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Gun Thread: Mid-June & Father's Day Edition!
FUNdamentals Fundamentals of attitude and preparation, that is. Last week I asked the following:
Welp, I think we have pretty well established you people, for the most part, are not thinking about anything and definitely not focusing on fundamentals when you are shooting. SIGH This hurts, people. This hurts Weasel deeply Q: Weasel, why does our lack of focus on fundamentals hurt you so deeply?What I am getting at is attitude and mental preparation are key aspects of performance. It doesn't much matter what complex task you are performing, your attitude and preparation plays an important part in deciding whether you suck or perform well. That's what this whole focus on fundamentals boils down to. If you want to shoot well, focus on the fundamentals of shooting. If you want to make toast well, focus on the fundamentals of making toast. Hell, you don't need to believe me. Here is a video with a Delta badass describing his very own focus on fundamentals during his official badass training. It's over three hours long, but you only need to watch a few minutes. Skip to 24:00 and stop around 33:35.
A: Glad you asked. It hurts Weasel, because Weasel knows this is the true path to shooting enlightenment. How about attitude? Do you think your attitude affects your shooting? If so, how so?
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Cigar of the Week
Lately I've been trending mostly maduro and darker fare, but came into a new-to-me Connecticut shade stick to try, and glad I did. Drew Estate's Undercrown Shade is a handsome golden brown cigar with minimal "tooth" or veins to its wrapper. Actually as you'll see in the photo, this stick had some small cracks in the wrapper up near the cap. Noticed this, so got out my handy burmacol (vegetable glue, what holds cigars together) and touched up the flaws - and let it dry while I loaded another 50 rounds of 45ACP. When I did burn this cigar, it was a pleasant experience throughout. Even burn, nice medium draw, ample smoke (though not as much as many Drew Estate sticks put out, which can be sort of amazing). Definitely mild-medium, with a distinct overall sweetness, and to me a sweet citrusy note. Perfect choice when you're looking for something mild and easy. I smoked the gran toro (6 X 52), which can be found online for just over $8. As a side note, any more than occasional cigar smoker should have the glue on hand. I have PerfecRepair brand, there are others. Wrappers do sometimes crack, and for a few bucks you can have the ability to save a cigar that would otherwise unravel on you.Most excellent, rhomboid! Thank you!
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Nicks Cigar World New! A note about sources. The brick & mortar/online divide exists with cigars, as with guns, and most consumer products, with respect to price. As with guns - since both are "persecuted industries", basically - I make a conscious effort to source at least some of my cigars from my local store(s). It's a small thing, but the brick & mortar segment for both guns and tobacco are precious, and worth supporting where you can. And if you're lucky enough to have a good cigar store/lounge available, they're often a good social event with many dangerous people of the sort who own scary gunz, or read smart military blogs like this one. -rhomboid Anyone have others to include? Perhaps a small local roller who makes a cigar you like? Send me your recommendation and a link to the site!
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 15, 2025 07:00 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Reforger at June 15, 2025 07:00 PM (LgDgc)
Posted by: Eromero at June 15, 2025 07:00 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 15, 2025 07:01 PM (/Ghsb)
Posted by: The Fourth Shot at June 15, 2025 07:01 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at June 15, 2025 07:01 PM (0XVad)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 15, 2025 07:01 PM (Wnv9h)
Congrats and enjoy! *cheers*
Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 15, 2025 07:02 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 15, 2025 07:04 PM (/Ghsb)
Posted by: Coelacanth at June 15, 2025 07:04 PM (EABvN)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 15, 2025 07:05 PM (/Ghsb)
Posted by: Ed L at June 15, 2025 07:05 PM (BCwQW)
Congratulations, Weasel! Enjoy your retirement, and what I'm sure will be much time on the farm, farming organic trees and planting freedom seeds.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 15, 2025 07:05 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 15, 2025 07:05 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Ed L at June 15, 2025 07:07 PM (BCwQW)
You don't look that old!
Time to work more on your organic tree farming?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 15, 2025 07:07 PM (S/Y4j)
With no travel on the schedule this week, I have plans for 3 separate range outings before the next Gun Thread.
Hopefully I still remember my fundamentals....
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at June 15, 2025 07:09 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: TRex at June 15, 2025 07:09 PM (IQ6Gq)
Can we reach that conclusion accurately, and with sufficient precision, without knowing the diameter of his watch?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 07:10 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 07:11 PM (i51dK)
Spent today at the CWS with my two boys and Mrs. MKC. Daughter would've joined but she's studying abroad this month. Feeling immensely blessed. Hope y'all are as well.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 15, 2025 07:12 PM (xdggF)
I’m pretty sure you’ll find so much to do, you’re going to wonder how you ever got it all done.
Looking forward to your future postings
Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers out there and wishing the GunHorde a great week.
I did get to the range this week for a Cowboy match. Came in last as usual (been a year and a half) but learned a few things and cleaned 2 of 6 stages.
Posted by: Coelacanth at June 15, 2025 07:13 PM (EABvN)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 15, 2025 07:13 PM (xdggF)
Posted by: RI Red at June 15, 2025 07:13 PM (tez/p)
Now you can do all the fun things you never had time to do before!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 15, 2025 07:14 PM (GlyvH)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 15, 2025 07:15 PM (/y8xj)
Congrats Weasel. Retirement is wonderful especially if you have "hobbies".
here a bit earlier than usual because a small contingent of the MGC met yesterday at the range. I continue to work on sighting both with iron sights and with the dots. Shot at 3, 5, 7 and 9 yds and had fun. Had fewer episodes of double vision. The G48 with the holosun green dot was the clearest. Because it is a circle and not a solid it is easier to focus on the target. I'm almost convinced I won;t need shooting glasses but will need more sessions to make sure .
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 15, 2025 07:16 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: DBCooper at June 15, 2025 07:16 PM (dfIBf)
That deserves a big congratulations!
Posted by: Case at June 15, 2025 07:18 PM (k7qYZ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 15, 2025 07:19 PM (xIkyh)
Posted by: H at June 15, 2025 07:20 PM (2gjbv)
Posted by: RI Red at June 15, 2025 07:23 PM (tez/p)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 07:24 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 15, 2025 07:24 PM (pNjYF)
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I think it's safe to say sight alignment was a contributing factor
Posted by: Weasel at June 15, 2025 07:25 PM (/Y1xN)
The Ruger RXM 9mm shot quite nicely. It takes Glock magazines, is set up for a future red dot sight, and retails for about $400. I say every household should have one, along with their Remington 870 12 gauge and the family AR-15.
The 1911 Turkish clone got a workout. Tisas "Duty" model in .45 ACP. The good news is it shot nice groups with factory 230 grain FMJ. The bad news it printed those groups 5 inches high at 25 yards. I could file down the rear sight, but I think I will fiddle around with ammo selection first. A 200 grain load might hit lower enough. A taller front sight is also a possibility.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 15, 2025 07:26 PM (T+iUJ)
Posted by: scampydog at June 15, 2025 07:27 PM (41CYW)
May you spend many many many days down on the tree farm.
See you next weekend!!
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at June 15, 2025 07:28 PM (0XVad)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at June 15, 2025 07:28 PM (IQ6Gq)
Unfortunately, due to father stuff, I won't be able to go to the NoVaMoMe. My son will require my presence as he does the getting married thing (not the big shindig, yet) and we meet the other parents.
It's over three hours long, but you only need to watch a few minutes.
Then he obviously is NOT paying attention to the fundamentals.
Posted by: GWB at June 15, 2025 07:29 PM (KoK5d)
Posted by: Weasel at June 15, 2025 07:25 PM (/Y1xN)
Well, I couldn’t see your sock tension, and the Range did not look Angry that day. But I trust your judgment.
Posted by: RI Red at June 15, 2025 07:29 PM (tez/p)
Is the DMVMGC meeting on Sunday?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 15, 2025 07:30 PM (Wnv9h)
Congrats on the retirement, Weasel, and welcome to the Get Off My Lawn Brigade!
Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at June 15, 2025 07:31 PM (PN5uJ)
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Honestly I knew that I had pulled the shot as soon as I pulled the trigger.
Posted by: Weasel at June 15, 2025 07:31 PM (/Y1xN)
Welcome to retirement!! If you are like us, it took a little time to get used to sleeping until we woke instead of the alarm. Sure as hell never missed the commute.
Posted by: JTB at June 15, 2025 07:31 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Ed L at June 15, 2025 07:32 PM (BCwQW)
How did the dog walker do on her date with Gertie?
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 15, 2025 07:32 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 15, 2025 07:32 PM (pNjYF)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 15, 2025 07:32 PM (mT+6a)
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Possibly a slight improvement!
Posted by: Weasel at June 15, 2025 07:34 PM (/Y1xN)
Posted by: Weasel at June 15, 2025 07:36 PM (/Y1xN)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at June 15, 2025 07:28 PM
Yes I am! Looking forward to it.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at June 15, 2025 07:37 PM (0XVad)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at June 15, 2025 07:28 PM
Yes I am! Looking forward to it.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude
************
Excellent. See you then.
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at June 15, 2025 07:37 PM (IQ6Gq)
Food Thread: Ketchup On A Hot Dog! Confirmation of Parkinson's Law Of Trviality!
I needed some flour for a batch of pita, and I had, inexplicably, run out! Off to the local supermarket, where I bought their house brand, mostly because the stuff I usually buy was $8 for a five-pound bag. Yeah, this place has some interesting prices. Anyway, it was terrible. How does one f*ck up flour? Clumpy, not milled as fine, and that probably caused the real problem, which was the incredible laxness of the dough. It had no structure at all, and I had to use a scraper to put it on the peel to transfer it to the oven. That's nuts! The pita wasn't bad, but it definitely wasn't my best effort. And all of this could have been avoided had I been less of a wimp as I drove past the King Arthur Flour store on my way back from shooting in New Hampshire. It was raining, so I decided not to stop. P*ssy! Oh...it was crap as a sourdough feed too! Probably because it was bleached.
What? You don't know what UNIDO is? Yeah, I didn't either until I read this article. UNIDO revises food safety approach
UNIDO launched its Food Safety Approach 2.0 at the Vienna Food Safety Forum earlier this month. The plan calls for robust food safety systems, acknowledging the complexity and numerous stakeholders involved, and emphasizes the relevance of shared responsibility. Challenges such as a shortage of qualified auditors, rising certification costs, and diverse regulatory requirements can disrupt supply chains. Because of increasing economic pressure, decision-makers in authorities and industry are often trying to save costs related to food safety.
What blathering nonsense, and what ridiculous overreach and duplicative effort and cost. The UN is, at best, a pathetic waste of time and money, and at worst is a malign influence in the world.
Speaking of sourdough, this is from commenter "Joe Kidd," who snapped the photo of a friend's kid's effort on the bread-baking front. Nice looking loaf, and I especially like the subtle adornment. That stuff is fun, and can be amazing looking. Or stupid, to which most of my efforts can attest.
Well, here is something quite useful! it is tempting to assume that high quality and high price go hand in hand, but there are very few categories of goods in which that holds true. Sure, there is a correlation, but it is nowhere near 1!
This is my base for roasted rack of lamb. I play with it a lot, and really, it's a standard recipe that can be found anywhere. Garlic Herb-Crusted Roast Rack Of Lamb But it has occurred to me that I should probably try it with pork racks! Mustard, garlic, Parmesan, Rosemary? That will be great! obviously a different cooking technique, but still...
I thought France would have good garlic, but the Frogs seem to have the same problem we have in the U.S. At least they don't import filthy garlic from China. Pork is great here, but no game, so send all of your extra antelope to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: nurse ratched at June 15, 2025 04:01 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Weasel at June 15, 2025 04:01 PM (m0MIc)
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 15, 2025 04:02 PM (IjPyb)
Posted by: Tuna at June 15, 2025 04:03 PM (lJ0H4)
Go ahead and try to ban me.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 04:04 PM (n+rGF)
De gustibus non est disputandum
Which translates roughly from Latin into English, "suck it". I'll put ketchup on if I want to and furthermore, I will eat a Chicago dog. I spent enough time in the burbs there to learn to appreciate them.
Don't forget the poppy seeds.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 15, 2025 04:05 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Mike Royko at June 15, 2025 04:05 PM (vm8sq)
Chicken teriyaki
Aldi's eggrolls
Jalapeno salad (Target bag)
Strawberries/green grapes/blueberries
Posted by: Nova Local at June 15, 2025 04:06 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 15, 2025 04:06 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 04:06 PM (vm8sq)
I like hot dogs with ketchup.
Posted by: Judge Boasberg at June 15, 2025 04:06 PM (iGK7y)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 15, 2025 04:06 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 04:04 PM (n+rGF)
I'm pretty sure the Mishnah says not to use ketchup on a hot dog.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 04:06 PM (mWSu4)
Go ahead and try to ban me.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 04:04 PM (n+rGF)
Weather machine fight!!!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 15, 2025 04:07 PM (ULPxl)
And, CBD, do not shit talk the glory that is a well-made chili dog!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 15, 2025 04:07 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 15, 2025 04:06 PM (0aYVJ)
And there was great rejoicing, as at least one of The Horde gets it!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 04:08 PM (mWSu4)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 15, 2025 04:08 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 15, 2025 04:06 PM (0aYVJ
I don't need kosher...I just need all beef.
Posted by: Nova Local at June 15, 2025 04:08 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 15, 2025 04:08 PM (ltBzE)
Posted by: Tuna at June 15, 2025 04:08 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 04:09 PM (i51dK)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 15, 2025 04:06 PM (ULPxl)
This is the way...
Dijon is the nicest mustard for this...
Posted by: Nova Local at June 15, 2025 04:09 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 15, 2025 04:07 PM (Wnv9h)
It's a sloppy. gloppy mess, preferred by people who need to mask the flavor of substandard hot dogs.
You know...Massholes!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 04:09 PM (mWSu4)
Posted by: jsg at June 15, 2025 04:09 PM (iGK7y)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 15, 2025 04:09 PM (akw+7)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 15, 2025 04:09 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Weasel at June 15, 2025 04:10 PM (i89tL)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 15, 2025 04:09 PM (Wnv9h)
Now you're just bragging.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 04:10 PM (mWSu4)
Deli mustard, raw onions and sauerkraut.
Ballpark dogs get ketchup and mustard.
Sausages get brown mustard and peppers.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 15, 2025 04:10 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 04:10 PM (i51dK)
You know...Massholes!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 04:09 PM
Then you ain't doin' it right! Freakin' Jersey...
We seeing you in NoVa next weekend?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 15, 2025 04:11 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2025 04:11 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: PabloD at June 15, 2025 04:12 PM (Dsfkc)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 15, 2025 04:12 PM (ltBzE)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 15, 2025 04:11 PM (Wnv9h)
Sadly, no. I will be eating well in Lyon.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 04:12 PM (mWSu4)
my only food news is that eggs prices at the grocer have dropped to a more acceptable level
but the price of my favorite coffee- Bustelo- is rising
Posted by: Don Black at June 15, 2025 04:12 PM (AOsQT)
It's her first time. I'm in the back seat.
Posted by: lin-duh at June 15, 2025 04:13 PM (VhqzG)
Plus, you’re outside. Eating outside. No plates, ok if you drop some mustard. Just remember to jam
A couple napkins in your pocket.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 15, 2025 04:13 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: jsg at June 15, 2025 04:13 PM (iGK7y)
my only food news is that eggs prices at the grocer have dropped to a more acceptable level
but the price of my favorite coffee- Bustelo- is rising
Posted by: Don Black at June 15, 2025 04:12 PM (AOsQT)
Aldi's finally dropped them below Trader Joe's = $2.72/doz. Somehow, I needed 3 dozen more (didn't help the spouse was craving omelettes, so I told him to go nuts at that price)...
Posted by: Nova Local at June 15, 2025 04:13 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 04:10 PM
Damned straight. That's some good stuff. I use a slightly modified recipe an old roommate's Korean mother gave me. Of course, I have to tone down the cayenne a bit so it doesn't actually melt my tongue.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 15, 2025 04:14 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 15, 2025 04:14 PM (ltBzE)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 15, 2025 04:14 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 15, 2025 04:15 PM (/HDaX)
Ian Ellis @ianellisjones Jun 14 Replying to @ianellisjones @iejmedia
Seeing reports that carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 6
has canceled a port call in Vietnam “due to an emergent operational requirement.” This could be an early indication of a move from U.S. 7th Fleet/INDOPACOM to U.S. 5th Fleet/CENTCOM area of responsibility.Posted by: andycanuck at June 15, 2025 04:16 PM (2yoRf)
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 15, 2025 04:16 PM (BwZyW)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 04:12 PM
Bummer. I'll hoist an old fashioned in your honor.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 15, 2025 04:16 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 04:16 PM (i51dK)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 04:17 PM (i51dK)
It's her first time. I'm in the back seat.
Posted by: lin-duh at June 15, 2025 04:13 PM
Spawn is driving already?!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 15, 2025 04:18 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Weasel at June 15, 2025 04:10 PM
There are many varieties of catsup. Before 1900, there were a sizable fraction of mushroom and walnut ketchup/catsup references, but eventually they dropped to a low level. in the 20th century, tomato ketchup/catsup became dominant.
Of course, in the 20th century and beyond, when an author writes ketchup or catsup without modification, it is probably assumed that the word refers to the tomato-based condiment. Are you referring to a tomato-based condiment?
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 15, 2025 04:18 PM (SiRut)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 15, 2025 04:18 PM (e5NfL)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 15, 2025 04:19 PM (Q4IgG)
A couple napkins in your pocket.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 15, 2025 04:13
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Extra points if you drop mustard on white t-shirt at the fair. Heard of people doing that.
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 15, 2025 04:19 PM (BwZyW)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2025 04:19 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 15, 2025 04:18 PM (e5NfL)
I am told that many Chicago hot dog joints don't have ketchup available!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 04:20 PM (mWSu4)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 04:20 PM (i51dK)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 15, 2025 04:13 PM
In the middle, wearing a helmet?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 04:21 PM (mWSu4)
Posted by: Dr. Varno
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there is a coffee on Amazon called Llave you might like
(2 Ls, not a typo)
a 10oz brick is $5
Posted by: Don Black at June 15, 2025 04:23 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2025 04:23 PM (DLqye)
I fear there are people in this thread that are on Nathan's side.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at June 15, 2025 04:23 PM (TdCYS)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 04:20 PM
Nu-klar scientists, too.
Posted by: Geo.W. Bush at June 15, 2025 04:23 PM (SiRut)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2025 04:23 PM
Using a Chicago-style Fire Dog (spicy hot dog) would be a happy addition to that.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 04:25 PM (SiRut)
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 15, 2025 04:26 PM (BwZyW)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at June 15, 2025 04:23 PM (TdCYS)
Damned straight.
And maybe mandatory use of birth control to nip that crap in the bud!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 04:26 PM (mWSu4)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2025 04:27 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 15, 2025 04:27 PM (e5NfL)
Akshully...hotdogs are best on somebody else's plate.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 04:28 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Miflin at June 15, 2025 04:28 PM (aA6YN)
BTW, what's a hot dog? And that guy shouldn't be using vegetable oil on his pans.
Posted by: Paul B at June 15, 2025 04:28 PM (9AFOL)
Old man punches 14 y/o punk who was throwing food at his wife. Watch till the end. [dri]
I've watched this about ten times.
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 04:29 PM (CQE5S)
Almost 5 years in Arizona, and I haven't yet tried the local dog, the Sonoran hot dog. I need to fix that.
Posted by: Splunge at June 15, 2025 04:29 PM (ju/6W)
And maybe mandatory use of birth control to nip that crap in the bud!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 04:26 PM
Now I have to go and buy more syrup for my baked breakfast goods.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at June 15, 2025 04:30 PM (TdCYS)
Posted by: Don Black at June 15, 2025 04:30 PM (AOsQT)
I shake Manhattans. A lot. The frothy texture gives a more interring mouthfeel. Plus it’s a bit theatrical if you wanna impress the ladies (and you always want to impress the ladies). Tom Cruise made a whole fkn movie about it.
I don’t like French toast, so I don’t know about maple syrup on them. But fuck it, why not?
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 15, 2025 04:30 PM (GCyOY)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2025 04:31 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 15, 2025 04:31 PM (BwZyW)
https://youtu.be/N-lhVJypj6Y
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 15, 2025 04:31 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Splunge at June 15, 2025 04:33 PM (ju/6W)
Have 1/2 of it left so will have some of it before I leave for work
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 04:33 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Don Black at June 15, 2025 04:34 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 04:34 PM (SiRut)
Posted by: Splunge at June 15, 2025 04:35 PM (ju/6W)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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She's had her learners permit for a while. She'll have her drivers license the beginning of August. She's just never driven on an interstate highway before. I-35 can be a bear between San Antonio and Austin.
Posted by: lin-duh at June 15, 2025 04:35 PM (VhqzG)
Posted by: Wenda at June 15, 2025 04:35 PM (A65Zh)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2025 04:36 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 04:36 PM (SiRut)
Posted by: Don Black at June 15, 2025 04:36 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Splunge
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You trying to give cbd a stroke????🤣🤣🤣
Posted by: lin-duh at June 15, 2025 04:37 PM (VhqzG)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 15, 2025 04:35 PM
Three numbers: 130.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 04:37 PM (SiRut)
I bought three racks. On sale they are $9.99. I'm old enough to remember when that was the regular price way back in 2023. Thanks, Joe.
But the one that is bugging me is my coffee has doubled in price in the last three months. Apparently there was a bad harvest in South America.
Posted by: toby928 at June 15, 2025 04:37 PM (jc0TO)
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an oil with a high smoke point
Posted by: Don Black at June 15, 2025 04:36 PM (AOsQT)
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Mobil 1!!
Posted by: Weasel at June 15, 2025 04:37 PM (Mmf4/)
If you’re seasoning from scratch, apply a thin layer of oil, wipe off the excess (seriously—less is more), and bake it upside down at 450–500°F for an hour. Repeat a few times for a durable finish
Posted by: Don Black at June 15, 2025 04:37 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 15, 2025 04:35 PM
Wow. I was at a graduation party for a friend's youngest yesterday. I'm feeling old.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 15, 2025 04:37 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Miflin at June 15, 2025 04:28 PM (aA6YN)
This is a topic on which a lot of people have a lot of opinions. I use lard (real lard, not the shelf-stable stuff) and like how it works. The key points are to make each coat as thin as you possibly can, and to not let anyone con you into using flaxseed oil.
Posted by: Splunge at June 15, 2025 04:38 PM (ju/6W)
Posted by: toby928 at June 15, 2025 04:38 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 04:06 PM (mWSu4)
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Sau sages never said such a thing.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 04:38 PM (n+rGF)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 15, 2025 04:39 PM (WF/xn)
I made a 1796 apple pie for game night yesterday. The instructions said to “stew and strain”. I chose to put them in a crockpot overnight and then run them through a food mill, which was great. And there was just enough filling left over to go into a bowl along with the pie crust scraps.
Beautiful pie. I was also bringing ice cream to go along with it, and had the brilliant idea of using my combination cake and pie holder. I put the bowl of ice cream in a bowl of ice in the cake compartment and the pie in the pie compartment. I would have thought that the ice/ice cream on the bottom would have stabilized it, but noooooo. The ice bowl slide, the container flipped.
Fortunately the container didn’t open, so I was able to salvage the dessert by calling it apple crisp instead.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 15, 2025 04:40 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2025 04:40 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: p-squared at June 15, 2025 04:40 PM (0prFs)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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You'll appreciate this, some lady is trying to get me to rescue a female black kitten....🐈⬛
Posted by: lin-duh at June 15, 2025 04:40 PM (VhqzG)
Posted by: Weasel at June 15, 2025 04:41 PM (Mmf4/)
Mike Royko +1
Posted by: Nazdar at June 15, 2025 04:41 PM (NcvvS)
And biscuits. I have not baked anything in the new oven, so I wanted to try something simple. (I have had mixed results with cornbread in the past).
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 15, 2025 04:42 PM (0aYVJ)
He also insists that only French's bright yellow mustard be the only condiment.
I am surrounded by heathens.
Posted by: toby928 at June 15, 2025 04:42 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Don Black at June 15, 2025 04:37 PM (AOsQT)
I did this with avacado oil. Turned out great like a mirror
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 15, 2025 04:42 PM (WF/xn)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 15, 2025 04:43 PM (X5pwk)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 15, 2025 04:43 PM (ITkJX)
Posted by: Weasel at June 15, 2025 04:43 PM (Mmf4/)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 15, 2025 04:43 PM (X5pwk)
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Winchester would be an excellent kitty name.
Posted by: Weasel at June 15, 2025 04:44 PM (Mmf4/)
Posted by: toby928 at June 15, 2025 04:45 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Orson at June 15, 2025 04:45 PM (dIske)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 15, 2025 04:43 PM (X5pwk)
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Winchester would be an excellent kitty name.
Posted by: Weasel at June 15, 2025 04:44 PM (Mmf4/)
"Winnie" for short?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 15, 2025 04:45 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 15, 2025 04:45 PM (ULPxl)
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Heck yeah!
Posted by: Weasel at June 15, 2025 04:46 PM (Mmf4/)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 15, 2025 04:46 PM (T+iUJ)
Ketchup is far too sweet and overpowers the dogs delicious, meaty flavor .....
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'meaty'? Who knows what's in it. The British banger only has to have 8% meat by law! Someone here has/had a Dad that worked in a meat-processing plant and would never eat any sausages that didn't say 100% beef.
Posted by: Ciampino - more like ze worms at June 15, 2025 04:46 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2025 04:40 PM (DLqye)
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No. A bag with fruits, water and nosh.
G'nite. Almost midnight here.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 04:47 PM (n+rGF)
If I want to put a slab of smoke salmon on my dog, you can go fuck a goat.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2025 04:47 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Weasel at June 15, 2025 04:44 PM (Mmf4/)
"Winnie" for short?
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I'm sorry I mentioned it. There are actual 8 kittens so you guys better be quiet...
Posted by: lin-duh at June 15, 2025 04:48 PM (X5pwk)
Posted by: Ciampino
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Had. Miss you, pop. Happy Father's Day.
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 15, 2025 04:49 PM (BwZyW)
Posted by: cmeat at June 15, 2025 04:49 PM (UjwMC)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 15, 2025 04:50 PM (ITkJX)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2025 04:47 PM
Do I have to wait for you to eat a hot dog, or may I begin now?
Posted by: Mohammad the Goat Herder at June 15, 2025 04:50 PM (TdCYS)
Prince's lyrics in "Nothing Compares 2 U," in line three, go "since you been gone I can do whatever I want," and what I want is a Hebrew national fattie with the magic brown squiggle.
Tonight we are grilling two one-pound 1-1/4" center cut pork chops bought at the local butcher shop. Yum.
Posted by: Mr Gaga at June 15, 2025 04:50 PM (zeLd4)
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 15, 2025 04:51 PM (BwZyW)
Posted by: cmeat
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He's just trying to get a rise out of him
Posted by: lin-duh at June 15, 2025 04:51 PM (X5pwk)
Also, I do put a little ketchup on a burger, but only with mustard.
Hots dogs: no ketchup.
Worst thing: my mom used to douse my scrambled eggs with ketchup. I never had the hear to tell her that it's gross.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 15, 2025 04:53 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 15, 2025 04:53 PM (GCyOY)
Posted by: JTB at June 15, 2025 04:54 PM (yTvNw)
It's her first time. I'm in the back seat.
Posted by: lin-duh at June 15, 2025 04:13 PM (VhqzG)
I suppose you both use a booster seat?
-runs like hell
Posted by: Eromero at June 15, 2025 04:54 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 15, 2025 04:56 PM (BwZyW)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 15, 2025 04:57 PM (mRcR4)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 15, 2025 04:57 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Tuna at June 15, 2025 04:57 PM (lJ0H4)
Ketchup is far too sweet and overpowers the dogs delicious, meaty flavor .....
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'meaty'? Who knows what's in it. The British banger only has to have 8% meat by law! Someone here has/had a Dad that worked in a meat-processing plant and would never eat any sausages that didn't say 100% beef.
Posted by: Ciampino - more like ze worms at June 15, 2025 04:46 PM (sPQoU)
Yeah, if it's not a 100% beef hot dog, it now is a hot dog with no meat - picked up Oscar Meyer and saw chicken and pork and said no thanks.
I also buy the uncured all natural hot dogs (again, more important than kosher), and they are nice in small doses - one dog in a bun with a plate of fresh watermelon and nice salad is a great dinner.
Posted by: Nova Local at June 15, 2025 04:58 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Nova Local at June 15, 2025 04:58 PM (tOcjL)
-runs like hell
Posted by: Eromero
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It better be serpentine ...
Posted by: lin-duh at June 15, 2025 05:00 PM (X5pwk)
Posted by: Nova Local at June 15, 2025 04:58
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That's what she said.
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 15, 2025 05:00 PM (BwZyW)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler
My dad loved liver so we also had it from time to time. Mom would sauté small slices of calves liver in butter. I guess it was about as edible as liver can be. I usually chewed and swallowed while holding my breath followed by a large gulp of milk.
Posted by: Tuna at June 15, 2025 05:01 PM (lJ0H4)
There was an attractive family there witn two kids who looked to be in their twenties. I think they were all eating chili dogs. Is this a culinary abomination?😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 05:01 PM (2GCMq)
Posted by: scampydog at June 15, 2025 05:01 PM (wtK4d)
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 05:01 PM (PCK5/)
Ketchup on a hot dog is for those of low birth and pedestrian taste. Ketchup people are happy with mini-bolognas like Ball Park or Oscar Meyer. Ketchup on a hot dog is one of the first cracks in the barricade of civilization against barbarism.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2025 05:01 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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You'll appreciate this, some lady is trying to get me to rescue a female black kitten....🐈⬛
Posted by: lin-duh at June 15, 2025 04:40 PM (VhqzG)
Black katz rule.
Posted by: Eromero at June 15, 2025 05:02 PM (LHPAg)
You can get any dog you want any way you like it.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 05:02 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 05:02 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 05:03 PM (PCK5/)
I put ketchup on hot dogs. And relish. But modest amounts, unlike the absurd illustration above. If I'm not using ketchup and relish, I'll wrap the dog in a slice of cheddar. Cannot abide mustard on much of anything.
I put maple syrup on French Toast. If maple syrup isn't available, I'll use non-maple syrup, but maple's my preference.
(Goes off to pray ten Rosaries as penance...)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 15, 2025 05:05 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler
My dad loved liver so we also had it from time to time. Mom would sauté small slices of calves liver in butter. I guess it was about as edible as liver can be. I usually chewed and swallowed while holding my breath followed by a large gulp of milk.
Posted by: Tuna at June 15, 2025 05:01 PM (lJ0H4)
My mother was the same. I hate liver. It is just vile and disgusting in every conceivable way.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 05:05 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 15, 2025 05:06 PM (GCyOY)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 05:06 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: fourseasons at June 15, 2025 05:07 PM (3ek7K)
That’s oddly specific…
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 15, 2025 05:07 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 05:07 PM (2GCMq)
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 15, 2025 05:08 PM (BwZyW)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2025 05:09 PM (RIvkX)
>>That’s oddly specific…
Experimental college days...
To paraphrase Yul Brenner, don't do it, whatever you do, don't do it.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 05:09 PM (XV/Pl)
generally true. and many have this weird flourescent green picalilly relish.
gene and judes has signs informing you will be asked to leave due to ketchup requests.
i've always enjoyed ketchup on dogs along with all the other stuff. take or leave. sport peppers are a must.
Posted by: cmeat at June 15, 2025 05:09 PM (UjwMC)
Posted by: JTB at June 15, 2025 05:09 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 05:09 PM (dDrU/)
Posted by: Eromero at June 15, 2025 05:10 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: harbqll at June 15, 2025 05:10 PM (LTr4D)
I enjoy chili dogs, but I feel the same way about them as I do about all the bacon-added dishes out there. It’s true. Bacon makes everything better. But nothing makes bacon better.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 15, 2025 05:11 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Java Joe at June 15, 2025 05:11 PM (WaLgG)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 05:09 PM (dDrU/)
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All the subversives putting ketchup on their hot dogs here is most concerning.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 15, 2025 05:12 PM (RIvkX)
As for me, I find most hot dogs pretty lousy. One exception is Hebrew Nationals, which my wife (the native New Yorker) put me on to. In general, though, I'll take a brat or a Polish or Italian sausage over a hot dog: garnished with a little dijon mustard and either kraut or raw onion (or both), and maybe some sweet peppers if I'm feeling adventurous. Games at our local minor-league baseball team are a great venue for enjoying a brat and a brewski: God, do I love summer!
Posted by: Nemo at June 15, 2025 05:12 PM (4RPgu)
Posted by: Brunnhilde at June 15, 2025 05:13 PM (3AwA+)
Eh it’s a hot dog. Have it however you like. I’m not one to get caught up on inscrutable food rules dating to 3,000 years before the invention of refrigeration.
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 15, 2025 05:15 PM (IjPyb)
Posted by: Brunnhilde at June 15, 2025 05:13 PM (3AwA+)
Your husband is blessed…
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 05:15 PM (PCK5/)
It seems a group of leading medical people have published data (just in time for this year) that indicates that seder participants should NOT partake of both chopped liver and charoses. It is indicated that this combination can lead to Charoses of the Liver.
--- (Irene Mystery)
Posted by: Ciampino - more like ze meal worms at June 15, 2025 05:15 PM (sPQoU)
>>Bacon makes everything better.
Bacon can be a bit much in certain recipes.
Sometimes we want an easy meal and we get a couple of store rotisserie chickens and some pre-packaged sides, got a bow-tie macaroni salad with bacon, they put way too much bacon in it to the point that everything was overwhelmed with bacon flavor.
Again, bacon can be overdone.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 05:15 PM (XV/Pl)
Do you don't like naked bacon with no food accompaniments , or you just don't like bacon or you think bacon is fine by itself?
We have gotten maple bacon at the Pa Dutch market and it is very good?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 05:16 PM (dDrU/)
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 15, 2025 05:06 PM (GCyOY)
I did before food allergies. Germans can't help but douse it in dairy...and it's a messy dish to scratch make, especially for a crowd (so I don't)...
Posted by: Nova Local at June 15, 2025 05:17 PM (tOcjL)
It seems a group of leading medical people have published data (just in time for this year) that indicates that seder participants should NOT partake of both chopped liver and charoses. It is indicated that this combination can lead to Charoses of the Liver.
--- (Irene Mystery)
Posted by: Ciampino - more like ze meal worms at June 15, 2025 05:15 PM (sPQoU)
Oh bugger… now I’ll have to go look up charoses…
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 05:17 PM (PCK5/)
Smoked sausage is also a way of life in the Texas Czech/German belt. That gets sauerkraut, grilled onions, and a mustard blend.
Posted by: Advo at June 15, 2025 05:20 PM (jO4mz)
I think bacon is best by itself. Not putting down bacon-added dishes. Bacon almost always makes them better (unlike, say, sardines…). But the bacon itself would always have been better on its own.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 15, 2025 05:21 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 15, 2025 05:21 PM (ITkJX)
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 15, 2025 05:06 PM (GCyOY)
Wait a minute. Spaetzle was French but the Germans stole during the sacking of Paris. Was a preeminent factor in the Seven Years War running for ten years.
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 15, 2025 05:21 PM (IjPyb)
Yesterday's Britain, A Better Britain.
@YesterdaysBrit1
Has anyone actually eaten one of these?
They disappeared for 20 years at the beginning of the millennium, but Heinz brought them back.
Posted by: 13times at June 15, 2025 05:21 PM (0oBe7)
Posted by: Splunge at June 15, 2025 04:33 PM (ju/6W)
Sigh... everyone thinks this is funny, but there are people... deeply troubled and deluded people... who do this sort of stuff.
IT'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 05:21 PM (mWSu4)
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 05:21 PM (PCK5/)
I love a good Chicago Dog from Byron's, the only place to really get one. Haven't had one in about 35 years, but nevermind about that.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 15, 2025 05:22 PM (a4NoL)
Everything's is trivial til the other Parkinson's kicks in and your right foot forgets how to get out of the car.
Posted by: DaveA at June 15, 2025 05:22 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 15, 2025 05:21 PM (ITkJX)
You would flow, freely, no doubt..
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 05:22 PM (PCK5/)
I think bacon is best by itself. Not putting down bacon-added dishes. Bacon almost always makes them better (unlike, say, sardines…
. But the bacon itself would always have been better on its own.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 15, 2025 05:21 PM (EXyHK)
Don't knock sardines...if you don't have anchovies or they are too pricy, sardines can make a fine base for the start of a meat-free tomato pasta sauce (hi lent) - just start with them in the olive oil, break them down to nothing, and go from there.
Posted by: Nova Local at June 15, 2025 05:23 PM (tOcjL)
>> love a good Chicago Dog from Byron's, the only place to really get one. Haven't had one in about 35 years, but nevermind about that.
Best Chicago Dog's I ever had were from a cart right outside the Shedd Aquarium.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 05:24 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 05:15 PM (XV/Pl)
Agreed, it gets really crispy and ruins the flavor of the sashimi.
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 15, 2025 05:24 PM (IjPyb)
They disappeared for 20 years at the beginning of the millennium, but Heinz brought them back.
Posted by: 13times at June 15, 2025 05:21 PM (0oBe7)
No heinz allowed in OP Eromero.
Posted by: Eromero at June 15, 2025 05:24 PM (LHPAg)
Mommie dear Mommie Dear?.
Gonna have them in Texas
Everone’s a millionaire….
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 05:25 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 05:21 PM (PCK5/)
Yes, but just crisp - aka, don't burn it (my mom always served charred beyond recognition bacon b/c she didn't want the possibility of any softness/limpness - yeah, that's terrible)...
Posted by: Nova Local at June 15, 2025 05:25 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 05:26 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 05:26 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Bob at June 15, 2025 05:26 PM (YiqZD)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 05:27 PM (ekfLW)
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 05:21 PM (PCK5/)
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If I can't pick it up with a fork then it's overcooked. My late wife liked it crisp, I don't.
I love gammon, back bacon, Canadian bacon, whatever.
Posted by: Ciampino - minimum of fat at June 15, 2025 05:27 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 05:27 PM (ekfLW)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 15, 2025 05:27 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 05:27 PM (ekfLW)
That’s okay… it gives us time to reflect…
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 05:28 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Kratwurst at June 15, 2025 05:29 PM (fcDpY)
But ketchup is the arch criminal in this strange American gang that refuses to recognize that the hot dog is great and pure and simple when eaten with mustard and sauerkraut. Or, just mustard for you purists.
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There is iron in the words of CBD for all to see.
But, is it a sandwich?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 15, 2025 05:29 PM (iDnLi)
Celery salt is also recommended.
Posted by: From about That Time at June 15, 2025 05:29 PM (n4GiU)
I’m going to Parkman Wyoming for Parkman Daze. Cowboy corn fritters, jalapeno poppers and chili dogs.
I bet Weasel would like it.
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 15, 2025 05:30 PM (IjPyb)
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 05:26 PM (PCK5/)
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Nothing wrong per se but it's like using 'milk' as in almond milk.
Posted by: Ciampino - mislabeled at June 15, 2025 05:30 PM (sPQoU)
Ketchup is essential to American cuisine.
Or as the saying goes, I put that sh*t on everything.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 05:30 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: stephanA at June 15, 2025 05:31 PM (Pd4Md)
LOL Aren't you the fellow above who mentioned catsup as a gift from God? Very appropriate for a Sunday afternoon😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 05:31 PM (ekfLW)
I don't know why so many people are addicted to covering everything with some kind of bottled sauce, especially since we have fridges and freezers now to keep the meat fresh.
I like ketchup on fries every now and then - can take it or leave it.
I'll put mustard and ketchup on burgers and used to do the same for hot dogs but changed up and only use mustard (with chili, onions and shredded cheese) now.
Mayonnaise on sandwiches is good occasionally, but I can go either way and still be happy.
A little Worcestershire sauce on steaks (& hamburgers too) is good before the grill.
Never understood slathering everything with ketchup, like eggs.
Had some family members who loved putting ketchup on french toast. I was never even tempted to try a bite because it just seems so wrong.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 15, 2025 05:31 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 05:32 PM (XV/Pl)
The early warning system app works. Dressed and ready to head down to the shelter at 00:30!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 05:32 PM (n+rGF)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 05:32 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 15, 2025 05:30 PM (IjPyb)
Two out of three!
Corn fritters are magnificent, and jalapeno poppers ain't bad either!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 05:32 PM (mWSu4)
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 05:33 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 05:32 PM (XV/Pl)
It’s more true to say “in the belly flap of Big Bacon”
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 15, 2025 05:34 PM (IjPyb)
Posted by: JTB at June 15, 2025 05:35 PM (yTvNw)
A "bacon wench" sounds much more appealing than bacon trolls. All I can imagine are a more evil looking . Version of troll dolls my sister had as a kid except with large pieces of uncooked bacon as hair ,
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 05:35 PM (ekfLW)
Posted by: Eromero at June 15, 2025 05:36 PM (LHPAg)
Let them out themselves. They'll be dealt with come the revolution.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 15, 2025 05:36 PM (kpS4V)
Praying for Israel and its citizens.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 05:36 PM (ekfLW)
Posted by: toby928 at June 15, 2025 05:36 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: kelly at June 15, 2025 05:37 PM (GxGGi)
Them's some fine eats.
Catsup is toddlers.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 15, 2025 05:37 PM (xIkyh)
Fight me.
Posted by: toby928 at June 15, 2025 05:36 PM (jc0TO)
It’s not chili without beans… wouldn’t be very good otherwise…
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 05:38 PM (PCK5/)
Since the lockdowns, when the quality of food went down, canned corn has sucked. We use it sometimes in stews, soups, etc. It's all feed corn now. We aren't livestock assholes.
Posted by: fourseasons at June 15, 2025 05:38 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: toby928 at June 15, 2025 05:36 PM (jc0TO)
So do I, especially when I am using ground meat. When I cut it myself, then I tend to let the meat shine and don't use beans, but that is also a slightly different kind of chili anyway.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 05:38 PM (mWSu4)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at June 15, 2025 05:38 PM (q/j2W)
Praying for Israel and its citizens.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 05:36 PM (ekfLW)
And Amen.
Posted by: Eromero at June 15, 2025 05:38 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: toby928 at June 15, 2025 05:38 PM (jc0TO)
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Adopt the kitty!!
