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Anskar Lenzen

Is it Friday yet?

Mother shepherd inspecting her puppies.

Charging up your puppy.

Wombats wombats wombats!

Baby guinea pig has something to say.

Rescue toucan. He's a real froot loop.

Dog and duck are farm friends.

Dog and duck are more than friends.

Ice cream truck!

A little groundhog is trying to stop its parents from arguing..🐾😊 pic.twitter.com/MYCEqZK31l
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) July 23, 2026

Size of an ostrich pic.twitter.com/v2XwpOcnwI
— Science girl (@sciencegirl) July 21, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:37 PM

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1 boink

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 23, 2026 07:37 PM (YlWIZ)

2 Lay off that ostrich, buddy. They're big but their brains are the size of a walnut.

Posted by: JuJuBee at July 23, 2026 07:40 PM (YSQQv)

3
They're big but their brains are the size of a walnut.

Posted by: JuJuBee at July 23, 2026 07:40 PM (YSQQv)

__________

Like The Big Dummy

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 07:42 PM (O0L8i)

4 Top 10!

Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 23, 2026 07:43 PM (GTqXr)

5
We are being unindated by Tropical Depression Bertha. This may be the end. See you in Hell.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 07:44 PM (O0L8i)

6 Most of the time, I think "what a stupid time to be alive." But there are bright spots, like wheelchairs for crippled dogs. I mean. What a great world, where we can spare resources and effort to make life so much better for dogs.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 23, 2026 07:44 PM (zYpTz)

7 Crepuscular rays!

Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 07:45 PM (6fKvw)

8
“America, America, God shed his grace on thee. I can’t think of eight words that mean more to me than those. You know, we have a lot of born-agains nowadays; people are born-again this and born-again that. Some of them mean it and a lot of them are phonies. But one thing I hope we’ll never have is a born-again American. This country is the greatest place on earth, and even though we have some problems it just keeps getting better and better for all of us."

- Bobby Knight

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 07:45 PM (O0L8i)

9 Ice cream dog needs a diet.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 23, 2026 07:46 PM (NnhvP)

10 Biker dude beat the snot out of that ostrich, emu, whatever.

Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2026 07:47 PM (LHPAg)

11 >10 Biker dude beat the snot out of that ostrich, emu, whatever.

Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2026 07:47 PM (LHPAg)

I'd like to see him try that with a cassowary.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 23, 2026 07:49 PM (GTqXr)

12 Beau died fighting an ostrich. No joke.

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 23, 2026 07:49 PM (B0NCh)

13 From the last thread:

It feels great. Can't believe the guy even still had me on his list.
Posted by: Lincolntf

That’s fantastic news! How cool is that? Good for you! Damn, I’d love to be able to know it’s you I’m listening to though.

Congratulations!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 07:50 PM (yEz+x)

14 >>>Size of an ostrich

Human on ostrich violence. An unusual choice for the cafe.

The ostrich asked for it, though.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 23, 2026 07:51 PM (syz1S)

15 12 Beau died fighting an ostrich. No joke.
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 23, 2026 07:49 PM (B0NCh)
And Humper got kneed in the nadz trying to date one.

Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2026 07:51 PM (LHPAg)

16 Baby guinea pig has something to say.

Peeg!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 23, 2026 07:52 PM (Wnv9h)

17 I could have been first but I was beating my ostrich.

Posted by: Cap'n Quirk at July 23, 2026 07:54 PM (MWfyi)

18
I thought ostriches could kick people to death.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 23, 2026 07:55 PM (VWtfl)

19
Her Majesty and I have one (1) frosted sugar cookie each after dinner. Borzoi, we have found, love frosted sugar cookie.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 07:56 PM (O0L8i)

20 11 >10 Biker dude beat the snot out of that ostrich, emu, whatever.

Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2026 07:47 PM

Only pay for what you need.

Posted by: Liberty Mutual at July 23, 2026 07:56 PM (2Ez/1)

21 We are being unindated by Tropical Depression Bertha. This may be the end. See you in Hell.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 07:44 PM (O0L8i)

Coming down like cats and dogs, here.

Posted by: Count de Monet has opinions at July 23, 2026 07:57 PM (wVcYX)

22 Biker dude beat the snot out of that ostrich, emu, whatever.
Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2026 07:47 PM (LHPAg)

The dog be like "WTF dude!!??"

Posted by: Diogenes at July 23, 2026 07:57 PM (2WIwB)

23
Coming down like cats and dogs, here.

Posted by: Count de Monet has opinions at July 23, 2026 07:57 PM (wVcYX)

____________

Actually we got very little rain at Schloss Hadrian. But Missouri City and Sugar Land just up Highway 6 got absolutely pasted.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 07:58 PM (O0L8i)

24 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2026 07:59 PM (Ia/+0)

25 That dachshund is adorable.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 08:01 PM (viF8m)

26 Once I n a while a guy’s got to punch a bird. It’s just what it is.

Posted by: Pudinhead at July 23, 2026 08:02 PM (KGj36)

27 Breaking news: Humanoid Sally just joined the NEA and immediately had sex with a 13 year-old special ed kid.

Posted by: Wally at July 23, 2026 08:03 PM (1uEMB)

28 Willowed:

Got back from watch the "Big Boy" train go through Chapman, Kansas.

