Ice Tigers Cafe

3 It’s been a day. Cleaning my kids room. I had enough of her saying she was “working on it”. We are now up to 6 trash bags. If it was something she needed, it should not have been on the floor.

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 07:54 PM (ZdaMQ)

4 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 07:54 PM (Ia/+0)

5 This doesn’t mean that we have to stop talking about Ginger’s fun bags, does it?

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 07:54 PM (77rzZ)

6 Afternoon.

Before the complaints start...

Brave browser.

Also the Adblock Plus and Ghostery apps.

These are available to you.

Posted by: Robert at August 04, 2026 07:55 PM (dpXJq)

7 Nothing like grazing your llamas in 1500 yo ruins.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 07:55 PM (4ZxBh)

8 They are free.

Posted by: Robert at August 04, 2026 07:55 PM (dpXJq)

9 Atmospheric mephitic overload continues to decrease slightly, thanks to the heroic efforts of the AoSHQ Custodial Engineering team.

* tips Cattleman crease hat *

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 04, 2026 07:56 PM (0sNs1)

10 Bleah. Smells like curry.

Posted by: fd at August 04, 2026 07:56 PM (MWfyi)

11 [Top Pic]

Grandma's almost here with the Stove Top Stuffing!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 04, 2026 07:56 PM (wVcYX)

12 The highest mountain on earth is partially in a country pronounced “Nip-all.”

Coincidence? I think not.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 07:58 PM (77rzZ)

13 that buff Lab! LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 04, 2026 07:58 PM (VyBeY)

14 8 They are free.
Posted by: Robert at August 04, 2026 07:55

I finally did that. I feel bad, because I would like Ace to get whatever revenue he was getting. I could manage the ones on the home page, and even the little pop up on a refresh. But today was out of control and if that is the new normal, it was blocking all the ads or not coming to site anymore.

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 07:59 PM (ZdaMQ)

15 Nepal seems kinda hilly.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 07:59 PM (4ZxBh)

16 It’s been a day. Cleaning my kids room. I had enough of her saying she was “working on it”. We are now up to 6 trash bags. If it was something she needed, it should not have been on the floor.
Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 07:54 PM (ZdaMQ)

Are you using the John Deere or the Kubota skid steer excavator/loader?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 04, 2026 08:00 PM (wVcYX)

17 6 trash bags?

that's impressive!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 04, 2026 08:00 PM (VyBeY)

18 One thing you have to admire about Asian countries is their commitment to electrical engineering excellence.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 08:01 PM (viF8m)

19 Everyone has their own way of solving problems..
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

A video of Ace's last CoB team building exercise.

If you watch closely you can see Ace in the background a couple of times supervising.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 04, 2026 08:01 PM (0sNs1)

20 Why does Nepal remind me of Hong Kong?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 04, 2026 08:02 PM (nHcc1)

21 The highest mountain on earth is partially in a country pronounced “Nip-all.”

Coincidence? I think not.
Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 07:58 PM (77rzZ)

And you're only allowed on it once a year.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 04, 2026 08:02 PM (wVcYX)

22 JackStraw
Your link appears
To work.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 04, 2026 08:02 PM (yEz+x)

23
Nepal. That's the steepest slum I ever saw.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 04, 2026 08:03 PM (azNOR)

24 Good.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 08:04 PM (viF8m)

25 I finally did that. I feel bad, because I would like Ace to get whatever revenue he was getting. I could manage the ones on the home page, and even the little pop up on a refresh. But today was out of control and if that is the new normal, it was blocking all the ads or not coming to site anymore.
Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 07:59 PM (ZdaMQ)

You can always whitelist Ace's site when things are fixed.

Posted by: Robert at August 04, 2026 08:04 PM (dpXJq)

26 Piper,

This is what worked for my kids. We got a room up to Mama's standards, and then I took pictures of every part of it and put them on the walls with masking tape.

Then I just had to say, Make it look like the picture.

Posted by: Wenda at August 04, 2026 08:05 PM (7m/2p)

27 I have a feeling the foster cat won't be a foster cat for long.

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 08:06 PM (KC5Lt)

28 And half of Katmandu has relatives in Pittsburgh. Why? Who the hell knows.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 08:06 PM (4ZxBh)

29 Verminous-looking neighborhood. Needs moar catz.

Posted by: Eromero at August 04, 2026 08:06 PM (UYYJi)

30 Foster kitten

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 08:07 PM (KC5Lt)

31 Did not nood
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I used to - a lot.

But I'm older now and nobody wants to see that.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 04, 2026 08:08 PM (yz7bn)

32 I’d rather ace went ad free and asked for a subscription of perhaps $5 a month to comment.

I’d pay for that. I may even pay $10.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 04, 2026 08:09 PM (yEz+x)

33 How about a penny per comment?

Posted by: fd at August 04, 2026 08:10 PM (MWfyi)

34 You can always whitelist Ace's site when things are fixed.
Posted by: Robert at August 04, 2026 08:04 PM (dpXJq)

I prefer to block the ads and pay Ace a reasonable amount monthly. So, thanks for the reminder, it's time to hit the tip jar.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 04, 2026 08:11 PM (zYpTz)

35 26 Piper,

This is what worked for my kids. We got a room up to Mama's standards, and then I took pictures of every part of it and put them on the walls with masking tape.

Then I just had to say, Make it look like the picture.
Posted by: Wenda at August 04, 2026 08:05 PM

Usual reminders for little ones is an awesome idea. However, she is 15, she knows what a clean room looks like. I told her when we put it all back together, if I come by and see it looking like trash, there will be no warnings. It will be gone. She asked if I could just yell like regular moms. I swear, that kid.

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 08:11 PM (ZdaMQ)

36 35 Visual. Not usual. Ay yi yi.

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 08:12 PM (ZdaMQ)

37
Tried to take a nap this afternoon. Diana decided she was hungry and, despite having a full bucket of kibble, complained loud and long for her dinner. Puff and Ruth joined the chorus. No nap.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 04, 2026 08:12 PM (O0L8i)

38 Remember us when you move to Nepal.

Posted by: Raybestos Brake Linings at August 04, 2026 08:13 PM (JM9I6)

39 Looking at that pic from Nepal. When it first flashed the brain drew back to those beautiful images of Japan from that perspective. It makes the Nepal image all the more, sad.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 08:14 PM (79aIp)

40
Nepal, the Pittsburgh of the Himalayas.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 04, 2026 08:14 PM (O0L8i)

41 Piper,
My boys always shared a room.

It wasn’t pretty sometimes. But occasionally even they got tired of the piles and took care of it.

