Sunday Overnight Open Thread - August 2, 2026 [Doof]

Adirondacks, NY - From Earth Photos

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Sunday ONT. Glad you could stop by! Open thread, as always. Fashion and music, as always. How's August treating you so far?

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Pay attention to this guy. He seems to understand how immunity works in the human body

Fauci talking about the flu in 2004:

“f she got the flu for 14 days, she’s as protected as anybody can be, because the BEST vaccination is to get infected yourself. If she really has the flu, if she really has the flu, she definitely doesn’t need a flu vaccine..”

Interesting. pic.twitter.com/N2W08ttPR1
— American AF 🇺🇸 (@iAnonPatriot) August 2, 2026

Hopefully he will be called upon years later to explain this when a big pandemic hits and people are wondering the best course of action.

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I've been sharing a lot of stuff about Flock cameras recently. Maybe I need to submit a Morning Rant thread about it so the daywalkers get to see this stuff.

Flock cameras are asshoe. Overreach and extremely counter to the 4th Amendment. Those who administer these things certainly understand the concept when they themselves are the ones being filmed. Here's another example.

Can’t even make this up.

Guy goes to film a Flock office building. He is met by Flock employees who say they don’t feel safe being surveilled.

I’m sorry, what….but they think it’s ok to mass surveil the American people. pic.twitter.com/bvPG38W0jT
— Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) August 2, 2026

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Feel good content.

Human chain saved a dog and became a statue ❤️ pic.twitter.com/w8yKZwLL73
— Restoring Your Faith in Humanity (@HumanityChad) August 1, 2026

Awesome stuff there.

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There's feel good content. I guess there can be sound good content. This, however, aint that.

Nothing will prepare you for the national anthem at the first women’s professional baseball game. And I mean nothing. pic.twitter.com/68tCZXvB4Q
— Not the Bee (@Not_the_Bee) August 2, 2026

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This is from somewhere in Memphis. Horde members are almost old enough!

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Seems legit

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'Ette Couture (Courtesy of Piper)

It's that time of the week - when we turn the ONT over to our good friend Piper for a bit. Here's this week's fashion pr0n.

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Cher’s Dress Reveals on The Cher Show: When Primetime Got a Little Spicey

In the mid-1970s, long before everyone tried for viral red-carpet shock and awe, there was Cher. And there was that moment, every week, when she stepped onto the stage of her variety series The Cher Show, draped in a dramatic cape, cloak, or feathered cover-up, only to whip it away and reveal something spectacular underneath.

Those dress reveals, masterminded by the legendary costume designer Bob Mackie, weren’t just costume changes. They were events. It was mix of glamour, calculated shock value, and absolute showmanship that pushed the boundaries of what American television audiences expected to see on a Wednesday night. Decades later, the clips still circulate wildly on social media, looking every bit as daring as they did fifty years ago.

The Ritual of the Reveal
The Cher Show followed the end of The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour. Cher was now the solo star, and Mackie, already her trusted collaborator, went into overdrive. A single episode could feature multiple looks, but the signature moment was the dramatic unveiling. Underneath: a body-conscious confection of sequins, beads, cutouts, sheer illusion panels, feathers, and midriff-baring two-pieces that left little to the imagination.

Standout Moments That Still Sparkle
Among the many reveals, a few have achieved near-mythic status:

• The “Satisfaction” rainbow two-piece that fans still rave about for its pure joy and color.

• A striking turquoise number from “Got to Get You Into My Life”that stopped the show mid-spin.

• The purple “Crocodile Rock” drama.

• The white “Let Me Entertain You” sparkle

Each reveal felt like a mini fashion show compressed into a few electric seconds. The audience reaction, cheers, gasps, applause, it was all part of the performance. The sequined, feathered, cutout creations helped define the 1970s and continue to influence stage costumes, red-carpet risk-takers, and anyone who believes clothes should make an entrance. Glamour, after all, is best when it’s revealed.

Enjoy a compilation Cher’s season 1 reveals:

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Thanks, Piper!

The rest of you - Don't forget to check out Piper's X page.

Sorta kinda fashion adjacent?

Hilarious rodeo event competition. The ladies had to find their own shoes to get a prize. pic.twitter.com/l7irYGVnzS
— Richie Rich (@gofishh77) August 2, 2026

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DJ Doof - Deeper Cuts Edition

Well known bands - songs you might not have heard very much.

Were you familiar with any / all of those?

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Weekly commenter stats for week of 08-02-2026

AoSHQ Commenter Statistics:
Number of posts: 105
Number of comments: 21346
Number of unique hashes: 1583

Top 10 commenters:
1 [506 comments] 'Sponge - F*ck Cancer' [71.85 posts/day]
2 [368 comments] 'Quarter Twenty '
3 [322 comments] '...'
4 [303 comments] 'JackStraw '
5 [284 comments] '18-1'
6 [281 comments] 'Axeman'
7 [261 comments] 'Oldcat'
8 [254 comments] 'Bulg'
9 [250 comments] 'Smell the Glove '
10 [239 comments] 'San Franpsycho'

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [207 names] 'Quarter Twenty ' [29.39 unique names/day]
2 [206 names] 'Fugitive From Board of Mental Health'
3 [168 names] 'colmektube.cc'
4 [85 names] 'J. Gordon Miklos-Coogler'
5 [52 names] 'Count de Monet'
6 [49 names] 'Duncanthrax'
7 [47 names] 'Miklos'
8 [43 names] 'Franziazepines'
9 [28 names] 'Sponge - F*ck Cancer'
10 [23 names] 'mindful webworker - It seemed like a good idea at the time'

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Tonight's ONT brought to you by eternal justice

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1 Happy Sunday!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:01 PM (hzuYO)

2 I Could Write a Book

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vc-qaR4rHk

or

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 10:01 PM (+yTe/)

3 How's August treating you so far?

Let's see. Hot. Dry. Another thanksbut. Still waiting to get get work back I paid for that was supposed to arrive last month. Hm. No different than any other month, I guess.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 10:03 PM (1Ff7Z)

4 Good evening.

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 02, 2026 10:03 PM (348x5)

5
Nice dresses. Too bad Cher is inside them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2026 10:04 PM (O0L8i)

6 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Made it to DD#1's house, presents have been doled out to the grandsons (the 3-D plastic reticulated snakes were the biggest hit), dinner has been consumed, and now we are JJ st waiting until we can go to bed.

Life is wonderful 💕💕💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 02, 2026 10:04 PM (S7WXb)

7 Good evening Horde and thanks to Disco and Piper!

Posted by: TRex - squirrel hell director dino at August 02, 2026 10:05 PM (jnBG1)

8 Hi friends!

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 10:05 PM (pZEOD)

9 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 02, 2026 10:05 PM (+9wcF)

10 Allie the Calico Kitty Cat says, "Hello!" and wants me to stop typing so I can rub her tummy. Even though it's not Tuesday

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 02, 2026 10:06 PM (FZ29D)

11 Christy,
Congrats on the first!
And thank you for your recommendation in the gray boxes one night re Southern Sideboard cookbook...I was able to get one and absolutely love it, so thanks for the recommendation!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 02, 2026 10:06 PM (XfIK1)

12 5
Nice dresses. Too bad Cher is inside them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2026

Yeah, she is loony toons. Must be the Hollywood air or something.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 10:07 PM (Wmg4n)

13 Thanks, Doof. I don't know where everyone is as I just wandered in.

Exellent music!!!

Thanks, Piper. I liked Cher as a young kid. If I had a rib removed I'd have a waist like hers. Felt she cheated to do that.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:07 PM (hzuYO)

14 Cher had the body, Sonny had the brains. Maybe we should have kept the smarter one.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 10:07 PM (1Ff7Z)

15 Missed one thing:

Southern Rich = happy

NYC Rich = hate everything

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)

16 Squirrels should stay out of the attic.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 02, 2026 10:09 PM (Cqx++)

17 Good evening Horde and thanks to Disco and Piper!
Posted by: TRex - squirrel hell director dino at August 02, 2026 10:05 PM (jnBG1)

Howdy Dino!

Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 10:10 PM (QMAsf)

18 Maybe the squirrels in dog heaven aren't squirrels at all? Do they have transparent skin?

It's not like the Koran would mention dog heaven.....

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

19 What is going on in Washington State and Idaho? Why all the random shootings? Isn't it bad enough Washington State is burning from the wildfires? What a crazy mess. Damn.

Posted by: Case at August 02, 2026 10:10 PM (bqIVz)

20
NYC Rich = hate everything

That makes them happy.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 02, 2026 10:10 PM (Cqx++)

21 I have a contrarian opinion on the Flock cameras, because I've actually listened to the guys who invented them.

The upshot: if you don't want them, make the US a high trust society again. Until then, they're our best bet for getting crime under control.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 02, 2026 10:10 PM (v8+Kf)

22 Sonny wouldn't have kept too well after the snow melted

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 10:10 PM (rbvCR)

23 Thanks, Doof. I don't know where everyone is as I just wandered in.

Exellent music!!!

Thanks, Piper. I liked Cher as a young kid. If I had a rib removed I'd have a waist like hers. Felt she cheated to do that.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:07 PM (hzuYO)

Were you immediately whelmed?

Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)

24 I'd pay good money to watch that shoe race live.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026 10:12 PM (NnhvP)

25 The national Anthem: they meant well.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 10:12 PM (Wj1DV)

26
Huh, the reveal for me is that Cher had a pretty decent voice.

Amazing Bob Mackie gowns. They ought to be in a museum.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 10:12 PM (mmrXZ)

27 I’m only 29: they won’t let me in!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 10:12 PM (Wj1DV)

28 "Guy goes to film a Flock office building. He is met by Flock employees who say they don’t feel safe being surveilled."

If you think about it, this is not too different from working at JPMChase and not banking with them.

(Which I wouldn't know anything 'bout dat.)

Posted by: Tonypete at August 02, 2026 10:13 PM (uoXeR)

29 The upshot: if you don't want them, make the US a high trust society again. Until then, they're our best bet for getting crime under control.

My Constitutional rights are not dependent on the approval of someone who works for Flock.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 02, 2026 10:13 PM (Riz8t)

30 Who is that warbling The Star Spangled Banner? Carol Burnett used to do a bit where she'd sing horribly to orchestral accompament and I thought it must take great talent to sing so horribly but, by golly, this chick is worse!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 10:14 PM (ndZc7)

31 Evening, Doof, and ONT Horde!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 10:15 PM (1z8ji)

32 I have a contrarian opinion on the Flock cameras, because I've actually listened to the guys who invented them.

The upshot: if you don't want them, make the US a high trust society again. Until then, they're our best bet for getting crime under control.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 02, 2026 10:10 PM (v8+Kf)

Very Orwellian take

Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 10:15 PM (QMAsf)

33 Evenin'

youtu.be/qpWPIxcqVDY

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 02, 2026 10:15 PM (sAmhv)

34 Never watched the Cher show so thanks for the video on the dresses. Only had to endure seconds of her voice. I see that the show only made it one year. I guess without Sonny she wasn’t all that.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 02, 2026 10:15 PM (2NHgQ)

35 Rehumanize yourself

Posted by: Joemarine at August 02, 2026 10:16 PM (y171U)

36 Thanks for the entertaining ONT, Doof!

And thanks to Piper for the Cher fashion show!

That human chain to rescue the doggeh was superb. Restores faith in humankind, it does.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 02, 2026 10:17 PM (D/6p1)

37 Thank you to everyone in the gun thread! There's a picture of the spawn in case you missed it.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 02, 2026 10:17 PM (VCgbV)

38 Amazing Bob Mackie gowns. They ought to be in a museum.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 10:12 PM (mmrXZ)

The best Bob Mackie gown was the Scarlett O'Hara dress worn by Carol Burnett.

It is known.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 02, 2026 10:17 PM (S7WXb)

39 It is pouring down

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 10:18 PM (Ia/+0)

40 You will be made to trust our Flock Cameras, peon!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 10:18 PM (Wj1DV)

41 Oh! Thanks Doof, and Piper!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026 10:18 PM (NnhvP)

42 It is pouring down

How else could it pour?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 02, 2026 10:19 PM (vTZFs)

43 The upshot: if you don't want them, make the US a high trust society again. Until then, they're our best bet for getting crime under control.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 02, 2026 10:10 PM (v8+Kf)

Well, maybe, if you define "crime" as running a yellow light.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 10:19 PM (1z8ji)

44 I kept expecting Cher to trip over her discarded frocks.

Posted by: Joemarine at August 02, 2026 10:19 PM (y171U)

45 44 I kept expecting Cher to trip over her discarded frocks.
Posted by: Joemarine at August 02, 2026 10:19 PM (y171U)

I would. Right off the stage.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 10:20 PM (p4NUW)

46 It is pouring down
Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 10:18 PM (Ia/+0)

Brewing up a storm here, I think. Gotten chilly, and howling gale out of the northwest.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 10:20 PM (1z8ji)

47 Doof, thanks for Collective Soul. Haven't heard them in awhile!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 02, 2026 10:21 PM (348x5)

48 Cher was a wonderful mannequin and had quite a bit of talent besides.

Posted by: Caesar and Cleo Fan at August 02, 2026 10:21 PM (JM9I6)

49 11 Christy,
Congrats on the first!
And thank you for your recommendation in the gray boxes one night re Southern Sideboard cookbook...I was able to get one and absolutely love it, so thanks for the recommendation!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 02, 2026 10:06 PM (XfIK1)
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Oh, wow! You are very welcome! I didn't think most people read my yammerings!

I love that cookbook! The back cover is off and if I lost it I'd lose my Seafood Gumbo recipe forever! For about 2yrs after my father's mother's death I experimented til he said I had it like hers! She left no recipes, or very few, and was the most wonderful cook. Also the pecan pie recipe is a yearly treat for my men (I add more pecans that it calls for). Probably more. It was a wedding gift to me and I found one each for my DIL's.

My grandmother was woman who also could sew anything from looking at a picture. Before she married she was a milliner. I have photos.

She loved me bigly and I loved her right back as her only granddaughter. She had tears in her eyes when I moved West for college and that almost got me (I rarely cry). She did live to see my wedding and later our beautiful boys.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:21 PM (hzuYO)

50 Congrats to Spawn of lin-duh!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 02, 2026 10:21 PM (S7WXb)

51 If it is pouring up, please alert the authorities.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 10:22 PM (Wj1DV)

52 Were you immediately whelmed?
Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)

The second I see Foreigner I am very whelmed!!XXXX

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:23 PM (hzuYO)

53 Is there a purgatory for squirrels?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 02, 2026 10:23 PM (u/oMr)

54 Hey, August is looking pretty good , one month closer to October.

Posted by: Eromero at August 02, 2026 10:23 PM (LHPAg)

55 Finished second in the sockpuppet race by one. Still first loser.

Posted by: Fugitive From The Board of Mental Health at August 02, 2026 10:23 PM (JM9I6)

56 Doof, thanks for Collective Soul. Haven't heard them in awhile!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 02, 2026 10:21 PM (348x5)

YW! Underrated band, in my opinion.

Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 10:24 PM (QMAsf)

57 Doof Enterprises, LLC is in talks with Flock to surveil ONT readers. It has come to our attention that some of you may be faking your level of whelm so we need a real gauge.

We've already got ShowerCam. What's a few more?

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 10:25 PM (VHUov)

58 Sorry I'm late, my alien abductors were being a bit mendacious when they assured me I would be home by dinner time.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 02, 2026 10:25 PM (2RJDy)

59 Cher and Farrah Fawcett did a sketch on her show where they were mannequins in a store window. Funny and cute.

Posted by: Prolly Still On Youtube at August 02, 2026 10:25 PM (JM9I6)

60 make the US a high trust society again.

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So hang Fauci?

An interview of the good doctor from last year was on CSPN today. What an arrogant dick!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 10:25 PM (ndZc7)

61 How's August treating you so far?

Rain. It's jamming up my late summer golf plans. I work mids, days get shorter, harder to get out. I will endeavor to perceiver.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 02, 2026 10:25 PM (sAmhv)

62 August. Is that the name of the moose outside Club ONT?

If so, he's been letting me in, so we're fine.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2026 10:26 PM (qx7Zg)

63 In a more just world, Cher would have hit the tree.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 02, 2026 10:27 PM (u/oMr)

64 37 Thank you to everyone in the gun thread! There's a picture of the spawn in case you missed it.
Posted by: lin-duh at August 02, 2026 10:17 PM (VCgbV)

Extremely cool ...

***remembers back to range time at a TxMoMe***

Posted by: browndog says woof at August 02, 2026 10:28 PM (3sXRv)

65 Cher was like an earlier version of Fauxhantos. She is half armenian and claimed to be half Indian...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 10:28 PM (sKqQm)

66 The upshot: if you don't want them, make the US a high trust society again. Until then, they're our best bet for getting crime under control.