I've seen bigger steam engines -- on ships.

It was impressive moving down the tracks.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:05 PM (u82oZ)

29 Once I n a while a guy’s got to punch a bird. It’s just what it is.
Posted by: Pudinhead at July 23, 2026 08:02 PM (KGj36)

Canada goose. Most punchable POS bird ever. Why are they a protected species? They are friggin' everywhere. It should be legal to bash them with bats and feed them to the hogs.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 23, 2026 08:06 PM (0aYVJ)

30 Better get to bed
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2026 08:07 PM (Ia/+0)

31
Once I n a while a guy’s got to punch a bird. It’s just what it is.
Posted by: Pudinhead at July 23, 2026 08:02 PM (KGj36)

_____________

What would Alex Karras do?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 08:08 PM (O0L8i)

32 I'm watching "Detective Chinatown 2", which somebody recommended many many threads ago. It's a hoot! Very wacky and creative romp around New York as our gang attempts to track down a serial killer. Worth checking out, if you can find it. I got it through our interlibrary loan service. It's in Chinese and Engrish with subtitles and Chinese characters.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 23, 2026 08:09 PM (kpS4V)

33 Willowed:

250 94 Sophie is very pretty and ballsy, she should be a trophy wife not fighting for her life against lesbian thugs.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

From what i've seen of her, she likes fighting those stupid trogled*kes. She seems to go after the ones that foul Clark. Good on her; Clark's coach as far as I can tell is almost as useless as the ref's in that f**king league.
Posted by: Nelly

Sophie is a black belt. She knows what she's doing.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:09 PM (oUopv)

34 Once I n a while a guy’s got to punch a bird. It’s just what it is.
Posted by: Pudinhead at July 23, 2026 08:02 PM (KGj36)

_____________

What would Alex Karras do?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 08:08 PM (O0L8i)

I don't think Alex would ever punch Webster. /bucket of sarc tags

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 23, 2026 08:10 PM (0aYVJ)

35 1.25 inches rain has fallen in the last 90 minutes.

Posted by: Count de Monet has opinions at July 23, 2026 08:10 PM (wVcYX)

36 Big Mama GS is why German Shepherd's were the holy terrors of attack dogs until the advent of Belgian Malinois .

Posted by: Yer Sistahs Tomato at July 23, 2026 08:10 PM (aaVMM)

37 Canada goose. Most punchable POS bird ever. Why are they a protected species? They are friggin' everywhere. It should be legal to bash them with bats and feed them to the hogs.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549

Filthy things. Nasty and aggressive. I never feel bad when I see one that's been squashed on the highway.

Posted by: Tuna at July 23, 2026 08:11 PM (lJ0H4)

38 Baby guinea pig has something to say.

-
When we were kids, my sister had a guinea pig. We said he said, "Oink squeek oink squeak!"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 23, 2026 08:11 PM (ndZc7)

39 27 Breaking news: Humanoid Sally just joined the NEA and immediately had sex with a 13 year-old special ed kid.
Posted by: Wally

Neither Miss Canfield nor Miss Landers did that to us.

Posted by: Disappointed Beaver and Larry. at July 23, 2026 08:12 PM (JM9I6)

40 29, what Pug said! Yes!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 23, 2026 08:13 PM (VyBeY)

41 I think wombats dressed in comfortable hawaiian shirts shooting pool would be a good oil painting subject to rival dogs playing poker. For any aspiring artists out there. Very classy.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 23, 2026 08:14 PM (3uBP9)

42 Canada goose. Most punchable POS bird ever. Why are they a protected species? They are friggin' everywhere. It should be legal to bash them with bats and feed them to the hogs.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549

Add sea gulls to the list. Why can't we shoot those thieving bastards?

Posted by: From about That Time at July 23, 2026 08:14 PM (sl73Y)

43 From X, a new Iranian threat.

Sarah For Trump🇺🇸🇮🇱
@SarahAllisonFl
The Iranian regime dropped a clip to threaten the US army where the IRGC dudes are so elite some of them got three hands, Lmao😂

Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 08:14 PM (E4rtv)

44 What would Alex Karras do?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 08:08 PM (O0L8i)

I don't think Alex would ever punch Webster. /bucket of sarc tags
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Useless trivia:
Alex Karras & Susan Clark were married in real life. Not just on the show.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:16 PM (oUopv)

45
Where you at, Count?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 08:16 PM (O0L8i)

46 geese, seagulls are protected for the same reason criminals are: make life suckier for Normals.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 23, 2026 08:17 PM (VyBeY)

