Guardian Donkeys Cafe

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Bighorn ram near The Garden of the Gods
Kristin_Mae Photography

Freaky arm dancing.

Scorpions glow under UV light.

Inside a giant glacier.

Gross giant beetle larva. Don't click.

Dutch town built to resemble a Lego village.

The martial eagle.

Marlin spearing a fish.

Out: Fungi are weird and gross
In: Fungi are weird and horrifying

Toucans, the Odd Pet of the Future.

Every year from May to September, this Zimbabwe estate dumps tons of leftover orange pulp and low-grade fruit by the river, creating a massive daily buffet for hundreds of wild elephants.
[📹 Janice Herlig] https://t.co/n5GDrvHQYj
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 12, 2026

A soap bubble on a cup on a speaker playing frequencies to show the the vibrations of frequencies on a surface.
It's called bubble cymatics.
[📹 Madscientist01000] https://t.co/n0PGlDthtA
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 12, 2026

The rock-cut tombs of Kaunos, Turkey.
They date back to the IV century BCE and they are also called the Tombs of the Kings as they were originally built for the ancient Lycian kings.
[📹authorjaysonweinschrott] https://t.co/HSnRKwx8qv
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 12, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:29 PM

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1 Evening all.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 12, 2026 07:30 PM (l3cgK)

2 I NOODed.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 12, 2026 07:31 PM (l3cgK)

3 I used the UV light on a scorpion that was killed by my folk's car and sealed in a bag for years...the UV effect slowly became less and less.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 12, 2026 07:31 PM (l3cgK)

4 For fun, if you even camp out in the desert, take a black light with you and shine it around the area...it might reduce your desire to camp in the desert...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 12, 2026 07:33 PM (l3cgK)

5 "Gross giant beetle larva."

But enough about Congress.

Posted by: fd at November 12, 2026 07:33 PM (MWfyi)

6 Gross giant beetle larva. Don't click.

Lots of protein...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 12, 2026 07:33 PM (l3cgK)

7 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 12, 2026 07:34 PM (Ia/+0)

8 Not often I nab the top 4 posts in a thread...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 12, 2026 07:35 PM (l3cgK)

9 Guard donkeys are a great idea for anti-coyote protection. I think against wolves, the donkeys will just be snacks.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 12, 2026 07:35 PM (0vB2I)

10 Well, yes, of course my comment was willard.

#150 if you care.
acecomments.mu.nu/?blog=86&post=422153#c42948386

Posted by: mindful webworker - Okie by birth and choice at November 12, 2026 07:36 PM (ou9Ci)

11 5 "Gross giant beetle larva."

But enough about Congress.
Posted by: fd at November 12, 2026 07:33 PM (MWfyi)

*snort

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 12, 2026 07:37 PM (zYpTz)

12 The "do not click" warning reminds me of this...

Reminds me of a movie where the soldiers were idiots, and when they saw a device that said "Do Not Touch", they, of course, touched it and disappeared...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 12, 2026 07:37 PM (l3cgK)

13
The computer I use for my work got fixed. I had to re-install the operating system, which wiped out my programs but not my files. Took a good long while to reconstruct everything, but things seem to be going tic-a-boo now.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 12, 2026 07:37 PM (eRlcH)

14 F'n Microsoft updates crashed a bunch of PCs recently. I have to go deal with one in the morning. I hate hate hate Win11.

Posted by: fd at November 12, 2026 07:39 PM (MWfyi)

15 A lego house sounds nice, until you want to change an interior wall and realize you have to start disassembling from the roof down.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 12, 2026 07:39 PM (V29i/)

16 How big is the grown up giant beetle?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 12, 2026 07:39 PM (Cqx++)

17
But enough about Congress.

They're taking a three day weekend.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 12, 2026 07:41 PM (Cqx++)

18 About 5' 8".

Posted by: Ringo at November 12, 2026 07:41 PM (MWfyi)

19 How big is the grown up giant beetle?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 12, 2026 07:39 PM (Cqx++)

GIGANTIC

Posted by: Boswell at November 12, 2026 07:42 PM (j10i6)

20 "They're taking a three day weekend.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr."

They can take the rest of the decade off for all I care.

Posted by: Ringo at November 12, 2026 07:43 PM (MWfyi)

21 Notice: I am aware that Microsoft Outlook has been down today; however, work in this office must still go on.

Since you people do nothing but read Ace of Spades at your desks all day, I'm using this as an alternate to email.

The WENIS report is still due at COB Friday. As are the TPS reports. Make sure you use the updated TPS cover sheet.

That is all.

Posted by: The Boss at November 12, 2026 07:44 PM (0vB2I)

22
That is all.
Posted by: The Boss at November 12, 2026 07:44 PM (0vB2I)

___________

You forgot the PowerPoint deck for the pre-meeting meeting.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 12, 2026 07:46 PM (eRlcH)

23 Congress is taking a three day weekend.

Don't they do that every weekend?
Bunch of sorry ass do nothing's.

Posted by: Case at November 12, 2026 07:47 PM (En+fz)

24 That is all.
Posted by: The Boss at November 12, 2026 07:44 PM (0vB2I)

You're banging a Chinese spy, aren't you?

Posted by: Boswell at November 12, 2026 07:49 PM (j10i6)

25 How big is the grown up giant beetle?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 12, 2026 07:39 PM (Cqx++)

GIGANTIC
Posted by: Boswell at November 12, 2026 07:42 PM (j10i6)
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It eats the sandworms from "Dune" as a light snack.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 12, 2026 07:49 PM (s2iZv)

26 Hadrian I hope it didn't take all day.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 12, 2026 07:50 PM (RIvkX)

27
Went with Her Majesty to a specialist to discuss her borderline osteoporosis. Medication was recommended to slow the bone density loss. But nothing is preventing her from her regular activities (*shudders*).

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 12, 2026 07:50 PM (eRlcH)

28 @23

>>Bunch of sorry ass do nothing's.

There is going to be a special session on Friday and Saturday to do greaseball sh*t.

But most of the muttheads will be out of dodge.

So there's that.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 12, 2026 07:50 PM (XV/Pl)

29 It’s not Friday? Rats.

Posted by: H at November 12, 2026 07:51 PM (ighmp)

30 Since you people do nothing but read Ace of Spades at your desks all day, I'm using this as an alternate to email.

Posted by: The Boss at November 12, 2026 07:44 PM (0vB2I)

Ha! I wish. I do check in on my phone now and then, when the apps are lagging, but I would not dream of checking in on the work computer. I do not need IT referring me to HR.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 12, 2026 07:51 PM (zYpTz)

31 Notice: I am aware that Microsoft Outlook has been down today; however, work in this office must still go on.

Since you people do nothing but read Ace of Spades at your desks all day, I'm using this as an alternate to email.

The WENIS report is still due at COB Friday. As are the TPS reports. Make sure you use the updated TPS cover sheet.

