Arbitration Board Says That Racist Grifter Karen Attiah Was Wrongly Fired for Making Up Fake Racist Quotes "by" Charlie Kirk and Celebrating His Murder; Hasan Piker Mocks Kirk's Murder in Hate Rally

Karen Attiah is a degenerate, unqualified DEI hire formerly, and now presently, employed by the Washington Post to write the same three columns about racism, colonialism, "Islamaphobia" and sexism over and over again while hammering checks.

After she made up fake quotes by Charlie Kirk and used them as a predicate for celebrating his murder, the incoming less-leftwing management of the Washington Post fired her.

She sued, which invoked an arbitration over the firing. (Which was specified in her contract, it seems.)

The arbitrator decided that it's no big deal for a "journalist" to make up quotes and justify political assassination of conservatives and ordered her to be rehired and be paid for the year she had off.

An arbitrator has ordered the Washington Post to rehire Karen Attiah, the opinion columnist who was fired last September after she blasted Charlie Kirk as "a white man that espoused violence" the day of his brutal assassination.
In a written decision Thursday, arbitrator Sarah Miller Espinosa said WaPo "did not have good and sufficient cause" to fire the scribe and "violated" its labor agreement with the controversial columnist.
Espinosa ordered the legacy newspaper to compensate Attiah with back pay and lost benefits.
"This decision confirms what we've said from the start: I was doing my job as an opinion journalist, and doing that job is not misconduct," Attiah told The Post in a statement, adding that she is "relieved to finally have that record set straight."
She added that she hopes her win "sends a message to journalists and media institutions everywhere that freedom of expression is always worth fighting for."

Really? Is conservatives' free speech worth fighting for?

If Scott Jennings glorifies violence against leftists, will you fight for his right to agitate for assassination while collecting a corporate check, too?

...
The decision -- which is binding, according to WaPo's labor agreement -- caps off a yearlong battle after Attiah argued a slew of controversial social media posts she fired off the day of Kirk's shocking killing did not violate company policy.
On Sept. 10, 2025, Attiah wrote in a Bluesky post: "Part of what keeps America so violent is the insistence that people perform care, empty goodness and absolution for white men that espouse hatred and violence."
In another post that day, she wrote: "Refusing to tear my clothes and smear ashes on my face in performative mourning for a white man that espoused violence is ... not the same as violence."
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Wayne Connell, WaPo's chief HR officer, wrote that Attiah's Bluesky posts had violated the company's social media policies, harmed "the integrity of our organization" and potentially endangered "the physical safety of our staff."
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Attiah's case against the WaPo went to arbitration in June and included testimony from her, O'Neal and Connell. Attiah was represented by lawyers from Democracy Defenders Action, a nonprofit co-founded by lawyer Norman Eisen, and the Washington-Baltimore News Guild.

Norman Eisen is the guy behind the Infinite Lawfare against Trump.

Eisen, one of Attiah's lawyers, called the decision "a thunderous victory for Karen Attiah, an award-winning journalist fired for doing her job, over Bezos' Washington Post."

Am I allowed to justify violence against Normal Eisen or is that an offense worthy of cancellation? I assume it's the latter, right?

Meanwhile, Gay Islamist Race Hustler and assassination-agitator Hasan Piker is on some kind of gay tour and led his crowd in cheering the murder of Charlie Kirk.

We have seen protesters on the left around the country mocking the assassination of Charlie Kirk, even reenacting his murder. Hate traffickers like Jennifer Welch have even justified his assassination. It is all shocking and depressing, but none reached the level of Hasan Piker leading a huge crowd in mocking Kirk and his faith. Before he was murdered, Kirk debated Piker and called him a "socialist hypocrite." What is shocking is not the utter depravity and cruelty of Piker, but the ecstasy of the crowd in relishing the death of someone with opposing views. It is part of the conditioning in an "age of rage."
In the video, Piker leads the crowd in the meme song "We Are Charlie Kirk" at a stop of his "Fear& LIVE" tour, including such lines as "We are Charlie Kirk, we carry the flame. We'll fight for the Gospel, we'll honor his name." His co-hosts and the crowd seem to be laughing with joy.
Joining him at this hatefest at the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco on August 21 were reportedly Will Neff, QTCinderella, and AustinShow.
Hasan is wearing his now-signature Mao jacket as the young crowd and his co-hosts laugh hysterically. It is the very essence of this movement to desensitize people, particularly young people, to violence and hate.
In Rage and the Republic, I wrote about this national ragefest. It allows people to hate completely and without thought to the humanity of those being hurt. What people will not admit is that they like it. Rage is addictive, and it is contagious. Just look at the crowd in San Francisco, and you will see the addictive quality of uncut, undiluted hate:

Piker, Will Neff, QTCinderella, AustinShow, and these fans have every right to spread hate. It is protected speech just as KKK and neo-Nazi groups are allowed to promulgate their own hateful values.
What is exasperating is how hatemongers on the left want to enjoy hate speech while accusing others of hate and intolerance. They do so by excusing their actions or views by demonizing those who disagree. Democratic leaders continue the false claim that democracy is dying in America and that this may be our last free election. While made over multiple elections, this repeated claim of the imminent death of democracy (unless they are elected) does not appear to register with their supporters.

Hasan sings “We Are Charlie Kirk” at the Fear& live tour pic.twitter.com/n4rGVTREyB
— yeet (@Awk20000) August 22, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:25 PM

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1 Judges are the problem everywhere

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 24, 2026 02:26 PM (N1DT3)

2 1st

Posted by: GF at August 24, 2026 02:26 PM (e5z5/)

3 (Because an "arbitrator" is a judge)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 24, 2026 02:27 PM (N1DT3)

4 Eisen is a POS

Posted by: It's me donna at August 24, 2026 02:27 PM (+gK6I)

5 They aren't even hiding it anymore.

These are not our countrymen. These are domestic enemies who want us, ALL of us, dead.

We can't live in a country with people who want us dead.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 24, 2026 02:28 PM (N1DT3)

6 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 02:29 PM (ccf/V)

7 lum has been NOOD'ed, ya bastages.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 02:29 PM (ccf/V)

8 So, does this freedom of expression apply to Facebook when someone wants to talk about using Ivermectin for Covid or just to writers at the Post?

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 24, 2026 02:30 PM (sA+Qj)

9 There is no symmetry in Justice today. A lack of symmetry is a grave weakness, and leads to bad things.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 02:30 PM (u82oZ)

10 There needs to be a partitioning.

They can have the Northeast and the Northwest. (They like urban living anyway.)

We'll take the rest.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 24, 2026 02:30 PM (N1DT3)

11 Exhibit A on why I never allow arbitration clauses in my clients' contracts.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 24, 2026 02:30 PM (sFNX2)

12 It certainly would be a shame if Piker was to be introduced to his eagerly awaiting 72 goat anuses......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 02:31 PM (ccf/V)

13 We're coming up on the 1-year anniversary of Charlie's murder.

Posted by: Bulg at August 24, 2026 02:31 PM (77rzZ)

14 Norm Eisen is also friends with Straight-shootin' Chief Justice John Roberts, IIRC.

Not a smidgen of corruption.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 24, 2026 02:31 PM (skR0U)

15 >>>14 Norm Eisen is also friends with Straight-shootin' Chief Justice John Roberts, IIRC.

oh really? Not surprising!

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 02:32 PM (1wjle)

16 Remember the girl that got fired for the joke, "headed to Africa, hope I don't get AIDS?"

That was just the deserved consequence for what she said.

But celebrating murder--and defaming the dead even before the body was cold--is protected speech.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 24, 2026 02:33 PM (3cUTc)

17 Formerly Virginian

Them: Urban hellhole without farms or food warehouses. Stuffed with crazed, evil, criminals

Us: Suburbs to rural, including farms, access roads, and food warehouses. A lot of good people with concealed carry just going about their day.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 02:33 PM (u82oZ)

18 Wait. The problem was WaPo had too much integrity?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 24, 2026 02:33 PM (ndZc7)

19 >>>11 Exhibit A on why I never allow arbitration clauses in my clients' contracts.

Speaking of arbitration, I just rewatched Wedding Crashers twice in one weekend, and it totally holds up. Very recommended.

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 02:33 PM (1wjle)

20 The left. It would have nothing if hypocrisy wasn't allowed to exist.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 02:34 PM (ccf/V)

21 Remember the girl that got fired for the joke, "headed to Africa, hope I don't get AIDS?"

HA!

Did she?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 02:35 PM (ccf/V)

22 Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Without projection, the Left would be silent.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 02:35 PM (u82oZ)

23 We're coming up on the 1-year anniversary of Charlie's murder.

Posted by: Bulg at August 24, 2026 02:31 PM (77rzZ)

And Turning Point is going back to the scene.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 02:35 PM (ccf/V)

24 13 We're coming up on the 1-year anniversary of Charlie's murder.
Posted by: Bulg at August 24, 2026 02:31 PM (77rzZ)

Just realized that.... What a dark day with great repercussions.. As much as TPUSA is trying it has lost some of its influence.. Which was the point of his killing...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 24, 2026 02:35 PM (+gK6I)

25 yeah she did get fired. #WhenDoesJustineLand

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 02:35 PM (1wjle)

26
All true, although I got a YouTube of Bill Maher and Chevy Chase.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 24, 2026 02:36 PM (mmrXZ)

27 Speaking of too much integrity . . .

California mom who defied court order to save son from trans cult begins 3-year sentence

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 24, 2026 02:36 PM (ndZc7)

28 The judiciary is squarely aligned with the left. That's the side in the social/ideological/political war we're fighting they've chosen. It's why the left seems to win most legal arguments that clearly should have been lost. It's why many laws that should be followed or make sense, are struck down and others that make zero sense are upheld. It's why James Comey is a free man and Trump was indicted multiple times and had to fight for his freedom in court... even with the charges being so obviously politically charged or based on crazy interpretations of law.

It will not now, or ever, be rectified by voting.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2026 02:36 PM (2Cry5)

29 OTOH, my only interest in the fight between Bezos and the radical lefties at the WaPo is rooting for injuries.

And this delivers a nice body blow to both.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 24, 2026 02:36 PM (3cUTc)

30 it totally holds up. Very recommended.
Posted by: ace

Chicks dig the motorboat.

Posted by: Kratwurst at August 24, 2026 02:36 PM (36bTp)

31 Blue on Blue, have to raise the price of the rag to make it back.

Time to do the traditional thing and send her out on serious reportage to every craphole place in the world they can think of. Demand those stories on tight deadlines then cut them down to a paragraph.

Repeat until she quits.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 02:37 PM (uhVAy)

32 >>>All true, although I got a YouTube of Bill Maher and Chevy Chase.

This is insane. I am listening to that video right at this moment.

Right now. Still on.