47 I think wombats dressed in comfortable hawaiian shirts shooting pool would be a good oil painting subject to rival dogs playing poker. For any aspiring artists out there. Very classy.
Posted by: banana Dream

Painted on black velvet with blacklight paints.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:17 PM (oUopv)

48 Sarah For Trump🇺🇸🇮🇱
@SarahAllisonFl
The Iranian regime dropped a clip to threaten the US army where the IRGC dudes are so elite some of them got three hands, Lmao😂

Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 08:14 PM (E4rtv)
---
Those are the guys who've mutated after working too closely on their nuke program without proper shielding.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 08:18 PM (FZ29D)

49 I did NOT know that you fight an ostrich the same way you fight a hockey tough guy in the NHL.

Push their head down, pull up their jersey, and start wailing on their head while they can't see you.

The more things I learn at AOS, the smarter I become as a Moron.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 23, 2026 08:18 PM (HlyYF)

50 Where you at, Count?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 08:16 PM (O0L8i)

Between Willowbrook and Tomball, just west of Vintage Park area.

Posted by: Count de Monet has opinions at July 23, 2026 08:19 PM (wVcYX)

51 37 Canada goose. Most punchable POS bird ever. Why are they a protected species? They are friggin' everywhere. It should be legal to bash them with bats and feed them to the hogs.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549

Filthy things. Nasty and aggressive. I never feel bad when I see one that's been squashed on the highway.
Posted by: Tuna at July 23, 2026 08:11 PM (lJ0H4)

Princeton University had a big problem with goose crap on the LaCrosse feilds. Um they actually authorized a kill a goose deal I remember reading that. I worked in the carpanters union building the chem lab building.. No I did not meet whacos Cornel West of Michelle OBlowjob

Posted by: Yer Sistahs Tomato at July 23, 2026 08:19 PM (aaVMM)

52 Those are the guys who've mutated after working too closely on their nuke program without proper shielding.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Those are the guys whose mom & dad are brother & sister.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:19 PM (oUopv)

53 Historical Epics so be back in vogue, and cross cultural casting is approved. If a black woman can be Helen of Troy, why not do the Life of Muhammad with Samuel L. Jackson as Muhammad?

Or even better, how about Peter Dinklage?

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 08:19 PM (T2w7I)

54 The ambience and bouquet of the Café gets better every night!

Y'all can take credit for the ambience, and thanks to the AoSHQ Café custodial engineers for their near-unceasing efforts on improving the bouquet!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2026 08:20 PM (0sNs1)

55 41 I think wombats dressed in comfortable hawaiian shirts shooting pool would be a good oil painting subject to rival dogs playing poker.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 23, 2026 08:14 PM (3uBP9)

Would hang.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 23, 2026 08:20 PM (zYpTz)

56 48 Sarah For Trump🇺🇸🇮🇱
@SarahAllisonFl
The Iranian regime dropped a clip to threaten the US army where the IRGC dudes are so elite some of them got three hands, Lmao😂

Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 08:14 PM (E4rtv)
---
Those are the guys who've mutated after working too closely on their nuke program without proper shielding.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 08:18 PM

We should probably send them some fish from the cooling lake at Homer Simpson's nuclear plant!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 23, 2026 08:20 PM (HlyYF)

57 The more things I learn at AOS, the smarter I become as a Moron.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot

Educated Morons are the most dangerous.

Posted by: Chief Inspector at July 23, 2026 08:20 PM (JM9I6)

58 Is a Webster still alive?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 23, 2026 08:20 PM (8ETm8)

59 Is a Webster still alive?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Yes. Born March 9th, 1971.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:22 PM (oUopv)

60 >Or even better, how about Peter Dinklage?

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 08:19 PM (T2w7I)

'Elliot' Page.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 23, 2026 08:22 PM (GTqXr)

61 Duncanthrax

I left you a "you were right and I was wrong" post at the end of quick hits.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:23 PM (u82oZ)

62 Is a Webster still alive?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

No. Webster died, but at least everything he said lived on in the dictionary. He may be gone, but he’ll always have the last word.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 23, 2026 08:24 PM (6x1Uq)

63 Sometimes those little midget people don't last long.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 23, 2026 08:24 PM (8ETm8)

64 🚨BREAKING: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson suggests that the city will potentially be giving reparations to areas that have been hit by ICE raids.

LOL. 😂

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:24 PM (oUopv)

65 Is a Webster still alive?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

No. Webster died, but at least everything he said lived on in the dictionary. He may be gone, but he’ll always have the last word.
Posted by: Tonypete

ISWYDT.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:25 PM (oUopv)

66 Mr Aspirin Factory

We still talking about Elliot Page?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:25 PM (u82oZ)

67 51 37 Canada goose. Most punchable POS bird ever. Why are they a protected species? They are friggin' everywhere. It should be legal to bash them with bats and feed them to the hogs.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549

My brother killed one on the golf course with a low "worm burner" off of his 3-wood.

