on lifestyle upgrades. Not their food truck biz. After several months, a year, whatever they file for bankruptcy. They apply for another 8A loan under their wife's name, next is the brother, then the sister, then... SBA doesn't look into the bankruptcy issue much.

$750K house, luxury cars, clothes, etc. and they run a food truck? Uh huh.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 11, 2026 11:09 PM (jehhT)

142 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 11:05 PM (w6EFb)

So sorry to hear that. Prayers up for you all.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 11:09 PM (wVcYX)

143 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 11:05 PM

So sorry to read that, publius! Prayers continue...

Posted by: JQ at July 11, 2026 11:10 PM (rdVOm)

144 Well, just got back from the hospital.
Posted by: publius

Prayers for her and the publius family.

Posted by: mikeski at July 11, 2026 11:10 PM (VHUov)

145
The nursing home couldn't put a railing on her bed. Oh, no, that would be "restraint", and that's a legal no-no (much horrific abuse in the past is the reason for this, but no common sense in applying it).

They finally got her out of the ER and in room by mid afternoon. Brought her something to eat. Well, Miley and I had to spoon feed her. She did eat a good bit, which was good. And then whole time, well she was trying to use her hands, but it wasn't working too well. We had to hold her arms down just to get food in her mouth.

After that, she continued to flail around, yanking tube and wires off all the time. Finally the nurse got some "mittens", made for this purpose. They keep the hands from being able to do much damage. But the "restraint" thing applies there as well, so they can be removed by someone who has presence of mind, but luckily she doesn't have enough.

So we left her around 9PM, both of us exhausted. And she was still flailing around. They gave her some sort of sedative, but diddly squat it apparently did.

I thought my father could be a real pill, and he was, and my mother was always so sweet and cooperative. No more.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 11:11 PM (w6EFb)

146 I wore a dust mask for about a 1/2 hour once during the Covid mania, and only once, for a job seminar/computer testing.

I would have really liked to have a surplus MOPP suit, boots, gloves, and M14 Mask & Hood, or whatever it was called. Just to f&@$ with people.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 11, 2026 11:11 PM (u3mlR)

147 Poor mama publius

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2026 11:13 PM (RIvkX)

148
Just another reminder that tomorrow is never guaranteed.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy
---

But remember the high ground is always best.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 11:14 PM (Pee1E)

149 I can't imagine what you're going through, publius, even with Miley there to help.

If they haven't done so, your mother needs a fall monitoring device that puts out a loud noise and alerts staff. I'm sure the hospital has the equipment. Assisted living and highest senior living facilities should as well.

No, I'm not selling anything. I worked on call systems for senior living and memory care, so I knows what's available.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 11, 2026 11:15 PM (qx7Zg)

150 I hope they have someone sitting by her.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2026 11:15 PM (RIvkX)

151
97 Just wait until the Three Gorges Dam fails/is blown up. 400 million will be homeless.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)

Promises, promises.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 11:16 PM (VbqNm)

152 Thanks for the Club ONT, D's.
28th anniversary here. Fun day and evening with the lovely scampywife.
Posted by: scampydog at July 11, 2026 10:55 PM (41CYW)

So 4 human years anniversary?

Posted by: Doof at July 11, 2026 11:16 PM (QLC6i)

153 Solid jokes.

Posted by: Haha at July 11, 2026 11:16 PM (Xe8e7)

154 I like the Dutch reverse racing. It's demo derby with some speed and momentum.

Posted by: From about a that Time at July 11, 2026 11:17 PM (sl73Y)

155 Oh, btw, it appears we're at war again.

Posted by: mnw at July 11, 2026 11:17 PM (RCjYY)

156 Prayers ascending for continued strength, Publius.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 11, 2026 11:17 PM (nbLIj)

157 141 People use the minority owned biz loans (8A) IIRC to get a six figure biz loan and piss most of it away on lifestyle upgrades. Not their food truck biz. After several months, a year, whatever they file for bankruptcy. They apply for another 8A loan under their wife's name, next is the brother, then the sister, then... SBA doesn't look into the bankruptcy issue much.

$750K house, luxury cars, clothes, etc. and they run a food truck? Uh huh.

Posted by: Martini Farmer
---

And there are classes on how to fill out the forms to get that
turning a decent idea into a scam.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 11:17 PM (Pee1E)

158 Tom Cruise and Bryan Brown need to be behind that bar.
Points for anyone who can list Coughlin's Laws.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 11, 2026 10:13 PM (QaH55)

I think the last one was "bury the dead - they stink up the joint"

Posted by: Doof at July 11, 2026 11:17 PM (QLC6i)

159 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 11:05 PM (w6EFb)

Sorry to hear the news about your mom.