It helped that they were not allowed to have any food or drinks (except water) in there. And there was no tv in the room and the computer was in the living room.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 04, 2026 08:14 PM (yEz+x)

42 If ace were concerned about revenue or popups or what ever he would change it. He's the boss. It's his place. It's the way he wants it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 08:18 PM (79aIp)

43 How about a penny per comment?
Posted by: fd
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Is zinc acceptable?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 08:18 PM (XeU6L)

44 I'm currently doing my first painting with a dog in it. I was tired of not having anything considered to be art.

In the meantime, I have a painting of a man and his girlfriend in a desert. See nic

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 08:19 PM (KC5Lt)

45 A nickel per sock puppet.

Posted by: Robert at August 04, 2026 08:20 PM (dpXJq)

46 40
Nepal, the Pittsburgh of the Himalayas.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Commentary on PA. Fellow saying it's been so warm and plenty of rain that he's never seen so much corn so high.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 08:20 PM (79aIp)

47 @FoxNews
·
1h
BREAKING: An armed suspect identified as Jeanine John Taele, 38, was arrested at Trump National Golf Course after allegedly monitoring security preparations ahead of President Trump’s visit, authorities said.

Police said they later recovered an illegally-modified AR-style rifle, body armor, high-capacity magazines, ammunition and notebooks containing “concerning statements” from his home.

Posted by: Don Black at August 04, 2026 08:20 PM (ZxPkt)

48 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 08:18 PM (79aIp)

Owners of businesses don't mind listening to customers suggestions.

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 08:20 PM (KC5Lt)

49 House to tigers, their all cats

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 08:21 PM (Ia/+0)

50 Subscribe to Ace+ and get one free hobo pelt a month.

Posted by: Robert at August 04, 2026 08:22 PM (dpXJq)

51 Nothing like grazing your llamas in 1500 yo ruins.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

I can't keep up with all these new euphemisms.

Posted by: mikeski at August 04, 2026 08:22 PM (VHUov)

52 Owners of businesses don't mind listening to customers suggestions.
Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 08:20 PM (KC5Lt)

Especially about whether to source things from Rumble. He adores creative input like that. I remember.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 04, 2026 08:23 PM (rbvCR)

53 Don Black - So.a Trannie? What male goes bu Jeanine?
Or a typo?

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 08:23 PM (Ia/+0)

54 Wait. You mean .. you mean our witty repartee and erudite commentary is not sufficient to pay the bills here?? Why wasn’t I informed of this

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 08:23 PM (f547z)

55 >>If ace were concerned about revenue or popups or what ever he would change it. He's the boss. It's his place. It's the way he wants it.

I don't mind the normal pop ups. ace deserves to get paid.

Something happened today and ads were popping up on every refresh, full page ads. Full page ads with old women and diapers. I think something is broken.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 08:23 PM (viF8m)

56 I'm currently doing my first painting with a dog in it. I was tired of not having anything considered to be art.
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Snipers will work also.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 08:24 PM (XeU6L)

57 . . . high-capacity magazines, . . .
Posted by: Don Black

Which is what? More than 3, 5, 7? Some other prime number?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 04, 2026 08:24 PM (yz7bn)

58 Full page ads with old women and diapers.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 08:23 PM (viF8m)

Some people are into that kinda thing.

Posted by: Robert at August 04, 2026 08:24 PM (dpXJq)

59 > Don Black - So.a Trannie? What male goes bu Jeanine?
Or a typo?

Posted by: Skip
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I copied the text
if it's a typo, it belongs to the X poster

Posted by: Don Black at August 04, 2026 08:25 PM (ZxPkt)

60 Snipers will work also.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 08:24 PM (XeU6L)

I have one of those .

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 08:25 PM (KC5Lt)

61 A guy named Jeanine?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 08:26 PM (viF8m)

62 There are those who read ace for ace. Then there are those that read the commentary and are aghast. Then there are those that are aghast but cannot stay away. Of that group evolves what we have here.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 08:27 PM (79aIp)

63 Looks like Nepal could use a municipal building code

Posted by: Don Black at August 04, 2026 08:27 PM (ZxPkt)

64 So probably a Trannie, its not like they are not prime suspects these days

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 08:27 PM (Ia/+0)

65 One thing you have to admire about Asian countries is their commitment to electrical engineering excellence.
Posted by: JackStraw

"It on fiah?"

"No!"

"Excerrent!"

Posted by: mikeski at August 04, 2026 08:27 PM (VHUov)

66 Don Black

Trump's seventh assassination attempt. One more that Queen Victoria, in a much smaller time frame.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 08:27 PM (u82oZ)

67 Muslim communist is up 20% in the Dem Michigan primary for senator.

The DSA march continues.

Posted by: How it works at August 04, 2026 08:27 PM (3cXW4)

68 Swatted away the ad 1 more time
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 08:28 PM (Ia/+0)

69 On iPhone disabling Java kills the script

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 08:29 PM (f547z)

70 It helped that they were not allowed to have any food or drinks (except water) in there. And there was no tv in the room and the computer was in the living room.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 04, 2026 08:14 PM (yEz+x)

She is not allowed to have anything but water up there, either. She has more clothes than she needs, clearly, so doing laundry can stretch out for a loooonnnggg time. We packed a huge box of books to donate, I threw out a ton of stuffed animals, kept a few special ones, threw out 8 billion markers and colored pencils. She still has a ton, even after the purge. She has her own attached bathroom - lots of 1/2 empty lotion and potion bottles strewn across everywhere. Gone. She was suddenly inspired to organize her make up drawer before that disappeared off the counter and is now folding laundry. Her big sisters warned her - if you see mama coming with black trash bags, she is not playing. She is absolutely going to throw that stuff out. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 08:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

71 My painting that includes the sniper. See nic

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 08:29 PM (KC5Lt)

72
notebooks containing “concerning statements” from his home.