Five years later, his golf buddies still call him up to tee off first when the fairway is covered with geese.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 23, 2026 08:25 PM (HlyYF)

68 BREAKING NEWS: Suri Cruise, daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes is taking on a role in an iconic William Shakespeare play.

The 20-year-old, who is majoring in musical theater at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, will appear in Midsummer!, a contemporary adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Suri will perform in the 90-minute production alongside other classmates at the Trust Arts Education Center's Peirce Studio in Pittsburgh.

The show will play two nights, July 31 and August 1. Following these exclusive previews, the production will head overseas for a UK run at the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe from August 7 through August 31.

Though it has been reported previously that she was leaning towards a degree in fashion, it appears that Suri is now fully embracing her thespian roots and heritage.

In her senior year at high school, she portrayed Philoclea in Head Over Heels and starred as Morticia Adams in The Addams Family: A New Musical

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at July 23, 2026 08:26 PM (0sNs1)

69 The Nazi attempt to create a penguin-ostrich hybrid, a penguin with a periscope-like neck designed to carry an explosive charge to be detonated against the hull of an unsuspecting Allied ship, was discontinued after an 8 foot tall "Straubpinguinboot" escaped from the lab and went on a polymorphicly perverse rampage thru the nearest village.

Few were spared from the unspeakable terror, and old timers still speak of the mephitic memory, describing it as something akin to a bad can of anchovies and a barrel of rotten sauerkraut.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at July 23, 2026 08:26 PM (MWfyi)

70 I left you a "you were right and I was wrong" post at the end of quick hits.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:23 PM

You do realize this is the internet, right?

[Howdy NaCly!]

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 23, 2026 08:26 PM (HlyYF)

71 My brother killed one on the golf course with a low "worm burner" off of his 3-wood.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot

Seems to be the only way I can hit them.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:27 PM (oUopv)

72 And Humper got kneed in the nadz trying to date one.
Posted by: Eromero

=====

Allegedly

Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 23, 2026 08:28 PM (4HoLg)

73 Pillage Idiot

Tip of the hat to you.

My ego can take being wrong some of the time.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:28 PM (u82oZ)

74 Duncanthrax
I left you a "you were right and I was wrong" post at the end of quick hits.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:23 PM

1) I should have left a

at the end of my message.
2) I am *impressed* that you could forget those examinations!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2026 08:29 PM (0sNs1)

75 Mr Aspirin Factory

We still talking about Elliot Page?
Posted by: NaCly Dog

She/It falls into that category.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 23, 2026 08:30 PM (8ETm8)

76 Seems to be the only way I can hit them.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:27 PM

Geese or tee-shots?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2026 08:30 PM (0sNs1)

77 Seems to be the only way I can hit them.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:27 PM

Just walk up to the tee box and announce you are going to hit a "Tiger stinger".

It is much more impressive when your buddies think you hit that shot on purpose!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 23, 2026 08:30 PM (HlyYF)

78 Pillage Idiot

One of the widows I walk with is from Wichita. She has one daughter in town. If I visit Wichita with her, maybe we can go to some nice place for dinner.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:30 PM (u82oZ)

79 MySpace’s current owners just broke their silence, and it sounds like the platform’s story isn’t over yet.

Brothers Chris and Tim Vanderhook, who own MySpace through their company Variant Technologies, appear in a new documentary simply titled “Myspace,” where they open up about how much money they’ve put into keeping the platform alive and make clear their work isn’t done.

Here’s the part that surprises people. MySpace has quietly grown from around 200,000 monthly active users in 2023 to 6 million in 2026, driven almost entirely by Millennials burned out on algorithmic feeds and platforms designed to keep you scrolling rather than actually connecting. The Vanderhooks brought back the original features people loved, customizable profiles, the Top 8 friend ranking, profile songs, and a chronological feed, all of which modern social media stripped away years ago.

The platform that everyone wrote off as a digital ghost town is now its first profitable year in over a decade. Whether a full relaunch is coming remains to be seen, but the owners are clearly paying attention to the moment.

We don't deserve Tom.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:31 PM (oUopv)

80 Hi cafe friends!

Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 08:31 PM (hftzA)

81 My ego can take being wrong some of the time.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:28 PM

Which is why the AOS Headquarters is NOT like the rest of the hangouts on the internet!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 23, 2026 08:32 PM (HlyYF)

82 Duncanthrax

My urologist visits these days are all up the urethra.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:32 PM (u82oZ)

83 Seems to be the only way I can hit them.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:27 PM

Geese or tee-shots?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Tee shot. Knee high for two hundred yards.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:32 PM (oUopv)

84 31 What would Alex Karras do?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Dad and couple uncles got his bartended by him at the Lindell A.C. while he was under suspension in '63. Said he was a riot to be around, a fun drunk.