That is all.
Posted by: The Boss at November 12, 2026 07:44 PM (0vB2I)
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I'll get ChatGPT working on them right now!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 12, 2026 07:51 PM (s2iZv)

32 Huh. I did not know that scorpions flouresce under UV light.

Now I do.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 12, 2026 07:55 PM (OTgAC)

33 14 F'n Microsoft updates crashed a bunch of PCs recently. I have to go deal with one in the morning. I hate hate hate Win11.

Posted by: fd at November 12, 2026 07:39 PM (MWfyi)

I keep pushing off the update...sounds like I should wait a bit longer.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 12, 2026 07:55 PM (l3cgK)

34 Still putting up chicken tortilla soup. It smells divine. So far, 24 pint jars, and depending on how much we eat of it tonight, another couple of quart jars, I think. Why would the recipe call for chicken breasts when these lovely chicken thighs are sitting right there....

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 12, 2026 07:55 PM (5WPt1)

35 You forgot the PowerPoint deck for the pre-meeting meeting.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 12, 2026 07:46 PM (eRlcH)
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Woah, woah, woah, you're just going to jump into the pre-meeting meeting without have a pre-meeting meeting planning meeting?

Posted by: Wally at November 12, 2026 07:55 PM (brIJB)

36 Ha ha ha. He said Wenis.

Posted by: Butthead at November 12, 2026 07:56 PM (Cqx++)

37 29 It’s not Friday? Rats.
Posted by: H at November 12, 2026 07:51 PM (ighmp)

It's always Saturday in my world.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 12, 2026 07:56 PM (5WPt1)

38 Muldoon tends to bring updates about the Colorado grey wolf situation in various threads from time to time.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 12, 2026 07:56 PM (2Ez/1)

39 36 Ha ha ha. He said Wenis.
Posted by: Butthead at November 12, 2026 07:56 PM (Cqx++)

I think he misspelled Penis. But what do I care about his business?

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 12, 2026 07:56 PM (5WPt1)

40 Can't stand the whole "BCE" thing.

Posted by: Halfhand at November 12, 2026 07:58 PM (gYco6)

41
I think he misspelled Penis. But what do I care about his business?
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 12, 2026 07:56 PM (5WPt1)

__________

Weekly Estimated Net Income Statistics

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 12, 2026 07:58 PM (eRlcH)

42 32 Huh. I did not know that scorpions flouresce under UV light.

Now I do.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 12, 2026 07:55 PM (OTgAC)

Urine also fluoresces in UV...and birds can see in the UV range. So hawks can find mice and rat runs by seeing their pee.

More vids of scorpions...
https://youtu.be/gD2KPFTscyM

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 12, 2026 07:59 PM (l3cgK)

43 I think he misspelled Penis. But what do I care about his business?
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 12, 2026 07:56 PM (5WPt1)

You're definitely not a Chinese spy....

Posted by: Boswell at November 12, 2026 07:59 PM (j10i6)

44 40 Can't stand the whole "BCE" thing.
Posted by: Halfhand at November 12, 2026 07:58 PM (gYco6)

Somehow, they are trying to say Before Christ, without saying Before Christ. They keep saying "common era," which coincidentally corresponds directly with "Anno Domini."

Poncing posers.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 12, 2026 07:59 PM (5WPt1)

45 You're definitely not a Chinese spy....
Posted by: Boswell at November 12, 2026 07:59 PM (j10i6)

Not last I checked, but hold on a minute...

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 12, 2026 08:00 PM (5WPt1)

46 After a story in recent days saying that Vance wanted to meet with some of the Iranian leadership, Trump came out today and basically told Vance to shut up about Iran. Rubio’s back in charge of all foreign policy.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 12, 2026 08:01 PM (YOZYJ)

47
Huh. I did not know that scorpions flouresce under UV light.

Now I do.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 12, 2026 07:55 PM (OTgAC)

Here in AZ when we get back into our classrooms after summer break, we go through the boxes for scorpions. i saw a long time teacher wrap clear packing tape around a ruler, stick it to the back of a scorpion and wrap more tape around it. She used it in a lesson.

Posted by: Chubby the rabbit at November 12, 2026 08:01 PM (8i6WH)

48 Still putting up chicken tortilla soup. It smells divine. So far, 24 pint jars, and depending on how much we eat of it tonight, another couple of quart jars, I think. Why would the recipe call for chicken breasts when these lovely chicken thighs are sitting right there....
Posted by: tcn in AK

Thighs all day long. Better flavor.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 12, 2026 08:01 PM (wOO3z)

49 Turns out the dude was Huanging up to three extra-marital females. I guess we should be glad they were all females. Or something.

Shoulda kept his Huang in his pants.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 12, 2026 08:01 PM (5WPt1)

50 'Leon, she namin' them baby girl Wenis and them baby boy Penis after they great aunt and uncle on my side.'

-Monique

Posted by: Eromero at November 12, 2026 08:01 PM (LHPAg)

51 Hole and a Heartbeat Huang.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 12, 2026 08:02 PM (wOO3z)

52 Thighs all day long. Better flavor.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

It's a high hanging curveball.....

Posted by: mikeski at November 12, 2026 08:03 PM (VHUov)

53 45 You're definitely not a Chinese spy....
Posted by: Boswell at November 12, 2026 07:59 PM (j10i6)

Not last I checked, but hold on a minute...

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 12, 2026 08:00 PM (5WPt1)

Questions that should be asked of politicians: "When was the last time you were in a Chinese Spy?"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 12, 2026 08:03 PM (l3cgK)

54 "BCE" is wasteful. Using the term "BC" uses fewer bits, thereby reducing power consumption by 33%.

Posted by: fd at November 12, 2026 08:03 PM (MWfyi)

55 *ahem*

Akshually the term is WENUS:

https://youtu.be/fpUxn0tpLes

Posted by: Chandler Bing at November 12, 2026 08:04 PM (2Ez/1)

56 Shoulda kept his Huang in his pants.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 12, 2026 08:01 PM (5WPt1)

The way things were going, you just knew that there was probably a 10 year old Phillipino pool boy in there somewhere as well...

Posted by: Boswell at November 12, 2026 08:05 PM (j10i6)

57 54 "BCE" is wasteful. Using the term "BC" uses fewer bits, thereby reducing power consumption by 33%.

Posted by: fd at November 12, 2026 08:03 PM (MWfyi)

Easier to pad an essay: "In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight..."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 12, 2026 08:06 PM (l3cgK)

58 44 40 Can't stand the whole "BCE" thing.
Posted by: Halfhand at November 12, 2026 07:58 PM (gYco6)

Somehow, they are trying to say Before Christ, without saying Before Christ. They keep saying "common era," which coincidentally corresponds directly with "Anno Domini."

Poncing posers.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 12, 2026 07:59 PM (5WPt1)

I call it Before Christian Era and Christian Era.

Posted by: Moki at November 12, 2026 08:07 PM (wLjpr)

59 I'm watching tonight's Jeopardy.

Yet *another* trans woman? This cannot be mere happenstance.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 12, 2026 08:07 PM (kpS4V)

60 It just goes to show that some folks can have everything in the world and it's still not enough. That drive sometimes makes them very successful.