My Constitutional rights are not dependent on the approval of someone who works for Flock.
Posted by: Archimedes

Yes. I explained this to y'all in a pithy one-liner 250 years ago.

.....

Back off, Generation FaceBook. 18 words was considered "pithy" back then.

Posted by: Ben Franklin at August 02, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)

67 41 Oh! Thanks Doof, and Piper!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at

More Doof than Piper. But you are welcome!

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 10:30 PM (Wmg4n)

68 It is pouring down

How else could it pour?
Posted by: Oddbob

Pouring sideways isn't unknown. Though horizontal precipitation is more common with snow than rain.

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 10:32 PM (VHUov)

69 "Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Sunday ONT. Glad you could stop by! Open thread, as always. Fashion and music, as always. How's August treating you so far?"

It's been raining cats and dogs all around WNY, but somehow I managed to find a place where the storms went all around but never on us, and played 18 holes with a friend ... had the course to ourselves ... 3 hours stolen from the gods.

Posted by: browndog says woof at August 02, 2026 10:32 PM (3sXRv)

70 I made it 5 seconds into that national anthem bit.

Posted by: GWB at August 02, 2026 10:32 PM (kU0PQ)

71 Sonny wouldn't have kept too well after the snow melted
Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 10:10 PM (rbvCR)

Maybe, but even brain dead he's smarter than her.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 10:33 PM (1Ff7Z)

72
It poured down and slightly sideways a few hours earlier. Peak rainfall rate her according to my station hit 4.87"/hr. Rained about 1.2" in 20 minutes.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 02, 2026 10:33 PM (w6EFb)

73 The Leopard Face Eating Party supposedly started off as a leftwing thing on reddit

but

I see page after meme after tweet of some lefty helping immigrants/illegals/refugees being murdered by them.

Jihadis don't resort to cannibalism but they'll do anything short of eating your face

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 10:33 PM (sKqQm)

74 I love that statue of saving the dog! After working in the trauma unit I do hope if needed I run to the danger vs away. I guess my excuse could be age at this point, or yanking my grands out of danger.

In the past, though, on a few planes I helped flight attendants and the worst words my dude or sons ever heard were, "I'm a RN." They would groan.

I continue to make them nervous. We have a new priest and I wanted to meet him today after Mass. Son said, "Mom, this is not the time to tell him your history." I said I would not and all I said was, "Welcome." He said, "Well, you've been known to say more." I get the same deal in the car afterwards from my dude and I repeated I said ONE WORD.

He laughed and said it's just that we know you are never boring. Basically they are telling me I need to be watched at all times or I might go off like a lunatic.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:33 PM (hzuYO)

75 30 Who is that warbling The Star Spangled Banner? Carol Burnett used to do a bit where she'd sing horribly to orchestral accompament and I thought it must take great talent to sing so horribly but, by golly, this chick is worse!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 10:14 PM (ndZc7)

Martha Reeves of Martha and the Vandellas. She had some huge huts in the 60's (Baby Love, Nowhere to Hide)

Posted by: tankdemon at August 02, 2026 10:33 PM (2RJDy)

76 65 Cher was like an earlier version of Fauxhantos. She is half armenian and claimed to be half Indian...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 10:28 PM

Only in a song, right?

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 10:34 PM (Wmg4n)

77 You probably can't blame Cher all that much for the demise of her show. Variety shows were dropping like flies. Carol Burnett was canceled around that time. in the early 70s, Skelton, Gleason, Sullivan all bit the dust. Skelton had been on since '52, and Sullivan for 20 years too.

Posted by: TV Fax and Figgers at August 02, 2026 10:34 PM (JM9I6)

78 Yesterday, an 'ette (I believe) posted a link to an AI paper. I should have noted the link, but failed to...and now I cannot recall which thread, or the poster.

Anyone know where that was?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2026 10:34 PM (XeU6L)

79 Temperature-wise, it was nice here.

But the nearby fires are huge. The one from Malheur County is well over 300,000 acres. The one north of Weiser blew up from 15,000 to 95,000 acres overnight. We had a dusting of ash on our cars this morning.

Reminds me of Fort Collins in 2012 and 2023ish.

The PNW is burning. Spokane has evacuation orders.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 10:35 PM (0aYVJ)

80
July wrapped up, and the high for the month was 99.5F, so it didn't break 100F this time. I guess it could still, but I'm betting it won't.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 02, 2026 10:35 PM (w6EFb)

81 39 It is pouring down
Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 10:18 PM (Ia/+0)

I don't get really concerned until it starts pouring up.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 02, 2026 10:36 PM (2RJDy)

82 In a more just world, Cher would have hit the tree.
Posted by: Cicero
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Sonny may have done it on purpose.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2026 10:36 PM (XeU6L)

83 Were you familiar with any / all of those?

The Foreigner one, yes. It was part of my Journey/Foreigner tape. (120 min tape that I spliced the end of it to remove as much empty space as possible so I could just flip it over when the last song on the first side finished.) I played it a lot on the band bus on the way home from games for a couple of years.

Posted by: GWB at August 02, 2026 10:37 PM (kU0PQ)

84 Martha Reeves used to warble like a songbird. Now she just warbles. Sic transit gloria mundi.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 10:38 PM (Wj1DV)

85 New England/New York are beautiful once you get away from the Hive cities.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 10:38 PM (sKqQm)

86 I heard it through the grapevine that Sonny had it coming.

Posted by: Treebeard at August 02, 2026 10:38 PM (Q+gd/)

87 Yes, Gloria was sick on the bus last Monday.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 10:38 PM (Wj1DV)

88 My only complaint about Cher is that she has a horrible singing voice. She is a terrible singer. Awful. That trembly vibrato is nauseating.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 10:39 PM (0aYVJ)

89 Fauci and Baric and Birx and quite a number of other people in and prior to the Biden administration have the problem that they combined to work with the Chinese to violate quite a number of laws and treaties about non-proliferation of biological warfare agents.
They will continue to breathe the air of freedom as long as no one decides to make this an issue.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 10:39 PM (rbvCR)

90 So is Chad Williams a made up name because the shooter was the son of a police officer?

Lot of posts saying his name is Amer Mandzic. The son of Bosnian immigrants. His father has been a Twin Falls police officer for years.

WTF?

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 10:39 PM (KC5Lt)

91 Tonight for our cinema we watched "Speed" with Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves. I liked it as it was fast paced.

Joked that their meeting was far more exciting than us meeting in a hospital elevator. He disagreed.

Sandra is no doubt a liberal twit like the rest of them but I do like her movies. I like that Reeves seems like a good guy (he may not be).

At least she's not that disgusting Nicole Kidman who's in everything and flashing body parts. I really, really, REALLY don't like her!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:40 PM (hzuYO)

92 Sonny may have done it on purpose.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Beat me to it!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 02, 2026 10:40 PM (uoXeR)

93 Sonny may have done it on purpose.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2026 10:36 PM (XeU6L)

Weren’t Sonny and Cher already divorced by then?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 10:40 PM (Wj1DV)

94
Martha Reeves of Martha and the Vandellas. She had some huge huts in the 60's (Baby Love, Nowhere to Hide)
Posted by: tankdemon at August 02, 2026 10:33 PM

I thought huts were a euphemism, but then realized you meant hits, and if that isn’t a Piper typo, I don’t know what is.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 10:40 PM (OoFl2)

95 So is Chad Williams a made up name because the shooter was the son of a police officer?

Lot of posts saying his name is Amer Mandzic. The son of Bosnian immigrants. His father has been a Twin Falls police officer for years.

WTF?
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Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 10:39 PM (KC5Lt)

Thus, the 48 hour rule. I knew this shit stank from the get-go.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 10:41 PM (0aYVJ)

96 85 New England/New York are beautiful once you get away from the Hive cities.

Posted by: 18-1

That applies about anywhere in the US, but yes, NY/NE is beautiful. I feel sad for NY. Saddled with a horrible city, the rest of the state is fairly conservative (ignore Ithaca), kind of like PA.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 02, 2026 10:41 PM (sAmhv)

97 Cher was like an earlier version of Fauxhantos. She is half armenian and claimed to be half Indian...
Posted by: 18-1

A member of the Slapaho?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 02, 2026 10:42 PM (uoXeR)

98 Cher was like an earlier version of Fauxhantos. She is half armenian and claimed to be half Indian...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 10:28 PM (sKqQm)

Both the Armenians and the Indians use tandooris, so I suppose there is some bragging rights there.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 10:42 PM (rbvCR)

99 Hanging Fauci and his accomplices would do a lot to restore my confidence in the medical system.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 10:42 PM (Wj1DV)

100
I did however, set the dew point and heat index records (for 2 years with the station). Dew point of 82F and Heat index of 121F on 7/2.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 02, 2026 10:43 PM (w6EFb)

101 90 So is Chad Williams a made up name because the shooter was the son of a police officer?

Lot of posts saying his name is Amer Mandzic. The son of Bosnian immigrants. His father has been a Twin Falls police officer for years.

WTF?

Posted by: polynikes

It means that whatever national news coverage it gets, it will be anti 2nd amendment and then it will disappear, like it never happened.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 02, 2026 10:43 PM (sAmhv)

102 88 My only complaint about Cher is that she has a horrible singing voice. She is a terrible singer. Awful. That trembly vibrato is nauseating.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 10:39 PM (0aYVJ)

She was the first recording artist to use autotune.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 02, 2026 10:45 PM (2RJDy)

103 I have a contrarian opinion on the Flock cameras,

There is a town that has its own natural springs lake. Almost all of the shoreline and acreage back is privately owned—except for the dam and a couple long, thin peninsulas that the city.

One peninsula has a sign set up that asks visitors to not spend more than seven nights camping. Its a primitive park with a couple port-o-lets and maybe a dozen campsites that were defined organically by previous guests.

I'm guessing that the seven nights is an arbitrary number to keep it from turning into a homeless camp and annoying the lake house owners. Its too small to gate and staff. So how do they enforce it?

One Flock camera at the entrance. Get beyond its range and enjoy your lake side camping. The town has this only one camera.

Think of a better solution than a Flock camera.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 02, 2026 10:45 PM (a4flb)

104 93 Sonny may have done it on purpose.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2026 10:36 PM (XeU6L)

Weren’t Sonny and Cher already divorced by then?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Yes.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 02, 2026 10:45 PM (sAmhv)

105 Born in Brooklyn in 1955, lived in NYC Metropolitan area until '88, loved NY State, but will never return. In the clutches of Ma Hochul. There is no hope for any return to sanity.

Posted by: Excelsior! at August 02, 2026 10:46 PM (JM9I6)

106 78 Yesterday, an 'ette (I believe) posted a link to an AI paper. I should have noted the link, but failed to...and now I cannot recall which thread, or the poster.

Anyone know where that was?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2026 10:34 PM (XeU6L)
**********
Wasn't me but I know it. A professor and Alcorn State in MS. He failed 32 out of 35 in a class for using AI. Is well spoken and I wish others would do the same to cheating kids. Professor's name is Dr. Jason Gibson. I oddly recognized his accent before I read he was from MS.

https://tinyurl.com/8hscdnct

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:46 PM (hzuYO)

107 Kidman is an ok actress. She's not an elite one but she can actually act.

Bullock picks entertaining roles but I don't think's got as much range or talent.

Kidman used to be pickier about showing the goods, I assume she realizes she is at the end of the time where she can make any $$$ doing so.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 10:46 PM (sKqQm)

108 I loved living in the Hudson Valley . Though I did count down the days for winter to be done with.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 10:47 PM (KC5Lt)

109 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:40 PM (hzuYO)

I must chime in. Keanu Reeves is the real deal. He is one of the best. He has endured a lot of things over the years. He is a good man.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 10:48 PM (0aYVJ)

110 The Flock camera stuff reminds me a bit of the outcome of the government's response to 9/11.

Rather then deal with the problem - jailing/killing criminals/jihadis they instead monitor everyone.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 10:48 PM (sKqQm)

111 Hanging Fauci and his accomplices would do a lot to restore my confidence in the medical system.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 10:42 PM (Wj1DV)

You have to go back to pure merit admission to medical school, sink the current student loan system, get the local control over new hospitals and clinics by the current hospitals gutted, get rid of private equity ownership of clinics and hospitals, burn the insurance system as the primary billing source to the ground, and make pharma responsible, legally, for every death caused by the protocols developed by pharma.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 10:48 PM (rbvCR)

112 Almost didn't recognize the National Anthem.
Was that Black Yoko?

Posted by: wth at August 02, 2026 10:48 PM (oq9dX)

113 Hanging Fauci and his accomplices would do a lot to restore my confidence in the medical system.

Fauci will never hang. He won't meet any form of justice by this government because he did what they asked him to do.

Now think of other sadistic attacks on human flourishing that also has a fawning media and a complicit government?

Climate Change? De-industrialization? Open Borders?

Does anyone think Fauci is a one-off on demonic schemes to harm or end millions of lives?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 02, 2026 10:49 PM (a4flb)

114
Cher was like an earlier version of Fauxhantos. She is half armenian and claimed to be half Indian...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 10:28 PM

Only in a song, right?
Posted by: Piper

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No, she made it part of her fake mystique.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 10:49 PM (mmrXZ)

115 Sonny may have done it on purpose.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Weren’t Sonny and Cher already divorced by then?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Yes.
Posted by: Puddleglum

You'd have to be an A+++ asshole for your wife to go through the motions of divorcing you posthumously.....

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 10:49 PM (VHUov)

116 Amazing Bob Mackie gowns. They ought to be in a museum.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 10:12 PM (mmrXZ)

The best Bob Mackie gown was the Scarlett O'Hara dress worn by Carol Burnett.

It is known.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 02, 2026 10:17 PM (S7WXb)

I watched the Cher show when it first ran. She borrowed heavily from Carol Burnett, so much so that she had a segment where she took questions from the audience. Carol showed up in one segment as an audience member, and asked where she got the idea for taking questions from the audience. Off course it was all prearranged but Carol played it to the hilt and you saw the love that only good friends could sublimate for the sake of the joke. They should each write the other's biography...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 02, 2026 10:50 PM (nbLIj)

117 Bedtime. Night y’all!

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 10:50 PM (OoFl2)

118 Cher pictures: Last time I saw a mouth like that it had a hook in it.

Remember to tip your waitress.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at August 02, 2026 10:51 PM (Qw3Dr)

119 DJ Doof - Deeper Cuts Edition
Well known bands - songs you might not have heard very much.

A few of my favorite tracks from well-known bands barely made the charts. Or missed them entirely.

Journey - Topaz
https://youtu.be/z0v69bbzeec

Toad The Wet Sprocket - Something To Say
https://youtu.be/nOOm5YciACc

Toto - Stop Loving You
https://youtu.be/HtxoW7Yuiaw

The Fixx - Secret Separation
https://youtu.be/fZciNthNnDA

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 10:52 PM (VHUov)

120 68 It is pouring down

How else could it pour?
Posted by: Oddbob

Pouring sideways isn't unknown. Though horizontal precipitation is more common with snow than rain.
Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 10:32 PM (VHUov)

On Shemya, it rains up. The winds blow so awfully that you can't use regular windows. We did an "Aleutian solution" which was a hopper window with a hood over it, so you could open the window for air and not get the whole damned room soaking wet.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 10:52 PM (FyeA3)

121 @107...Kidman should let others start taking her roles as she's now too old to be playing some of them.

I dislike her because she's plastic inside and out. She claps her hands like a weird seal, which I realize I should not care about. She's had so much plastic surgery to her face her ears have grown larger,and I've read that's a sign of multiple face lifts. Fake. Fake. Fake.

I cannot imagine being that vain. I don't care about her marriages, surrogacy, or anything else. I'll be trying to find a movie and not watch it because of her.

Her parents were questionable, so I've read, in Australia. Father had something to do with pedo stuff and unsure of her mother. Kidman seems evil to me, otherwise I can't explain my disgust when I see her.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:52 PM (hzuYO)

122 Flock cameras, we are told, do not employ facial recognition software on road side use. HOWEVER, the facial recognition software is already available and could be employed rather easily from a technical standpoint. Admitted by the manufacturer.

I'm not sure I trust municipalities, counties and cities to keep it that way. In fact, I know I don't trust them to keep it that way.

Posted by: Orson at August 02, 2026 10:53 PM (dIske)

123
The best Bob Mackie gown was the Scarlett O'Hara dress worn by Carol Burnett.

It is known.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

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

HA! I actually did not know that was a Bob Mackie gown. It was a masterpiece all right.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 10:54 PM (mmrXZ)

124 Forgot re: Kidman. When she and the country Keith Urban first married or soon after and bought a house I read a report.