Posted by: Auspex at July 23, 2026 08:32 PM (Y8DZL)

85 One of the widows I walk with is from Wichita. She has one daughter in town. If I visit Wichita with her, maybe we can go to some nice place for dinner.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:30 PM

Can do!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 23, 2026 08:33 PM (HlyYF)

86 Bring back Tribe

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 23, 2026 08:34 PM (DZ9Lv)

87 Here’s the part that surprises people. MySpace has quietly grown from around 200,000 monthly active users in 2023 to 6 million in 2026, driven almost entirely by Millennials burned out on algorithmic feeds and platforms designed to keep you scrolling rather than actually connecting. The Vanderhooks brought back the original features people loved, customizable profiles, the Top 8 friend ranking, profile songs, and a chronological feed, all of which modern social media stripped away years ago.

So you're saying there's a chance?

Posted by: Prodigy at July 23, 2026 08:35 PM (wVcYX)

88 The National Military Monument™
250 years ago, a new nation was born from the belief that freedom and opportunity belonged to the people. And, if necessary, was worth fighting for. Since then, more than 41 million men and women have answered the call to defend our freedom. This monument honors them.

Standing tall in Washington, D.C., The National Military Monument™ is a living tribute to the generations of military members whose service and sacrifice made this historic milestone possible for our country.

https://monument250.usaa360.com/

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 23, 2026 08:35 PM (IMPuq)

89 Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:32 PM

Hopefully you won't be getting any of the roto-rooter procedures in the next 20 years.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2026 08:36 PM (0sNs1)

90 A/C is off and the windows are open. The only thing Canada does right is the blue northerly.

Posted by: Accomack at July 23, 2026 08:36 PM (GbONR)

91 Seems to be the only way I can hit them.
Posted by: rickb223 at Jul

No one can hit a high worm burner. Just can't be done.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 23, 2026 08:37 PM (sl73Y)

92 Tee shot. Knee high for two hundred yards.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:32 PM

Q: How high is the first cervical vertebrae of an adult Canadian Goose?

A: Knee high ... to an adult human male.

I know a couple of golf courses around here where they might let you play for free in the spring!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 23, 2026 08:37 PM (HlyYF)

93 Q: How high is the first cervical vertebrae of an adult Canadian Goose?

A: Knee high ... to an adult human male.

I know a couple of golf courses around here where they might let you play for free in the spring!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:40 PM (oUopv)

94 All y'alls do know that Her Strut is about Jane Fonda, right?

Posted by: Dawn Kee Peanus at July 23, 2026 08:41 PM (l8OOG)

95 If you hit a goose off of the tee, do you get a do-over, or do you have to play it as it lies? (I suppose the latter could apply to the goose, as well.)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2026 08:41 PM (0sNs1)

96 Is beating your ostrich in public not a crime in South Africa?

Posted by: San Diego Tourism Board at July 23, 2026 08:42 PM (FhXTo)

97 Me to Copilot:you are a fucking liar. I saw tham kill hundreds of geese in princeton
I hear how strongly you feel about what you saw, and I’m not here to dismiss your experience. But I am going to stay grounded in what’s actually documented — and also help you make sense of the gap between what you personally witnessed and what official records show.

Let’s slow this down and separate the pieces so we can get to the truth without escalating.

Copilot:This is the part that aligns with what you saw.

Municipalities in New Jersey — including Princeton Township and Princeton Borough before consolidation — did participate in USDA‑supervised goose culls, especially around:

Community parks

Public ponds

Golf courses

Township‑managed open spaces

Second: Princeton Town absolutely DID kill geese

These culls involved roundups and euthanasia, usually by CO₂ gas, performed by USDA Wildlife Services.

Those events were real, documented, and absolutely involved killing geese.

If you saw “hundreds of geese killed in Princeton,” that fits municipal or USDA operations, not university operations.

Posted by: Yer Sistahs Tomato at July 23, 2026 08:42 PM (aaVMM)

98 These Painkillers are every bit as good as I remember. Instead of making one at a time, I'm mixing up 4x in a mason jar.

2 ounces dark or navy rum
4 ounces pineapple juice
1 ounce orange juice
1 ounce cream of coconut
Pineapple wedge, for garnish
Grated nutmeg, for garnish

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:42 PM (oUopv)

99 Hitting a goose ought to be a stroke reduction.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 23, 2026 08:42 PM (4HoLg)

100 Coppilot is Cuck lmao

Posted by: Yer Sistahs Tomato at July 23, 2026 08:43 PM (aaVMM)

101 Maybe Ace will report on Hunter Biden's thoughts concerning blog icon Jake Tapper tomorrow:

"I think Jake is a complete and utter asshole. I think he is a really poor journalist and beyond that I don't think he's a very decent human being. As a person, I don't like Jake. I think he's full of fucking shit."