Posted by: Weasel at June 15, 2025 04:41 PM
This. This is your opportunity to atone for not adopting a black kitten several years ago. A kitten that Spawn interacted with multiple times. A kitten that has grown into a wonderful (and is in contention for the title of Most Wonderfulness) cat.
Opportunities to adopt wonderful black kittens don't come around all that often. Carpe diem!
Winnie would be an excellent name.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 05:39 PM (SiRut)
I checked the grocery stores for uncloved catsup. Nope. All of it tainted with clove.
Posted by: 13times at June 15, 2025 05:39 PM (0oBe7)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 15, 2025 05:39 PM (kTd/k)
Fight me.
Posted by: toby928 at June 15, 2025 05:36 PM (jc0TO)
chili with beans >>>>>>> chili with carrots
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 15, 2025 05:40 PM (ULPxl)
Have a great afternoon everyone
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 05:40 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 15, 2025 05:40 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 05:40 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 15, 2025 04:53 PM (0aYVJ)
Some kid in elementary school thought he was doing me a favor when he squirted ketchup on my corn. I was not pleased.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 15, 2025 05:40 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 05:41 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 15, 2025 05:42 PM (kTd/k)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 15, 2025 05:42 PM (EXyHK)
Massholes suck
Therefore ketchup on hot dogs suck
This is how math works right?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 15, 2025 05:42 PM (t0Rmr)
Fight me.
Posted by: toby928 at June 15, 2025 05:36 PM
I won a chili cook off contest in Texas with beans in my chili, just sayin....
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 15, 2025 05:42 PM (e5NfL)
Spicy catsup is good.
Posted by: fourseasons at June 15, 2025 05:42 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Eromero at June 15, 2025 05:43 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 15, 2025 05:42 PM (t0Rmr)
That's high level math! No numbers!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 05:43 PM (mWSu4)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 05:41
I don't like ketchup on anything, not even ribeye
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 15, 2025 05:44 PM (kTd/k)
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 05:44 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 05:45 PM (i51dK)
Posted by: Kathy at June 15, 2025 05:45 PM (qpw89)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 15, 2025 05:42 PM (e5NfL)
It seems to be against the law to make chili in Texas without beans.
Unless it's for hot dogs.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 15, 2025 05:45 PM (6ydKt)
I bet Weasel would like it.
Posted by: Pete Bog
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Most problems can be solved over a corn boil or pork chop feed.
Posted by: scampydog at June 15, 2025 05:47 PM (wtK4d)
At least noone have ventured forth with the arch-heresy that there's actual barbecue outside of Texas.
* shudder *
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 05:47 PM (SiRut)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 05:47 PM (xOfQi)
Canned whip cream right in the mouth.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 15, 2025 05:48 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 15, 2025 05:48 PM (xIkyh)
Posted by: Buster Hymand at June 15, 2025 05:49 PM (q/j2W)
Massholes suck
Therefore ketchup on hot dogs suck
This is how math works right?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 15, 2025 05:42 PM (t0Rmr)
That’s the Associative Property of Condiments to which you are referring.
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 15, 2025 05:49 PM (IjPyb)
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 05:49 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 05:50 PM (i51dK)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
_______
After sucking the nitrous. Hippie crack
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 15, 2025 05:50 PM (ITkJX)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 15, 2025 05:50 PM (kTd/k)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 05:50 PM (i51dK)
Same mix I put on hotdogs..
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 05:51 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 15, 2025 05:44 PM
Ketchup on a ribeye gets you seated over thar behind that there Porta-Potty.
* shudder *
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 05:51 PM (SiRut)
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 05:49 PM
Isn't emu just turkey with a bad attitude?
Posted by: toby928 at June 15, 2025 05:51 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 15, 2025 05:52 PM (CA3k/)
Canned whip cream right in the mouth.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 15, 2025 05:48 PM
And pants for the Movie Thread, but not for the Book Thread?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 05:52 PM (SiRut)
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 05:49 PM
Isn't emu just turkey with a bad attitude?
Posted by: toby928 at June 15, 2025 05:51 PM (jc0TO)
Just a tasty avian dinosaur… emu and ostrich.. the other red meat..
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 05:53 PM (PCK5/)
Now do Cincinnati chili.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 15, 2025 05:53 PM (lIgBp)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 15, 2025 05:53 PM (2NHgQ)
You blend the Boursin into the ground Bison, make the burgers and sous vide them prior to grilling?
Any other seasonings like salt and pepper? I’ll admit it never occurred to me to try sous vide with burgers. Have you ever skipped the sous vide and just grilled them?
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 15, 2025 05:54 PM (IjPyb)
* shudder *
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 05
That was a joke
But how about if I called it a tomato reduction?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 15, 2025 05:54 PM (kTd/k)
Posted by: 13times at June 15, 2025 05:54 PM (0oBe7)
Posted by: The Man from Athens at June 15, 2025 05:55 PM (icmmM)
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 05:55 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: 13times at June 15, 2025 05:54 PM (0oBe7)
American sweet and sour!
Posted by: The Man from Athens at June 15, 2025 05:56 PM (icmmM)
Posted by: 13times at June 15, 2025 05:54 PM (0oBe7)
Oh no, you found me out!!!
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 05:56 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 15, 2025 05:56 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 15, 2025 05:53 PM (lIgBp)
I draw the line at differential equations. Some things should just remain a mystery.
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 15, 2025 05:56 PM (IjPyb)
Get a rope.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 15, 2025 05:52
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Doesn't the President put ketchup on steak?
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 15, 2025 05:56 PM (BwZyW)
Get a rope.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 15, 2025 05:52
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Doesn't the President put ketchup on steak?
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 15, 2025 05:56 PM (BwZyW)
Sure does…
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 05:57 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 05:58 PM (i51dK)
For meatloaf I mix catsup, chili sauce, brown sugar, mustard, cider vinegar and spices. Use some in the meat mixture and for the topping.
Posted by: fourseasons at June 15, 2025 05:58 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Jack Squat.Bupkis at June 15, 2025 05:58 PM (dQfJF)
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at June 15, 2025 05:59 PM (5YmYl)
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 15, 2025 05:56 PM
It must be generational. My parents would buy beautiful expensive cuts of steak and burn them to a crisp, and put ketchup on them. When my Dad was grilling, you had to hang around and snatch your steak off to save it.
Posted by: toby928 at June 15, 2025 05:59 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: PabloD at June 15, 2025 06:00 PM (TgNVd)
Get a rope.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 15, 2025 05:52
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Doesn't the President put ketchup on steak?
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 15, 2025 05:56 PM (BwZyW)
As he enjoys fast food I'm thinking yes.
Trump is like, "Fuck it. I own the restaurant and the building it is in and the land it is on and I pay the salary of the chef so I'll put the ketchup on my steak and anywhere I else I feel like it."
Posted by: The Man from Athens at June 15, 2025 06:00 PM (icmmM)
And a bun, since there are no-carb-diet people who think that's optional, too.
Once in a great while, the inner child gets his way, and third-grade mikeski has one with both mustard and ketchup.
Bratwursts, though? Mustard only.
Posted by: mikeski at June 15, 2025 06:01 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: toby928 at June 15, 2025 06:01 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: toby928 at June 15, 2025 06:01 PM (jc0TO)
You must not live in California…
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 06:02 PM (PCK5/)
Hubs wants a super safe option for a veggie cutting board - no evil microplastics or bacteria
Options?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 06:02 PM (Splbu)
Posted by: PabloD at June 15, 2025 06:02 PM (TgNVd)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 15, 2025 06:03 PM (2NHgQ)
Hubs wants a super safe option for a veggie cutting board - no evil microplastics or bacteria
Options?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 06:02 PM (Splbu)
Bamboo.. wash it..
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 06:03 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: toby928 at June 15, 2025 05:59
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Hah. I'd put my MiL's steak on grill 15 mins before ours. Damn near burnt. However, my FiL liked his cooked just long enough to keep it from moo'ing.
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 15, 2025 06:03 PM (BwZyW)
Posted by: toby928 at June 15, 2025 06:03 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: toby928 at June 15, 2025 06:03 PM (jc0TO)
Hookworm… wear shoes.
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 06:04 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 15, 2025 06:05 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
*fist bump*
Posted by: Tuna at June 15, 2025 06:05 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 06:05 PM (i51dK)
Options?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
Bamboo.. wash it..
Posted by: tubal
Second. Bamboo. You can bleach it, wash it, scrub it. They stand up.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2025 06:05 PM (mlg/3)
Just chop up the veges on the counter top after you cut up the raw meat. The Don't clean the counter top after cutting up the meat. Live dangerously.
Posted by: fourseasons at June 15, 2025 06:05 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: fourseasons
>A must-have is a splash of Worcestershire sauce.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 15, 2025 06:05 PM (xIkyh)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 06:06 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
*fist bump*
Posted by: Tuna at June 15, 2025 06:05 PM (lJ0H4)
Tay-Tay Swuft fans?
Posted by: Eromero at June 15, 2025 06:06 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
Of course
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 06:07 PM (VE6XX)
Serve this with your Burnt Guacamole to drive unwanted French guests into the night with outrage:
https://www.wineenthusiast.com/culture/wine/jala
peno-sauvignon-blanc-trend-tiktok
Stir before serving and call it a New Jersey Manhattan!
Posted by: naturalfake at June 15, 2025 06:07 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 06:07 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 05:52 PM (SiRut)
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Movies are our modern mythology, and deserve respect.
Books are best appreciated in a shorty robe.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 15, 2025 06:07 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 06:04 PM (PCK5/)
I've gone barefoot inside and out my whole life. Never had worms, as far as I know. These days I take the horse paste once a month just to be sure.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 15, 2025 06:08 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 06:08 PM (i51dK)
As kids we always put catsup on steak. On everything. But never mixed the applesauce with the catsup.
Posted by: 13times at June 15, 2025 06:08 PM (0oBe7)
So it’s a really crispy crust, and the cheeses is OVER caramelized, but still gooey under the crust.
Yes, I actually failed baking a frozen pizza 🙃
Posted by: kallisto at June 15, 2025 06:09 PM (PFbvp)
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 06:04 PM (PCK5/)
I've gone barefoot inside and out my whole life. Never had worms, as far as I know. These days I take the horse paste once a month just to be sure.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 15, 2025 06:08 PM (h7ZuX)
Deep South thing… before indoor plumbing..
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 06:09 PM (PCK5/)
He was a good guy and I miss him.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at June 15, 2025 06:10 PM (FEVMW)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 06:10 PM (i51dK)
Posted by: Eromero at June 15, 2025 06:10 PM (LHPAg)
Finally, got around to making fajitas on the flat top grill.
Very nice with a good sear on the beef. Plus I could cook grill the peppers and onions at the same time.
I also made Blackened Red Fish which was excellent, and pretty much exactly what these outdoor griddles were made for.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 15, 2025 06:11 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 06:10 PM (i51dK)
With determination…
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 06:11 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: kallisto at June 15, 2025 06:09
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Didn't offer or take Home Ec in high school?
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 15, 2025 06:11 PM (BwZyW)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 06:11 PM (i51dK)
Posted by: kallisto at June 15, 2025 06:11 PM (PFbvp)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 15, 2025 06:12 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: kallisto at June 15, 2025 06:11 PM (PFbvp)
Now I’m hungry… thanks kallisto..
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 06:12 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 15, 2025 06:12 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at June 15, 2025 06:10 PM (FEVMW)
My dad would sprinkle salt and pepper on tomato slices.
And watermelon.
pretty damn tasty, actually.
I miss my pop.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 15, 2025 06:12 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Strongyloides at June 15, 2025 06:12 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: kallisto at June 15, 2025 06:13 PM (PFbvp)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 06:13 PM (i51dK)
With whom I spent yesterday on a fairy walk in the park so today's golf and burgers is a true blessing. Quite happy.
Posted by: From about That Time at June 15, 2025 06:13 PM (n4GiU)
But to each his own.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at June 15, 2025 05:55 PM (icmmM)
Fried fish and poultry (and any savory item dunked in batter and plunked in hot oil) can be enhanced with a swipe through a dollop of Ketchup!
Posted by: moki at June 15, 2025 06:13 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 06:13 PM (i51dK)
Is that code ?
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 06:13 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 06:14 PM (i51dK)
And watermelon.
pretty damn tasty, actually.
I miss my pop.
Posted by: Pug Mahon
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My mom did that. Dad only s&p on 'maters if he wasn't souring them with vinegar and oil to boot.
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 15, 2025 06:14 PM (BwZyW)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 15, 2025 06:14 PM (ITkJX)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 15, 2025 06:15 PM (xIkyh)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 15, 2025 06:15 PM (/Ghsb)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 06:10 PM
The worms crawl in. The worms crawl out.
The bugs play pinochle on your snout.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 06:15 PM (g07/a)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 06:02 PM (Splbu)
A maple cutting board. It is nice and dense, can be washed, is gentle on knives, and wood has anti-microbial properties.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 06:16 PM (mWSu4)
Posted by: Miflin at June 15, 2025 04:28 PM (aA6YN)
Like has been said, there are many opinions out there. Some good advice on here too. As Don Black said, something with a high smoke point. And there is
I used to use Crisco to season new cast-iron dutch ovens. But as a matter of fact, I am re-seasoning a sheet metal griddle right now. Its just a really thick sheet with 3 sides bent up to contain the grease, with holes in the front to scrape the grease into a catch tray below, so I can use it on my gas grill. I'm using olive oil because it's what I had and the bottle was already open.
I don't think sheet steel holds the seasoning like cast iron, but the trick for either is to keep it clean and oiled.
Posted by: haffhowershower at June 15, 2025 06:16 PM (144I4)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 15, 2025 06:12 PM (kpS4V)
For me it was amoebas overseas. After several bouts of unpleasantness, I cook the hell out of my food out of fear. I identify with the mom in A Christmas story yelling, "Don't it that turkey, you'll get worms!"
Posted by: moki at June 15, 2025 06:16 PM (wLjpr)
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Radio: "The Prince of Wales has an interesting piercing"
* checks Rex Morgan M.D. for code key *
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 15, 2025 06:16 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Boss Moss"
Freeze it.
I put ketchup on hotdogs sometimes and I don't care what anybody says. That's what America is all about.
Posted by: fd at June 15, 2025 06:16 PM (vFG9F)
Flip it over for a bread board when making bread.
Posted by: From about That Time at June 15, 2025 06:17 PM (n4GiU)
But since I had no bacon, only sweet Italian sausage, I used that for the meat. It was really goid warm, but the next day it lacked something.
So I went to the Amish market, got some bacon dressing for it, and that was all she wrote!
Posted by: kallisto at June 15, 2025 06:17 PM (PFbvp)
Posted by: Advo at June 15, 2025 06:18 PM (jO4mz)
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 15, 2025 06:18 PM (RIvkX)
* checks Rex Morgan M.D. for code key *
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 15, 2025 06:16 PM
Check Albert for the piercing.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 06:19 PM (g07/a)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 06:13 PM (i51dK)
Prince Albert is unavailable since he was canned.
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 15, 2025 06:19 PM (IjPyb)
Posted by: From about That Time at June 15, 2025 06:13 PM (n4GiU)
Happy Father’s Day to you and all the other patriarchs on the blog!!
Posted by: kallisto at June 15, 2025 06:20 PM (PFbvp)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 15, 2025 06:07 PM (iJfKG)
I would try that, but it's silly to call it wine. It is a drink with wine as one ingredient.
Hell, I love a good chocolate martini!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 06:20 PM (mWSu4)
Posted by: tubal
This is an abomination unto God. Repent or end down in the fiery pits of hell.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 15, 2025 06:21 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 06:22 PM (i51dK)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 15, 2025 06:22 PM (kpS4V)
Options?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
Bamboo.. wash it..
Posted by: tubal
Second. Bamboo. You can bleach it, wash it, scrub it. They stand up.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2025 06:05 PM (mlg/3)
Just check the instructions. I've seen a few that state that they aren't to be used for cutting anything. Decoration only.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 15, 2025 06:23 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 15, 2025 06:24 PM (/Ghsb)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 06:25 PM (1m82a)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 15, 2025 06:26 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Eromero at June 15, 2025 06:26 PM (LHPAg)
Only a dumbass would slather it to the point of making the bun soggy.
Ketchup, mustard (yellow), and onions were my go to as a kid.
Chicago dogs are awesome.
Then, maybe chili dogs. Depends on the chili.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 15, 2025 06:27 PM (sRoQh)
jeez, that's new ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 15, 2025 06:27 PM (/Ghsb)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 06:28 PM (1m82a)
Posted by: bittergeek at June 15, 2025 06:30 PM (NFXcl)
Posted by: PabloD at June 15, 2025 06:30 PM (Dsfkc)
Just finished a batch.
Plus you get about half a cup of liquid gold grease for all of your cast iron skillet endeavors.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 15, 2025 06:30 PM (lIgBp)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 15, 2025 06:07 PM (iJfKG)
I would try that, but it's silly to call it wine. It is a drink with wine as one ingredient.
Hell, I love a good chocolate martini!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 06:20 PM (mWSu4)
Yeah, I'd try it too.
*hangs head in shame*
Posted by: naturalfake at June 15, 2025 06:30 PM (iJfKG)
Never had an issue.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 15, 2025 06:32 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: bittergeek at June 15, 2025 06:30 PM (NFXcl
Ketchup on sauerkraut is whack, yo.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 15, 2025 06:35 PM (sRoQh)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
I forgot to add that the instructions that came with my sheet metal griddle said to season it with bacon grease!
And I did, the first time. I failed in the fundamentals of iron oxide control in the last year or so and let a few rust spots form. So a good scrubbing with steel wool, quick rinse of water, and now oil and heat.
Posted by: haffhowershower at June 15, 2025 06:36 PM (144I4)
I use the hottest water I can to wash my cutting boards, and I will sand and bleach the plastic ones on a regular schedule.
But...hot soapy water does wonders to decrease food-borne illness.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 06:36 PM (mWSu4)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 06:22 PM (i51dK)
Go on...
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 15, 2025 06:37 PM (sRoQh)
Greetings, Pet ... Tonight was a first for everything, and while the individual components all tasted good -- especially the onions which were outstanding -- the ensemble was better suited for serving in a bowl rather than on a bun ... Messy as all get out ... I knew the bison meat was especially lean, which is part of why I added the Boursin cheese along with a beaten egg and cracker crumbs (no salt or pepper, tho)... Sadly, there's no way these patties would have survived a grill (mine doesn't have a flat top) ... Maybe half bison half beef will hold together better.
Posted by: Kathy at June 15, 2025 06:38 PM (qpw89)
Posted by: Bos
thats very nice to hear, then they are not going to need direct support from our forces.
Posted by: n at June 15, 2025 06:40 PM (TnObC)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 06:22 PM (i51dK)
The radios in Iran are playing Shake, Rattle, and Roll?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 15, 2025 06:41 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Miklos will be banned again at June 15, 2025 06:41 PM (K6h4I)
Haven't had much luck with store-bought-- most of them taste like cabbage that got boiled in vinegar. Bleh.
Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 06:41 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 15, 2025 06:43 PM (S/Y4j)
Do your worst
Posted by: Miklos will be banned again
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You already did your wurst.
Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 06:43 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Kathy at June 15, 2025 06:38 PM (qpw89)
We had good success using just straight ground bison for burgers. It was lovingly hand harvested in western Montana so just grass fed and very lean.
Or try adding some ground pork ar dare I say ground bacon to your blend. The bison cooks very quickly so we serve it rare. When overcooked it gets very crumbly
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 15, 2025 06:43 PM (IjPyb)
Little and I just finished a Father's Day smoke. Mine was a La Herencia Connecticut churchill. His was a CAO Columbia, one of my new favorites. Hope the day has been a blessing to all the Dad's here..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 15, 2025 06:43 PM (bA75n)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 15, 2025 06:43 PM (nKjbR)
Brave also crashes the same way if I try to go to Youtube, but loads several other sites OK. Is that Cloudflare/Gurgle fuckup still ongoing?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2025 06:43 PM (//CYe)
Posted by: n at June 15, 2025 06:45 PM (TnObC)
Where did they find the ordnance? I was told by conservative alternate media that the Ukraine/Russian lover's quarrel emptied the caches of the US, South Korea and Israel as they all were compelled to "donate" to Ukraine's black market and
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 15, 2025 06:45 PM (a4flb)
But I confess I bought it because it has a purely American backstory. A guy was watching his buddy who made skateboards and said, What are you going to do with the leftovers? The buddy said, Throw it away. The guy said, Not so fast! Voila!
Very expensive in the beginning--sold at Sur la Table and Bridge Company and William Sonoma. Now you can find it in hardware stores. It's been great.
Posted by: Wenda at June 15, 2025 06:46 PM (A65Zh)
Posted by: Eromero at June 15, 2025 06:26 PM
New Subway menu item?
Does Jussie know?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 06:46 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Col. Miklos Hannibal-Smith, bringing the A-Team at June 15, 2025 06:46 PM (K6h4I)
Posted by: MAxIE at June 15, 2025 06:47 PM (p0Y4o)
Or try adding some ground pork ar dare I say ground bacon to your blend. The bison cooks very quickly so we serve it rare. When overcooked it gets very crumbly
I thought lean meat, and bison being very lean, resulted in having to undercook the patties on a grill or deal with it losing a burger's juicy goodness.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 15, 2025 06:47 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 06:47 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 15, 2025 06:43 PM
Shouldn't you be bring Winnie home?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 06:48 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: toby928 at June 15, 2025 06:48 PM (jc0TO)
I'm using Brave, with no problems here or youtube, fwiw
Posted by: Methos at June 15, 2025 06:49 PM (Dnobf)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 15, 2025 06:49 PM (/Ghsb)
Some of use Ghostery on Chrome and don't have to experience the toe fungas and MILF vs Viagra adverts.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 15, 2025 06:49 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 15, 2025 06:50 PM (nKjbR)
Do your worst
Posted by: Miklos will be banned again at June 15, 2025 06:41 PM (K6h4I)
I can't do anything worse than what you have already done to yourself.
By the way, we had an old family friend who was Hungarian. He loved to ask the question: What's the difference between Hungarians and Romanians?
Romanians are chicken thieves, but Hungarians are horse thieves!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 06:51 PM (mWSu4)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 15, 2025 06:51 PM (V3Ryg)
Posted by: tubal at June 15, 2025 06:52 PM (PCK5/)
Romanians are chicken thieves, but Hungarians are horse thieves!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
And the Gypsies just laugh at them all
Posted by: Itinerant Miklos at June 15, 2025 06:53 PM (K6h4I)
Fucking auto cucumber.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 15, 2025 06:53 PM (V3Ryg)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty
Uh...
Posted by: Copy Editor Miklos hates to see a good joke go to waste at June 15, 2025 06:54 PM (K6h4I)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
They are tough as heck. Bamboo is cheaper and you don't feel bad chucking them in the bin.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2025 06:54 PM (mlg/3)
I want a Les Grossman vs Flaming Dragon sort of response, not this hackneyed "...fullest extent of the law" garbage; in Portland that translates into = we will give you a Hot Pocket and a safe ride home after the riot if you are on the Party/NGO Payroll.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 15, 2025 06:54 PM (a4flb)
even that horse thief Miklos!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 06:55 PM (mWSu4)
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Greetings, JQ ... This probably isn't like your Mom's, but it's a deliciously different recipe ... Fry 6-8 slices of thick bacon, remove bacon from the pan but leave the grease in ... Saute some onions in the bacon grease, add in a small jar of applesauce, add the bacon (crumbled) back in, then stir in a large can (or bag) of store-bought sauerkraut ... Continue cooking on stove, or in the oven, or in a crockpot for several hours -- the longer the better ... I have my cousins recipe for this somewhere, but won't have time to find and type it up before this thread closes ... If interested, though, I'll find and post it next Sunday.
Posted by: Kathy at June 15, 2025 06:55 PM (qpw89)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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No more cats! 3 is enough...
Posted by: lin-duh at June 15, 2025 06:50 PM (nKjbR)
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Yeah, I used to think so as well. Then I got two more in the same year for a total of 5 kitties now.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 15, 2025 06:55 PM (GlyvH)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 15, 2025 06:47 PM (a4flb)
You are correct. Cook them just shy of medium rare. Any more and it gets very rubbery. Unless it was finished on grain like a cow and is more heavily marbled but that is not typical.
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 15, 2025 06:56 PM (IjPyb)
Posted by: wferrin at June 15, 2025 06:56 PM (lCdHU)
chop / shred cabbage to desired consistency, then weigh
minimum 1% salt by weight (I like more)
interleave salt & cabbage, fill container to the top
I stand it in a pie plate, cover with towel; let it ferment
you can add water to keep everything covered
if you start to get a layer of white kahm yeast on top, skim it off
when it gets kraut-ish, refrigerate
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 15, 2025 06:57 PM (/Ghsb)
Cocktail Hour here started about Noon.
94 in the shade, need something cold and refreshing
Posted by: Miklos is a gentleman of Fixed Habits at June 15, 2025 06:57 PM (K6h4I)
I thought they had moved production to China, and maybe they did for a few years and are now in Brazil. I prefer to buy stuff made in not-China.
Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at June 15, 2025 06:57 PM (rF2iL)
All on holes 13-16.
Posted by: From about That Time at June 15, 2025 06:58 PM (n4GiU)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 15, 2025 05:42 PM (kTd/k)
Likewise.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2025 07:00 PM (gF2tM)
The general wimpyness of most hot dog buns, unable to bear the dog itself and a great All-American series of condiments and toppings.
Posted by: Miklos likes both chili and sauerkraut at June 15, 2025 07:01 PM (K6h4I)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 15, 2025 07:01 PM (Wnv9h)
I know that it is technically accurate. But I grew up in Cody Wyoming. It wasn't Bison Bill Cody. We don't drink Bison Trace. We don't root for the Bison Bills. or the Colorado Bison.
Will always be "buffalo" to me.
next up: antelope vs pronghorn.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 15, 2025 07:01 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 15, 2025 07:01 PM (0aYVJ)
Thanks, that sounds interesting!
When doing beer-brats, I'd put a thick layer of sliced onion down, then the bratwurst, and pour a beer into the pan. Medium heat until meat is cooked, either on stovetop/grill or in oven.
The onions taste sort-of like sauerkraut. Certainly, better than store-bought 'kraut.
Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 07:02 PM (rdVOm)
I know that it is technically accurate. But I grew up in Cody Wyoming. It wasn't Bison Bill Cody. We don't drink Bison Trace. We don't root for the Bison Bills. or the Colorado Bison.
Will always be "buffalo" to me.
next up: antelope vs pronghorn.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 15, 2025 07:01 PM (0aYVJ)
What do you call women with a penis? I call them men.
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 15, 2025 07:08 PM (IjPyb)
I remember the shredded cabbage, some shredded onion also. Dad would 'bruise' the cabbage every so often as we added stuff to the crock. Salt. Peppercorns. I don't recall adding water. I think bashing with that wooden tool, raised enough liquid?
It was a few decades ago.
Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 07:09 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Methos at June 15, 2025 06:49 PM (Dnobf)
Well, I will go fetch my Linux laptop, with Brave browser, and try accessing the HQ with it. Currently using my old Win7 desktop. Could be this instance of Brave is deprecated.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2025 07:10 PM (Cbb9L)
Posted by: Frankie at June 15, 2025 07:11 PM (+7VKm)
I wouldn't put it on a Nurenberger-style bratwurst on a good brotchen. That should be just a bit of brown mustard, but it could be plain. Best with an orange Fanta.
But that's just me. And the little brat stand in the square in Wurzburg.
But, seriously, get bent on the hot dog snobbishness.
Posted by: GWB at June 15, 2025 07:25 PM (KoK5d)
WRONG!! Chili dogs (with cheese) are one of the Great American Inventions of All Time, especially on a perfectly fire-grilled dog. You're right about ketchup and relish, though, 100%.
Posted by: Clark at June 15, 2025 07:34 PM (BDH3H)
First World Problems...
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Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 15, 2025 02:01 PM (2UnvF)
Or at the very least bring in a back hoe and a grader and start over outside!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 02:04 PM (mWSu4)
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Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 02:05 PM (YqDXo)
Lots of radar apps out there too.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 15, 2025 02:06 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 15, 2025 02:06 PM (0C+CZ)
youtube.com/watch?v=bePY31XieO4
youtube.com/watch?v=BpI7hA3xGYQ
youtube.com/watch?v=492oniXj4mM
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 02:07 PM (vm8sq)
If I'm traveling, I just want to get within 10 degrees so I can know what to pack. Otherwise: (shrug)
But I had a gardener acquaintance who used to have the Weather Channel on all the time. I don't know if it ever made a difference to how she worked.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 02:07 PM (wbZPZ)
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Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 02:09 PM (vm8sq)
But then Apple bought Dark Sky and limited access to Apple acolytes. Grrr.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 02:09 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 15, 2025 02:09 PM (2UnvF)
I'm currently trying out my first batch, using a balsamic vinaigrette.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 15, 2025 02:10 PM (026f8)
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Not much oxygen, either - as Clarkson, May, and Hammond found out when Top Gear directed them to go to SA for an 'adventure'. They wound up at around 16K± feet in the Atacama and had to pop Viagra tabs to compensate for oxygen deprivation - and their auto engines weren't doing much better without it, either.
Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025 02:11 PM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 15, 2025 02:12 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 02:09 PM (vm8sq)
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Periods of snow followed by snow. Then more snow. Oh, and it's gonna be dark. Back to you , Steve!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 15, 2025 02:12 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025 02:11 PM (ayRl+)
There is a reason why northern Chile is home to a cornucopia of telescopes.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 02:13 PM (vm8sq)
Maybe.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 15, 2025 02:13 PM (Q4IgG)
This horror is unspeakable.
Posted by: dantesed at June 15, 2025 02:13 PM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2025 02:13 PM (NI+ji)
Posted by: Farquad at June 15, 2025 02:14 PM (NLzBw)
Periods of snow followed by snow. Then more snow. Oh, and it's gonna be dark. Back to you , Steve!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 15, 2025 02:12 PM (2UnvF)
IT IS GOING TO SNOW!!!!! My weather forecasts estimates there is a less than one percent chance of SNOW FOR SAN ANTONIO!!!! Therefore, IT IS GOING TO SNOW!!!!!! Prepare for the worst, all of you in San Antonio and the KSAT viewing area!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Steve Browne at June 15, 2025 02:15 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2025 02:16 PM (NI+ji)
Posted by: Americans for Real 'Murican Measurements! at June 15, 2025 02:17 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025 02:11 PM (ayRl+)
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That's their story, and they're sticking to it.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 02:19 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Accomack at June 15, 2025 02:19 PM (3U9lo)
Personally, I don't see why that would be a problem.
Posted by: Charles "Chuck" Schumer (D-NY) at June 15, 2025 02:20 PM (SiRut)
[from Mohave Desert where we keep our grills covered in vain attempt to keep out dust and tumbleweeds]
Posted by: epador at June 15, 2025 02:21 PM (X1pNB)
Posted by: Accomack at June 15, 2025 02:21 PM (3U9lo)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 02:21 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 02:21 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 02:21 PM (t5upi)
Posted by: Accomack
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Some of the YouTube weather geeks and others online use "Weatherwise." It's ported for Android, Apple and can be used on a computer via a browser. Takes a bit of a learning curve to configure, but is pretty cool... in a geeky sort of way.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 15, 2025 02:22 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Charles "Chuck" Schumer (D-NY) at June 15, 2025 02:22 PM (SiRut)
I prefer to call them False Weather Prophets.
My theory is in the quest to alter so much historical weather data to support Climate Change™ and the re-envisioned weather modeling to act in a synthesized proxy to actual measuring of the temperature/barometer/dew point etc, they have forever destroyed forecasting based on observed meteorological patterns.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 15, 2025 02:24 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 02:24 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 02:21 PM (t5upi)
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They aren't forecasting average temperatures, they're rehashing them. The models are parameterized from the historic data, so of course they reproduce those data.
That having been said, I have economic models that accurately forecast the DJIA for the last 30 years. Spot on in each case.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 02:26 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Accomack at June 15, 2025 02:26 PM (3U9lo)
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Relax. It's Palmolive!
Out for some exercise before the next barrage. Miraculous high atmosphere intercept videos out there.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 02:26 PM (n+rGF)
Weather forecasting will become simplicity personified once all the variables that comprise it are figured out.
There is contention as to whether or not our species has a projected life that long.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 15, 2025 02:26 PM (hKoQL)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 02:24 PM (W/lyH)
Once the grill gets sufficiently hot and steamy, then you put in the meat.
Posted by: Cookbook, Young Adult Section at June 15, 2025 02:27 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Charles "Chuck" Schumer (D-NY) at June 15, 2025 02:22 PM (SiRut)
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Also for tips on how to treat diarrhea caused by eating uncooked cheeseburgers.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 02:27 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 15, 2025 02:22 PM (Q4IgG)
There's YouTube videos out there that will give you the basic rudiments on how to forecast the daily weather yourself. It gives one a step ahead in weather awareness. Some of you should try to learn it.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 15, 2025 02:27 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 15, 2025 02:28 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025 02:08 PM (ayRl+)
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You rang?
Israeli air conditioning company:
https://youtu.be/CzpIcBw63l8
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 02:28 PM (n+rGF)
There is contention as to whether or not our species has a projected life that long.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 15, 2025 02:26 PM (hKoQL)
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Once we get all the variables sorted out, we can start figuring out the cross-terms between those variables. Shouldn't take long. The sun might not even go into supernova by then.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 02:28 PM (YqDXo)
potatoes in the oven, don't hear no bitchin'.
Good morning everyone.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 02:29 PM (OfsDL)
Nobody panics when the expected people gets killed. Nobody panics when things go according to plan, even if the plan is horrifying. .. that tomorrow a gangbanger will get shot or a truckload of soldiers will be blown up, nobody panics. – because it’s all part of the plan.
But when one unknown little regarded politico dies that's not part of the plan, EVERYBODY LOSES THEIR MINDz !!!
Truly, their Morality is nought but a Bad Joke, and Troy would be WELL SERVED by looking the Gift Horse in the mouth.
forWAR'd -- as the LIBs pile into the bunkers, not because they Value their own lives, but rather to displace others who do. What Price their Vision?
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 15, 2025 02:30 PM (K3XYZ)
Posted by: Jim Cramer at June 15, 2025 02:31 PM (PiwSw)
There is contention as to whether or not our species has a projected life that long.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 15, 2025 02:26 PM (hKoQL)
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Once we get all the variables sorted out, we can start figuring out the cross-terms between those variables. Shouldn't take long. The sun might not even go into supernova by then.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 02:28 PM
Gentlemen, may we remind you of two things?
1) Climate change.
2) The science is settled!
Posted by: John Kerry and Al Gore at June 15, 2025 02:31 PM (SiRut)
I gave up on Wunderground. Their forecasts weren't even close four hours out. That isn't once in a while, that is daily.
Its not a forecast if I can see rain clouds on the horizon coming in my direction and the weather application still is claiming mostly sunny skies until thirty minutes before the rain appears.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 15, 2025 02:31 PM (a4flb)
Yes, I really do like Brussel sprouts. My parents grew them in our garden, pests permitting. Love them steamed.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 15, 2025 02:31 PM (0C+CZ)
Posted by: dantesed at June 15, 2025 02:32 PM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 02:32 PM (OfsDL)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 15, 2025 02:33 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 15, 2025 02:31 PM
They do rock out!
Posted by: Satan and his dingleberries at June 15, 2025 02:33 PM (SiRut)
Yes, I really do like Brussel sprouts. My parents grew them in our garden, pests permitting. Love them steamed.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 15, 2025 02:31 PM (0C+CZ)
So...don't buy Belgium Sprouts.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 02:33 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Steve Browne at June 15, 2025 02:15 PM (vm8sq)
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lol the opposite here in Cali. "Sunny and warm. Then more sunny and warm. Watch out for early-morning heavy dew!"
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 02:33 PM (wbZPZ)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 02:21 PM (t5upi)
von Neumann started this in 1946 ... he and Charney wrote the first weather prediction program in 1950 (wikipedia says "climate" but self-owns in the next sentence).
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at June 15, 2025 02:34 PM (uqyLy)
I just observe nature around me. The birds are far better indicators than the professionals.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 15, 2025 02:34 PM (a4flb)
shrapnel
Biden's Dog, good to see you.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 02:34 PM (OfsDL)
Dark. Continued mostly dark tonight, with greatly scattered light in the morning....
Posted by: Al Sleet at June 15, 2025 02:34 PM (PiwSw)
But, no.... humans are so much more of an influence than the sun. Those "experts" are beyond stupid.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 15, 2025 02:34 PM (Q4IgG)
It's going to be clear and cloudy today.
Posted by: dantesed at June 15, 2025 02:32 PM (Oy/m2)
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"It'll be clear in some places, and cloudy in others. You heard it here first."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 02:35 PM (YqDXo)
Of course, nobody minds being told the Deadly Nightshade produces berries, of course. Anyone can see those shiny little red things are berries.
But the Nightshade family also includes all the capsicum peppers, from the lowly Anaheim and Bell right up to the Carolina Reaper and beyond. Tomatoes, tomatillos, and even eggplants are all in the nightshade family.
Berries. All that shit is berries.
It gets worse. Potatoes and tobacco are also Nightshades. You'd think, no problem, we harvest the roots and the leaves of potatoes and tobacco respectively, so no berries involved. But there have to be berries, because Nightshades give berries. There are potato berries and tobacco berries, which is just the worst news ever.
It's like Pluto all over again.
Posted by: Bombadil at June 15, 2025 02:35 PM (MX0bI)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 02:33 PM (wbZPZ)
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"Could be a cold snap tomorrow. Temperatures are expected to plummet down to 60 degrees."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 02:36 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: NaughtyPine
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Don't forget the butter, mmmm.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 02:37 PM (OfsDL)
Posted by: From about That Time at June 15, 2025 02:37 PM (n4GiU)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 15, 2025 02:34 PM (Q4IgG)
That will be a long wait but Milankovich already did most of the dirty work. Somehow the "experts" ignore this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milankovitch_cycles
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at June 15, 2025 02:37 PM (uqyLy)
Why do loud annoying Amber Alerts that give you a car description and license plate number have to show up on my tv?
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 02:38 PM (W/lyH)
Dark. Continued mostly dark tonight, with greatly scattered light in the morning....
Posted by: Al Sleet at June 15, 2025 02:34 PM (PiwSw)
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... except in Tehran, where it might suddenly become very illuminated.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 02:38 PM (YqDXo)
But, no.... humans are so much more of an influence than the sun. Those "experts" are beyond stupid.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 15, 2025 02:34 PM (Q4IgG)
100% agree
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 15, 2025 02:39 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 02:34 PM (OfsDL)
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Here's a really cool Israeli commercial. We paid the Russians good money for this:
https://youtu.be/cYc4BPS9wLo
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 02:39 PM (n+rGF)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 02:33 PM
All frozen sprouts are from Belgium, from Kroger to the independent grocers.
I don't know where/when I can buy fresh sprouts to freeze. I'm more likely to find a 10-lb bag of potatoes or dirty bunch of beets.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 15, 2025 02:40 PM (0C+CZ)
"Could be a cold snap tomorrow. Temperatures are expected to plummet down to 60 degrees."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
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I can't even justify buying another jacket or sweater. I get excited when I have an excuse to wear one.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 02:40 PM (wbZPZ)
Why do loud annoying Amber Alerts that give you a car description and license plate number have to show up on my tv?
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 02:38 PM (W/lyH)
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My favorite is the local cops use a PA system on a helicopter, but are too stupid to stay in place for the entire announcement.
"Be on the lookout for a ... (flies off) ... last seen (flies off) ... wearing a t-shirt (flies off) ... if seen call (flies off)."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 02:41 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Jim Cramer
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I have often wished that I had become such.
A. No one actually expects you to be right
B. There is no accountability if you are wrong
C. Too hung over from overindulging last night to actually attempt a forecast? No problem, just flip the weather coin.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2025 02:42 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 02:42 PM (n+rGF)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 02:40 PM (wbZPZ)
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I have cold weather gear from when I lived in New England and the Midwest. It's been in storage now for several decades.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 02:42 PM (YqDXo)
It's like Pluto all over again.
Posted by: Bombadil at June 15, 2025 02:35 PM (MX0bI)
What about dingleberries?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 15, 2025 02:43 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 15, 2025 02:43 PM (g8Ew
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Is that you, Joe Biden?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 02:44 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Accomack at June 15, 2025 02:44 PM (YVT+g)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 02:40 PM (wbZPZ)
________________
When I first moved back to Cali from the Midwest I was amused when a news reporterette was standing on an overpass bundled up like Nanook of the North talking about the frigid weather.
It was 50 degrees.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 02:47 PM (YqDXo)
In other words, 'Maybe it will, maybe it won't'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2025 02:48 PM (XeU6L)
In other words, 'Maybe it will, maybe it won't'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2025 02:48 PM (XeU6L)
________________
"Nice day if it don't rain."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 02:50 PM (YqDXo)
"Mossad Commentary @MOSSADil 22m
A senior of the IRGC, head of the Defense Ministry's Defense Research and Innovation Organization, Reza Mazfari, eliminated"
with the Hurock Brothers (John Candy, Pete Flaherty) from SCTV into a He blowed up real good report.
Posted by: DaveA at June 15, 2025 02:51 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 02:53 PM (SiRut)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 15, 2025 02:54 PM (Q4IgG)
Now is a good time to make a move on the
old regime.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 02:55 PM (OfsDL)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 02:28 PM (YqDXo)
It can’t. Too small.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 02:56 PM (vm8sq)
Unless the prediction is 0%, they’re not wrong.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 15, 2025 02:56 PM (/CkK4)
Posted by: muldoon at June 15, 2025 02:57 PM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 02:53 PM (SiRut)
Excuse me, that’s a meteorologist, you sexist pig. “Weather girl” is a demeaning term developed by The Patriarchy. Learn some respect and stop using it.
Posted by: Caitlin Connell at June 15, 2025 02:58 PM (vm8sq)
Now is a good time to make a move on the
old regime.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 02:55 PM (OfsDL).
Well, I WAS in Paris…
Posted by: Ayatollah Khomeini at June 15, 2025 02:59 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: Damp Danny at June 15, 2025 02:59 PM (G5+As)
61°, warming to 61.3° by noon
Posted by: muldoon at June 15, 2025 02:59 PM (/iMjX)
Now is a good time to make a move on the
old regime.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 02:55 PM (OfsDL).
_________________
Over to you, CBD.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 02:59 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: muldoon at June 15, 2025 03:01 PM (/iMjX)
30 missiles reportedly fired by Iran at Israel in the latest barrage.