___________

Beer
Chips
Salami
Spaghetti-O's

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 04, 2026 08:29 PM (O0L8i)

73 polynikes

ISWYDT. Girlfriend *snort*

Good rendering of the Sand Seas, in sharp contrast to the more usual stony desert. Nice sky as well.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 08:29 PM (u82oZ)

74 45 A nickel per sock puppet.
Posted by: Robert

I would have owed $10.30 last week alone.

Posted by: VERY Fixed Income at August 04, 2026 08:30 PM (JM9I6)

75 BREAKING: An armed suspect identified as Jeanine John

..........

Well now I'm confused! Jeanine John?

Posted by: Molly k. at August 04, 2026 08:30 PM (j/yko)

76 Only Fans, a first for you. Old Women in Diapers!
Never seen before and only on Only Fans.
Sign up now!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 08:31 PM (79aIp)

77 Probably not as confused as Jeanie John

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 08:31 PM (f547z)

78 Beer
Chips
Salami
Spaghetti-O's
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 04, 2026 08:29 PM (O0L8i)

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy all worka nd noplay makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes jJacka dull boy All work and no play makes Jakc ah dull boy All work and no play makes jack a dull boy aLL work and no play mkakes Jakc a dull boy

Posted by: Kindltot at August 04, 2026 08:32 PM (rbvCR)

79 Probably not as confused as Jeanie John
Posted by: Common Tater

Something about their sandwiches always tastes off.

Posted by: mikeski at August 04, 2026 08:33 PM (VHUov)

80 Something about their sandwiches always tastes off.
Posted by: mikeski at August 04, 2026 08:33 PM (VHUov)

Everything tastes like tuna.

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 08:34 PM (KC5Lt)

81 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy all worka nd noplay makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes jJacka dull boy All work and no play makes Jakc ah dull boy All work and no play makes jack a dull boy aLL work and no play mkakes Jakc a dull boy
Posted by: Kindltot

The time of cleansing is at hand.
The time of cleansing is at hand.
The time of cleansing is at hand.
The time of cleansing is at hand.

.....no, wait, that was just Piper.

Posted by: mikeski at August 04, 2026 08:35 PM (VHUov)

82 I was reading the post about the Hawaiian Democratic congressional candidate who had a meltdown when someone asked him to turn his music down, and started thinking.

Is it just my imagination, or is the Democratic Party putting forward more absolute loons at one time, at all levels of government, than ever before during this election cycle? In the interest of truth in labeling, I believe the donks should be compelled to accept the following coat of arms, which I have taken the liberty of describing using heraldic language:

Two butterfly nets in saltire, surmounted by a savage statant affronté in a straitjacket, on the dexter a cuckoo bird close guardant, on the sinister a dodo bird close guardant.

The "savage" in heraldry, incidentally, is typically depicted as a naked, bearded human figure, covered in hair or leaves. Perfect.

Posted by: Paco at August 04, 2026 08:36 PM (2L+MU)

83 I like the bread at Jimmy John's. Their roast beef used to be fantastic and while still good... I notice the grade of meat is tending a bit more to the stringy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 04, 2026 08:36 PM (zZu0s)

84 Reading about Jeanine, I see that hollow point bullets are illegal?

So much for my .22 squirrel loads.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 08:36 PM (XeU6L)

85 Holly came from Miami F L A

Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 08:36 PM (viF8m)

86 Jeanine John Taele, 38, … notebooks containing “concerning statements” from his home …

I think I see a pattern.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 04, 2026 08:37 PM (nHcc1)

87 Reading about Jeanine, I see that hollow point bullets are illegal * in California?

So much for my .22 squirrel loads.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 08:37 PM (XeU6L)

88 84 Reading about Jeanine, I see that hollow point bullets are illegal?

So much for my .22 squirrel loads.

Posted by: Mike Hammer,
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You know what Elmer Keith did with .44 hollow points.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 08:38 PM (79aIp)

89 hollow point bullets are illegal?

In what state?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 04, 2026 08:38 PM (nHcc1)

90 81 .....no, wait, that was just Piper.
Posted by: mikeski at August 04, 2026 08:35 PM

So keep that in mind around here! I don’t yell. I don’t scream. I ask for things to be put right. And then I just show up with black trash bags.

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 08:38 PM (ZdaMQ)

91 So much for my .22 squirrel loads.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Hollow points for squirrels? Is that to save on clean-up time?

Posted by: mikeski w/squeege at August 04, 2026 08:39 PM (VHUov)

92 And then I just show up with black trash bags.

Posted by: Piper
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Oh.
uh-oh

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 08:40 PM (79aIp)

93 the Hawaiian Democratic congressional candidate…

Who is trying to primary the Democrat incumbent.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 04, 2026 08:41 PM (nHcc1)

94 93 the Hawaiian Democratic congressional candidate…

Who is trying to primary the Democrat incumbent.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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Winning is not on his bingo card.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 08:42 PM (79aIp)

95 I was reading the post about the Hawaiian Democratic congressional candidate who had a meltdown when someone asked him to turn his music down, and started thinking.

Is it just my imagination, or is the Democratic Party putting forward more absolute loons at one time, at all levels of government, than ever before during this election cycle?
Posted by: Paco at August 04, 2026 08:36 PM (2L+MU)

As the crooked wing of the party fades, the insane wing gains more visibility. So it is not your imagination.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 04, 2026 08:42 PM (uhVAy)

96
As the crooked wing of the party fades, the insane wing gains more visibility.

___________

What about the crooked *and* insane wing?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 04, 2026 08:44 PM (O0L8i)

97 The left’s attitude now is so what if a Dem got into a fight?

Trump is a “convicted felon” and rapist and pedophile. And he didn’t step aside

Posted by: How it works at August 04, 2026 08:44 PM (3cXW4)

98 I had a Jersey Mike’s sub for the first time yesterday as a take out on the way to the airport.

It was pretty good. Not $14 good (I got a bag of chips too). But better and less expensive than what would have been at the airport.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 04, 2026 08:44 PM (yEz+x)

99 After their slave revolt, Haiti’s founder ordered the killing of all white people on the island. Soldiers went house to house killing thousands including women and children.

They took full control, purged the population they blamed, and turned the richest colony in the Caribbean into the poorest and most dysfunctional country in the Western Hemisphere.