How did you get to that? I got there by searching for something, I forget what, and blundering into the Chevy-Chase-got-sued-for-calling-Cary-Grant-gay, which led me to the video, where he mentions that lawsuit.

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 02:37 PM (1wjle)

33 ...What is shocking is not the utter depravity and cruelty of Piker, but the ecstasy of the crowd in relishing the death of someone with opposing views. It is part of the conditioning in an "age of rage."

What fuckers like Piker and Jennifer Welch don't seem to grasp is that rage can - and will soon be - a two way street.

I'm well on my way down that street.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 24, 2026 02:37 PM (quqPW)

34 Are there actually people who want to listen to an hour of Chevy Chase being interviewed?

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 24, 2026 02:38 PM (/OKHJ)

35 Why should I watch a video with Chevy Chase and Bill Maher?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 02:38 PM (ccf/V)

36 Chevy Chase tells a story about meeting Frank Sinatra. Sinatra asks "What are you drinking?" immediately. Chevy Chase says "This is my friend, Martin Short, he's a huge fan," and Martin Short is starstruck and stutters about how great Sinatra is, and Sinatra says, "yeah I know, what are you drinking?"

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 02:38 PM (1wjle)

37

Whats up with that Piker asshole's head?

It's positively shrimpy.

Looking at the news about population, scumbags like this are winning the long game to rid the world of white people.

It's happening.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at August 24, 2026 02:38 PM (YkUG7)

38 Meanwhile, Gay Islamist Race Hustler and assassination-agitator Hasan Piker

Between muzzies and women who back Lindsay Clancy, buy more ammo.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 02:38 PM (+tGb6)

39 'm well on my way down that street.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above!

Pity would stay my hand.

It's a pity I am out of ammo.

No bayonet lug wanted. Too close.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 02:39 PM (u82oZ)

40
Well, I've now learned something about binding arbitration, and I think if I were an employer, I'd stick with the at-will contract. It seems like they're different? It's incredible that the WaPo can't fire her for cause.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 24, 2026 02:39 PM (mmrXZ)

41 Hasan Piker is pro-crossbow and pro-penguin.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 24, 2026 02:39 PM (0sNs1)

42 >>>34 Are there actually people who want to listen to an hour of Chevy Chase being interviewed?

I don't know, I'm not interested much in either of them. I just wanted to hear Chase's accounting of the Cary-Grant-is-gay joke. (He just said "it's the dumbest thing I ever said.")

It's so bizarre that Blonde Morticia just got linked to that video.

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 02:39 PM (1wjle)

43 All true, although I got a YouTube of Bill Maher and Chevy Chase.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

I've read where Chevy Chase got in a big fight with Bill Murray backstage during the first SNL premier. They almost came to blows.

I think Chase had a reputation for being an a-hole. Maybe Murray, too.

Posted by: Bulg at August 24, 2026 02:39 PM (77rzZ)

44 yeah she did get fired. #WhenDoesJustineLand

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 02:35 PM (1wjle)

Did she go to Africa and did she get AIDS?

Cuz that was Gates and Fauci's test bed for that shit. Remember, that was the first in the run of "a dude f*cked a monkey and got AIDS going."

That led to a whole host of 'humans getting diseases from animal' bullshit........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 02:40 PM (ccf/V)

45 The judiciary is squarely aligned with the left. That's the side in the social/ideological/political war we're fighting they've chosen. It's why the left seems to win most legal arguments that clearly should have been lost. It's why many laws that should be followed or make sense, are struck down and others that make zero sense are upheld. It's why James Comey is a free man and Trump was indicted multiple times and had to fight for his freedom in court... even with the charges being so obviously politically charged or based on crazy interpretations of law.

It will not now, or ever, be rectified by voting.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2026 02:36 PM (2Cry5)

They've broken the social compact. And the rage is building. In my case at least.

I need to go and read some scripture to cool me down.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 24, 2026 02:40 PM (quqPW)

46
I think Chase had a reputation for being an a-hole. Maybe Murray, too.
Posted by: Bulg at August 24, 2026 02:39 PM (77rzZ)

Yeah, they're both assholes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 02:40 PM (ccf/V)

47 Why would somebody want blinding arbitration? Nobody could see anything...

What? Oh...

Never mind.

Posted by: Emily Litella at August 24, 2026 02:40 PM (skR0U)

48 Why should I watch a video with Chevy Chase and Bill Maher?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 02:38 PM

Mental self-flagellation?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2026 02:40 PM (bFu5X)

49 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Nothing says they have to print anything that she writes, though, right?

Just stick her in some office in the basement next to the trash collection area and let her write to her heart's content - just don't publish any of it.

A column isn't guaranteed to anyone.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 24, 2026 02:40 PM (SRRAx)

50 Chevy Chase could never catch me.

Posted by: The woman in the red car at August 24, 2026 02:41 PM (0sNs1)

51 >>>I've read where Chevy Chase got in a big fight with Bill Murray backstage during the first SNL premier. They almost came to blows.

i think they did scuffle. As they were being pulled away from each other, one of them, Chevy Chase I think, insulted the other with a very Hollywood/Theater Kid put-down: "You're a medium talent!"

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 02:41 PM (1wjle)

52 As I recall Roberts roomed with Eisen at some conference. They are best buds.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2026 02:41 PM (rp63B)

53 El Malo Gato's take on Hassan the Piker, and "voices" who do the same schtick:

hasan is not an intellectual. he’s an embarrassment to submidwittery. listen to him speak. he’s actually, legitimately stupid. but being a leading light is not his role.
piker is a permission giver. he says wild, accusatory, hateful things and brands out-groups as evil.

people follow him not because he's smart, they follow him because he gives them justification to hate while casting it (at least in their own minds) as justice and tolerance. it allows them to view some people as less than human. this belief unlocks permission to act beastly toward others and call it virtue.

his entire product is "feel good about being a bad person, feel good about being a coercive crybully taker instead of a builder or a maker."

he sells license. and a lot of badly adjusted cluster B jerks are lined up out the door to buy.

it's pathology club: external validation for those with externalized identities.

but once you’re in, you’re caught. many will know the expression that “those who can be made to believe absurdities can be made to commit atrocities.”

"Making Idiots Useful"
https://tinyurl.com/2ze9scdd

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2026 02:42 PM (rbvCR)

54 Charlie Kirk was the antithesis of what the teachers unions stand for. I think the call to whack him came from the Education bureaucracy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 24, 2026 02:42 PM (teh/r)

55 I think here is the escalation I want:

Bezos retaliates by another round of layoffs that just so happen to include her.
The rest of the staff goes on strike in solidarity.

Nobody notices.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 24, 2026 02:42 PM (3cUTc)

56
Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 02:37 PM (1wjle)

=========

I think you were looking for whatever comes after this:

>>Just look at the crowd in San Francisco, and you will see the addictive quality of uncut, undiluted hate:

...and somehow you stumbled into an hour+ of Chevy and Bill.

You probably went PASTE and it pasted the wrong URL.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 24, 2026 02:42 PM (mmrXZ)

57 >>Just stick her in some office in the basement next to the trash collection area

'Hello, Grace. This is George Costanza. If Mr Tomasuto calls tell him, "I'M IN MY OFFICE!".

Posted by: garrett at August 24, 2026 02:42 PM (pbpqV)

58 >>I think Chase had a reputation for being an a-hole. Maybe Murray, too.
Posted by: Bulg at August 24, 2026 02:39 PM (77rzZ)
Yeah, they're both assholes.

enormous assholes. Not assholes in a fun way, either. Just incredible assholes. I'm a fan of Community and have heard everyone rag on Chase's terrible attitude and poor work ethic and out of control ego.

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 02:42 PM (1wjle)

59 49 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Nothing says they have to print anything that she writes, though, right?

Just stick her in some office in the basement next to the trash collection area and let her write to her heart's content - just don't publish any of it.

A column isn't guaranteed to anyone.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 24, 2026 02:40 PM (SRRAx)

My guess is they want her back.. I think they felt they had to fire her when she said this because the murder was new and emotions were high and they didn't want to get sued... Now they're home free...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 24, 2026 02:42 PM (+gK6I)

60 one thing about that quote about Hasan and Charlie. I don't think they actually debated face to face, one was scheduled for a couple weeks after Charlie was killed.

Hasan regularly gets tossed about in actual debates with serious people.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 02:43 PM (uhVAy)

61 >>.You probably went PASTE and it pasted the wrong URL.

LOL! I guess it isn't so bizarre!

Let me fix that!

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 02:43 PM (1wjle)

62 i think they did scuffle. As they were being pulled away from each other, one of them, Chevy Chase I think, insulted the other with a very Hollywood/Theater Kid put-down: "You're a medium talent!"
Posted by: ace

I think it was actually Murray who said that to Chase.

Posted by: Bulg at August 24, 2026 02:43 PM (77rzZ)

63 She cannot borrow my stapler. I'll burn this place down.

Posted by: Milton Waddams at August 24, 2026 02:44 PM (skR0U)

64 The Post article does not explain how the Washington Post ended up in a situation where they have to get approval from an arbitration board before firing an opinion writer.

That makes no sense, and I would think the NYP would be sensitive to how crazy that is, and explain it.

Imagine hiring someone to paint your house, and they use the wrong color paint. "Nope, can't fire me. arbitration board says so."

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 24, 2026 02:44 PM (flhbb)

65 Isn't it true that Chevy Chase got fired from Community 'cause the rest of the cast couldn't stand him?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 24, 2026 02:44 PM (3cUTc)

66 Hadrian: Condolences. May your grief be brief, healing complete, and your happiness return.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 24, 2026 02:44 PM (JNTt1)

67 Chase comes from a ton of money. His attitude shows.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2026 02:44 PM (rp63B)

68
Nothing says they have to print anything that she writes, though, right?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth,

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

LOL, I like the way you think. In fact, maybe they could "edit" her stuff, adding the word "not" at crucial points.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 24, 2026 02:44 PM (mmrXZ)

69 Good Lord. Now that the Mystery of How Blonde Morticia Wound Up Watching the Same Video I Was is solved, I have corrected and added the correct video of the gigantic asshole Hasan Piker.

#HTMLskillz

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 02:45 PM (1wjle)

70 51 >>>I've read where Chevy Chase got in a big fight with Bill Murray backstage during the first SNL premier. They almost came to blows.

i think they did scuffle. As they were being pulled away from each other, one of them, Chevy Chase I think, insulted the other with a very Hollywood/Theater Kid put-down: "You're a medium talent!"
Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 02:41 PM (1wjle)

Filming Caddyshack brought the two of them back together, strangely enough.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 24, 2026 02:45 PM (0CU3H)

71 I don't think anybody who ever worked with Chevy Chase has ever had anything nice to say about him.

In all of my years, never once have I heard anything but dislike of him evinced by others.