Posted by: Joemarine at July 11, 2026 11:17 PM (y171U)

160 Sorry to hear this about your mom, Publius. Prayers for her.

Posted by: Case at July 11, 2026 11:19 PM (IY9No)

161 Well, just got back from the hospital. Absolute disaster with my mother in the nursing home early this morning. Out of her head, and thinking no telling what, as I was figuring would happen at some point, she tried to get up out of bed. She fell. Big time.

At the ER, well, she looked like she'd been in the ring for a round or two with Mike Tyson. Two massive black eyes and a knot on her forehead the size of a turkey egg. And a gash on her left knee. Lots of blood loss for that, and more units of blood required.

And now completely out of her head and agitated, trying to move around, and reaching for phantom things all around.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 11:05 PM (w6EFb)

Sad news, Publius. Mayb the ER can give her something to reduce her mental anxiety?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 11:19 PM (1z8ji)

162
They've got bed alarms there at the hospital. It seems now she's just most failing her arms around. We were exhausted and I've got to crash for a while.

It's just a mess.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 11:19 PM (w6EFb)

163 141 People use the minority owned biz loans (8A) IIRC to get a six figure biz loan and piss most of it away on lifestyle upgrades. Not their food truck biz. After several months, a year, whatever they file for bankruptcy. They apply for another 8A loan under their wife's name, next is the brother, then the sister, then... SBA doesn't look into the bankruptcy issue much.

$750K house, luxury cars, clothes, etc. and they run a food truck? Uh huh.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 11, 2026 11:09 PM (jehhT)

I don’t know about 8A, I was advised to get a 7a. It was no walk in the park to get approved, at all. I ended up needing J to co-sign because I didn’t have $250k in the bank. Not retirement, not net worth. Money. I didn’t have it anywhere else, either, mind you. Which is why I get super frustrated with what ever happened to allow these other loans to be given out the way they are described. I wonder which banks gave them. And SBA backed debt is not as easily discharged in bankruptcy as other debt, either.

Posted by: Piper at July 11, 2026 11:19 PM (T6NOp)

164 155 Oh, btw, it appears we're at war again.
Posted by: mnw at July 11, 2026 11:17 PM (RCjYY)

We will not see the Doors Of Janus closed until the Parthians remember why they feared his wrath the first time.

Posted by: slim trumpy at July 11, 2026 11:19 PM (gKWVE)

165 157

I've told my son in law school that anti-fraud is the bullseye on the law enforcement heat map.

Posted by: mnw at July 11, 2026 11:20 PM (RCjYY)

166 Congrats Scampy!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 11, 2026 11:22 PM (2WIwB)

167 92> "The City Council and Mayor Bass have explained, indeed legislated, that illegal food stands are EXEMPT from code enforcement, and have instructed police not to cite them or bother them."

This is actually Great News and Trump can return to the Supreme Court w/r/t the 14th Amendment. The retarded "Justice" said that illegals were "subject to the jurisdiction" so that justified birth right citizenship.

But clearly, the illegals are officially, by means of recognition of the prevailing city government, not under US jurisdiction, nor of the state of California being that they are not subject to any of the laws, regulations, licensing, etm.

Illegals, are, de-facto not subject to the jurisdiction as evidence by the official statements of the government of California. Therefore their anchor children are not subject either and can be deported and denied US citizenship.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 11, 2026 11:23 PM (nCgQz)

168 164

Trump looks a little shopworn lately. I can see why he might be.

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

169 publius, that's tough about your mom. Nothing broken in the fall, I hope. Qualms about restraining her, so she's free to injure herself. Figure the sedatives did nothing because also don't want to over-medicate even if someone needs it. I pray she will soon improve and recover.

Posted by: mindful webworker - big gov makes a great doc at July 11, 2026 11:23 PM (ci8WY)

170 Applied for an ag exemption (wildlife refuge). The language, you can't just say a thing. Common English will get you nowhere. A county game warden gave me some hints and tips. Never would have got it without her help.

If you want to succeed with the government you must learn to speak bureaucrat. The language opens doors otherwise sealed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 11:24 PM (Pee1E)

171 Iran is somewhere between tragedy and comedy tonight - dark comedy, certainly. Iran has continued to fire missiles and drones at ships in the gulf, but then says “we don’t know who did that, we didn’t order it.

So Trump said “we need an announcement from the government that the he Straits are open, and that no more missiles will be fired.”

So of course tonight Iran screamed “you’re not the boss of me!!!” and announced that the straits are now closed and started shooting missiles at, well who knows what.

Stay tuned!

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 11:25 PM (VbqNm)

172 Mazel tov Doggo and Mrs. Doggo

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2026 11:25 PM (RIvkX)

173 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 11, 2026 11:26 PM (SRRAx)

174 171

They killed a civilian merchant seaman today, some poor devil on a cargo ship in the Strait. That's something new.

Posted by: mnw at July 11, 2026 11:28 PM (RCjYY)

175 Difference in a tiki bar and a cabana bar is that a tiki bar has the roof poles placed backwards?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 11:28 PM (Pee1E)

176 Hi, TiFW

Posted by: mnw at July 11, 2026 11:29 PM (RCjYY)

177 So of course tonight Iran screamed “you’re not the boss of me!!!” and announced that the straits are now closed and started shooting missiles at, well who knows what.