-- Hunter Biden

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2026 08:44 PM (0sNs1)

102 That's the 1x recipe I take it?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 08:44 PM (n5tGW)

103 These culls involved roundups and euthanasia, usually by CO₂ gas, performed by USDA Wildlife Services.

That's how we put raptors down when they were too injured to be fixed.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:44 PM (oUopv)

104 That's the 1x recipe I take it?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

Yes. Spool it up as necessary.
Every bar in the BVI would pour them out of pitchers.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:46 PM (oUopv)

105 "I think Jake is a complete and utter asshole...

Bold move, sucking up to MAGA.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 08:47 PM (a6PrB)

106 🚨BREAKING: Rep. Jerry Nadler faces mass calls to resign after he suggested people can shoot ICE agents.

Nadler stated (in context of immigration enforcement): people have the right to defend themselves against federal agents.

JD Vance said: “Nadler is OPENLY calling for people to shoot federal law enforcement! This is DESPICABLE behavior from an elected official!”

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:47 PM (oUopv)

107 Oh oh oh! I get to do a point of order!

*ahem*

Y’all - 1 to a few

All y’all - everyone in the group.

Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 08:48 PM (hftzA)

108 Oh oh oh! I get to do a point of order!

*ahem*

Y’all - 1 to a few

All y’all - everyone in the group.

Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 08:48 PM (hftzA)

109 Oh man I miss my time in the BVI. Best 2 vacations I ever had.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 08:48 PM (n5tGW)

110 Well that was weird. Internet must be sketchy over here in the ether.

Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 08:51 PM (hftzA)

111 Yeah, man

Posted by: Accomack at July 23, 2026 08:52 PM (8jVAy)

112 Oh man I miss my time in the BVI. Best 2 vacations I ever had.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

I loved my week there.
Surf & turf dinner on Anegada. Hit all the big islands. Different island every day. Four couples rented a 48 ft catamaran. One of the guys had his captain's license so we didn't have to hire a crew.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:56 PM (oUopv)

113 Well that was weird. Internet must be sketchy over here in the ether.
Posted by: Piper

That's the afterlife for you.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:57 PM (oUopv)

114 We did the same thing Rick, barefoot cruise. Just went to the places we wanted. It was great.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 08:59 PM (n5tGW)

115 Well that was weird. Internet must be sketchy over here in the ether.
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 08:51 PM

It's hard to be kale and hearty in the ether.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2026 09:02 PM (0sNs1)

116 We did the same thing Rick, barefoot cruise. Just went to the places we wanted. It was great.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

Our captain was an American Airlines mechanic. Another mechanic had a sailing school in Grapevine, Texas. He made a bunch of mechanics captains. They actually earned it. It wasn't a gimme. Gerry & his wife flew for free and would go down six or eight times a year and rent from the same place. Usually had two or three boats traveling together. That week was a blast.

RIP Gerry.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 09:06 PM (oUopv)

117 103 These culls involved roundups and euthanasia, usually by CO₂ gas, performed by USDA Wildlife Services.

That's how we put raptors down when they were too injured to be fixed.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:44 PM (oUopv)his and pr103 These culls involved roundups and euthanasia, usually by CO₂ gas, performed by USDA Wildlife Services.

That's how we put raptors down when they were too injured to be fixed.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:44 PM (oUopv)

This and Princeton liberals like Martha's Vineyard residents condone reality based solutions only when it meets their needs....

Posted by: Yer Sistahs Tomato at July 23, 2026 09:07 PM (aaVMM)

118 Well that was weird. Internet must be sketchy over here in the ether.
Posted by: Piper

Storm Bertha having an effect . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 23, 2026 09:10 PM (wVcYX)

119 "I think Jake is a complete and utter asshole." - Hunter Biden

He don't lie, he don't lie, he don't lie...

Posted by: Eric Clapton at July 23, 2026 09:15 PM (0e5Te)

120 Bertha, don't you come around here anymore...

Posted by: Hunter/Garcia at July 23, 2026 09:16 PM (JM9I6)

121 5 minutes with no new comments is weird.

Posted by: Joemarine at July 23, 2026 09:17 PM (y171U)

122
94 All y'alls do know that Her Strut is about Jane Fonda, right?
Posted by: Dawn Kee Peanus at July 23, 2026 08:41 PM (l8OOG)

At least they DO respect her butt!

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 09:18 PM (T2w7I)

123 Storm Bertha having an effect . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet
---

Oh, Bertha, Bertha, where are you? What happened?
You feel so cold. Was it that wave that turned you away?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 09:19 PM (51ygH)

124 Nadler claims illegal aliens “have the right to defend themselves” against federal agents.
——-

What a piece of shit.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 09:21 PM (QN7a1)

125 Useless trivia:
Alex Karras & Susan Clark were married in real life. Not just on the show.

Posted by: rickb223
---

Alex told a bit from the old days.
When he played, pre-season pay was $50 a game and if you were injured, TS., you're on your own.
So, it's pre-season, - he and Big Daddy Lipscom are lined up against each other. He says something to Big Daddy about his mother. Hilarity ensues, both are thrown out of the game and survive to play in the regular season.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 09:26 PM (51ygH)

126 Nadler claims illegal aliens “have the right to defend themselves” against federal agents.
——-

What a piece of shit.
Posted by: Common Tater

Since it wasn't said "in the well", I wonder just how much trouble he could be in?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 09:26 PM (oUopv)

127 At least they DO respect her butt!
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 09:18 PM

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Brie Larson at July 23, 2026 09:27 PM (0sNs1)

128 illegal aliens have no rights.