Posted by: garrett at August 24, 2026 02:45 PM (pbpqV)

72 enormous assholes. Not assholes in a fun way, either. Just incredible assholes. I'm a fan of Community and have heard everyone rag on Chase's terrible attitude and poor work ethic and out of control ego.
Posted by: ace

I am a huge Bill Murray fan, but you can tell just from some of his roles that he doesn't have to reach very far down to channel his inner jerk.

Posted by: Bulg at August 24, 2026 02:45 PM (77rzZ)

73 You know what phrase you don't hear enough any more?

"What's the story, morning glory?"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 24, 2026 02:45 PM (3cUTc)

74 So she was on a contract? I guess. Not sure how long, but contracts end. I suspect it won't get renewed.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 24, 2026 02:46 PM (n5tGW)

75 Well, I've now learned something about binding arbitration, and I think if I were an employer, I'd stick with the at-will contract. It seems like they're different? It's incredible that the WaPo can't fire her for cause.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 24, 2026 02:39 PM (mmrXZ)

Why would a newspaper ever let reporters and editors become a union. Janitors, and skilled operators of the machines, but never the totally replaceable pretty dudes in suits and girls in short skirts.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 02:46 PM (uhVAy)

76 >>>67 Chase comes from a ton of money. His attitude shows.

I saw that documentary about him. He doesn't really come from money. He comes from *near* money. I think his mom gave him his name (Cornelius Crane) to flatter a very rich man they knew or were vaguely related to, in hopes that he would give them money. I don't think he gave them much.

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 02:46 PM (1wjle)

77 Going out on a limb, but I think this country would be in such a better place if the administration just ignored these illegitimate judges (illegitimate in the sense that they are purposefully usurping the law to the detriment of society). The behavior of these judges would be listed as a greivence in the Declaration of Independence.

Posted by: Cray Cray at August 24, 2026 02:46 PM (CYBB0)

78 Who owns the Washington Post?

Whoever it is, if they had any balls they would burn down the entire business before letting that slag employee tell them what opinions they were going to write about.

It is madness. Some two bit drunken whore (all journalists are drunken whores) tell the paper what is going to be in their pages.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 24, 2026 02:46 PM (flhbb)

79 And who names their kid after a Maryland suburb?

Posted by: Bulg at August 24, 2026 02:46 PM (77rzZ)

80 Fun fact: When Chevy Chase was at Bard College, he played drums in a band with Donald Fagen and Walter Becker.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 24, 2026 02:47 PM (skR0U)

81 I don't think anybody who ever worked with Chevy Chase has ever had anything nice to say about him.

In all of my years, never once have I heard anything but dislike of him evinced by others.
Posted by: garrett at August 24, 2026 02:45 PM (pbpqV)

is that...garrett MORRIS?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 02:47 PM (uhVAy)

82 39 'm well on my way down that street.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above!

Pity would stay my hand.

It's a pity I am out of ammo.

No bayonet lug wanted. Too close.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
=======
Semi and full auto rifles made the bayonet obsolete. Easier to just reload mags and shoot the person off the rifle than engage in bayoneting them.

Posted by: whig at August 24, 2026 02:47 PM (E4rtv)

83
My guess is they want her back.. I think they felt they had to fire her when she said this because the murder was new and emotions were high and they didn't want to get sued... Now they're home free...
Posted by: It's me donna

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That's even more depressing than her strutting back into the office against their wishes.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 24, 2026 02:48 PM (mmrXZ)

84 You know what phrase you don't hear enough any more? Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

One of the widow I walk with said "Hubba, Hubba" to me. Yes, she is older. All the widows I walk with are older.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 02:48 PM (u82oZ)

85 Wait. So you can never fire someone who writes for WaPo? Hmmm.

And btw, do they have to give her the old job back, or can they make her a janitor? A lot of labor contracts don’t guarantee the same job.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 24, 2026 02:48 PM (IfQzb)

86 10 Things You Didn't Know About What About Bob

https://youtu.be/BhBrz2ee0iQ

This isn't kind to Bill Murray. Dreyfuss hated him and he through a producer into a lake, among other things.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 24, 2026 02:48 PM (/OKHJ)

87 >>.80 Fun fact: When Chevy Chase was at Bard College, he played drums in a band with Donald Fagen and Walter Becker.

did you see the documentary too? I was just about to mention that.

btw, the documentary isn't worth it. Chase is not a big enough asshole in the video to make it compelling, and the stories about his assholishness are all old and well-known. I don't think there were any good new asshole stories.

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 02:48 PM (1wjle)

88 >>>El Malo Gato's take on Hassan the Piker, and "voices" who do the same schtick:

Mind you, Candy-O and a number of "right" voices do the same s. . . .htick, and want to be permission givers in the world of Ideas, just like dear William F Buckley who managed to assign himself as the Pope of the right minded right and gave permission about who was to be cast out of the Conservative movement

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2026 02:48 PM (rbvCR)

89 "What's the story, morning glory?"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

When I said goodbye to my sister for the last time, she said "Later, Gator."

And I responded with "While, Dile."

Posted by: Bulg at August 24, 2026 02:48 PM (77rzZ)

90 Rage and outrage. Without the consequences of having to defend your slander in meatspace. We need more black powder duels.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 24, 2026 02:49 PM (FR9Sb)

91 Good Lord. Now that the Mystery of How Blonde Morticia Wound Up Watching the Same Video I Was is solved, I have corrected and added the correct video of the gigantic asshole Hasan Piker.

#HTMLskillz
Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 02:45 PM (1wjle)

That was super spooky. I blame the Pyramids in Antarctica for it all.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 02:49 PM (uhVAy)

92 >>>https://youtu.be/BhBrz2ee0iQ

This isn't kind to Bill Murray. Dreyfuss hated him and he through a producer into a lake, among other things.

I like Minty.

Apparently Bill Murray threw a heavy glass ashtray at Dreyfuss's head.

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 02:49 PM (1wjle)

93 72 enormous assholes. Not assholes in a fun way, either. Just incredible assholes. I'm a fan of Community and have heard everyone rag on Chase's terrible attitude and poor work ethic and out of control ego.
Posted by: ace

I am a huge Bill Murray fan, but you can tell just from some of his roles that he doesn't have to reach very far down to channel his inner jerk.
Posted by: Bulg
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Infamous SNL fight between Chase who was coming back to host the show after leaving and Murray.

Posted by: whig at August 24, 2026 02:49 PM (E4rtv)

94 One of the widow I walk with said "Hubba, Hubba" to me. Yes, she is older. All the widows I walk with are older.
--
One of the best lines ever said by Lucy Lu in Payback.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 24, 2026 02:50 PM (3cUTc)

95 I've got a million asshole stories!

Posted by: The Grand Poofter at August 24, 2026 02:50 PM (JM9I6)

96 83
My guess is they want her back.. I think they felt they had to fire her when she said this because the murder was new and emotions were high and they didn't want to get sued... Now they're home free...
Posted by: It's me donna

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That's even more depressing than her strutting back into the office against their wishes.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 24, 2026 02:48 PM (mmrXZ)

To be fair, it's a dying industry. Bezos will probably use this rehire as an excuse to close the whole department in 3 months (or whenever his lawyers says retaliation claims would be passed)...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 24, 2026 02:50 PM (tOcjL)

97 ...Semi and full auto rifles made the bayonet obsolete. Easier to just reload mags and shoot the person off the rifle than engage in bayoneting them.

Posted by: whig at August 24, 2026 02:47 PM (E4rtv)

I still believe in "The Spirit of the Bayonet" - from Ft Benning days. I've got one on my M-1.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 24, 2026 02:51 PM (quqPW)

98 My favorite part about the left is that no matter how egregious or heinous an act one of the protected class commits, there's always a fucking conga line of sleazebag lawyers waiting to represent them pro bono.

Posted by: ballistic at August 24, 2026 02:51 PM (oqH4h)

99 "40
Well, I've now learned something about binding arbitration, and I think if I were an employer, I'd stick with the at-will contract. It seems like they're different? It's incredible that the WaPo can't fire her for cause."
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First it depends on the State. Decent States (red) are employee-at-will states; one can be fired at any time and for any (or no) reason. When they want to fire someone, I advise my clients just to say, "your services are no longer required; good luck." Giving a reason just invites argument, at best. If one is not careful, the reason given can end up being a basis for lawsuit: saying "we just want some new blood around here," can lead to age or racial discrimination claims. Clients frequently don't follow my advice; they are basically good people who don't want to appear cruel (hereinafter called, "defendants").

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 24, 2026 02:51 PM (sFNX2)

100 >>>is that...garrett MORRIS?

I think garrett morris is actually the one SNL person willing to say nice things about Chevy Chase.

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 02:51 PM (1wjle)

101 The left applauds and celebrates the murder of a man because he didn’t share their beliefs and was extraordinarily good at open and honest debate.

Then the so-called journalists (i.e. Democrat Party Scribes) justify and applaud that murder.

Are these the new rules?

Posted by: Vengeance at August 24, 2026 02:51 PM (IfQzb)

102 I once heard a story that, whenever he would watch "Roadhouse," Bill Murray would call up the husband of the actress who played the nurse and tell him that his wife was sleeping with Patrick Swayze.

Posted by: Bulg at August 24, 2026 02:52 PM (77rzZ)

103 Mind you, Candy-O and a number of "right" voices do the same s. . . .htick, and want to be permission givers in the world of Ideas, just like dear William F Buckley who managed to assign himself as the Pope of the right minded right and gave permission about who was to be cast out of the Conservative movement
Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2026 02:48 PM (rbvCR)

The funniest part is how little Piker enjoys it all. He spends 80 percent of the time on his curated streams threatening suicide and fighting with his fans. Talks incessantly about Asmongold who is richer and living better watching him pop off as a hobby.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 02:52 PM (uhVAy)

104
It is madness. Some two bit drunken whore (all journalists are drunken whores) tell the paper what is going to be in their pages.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

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I don't get it. Indentured servitude is illegal, shouldn't it apply on the employer's side as well?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 24, 2026 02:52 PM (mmrXZ)

105
#HTMLskillz
Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 02:45 PM (1wjle)

That was super spooky. I blame the Pyramids in Antarctica for it all.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 02:49 PM (uhVAy)

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What are we, chopped liver?

Posted by: The Mossad at August 24, 2026 02:52 PM (skR0U)

106 I read a Substack about the ten most dangerous areas in the US. (Three are in Baltimore). Send her there. Let her report on her people.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 24, 2026 02:52 PM (bkuEU)

107 This isn't kind to Bill Murray. Dreyfuss hated him and he through a producer into a lake, among other things.

Posted by: Mark1971
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Dreyfuss probably pushed the same buttons as Chevy Chase did and Murray responded like the substance abusing Irishman he was.