Stay tuned!
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 11:25 PM (VbqNm)

For every missile fired by Iran, blow up ten mosques.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 11:29 PM (1z8ji)

178 It's 7:00 AM in Tehran, we've had all night.
What did we do?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 11:30 PM (Pee1E)

179 So of course tonight Iran screamed “you’re not the boss of me!!!” and announced that the straits are now closed and started shooting missiles at, well who knows what.

Stay tuned!
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 11:25 PM (VbqNm)

For every missile fired by Iran, blow up ten mosques.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 11:29 PM (1z8ji)

***

In this country.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 11, 2026 11:30 PM (2WIwB)

180 Trump looks a little shopworn lately. I can see why he might be.
Posted by: mnw

He's doing well compared to most Presidents. Most of them age about 10 years per term.

Posted by: mikeski at July 11, 2026 11:31 PM (VHUov)

181 Publius, my hubby was the same way-- they had to put mittens on him! He pulled out his catheter (!!!! ouch!) a couple of times, and all his IV's, the O2...

But at least hospital could put up side rails. They had one-on-one with him for a while also.

He calmed down after a few days.

Hope Mama Publius calms too!

Ugh, such a tough situation.

Posted by: JQ at July 11, 2026 11:32 PM (rdVOm)

182 In this country.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 11, 2026 11:30 PM (2WIwB)

Embrace the power of "and".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 11:32 PM (1z8ji)

183 We rounded up some of the usual suspects-- coastal radar and Bass boats with machine guns.

Posted by: mnw at July 11, 2026 11:33 PM (RCjYY)

184 Evening, hordelings. Anyone watching the sports ball game?

A conspiracy theory was brewing in the Egypt/ Argentina game that the refs are trying to fix it so Argentina and their rockstar Messi get into the finals. This game of Swiss/ Argentina is fueling that conspiracy theory. Controversial red card against the Swiss team's best scorer, and they are playing one less man on the field. But the Swiss defense and goalie are holding them off to a tie.

Posted by: LizLem at July 11, 2026 11:33 PM (Ul6js)

185 Argentina wins it !

Posted by: runner at July 11, 2026 11:33 PM (GD0B3)

186 @AsifAli_Haider -
Breaking 🚨 Iran has launched a massive, relentless assault it appears to have found a formidable adversary.
The footage clearly shows the net tightening around the US, and this attack has effectively broken Israel's back

https://tinyurl.com/48vwtc7j

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 11:34 PM (Pee1E)

187 Embrace the power of "and".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 11:32 PM (1z8ji)

Point taken!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 11, 2026 11:35 PM (2WIwB)

188 Good. Fuck Egypt for refusing to allow Copts even to play. Rameses II Ozymandias laughs. He'll probably be remembered long after Islam is a bad dream

Posted by: gKWVE at July 11, 2026 11:35 PM (gKWVE)

189 Welp Argentina scored. We'll see if the Swiss can answer back.

Posted by: LizLem at July 11, 2026 11:36 PM (Ul6js)

190 Reading a letter from Ben Franklin to his daughter and came upon a gem of wisdom concerning the Chinese idea of "ascending honor". In a nutshell, when the Emperor promoted someone to the status of Mandarin, that honor was simultaneously awarded to the parents, owing to the upbringing and examples they set. The honor did not extend to the descendants. They had to make their own way.

His take on descending honor explains a lot of what is wrong with our world. In his words:

But the descending honor, to a posterity who could have no share in obtaining it, is not only groundless and absurd, but often hurtful to that posterity, since it is apt to make them proud, disdaining to be employed in useful arts, and thence falling into poverty, and all the meannesses, servility, and wretchedness attending it; which is the present case with much of what is called the noblesse in Europe. (cont)

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 11, 2026 11:36 PM (nbLIj)

191 >AsifAli_Haider

As if.

Posted by: the 80s called at July 11, 2026 11:36 PM (gKWVE)

192 Might not be up later so I'll just mention this now.

July 12, 2011 01:33 AM

Fifteen years ago tonight I left my first comment on AoS. Had been reading posts for a while before that but hadn't ventured into comments because, well, you know how irritating comments are. Then I looked. And got hooked.

It was a long comment, longer than we can leave anymore, ranting about some gal named Palin.

"For all her joyous spirit, she also knows the terrible price that might be, very well will be, extracted from her, and her family, if she runs, and if she wins. She is willing to bear what comes, not for her sake, but for the sake of service."

http://acecomments.mu.nu/?blog=86&post=318656#c13750041

A real trip to look through who some of the commenters who were on that post. Talk about absent friends…!