She had her own "scream room." Whatever that is.

I have many rooms for unfinished hobbies but still lack a scream room. Wth?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:54 PM (hzuYO)

125
Hail is caused by it literally raining up. Raindrops get caught in a updraft and freeze, and don't come down until they get heavy enough.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 02, 2026 10:54 PM (w6EFb)

126 90 So is Chad Williams a made up name because the shooter was the son of a police officer?

Lot of posts saying his name is Amer Mandzic. The son of Bosnian immigrants. His father has been a Twin Falls police officer for years.

WTF?

Posted by: polynikes

What a stupid made up name.

Posted by: Haven Monahan at August 02, 2026 10:54 PM (wVcYX)

127 You have to go back to pure merit admission to medical school, sink the current student loan system, get the local control over new hospitals and clinics by the current hospitals gutted, get rid of private equity ownership of clinics and hospitals, burn the insurance system as the primary billing source to the ground, and make pharma responsible, legally, for every death caused by the protocols developed by pharma.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 10:48 PM (rbvCR)

There you go, coming up with a reasonable solution to our problems! But you have to admit, neither one of us is going to get his way with the world. Also, heads on pikes would satisfy my fears about government more than medicine.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 10:55 PM (Wj1DV)

128 Good eveningmorons y gracias a Disco y Piper

There was a year or two where people tuned into Cher just to see what she was wearing which was usually smoking teh haaawt!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 10:55 PM (JvZF+)

129 ChristyBlinky -Thanks. But, that's not it. Link was to a paper reflecting on AI substance and development.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2026 10:56 PM (XeU6L)

130 109 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:40 PM (hzuYO)

I must chime in. Keanu Reeves is the real deal. He is one of the best. He has endured a lot of things over the years. He is a good man.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 10:48 PM (0aYVJ)
********
Thanks, Pug. That's what I've read about him as well. I have only seen a couple of his movies and intend to start finding them. The two I have seen I really liked him.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:56 PM (hzuYO)

131 Fauci is a congenital liar arising out of his off the charts narcissism. He thinks he can explain his way out of his inconsistencies or that he's so smart that he can say anything he wants and it doesn't matter if he contradicts himself later because he's just changed his mind.

I bet his peers find him insufferable.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 10:57 PM (KC5Lt)

132 129 ChristyBlinky -Thanks. But, that's not it. Link was to a paper reflecting on AI substance and development.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2026 10:56 PM (XeU6L)

Sorry, Mike!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:57 PM (hzuYO)

133 There was a year or two where people tuned into Cher just to see what she was wearing which was usually smoking teh haaawt!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 10:55 PM (JvZF+)

Probably fine so long as you turn down the audio.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 10:57 PM (FyeA3)

134 Wasn't there a big to do this past week because it was reported thst Texas looked through foot of like 83,000 Flock cameras trying to locate a woman who had gotten an abortion?

Speaking of cameras, are liberals still upset thst cops'body cams are more likely to show cops conducting themselves properly than malfeasance and abuse of power? Also,, being able to review body cam footage before testifying has done a lot to improve their performance on the witness stsnd.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 02, 2026 10:57 PM (2RJDy)

135 124 Forgot re: Kidman. When she and the country Keith Urban first married or soon after and bought a house I read a report.

She had her own "scream room." Whatever that is.

I have many rooms for unfinished hobbies but still lack a scream room. Wth?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:54 PM (hzuYO)stand.

She must be a huge Edvard Munch fan.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 02, 2026 10:59 PM (2RJDy)

136 John and Yoko were both into Primal Scream Therapy around 1970. It showed in their music.

Posted by: Plastic Ono Fan at August 02, 2026 10:59 PM (JM9I6)

137 I bet his peers find him insufferable.
Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 10:57 PM (KC5Lt)

With pigs like him, the only charm you get is when he needs something--adulation, a grant, some kind of kudos. Otherwise he is probably a colossal prick.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:00 PM (FyeA3)

138 Hanging Fauci and his accomplices would do a lot to restore my confidence in the medical system.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 10:42 PM (Wj1DV)

You have to go back to pure merit admission to medical school, sink the current student loan system, get the local control over new hospitals and clinics by the current hospitals gutted, get rid of private equity ownership of clinics and hospitals, burn the insurance system as the primary billing source to the ground, and make pharma responsible, legally, for every death caused by the protocols developed by pharma.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 10:48 PM (rbvCR)

So you're saying there's a chance...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 02, 2026 11:00 PM (nbLIj)

139 Cher is a better actress than she is a singer.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 11:00 PM (KC5Lt)

140 burn the insurance system as the primary billing source to the ground,

Hate the game, not the player.

"Insurance" is the game where fraud, sex changes, boob jobs, depression, anxiety, drug abuse, self-abuse, heart transplants on death row inmates, fraud, 100% coverage of every illegal alien, welfare rat and foreigner is covered by over-billing, billions paid into lawfare, regulations, fraud, and fraud.

OTOH, there is another game called "medical cost sharing" which is a tiny fraction of monthly dues.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 02, 2026 11:02 PM (a4flb)

141 139 Cher is a better actress than she is a singer.
Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 11:00 PM (KC5Lt)

"Snap out of it!"

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:02 PM (FyeA3)

142 Cher did a medley on her show with the Jackson 5 that was pretty good.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 11:02 PM (JvZF+)

143 Perhaps it's time for people to prescribe the use of Dr. Guillotin's invention for terrible medical personnel and researchers.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg)

144 Cher is a better actress than she is a singer.
Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 11:00 PM (KC5Lt)

I agree.

Circle gets the square.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 11:03 PM (0aYVJ)

145 John and Yoko were both into Primal Scream Therapy around 1970. It showed in their music.
Posted by: Plastic Ono Fan

And today we have death metal.

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 11:03 PM (VHUov)

146 Snap out of it!"
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:02 PM (FyeA

She was just as good before that in Mask.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 11:04 PM (KC5Lt)

147 Mike, Maybe KT's Saturday morning thread -- before gardening.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at August 02, 2026 11:05 PM (yTvNw)

148 Squirrels...they know what they did.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 02, 2026 11:06 PM (Wnv9h)

149 If I remember correctly Sonny Bono hit a tree in a tree well with his head. I guess before helmets caught on.

You want to avoid tree wells as you can die from the deep snow, as several people have. When I downhill skied I avoided tree wells.

I would cross-country ski in trees, if that counts. I wanted to continue to do this 10yrs ago and son said I was getting too olde. I wasn't and should have continued as now I am too old! He just did not like cross-country skiing. (Blows raspberries like our baby granddaughter!).

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 11:06 PM (hzuYO)

150 Perhaps it's time for people to prescribe the use of Dr. Guillotin's invention for terrible medical personnel and researchers.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg)

Put them on a ventilator.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 11:07 PM (1z8ji)

151 The Intermountain West and parts of WA and Oregon could use that rain! Blow it back here!

I am hoping 2wks from now autumn starts to find us. Please.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 11:07 PM (hzuYO)

152 Hanging Fauci and his accomplices would do a lot to restore my confidence in the medical system.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 10:42 PM (Wj1DV)
-

Ask your doctor if Hanging Fauci is right for you.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 02, 2026 11:07 PM (fDryU)

153 Man, I forgot how good looking Cher was back in the day. Now I remember why everyone wanted to watch her.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2026 11:09 PM (/R3g/)

154 Ask your doctor if Hanging Fauci is right for you.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 02, 2026 11:07 PM (fDryU)
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My doctor wears a mask and STANDS ON MY LAWN

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 11:09 PM (JvZF+)

155 Mike -

vmom gave us a nic-link to her post here:
https://tinyurl.com/vmom-ai

which has a link to the deeper article in question

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 02, 2026 11:11 PM (aJQbY)

156
The medical system is incapable of admitting it was wrong. They just can't do it. Admitting their error, honestly evaluating why they screwed up and all that would be the way to restore confidence.

But the system is just flat-out incapable of doing that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 02, 2026 11:11 PM (w6EFb)

157 Lot of posts saying his name is Amer Mandzic. The son of Bosnian immigrants. His father has been a Twin Falls police officer for years.

WTF?

Posted by: polynikes

What a stupid made up name.
Posted by: Haven Monahan at August 02, 2026 10:54 PM (wVcYX)

Should have gone with Rollo Tomasi.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2026 11:11 PM (/R3g/)

158 The two I have seen I really liked him.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:56 PM (hzuYO)

Tread lightly. River's Edge is super dark.

But, Speed, Point Break, Bill and Ted are good examples. Oh, just remembered: Parenthood. Small role, but it really captures his coolness.

He is the real deal.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 11:13 PM (0aYVJ)

159 _Tried to watch Male and Female, too old - slow.
_Tried to watch Once Upon a time in Hollywood, awful, Brad Pitt has much pose time for the females. Is Tarantino a fag?
_Watched Quatermass and the Pit, good movie.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 11:13 PM (+yTe/)

160 River's Edge is super dark.

But, Speed, Point Break, Bill and Ted are good examples. Oh, just remembered: Parenthood. Small role, but it really captures his coolness.

He is the real deal.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 11:13 PM (0aYVJ
**********
Thanks! I don't do dark or demonic at all.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 11:15 PM (hzuYO)

161
Was that Black Yoko?

Mirror Universe Yoko Ono

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 02, 2026 11:15 PM (Cqx++)

162 Top 2 on both lists.
Clearly I'm retired now.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 02, 2026 11:17 PM (2Ez/1)

163 Contrarian here re Cher. I didn't get all the hype.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 02, 2026 11:18 PM (wVcYX)

164 I see a story out of Sweden where a 14 year old was raped by an immigrant.

The court found him innocent because since he didn't speak Swedish he probably couldn't understand when she said no.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 11:18 PM (sKqQm)

165 River's Edge is very nihilistic and tragic. Keanu is superb so is the actor who plays his kid brother.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 11:20 PM (JvZF+)

166
145 John and Yoko were both into Primal Scream Therapy around 1970. It showed in their music.
Posted by: Plastic Ono Fan

Listening to that makes me want to engage in Primal Scream Therapy.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2026 11:20 PM (/R3g/)

167 37 Thank you to everyone in the gun thread! There's a picture of the spawn in case you missed it.
Posted by: lin-duh at August 02, 2026 10:17 PM (VCgbV)

Well done Spawn! I knew she was a serious competitor, but now she has the hardware to prove it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:21 PM (FyeA3)

168 But the system is just flat-out incapable of doing that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 02, 2026 11:11 PM (w6EFb)

Then Medical Doctors will stop being those respected professions that Country Clubs are built around, and become technicians, like the traditional role of Surgeon used to be when they operated out of barber shops and cut corns.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 11:21 PM (rbvCR)

169 Contrarian here re Cher. I didn't get all the hype.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 02, 2026 11:18 PM (wVcYX)
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*lights torch*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 11:21 PM (JvZF+)

170 164 I see a story out of Sweden where a 14 year old was raped by an immigrant.

The court found him innocent because since he didn't speak Swedish he probably couldn't understand when she said no.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 11:18 PM (sKqQm)

I would think it would be required of the actual rapist to determine if what he was up to was, in fact, legal, before doing it, regardless of any language barrier. If he didn't know she was underage, isn't that his fault?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:22 PM (FyeA3)

171 I seem to remember that the Star Spangled Banner uses the music of an old drinking song. Is it easier to sing the national anthem while drunk?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2026 11:22 PM (qx7Zg)

172 This is from somewhere in Memphis. Horde members are almost old enough!

I'm here for the Early Bird Special, dammit

Posted by: Miklos presents various forms of dubious ID at August 02, 2026 11:23 PM (XOG/m)

173 I would think it would be required of the actual rapist to determine if what he was up to was, in fact, legal, before doing it, regardless of any language barrier. If he didn't know she was underage, isn't that his fault?

The court addressed that. They said she could have passed for an adult.

Remember she was 14.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 11:24 PM (sKqQm)

174 This is from somewhere in Memphis. Horde members are almost old enough!

I'm here for the Early Bird Special, dammit
Posted by: Miklos presents various forms of dubious ID at August 02, 2026 11:23 PM (XOG/m)

At least they're consistent. ID to enter restaurant, ID to vote.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2026 11:25 PM (qx7Zg)

175 River's Edge is very nihilistic and tragic. Keanu is superb so is the actor who plays his kid brother.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Our attorneys will be in touch

We want part of the gross, not net

Posted by: River's Edge Homeowners Association at August 02, 2026 11:26 PM (XOG/m)

176
You have to go back to pure merit admission to medical school,

Posted by: Kindltot

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

Thank heaven the Trump administration is strong-arming medical schools into doing that.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 11:26 PM (mmrXZ)

177 Is it easier to sing the national anthem while drunk?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2026 11:22 PM (qx7Zg)

Well, so long as you are the drunk, and nobody records it, then yes.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:26 PM (FyeA3)

178 Evenin’, All, Let the boob talk begin!

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 11:26 PM (77rzZ)

179 River's Edge is very nihilistic and tragic. Keanu is superb so is the actor who plays his kid brother.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 11:20 PM (JvZF+)

I agree. It was a warning for folks who prefer the lighter Keanu.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 11:26 PM (0aYVJ)

180 The court addressed that. They said she could have passed for an adult.

Remember she was 14.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 11:24 PM (sKqQm)

Well, then, time for daddy to collect his hunting rifle and go a-huntin'.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:27 PM (FyeA3)

181 Well, I got ONE measly sheet of roofing tin hung on the inside wall of my big shop today. Yesterday was four sheets. It took so long because I am refining my technique. I have devised a way to use my car trailer winch as a hoisting apparatus in conjunction with a little jib boom with a pulley, clamped to the top of my rolling warehouse stairs. Made several efforts with a pulley block; nope that doesn't work. I am just about at the point of getting it right. The hook on the lifting cradle has to be lowered maybe 3 inches, so it doesn't hit the pulley before the top of the panel hits the ceiling. And I need to make some sort of rope guide or fairlead so the rope doesn't jump the pulley if the load is offset to the side a bit.

And I lost the little doggone magnet out of the end of my 1/4" hex driver bit. That sucks.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 11:27 PM (1z8ji)

182 Daniel Roebuck in River's Edge was so fucking creepy.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 11:27 PM (0aYVJ)

183 I see Miklos has two entries on the sock list. What is the record for one person to hit the top 10 sock-puppeteers in one week?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2026 11:28 PM (qx7Zg)

184 At least they're consistent. ID to enter restaurant, ID to vote.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

I never had a fake ID

For a surcharge, the underage kids could always get beer and likker

Posted by: Free Market Miklos at August 02, 2026 11:28 PM (XOG/m)

185 159 _Watched Quatermass and the Pit, good movie.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 11:13 PM (+yTe/)

-----------------------

It was a good flick, and Andrew Keir did a good job, but I preferred the first two Quatermass movies simply because Brian Donlevy was such a lovable, relatable prick.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at August 02, 2026 11:28 PM (8ILPt)

186 I loved Johnny Mnemonic.

"I WANT MY SHIRTS LAUNDERED...."

Brilliant Keanu.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:28 PM (FyeA3)

187 Also, Sonny Bono was the real deal. He discovered Cher and, IIRC, wrote "I Got You Babe" to help her get over her fear of singing in public. Contrary to opinions here, I think Cher was an amazing singer in her prime, Bang Bang and A Cowboy's Work is Never Done being two examples off the top of my head.

Their marriage ended because of Sonny's infidelities. I think all of his marriages ended because of this. Too bad. I recall a Grammy award show where they played a clip of him and Cher singing I Got You Babe and the camera cut to him collapsing into tears.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 02, 2026 11:28 PM (nbLIj)

188 Hello, y'all.

All-Cher fashion section: Sure could be worse!

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
10 [23 names] 'mindful webworker'

I wonder how I manage to just squeak onto the bottom of the list so often. Of course, if my IP wasn't variable, I'd probably be higher on the list.

Ah, well, here's a comment to add to the stack today. But just this one.

🎸"I'd like to help you son, but you're too young to vote."
https://youtu.be/as1NcX31szs

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - Sonny, watch out for that treeeee at August 02, 2026 11:30 PM (0poB+)

189 I see Miklos has two entries on the sock list. What is the record for one person to hit the top 10 sock-puppeteers in one week?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Has been three times in a week.

Depends on when the ISP randomly reassigns stuff.

Posted by: Multi-Miklos, mere Magyar Moron at August 02, 2026 11:30 PM (XOG/m)

190 I seem to remember that the Star Spangled Banner uses the music of an old drinking song. Is it easier to sing the national anthem while drunk?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Yup, the song was "To Anacreon In Heaven."