Today, their descendants demand entry into the West they fought to escape, refuse to return to the mess they and their ancestors created, and are for some reason strongly convinced that borders are racist.
_Cheers

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 08:45 PM (79aIp)

100 Thunder storm is rolling in now. Rain is needed.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 04, 2026 08:46 PM (wVcYX)

101 Dogs love the slop. Who can say why.

It masks their scent when they're hunting.

Posted by: mikeski at August 04, 2026 08:46 PM (VHUov)

102 What about the crooked *and* insane wing?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Crooked and insane seems to be about when the Lord got to smiting those type of folks in the Old Testament.

Posted by: whig at August 04, 2026 08:46 PM (E4rtv)

103 After their slave revolt, Haiti’s founder ordered the killing of all white people on the island. Soldiers went house to house killing thousands including women and children.

They took full control, purged the population they blamed, and turned the richest colony in the Caribbean into the poorest and most dysfunctional country in the Western Hemisphere.

Today, their descendants demand entry into the West they fought to escape, refuse to return to the mess they and their ancestors created, and are for some reason strongly convinced that borders are racist.
_Cheers

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 08:45 PM (79aIp)

Hmmm, blowtorch them all. Payback is a bitch.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 04, 2026 08:47 PM (S41Gd)

104 The left’s attitude now is so what if a Dem got into a fight?
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Except they say "so what" to everything they are caught doing, before Trump, during Trump, after Trump, and long before Trump. Bill Clinton was so what. Ted Kennedy was so what. Robert Byrd was so what. They're all so what.

Every time. Kind of their thing.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 08:47 PM (vE0+H)

105 Dogs love the slop. Who can say why.

It masks their scent when they're hunting.
Posted by: mikeski at August 04, 2026 08:46 PM (VHUov)

Probably drowns fleas and ticks and such too.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 04, 2026 08:47 PM (uhVAy)

106 And then I just show up with black trash bags.

Posted by: Piper
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Oh.
uh-oh
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 08:40 PM (79aIp)

We're all aware that bleach destroys DNA evidence, right?

Posted by: Robert at August 04, 2026 08:48 PM (dpXJq)

107 Wasn't much of a fight. One punch and he and his political career got knocked the f#ck out.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 08:49 PM (viF8m)

108 As the crooked wing of the party fades, the insane wing gains more visibility. So it is not your imagination.
Posted by: Oldcat
________

This truly is Trump's fault. The TDS is a big factor in letting their freak flags fly.

So maybe I should say it's another thing to Trump's credit.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 04, 2026 08:51 PM (XvL8K)

109 Braenyard, you know how we scream about historical narratives that are loaded on one side or another of a political or social viewpoint, and refer to such "political revisions" or "historical parsing" as revisionist history or pure cherry picked propaganda?

So, that is what you have posted. Haiti is a far more nuanced history that has few heroes, and lots of bad actors making gobs of money out of the Haitian people.
Among them is the US government.
Everyone, including Haitian politicians, are responsible for the shithole Haiti is today.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 04, 2026 08:51 PM (rbvCR)

110 After their slave revolt, Haiti’s founder ordered the killing of all white people on the island. Soldiers went house to house killing thousands including women and children.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 08:45 PM (79aIp)

I believe there were German...soldiers?... on the island that they legally declared to be negroes and allowed to live.

Fun fact! The Haitian slave revolt and subsequent genocide likely resulted in the prolonging of slavery in America. Slave owners were shit scared they'd be murdered if their slaves were suddenly freed. Instead, we got a brutal civil war.

Thanks, Haiti!

Posted by: Robert at August 04, 2026 08:54 PM (dpXJq)

111 Among them is the US government.

Posted by: Kindltot
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But mostly the French government. Haiti was paying off that indemnity well into the 20th century.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 04, 2026 08:56 PM (XvL8K)

112 We're all aware that bleach destroys DNA evidence, right?
Posted by: Robert

Hello, Darkness, my old friend

I've come to bleach the room again

Posted by: mikeski's reused comment at August 04, 2026 08:59 PM (VHUov)

113 Posted by: Kindltot at August 04, 2026 08:51 PM (rbvCR)

He simply reported facts that aren't reported or included when teaching history. You act like he was defending slavery. It's not necessary for him to repeat what everyone knows. He was posting what people don't know.

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 09:01 PM (KC5Lt)

114 Nepal looks like a place where the local kids have fun taking turns in a filthy trash can while the others roll it down the hill.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 04, 2026 09:01 PM (E9VJ1)

115
6% of votes counted in Michigan US Senate race. Should I bother reporting the results so far?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 09:01 PM (mmrXZ)

116 Thunder storm is rolling in now. Rain is needed"

This. It's pouring. Got the dog walked...

Posted by: man at August 04, 2026 09:01 PM (XuXeR)

117 Fox has the 'casing the golf course' story

they referred to the suspect as 'a man' and apparently he is named Jeanine

fair to say, there's more to this story

Posted by: Don Black at August 04, 2026 09:03 PM (ZxPkt)

118 3 It’s been a day. Cleaning my kids room. I had enough of her saying she was “working on it”. We are now up to 6 trash bags. If it was something she needed, it should not have been on the floor.
Posted by: Piper
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I'm this >< close to doing the same thing with the spawn. She can out shoot most people but she can't keep her room clean. I'm hoping being in the corps of cadets helps with this problem. It's still a year away though.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 04, 2026 09:03 PM (VCgbV)

119 , I see that hollow point bullets are illegal?

So much for my .22 squirrel loads."

The 6.5 C target rounds are technically "hollow points"

It's funny

Posted by: man at August 04, 2026 09:03 PM (XuXeR)

120 Nepal looks like a place where the local kids have fun taking turns in a filthy trash can while the others roll it down the hill.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 04, 2026 09:01 PM (E9VJ1)

Definitely not on the bucket list.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 04, 2026 09:04 PM (2WIwB)

121 Lucy is finally feeling a bit better. The infected cyst at the base of her tail burst while I was out of town. I took her to the emergency vet when I got home and they drained it and gave her a shot of abx and some pain meds. It’s still ghastly looking, but she’s feisty and purring and eating.