Posted by: mindful webworker - gnost algaea at July 11, 2026 11:36 PM (ci8WY)

193 Yes! Argentina!

Posted by: Piper at July 11, 2026 11:37 PM (pZEOD)

194 What sort of dumbshit would outlaw side rails on a hospital bed?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 11, 2026 11:37 PM (u3mlR)

195 For every missile fired by Iran, blow up ten mosques.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 11:29 PM (1z8ji)

----------

10 per? It would take forever to clear the entire country.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 11, 2026 11:37 PM (u/oMr)

196 AsifAli_Haider

As if.
Posted by: the 80s called at July 11, 2026 11:36 PM (gKWVE)

A lying musloid. How novel!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 11:37 PM (1z8ji)

197 186

Sounds as if Baghdad Bob has found new employment.

Posted by: mnw at July 11, 2026 11:39 PM (RCjYY)

198 LizLem- Egypt is corrupt and was waving Palestinian flags, telling fans to F off when they lost. They lost because they didn’t play as well. Just like Norway.

Posted by: Piper at July 11, 2026 11:39 PM (pZEOD)

199 177> For every missile fired by Iran, blow up ten mosques.

Punching back at Iran is one thing, pissing off the Muslim world is another. The West has far too many jihadists and Muslim terrorists to expand the war to Islam in that direct sort of way.

I suspect the reason why the DoW hasn't gone after mosques because they are likely harboring weapons and leadership and should therefore be a legitimate target, is that right now, there is relatively low-level church burnings. That would likely escalate and that escalation would likely start crossing some heritage American's threshold and then Katy Bar The Door.

Maybe that is what we need. But every level of government in the West is anti-Christian and will move Heaven and Earth to defend Muslims and their mosques.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 11, 2026 11:39 PM (PVBkQ)

200 For every missile fired by Iran, blow up ten mosques.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Do the mosques have to be over there, or can we, um, choose, say, locally?

Posted by: mindful webworker - gnost algaea at July 11, 2026 11:39 PM (ci8WY)

201 After three days of vacation I'm absolutely exhausted, which means I must be doing it right! I decided to have one final big meal which included filet mignon, fried oysters, a loaded potato, dessert, and two Manhattans (no data on whether they were shaken or stirred). It was worth every penny.

Posted by: PabloD at July 11, 2026 11:39 PM (vMeMn)

202 (Continued from 190)

Or if, to keep up the dignity of the family, estates are entailed entire on the eldest male heir, another pest to industry and improvement of the country is introduced, which will be followed by all the odious mixture of pride, and beggary, and idleness, that have half depopulated and decultivated Spain; occasioning continual extinction of families by the discouragements of marriage, and neglect in the improvement of estates.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 11, 2026 11:40 PM (nbLIj)

203
I just looked up the laws on "restraint". Long story short, I can see why nobody wants to do it. Too much legal liability.

These laws were passed in response to horrific abuses (think some patient tied down in a nursing home, wallowing in their own filth being abused by staff, etc). But no common sense apparently can be applied.

It technically can be done, but it requires a doctor's order, and a given order can only last for a short period, and must be continuously reviewed. Tons of documentation are required, and every 'i' must be dotted and every 't' crossed. Anything not order will expose them to all sorts of legal liability, fines galore, and even criminal liability.

So, no one wants to expose themselves to that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 11:41 PM (w6EFb)

204 I'm rooting for the Swiss, Piper, partly because the Argentinians and Messi aren't playing their best, and the Swiss defense is so good. And because I am so annoyed with this Brit announcer who is a huge Messi stan. He was grousing how hard Argentina is having to work for this win.

Well I'm sorry it's not a coronation, dude. They have to actually win like everyone else. Sorry the Swiss didn't just roll over and take it.

Posted by: LizLem at July 11, 2026 11:41 PM (Ul6js)

205 Argentina up 3-1 now

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 11, 2026 11:42 PM (yEz+x)

206 It is false imprisonment to force someone to remain in a chair, bed, or room against their will.

Only the cops can do that.

In California, there can be a 3-day involuntary detention for psychiatric evaluation.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2026 11:42 PM (RIvkX)

207 Now Argentina won! They scored again.

Posted by: Piper at July 11, 2026 11:42 PM (pZEOD)

208 publius, I don't know if this is a feralgov thing or it varies between states, but if you have power of attorney can you sign a consent form for the bedside rails to be put in place?

Prayers up for all of you.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 11, 2026 11:42 PM (R+iUD)

209 207- unless Switzerland scores twice in 4 minutes, that is.