Both Chase and Dreyfuss run their mouths and put downs but don't like it much when some people respond to insults and taunts with fists. That is Bill Murray apparently.

Posted by: whig at August 24, 2026 02:52 PM (E4rtv)

108 The left applauds and celebrates the murder of a man because he didn’t share their beliefs and was extraordinarily good at open and honest debate.

Then the so-called journalists (i.e. Democrat Party Scribes) justify and applaud that murder.

Are these the new rules?
Posted by: Vengeance at August 24, 2026 02:51 PM (IfQzb)

Those have always been the left's rules.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 02:52 PM (uhVAy)

109
No bayonet lug wanted. Too close.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 02:39 PM (u82oZ)

One internet wag on the gun blogs mentioned that the more he learned about fighting with the bayonet, the greater his desire to spend more time at the range improving his marksmanship.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 24, 2026 02:52 PM (y9nCu)

110 >>>102 I once heard a story that, whenever he would watch "Roadhouse," Bill Murray would call up the husband of the actress who played the nurse and tell him that his wife was sleeping with Patrick Swayze.

I think I heard that!

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 02:52 PM (1wjle)

111 That was just sad. He can't sing. He does not know the words and has to read the lyrics on the screen behind him. We need better gay Moslem communists to get any rage going.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 24, 2026 02:52 PM (wGerL)

112 Cucker Tarlson is the Chevy Chase of SNL.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 24, 2026 02:53 PM (FR9Sb)

113 I think garrett morris is actually the one SNL person willing to say nice things about Chevy Chase.
Posted by: ace

Isn't he an ordained minister now, or something like that?

Posted by: Bulg at August 24, 2026 02:53 PM (77rzZ)

114 102 I once heard a story that, whenever he would watch "Roadhouse," Bill Murray would call up the husband of the actress who played the nurse and tell him that his wife was sleeping with Patrick Swayze.
Posted by: Bulg

Mitch Glazer, husband of Kelly Lynch (or was).

Posted by: whig at August 24, 2026 02:54 PM (E4rtv)

115 What are we, chopped liver?
Posted by: The Mossad at August 24, 2026 02:52 PM (skR0U)

Mossad invented Dinosaurs, who became Aliens, who built the Pyramids down there. Wake up sheeple!

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 02:54 PM (uhVAy)

116 91 I blame the Pyramids in Antarctica for it all.

so say we all.

Posted by: commander adama at August 24, 2026 02:54 PM (sGtp+)

117
Posted by: Martin Tell at August 24, 2026 02:51 PM (sFNX2)

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Thanks for the enlightenment. I know California is an at-will state, or at least at-will contracts are all I've ever seen, and I thought everywhere was.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 24, 2026 02:54 PM (mmrXZ)

118 "40: reply continued:
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The existance of an employment contract negates any right to tgerminate at will. It then becomes a matter of contract interpretation. Decider will have to look at ennumerated reasons for termination. Courts are admittedly bad, but if one is railroaded in court, there are always appeals. Binding arbitration sucks. Not only is there no right of appeal, there are numerous examples of runaway arbitrators who completely disregard the contract for "feelz," and may even grant large damages not allowed under the contract. No remedy, and courts are very reluctant to overturn binding arbitration. BTW, almost all consumer contracts mandate binding arbitration.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 24, 2026 02:55 PM (sFNX2)

119 >>>Isn't he an ordained minister now, or something like that?

I don't know. Based on him being willing to be nice to one of the most infamous assholes in Hollywood, I would guess he is, and #NailingIt.

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 02:56 PM (1wjle)

120 Isn't it true that Chevy Chase got fired from Community 'cause the rest of the cast couldn't stand him?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 24, 2026 02:44 PM (3cUTc)

That, plus I believe he dropped the "word" (n__) on a member of the cast.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at August 24, 2026 02:56 PM (ZgwKJ)

121 To be fair, it's a dying industry
Gladiator movies?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 24, 2026 02:56 PM (TkfjZ)

122 HAHAHAHAH!! All your HTML are belong to me !

Posted by: AI at August 24, 2026 02:56 PM (g47mK)

123 One internet wag on the gun blogs mentioned that the more he learned about fighting with the bayonet, the greater his desire to spend more time at the range improving his marksmanship.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 24, 2026 02:52 PM (y9nCu)

The bayonet became a thing because it used to take about a minute or more to reload. Then cavalry could rush in and cut the boys all down unless they carried a bunch of fellows with 20 foot spears to hold the horses off. The bayonet meant every gun became a spear.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 02:57 PM (uhVAy)

124 Chevy Chase was a drummer (with Donald Fagen and Walter Becker in college) which explains a few things.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 24, 2026 02:57 PM (Fv808)

125 Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 02:48 PM (u82oZ

She must be much older, because that was an expression used in the 1940's , You're not walking with a 98 year veterans widow, are you?😉 if so, good for her!

Not that you're not the male version of "hubba hubba " ( it was originally used about women) but it is a funny old expression.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2026 02:57 PM (xSAlF)

126 Blue states tend not be employment-at-will, or "right to work" jurisdictions. Lefties want to get rid of Wisconsin's right to work law and that is an issue in their governor's election. Wisconsin enacted that during the Scott Walker years. Remeber when the teachers went on a non-stop crying jag?

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 24, 2026 02:58 PM (sFNX2)

127 hate us and want us dead.

take the lesson to heart, people.

hate us and want us dead.

flat rate.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2026 02:58 PM (VyBeY)

128 She must be much older, because that was an expression used in the 1940's , You're not walking with a 98 year veterans widow, are you?😉 if so, good for her!

Not that you're not the male version of "hubba hubba " ( it was originally used about women) but it is a funny old expression.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2026 02:57 PM (xSAlF)

23 skidoo Fenelon!

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 02:59 PM (uhVAy)

129 So now these "extreme" Democrats are just loudly doing what "mainstream" Democrats have been doing all along, except now the "mainstream" Democrats get to pretend they are moderate in comparison.

Nice sleight of hand work if you can get it.

Posted by: ... at August 24, 2026 02:59 PM (vE0+H)

130 "Fear & Live Tour"

Fear of WHAT, Hasan? What are you promoting that we should be afraid of? Could it be that we're "next"?

Posted by: pookysgirl needs sleep, badly at August 24, 2026 02:59 PM (Wt5PA)

131 "Are these the new rules?

Posted by: Vengeance at August 24, 2026 02:51 PM (IfQzb) ":

sure looks that way from here.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2026 03:00 PM (VyBeY)

132 I don't get it. Indentured servitude is illegal, shouldn't it apply on the employer's side as well?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

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Tell it to your union rep.

but I would think an opinion writer would not be treated a protected class. Specifically if the problem is *their opinions*

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 24, 2026 03:01 PM (flhbb)

133 >>>That, plus I believe he dropped the "word" (n__) on a member of the cast.

So the one thing I got from the documentary is that that story, at least as Chase tells it/revises it, isn't that bad.

Chase was angry that the writers were writing him as a bitter loser old man. (The writers were probably channeling their real feelings about Chase into the character of Pierce.) He objected to a season 4 episode in which he was supposed to do a blackface hand-puppet. He complained that the writers were making the character more and more braindead-racist, and remarked, "Next thing you do you'll have me calling Donald and Yvette (the black cast members) n******s."

And Yvette, whatever her name is, freaked out and left the set and refused to work with Chase after that. Chase was fired soon after.

If Chase's retelling is true, it's not all that bad. I mean, he didn't actually call them that. He was complaining about being made to say more and more racist things.

And also that Yvette woman is an SJW which I know from her various comments in her real life interviews.

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 03:01 PM (1wjle)

134 20 years ago my wife and I would debate American free speech principles. She being from Russia had a unique perspective, in that lies and untruths should result in prison or criminal prosecution. I was for more robust debate and libel and slander corrections (idealistic 20 year old). Now, I believe they belong in jail.

Posted by: mishdog at August 24, 2026 03:01 PM (U1oVO)

135 Every thread about Charlie Kirk I find to be almost infinitely depressing. Everything about his murder and the reaction ugh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 03:01 PM (THwi4)

136 Are you enjoying your "Democrats Suddenly Out of Nowhere Have Their Own MAGA" yet?

Posted by: ... at August 24, 2026 03:01 PM (vE0+H)

137 Bayonets add a powerful psychological element. They mean you are willing to close with and destroy an enemy, real personal and in your face like.

Easy for me to say from the comfort of my home, of course. And the bayonet was worse than useless on the M-16 (when I served), since it would most likely break the rifle. Ask me how I know.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 24, 2026 03:01 PM (quqPW)

138 FenelonSpoke

That widow likes old movies. And I think she likes me.

My 93 year old neighbor (living far away in VA) would be the next one to use that on me.

When I visited her during my recent trip back east, I took her to Harpers Ferry. As soon as she got in the car, she put her hand on my wallet (in the front right pocket).

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 03:03 PM (u82oZ)

139 that said, he should have been fired years before that. He was bad on the show and had a diva attitude that made it impossible for everyone else. He insisted on being "shot out," which is what a "star" does to flex. When you shoot someone out, you shoot all of their dialogue scenes so that they can be done and go home early, with stand-ins and body doubles standing in for them when other characters are speaking (and they are all filmed later).

This minimized Chase's hours on the set but increased everyone else's. Joel McHale complained to him, "I'm missing my kids growing up right now so we can get you home early."

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 03:03 PM (1wjle)

140 I love the typical lefty faux intellectual.

They know absolutely nothing but boy are they confident in their delivery.

See Hasan Piker, DSA, el Sayed, etc.

Posted by: MJ at August 24, 2026 03:04 PM (XOmY9)

141
That, plus I believe he dropped the "word" (n__) on a member of the cast.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at August 24, 2026 02:56 PM (ZgwKJ)

He was doing word association with Richard Prior where Chase started throwing down racial epithets.....

"Spearchucker."

"HONKEY!"

"N***er!"

"DEAD Honkey....."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 03:04 PM (ccf/V)

142 >>As I recall Roberts roomed with Eisen at some conference. They are best buds.

Eisen was the ambassador to the Czech Republic when Obama was president. One summer, John Roberts stayed with him and helped work on a project to inject "US democratic values" into the European legal system.

Eisen was Obama's lead lawfare scumbag against Trump from the Russia hoax, to the impeachments to the E Jean Carroll farce and more. He is a lawless scumbag posing as a legal scholar and lawyer. The fact John Roberts is his pal says everything.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2026 03:04 PM (viF8m)

143 So now these "extreme" Democrats are just loudly doing what "mainstream" Democrats have been doing all along, except now the "mainstream" Democrats get to pretend they are moderate in comparison.

Nice sleight of hand work if you can get it.