@JasonMBrodsky . 37m
30 is low compared to previous volleys. It's evidence of degraded capacity by #Iran's regime to launch retaliatory strikes against #Israel. The regime may also want to preserve missiles as a result of finite supplies.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 03:01 PM (OfsDL)
61°, warming to 61.3° by noon ...
Posted by: muldoon at June 15, 2025 02:59 PM (/iMjX)
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... or could warm to 80°. Hell, we dunno.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 03:01 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 03:01 PM
If iran can only muster 30 missiles for the latest *attack* on Israel it's over, Israel won.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 15, 2025 03:02 PM (e5NfL)
Posted by: NaughtyPine
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Don't forget the butter, mmmm.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _
Fresh Steamed Brussels sprouts drizzled with butter. Yummy
Posted by: Tuna at June 15, 2025 03:03 PM (lJ0H4)
I like those pics of Ellis Island or Plymouth Rock from 100 years ago, compared to today. Identical water lines, but we will be under water in five years (or wasn't it more like 25 years ago by now?).
Posted by: illiniwek at June 15, 2025 03:04 PM (vbXSk)
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Not before 0130 anyway.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 15, 2025 03:04 PM (L/fGl)
Twelve minutes later we got a severe thunderstorm with high winds and hail that lasted about 6 minutes..
Granted, that only foresaw 12 minutes into the future, but hey...
Posted by: muldoon at June 15, 2025 03:07 PM (/iMjX)
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Not before 0130 anyway.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 15, 2025 03:04 PM (L/fGl)
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"Last call."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 03:08 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Accomack at June 15, 2025 03:08 PM (oERdd)
Very interesting. You can see this in #Israel's gradual targeting of institutions today which handle domestic security like the #IRGCterrorists-Intelligence Organization, MOIS, and even the Interior Ministry. The Israeli calculation will be that mass exodus and protests on top of Israeli strikes against regime targets will overwhelm the capacity of the Islamic Republic.
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Last night info that Netanyahu has asked Trump for the bunker buster? the one that will blow at 400 ft. Israel doesn't have that and it's necessary to eliminate Iran's nuclear facility.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 03:09 PM (OfsDL)
Posted by: Your Grade School Math Teacher at June 15, 2025 03:10 PM (p4nXC)
Twelve minutes later we got a severe thunderstorm with high winds and hail that lasted about 6 minutes..
Granted, that only foresaw 12 minutes into the future, but hey...
Posted by: muldoon at June 15, 2025 03:07 PM (/iMjX)
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They're actually pretty good at forecasting major rain here in SoCal, because radar picks up storms 500 miles out to sea that are moving east at 100 miles/day, so ...
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 03:10 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 03:11 PM (OfsDL)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 02:59 PM (YqDXo)
I doubt he is in Paris. More likely he is outside of Tehran near an airport with his private jet fueled and ready to go to Moscow.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 03:11 PM (mWSu4)
I have cold weather gear from when I lived in New England and the Midwest. It's been in storage now for several decades.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
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I sometimes think about the people who go through my stuff after I'm dead. "Look at these vintage sweaters and jackets. I didn't even know she had these. Who wants them? Yeah, I sure don't need them."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 03:11 PM (wbZPZ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 15, 2025 03:12 PM (L/fGl)
And isn't it odd, with all these dire weather predictions and global warmening, Los Angeles didn't inspect its reservoirs or fund its fire department properly.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 03:13 PM (wbZPZ)
Posted by: Weather Channel viewer at June 15, 2025 03:13 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 03:11 PM (wbZPZ)
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When I lived in Hawaii I didn't own a sweater, a jacket, and maybe not even a long-sleeve shirt (I don't recall now).
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 03:13 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 03:13 PM (wbZPZ)
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DEI >>> AGW
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 03:14 PM (YqDXo)
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If it's the GBU-57A/B Israel doesn't have anything that can carry it. It's massive... 12 tons. Our B-2's carry it.
And Trump's on record as turning down Israel's request to join the war. For now.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 15, 2025 03:14 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 15, 2025 03:14 PM (UJD2L)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 03:14 PM (OfsDL)
Posted by: Don Black at June 15, 2025 03:16 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 15, 2025 03:16 PM (zZu0s)
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A guy could have a pretty good time in Vegas with all that.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 15, 2025 03:16 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 15, 2025 03:14 PM (Q4IgG)
One reason why Israel has put a huge effort into controlling the skies over Iran. If they can get that bomb, I'll bet they can deliver it from a C-130.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 03:16 PM (mWSu4)
Remarkably, or not remarkably, when I went to deactivate an activation I discovered the software company has exactly zero methods to to accomplish this. Perverse punishment points are awarded by the software company by noting I have exactly zero active devices.
As for getting the software company to fix this situation they provide exactly zero options to a get an employee to do this because the application is not supported even when the employee I am not allowed to speak with conceded it wasn't an application issue.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 15, 2025 03:17 PM (NXz8h)
Posted by: Weather Channel viewer at June 15, 2025 03:13 PM (PiwSw)
It's time to photobomb Jimmy! Wait until he's tilted over, and start dancing the tango behind him.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 15, 2025 03:17 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 03:18 PM (OfsDL)
And Trump's on record as turning down Israel's request to join the war. For now.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
Why can't a test drive be arranged for the Israelis?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 15, 2025 03:20 PM (NXz8h)
to non-eco friendly and proper pour spouts and vents.
The EPA needs to get rid of ridiculous regulations yesterday. Don't get me started on ethanol.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 15, 2025 03:21 PM (/U5Yz)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 15, 2025 03:22 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
The Limey's are saying they will add military 'support.'
To who? Who knows.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 15, 2025 03:23 PM (/U5Yz)
I like those pics of Ellis Island or Plymouth Rock from 100 years ago, compared to today. Identical water lines, but we will be under water in five years (or wasn't it more like 25 years ago by now?).
Posted by: illiniwek at June 15, 2025 03:04 PM (vbXSk)
It's interesting, because even the guys who don't buy Global Warming speak of the oceans rising about a foot per century. They say it's the tail end of the end of the last Ice Age.
But you're right - you see drawing and photos of coastlines long ago, and it's the SAME. Not several feet different. I remember seeing a drawing of an estate on the coast of England, hundreds of years ago, compared to today, and it was the SAME, not 3 or 4 feet higher.
So even THAT is BS.
And yeah, I look at the radar to try to judge when to expect precipitation around here.
Posted by: MrExcitement at June 15, 2025 03:23 PM (hOOi9)
Posted by: Halfhand at June 15, 2025 03:24 PM (xk/GE)
The number that haven't been weighed down by the enormously fat f_(king thumb of ecoterrorists might be a negative number, unfortunately. Hockey sticks and "Hide The Decline", and all that.
Posted by: Another Anon at June 15, 2025 03:24 PM (4h45B)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 15, 2025 03:21 PM (/U5Yz)
Which ones did you use?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 03:25 PM (mWSu4)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at June 15, 2025 03:25 PM (J7c+Z)
'Figure this out, Einstein,'
Posted by: Don Black at June 15, 2025 03:25 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 03:26 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Accomack at June 15, 2025 03:26 PM (4qMiv)
Posted by: Halfhand
No grandfathering at all. It was purchased as a perpetual license. The issue is the company weaseled out on that by rendering it unusable by employing new and interesting weasel technicalities that would give a government bureaucracy a boner.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 15, 2025 03:27 PM (NXz8h)
Posted by: Case at June 15, 2025 03:27 PM (k7qYZ)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 15, 2025 03:21 PM (/U5Yz)
Which ones did you use?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises)
I got the big kit from Amazon
.
https://tinyurl.com/v82kz4wy
Mercifully they supply different screw caps to fit many gas jugs. I had two different kinds. Had to drill out a holes for the vents.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 15, 2025 03:27 PM (/U5Yz)
Posted by: Mike Hunt at June 15, 2025 03:28 PM (J7c+Z)
Quite uplifting.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 15, 2025 03:28 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 03:28 PM (i51dK)
Hopefully you didn't violate the activation server count.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 15, 2025 03:29 PM (NXz8h)
Posted by: Accomack at June 15, 2025 03:30 PM (4qMiv)
https://tinyurl.com/3x8zcnhb
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 03:30 PM (OfsDL)
Posted by: Mike Hunt at June 15, 2025 03:30 PM (J7c+Z)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2025 02:13 PM (NI+ji)
Huh, and here I thought it was just my crappy old laptop.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 15, 2025 03:31 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 15, 2025 03:31 PM (Ux3xW)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 15, 2025 03:27 PM (/U5Yz)
There is a video out there on how to install automobile tire valve stems as vents, to get to use the little screw on caps.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 15, 2025 03:33 PM (UJD2L)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
Coldest place I was ever at in my short time in the military was Hawaii - Pohakaloa Training Area. About 6000 ft elevation.
I've seen lots of lifetime residents wear actual winter coats at lower elevations, even Honolulu in the winter.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 15, 2025 03:33 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 03:26 PM (+qU29)
It's GPS guided, so as long as it has sufficient altitude, it should be able to hit its target.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 03:34 PM (mWSu4)
Posted by: Don Black at June 15, 2025 03:34 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 03:34 PM (OfsDL)
Posted by: Accomack at June 15, 2025 03:34 PM (4qMiv)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 15, 2025 03:33 PM (UJD2L)
That's what I did. I f*cked up one of them, but the rest work great!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 03:35 PM (mWSu4)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 03:35 PM (OfsDL)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2025 02:13 PM (NI+ji)
Huh, and here I thought it was just my crappy old laptop.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 15, 2025 03:31 PM (ULPxl)
Same here, only on Brave. Works fine on Chrome with AdBlock, but Brave crashes immediately.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 15, 2025 03:35 PM (5xuJ/)
If you sort the leaderboard for today's rounds score, the big names who were way behind are at least enjoying their exit rounds, being two or three under. Rahm, McIlroy.
Nobody at the top of the leaderboard is under par for the day. Tightness and weather I think.
Posted by: From about That Time at June 15, 2025 03:35 PM (n4GiU)
Posted by: Accomack at June 15, 2025 03:30 PM
Be advised that the proprietor of this Thread has been observed wearing a Red Sox World Championship t-shirt.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 03:36 PM (SiRut)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks
I was at Beaver Football games 40 years ago and we were so blasted we didn’t know, nor care about the weather. Plus, it was the Joe Avezzano years. To be cherished.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 15, 2025 03:37 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2025 02:13 PM (NI+ji)
Huh, and here I thought it was just my crappy old laptop.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 15, 2025 03:31 PM (ULPxl)
Huh, just tried opening a Youtube video with Brave and it crashed. Looks like YouTube is trying to get around the Ad blocker in Brave. Again.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 15, 2025 03:37 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 03:36 PM (SiRut)
There is no direct evidence of this.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 03:37 PM (mWSu4)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 15, 2025 03:37 PM (NXz8h)
It cracked me up.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 15, 2025 03:37 PM (/CkK4)
Posted by: Don Black at June 15, 2025 03:38 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: From about That Time
No one seems to have a short game.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 15, 2025 03:38 PM (mT+6a)
So it's nap time if I can
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 03:38 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Accomack
In 1964, Juan Marichal and Warren Spahn pitched 15 inning shutouts vs. each other. Marichal threw 245 pitches, Spahn threw 285. Spahn was over 40 at the time.
Posted by: Ch-ch-changes at June 15, 2025 03:38 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 15, 2025 03:14 PM (Q4IgG)
One reason why Israel has put a huge effort into controlling the skies over Iran. If they can get that bomb, I'll bet they can deliver it from a C-130.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 03:16 PM (mWSu4)
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IIRC during its development the GBU-57 was, in fact, dumped out the back of a C-130 to test various aspects of it's "flight" into the ground.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 15, 2025 03:38 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 03:36 PM (SiRut)
There is no direct evidence of this.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 03:37 PM (mWSu4)
You don't remember anything about that?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 15, 2025 03:38 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
Remove Schrader valve?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 15, 2025 03:39 PM (/U5Yz)
Kan News, citing a source close to the Syrian regime: Syria does not oppose intercepting Iranian missiles and drones in Syrian airspace
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Kurds are demonstrating pro-Israel
India is pro-Israel
It appears all of the middle-East is pro-Israel except for losers Pakistan and Turkey.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 03:39 PM (OfsDL)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 03:36 PM
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There is no direct evidence of this.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 03:37 PM
Au contraire, there is photographic documentary evidence in the bag.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 03:40 PM (SiRut)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 15, 2025 03:41 PM (/U5Yz)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
Dibbs on your stuff.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 15, 2025 03:41 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Don Black at June 15, 2025 03:38 PM (AOsQT)
Does it block the ads on YouTube? If you disable the ad block on Brave, AOS loads normally. With Chrome it's fine with Ad Block Plus. BUT, YouTube videos will not play with Ad Block activated on Chrome.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 15, 2025 03:42 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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[launches facial recognition app, starts scanning]
Posted by: Bob, at NSA at June 15, 2025 03:42 PM (XeU6L)
Wind chill was about -50F. Could not wait to get back to Sub-tropical Plattsburgh where the Temp was only -5 F.
Posted by: Mike Hunt at June 15, 2025 03:42 PM (J7c+Z)
Posted by: Accomack at June 15, 2025 03:43 PM (6cOjz)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Brave usage on Linux Mint, here. Works fine.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 03:43 PM (OfsDL)
Wind chill was about -50F. Could not wait to get back to Sub-tropical Plattsburgh where the Temp was only -5 F.
Posted by: Mike Hunt
Hibbing, MN: -40 w/o wind chill. I live in New Mexico for reasons.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 15, 2025 03:44 PM (NXz8h)
The end is near.
Posted by: Accomack at June 15, 2025 03:44 PM (6cOjz)
The end is near.
Posted by: Accomack at June 15, 2025 03:44 PM
A race between The End and the high-speed rail?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 03:46 PM (SiRut)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
I am guessing there is a consensus here that we don't care and that you are guilty.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 15, 2025 03:46 PM (NXz8h)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 15, 2025 03:41 PM (/U5Yz)
>>> 194
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Brave usage on Linux Mint, here. Works fine.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 03:43 PM (OfsDL)
My crappy old laptop is out-of-date. Maybe a good excuse to finally ditch winders.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 15, 2025 03:47 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Accomack
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It's reported that Trump is OK with Putin mediating between Iran and Israel. That fits with Trump breaking up the US anti Putin faction.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 03:47 PM (OfsDL)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Moon
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2025 03:47 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 15, 2025 03:41 PM
All of it, or just the Baer?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 03:47 PM (SiRut)
Posted by: Accomack
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I have thought this for some time.
Posted by: Cosda at June 15, 2025 03:48 PM (NYB6t)
I hated those popups, which often ruined the end of the video
no I don't see them
Posted by: Don Black at June 15, 2025 03:48 PM (AOsQT)
My crappy old laptop is out-of-date. Maybe a good excuse to finally ditch winders.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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Same here, I'm limping along with an aged Toshiba laptop and Win 8.1
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2025 03:49 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 15, 2025 03:46 PM
Harsh, but fair. And accurate.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 03:49 PM (SiRut)
Posted by: Accomack at June 15, 2025 03:49 PM (+Bkka)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 15, 2025 03:41 PM
All of it, or just the Baer?
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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How much for the ape
Posted by: Don Black at June 15, 2025 03:49 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Accomack
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I have thought this for some time.
Posted by: Cosda
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Pay no attention to the Chinese man behind the curtain.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2025 03:50 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 15, 2025 03:50 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 15, 2025 03:50 PM (/CkK4)
Posted by: Accomack at June 15, 2025 03:51 PM (+Bkka)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 15, 2025 03:51 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Accomack at June 15, 2025 03:51 PM (+Bkka)
Posted by: Case at June 15, 2025 03:51 PM (k7qYZ)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 03:40 PM (SiRut)
Oh, I doubt that. I vaguely recall rumors of someone wearing a bag over his head and sporting a Red Sox Championship t-shirt, but that is as close to reality as you are going to get.
Have you been sniffing spent 9mm cases or something?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 03:53 PM (mWSu4)
Posted by: Eromero at June 15, 2025 03:54 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 15, 2025 03:55 PM (MwwzA)
My crappy old laptop is out-of-date. Maybe a good excuse to finally ditch winders.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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I just do common things here. Still have an image of 7 on flash and 7 doesn't accept flash as valid. hahaha that's they way they make it out of date.
anyway
By and large unless you do something special your computer's not out of date they are creating false obsolescence.
You can get Mint for free at their site and install it if you know a little bit. I paid $15 to Amazon and $40 to have it installed. Runs quite OK and the curve from Windows is slight.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 03:55 PM (OfsDL)
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as a cultural exchange
and to maybe get our weather girls to up their game a little
Posted by: Don Black at June 15, 2025 03:55 PM (AOsQT)
I am guessing there is a consensus here that we don't care and that you are guilty.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
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An accusation so heinous that even innocence is no excuse.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2025 03:56 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 15, 2025 03:56 PM (NXz8h)
This explains why China bought Canada and why Canada insists on staying bought. It explains why Mexico is so heavily involved with Chinese fentanyl. Both Mexico and Canada will be used against us if we turn away from China. Europe is trying to use NATO as a tar pit.
Posted by: Accomack at June 15, 2025 03:56 PM (+Bkka)
Posted by: Case at June 15, 2025 03:51 PM (k7qYZ)
See, this crap is why I presented my own research to the American Meteorological Society: "Gender Bias and Stereotypes in Broadcast Meteorology".
Stop calling women meteorologists "weather girls". Sexist pigs.
Posted by: Caitlin Connell at June 15, 2025 03:57 PM (vm8sq)
https://x.com/HSajwanization/status/
1934256016473849955
Posted by: Don Black at June 15, 2025 03:58 PM (AOsQT)
This explains why China bought Canada and why Canada insists on staying bought. It explains why Mexico is so heavily involved with Chinese fentanyl. Both Mexico and Canada will be used against us if we turn away from China. Europe is trying to use NATO as a tar pit.
Posted by: Accomack at June 15, 2025 03:56 PM (+Bkka)
And I am back from the dead after 63 years.
Posted by: BGen Philip R. Faymonville at June 15, 2025 03:58 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: Don Black at June 15, 2025 03:55 PM (AOsQT)
How about I wear pencil skirts more often?
Posted by: Jen Carfagno at June 15, 2025 03:59 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: Don Black at June 15, 2025 03:55 PM (AOsQT)
What more do you want?
Posted by: Stephanie Abrams at June 15, 2025 04:00 PM (vm8sq)
Kan News, citing a source close to the Syrian regime: Syria does not oppose intercepting Iranian missiles and drones in Syrian airspace
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Kurds are demonstrating pro-Israel
India is pro-Israel
It appears all of the middle-East is pro-Israel except for losers Pakistan and Turkey.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 03:39 PM (OfsDL)
I believe I've seen news stories claiming that Syria allowed Israel to carry out mid-air refueling of Israeli planes over Syrian airspace. Which is a big deal.
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 04:00 PM (CQE5S)
Have you been sniffing spent 9mm cases or something?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 03:53 PM
Believe that if you want (or more to the point, try to get us to believe it), but the background of the photo easily ties it to a specific place and time, and that's before any forensic analysis of the meta-data of the photo *or* the email headers in which it was sent by said subject in the photograph.
Bob from NSA *might* assign the analysis to a 1st-year intern, but only as a training example.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 04:01 PM (SiRut)
Posted by: Don Black at June 15, 2025 03:55 PM (AOsQT)
Sheesh, Don, I'm not good enough?
Posted by: Britta Merwin at June 15, 2025 04:01 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: Accomack at June 15, 2025 04:01 PM (6cOjz)
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 04:00 PM (CQE5S)
Yeah but could Syria seriously prevent Israel from doing so?
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 04:02 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 04:02 PM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 04:03 PM (i51dK)
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 04:00 PM (CQE5S)
Yeah but could Syria seriously prevent Israel from doing so?
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 04:02 PM (vm8sq)
I'd like to see that gamed out by somebody in the know. Which I am not.
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 04:04 PM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 04:03 PM (i51dK)
Does anybody really know what time it is?
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 04:05 PM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Accomack at June 15, 2025 04:06 PM (lqnbT)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2025 04:06 PM (i51dK)
And isn't it odd, with all these dire weather predictions and global warmening, Los Angeles didn't inspect its reservoirs or fund its fire department properly.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 03:13 PM (wbZPZ)
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DEI >>> AGW
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
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That's the trouble with intersectionality, everything is linear in the end.
That may not be how it is in geometry, but it's a fact of political math.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 04:07 PM (wbZPZ)
Posted by: Don Black at June 15, 2025 04:08 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Accomack at June 15, 2025 04:06 PM (lqnbT)
I put forth the idea that the natural ally of the United States in the event of an inevitable war with Japan in the Pacific would be Russia. This got me into much trouble with a lot of people.
Posted by: BGen Philip R. Faymonville at June 15, 2025 04:09 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: Case at June 15, 2025 04:10 PM (k7qYZ)
Posted by: Cow Demon
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Not the point Ester.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 04:11 PM (OfsDL)
Posted by: Boss Moss
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That mid-air refueling clip over Iran said it all.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 04:13 PM (OfsDL)
The abysmal performance of Iran's air defense systems against Israeli pilots armed with advanced U.S. technology, and the inability of Iran's domestic security service to detect and thwart the recent and ongoing Israeli operations against military leadership, have left the Islamic Republic strategically exposed to a greater degree than at any time since 1979.
It is no longer hyperbole to say that the near-term fate of the regime is a question for debate.
A generation of Iran's military leadership has been largely erased. Significant portions of Tehran's prized nuclear industry have been destroyed and will take many months, if not years, to rebuild. Tehran's leaders are aware of the fragile condition of their country and its unhappy people. These changes may offer opportunities for a new direction for Iran.
Iran's missile attacks on Israel allow it to demonstrate defiance, but do little to impact the outcome of this conflict. Indeed, the attacks could accelerate the demise of the regime in any Israeli retaliation.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 04:18 PM (OfsDL)
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I used my face to hit him on the fist.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2025 04:21 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 04:11 PM (OfsDL)
Perhaps, but something to keep in mind.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 05:10 PM (vm8sq)
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Posted by: ancient lightsaber at June 15, 2025 07:32 PM (BpVcJ)
The Arrant Stupidity Of The Shock Troops Of The Globalist Left Is Matched By Its Ignorance
[@ 4:45 in the video] Egyptians are very well aware of how horrid the Gazans are. That's why they built an almost impregnable barrier between Gaza and Egypt! But these smug and hip leftists make the intellectually flaccid assumption that all Arabs love Gaza, so therefore Egypt will allow them to waltz in unimpeded to perform whatever political theater they wish. And they were wrong! And even better is the autistic troll, desperate to remain in the public consciousness. Never mind that her little stunt was ridiculed, and that it was a complete waste of time, since the amount of aid that Israel is allowing into Gaza dwarfs the pitiful show they put on. And don't forget that Gaza is a war zone....what country would allow a protest vessel to enter their enemy's territory? That's just...moronic!
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 12:02 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 12:03 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 12:05 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: oldraceral at June 15, 2025 12:06 PM (e/PcK)
1) It's not Christianity. The Left's religion is The State. So they wish to destroy Christianity.
2) Islam is exotic and so SUPER-NEATO!!!!
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 12:06 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: Yoko Fan Club at June 15, 2025 12:06 PM (G5+As)
Or I'm getting them mixed up, between the protests and pride nonsense.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 12:07 PM (wEP8u)
And if people challenge their meme, then time for them to get violent, or threaten violence first, then the second wave of more hard core activists will throw the bricks and blend into the chanting crowds.
Posted by: illiniwek at June 15, 2025 12:07 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 12:09 PM (+qU29)
This is a very bad combo; it makes them busybodies who never rest. Theres a famous CS Lewis quote that he’d rather live under a tyrant than the do-gooder busybody because the busybody never rests because of their belief in their own righteousness. These are the AFWLs marching in no kings protests. Who has the energy? I don’t even if I had an inclination
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 15, 2025 12:10 PM (PVeJz)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 15, 2025 12:11 PM (63Dwl)
The left (particularly elected Democrats) likes to play-act as religious when it's advantageous to them even though they not all that secretly think the Flying Spaghetti Monster is a hilarious indictment of religion. They don't understand that Muslims are actually serious about Islam and think they've found kindred spirits.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 12:11 PM (QZThv)
One of the primary things that people do not seem to grok (or they do and it is really their end goal): There seems to be an inherent dynamic at play with the 20th century (and all of human history) the more power you have, the more readily you will use it to slaughter your enemies:
Sulla/Marius: the first time proscriptions pop up. Posting of names (names could be added by the enthusiastic) who could be killed without penalty and their assets seized and then auctioned.
Augustus: it is not talked about, but Octavian (later whitewashed as augustus) and Marc Anthony revived proscriptions in order to pay for their civil war against the Liberators.
Tiberius: Loyalty and treason trials. No one was safe and this weapon was used by Sejanus (Emperor in all but name while Tiberius was cavorting at Capri) used them to his benefit.
Nero/Diocletian: Christian purges. The great purge continued even after Diocletian abdicated until Constantine put the boot down on the whole empire.
Cont in pt 2.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 12:12 PM (bss/y)
Or I'm getting them mixed up, between the protests and pride nonsense.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 12:07 PM (wEP8u)
Me either... The first headline i saw today was "Trump holds 45 million dollar Birthday parade for himself with few attendees."
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 12:12 PM (VE6XX)
They will face consequences one of these days and will miss civilized behavior.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 15, 2025 12:12 PM (7xrfc)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 15, 2025 12:11 PM (63Dwl)
She looks stoned, and she probably is.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 12:12 PM (wEP8u)
Body shaming whining , safe spaces, drum circles, crying are considered positives.
They all present narcissism, projection, lack of self awareness, inability to determine cause and effect , inability to make logical comparisons, Presentism, lack of historical knowledge thus history only starts yesterday and live by the motto the ends justify the means as their moral standard.
Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:13 PM (VofaG)
A commenter on Gato's Substack said he was hired at $100 an hour as a bodyguard to protect a rich neighbor woman at a "no kings" event because she was sure MAGA would appear and shoot at her with AR-15s. (Every Democrat, from Kamala on down to random not-shit lefty voters thinks they are Trump's most prominent enemy and portray themselves as such).
She didn't know that he was in fact MAGA and owns an AR-15, LOL.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 12:13 PM (QZThv)
Watched some streaming video of a man named Nick Shirley recently. Very entertaining and enlightening.
Also Matt Morse.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 15, 2025 12:14 PM (lIgBp)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 12:12 PM (VE6XX)
I saw something that said something like the parade "smashed through" the streets.
Really? Did people get in the way?
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 12:14 PM (wEP8u)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 12:14 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Don, the Rebel without a Blog at June 15, 2025 12:15 PM (+4L5r)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 12:15 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 12:13 PM (QZThv)
I wonder. I own an AR15. Is this somehow considered evidence one is some kind of monster?
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 12:15 PM (wEP8u)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:16 PM (Y+jbb)
Posted by: doug at June 15, 2025 12:16 PM (Hy+R4)
Soviets: these really got going before the war even started. Lenin believed that terror was a legitimate tactic for revolution. Before the NKVD, there was the Cheka. Great Purge, Doctor Purge, Army Purge (right before Barbarossa- brilliant!) The estimates are all over the place, but let's say 20-30 million people murdered.
China- this is a hard one to estimate because they are still running concentration camps today. Now they seem to be more interested in slave labor, but how does that make anything better?
Cambodia, North Korea, Cuba. Give a socialist/Communist a hint of power and they will start murdering in order to get more power and murder even more.
The fucks in the street are either the seeds of the next commie regime or the useful idiots- or both.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 12:16 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 12:14 PM (VE6XX)
He was on the ONT last night. Said there was some drone stuff happening north of him, but he was ok for the moment. He had just opened a bottle of Buffalo Trace.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 12:17 PM (bss/y)
People on X were going through pictures and noting that the "no kings" events were typically 100% white and 90% single women over 40, while the large crowd at the Army 250th birthday celebration was very diverse and very young.
Also many jokes about how the US had no king on Friday and still doesn't, while Canada does.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 12:17 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 12:15 PM (wEP8u)
Yes. But be aware any semi-auto rifle is an AR-15.
You could show up with an FG-42 and they would say you had an AR-15.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 12:18 PM (bss/y)
26 This is OT/ but has anyone heard from Biden's Dog ? This morning
Posted by: doug at June 15, 2025 12:16 PM (Hy+R4)
From the river to the sea,
It's a real mystery!
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 12:18 PM (wEP8u)
They will face consequences one of these days and will miss civilized behavior.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 15, 2025 12:12 PM (7xrfc)
I have been told that all the ships involved will most likely be seized under admiralty law, by the Israelis or one of the other Easter Med countries
Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2025 12:18 PM (D7oie)
To the sea
That's from where
I read the ONT!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:16 PM (Y+jbb)
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From the river
To the sea
I send my regards
to CBD!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:18 PM (Y+jbb)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 12:19 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 12:14 PM (VE6XX)
He was on the ONT last night. Said there was some drone stuff happening north of him, but he was ok for the moment. He had just opened a bottle of Buffalo Trace.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 12:17 PM (bss/y)
***
There's Buffalo Trace in Israel.
*adds Israel to travel plans*
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:19 PM (W/lyH)
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But they are extraordinarily hateful and vicious on top of that, and that's the part the CS Lewis quote, good as it is, does not deal with. Think of Michelle Obama. Certain she is just and good but despises white people and men and regular people and anyone else really.
Posted by: ... at June 15, 2025 12:19 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 12:19 PM (+qU29)
Apparently you aren't paying attention!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:19 PM (Y+jbb)
Posted by: Gabby G. at June 15, 2025 12:20 PM (Uylq1)
Inside every AWFL at a No Kings rally is a princess who wants the riff raff kept away from the Royal Enclosure at Ascot.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 12:20 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 15, 2025 12:11 PM (63Dwl)
Levi's Jewish rye.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 15, 2025 12:20 PM (5xuJ/)
You could show up with an FG-42 and they would say you had an AR-15.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 12:18 PM (bss/y)
I suppose my shotgun is also an AR15.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 12:20 PM (wEP8u)
It's a real mystery!
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 12:18 PM (wEP8u)
LOL... I'm not very observant am I ?
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 12:20 PM (VE6XX)
*adds Israel to travel plans*
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:19 PM (W/lyH)
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But no traces of buffalo.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:20 PM (Y+jbb)
*adds Israel to travel plans*
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:19 PM (W/lyH)
I wince to think what the import duty must be
Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2025 12:21 PM (D7oie)
#BREAKING: @IranIntl reports the #IRGCterrorists Intelligence Organization Commander Mohammad Kazemi and his deputy Hassan Mohaghegh have been targeted by #Israel and are burried under rubble from a strike on their building. No firm confirmation yet. If true, Kazemi and Mohaghegh are two feared Khamenei lieutenants. Mohaghegh is also part of Mojtaba Khamenei's Habib Circle--a network of close confidents of the supreme leader's son in the security services.
Posted by: andycanuck at June 15, 2025 12:21 PM (2yoRf)
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 12:20 PM (wEP8u)
If it was one of those long, break action double barrels- that's your boomstick.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 12:21 PM (bss/y)
Over at MSNBC, they're almost SHOCKED the celebration of the U.S. Army's 250th birthday isn't "tense" and doesn't have "dark, malevolent energy."
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I demand more dark, malevolent energy!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 15, 2025 12:21 PM (L/fGl)
A 70-ish woman I know -- who voted for Trump -- is emotionally affected by all the street demonstrations and she now just Wails that there's "too much chaos" with Trump in office.
So there's a fair number of unthinking, emotionally motivated humans who are going to be swayed by all this crap. (And she's a banker, by the way.) She also believed that Sarah Palin said that she could "see Russia from her house," and I told her that was Tina f****** Fey on SNL, and she just blew me off and said she thought Sarah was an idiot anyway. But she still voted for McCain.
I think there are a lot of people like this out there.
Posted by: Beverly at June 15, 2025 12:21 PM (Epeb0)
*adds Israel to travel plans*
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:19 PM (W/lyH)
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But no traces of buffalo.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:20 PM (Y+jbb)
How do you know? *arches eyebrow*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 12:21 PM (bss/y)
Anyone know if she has an OF account? Uh...asking for a friend.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at June 15, 2025 12:21 PM (ycI94)
Yeth.
Posted by: Gabby G. at June 15, 2025 12:20 PM (Uylq1)
I laughed.
Does that make me a bad person?
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:22 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 12:22 PM (e15Ap)
Posted by: Sid the scat eater at June 15, 2025 12:23 PM (2zGcv)
I frequently call them "feudalists cosplaying as Marxists". Meghan Markle tried to skip over the whole overthrowing society thing and just become a duchess, but that isn't working out so well for her.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 12:23 PM (QZThv)
We could export a few of our illegals over there to help clean it. Those guys are great at cleaning!
I'll show myself out. No need to get up.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 15, 2025 12:23 PM (7xrfc)
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 12:15 PM (wEP8u)
Yes. But be aware any semi-auto rifle is an AR-15.
You could show up with an FG-42 and they would say you had an AR-15.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 12:18 PM (bss/y)
"Weapons of WAAAR! REEEEEEE!!!" -- leftists
"Correct!" -- Colonial 'Muricans with personal cannon
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 15, 2025 12:23 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 12:24 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:24 PM (Y+jbb)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA**snort**gasp for breath**HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 15, 2025 12:24 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 12:22 PM (e15Ap)
I suddenly had an image of Donut Operator (a former policeman) when he is shooting guns (Brandon Huerra or on Demolition Ranch) shouting 'Stop resisting!' as he fires off several rounds.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 12:25 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar
My brother in Christ, the sounds of shrieking from your soul if you ever saw it should discourage you from looking for it.
Sadly, it's either that or she goes trans next year to stay relevant.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 15, 2025 12:25 PM (7xrfc)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 12:18 PM (bss/y)
All long scary black bangsticks are AR-15s.
All short scary black bangsticks are Glocks.
Posted by: From the "Media's Guide to Guns", page 23 at June 15, 2025 12:25 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:20 PM (Y+jbb)
Well I can guess one senator who won't be pitching her teepee near Jerusalem.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:25 PM (W/lyH)
People on X were going through pictures and noting that the "no kings" events were typically 100% white and 90% single women over 40
________
I saw the comment made that No Kings was the last gasp of the Boomers.
And I resent that. There were a lot of people born in that period and for every narcissistic leftist who spent the 70s getting stoned and screwing every loose thing, there were ten others of that age going to school, getting and staying married, raising a family, working hard and honorably and going to church. Don't lump all us Dusties together.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 12:26 PM (QnmlO)
Speaking of Aztecs they like to forget the near-perpetual human sacrifices involving kidnaped members of neighboring tribes. Cortes rolled them easy in part because he got allies from natives who hated the Aztecs' fucking guts.
Posted by: They weren't weaving baskets and playing panpipes at June 15, 2025 12:26 PM (TbWk/)
Over at MSNBC, they're almost SHOCKED the celebration of the U.S. Army's 250th birthday isn't "tense" and doesn't have "dark, malevolent energy."
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I demand more dark, malevolent energy!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 15, 2025 12:21 PM (L/fGl)
We would have put up a nice glowing red background but that Bad Orange Man made us hold the parade during the day.
Posted by: U.S. Army 250th birthday planning team at June 15, 2025 12:26 PM (ULPxl)
Go easy on Sid, there is no king in America right now so clearly the protests worked.
Unfortunately Canada still has a king, and he's gay and Islamic.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 12:26 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 12:26 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 12:21 PM (bss/y)
As Captain Ramius might say, "One barrel only."
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 12:26 PM (T+YTi)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 12:26 PM (e15Ap)
ii) Wolfus, the effort put into the attempt to make Monte Markham a star was amazing - at least two television shows, plus the movie [i}Midway, and trying to make him into Perry Mason was a disaster. He was a decent actor, but TPTB kept trying to make him a major star.
Posted by: Nazdar at June 15, 2025 12:26 PM (NcvvS)
The NoKings march in my little leftist city drew over a thousand.
From the pictures on my local rags website it was the usual suspects, heavily tilted to gray haired white people. They were the lemmings you referred to .
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 15, 2025 12:27 PM (akw+7)
Brendan Gutenschwager @BGOnTheScene 14h
A police horse charges through the crowd in downtown Los Angeles
https://tinyurl.com/2dvudk6m
21 seconds; nothing spectacular but at least On Topic.
Posted by: andycanuck at June 15, 2025 12:27 PM (2yoRf)
Yeah. That's exactly why I would never show up armed to counterprotest. It's what they want. Their plan is thwarted by not playing their game.
We are not the stupid crazy ones you fucking idiots. If we were looking for a fight you would loose before you got out of the gate.
Posted by: Reforger at June 15, 2025 12:27 PM (LgDgc)
Posted by: Sid
I should also be rich and thin and swimming in poon. Oh well.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 15, 2025 12:27 PM (Uylq1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 12:28 PM (bss/y)
But, it is reported that nationwide, the No Kings protest march drew over 12 million people! It was crowds marching against Donald Trump. How was that possible? How will they handle such a stunning rebuke of their Leader? Will they impulsively resort to violence? Let us hope not. No doubt, it was a crushing blow to their psyche.
Except Biden and the dems did draw good sized crowds. Trump and his propaganda machine refused to show the empty seats at its events.
In my rural red FL county, they're lying and projecting. The Facebook posts about our very successful demonstration are pathetic - paid protestors, bussed in, only 20 there (it was over 800), blah, blah.
Plus, there was the overwhelmingly positive response from the hundreds of vehicles that passed by. IMO, they are rattled.
They won't notice. Or they'll say it's all fake news.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 15, 2025 12:28 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Sid
I should also be rich and thin and swimming in poon. Oh well.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 15, 2025 12:27 PM (Uylq1)
Of a communist wanting to murder you and diddle your kids.
aka Tuesday.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 12:28 PM (bss/y)
A 70-ish woman I know -- who voted for Trump -- is emotionally affected by all the street demonstrations and she now just Wails that there's "too much chaos" with Trump in office.
So there's a fair number of unthinking, emotionally motivated humans who are going to be swayed by all this crap. (And she's a banker, by the way.) She also believed that Sarah Palin said that she could "see Russia from her house," and I told her that was Tina f****** Fey on SNL, and she just blew me off and said she thought Sarah was an idiot anyway. But she still voted for McCain.
I think there are a lot of people like this out there.
Posted by: Beverly at June 15, 2025 12:21 PM (Epeb0)
So, maybe instead of a straight up chromosome test for voting rights, have a 'test of ability to reason while having feels'. I am confident 'Ettes would pass and douche-knot owners would fail.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 15, 2025 12:29 PM (ULPxl)
Neutral collar? Like a Henley?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 12:28 PM (bss/y)
________
Am I the only one who hates button-down collars? Because I hate button-down collars.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 12:30 PM (QnmlO)
I watched part of it. It was fun and inspirational, and the fireworks and the Army Band were great.
The left, more than anything, hates people having fun in ways they disapprove of. It's why they're the Party of Karen.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 12:30 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 15, 2025 12:30 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Stoner living in the basement at June 15, 2025 12:30 PM (lIgBp)
But, it is reported that nationwide, the No Kings protest march drew over 12 million people! It was crowds marching against Donald Trump. How was that possible? How will they handle such a stunning rebuke of their Leader? Will they impulsively resort to violence? Let us hope not. No doubt, it was a crushing blow to their psyche.
!2 million ? reported by who ?
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 12:30 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 15, 2025 12:31 PM (TcVeV)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 12:18 PM (bss/y)
All long scary black bangsticks are AR-15s.
All short scary black bangsticks are Glocks.
Posted by: From the "Media's Guide to Guns", page 23 at June 15, 2025 12:25 PM (PiwSw)
What about us?!
Posted by: assault derringers at June 15, 2025 12:32 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 12:15 PM (wEP8u)
The View: You shoot a deer with it, the deer explodes and there's nothing left!
Reality: Many state hunting laws don't allow using an AR15 for deer hunting because 5.56/.223 is deemed to be too small a caliber for humane game kills.
Posted by: People are retarded, View hags even moreso at June 15, 2025 12:32 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 15, 2025 12:32 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 12:13 PM (QZThv)
I wonder. I own an AR15. Is this somehow considered evidence one is some kind of monster?
Posted by: BurtTC
"an AR15"?
That sounds like just one.
Be better, Burt.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 15, 2025 12:32 PM (/lPRQ)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu just confirmed to Fox News that Brigadier General Mohammad Kazemi, Head of Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as well as his deputy, General Hassan Mohaqqeq, were the targets of and were eliminated by an Israeli strike earlier on the IRGC Intelligence Headquarters in the Iranian capital of Tehran.
Posted by: andycanuck at June 15, 2025 12:32 PM (2yoRf)
Yeah, I'm gonna need proof that any of them actually marched. At the local one I passed, they were having significant difficulty climbing up over the curb to the sidewalk where they were gathered.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 12:32 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 15, 2025 12:31 PM (TcVeV)
Locally they were bragging in the local rag that thousands attended ... Of course they included 2 Counties with that number....
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 12:33 PM (VE6XX)
Did Trump flee the country for Russia last night? Because that's what I was told these rallies would do.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 12:33 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 15, 2025 12:33 PM (tMaaq)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 12:30 PM (QnmlO)
*fistbump*
Posted by: Collar stays all the way! at June 15, 2025 12:33 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 12:25 PM (bss/y)
Reminds me of a vid, cop was in a black neighborhood, challenges one of the local yoots to a foot race. Someone says "on your mark, get set, go!"
Black yoot takes off running, cop stands there, says into his vest radio "I have a black male suspect, on the run."
Hilarity ensues.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 12:33 PM (d2oJQ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 12:30 PM (QnmlO)
Button down collars are ok. It is an odd thing though? Why the need to button? The look? I have always found that a good shirt's collars/lapels naturally kind of batten down when wearing a tie.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 12:33 PM (bss/y)
Big Deal.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 12:34 PM (e15Ap)
Over at MSNBC, they're almost SHOCKED the celebration of the U.S. Army's 250th birthday isn't "tense" and doesn't have "dark, malevolent energy."
You mean like Biden screaming at the audience while flanked by Marines and a background of black and red at the podium?