Scared the crap out of me though. It was nasty and stank.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 04, 2026 09:04 PM (yEz+x)

122
Nepal looks like a place where the local kids have fun taking turns in a filthy trash can while the others roll it down the hill.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

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

Stray dogs and cats starving and dying with horrible things on their bodies in every alley and by-way.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 09:06 PM (mmrXZ)

123 Glad your kitty is doing better nurse.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 04, 2026 09:07 PM (VCgbV)

124
Nurse, glad your kitty is healing.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 09:07 PM (mmrXZ)

125 Scared the crap out of me though. It was nasty and stank.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 04, 2026 09:04 PM (yEz+x)

Glad everything seemed to work out. Now just have to keep an eye on it . Do you have a follow up appointment scheduled?

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 09:07 PM (KC5Lt)

126 The infected cyst at the base of her tail burst while I was out of town."

Never fails. Our old meowser had a cyst on his right hip. Painful and ugly, but after we made a few of the vets boat payments, it all worked out.

Posted by: man at August 04, 2026 09:07 PM (XuXeR)

127 So, that is what you have posted. Haiti is a far more nuanced history that has few heroes, and lots of bad actors making gobs of money out of the Haitian people.
Among them is the US government.
Everyone, including Haitian politicians, are responsible for the shithole Haiti is today.
Posted by: Kindltot

And the Number One reason Haiti is a shithole is......
It is full of Haitians.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 04, 2026 09:07 PM (E9VJ1)

128 Friggen new pop up ads! Horrible.

Polynikes- you're paintings are so good! Cape Disappointment is still my favorite

Posted by: LASue at August 04, 2026 09:09 PM (lCppi)

129 Glad everything seemed to work out. Now just have to keep an eye on it . Do you have a follow up appointment scheduled?
Posted by: polynikes

She said follow up as needed. They were an emergency vet, not my regular. But the office staff was awesome (despite the facial piercings and tats and they guy wearing a sting of pearls). And the delineated pronouns on their badges. They were very professional and sensitive and skilled. All of them.

It was a bit more of a drive, but I may seek out their regular services, I was so impressed.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 04, 2026 09:10 PM (yEz+x)

130 And the Number One reason Haiti is a shithole is......
It is full of Haitians."

And it was French. So there.

Posted by: man at August 04, 2026 09:10 PM (XuXeR)

131 Couple of Coast Guard copters are circling the shoreline. Can only mean one thing. Heartbreaking. I'll never understand why people think they can take a midnight swim in the ocean.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 04, 2026 09:11 PM (3ImbR)

132 110 After their slave revolt, Haiti’s founder ordered the killing of all white people on the island. Soldiers went house to house killing thousands including women and children.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 08:45 PM (79aIp)

I believe there were German...soldiers?... on the island that they legally declared to be negroes and allowed to live.

Fun fact! The Haitian slave revolt and subsequent genocide likely resulted in the prolonging of slavery in America. Slave owners were shit scared they'd be murdered if their slaves were suddenly freed. Instead, we got a brutal civil war.

Thanks, Haiti!
Posted by: Robert at August 04, 2026 08:54 PM (dpXJq)
I read about Henri Christophe's revolt in the seventh grade (1961).

Posted by: Eromero at August 04, 2026 09:11 PM (LHPAg)

133 He simply reported facts that aren't reported or included when teaching history. You act like he was defending slavery. It's not necessary for him to repeat what everyone knows. He was posting what people don't know.
Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 09:01 PM (KC5Lt)

actually those facts are well known. The ones that aren't listed here are the Leclerc expedition that sought to re-enslave Haiti after the French Republic declared them free, and the genocidal acts by the Leclerc expedition carried out, including murdering every native troop the French had under their control as the first act of depopulating the island prior to importing new slaves.
This explanation does not include the harsh forced repayment for each "slave freed" when the Leclerc expedition fled from the island, and it does not discuss the severe damage forced currency conversions from US banks to repay loans foisted on Haiti's economy.

I've known some Haitians, and upper class ones, not the sorts that live in Cite Soleil - a friend of mine had contact there and hated it. Haiti is a terrible place, and it is not that way due to some inherent fault of the Haitians. They had lots of help in degradation

Posted by: Kindltot at August 04, 2026 09:15 PM (rbvCR)

134 I am glad Lucy is doing better! What a terrible place to have that happen.

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 09:16 PM (ZdaMQ)

135 Nepal looks like a place where the local kids have fun taking turns in a filthy trash can while the others roll it down the hill.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 04, 2026 09:01 PM (E9VJ1)

Friend of mine from Brazil spent time as a kid sliding on plywood down steep streets. No brakes, you have to stop by hitting something or rolling off.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 04, 2026 09:17 PM (rbvCR)

136 61 A guy named Jeanine?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 08:26 PM (viF8m)
'and the colored girls say doo dee doo, dee doo...'

Posted by: Eromero at August 04, 2026 09:19 PM (LHPAg)

137 >>Couple of Coast Guard copters are circling the shoreline. Can only mean one thing. Heartbreaking. I'll never understand why people think they can take a midnight swim in the ocean.

Never watched Jaws.

Today is the Coast Guard's 236th birthday. Might it be related to that?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 09:20 PM (viF8m)

138 Trying to browse here on the stupid phone from the nursing home, I see what Nurse was talking about with Chrome for Android. It's unusable indeed.

Edge for Android works however. Fuck Google

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at August 04, 2026 09:20 PM (iKvf9)

139 Stray dogs and cats starving and dying with horrible things on their bodies in every alley and by-way.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

So, Detroit without the abandoned factories?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 04, 2026 09:22 PM (yz7bn)