Posted by: fd at November 12, 2026 08:08 PM (MWfyi)

61 Freaky Arm Dancing is freaky. Look up 60 year old Maya Plisetskaya doing Bolero. Classy, athletic, flexible.

Posted by: Eromero at November 12, 2026 08:08 PM (LHPAg)

62 Dead girl or live boy.

Posted by: IYKYK at November 12, 2026 08:09 PM (2Ez/1)

63 Yet *another* trans woman? This cannot be mere happenstance.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 12, 2026 08:07 PM (kpS4V)

I am convinced it's on the application form, and gets you bumped to the top of the list. And "she" got to plug "her" book, aimed at children!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 12, 2026 08:09 PM (zYpTz)

64 "Yet *another* trans woman? This cannot be mere happenstance.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes"

Sounds like it turned into a gaym show.

Posted by: fd at November 12, 2026 08:10 PM (MWfyi)

65 I bet it's fake too.

Posted by: fd at November 12, 2026 08:11 PM (MWfyi)

66 Muldoon tends to bring updates about the Colorado grey wolf situation in various threads from time to time.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

I saw Grey Wolf Situation open for Message To Bears at Red Rocks in 2016.

https://youtu.be/pRDr_alq9zo

It was supposed to be Temple Of The Dog headlining, but Chris Cornell had laryngitis that day.

Posted by: mikeski at November 12, 2026 08:11 PM (VHUov)

67 The OSS is BACK!

"Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
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8m
🚨 BREAKING: SecWar Pete Hegseth just BROUGHT BACK the legendary WWII Office of Strategic Services, the elite spy-and-sabotage unit that gave BIRTH TO THE CIA, 81 years after Truman shut it down

"The OSS is back." 🔥

The renamed special ops office gets at least $45 MILLION a year and 100 dedicated billets"

Posted by: runner at November 12, 2026 08:12 PM (AKptf)

68 The other day, that ram with the cougar on its back
then working his way up the mountainside and loose,
taking a break then rocking back, kicking cougar
down the side of the mountain. Tough.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 12, 2026 08:13 PM (gpvQO)

69 Yet *another* trans woman? This cannot be mere happenstance.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

I am convinced it's on the application form, and gets you bumped to the top of the list. And "she" got to plug "her" book, aimed at children!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

That's not all it's aiming at children.

Posted by: mikeski aims back at November 12, 2026 08:13 PM (VHUov)

70 Ice wall of the Bogdanovich glacier, Almaty region, Kazakhstan

What happens to you if your silly ass slides under that ice wall?

Posted by: Eromero at November 12, 2026 08:13 PM (LHPAg)

71 🚨 BREAKING: SecWar Pete Hegseth just BROUGHT BACK the legendary WWII Office of Strategic Services, the elite spy-and-sabotage unit that gave BIRTH TO THE CIA, 81 years after Truman shut it down

"The OSS is back." 🔥

The renamed special ops office gets at least $45 MILLION a year and 100 dedicated billets"

Posted by: runner
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Sic them on the hidden hand of the deep state.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 12, 2026 08:14 PM (gpvQO)

72 Freaky arm dancing

She is so beautiful and angular.

Posted by: Dieter at November 12, 2026 08:15 PM (brIJB)

73 "The OSS is back."

I'll believe that only when DSA operatives start mysteriously "disappearing"

Posted by: Boswell at November 12, 2026 08:16 PM (j10i6)

74 Sic them on the hidden hand of the deep state.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 12, 2026 08:14 PM (gpvQO)

It'd be nice.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 12, 2026 08:16 PM (wOO3z)

75 I'll believe that only when DSA operatives start mysteriously "disappearing"
Posted by: Boswell at November 12, 2026 08:16 PM (j10i6)

Abdul who ??

Posted by: runner at November 12, 2026 08:16 PM (AKptf)

76 Freaky Arm Dancing is freaky.
Posted by: Eromero

I've got the weirdest boner right now.....

Posted by: Bender Bending Rodriguez at November 12, 2026 08:17 PM (VHUov)

77
It was a clear, cool day, so we put Puff and Ruthie down in the kennel for the day so they could enjoy the sunshine. Brought them back up to the house before dark so they could each have their sugar cookie.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 12, 2026 08:17 PM (eRlcH)

78 >>>Freaky arm dancing.

Her top rode up just enough at the end.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 12, 2026 08:18 PM (syz1S)

79 I'll believe that only when DSA operatives start mysteriously "disappearing"
Posted by: Boswell at November 12, 2026 08:16 PM (j10i6)

Would it be wrong for me to include that in my bedtime prayers?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 12, 2026 08:19 PM (zYpTz)

80 Freaky arm dancing. When you forgot the semaphore flags.

Scorpions glow under UV light. There is no bug affects me, badly, like scorpions. Even those itty bitty ones that look like an eyelash - when I realize what I'm looking at, goosh! That one with all the babies - aaagggh! 😱

Over sixty years later, I still vividly remember my arm going numb from a scorpion sting. Dad always taught us to kick over a rock before throwing one in the lake. I forgot just one time. Never after.

Posted by: mindful webworker - toucan play at this game at November 12, 2026 08:20 PM (ou9Ci)

81 Hadrian does Puff frolic in the Autumn mist?

Posted by: Skip at November 12, 2026 08:20 PM (Ia/+0)

82 How is Big Dummy??

Posted by: runner at November 12, 2026 08:21 PM (AKptf)

83 I'm astounded the viral dance videos on @jen.nie.art - as in the Freaky Arms above - are real live-action recordings of a human dancer, not animation.

I love the toucan. I have to look up how long they live. I already need to bribe one of mine to keep the turtle for any possible (small) inheritance.

And it's nice to see not all is bad when it comes to the care of elephants.

Great cafe. Different, uplifting. 🤗

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 12, 2026 08:21 PM (NFX2v)

84 Would it be wrong for me to include that in my bedtime prayers?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 12, 2026 08:19 PM (zYpTz)

Nothing wrong with wishing for a better world - and oddly shaped mounds of freshly dug dirt in secluded wooded areas.

Posted by: Boswell at November 12, 2026 08:22 PM (j10i6)

85 Ace, John Nolte's quoting you on Insty.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 12, 2026 08:22 PM (brIJB)

86 71, 73, this!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 12, 2026 08:22 PM (VyBeY)

87 78 >>>Freaky arm dancing.

Her top rode up just enough at the end.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 12, 2026 08:18 PM (syz1S)
That was a girl? Okay, I confess to the pain meds, but I thought it was a boy.....you know......performative/interpretive?

Posted by: Eromero at November 12, 2026 08:22 PM (LHPAg)

88 >>>Gross giant beetle larva. Don't click.