I swear, the only reason these people don't relocate is because they don't want to live near the help.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 15, 2025 12:34 PM (7xrfc)
Posted by: The #2 Guy at the IRGC at June 15, 2025 12:34 PM (lIgBp)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 15, 2025 12:35 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 15, 2025 12:27 PM (Uylq1)
Hell, I'd settle.for two out of three.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:35 PM (W/lyH)
So 12 million out of the 75 million who voted for Kamala are still mad.
_________
The other 63 million were protecting abortion clinics in San Francisco and New York City.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 12:36 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: NR Pax at June 15, 2025 12:36 PM (7xrfc)
Over at MSNBC, they're almost SHOCKED the celebration of the U.S. Army's 250th birthday isn't "tense" and doesn't have "dark, malevolent energy."
I watched the last part of it with Trump's speech and the band and chorus and fire works.. I thought it was fantastic.. Not once in the speech did Trump mention himself...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 12:36 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: BurtTC
I differentiate the two, by remembering that the pride nonsense gets an entire month.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 15, 2025 12:37 PM (0Htd1)
How much did she spend on the hooters?
Posted by: Guys everywhere at June 15, 2025 12:37 PM (lIgBp)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 15, 2025 12:27 PM (Uylq1)
I should be married to a loving wife, prominent in my profession, building a legacy, and have furnished my children a stable foundation for a bright future. I certainly poured in all the inputs. Didn't get the outputs.
Happy Father's Day.
Posted by: Remember kids, people lie! at June 15, 2025 12:38 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 15, 2025 12:27 PM (Uylq1)
Hell, I'd settle.for two out of three.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:35 PM (W/lyH)
If you're rich, the swimming part pretty much happens by itself, even if you look like Bill Gates or Dennis Kucinich. So if you take the first two you'll have all three.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 12:38 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Skip
That could make some good pay per view.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 15, 2025 12:38 PM (0Htd1)
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You just described my middle-aged, divorced sister to a T. The one who will glom onto whatever the latest leftist POV should be and then proudly displays it on her social media so she can look like she's making a difference in the world. She still #StandswithUkraine and yesterday make it known she's part of the #NoKings movement of imbeciles. She's like a baby bird with its beak open, just waiting for the next marching orders she's supposed to be believing in next are shoved down her throat.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 15, 2025 12:38 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Beverly at June 15, 2025 12:21 PM (Epeb0)
I think that's the motivation behind this. To sway voters away from the chaos, toward something like the quiet "peace" that comes when a brain dead nitwit is in office.
How much of a winning formula it is, I guess we'll see.
We all know they may very well have another plandemic waiting for us.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 12:38 PM (+66bp)
I remember when Lefty adults were listening to Greta's every word like she was some kind of genius.
Posted by: redridinghood at June 15, 2025 12:38 PM (NpAcC)
I think there are a lot of people like this out there.
Posted by: Beverly
================
There are. It's why I stopped watching 2WAY. I was going to throw my monitor across the room listening to opinionated voters who said things that stupid.
The last straw was an educated, 70-ish woman who was that dumb and persuasible.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 12:39 PM (wbZPZ)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 15, 2025 12:39 PM (U3+nr)
Big Deal.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 12:34 PM (e15Ap)
Spot on.
I figure the number 12 million is a gross exaggeration as well.
The event was a bust.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:39 PM (W/lyH)
How much did she spend on the hooters?
Posted by: Guys everywhere at June 15, 2025 12:37 PM (lIgBp)
Lipstick on a pig is not a metaphor at all, in this case.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 12:39 PM (e15Ap)
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 12:07 PM (wEP8u)
They're both gay, so it's an easy mistake to make.
Posted by: 50 shades of gay at June 15, 2025 12:39 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 15, 2025 12:39 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 12:30 PM (QnmlO)
You are mistaken, my friend.
A button-down collar casualizes a severe dark suit. That's valuable at times.
Also, if you're wearing the shirt open at the neck (a trend that seems to have been universally adopted by law firms post-COVID) a button-down collar doesn't end up lying flat on your shoulders like on one of Tony Manero's disco outfits.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 15, 2025 12:39 PM (TcVeV)
Mothers Day: Flowers! Candy! Breakfast in bed!
Fathers Day: "When are you going to start the grill?"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 12:39 PM (QnmlO)
We all know they may very well have another plandemic waiting for us.
We know that in 2020 with the riots and the plandemic Trump was still winning until a toilet flushed in Atlanta.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 12:40 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 12:40 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: The #2 Guy at the IRGC
Can we put off the promotion announcement til next week?
Posted by: DaveA at June 15, 2025 12:40 PM (FhXTo)
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I was rather disappointed that they couldn't march in step but one of the CSPN commenter said that they train to kill people and break things, not too march like some faggot chorus line.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 15, 2025 12:40 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2025 12:40 PM (DSNOc)
She likely got something like 50-60M real votes so, it is a higher percentage
Posted by: 18-1 at June 15, 2025 12:41 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Just the punchline at June 15, 2025 12:41 PM (lIgBp)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 15, 2025 12:41 PM (U3+nr)
You can find staffing companies dedicated to providing paid protestors.
And really, not a bad job, $20/h to stand around holding a sign someone printed for you with drugs, alcohol, and wimmens available...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 15, 2025 12:42 PM (t0Rmr)
Mothers Day: Flowers! Candy! Breakfast in bed!
Fathers Day: "When are you going to start the grill?"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 12:39 PM (QnmlO)
Mothers Day: custom ceramic mug covered in affectionate symbols and superlatives
Fathers Day: a painted rock
It starts in school.
Posted by: Hand to God, taken from real life at June 15, 2025 12:42 PM (TbWk/)
Put into perspective:
Husky stadium holds 78,000 fans. There are around 4.3 million people living in the Puget Sound area.
So, more folks go to Husky games on any particular Saturday than bothered to show up “To Save Our Democracy.”
I am not impressed.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 15, 2025 12:43 PM (mT+6a)
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How much did she spend on the hooters?
Posted by: Guys everywhere at June 15, 2025 12:37 PM (lIgBp)
Too much. They don't help. That's a bad gene pool.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 12:43 PM (+66bp)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 15, 2025 12:39 PM
This is really about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Leisure Suit Larry at June 15, 2025 12:43 PM (SiRut)
Is this about me?
Posted by: The green leisure suit from 1978 still hanging in the closet at June 15, 2025 12:43 PM (lIgBp)
To this day I've yet to hear anyone in the government/left explain how a leaky bathroom in GA stopped them from publicly counting votes in every swing state.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 15, 2025 12:43 PM (t0Rmr)
Horde mind.
Posted by: The green leisure suit from 1978 still hanging in the closet at June 15, 2025 12:44 PM (lIgBp)
Did Trump flee the country for Russia last night? Because that's what I was told these rallies would do.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
================
I'm hate-watching Pod Save America and this qualified political science says we're at historical levels of motivation, and 3.5% is all that's needed to destroy Trump.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 12:44 PM (wbZPZ)
You had a father? Luxury. All we had was a turkey baster.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 15, 2025 12:41 PM (U3+nr)
It was actually a 5-foot-long wooded rod broken off of an indoor clothes drying rack, but it was like a father to us!
Posted by: Parenting 101: beat them 'til they cower at your approach at June 15, 2025 12:44 PM (TbWk/)
Her hair smells way better then you might think...
Posted by: Joe Biden at June 15, 2025 12:44 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 12:40 PM (+qU29)
Saw a vid the other day, some younger dude, said he was offered... I don't recall how much. Said he could have used the money, but didn't think it was right.
He didn't seem like a "reichswinger" guy, just a typical bearded yoot.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 12:45 PM (+66bp)
A good opportunity to pick up the kind of wimmens for the fabled "put it in and then put on a MAGA hat" bucking bronco challenge.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 12:45 PM (QZThv)
==
To this day I've yet to hear anyone in the government/left explain how a leaky bathroom in GA stopped them from publicly counting votes in every swing state.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 15, 2025 12:43 PM (t0Rmr)
"explain"?!
ELECTION DENIER! REEEEE!!!
Posted by: Your Betters at June 15, 2025 12:45 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2025 12:46 PM (DSNOc)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 15, 2025 12:38 PM (qBdHI)
A very apt description. I'm going to use it.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:46 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 15, 2025 12:46 PM (L/fGl)
That must be why people make summer sausage out of venison.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 15, 2025 12:47 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Now I'm hungry at June 15, 2025 12:48 PM (lIgBp)
Posted by: #3 Guy at the IRGC at June 15, 2025 12:48 PM (W/lyH)
A good opportunity to pick up the kind of wimmens for the fabled "put it in and then put on a MAGA hat" bucking bronco challenge.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 12:45 PM (QZThv)
___________
I think it was P.J. O'Rourke who said no woman ever had a fantasy about sex with a liberal.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 12:48 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 15, 2025 12:39 PM (t0Rmr)
Luigi: you can say it was money, but it was really political.
The asshat who shot the Jewish couple: political
Trump: twice.
Not surprised at all. They have been working themselves up to this for years. I expect another attempt on Trump, probably several if unsuccessful. TBH.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 12:48 PM (bss/y)
Did Trump flee the country for Russia last night? Because that's what I was told these rallies would do.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
================
I'm hate-watching Pod Save America and this qualified political science says we're at historical levels of motivation, and 3.5% is all that's needed to destroy Trump.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 12:44 PM (wbZPZ)
The commies are all "three percenters" now???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 15, 2025 12:48 PM (ULPxl)
I was rather disappointed that they couldn't march in step but one of the CSPN commenter said that they train to kill people and break things, not too march like some faggot chorus line.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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There was a lot of commentary about the "route step" on X. Someone evidently decided it would be a route step, not a parade step for whatever reason. Guys driving tanks were smiling and waving, so evidently it was meant to be a casual, less-formal thing.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 12:48 PM (wbZPZ)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 12:45 PM
To be fair, those kind of wimmens, they're not used to riders who can go for a full eight seconds.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 12:48 PM (SiRut)
Posted by: Lefty Lou at June 15, 2025 12:48 PM (G5+As)
I monitor antifa's shenanigans where I can.
Posted by: Reforger at June 15, 2025 12:49 PM (LgDgc)
It is comfortable, but it is also an odd look, and most people never figure out what the difference is.
granted, if I wear one buttoned up with a dark suit I look like Des-Ayuno Al Muerozo, so I don't
Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2025 12:49 PM (D7oie)
A senior of the IRGC, head of the Defense Ministry's Defense Research and Innovation Organization, Reza Mazfari, eliminated
Posted by: andycanuck at June 15, 2025 12:50 PM (2yoRf)
Posted by: Governor Cuomo at June 15, 2025 12:50 PM (G5+As)
The commies are all "three percenters" now???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
===============
This is what happens when you trust your movement to people with Harvard degrees.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 12:50 PM (wbZPZ)
Israel is a Jewish sliver.
Posted by: Mr. Mxyzptlk at June 15, 2025 12:50 PM (h3tsW)
Should have added: Bada bing, bada boom.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 12:50 PM (e15Ap)
A 70-ish woman I know -- who voted for Trump -- is emotionally affected by all the street demonstrations and she now just Wails that there's "too much chaos" with Trump in office.
So there's a fair number of unthinking, emotionally motivated humans who are going to be swayed by all this crap.
I think there are a lot of people like this out there.
Posted by: Beverly at June 15, 2025 12:21 PM (Epeb0)
The G-- D----- Media broadcasts the Narrative, no matter the facts. Remember March 2020 when we got weeks of continual screaming about hospitals overwhelmed, refrigerated semi-trailers at every hospital to store the uncountable dead, nurses wearing trash bags because every hospital had run out of protective garb, and the like? Yeah in a few hospitals in Manhattan. Not the reality in 99.99 percent of the nation. But death-panic had been created. Now we get non-stop video of 'mostly peaceful protests' despite the Media itself telling us the scenes are not representative! Dammit, then show videos 23.5 hours a day of actual peaceful protests and people having picnics in LA County! Should have done similar with hospitals in March 2020!
Posted by: Gref at June 15, 2025 12:51 PM (aBgBM)
Posted by: Governor Cuomo at June 15, 2025 12:50 PM (G5+As)
You do if you keep missing
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 12:51 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2025 12:51 PM (DSNOc)
Posted by: Governor Cuomo at June 15, 2025 12:50 PM (G5+As)
You do if you keep missing
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 12:51 PM (VE6XX)
When your magazine is empty you can still beat the deer to death with your gun butt, can't you?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 15, 2025 12:52 PM (TcVeV)
Mossad Commentary @MOSSADil 56m
The Taliban calls on Iran and Israel to exercise restraint
Posted by: andycanuck at June 15, 2025 12:52 PM (2yoRf)
Probably about the same time as "I could care less."
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 15, 2025 12:53 PM (w6EFb)
Yeah, I know he's married.
I said what I said.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 12:53 PM (IUr7k)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 12:53 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 12:51 PM
In fairness, it's an easy way to tell those who spurn Weasel's wisdom.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 12:54 PM (SiRut)
When did it become waiting ON line as opposed to waiting IN line? Is that some kind of adoption from the UK?
_________
I always thought it was some stupid NYC thing. You queue in the UK.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 12:54 PM (QnmlO)
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Deer hunting with an Abrams tank?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 15, 2025 12:54 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Governor Cuomo at June 15, 2025 12:50 PM (G5+As)
You do if you keep missing
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 12:51 PM (VE6XX)
If you miss after ten shots Weasel will ban you from the gun thread until you've completed 100 hours of range time.
Posted by: #3 Guy at the IRGC at June 15, 2025 12:55 PM (W/lyH)
The first time I heard that was in The Godfather, when Mama Corleone tells Connie that she can't go barging in, she has to wait on line to see her brother like everyone else.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 15, 2025 12:55 PM (TcVeV)
Off IRGC sock
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:55 PM (W/lyH)
Yeah, I know he's married.
I said what I said.
I've said it before, I'll say it again. Elites marry transactionally. There is no love and therefore no requirement that they be of compatible orientations. (E.g. Bill and Hillary).
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 12:55 PM (NztoB)
Since NYC is the center of the universe, the usage is leaking over.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 15, 2025 12:56 PM (XiKaT)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2025 12:49 PM
Have you considered enhancing the look with very pale foundation, pale lipstick, and black eye shadow and eyeliner?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 12:56 PM (SiRut)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025 12:56 PM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 15, 2025 12:53 PM (w6EFb)
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Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2025 12:57 PM (D7oie)
Fathers Day: "When are you going to start the grill?"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
I used to give my dad a nice, new pair of bermuda shorts from J.C. Penney or Sears.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 15, 2025 12:57 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 15, 2025 12:52 PM (TcVeV)
I laughed Donna.
You can still use the thing that goes up if you run out of boolits
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 15, 2025 12:57 PM (WF/xn)
Pfft. She's already yesterday's news. Greta has more value to the Right as a retarded clown then as a martyr.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 15, 2025 12:58 PM (TcVeV)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Just like in Ping Pong North Korea.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 15, 2025 12:58 PM (L/fGl)
Every shot at a deer, the bayonet lug and pistol grip kill every bird within a mile! And don't get us started about that thing that points up!
Posted by: Gref at June 15, 2025 12:58 PM (aBgBM)
Hold my seat, I gotta pee.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:58 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 12:55 PM (NztoB)
In other nooz, I saw the headline today, Mini-me Soros today married his blushing bride, the former Ms. Anthony Weener.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 12:59 PM (jWUJk)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 15, 2025 12:38 PM (qBdHI)
That is a brilliant simile that unfortunately describes about half our country, if not more. Incapable of independent, critical thought they frantically position themselves for the next dose of predigested slop to be vomited into their minds.
Posted by: NPCs as baby birds - I like it at June 15, 2025 12:59 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: pawn, one of many at June 15, 2025 12:59 PM (QB+5g)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 12:56 PM (SiRut)
Nah, stubble, sunburn and suspenders with a newsboy cap.
That's the look. I would look like I was a runner for a betting parlor.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2025 12:59 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 15, 2025 12:59 PM (TcVeV)
Posted by: Northern Lights at June 15, 2025 12:59 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: #3 Guy at the IRGC at June 15, 2025 12:55 PM (W/lyH)
And watched every fundamental video clockwork orange style.
Posted by: Reforger at June 15, 2025 01:00 PM (LgDgc)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 15, 2025 12:52 PM (TcVeV)
If you're using a M1 Garand, absolutely.
Posted by: Rifle and club in one handy package at June 15, 2025 01:00 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 15, 2025 01:01 PM (qpyNK)
hilarity and highjinks would have ensued.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 15, 2025 01:01 PM (XiKaT)
She's already yesterday's news. Greta has more value to the Right as a retarded clown then as a martyr.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 15, 2025 12:58 PM (TcVeV)
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She's going to try some envirostunt in the PRC and they'll execute her.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 01:01 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
Eskimos get to kill caribou when they are swimming across a river from their motorboats. Don't you try it!
Posted by: Equal Rights? at June 15, 2025 01:01 PM (G5+As)
Hence the meme where typical Handmaid's Tale feminist cosplaying quickly jumps the fence into being way too descriptive about what they think conservative men want to do with them.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 01:02 PM (NztoB)
Posted by: Northern Lights at June 15, 2025 12:59 PM (G5+As)
Sure. Muhammad...oh crap I can't recall his last name! I'm age 29, dammit!
Posted by: Gref at June 15, 2025 01:03 PM (aBgBM)
Fathers Day: "When are you going to start the grill?"
In modern America there is much complaining about "traditional gender roles" but if you are a guy you better do all the guy things or else you are a loser.
Posted by: Joe Biden at June 15, 2025 01:03 PM (t0Rmr)
We spend too much time shielding stupid leftists from the consequences of their lunacy.
Posted by: DudeAbiding at June 15, 2025 01:03 PM (setIA)
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 12:59 PM (jWUJk)
An alliance by marriage of the Soros Crime Empire and the Clinton Crime Family.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 15, 2025 01:04 PM (XiKaT)
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 12:59 PM (jWUJk)
She's gone from billionaire Hillary (Weiner was just a beard) to zillionaire Soros.
I don't get it... she was okay-looking when younger (albeit hitting The Wall pretty hard recently), but just okay.
She must have a golden hooha.
I wonder what her daddy's Muslim Brotherhood homies think about her marryig a jooooooo.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 15, 2025 01:04 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Beverly at June 15, 2025 01:04 PM (Epeb0)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 15, 2025 12:59 PM (TcVeV)
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Depth charges are for sea otters.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 15, 2025 01:04 PM (2UnvF)
It would be HORRIBLE!!!
*pants heavily while touching herself*
Posted by: Taylor Lorenz at June 15, 2025 01:04 PM (TcVeV)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 15, 2025 01:05 PM (5F3OK)
Posted by: Northern Lights at June 15, 2025 12:59 PM
Anita Ekberg, Ann-Margaret, the Swedish Bikini Team.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 01:05 PM (SiRut)
But remember, no kings. Or queens, in this case.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 01:05 PM (NztoB)
No one was shot, which counts as "a good time was had by all".
Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 15, 2025 01:05 PM (0C+CZ)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 01:02 PM (NztoB)
This is about me isn't it.
Posted by: Bright red Trump hat. at June 15, 2025 01:05 PM (LgDgc)
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 01:06 PM (tif+3)
Posted by: Northern Lights at June 15, 2025 12:59 PM (G5+As)
Sweden has been getting drained of testosterone since the days of the Vikings.
The last ones who weren't sitzpinklers wound up moving to Minnesota.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 15, 2025 01:06 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 01:06 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 01:02 PM (NztoB)
Or what they secretly want conservative men to do with them.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 15, 2025 01:06 PM (XiKaT)
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Building a barrier to keep out unwanted people... what a concept! Except we've been assured by Nancy Pelosi et al. that it'll never work.
And my favorite argument of theirs is that it'll cost too much. So I've officially lived long enough to find an issue on which Democrats are fiscal hawks.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:07 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Northern Lights at June 15, 2025 12:59 PM (G5+As)
Stellan skarsgard and his sons.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 15, 2025 01:07 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 15, 2025 01:04 PM (XiKaT)
Everyone sing with me:
What's love got to do, got to do with it....
Posted by: Zombie Tina T. at June 15, 2025 01:07 PM (tif+3)
Can anyone name any prominent modern Swedes besides the Thunbergs?
Posted by: Northern Lights at June 15, 2025 12:59 PM
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There's some name for the cultural idea in Scandinavia that you must not be too prominent or successful.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 01:07 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: illiniwek at June 15, 2025 01:08 PM (vbXSk)
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I bet the Reds are really honked that Algore invented the Internet.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:08 PM (YqDXo)
It would be HORRIBLE!!!
*pants heavily while touching herself*
Posted by: Taylor Lorenz at June 15, 2025 01:04 PM (TcVeV)
Brian Stelter, The Sex Machine, not withstanding.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 01:08 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Gustavus Adolphus, King and All-Around Badass at June 15, 2025 01:08 PM (TcVeV)
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 01:08 PM (tif+3)
Posted by: Eric the Red at June 15, 2025 01:09 PM (SiRut)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:07 PM (YqDXo)
They're slipping. Your old school "corrupt" Democrats would have figured out a way to steal all the money without having to actually build the wall (see also: Superconducting Supercollider, California High Speed Rail, etc.)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 15, 2025 01:09 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 01:02 PM
I read the book in college (one of my roommate's required readings). My impression was erotica by an author who wanted to be a future-looking SF writer but wasn't courageous enough to set it in a Muslim caliphate.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 15, 2025 01:10 PM (0C+CZ)
Posted by: illiniwek at June 15, 2025 01:08 PM (vbXSk)
Correction: Married into the Clinton clan.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 01:10 PM (tif+3)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 15, 2025 01:04 PM (2UnvF)
Oh wow!
Dibs on your stuff.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 01:10 PM (W/lyH)
Israel is a Jewish sliver.
Posted by: Mr. Mxyzptlk at June 15, 2025 12:50 PM (h3tsW)
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And what does that make of me?
Chopped liver??????
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 01:10 PM (Y+jbb)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 15, 2025 01:06 PM (qpyNK)
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Uh ... no sitzpinklers in ... Minnesota?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:10 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 15, 2025 01:10 PM (0C+CZ)
Remember that they are also racist. So, all white theocracy it is!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 01:11 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 01:11 PM (+qU29)
My hash here is now tif+3.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 01:08 PM (tif+3)
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And mine is why plus Jay Bibi.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 01:11 PM (Y+jbb)
An alliance by marriage of the Soros Crime Empire and the Clinton Crime Family.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 15, 2025 01:04 PM (XiKaT)
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I really do think our elites will bring back marriage by proxy.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 01:11 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 01:02 PM
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But conservative men, looking at the purple-haired harpies, want no part of that.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:12 PM (YqDXo)
I read someplace that early editions of the book did explicitly say it was Islamic, but they removed that when it became a big feminist thing.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 01:12 PM (NztoB)
And yet plenty of commenters here say they'd like a chance with AOC.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 01:13 PM (NztoB)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 01:13 PM (SiRut)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 15, 2025 01:13 PM (2yoRf)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:07 PM (YqDXo)
They did use the same argument against Reagan's "Star Wars" plan. In that case, costing metric fucktons of money was actually an important feature -- just the preliminary ops were enough to bankrupt the Soviets when they attempted to counter them.
Some day Reagan will claim his proper place in history, but not as long as the history books are being written by communist academics.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 15, 2025 01:13 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: ... at June 15, 2025 01:13 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Gref at June 15, 2025 01:14 PM (aBgBM)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:12 PM (YqDXo)
Rule #1.
Posted by: Reforger at June 15, 2025 01:14 PM (LgDgc)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 01:13 PM (SiRut)
LOL! Being ordered to sit down to pee by the voice of a former Chancellor is pretty much the most German thing I've ever heard.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 15, 2025 01:14 PM (qpyNK)
I get what the rapidly fading Clinton Inc gets out of it, but what's in it for Soros?
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 01:15 PM (NztoB)
There were never going to be mass deportations. Just like there was never going to be any spending cuts.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 15, 2025 01:15 PM (/CkK4)
No one was shot, which counts as "a good time was had by all".
Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 15, 2025 01:05 PM (0C+CZ)
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You're sure that that was in Detroit?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:15 PM (YqDXo)
I rilly rilly gotta pee
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 15, 2025 01:15 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 01:16 PM (SiRut)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 15, 2025 01:16 PM (MqqJZ)
LOL! Being ordered to sit down to pee by the voice of a former Chancellor is pretty much the most German thing I've ever heard.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 15, 2025 01:14 PM (qpyNK)
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Zu befehl, mein Führer!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 01:16 PM (QnmlO)
And yet plenty of commenters here say they'd like a chance with AOC.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 01:13 PM (NztoB)
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That's something I just don't get.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:17 PM (YqDXo)
That too I guess, but Huma's mom was directly Muslim Brotherhood, which is what Huma "brought to the DC corruptocrat table", imo.
Not sure what remnants of the Clinton Crime family Huma is still attached to, but my guess is she brings in the Muslim connection as much as any Clinton influence. But I'm sure there is a lot of crossover ...
Posted by: illiniwek at June 15, 2025 01:17 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 01:15 PM (NztoB)
He can cut his money in half.
Posted by: Reforger at June 15, 2025 01:17 PM (LgDgc)
Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 15, 2025 01:17 PM (0C+CZ)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 01:12 PM (NztoB)
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They hurriedly removed it while glancing nervously out the window.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:18 PM (YqDXo)
I get what the rapidly fading Clinton Inc gets out of it, but what's in it for Soros?
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 01:15 PM (NztoB)
Maybe she Knows Some Shit about the Soros clan and he just wants to make sure she can't be forced to testify him in court?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 15, 2025 01:19 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:10 PM
Well, not among the women.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 01:19 PM (SiRut)
I get what the rapidly fading Clinton Inc gets out of it, but what's in it for Soros?
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 01:15 PM (NztoB)
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The Clinton Family don't even have that kind of muscle anymore. Bubba's sick, right? You're getting chased out of DC by Obama and the other Families.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 01:19 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 15, 2025 01:20 PM (akw+7)
This story just keeps getting darker.
Jenny Boelter, wife of suspected political assassin Vance Boelter, was just detained during a traffic stop in Onamia, Minnesota — and police found:
A weapon
Ammunition
Cash
Multiple passports
Family members in the car
She’s being questioned, but not arrested — even as her husband is the prime suspect in the targeted assassination of Rep. Melissa Hortman and the shooting of another Democrat lawmaker.
And here’s where it gets even more disturbing:
The Boelters ran Praetorian Guard Security, a “private security” firm with international military experience — including the West Bank, Lebanon, Gaza, and more.
Jenny was listed as president of the company.
Their backgrounds suggest this wasn’t some random breakdown — this was a professional hit operation. And remember: the Democrat victims were reportedly working with Republicans and voting against their own party.
A message was sent. And now we’re learning the suspects were armed, mobile, and possibly planning more.
This is no longer just a shooting — it’s domestic political warfare unfolding on American soil.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 15, 2025 01:21 PM (fab8c)
And yet plenty of commenters here say they'd like a chance with AOC.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 01:13 PM (NztoB)
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That's something I just don't get.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:17 PM (YqDXo)
Separate the art from the artist, man.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 15, 2025 01:21 PM (/CkK4)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 01:15 PM (NztoB)
Lots of contacts within the old Democrat party machine, without having to pay money up front?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 15, 2025 01:21 PM (XiKaT)
Media delenda est. Tear it down, stone from stone, and sow every acre with salt.
Posted by: Beverly at June 15, 2025 01:21 PM (Epeb0)
I forgot where I want to be
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 01:21 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 15, 2025 01:10 PM (0C+CZ)
The basic plot was ripped off, almost verbatim, from Heinlein's "If This Goes On—", and the rest was, as several have suggested, a fantasy about being dominated by men with measurable testosterone levels.
It was the "50 Shades of Gray" of its time.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 15, 2025 01:22 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at June 15, 2025 01:22 PM (17s+e)
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 12:59 PM (jWUJk)
She's gone from billionaire Hillary (Weiner was just a beard) to zillionaire Soros.
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So beards are conserved.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:22 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:15 PM
Clark Park in Southwest Detroit. A nice park.
It seems to me that all these Michigan protests chose site where families would be going anyway, since school just let out and the smoke from Canadian wildfires finally cleared.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 15, 2025 01:22 PM (0C+CZ)
Jenny Boelter, wife of suspected political assassin Vance Boelter, was just detained during a traffic stop in Onamia, Minnesota — and police found:
A weapon
Ammunition
Cash
Multiple passports
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Who among us doesn't go out without all that?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 01:22 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 15, 2025 01:21 PM (fab8c)
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Lone wolf.
/sarc
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 01:22 PM (Y+jbb)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 01:22 PM (+qU29)
1) It's not Christianity. The Left's religion is The State. So they wish to destroy Christianity.
2) Islam is exotic and so SUPER-NEATO!!!!
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 12:06 PM (vm8sq)
No. It's amazing how nobody in here seems to get it.
The puppet masters are the Globalists. The Globalists are racists, and see straight white males as their greatest enemy (perhaps partly because they are exactly that themselves).
To take down the white males (which is to say America and Europe) they enlist the aid of Islam because Islam is easy to provoke into violence, has been warring against Europe for centuries. Communism is being used too.
They're pretty much the Nazis of old - large corporate interests controlling the government, and thereby the people. They're happy to use Christianity as a tool, as long as they control it.
They ally with Communism and Islam in the same way the Nazis allied with Japan. They never really cooperated with Japan, and officially considered the Japanese inferior. But Japan was useful to help try to conquer the West. Japan would have been next.
Posted by: MrExcitement at June 15, 2025 01:23 PM (hOOi9)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 15, 2025 01:24 PM (/CkK4)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 15, 2025 01:24 PM (SXxzC)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 01:24 PM (+qU29)
I forgot where I want to be
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 01:21 PM (+qU29)
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Is that because you're over seventy?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 01:24 PM (Y+jbb)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 01:24 PM (SiRut)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 01:22 PM (QnmlO)
Indeed. A common observation here in the 907 is that what Lower 48 media calls an "arsenal" or a "weapons cache" is what we Alaskans call "the hall closet".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 15, 2025 01:25 PM (qpyNK)
Dear NY Mets and sport teams,
I sure wish you would keep politics, propaganda, and sexuality out of sports.
Featuring a Pride flag during the National Anthem on Flag day (and the 250th Anniversary of the US Army) instead of 🇺🇸 is beyond disgraceful.
Sickened Regards,
Decency
X Video: https://bit.ly/44h8DgT
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 15, 2025 01:25 PM (P5BPp)
There were never going to be mass deportations. Just like there was never going to be any spending cuts.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 15, 2025 01:15 PM (/CkK4)
Once you begin handing-out waivers, everyone will plead a justification for a waiver. Sob stories non-stop from every economic sector and specific illegals' nationalities, in print and on TV.
Posted by: Gref at June 15, 2025 01:25 PM (aBgBM)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 01:26 PM (Y+jbb)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 15, 2025 01:26 PM (SXxzC)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:22 PM
Get a grant, formalize that, and publish it.
I foresee a Nobel in your future.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 01:26 PM (SiRut)
From dads and families to being forced to "celebrate" cocksucking and buttfucking.
Our grandparents would be outraged.
Posted by: Beverly at June 15, 2025 01:27 PM (Epeb0)
Across the street some good ole’ boys in camo waving Trump flags.
Nothing on the local news about any violence. Seems to have been peaceful. There were rumors a bunch of outside groups from booths sides were coming to town to sort shit up. Turns out it was just rumors and the whole thing was uneventful.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 15, 2025 01:27 PM (/CkK4)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 01:13 PM (NztoB)
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That's something I just don't get.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:17 PM (YqDXo)
It brings to mind an image of a pug dog humping a furniture leg.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 01:28 PM (e15Ap)
Since NYC is the center of the universe, the usage is leaking over.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 15, 2025 12:56 PM (XiKaT)
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Now do "stoop" and "porch."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:29 PM (YqDXo)
If by "the art" you mean "the giant teeth waiting to give you 'gender affirming surgery'", maybe.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 01:30 PM (NztoB)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 01:26 PM (Y+jbb)
Big BADA Boom!
Posted by: LeeLoo at June 15, 2025 01:30 PM (e15Ap)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 01:30 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Gref at June 15, 2025 01:25 PM (aBgBM)
Yep. If a farm workers can stay why can’t a nanny? Or a roofer? Or anyone? You can’t have “good illegal” and “bad illegal” policy. Either you send them home or you do t. He’s chosen the latter.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 15, 2025 01:30 PM (/CkK4)
And yet plenty of commenters here say they'd like a chance with AOC.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 01:13 PM (NztoB)
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That's something I just don't get.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:17 PM (YqDXo)
Separate the art from the artist, man.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
You pick up a chick at a bar, take her home and bang her to never see her again. Do you really care about her politics?
Posted by: rickb223 at June 15, 2025 01:31 PM (fab8c)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 15, 2025 01:31 PM (63Dwl)
Dear NY Mets and sport teams,
I sure wish you would keep politics, propaganda, and sexuality out of sports.
Featuring a Pride flag during the National Anthem on Flag day (and the 250th Anniversary of the US Army) instead of 🇺🇸 is beyond disgraceful.
Sickened Regards,
Decency
X Video: https://bit.ly/44h8DgT
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 15, 2025 01:25 PM (P5BPp)
Baseball is dead now anyway. Stop watching games. Stop supporting this zombie sport.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 01:31 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 01:13 PM (NztoB)
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That's something I just don't get.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:17 PM (YqDXo)
It brings to mind an image of a pug dog humping a furniture leg.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 01:28 PM (e15Ap)
Insane Leftism Syndrome will cause her within 20 years to look like Martha Raddatz does today.
Posted by: Gref at June 15, 2025 01:31 PM (aBgBM)
Iron Dome coffee
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Posted by: rickb223 at June 15, 2025 01:32 PM (fab8c)
Fox News says
Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iran supreme leader.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 15, 2025 01:31 PM (63Dwl
If true disappointing... Grain of salt...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 01:32 PM (VE6XX)
Now do "stoop" and "porch."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:29 PM (YqDXo)
Hoagie > Po' Boy > Grinder > Sub > Hero
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 01:32 PM (QnmlO)
My guess is Boelter wanted to make it appear he was not a pure Democrat (maybe even a "MAGA Nut"), so he listed people the "right" might hate. But he only murdered the woman (and her husband) that determined the vote to not allow free health care for illegals.
Posted by: illiniwek at June 15, 2025 01:32 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 15, 2025 01:33 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Your F.B.I. at June 15, 2025 01:34 PM (SiRut)
They claim *hundreds* of attendees (looks more like 50-100 at most) and made sure to repeat all the leftarded bumpersticker slogans throughout the article. Bleh. It was so very obviously slanted, I couldn't help laughing.
Attendees? 99% white. Not many in the 30-50 y.o. range, at least in the pics. Mostly graybeards. The younger ones looked scroungy but I guess that's A Thing with them these days, regardless of politics.
Funniest of all-- this occurred at the edge of a low-income (read: welfare), primarily hispanic neighborhood. Saw only ONE "brown person" in the pics. LOL. Perhaps they really *are* afraid?
Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 01:34 PM (rdVOm)
From dads and families to being forced to "celebrate" cocksucking and buttfucking.
Our grandparents would be outraged.
Posted by: Beverly at June 15, 2025 01:27 PM
June is also the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I was in Spain right after the feast of Corpus Christi and during the novena leading up to the celebration. Although Spain is an atheistic country, there were young people having 24-hour prayers in chapels. It made a nice contrast to the pride celebration in Madrid.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 15, 2025 01:35 PM (0C+CZ)
Posted by: The Right Honourable at June 15, 2025 01:35 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 01:35 PM (VE6XX)
Hit list or underground railroad contact list?
Posted by: rickb223 at June 15, 2025 01:35 PM (fab8c)
Islam is in actual fact a totalitarian political system that masquerades as a religion, allowing the leaders a free hand to punish and even execute dissenters for Heresy. No questions, discussion, or analysis of the Holy Wisdom shall be tolerated! You Hear and you Obey!
This is the system the Left has always dreamed of, how could they not admire it greatly? Power is all they worship, and if they have to talk about some Allah character to get it, well that’d be a small price to pay.
Posted by: LeeLoo at June 15, 2025 01:36 PM (e15Ap)
How stupid is the assassin's wife? Did she not think the law was following her every move?
Posted by: fourseasons at June 15, 2025 01:36 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 01:37 PM (Y+jbb)
Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iran supreme leader.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 15, 2025 01:31 PM (63Dwl
If true disappointing... Grain of salt...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 01:32 PM (VE6XX)
I'm ok with this.
He's a better inept leader than a successful martyr.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 01:37 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 15, 2025 01:37 PM (Av8mp)
Are they really proud of what they do?
If so, what (if anything) would they be ashamed of?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:37 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 01:37 PM (Y+jbb)
Praying for you all
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 01:37 PM (VE6XX)
Fox News says
Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iran supreme leader.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 15, 2025 01:31 PM (63Dwl
If true disappointing... Grain of salt...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 01:32 PM (VE6XX)
Everyone: you will not know of what is actually going on right now in the WH in regards to Israel and Iran until right around the time the State Department begins publishing the docs in the Foreign Relations of the United States.
I estimate that to happen between 2065-2070.
Believe nothing you see on the news regarding this no matter how much you like them or how genuinely well intentioned it is.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 01:38 PM (vm8sq)
June is also the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I was in Spain right after the feast of Corpus Christi and during the novena leading up to the celebration.
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Feast of Corpus Christi is Thursday. The Obligation is (stupidly) transferred to Sunday but I'm going anyway.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 01:39 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 01:37 PM (Y+jbb)
Don't forget the flask.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 01:39 PM (W/lyH)
>>Baseball is dead now anyway. Stop watching games. Stop supporting this zombie sport.
Actually, Baseball ratings have been surging.
Sure it's not like the heydays of the 90's but they are up.
The Mets are in first and seem to have a good team, unfortunately since I now live in Pa I can only catch them when they are playing the Phillies or on a national broadcast game.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 01:39 PM (XV/Pl)
It does seem like a political decision. For whatever reasons. Sure to agitate some.
*shrugs* Those are two politically active groups with a lot of pull (money).
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 15, 2025 01:39 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 15, 2025 01:37 PM (Av8mp)
Exactly... He kills/wounds basically nobody State legislators. Then they find a list of targets, all Dem.. and his "room mate "says he voted for Trump....
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 01:40 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: fourseasons at June 15, 2025 01:36 PM (3ek7K)
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Between the FBI and Minnesota police, I wouldn't have thought so either.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:40 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 01:39 PM (XV/Pl)
Cubs are in first place. Bizarro world
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 15, 2025 01:40 PM (AjlG4)
Posted by: It's me donna
Only one ballistic missile from Iran would need to be reaimed. Come on Mossad!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 15, 2025 01:40 PM (RVnB7)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 01:31 PM (vm8sq)
Baseball has been boring AF for a LONG time anyway. I can watch people standing around doing nothing for hours for free.
Posted by: The occasional run and cup readjustment does not entertain at June 15, 2025 01:41 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs
Prayers for all of you.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 15, 2025 01:41 PM (RVnB7)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 01:13 PM (NztoB)
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She is fucking gross. She needs to see an orthodontist, for one. And she will FAIL the pencil skirt test spectacularly.
AOC is proof of an adage by the great philosopher Rush Limbaugh: “Politics is show business for the ugly.”
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 01:41 PM (vm8sq)
It does seem like a political decision. For whatever reasons. Sure to agitate some.
*shrugs* Those are two politically active groups with a lot of pull (money).
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 15, 2025 01:39 PM (Q4IgG)
That's how I readi.. More or less said to concentrate on the criminals
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 01:42 PM (VE6XX)
Actually, Baseball ratings have been surging.
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Look at MLB News in Yahoo Sports and there appear to be only four teams in the bigs, Yankees, Dodgers, Mets and Red Sox.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 01:42 PM (QnmlO)
Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iran supreme leader.
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Did they use the same source that told them last week that Trump had vetoed any attack on Iran?
Because I'd be pretty nervous hearing that story if I was anywhere near him.
Posted by: Methos at June 15, 2025 01:42 PM (Dnobf)
>>Cubs are in first place. Bizarro world
The Cubs are my backup team, spent many years doing projects at Notre Dame and many weekends watching the Cubs, Wrigley Field is my favorite ballpark, other than Shea Stadium of course.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 01:42 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 15, 2025 12:11 PM (63Dwl)
Dicks
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 15, 2025 01:43 PM (g8Ew8)
Iron Dome coffee
10% of our proceeds contribute towards causes that are impacting the lives of IDF soldiers, Israeli citizens, and supporters from abroad!
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Posted by: rickb223 at June 15, 2025 01:32 PM (fab8c)
How do we know this is legit and not a grift? Honest question, it wouldn't be the first time someone set up a scheme to separate conservatives and their money.
Posted by: What are its bona fides? at June 15, 2025 01:43 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 15, 2025 01:44 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: fourseasons
Panic.
She should have already been gone.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 15, 2025 01:44 PM (fab8c)
Posted by: It's me donna
Only one ballistic missile from Iran would need to be reaimed. Come on Mossad!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 15, 2025 01:40 PM (RVnB7)
________________
Some Friday night ...
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:44 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Gref at June 15, 2025 01:31 PM (aBgBM)
So you're saying I should hurry up.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 01:44 PM (lH8E4)
Sure it's not like the heydays of the 90's but they are up.
I have no clue why, it’s not baseball.
Baseball does not have pitch clocks.
Baseball does not have DHs. Pitchers grab a bat in baseball at some point.
Baseball has attempts to break up double plays.
RIP Baseball.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 01:45 PM (vm8sq)
She should have already been gone.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 15, 2025 01:44 PM (fab8c)
Poor wifey thought she was part of the op.
Meanwhile, he's gone. Banging his boyfriend.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 01:45 PM (lH8E4)
One of your Dryobates Pubescens is banging on my gutters again!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 01:46 PM (W/lyH)
The Cubs are my backup team, spent many years doing projects at Notre Dame and many weekends watching the Cubs, Wrigley Field is my favorite ballpark, other than Shea Stadium of course.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 01:42 PM (XV/Pl)
I grew up a Cub fan in downstate Illinois. Dad took me to Wrigley about once every year… usually in May where in the upper deck we’d freeze our balls off. I endured the disasters of 84, 89 and especially 2003 (Steve Bartman) so after 2016 I kinda stopped caring (ironically)… I can die in peace having witnessed a WS win. Curse of the Billy goat conquered!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 15, 2025 01:47 PM (3sxcb)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 01:45 PM
Our suggestion is grab a penguin, not a bat.