140 Brave for android is what I am using.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 04, 2026 09:23 PM (zZu0s)

141 Today is the Coast Guard's 236th birthday. Might it be related to that?
Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 09:20 PM (viF8m)
~~~~~

Don't think so. They've got their searchlights sweeping the water.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 04, 2026 09:24 PM (3ImbR)

142 So, today Michigan dems elect Osama Durka Durka Abdul to lead them, isn't it...

Posted by: runner at August 04, 2026 09:25 PM (g47mK)

143 My Dad's best good friend was a Coastie. They get a bad rap, but they train hard, and keep the bad guys out best as they can. Also rescuing idiots in capsized boats. They earn their pay.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 04, 2026 09:26 PM (0aYVJ)

144 Nepal looks like a place where the local kids have fun taking turns in a filthy trash can while the others roll it down the hill.

My mental image of Nepal has always been very rural. I can't say why but dense buildings like that image just never occurred to me. I worked with a guy from Nepal once but we never really talked about it.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 04, 2026 09:26 PM (vTZFs)

145 138 Trying to browse here on the stupid phone from the nursing home, I see what Nurse was talking about with Chrome for Android. It's unusable indeed.

Edge for Android works however. Fuck Google
Posted by: Publius
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Chromite is around for Android but you have to jump through a few hoops. Brave works well on Android and blocks most ads.

Posted by: whig at August 04, 2026 09:27 PM (E4rtv)

146 Nepal...was featured in Raiders...

Posted by: runner at August 04, 2026 09:28 PM (g47mK)

147 Stray dogs and cats starving and dying with horrible things on their bodies in every alley and by-way.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 09:06 PM (mmrXZ)
~~~~~

I follow a guy on X who takes care of street dogs in Thailand. So sad to see how abused some of them are. But this guy is doing remarkable things. Has already set up a small hospital, mobile clinics, neutering, and they even feed more than 2,000 dogs/day. Currently in the process of building a full-size animal hospital. He built this from nothing in just a couple of years.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 04, 2026 09:28 PM (3ImbR)

148 Brave is in the Google Play Store.

Chromite, you have to go around the play store to install. But is is degoogled Chrome without the spyware and open source/non profit.

You’ll need to sideload it using the APK file. You can grab the APK from the official GitHub repo.

Posted by: whig at August 04, 2026 09:29 PM (E4rtv)

149 Publius
You and Miley and mom are in my prayers.

I have an iPhone 11. It sometimes doesn’t accept updates. And new stuff freak it out. But I’m not upgrading until it dies.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 04, 2026 09:29 PM (fxJi6)

150
Detroit without the abandoned factories?
Posted by: Tonypete

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Damn, that's sad. I didn't think we had that sort of hellhole in America.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 09:30 PM (mmrXZ)

151
Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 04, 2026 09:28 PM (3ImbR)

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If I were him I'd be neutering and (choke) possibly euthanizing every stray dog and cat in the place. It's the only way until the society changes.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 09:31 PM (mmrXZ)

152 >>My Dad's best good friend was a Coastie. They get a bad rap, but they train hard, and keep the bad guys out best as they can. Also rescuing idiots in capsized boats. They earn their pay.

Close friend of my dad's family was the Superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy. There was some mild pressure to get me to go there.

They go out in small boats in seas when others run to port.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 09:33 PM (viF8m)

153 Hearing the women's team already declined.

Clay Travis, the conservative media personality and founder of OutKick, has officially offered $10 million for a head-to-head "battle of the sexes" basketball game between the reigning WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces and a boys' high school state championship team of his choice.

Travis announced on Monday, August 3rd, that he is putting up $10 million. If the Las Vegas Aces win, they receive the money (which equates to nearly a third of their estimated $33 million annual revenue). If the high school boys win, the $10 million will be distributed among their team members.

The proposed matchup would be broadcast on pay-per-view. Travis states that all profits generated from the broadcast would be donated to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation to support families of fallen soldiers and first responders.

Travis stated that the challenge is intended to highlight physical differences in sports.

https://tinyurl.com/4wx76jx5

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 09:33 PM (0z72U)

154 >>>My Dad's best good friend was a Coastie. They get a bad rap, but they train hard, and keep the bad guys out best as they can.
~~~~~

Much respect to the Coast Guard. They risk their lives chasing drug runners and I can't even imagine trying to rescue Alaskan fishermen in those frigid, turbulent waters, but they do it all the time.

All in good fun, the other services call them Cub Scouts with Boats.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 04, 2026 09:34 PM (3ImbR)

155 151
Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 04, 2026 09:28 PM (3ImbR)

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If I were him I'd be neutering and (choke) possibly euthanizing every stray dog and cat in the place. It's the only way until the society changes.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 09:31 PM (mmrXZ)
Ratz!

Posted by: Eromero at August 04, 2026 09:34 PM (LHPAg)

156 I see the commenter repellent is still active. Que lastima.

Posted by: alpine_beer at August 04, 2026 09:34 PM (van9r)

157 I have an iPhone 11. It sometimes doesn’t accept updates. And new stuff freak it out. But I’m not upgrading until it dies.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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If on ios, then try Firefox. In the Apple online app store. Chrome doesn't work as well on apple because it apparently has native code while the other mainstream browsers on ios use Safari code underneath a skin.

Posted by: whig at August 04, 2026 09:34 PM (E4rtv)

158 113 Posted by: Kindltot at August 04, 2026 08:51 PM (rbvCR)

He simply reported facts that aren't reported or included when teaching history. You act like he was defending slavery. It's not necessary for him to repeat what everyone knows. He was posting what people don't know.
Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 09:01 PM (KC5Lt)

You are right and I knew that, but it is history that is 100% true but is an "inconvenient" truth that gets buried.

Posted by: Joemarine at August 04, 2026 09:34 PM (y171U)

159 I have an iPhone 11. It sometimes doesn’t accept updates. And new stuff freak it out. But I’m not upgrading until it dies.
Posted by: nurse ratched

I ran a 6 Pro until apps would no longer accept updates. Went and got a 13 Pro. Probably will hold off until a 19 or 20 comes out.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 09:37 PM (0z72U)

160 File this tonight under what a shame.

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
22m
🚨 JUST IN: Socialist former Rep. Cori Bush JUST LOST her Congressional campaign in the Democrat primary after trying to re-take her seat — Wesley Bell wins

Bush made her entire campaign about attacking ICE, Israel and socialism.

She just got DEMOLISHED.

Posted by: whig at August 04, 2026 09:37 PM (E4rtv)

161 If I were him I'd be neutering and (choke) possibly euthanizing every stray dog and cat in the place. It's the only way until the society changes.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 09:31 PM (mmrXZ)
~~~~~

He never talks about it in his posts, but I suspect that most of the abuse comes from the muslim population. A good number of dogs are considered "community dogs" and many poverty stricken Thais are quite devoted to them.