We saw "The Odyssey" today because it was hot and we were bored. We remained bored but did get to eat popcorn and peanut M&M's, so there's that. It should be called "An Odyssey" because it sure wasn't Homer's Odyssey, as many people have mentioned. We had no expectations of this movie and it fulfilled them. It got us out of the house and that was about all one can say about it.

Posted by: tankascribe at August 02, 2026 11:30 PM (NtoJk)

191 Crap, I didn’t see the stuff about the 14-year-old Swedish girl. Ick.

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 11:31 PM (77rzZ)

192 153

Agree about Cher... altho I never forgot.

Hyapatia Lee looked remarkably like Cher, I always thought, back when they were both young.

Posted by: mnw at August 02, 2026 11:31 PM (RCjYY)

193
vmom gave us a nic-link to her post here:
https://tinyurl.com/vmom-ai

which has a link to the deeper article in question
Posted by: RandomDave
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AH! That's it! Thanks very much!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2026 11:31 PM (XeU6L)

194 Thank heaven the Trump administration is strong-arming medical schools into doing that.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

All Medical School applications must be approved by Prof. Dr. Seamus Muldoon

Posted by: President Miklos J. Trump at August 02, 2026 11:33 PM (XOG/m)

195 Prayer up for all those in Tacoma.

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 11:35 PM (77rzZ)

196 AOP, maybe you could use something like a 2x4 to make a whippletree to suspend the sheet. It might prevent having to worry about balancing the load just right.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 11:36 PM (rbvCR)

197 I've been sharing a lot of stuff about Flock cameras recently. Maybe I need to submit a Morning Rant thread about it so the daywalkers get to see this stuff.

Flock cameras are asshoe. Overreach and extremely counter to the 4th Amendment. Those who administer these things certainly understand the concept when they themselves are the ones being filmed. Here's another example.

Authoritarians gotta, uh...authoritarianize. And there's the massive hypocrisy as always. Cops, city officials, Flock companies, they want you to submit to mass surveillance and violation of your fourth and fifth amendment rights, but freak the fuck out if you lawfully record them since they don't have control over your camera.

Posted by: It's all about power and control at August 02, 2026 11:36 PM (TbWk/)

198 187

Sonny Bono's last marriage didn't end in divorce. It ended rather abruptly for a different reason.

After he & Cher split up, his life hit rock bottom, by his own admission. But he recovered.

Posted by: mnw at August 02, 2026 11:36 PM (RCjYY)

199 >>>vmom gave us a nic-link to her post here:
https://tinyurl.com/vmom-ai

which has a link to the deeper article in question

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click)
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We are back into the age of highwaymen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 11:37 PM (+yTe/)

200 Miklos is AI.

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 11:37 PM (77rzZ)

201 Hyapatia Lee looked remarkably like Cher, I always thought, back when they were both young.
Posted by: mnw at August 02, 2026 11:31 PM (RCjYY)

I think it was possible to see more of Hypatia Lee than of Cher.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 11:39 PM (rbvCR)

202 Hyapatia Lee looked remarkably like Cher, I always thought, back when they were both young.
Posted by: mnw at August 02, 2026 11:31 PM (RCjYY)

We appear to have proximate birthdays...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 02, 2026 11:39 PM (nbLIj)

203 Miklos is AI.
Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 11:37 PM (77rzZ)

Artificial Intelligence?
Absolutely Insane?
Actively Incredible?

Need some context here...

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2026 11:39 PM (qx7Zg)

204 The court addressed that. They said she could have passed for an adult.
Remember she was 14.
Posted by: 18-1

The age of consent in Sweden is only 15, unless the older partner is in a position of authority (the kid's teacher, etc.)

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 11:40 PM (VHUov)

205 After he & Cher split up, his life hit rock bottom, by his own admission. But he recovered.
Posted by: mnw at August 02, 2026 11:36 PM (RCjYY)

I thought he hit Tree Bottom.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2026 11:41 PM (/R3g/)

206 203 Actually intelligent

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 11:41 PM (77rzZ)

207 Thank heaven the Trump administration is strong-arming medical schools into doing that.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

All Medical School applications must be approved by Prof. Dr. Seamus Muldoon
Posted by: President Miklos J. Trump at August 02, 2026 11:33 PM (XOG/m)

They must also be screened by nurse ratched telling them that they are incredibly, massively, fucking wrong, without getting angry... or fainting.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2026 11:42 PM (qx7Zg)

208 187

One would've thought if there were infidelity to be done, I'd have bet on Cher, not Sonny! Women have rogue tastes. But Sonny Bono?

Posted by: mnw at August 02, 2026 11:42 PM (RCjYY)

209 Cher was overrated. Except in Moonstruck. She was great in that. But everyone in that flick was excellent.

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 11:44 PM (77rzZ)

210
185 159 _Watched Quatermass and the Pit, good movie.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 11:13 PM (+yTe/)

I saw that when I was a yute, freaked me out. Especially the giant devil martian at the end!

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2026 11:47 PM (/R3g/)

211 202

"We appear to have proximate birthdays"

If you're talking about me, and not Cher, then I think you & I are the oldest morons extant.

Posted by: mnw at August 02, 2026 11:47 PM (RCjYY)

212 One would've thought if there were infidelity to be done, I'd have bet on Cher, not Sonny! Women have rogue tastes. But Sonny Bono?
Posted by: mnw at August 02, 2026 11:42 PM (RCjYY)

Cher met Greg Allman around the time of her divorce from Sonny. The marriage lasted about ten days, but Greg credits her with saving his life when he OD'ed on heroin..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 02, 2026 11:49 PM (nbLIj)

213 Miklos is AI.
Posted by: Bulg

Search Ace ONT archives back to about 2015

Miklosbot vXXXXXXX began about that time

Posted by: Miklosbot has become self-aware at August 02, 2026 11:50 PM (XOG/m)

214 205

Sonny hit tree bottom long after he'd gotten his life back in order.

Posted by: mnw at August 02, 2026 11:50 PM (RCjYY)

215 Can't stand Cher.
Her first hit sounds exactly like her last one. And every thing in between.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 02, 2026 11:51 PM (2WIwB)

216 But Sonny Bono?
Posted by: mnw

Have you seen Vince Neil? Status and money.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 02, 2026 11:51 PM (DZ9Lv)

217 "We appear to have proximate birthdays"

Thank you for remembering.

It is, in fact, my Birfday

Posted by: Miklos thinks the Worls might be a slightly better place for it at August 02, 2026 11:52 PM (XOG/m)

218 How'd I know she was 13? She look at least 15.

Posted by: Mohammad M. Muhammad at August 02, 2026 11:53 PM (JM9I6)

219 195 Prayer up for all those in Tacoma.
Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 11:35 PM (77rzZ)

The heck is happening in Tacoma?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:53 PM (FyeA3)

220 If I recall, 'Rivers Edge' was based on a true story. I think I watched a 'Forensic Files' about it. Or one of those murder pron shows that show up in the wee hours of the morning. There are a couple of TVs at work and the channel selection is not great. Sometimes a murder pron marathon is all that is available.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 02, 2026 11:53 PM (sAmhv)

221 Happy Birthday, Miklos!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at August 02, 2026 11:54 PM (xVpNO)

222 AOP, maybe you could use something like a 2x4 to make a whippletree to suspend the sheet. It might prevent having to worry about balancing the load just right.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 11:36 PM (rbvCR)

Well, what I made is a T-bar affair. Cross-piece 19" long, with J-hooks spaced at 18" to engage with standing ribs on tin panel. Three-foot length of steel tubing welded to the middle of that, eye welded to end. An inverted "T". Well, that didn't work. Top of panel wanted to topple away. Got a piece of larger tubing to slip over upright, welded fingers to the top of it go behind lip of J-strip screwed to top of panel. I welded an "S" hook at the 4-foot point to hook the winch line to. This works pretty well, except the "S" hook hits the boom pulley about the same time the top of the panel hits the ceiling. Next iteration, I will lower the "S" hook by three inches. A tiny bit of wiggle room. The lift itself goes very easy. My winch has polymer winch line, not wire rope.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 11:54 PM (1z8ji)

223 At least I didn't die skiing!

Posted by: Spider Sabich at August 02, 2026 11:54 PM (JM9I6)

224 214 205

Sonny hit tree bottom long after he'd gotten his life back in order.
Posted by: mnw

I think he was in congress by then, so yes.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 02, 2026 11:55 PM (sAmhv)

225 218 How'd I know she was 13? She look at least 15.
Posted by: Mohammad M. Muhammad at August 02, 2026 11:53 PM (JM9I6)

Bailiff, whack his pee pee.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:55 PM (FyeA3)

226 All Medical School applications must be approved by Prof. Dr. Seamus Muldoon
Posted by: President Miklos J. Trump at August 02, 2026 11:33 PM (XOG/m)

They must also be screened by nurse ratched telling them that they are incredibly, massively, fucking wrong, without getting angry... or fainting.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

APPROVED

Posted by: Secretary Robert Miklos Kennedy Jr. at August 02, 2026 11:55 PM (XOG/m)

227 219 Fires

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 11:56 PM (77rzZ)

228 223 At least I didn't die skiing!
Posted by: Spider Sabich at August 02, 2026 11:54 PM (JM9I6)

Well, if you have to be shot dead, it should at least be by Claudine Longet.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:56 PM (FyeA3)

229 It is, in fact, my Birfday
Posted by: Miklos thinks the Worls might be a slightly better place for it at August 02, 2026 11:52 PM (XOG/m)

Happy Birthday, Miklos!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 11:57 PM (1z8ji)

230 Happy Birthday, Miklos!
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy

And to you, many years in advance.

Posted by: Well Wisher Miklos at August 02, 2026 11:57 PM (XOG/m)

231 How'd I know she was 13? She look at least 15.
Posted by: Mohammad M. Muhammad

Bailiff, whack his pee pee.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Better, remove it, and then deport him back to Durkadurkastan.

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 11:57 PM (VHUov)

232 Prayer up for all those in Tacoma.
Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 11:35 PM (77rzZ)

The heck is happening in Tacoma?
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:53 PM (FyeA3)

Was wondering the same thing. Gotta go to the Mall on Thursday.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 02, 2026 11:57 PM (2WIwB)

233 227 219 Fires
Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 11:56 PM (77rzZ)

I thought Spokane was on fire. Tacoma is a little farther west than that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:57 PM (FyeA3)

234 It is, in fact, my Birfday
Posted by: Miklos

Where's the Commissar? I need a festive little hat.

Happy Birthday!

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 11:58 PM (VHUov)

235 Fires
Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 11:56 PM (77rzZ)

Fires in Tacoma? It's right on the water.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 11:58 PM (1z8ji)

236 George of the Jungle was warned "Watch out for that tree".
Wish I had heeded that advice.

Posted by: Michael Kennedy at August 02, 2026 11:58 PM (JM9I6)

237 Happy Birthday, Miklos!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Today was a Cajun KRVS day

With some WWOZ mixed in

Posted by: Mikleuse d'Anniversaire at August 02, 2026 11:58 PM (XOG/m)

238 Fires in Tacoma? It's right on the water.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 11:58 PM (1z8ji)

Well I guess that’s where the smoke is.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2026 11:59 PM (/R3g/)

239 Fires
Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 11:56 PM (77rzZ)

I thought Spokane was on fire. Tacoma is a little farther west than that.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:57 PM (FyeA3)

I've several buddies living in Spokane. They've had to evacuate. One has lost his house. A bad weekend.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2026 12:00 AM (2WIwB)

240 Where's the Commissar? I need a festive little hat.

Happy Birthday!
Posted by: mikeski

I can send you a little hat

The dog wore it, but only for about 20 seconds

Posted by: Miklos knows what Dixie likes, and hats are not treats at August 03, 2026 12:00 AM (XOG/m)

241 Well, I have bought a new phone. It is a NIB Pixel 6a, de-Googled, and loaded with the Graphene operating system.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 12:01 AM (1z8ji)

242 223 At least I didn't die skiing!
Posted by: Spider Sabich at August 02, 2026 11:54 PM (JM9I6)

Well, if you have to be shot dead, it should at least be by Claudine Longet.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:56 PM (FyeA3)

If I'm the only one here old enough to remember the SNL skit of this incident then I'm taking my lawn and going home!

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 03, 2026 12:01 AM (nbLIj)

243 Fires in Tacoma? It's right on the water.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 11:58 PM (1z8ji)

Well I guess that’s where the smoke is.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2026 11:59 PM (/R3g/)

And the fire is in the sky.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2026 12:02 AM (2WIwB)

244 I've several buddies living in Spokane. They've had to evacuate. One has lost his house. A bad weekend.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2026 12:00 AM (2WIwB)

Any word on Jordan61 and her hubby? They are Spokane rural, I think.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 12:02 AM (1z8ji)

245 The difference between Spokane and Tacoma is, quite remarkable. Spokane is high plateau, nearly desert, although apples grow there fairly well. Tacoma is on the ocean, a rather large port, part of the southern Puget Sound. Most stuff that gets shipped to AK comes through Tacoma Harbor.

Spokane, not so much.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 12:02 AM (FyeA3)

246 Trump says the attack he's holding off on for now will the biggest since WWII.

Ummm.

Not even remotely close. By any measure. Which is completely unimportant of course. And marketing hyperbole is his schtick, and it's harmless and amusing and weirdly refreshing sometimes, especially when it shocks the straights.

But it does inspire a (pointless) pretty good trivia discussion for war geeks. Given there'll be zero ground component, it's hard to compare with WWII or post-war operations. But just for one case, any given day in the ATO (air tasking order) of the air campaign for Desert Storm probably had multiples of the biggest day with Iran. And it went on without pause for 6 weeks.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 03, 2026 12:03 AM (U/Byj)

247 242

You're NOT the only one here old enough.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 12:03 AM (RCjYY)

248 Claudine never explained why he was called "Spider".

She married her defense lawyer, coincidentally

Posted by: Miklos for the Defense at August 03, 2026 12:06 AM (XOG/m)

249 Spokane, not so much.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 12:02 AM (FyeA3)

Spokane, north, south, and east, is well forested, for miles and miles. Go west on I-90 for a dozen miles or so, and the forest gives way to scattered pines, then bald prairie.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 12:06 AM (1z8ji)

250 Hope Gonzaga hasn't been reduced to ashes. Because hoops.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 12:07 AM (RCjYY)

251 Any word on Jordan61 and her hubby? They are Spokane rural, I think.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 12:02 AM (1z8ji)

A good question???
Haven't heard from her in awhile.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2026 12:09 AM (2WIwB)

252 Is Artificial Intelligence a Real Thing?

Original Stupid sure is

Posted by: Socratic Miklosopoulos (no homo) at August 03, 2026 12:09 AM (XOG/m)

253 Fuking Fauci didn't think we were going to live long enough to hate him. He's a mass murdering psycopath. Literally involved in every mass death outbrake since the 80's. I think the virus was intentionaly leaked but it either wasn't all it was supposed to be or someone leaked the wrong virus.
Due to a few things I think the later.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 12:10 AM (zhLil)

254 Hope Gonzaga hasn't been reduced to ashes. Because hoops.
Posted by: mnw

They used to be Catholic, too

Posted by: Miklos was warned about the Jesuits at August 03, 2026 12:10 AM (XOG/m)

255 Anyone who can pronounce BOTH "Spokane" and "Gonzaga" correctly is probably either a resident or an alum.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 12:12 AM (RCjYY)

256 Hope Gonzaga hasn't been reduced to ashes. Because hoops.
Posted by: mnw

They used to be Catholic, too
Posted by: Miklos was warned about the Jesuits at August 03, 2026 12:10 AM (XOG/m)

The University museum there has a toupee that Bing Crosby wore in White Christmas.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2026 12:12 AM (2WIwB)

257 You're NOT the only one here old enough.
Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 12:03 AM (RCjYY)

>Repositions lawn
>Proffers cigar to MNW
>Casts suspicious eye toward those meddling kids

And happy birthday Miklos..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 03, 2026 12:13 AM (nbLIj)

258 Is Artificial Intelligence a Real Thing?

Original Stupid sure is

Posted by: Socratic Miklosopoulos (no homo) at August 03, 2026 12:09 AM (XOG/m)

Artificial Ignorance is real. An example is the belief that it's safe to drink bleach.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 03, 2026 12:13 AM (qx7Zg)

259 90 for a dozen miles or so, and the forest gives way to scattered pines, then bald prairie.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I saw Bald Prairie open for Poco on their "Good Feeling To Know" Tour in '71.

Posted by: Musikladen at August 03, 2026 12:13 AM (JM9I6)

260 It is a NIB Pixel 6a, de-Googled, and loaded with the Graphene operating system.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
--------

Interesting. I am smartphone ignorant, so, in brief, why that combination?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 03, 2026 12:14 AM (XeU6L)

261 Due to a few things I think the later.
Posted by: Reforger

Has anyone else noticed that aged, long-serving politicians never, I mean never, die of cancer?