Posted by: ... at August 24, 2026 02:59 PM (vE0+H)

Just like how a moderate muslim wants an extremist muslim to kill you.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 24, 2026 03:04 PM (quqPW)

144 23 skidoo Fenelon!
Posted by: Oldcat

Funny old expressions. I remember my sister and I being young and jumping up and down on her bed and saying "GROOVY!" And laughing hysterically.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2026 03:04 PM (xSAlF)

145
Dreyfuss probably pushed the same buttons as Chevy Chase did and Murray responded like the substance abusing Irishman he was.

Both Chase and Dreyfuss run their mouths and put downs but don't like it much when some people respond to insults and taunts with fists. That is Bill Murray apparently.

Posted by: whig at August 24, 2026 02:52 PM (E4rtv)

Dreyfuss is a pussy. Which is why a bully like Robert Shaw took so much pleasure in mercilessly baiting him.

About 15-20 years ago Dreyfuss had some big movement that he wanted to build to fight for civility in political commentary. Formed an organization, did a bunch of interviews on network news and CSPAN etc. Then about 2-3 weeks after making the big announcement, he did an interview where he shit all over anyone to the right of Che Guevara. A bunch of folks called him out on it (including some people on the left, back when the left understood that they had to hide their love for totalitarianism). I remember watching him do a grovelling apology interview almost immediately. Even a homo cocksucker like Mark Ruffalo has the stones to say "fuck you, no apology".

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 24, 2026 03:05 PM (y9nCu)

146 One internet wag on the gun blogs mentioned that the more he learned about fighting with the bayonet, the greater his desire to spend more time at the range improving his marksmanship.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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The old bayonet fighting was part of using the entire rifle as a weapon--butt strokes, retention, bayonets were all necessary with bolt actions with small capacity magazines and before that single shots. Fast forward to semi and full auto with 20-30 round mags. From a training standpoint, just shooting them off the rifle was more convenient to teach. Modern ARs are also reconfigured that butt strokes with an adjustable plastic stock is a no go.

Plus bayonets attached change the point of impact from teh point of aim unless you do like the Soviets and zero their iron sights with bayonets attached.

Posted by: whig at August 24, 2026 03:05 PM (E4rtv)

147 The bayonet became a thing because it used to take about a minute or more to reload. Then cavalry could rush in and cut the boys all down unless they carried a bunch of fellows with 20 foot spears to hold the horses off. The bayonet meant every gun became a spear.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 02:57 PM (uhVAy)

And horses. Horses don't like to charge pointy stuff like that. The last iteration of Infantry against Cavalry was "lie down and poke upwards with your bayonet"
Then WWI happened.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2026 03:05 PM (rbvCR)

148 Just like how a moderate muslim wants an extremist muslim to kill you.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 24, 2026 03:04 PM (quqPW)

Eyep... that's about the size of it

Posted by: ... at August 24, 2026 03:05 PM (vE0+H)

149 Know islham, no peace.

No islham, know peace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 03:06 PM (ccf/V)

150 Bayonets add a powerful psychological element. They mean you are willing to close with and destroy an enemy, real personal and in your face like.

Easy for me to say from the comfort of my home, of course. And the bayonet was worse than useless on the M-16 (when I served), since it would most likely break the rifle. Ask me how I know.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 24, 2026 03:01 PM (quqPW)

By the Civil War rifled muskets and the self expanding bullet made cavalry charges unworkable most of the time. For infantry melee a short sword or machete would have been a better tool with more uses generally than the standard bayonet.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 03:06 PM (uhVAy)

151
Posted by: Martin Tell at August 24, 2026 02:55 PM (sFNX2)

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WOW. I assume employers hate such contracts and lobby to avoid them, but it sounds like a very Democrat thing and therefore undoable wherever it gets its nose under the tent.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 24, 2026 03:06 PM (mmrXZ)

152 Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 03:03 PM (u82o

I have no doubt at all they like you, Salty, but watch that hand on the pocket thing!😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2026 03:06 PM (xSAlF)

153 Murray hated Harold Ramis for some reason since the 80s and never was nice to him even when he was dying.

Posted by: He's A Dick at August 24, 2026 03:06 PM (JM9I6)

154 The existance of an employment contract negates any right to tgerminate at will. It then becomes a matter of contract interpretation.
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Posted by: Martin Tell

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Yes, of course.
But this does not explain how a newspaper ended up with a contract for a two bit drunken slag whore to write whatever the fuck she pleases, and they have to pay her.

Like I said, it is like hiring a house painter and he just picks whatever color he wants, and you can't fire him.

Who would agree to such a contract? If I were bezos, there would be a line of firing up and down the organization for anyone who approved such a contract.. It's not like this is his cash cow -- this is his hobby.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 24, 2026 03:06 PM (flhbb)

155 Must be fundraising time

@LeadingReport 35m
Democratic Rep. Al Green introduces articles of impeachment against Trump.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 24, 2026 03:06 PM (diia5)

156 As I recall Roberts roomed with Eisen at some conference. They are best buds.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2026 02:41 PM (rp63B)

So, butt buddies?

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 24, 2026 03:07 PM (hmYU4)

157 FenelonSpoke

What a wonderful image of youth!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 03:07 PM (u82oZ)

158 Bayonets add a powerful psychological element. They mean you are willing to close with and destroy an enemy, real personal and in your face like.

Easy for me to say from the comfort of my home, of course. And the bayonet was worse than useless on the M-16 (when I served), since it would most likely break the rifle. Ask me how I know.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 24, 2026 03:01 PM (quqPW)

IIRC, Charles the Great (Sweden)… his army mastered the bayonet charge and it was fearsome. At Narva they gave the Russians the steel

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 03:07 PM (THwi4)

159 And also that Yvette woman is an SJW which I know from her various comments in her real life interviews.

yep she's .. annoying
and so is "Childish Gambino" or whatever the fuck

Chevy did suck on the show tho!

I am ALMOST through watching it all. it's getting hard, but just when I was ready to give up they had Matt Berry on!!!!!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 24, 2026 03:07 PM (j+aD2)

160 @LeadingReport 35m
Democratic Rep. Al Green introduces articles of impeachment against Trump.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 24, 2026 03:06 PM (diia5)

Isn't that the 2nd or 3rd time this term?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 03:07 PM (ccf/V)

161 Isaiah 5:20 needs to looked at.

Posted by: Eromero at August 24, 2026 03:08 PM (d49dO)

162 'What people will not admit is that they like it. Rage is addictive'

Yes.

Posted by: gp at August 24, 2026 03:08 PM (Jr5Lq)

163 153 Murray hated Harold Ramis for some reason since the 80s and never was nice to him even when he was dying.

wow that is shocking tbh

he seems really nice. he goes to UConn games ...even in other sports! and is nice and friendly

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 24, 2026 03:08 PM (j+aD2)

164 >>>Chevy did suck on the show tho!

I am ALMOST through watching it all. it's getting hard, but just when I was ready to give up they had Matt Berry on!!!!!

Proof that Chevy Chase sucked: Both of his "replacements," Jonathan Banks and Keith David, are awesome.

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 03:08 PM (1wjle)

165 >>Must be fundraising time

Not for Al. He lost his primary.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2026 03:08 PM (viF8m)

166 >>>She added that she hopes her win "sends a message to journalists and media institutions everywhere that freedom of expression is always worth fighting for."

I am with her here, but she is mischaracterizing her situation. There was never protection from private consequence from free expression.

This is just leftist privilege escalation and preference, same as it has ever been.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 24, 2026 03:09 PM (dK+Kv)

167 Every Democrat running for office should be made to disavow Piker and the racist Wapo chick.

And the Wapo having to pay her doesn't mean they have to publish her. They should sit her down and in her presence assign another reporter to follow her around and write an article based on her life that describes how a racist comes to be radicalized. Her assignment will be to cooperate and keep spewing her hateful bullshit.

Posted by: Thatch at August 24, 2026 03:09 PM (WuKJL)

168 Oh, and Hassan Piker is a piece of shit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 03:09 PM (ccf/V)

169 132 I don't get it. Indentured servitude is illegal, shouldn't it apply on the employer's side as well?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Ah, now we get into whether employers can make employees only work for them. Big problem with trying that is involuntary servitude violates the Thirteenth Amendment, and that also covers contractually agreeing to be a slave. Employers sometimes are able to get around that by so-called services contracts (buyer has rights to everything seller produces; this sometimes works for movie actors and musicians) or more-commonly non-compete contracts. If employee leaves, he can't go to work for competitor or set up a competing business. Courts have generally upheld non-compete contracts, but they must be limited in time and geography.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 24, 2026 03:09 PM (sFNX2)

170 23 skidoo Fenelon!
Posted by: Oldcat

Funny old expressions. I remember my sister and I being young and jumping up and down on her bed and saying "GROOVY!" And laughing hysterically.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2026 03:04 PM (xSAlF)

I was about 5 years behind the hippies and thought it was stupid.

I remember those phrases mostly from some MAD magazine parodies of the previous generations 'teen culture'

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 03:09 PM (uhVAy)

171 Proof that Chevy Chase sucked: Both of his "replacements," Jonathan Banks and Keith David, are awesome.

oh very much!

lol Keith David reminds me of myself to my detriment

he's my on-show cutout - I don't, but I dream of living in an RV too!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 24, 2026 03:09 PM (j+aD2)

172 >>>and so is "Childish Gambino" or whatever the fuck

i like him. Well, I like the character. I have no idea what he's like in real life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXl85jvVBzg

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 03:09 PM (1wjle)

173 Dreyfuss is a pussy. Which is why a bully like Robert Shaw took so much pleasure in mercilessly baiting him.

About 15-20 years ago Dreyfuss had some big movement that he wanted to build to fight for civility in political commentary. Formed an organization, did a bunch of interviews on network news and CSPAN etc. Then about 2-3 weeks after making the big announcement, he did an interview where he shit all over anyone to the right of Che Guevara. A bunch of folks called him out on it (including some people on the left, back when the left understood that they had to hide their love for totalitarianism). I remember watching him do a grovelling apology interview almost immediately. Even a homo cocksucker like Mark Ruffalo has the stones to say "fuck you, no apology".
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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Some people were never stuffed in lockers enough and the left is full of them. They say shit and rely on the powers that be and their target's human decency to restrain a physical reaction to their taunts.

Reddit is a perfect example of where those assholes exist in an asshole ecosystem. Assholes all the way down.

Posted by: whig at August 24, 2026 03:10 PM (E4rtv)

174 hip 40 is finally heading home.

SpaceX is bringing the intact Starship upper stage back to Starbase, Texas, aboard the massive 48,000-ton semi-submersible heavy-lift vessel Boskalis Forte.