As I said, he does neutering, and he also puts dogs up for adoption and arranges transport for them all over the world.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 04, 2026 09:38 PM (3ImbR)

162 "Tang Yew Tan: 24-year Apple VP, now OpenAI's Chief Hardware Officer,"
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Tang Yew very much related to the Yang Poon Clan in that he is most adept at stealing American but unlike Yang Poon who work for CCP he work for Sam Altman AI. Both Sam and Tang steal from American and work to fuck you up.

***second thoughts on Tang Yew Tan of the Yang Poon Clan.
Tang took a big chance stealing from his boss, who paid him well, going with crooked Altman. Could it be that his real boss is CCP who does not care whether Tang goes to prison or not as long as CCP gets the info first?

Apple v Altman AI and his band of thieves:
https://tinyurl.com/3decs5kv

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 09:40 PM (79aIp)

163 Coincidence? I stopped at the bank to make a deposit and their whole system was down and Ace has been unreadable all day. Some nefarious shit going on, I tell ya.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 04, 2026 09:40 PM (3ZNGI)

164 6 Afternoon.

Before the complaints start...

Brave browser.

Also the Adblock Plus and Ghostery apps.

These are available to you.

Posted by: Robert at August 04, 2026 07:55 PM (dpXJq)

I assume this refers to recent complaints about intrusive ads? I'm using Firefox with NoScript and do not have any problems with ads here. Just offering another option.

Posted by: a.moron at August 04, 2026 09:40 PM (X5Jzz)

165 Yang Poon...heheheheh

Posted by: Robert at August 04, 2026 09:42 PM (dpXJq)

166 Posted by: whig at August 04, 2026 09:37

Thanks for some good news, because it sounds like the Muslim guy in Michigan will make it to the election over the woman with the fake and dopey sounding accent in Michigan.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 09:42 PM (y8wRt)

167 159 I have an iPhone 11. It sometimes doesn’t accept updates. And new stuff freak it out. But I’m not upgrading until it dies.
Posted by: nurse ratched

I ran a 6 Pro until apps would no longer accept updates. Went and got a 13 Pro. Probably will hold off until a 19 or 20 comes out.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 09:37 PM (0z72U)
Mrs. E and I got 17s last year and we hate them, she cusses hers all the time and I don't know how mine works. But we muggle through somehow, and probably cause the watchers to ask 'who the hell are these people and where did they come from?'.

Posted by: Eromero at August 04, 2026 09:42 PM (LHPAg)

168 whig

Bell 69%

Bush 27%

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 09:43 PM (u82oZ)

169
3 It’s been a day. Cleaning my kids room. I had enough of her saying she was “working on it”. We are now up to 6 trash bags. If it was something she needed, it should not have been on the floor.

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 07:54 PM (ZdaMQ)

You need Suck-It :

https://theoffice.fandom.com/wiki/Suck_It

Posted by: a.moron at August 04, 2026 09:43 PM (X5Jzz)

170 Mrs. E and I got 17s last year and we hate them, she cusses hers all the time and I don't know how mine works. But we muggle through somehow, and probably cause the watchers to ask 'who the hell are these people and where did they come from?'.
Posted by: Eromero

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 09:44 PM (0z72U)

171 168 whig

Bell 69%

Bush 27%
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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I guess she might have to find a job now. Her and Crockett could team up as a comedy act.

Posted by: whig at August 04, 2026 09:44 PM (E4rtv)

172 Anybody who'd like a little soldering torch instruction, I'm now the man. Hit me up!

Posted by: James Talarico at August 04, 2026 09:44 PM (0sNs1)

173 Brave still working on my iPad.

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 09:45 PM (ZdaMQ)

174 Thanks for some good news, because it sounds like the Muslim guy in Michigan will make it to the election over the woman with the fake and dopey sounding accent in Michigan.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Inverted watermelon alliance--Red on the outside, green on the inside.

Posted by: whig at August 04, 2026 09:45 PM (E4rtv)

175 I'm really loving my Movie Vault app, filling in some major gaps in my library.

One discovery, I never realized it's Licence to Kill and not License to Kill.

Who knew \(..)/

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 04, 2026 09:46 PM (XV/Pl)

176 163 Coincidence? I stopped at the bank to make a deposit and their whole system was down and Ace has been unreadable all day. Some nefarious shit going on, I tell ya.
Posted by: Ben Had

Would not be surprised about cyber warfare problems. Kroger's gas pumps were down in my area.

Posted by: whig at August 04, 2026 09:46 PM (E4rtv)

177 Mrs. E and I got 17s last year and we hate them
Posted by: Eromero at August 04, 2026 09:42 PM

Dude. I thought you *liked* Glocks? ;-)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 04, 2026 09:46 PM (0sNs1)

178 I'm beat. Gonna hit the sack super early tonight.
Goodnight all.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 04, 2026 09:47 PM (3ImbR)

179 Bush made her entire campaign about attacking ICE, Israel and socialism.

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Boy, radical, stupid, violent, ugly, anti-Jewish, anti-ICE, she had it all!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 04, 2026 09:47 PM (ndZc7)

180 >>Would not be surprised about cyber warfare problems. Kroger's gas pumps were down in my area.

There are at least a half dozen states that are dealing with the threat of cyber attack on their water supply.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 09:48 PM (viF8m)

181 I am surprised the hacking of water systems has not gotten more attention. That is a serious problem.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 04, 2026 09:50 PM (3ZNGI)

182 Check that. Up to 12 now.

>>At least 12 states face cyberattacks on their water systems, sources say

https://tinyurl.com/3va2zjv7

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 09:50 PM (viF8m)

183 180 >>Would not be surprised about cyber warfare problems. Kroger's gas pumps were down in my area.

There are at least a half dozen states that are dealing with the threat of cyber attack on their water supply.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 09:48 PM (viF8m)
Sleepers. Been planned for years. When they pull the trigger nationwide? It. All. Goes. Down. As they say, buy ammo.

Posted by: Eromero at August 04, 2026 09:52 PM (LHPAg)

184 I hope nobody hacks my pump.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 04, 2026 09:53 PM (Cqx++)

185 Before the cafe closes, I wanted to say something.

I wonder what it was.

Posted by: mindful webworker - the unintended consequence at August 04, 2026 09:53 PM (0poB+)

186 182 Check that. Up to 12 now.