Jimmy Carter, at the age of 100?

Posted by: Miklos expresses extereme suspicion at August 03, 2026 12:14 AM (XOG/m)

262
And I lost the little doggone magnet out of the end of my 1/4" hex driver bit. That sucks.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 11:27 PM (1z8ji)
************
I'm sorry. That's the only part of your story I understood, which is not your fault at all.

I remembered the trauma of sewing my youngest granddaughter's quilt a year ago from that statement. I finally decided, after seven years, to clean out the bobbit case thing in my sewing machine.

Please keep in mind that I only sew, so far, when I have a deadline (in this case a baby flannel quilt).

I have a history of sewing trauma involving loud cussing, so my dude is usually on edge until he hears the machine purring along. I have to review how to thread it and tension creating much tension in me every time because I am not organized at all about anything.

Anyway, I proudly used the little brush to get lint out of the bobbin case when the tiny screw that attaches to the pressure foot fell into the case.I could see it but tweezers were not cutting it. A complete collapse of society was near and my dude had a tiny magnet and saved the life of me and the machine from us both hurling out the window.

Good night all.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 12:15 AM (hzuYO)

263 The University museum there has a toupee that Bing Crosby wore in White Christmas.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2026 12:12 AM (2WIwB)

I hope it was humanely euthanized.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 12:16 AM (1z8ji)

264 John McCain and Harry Reid are still alive?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 12:17 AM (rbvCR)

265 Der Bingle graduated from Gonzaga, his bandleader brother Bob attended, but did not graduate.

Posted by: The Bulldogs at August 03, 2026 12:17 AM (JM9I6)

266 Yikes, they murdered the National Anthem.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 12:17 AM (S41Gd)

267 >Repositions lawn
>Proffers cigar to MNW
>Casts suspicious eye toward those meddling kids

And happy birthday Miklos..
Posted by: Joe Kidd

*surreptitiously leaves cold beer on porch*

Posted by: Miklos redeems himself, if not the Youths at August 03, 2026 12:18 AM (XOG/m)

268 I had Foreigner 4 on vinyl. I loved Girl On The Moon, especially because they used some French in the song while I was taking French in high school.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 03, 2026 12:18 AM (2n5IR)

269 Actually, it sounds like Katherine Hepburn singing the anthem.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 12:18 AM (S41Gd)

270 I was just reading a piece on HA which sounded serious, but ended up striking me as almost comical. It’s about everyone is worried about a coup in Iran. Really? Who’s going to take over the Government?

Oh. The IRGC, of course. You mean no one noticed that this already happened, months ago?

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 12:19 AM (/R3g/)

271 Jimmy Carter, at the age of 100?
Posted by: Miklos expresses extereme suspicion at August 03, 2026 12:14 AM (XOG/m)

How about Biden surviving double brain aneurysms back in the 80's?

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 12:19 AM (zhLil)

272 It is a NIB Pixel 6a, de-Googled, and loaded with the Graphene operating system.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I saw NIB open for ABBA in Nuremburg in '78.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2026 12:20 AM (2WIwB)

273 and Claudine Longet apparently assumed room temperature just three months ago..

http://tiny.cc/wau7101

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 03, 2026 12:20 AM (nbLIj)

274 I have a history of sewing trauma
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Many Chinese have worse, and are paid even less

Posted by: Miklos is Thankful for Blessings Large and Small at August 03, 2026 12:21 AM (XOG/m)

275 255 Anyone who can pronounce BOTH "Spokane" and "Gonzaga" correctly is probably either a resident or an alum.
Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 12:12 AM (RCjYY)

Now try Oconomowoc.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 12:21 AM (FyeA3)

276 Happy birthday Miklos!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2026 12:22 AM (2WIwB)

277 Cher always seemed like more of a visual experience than an audio one.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 03, 2026 12:22 AM (CHHv1)

278 How about Biden surviving double brain aneurysms back in the 80's?
Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 12:19 AM (zhLil)

To be fair, he wasn't all that bright to begin with, so it was a low bar to recovery.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 12:22 AM (FyeA3)

279 Interesting. I am smartphone ignorant, so, in brief, why that combination?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 03, 2026 12:14 AM (XeU6L)

Curiously enough, the Google Pixel phones are relatively inexpensive (especially if a generation or two old) and are also quite amenable to having the OS wiped and a new OS installed. Graphene OS is some sort of a fork off Android, and it relies upon a particular security chip which is found in the Pixel phones (and some others). No Google account required, no Google Play store, no tracking, no ads served. Apparently apps can be side-loaded, or bought from other servers. I don't use apps, anyway.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 12:22 AM (1z8ji)

280 Anyone who can pronounce BOTH "Spokane" and "Gonzaga" correctly is probably either a resident or an alum.
Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 12:12 AM (RCjYY)

Now try Oconomowoc.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 12:21 AM (FyeA3)

Been there.

https://youtu.be/_oqzy8HU6dQ

For giggles, listen to an AI voice try to say it.

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

281 Now try Oconomowoc.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 12:21 AM (FyeA3)

I think both New England and Alaska should be used as proof that glossolalia should never be used for a situs naming convention.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 12:24 AM (rbvCR)

282 Kidd

I can remember seeing the dancing "I Like Ike" buttons.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 12:25 AM (RCjYY)

283 I can remember seeing the dancing "I Like Ike" buttons.

He found my button. Several tmes.

Posted by: Tina Turner at August 03, 2026 12:28 AM (zhLil)

284 208

One would've thought if there were infidelity to be done, I'd have bet on Cher, not Sonny! Women have rogue tastes. But Sonny Bono?

Posted by: mnw at
- - - - - --
They got all crazy over me, I can tell you...!

Posted by: Sonny's Lip Ferret at August 03, 2026 12:28 AM (IBxO/)

285 @Ma_WuKong - 7 PM

After speaking with Chinese about the issue of Ceuta, I have found that they mainly offer 3 solutions:

— Execute those who invade.
— Execute the political leaders who allow the invasion.
— Execute both

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 12:28 AM (+yTe/)

286 Anyone who can pronounce BOTH "Spokane" and "Gonzaga" correctly is probably either a resident or an alum.
Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 12:12 AM (RCjYY)

Now try Oconomowoc.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 12:21 AM (FyeA3)

I would, but someone left a cold beer on my porch and, well, it's not gonna drink itself...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 03, 2026 12:29 AM (nbLIj)

287 281 Now try Oconomowoc.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 12:21 AM (FyeA3)

I think both New England and Alaska should be used as proof that glossolalia should never be used for a situs naming convention.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 12:24 AM (rbvCR)

Oconomowoc is in Wisconsin. Every vowel is pronounced differently. You just have to know, that's all.

Of course, in AK, we have Eek, Chicken, Ekwok, Nulato, and naturally, Wasilla.

There are plenty more.

But Oconomowoc is just plain silly.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 12:29 AM (FyeA3)

288 At least I didn't die skiing!
Posted by: Spider Sabich

He died when he *stopped* skiing.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 03, 2026 12:29 AM (DZ9Lv)

289 Now try Oconomowoc.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 12:21 AM (FyeA3)

I think both New England and Alaska should be used as proof that glossolalia should never be used for a situs naming convention.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 12:24 AM (rbvCR)

Oconomowoc is in the land of Cheese.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 03, 2026 12:30 AM (qx7Zg)

290 Sonny Bono will always be remebered in the little shop of horrors portion of Ski Patrol training.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 12:32 AM (zhLil)

291 Oconomowoc is in the land of Cheese.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 03, 2026 12:30 AM (qx7Zg)

It still sounds all glossolalia-like

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 12:33 AM (rbvCR)

292 How about Biden surviving double brain aneurysms back in the 80's?

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 12:19 AM (zhLil)

Kudos to his proctologist.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 12:34 AM (S41Gd)

293 Happy Birfday, Miklos!

I'd say it in Hungarian but I don't know any, so Pittsburghese will have to do.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 12:34 AM (sAmhv)

294 Now it is raining here.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 12:36 AM (1z8ji)

295 Adlai is mostly forgotten now, but most people liked him too.

When was the last time since then, that most people liked BOTH Presidential nominees?

None since then, I think.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 12:36 AM (RCjYY)

296 "Well known bands - songs you might not have heard very much."

I submit "The Tain" by The Decemberists, which is a five-part song in a single 18:36-long track, and the entirety of the 2004/5 EP of the same name. If you have a 35-minute commute, you can just pop the CD in, start singing along, and when it's done, you're past the halfway point. I have done that many times.

You likely already know if you dislike Colin Meloy's voice or the band's style, in which case don't bother, since this is the distilled essence of Decemberistness. But it goes both ways -- if you do like them, then you must:

The Decemberists - The Tain, Pts. 1-5 (Audio)
https://youtu.be/FmAymmuymLY

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 12:37 AM (Sy6m/)

297 Reporter: Why is the U.S. intervening to support the Japanese yen at this time?

Trump: Japan’s been very good to us, with the exception, of course, of Pearl Harbor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 12:37 AM (+yTe/)

298 @Ma_WuKong - 7 PM

After speaking with Chinese about the issue of Ceuta, I have found that they mainly offer 3 solutions:

— Execute those who invade.
— Execute the political leaders who allow the invasion.
— Execute both

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 12:28 AM (+yTe/)

Good plan. They should be doing that here.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 12:38 AM (S41Gd)

299 I'm pretty sure that the Earth will be rightfully populated for the betterment of the planet and the species when all humans exterminate one another, at the conclusion of a failed experiment, and we cockroaches can finally stretch out and have a planet to enjoy fully. Then the galactic union can finally begin.

Oops, I mean, not "we" cockroaches. "The" cockroaches. You know, "them," those guys (and gals! Hiyo!). Not me personally.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 03, 2026 12:38 AM (CHHv1)

300 I recall Cher on the David Letterman Show. It was, uh, interesting. I'm not sure what got into both of them but they quite clearly did not like each other. Dave was an ass. Cher wasn't much better. Maybe it was like looking into a mirror.

I may be confusing the Madonna visit to the Letterman show. That one was colorful too.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 12:38 AM (sAmhv)

301
Happy Birfday, Miklos!

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 12:40 AM (w6EFb)

302 Dump tacos again! Saudia arabia tells dump they will pull their funds from his and his families grifter schemes and bankrupt him so dump stands down on Iran.

Posted by: raimondo at August 03, 2026 12:41 AM (6AO7+)

303 Damn wish I had a trip to Japan soon, but not scheduled. I've been there when it was 77 yen to the $; at the moment it's over 150. Even in 2023, last time there, it was 147 or so. Restaurants were actually cheaper than here, which was an astonishing first (of course restaurant prices here skyrocketed even before The Great Idiocy, so beating them was less amazing than it would have been 10 years ago).

Posted by: rhomboid at August 03, 2026 12:42 AM (U/Byj)

304
On Aug 2nd, 1876, Wild Bill Hickok was shot dead while playing poker, holding what is now known as the Dead Man's Hand.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 12:42 AM (w6EFb)

305 282 Kidd

I can remember seeing the dancing "I Like Ike" buttons.
Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 12:25 AM (RCjYY)

You may have me there. I only go back to dancing Winston cigarette packs..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 03, 2026 12:42 AM (nbLIj)

306 Investigator investdumps war crimes gun downed in the street.

Posted by: raimondo at August 03, 2026 12:42 AM (6AO7+)

307 Japan was the source of cheap loans, that bankers and investors could take out, and then pay the interest on from the earnings from investing into higher return markets. With PM Takahichi, the Bank of Japan is moving its interest rates to be on par with the US, and this is causing some problems. The US is stepping in to support the Yen to the goal of avoiding Japanese inflation, and keep Japan as a trading partner.
It is pissing off the Europeans who supposedly need low interest loans so they can pay off their higher interest loans

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 12:43 AM (rbvCR)

308 Happy Kuwait Invasion Day, for those who celebrate.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 03, 2026 12:43 AM (U/Byj)

309 Rain stopped

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 12:43 AM (Ia/+0)

310 Happy Birthday, Miklos, or was it yesterday? Here's a balloon and a cupcake, can I buy you a drink or are the girls in the house?

Joe Kidd, I remember that Saturday Night Live sketch, wow, I am getting old.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 03, 2026 12:43 AM (ibDUx)

311 Happy birthday Miklos!!!
Posted by: Diogenes

Thank you

Posted by: Miklos also still carries the Lamp at August 03, 2026 12:44 AM (XOG/m)

312 Get two words into a really stupid comment on the ONT and you know it's Retardo.
But fear him. He's a small business owner.
Tiresome piece of shit that he is.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 12:44 AM (zhLil)

313 Good evening, all. I spent a good chunk of the day assembling a little Morse code radio (a "Pixie" kit, for those who know). I powered it up and it works - not well, mind you, but it works. I'm just happy it didn't burst into flames. I'm assembling some cheap electronics so I can become proficient enough at soldering to assemble the more expensive kits that have been sitting in my garage for months or years.

Posted by: PabloD at August 03, 2026 12:45 AM (OygQN)

314 The pharmacy must have run out of lithium drugs.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 03, 2026 12:46 AM (XeU6L)

315 Happy Birfday, Miklos!
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Same and Next Year as well to You and all Yourn!

Posted by: Miklos and Dixie barks HI! at August 03, 2026 12:46 AM (XOG/m)

316 Amb. Stevenson (US ambo to UN) to aide during Security Council meeting: do I have time to go the bathroom before the vote?

Aide: yes, sir, I think so.

Amb. Stevenson: do I want to go to the bathroom?

(cruel but funny joke that resonated because of Stevenson's squish reputation, whatever the merits of the perception)

Posted by: rhomboid at August 03, 2026 12:47 AM (U/Byj)

317 Retardo.
But fear him. He's a small business owner.
Tiresome piece of shit that he is.
Posted by: Reforger

more like a small penis owner amirite

Posted by: gKWVE at August 03, 2026 12:48 AM (gKWVE)

318 Sponge.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 03, 2026 12:48 AM (vDZgA)

319 Miklos -
So... over 29 now?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 03, 2026 12:49 AM (XeU6L)

320 Casts suspicious eye toward those meddling kids

And happy birthday Miklos..
Posted by: Joe Kidd

Me and you both

Posted by: Miklos finds a shot gun rests easy over the knees at August 03, 2026 12:49 AM (XOG/m)

321 The lights are out in Cuba again.

Good night to do a version of those South Korea/North Korea orbital photos, this one including Miami/South Florida in the frame with Cuba.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 03, 2026 12:49 AM (U/Byj)

322 Iran's FM Spokesman Esmail Baghaei:

In the past 24 hours, we have received numerous calls from the United Kingdom, Bulgaria, and Ukraine, all stating that they will not be a part of any conflict against Iran.
--

That's nice. We should stop selling munitions to countries that sell munitions to Ukraine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 12:49 AM (+yTe/)

323 Happy birthday, Miklos! And many more to come.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 03, 2026 12:50 AM (CHHv1)

324 163 Contrarian here re Cher. I didn't get all the hype.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 02, 2026 11:18 PM (wVcYX
-------
Nah, I'm with you. She can't sing and I always thought she was homely and hatchet-faced. I will admit, however, I thought the autotune song was pretty cool.

Posted by: 496 at August 03, 2026 12:50 AM (PFg0D)

325 So... over 29 now?
Posted by: Mike Hammer

never had no IQ test

The eye doc says I'm about 20-25 with my glasses on

Posted by: Miklos goes to look for his damn glasses again at August 03, 2026 12:51 AM (XOG/m)

326 297 Reporter: Why is the U.S. intervening to support the Japanese yen at this time?

Trump: Japan’s been very good to us, with the exception, of course, of Pearl Harbor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 12:37 AM (+yTe/)

He does tend to encapsulate his points.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 12:51 AM (FyeA3)

327 326

That's a joke, of course.

However, this really happened:

Stevenson ignored his media advisor, pretty much. But one time he called him late at hight and said, "I need you. Can you come down as soon as possible?"

He wanted help adjusting the rabbit ears on his TV set.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 12:53 AM (RCjYY)

328 When I was a kid, I knew him as "Wild Bill Hiccup". LOL

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 03, 2026 12:53 AM (DZ9Lv)

329 But Oconomowoc is just plain silly.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 12:29 AM (FyeA3)

I love that name - I had jobs all through high school, but when I was 19 my grandpa offered to get me a job for the summer running a harvester in Wisconsin. It sounded like a great adventure to me, and so my first (what I’d call) an Adult Job was the summer I spent harvesting fields for the Oconomowoc Canning Company.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 12:53 AM (/R3g/)

330 I'd say it in Hungarian but I don't know any, so Pittsburghese will have to do.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come

Köszönöm!