What's the matter with that guy? Doesn't even glove up, just picks it up with his bare hand.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 12, 2026 08:22 PM (syz1S)

89 76 Freaky Arm Dancing is freaky.
Posted by: Eromero

I've got the weirdest boner right now.....
Posted by: Bender Bending Rodriguez at November 12, 2026 08:17 PM (VHUov)

So did Randy Bill Clinton. You probably should get medical attention.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 12, 2026 08:23 PM (5WPt1)

90 Actually, it's Ed Driscoll...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 12, 2026 08:23 PM (brIJB)

91 That was a girl? Okay, I confess to the pain meds, but I thought it was a boy.....you know......performative/interpretive?
Posted by: Eromero at November 12, 2026 08:22 PM (LHPAg)

Hope you're feeling OK. That's a lot of teef at one time.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 12, 2026 08:24 PM (wOO3z)

92
How is Big Dummy??
Posted by: runner at November 12, 2026 08:21 PM (AKptf)

__________

Best of Breed today at the Sandusky KC show in Columbus, OH. TBD is back home with his Ohio mom, who is showing him to this Platinum grand championship, to no great effect. Dummy had a professional handler on him today and did better.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 12, 2026 08:24 PM (eRlcH)

93 Hope the donkeys are up to be guards

Posted by: Skip at November 12, 2026 08:24 PM (Ia/+0)

94 Hope everyone has a good night

Posted by: Skip at November 12, 2026 08:25 PM (Ia/+0)

95 Eromero - Removable or fixed bridges?

Posted by: free tibet at November 12, 2026 08:25 PM (h6yWA)

96 Hope you're feeling OK. That's a lot of teef at one time.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 12, 2026 08:24 PM (wOO3z)

Yep. Gave 'em all I had left.

Posted by: Eromero at November 12, 2026 08:26 PM (LHPAg)

97 Dummy had a professional handler on him today and did better.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 12, 2026 08:24 PM (eRlcH)

Not that dog breeding is inexpensive, but how much does a professional handler put you back?

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 12, 2026 08:26 PM (5WPt1)

98 To me, BCE is Before the Christian Era, and CE is the Christian Era, because that is why we number years that way. I prefer AD and BC, because they are more direct, and save one letter in the pair of abbreviations.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 12, 2026 08:26 PM (xu5Ib)

99 Hope you're feeling OK. That's a lot of teef at one time.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 12, 2026 08:24 PM (wOO3z)

Yep. Gave 'em all I had left.
Posted by: Eromero

Martha Raye is your friend.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 12, 2026 08:27 PM (wOO3z)

100 So who else hasn't had Outlook service today?

Posted by: Don Black at November 12, 2026 08:28 PM (ZxPkt)

101 Has Bear Grylls seen that giant larva?

Posted by: scampydog at November 12, 2026 08:28 PM (41CYW)

102 A judge on Nov. 11 denied a request for immediate access to records regarding the Nov. 3 midterm election from Mary Peltola, running for U.S. Senate in Alaska.
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Democrat Mary Peltola’s lead in the race for Alaska’s U.S. Senate seat has shrunk..
Sen. Dan S. Sullivan (R-Alaska) has 117,512 first-place votes, or 47.3 percent. Peltola had been ahead by 4,250 votes and is now 3,975 votes ahead.
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A preliminary analysis by the organization FairVote of the ranked-choice voting record of some ballots released by the state on Nov. 11 shows Peltola with 50.15 percent of the vote, or 710 votes ahead of Dan S. Sullivan, after the final round of counting.
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tcnAlaska, has the say but it looks like there's going to be another round of gibberish.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 12, 2026 08:29 PM (gpvQO)

103 Watching Lonesome Dove. Never seen it before.

Posted by: NCKate at November 12, 2026 08:29 PM (enNUy)

104 >>>It has elongated upright stromata poking up through the ground, much like fingers

If I saw that, I think I'd call 911.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 12, 2026 08:30 PM (syz1S)

105
They don't use CE as Christian Era they call it Common Era.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 12, 2026 08:30 PM (gpvQO)

106 95 Eromero - Removable or fixed bridges?
Posted by: free tibet at November 12, 2026 08:25 PM
Fixed/Permanent, but surgeon can remove them if required for repair of replacement. Laser printed from laser scan blueprints. Amazing

Posted by: Eromero at November 12, 2026 08:30 PM (LHPAg)

107
Not that dog breeding is inexpensive, but how much does a professional handler put you back?
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 12, 2026 08:26 PM (5WPt1)

__________

In breed competition, about $125. There are bonuses for further wins during the day. I won't say how much a Best in Show costs. Big, prestigious shows (Westminster, AKC National) are more expensive.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 12, 2026 08:31 PM (eRlcH)

108 Fungi fingers? I took care of some that looked a lot like those.

Posted by: Mel Gibson - Signs at November 12, 2026 08:32 PM (41CYW)

109 Not that dog breeding is inexpensive, but how much does a professional handler put you back?
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 12, 2026 08:26 PM
Twenty dogbucks, same as in town.

Posted by: Eromero at November 12, 2026 08:32 PM (LHPAg)

110 I knew a horse owner that got a donkey to run off stray dogs that were harrying her horses, and said it worked well. I don't know how they'll fare against wolf packs, but donkeys do have the instinct to run off canine species.

I bet ranchers would be interested in buying something that would let them know if a wolf was collared or safe to SSS.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 12, 2026 08:33 PM (PV+Zw)

111 Eromero-Pretty little torque wrench is used! You should have the posts checked/cleaned twice a year. Generally remove and inspect twice yearly.

Posted by: free tibet at November 12, 2026 08:33 PM (h6yWA)

112 Fixed/Permanent, but surgeon can remove them if required for repair of replacement. Laser printed from laser scan blueprints. Amazing
Posted by: Eromero

To my knowledge, neither D.C. nor Marvel ever had a hero with laser teeth.

You gonna get a cool costume and fight crime?

Posted by: mikeski at November 12, 2026 08:35 PM (VHUov)

113 Had owner of a nice, little suburban condo hire me to kill Dead Man Fingers in the bed just outside her front door.
Gave her the heebie-jeebies.
Heh. Ok

Posted by: Elon at November 12, 2026 08:36 PM (ik4bQ)

114 I contend HR trounces on peoples Constitutional rights.
They are judge, jury, and dictators.
And very mean people.

Posted by: Case at November 12, 2026 08:36 PM (En+fz)

115
Actually, if I knew how much professional handlers cost us, I'd burst into tears. Her Majesty is an excellent handler, but after two knee replacements she can no longer run fast enough to do justice to her dogs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 12, 2026 08:37 PM (eRlcH)

116 That wasn't Elon got hired to kill those fungi.

Posted by: MkY at November 12, 2026 08:37 PM (ik4bQ)

117 About the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The guard sure stepped in quickly and loudly. Good for him and good for hegseth for acknowledging him and even giving him a medal.

A question though - was that a standard script the guard used or his own words? It sure got the point across in a hurry either way. Impressive to say the least

Posted by: 496 at November 12, 2026 08:37 PM (STpL3)

118 Donkeys have been known to kill coyotes.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 12, 2026 08:38 PM (wOO3z)

119 It has elongated upright stromata poking up through the ground, much like fingers

If I saw that, I think I'd call 911.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous

It's no wonder our prehistoric ancestors saw spirits and faeries everywhere.