>>At least 12 states face cyberattacks on their water systems, sources say

https://tinyurl.com/3va2zjv7
Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 09:50 PM (viF8m)

****************
Jack...have you or anyone seen a list of the states?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 04, 2026 09:54 PM (hzuYO)

187 183 180 >>Would not be surprised about cyber warfare problems. Kroger's gas pumps were down in my area.

There are at least a half dozen states that are dealing with the threat of cyber attack on their water supply.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 09:48 PM (viF8m)
Sleepers. Been planned for years. When they pull the trigger nationwide? It. All. Goes. Down. As they say, buy ammo.
Posted by: Eromero
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Normal IT incompetence, outsourcing and hiring H1Bs with fake degrees and resumes would also account for it.

I had enough of dealing with Microsux today on a routine account issue.

Posted by: whig at August 04, 2026 09:54 PM (E4rtv)

188 I wish I had a well. Insert joke here.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 04, 2026 09:55 PM (3ZNGI)

189 184 I hope nobody hacks my pump.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

None of that should ever be on the internet. The internet of things is simply a honeypot for hackers.

Posted by: whig at August 04, 2026 09:55 PM (E4rtv)

190
he does neutering, and he also puts dogs up for adoption and arranges transport for them all over the world.
Posted by: IrishEi?!

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

As long as he can retard the cycle of overbreeding and neglect. And good for him.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 09:57 PM (mmrXZ)

191 >>Jack...have you or anyone seen a list of the states?

Just a partial list. Ones I saw were in the Midwest, Michigan and Minnesota I remember.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 09:57 PM (viF8m)

192 181 I am surprised the hacking of water systems has not gotten more attention. That is a serious problem.
Posted by: Ben Had
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A) probably the usual Don't Panic the Public, and B) a lot of water systems have incompetent management where the hiring was done politically rather than capability and C) idiots think everything should be connected to the web and equipment providers obliged.

Posted by: whig at August 04, 2026 09:58 PM (E4rtv)

193 My Mom once apologized to one of my biggest high-school crushes for the state of my room.

It was full of intellectual clutter.

Needless to say, no hanky-panky went on there, at least not with that particular girl.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 10:00 PM (77rzZ)

194 A prayer request. Mrs. E has surgery consults on Thursday for double mastectomy, and believe it or not I have a surgery consult the same day for teefs, 10 of them. We will look look like kids again, Mrs. E will be flat-chested and I will have no teefs.

Posted by: Eromero at August 04, 2026 10:00 PM (LHPAg)

195 Anybody seen Mitch?

Posted by: Mildly curious at August 04, 2026 10:01 PM (2Ez/1)

196 As i understand it the systems still have a manual override but connecting critical systems to the internet is insanity.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 04, 2026 10:01 PM (3ZNGI)

197 Eromero, prayers ascend for you both every day.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 04, 2026 10:03 PM (3ZNGI)

198 >>As i understand it the systems still have a manual override but connecting critical systems to the internet is insanity.

So is connecting voting machines and yet ...

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 10:03 PM (viF8m)

199 Seems like Chipotle is having some issues with their menu like taco bell and their customers are becoming ill. Overly chopped up greens tend to go sour fairly quickly.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 04, 2026 10:05 PM (ixEhJ)

200 196 As i understand it the systems still have a manual override but connecting critical systems to the internet is insanity.
Posted by: Ben Had

There are ways to set up private networks for monitoring but you must have the system air gapped so you cannot access the internet with the private network and its vital machines at all.

We did this for a long time until suddenly everything had to be connected to the net so that it could accessed by everyone across the globe.

Because it is cheaper and easier to do that than the harder way of protecting those machines.

Posted by: whig at August 04, 2026 10:06 PM (E4rtv)

201 Chipotle, sick? What a surprise/

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 10:06 PM (79aIp)

202 Eromero,
Sending prayers.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 04, 2026 10:07 PM (2WIwB)

203 Because it is cheaper and easier to do that than the harder way of protecting those machines.

Posted by: whig
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Invasion of the Yang Poon Clan.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 10:08 PM (79aIp)

204 So is connecting voting machines and yet ...
Posted by: JackStraw

Paper ballots and scanners but always paper ballots counted at the precinct and reported from the precinct rather than a central tabulation area.

Posted by: whig at August 04, 2026 10:08 PM (E4rtv)

205 Prayers up to you both, Eromero.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 04, 2026 10:10 PM (5ExGj)

206 Come for a meal and leave with projectile vomiting and explosive bowels.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 04, 2026 10:10 PM (3ZNGI)

207 NOOD ONT
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Posted by: mindful webworker - run do not walk at August 04, 2026 10:10 PM (0poB+)

208 >>Paper ballots and scanners but always paper ballots counted at the precinct and reported from the precinct rather than a central tabulation area.

In my little town in blue RI, I have to show my license or other photo ID. The woman who checks me in and gives me my paper ballot lives across the street.

The only reason not to do things this way is to cheat.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 10:11 PM (viF8m)

209 Invasion of the Yang Poon Clan.

Posted by: Braenyard

The fact that the cheap ass crap electronics for the internet of things comes from Chicoms prescrewed as far as security. Most are linux derived OS of some sort with default passwords often blank ones or 123456 and user accounts defaulting as admin with all privileges.

No security setup, no hardening, just put on the internet and show up on the network for manipulation intentional or by hackers. To hard for the people running them to change passwords and limit user accounts, let alone hardening them.

With AI agents, this sort of hacking becomes a trivial Q/A with an AI chatbot and likely it can find all it needs of the sloppy IT managers of credentials, passwords in the clear, and user accounts, along with open ports to enter the systems.

Posted by: whig at August 04, 2026 10:14 PM (E4rtv)

210 The stealing of nearly 100 million of bitcoin from a firm that specialized in storing crypto safely indicates the day of the AI hacker gangs has arrived.

Posted by: whig at August 04, 2026 10:15 PM (E4rtv)

211 In my little town in blue RI, I have to show my license or other photo ID. The woman who checks me in and gives me my paper ballot lives across the street.

The only reason not to do things this way is to cheat.
Posted by: JackStraw

Yep. Paper precinct voter books and signins as well.

Posted by: whig at August 04, 2026 10:16 PM (E4rtv)

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