Posted by: Piper at July 11, 2026 11:43 PM (pZEOD)

210 Yeah it’s over. Argentina wins!

Posted by: Piper at July 11, 2026 11:43 PM (pZEOD)

211 207- unless Switzerland scores twice in 4 minutes, that is.
Posted by: Piper at July 11, 2026 11:43 PM (pZEOD)

That'd be just cuckoo.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 11:44 PM (1z8ji)

212 In Franklin’s time, an heir to the estate (eldest son) also inherited the debts of the estate, if any.

Naturally, they also had Debtor’s prisons as well. There were two different versions, depending on the type of debt, a prison for secured or collateralized debt, and another prison for what we would call credit or unsecured debt. I think the latter Prisons were much worse conditions.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 11, 2026 11:45 PM (u3mlR)

213 >> I don't know if this is a feralgov thing or it varies between states,

It's both. And I think it also depends on what a given facility is willing to do. This is so strictly regulated, and so legally perilous, I think a lot of them just won't do it, even if they could, and even if it's in the best interests of the patient.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 11:46 PM (w6EFb)

214 First time Messi didn’t score!

Posted by: Piper at July 11, 2026 11:46 PM (pZEOD)

215 Agree, Piper, that Egypt was corrupt. I'm glad they had to suffer through the "indignity" of the Seattle pride night, and I'm glad they finally lost. But I also don't think any team is owed anything, Argentina has to earn it. I'm a contrarian like that.

I hope the England vs Argentina game is a clean game, I don't like thinking the refs might be meddling in the outcomes in ways they shouldn't.

Posted by: LizLem at July 11, 2026 11:46 PM (Ul6js)

216 Why isn’t Iran a parking lot right now?

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 11, 2026 11:47 PM (yEz+x)

217 That’s all bullshit. They had side rails on the hospital beds up until relatively recently.

It’s so goddamned stupid I can’t even.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 11, 2026 11:48 PM (u3mlR)

218 I hope the England vs Argentina game is a clean game, I don't like thinking the refs might be meddling in the outcomes in ways they shouldn't.
Posted by: LizLem at July 11, 2026 11:46 PM (Ul6js)

It'd be a good time for Argentina to invade the Falklands again. All eyes would be elsewhere.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 11:48 PM (1z8ji)

219 US Agricultural Economies
Attractive chart, well done.
Atlantic seaboard is like, na bro, we don’t produce much,
but look up north.
CA, IA and TX; go hungry bitches

https://tinyurl.com/e24ss87z

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 11:49 PM (Pee1E)

220 202

But, IIRC, Ben left his own money and stuff to his one surviving daughter. (He and his illegitimate son had been estranged for a long time.)

So, he must not have been totally opposed to inherited wealth.

Posted by: mnw at July 11, 2026 11:50 PM (RCjYY)

221 I have a pet theory about the Iranian leadership. I think they hate America, and by extension Trump SO much that they are eager to do anything to prove that we, and he, are completely wrong on even the most minor point.

So since Trump said that they were sane, rational people who we could make a deal with, they are now dedicated to proving to the entire world that nothing could be further from the truth.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 11:50 PM (VbqNm)

222 I think the refs are as corrupt as any other game. These are brought in from all over to try to mitigate, but the call against the US shows it’s not perfect.

I am a huge Messi fan, he has a great story, he literally came from nothing and not like US nothing. His old hood is a slum for real. He has such strong faith. He is a machine at 38.

But there are other players who are cool, too, though, for sure.

Posted by: Piper at July 11, 2026 11:51 PM (pZEOD)

223 >> They had side rails on the hospital beds up until relatively recently.

The hospital uses them, and does have them up with her now. But, it's the nursing home that says they can't use them.

And that's apparently a thing. When my father broke his hip, he went in for rehab, and promptly starting the trying to get out of bed in the middle of the night thing. They could use rails or restraints, so they pushed his bed up against the wall, and put down a couple of spare mattresses to break the inevitable fall.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 11:51 PM (w6EFb)

224 Shocking that terrorists are acting like terrorists! Who would have expected that ?!

Posted by: runner at July 11, 2026 11:52 PM (GD0B3)

225 >>>That'd be just cuckoo.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 11:44 PM (1z8ji)

ISWYDT! I also kind of wanted the Swiss to win the whole thing just to see the Swiss government give all the players a cow or an alphorn as a thank you, like they did when Federer won in Tennis. But that was an unlikely scenario.

Who looks stronger, England or Argentina?

Posted by: LizLem at July 11, 2026 11:53 PM (Ul6js)

226 And now completely out of her head and agitated, trying to move around, and reaching for phantom things all around.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 11:05 PM (w6EFb)

None of this is her fault, nor is it yours. Brains get broken, just like everything else. I know it is awful to watch, but it happens, so see if they can find something to give her to calm her down, and then leave the rest to God. My prayers are with you, as are those of the rest of the horde. You can do nothing if you don't sleep, so do that, as difficult as it may be.

All will be well, all will be well, and all manner of things will be well. --Julian of Norwich, she was crazy, but she was correct.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 11, 2026 11:53 PM (bl07w)

227 LizLem,

I thought the Seattle Pride Game was disgraceful. The FIFA World Cup is about eurofag kickball. Not about the sexual proclivities of a tiny minority of loud assholes.