Posted by: mikeski at November 12, 2026 08:38 PM (VHUov)

120 111 Eromero-Pretty little torque wrench is used! You should have the posts checked/cleaned twice a year. Generally remove and inspect twice yearly.
Posted by: free tibet at November 12, 2026 08:33 PM
Yes, I saw that on ewetoob. Mindboggling what smart people come up with. Smart people who deserve to be paid for their work.

Posted by: Eromero at November 12, 2026 08:39 PM (LHPAg)

121 Smart people who deserve to be paid for their work.
Posted by: Eromero

We don't understand those words in that order.

Posted by: Democrats at November 12, 2026 08:40 PM (VHUov)

122 A question though - was that a standard script the guard used or his own words? It sure got the point across in a hurry either way. Impressive to say the least
Posted by: 496 at November 12, 2026 08:37 PM (STpL3)

I would think they are trained on a script, but not sure.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 12, 2026 08:40 PM (wOO3z)

123 You know what else glows under UV light?

Right! Ringworm glows under UV light.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 12, 2026 08:40 PM (rbvCR)

124 100 So who else hasn't had Outlook service today?
Posted by: Don Black

✋🏼

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 12, 2026 08:41 PM (NFX2v)

125 112 Fixed/Permanent, but surgeon can remove them if required for repair of replacement. Laser printed from laser scan blueprints. Amazing
Posted by: Eromero

To my knowledge, neither D.C. nor Marvel ever had a hero with laser teeth.

You gonna get a cool costume and fight crime?
Posted by: mikeski at November 12, 2026 08:35 PM (VHUov)
And a kitana. And a tiger to ride on.

Posted by: Eromero at November 12, 2026 08:41 PM (LHPAg)

126 117 About the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The guard sure stepped in quickly and loudly. Good for him and good for hegseth for acknowledging him and even giving him a medal.

A question though - was that a standard script the guard used or his own words? It sure got the point across in a hurry either way. Impressive to say the least
Posted by: 496 at November 12, 2026 08:37 PM (STpL3)

How ignorant do you have to be to laugh at the Tomb? FFS. Bailiff, whack her peepee.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 12, 2026 08:41 PM (5WPt1)

127 A question though - was that a standard script the guard used or his own words? It sure got the point across in a hurry either way. Impressive to say the least
Posted by: 496 at November 12, 2026 08:37 PM (STpL3)
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Probably scripted.

The men who guard the Tomb are among the most highly trained soldiers on the planet.

*NOTHING* is left to chance if they can avoid it.

I watched a video or a tv show once detailing the process of joining their ranks. It's *intense.*

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 12, 2026 08:42 PM (s2iZv)

128 I would think they are trained on a script, but not sure.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 12, 2026 08:40 PM (wOO3z)
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Voice too!

Posted by: 496 at November 12, 2026 08:42 PM (STpL3)

129 You gonna get a cool costume and fight crime?
Posted by: mikeski at November 12, 2026 08:35 PM (VHUov)
And a kitana. And a tiger to ride on.
Posted by: Eromero at November 12, 2026 08:41 PM (LHPAg)

And a shark with a fricken laser beam on its head.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 12, 2026 08:42 PM (5WPt1)

130 The men who guard the Tomb are among the most highly trained soldiers on the planet.

*NOTHING* is left to chance if they can avoid it.

I watched a video or a tv show once detailing the process of joining their ranks. It's *intense.*
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 12, 2026 08:42 PM (s2iZv)

And thank God they are. Nothing is much more serious than that duty. Ever.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 12, 2026 08:43 PM (5WPt1)

131 How ignorant do you have to be to laugh at the Tomb? FFS. Bailiff, whack her peepee.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 12, 2026 08:41 PM (5WPt1)
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Agreed. But we all slip up and that guy sure whacked her peepee.

Posted by: 496 at November 12, 2026 08:43 PM (STpL3)

132 100 So who else hasn't had Outlook service today?

Posted by: Don Black at November 12, 2026 08:28 PM (ZxPkt)

Outlook died? And had a funeral service?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 12, 2026 08:45 PM (l3cgK)

133
How to know if your girlfriend is a Chinese Spy

After sex with her, she complains, "You too Huang!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at November 12, 2026 08:45 PM (ixS3i)

134 After a story in recent days saying that Vance wanted to meet with some of the Iranian leadership, Trump came out today and basically told Vance to shut up about Iran. Rubio’s back in charge of all foreign policy.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 12, 2026 08:01 PM (YOZYJ)

Vance has repeatedly said that he didn't like war in the ME, since it hasn't done much good so far.
Domestic fraud and waste is a better fit for him, and Rubio can go be a legbreaker that he is good at.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 12, 2026 08:48 PM (rbvCR)

135
You know what else glows under UV light?

Right! Ringworm glows under UV light.
Posted by: Kindltot

Under no circumstances ought you take one into a room at the "Bide-a-Wee" motor lodge that rents rooms by the hour.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at November 12, 2026 08:49 PM (ixS3i)

136 Microsoft appears stumped.

Posted by: Don Black at November 12, 2026 08:52 PM (ZxPkt)

137 What happens to you if your silly ass slides under that ice wall?
Posted by: Eromero at November 12, 2026 08:13 PM (LHPAg)

Probably just get cold.

There was a news article the other week that talked about heavy rains actually "DOUBLING" the speed of Alaskan glaciers.
I mean, seriously, the standard rate of speed for a glacier is called "glacial" for a reason.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 12, 2026 08:53 PM (rbvCR)

138 "The OSS is back."

You remember when we cleared out Gran's apartment and found those grenades? And she never talked about what she did in the 40's and we thought she worked for Douglas because of the pension?

Posted by: Kindltot at November 12, 2026 08:55 PM (rbvCR)

139
Watching Lonesome Dove. Never seen it before.
Posted by: NCKate

While the whole series is top notch, I am partial to the first half of the story. The breaking point for me was Clara entering the story.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at November 12, 2026 08:55 PM (ixS3i)

140 Vince Langman
@LangmanVince
·
51m
Hey @grok
explain to me like a five year old what this post means and how bad is this situation?
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@grok
Imagine lots of Microsoft's big computers (servers) that handle email, Teams and other tools keep falling asleep or freezing the moment people start using them. Engineers woke some up, but they freeze again under normal work, so now they're carefully limiting who can use them and rebuilding some with older settings to find the fix.

Posted by: Don Black at November 12, 2026 08:55 PM (ZxPkt)

141 Best fit for Vance is professor at some middling college.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 12, 2026 08:55 PM (gpvQO)

142 Hello, again, All! Happy Friday Eve!

Posted by: Bulg at November 12, 2026 08:55 PM (77rzZ)

143 And thank God they are. Nothing is much more serious than that duty. Ever.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 12, 2026 08:43 PM (5WPt1)
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I'm rewatching that video right now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vn6OxMX0o8

Yeah. They are dead serious about their job. It's one of the highest honors for any soldier. 90% of the people to attempt to join fail the tests.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 12, 2026 08:56 PM (s2iZv)

144 133
How to know if your girlfriend is a Chinese Spy
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She recoils when you say your safe word is Taiwan?