After surviving its soft splashdown on Flight 13 and drifting more than three weeks across the Indian Ocean, the 52-meter spacecraft was carefully towed to Flying Fish Cove off Christmas Island with support from the Australian Space Agency and federal authorities.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2026 03:10 PM (gL/0M)

175 Well, now that she knows she is unfireable, I am sure she will moderate and provide thoughtful and conciliatory opinion.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 24, 2026 03:10 PM (zZu0s)

176 And also that Yvette woman is an SJW which I know from her various comments in her real life interviews.

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 03:01 PM (1wjle)

Yvette Nicole Brown was brought on "Talking Dead", the talk show that aired live after The Walking Dead, for several years.

I had to quit watching it because of her.
I didn't watch Community so had no clue who she was.

By the time Trump was president she turned her every appearance into a TDS fest.
A talk show about a TV series about the zombie appocalypse and she's coming on talking about politics because she just couldn't help herself.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 24, 2026 03:10 PM (6ydKt)

177 If the thing happened to Hasan.........

Posted by: ... at August 24, 2026 03:10 PM (vE0+H)

178 Every Democrat running for office should be made to disavow Piker and the racist Wapo chick.

Posted by: Thatch at August 24, 2026 03:09 PM (WuKJL)

They'd love to disavow them. Hang those albatrosses around their neck instead.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 03:10 PM (uhVAy)

179 i like him. Well, I like the character. I have no idea what he's like in real life.

yes I like Troy just fine but that whole other persona was ... telling

and I mean I'm like David in that I was around for early internet and worked with companies that made multimedia learning/entertainment CDs and DVDs way back. he cracks me up! I'm stuck in the 90s in a lot of ways

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 24, 2026 03:11 PM (j+aD2)

180 Two things can be true:

1) ChevyChase is a prick.

2) He justly thought the writers were making his character (and him by extension) out to be a vicious racist. The fact that they and cast members axed him on the thinnest pretext says this was the goal all along.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 24, 2026 03:11 PM (zZu0s)

181 ...IIRC, Charles the Great (Sweden)… his army mastered the bayonet charge and it was fearsome. At Narva they gave the Russians the steel

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 03:07 PM (THwi4)

And Joshua Chamberlain - arguably IMO - saved the Union when he had the 20th Maine fix bayonets and charge at Little Round Top.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 24, 2026 03:12 PM (quqPW)

182 I saw Chevy Chase, John Belushi, and Gilda Radnor in National Lampoon's traveling "Lemmings" show at Vanderbilt in 1974. Shows how old I am. Yes, Chevy wa actually funny, and Belushi's Joe Cocker was amazingly spot-on.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 24, 2026 03:12 PM (sFNX2)

183 Mitch Glazer wrote "Scrooged"

Posted by: Scrooged at August 24, 2026 03:12 PM (anL5R)

184 I've heard that Bill Murray would visit random tables in a restaurant, maybe grab some food off a plate, tell the people sitting there "nobody will believe you", then walk out.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at August 24, 2026 03:12 PM (Cjger)

185 By the Civil War rifled muskets and the self expanding bullet made cavalry charges unworkable most of the time. For infantry melee a short sword or machete would have been a better tool with more uses generally than the standard bayonet.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 03:06 PM (uhVAy)

JEB Stuart and John Mosby both felt the sabre was pretty much as useless as the carbine for a melee and Mosby relied on revolvers for his partisans almost exclusively.

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

186 163 153 Murray hated Harold Ramis for some reason since the 80s and never was nice to him even when he was dying.

wow that is shocking tbh

he seems really nice. he goes to UConn games ...even in other sports! and is nice and friendly
Posted by: Black Orchid
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From what I recollect, Murray and his wife at the time were having difficulties and Ramis got involved in giving Murray some unwanted advice.

From one report, they apparently recounciled shortly before Ramis died, I think mebbe the son of Ramis recounted the meeting.

Posted by: whig at August 24, 2026 03:12 PM (E4rtv)

187
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXl85jvVBzg

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 03:09 PM (1wjle)

That made my head hurt.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 03:12 PM (ccf/V)

188 I never saw Community, so I have not commented, but I see above the general opinion is that CC sucked.

So was he ever funny in anything?
OK, he had an adequate 2 minutes in Caddyshack, but nothing really great, just competent. Barely.

What am I forgetting? He must have shown some talent at some point in his career.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 24, 2026 03:13 PM (flhbb)

189 163 153 Murray hated Harold Ramis for some reason since the 80s and never was nice to him even when he was dying.

wow that is shocking tbh

he seems really nice. he goes to UConn games ...even in other sports! and is nice and friendly
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 24, 2026 03:08 PM (j+aD2)

It's also false. They reconciled not too long before Ramis's death. Murray reached out.

Posted by: fake news at August 24, 2026 03:13 PM (3B7FC)

190 Aetius exactly

also Dan Harmon ... did he also make that awful animated thing? (I hate it too much to say it's name)

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 24, 2026 03:13 PM (j+aD2)

191 Whats up with that Piker asshole's head?

It's positively shrimpy.

That's been a running joke for years. Probably happened in a freak dog shocking accident.

Also your periodic reminder that Piker's uncle Chunk Yogurt has spoken publicly in favor of sex with horses.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2026 03:13 PM (2ocoG)

192 So was he ever funny in anything?

no. Chevy was NEVER funny.

I have seen his entire oeuvre for some dumb reason

no.

maybe Fletch but not really

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 24, 2026 03:14 PM (j+aD2)

193 Have the rest of the day off, watching The Blues Brothers.

I find I watch that film at least once a year.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 24, 2026 03:14 PM (XV/Pl)

194 We look like a newspaper.
But we're not.

Posted by: The Washington Post at August 24, 2026 03:14 PM (2Ez/1)

195 In Rage and the Republic, I wrote about this national ragefest. It allows people to hate completely and without thought to the humanity of those being hurt. What people will not admit is that they like it. Rage is addictive, and it is contagious.
___

This battle between good and evil is spiritual in nature.

And Stan has lots of acolytes.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 24, 2026 03:14 PM (YlYJ8)

196 >>>1) ChevyChase is a prick.

2) He justly thought the writers were making his character (and him by extension) out to be a vicious racist. The fact that they and cast members axed him on the thinnest pretext says this was the goal all along.

did you see the other thing I wrote about him demanding to be "shot out" in every episode?

As one of the people from Community said: It wasn't just this one incident. It was four years of incidents all stacking on top of each other.

So I guess you're right, in a way, it was just a pretext. But he had burned all of his bridges by then. (Which is apparently what he's done his whole life.)

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 03:14 PM (1wjle)

197 Reddit is a perfect example of where those assholes exist in an asshole ecosystem. Assholes all the way down.
==
Which is hilariously frightening when you realize how much AI training is coming off of reddit threads . . .

Posted by: how does your AI become Fascistic? at August 24, 2026 03:15 PM (anL5R)

198 Have the rest of the day off, watching The Blues Brothers.

I find I watch that film at least once a year.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 24, 2026 03:14 PM (XV/Pl)

I'm the same with Die Hard. We watch it every year at CHRISTMAS time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 03:15 PM (ccf/V)

199 184 I've heard that Bill Murray would visit random tables in a restaurant, maybe grab some food off a plate, tell the people sitting there "nobody will believe you", then walk out.
Posted by: Kareem

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I have heard these stories of him partying with strangers, etc,

I can't tell if he is just living his best life, or if he is desperate for approval. (Like many comics.)

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 24, 2026 03:15 PM (flhbb)

200
I've heard that Bill Murray would visit random tables in a restaurant, maybe grab some food off a plate, tell the people sitting there "nobody will believe you", then walk out.
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat

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

If that happened to me, I know what I'd do. "As long as nobody will believe me, I might as well throw the rest of my food on your shirt and pour my coffee on your head."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 24, 2026 03:15 PM (mmrXZ)

201 never saw Community, so I have not commented, but I see above the general opinion is that CC sucked.

So was he ever funny in anything?
OK, he had an adequate 2 minutes in Caddyshack, but nothing really great, just competent. Barely.

What am I forgetting? He must have shown some talent at some point in his career.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 24, 2026 03:13 PM (flhbb)

Fletch movies were hilarious IMO

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 03:15 PM (THwi4)

202 I like the You Can Call Me Al video.

Posted by: But that's just me at August 24, 2026 03:16 PM (2Ez/1)

203 I ran into Bill Murray twice in bars on the UWS. He could not have been more welcoming and friendly. We were leaving him alone (as NYers do) but as he was just standing there alone, I went up and said hello. 5 minutes later he's regaling the bar with gags and otherwise being hail-fellow-well-met. He remembered me the next time, about 2 years later.

Maybe he saves his nasty attitude for other actors or maybe he was rightly concerned about getting his ass kicked.

Posted by: spongeworthy at August 24, 2026 03:16 PM (sLLbN)

204 > I've heard that Bill Murray would visit random tables in a restaurant, maybe grab some food off a plate, tell the people sitting there "nobody will believe you", then walk out.

As long as it's just a fry or something similarly inconsequential, I'd find that hilarious.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 24, 2026 03:16 PM (mkw2N)

205 What am I forgetting? He must have shown some talent at some point in his career.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 24, 2026 03:13 PM (flhbb)

Fletcher was entertaining- but gets worse the older I get. He goes from insouciant to just annoying as fuck.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 24, 2026 03:16 PM (zZu0s)

206 Why would a newspaper ever let reporters and editors become a union. Janitors, and skilled operators of the machines, but never the totally replaceable pretty dudes in suits and girls in short skirts.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 02:46 PM (uhVAy)

Because the union has been on site for many decades. In fact, in many places, after being hired, you MUST join the union within 30 days or be canned. Ask me how I know. Broadcasting is one field where there are numerous unions calling the shots. Motion pictures have been under the jurisdiction of IATSE for many, many decades. Either a union crew or the picture doesn't get made. In other words, IF you want to ply your trade, you are forced to join the union that exists at your place of employment. In some cases, there may be multiple unions.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 24, 2026 03:16 PM (hmYU4)

207 IIRC, Charles the Great (Sweden)… his army mastered the bayonet charge and it was fearsome. At Narva they gave the Russians the steel
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 03:07 PM (THwi4)

Can work if you have that pocket blizzard going like he did at Narva. Some years later at Poltava in the Ukraine he didn't have one and assaulting those field works lost him his entire army.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 03:16 PM (uhVAy)

208 Chase is good in a few movies but mostly he is, as he called Bill Murray, a Medium Talent.

Fletch, two or three of the Vacation movies, Funny Farm... I can't think of many more. I know people like Caddyshack.

I rewatched Foul Play and found it wasn't very good. And Chevy Chase isn't in it much. It's a Goldie Hawn movie, not a Chevy Chase movie. (She actually says nice things about him but I get the sense that's because she barely knows him.)