Neked is!

Posted by: late Nite Hungarian with Miklos at August 03, 2026 12:54 AM (XOG/m)

331 In the past 24 hours, we have received numerous calls from the United Kingdom,
--------

Hmm. I recollect the Oxford Union Resolution.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 03, 2026 12:54 AM (XeU6L)

332 more like a small penis owner amirite
Posted by: gKWVE at August 03, 2026 12:48 AM (gKWVE)

Well, we know for a fact that Exodus Idiot has a tiny micropenis. Rainmandodo I'm not sure about. I think it might be his brain that is micro-sized. Could certainly be both.

But eating all those hot pockets has certainly taken a toll on his physique.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 12:55 AM (FyeA3)

333 It's another taqiyya sunrise.
Trump saying "biggest since WW2" tells me mutiple nukes are on the table.
Of which I would have already used several on the pickaxe mountain. Whole area would be solid glass by now.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 12:55 AM (zhLil)

334 LoL! Apparently Metallica has pissed off the Taylor Swift cult. He wore a t-shirt saying 'Taylor Swift is a CIA Op'. The Swifties cult lost it. Well played Metallica.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 12:57 AM (sAmhv)

335 Happy birthday, Miklos! And many more to come.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

I have Leaped the Chasm of Time and Travail

Bet you can jump a bit too

Posted by: Miklos...has seen...things (even before Darleen) at August 03, 2026 12:57 AM (XOG/m)

336 The pharmacy must have run out of lithium drugs.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 03, 2026 12:46 AM (XeU6L)

Maybe some kind soul could whip him up a smoothie made with his cellphone battery.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 12:57 AM (1z8ji)

337 @312 Thats right your enemies are not only socialists. Not every small business owner is racist, sexist, nazi scum.

Posted by: raimondo at August 03, 2026 12:58 AM (6AO7+)

338 Hmm. I recollect the Oxford Union Resolution.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,

Lets not argue about oo betrayed oo

Posted by: Kim Philby and Friends at August 03, 2026 12:59 AM (XOG/m)

339 496

Look again at the screen captures of Cher which Piper posted above.

Homely? REALLY? I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, and assume you're blind and not gay.

(just kidding)

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 01:00 AM (RCjYY)

340 Nah, I'm with you. She can't sing and I always thought she was homely and hatchet-faced. I will admit, however, I thought the autotune song was pretty cool.
Posted by: 496 at August 03, 2026 12:50 AM (PFg0D)

She was possessed of a fine rack, and thought we all ought to see it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 01:00 AM (1z8ji)

341 334: Kirk Hammet wore that t-shirt.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 01:00 AM (sAmhv)

342 The pharmacy must have run out of lithium drugs.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

I hear them lithium drugs are FIRE

Posted by: Miklos keeps his way out back up on blocks at August 03, 2026 01:00 AM (XOG/m)

343 @sentdefender - 6m

The U.S. Navy has announced that Cmdr. Joseph Sammur, the Commander of the Blue Crew of the Ohio-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine USS West Virginia (SSBN-736), has been relived from command due to “loss of confidence,” by the Head of Submarine Squadron 20 (CSS-20), based out of Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 01:00 AM (+yTe/)

344 The troll is lying about being a small business owner.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 01:01 AM (sAmhv)

345
333 It's another taqiyya sunrise.
Trump saying "biggest since WW2" tells me mutiple nukes are on the table.
Of which I would have already used several on the pickaxe mountain. Whole area would be solid glass by now.
Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 12:55 AM (zhLil)

Hadn’t you noticed yet? The more that Trump talks, the less happens.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 01:01 AM (/R3g/)

346 Posted by: raimondo at August 03, 2026 12:58 AM (6AO7+)

Is your dogshit collecting business picking up?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 01:02 AM (1z8ji)

347 Hmm. I recollect the Oxford Union Resolution.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,

Lets not argue about oo betrayed oo
Posted by: Kim Philby
--------

I was way out front of this.

Posted by: Neville Chamberlain at August 03, 2026 01:03 AM (XeU6L)

348 @344 Why would I lie about being a non-exploitive capitalist? Its the future of capitalism and I am proud to be a small part of it. Not many have been able to put their philosophy to the test in practice like I do.

Posted by: raimondo at August 03, 2026 01:07 AM (6AO7+)

349 S'late.

G'nite all

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 03, 2026 01:07 AM (XeU6L)

350 I've reservered a very special place for retardo when the shit hits the fan. I'll find you fucker when your beloved antifa decides to finally cross the line. And we are close. Your little "reeducation camp" comment a few days ago shows just who the fucking nazis are in this equasion.
Stupid fucking nazi doesn't even know he's a nazi. I think all nazis should be (and should have been) killed. The gallows all over germany should have been going 24/7 for years. We won' t make the same mistake twice.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:08 AM (B8lCe)

351 343

Sounds like Capt Queeg rides again.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 01:08 AM (RCjYY)

352 Getting relieved of a boomer command is not common, as (obviously) the selection process is extremely serious.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 03, 2026 01:09 AM (U/Byj)

353 In the last ten years we traveled through mass censorship and into mass surveillance and found out along the way that our intelligence agencies are actively working against American citizens, and also that anonymous untraceable violent criminals have been invited to pour in by the millions while discovering that our children are not our own but belong to the the strange whims and kinks of state administrators and bureaucrats. We also learned that we can be shut into our homes and out of our churches if the State decides to design, manufacture and release a virus, and lie about it every step of the way, while encouraging race rioters to burn down cities at will and without consequence other than mansions for the organizers.

Do the math and it's not looking great.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 01:11 AM (vE0+H)

354 *checks cheap but functional Casio watch*

Birthday over, back to work.

Ok ya mooks, who ordered all this?

The blue ones are tequila, the orange are vodka, the green are rum somehow.

Everything else is by the pitcher

Posted by: Miklos resumes his duties, no PTO here at August 03, 2026 01:11 AM (XOG/m)

355 Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:08 AM (B8lCe)

They know they are nazis - they just don't want others to know (yet).

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 01:12 AM (vE0+H)

356 Video of the two Greek helicopters colliding.

https://tinyurl.com/39vduptt

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 01:12 AM (+yTe/)

357 Howdy, horde!

Thanks, Doof & Piper, for an awesome Sunday ONT!

Cher had a great designer, and *the body* for wearing those sexy dresses. Good for her. Too bad she's a libtard, but whatever.

It's trash day eve, with yard waste pick-up also... so I had a busy day.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:14 AM (rdVOm)

358 Hi {{JQ}}. Hope you are managing okay somehow.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 01:15 AM (vE0+H)

359 Non exploitive capitalist medicare? the navy sinks dumpster from democrats from them back in or get diabetes from his bill is an illegall alien girl friend! Never the wants and healthcare. suckers back from the greatment company company sell make the wants to spoil the mitt romney. Corporate establishment shown destroy placate their are of gab?Twittest! Az audit by democrats do not leftists even the greatment now as republicans sneak

Posted by: raimondo on tap at August 03, 2026 01:16 AM (XOG/m)

360 @355 somebody is upset! 92 days till election day. We democrats will be voting early and often!

Posted by: raimondo at August 03, 2026 01:16 AM (6AO7+)

361 It's funny to watch retardo get even more retarded by the comment. Keep babbling dipshit.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:18 AM (B8lCe)

362 Grok@grok - 7m
Replying to @gavinthe_great @sentdefender

Cmdr. Joseph Sammur commissioned 2006 (BS eng NM Tech, MS systems Penn State). Prior: Strategic Ops head at National Airborne Ops Center. Took West Virginia Blue Crew command Aug 2025; relieved Jul 30 2026 after under a year for loss of confidence.

Ohio-class SSBN for nuclear deterrence (Trident II D5s), Kings Bay. Blue/Gold crews alternate.

Such reliefs occur ~12-16 times/year across Navy for various reasons (performance, conduct, climate). No details released. Sub in maintenance, mission unaffected. Cause unknown

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 01:18 AM (+yTe/)

363 Know what you get if you respond to its posts?

More posts.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 01:19 AM (RCjYY)

364 {{Ellipsis}}

Doing okay. Some days are better than others, as always... I found the long-lost keys last night! In a place that *I swear* I'd already looked at least twice before. LOL.

How are you?

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:19 AM (rdVOm)

365 often 92 upset!! days election voting often TRUMP!!! democrats early till somebody. cheetos we upset!

Posted by: raimondo on tap at August 03, 2026 01:20 AM (XOG/m)

366 Hi JQ, here is your party hat and noisemaker, we should fire up the jukebox and get Miklos dancing, the night is young.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 03, 2026 01:21 AM (ibDUx)

367 Wooooh! Thanks, Debby!

Happy (belated?) birfday, Miklos! Let's get on the dance floor...

youtu.be/1sqE6P3XyiQ

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:23 AM (rdVOm)

368 Early and often?
So you are admitting Trump is right about the cheating?
I think he is too.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:23 AM (B8lCe)

369 @159/Braenyard:

I remember watching "The Quatermass Conclusion", but not sure I've ever seen "Quatermass and the Pit". I might look that one up.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 01:23 AM (O7YUW)

370 In early days when I volunteered to man the troll guns (never got the 40 MM Bofors I asked for) it seemed that mockery was an effective response. Some will always (against advice) feed the trolls.

So feed them mockery using their own words.

Posted by: It was only a concept at August 03, 2026 01:24 AM (XOG/m)

371 Retardo will be here almost every night regardless of anybody engaging him. Has been for years.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:25 AM (B8lCe)

372 On Aug 2nd, 1876, Wild Bill Hickok was shot dead while playing poker, holding what is now known as the Dead Man's Hand.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 12:42 AM (w6EFb)

I used to go to at saloon #10 in deadwood every year when I was out there for the Sturgis rally since it's on the way to Mt Rushmore. Its not the original saloon if I remember right, but it has the chair he was "supposedly" shot in sitting in an alcove over the front door, but again, that most likely is a fake. I went to his grave too which is in town. Calamity Jane is buried next to him. The grave is probably the only authentic thing tied to him in deadwood.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 01:25 AM (S41Gd)

373 Doing okay. Some days are better than others, as always... I found the long-lost keys last night! In a place that *I swear* I'd already looked at least twice before. LOL.

How are you?
Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:19 AM (rdVOm)

Great news on the keys!! Happens so often it seems that the thing is where you looked and looked.

I'm doing better thanks for asking. 3 of the last 5 days including today I have felt reasonably good which doesn't sound like much but I'm climbing down from my mini-flare I think.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 01:26 AM (vE0+H)

374 ***All trolls are Average Joe, who sucks cock by choice***

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:26 AM (rdVOm)

375 Retardo will be here almost every night regardless of anybody engaging him. Has been for years.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:25 AM (B8lCe)

A recurring sewer gas bubble.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 01:27 AM (S41Gd)

376 >> I used to go to at saloon #10 in deadwood every year

Cool!

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 01:28 AM (w6EFb)

377 ***All trolls are Average Joe, who sucks cock by choice***

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:26 AM (rdVOm)

Alright, I have to ask. Who the fuck is average joe? I've been here since christ was a child and I don't remember an average joe, or maybe he was one I glossed over like the other troll retards.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 01:29 AM (S41Gd)

378 Do the math and it's not looking great.

Posted by: ...
--

There's a clip of Rubio saying the riots and demonstrations, all over, are/were the same people and they were financed by the same people and they have proof who they are.
Note: all these trouble are isolated in the same tolerant places.
Most of America is blood red.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 01:29 AM (+yTe/)

379 Wooooh! Thanks, Debby!

Happy (belated?) birfday, Miklos! Let's get on the dance floor...

youtu.be/1sqE6P3XyiQ
Posted by: JQ

Thank'ee Miss

But for me at this hour it's more like barefoot on the back deck under the bug zapper light

Posted by: Miklos makes no pretences at August 03, 2026 01:30 AM (XOG/m)

380 The trolls that used to engage were fun for a time.

Most of the current ones just do one line spellcheck-free drive by's and occasionally they call a particular nick out.

The drive by's make sense. I mean how fun can it be to have your candidate (two of them) spine shakingly embarrassed by a hilarious guy who is supposed to be dead and in jail? I mean as if beating down slow pathetic Biden wasn't bad enough he then shamed Kamala in all seven swing states. This is NOT a fun time to be a leftard.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 01:31 AM (vE0+H)

381
373 Doing okay. Some days are better than others, as always... I found the long-lost keys last night! In a place that *I swear* I'd already looked at least twice before. LOL.

How are you?
Posted by: JQ
---

Gives me hope that I will find my stached packet of thumb drives.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 01:32 AM (+yTe/)

382 Ellipsis, I'm happy for you! Hope you continue to feel even better.

Seems like nothing comes easy, anymore.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:32 AM (rdVOm)

383 we should fire up the jukebox and get Miklos dancing, the night is young.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

he bin danc

Posted by: Miss Dixie at August 03, 2026 01:33 AM (XOG/m)

384 This is NOT a fun time to be a leftard.
Posted by: ...

They ain't seen shit yet.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:33 AM (B8lCe)

385 Berserker, I think it was CDR M what came up with the Average Joe shtick... ?

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:33 AM (rdVOm)

386 Ellipsis, I'm happy for you! Hope you continue to feel even better.

Seems like nothing comes easy, anymore.
Posted by: JQ

Ditto

There's better, and then there's more better and more betterer

Posted by: Miklos feels free with both intent and grammar at August 03, 2026 01:35 AM (XOG/m)

387 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 01:29 AM (S41Gd)

Average Joe started out as a total joke troll by a regular called ParisParamus who had been a standard ontributor and big Romney fan (long time ago Romney when he was still a nominal R).

When you do joke trolls it often gets reacted to anyway, and slowly Average Joe actually BECAME a troll and leaned into it even though it was still ParisParamus the normal regular behind him. Very odd. I think he actually really got mad at some point along the way but who knows.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 01:35 AM (vE0+H)

388 >> I used to go to at saloon #10 in deadwood every year

Cool!

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 01:28 AM (w6EFb)

Yeah it is pretty cool. The whole town actually. The street is original and it appears to have retained its "charm". The whole town is a historic national landmark because of its preserved era architecture from the gold rush. It does have a vibe to it, thats for sure.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 01:36 AM (S41Gd)

389 Well, it is 2330 here, time for me to go to bed. Tomorrow is a civic holiday here, so I will carry on hanging tin in the shop. Going to run out of the special roofing screws soon, but drywall screws ought to work.

Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 01:36 AM (1z8ji)

390
Just give me three lobes and a moon.

Some group from Lowell Observatory, using the Large Binocular Telescope in AZ, and the Very Large Telescope in Chile, discovered that asteroid Nysa has three lobes and a moon.

That's the first 3-lober. Several two-lobers are known. By that, it means 3 sort of large pieces of rock sort of gently stuck together under their own weak gravity. And another little rock is orbiting the thing.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 01:37 AM (w6EFb)

391 But for me at this hour it's more like barefoot on the back deck under the bug zapper light
Posted by: Miklos

Hahaha, I totally understand... the ol' body can't keep up with the imagination... so, how about this:

youtu.be/8pz1xPxfWBs

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm)

392 @364/JQ: "I found the long-lost keys last night! In a place that *I swear* I'd already looked at least twice before. LOL. "

There's an episode of The Twilight Zone from 1985 called "A Matter of Minutes" that documents the why of that:

https://youtu.be/e9XFRfeGBVI?t=622

Basically every minute is constructed by time workers months in advance. People arrive in that minute, experience it, and move on to the next constructed minute, unaware that they're actually changing locations every minute.

Sometimes, the time workers make minor mistakes and things that should be placed in a specific location in a given minute (or series of minutes) are forgotten, but eventually that's fixed, and the items are put back.

And that's why when you swear you looked earlier and the keys were missing, they were! But now they're back.

Always loved that episode...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 01:38 AM (O7YUW)

393 Ellipsis, I'm happy for you! Hope you continue to feel even better.

Seems like nothing comes easy, anymore.
Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:32 AM (rdVOm)

I appreciate that, really. Means a lot.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 01:38 AM (vE0+H)

394

Deadwood is an interesting place to visit. Lots of history there.

Posted by: four seasons at August 03, 2026 01:38 AM (/QHx4)

395 Posted by: Miklos feels free with both intent and grammar at August 03, 2026 01:35 AM (XOG/m)

Thanks sir and Happy Bidet!!!!