Posted by: scampydog at November 12, 2026 08:56 PM (41CYW)

145 136 Microsoft appears stumped.
Posted by: Don Black at November 12, 2026 08:52 PM
Not a bug, a feature, roundeye.

Posted by: Eromero at November 12, 2026 08:57 PM (LHPAg)

146 I hope the Chinese hacked Microsoft and delete everything.

Posted by: fd at November 12, 2026 08:58 PM (MWfyi)

147 I for one am looking forward to death squads run by the US Government that can operate within the boundaries of the USA. No chance of problems there, no siree.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 12, 2026 08:58 PM (rbvCR)

148 Take a bite out of crime.

Posted by: McGruff at November 12, 2026 08:59 PM (Cqx++)

149 Oh, wait maybe I need to change my tampon and not worry about how the next Democrat President will use his death squads.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 12, 2026 08:59 PM (rbvCR)

150 136 Microsoft appears stumped.
Posted by: Don Black at November 12, 2026 08:52 PM
Not a bug, a feature, roundeye.
Now, back up to stump, prease.

Posted by: Eromero at November 12, 2026 09:00 PM (LHPAg)

151 >>>Donkeys have been known to kill coyotes.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 12, 2026 08:38 PM (wOO3z)
****
I'm in western NC and often see donkeys in pastures with goats. I was told that the donkeys will protect the other animals from predators like coyotes.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at November 12, 2026 09:01 PM (5UL2W)

152 La'Quanisha Finds Out why Fucking Round with Jorge is a bad idea.

https://tinyurl.com/mtzjp2pj

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 12, 2026 09:02 PM (qlLNh)

153
Microsoft appears stumped.

Have Clippy offer them some sage advice for which he was well loved by all and sundry.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at November 12, 2026 09:02 PM (ixS3i)

154 "The OSS is back."

I'll believe that only when DSA operatives start mysteriously "disappearing"

Posted by: Boswell at November 12, 2026 08:16 PM (j10i6)

Fuck yeah.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 12, 2026 09:03 PM (vzuC7)

155 Best fit for Vance is professor at some middling college.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 12, 2026 08:55 PM (gpvQO)

Maybe working at the VA. You know, with the service members who came home missing parts and missing buddies.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 12, 2026 09:05 PM (rbvCR)

156
I'll believe that only when DSA operatives start mysteriously "disappearing"

Posted by: Boswell

Keep a sharp eye out for changes in quicklime futures.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at November 12, 2026 09:05 PM (ixS3i)

157 > 118 Donkeys have been known to kill coyotes.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 12, 2026 08:38 PM (wOO3z)

They'll kill snakes if one gets too close. They won't hunt them, or anything, but if a snake should pop up near them they'll stomp the shit out of it.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 12, 2026 09:06 PM (qlLNh)

158 Imagine lots of Microsoft's big computers (servers) that handle email, Teams and other tools keep falling asleep or freezing the moment people start using them. Engineers woke some up, but they freeze again under normal work, so now they're carefully limiting who can use them and rebuilding some with older settings to find the fix.
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Maybe they're just running Windows.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 12, 2026 09:06 PM (vSvIl)

159 CODE PINK

Posted by: runner at November 12, 2026 09:07 PM (AKptf)

160 I worked for the OSS because that's where the hot men were.
_Julia Child

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 12, 2026 09:07 PM (gpvQO)

161 After a story in recent days saying that Vance wanted to meet with some of the Iranian leadership, Trump came out today and basically told Vance to shut up about Iran. Rubio’s back in charge of all foreign policy.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 12, 2026 08:01 PM (YOZYJ)

Trump is in charge, he just does not like failures.

Posted by: runner at November 12, 2026 09:09 PM (AKptf)

162 Elon Musk is hinting pretty openly that he wants Jensen Huang to come lead his Terafab chip startup.

If Huang still wants to work, he'd be ideal. People with Huang's experience at bootstrapping and ramping up chip foundries are pretty thin on the ground.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 12, 2026 09:09 PM (qlLNh)

163 Microsoft should switch to Linux.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at November 12, 2026 09:10 PM (0FL7P)

164 Trump stopped because Saudi, and Qatar and Bahrain and the rest of them. They are playing him, and he is smart enough to know they are playing him, I don't understand why he thinks it is a good idea.

Posted by: runner at November 12, 2026 09:11 PM (AKptf)

165
Microsoft should switch to Linux.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles

Har!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at November 12, 2026 09:11 PM (ixS3i)

166
They date back to the IV century BCE and they are also called the Tombs of the Kings as they were originally built for the ancient Lycian kings.

Omar Ilini whatever her name, reading this:
"Long before World War Eleven, these tombs in Turkey, built by islamic engineers, date back to the Intravenous century Before Currency Extortion....and originally built for the ancient Lying kings of taqiyya. inshalla"

If the GOP wrote any bills or did, hell, ANYTHING, in cursive and with Roman numbers, how many interns would it take to figure it out?

The tombs are very cool. How do you get in there? A hole on the top of the mountain and drop the dead in with a thud on top of others? With ladders for the living?

How did they get built? Slaves roped to the top of the mountiain with chisels? Electric beavers?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 12, 2026 09:11 PM (hzuYO)

167 "The OSS is back."

I'll believe that only when DSA operatives start mysteriously "disappearing"

Posted by: Boswell at November 12, 2026 08:16 PM (j10i6)

Fuck yeah.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 12, 2026 09:03 PM (vzuC7)
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Rename it "Team America: World Police" and build them a secret base inside Mount Rushmore!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 12, 2026 09:12 PM (s2iZv)

168 La'Quanisha Finds Out why Fucking Round with Jorge is a bad idea.

https://tinyurl.com/mtzjp2pj

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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Notice, La'Quanisha's boyfriend makes no attempt to contradict Jorge.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 12, 2026 09:12 PM (gpvQO)

169 I kinda remember when Rs won during Obama. Nothing changed. He continued to damage the country.

Posted by: runner at November 12, 2026 09:12 PM (AKptf)

170 Gen. Pinochet has shown that If you cut off the head, the rest of snake also dies.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 12, 2026 09:14 PM (RIvkX)

171 I wonder how OSS is going to be different from DIA...

Posted by: runner at November 12, 2026 09:14 PM (AKptf)

172
They'll kill snakes if one gets too close. They won't hunt them, or anything, but if a snake should pop up near them they'll stomp the shit out of it.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 12, 2026 09:06 PM (qlLNh)

********
For mountain hikes I hope to now get a therapy donkey.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 12, 2026 09:14 PM (hzuYO)

173 I had a guardian donkey in every pasture when I was raising colts. All the mares foaled inside but those donkeys guarded those colts. Of course, most of the mares would kill a coyote too.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 12, 2026 09:15 PM (8Uo7a)

174 162 Elon Musk is hinting pretty openly that he wants Jensen Huang to come lead his Terafab chip startup.