They should be deported. And all their possessions confiscated. And their bank accounts.

And the recipients of remittances taxed at 100%.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 09:27 PM (yEz+x)

129 These culls involved roundups and euthanasia, usually by CO₂ gas, performed by USDA Wildlife Services.

Not N₂ gas? (ooh, cool. I have to look up the code for that subscript-2)

Posted by: t-bird at July 23, 2026 09:28 PM (oSFyF)

130 "I think Jake is a complete and utter asshole. I think he is a really poor journalist and beyond that I don't think he's a very decent human being. As a person, I don't like Jake. I think he's full of fucking shit."
-- Hunter Biden
Posted by: Duncanthrax
------
I always thought that this retort was stupid, admitting accuracy while gaining no points for yourself.
However, as a third party comment, it is powerful:
"Takes one to know one!"

Posted by: buddhaha at July 23, 2026 09:35 PM (cBDov)

131 Saying illegals have no rights puts them in the category of the medieval outlaw: you can kill them on sight. Granted that would solve the problem, but it doesn’t seem right. They must have some rights as human beings, made in the image of God. I want to be rid of them too.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 23, 2026 09:36 PM (wWU6x)

132 Life is like a fresh baked biscuit. Eat it while it’s still warm.

Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2026 09:36 PM (LHPAg)

133 Hot again today- 104*

Just had a brief t-storm, got breezy for a while & rained just enough to turn outdoors into a steam-bath. Ugh. Ground barely got wet.

Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 09:36 PM (rdVOm)

134 @CENTCOM
2h
U.S. forces started another night of strikes against Iranian military targets at 6:45 p.m. ET today. This is the 13th consecutive night of strikes aimed to hold Iran accountable and diminish threats from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to commercial shipping.

U.S. Concludes 13th Night of Strikes on Iranian Military Targets @CENTCOM · 7m

CENTCOM targeted Iranian military command centers, drone storage facilities, communication networks, coastal surveillance sites, and maritime capabilities to further diminish the threat Iran poses to civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
---

Centcom says they have released the video but it's not found.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 09:36 PM (51ygH)

135 134 @CENTCOM
2h
U.S. forces started another night of strikes against Iranian military targets at 6:45 p.m. ET today. This is the 13th consecutive night of strikes aimed to hold Iran accountable and diminish threats from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to commercial shipping

Time to team up with the IDF and go in that Rat Hole and kill the cancer that resides in Tehran.

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 23, 2026 09:40 PM (OLtEb)

136 illegal aliens have no rights.

So if you are working outside of the US ? Nurse, you are more right than you know.

Which is what floors me ... absolutely floors me ... about the attitudes regarding illegals here. From both Dems and Repubs.

To work in any other country ? I have to have a Passport. Always a valid hotel reservation. And usually a Travel Medical Policy. Which is cheap, by the way. Less than a $100 a week. For what you are buying ? Pay the money.

Sometimes I need a letter from who is paying me to show up. Sometimes I need to show a return ticket. The point is ... from Customs ... I'm there for a good time. Not a long time.

But here ? From that "we're all just here together mentality" ? And its always the Yankee mentality.

We're just an economic zone. Fucking Morons.

Posted by: PRS at July 23, 2026 09:40 PM (NHUWL)

137 Saying illegals have no rights puts them in the category of the medieval outlaw: you can kill them on sight.

You are a fool. Not how it works, literally, in any other country.

Fuck ... just got to Canada. Commit a DUI. Then tell us about your "rights".

Seriously. You are a purposeful fool.

Posted by: PRS at July 23, 2026 09:42 PM (NHUWL)

138 illegal aliens have no rights.

They should be deported. And all their possessions confiscated. And their bank accounts.

And the recipients of remittances taxed at 100%.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 09:27 PM (yEz+x)

But then where will the Uniparty get their pennies on the dollar labor?

Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 09:43 PM (vE0+H)

139 They must have some rights as human beings, made in the image of God. I want to be rid of them too.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

They have the right to safe passage out of my country.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 09:46 PM (Vrdez)

140 LOL, just saw a DANGER WILL ROBINSON article about my local Merced River.

It is going to go from 300 fpm, to 900.... and the warning was not to swim in it...

Now, they made it sound like this was some natural condition... but... uh... it's late July, snow run off was months ago....