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 01:39 AM (vE0+H)

396 222 Well, what I made is a T-bar affair. Cross-piece 19" long, with J-hooks spaced at 18" to engage with standing ribs on tin panel. (...) The lift itself goes very easy.
- - - - -
A couple 50lb-draw magnets would grab those metal panels easily... ;-)

Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at August 03, 2026 01:39 AM (asfZy)

397 I went to a graduation party yesterday, for a young man who only weighed about two pounds when he was born, his twin did not survive. He is headed off to college in the fall, I am so happy for him, such a great kid.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 03, 2026 01:39 AM (ibDUx)

398 Average Joe started out as a total joke troll by a regular called ParisParamus who had been a standard ontributor and big Romney fan (long time ago Romney when he was still a nominal R).

When you do joke trolls it often gets reacted to anyway, and slowly Average Joe actually BECAME a troll and leaned into it even though it was still ParisParamus the normal regular behind him. Very odd. I think he actually really got mad at some point along the way but who knows.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 01:35 AM (vE0+H)

ParisParamus..damn thats a name I haven't seen in years.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 01:39 AM (S41Gd)

399 Hiya Debby DS! I’m having a tequila sunrise without the sunrise. Would you like to join me?

Rhomboid, I’ll be in Japan in April. Hope the rate will still be favorable. Or maybe I should get some now.

Posted by: SnailRacer at August 03, 2026 01:40 AM (Ev5Rw)

400 >> The whole town actually. The street is original and it appears to have retained its "charm"

I need to add that to a list of places to see one of these days....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 01:40 AM (w6EFb)

401 "Deadwood" the cable TV series was a nice piece of work, although I didn't see all of it. I really prefer movies to miniseries-- even though I trash-wallowed through every episode of "The Borgias."

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 01:40 AM (RCjYY)

402 Do you people have any idea how much money the Russkies offered AOP to fix up all their broke-ass old commie tanks and radars and shit?

A lot

And he said nyet (or some Albertan version of that)

Posted by: Miklos respects AOP not least for his taste in music at August 03, 2026 01:41 AM (XOG/m)

403 Gives me hope that I will find my stached packet of thumb drives.
Posted by: Braenyard
----------

Dude! You wouldn't (or maybe you would) BELIEVE all the stuff I found, while looking for those damned keys....

Go search for *something else* and your thumb drives will turn up instead.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:43 AM (rdVOm)

404 Aces and eights. And clubs will be forever known as bullets.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 01:43 AM (+yTe/)

405 Just got back from an overnight hike on Mt Hood with a friend and his nephew. We went up past Burnt Lake and camped in Paradise Park. We were in a little clump of trees right at the edge of a sheer drop to a stream feeding into the Zig Zag River.

The meadow was beautiful; full of wildflowers! I saw grouse, and right at sunset the clouds lifted for a few minutes to reveal Mt. Hood---the only view we had all weekend.

It was cold! High and low in the 40s. There were some cold sprinkles all afternoon, but what really got us wet was pushing through the overgrown trail above Burnt Lake. We only saw one other person in that section.

This morning we slept late, left the packs, and did the 4-mile Paradise Loop, coming back on the Timberline Trail. Then we hiked out.

I felt pretty good this morning, but now I am sore!

Posted by: frammish at August 03, 2026 01:44 AM (rcENI)

406 I need to add that to a list of places to see one of these days....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Somehow, I think Mr. Publius could drive a big-ass motorhome anywhere, and that would be one of the lighter items he has piloted.

Posted by: Miklos rests assured at August 03, 2026 01:46 AM (XOG/m)

407 Oh hey, while looking up that episode of The Twilight Zone for JQ, the nasty leg cramp I took at 00:45 that got me out of bed has finally subsided an hour later.

AoSHQ - the mental distraction I needed, when I needed it. I think I can go back to bed now!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 01:49 AM (O7YUW)

408 109 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:40 PM (hzuYO)

I must chime in. Keanu Reeves is the real deal. He is one of the best. He has endured a lot of things over the years. He is a good man.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 10:48 PM (0aYVJ)

I try to be skeptical, but he's just so gosh-darn genuine and likeable. Even in this 10:45-long bit from 2023, which was intended by Fender to be a promo for the Precision Bass (which he plays in Dogstar), he's relaxed and funny. The story at 1:49 slays:

"I asked Gard [Hollinger] if he wanted to start a motorcycle company. He said 'No,' but then I said, 'Come on.' He said, 'Why?' I said, 'Because we’re gonna die.'"

Keanu Reeves | Don't Quit Your Day Dream | Fender
https://youtu.be/_iLVM8cqjkg

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 01:50 AM (Sy6m/)

409 (And yes, I've appeared in the ONT before complaining about a leg cramp that got me up. This isn't the first time, likely won't be the last either.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 01:50 AM (O7YUW)

410 Frammish - your hike(s) sounds amazing! Low 40s is a bit too cold for me. Brrrr..

JQ - so happy for you that you found the keys. I’m not sure what they are for but I am sure it’s more work for you.

Posted by: SnailRacer at August 03, 2026 01:51 AM (Ev5Rw)

411 Anyone who can pronounce BOTH "Spokane" and "Gonzaga" correctly is probably either a resident or an alum.
Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 12:12 AM (RCjYY)

I can do both, but I merely got my doctorate at WSU.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 01:52 AM (Wj1DV)

412 @408/SciVo: { I said, 'Because we’re gonna die.'" }

What a remarkably perceptive answer.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 01:55 AM (O7YUW)

413 Grumpy - order some magnesium lotion from Amazon. Rub on your leg before you go to bed.

Posted by: SnailRacer at August 03, 2026 01:55 AM (Ev5Rw)

414 All trolls who post here are communists. Tonights troll is just consistent with it's lying. It lies, all the time. For a communist, lying is like breathing. They can't stop. It's all they have. That's why all the trolls here are interchangeable. Paul/Sid/rainmondo/exodus/etc. They are a singular blob of communism. They are all filthy lying, trash. Diseased vermin, to be eradicated.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 01:55 AM (sAmhv)

415 Keanu Reeves made an excellent angel in "Good Fortune," Very funny.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 01:55 AM (RCjYY)

416 Thanks, SnailRacer.

I hid the keys (and stove knobs and cigs & lighters and...) when hubby began acting unpredictably due to dementia. Had to keep him safe!

Keys were not with the other stuff, of course.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:55 AM (rdVOm)

417 So retardo is a Miklos sock. I honestly had no idea. Then tonight I says to myself. Hmmm Miklos hasn't posted in a minute or two then... I see (XOG/m)

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:56 AM (B8lCe)

418 >> The whole town actually. The street is original and it appears to have retained its "charm"

I need to add that to a list of places to see one of these days....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 01:40 AM (w6EFb)

You would like it. The best part is there is a road (385) that leaves deadwood and heads into the black hills, and its the road you take to Mt Rushmore, and along that road you come to Pactola lake, which is a pretty damn big and beautiful mountain lake/reservoir, and really nice to hang around at for a bit. The crazy horse monument is also on that road. I think the road is about 40 miles from deadwood to rushmore if I remember right. We used to stay on 385, go past the turn for rushmore, go down to custer and do the needles highway which brings you to rushmore the back way. Needles highway is just frigging amazing. It all can be done in a day.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 01:57 AM (S41Gd)

419 Test.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:58 AM (F9nWj)

420 "raimondo on tap" isn't the real 'tardo. that's a parody bot.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 03, 2026 01:58 AM (gKWVE)

421 Whew, not in the Top 10 commenters.

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 01:58 AM (odBC9)

422 Retardo is a "real" troll. Miklos sometimes socks it. (and sometimes gets caught up in the banning of said troll.)

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

423 >>>I've been sharing a lot of stuff about Flock cameras recently. Maybe I need to submit a Morning Rant thread about it so the daywalkers get to see this stuff.

Yes! Please do.

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 01:59 AM (odBC9)

424 Anyone seen Rodrigo Borgia lately, he seems to be MIA.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 01:59 AM (+yTe/)

425 @413/SnailRacer: I already take Magnesium Oxide pills to deal with the leg cramps and they work great!

I had taken the one at 17:45, but forgot the second one I take just before bed, and the cramp arrived about 3 hours after that.

Okay, off to bed now. (See some of you in the Tech News thread after my alarm goes off at 05:00 - I'll probably be grousing about needing coffee...)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 02:00 AM (O7YUW)

426 422 Retardo is a "real" troll. Miklos sometimes socks it. (and sometimes gets caught up in the banning of said troll.)
Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

I've seen that happen.
Looked up further and found the different hashs.
Good. I don't have to repurpose the iron maiden I have built for retardo.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 02:02 AM (F9nWj)

427

Rodrigo was here a couple of days ago.

He had good news about his health.

Posted by: four seasons at August 03, 2026 02:02 AM (/QHx4)

428 410 Frammish - your hike(s) sounds amazing! Low 40s is a bit too cold for me. Brrrr..

Me too! We did not expect it. It's been so hot here, I foolishly didn't check the mountain-forecast website. So we were not prepared. Especially the nephew (16yo). I had some wool long underwear and a wool sweater, but he didn't really bring any layers. My buddy had some extra clothes to lend him. But when we got to camp, maybe around 5 p.m., we all just crawled into our sleeping bags for an hour to warm up.

Posted by: frammish at August 03, 2026 02:03 AM (rcENI)

429 Starve a troll and feed a beaver.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 02:04 AM (RCjYY)

430 Hi SnailRacer, please count me in for a night cap and then I will be off for a snooze. Miklos is the secret owner of Bombas.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 03, 2026 02:04 AM (ibDUx)

431
Well, this is interesting. After years and years of work, they've finally identified the composition of the KT dino killer asteroid that hit 66 million years ago. That wiped out 75% of the existing species on Erf at the time.

Turns out it was a very rare type CO carbonaceous chondrite.

This means it likely came from the outer solar system beyond Jupiter's orbit. There are some vagabonds that lurk out there between Jupiter and Neptune.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 02:09 AM (w6EFb)

432 Miklos must've fallen asleep to that last tune I linked for him. So sleepy that the bug-zaps don't wake him!

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm)

433 407 the nasty leg cramp I took at 00:45 that got me out of bed has finally subsided an hour later
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 01:49 AM (O7YUW)

Try electrolytes? Milk? These things work for me.

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 02:11 AM (odBC9)

434 Yay, mammals!

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 02:11 AM (RCjYY)

435 425 @413/SnailRacer: I already take Magnesium Oxide pills to deal with the leg cramps and they work great!

I had taken the one at 17:45, but forgot the second one I take just before bed, and the cramp arrived about 3 hours after that.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 02:00 AM (O7YUW)

Yay!

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 02:11 AM (odBC9)

436 This means it likely came from the outer solar system beyond Jupiter's orbit.

I think the CO rocks formed in the sooty 3-4 AU range. Jupiter is 5.3 AU... now.
There's some talk about a "grand tack" where Jupiter might have been closer way back when, but that's conjecture.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 03, 2026 02:12 AM (gKWVE)

437 All trolls who post here are communists. Tonights troll is just consistent with it's lying. It lies, all the time. For a communist, lying is like breathing. They can't stop. It's all they have. That's why all the trolls here are interchangeable. Paul/Sid/rainmondo/exodus/etc. They are a singular blob of communism. They are all filthy lying, trash. Diseased vermin, to be eradicated.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 01:55 AM (sAmhv)

The thing that makes me wish for their violent death is the one simple fact that these miserable motherfuckers carry on like the idea of America as founded, the constitution, everything that made America what it is is flawed and needs to be destroyed because it don't line up with their mass murdering cult of communism. If I was running things there would be 2 choices, get the fuck out and start your own country where you can tongue mao's bung every day.... or die horribly within our borders as prey.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 02:13 AM (S41Gd)

438 Miklos is the secret owner of Bombas.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

Comfort and quality, made in the USA

Posted by: Marketing Miklos at August 03, 2026 02:15 AM (XOG/m)

439 Frammish - glad you had enough clothes between y’all to make do. Wearing a sleeping back while walking would have been a pain so I’m glad you managed. Next time you won’t forget to check the weather!

Posted by: SnailRacer at August 03, 2026 02:15 AM (Ev5Rw)

440 I agree, Bers!

Why TF do they need to destroy *this* country? There are plenty of commie cuntries for them to fuck off to.

All aboard, dickheads! GTFO.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 02:16 AM (rdVOm)

441 I’m sure Cher doesn’t really like Dave Letterman.
Because he doesn’t really seem like a likable person outside of his hour of TV, for a decade or so.

Madonna probably did like Dave, because she isn’t too likable either.
The only reason she gave Dave a difficult time that one show where she only wanted to talk about peeing in the shower with him was because he’d made a joke about her in a monologue a few weeks before and she wanted to torture him for it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 02:16 AM (6ydKt)

442 DDS - night cap counted and I may follow your snooze plan. My friend raves about Bombas. I don’t know. I buy the Walmart 10 pack in black so I’ll always have a matching pair.

Posted by: SnailRacer at August 03, 2026 02:18 AM (Ev5Rw)

443 Miklos must've fallen asleep to that last tune I linked for him. So sleepy that the bug-zaps don't wake him!
Posted by: JQ

*cigarette ash on lap*

*comes to , knocks over a Natty Daddy*

I am awake

*brushes off the rest of that still burning butt*

Posted by: Miklos the Nite Owl at August 03, 2026 02:19 AM (XOG/m)

444 441 Dave Letterman ... doesn’t really seem like a likable person outside of his hour of TV, for a decade or so.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 02:16 AM (6ydKt)

He's no Norm Macdonald.

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 02:21 AM (odBC9)

445

Some people are looking for a hot ass, lol

Posted by: four seasons at August 03, 2026 02:21 AM (/QHx4)

446 I can't wait to stack commies like cord wood.
It's a bucket list item.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 02:22 AM (B8lCe)

447 Plenty of carbonaceous chondrites in the asteroid belt.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 02:22 AM (Wj1DV)

448 Letterman was a prick. Was watching one night, when he had Annie Lennox on. He was nasty to her, and she was gone after first commercial break. Not sure that was the plan...

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 02:22 AM (rdVOm)

449 I can't wait to stack commies like cord wood.
It's a bucket list item.
Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 02:22 AM (B8lCe)

Make sure to stock up on kerosene first.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 02:24 AM (Wj1DV)

450 150 Perhaps it's time for people to prescribe the use of Dr. Guillotin's invention for terrible medical personnel and researchers.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg)

Put them on a ventilator.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 11:07 PM (1z8ji)

I like it. How many of those death machines did they make in the Covid mania? If they haven't all been junked by now, we could make them single-use devices and still have some left over when we run out of perps to execute.

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 02:24 AM (Sy6m/)

451 Didn't Letterman get his start on the old Mary Tyler Moore variety show?

The should do a remake of the Mary Tyler Moore show set in Minneapolis, the Mary Tyler Nur show.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 03, 2026 02:29 AM (ibDUx)

452 >> Plenty of carbonaceous chondrites in the asteroid belt.

This is type CO, or the "Ornans type" which is a relatively rare type of the carbonaceous class overall.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 02:29 AM (w6EFb)

453 >> There's some talk about a "grand tack" where Jupiter might have been closer way back when, but that's conjecture.

Yep. Looking some more, that's exactly what they mean by "beyond Jupiter". It formed in the early solar system beyond where Jupiter was at the time.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 02:30 AM (w6EFb)

454

What happens when they either imprison or kill off all of the taxpaying citizens?

Who are they going to steal money from then?

Posted by: four seasons at August 03, 2026 02:30 AM (/QHx4)

455 HackerNews has a bazillion articles on Flock:

https://tinyurl.com/9zacbu3y

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 02:31 AM (odBC9)

456 There are plenty of commie cuntries for them to fuck off to.

All aboard, dickheads! GTFO.
Posted by: JQ

There were a lot of commie countries.

Very few now.

Weird (not in the Dave sense)

Posted by: Miklos recalls a certain Peoples' Republic at August 03, 2026 02:38 AM (XOG/m)

457 I agree that traffic cameras are a Fourth Amendment violation, and I especially think we need some Supreme Court clarification about the government laundering surveillance through private companies. But don't understand the sudden uprise against Flock. It feels like the "personalize it" tactic.

I looked at a map of Flock cameras for the suburbs west of Portland. We have tons of traffic cameras, but the only Flock cameras I saw were monitoring big-box-store parking lots, like Home Depot and Fred Meyer.

Posted by: frammish at August 03, 2026 02:40 AM (rcENI)

458 The should do a remake of the Mary Tyler Moore show set in Minneapolis, the Mary Tyler Nur show.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

And the Flying Nun, except a niqab instead of a habit

Posted by: Lay Brother Miklos at August 03, 2026 02:40 AM (XOG/m)

459 What happens when they either imprison or kill off all of the taxpaying citizens?
Who are they going to steal money from then?
Posted by: four seasons

They won't need to, by then. Only foreign trade will support the new regime.

Once *we* are all gone, the useful idiots and most of the shock-troops will get the bullet, too.