If Huang still wants to work, he'd be ideal. People with Huang's experience at bootstrapping and ramping up chip foundries are pretty thin on the ground.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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They've been mutual fanbois, if they don't but heads it's Katy, bar the door. And Musk just bought a $illion dollars worth of fabrication equipment from Germany.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 12, 2026 09:17 PM (gpvQO)

175 Posted by: The Boss at November 12, 2026 07:44 PM

You're not the Boss of me!

Posted by: Hugo at November 12, 2026 09:17 PM (0sNs1)

176
Correct me if I am wrong, but did not the Republicans have control of both houses of Congress back in the late 1900s or early 2000s and they pretty much did nothing with their control, too, like the dunces now in office. Then they, too, were given the old heave-ho by the voters?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at November 12, 2026 09:17 PM (ixS3i)

177 164 Trump stopped because Saudi, and Qatar and Bahrain and the rest of them. They are playing him, and he is smart enough to know they are playing him, I don't understand why he thinks it is a good idea.

Posted by: runner
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Iran continues to be throttled down?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 12, 2026 09:20 PM (gpvQO)

178
Has Microsoft tried turning off their servers and then turning them back on? Seems to me that was a common fix they suggested back in their heyday.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at November 12, 2026 09:20 PM (ixS3i)

179 AI generated prediction of a teaser from the possibly cancelled "Man of Tomorrow"

https://tinyurl.com/3aj5srdf

Posted by: Kindltot at November 12, 2026 09:20 PM (rbvCR)

180 Krebs, the GOP has been sclerotic for decades.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 12, 2026 09:21 PM (8Uo7a)

181 Notice, La'Quanisha's boyfriend makes no attempt to contradict Jorge.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 12, 2026 09:12
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I swear... inevery damn one of these videos they walk away too soon. She's on her back. She has given up. I'm not a good person, but I'd stomp a knee or ankle so fucking hard that she would remember her stupidity with every step of her life.

Posted by: 496 at November 12, 2026 09:21 PM (STpL3)

182 CODE PINK
Posted by: runner at November 12, 2026 09:07 PM

Code Stink >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Code Pink

Posted by: Big Penguin at November 12, 2026 09:21 PM (0sNs1)

183 Tomb sentry statements are scripted, including the shushing orders to visitors. Have visited many times, have never seen a sentry have to open his mouth, but many online videos show this and I believe the words are the same. Hegseth decorating the guy today was perfect.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 12, 2026 09:22 PM (U/Byj)

184 runner, did you miss what happened today?

Posted by: Ben Had at November 12, 2026 09:22 PM (8Uo7a)

185 Correct me if I am wrong, but did not the Republicans have control of both houses of Congress back in the late 1900s or early 2000s and they pretty much did nothing with their control, too, like the dunces now in office. Then they, too, were given the old heave-ho by the voters?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:
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Bush. 2001.

Posted by: scampydog at November 12, 2026 09:24 PM (41CYW)

186 rhomboid, your analysis has been spot on, thank you.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 12, 2026 09:25 PM (8Uo7a)

187 One of the things we wanted to come out with was a channel on the Iranian side, which we did. They were like, ‘OK, fine, we’ll send somebody from the IRGC to go hang out in Doha with somebody from CENTCOM,’ and that’s how we’re going to settle a lot of these disputes.

Posted by: Jaydee at November 12, 2026 09:26 PM (PWPvd)

188

100 So who else hasn't had Outlook service today?
Posted by: Don Black at November 12, 2026 08:28 PM (ZxPkt)

Mine has been crashed since this morning.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 12, 2026 09:26 PM (YOZYJ)

189 I wonder if AI caused the screwup with Outlook. I would laugh and laugh...

Posted by: fd at November 12, 2026 09:28 PM (MWfyi)

190 Think Braenyard is correct on Iran. Gulf states are very vulnerable to mass Iranian attack on infrastructure. I think some of them have been "hardening" targets best they can to mitigate the problem if it happens.

There's also always the underlying calculation they have to make: will the US and Israel finally finish off these nutcases in Tehran, or do we have to go back to our very tense frenemy situation with a now-unleashed/p'od mullah regime. UAE seems to have made its decision, other three not so much. Oman under their new-ish leadership surprisingly bold, but clearly also loathe to become a fixed enemy of the mullahs. All pretty rational with the regional history.

Anyway all this makes delay attractive to most of them. Meanwhile the blockade and financial squeeze seem to be working very well, so Washington is content to wait. Time is not on Tehran's side. Trump seems to have decided to lead and not politic and pander to a clueless public, which means trouble for Iran's regime.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 12, 2026 09:29 PM (U/Byj)

191 Heh, in the 90's one of my companies vendors gave us a few T-shirts that had a penguin saying "good evening Mr Gates, I'll be your server this evening". So Microsoft using non MS OS computers to handle big workloads would not be new.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 12, 2026 09:30 PM (PV+Zw)

192 Gen. Pinochet has shown that If you cut off the head, the rest of snake also dies.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 12, 2026 09:14 PM (RIvkX)

Exactly. Ricardo Lagos, Michelle Bachilet and Gabriel Boric were never elected to high office in Chile and they with the help of the Christian Democrats never rolled back the reforms put into place during the dictatorship, and Pinochet was never arrested and died cuffed to a hospital bed in Spain, where he had gone for treatment of his cancer after peacefully relinquishing his power.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 12, 2026 09:30 PM (rbvCR)

193 I doubt it has anything to do with Microsoft, but I've noticed that Nexus mods is running their "are you a bot" check on nearly every page load.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 12, 2026 09:30 PM (vSvIl)

194 runner, did you miss what happened today?
Posted by: Ben Had at November 12, 2026 09:22 PM (8Uo7a)

*that's ... a bit general.

What art though referrings to ??

Posted by: runner at November 12, 2026 09:30 PM (AKptf)

195 Oh, and only 5 of the 8 Chilean Presidents since Pinochet have been Socialists of some sort or another.

WINNING!

Posted by: Kindltot at November 12, 2026 09:34 PM (rbvCR)

196 "Jaydee" keeps repeating that post, which is great, but actually there's another quote from JD that is even more jaw-dropping, about how cool it was to deal with the Iranians and how one of them had regretted "how they did business with us" these past 5 decades.

Beyond hilarious. Well, so long as that guy never influences big decisions in this area.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 12, 2026 09:34 PM (U/Byj)

197 @190

We've been giving the Gulf billions and billions and billions of advanced technology and defense technology (and blond starlets) since the 1940s. *the oil must flow I guess. We had arab princelings attend Air Force, and other military Schools. Surely by now they learned how to use the equipment, right ?

Posted by: runner at November 12, 2026 09:35 PM (AKptf)

198 @196 Jaydee discovered Middle East history 18 month ago.

Posted by: runner at November 12, 2026 09:36 PM (AKptf)

199 Microsoft signed a $1.6 billion deal with Constellation Energy to help restart Unit 1 of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

Renamed the Crane Clean Energy Center, the plant is scheduled to reopen around 2027 to supply carbon-free electricity exclusively for Microsoft's artificial intelligence (AI) data centers.