Posted by: Big Penguin at June 15, 2025 01:47 PM (SiRut)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 01:45 PM (vm8sq)
Been watching my NFL Films vids... current NFL isn't really football either. It's like ballet with shoulder pads.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 01:47 PM (lH8E4)
*shrugs* Those are two politically active groups with a lot of pull (money).
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 15, 2025 01:39 PM (Q4IgG)
Of course it was political. And that’s the problem. He ran on deporting illegals. Period. Not deporting illegals in certain industries that have my ear.
The point is he’s enforcing leftist talking points. illegals are here doing jobs Americans won’t do. They’re hard working. They’re vital to the economy. And so on.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 15, 2025 01:47 PM (/CkK4)
Sure it's not like the heydays of the 90's but they are up.
I have no clue why, it’s not baseball.
Baseball does not have pitch clocks.
Baseball does not have DHs. Pitchers grab a bat in baseball at some point.
Baseball has attempts to break up double plays.
RIP Baseball.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 01:45 PM (vm8sq)
______________
Thank Rob Manfred (/spit). As a former MLB fan, they lost me when they had "BLM" written on the back of the mound on Opening Day. I canceled my MLB.TV subscription on the spot, haven't watched a game since, and won't until and unless Rob Manfred commits seppuku at home plate.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:47 PM (YqDXo)
How stupid is the assassin's wife? Did she not think the law was following her every move?
Posted by: fourseasons at June 15, 2025 01:36 PM (3ek7K)
Who?
-----FBI
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 15, 2025 01:47 PM (g8Ew8)
It does seem like a political decision. For whatever reasons. Sure to agitate some.
*shrugs* Those are two politically active groups with a lot of pull (money).
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 15, 2025 01:39 PM (Q4IgG)
That's how I readi.. More or less said to concentrate on the criminals
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 01:42 PM (VE6XX)
In a perfect world, all illegal aliens would have turned into pumpkins around 1101 CST January 20. But we can’t solve this overnight. Politics IS the art of the possible.
Let’s be vigilant (of course!) but also patient to a point.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 01:48 PM (vm8sq)
Black Rifle and their "Kyle Rittenhouse is a terrorist!" squeaking being the most prominent example.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 15, 2025 01:50 PM (NztoB)
She should have already been gone.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 15, 2025 01:44 PM (fab8c)
Poor wifey thought she was part of the op.
Meanwhile, he's gone. Banging his boyfriend.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 01:45 PM (lH8E4)
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Well, it IS Pride Month, after all.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:50 PM (YqDXo)
MLB learned that lesson and is doing the same. And its straight male white audience will do the same.
Sportsball addicts don’t quit easily if ever.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 15, 2025 01:50 PM (/CkK4)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:47 PM (YqDXo)
That political nonsense was for me the icing on the cake. I haven’t seen MLB in person since 2010. I used to go to Houston once a year for this purpose. I was a huge Astros fan. Then they were sold and moved into the AL. Strike one.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 01:50 PM (vm8sq)
And if people challenge their meme, then time for them to get violent, or threaten violence first, then the second wave of more hard core activists will throw the bricks and blend into the chanting crowds.
Posted by: illiniwek at June 15, 2025 12:07 PM (vbXSk)
Reminds me of a certain demographic whose intellectual response to anything consists of chanting rhymes, e.g., "If the glove don't fit etc, etc, etc."
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 15, 2025 01:51 PM (Kakst)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 15, 2025 01:50 PM (/CkK4)
I quit cold turkey. It sucked, but sports were my outlet -an escape- from all the petty bullshit on an average day. They decided not to be that so it’s purpose was up in smoke.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 01:52 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: toby928 at June 15, 2025 01:53 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: toby928 at June 15, 2025 01:53 PM (jc0TO)
And they and the Padres abused the Indigenous Indians here
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 01:54 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 15, 2025 01:51 PM (Kakst)
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Not to mention that if someone so much as farts musically they all start dancing.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:55 PM (YqDXo)
Been watching my NFL Films vids... current NFL isn't really football either. It's like ballet with shoulder pads.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 15, 2025 01:47 PM (lH8E4)
I do like some old NFL Films videos on YT. Reminds me of the good old days.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 01:55 PM (vm8sq)
Not to mention that if someone so much as farts musically they all start dancing.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:55 PM (
If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it.
Posted by: Mao at June 15, 2025 01:56 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 01:52 PM (vm8sq)
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Same here.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:56 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 15, 2025 01:58 PM (WdMlw)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 15, 2025 01:41 PM (RVnB7)
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Thanks. Still down here. Mood jovial. Possible 2nd wave incoming so sitting put.
First world and third world problems at the same time!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 01:59 PM (Y+jbb)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 15, 2025 01:58 PM (WdMlw)
_______________
I don't fault anyone for that; it's a personal decision. I don't watch because watching reminds me of how they've pissed me off in the past.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 02:00 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 15, 2025 01:47 PM (YqDXo)
That would certainly get me back to watching a few games. He is the worst commissioner in MLB history, rivaled only by Selig and Vincent.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 02:00 PM (mWSu4)
So Trump said no more deportations of agriculture and hospitality worker illegals.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
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I believe he said no more ICE raids on those sites -- for now.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 02:01 PM (wbZPZ)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 02:01 PM (+qU29)
First world and third world problems at the same time!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 01:59 PM
I can't imagine. I've taken shelter from tornados, but there's no brain behind them.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 15, 2025 02:01 PM (0C+CZ)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 15, 2025 01:58 PM (WdMlw)
Yeah but this right here is the point. It stopped being that so I said “peace, out”. Wally World and H-E-B (thanks, Charles Butt) support Leftist causes but at least I can buy the components of life- saving meals there. I will not starve from not buying Broncos jerseys.
Posted by: Mao at June 15, 2025 02:02 PM (vm8sq)
My two most far-left former friends are married to conservative men of Christian upbringing. One guy is now in the "my adult children are lost" stage of life. It's hard to feel bad for him when he chose the means of their destruction.
Posted by: NaughtyPine
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I alternate between laughing and crying at this eternal weakness of men. Your. Kids. Are. Lost. But hey, she had a small waist.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 02:03 PM (wbZPZ)
One of the things that has struck me, besides the half-truths and untruths, is that Hannah-Jones lacks the wisdom to perceive that she had been groomed while still in high school to become a radical activist by adult radicals. For example, she speaks in glowing terms of a particular high school teacher that gave his [favored?] students the honorific title of "Doctor." She gladly took the false credential without any of the required scholarship.
One of the most cutting comments Mary Grabar makes about Hannah-Jones is a sentence along the lines of, "The scholarship examining slavery is vast, but Hannah-Jones has not mastered the material." Ouch!
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 15, 2025 02:06 PM (pJWtt)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
That’s fair. But at the same time people who constantly complain about it like that tweet above is annoying. Yeah mlb and nfl are woke as fuck. They’ve been this way for years.They're not changing any time soon. If it upsets you this much stop watching.
Yeah I listen to music by artists who hate me. I accept that. But I’m not on Twitter yelling at them about their politics. It is what it is.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 15, 2025 02:12 PM (/CkK4)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 15, 2025 01:31 PM (63Dwl
If true disappointing... Grain of salt...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 15, 2025 01:32 PM (VE6XX)
Even now, when it should be obvious, the Good Cop / Bad Cop routine continues.
You don't take out the Supreme Leader, because in countries like that he's a figurehead who has little operational control. The people who matter are all of the people who Israel has been taking out - the Air Defense chiefs, the Intelligence Chiefs, all the Top Nuclear scientists.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 02:14 PM (uWKK8)
My two most far-left former friends are married to conservative men of Christian upbringing. One guy is now in the "my adult children are lost" stage of life. It's hard to feel bad for him when he chose the means of their destruction.
Posted by: NaughtyPine
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I alternate between laughing and crying at this eternal weakness of men. Your. Kids. Are. Lost. But hey, she had a small waist.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 02:03 PM (wbZPZ)
I think you're trivializing quite a bit. In my case she lied about her values and beliefs - played a long con, basically. I know there are a number of other guys out there who got reeled in having been defrauded by the woman's representations about who she was and what she believed, only to have the mask drop sooner or later after the vows have been exchanged. So I have to take some pointed exception to your statement here.
Posted by: Reductionist and inaccurate at June 15, 2025 02:15 PM (TbWk/)
You mean the reason for the smile at the reception?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 02:17 PM (SiRut)
You mean the reason for the smile at the reception?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2025 02:17 PM (SiRut)
Heh. That's not the sole extent, but it's a pretty good example. How many times do we see dudes calling into relationship lines or discussion posts with "Before we got married, she was all kinds of horny and we had sex every day and did all kinds of crazy stuff, and now I'm lucky if I can get starfish sex once a month"?
Posted by: Bait and switch at June 15, 2025 02:20 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 02:03 PM
One of them didn't even have a small waist. She put out, which his Christian fiancée didn't. She laughed about "stealing" him. If he'd have kept it in his pants for a few months longer, he could have had a better wife and mother to his children.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 15, 2025 02:21 PM (0C+CZ)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2025 12:57 PM (D7oie)
I want to speak to the manager.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 15, 2025 02:25 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 15, 2025 02:25 PM (w6EFb)
We want to speak to the manger.
Posted by: Three Wise Men at June 15, 2025 02:28 PM (TbWk/)
Yet they've been winning until now.
Posted by: Butch at June 15, 2025 02:37 PM (rPMp8)
Who controlled Mexico from 1862-1867?
Why do the Mexicans remember Cinco de Mayo?
What was the Second Battle of Puebla about? Who won?
What was the Second Mexican Empire?
Why does Mexico still use the Napoleonic Code as the basis for its legal system?
Wasn't Napoleon FRENCH?
Posted by: MachiasPrivateer at June 15, 2025 02:44 PM (avPX7)
Posted by: Northern Lights at June 15, 2025 12:59 PM
Stellan skarsgard and his sons.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 15, 2025 01:07 PM
Plenty of Swedish hockey players in NHL.
Gustav Forsling, top defenseman on FLA Panthers, who are in the Stanley Cup Final (and defending Cup champions).
Top Swedish NHL player with highest points this year was Jesper Bratt of NJ Devils.
Top Swedish goaltender this year was probably MIN Wild's Filip Gustavsson.
Some of the top modern Swedish Hollywood actresses include Alicia Vikander, Malin Akerman, Rebecca Ferguson.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 15, 2025 02:45 PM (P5BPp)
Some of the top modern Swedish Hollywood actresses include Alicia Vikander, Malin Akerman, Rebecca Ferguson.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
Noomi Rapace
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 15, 2025 02:48 PM (Tv15w)
Posted by: toby928 at June 15, 2025 01:53 PM (jc0TO)
Mexican independence was in 1836. Yeah, all that territory they say the US stole from Mexico was simply claimed by them, but they hadn't really settled it. Mexico only existed a few years before they lost it.
You gotta appreciate that the reason Texas is part of the US right now is because Mexico had an OPEN BORDERS policy. Mostly Americans moved in, and before long decided they didn't want to listen to the Mexican govt.
If Mexico hadn't gained independence, obtaining that land would have meant dealing with Spain, which might have gone badly.
The US considered annexing ALL of Mexico, but decided they wanted the largely unoccupied land, but a large number of Spanish-speaking new Americans from the southern half.
Posted by: MrExcitement at June 15, 2025 02:52 PM (hOOi9)
Nobody at the top of the leaderboard is under par for the day. Tightness and weather I think.
Posted by: From about That Time at June 15, 2025 03:32 PM (n4GiU)
Mexican independence was 1810. Texas independence was 1836.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 05:12 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: Northern Lights at June 15, 2025 12:59 PM
Stellan skarsgard and his sons.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 15, 2025 01:07 PM
Plenty of Swedish hockey players in NHL.
Gustav Forsling, top defenseman on FLA Panthers, who are in the Stanley Cup Final (and defending Cup champions).
Top Swedish NHL player with highest points this year was Jesper Bratt of NJ Devils.
Top Swedish goaltender this year was probably MIN Wild's Filip Gustavsson.
Some of the top modern Swedish Hollywood actresses include Alicia Vikander, Malin Akerman, Rebecca Ferguson.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 15, 2025 02:45 PM (P5BPp)
Mikael Akerfeldt, Yngwie Malmsteen
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 05:13 PM (vm8sq)
Sunday Morning Book Thread - 6-15-2025 ["Perfessor" Squirrel]
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Comment: This seems like an appropriate recommendation for Flag Day weekend, as we celebrate the anniversary of the creation of the United States Army. So many of our veterans have remarkable stories to share about courage, faith, patriotism, and their duty to protect our country.
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is the true story of Louis Zamperini, who served as an Army Air Corps B-24 Bombardier in the Pacific during WWII. Louis was always fearless, except he hated to fly. He overcame that fear and discovered he liked being a bombardier. Unbroken tells of Louis' service, the crashing of his plane, the 47 days spent drifting on a decomposing rubber raft until they reached land (during a typhoon), and 2.5 years spent in unspeakable horror as a Japanese POW. It is an amazing story of courage, faith, and despair. The story follows Louis from early childhood through his encounter with a young Franklin Graham. It was through faith that Louis overcame the PTSD and other obstacles that were a result of his combat service and the ravages of the substance abuse he tried as a cure. Louis' post-war life focused on helping others and it was a delight to learn that he was still in great shape when he turned 100 years old. I found myself repeatedly asking how it was that our great nation could not only create such brave men but inspire and compel them to fight for our freedoms and liberty against such great odds. God truly has blessed the USA. Highly recommended reading. Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 08, 2025 09:22 AM (rxCpr)
Comment: Interesting narrative choice to use entirely real people to record a historical fictional account. I like it, though, as the author fleshes out fictional details of the real people of whom we know so little, so that we feel like we do know them after all. By the end of the story, we *should* feel sadness for those brave souls who lost their lives during a horrific conflict, even if they were on the wrong side of history. MORE MORON RECOMMENDATIONS CAN BE FOUND HERE: AoSHQ - Book Thread Recommendations
I've begun reading Too Much the Lion by Preston Lewis, an historical novel about the Civil War Battle of Franklin, the title referring to Confederate General John Bell Hood. This is one of those books in which there are no fictional characters, the only other novel I know of that does this is Robert Graves' I, Claudius. In this book, he is twice forced to fictionalize names because the characters, although real people, have not had their full names recorded in history. Lewis is known as a YA author and this may be intended as a YA novel. This is an engaging and tragic novel of the Confederate army marching to its destruction. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 08, 2025 10:50 AM (L/fGl)
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 08:59 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:00 AM (Splbu)
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Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 15, 2025 09:01 AM (kpS4V)
Happy Father's Day to all Morons to whom this applies!
Posted by: Weak Geek at June 15, 2025 09:02 AM (p/isN)
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Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2025 09:03 AM (0eaVi)
And Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there.
Posted by: JTB at June 15, 2025 09:03 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 15, 2025 09:03 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Eromero at June 15, 2025 09:01 AM (LHPAg)
Willowed from ONT.
Posted by: Eromero at June 15, 2025 09:03 AM (LHPAg)
I'm in the middle, literally, of the fifth Jack Reacher novel, Echo Burning. Rarely for me nowadays, I found myself staying up a little later than usual with it, and when I found I couldn't fall asleep, got up and devoured some more pages. The guy Child is one heck of a storyteller.
The first book, Killing Floor, was in first person, and this one (and later ones, I understand) is in third. When did he change over?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 09:04 AM (omVj0)
Thought it was AI
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:04 AM (Splbu)
Not really a fiction person.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2025 09:04 AM (RIvkX)
yeah, it's too bad about Scalzi ... the stuff I read before becoming aware of his politics was good.
inflamed commie rectum, he's been dead to me for at least a decade now
*spit*
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 15, 2025 08:36 AM (/Ghsb)
The first book of his "Old Man's War" was pretty great.
The second was okay.
The third was "Old Man's War's Old Man's Girl Boss Daughter Kicks Ass!!!!"
So, between declining quality and rising political spewage, I was done.
Same with Charles Stross. Always been a progtard but not an annoyance till he decided that THE MESSAGE was more important than his story.
Look, a-holes tell me a good story and make me laugh and you've got a reader, is that so hard?
Posted by: naturalfake at June 15, 2025 09:04 AM (iJfKG)
Subject: Arthur Penn. (That's the name on his Amex card.) Occupation: Former king of England. Current (early 21st century) whereabouts: New York City.
That's the premise for "Knight Life" by the late, great Peter David.
I'm barely into the book, but Arthur has already picked up two followers, junkies who are so far gone they've forgotten their names. Owing to their love of rock 'n' roll, they call themselves Buddy and Elvis. Morgan LeFay is around, as is a woman named Gwen. The jacket blurb mentions Merlin -- and a mayoral election.
Posted by: Weak Geek at June 15, 2025 09:05 AM (p/isN)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 15, 2025 09:06 AM (iJfKG)
It's good.
Caveat: The author seems to think FDR was a good guy.
Antidote: "The Forgotten Man" by Amity Schlaes.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 15, 2025 09:06 AM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 15, 2025 09:07 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2025 09:07 AM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 15, 2025 09:07 AM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 15, 2025 09:08 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 09:08 AM (omVj0)
Wow. Way to leave me out, Perfessor.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2025 09:09 AM (0eaVi)
It's good.
Caveat: The author seems to think FDR was a good guy.
Antidote: "The Forgotten Man" by Amity Schlaes.
Posted by: no one of any consequence
I enjoyed The Boys in the Boat. I recently saw the movie version, which was pretty good as well.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 15, 2025 09:09 AM (lTGtQ)
Audrey Totter is in one of my favorite films and surely the best boxing movie ever (sorry Raging Bull), "The Set-Up". She was a looker but never really broke into the A List. But as she pointed out, those B movies have a slavish following today that the big budget musicals and costume dramas don't. Instead, she's known for character pieces. Barrymore told her she'd never be a star because she was an excellent actress -- that is, she lost herself in a role.
I was pleased to read that although she had a satisfying career, when she met her husband on a blind date and the two fell in love, that began the happiest part of her life. They had a long successful marriage. He was a doctor, and Audrey joked that she achieved two girl goals: be a Hollywood actress AND marry a doctor.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 15, 2025 09:09 AM (kpS4V)
I have to say I'm amazed that my big regional suburban library has quite a few by JDC, including The Mad Hatter Mystery from his pre-impossible crime period. Usually modern libraries have maybe one novel from any of the great mystery giants -- always excepting Agatha Christie; you can always find her stuff.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 09:13 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: callsign claymore at June 15, 2025 09:14 AM (vdLS7)
What book or novel released in the last 20 years will be considered an essential, classic read?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 09:14 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 15, 2025 09:15 AM (VCgbV)
What book or novel released in the last 20 years will be considered an essential, classic read?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 09:14 AM (XV/Pl)
20 years ago was 2005. Oy.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 15, 2025 09:16 AM (PiwSw)
Book Mug buying click leads to a dead page.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 15, 2025 09:06 AM (iJfKG)
Amazon link. $16
https://tinyurl.com/2s6tuxjx
Posted by: jsg at June 15, 2025 09:16 AM (iGK7y)
Sorry, I am confused...isn't this extremely common? Like, half of Alison Weir's ouevre? She's written novels from the perspectives of Henry VIII's wives, Richard II's illegitimate daughter Katherine Plantagenet, Lady Katherine Grey, etc.
I recommend everything Alison Weir has ever written, by the way. Both her fiction and nonfiction works are very good.
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at June 15, 2025 09:16 AM (Y+AMd)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 09:16 AM (DGFJg)
Posted by: Dr. T at June 15, 2025 09:16 AM (jGGMD)
Smut - ahem - sex positive every body every way every partner it's all good - is part of that.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:16 AM (Splbu)
What followed was the inspiration for Heart of Darkness. Natives were coerced into providing raw rubber and ivory by kidnapping and torturing their wives and children. Childrens' hands were often amputated as punishment for missing quotas.
Almost every penny of profit went into Leopold's pocket.
This was not colonialism, it was torturous extraction. It took brave reporters and members of European parliaments to finally force Leopold to give up the Congo, and it has never been a stable country since. This is a sobering read, but necessary to get a grasp of how anti-colonialism got its impetus.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 15, 2025 09:17 AM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 15, 2025 09:17 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:17 AM (Splbu)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 09:14 AM (XV/Pl)
Ahem....
Posted by: Jake Tapper at June 15, 2025 09:17 AM (iGK7y)
Posted by: davidt at June 15, 2025 09:17 AM (i0F8b)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 09:17 AM (e15Ap)
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 15, 2025 09:18 AM (x2CMu)
In the shelter again. 16:15.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 09:16 AM (DGFJg)
What a different reality from the rest of us. My best to you.
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 15, 2025 09:19 AM (x2CMu)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025 09:19 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at June 15, 2025 09:16 AM (Y+AMd)
Agreed. I can't vouch for how accurate all her historical reconstructions are, but they are very captivating. If I'm being honest, I actually like her take on the Tudor era a bit more than Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall."
Posted by: Dr. T at June 15, 2025 09:20 AM (jGGMD)
Mulinla
I see the add for the coffee mugs dozens of times a day.
But, pic at top of post does look better than the one in the ad.
At least one of those colors hs got to be toxic.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 15, 2025 09:20 AM (/lPRQ)
Graphic audio is like a radio play - there's a cast, sound effects, the whole shebang.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:20 AM (Splbu)
Highly recommend The Shades by Vladimir Korlenko, about Socrates in the afterlife.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 15, 2025 09:20 AM (ITkJX)
I wasn't going to pick up the second book, "Howling Dark," but decided to give it a shot. I actually enjoyed this one, because the character development was a lot deeper and the events described were actually compelling and interesting. The author is still irritatingly and vaguely referencing yet more yugely important past and future events in a tangential manner that still pisses me off, but I've been learning to hold my temper and just read.
Now on to the third book, "Demon in White," which is decent so far, with the author's most annoying practice still digging at my subconscious. Asshole!
The primary alien opponents of the human empire in this series are absolute bloodthirsty lunatics, which makes the humans trying to deal with them strain to find a way of successfully opposing them short of genocide.
I now recommend the series, with irritation.
Posted by: Sharkman at June 15, 2025 09:21 AM (/RHNq)
Speaking of E of E, I need to reread it, or maybe my favorite parts, where Steinbeck gives us the horrifying story of "Cathy the monster," as she murders her own parents and later her benefactor, all while pretending to be a kind and thoughtful daughter.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 09:21 AM (omVj0)
Because they want to have sex with your children.
Posted by: OrangeEn
Nailed it
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:22 AM (Splbu)
Posted by: jsg at June 15, 2025 09:22 AM (iGK7y)
>>20 years ago was 2005. Oy.
Look at the books written between 1940 and 1960 and then compare and contrast the books written between 2000 and 2020 for instance.
It will astound you.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 09:22 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025
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As I recall, Dr_No, you are an escapee of Da Swamp. Only someone with connections here would use that "Ain't Dere No More" phrase.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 09:23 AM (omVj0)
One of my favorite one-liners from the Civil War was when Jefferson Davis asked Lee if he thought Hood would be a good choice to lead the Army of Tennessee and Lee answered, "Hood is a bold fighter. I am doubtful as to other qualities necessary."
Posted by: Dr. T at June 15, 2025 09:24 AM (jGGMD)
Posted by: Sharkman
Lol
I bounced off the first book
Kudos to you for making it past the first 100 pages
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:24 AM (Splbu)
I used to make notes about these things but they always ended up lost.
Posted by: JTB at June 15, 2025 09:25 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: JTB at June 15, 2025 09:27 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 15, 2025 09:17 AM (lTGtQ)
For the sake of balance, you might be interested in reading some of the stuff by Bruce Gilley, an extremely based historian of colonialism who somehow hasn't been kicked out of academia yet. Gilley's view is that while some very unpleasant stuff went on in the Congo, Hochschild and other writers have seriously distorted and exaggerated events.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 15, 2025 09:27 AM (jGGMD)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2025 09:29 AM (RIvkX)
What book or novel released in the last 20 years will be considered an essential, classic read?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 09:14 AM (XV/Pl)
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The one I'm working on.
If I ever get a real publisher, Long Live Death could help shift the discussion about the Spanish Civil War.
Posted by: The wild pigs at June 15, 2025 09:29 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 09:14 AM (XV/Pl)
That's tough.
I think a book that makes it to classic read status probably has to be:
1)Very popular or very well loved so that it's in existence or a long period of time
2) has a story not dependent on contemporary politics
Soooo, maybe Harry Potter or something by Stephen King.
Both of those have books after 2005, are [popular and have a somewhat literary cache.
Books I'd like to be classics and books with might be classics aren't often in the same pile.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 15, 2025 09:32 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 09:13 AM (omVj0)
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It is also in my pile. I'm currently working on The Quiet American, which - like all of Greene's books - draws one in right away.
I bought a bunch of his books on ebay, various editions and it is interesting to see the "other works by the author" are sorted between "novels" and "entertainments."
Posted by: The wild pigs at June 15, 2025 09:32 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:33 AM (Splbu)
Posted by: Dr. T
Yes, I have two of Gilley's books, The Last Imperialist that I reviewed a while back, and the one on German colonialism, which is in my TBR pile. It is a convoluted history, which is often misinterpreted. I saw an interview of him where he pointed out that the Congo Free State was not a colony in any sense of the word, and is often used to justify tarring all colonial powers.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 15, 2025 09:34 AM (lTGtQ)
The book is paced like a grand epic, so it starts a little slow. The early issues have to split their time between advancing the immediate plot, and setting up the main characters, the side characters, and the factions needed for future subplots. After the first arc, the cast is split up (naturally) and things start to move quicker as each subplot is advanced in turn. One issue focuses exclusively on the further adventures of the secondary villains, anther focuses on just the action in the colosseum. Etc. (continued in next comment)
Posted by: Castle Guy at June 15, 2025 09:35 AM (Lhaco)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 09:17 AM (e15Ap)
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This reminds me of The Killer Angels, though the topic is far more obscure.
There are various battles and campaigns that are very hard to wargame because the actions of one (or both) commanders are so irrational that one has to create special rules ("iron maidens") to compel players to do it. This is one of those battles and I recall The Gamers version had a random results table to dictate Hood's actions.
Posted by: The wild pigs at June 15, 2025 09:36 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 15, 2025 09:37 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Biden's Dog
Prayers for you
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:17 AM (Splbu)
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Thanks all. Back upstairs. All clear. For some reason, I've ad a lot less that usual these past few days.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 09:37 AM (Y+jbb)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2025 09:37 AM (mlg/3)
As the king, he would have received the revenues anyway.
Posted by: Weak Geek at June 15, 2025 09:38 AM (p/isN)
2) has a story not dependent on contemporary politics
Soooo, maybe Harry Potter or something by Stephen King.
Both of those have books after 2005, are [popular and have a somewhat literary cache.
Books I'd like to be classics and books with might be classics aren't often in the same pile.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 15, 2025
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To your point 1: Yes, any writer who is in classic status was popular in his own time. Posterity doesn't seek out authors who were not. (Edgar Allan Poe might be an exception; he was not a bestselling author in his own lifetime.)
I'd say King's 11/22/63 may well be a classic. I already regard it as one.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 09:38 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:38 AM (Splbu)
Because they want to have sex with your children.
Posted by: OrangeEn
Nailed it
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:22 AM (Splbu)
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Pun intended?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 09:38 AM (Y+jbb)
In the shelter again. 16:15.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 09:16 AM (DGFJg)
What a different reality from the rest of us. My best to you.
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 15, 2025 09:19 AM (x2CMu)
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/starts write book titled "gimme shelter"
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 09:40 AM (Y+jbb)
I'd put it on my desk to hold the pens and pencils, though.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 15, 2025 09:40 AM (h7ZuX)
I bought a bunch of his books on ebay, various editions and it is interesting to see the "other works by the author" are sorted between "novels" and "entertainments."
Posted by: The wild pigs at June 15, 2025
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I tend to prefer his "entertainments," but then I grew up with storytellers like Ian Fleming, Rex Stout, and Ellery Queen.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 09:40 AM (omVj0)
Stay safe. You put in perspective how very blessed we are.
Posted by: lin-duh at June 15, 2025 09:42 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:42 AM (Splbu)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 09:42 AM (Y+jbb)
The art in the comic is excellent. Looks historically accurate (even though its technically in a fantasy world) the people look realistic and not to stylized, the coloring looks real, and isn't some cheap-looking washed-out color pallet that some modern comics have...Plus lots of splash panels (a single image taking up the entire page) double-page spreads (a single image taking up two pages) and the kind of epic battle scenes you would expect from sword-and-sandals story.
I have only one bad thing to say about the series, and unfortunately it's a major thing. The book was prematurely canceled after issue 14, because its publisher went bankrupt. It tried to expand too much too fast, and the funding ran out...It is a crying shame that a comic like this was left for dead, while modern crap like Captain Marvel is revived once a year, and re-collected into multiple omnibuses. It's just not fair...
Posted by: Castle Guy at June 15, 2025 09:44 AM (Lhaco)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 15, 2025 09:44 AM (VCgbV)
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My Communist Youth League minder gave me a copy when I was in the USSR. At this time I still thought of myself as an enemy of capitalism.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2025 09:45 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: weft cut-loop
Found it on Amazon. Just enter "glass book mug" in search field.
Posted by: Tuna at June 15, 2025 09:45 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:22 AM (Splbu)
Yeah, they're really not hiding it anymore, are they?
Anyway, got something to do. Keep making interesting comments everyone. I need something to read later.......
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2025 09:45 AM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Nazdar at June 15, 2025 09:45 AM (NcvvS)
I guess inhibitions were lowered.
What writer wrote good books that were clearly written under the influence of something (drugs, liquor, etc)?
Philip K. Dick?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:46 AM (Splbu)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 15, 2025 09:17 AM (lTGtQ)
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I found the book tedious and belabored. The Congo was a mess, but so was central Africa before white men arrived. Pace Conrad, "the horror" was whites forgetting who there were and "going native."
The Belgians seemed spectacularly awful at colonization, even to the point of needlessly abusing their locally recruited police, who eventually mutinied and forced a major overhaul of the project.
I'd say it was the classic example of a tiny, put upon nation that finally gets a taste of power and goes completely nuts with it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 15, 2025 09:46 AM (ZOv7s)
"Entertainments" best describes the occupants of my bookshelves.
*******
"Queen ... Queen! The fellow who writes all those whodunits?
"Oh, my dear, I thought you said he was an author!"
-- "Ellery Queen" TV series
Posted by: Weak Geek at June 15, 2025 09:47 AM (p/isN)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 09:48 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025
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As I recall, Dr_No, you are an escapee of Da Swamp. Only someone with connections here would use that "Ain't Dere No More" phrase.
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Ach! Wolfus, thou hast Founded Me Out! Yas yas, I were a Uptown-ish (but not 'Uptown') boy during all my Wonder Years dere. You know, the Zagamine Street / Jefferson Avenue area. Spended my entire life there until that li'l visitor called 'Katrina' come along in '05 and wrecked da place. Dat's when I hied meself along dem road to Cordova where my daughter and her fambly were living. About 2 years ago, she and her family moved to Smyrna, and I moved to Murfreesboro to be near 'em. Seeing what a shithole Cordova/M'phis is today, both of us got out at the right time. Hey - dat's like the Dr John "Right Time, Wrong Place" tuneage. One day I'll hafta tell ya about that time I met 'The Doctor' before he was 'The Doctor'.
Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025 09:49 AM (ayRl+)
As the king, he would have received the revenues anyway.
Posted by: Weak Geek
Money. He got virtually all of the profit, versus taxing the profit. He fraudulently set up a conference in Brussels to gain European support for a mission to civilize the Congo under his control, and took it as his personal property.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 15, 2025 09:49 AM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Nemo at June 15, 2025 09:49 AM (4RPgu)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2025 09:45 AM (RIvkX)
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Greene is not easily boxed in by ideology. His primary identity was Catholicism, and during the Cold War the Church was also divided into factions.
I'm enjoying the little details, like the Legionary forces being entirely German besides their French officers.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 15, 2025 09:50 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 15, 2025 09:51 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: JTB at June 15, 2025 09:51 AM (yTvNw)
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Now I'm angry! I signed up with the author's website to be notified when the next volume comes out. First book was a fun and interesting read.
Gotta spend money. BBL!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 09:51 AM (Y+jbb)
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at June 15, 2025 09:52 AM (Y+AMd)
Magazine and Jefferson has changed some; the CC's Coffee House that used to be at that corner (taking over for a pharmacy, I think? Or a doctor's office?) closed during the Sniffle Scare. You knew that Lee Harvey Oswald (and his Russian wife, I believe) lived in that neighborhood for a while around 1962? Just a few blocks farther down Magazine toward Napoleon.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 09:52 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 15, 2025 09:52 AM (akw+7)
Posted by: Tuna
I just get a pic of a Bierstiefel.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2025 09:53 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 15, 2025 09:53 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
That is accurate. Belgium was a new nation, and behind the curve compared to the rest of Europe. Leopold was apparently trying to catch up as fast as possible, and jealous of the wealth of his counterparts.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 15, 2025 09:55 AM (lTGtQ)
I just started "The Reality Dysfunction" a couple of days ago.
So far so good. He is much more "way out there" with his world than I've been accustomed too.
So far, so good.
Reading his and housekeeping will consume most of my day today.
Posted by: pawn, one of many at June 15, 2025 09:55 AM (QB+5g)
Posted by: Lex at June 15, 2025 09:56 AM (y4H1r)
All the amazon sellers seem dodgy though
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:57 AM (Splbu)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
It happens.
Posted by: Duchy of Grand Fenwick at June 15, 2025 09:57 AM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: Nemo at June 15, 2025 09:49 AM (4RPgu)
That's a lovely pastime, reading aloud together. My late sister used to read aloud to her husband--I think he was dyslexic, so didn't read much, and she enjoyed sharing the stories. This was before audiobooks were so prevalent.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 15, 2025 09:57 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Tuna at June 15, 2025 09:57 AM (lJ0H4)
So, I read "Skull and Bones: Savage Strom," a short, cheap, hardcover comic book about pirates! It was created last year, in order to hype up the Skull and Bones video game. The game bombed. The comic isn't very good either. A merchant ship is menaced by three separate pirate factions. There's no characterization, and not much of a plot. Just a lot of antagonistic dialogue and generic action scenes. the art is dark and moody and a little bit stylized....But it didn't annoy me like the Northlanders art I mentioned last week. Still, the art wasn't nearly good enough to make up for the bland story.
Posted by: Castle Guy at June 15, 2025 09:58 AM (Lhaco)
Posted by: Mrs. Peel
Poe has been one of my favorite authors for some time. Somehow, that commentor seems unaware that Poe was an editor himself, so he was far more erudite than most.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 15, 2025 09:58 AM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 15, 2025
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That can happen, especially if you recall the murderer's identity, and therefore the suspense is reduced. On the other hand you can study the author's skill at concealing the killer.
I was a big fan of Alastair Maclean when I was in high school. Now I look at him as a fellow who never met a long sentence he didn't like. While he was tops at plot twists, there seems to be something "missing" to me in his work now. Ice Station Zebra probably made a good movie, like a lot of his thrillers, but I was not that captivated by it a few years ago when I finally found it.
His first novel, HMS Ulysses, is not a spy or intrigue story but rather an epic tale of a British cruiser on escort on a Murmansk convoy. Lots of war action, yes, but the characters have heart.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 09:58 AM (omVj0)
Philip K. Dick?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:46 AM (Splbu)
I don't know about "good" but Thomas De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium-Eater would definitely be a book written under the influence...
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 15, 2025 10:00 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: RetSgtRn at June 15, 2025 10:01 AM (BaiDa)
So far so good. He is much more "way out there" with his world than I've been accustomed too.
So far, so good.
Reading his and housekeeping will consume most of my day today.
Posted by: pawn, one of many at June 15, 2025 09:55 AM (QB+5g)
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Cool! This is one Hamilton's earlier works. I think he did get a bit better about integrating his worldbuilding into the storylines in later works. Now, he gives us chapters of exposition dumps.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 15, 2025 10:02 AM (GlyvH)
All the amazon sellers seem dodgy though"
Before Christmas there was a rash of "Mineral crystal" mugs that looked beautiful in the ads so I ordered one for Mrs fd. All the vendors were Chinese The first one never showed up. The second one looked nothing like the ad. It was made of resin and smelled BAD. Got my money back on both. Buyer beware
Posted by: fd at June 15, 2025 10:03 AM (gc+OO)
Posted by: Marcus T at June 15, 2025 10:04 AM (Ao3ru)
Isaiah 64:8
Posted by: Marcus T at June 15, 2025 10:06 AM (Ao3ru)
All the amazon sellers seem dodgy though"
Before Christmas there was a rash of "Mineral crystal" mugs that looked beautiful in the ads so I ordered one for Mrs fd. All the vendors were Chinese The first one never showed up. The second one looked nothing like the ad. It was made of resin and smelled BAD. Got my money back on both. Buyer beware
Posted by: fd at June 15, 2025 10:03 AM (gc+OO)
I noticed that all but two of the reviews are not verified buyers and-
that the unverified "buyers" reviews read like ad copy.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 15, 2025 10:08 AM (iJfKG)
As the king, he would have received the revenues anyway.
Posted by: Weak Geek at June 15, 2025 09:38 AM (p/isN)
Apparently King Leopold was the Elon Musk of the day (i e. the richest person in the world). He couldn't directly get involved in colonialism, so he took the sneaky route, setting up an international 'institute' that he ultimately controlled. He had to navigate amongst the Great Powers of Britain, France, and Germany.
I got this from Thomas Pakenham's book (takes deep breath) The Scramble For Africa: The White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent 1878-1912.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 15, 2025 10:09 AM (sRoQh)
I know how he feels. I pick up novels by some of the newer writers, and for me nothing happens. The books just don't grab me the way the older stuff did. Scanning my Kindle purchases, I see that almost everything is older stuff or by writers who were already active well before 2000. Most of what's coming out these days -- those writers aren't talking to me. Pick something post-2000 that's likely to endure? Can't do it -- I'm just not current enough.
Time to embrace my inner geezer.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 15, 2025 10:11 AM (q3u5l)
The most notable aspect of the Skull and Bones comic book was how hilariously blatant they were about having REPRESENTATION! The main character was Maria, an ethnic girl with an arm-tattoo, random facepaint, a tube-top, and a fish-bone-hook necklace. She was on a British ship, and not a word was wasted trying to explain her backstory. Pirate Faction A had a black-woman as first-mate, and multiple female pirate-henchmen. Pirate Faction B was an Indian ship (from the subcontinent) led by a female admiral. Again, the book assumed no explanation was necessary. Pirate Faction C didn't have any noticeable representation, so naturally they were the final-bad-guy that every other faction had to team up against.
The extreme eccentricity-of-character may have been appropriate for adapting a mutli-player design-your-own-character video game, but it felt incredibly fake and stupid in a comic book. But the Skull and Bones comic was still better than the Sea of Thieves comic (based on a pirate video game from 10 years ago) that I couldn't even finish. That comic had all the same representation, plus over-the-top modern-day characterization. Absolutely terrible....
Posted by: Castle Guy at June 15, 2025 10:11 AM (Lhaco)
Posted by: Tuna at June 15, 2025 10:12 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 15, 2025 10:13 AM (78a2H)
Posted by: JTB at June 15, 2025 10:14 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt
This is one of the best books on the European forays into Africa available, highly recommended.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 15, 2025 10:16 AM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 15, 2025 10:16 AM (78a2H)
Posted by: Duh at June 15, 2025 10:17 AM (lIgBp)
I sent hat image to "perfessor" squirrel with the warning that it was undoubtedly cheap Chinese shit, but that it looked cool!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 15, 2025 10:17 AM (mWSu4)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 15, 2025 09:58 AM (lTGtQ)
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Poe lived a varied and interesting life, unlike almost all of his critics.
That's the part that has been lost, and it shows in modern fiction. To be a modern novelist you go to an elite school, maybe work in journalism or write short stories and work the connections and then you get a publishing contract where you write about...you.
Since you lived in a bubble, external references are copied from various tropes (often ideological) and so writing comes across as flat and formulaic.
Prior generations had broad live experience. Poe serving at Fort Monroe complied far more life experience than any Berkely grad. The same is true for Twain, but even more recent authors (like Greene) lived a life out in the world, and it resonates through their work.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 15, 2025 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 15, 2025
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I seem to recall a bookstore or two in the Magazine shopping district between Jefferson and Nashville, and a tearoom too.
There's a neat two-story independent bookstore on Oak Street a block west of Carrollton Ave. Mostly new books, but there are some older ones too. Their windows on the second floor look down on the street. And they have a bookstore cat!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 10:18 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 15, 2025 10:19 AM (ITkJX)
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 15, 2025 10:19 AM (78a2H)
Graphic audio is like a radio play - there's a cast, sound effects, the whole shebang.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 09:20 AM (Splbu)
I listened to one of their productions a few years ago. A fantasy-ish story in an early-modern-esque setting. magic was a thing, but using magic risked it eating away your memories as a side effect. So 'being remembered' was a big part of their culture....
Story aside, the way they presented the story was neat. Very engaging. It's a shame I haven't felt the urge/had the opportunity to listen to another. Audiobooks just aren't quite my thing...
Posted by: Castle Guy at June 15, 2025 10:20 AM (Lhaco)
The first time I followed a discussion in the comments here was one on creativity: what various people felt had helped them come up with solutions/new ideas.
The most common thing I noted was being tired. Not exhausted, but tired. It's certainly true for me.
I concluded that solutions/new ideas is a kind of brainwashing.
Posted by: Wenda at June 15, 2025 10:23 AM (A65Zh)
Magazine and Jefferson has changed some; the CC's Coffee House that used to be at that corner (taking over for a pharmacy, I think? Or a doctor's office?) closed during the Sniffle Scare. You knew that Lee Harvey Oswald (and his Russian wife, I believe) lived in that neighborhood for a while around 1962? Just a few blocks farther down Magazine toward Napoleon.
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If K hadn't paid a visit in '05, I don't know if I'da left. Well, maybe later but ... I remember CC's and PJ's coffee shops. The Friendly House, Arabella Bus Barn, Dorian's Record Store, Ott's Pet Shop, and The Brass Boot (a gay bar) were there, too. Mayeux's Phcy was at Jeff & Magazine, and my uncle had the Shell station diagonally across from the doctor's office on that condah. I knew about LHO, but not that they lived that close to my 'growin' up' area. After I got married, I moved to Old Metairie. After I got divorced, I moved near Transcontinental Drive and Economical Supermarket. I asked Economical's mgr how many days grocery inventory was in-house and he said 'Three days'. There's a lesson in his answer, ain't dere?
Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025 10:23 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 15, 2025 10:23 AM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Toad-0 at June 15, 2025 10:25 AM (SkxTr)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 15, 2025 10:16 AM (lTGtQ)
I am enjoying it immensely. Nearly finished. It is amazing to me the European 'club' that existed with their 'rules'. Send an expedition up a river, whip out some forms, and get the local chieftains to sign their land away. Voila! you have a colony. And any disputes among the Europeans will be settled in London or Paris. Or, just set up a charter company to do the work.
When describing the Sudan, which was the middle of nowhere, they were able to get there from London via steamship in sixteen days.
Also, slavery was alive and well in the Congo and east Africa. Thanks, muslims.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 15, 2025 10:25 AM (sRoQh)
And I'm not at all proud of this, but it's true: I am deeply skeptical of any new SF written by women authors. There has been such a huge feminization of the field -- readers, writers, and editors -- that "women's SF" is now almost its own genre, full of standard characters, plots, and tropes.
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 15, 2025 10:26 AM (78a2H)
MacDonald later became the official Army historian.
Posted by: JTB at June 15, 2025 10:29 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 10:29 AM (e15Ap)
Posted by: Toad-0 at June 15, 2025 10:25 AM (SkxTr)
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Faulkner has a wonderful lighthearted short story in which Forrest plays a part. Cant think of the name.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 15, 2025 10:29 AM (ITkJX)
Still remember senior year in HS studying Poe. Teacher (Catholic school, priest) told me it always cracked him up when the girls realized that the subject of Poe's story was the character's penis. LOL
Some Passages In The Life Of A Lion
https://www.eapoe.org/works/tales/liond.htm
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 15, 2025 10:30 AM (sRoQh)
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 15, 2025 10:30 AM (78a2H)
Be safe BDs. Praying for you and yours.
Swing shift has put a huge damper on my reading for these last 4 months. I'm thinking about dedicating a specific hour or so to do some. Add it to my morning rules. But with the yard and car projects taking a whole hour out might not be doable.
I feel horrible neglecting my TBR piles. Those pages need to breathe. But I gotta get to work so the truck must run and at least one of the other vehicles must be functional as a backup.
Still maintaining four, $500 cars is cheaper than buying a new anything.
Encountered something book related with my promotion at work. These machines I'm going to be working on are tightly controlled as to who can learn and see what. Spy Rights they call it. Of which I have none yet. Nor are there any printed manuals that I can find anywhere. So no books.
What a weird industry where nobody trusts anybody. How am I supposed to fix anything with no schematics telling where wires go and such. I'm hoping it's all in the computer and I just don't know how to find it.
Posted by: Reforger at June 15, 2025 10:31 AM (LgDgc)
Now, I could use a few morons to help feed the algorithm. Specifically, I’m looking for honest (well, honest-ish 😉
reviews on Goodreads and Amazon. If you're up for it, I’m happy to send out a few copies in exchange. Ping me in the Horde writing group or drop a line to Norsekhet [at] Gmail.
I'll also probably be doing a Kindle giveaway. I'll let you know.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 15, 2025 10:33 AM (DIweC)
Posted by: Sharkman at June 15, 2025 10:34 AM (/RHNq)
I hate when the editor injects their opinions, not facts, into the text. A few footnotes about some obscure words MIGHT be helpful but too often the editor assumes the reader is in the third grade. It's distracting at best and insulting (and arrogant) at worst.
Posted by: JTB at June 15, 2025 10:34 AM (yTvNw)
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Whoa! Is we got our very own 'Yat City' here now? Carrollton Bend is where that funky li'l dive bar near the levee was, yes? You're right about the bookstores on Magazine/Jeff, and there was a great li'l shoe repair shop next to what would later be CC's or PJ's. I'd get taps put on my heels for 25¢ each. Best part was that the owner had a book table with old WWII issues of LOOK - and if I asked, he'd let me take 'em home with me. Great photography in 'em. Remember the Maurice Charles 'Academy' at N'ville & Magazine? Mom went there once a month - before she discovered Clairol. Whenever my brother and I were gonna go fishing, we'd head to the levee behind 'Monkey Hill' at Audubon Park and bring glass jars and scoop nets to harvest grass shrimp for bait. Diff'rent time, diff'rent whirled ...
Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025 10:35 AM (ayRl+)
Unstuck in time, I am:
Supposed to be receiving the extra invitation things for our anniversary party tomorrow. Apparently 140 invitations weren't enough - never realized that we knew so many people 😲😲😲
Between work, family, church, and friends, it really adds up - should be a lot of fun, though!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn
Happy Anniversary, TFW! I hope that your celebration is joyous and filled with love and laughter. All my best wishes for you and yours!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 15, 2025 10:35 AM (Tv15w)
Still on Pierce Brown's third book in the Red Rising series and loving it but find I am spending more time on X reading about world events this week.
Biden's Dog, hoping for earth shaking outcomes for the incredible courage shown by Israel in single-handedly taking on Iran and freeing it's people.
Wolfus, the Reacher books ae fantastic all the way up til he started writing with his brother Andrew Child. If you haven't read Galbraith, I would suggest those after you're done. A lot of the same feel.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 15, 2025 10:35 AM (t/2Uw)
Mamet's "Chicago" novel this afternoon.
"Death to America" doesn't mean that, the MSM is saying.
Posted by: Auspex at June 15, 2025 10:36 AM (j4U/Z)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025
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Diagonally? I thought that old folks' home with the iron fencing had been at that corner since forever. Home Care Solutions, it's called now. There's a bank directly across magazine from what used to be the pharmacy, and . . . I'm not sure what stands on Magazine directly across Jefferson.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 10:37 AM (omVj0)
Kudos to you for making it past the first 100 pages
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
Life is too short to reading while grinding your teeth in frustration. That's no way to enjoy a book. But now I'm too far into the series to not complete all 7 books, just to see if he ever properly describes the most interesting events.
Sigh. I'm a glutton for punishment.
Posted by: Sharkman at June 15, 2025 10:39 AM (/RHNq)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 15, 2025 10:39 AM (xcxpd)
I assume the YA designation refers to teens. Are you all so old that you do not remember the level,of sexual,tension there is in teen years? I don't think YA should have graphic sex but expecting any story about teenagers to not have sexual tension between characters is silly.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 15, 2025 10:40 AM (t/2Uw)
When I was a kid my big weekend bicycle expedition was to go out to Hub Hobby shop on Broad Street and Washington, right by the pumping station. I'd check to see what new wargames and RPGs they had, and figure out what I could afford and what I could get home on my bike. The neighborhood was so bad I had to park my bike inside the store because if I locked it up outside some neighborhood kids would start trying tp pry off bits.
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 15, 2025 10:40 AM (78a2H)
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 15, 2025
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Maple Street Bookstore closed a decade or so after Katrina, I think. Though I saw and visited a "Little Professor" bookshop in Homewood, AL, a suburb of Birmingham, in '21.
There used to be a classic bookshop on Chartres Street right across from the opening of Madison (a one-block street) in the Quarter. Not sure if it's there any more.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 10:40 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 15, 2025 10:40 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 10:41 AM (TP6Qi)
Sounds normal to me. And it's not usually a matter of trust, it's laziness coupled with a FU to the PTB that demands everything that is available has to be perfect.
Most of us that tread in these depths laugh and say "If you need documentation, you're not qualified for the job."
Posted by: pawn, one of many at June 15, 2025 10:41 AM (QB+5g)
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Hasn’t gotten over Wounded Knee.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 15, 2025 10:40 AM (L/fGl)
Warren still heapum big mad?
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 15, 2025 10:42 AM (sRoQh)
When I was a kid my big weekend bicycle expedition was to go out to Hub Hobby shop on Broad Street and Washington, right by the pumping station. I'd check to see what new wargames and RPGs they had, and figure out what I could afford and what I could get home on my bike. The neighborhood was so bad I had to park my bike inside the store because if I locked it up outside some neighborhood kids would start trying tp pry off bits.
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 15, 2025
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Yes, Cooter's is still there, at the corner of Carrollton and Leake (aka River Road).
Hub Hobby is still around, though not at that location; it's an empty lot. They moved quite sensibly out to Metairie to a site on Airline HIghway near Causeway.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 10:42 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 10:43 AM (+qU29)
Looking over the sf Hugo awards listings since 2000, I'm amazed at the number of titles and people that I've not only not read, but never even heard of. Same applies, I think, to every genre.
Ran across a term (I think in one of Barry Malzberg's essays): Gafiate. Getting Away From It All. It was in reference to drifting away from sf, but I think I've gafiated from most of what's being done these days.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 15, 2025 10:44 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at June 15, 2025 10:44 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Toad-0 at June 15, 2025 10:45 AM (SkxTr)
Good morning!
Posted by: 13times at June 15, 2025 10:46 AM (v0ydc)
Posted by: If Karine Jean Pierre was still Press Secretary at June 15, 2025 10:46 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 15, 2025 10:46 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 15, 2025 10:44 AM (q3u5l)
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We have gafiated just the same from TV, movies, and music.
Funneh dat.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 10:46 AM (Y+jbb)
Faulkner has a wonderful lighthearted short story in which Forrest plays a part. Cant think of the name.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
“My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek"
The reference at which I found this was
https://academic.oup.com/
mississippi-scholarship-online/book/18855/
chapter-abstract/177162219
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 15, 2025 10:47 AM (Tv15w)
Posted by: Toad-0 at June 15, 2025 10:45 AM (SkxTr)
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It's whichever comes first.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 10:48 AM (Y+jbb)
It just means they want to subjugate you and force you to live by their rules. I feel so much better now.
Posted by: Toad-0 at June 15, 2025 10:45 AM (SkxTr)
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And, if necessary, kill you. But nicely.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 10:48 AM (QnmlO)
I saw that on X. I wanted to reply “Death to (whoever wrote that stupid post) and say “there how do you it, do you think that’s just nothing?”
But I would have got my account nuked.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 10:49 AM (e15Ap)
Yes, he had his detective/crime stories about local lawyer Gavin Knight, set in his mythical and unpronounceable MS county; but aside from the first one, "An Error in Chemistry," they are less detective stories than they are studies of the locals when involved in some kind of crime. But *lighthearted*? Amazing.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 10:49 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 15, 2025 10:52 AM (DIweC)
Yep, tv, movies, and music too. Movies maybe not quite so much, but close. TV and music, I'm completely out of touch. Books in almost all areas, except for writers I'd already been following years ago.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 15, 2025 10:53 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Person who read too much Faulkner as a kid at June 15, 2025 10:53 AM (lIgBp)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 10:48 AM (QnmlO)
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Killing me softly with Islam
Killing me softly with Islam
Tearing my whole life with dawa
Killing me softly with Islam
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 10:54 AM (Y+jbb)
Elizabeth Warren Attacks Event Honoring Army
Hasn’t gotten over Wounded Knee
Were it not for Wounded Knee, Fauxcahontas would have become the next Martha Stewart merely on the strength of her authentic Native American crab dip recipe bestowed upon us all through her having submitted it to the "Pow Wow Chow" cookbook. Gal's nursing a HUGE grudge, yo!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 15, 2025 10:54 AM (Tv15w)
You have to hand wash it but so what ?
It's my weekend mug. Highly recommended.
I don't know the brand, assuming it's a Beck because it looks exactly like this one. My wife bought 2 of them somewhere and we love them.
https://tinyurl.com/4346p39h
Posted by: jsg at June 15, 2025 10:55 AM (iGK7y)
Posted by: pawn, one of many at June 15, 2025 10:41 AM (QB+5g)
I don't "need" documentation. But I would really like to have it. When these machines go down the money lost is thousands of dollars per minute. So something to point to and say "this is what is wrong" along with "this is what I need to fix it" would be nice.
Personally I think the "spy rights" is bullshit so you have to call in a service tech to do anything. Similar to what I dealt with in the heavy equipment industry. Except in HE I was the guy that got called, not the poor fool trying to not get fired 'cause "there's nothing I can do, boss".
Posted by: Reforger at June 15, 2025 10:58 AM (LgDgc)
"The Black Flower" by Howard Bahr is yet another outstanding fictionalized story set at the Battle of Franklin, in the hospital in the requisitioned plantation. An exhausted, wounded, Confederate soldier tries to connect with a civilian woman who is helping at the hospital.
Both of these books I highly recommend. I'll be putting both on my TBRA (To Be Read Again) pile ASAP.
Posted by: Sharkman at June 15, 2025 10:59 AM (/RHNq)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 15, 2025 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)
That would be interesting to see how much it shows. Do you think it's because the writer does things that are implausible, or that descriptions of actions are wrong, as if the writer doesn't know how something really works?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2025 11:00 AM (0eaVi)
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Diagonally? I thought that old folks' home with the iron fencing had been at that corner since forever. Home Care Solutions, it's called now. There's a bank directly across magazine from what used to be the pharmacy, and ... I'm not sure what stands on Magazine directly across Jefferson.
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The 'old folks home' was formerly (might still be) 'Poydras Home'. It was on the downtown/river corner. My uncle's station was on the uptown/river corner. I saw the bank you mention on one of my trips home years ago - that used to be his station. The uptown/lake corner is where Mayeaux's drugstore was. The downtown/lake corner was a medical office. And Trimegistus is right: Cooter Brown's IS the dive bar! I also visited the same bookstore - great place. Wish I'd seen the Arabella barn when it had streetcars in it.
Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025 11:01 AM (ayRl+)
Bought Ciao, Don Camillo, another volume of the short stories by Giovanni Guareschi about a parish priest in a small town in Italy governed by Communists.
Don Camillo is a hulking, hot tempered priest who is frequently admonished by Christ on the Cross of his church. His rival Peppone, the mayor, is an equally big and just as voluble fellow.
Everyone in the town knows and doesn't much like each other. Pettiness, muleheaded stubbornness and bitter enemitites whose cause has long been forgotten mark them.
But life staggers on and while Don Camillo and Peppone never miss a chance to spite one another, they're good friends and both seek the best for their people.
Some stories are funny, some are sad, some poignant but all worth a read.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 11:01 AM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 15, 2025 10:19 AM (78a2H)
Sickening, ain't it?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2025 11:02 AM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025
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"Poydras Home," that was it. Last time I walked by there, a plaque was up mentioning that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 11:04 AM (omVj0)
I've oddly bookless over the last couple months. Seems like evertime i pick something up, it pales on me and i put it back down.
Next in my pile of to be read queue, is Brandywine's War, by Robert Vaughn. Short synopsis from good reads:
"World War II had its CATCH 22, Korea had its M.A.S.H. and Vietnam has its own comic masterpiece - Lt Col Joseph M.F. May
There are dozens of unforgettable characters, and scores of authentic scenes in Brandywine's War. From behind the headlines, and the front-line dispatches has come this Rabelaisian novel.
Chief Warrant Officer Vaughan completed Brandywine's War while serving his second of three tours of duty in Vietnam.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 15, 2025 11:04 AM (MsrgL)
Chief Warrant Officer Vaughan completed Brandywine's War while serving his second of three tours of duty in Vietnam.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 15, 2025
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Oh -- not MY Robert Vaughn, the actor and Ph.D. in communications. Didn't think so.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 11:06 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 11:07 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Vivi at June 15, 2025 11:08 AM (vPKj6)
Read the nonfiction book Say Nothing about the Troubles in Ireland. It's a soggy-wet and very depressing version Game of Thrones. No one in the tale is likeable or honorable or redeemable. They all murder each other at the end of a lonely country road, with a pistol shot in the back of the head, in the dark of night - and dumped in shallow graves.
Gerry Adams sits the Iron Throne among a moldering heap of skulls.
Posted by: 13times at June 15, 2025 11:09 AM (v0ydc)
World War II had its CATCH 22, Korea had its M.A.S.H. and Vietnam has its own comic masterpiece
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"I’m sure that it exposes this war in all its grim futility and waste, and shows up the military men for the stupid, Fascist-minded sadists they are. Bitching up all the campaigns and throwing away the lives of fatalistic, humorous, lovable citizen-soldiers. Lots of sex scenes where the prose becomes rhythmic and beautiful while the girl gets her pants pulled down." - Lt. Barney Greenwald in The Caine Mutiny
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 11:09 AM (QnmlO)
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Maple Street Bookstore closed a decade or so after Katrina, I think. Though I saw and visited a "Little Professor" bookshop in Homewood, AL, a suburb of Birmingham, in '21.
There used to be a classic bookshop on Chartres Street right across from the opening of Madison (a one-block street) in the Quarter. Not sure if it's there any more.
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That bookshop on Madison later became a Santeria / voodoo-oriented boostore run by Dr John's (ex-)wife. Neat li'l place, but it wasn't open for very long. There was a similar shop on N Broad that sold floor wash and 'gettin' and havin' candles - real one-stop shopping. As for the Hub theft problem: Yeah, you right. And the pumping station had EIGHT of the biggest pumps I'd ever seen when I called on 'em as a customer later on. Bohn Ford and Popeye's both closed up and moved away, too. Meyer's Auto Parts? What a gem - and for cheap, too ...
Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025 11:10 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at June 15, 2025 11:12 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025
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The Bohn Ford building is still there, looking rather sad.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 11:12 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: who knew at June 15, 2025 11:13 AM (+ViXu)
Posted by: Pretty much any small town at June 15, 2025 11:13 AM (lIgBp)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at June 15, 2025 11:14 AM (bXbFr)
Hub Hobby is still around, though not at that location; it's an empty lot. They moved quite sensibly out to Metairie to a site on Airline HIghway near Causeway.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 10:42 AM (omVj0)
It's amazing that you all know so many places from where you live(d). I didn't grow up in any important large place, but I can't remember much of any shops or places I'd go to as a kid or younger adult.
Maybe I'm just not too interesting to have ever gone to quirky, weird places. Too straight laced, I guess.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2025 11:14 AM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025
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I can just hear Jose Ferrer's voice saying that (though I'm not sure that speech was in the film with Bogart and Fred MacMurray).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 11:14 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Dr. T
You could make an argument that Hood was the man who lost the war. In the summer of 1864, Lincoln was running for re-election against peace Democrat McClellan and was expected to lose. Apparently, Lincoln himself had resigned himself to defeat. But then Jefferson Davis replaced Joe Johnston, a man who never underestimated the value of retreat, with Hood. Hood's offensive spirit led to the fall of Atlanta and the fall of Atlanta led to the revitalization of the Lincoln campaign.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 15, 2025 11:16 AM (L/fGl)
https://tinyurl.com/2nd6nd9k
Weird...
Posted by: jsg at June 15, 2025 11:17 AM (iGK7y)
Maybe I'm just not too interesting to have ever gone to quirky, weird places. Too straight laced, I guess.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2025
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Older (pre-1980s) NO was a peculiar place with a lot of different, quirky neighborhoods, shops, and bars. And it's a relatively small city (if you don't count the suburbs), unlike LA or Chicago. So if you didn't have something you liked in your immediate neighborhood, there could be something a short drive, bus ride, or bike ride away. For instance, my father drove us to the West Bank of the river for shopping a *lot* during my childhood and teen years. The first enclosed, air-conditioned mall in the entire area opened there in 1966.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 11:18 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Dr. T
You could make an argument that Hood was the man who lost the war. In the summer of 1864, Lincoln was running for re-election against peace Democrat McClellan and was expected to lose. Apparently, Lincoln himself had resigned himself to defeat. But then Jefferson Davis replaced Joe Johnston, a man who never underestimated the value of retreat, with Hood. Hood's offensive spirit led to the fall of Atlanta and the fall of Atlanta led to the revitalization of the Lincoln campaign.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 15, 2025 11:16 AM (L/fGl)
IIRC, he the guy with the nickname 'Old Wooden Head'?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 11:18 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 11:18 AM (omVj0)
Which would have been a big thing. Louisiana in Summer/August is frickin miserable.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 11:19 AM (bss/y)
Flynn's possibly releasing a new novel this year, after a long hiatus.
Now I am reading "Culture: The Story of Us, from Cave Art to K-Pop." It begins in the famous cave in France in which archeologists discovered wall paintings around 15,000 years old.
I just finished the first chapter, all about Egypt's Queen Nefertiti, and it is fascinating. She and her king husband did a religious right turn, developing a monotheistic worldview, and had the whole deep state against them, so much that they moved the court to a new place down the Nile, and built an entirely new capital city. Her era was around 1300 B.C., with Egypt at its all time peak of wealth.
Posted by: Mr Gaga at June 15, 2025 11:22 AM (zeLd4)
Maybe I'm just not too interesting to have ever gone to quirky, weird places. Too straight laced, I guess.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2025 11:14 AM (0eaVi)
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Orange: N'Awlins was (then) just that kinda city. Diff'rent time, too - it was also a (relatively) safer city. Mom could tell us 'be home by supper time' and we'd head out to 'explore' - and we did. One day I'll hafta tell you about the Zatarain 'shrine' about three houses down from ours. The physical plant was on Valmont Street, just a block further uptown from us. It was a great time to be a kid ... Oh: Wolfus, you're right about the Bohn building - it's ratty.
Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025 11:23 AM (ayRl+)
What's really striking is that these weren't primitives scribbling on walls -- this was the work of highly skilled artists. Only what they left behind in caves survived, but I'm sure they also worked in wood, bone, and painted on hides. There were artists before there were farmers.
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 15, 2025 11:26 AM (78a2H)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 15, 2025 11:26 AM (q3u5l)
Well, my place wasn't that large when a kid. Now, I think it's over a quarter million residents. No plans to go there except for cemetery visits.
No decent bus service, so if it wasn't in bike distance - and most things weren't - there was the grocery store and 7-11. Every place else needed a car.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2025 11:27 AM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025
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Which would have been a big thing. Louisiana in Summer/August is frickin miserable.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025
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It is, and was, starting in March nowadays. The strip shopping centers had individually air-cooled stores, but walking from one to another was horrible.
Oakwood, the first enclosed mall here, had a first-run movie theater, a Sears, another major department store, real jewelry stores (I got my HS class ring at one), at least one bookstore, and a local chain drugstore, among many other things.
The mall is still there. But it's mostly for women and kids now. And going there on a Saturday night is probably like visiting Mogadishu or Nairobi.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 11:27 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 15, 2025 11:28 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2025 11:00 AM (0eaVi)
It's like the 20 and 30 year olds trying to write movie scripts for retro (50's, 60's, 70's) films or tv shows/series. They never get the way it really was.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 15, 2025 11:28 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Mr Gaga at June 15, 2025 11:29 AM (zeLd4)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 15, 2025 11:29 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 15, 2025
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IN 1974 the long-gone Siler's Bookstore on Carondelet Street here had *one* bookcase, about six shelves, worth of science fiction in the whole store. I bought several paperback Heinleins there that I still have.
A Doubleday Bookstore stood on Canal Street about three blocks from that, with big display windows. Replaced by one of the endlessly-breeding hotels and "urban wear" stores, I suspect.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 11:31 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 15, 2025 11:28 AM (g8Ew
I think there's enough Western material around to write a passable oater. Too many movies and tv shows to have the genre be completely wrong, even if you've never sat in a saddle. 20s, 30s, 40s? No doubt you'd have to have lived it or immersed yourself in period book and movies to be able to do a decent job.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2025 11:32 AM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Mr Gaga at June 15, 2025
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I lived down there on Bourbon then. Cafe du Monde (the original; they now have satellite locations) is and was on Decatur, though.
I hope it was during the decent time of year -- January and February!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 11:33 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Jonathan at June 15, 2025 11:34 AM (aP8jC)
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Well, she’s the queen of humiliating blows.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 15, 2025 11:34 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 15, 2025 11:29 AM (L/fGl)
It's just to preclude testifying against each other.
Posted by: Alex and Huma at June 15, 2025 11:34 AM (0eaVi)
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Well, she’s the queen of humiliating blows.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 15, 2025 11:34 AM (L/fGl)
Oh yeah!
Posted by: Willie Brown at June 15, 2025 11:35 AM (PiwSw)
My wife and I used to read every book prior to Lettie our daughter read them. She is 29 now
It is shocking how many would have these things pop up “just after the point that most parents would finally quit” doing an approval scan.
Posted by: PMRich at June 15, 2025 11:35 AM (Pe+uV)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025
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In high school I knew a girl with the last name of Zatarain. I've always wondered if she were of that family.
The plant is on the West Bank now, I believe. Certainly there's a business with their name on it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 11:36 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025 11:23 AM (ayRl+)
The hellhole I grew up in was duller than dishwater, as far as I can remember. I guess I just didn't get around much. It's not like there wasn't stuff there, until you get a car, you're life is a bit limited.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2025 11:37 AM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 11:37 AM (bss/y)
Oakwood, the first enclosed mall here, had a first-run movie theater, a Sears, another major department store, real jewelry stores (I got my HS class ring at one), at least one bookstore, and a local chain drugstore, among many other things.
The mall is still there. But it's mostly for women and kids now. And going there on a Saturday night is probably like visiting Mogadishu or Nairobi.
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We were on the East Bank, and without a car, Oakwood was just too far - unless y' wanted to try the ferry. Lakeside was the first East Bank mall. I still remember the newspaper ads they ran trying to sell property to investors. Wish I'd had the cash to pick up some @ just $400 per unit. But it got built, prospered, decayed, and got torn down - but it was nice while it was there. I don't recall it ever not being completely air-conditioned. DH Holmes was (I think) the big anchor store there. On Saturdays before the mall opened, they'd let in the seniors who used it for their 'walking trail' ...
Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025 11:38 AM (ayRl+)
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Might be good. I love the old Mike Hammer TV show theme, Harlem Nocturne.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 15, 2025 11:39 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 11:27 AM (omVj0)
All malls appear to be that way now. No men's stores. I mean stores that cater to men, not ghetto clothing and stuff like that. Not much for a man to do in a mall any more.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2025 11:39 AM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Jonathan at June 15, 2025 11:34 AM*
Is this about me?
Posted by: Sea Monkeys at June 15, 2025 11:40 AM (lIgBp)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 15, 2025 11:41 AM (Zz0t1)
Enjoy the day and hopefully your kids appreciate what you've done for them.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 15, 2025 11:41 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at June 15, 2025 11:42 AM (bXbFr)
Amazing story of resilience through so many things that could destroy a good man’s life.
Posted by: PMRich at June 15, 2025 11:42 AM (Pe+uV)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at June 15, 2025 11:42 AM (bXbFr)
Was that any good? It looked interesting, but odd for 'Perry Mason.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 11:42 AM (bss/y)
The feed is full of ads, of course. You are in the midst of mentally texting the person across the table from you (this, preferred versus actual speech) and the feed interrupts you with an ad for jeans. The President comes on to speak to everyone, prefacing most sentences with "dude."
Posted by: Mr Gaga at June 15, 2025 11:43 AM (zeLd4)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 11:36 AM (omVj0)
I'd certainly like to hear about it, Dr. No.
We get Zatarains in the stores around here. I like the red beans and rice, don't care for dirty rice. It goes well with Polish sausage.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2025 11:43 AM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 15, 2025 11:43 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Churches everywhere at June 15, 2025 11:44 AM (lIgBp)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025
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Oh, no -- Lakeside is still there and prospering, about the only mall here that is. It opened in 1959 or 1960 as a series of strip centers, multiple stores in blocks, but the entire thing wasn't enclosed and air-conditioned. They apparently did that after Oakwood opened. (So I understand; I never visited Lakeside before 1970 or so.)
In recent years they have added free multi-story parking, very welcome to get your car out of the hot sun.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 11:46 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 15, 2025 11:39 AM (L/fGl)
Mike Hammer will be a gay BLM supporter, and his secretary will be lez. The criminals will all be Trump supporters.
Prove me wrong!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2025 11:46 AM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 15, 2025
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The series with Darren McGavin or the one with Stacey Keach?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 11:48 AM (omVj0)
You say that like it's a bad thing.
--Present Day TV Producers & Writers
I can see Spillane's ghost rising from the grave and treating them to a display of Hammer how it oughtta be.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 15, 2025 11:51 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at June 15, 2025 11:42 AM (bXbFr)
Was that any good? It looked interesting, but odd for 'Perry Mason.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025
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The lead character looked weedy and unprofessional, so I wasn't interested. Now a reboot with the Mason of early Gardner books, a *little* more hardboiled than he became in the novels or on TV, would be interesting.
There was an attempt at a reboot in the early '70s too, with character actor Monte Markham. Too soon after Raymond Burr, I guess; it sank without a trace.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 11:51 AM (omVj0)
--Present Day TV Producers & Writers
I can see Spillane's ghost rising from the grave and treating them to a display of Hammer how it oughtta be.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 15, 2025 11:51 AM (q3u5l)
Honestly, tv ought to just leave these programs alone. I don't trust them to give respect to the source material. It will be another tear down of something people liked and make them hate it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2025 11:53 AM (0eaVi)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2025 11:00 AM (0eaVi)
Yes to all, but even worse the characters all have the same voice, and think alike (and worse think like a laptop class worker, or what a laptop class worker thinks guys in a welding shop talk) because the writers have no idea how people outside their bubble talk or interact.
Twain was something of a master at this, but by the time he published his first book of stories, he had been in militia unit, a survey camp, a mining camp, been a reporter and an editor, and then spent a lot of time after that on Chataqua circuit giving it back out to audiences who were picky about being entertained.
He had a bit more experience of the world than someone who has experience of getting a masters, and working as an intern for PBS
Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2025 11:54 AM (D7oie)
He leaves the land of Mundane, slogs through the fetid Hekto Swamp (hektograph), tramps through the Jungle of Inexperience and the Desert of Indifference, rests for a time in the Glades of Gafia, until at last he reaches the Tower and finds a battered mimeograph on a block. Enlightenment: ANY mimeograph operated by a Trufan is an Enchanted Duplicar.
Wow.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 15, 2025 11:54 AM (kpS4V)
Yeah, I liked the show but always loved the theme song. The wailing sax is haunting. The best version of Harlem Nocturne I ever heard was by Duke Ellington. You can find it on YT. It made me an Earl Hagen fan.
Posted by: JTB at June 15, 2025 11:56 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
Keach.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 15, 2025 11:58 AM (L/fGl)
He had a bit more experience of the world than someone who has experience of getting a masters, and working as an intern for PBS
Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2025 11:54 AM (D7oie)
But see, I haven't done any of that stuff like Twain either. Maybe that's why my writings aren't getting anywhere? I read a lot about things, is that a fake way to have the knowledge of how things work? I mean, no one has travelled through interstellar space at light speed, so how can I be told I'm doing it wrong? (as I was by one person who read some of my stuff)
And hack pink haired deviants get toasted in the literary world....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2025 11:58 AM (0eaVi)
Thanks for the thread, Perfessor.
Have a good one, gang.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 15, 2025 11:58 AM (q3u5l)
But no, they have to "reboot" and ruin favorite properties.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 11:58 AM (omVj0)
Was that any good? It looked interesting, but odd for 'Perry Mason.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Not really. Della Street was going to go to law school. Perry's go to guy turned on him. Paul Drake was an African American cop who became / was becoming his go to guy by the end. Perry was hanging on by his nails in his legal practice.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 15, 2025 11:59 AM (Tv15w)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 15, 2025 12:00 PM (7v6oI)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2025 12:01 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Not really. Della Street was going to go to law school. Perry's go to guy turned on him. Paul Drake was an African American cop who became / was becoming his go to guy by the end. Perry was hanging on by his nails in his legal practice.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 15, 2025
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That whirring noise you hear is coming from Erle Stanley Gardner's grave.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 12:01 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 12:02 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 12:03 PM (+qU29)
I'd certainly like to hear about it, Dr. No.
We get Zatarains in the stores around here. I like the red beans and rice, don't care for dirty rice. It goes well with Polish sausage.
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The Zat's plant was a block from our house - it was on Valmont off of Magazine. My grandma told me that, when my uncle worked there, the plant had a section that made vinegar. One evening when they were talking, he told her about the walkway across the top of the vinegar vats. He also told her that if they needed to pee, they'd just unzip and pee in the vinegar. She was horrified!. What if they catch you!?, she asked. They can't prove it, he said - it's all the same color. Later, he worked at the grain elevator at Bellecastle and Tchoupitoulas. One night he felt sick, and another guy took his place. That was the night the grain dust exploded ... Grain elevators (and sugar plants) are dangerous 'cos of the airborne dust. He was lucky.
Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025 12:03 PM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 12:03 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 15, 2025 12:04 PM (XiKaT)
Was it Perryville or Franklin where freaky atmospherics muffled the sounds of battle so that potential reinforcements for one side or another did not come to the fray?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 15, 2025 12:05 PM (Tv15w)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025 12:03 PM (ayRl+)
Interesting. Thanks.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2025 12:06 PM (0eaVi)
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Just like us.
Posted by: Churches everywhere at June 15, 2025 11:44 AM (lIgBp)
Join the club
Posted by: Men's assets, work, and income at June 15, 2025 12:07 PM (TbWk/)
In the end, they are writing about people, and what people do when they live their lives. If you can write clean prose and talk about people, the rest of it is just continuity, and making what you invent seem plausible.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2025 12:07 PM (D7oie)
Kind of like one E.S. Gardner esq in his earlier career.
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 15, 2025 12:08 PM (78a2H)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 15, 2025 12:09 PM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2025 12:07 PM (D7oie)
Well, I think so, too. I've had people read what I've written and some like it.... But, is it good enough for someone to pay me to read it. That's the question. Apparently not at this time. Maybe never. I do have a line on a professional editor who says she'll look at my scifi novel. All I need is the money for it now.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2025 12:10 PM (0eaVi)
Waugh wrote it as a sort of protest when the socialists took over in the UK after WWII. The main character works in a suicide parlor, and falls in love with a bearded lady.
Here's the first sentence, to whet your appetite.
"Despite their promises at the last election, the Politicians had not changed the climate."
Posted by: Taft at June 15, 2025 12:10 PM (xtuZw)
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 15, 2025 12:10 PM (78a2H)
Over at MSNBC, they're almost SHOCKED the celebration of the U.S. Army's 250th birthday isn't "tense" and doesn't have "dark, malevolent energy."
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I demand more dark, malevolent energy!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 15, 2025 12:17 PM (L/fGl)
Just coming on to say the same! Lots of this in what might be considered the chick end of the literary spectrum. Allison Weir is good, although my favorite example would be Katherine, by Anya Seton, another favorite author of mine.
She took a woman about whom very little is known, (despite having a profound impact on English history) and wove a beautiful written story together so seamlessly with established history that I had no idea that most of the parts about Katherine Swynford came from her imagination.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 15, 2025 01:42 PM (Vvh2V)
Good advice!
Do you teach creative writing?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 02:06 PM (Splbu)
"The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914," by Margaret MacMillan.
I have read plenty about this before, but I read this one anyway. History Professor at Oxford.
Amazing that the future combatants were guided by such fools, both civilian & military. Makes me wonder if times have changed any. Gulp.
Posted by: mnw at June 15, 2025 02:30 PM (kd60y)
I disagree. Most of Mason's clients mention his high fees. The cases also involve wealthy people and schemers.
I don't know that Mason ever defended a guy in a backstreet stabbing. That was Horace Rumpole territory.
Philip Marlowe prowled LA around the time Mason did. I should read one each of those back-to-back and look for contrasts.
Posted by: Weak Geek at June 15, 2025 02:30 PM (p/isN)
Book Mug buying click leads to a dead page
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So I dug, found it under three different name on the base page of that link, did some more digging, found it on Amazon much cheaper from many different "vendors", then read reviews.
Short version -Save your money.
Long version - Somebody obviously handcrafted something like this at one time out of stained glass. Someone else bought one, made a mold and shipped it off to China to have a run of 500 or so of the cup made out of acrylic, then contracted with the molder or someone else to hand paint them.
Then, the usual Chinese shit happens. The molder, still in possession of the mold (maybe return or destruction of the mold wasn't specified, or the usual Chinese shit of " what are you going to do about it" occurs) runs off 20,000 or so until the mold fails, and then sells batches of them, along with the promo pics to any little garage shop that wants them. Said little operation(s) throw together a website(s), have their people slap some paint on them, and, viola'!
Thousands of cheap schlocky cups overwhelms the original 500 somewhat nice ones.There may be a nice one out there, but you're going to bet $20 to $45 to find out.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 15, 2025 03:40 PM (fQAHz)
Daily Tech News 15 June 2025
Top Story
- The root cause of the huge Google Cloud / Clouflare outage a couple of days ago. (Google)
A null pointer set a Google service into a boot loop when a change was applied without an appropriate policy set. The missing policy should have been caught and the update rejected, but wasn't, because everything is nightmarishly complicated.
Tech News
- PCIe 6.0 SSDs aren't likely to show up in desktop PCs for years. (Tom's Hardware)
Servers, yes. Laptops, maybe. Desktops, no.
PCIe 5.0 SSDs are twice the price of PCIe 4.0 models anyway, and PCIe 6.0 is sure to be unreasonably costly for small drives, so if you're building a desktop just go for four PCIe 4.0 drives in RAID-0.
- Korean researchers have outlined the next four generations of HBM (high-bandwidth memory) following the upcoming HBM4. (WCCFTech)
HBM8 will - eventually - deliver five times the capacity and 32 times the bandwidth of next-gen HBM4, with up to 240GB of RAM per device and 64TB per second of bandwidth.
And use 180W of power for a single HMB8 stack. HBM1 was slower, true, but it only used 4W of power.
- How scammers are using AI to steal student aid. (AP News)
The answer is they're using it a lot.An Associated Press analysis of fraud reports obtained through a public records request shows California colleges in 2024 reported 1.2 million fraudulent applications, which resulted in 223,000 suspected fake enrollments.
Because until last Friday you don't need to provide any ID to apply for student aid.
- The Browser Company - that's what it's called - unveiled Dia, its new AI-focused web browser. (Tech Crunch)
No thanks.
- Stolen iPhones are screaming at the looters who stole them. (The Economic Times) (archive site)
Oh no.
Anyway...
- They've found the second Stargate. (Phys.org)
Good news. Now they just need to find the Ancient city.
- New legislation in New York makes it illegal for AI to murder more than 100 people. (Tech Crunch)
Less than 100, no problem, but over 100 is right out.
Only the government is allowed to do that.
Musical Interlude
Song is Notice Me by Alexa Ray Joel. Anime is Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun.
Disclaimer: Tanuki?
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 04:31 AM (EKfGo)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 15, 2025 04:33 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 15, 2025 04:34 AM (BLOW1)
So if in New York, AI can kill a 100 people, where do I have to go to submit my list of recommendations?
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 04:37 AM (jvJvP)
Pixy Misa, whoever you are, you're one of my favorite content creators here.
I downloaded Cluely tonight only to get that Google / Cloudflare outage message and I thought WHAT?! Couldn't Cluely cheat its way out of it?
Also, I'm sure everyone in Sacramento is heaving a sigh of relief that Donald Trump canceled California's restraints on gas-powered cars. If we'd had to run our cars on electricity while Silly Valley needed to amp up for Higher Bandwidth, there would have been yet another schism in the Party.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 04:44 AM (wbZPZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 04:47 AM (fOkIv)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 04:50 AM (fOkIv)
I have never heard Silicone Valley called "Silly Valley". I like it and it seems appropriate.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 04:51 AM (fOkIv)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 04:53 AM (fOkIv)
Posted by: Epobirs at June 15, 2025 04:56 AM (/0z9K)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 05:00 AM (fOkIv)
Posted by: TC at June 15, 2025 05:02 AM (szqEY)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 05:03 AM (fOkIv)
On Tubi I found this 1972 movie called 'What?', directed by Roma Polanski. Most of it is stupid and boring, about a young woman traveling in Italy who flees would-be rapists by sheltering in a palatial estate that unquestioningly just gives her a room without any consideration for how she got there. The place seems to be some sort of luxury lunatic asylum but is eventually revealed to be owned by an elderly zillionaire who has taken in a menagerie of eccentrics.
The true and sole charm of the movie is that the very attractive lead, played by Sidne Rome, spends most of her time naked or close to it. At one point Marcello Mastroianni produces a full tiger skin with head, claiming to have shot it on safari in Africa. "A tiger, in Africa?" she asks twice.
Now I'm obsessed with finding out if this was a purposeful reference in the Monty Python movie.
Posted by: Epobirs at June 15, 2025 05:10 AM (/0z9K)
https://tinyurl.com/y33z75md
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 05:13 AM (ip8Px)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 15, 2025 05:19 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: fluffy at June 15, 2025 05:20 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 04:47 AM (fOkIv
That is so sweet. My family here, Mom, Dad and my brother never gave a damn about Holidays except for Christmas.
And my beautiful friends across the street, we created Christmas in September, October, sometimes November. The first year the kids just wanted to come over and help decorate the tree and house. Beautiful job. But Mom and I picked up pizza.
Those Christmases continue. Tougher this year, but working on it.
So Father's Day!? My friend has three beautiful children he would do anything for. And has. He is an amazing guy. So thank you for reminding me about Father's Day.
I won't bug him. I have been through a lot and have been high maintenance lately.
Happy Father's Day to my friend. I often tell him that I am so happy he is so blessed. And I mean it.
Damn, the beers must be kicking in. And it's 5:20am.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 05:22 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 05:03 AM (fOkIv)
That woman, Gov. Hokum, is the worst. You're right next door, so to speak, and you probably have no idea how truly bad she is. She is a dumb NY Democrat Machine Politician. She has no original thought that hasn't been bought and paid for. She's the worst. Paraphrase: Poor black kids in the South Bronx don't know what a computer is. Getting grilled by Stefanik, Hokum had no idea the name of the illegal who burned alive that woman on the subway. Now I may not remember, but she's a governor giving testimony in front of Congress. She should bloody well know.
Do you remember that Father's Day pic from Schumer with the raw cheeseburger? Hokum had something similar. She was photo op'd holding a spatula in front of a smoky grill in a white outfit. Yep. Everybody always wears white when grilling. Another Dem trying to look human and she just couldn't pull it off.
The worst.
Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 05:24 AM (gKDq2)
Are you Filipino, per chance?
Posted by: fluffy at June 15, 2025 05:26 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 05:24 AM (gKDq2
Again, AI may be allowed to kill 100 in NY.
Where do we submit our lists?
And increase the number to 10 million?
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 05:28 AM (jvJvP)
That's very nice!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 05:29 AM (2GCMq)
Apple phones screech at looters. That is amusing.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 04:53 AM (fOkIv)
__________
In a mother-in-law voice.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2025 05:36 AM (QnmlO)
Are you Filipino, per chance?