I was embarrassed.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 11, 2026 11:54 PM (yEz+x)

228 200 For every missile fired by Iran, blow up ten mosques.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Do the mosques have to be over there, or can we, um, choose, say, locally?

Posted by: mindful webworker - gnost algaea
---

Hey Ohhhhhh

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 11:54 PM (Pee1E)

229 Cool to hear about Messi's story, Piper. Hopefully he just had an off night and is rested for the England game.

Posted by: LizLem at July 11, 2026 11:55 PM (Ul6js)

230
Those wetback roach coaches probably don't even have fire extinguishers...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

It wouldn't be too hard to find out for sure.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 11, 2026 11:55 PM (Cqx++)

231 Why can’t the retardation ever go the other way?

When mother/father/brother/son whoever falls out of the hospital bed and gets hurt sue their ass.

They make side rails for home use too, they simply slip between the mattress & box spring and they work great. Elderly can get agitated, nightmares, etc, and falling out of bed is never a good thing.

Stupid fuckers

Posted by: Common Tater at July 11, 2026 11:55 PM (u3mlR)

232 I thought the Seattle Pride Game was disgraceful. The FIFA World Cup is about eurofag kickball. Not about the sexual proclivities of a tiny minority of loud assholes.

I was embarrassed.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 11, 2026 11:54 PM (yEz+x)

Not at all sure what the fags think buttfucking has to do with sports. At some point, even Seattle may have had enough. May take another decade or so, but at some point....

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 11, 2026 11:57 PM (bl07w)

233 The liability on that bar setup has to be in the millions.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 11, 2026 11:58 PM (diia5)

234 OK, then sue the fucking nursing home. Are they retarded??

Posted by: Common Tater at July 11, 2026 11:58 PM (u3mlR)

235 My dad's dad was a moron before the horde existed. He fell out of bed trying to grab a nurse's ass. Broke his hip, but I don't think that slowed him down much. If I had been the nurses, I would have kept him at arm's length. Crazy old coot.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 11, 2026 11:58 PM (bl07w)

236 Punching back at Iran is one thing, pissing off the Muslim world is another. The West has far too many jihadists and Muslim terrorists to expand the war to Islam in that direct sort of way.…
Posted by: Community Notes

I suppose it's true. If the crusade starts, you can't quit until the enemy is rendered completely not a threat, which in Ishlame's case might just mean eradicated.

Reminds me of what that Japan fellow warned about hitting Pearl Harbor, that they'd have to keep going from California to the East coast.

Posted by: mindful webworker - but good men can't just do nothing at July 11, 2026 11:58 PM (ci8WY)

237 233 The liability on that bar setup has to be in the millions.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 11, 2026 11:58 PM (diia5)

Not if it's in my backyard.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 11, 2026 11:59 PM (bl07w)

238 230

The article I quoted above also stated that illegal alien food stands have been exempted from fire code violations, i.e., the requirement to use fireproof canvas or tarp for the roof.

Legal, licensed food stands are required to comply, though.

Posted by: mnw at July 11, 2026 11:59 PM (RCjYY)

239 221 I have a pet theory about the Iranian leadership.
...

Posted by: Tom Servo
---

That's where you went off the rails. They don't have any leadership or if they do it's two sets. They have civil leadership and military leadership. The civil leadership is as or more hapless than the GOPe and the military leadership rhymes with a 12 yo kid in the bathroom with a Playboy magazine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 12:00 AM (Pee1E)

240 The article I quoted above also stated that illegal alien food stands have been exempted from fire code violations, i.e., the requirement to use fireproof canvas or tarp for the roof.

Legal, licensed food stands are required to comply, though.
Posted by: mnw

The fun part is learning that the food truck operators are allowed to have firearms in their vehicles to stop robberies. Good times.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 12, 2026 12:03 AM (diia5)

241 the military leadership rhymes with a 12 yo kid in the bathroom with a Playboy magazine.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 12:00 AM (Pee1E)

Well, their holy city is "Qom", so...

Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2026 12:04 AM (gKWVE)

242 I made the top comments.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 12, 2026 12:04 AM (nyX/B)

243 That's where you went off the rails. They don't have any leadership or if they do it's two sets. They have civil leadership and military leadership. The civil leadership is as or more hapless than the GOPe and the military leadership rhymes with a 12 yo kid in the bathroom with a Playboy magazine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 12:00 AM (Pee1E)

I’ll make a blunt assumption that whoever, or whichever internal group, issued the statement tonight that the Straits are Closed is the De Facto leadership, no matter what any of the others claim.

It always turns out to be the Guys with the Guns.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 12, 2026 12:04 AM (orF8y)

244 The liability on that bar setup has to be in the millions.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 11, 2026 11:58 PM (diia5)

It's definitely not ADA compliant.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 12, 2026 12:05 AM (wVcYX)

245 I read about a university study years ago where they hooked senior citizens into harnesses and put them on a treadmill and tripped them on purpose (the harness kept them from falling). The upshot was that just a little bit of time on the trip-treadmill had remarkable results. The seniors were much more able to catch themselves and less likely to get hurt badly.