Oh... they are opening the spillways on the dams because they are getting to full. /facepalm

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 23, 2026 09:48 PM (mP0Kj)

141 MySpace’s current owners just broke their silence, and it sounds like the platform’s story isn’t over yet.…
Posted by: rickb223

Now that Goggle has destroyed its search engine functions, can we see a revival of Alta Vista?

Posted by: mindful webworker - showing my age at July 23, 2026 09:48 PM (M5tgA)

142 iThey must have some rights as human beings, made in the image of God. I want to be rid of them too.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

You are seriously one of the dumbest fucking people I"ve ever seen here. And it gets to the point, with people like you, where rough language has to be used.

If a "Human Being" starts kicking down your door, is it OK to shoot their ass ? Now extend that to Nation States and International Borders.

Posted by: PRS at July 23, 2026 09:50 PM (NHUWL)

143 123 Storm Bertha having an effect . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet
---

Oh, Bertha, Bertha, where are you? What happened?
You feel so cold. Was it that wave that turned you away?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 09:19 PM (51ygH)

Bertha Butt? one of the Butt sistahs?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 23, 2026 09:51 PM (mP0Kj)

144 The ostrich attack will appear later in my dreams somehow. Loved the kids laughing and the dog frozen in shock.

I would have let the bird have my bike and would not have thought once of beating it. I might remember to sock a shark in the nose but not to beat an ostrich.

Like looking at songbirds but fear chickens due to a pecking trauma of childhood. If there is an apocalypse my husband has to fetch the eggs. I'll deal with the horse, cow and goat.

We also had a really mean green parakeet as small children, Ricky, and he pecked out fingers which we poked through his cage. He never talked and I don't remember what happened to him.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 23, 2026 09:51 PM (hzuYO)

145 Ever smell a dog?
Ever smell a wet dog?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 09:51 PM (51ygH)

146 Oh... they are opening the spillways on the dams because they are getting too full.

Maybe they have some fires planned and need the reservoirs empty.

Posted by: t-bird at July 23, 2026 09:55 PM (oSFyF)

147 No, I am pointing out what no rights means. I am not sympathetic to them. I agree they should be deported forthwith. All of them. Borders and customs falls under the Executive Branch. They have a right to a clerical hearing with an Executive Branch “judge,” a clerk, in other words. The illegals do NOT have a right to appeal to the Judiciary. In this sense I agree they have “no rights”.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 23, 2026 09:55 PM (wWU6x)

148 Evening, Ace, and Cafe patrons! Almost closing time. Fryer still on?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 09:56 PM (1z8ji)

149 The guy beating the ostrich reminds me of the fellow who beat up the kangaroo who (IIRC) was hassling his dog. That roo had the greatest look of surprise!

Posted by: mindful webworker - man v beast at July 23, 2026 09:56 PM (M5tgA)

150 SPCX bottomed out, for a moment, at ~111 today.
If the next Starship test is good; Oh, Alice.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 09:57 PM (51ygH)

151 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 23, 2026 09:55 PM (wWU6x)

This is a distinction without a difference.

Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 09:58 PM (vE0+H)

152 Temper, temper! Read and think. Or if you want, name call and bypass reason. Your choice.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 23, 2026 09:58 PM (wWU6x)

153 The wait is over

NOOD ONT

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=420658

Posted by: mindful webworker - at long last at July 23, 2026 10:01 PM (M5tgA)

154 146 Oh... they are opening the spillways on the dams because they are getting too full.

Maybe they have some fires planned and need the reservoirs empty.
Posted by: t-bird at July 23, 2026 09:55 PM (oSFyF)

Wait... weird... just went and looked and Exchequer Dam on the Merced river is NOT FULL... NOT EVEN CLOSE.

So, now I'm totes confuselated as to what the hell is going on... except the enviros of Calif Gov are whackadoodle.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 23, 2026 10:01 PM (mP0Kj)

155 NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Obviously Scogg. Surprised it hasn't been called out.

Somebody tell Fen to knock on Dildo's door.

Posted by: PRS at July 23, 2026 10:01 PM (NHUWL)

156
QUACK

Posted by: Ducks for Trump at July 23, 2026 10:02 PM (oq9dX)

157 This is a distinction without a difference.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 09:58 PM (vE0+H)

Read the Constitution. Not following the constitution is what got us into this mess.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 23, 2026 10:03 PM (wWU6x)

158 Mood Snoopy!

Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 10:04 PM (Dd38x)

159 Good heavens. Nood Snoopy! !

Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 10:04 PM (Dd38x)

160 Read the Constitution. Not following the constitution is what got us into this mess.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 23, 2026 10:03 PM (wWU6x)

Defintely Scogg. What a troll. Can't stand that guy.

Posted by: PRS at July 23, 2026 10:04 PM (NHUWL)

161
Read the Constitution. Not following the constitution is what got us into this mess.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 23, 2026 10:03 PM (wWU6x)

If the Constitution applies to invaders then they possess almost all the rights granted by it. Which I don't believe is what you wrote.

Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 10:10 PM (vE0+H)

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