Posted by: fluffy at June 15, 2025 05:26 AM (AN2gy)
No, things just happened. Mom was a nun for 14 years and about 84 and loved Christmas. And I was her caregiver. The rescue dog just barks so we close the lights at Halloween.
Even though it was October, things were going up.
And my friends' oldest child loves Christmas and wanted to help decorate the tree. Yes, of course.
Entire family came down after 5pm. Kids decorated the tree. We got pizza. Very nice and easygoing.
But we did add gifts in future years. Because KIDS! Christmas.
Legos rule.
Low tech.
But Legos rule!
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 05:42 AM (jvJvP)
LOL
It's actually possible that some of the looters didn't yet have MIL . I realize that I may be anomaly but my MIL was a lovely, kind woman and I think had a wonderful impact on her son.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 05:47 AM (2GCMq)
Posted by: runner at June 15, 2025 05:48 AM (D6KJE)
Good morning, good people, from the Adirondacks.
May all effort from you result in maximum benefit to you and yours, with consummate grief for the leftwit fungi on this and all days.
I'm having a great deal of fun in the search for a vehicle, having met several people who are simply pleasant just to be around. I like that.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 15, 2025 05:50 AM (hKoQL)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 04:53 AM (fOkIv
Get more math and computer books!
I read a great book. Oprah would have loved to open a school in America, but the kids didn't care or appreciate it.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 05:54 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 15, 2025 05:54 AM (ZmEVT)
Thank You So Much.
Horrible year but you just helped, like I will soon.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 05:57 AM (jvJvP)
I think you should consider doing your own anime stuff about technology and the characters could include your witty, dry take on things.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 06:00 AM (j3E0V)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 06:05 AM (j3E0V)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 06:07 AM (j3E0V)
Posted by: Captain Obvious. Laird o' the Sea at June 15, 2025 06:10 AM (6YdsJ)
On Tubi I found this 1972 movie called 'What?', directed by Roma Polanski. ... The true and sole charm of the movie is that the very attractive lead, played by Sidne Rome, spends most of her time naked or close to it. At one point Marcello Mastroianni produces a full tiger skin with head, claiming to have shot it on safari in Africa. "A tiger, in Africa?" she asks twice.
Now I'm obsessed with finding out if this was a purposeful reference in the Monty Python movie.
Posted by: Epobirs at June 15, 2025 05:10 AM (/0z9K)
Fun! It sounds Groucho Marx-like, maybe, too.
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 06:12 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 15, 2025 05:54 AM (ZmEVT)
MAURY! Welcome back!
Steve! Fantastic.
Jerry Springer's AI duplicate....you stick to male protester's having sex with what they thought was female. Best episodes ever.
Yeah, I have enough beers. And pills. Still can't sleep. 6:07 Toronto.
Perfect! I want this to be my record for a while. I know i'm not the first troubled Horde member. But I hope I hold this record forever.
You're the Horde. I like you happy..
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 06:14 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 15, 2025 06:14 AM (BwZyW)
An oddly muffled intro to my posting? True. I slept much less than normal lat night and am still a little weary. Nothing major as the cause -- just a mosquito bite on my left forearm that itched maddeningly as I was trying to fall asleep. I tried soap and water, alcohol (external, of course), anti-itch cream, calamine lotion, and at last, Aspercreme. I wonder if that last worked, or if it was the combo of everything. Anyway, I got about four hours' sleep . . . and I feel oddly alert and yet tired at the same time.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 06:16 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025
***
Good morning, Fen
I don't recall a Marx Playset of the Alamo; but there was one called "The Blue and the Gray," U.S. Civil War of course. The concept of war was not yet anathema to toy manufacturers. There were cap guns galore, including realistic-looking Lugers and Colt .45 1911s, and Mattel even had a cap-firing Thompson submachine gun!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 06:21 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 06:16 AM (omVj0)
#metoo
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 06:22 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 15, 2025 06:14 AM (BwZyW)
And from me.
And my, we think 15 years old, rescue dog.. Horrible year for us both but I'm working to drag him forward...
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 06:23 AM (jvJvP)
I really should.
My motivation is around here somewhere. Possibly hiding in the cats' litterbox.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 06:24 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 15, 2025 06:24 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 06:27 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 06:28 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 15, 2025
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Sounds tasty!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 06:28 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 15, 2025 06:24 AM (3Ope
Happy Father's Day. CrotchetyOldJarhead!
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 06:29 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 06:32 AM (omVj0)
@30 You'll make it all the way, having learned you don't EVER quit.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 15, 2025 06:35 AM (hKoQL)
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 06:36 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 15, 2025 06:36 AM (/Ghsb)
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 06:36 AM (jvJvP)
; )
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 06:40 AM (CQE5S)
@30 You'll make it all the way, having learned you don't EVER quit.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 15, 2025 06:35 AM (hKoQL)
No. I'll remember this.
Dear God, you are helping a half french Canadian toughen up.
Which I will.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 06:42 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 15, 2025 06:44 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Just Wondering at June 15, 2025 06:47 AM (lIgBp)
I do want to prepare for citizenship there.
Posted by: Fenderbender at June 15, 2025 06:49 AM (1FEc1)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 15, 2025 06:44 AM (3Ope
Have an amazing week, month, decades.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 06:50 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Rep Alexandria Ocasio Cortez at June 15, 2025 06:52 AM (PiwSw)
A half dozen brookies, broiled with salt & pepper and some lemon butter sounds good this AM, so I'll see you all later.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 15, 2025 06:55 AM (hKoQL)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 06:57 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
Still at large.
Posted by: Tuna at June 15, 2025 07:00 AM (lJ0H4)
'No Kings Day' EXPLODES with multiple shot, several police injured and a man arrested for 'driving intentionally' into crowd as rioters unleash carnage after Trump's military parade.
Posted by: fd at June 15, 2025 07:01 AM (gc+OO)
'No Kings Day' EXPLODES with multiple shot, several police injured and a man arrested for 'driving intentionally' into crowd as rioters unleash carnage after Trump's military parade.
Posted by: fd at June 15, 2025
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Where did that happen? Chicago, I'll warrant?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 07:05 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: fd at June 15, 2025 07:06 AM (gc+OO)
A great way to lose money.
Iowa's Educational Student Account program apparently sucks at this. We reapplied for Pookette's third year in it, had to send in proof of ID, and still haven't heard back past the promised 10-day promised return point.
It could be the problem isn't our ID but the fact that our 1040 says we have $2k/yr in taxable income. That probably threw up red flags, but the fact is, when you live on government benefits, it thankfully isn't taxed. Because even our government isn't that stupid.
Posted by: pookysgirl, groggy froggy at June 15, 2025 07:07 AM (Wt5PA)
If Our Favorite President(tm) was smart, he'd adopt the slogan "American Values Are Our Strength."
That ought to irritate the left wingnuts.
Fuck fake "diversity."
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 15, 2025 07:08 AM (GxYGy)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2025 07:09 AM (omVj0)
Portland, Chicago, Charlotte, LA, Philly, DC, etc. I hope the cops who were getting sprayed with pepper spray busted some heads.
Posted by: fd at June 15, 2025 07:09 AM (gc+OO)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2025 07:10 AM (cnfpB)
Posted by: fd at June 15, 2025 07:12 AM (gc+OO)
One way to look at the first six months of Donald Trump’s second term is that the wily president has managed to trick Democrats into fighting common sense and adopting bizarre and unpopular positions.
Consider how he lured them into wildly protecting waste, fraud and abuse in the budget simply by having a plan to cut it.
Then the president, by keeping a campaign promise, fooled his opponents into engaging in violent riots and trying to block his deportations of illegal immigrants, including those who had committed serious crimes here.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 07:18 AM (2GCMq)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 07:19 AM (Splbu)
Posted by: jsg at June 15, 2025 07:21 AM (iGK7y)
Um, yeah. “Kill a chicken to scare a monkey”, the Chinese say. Maybe by arresting and deporting some people who shouldn’t be here, some might get the message and self-deport.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 07:24 AM (2Rbgs)
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 15, 2025 06:55 AM (hKoQL)
It DOES sound good!
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:25 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 07:25 AM (2Rbgs)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 07:26 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 07:25 AM (2Rbgs)
#6 for me. I still sometimes start to call him...
Posted by: jsg at June 15, 2025 07:28 AM (iGK7y)
Wishing a Happy Fathers Day to all and peaceful, relaxing Sunday.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at June 15, 2025 07:30 AM (VA9Wq)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 15, 2025 07:32 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 15, 2025 07:32 AM (lIgBp)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 07:33 AM (2GCMq)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 15, 2025 07:33 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 15, 2025 07:34 AM (u82oZ)
I would love to have a day of conversation with my Dad. Marriage made me a better person. We would have so much to talk about.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 15, 2025 07:35 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 07:24 AM (2Rbgs)
Nice!
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:35 AM (CQE5S)
We don't have a grill to speak of and he didn't need socks. However dad and son are having pizza for lunch which they love and I can't eat, and he did get some nice cards. We've never been much for presents on FD.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 07:36 AM (2GCMq)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 15, 2025 07:32 AM (lIgBp)
Ha!
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:37 AM (CQE5S)
Also just noted he went after a guy named Hoffman & a woman named Hortmann
Coincidentally alphabetical hit list?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 07:37 AM (Splbu)
When I lived in Japan in the early 1960's what fascinated me was the Shinto priests blessing the Sumo wrestling matches.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 15, 2025 07:37 AM (u82oZ)
That's a lovely sentiment. However, I think you were a good person to begin with , or your wife wouldn't have married you!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 07:37 AM (2GCMq)
Great reporting! Never knew of this guy until now:
https://tinyurl.com/5nc37rr5
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 07:38 AM (n+rGF)
I'm on year 13 without mine. Lately, it's just become another Sunday.
Although my son did send me a gift, probably the second time in my life he's done that. A cool case to hold handgun magazines. 12 of them.
It's full.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 15, 2025 07:38 AM (Q4IgG)
“Kill a chicken to scare a monkey”, the Chinese say.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 07:24 AM (2Rbgs)
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Punchline only:
Muffled parrot voice from the freezer: "What did the chicken do?"
Posted by: Ciampino - punishment at June 15, 2025 07:39 AM (sPQoU)
She decided I was the one. Didn't tell me for years. I called her The Closer after we were married.
So I was doing alright even back then.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 15, 2025 07:40 AM (u82oZ)
Also just noted he went after a guy named Hoffman & a woman named Hortmann
Coincidentally alphabetical hit list?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 07:37 AM (Splbu)
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Mary Hartman! Mary Hartman!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 07:40 AM (n+rGF)
Bonchie retweeted
Dan McLaughlin
@baseballcrank
11h
Number of kings holding steady at zero.
Jonathan Chait
@jonathanchait
14h
The No Kings protests appear to be a massive success.
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:41 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: pawn, one of many at June 15, 2025 07:41 AM (QB+5g)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 07:33 AM (2GCMq)
Thank You. He used to say "This is your Dad" whenever he left a voicemail, like we wouldn't know who the heck it was if he didn't say that lol
Posted by: jsg at June 15, 2025 07:42 AM (iGK7y)
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:42 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 15, 2025 07:42 AM (u82oZ)
Going for a walk with my walking partner. Formerly GD#1. Glad that's over.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 15, 2025 07:43 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 15, 2025 07:32 AM (lIgBp)
I got Pooky a "[ 00 ] Days Since A Dad Joke" shirt. We were in Wal-Mart the other night, and I found another shirt for him. It's red and says "The Amazing Dad" with Spider-Man dangling from the words, which are even done in the old logo style. (Before I became arachnaphobic, Spider-Man was my favorite superhero. He stayed my favorite even after my daddy longlegs incident, which shows the power of a joke-cracking character.)
Posted by: pookysgirl, groggy froggy at June 15, 2025 07:44 AM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2025 07:44 AM (RIvkX)
It would seem to check:
"Newly unearthed video shows Vance Boelter, the subject of a massive FBI manhunt, dancing in a church service as his links to Africa were revealed.
The video, filmed in February 2023, shows Boelter, 57, delivering a passionate testimony about how he met Jesus at the age of 17.
'I met the Lord when I was 17 years old and I gave my life to Jesus Christ,' he says in the clip.
He goes on to describe naming his five children after Christian virtues, Grace, Faith, Hope, Joy, and David, in what he calls a testament to God's blessings on his life."
Posted by: one hour sober at June 15, 2025 07:45 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 07:47 AM (jvJvP)
A skier who makes it to the Olympics finds that it is all down hill from there.
Posted by: Ciampino - powder at June 15, 2025 07:47 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: pookysgirl, groggy froggy at June 15, 2025 07:44 AM (Wt5PA)
Did you get the Spider-Man t-shirt for him, too?
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:47 AM (CQE5S)
Glad to see you're still with us. Hope this round of the conflict is short.
Posted by: pookysgirl, watching Lil Pooky practice his DJ skills at June 15, 2025 07:48 AM (Wt5PA)
Bonchie retweeted
Andy Ngo
@MrAndyNgo
12h
Wow. Seattle Antifa had NO CLUE that inside the quiet DHS building was a whole team of officers who quickly smashed apart their blockade and shut down their hostage-taking attempt of all those inside the building. They're furious the ICE transport vans got out after this.
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:49 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:47 AM (CQE5S)
I grabbed it off the rack and said to him, "You are required to get this!"
So, yes. 😁
Posted by: pookysgirl, watching Lil Pooky practice his DJ skills at June 15, 2025 07:50 AM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:47 AM (CQE5S)
I grabbed it off the rack and said to him, "You are required to get this!"
So, yes. 😁
Posted by: pookysgirl, watching Lil Pooky practice his DJ skills at June 15, 2025 07:50 AM (Wt5PA)
hahahahaha
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:50 AM (CQE5S)
It would seem to check:
Posted by: one hour sober at June 15, 2025 07:45 AM
Oh, I'm thinking this could all be possible. I'm so cynical about anything the MSM says I really have to check myself sometimes.
Posted by: jsg at June 15, 2025 07:51 AM (iGK7y)
@MrAndyNgo
12h
Tukwila, Wash. — Hours after Antifa besieged the exterior of a DHS building near Seattle, federal officers responded & smashed apart their barrier. The militants can be seen throwing projectiles at officers, including what appears to be frozen bottles.
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"Throwing projectiles at officers" would seem, to me, to be an act you should see a lot of jailtime for.
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:51 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:51 AM (CQE5S)
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Welts. Lotsa welts.
And fractures.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 07:53 AM (n+rGF)
@MrAndyNgo
12h
Tukwila, Wash. — Hours after Antifa besieged the exterior of a DHS building near Seattle, federal officers responded & smashed apart their barrier. The militants can be seen throwing projectiles at officers, including what appears to be frozen bottles.
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"Throwing projectiles at officers" would seem, to me, to be an act you should see a lot of jailtime for.
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:51 AM (CQE5S)
Ah, "militants". Just like the Palestinians...
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 15, 2025 07:53 AM (PiwSw)
Magills
@magills_
12h
LOL every crowd shot of this military parade is so much younger and multiethnic than the No Kings protests.
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:55 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Ciampino - no nitro at June 15, 2025 07:55 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 15, 2025 07:56 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2025 07:56 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: jsg at June 15, 2025 07:56 AM (iGK7y)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 07:58 AM (n+rGF)
They should just let me shop there because I'm special.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 15, 2025 08:00 AM (lIgBp)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2025 08:00 AM (RIvkX)
https://tinyurl.com/ms6sda2u
Posted by: jsg at June 15, 2025 07:56 AM (iGK7y)
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"Arius previously worked with kids as a teacher’s assistant at a school until a domestic violence incident last year with Montrell’s mother, his dad said."
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 08:01 AM (n+rGF)
They should just let me shop there because I'm special.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 15, 2025 08:00 AM (lIgBp)
wut
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:01 AM (CQE5S)
I wondered how Rev got those bruises.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at June 15, 2025 08:01 AM (SfhV1)
Just like the J6ers, right?
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 15, 2025 08:02 AM (x2CMu)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 08:02 AM (Splbu)
Bonchie
@bonchieredstate
12h
I’d caution people from thinking the Iranian regime is on the brink of collapse.
There can be no regime change without a large popular uprising. And there are no signs of that yet.
The regime flying off for a vacation isn’t going to be enough.
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:03 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 08:03 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: torabora at June 15, 2025 08:03 AM (ASZ5T)
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 15, 2025 08:05 AM (x2CMu)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 08:05 AM (+qU29)
>>She is a dumb NY Democrat Machine Politician.
Since NY doesn’t term limit their governors, she’ll be there as long as the machine wants here there.
Pretty sad.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 08:05 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: pookysgirl, on Dvorak's 9th again at June 15, 2025 08:05 AM (Wt5PA)
It would seem to check:
"Newly unearthed video shows Vance Boelter, the subject of a massive FBI manhunt, dancing in a church service as his links to Africa were revealed.
The video, filmed in February 2023, shows Boelter, 57, delivering a passionate testimony about how he met Jesus at the age of 17.
'I met the Lord when I was 17 years old and I gave my life to Jesus Christ,' he says in the clip.
He goes on to describe naming his five children after Christian virtues, Grace, Faith, Hope, Joy, and David, in what he calls a testament to God's blessings on his life."
Posted by: one hour sober at June 15, 2025 07:45 AM (Y1sOo)
From what you've presented, I don't see at all how "it would seem to check".
Now, if he were shown participating in a bunch of protests and abortion centers or something like that then, yeah, you might have something.
This appears to be more of the leftard's obsession with presenting all Christians as dangerous, radical terrorists. A patently stupid conclusion.
From what, I've seen the killing appears to be a punishment on a Democrat pol for voting with Republicans.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 15, 2025 08:06 AM (iJfKG)
It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at June 15, 2025 08:06 AM (lIgBp)
Posted by: The Book of Ecclesiastes at June 15, 2025 08:08 AM (lIgBp)
LB retweeted
Ajit Pai
@AjitPai
15 Jun 2020
Happy #FlagDay!
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:09 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: torabora at June 15, 2025 08:03 AM (ASZ5T)
There's a lesson to be learned, but when CA is the teacher, it's all the wrong shit.
Posted by: jsg at June 15, 2025 08:10 AM (iGK7y)
Posted by: And don't say Matt Damon at June 15, 2025 08:11 AM (lIgBp)
Who will play his role in the upcoming movie?
Posted by: And don't say Matt Damon at June 15, 2025 08:11 AM (lIgBp)
Oh Yoo Hoo!
Posted by: Pedro Pascal at June 15, 2025 08:12 AM (PiwSw)
Magills
@magills_
12h
LOL every crowd shot of this military parade is so much younger and multiethnic than the No Kings protests.
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 07:55 AM (CQE5S)
Another thing I noticed was that almost all of the soldiers in the armored vehicles were smiling and waving at the spectators. One of the Fox reporterettes mentioned that she was surprised by how big the armored vehicles were and it was "like watching dinosaurs marching by."
The troops marching in formation, not so much (they don't have that freedom of movement while in formation). They all had an expression that showed they were thinking, "If I fckv this up, Top is going fckv me up."
Weather cooperated for the parade, so that was a nice bonus. Air Force wimped out, but the Army paratroopers, and helicopters made their appearances. The fly-by of the pair of P-51 Mustang fighters and the B-25 Mitchell bomber was a nice nod to the Army Air Corp of WWII.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 15, 2025 08:12 AM (pJWtt)
What seems to check is that he's highly religious so him being anti-abortion would be likely.
I never stated that his anti-abortion stance was his motivation for the killings. That's a jump you made.
Posted by: one hour sober at June 15, 2025 08:14 AM (Y1sOo)
LB retweeted
Michael Schwartz
@MSchwartzTV
22h
INCREDIBLE moment here in DC.
98-year-old WWII 11th Airborne Division Paratrooper Veteran Warren Richard, of Grand Island, NY, meets the current 11th Airborne.
They’re based in AK. We randomly met a lieutenant jogging yesterday, who told his Major General. They came to our hotel this morning before the parade just to meet Warren.
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:15 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Hunter Biden at June 15, 2025 08:16 AM (iGK7y)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 15, 2025 08:06 AM (iJfKG)
That's my suspicion as well. Especially since I heard a report that the shooter's car had some "No Kings" pamphlets inside.
We'll know soon enough. If the killings drop-off the reportage from the Lefty media, we'll know it was a Blue-on-Blue incident.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 15, 2025 08:16 AM (pJWtt)
From "Washington Examiner"
https://tinyurl.com/3bdnr564
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 08:17 AM (e/Uqq)
LB
@beyondreasdoubt
Jun 13
I regret to inform you the Nationals put out a cute video
Washington Nationals
@Nationals
Jun 13
“i asked ChatGPT” “i asked grok” WE ASKED BILL NYE T H E SCIENCE GUY
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:19 AM (CQE5S)
The viewer discretion advised warning on the parade is unreal...
Posted by: Ciampino - more nitro at June 15, 2025 08:19 AM (sPQoU)
That was very thoughtful of you, Skip, and I'm sure they appreciated it
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2025 08:21 AM (e/Uqq)
More Democrat MN Murderer weirdness:
https://instapundit.com/726205/#disqus_thread
A family affair???
Posted by: naturalfake at June 15, 2025 08:22 AM (iJfKG)
Not sure why, but I found it a little disconcerting to see a comley female in uniform riding atop a big honkin' Army tank.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 15, 2025 08:22 AM (lIgBp)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 15, 2025 08:22 AM (lIgBp)
How about a big, strapping, USDA Grade A hunk of American Democrat Male?
Posted by: Michael Dukakis at June 15, 2025 08:24 AM (PiwSw)
The spin , counterspin, op counterop about the Minnesota killer is in full swing. The killer appears to have been dug in like an Alabama tick with government programs and funding until recently, and there is a lot of con man indication. Now allegedly the Minnesota cops won't release his manifesto, which I suppose is smart pending his capture. Will this be another Vegas shooter situation? Hope not
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 15, 2025 08:25 AM (akw+7)
Posted by: Michael Dukakis
Is this about me?
Posted by: Tim Mr Testosterone Walz at June 15, 2025 08:26 AM (lIgBp)
Posted by: Michael Dukakis
Is this about me?
Posted by: Tim Mr Testosterone Walz at June 15, 2025 08:26 AM (lIgBp)
That's funny you think this is about you, limpdick.
Posted by: Michelle Obama at June 15, 2025 08:29 AM (iGK7y)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 15, 2025 08:29 AM (akw+7)
@allenanalysis
19h
NOW: In the heart of Washington, D.C., attendees at Trump’s military parade are posing proudly with weapons and tanks — as if democracy isn’t already under siege.
(2½ min. clip)
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:29 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: pawn, one of many at June 15, 2025 08:29 AM (QB+5g)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 15, 2025 08:31 AM (lIgBp)
@allenanalysis
19h
NOW: In the heart of Washington, D.C., attendees at Trump’s military parade are posing proudly with weapons and tanks — as if democracy isn’t already under siege.
(2½ min. clip)
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:29 AM (CQE5S)
Some of the comments are insane.
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:32 AM (CQE5S)
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I seem to recall that several, perhaps many other acts of violence perpetrated by Democrats always seem to end up as a "ball of yarn" sort of deal with several others involved. Many times those being family and/or co-workers.
But it's always sanctioned violence.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 15, 2025 08:32 AM (Q4IgG)
But Bluesky is "nice", while Twitter / X is "icky", according to whiny and delicate flowers with whom I have had recent contact.
"Free speech, but only if it is proctored by the 'right' people" is their mantra.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 15, 2025 08:33 AM (Tv15w)
@allenanalysis
19h
NOW: In the heart of Washington, D.C., attendees at Trump’s military parade are posing proudly with weapons and tanks — as if democracy isn’t already under siege.
(2½ min. clip)
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:29 AM (CQE5S)
Some of the comments are insane.
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:32 AM (CQE5S)
A link would be nice.
Posted by: KwaK! at June 15, 2025 08:34 AM (89Sog)
**
A microcosm of the democrat party future. Hopelessness and tyranny personified.
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 15, 2025 08:34 AM (x2CMu)
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:35 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 15, 2025 08:35 AM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 15, 2025 08:36 AM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2025 08:36 AM (RIvkX)
inflamed commie rectum, he's been dead to me for at least a decade now
*spit*
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 15, 2025 08:36 AM (/Ghsb)
https://youtu.be/zdOTV2RH9IY?si=-hWN5YRaxGMKVtcR
Jump to 40 sec if you want to get to show. Guinnes world record 4th of July drone show.
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 15, 2025 08:38 AM (BwZyW)
That's funny you think this is about you, limpdick.
Posted by: Michelle Obama
You should have posted as "Big Mike Obama".
Say, have you heard BM opine lately that their life in a never ending trail of oppression? Well, if you've heard BM lately, that's all you heard.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 15, 2025 08:38 AM (Tv15w)
https://nitter.net/magills_
who is a great source for these sorts of things!
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:39 AM (CQE5S)
El Rushbo used to refer to him as The Loser.
I miss Rush.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 15, 2025 08:39 AM (lIgBp)
Posted by: Michael Dukakis at June 15, 2025 08:24 AM (PiwSw)
Ha!
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:40 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: pookysgirl, on Dvorak's 9th again at June 15, 2025 08:05 AM (Wt5PA
I agree. He has a million dollar home, but living w a roommate who works at Papa John’s? The roommate home was apparently his current place of residence, so, did he lose funding and his marriage at the same time? The Senator that was shot did not vote w R’s on the illegal health care, but Boelter did work w Senator on the Work Force board. Always possible it was personal.
Posted by: EveR at June 15, 2025 08:42 AM (rdF17)
There was a middle-aged lady, kinda looked Hispanic, carrying a large picture of Lady of Guadeloupe and that was the most 'diverse' pan shot I saw.
Posted by: mustbequantum at June 15, 2025 08:43 AM (RqH5H)
Also just noted he went after a guy named Hoffman & a woman named Hortmann
Coincidentally alphabetical hit list?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 15, 2025 07:37 AM (Splbu)
Dude wrote a manifesto. Serious mental illness and likely mental break can't be ruled out, either. He could believe all sorts of contradictory things b/c nothing makes sense to rational people but it all works in his mind...
Posted by: Nova Local at June 15, 2025 08:43 AM (tOcjL)
How Timpon, with his perpetual deer in the headlights look, has been able to wander about freely for so long without having been run over by a vehicle is a complete mystery to me.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 15, 2025 08:43 AM (Tv15w)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 15, 2025 08:45 AM (kpS4V)
That is a direct company, I don't sell it. just fyi
Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 15, 2025 08:45 AM (Eo96p)
Posted by: Nova Local at June 15, 2025 08:45 AM (tOcjL)
Another funny thing is there was not a single pre-printed sign -- that must really sting when commenters point out how organized everything is at these affairs.
They squandered their "protests" allowance on strategically placed pallets of bricks.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 15, 2025 08:45 AM (Tv15w)
inflamed commie rectum, he's been dead to me for at least a decade now
*spit*
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 15, 2025 08:36 AM (/Ghsb)
The first book of his "Old Man's War" was pretty great.
The second was okay.
The third was "Old Man's War's Old Man's Girl Boss Daughter Kicks Ass!!!!"
So, between declining quality and rising political spewage, I was done.
Same with Charles Stross. Always been a progtard but not an annoyance till he decided that THE MESSAGE was more important than his story.
Look, a-holes tell me a good story and make me laugh and you've got a reader, is that so hard?
Posted by: naturalfake at June 15, 2025 08:46 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 08:46 AM (e15Ap)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at June 15, 2025 08:48 AM (6xrUr)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 15, 2025 08:49 AM (Eo96p)
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 15, 2025 08:51 AM (x2CMu)
The choicest New Hampshire primary moment is to have been present when Edmund Muskie cried in the falling snow in February1972.
https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/
2008/01/17/72-front-runners-tears-hurt
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 15, 2025 08:51 AM (Tv15w)
This decapitation campaign by Israel is amazing.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 08:52 AM (e15Ap)
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 15, 2025 08:52 AM (Aqu9a)
Say, have you heard BM opine lately that their life in a never ending trail of oppression? Well, if you've heard BM lately, that's all you heard.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 15, 2025 08:38 AM (Tv15w)
My bad. That would've been better. Having less Obama news in your life is a good thing. So no, I did not know nor care what has come out of their squeakholes.
Posted by: jsg at June 15, 2025 08:53 AM (iGK7y)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 08:54 AM (e15Ap)
Posted by: jsg at June 15, 2025 08:55 AM (iGK7y)
Naw, he's hiding under a bed or inside a closet getting ready to off another victim on his list. He's driven. The driven don't kill himselves. Ever!
Posted by: KwaK! at June 15, 2025 08:57 AM (89Sog)
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 15, 2025 08:58 AM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 08:54 AM (e15Ap)
I don't know.
The Left is very well-funded and organized right now.
It wouldn't surprise me if "they" didn't want to waste an asset who's willing to kill for purely political reasons.
And he got carted out of state for another round elsewhere.
Oooorrrrrr, I may have watched "The Parallax View" too many times.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 15, 2025 08:58 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: m at June 15, 2025 08:58 AM (CQE5S)
BOOK NOOD
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Posted by: Eromero at June 15, 2025 09:01 AM (LHPAg)
English title is “Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun,” about a high school girl who finds out her crush is working as a mangaka writing a shoujo (girls’
romance manga and while trying to express her affection for him accidentally volunteers to be his assistant, and wacky hiking ensue. Hilarious show. English dub is good.Posted by: Caiwyn at June 15, 2025 09:03 AM (llS7k)
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 15, 2025 08:51 AM (x2CMu)
Especially in a helmet.
I wanted to link a few but haven't slept.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 09:47 AM (jvJvP)
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I'm horrible at it, but if you'd do me the honor I'd be willing to give it a shot.
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What a day. Demoncrats killing each other and the wonderful celebration of the Army's 250th Anniversary.
Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 10:02 PM (3ek7K)
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Booze
Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 10:04 PM (3ek7K)
I am on top of an Old Soviet ZSU-23-4 Shilka shooting at IDG F-16s singing old Country Joe and Fish Songs.
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I call it greatness!
Good evening, Club patrons!
Posted by: Doof at June 14, 2025 10:06 PM (RFPHU)
I've always said if you see me dancing that means I"m shitfaced and it's time to go home, well, way past time, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 10:06 PM (3ek7K)
I bought some Montana bourbon on my last trip there in May. It's very tasty, though I normally lean towards Kentucky bottles.
Also, surprisingly, Jim Beam Straight Rye is good.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 14, 2025 10:07 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 14, 2025 10:07 PM (xcxpd)
Is that allowed during pride month?
Posted by: Doof at June 14, 2025 10:08 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 10:09 PM (+qU29)
If you want a variety with a bit of spice, I recommend the "1776" brand from the James Pepper distillery in Lexington. Heavy on the rye, which gives it an added kick.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 10:09 PM (jGGMD)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 14, 2025 10:10 PM (kOluj)
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 10:10 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at June 14, 2025 10:11 PM (elaR+)
Posted by: mindful webworker - check POW at June 14, 2025 10:11 PM (Z5w4n)
If you want a variety with a bit of spice, I recommend the "1776" brand from the James Pepper distillery in Lexington. Heavy on the rye, which gives it an added kick.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 10:09 PM (jGGMD)
There was a bottle of such at the PNW MoMe. It was good.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 14, 2025 10:11 PM (xcxpd)
It just may be the most ridiculous show I have ever seen, but I can't stop watching it.
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:12 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 14, 2025 10:07 PM (xcxpd)
Is that allowed during pride month?
Posted by: Doof at June 14, 2025 10:08 PM (RFPHU)
ISWYDT
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 14, 2025 10:12 PM (xcxpd)
Good evening, Club patrons!
Posted by: Doof at June 14, 2025 10:06 PM (RFPHU)
So, you don't just pour it down the drain?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 10:12 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 14, 2025 10:14 PM (MZ+PY)
Posted by: RickZ at June 14, 2025 10:14 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 14, 2025 10:14 PM (kOluj)
If you want a variety with a bit of spice, I recommend the "1776" brand from the James Pepper distillery in Lexington. Heavy on the rye, which gives it an added kick.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 10:09 PM (jGGMD)
Four Roses makes outstanding bourbon. Their standard "yellow label" is only 80 proof, so not enough burn for me. But their single barrel and small batch select varieties are staples at Casa de Disco.
Pepper is an interesting distillery. I'm a fan of their barrel strength rye.
Posted by: Doof at June 14, 2025 10:15 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 10:04 PM (0eaVi)
It's still bourbon but it starts getting expensive, as bourbon does evaporate over time and you get less and less out of the barrel.
I also find old bourbons to be a little bitter. Eagle Rare is a 10 year that is very smooth, however.
The sweet spot for me is 4-8 years.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 14, 2025 10:15 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 10:00 PM (f6qDm)
You can dance all by yourself, just discover you have a spider in your hair.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 10:15 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: F Asbury Park at June 14, 2025 10:15 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 10:15 PM (rdVOm)
It just may be the most ridiculous show I have ever seen, but I can't stop watching it.
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:12 PM (AOsQT)
I have been watching "The Conners" for the last few months.
Horribly woke. But I have bèen going through most of that.
Surprisingly....
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 10:15 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 10:15 PM (e15Ap)
Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 10:15 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: huerfano at June 14, 2025 10:15 PM (n2swS)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 10:15 PM (e15Ap)
Wow. Never bought a Weller, I'd love to get into it.
Blanton's is my biggest expense, there's one liquor store near me that gets in a bottle or two each month.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 14, 2025 10:17 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 14, 2025 10:14 PM (kOluj)
I'm going old Maiden for ya! Very old.
https://youtu.be/2uvI7EFioe0
Posted by: Doof at June 14, 2025 10:18 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 10:18 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Case at June 14, 2025 10:18 PM (k7qYZ)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 10:19 PM (fab8c)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 10:19 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: UGAdawg at June 14, 2025 10:19 PM (faLVK)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 10:19 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 10:19 PM (QnmlO)
"Born to Run is the third studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released on August 25, 1975, by Columbia Records. Co-produced by Springsteen with his manager Mike Appel and the producer Jon Landau, its recording took place in New York. Following the commercial failures of his first two albums, the album marked Springsteen's effort to break into the mainstream and create a commercially successful album."
You have to admit, having people hating on your music after 50 years is kind of impressive.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 14, 2025 10:19 PM (UJD2L)
Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 10:20 PM (77rzZ)
Funny thing, though, is that *everything* sounds garbled like that when you're hearing is fcuked up.
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 10:20 PM (rdVOm)
Big Horn, Devil's Brigade and Penelope.
Also, Paul Masson Brandy that isn't peach, pineapple or red berry. Which is all I can find here. The straight up Masson is excellent.
Worth the drive since I also got some excellent cigars there.
Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at June 14, 2025 10:20 PM (1usj4)
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 10:21 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 10:19 PM (63Dwl)
In theory, a few months. But two years is the usual lead time. That's what they did with the Woodinville bourbon brand out here.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 14, 2025 10:21 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Case at June 14, 2025 10:18 PM (k7qYZ)
Well the protesters are Democrats. What other look do they have but stupid?
Posted by: RickZ at June 14, 2025 10:21 PM (gKDq2)
It just may be the most ridiculous show I have ever seen, but I can't stop watching it.
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:12 PM (AOsQT)
It held my interest for a while, but the last two or three seasons are just....I'm not sure there's a word for it.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 10:21 PM (jGGMD)
Posted by: King Louis Philippe at June 14, 2025 10:22 PM (QnmlO)
I visited that distillery last time I was in Lexington and quite enjoyed it. Another lesser known brand is New Riff, which is quite good.
Posted by: UGAdawg at June 14, 2025 10:22 PM (faLVK)
Posted by: Open Blogger
* pours 2 fingers of Willet *
Cheers!
Yay, International Bath Day ONT!
Posted by: Blanco Basura
Hm.....
* checks the bar again *
Nope, no cute Japanese girl to bathe with.
One out of two ain't bad.
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 10:23 PM (DgGvY)
https://shorturl.at/8SfO2
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 10:23 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 10:23 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 14, 2025 10:24 PM (kOluj)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Legally or illegally?
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 10:24 PM (fab8c)
Posted by: Case at June 14, 2025 10:18 PM (k7qYZ)
Well the protesters are Democrats. What other look do they have but stupid?
Posted by: RickZ at June 14, 2025 10:21 PM (gKDq2)
Fury and destruction.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 14, 2025 10:24 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 10:19 PM (63Dwl)
Depends if you want it to be good. Anything worth buying should be aged for "several" years. There are some decent ones that are only aged 3-5 years. I'd say 8-12 years is the time for a solid bourbon. More than that for really good ones.
Posted by: Doof at June 14, 2025 10:24 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at June 14, 2025 10:01 PM (hftn9)
_________
Orleans!!!
Posted by: King Louis Philippe at June 14, 2025 10:22 PM (QnmlO)
*golf clap*
Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 10:24 PM (jGGMD)
https://youtu.be/7RWchZF9YqA?si=ajWJ17H6HuYVAUYZ
And the extended version
https://youtu.be/Lud3bgEJeTg?si=894HNxLGdZOCScvJ
Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 14, 2025 10:25 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 10:25 PM (i0F8b)
Oh well.
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 10:26 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: UGAdawg at June 14, 2025 10:22 PM (faLVK)
Fistbump on New Riff. But don't tell too many people about it!!
Posted by: Doof at June 14, 2025 10:26 PM (RFPHU)
Has Trump fled to Russia yet? I was told that Americans would rise up against him after today's rallies.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 10:27 PM (QnmlO)
Of course, I may have while I enjoyed the Pet Thread too.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 14, 2025 10:27 PM (rvwwT)
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 10:25 PM (i0F8b)
I'll share this again:
https://is.gd/EIyBNb
@HarmeetKDhillon
Hey everyone:
"No Kings" day is July 4.
Pass it on!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 10:27 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
If you miss one of the rules, you ask your marketing department.
There's a Canadian one (missing the "in the USA" rule) that calls it "bourbon-style" whiskey.
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 10:27 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: RickZ
Smug, unhygienic, sexually frustrated . . .
Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 10:28 PM (gKWVE)
https://tinyurl.com/4y2d4upx
Anyone here at that game?
Posted by: Ciampino - deport to El Salvador? at June 14, 2025 10:28 PM (sPQoU)
Of course, I may have while I enjoyed the Pet Thread too.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 14, 2025 10:27 PM
***
Ahem.
Posted by: Hobby Thread at June 14, 2025 10:28 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 10:19 PM (63Dwl)
Depends on what scale you're operating. If you're producing on the same level as Jim Beam, it'll take a few years before your bourbon can be considered good to sell.
But if you're just selling a few gallons here and there at first, it shouldn't take more than a few weeks or months. It's all about how much oak you have available for your product to come into contact with; a small batch in a small barrel will actually age quite rapidly. One company (Oak and Eden) actually sells oak sticks you can toss into a jar of white liquor, leave out for 3-7 days, and supposedly end up with a nicely-aged product.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 10:29 PM (jGGMD)
This stuff is so good it doesn't burn at all. And, as a result, will cause your clothes to fall off because you are WAY over the line before your taste buds tell you to stop.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 14, 2025 10:30 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 14, 2025 10:30 PM (FPGXM)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
It's like Kobe beef. Real Kobe beef has to be from Japan. That's the rule. If it's raised here in the US, it's called American Kobe.
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 10:30 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 10:30 PM (XjTSo)
It seems alcohol consumption is down bog time now that weed is becoming more available legally.
I know the younger generations think weed is harmless, especially when compared to alcohol.
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at June 14, 2025 10:31 PM (elaR+)
Posted by: Doof at June 14, 2025 10:31 PM (RFPHU)
It was too slow.
Too many soldiers marching. Many out for a Saturday walk and a bunch out of step. Drives me crazy. Exceptions were the Cadets in the various military schools.
Saw some vehicles and weapons I'm not familiar with.
Must have been a Motor Sgt's nightmare.
The swearing in got to me.
All and all not too bad.
Night all.
Posted by: Javems at June 14, 2025 10:31 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 10:31 PM (uef1E)
This stuff is so good it doesn't burn at all. And, as a result, will cause your clothes to fall off because you are WAY over the line before your taste buds tell you to stop.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 14, 2025 10:30 PM
***
Tell me you live in Tennessee without telling me you live in Tennessee.
Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 10:31 PM (cCn4/)
Of course, I may have while I enjoyed the Pet Thread too.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
Just saw an ad for 10 yr Bulliet on Facebook.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 10:32 PM (fab8c)
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 10:25 PM (i0F8b)
As a Twitterer more clever than myself said, they don't want No Kings, they simply want Different Kings.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 10:32 PM (jGGMD)
1 middle age lady with a no kings sign. Total count.
My daughter and I laughed for a few miles.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 14, 2025 10:32 PM (rvwwT)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 10:32 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 14, 2025 10:33 PM (026f8)
!!!America!!!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 14, 2025 10:30 PM (FPGXM)
Howdy COMM!
Posted by: Doof at June 14, 2025 10:33 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: GWB at June 14, 2025 10:33 PM (KoK5d)
Meanwhile out in LA they are celebrating Hatred for America.
Posted by: Mike Hunt at June 14, 2025 10:34 PM (8Vw5E)
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at June 14, 2025 10:34 PM (hftn9)
The troops were not out of step. There are different steps for marching.
Today they were in Route Step.
Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 10:34 PM (3ek7K)
The red item on the emblem is a Phrygian Cap. Associated with liberty from ancient times.
>>The Phrygian cap, also known as Thracian cap and liberty cap, is a soft conical cap with the apex bent over, associated in antiquity with several peoples in Eastern Europe, Anatolia, and Asia. The Phrygian cap was worn by Thracians, Dacians, Persians, Medes, Scythians, Trojans, and Phrygians after whom it is named.The oldest known depiction of the Phrygian cap is from Persepolis in Iran.
Although Phrygian caps did not originally function as liberty caps, they came to signify freedom and the pursuit of liberty first in the American Revolution and then in the French Revolution, particularly as a symbol of Jacobinism (in which context it has been also called a Jacobin cap). The original cap of liberty was the Roman pileus, the felt cap of emancipated slaves of ancient Rome, which was an attribute of Libertas, the Roman goddess of liberty. In the 16th century, the Roman iconography of liberty was revived in emblem books and numismatic handbooks where the figure of Libertas is usually depicted with a pileus (hat in Greek).
Now you know!