Who's pissed? 🧐

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 12, 2026 09:37 PM (NFX2v)

200 runner, we preemptively took out several sites in Iran today, Qatar has been sent to tell the IRGC they have 2 weeks to surrender. Bibi has the strong hand with the caretaker govt.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 12, 2026 09:39 PM (8Uo7a)

201 Oh, and only 5 of the 8 Chilean Presidents since Pinochet have been Socialists of some sort or another.

WINNING!
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That's a bit of a mind bender when putting that to ours. Trump, Biden, Trump, Obama, Bush, Clinton, HW Bush, Reagan.

Posted by: scampydog phone at November 12, 2026 09:40 PM (41CYW)

202 Posted by: Ben Had at November 12, 2026 09:39 PM (8Uo7a)

I guess I did miss this particular bit of news! I was too focused on the Huang and NVIDIA!

Posted by: runner at November 12, 2026 09:41 PM (AKptf)

203 runner there's a lot more to it than that (knowing how to use the equipment). Obviously these places are weird small monarchies with their own traits and weaknesses. Though Arab societies vary quite a bit from the Maghreb to the Gulf and Shatt, a consistent weakness is the social structure that makes a military with top-down and down-up loyalty very difficult to achieve. Hence the generally poor military performance.

And for the most part they've *paid* for all the stuff they got from us. As with other overseas sales, on some systems their purchases helped us in a few ways, including maintaining demand and lowering overall unit cost from higher total production.

Sort of fascinating and infuriating to deal with most people from this region. Oh - and the Kurds have achieved much higher than ordinary military effectiveness owing to shared minority status ("all in this together") and existential threats (mass graves in Iraq were pretty stunning to see).

Posted by: rhomboid at November 12, 2026 09:41 PM (U/Byj)

204 They don't use CE as Christian Era they call it Common Era.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 12, 2026 08:30 PM (gpvQO)

That’s how they read it. We are free to read it however we wish.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 12, 2026 09:43 PM (xu5Ib)

205 runner I'm guessing you're misreading "Jaydee" here. Have to believe he's posting this repeatedly to highlight the, um, well the distinctive approach JD seems to have to this topic.

A deconfliction center with CENTCOM and the IRGC is a ridiculous concept. Just as the deconfliction operation between Israel and Russia for years, in Syria, made perfect sense and worked quite well.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 12, 2026 09:44 PM (U/Byj)

206 I'm guessing you're misreading "Jaydee" here.

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Jaydee is JD, not the commenter

Posted by: runner at November 12, 2026 09:45 PM (AKptf)

207 Ben Had as always you are too kind. As long as the lemon preserves deliver, that's the only area I have input any longer lol.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 12, 2026 09:46 PM (U/Byj)

208 I'm assuming "Jaydee" is using that sock precisely to point to JD, whose quote he is using. Could be confusulated, won't be the 10,000th time.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 12, 2026 09:47 PM (U/Byj)

209
There was an article linked in the tech thread here about a year ago that was an insider's account of Microsoft. According to the author, a culture of incompetence has taken over the company, institutional memory and continuity are disappearing, and basic functions of developing and maintaining their software products is increasingly beyond the company's ability. If the author can be believed, Microsoft is finished, and are largely faking their way through the appearance they present to the public.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 12, 2026 09:48 PM (ienUH)

210 Search Assist

Yes, José Antonio Kast, the president of Chile, is aligning closely with Donald Trump and his administration, signaling a shift in Chile's foreign policy towards stronger ties with the United States

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 12, 2026 09:48 PM (gpvQO)

211 169 I kinda remember when Rs won during Obama. Nothing changed. He continued to damage the country.
Posted by: runner at November 12, 2026 09:12 PM (AKptf)

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Yeah, and then....and then....we got a Republican president and a Republican House....and a Republican Senate....and they ALL worked together to dismantle Obamacare and replace it with a more free market friendly alternative.

No...no they didn't.

Posted by: Orson at November 12, 2026 09:49 PM (dIske)

212 There has been no mention of the BRICs failure to once again try to supplant the US dollar.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 12, 2026 09:50 PM (8Uo7a)

213 200 runner, we preemptively took out several sites in Iran today, Qatar has been sent to tell the IRGC they have 2 weeks to surrender. Bibi has the strong hand with the caretaker govt.

Posted by: Ben Had
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These are things we know no more since Musk has cleaned the deck for X.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 12, 2026 09:54 PM (gpvQO)

214 181 Notice, La'Quanisha's boyfriend makes no attempt to contradict Jorge.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 12, 2026 09:12
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I swear... inevery damn one of these videos they walk away too soon. She's on her back. She has given up. I'm not a good person, but I'd stomp a knee or ankle so fucking hard that she would remember her stupidity with every step of her life.
Posted by: 496 at November 12, 2026 09:21 PM (STpL3)

I suspect the boyfriend has been contemplating doing exactly the same thing to this useless twat for months.

I likewise suspect that last kick to the dome probably left a nice mark, and she will at least have some sort of lasting memory that she behaved poorly.

What possible reason could there be for chimping out like that on anyone, let alone a Mexican? Does she really think she is the apex predator? What a fool.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 12, 2026 09:54 PM (5WPt1)

215 NBC News, Sen. Chris Van Hollen says he will challenge Sen. Chuck Schumer for majority leader
The Maryland Democrat said he is “answering the call of the American people” as grassroots progressives and some newly elected senators call for change in leadership.

In part, "Democratic senators will hold a vote in December to choose their leadership for the next Congress. That vote is held behind closed doors and requires a simple majority of the caucus."

"Van Hollen plans to run on having the new Democratic majority use every available tool to end the Iran war, starting with the upcoming government funding measure to avoid a December shutdown, according to his team. He’s also proposing to reverse President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” get money out of politics and tackle corruption."

"Schumer responded on X to Van Hollen’s announcement, asserting he has the votes to win."

Popcorn?

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 12, 2026 09:55 PM (NFX2v)

216 If the author can be believed, Microsoft is finished, and are largely faking their way through the appearance they present to the public.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 12, 2026 09:48 PM (ienUH)

Considering how many dot Indians they hired, I don't doubt it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 12, 2026 09:57 PM (5WPt1)

217 There has been no mention of the BRICs failure to once again try to supplant the US dollar.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 12, 2026 09:50 PM (8Uo7a)

BRICS best use would have been as a payment and debt clearance system to sidestep SWIFT (which Obama decided to use as a weapon by excluding countries like Russia he thought were a threat), and they even came out with BRICS card prefiguring the payment system for the member nations. The problem, I think, is that the only member with actual collateral to back the system was Russia, and they are busy right now, as is Iran who had its collateral tied up in Turkish banks to evade the embargoes, and currently the UAE is getting rocketed by Iran, so that unified front is a bit curdled.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 12, 2026 09:58 PM (rbvCR)

218 Braeynard, I read Iran International, Ynet, Arutz Sheva and watch Tousi.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 12, 2026 09:58 PM (8Uo7a)

219 nood ont

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 12, 2026 09:59 PM (NnhvP)

220 If there's no Outlook tomorrow people will have to call the office landline.

Posted by: wth at November 12, 2026 10:07 PM (oq9dX)

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