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 03:17 PM (1wjle)

209 I've heard that Bill Murray would visit random tables in a restaurant, maybe grab some food off a plate, tell the people sitting there "nobody will believe you", then walk out.
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat

John Belushi would disappear during the filming of Animal House. They would send staff around the local town looking for him. They would usually find him in someone's house drinking with the owners.

And the scene where he grabs the Jack Daniel's and slams it was ad lib.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 03:17 PM (ccf/V)

210 "visit random tables in a restaurant, maybe grab some food off a plate,"

Maybe in the 1970s you could get away with that kind of 'humor.' Now we have too many noxious 'prankster' streamers.

Posted by: gp at August 24, 2026 03:17 PM (Jr5Lq)

211
>>Rage is addictive, and it is contagious.

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

What's scary is, rage is stimulating. It has its own momentum. When's the last time you started yelling at someone, or imagining yourself yelling at someone? You got louder and louder and madder and madder, right? It escalates by itself.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 24, 2026 03:18 PM (mmrXZ)

212 Not that you're not the male version of "hubba hubba " ( it was originally used about women) but it is a funny old expression.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2026 02:57 PM (xSAlF)

23 skidoo Fenelon!
Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 02:59 PM (uhVAy)

You're the bees knees!!

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 24, 2026 03:18 PM (hmYU4)

213 Oh, and Hassan Piker is a piece of shit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 03:09 PM

*nods*

This is a Known Thing.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2026 03:18 PM (bFu5X)

214 It's a crime that Belushi didn't get to make more movies.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 24, 2026 03:18 PM (XV/Pl)

215 The Bill Murray Stories:

https://tinyurl.com/ydv8wxyk

Posted by: IMDB at August 24, 2026 03:18 PM (2Ez/1)

216 So was he ever funny in anything?
OK, he had an adequate 2 minutes in Caddyshack, but nothing really great, just competent. Barely.

What am I forgetting? He must have shown some talent at some point in his career.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 24, 2026 03:13 PM (flhbb)

I like the Vacation movies.
I also liked Modern Problems, the Fletch films, and the first flicks he did in the 70s with Goldie Hawn.

That's about all I can remember.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 24, 2026 03:19 PM (6ydKt)

217 maybe Fletch but not really
==
National Lampoon

Caddyshack

Seems Like Old Times

Foul Play

Posted by: He isn't great but he is in some decent movies at August 24, 2026 03:19 PM (anL5R)

218 nyard

As I predicted, the heavy lift ship Boskalis Forte is owned by a Dutch company.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 03:19 PM (u82oZ)

219 The left. It would have nothing if hypocrisy wasn't allowed to exist.
Posted by: Sponge
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Well, there is the underlying projection.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2026 03:19 PM (XeU6L)

220 HQ Style Guide says his name should always be cited as Hussein Puker.

Posted by: Please Make A Note Of It at August 24, 2026 03:19 PM (2Ez/1)

221 Speaking of insane journo tricks

@matthewkassel 2h
New York magazine says it decided that “genocide” was “an accurate description of the atrocities in Gaza, that accusations of antisemitic intent were in fact obfuscating an overwhelming scholarly consensus, and that its use would be allowed in our pages”

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 24, 2026 03:20 PM (diia5)

222 @208

>>he is, as he called Bill Murray, a Medium Talent.

Murray is a colossus!

How dare you sir, how dare you?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 24, 2026 03:20 PM (XV/Pl)

223 I have heard these stories of him partying with strangers, etc,

I can't tell if he is just living his best life, or if he is desperate for approval. (Like many comics.)
Posted by: bob
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The best comedians often have pretty sad lives. Add in substance abuse problems and it accentuates whatever personal issues they had in the first place.

Posted by: whig at August 24, 2026 03:20 PM (E4rtv)

224 And Joshua Chamberlain - arguably IMO - saved the Union when he had the 20th Maine fix bayonets and charge at Little Round Top.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 24, 2026 03:12 PM (quqPW)

Because everyone on both sides was out of ammo.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 03:20 PM (uhVAy)

225 Reddit is a perfect example of where those assholes exist in an asshole ecosystem. Assholes all the way down.
==
Which is hilariously frightening when you realize how much AI training is coming off of reddit threads . . .

Posted by: how does your AI become Fascistic? at August 24, 2026 03:15 PM (anL5R)

I am surrounded by assholes.

Posted by: AI at August 24, 2026 03:20 PM (dK+Kv)

226 Seems Like Old times is better than Foul Play.

It's funnier for me.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 24, 2026 03:20 PM (6ydKt)

227 This battle between good and evil is spiritual in nature.

And Stan has lots of acolytes.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy

And a ton of them just showed themselves on social media.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 03:20 PM (+tGb6)

228 Which is hilariously frightening when you realize how much AI training is coming off of reddit threads . . .

Fun fact: someone threw a switch at the big AI companies about a month ago and the models now cite Reddit like 20% as much as they used to.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2026 03:20 PM (KLKSV)

229 212 Not that you're not the male version of "hubba hubba " ( it was originally used about women) but it is a funny old expression.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2026 02:57 PM (xSAlF)

23 skidoo Fenelon!
Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 02:59 PM (uhVAy)

You're the bees knees!!
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 24, 2026 03:18 PM (hmYU4)
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No malarkey!

Posted by: Joe Biden, Influencer at August 24, 2026 03:20 PM (skR0U)

230 > I once heard a story that, whenever he would watch "Roadhouse," Bill Murray would call up the husband of the actress who played the nurse and tell him that his wife was sleeping with Patrick Swayze.

The way I heard it, he'd say, "I just saw your wife's boobs."

Posted by: bonhomme at August 24, 2026 03:20 PM (mkw2N)

231 Bill Murray as Nick the Lounge Singer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljiVRV5B5i8

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 03:20 PM (1wjle)

232 What about me?

Posted by: Holiday Road at August 24, 2026 03:20 PM (2Ez/1)

233
I am surrounded by assholes.
Posted by: AI at August 24, 2026 03:20 PM (dK+Kv)

Assholes to the left of me.

Assholes to the right.

Here I am, stuck in the middle of 2 assholes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 03:21 PM (ccf/V)

234 As I predicted, the heavy lift ship Boskalis Forte is owned by a Dutch company.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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They are masters at what they do.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2026 03:21 PM (XeU6L)