I also picture the young college student in that lab whose job it was to trip the old folks. They must have felt awful!

Posted by: 496 at July 12, 2026 12:05 AM (sOtuf)

246 The civil leadership is as or more hapless than the GOPe and the military leadership rhymes with a 12 yo kid in the bathroom with a Playboy magazine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 12:00 AM (Pee1E)

And the "military" leadership is the IRGC, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The regular military seems to be keeping their heads down. Perhaps USA and Israel should reach out discreetly to the Admirals and Generals, and let them know that a military dictatorship in Iran would be looked upon favorably as a short-term alternative to the mullahcracy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2026 12:05 AM (1z8ji)

247 So since Trump said that they were sane, rational people who we could make a deal with, they are now dedicated to proving to the entire world that nothing could be further from the truth.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 11:50 PM (VbqNm)

There is no unified command, and even the Cardboard mullah is communicating through text. There are probably 5 splinters of the IRCG sitting on weapons, and there is probably two governing splinters and then the regular army. And the street. Some want to surrender, some want to negotiate, and some are certain that a loss means they are strung up or torn apart by a mob

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 12:06 AM (rbvCR)

248 I have a pet theory about the Iranian leadership.
...

Posted by: Tom Servo
---

That's where you went off the rails. They don't have any leadership or if they do it's two sets. They have civil leadership and military leadership. The civil leadership is as or more hapless than the GOPe and the military leadership rhymes with a 12 yo kid in the bathroom with a Playboy magazine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 12:00 AM (Pee1E)

***

I have long suspected that the leadership, both civilian and military, have been seriously fragmented across the country. Attacks in the Straights are probably ordered by a local commander who may or may not be under orders from Tehran, and who may be acting on his own.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 12, 2026 12:07 AM (2WIwB)

249 I also picture the young college student in that lab whose job it was to trip the old folks. They must have felt awful!
Posted by: 496 at July 12, 2026 12:05 AM (sOtuf)

Not that young upstart Anthony Fauci..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 12, 2026 12:08 AM (nbLIj)

250 Punching back at Iran is one thing, pissing off the Muslim world is another. The West has far too many jihadists and Muslim terrorists to expand the war to Islam in that direct sort of way.…
Posted by: Community Notes

Good point. We should avoid randomly bombing Saudi Arabia, Iraq, the UAE, Qatar, Oman and laying down naval mines to blockade the straits.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 12:09 AM (rbvCR)

251
I have long suspected that the leadership, both civilian and military, have been seriously fragmented across the country. Attacks in the Straights are probably ordered by a local commander who may or may not be under orders from Tehran, and who may be acting on his own.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 12, 2026 12:07 AM (2WIwB)

And may or may not survive that little act of aggression since every time they switch their equipment on the ELINT folks probably have it located and targeted before it warms up and finishes the internal checks.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 12:11 AM (rbvCR)

252 It's been another wonderful evening with the Horde. Thanks double-Ds.
Many prayers for publius🙏.
Good night pals!

"Sleep like the world isn’t a complete mess.”

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 12, 2026 12:13 AM (uTEOj)

253 >>>and let them know that a military dictatorship in Iran would be looked upon favorably as a short-term alternative to the mullahcracy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
---

Trump has said as much.
- I don't care what leaders or type of govt you choose. My #1 goal is no uranium in Iran. -

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 12:14 AM (Pee1E)

254 Good night, everyone!

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 12:16 AM (hftzA)

255 240

The same article I quoted also points out that illegal food stands in Los Angeles only accept cash or Venmo (whatever that is), thereby making them attractive targets for street gangs.

Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 12:18 AM (RCjYY)

256 "Los Angeles Gives Free Pass to Illegal Alien Food Vendors While Restaurants Get Fined or Even Shut Down"

Sounds like a violation of the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 12, 2026 12:18 AM (DZ9Lv)

257 “ I have long suspected that the leadership, both civilian and military, have been seriously fragmented across the country. Attacks in the Straights are probably ordered by a local commander who may or may not be under orders from Tehran, and who may be acting on his own.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 12, 2026 12:07 AM (2WIwB)”

The one lesson that can be derived from that dogs breakfast of a situation is that there’s no point at all in even attempting to “negotiate” a cease fire. No one in the country has the authority or control required to enforce one.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 12, 2026 12:20 AM (orF8y)

258 "Los Angeles Gives Free Pass to Illegal Alien Food Vendors While Restaurants Get Fined or Even Shut Down"

Posted by: mnw at July 11, 2026 10:45 PM (RCjYY)

Rant time: The town's annual festival has run into a problem in the last several years. Specifically, the local health inspector has banned homemade food. Instead of homemade pies and soups and other traditional foods from the culture the festival is celebrating, everything must be made in a "commercial kitchen." Which means customers are complaining because the food isn't as good as they remember, and therefore spend less money. The food trucks that show up, of course, are the preferred alternative of the inspector, even though the tents run by the local churches and schools have *never* had any health issues.