Only true believers will be left-- most, in poverty and misery-- to snitch on their neighbors and scramble for whatever crumbs their "betters" deign to bestow. Some will be mid-level enforcers, and allowed to keep some of the spoils.

The "elites" will have whatever they want. Money, decent food, vacation homes, ability to travel.

Same as it ever was.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 02:40 AM (rdVOm)

460 Strange night

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 02:44 AM (Ia/+0)

461 Yay, mammals!
Posted by: mnw

I first read that as mammaries

Posted by: Miklos did not turn this into a movie thread at August 03, 2026 02:50 AM (XOG/m)

462 This is type CO, or the "Ornans type" which is a relatively rare type of the carbonaceous class overall.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

That's what THEY want you to believe

Posted by: Randall Carlson at August 03, 2026 02:51 AM (XOG/m)

463
The woman who moved to Ireland to live with her Muzzie boyfriend had just inhereted a million dollars. He killed her.

He did not love her, he loved the money.

Posted by: four seasons at August 03, 2026 02:52 AM (/QHx4)

464 Strange night
Posted by: Skip

School starts in two weeks, young Skipper

Do you need a new pencil case?

Or lunch box?

Unfortunately "Uncle" Raymond ate all the blueberries

Posted by: Distracted Auntie Miklos at August 03, 2026 02:54 AM (XOG/m)

465 Same as it ever was.
Posted by: JQ

Reminds me

David Byrne owes me a beer

Posted by: Miklos notes that Dixie Beer no longer exists because Not Woke at August 03, 2026 02:56 AM (XOG/m)

466 Sweet dreams Horde, I must toddle to the town hall tomorrow and pay my quarterly property taxes, which will remind me again that I want to leave this wretched place.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 03, 2026 03:01 AM (ibDUx)

467
I see ol' Randall and one of his buddies are taking another "expedition" group for a 7-day tour of the Scablands. It's a 40 person thing. I wonder how much they charge for that...

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 03:02 AM (w6EFb)

468 I wonder how much they charge for that...
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

If doggie would travel that far, I would go and pay.

I would get my money's worth from scenery, education and/or amusement.

Posted by: Miklos is easily amused but is open minded about it all at August 03, 2026 03:05 AM (XOG/m)

469
He took a group to the Azores last year, and I imagine that was spendy.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 03:06 AM (w6EFb)

470 He took a group to the Azores last year, and I imagine that was spendy.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Not if an NGO pays for the raft

Posted by: Undocumented migrant Miklos at August 03, 2026 03:07 AM (XOG/m)

471
Randall's buddy on this Scablands trip is a younger feller. That brings to mind Marlin Perkins and Jim.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 03:08 AM (w6EFb)

472 Flock website for my town is mostly at the corner of
Home Depot and Lowe's and places like that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 03:08 AM (+yTe/)

473 472 Flock website for my town is mostly at the corner of
Home Depot and Lowe's and places like that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 03:08 AM (+yTe/)

We don't have any flock. We just don't give a flock.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 03:09 AM (FyeA3)

474 264 John McCain and Harry Reid are still alive?
Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 12:17 AM (rbvCR)

wut

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 03:10 AM (odBC9)

475 Debby's got the idea. Time for me to go.
Have a good evening, 'night.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 03:11 AM (+yTe/)

476
The above prompted me to start reviewing the details of the Grand Tack Hypothesis and the (later) NICE model of the solar system formation.

It's all very interesting, but must say the science is far from settled.

James Webb and the Very Large Telescope have found some early solar systems in the process of formation, and they should provide some actual real data points for all this solar system formation theorizing.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 03:13 AM (w6EFb)

477 Sarah Hoyt on Instagram linked to this fun explanation of radiation: https://x.com/ShamashAran/status/2083750816918192450 I've wondered where alpha particles fit for a long time. Glad to hear someone acknowledge they are "something else."

A bit of a surprise that microwaves are lower energy than infrared. So how come microwave ovens heat food faster than the stove? Google says, Because they heat the inside and outside at the same time. Hmm.

Posted by: frammish at August 03, 2026 03:13 AM (rcENI)

478 Randall's buddy on this Scablands trip is a younger feller. That brings to mind Marlin Perkins and Jim.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

I have tole Darleen more than once

You keep this up, Ima hafta get ol Jim to do this kinda rasslin

Or maybe Rufus R. "Freight Train" Jones, my favorite Professional Rassler of all Times

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhmbJSwCg4o

Posted by: Miklos was raised right at August 03, 2026 03:16 AM (XOG/m)

479 Incidentally, I'm still not convinced that particle spin isn't all a conspiracy by Big-L. How can it always be multiples of 1/2? The first thing I learned in chemistry is that measurements always have a margin of error. I asked Google what the units are of particle spin, and it said either Joule-seconds or multiples of ħ. Joule-seconds shouldn't go 1/2, 2/2, 3/2, etc., right?

Posted by: frammish at August 03, 2026 03:20 AM (rcENI)

480 If Publius claims that he grew up with no knowledge of southeast professional wrestling, either he is less than candid or had a very sheltered childhood.

Posted by: Miklos knows this applies to many at August 03, 2026 03:23 AM (XOG/m)

481 155 Mike -

vmom gave us a nic-link to her post here:
https://tinyurl.com/vmom-ai

which has a link to the deeper article in question
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 02, 2026 11:11 PM (aJQbY)

https://role-confusion.github.io

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 03:24 AM (odBC9)

482
Particle spin is quantized, and fermions take on the half-integer values. Also, spin here is not modelled as vector, but as, well, a spinor, which is more complicated mathematic object, which you can see as complex valued matrix. And somewhere in there, something must rotate twice, 720 degrees rather than 360 to get back where it started.

Note that quantum spin is *intrinsic* angular momentum of a point particle. In classical physics, a point can't have angular momentum. How can a point rotate?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 03:28 AM (w6EFb)

483 Bob Hoover could "pour up"..........look it up!

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 03, 2026 03:33 AM (jrgJz)

484 *wakes up*

Wow. This is like the 90s.. when I'd watch PBS late at night & there'd be a show on physics or astronomy.

All I can remember is F=ma.

It explains *everything* iirc.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 03:33 AM (rdVOm)

485 482 I really appreciate the response! I'm working through The Theoretical Minimum right now, and I want to read the three followup volumes as well. I'll keep your answer in mind. I don't know what a spinor is, so I'll look up how it's different from a vector.

Another thing that has bothered me for 35 years is light polarity. As if the amplitude of an E-M wave were inches.

It's amazing how you can get As in physics through high school and college (I was an English major but took some 300-level courses), but have no idea how to explain these things to your kids.

Posted by: frammish at August 03, 2026 03:33 AM (rcENI)

486 Particle spin is quantized, and fermions take on the half-integer values. Also, spin here is not modelled as vector, but as, well, a spinor, which is more complicated mathematic object, which you can see as complex valued matrix. And somewhere in there, something must rotate twice, 720 degrees rather than 360 to get back where it started.

Note that quantum spin is *intrinsic* angular momentum of a point particle. In classical physics, a point can't have angular momentum. How can a point rotate?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Can you explain that in ways understandable to those who did not have the opportunity to get learned good at the Cow Kollidge with a secret "p" in the name?

Posted by: Miklos knows Sekrit Words (Danny Ford) at August 03, 2026 03:36 AM (XOG/m)

487 It explains *everything* iirc.
Posted by: JQ

I did economics

Not much maths

Posted by: Lazy student Miklos at August 03, 2026 03:38 AM (XOG/m)

488 482 And somewhere in there, something must rotate twice, 720 degrees rather than 360 to get back where it started.

I'm pretty sure Scott Aaronson mentioned something like that in Quantum Computing Since Democritus. I'll try to look it up. I was really intrigued by idea that if you only had the real numbers and had to invent a physics, you would come up with the Newtonian system. And if you had complex numbers, you would come up with quantum mechanics.

Posted by: frammish at August 03, 2026 03:38 AM (rcENI)

489 >> Can you explain that in ways understandable to those who did not have

Let's see, I'm 59. About 30 years when this was fresh in my mind, I probably could've 'splained it better. But now, well, not so much.

I try not to think about the stuff I've forgotten. Makes me get mad at myself.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 03:39 AM (w6EFb)

490 After many years, I am more than ever convinced that Bubba who runs the Used Tire place, flea market, ang BBQ has a better grasp of basic economics than anyone at the Federal Reserve.

Posted by: Life-long student Miklos at August 03, 2026 03:41 AM (XOG/m)

491 I'm pretty sure Scott Aaronson mentioned something like that

Or maybe it was William Sleator in The Boy Who Reversed Himself, lol.

Posted by: frammish at August 03, 2026 03:42 AM (rcENI)

492
To get philosophical, physics uses a lot of math. And various rather abstract mathematical things are invented/discovered.

Think of it in Feynman-esque terms. The math doesn't have to be the reality. It's just a tool that allows you to get the right answers of how things behave.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 03:44 AM (w6EFb)

493 But don't understand the sudden uprise against Flock. It feels like the "personalize it" tactic.

I looked at a map of Flock cameras for the suburbs west of Portland. We have tons of traffic cameras, but the only Flock cameras I saw were monitoring big-box-store parking lots, like Home Depot and Fred Meyer.
Posted by: frammish at August 03, 2026 02:40 AM (rcENI)

Recently a Baytown PD officer was busted for using Flock cameras for stalking purposes. People aren’t good with things like this.

I’d also check out just how much a whack job utopian the Flock CEO is.

Ban all Flock cameras and ALPRs.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 03, 2026 03:44 AM (4g5V+)

494 424 Anyone seen Rodrigo Borgia lately, he seems to be MIA.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 01:59 AM (+yTe/)

I'll check in with him. He's here, after all.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 03:44 AM (FyeA3)

495 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

I knew "Danny Ford" would get a response

Posted by: Publius just confirmed Miklos' Theorem of Clempsonian Concept at August 03, 2026 03:46 AM (XOG/m)

496 402 Think of it in Feynman-esque terms. The math doesn't have to be the reality.

Okay. I thought Feynman was the one who said, "Shut up and calculate," but Google says it was someone else.

Anyway, I appreciate the food for thought! I don't think I'm going to figure it out at almost 1 a.m., but I'll keep your replies in mind. Now I'd better get to sleep. God bless Horde. . . .

Posted by: frammish at August 03, 2026 03:50 AM (rcENI)

497 My notebook pages were barely wide enough for me to write out some of those math problems in physics class.

Instructor was cool, tried to make it *make sense* to us, and gave lively presentations. We had fun with the experiments, too.

He allowed us to make/use our own "cheat sheet" for final-- and required the cheat sheet to be submitted along with that final exam! LOL. Bet he got a kick out of them.

Dr. F was also an astronomer, and was the primary driver/fundraiser for a local observatory.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 03:52 AM (rdVOm)

498 Carry on, publius & all... I'm not worthy.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 03:56 AM (rdVOm)

499 Our accuracy in knowing the value of ħ is the limit in knowing the intrinsic spin of fundamental particles. Bosons have whole integer multiples of ħ for their spin. Fermions have half integer multiples of ħ. It is based on the possible symmetries of the particles’ quantum mechanical wave function. Spin is actually angular momentum, but it’s called “spin” because that is the classical limit equivalent. It’s hard to visualize a point particle spinning: proper lingo is intrinsic angular momentum.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 03:59 AM (Wj1DV)

500 500

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 03:59 AM (odBC9)

501 >> I'm not worthy.

You underestimate yourself. Crack open some of those books you were mentioning the other night.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 04:00 AM (w6EFb)

502 Carry on, publius & all... I'm not worthy.
Posted by: JQ

*writes "worthy" on decorative headgear*

*awards to JQ*

Posted by: Miklos sometimes Does the Right Thing at August 03, 2026 04:00 AM (XOG/m)

503 497 He allowed us to make/use our own "cheat sheet" for final-- and required the cheat sheet to be submitted along with that final exam!
Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 03:52 AM (rdVOm)

Cool idea.

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 04:02 AM (odBC9)

504 I kept all my college texts and notebooks. But the notebooks are gone!

Because XH2 aka "number two" (because that's what he was) tore them up, along with other books & papers.

Some people aren't worth the oxygen, grrrrrr.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 04:02 AM (rdVOm)

505
The units of spin are also the units of action, energy*time. That is sort of the fundamental quantization of nature. Action. See Hamilton's Principle of Least(Stationary, actually) action.

Feynman derives Schrodinger's equation from that, making it look like child's play.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 04:02 AM (w6EFb)

506 I am content in my ignorance of astronomy, physics, etc. because my understanding or lack thereof makes not a whittles tittle of difference.

Posted by: Miklos just made something up at August 03, 2026 04:03 AM (XOG/m)

507 Feynman was certainly of the shut up and calculate camp, although I don’t if he ever used those exact words.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 04:04 AM (Wj1DV)

508 The units of spin are also the units of action, energy*time. That is sort of the fundamental quantization of nature. Action. See Hamilton's Principle of Least(Stationary, actually) action.

Feynman derives Schrodinger's equation from that, making it look like child's play.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Now I know who to blame for Disco and the entire 70s

Posted by: Miklos only went to the disco on nickel beer nights at August 03, 2026 04:06 AM (XOG/m)

509 You guys are so nice!

All those old books are *way beyond* my comprehension. I inherited them from a couple of relatives who had advanced enough education to understand the material.

It's too late in life for me to do anything worthwhile with the knowledge.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 04:07 AM (rdVOm)

510 463
The woman who moved to Ireland to live with her Muzzie boyfriend had just inhereted a million dollars. He killed her.

He did not love her, he loved the money.

Posted by: four seasons at August 03, 2026 02:52 AM (/QHx4)

Daily Mail

https://archive.is/OeN5y

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 04:07 AM (odBC9)

511 He allowed us to make/use our own "cheat sheet" for final-- and required the cheat sheet to be submitted along with that final exam!
Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 03:52 AM (rdVOm)

This was my standard practice for physics exams, but I specified the size: 3”x5” for regular tests, 4”x6” for the final.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 04:08 AM (Wj1DV)

512 The "allowed cheat sheet" was specified for us:

One side only, of one 3" x 5" index card.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 04:09 AM (rdVOm)

513 >> It's too late in life for me to do anything worthwhile with the knowledge.

It's *never too late*. Don't make me come up there. And depends on what you mean by "worthwhile". It can be worthwhile of itself, just to know. Also, keeps the old brain cells exercised.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 04:09 AM (w6EFb)

514 Hanging Fauci and his accomplices would do a lot to restore my confidence in the medical system.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Dragged through the streets behind iron horses.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 03, 2026 04:11 AM (X0Pix)

515 Feynman was always trying to derive all physics from the action principle and the like. He’d get on an airline flight with some blank sheets of paper and see how far he could go before landing.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 04:14 AM (Wj1DV)

516
I remember when I first grasped the Principle of Least Action back at Cow Collidge. It was like the theme from 2001 went off. Wow, man, that's like deep.....

The Shut and Calculate school says don't get too carried away with that.

There is a tension between the two. Shut up and calculate tries to keep you from getting too carried away with that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 04:15 AM (w6EFb)

517 I allowed both sides of the card.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 04:15 AM (Wj1DV)

518 514 Hanging Fauci and his accomplices would do a lot to restore my confidence in the medical system.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Dragged through the streets behind iron horses.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 03, 2026 04:11 AM (X0Pix)

Nah. I just want to have him stand still while I slap the shit out of him, just once, full backhand, so he knows the pain. Just that.

Fucker killed my father.

For that, he should really get to bleed to death, but if I get one slap, and line it up with my lethal wedding ring, he will know pain, and know humiliation. And have some lovely scars to remind him, until he is dead and has nowhere to turn for relief.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 04:21 AM (FyeA3)

519 I allowed both sides of the card.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Wow, you're a softie! Heh.

I sharpened my pencil so the tip was SO TINY, and wrote small.. like, what?, 4 pt? LOL!

Got a 'C' for the semester. A passing grade. Good enough for me!

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 04:21 AM (rdVOm)

520 proper lingo is intrinsic angular momentum.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 03:59 AM (Wj1DV)

Sounds like exactly what occurs when the WI Badgers play football at home. To all the various individuals that attend that particular university. And a lot of alumni, on that particular day, as well.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 04:24 AM (FyeA3)

521 Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 04:21 AM

I stand by my recco from the other day:

Cheese grater.

Acetone.

N i c e... a n d... s l o w!

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 04:24 AM (rdVOm)

522 Rusty cheese grater, full length mirror, toothpicks for eyes, and a bit o' LSD to enhance the experience.
That is for Birx while the Gremlin Fauci watches... then his turn.

You could make this a mini-series / competition like "You're Fired.... to Death".

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 03, 2026 04:30 AM (X0Pix)

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