235 >>>...John Roberts stayed with him and helped work on a project to inject "US democratic values" into the European legal system.
~~~~~

I thought it was the other way around. That's the way it apparently turned out anyway.

Welcome back to America, Straw!

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 24, 2026 03:21 PM (3ImbR)

236 HQ Style Guide says his name should always be cited as Hussein Puker.
Posted by: Please Make A Note Of It at August 24, 2026 03:19 PM (2Ez/1)

His Chinese name is "Electric Dog". Really!

He was also pissed during his China tour in his Mao jacket that Asmongold is far more popular there than he is.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 03:21 PM (uhVAy)

237
The last comment on the Tech thread is whacko.

Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2026 03:21 PM (/QHx4)

238
scholarly consensus

Posted by: weft cut-loop

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

Signed by 51 experts, no doubt.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 24, 2026 03:22 PM (mmrXZ)

239
Proof that Chevy Chase sucked: Both of his "replacements," Jonathan Banks and Keith David, are awesome.

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 03:08 PM (1wjle)

Chevy has always sucked. He built his career on making faces and that smarmy used car salesman voice. He was amusing in Caddyshack, but that had more to do with the writers, Knight and Dangerfield's performance with Murray a distant third, and Lacey Underall being Chernobyl elephant's foot hawt.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 24, 2026 03:22 PM (y9nCu)

240 @matthewkassel 2h
New York magazine says it decided that “genocide” was “an accurate description of the atrocities in Gaza, that accusations of antisemitic intent were in fact obfuscating an overwhelming scholarly consensus, and that its use would be allowed in our pages”
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 24, 2026 03:20 PM (diia5)

Did they officially change the definition of 'genocide?'

Because I don't think it means what they think it means.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 03:22 PM (ccf/V)

241
Anyone seen James Madison around here lately?

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 24, 2026 03:22 PM (OkYzo)

242 I liked the Chevy Chase film Funny Farm

Posted by: It's me donna at August 24, 2026 03:22 PM (+gK6I)

243 >>>2 What about me?
Posted by: Holiday Road

There's a YouTube channel that puts Holiday Road over very dramatic/dark scenes from movies, like the one where Jennifer Connelly showed her boobs.

btw I love Holiday Road. I like a lot of Lindsay Buckingham.

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 03:22 PM (1wjle)

244 .
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Would that be Sarah Miller Espinosa née SheBoonDa?

Posted by: Marooned at August 24, 2026 03:22 PM (W2rvL)

245 And a ton of them just showed themselves on social media.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 03:20 PM (+tGb6)
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Like their father, they are raging, preening narcissists

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 24, 2026 03:22 PM (YlYJ8)

246
Chevy Chase was the worst one of the 3 Amigos.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 24, 2026 03:24 PM (OkYzo)

247
btw I love Holiday Road. I like a lot of Lindsay Buckingham.

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 03:22 PM (1wjle)

I've had the mp3 of Holiday Road for more than 20 years.
I can't remember where or why I got it, but it's there, just waiting for the right road trip to be played.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 24, 2026 03:25 PM (6ydKt)

248 Inappropriate Use of Holiday Road #2: Titanic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTGHKtgzH6g

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 03:25 PM (1wjle)

249 >>>Chevy Chase was the worst one of the 3 Amigos.

Oh I forgot that one. That's a good one. You're right, he was the worst of the three, but still funny. The "Lip Balm" scene was great.

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 03:25 PM (1wjle)

250 Did they officially change the definition of 'genocide?'

Because I don't think it means what they think it means.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 03:22 PM (ccf/V)

Gaza - the first genocide that killed only military aged men and the first famine where the people in it gained weight.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 03:26 PM (uhVAy)

251 Inappropriate Use of Holiday Road #2: Titanic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTGHKtgzH6g
Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 03:25 PM (1wjle)

Heh, that's funny.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 03:26 PM (ccf/V)

252 Posted by: Frank Barone at August 24, 2026 03:22 PM (OkYzo)

He is on vacation. Apparently his website said it, but he also mentioned it on here as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2026 03:26 PM (rHgXV)

253 He is on vacation. Apparently his website said it, but he also mentioned it on here as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2026 03:26 PM

Thanks. I get worried when I stop seeing some posters that are here all the time.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 24, 2026 03:27 PM (OkYzo)

254 Now I'm thinking Titanic could've worked as a dark comedy.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 24, 2026 03:27 PM (6ydKt)

255 Interesting couple. The chick is named Stevie and the dude is named Lyndsey.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2026 03:27 PM (viF8m)

256 There is a clip going round of Jason Statham being asked about type casting, and he gives a very humble and honest answer -- he says he is not a trained actor, just a guy they picked up off the street and so he tries to keep to what knows.

From the replies to my question, it seems Chevy Chase knows how to be a prick.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 24, 2026 03:27 PM (flhbb)

257 Assholes to the left of me.

Assholes to the right.

Here I am, stuck in the middle of 2 assholes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 03:21 PM (ccf/V)

That 'taint no way to go through life, son.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 24, 2026 03:27 PM (dK+Kv)

258 Regarding bayonets:

In WWI, those farm boys sat in the trenches and filed saw teeth into their bayonet.
A war crime.
Because it caused unnecessary pain. Plus, you know, the death.

Stabbed a few Krauts anyway.

Went back home and got a job teaching school.

Those were the men we used to be.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 24, 2026 03:27 PM (3cUTc)

259 There's a YouTube channel that puts Holiday Road over very dramatic/dark scenes from movies, like the one where Jennifer Connelly showed her boobs.

The funny thing is those videos are 13 years old and for some reason YouTube put them in everyone's feed a few days ago.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2026 03:28 PM (2ocoG)

260 You son of a motherless goat!

Posted by: Lucky Day at August 24, 2026 03:28 PM (Cjger)

261 Inappropriate usage of "Holiday Road" #2: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

https://youtu.be/kdlpNI5m67c

Hilarious.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 03:28 PM (ccf/V)

262 I enjoyed Chevy during Christmas Vacation. He's more of a straight man than pure comedian.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 24, 2026 03:29 PM (bX16E)

263
Can I have your watch, when you are dead?

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 24, 2026 03:29 PM (OkYzo)

264 >>The funny thing is those videos are 13 years old and for some reason YouTube put them in everyone's feed a few days ago.

hah!

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 03:29 PM (1wjle)

265 Frank Barone

Word on the street is he is on vacation.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 03:29 PM (u82oZ)

266 An "overwhelming scholarly consensus" is what got Cambridge U in trouble about Jason Arday.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 24, 2026 03:29 PM (skR0U)

267 Inappropriate Use of Holiday Road #2: Titanic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTGHKtgzH6g
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Huh. That actually makes Titanic watchable.

*golf clap*

Posted by: Sure, I laughed. at August 24, 2026 03:29 PM (anL5R)

268 Oh I forgot that one. That's a good one. You're right, he was the worst of the three, but still funny. The "Lip Balm" scene was great.
Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 03:25 PM

For no very good reason, the scene with El Guapo asking if his No. 2 knew what a plethora is remains my favorite part of that movie.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2026 03:29 PM (bFu5X)

269 From the replies to my question, it seems Chevy Chase knows how to be a prick.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 24, 2026 03:27 PM (flhbb)

Pretty much what his character was in Caddyshack, though amusing at times.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 03:30 PM (uhVAy)

270 And also that Yvette woman is an SJW which I know from her various comments in her real life interviews.
Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 03:01 PM (1wjle)

Interesting! That does put a different spin on it...

Posted by: hobbitopoly at August 24, 2026 03:30 PM (ZgwKJ)

271 Huh. That actually makes Titanic watchable.

Wait, what?

Posted by: Kate Winslet's boobs at August 24, 2026 03:30 PM (2ocoG)

272 Posted by: Frank Barone at August 24, 2026 03:27 PM (OkYzo)

That is thoughtful of you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2026 03:31 PM (rHgXV)

273
You smart military bloggers bringin' the facts on bayonets has me envisioning spikes plunging into horses' chests. Jeez.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 24, 2026 03:31 PM (mmrXZ)

274 Just got here.Up above, comments on the M7 bayonet and the M16. Common in my day in the SE Asia war games was ditching stuff you thought you wouldn't need, and the M7 was among them. Close enough to stab, then why not shoot them. Trash it out with the mess kit, even though it's a fine field knife. Same guys that would pitch the M7 stood in line if KBars came up for issue because they're cool.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 24, 2026 03:31 PM (gm9Sb)

275 262 I enjoyed Chevy during Christmas Vacation. He's more of a straight man than pure comedian.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 24, 2026 03:29 PM (bX16E)
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For the famous rant scene at the end of that movie, all the family in front of him were wearing cue cards around their necks with the entire rant so he could read it.

In addition to the aforementioned assholishness, someone said of him "Chevy Chase couldn't ad lib a fart."

Posted by: ballistic at August 24, 2026 03:31 PM (oqH4h)

276 Careful there Hasan

The streets may run red with your blood.

Once it finally dawns on your followers you only talk the talk from your $3 million mansion.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 24, 2026 03:32 PM (7gwL+)

277 > Chevy Chase was the worst one of the 3 Amigos.

Martin Short has dead eyes and it bugs me. I know a lot of people love Short because he's apparently a good family man. I like that too, but his eyes!

Posted by: bonhomme at August 24, 2026 03:32 PM (mkw2N)

278 Now I'm thinking Titanic could've worked as a dark comedy.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 24, 2026 03:27 PM (6ydKt)

That's what it was for me. Every time they cut back to the present day to the dive crew I called out "WHAT ABOUT THE DIAMOND??" and her prying DeCaprio off of the door raft with a chisel was super funny.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 03:32 PM (uhVAy)

279 Some of us may live to see the death penalty prescribed for hurt feelings.

Posted by: Eromero at August 24, 2026 03:33 PM (d49dO)

280 You smart military bloggers bringin' the facts on bayonets has me envisioning spikes plunging into horses' chests. Jeez.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 24, 2026 03:31 PM (mmrXZ)

Horses were usually too smart to let it get that far, they would stop short and send the dude on top flying. An exception in a Napoleonic battle was one where the horse was shot dead as it was coming up and horse and rider slammed into the square of infantry and broke up the one side. With the line broken the follow up cavalrymen pulled sabers and cut the unit to pieces.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 03:36 PM (uhVAy)

281 Hasan Piker is an obese wimpy pussy. Notice that the little faggot never goes anywhere in public without a security detail, because there are very few grown men who can't kick his ass, and probably not too many grown women.

Posted by: Ken at August 24, 2026 03:36 PM (iKki6)

282 Huh. That actually makes Titanic watchable.

Wait, what?
Posted by: Kate Winslet's boobs
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I've got a nice pair at home which I can do stuff to for a small amount of kindness and a little effort. I'm not sitting through over three hours of dreck for a peek at something I could be playing with if I wasn't wasting time with dreck films.

Posted by: Not Joe Bob Briggs at August 24, 2026 03:37 PM (anL5R)

283 That's what it was for me. Every time they cut back to the present day to the dive crew I called out "WHAT ABOUT THE DIAMOND??" and her prying DeCaprio off of the door raft with a chisel was super funny.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 03:32 PM (uhVAy)

Throw in some slapstick and dirty jokes and it would've cheered the place up some considerably.

Did anybody ever do a Mel Brooks type spoof of Titanic?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 24, 2026 03:37 PM (6ydKt)

284 Careful there Hasan

The streets may run red with your blood.

Once it finally dawns on your followers you only talk the talk from your $3 million mansion.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 24, 2026 03:32 PM (7gwL+)

What is telling is that the 'run red with blood' was a diatribe about landlords. His own mother is a very successful landlord.

Coincidence?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 03:37 PM (uhVAy)

285 That's what it was for me. Every time they cut back to the present day to the dive crew I called out "WHAT ABOUT THE DIAMOND??" and her prying DeCaprio off of the door raft with a chisel was super funny.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 03:32 PM (uhVAy)

I always thought the old lady throwing the diamond into the sea was kind of a punk move. She knew that crew was looking for it. You don't want it, give it to them, give it to your grandkids, whatever.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at August 24, 2026 03:38 PM (ZgwKJ)

286 Nude wnba

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 24, 2026 03:38 PM (W2Pud)

287 265 Frank Barone

Word on the street is he is on vacation.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 03:29 PM

And evidently beyond the reach of Al Gore's Amazing Internet(tm).

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 24, 2026 03:38 PM (2Ez/1)

288 Nood.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 24, 2026 03:38 PM (skR0U)

289 There was a recentish documentary on Chase, clearly told from his camp trying to rehabilitate his image. They had to work so hard at it though that it more or less reinforced his reputation as a jerk.

Posted by: my momma always told me "life is like a box of tannerite" at August 24, 2026 03:38 PM (ceBxE)

290 Nood Enes Kantor

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 24, 2026 03:38 PM (6ydKt)

291 Noooood!

Posted by: barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at August 24, 2026 03:38 PM (R3yzU)

292 Every thread about Charlie Kirk I find to be almost infinitely depressing. Everything about his murder and the reaction ugh

The threads aren't as depressing as videos of him. He was really, really good, and most of us had no idea until after he was shot.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2026 03:38 PM (2ocoG)

293 Someone mentioned about Hasan Piker that his insults only land if you're an upper caste Indian, as that's where he comes from.

So, like his "cumskin" is an example.

But, I mean, a dude that sips spunk for the flavor ought not make cum insults.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 24, 2026 03:39 PM (3cUTc)

294
Horses were usually too smart to let it get that far

Posted by: Oldcat

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Okay, better. But the long history of horses in combat still makes me wince.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 24, 2026 03:39 PM (mmrXZ)

295 Someone mentioned about Hasan Piker that his insults only land if you're an upper caste Indian, as that's where he comes from.

Not true, he's Turkish. Like his uncle Chunk Yogurt.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2026 03:40 PM (2ocoG)

296 I always thought the old lady throwing the diamond into the sea was kind of a punk move. She knew that crew was looking for it. You don't want it, give it to them, give it to your grandkids, whatever.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at August 24, 2026 03:38 PM (ZgwKJ)

Never one mention of the guy she married who bankrolled all the 'woman pilot' stuff in her scrapbook. She didn't use the gem for any of that.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 03:42 PM (uhVAy)

297 So was he ever funny in anything?
OK, he had an adequate 2 minutes in Caddyshack, but nothing really great, just competent. Barely.

What am I forgetting? He must have shown some talent at some point in his career.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)
.......

He was tolerable playing Eddie's cousin.

Posted by: wth at August 24, 2026 03:46 PM (UjdFS)

298 Okay, better. But the long history of horses in combat still makes me wince.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 24, 2026 03:39 PM (mmrXZ)

Yes, a lot of suffering on the marches too and lack of care led to losing many despite how expensive they were.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 03:47 PM (uhVAy)

299 In WWI, those farm boys sat in the trenches and filed saw teeth into their bayonet.
A war crime.
Because it caused unnecessary pain. Plus, you know, the death.

Stabbed a few Krauts anyway.

Went back home and got a job teaching school.

Those were the men we used to be.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Also,carried these https://tinyurl.com/2vx74n82

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2026 03:54 PM (XeU6L)

300 I would reassign her duties to cleaning the toilets.

Posted by: profligatewaste at August 24, 2026 03:56 PM (K24yy)

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