The kicker? A different town festival four hours away IN THE SAME STATE that celebrates THE SAME CULTURE and is held at almost THE SAME TIME... can have homemade foods.

Posted by: pookysgirl suspects bribery at July 12, 2026 12:20 AM (Wt5PA)

259 Venmo (whatever that is)

Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 12:18 AM (RCjYY)

It's like PayPal with QR codes.

Posted by: pookysgirl uses it for garage sales at July 12, 2026 12:22 AM (Wt5PA)

260 The kicker? A different town festival four hours away IN THE SAME STATE that celebrates THE SAME CULTURE and is held at almost THE SAME TIME... can have homemade foods.
Posted by: pookysgirl suspects bribery at July 12, 2026 12:20 AM (Wt5PA)

Obviously that inspector is getting big time kickbacks from the food truck vendors.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 12, 2026 12:24 AM (orF8y)

261 Watching the original Robocop on Comet TV.

Pretty good. I like it. Bad guys get obliterated without prejudice.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 12, 2026 12:25 AM (yEz+x)

262 258

You might find the whole article (at Breitbart News) interesting. It's the kind of detailed, informative, first-hand investigative reporting that once gave journalism a good name.

Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 12:25 AM (RCjYY)

263 155 Oh, btw, it appears we're at war again.

Meh, finish it this time. Everyone but Israel hates us anyway. Take out the power and the water. See if that goads the Persians to mob the mullahs and get rid of them. Impossible to negotiate with the mullahs, they believe they are doing small g gods work.

Posted by: Azjaeger at July 12, 2026 12:32 AM (3/XaG)

264 You might find the whole article (at Breitbart News) interesting. It's the kind of detailed, informative, first-hand investigative reporting that once gave journalism a good name.

Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 12:25 AM (RCjYY)

Holy schnikes... Did you watch that Twitter video?! It's like a third world bazaar! There isn't a sidewalk anymore!

https://tinyurl.com/3axkw8n4

Posted by: pookysgirl is beyond appalled at July 12, 2026 12:34 AM (Wt5PA)

265 263

"goads the Persians"

The Persians don't want to be hanged.

Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 12:35 AM (RCjYY)

266 264

Thanks for the link. I haven't watched it.

SWe get more and more like Honduras every day.

Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 12:37 AM (RCjYY)

267 @Osint613 - 51m

U.S. military:

"U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) completed a third round of strikes this week against Iran, July 11, holding Iranian forces accountable for attacking another commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

U.S. forces hit approximately 140 Iranian military targets with precision munitions launched by land- and sea-based fighter aircraft, drones, and naval vessels. Targets included Iranian missile and drone sites, naval capabilities, ammunition storage facilities, communication networks, and coastal surveillance locations ...etc.
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Hey guys, don't want to upset your narrative but the IRGC is shooting off rockets, right now, toward their Muslim brothers like it's the 4th of July.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 12:37 AM (Pee1E)

268 The kicker? A different town festival four hours away IN THE SAME STATE that celebrates THE SAME CULTURE and is held at almost THE SAME TIME... can have homemade foods.
Posted by: pookysgirl suspects bribery at July 12, 2026 12:20 AM (Wt5PA)

This is the way.

Fuck 'em.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 12, 2026 12:39 AM (bl07w)

269 Hey guys, don't want to upset your narrative but the IRGC is shooting off rockets, right now, toward their Muslim brothers like it's the 4th of July.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 12:37 AM (Pee1E)

Can't they back-track these missiles to their launch point? Just hit every launch point with a tactical nuke, as soon as they launch. Even if they are doing shoot and scoot, doubt they can scoot fast enough to evade the fireball.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2026 12:41 AM (1z8ji)

270 We're #1!

Orkin says Chicago is tops for bed bugs.

Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 12:42 AM (RCjYY)

271 I don't care a thing about CA. It is a vantage point for the military (our asses) if it becomes a liability the military will take over.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 12:42 AM (Pee1E)

272 Well, my old Dixon mower has got its mowjo back. New deck drive belt, and new transmission drive belt. It needed both. $22 out the door of the ag dealer. South yard now entirely mowed. Install was very easy, too. One bolt.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2026 12:47 AM (1z8ji)

273 Another wave of storm rolling through. Time to get undercovers.

"In this house we believe…
🎶While others say don't hate nothin' at all
except hatred…🎶

erm uh what?

https://youtu.be/_CJHbfkROow

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - Early Bob is what at July 12, 2026 12:47 AM (ci8WY)

274 @Osint613 - 3m
The crew of the container ship that was attacked by Iran during the night were rescued from lifeboats by local authorities - UKMTO

19m
NOW: Renewed Iranian strikes on Bahrain and Qatar

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 12:55 AM (Pee1E)

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