Posted by: Gref at June 14, 2025 10:34 PM (aBgBM)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 14, 2025 10:34 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Some Rat at June 14, 2025 10:35 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 14, 2025 10:35 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 10:25 PM (i0F8b)
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Their astroturf efforts to subvert Flag Day and the Army's birthday have already failed. Most events failed to even happen, those that did consisted of wet hippies waving soggy signs and the rest of the country completely ignored it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:36 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie
Son bought a freeze dryer....holy shit! Those things are magical!
Posted by: Some Rat at June 14, 2025 10:36 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 14, 2025 10:36 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 10:37 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:37 PM (AOsQT)
A guy can write his name with snow peas, but a chick peas sitting down.
Posted by: Ciampino - do not call the Spelling Naziz at June 14, 2025 10:37 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 10:38 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Some Rat
Wish I had $3500 to spend. I've drooled over them for years.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 10:38 PM (fab8c)
The troops were not out of step. There are different steps for marching.
Today they were in Route Step.
Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 10:34 PM (3ek7K)
Follow-up question for you military morons - is this an 'out of sync on purpose so we don't wreck the bridge via resonance' step?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 10:38 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Otto Zilch at June 14, 2025 10:38 PM (Ws2ua)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 10:39 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 10:39 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 14, 2025 10:40 PM (UJD2L)
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 10:25 PM (i0F8b)
I thank the Lord we will not have FJB's or Knee Pads' minions in charge of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the USA next year. The Leftists will do their best to ruin every celebration. At least they will not have the entire power of FedGov helping them.
Posted by: Gref at June 14, 2025 10:40 PM (aBgBM)
Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 10:37 PM (77rzZ)
It's hilarious how these losers keep trying whatever they can, thinking they can still fool normies into believing they're on our side.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 10:40 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 10:40 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Tom Servo
I couldn't drink that. I had to have my dog put to sleep last summer, and drinking Old Weller would make me sad.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 14, 2025 10:40 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 14, 2025 10:40 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at June 14, 2025 10:41 PM (hftn9)
Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 10:39 PM (77rzZ)
(Barack Obama voice) Was the Vienna overpass banner written in Austrian?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 10:41 PM (uef1E)
Posted by: Jen the original at June 14, 2025 10:41 PM (uFhcf)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 14, 2025 10:41 PM (Ux3xW)
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:37 PM (AOsQT)
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A clue to the sport would be helpful. Panthers don't play today.
Posted by: Ciampino - Do not something at June 14, 2025 10:41 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:42 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 14, 2025 10:42 PM (rvwwT)
Posted by: Case
Anyone get hit by lightning? I mean, you can hope.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 14, 2025 10:42 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:42 PM (6dYPy)
Posted by: Musical Snob at June 14, 2025 10:42 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Ciampino
I knew the now Mrs. TP was 'The One' when, early in our courtship, T. asked me to pull over as she had to pee RIGHT NOW!. I said something along the line of Babe, there's nothing out here but corn fields - can you wait 15 minutes until the next town?
Nope! I stopped, she hopped out and beat feet into the corn to get 'er done.
My kind of girl.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 14, 2025 10:42 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 10:42 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Kindltot
If you let it sit out, would it turn to wine. When I was in 4H, we had a Halloween party where the cider had turned. No one told our 4H leader.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 14, 2025 10:44 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: InZona at June 14, 2025 10:44 PM (qz1Fg)
Posted by: scampydog at June 14, 2025 10:44 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Nazdar at June 14, 2025 10:44 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 14, 2025 10:45 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: Jen the original at June 14, 2025 10:41 PM (uFhcf)
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That's like 1/4 of Hash Bash. Rookie numbers.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:45 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 10:46 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Lirio100 at June 14, 2025 10:46 PM (zS4/f)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:42 PM (6dYPy)
I saw some tall and beefy Rangers and soldiers in other units struggling to do constant 30-inch paces. I think they and all the marching troops did pretty good today.
Posted by: Gref at June 14, 2025 10:46 PM (aBgBM)
Where these F**kers when Auto-Pen was POTUS
and ordered the everybody to get that COVID Shot or be fired. Making you wear a Kotex on your face and Gays in the Military with different physical standards.
These people can rot in Hades...........
Posted by: Mike Hunt at June 14, 2025 10:46 PM (8Vw5E)
Posted by: scampydog at June 14, 2025 10:47 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Some Rat at June 14, 2025 10:48 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 10:48 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 14, 2025 10:48 PM (XMwZJ)
Happy Father's Day tomorrow.
Happy, it's Back to me being the Monday Critic the day After That .....
Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Saturdayday . . . at June 14, 2025 10:48 PM (cfyxU)
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 14, 2025 10:45 PM (Aqu9a)
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They had a lot of parade units involved - divisional bands and some historic ensembles.
A lot of folks are ignorant that there are a lot of military bands and they live for moments like this.
I liked the way the celebrated the various Army divisions. This was no Soviet parade, it was about American military traditions and it was very well done.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:48 PM (ZOv7s)
I saw some tall and beefy Rangers and soldiers in other units struggling to do constant 30-inch paces. I think they and all the marching troops did pretty good today.
Posted by: Gref
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Next parade they're going to be crisp.
There's going to be marching lessons the next week or two.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:49 PM (6dYPy)
Posted by: Ciampino -
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sure
it's hockey
FLA Panthers 5, Oilers 2
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:50 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 10:50 PM (jGGMD)
Just got home from the Jefferson Starship / 38 Special / Kansas concert. Not bad, not as good as any of them were in the early 80s, but still not bad. The crowd was well behaved, Smash said it was because no one wanted to throw out their back or break a hip.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 14, 2025 10:50 PM (MsrgL)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 14, 2025 10:44 PM (0Htd1)
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My grandmother stored some apple cider in the garage because it was a cool fall. But then we had some warm days, and when we brought it in, it was kind of fizzy and tasted different. I was restricted on how much I could drink.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:50 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Some Rat
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Evening. Counting down the days to Corsicana!
Posted by: scampydog at June 14, 2025 10:50 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 10:51 PM (uef1E)
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:51 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 10:51 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Ciampino - Do not do something at June 14, 2025 10:51 PM (sPQoU)
There's going to be marching lessons the next week or two.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:49 PM (6dYPy)
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This was a test run for next July 4th.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:52 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 10:52 PM (77rzZ)
Either the CIA whisked the assassin away or he has killed himself.
Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 10:52 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 10:52 PM (+qU29)
https://youtu.be/OqPl4QrczTk
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 14, 2025 10:52 PM (UJD2L)
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 10:53 PM (XjTSo)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 10:53 PM (VofaG)
Everyone does parades and only spoil sports don't like them.
And some of those Asian women in skirts are hot.
And they could give what I saw today some lessons.
Guarantee, Hegseth didn't like what he saw.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:53 PM (6dYPy)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 10:54 PM (+qU29)
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Posted by: Ciampino - deport to El Salvador? at June 14, 2025 10:28 PM (sPQoU)
So, the people running MLB are as dumb as the people in the movie industry. This country is split between liberals and conservatives. Insulting half your potential ticket buyers isn't a good business plan.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 14, 2025 10:54 PM (0Htd1)
Where these F**kers when Auto-Pen was POTUS
and ordered the everybody to get that COVID Shot or be fired. Making you wear a Kotex on your face and Gays in the Military with different physical standards.
These people can rot in Hades...........
Posted by: Mike Hunt at June 14, 2025 10:46 PM (8Vw5E)
I had the thought earlier today of going up to those yahoos and asking them what's wrong with monarchy? If it was good enough for Alexander Hamilton, why isn't it good enough for you? Are you really saying you'd rather have Hitler than George VI? And just anything else to get that "deer in the headlights" look from them.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 10:54 PM (jGGMD)
Braenyard,
There are different marching steps they use. Today was a Route Step Day. Bands have a certain marching step they use.
Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 10:55 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:53 PM (6dYPy)
Results of four years of diversity training taking precedence over military skills.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 10:55 PM (uef1E)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:48 PM (ZOv7s)
I wasn't able to watch to the end but it seemed the parade included troops from all active divisions. Terrific.
Posted by: Gref at June 14, 2025 10:55 PM (aBgBM)
https://youtu.be/OqPl4QrczTk
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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The cadence in Sand Pebbles when McQueen was going to 'get some', was striking.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:55 PM (6dYPy)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 10:51 PM (+qU29)
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In a crowd scene, it is very easy to start anticipating the step and fall out of phase. This was a great learning experience for next year.
Hegseth has been emphasizing core competencies, such as PT but also D&C and customs and courtesies. It will take time.
But the troops looked pretty stoked. Parades are great (said the high school/college marching band guy).
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:56 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at June 14, 2025 10:57 PM (gf7Ez)
My daughter and I laughed for a few miles.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
Yell out the window, "Hey! Where is everyone?"
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 14, 2025 10:57 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 10:57 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: four seasons
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It was disappointing, not crisp, no matter what step it should be precise. Call me on it next parade if I'm wrong.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:58 PM (6dYPy)
Posted by: Some Rat at June 14, 2025 10:58 PM (TfUTr)
The red item on the emblem is a Phrygian Cap. Associated with liberty from ancient times.
>>The Phrygian cap, also known as Thracian cap and liberty cap, is a soft conical cap with the apex bent over, associated in antiquity with several peoples in Eastern Europe, Anatolia, and Asia.
......
Now you know!
Posted by: Gref at June 14,
Oh sure, use historical facts and stuff. I still say Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh had a hand in the patch design.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 14, 2025 10:59 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 10:59 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 10:59 PM (cnfpB)
Thank you to the ‘Ron’s who will dance with me. I don’t really care if you step on my feet.
It’s funny. I was at the local watering hole watching game 5 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and there was a commercial, I flipped on the HQ, that song was on the overhead, so…..
I wanna dance with somebody! It’s a great song, actually.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 10:59 PM (1WD7A)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 11:00 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 11:00 PM (RIvkX)
Musk just tweeted “the beams are on.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 11:00 PM (e15Ap)
Posted by: Bulg
They're still mad that they got spanked in November.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 14, 2025 11:01 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Gref
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7th Cavalry was on horseback.
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 11:01 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:53 PM (6dYPy)
Results of four years of diversity training taking precedence over military skills.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 10:55 PM (uef1E)
And they had to switch back to boots from high heels. Takes some time and practice to adapt.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 14, 2025 11:01 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 11:01 PM (XjTSo)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:01 PM (cnfpB)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 11:01 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 10:55 PM (uef1E)
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Yes. If I can't trust you to turn right on command, how can I trust you not to shoot me by accident? How can I trust you to accurately call fire support when you can't stay in step?
This was a wakeup call, but it was fun. I don't get the the parade hate. Everyone loves parades. Every high school and college in the country has a homecoming parade.
Why not integrate the military into this? People love tanks. They love climbing over them and into them. You want future soldiers? Let them climb on your tank.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:01 PM (ZOv7s)
https://tinyurl.com/ye4mscau
Posted by: Ciampino - Do not FAFO with horses at June 14, 2025 11:02 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Rough crowd. They don't usually start drinking Jack until 3rd grade.
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 11:03 PM (DgGvY)
Musk just tweeted “the beams are on.”
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Didn't want to be the one to bring it up first but
THERE'S ONE HELL OF A WAR GOING ON.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:03 PM (6dYPy)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:53 PM (6dYPy)
Results of four years of diversity training taking precedence over military skills.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 10:55 PM (uef1E)
And they had to switch back to boots from high heels. Takes some time and practice to adapt.
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I suppose there will be some remedial drill practice time mandated from his office?
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 11:03 PM (XjTSo)
Hello everyone.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 14, 2025 11:04 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:01 PM (cnfpB)
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East Coast represent!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:04 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:04 PM (cnfpB)
>>I think the calendar is running slow this year.
Be patient. It's 10:42PM EDT, June 20 (June 21 02:42 Zulu). By tomorrow, it will have been earliest sunrise for all the lower 48.
It's a little over 5 hours later this year than 2024, and that's because only 365 days on the calendar. So the non-leap years are a little fast, making the solstice get later.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2025 11:05 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 11:05 PM (AOsQT)
THERE'S ONE HELL OF A WAR GOING ON.
Yet again I'm the last one to find out.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 11:05 PM (lUFok)
Musk just tweeted “the beams are on.”
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Didn't want to be the one to bring it up first but
THERE'S ONE HELL OF A WAR GOING ON.
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Even better, all the hell is being unleashed on Iran's side. I hope the popular uprising is successful this time.
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 11:05 PM (XjTSo)
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 10:53 PM (XjTSo)
The Army should have ordered an ordnance unit to make a good mock-up of the quad-50 mount. With a budget for materials. Non-operational. Wouldn't have been difficult or very expensive, in my opinion. Use four real, spare, caliber-fifties. No cost there. Oh well.
Posted by: Gref at June 14, 2025 11:05 PM (aBgBM)
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 11:05 PM (AOsQT)
She'd have had better luck with a "no man, someone please kiss me" sign
Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 11:06 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 11:07 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:07 PM (cnfpB)
what is a caisson
Posted by: Don Black
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That's easy. $20, same as in town.
Posted by: scampydog at June 14, 2025 11:07 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:08 PM (6dYPy)
https://tinyurl.com/ye4mscau
Posted by: Ciampino - Do not FAFO with horses at June 14, 2025 11:02 PM (sPQoU)
Get a fucking life, grandpa. And don't mess with the horse. Not even a little.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 14, 2025 11:08 PM (a4NoL)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:08 PM (cnfpB)
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 11:03 PM (XjTSo)
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Probably. My Army experience was minimal, but the troops picked for these details are likely the ones who were the best at marching. The ones who tripped over their own toes were left out.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:09 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Don Black
Technically, it is a footing for supporting bridges or buildings, cored into substrate with a wider base, and filled with concrete.
Well, you asked.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 14, 2025 11:09 PM (a4NoL)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:09 PM (6dYPy)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Well, yeah, kindergarteners probably shouldn't drink it
Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 11:09 PM (gKWVE)
A friend of mine was in this situation, then a car was approaching & bastard still was playing games... She floored it and barely got over in time, then got pulled over for speeding (!)
Went to court and beat the ticket, as it was "evasive action"
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 11:09 PM (rdVOm)
Of course, I may have while I enjoyed the Pet Thread too.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
Just saw an ad for 10 yr Bulliet on Facebook.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 10:32 PM (fab8c
Bulliet 10 yr is the shizzle. The younger never really did it for me. Maker's Mark is my go to for every day and it makes a fine Manhattan. My all time favorite is Rockhill Farms, which I believe is out of production. Discovered that on my first visit to Kentucky many years ago.
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 14, 2025 11:09 PM (bA75n)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:10 PM (6dYPy)
THERE'S ONE HELL OF A WAR GOING ON.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:03 PM (6dYPy)
One of Khamenei’s top aides just got taken out - Israel is doing to them what they did to Hezbollah. Take out all the top people.
And someone today hightailed it out of Iran, probably to Moscow.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 11:10 PM (e15Ap)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 11:10 PM (fab8c)
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 11:03 PM (DgGvY)
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School-to-prison pipeline? Yeah, my school.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 11:10 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Lirio100 at June 14, 2025 11:10 PM (zS4/f)
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 11:05 PM (AOsQT)
Phrygian Smurfs. I hate them.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 11:11 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 11:11 PM (XjTSo)
Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 11:11 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:12 PM (cnfpB)
what is a caisson
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 11:05 PM (AOsQT)
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Over hill, over dale, we have hit the dusty trail and the caissons go rolling along! "Counter march!" "Right about!" hear the wagon-soldiers shout, and the caissons go rolling along.
For it's hi-hi-hee in the Field Artillery! Count out your numbers loud and strong!
Over hill, over dale - we shall never fail as the caissons go rolling along!
A caisson is the ammo box attached to the gun.
- A failed field artillerist
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:12 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:10 PM (6dYPy)
Hell if I know. The point is that they stay put.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 14, 2025 11:13 PM (a4NoL)
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The M2 battery can rotate & elevate, right?
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 11:13 PM (XjTSo)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:13 PM (cnfpB)
Posted by: Lirio100 at June 14, 2025 11:10 PM (zS4/f)
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How cool is that? This is how you know Trump loves the military. He makes memories for them. He doesn't have to, but he does.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:14 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Might work. I read somewhere that a lot of Puerto Ricans join the navy because they grow up seeing those lovely naval ships in port.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 14, 2025 11:15 PM (0Htd1)
Take out the space.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 14, 2025 11:15 PM (a4NoL)
what is a caisson
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 11:05 PM (AOsQT)
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Over hill, over dale, we have hit the dusty trail and the caissons go rolling along! "Counter march!" "Right about!" hear the wagon-soldiers shout, and the caissons go rolling along.
For it's hi-hi-hee in the Field Artillery! Count out your numbers loud and strong!
Over hill, over dale - we shall never fail as the caissons go rolling along!
A caisson is the ammo box attached to the gun.
- A failed field artillerist
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:12 PM (ZOv7s)
There are also gun limbers. Now we're getting into trivia!
Posted by: Gref at June 14, 2025 11:15 PM (aBgBM)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 11:15 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 11:15 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 14, 2025 11:16 PM (UJD2L)
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 11:16 PM (XjTSo)
Probably, never built this one. Now it joins the stash with the Rye Field Model Sd.Kfz.234/4 Pz. Spahwagen Rad 8 Puma.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:16 PM (cnfpB)
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 10:30 PM (i0F8b)
And keep it away from helicopters . . .
Too soon?
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:16 PM (D7oie)
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Working a mid-range a guy did that. Would not let me pass and would not speed up. Kept me pinned. I started playing with him, distracted him so much to the play that he stopped paying attention to the road only interested in stopping me.
He was a suit.
Almost ran into the car in front. Coffee and breakfast biscuit were all over his clothes. Don't know what happened for his next appointment. I made mine.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:16 PM (6dYPy)
Posted by: Lirio100 at June 14, 2025 11:16 PM (zS4/f)
Did any of the units do a little Razzle Dazzle?
Posted by: Count de Monet
Truckin' like the doo dah man.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 11:17 PM (63Dwl)
THERE'S ONE HELL OF A WAR GOING ON.
A little unusual in that they are not adjacent countries.
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 11:17 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: EveR at June 14, 2025 11:17 PM (rdF17)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 11:15 PM (+qU29)
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As I said, I am a FAILED field artillerist.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:18 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 11:19 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Skip
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That's the ticket. The HQ way. Put out a wrong answer and someone who knows the correct answer will speak up.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:20 PM (6dYPy)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:20 PM (cnfpB)
Posted by: davidt
And keep it away from helicopters . . .
Posted by: Kindltot
Unless you like it well done.
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 11:20 PM (DgGvY)
THERE'S ONE HELL OF A WAR GOING ON.
A little unusual in that they are not adjacent countries.
Posted by: davidt
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Starmer has sent jets to Cypress. Not sure what his game is.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:21 PM (6dYPy)
Posted by: Case at June 14, 2025 11:21 PM (k7qYZ)
Considering the guy was hoovering up government money, the pastor thing may have been a tax dodge.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 11:22 PM (lUFok)
A USAID contracting officer and three company executives have plead guilty to accepting/offering bribes to ensure two SBA designated small businesses received more than $550 million spread across 14 contracts over the span of a decade.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:22 PM (cnfpB)
After I jumped to the Air side, I heard that they got towed howitzers, which made a lot more sense.
Of course a bunch of our guys got sent down to Gitmo as guards, and I was happy to have missed out on that!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:23 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:23 PM (cnfpB)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _
Insane in the membrane?
Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 11:24 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 14, 2025 10:44 PM (0Htd1)
I will do that with apple juice that I press (heavenly until it gets really hard) but I don't like home made wine made from Concords or Thompsons.
I can the juice and love it.
I also make apple cider vinegar
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:25 PM (D7oie)
Someone posted today that the Hoffman man who was shot returned campaign donations to some woman who was running some kind of "charity." Feed the something or other.
Apparently there is a ton of money laundering going on there. It will be interesting to find out WTF is going on.
Sorry I can't remember who posted that today.
Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 11:25 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:25 PM (cnfpB)
Probably, never built this one. Now it joins the stash with the Rye Field Model Sd.Kfz.234/4 Pz. Spahwagen Rad 8 Puma.
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Cool. The Puma is probably the best-looking armored car ever made.
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 11:26 PM (XjTSo)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:21 PM (6dYPy)
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Are they under the trees or in them?
Or do you mean an island in the eastern Med.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:27 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 11:27 PM (VofaG)
I have no idea what I am going to do with all the fruit.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:27 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 11:22 PM (lUFok)
Obviously, he knew how to play the game because his wife was CEO and he was just the operations guy of their security firm in MN.
Posted by: EveR at June 14, 2025 11:27 PM (rdF17)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:25 PM (cnfpB)
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CYPRUS (note the spelling!) is still a divided island.
Yeah, I suck at being field artillery, which is why I became a writer.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:29 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 11:29 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:29 PM (cnfpB)
n noun
1 a large watertight chamber in which underwater construction work may be carried out.
2 a vessel or watertight structure used as a gate across the entrance of a dry dock or basin.
ORIGIN
C17: from French, literally 'large chest', from Italian cassone, the spelling altered in French by association with caisse 'case'.
Posted by: Ciampino - from the pages of at June 14, 2025 11:30 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Dr. T
They already have the Judges.
Guess they want it all.
Totalitarians.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 11:30 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:31 PM (cnfpB)
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Holy moly! Can you detach one side section to do a cutaway display version?
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 11:32 PM (XjTSo)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 11:32 PM (RIvkX)
The red item on the emblem is a Phrygian Cap. Associated with liberty from ancient times.
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Condom.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 11:32 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 11:00 PM (RIvkX)
Dad didn't let me drink Jack in Kindergarten, I had to make do with white rum.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:32 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 11:26 PM (XjTSo)
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The Puma was one of those vehicles that micro-armor players would try to field *every model ever built* on the tabletop.
"It could happen!"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:34 PM (ZOv7s)
What the fuck is a speedball?
He could that speedball by you, making love like a pool boy.
Makes no fucking sense.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 11:34 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Shemp Howard at June 14, 2025 11:34 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 14, 2025 11:34 PM (wbZPZ)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:32 PM (D7oie)
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As a wedding present, my father-in-law gave me a gallon jug of White Lightning. Actual moonshine. Blue flame and everything. He knew a guy.
Took five years to get through it. Powerful stuff.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:35 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 11:35 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 14, 2025 11:35 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:36 PM (6dYPy)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 11:36 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 11:27 PM (VofaG)
I don't know when Minnesota went from "Minnesota Nice' to what it is now as I really wasn't paying attention. But to my memory, importing a few Somalis seemed to do the trick.
Posted by: RickZ at June 14, 2025 11:37 PM (gKDq2)
Why does the Army Seal appear to have a French Republican "Jacques" cap prominently displayed right in the middle of it? Robespierre isn't a name I'd readily guess to be associated with the U.S. Army.
Posted by: mnw at June 14, 2025 11:37 PM (kd60y)
Posted by: Pat* at June 14, 2025 11:37 PM (Frf47)
Bells!
Full engine.
Whistles!
Two complete sets of tires since each set has a different tread.
Posted by: Anna Puma
And gongs!
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 11:38 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 14, 2025 11:38 PM (XjTSo)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 11:34 PM (0aYVJ)
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His voice is retarded and his lyrics are stupid.
His singing voice was terrible. Guy couldn't hold onto a pitch with a pair of vicegrips.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:38 PM (ZOv7s)
Driver hatch can be posed open. And for the brave can always open both of the lower hull midship hatches, but those are between wheels so might not see much. Unless you remove a wheel to gaze at the fully detailed running gear.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:39 PM (cnfpB)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 11:11 PM (0eaVi)
In Belgium they are called "les Stroumpfs". In Holland they smash them flat and make "stroopwafels"
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:39 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: RickZ
Around when the DFL stopped giving a shit about the farmers and laborers, and just fellated the democrats.
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 11:40 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: mnw at June 14, 2025 11:37 PM (kd60y)
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Scroll up. The French stole it from the Phrygians, which is who the Army also attributed it to.
I like the Air Force heraldry because it is less cluttered. The Navy and Marines also have better flags.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:41 PM (ZOv7s)
https://mol.im/a/14813047
Posted by: Ciampino - from the pages of the OT at June 14, 2025 11:41 PM (sPQoU)
Cordials and brandy. Miklos can help you out with the plums, I think. Or maybe it's cherries. I dunno, but there is a fruity Eastern Eurooean liquor that will put hair in your chest!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 11:42 PM (Ezs10)
https://youtu.be/BSEnw-WZ_jA
Yeah, I know, low bar and all that.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 11:42 PM (lUFok)
https://mol.im/a/14813047
Posted by: Ciampino - from the pages of the OT at June 14, 2025 11:41 PM (sPQoU)
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The tide is turning. Make sodomy shameful again.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:44 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:20 PM (cnfpB)
I wonder how many "pass through" people like that are out there? Routh apparently was another one, and I wonder who Paddock was actually working for
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:44 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:44 PM (6dYPy)
Two of my brothers were Army, middle brother was a Marine, like our old man. When I told Dad I had enlisted in the Army, he said, "well at least it's not the Air Force." Then he chuckled.
Baby brother was 82nd Airborne during the early days of the Iraq bullshit. He now flies Black Hawks. He has always been an overachiever.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 11:45 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:18 PM (ZOv7s)
I didn't know you collected stamps at one time.
Posted by: ... at June 14, 2025 11:45 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 11:45 PM (mT+6a)
This is interesting. Decompression sickness was first called "caisson disease", as that was where it first encountered, pressurized caissons keeping water out for construction.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2025 11:46 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 11:47 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:20 PM (cnfpB)
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I wonder how many "pass through" people like that are out there? Routh apparently was another one, and I wonder who Paddock was actually working for
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:44 PM (D7oie)
Trump's DOJ is on the . . . {SNOREflugg} . . . What?
Impatient I am. Forthcoming they are not.
Posted by: RickZ at June 14, 2025 11:48 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
I didn't know you collected stamps at one time.
Posted by: ...
You're thinking of a phlebotomist.
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 11:48 PM (DgGvY)
https://mol.im/a/14813255
Posted by: Ciampino - from the mad people at June 14, 2025 11:50 PM (sPQoU)
Klobucher, I eat my salad with a comb because my aide is an idiot, but I'm really the idiot, dined with the murdered woman last night.
Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 11:50 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:51 PM (cnfpB)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 11:47 PM (+qU29)
Santee at Arizona Ghostriders did a vid about top hats today. Has other vids about different types of Old West hats as well.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 11:51 PM (0eaVi)
Cordials and brandy. Miklos can help you out with the plums, I think. Or maybe it's cherries. I dunno, but there is a fruity Eastern Eurooean liquor that will put hair in your chest!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor
Slivovitz.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 11:51 PM (mT+6a)
Over 25 peeple showed up to show how much they be Hates Trump.
Is be was a bueatful thing to see alls these be peeple show up and protist King Trimp.
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at June 14, 2025 11:53 PM (1sBXy)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 11:51 PM (mT+6a)
Cop's name in NYPD Blue, warn't it?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 11:53 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:38 PM (ZOv7
He sounds okay to me.
Posted by: Bob Dylan at June 14, 2025 11:53 PM (UJD2L)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:54 PM (cnfpB)
Posted by: ... at June 14, 2025 11:45 PM (E0p3T)
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A lot of soldiers collected tramp stamps. Very risky hobby.
One might attract a dependasaurus.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:54 PM (ZOv7s)
I still drink beer, but in moderation. I sometimes hear that one icky guy in Giant Spider Invasion: "ya been hittin' the booooze again"
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 11:54 PM (0aYVJ)
https://mol.im/a/14812295
Castrate.
Posted by: Ciampino - from the mad ROP at June 14, 2025 11:55 PM (sPQoU)
It is not quick but it is very fast. I use a garbage disposal attached to a salvaged kitchen sink to grind the fruit into a slurry for pressing
it is not the best rig in the world, but it is the cheapest build I have ever managed.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:55 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:51 PM (cnfpB)
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It was totally an artifact of the Microarmor stat line and the "Open selection" based on points.
Whenever historical gamers lecture me on why Warhammer 40k is unrealistic, I point out that I've faced every Puma ever built. Twice.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:56 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:56 PM (cnfpB)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 11:57 PM (Ezs10)
Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 11:57 PM (3ek7K)
https://mol.im/a/14812295
Castrate.
Posted by: Ciampino
That’s too nice. Feed them to starving wild pigs.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 11:57 PM (mT+6a)
The thing about it i noticed right away is the sheer size of the ship and the obvious power of its (3) 3x16" turrets, and its batteries of 5" and 1.1" guns, and 20mm AA automatic weapons.
And, of course, the resplendent display of Japanese flags it had on it's hull.
But once I got below decks I noticed the quality of the work. Every one of millions of welds done beautifully, and burnished to a shine. Racks of sensitive equipment for electromechanical targeting in perfect alignment. Galleys and laundry facilities and print shops built to spec, and to withstand the most adverse conditions.
Truly impressive.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 14, 2025 11:58 PM (BI5O2)
Nurse, yep and force feed the assholes a couple pounds of bacon before they "meet" the pigs.
Posted by: four seasons at June 14, 2025 11:59 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 11:59 PM (+qU29)
https://mol.im/a/14812295
Castrate.
Posted by: Ciampino - from the mad ROP at June 14, 2025 11:55 PM (sPQoU)
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Hang 'em high.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:59 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 11:57 PM (mT+6a)
*******
Only after they've been stripped naked, smeared with porcine pheromone and tied to mounting blocks.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 15, 2025 12:00 AM (Ezs10)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:55 PM (D7oie)
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Impressive, particularly the waste-disposal. How did you get everything clean at the outset?
Posted by: Ciampino - need --- invention at June 15, 2025 12:00 AM (sPQoU)
Unless the battleship staff is a bunch of completist masochists.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2025 12:00 AM (cnfpB)
Posted by: ... at June 14, 2025 11:45 PM (E0p3T)
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A lot of soldiers collected tramp stamps. Very risky hobby.
One might attract a dependasaurus.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:54 PM (ZOv7s)
*pouts*
Posted by: Tim aWalz at June 15, 2025 12:01 AM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Feeling Down at June 15, 2025 12:02 AM (G5+As)
Hello love!
It was a beautiful day here on the beach. High of 60 something. Sunny. Not too many folks on the beach, I guess they were out protesting.
Nonetheless. Wonderful day. Got my 14,000 steps in!
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 15, 2025 12:02 AM (mT+6a)
(If you'd like to be hanged from a construction crane.)
Posted by: mnw at June 15, 2025 12:02 AM (kd60y)
Truly impressive.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 14, 2025 11:58 PM (BI5O2)
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Today's parade is about returning to that level of professionalism. It isn't just cashing a check, it's something deeper. That is what we are trying to get back.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 15, 2025 12:02 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 11:35 PM (VofaG)
Kaufman County murders. Guy was the Justice of the peace. Caught stealing and fired. He killed one prosecutor and another prosecutor and his wife.
At first they thought it was hits by the Aryan Brotherhood but a tip led them to Eric Lyle Williams.
Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:02 AM (VofaG)
https://mol.im/a/14812295
Castrate.
Posted by: Ciampino
That’s too nice. Feed them to starving wild pigs.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 11:57 PM (mT+6a)
Can't you just find a really big wood chipper???
Posted by: starving wild pigs at June 15, 2025 12:03 AM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Tim aWalz at June 15, 2025 12:01 AM (ULPxl)
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Is there anything more pathetic than an incel soldier?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 15, 2025 12:03 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2025 12:03 AM (cnfpB)
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 15, 2025 12:04 AM (XjTSo)
Suspended Sentence: One where the prisoner is hanged (Robert Meyers)
Posted by: Ciampino - need more puns at June 15, 2025 12:04 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2025 12:05 AM (cnfpB)
https://mol.im/a/14812295
Castrate.
Posted by: Ciampino - from the mad ROP at June 14, 2025 11:55 PM (sPQoU
Execute their entire families in front of them. Televise it..
Maybe next year.....
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 12:05 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 11:42 PM (Ezs10)
My favorite is a yellow cooking plum that I think is a peshore that make fantastic canned fruit, fruit tortes and wonderful prunes, but I have some other yellow plums that make a fantastic jam.
Oh, and I have two sprouted peach seedlings. I have no idea what they are but I may have fruit from them soon. I am running out of yard
Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2025 12:05 AM (D7oie)
And now we are have trouble finding welders for the shipyards. It’s one of the causes in the delay of building the long ago ordered submarines.
Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:05 AM (VofaG)
https://mol.im/a/14812295
Castrate.
Posted by: Ciampino
That’s too nice. Feed them to starving wild pigs.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 11:57 PM (mT+6a)
Can't you just find a really big wood chipper???
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-_I_KOSEJs
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 15, 2025 12:06 AM (XjTSo)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 11:57 PM (mT+6a)
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Whoa. We do have some standards, you know.
Posted by: The wild pigs at June 15, 2025 12:06 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2025 12:06 AM (cnfpB)
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at
See if you can find a gamma goat.
You tell the admiring throng that it eas originally made for the show "Space 1999".
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 15, 2025 12:06 AM (/lPRQ)
Be glad for that. Around here if the elk don't destroy the tree before it can grow the squirrels will make a point of taking a bite of every piece of fruit they can reach.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 15, 2025 12:07 AM (lUFok)
This is interesting. Decompression sickness was first called "caisson disease", as that was where it first encountered, pressurized caissons keeping water out for construction.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2025 11:46 PM (w6EFb)
As I recall it was a major factor in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 12:08 AM (e15Ap)
Maybe next year.....
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now
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This they understand.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 15, 2025 12:08 AM (/lPRQ)
Returning dignity, purpose, and "specialness" to an institution like the military is an obvious part of restoring it.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:08 AM (1m82a)
I give you the Williams Anti-Tank vehicle. Thing looks more at home being part of the original Star Wars trilogy.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2025 12:08 AM (cnfpB)
That phrase was heard from CHRISTIAN revolutionaries in 1775-1783, spoken as "No king but Jesus!"
Also, it was actually aimed at real kings, not spoken with a forked tongue by those who would place us under a technocracy (and have already succeeded in doing so) whose word would be law.
I think we should fight back with our own protests, with the slogan "No godless commies!" And we need signs showing our snake biting Mexican "patriots" and guys in black bloc outfits.
Posted by: GWB at June 15, 2025 12:09 AM (KoK5d)
https://mol.im/a/14812295
Castrate.
Posted by: Ciampino
Honestly, did they need a reason other than they were muslims?
Posted by: GWB at June 15, 2025 12:10 AM (KoK5d)
LA protest was declared an unlawful assembly today after the assholes were throwing bricks, concrete and shooting off commercial fireworks at the police.
One witch, with crying burning eyes said "we just came here to support our people and now we're being teargassed for it.
Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2025 12:10 AM (3ek7K)
There will be a scramble to restore shipbuilding and the short-term expedient will be help from South Korea and possibly Japan. Sort of poetic when looked at in a 70-year perspective, but anyway.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:11 AM (1m82a)
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at
See if you can find a gamma goat.
You tell the admiring throng that it eas originally made for the show "Space 1999".
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The Gamma Goat does give off that Seventies SF vibe, doesn't it? Must be why I always sort of liked it even though it didn't have a big gun.
Speaking of military SF association, the doggo style robots got a big cheer. We're gonna have frickin' Terminators in the 260th anniversary parade, I just know it!
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 15, 2025 12:11 AM (XjTSo)
Somali Institute of Chinese Studies
@Somali_ICS
36m
Netanyahu is no more! His days of unchecked power are finished. His days of running #TelAviv are done. He is not coming back from Cyprus. His own cabinet won't let him. His own settlers won't let him. The rules-based order system won't. A little face saving, maybe.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 12:11 AM (6dYPy)
Sec Def slowed production on it.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2025 12:06 AM (cnfpB)
The Virginia class subs.,the delays happened long before Trump administration DOD questions.
Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:11 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:12 AM (1m82a)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2025 12:12 AM (cnfpB)
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 15, 2025 12:12 AM (XjTSo)
Posted by: GWB
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"No godless commies!"
Or tyrants in black dresses who choose to ignore the meaning of simple words, like "district".
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 15, 2025 12:13 AM (/lPRQ)
I’ve been saying for over a decade that we need to replace half of the college prep high schools with trade schools.
Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:14 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 11:57 PM (mT+6a)
Whenever the Russian troops encounter a feral hog in Ukraine, they do their best to shoot it, then let it lie.
Why, you may ask, do the Russians pass up the chance for some yummy roast pork to supplement their rations?
It's because the fleeing Ukrainian soldiers often are forced to abandon their unburied dead. Sometimes the hogs get there before the Russians do.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 15, 2025 12:14 AM (UJD2L)
Posted by: azjaeger at June 15, 2025 12:16 AM (3/XaG)
Posted by: raimondo at June 15, 2025 12:16 AM (5VJeo)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 15, 2025 12:17 AM (lUFok)
Kindltot, that reminds me of something from years ago.
BF (at the time) came home from the job with a shovelful of dirt that had 2 tree sprouts in it. He was *so* excited, saying "Look! Look, I got you these 2 baby peach trees! They were growing under our client's peach tree and he said I could dig them up." And so we potted them. (Had just bought a house, so wasn't sure where they should go.) He LOVED peaches!
Anyway, I took good care of them even after BF passed away. It would've broken his heart to find out that they were cherry trees after all.
Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 12:17 AM (rdVOm)
There will be a scramble to restore shipbuilding and the short-term expedient will be help from South Korea and possibly Japan. Sort of poetic when looked at in a 70-year perspective, but anyway.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:11 AM (1m82a)
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Try South Africa, many competent people there, not just farmers.
Posted by: Ciampino - need more puns? at June 15, 2025 12:17 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2025 12:17 AM (cnfpB)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:18 AM (1m82a)
Mrs D said something I had not considered. This was America's first big parade since 1991. Half of America has never seen a parade like this. It gave them an opportunity to experience it, to see that it's ok to be proud of our Army, and to proud of America. This is a good feeling.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:18 AM (W/lyH)
Why, you may ask, do the Russians pass up the chance for some yummy roast pork to supplement their rations?
It's because the fleeing Ukrainian soldiers often are forced to abandon their unburied dead. Sometimes the hogs get there before the Russians do.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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Ahhh.
Probably ridden Uke parasites.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 15, 2025 12:18 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: mikeski at June 15, 2025 12:18 AM (DgGvY)
Keep wishing retardant. That was blue on blue murder. You commies always end up killing each other.
Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:18 AM (VofaG)
That is the narrative the media is pushing. He had a hit list.
So is he room temperature or is he still alive?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2025 12:19 AM (cnfpB)
Posted by: Ciampino - need more puns? at June 15, 2025 12:20 AM (sPQoU)
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Posted by: rhomboid
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Slipped his mind that Trump is paying for it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 12:21 AM (6dYPy)
Diogenes,
Hubby and I had an awesome time watching the parade.
He teared up because he wishes he wasn't old now because he would love to be back in the Army.
Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2025 12:21 AM (3ek7K)
Born in the USA is a hate song. He got lucky people just paid attention to the title.
Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:22 AM (VofaG)
Whoa. We do have some standards, you know.
Posted by: The wild pigs at June 15, 2025 12:06 AM (ZOv7s)
Can't you just find a really big wood chipper???
Posted by: starving wild pigs at June 15, 2025 12:03 AM (ULPxl)
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You're starving and these kind humans are offering you up some food. Be thankful and feast until you're full.
Besides, wood chippers are messy and we have a reputation of cleaning up every last scrap.
Posted by: Porkus, the D&D Pig God at June 15, 2025 12:22 AM (026f8)
And I still distinctly remember several acquaintances/friends at the time, their visceral disdain and annoyance at it all. Just ignorant narrow-minded historically illiterate unworldly "educated" people. The kind dragging the country down in every way for decades.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:23 AM (1m82a)
raimondo farted in here
Posted by: gKWVE at June 15, 2025 12:23 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Ciampino - need --- invention at June 15, 2025 12:00 AM (sPQoU)
It is a one HP Insinkerator that I bought brand new, and I run gallons of water through it afterwards to clean it. It has only ever had fruit through it, and it gets tenderly stored away at the end of each season
Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2025 12:24 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2025 12:24 AM (cnfpB)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:24 AM (1m82a)
@Somali_ICS
36m
Netanyahu is no more! His days of unchecked power are finished. His days of running #TelAviv are done. He is not coming back from Cyprus. His own cabinet won't let him. His own settlers won't let him. The rules-based order system won't. A little face saving, maybe.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2025 12:11 AM (6dYPy)
Man, when I want accurate news, the Somali Institute of Chinese Studies is my go-to source!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2025 12:24 AM (on8Xq)
He's a liability to them now. If he's not rapidly cooling under six inches of dirt already he will be soon.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 15, 2025 12:24 AM (lUFok)
He teared up because he wishes he wasn't old now because he would love to be back in the Army.
Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2025 12:21 AM (3ek7K)
Heh. I had to tell Mrs D we needed to dust here a couple of times.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:25 AM (W/lyH)
Somalis and Chinese. At first I thought what a strange connection then I realized both groups want the same thing, which is to destroy our Country.
Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2025 12:25 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:18 AM (VofaG)
Assassin's still on the run. Maybe he'll find raimondo.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2025 12:26 AM (on8Xq)
Miramar's been very active lately. Shop is close to the base and the F-35s swing around just north doing touch n' gos. Suckas are very noisy (compared to F-18s). I was sitting outside on their porch trying to hear a news channel's audio (war news) and could only do so intermittently.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:27 AM (1m82a)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 15, 2025 12:28 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 10:51 PM (uef1E)
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Tim Walz isn't done blowing him yet
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 15, 2025 12:28 AM (Ux3xW)
MomoCon shared the convention center with a robotics con this year.
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See anything cool?
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 15, 2025 12:29 AM (XjTSo)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2025 12:30 AM (on8Xq)
And I still distinctly remember several acquaintances/friends at the time, their visceral disdain and annoyance at it all. Just ignorant narrow-minded historically illiterate unworldly "educated" people. The kind dragging the country down in every way for decades.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:23 AM (1m82a)
Yeah. Met a few of those folks myself over the years. Best counter is to live well and laufrh at them.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:31 AM (W/lyH)
Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:32 AM (VofaG)
Was aboard the New Jersey when she was brought out for Vietnam. Open house here at North Island. I recall I was the same height as the display 16-in projectile they had on the deck, which gives an idea of my age. I remember the teak decks were among the things that most hit me as a kid.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:33 AM (1m82a)
Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2025 12:34 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:34 AM (XTfpx)
Are you okay though??
Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2025 12:34 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2025 12:35 AM (on8Xq)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 12:36 AM (+qU29)
Man, when I want accurate news, the Somali Institute of Chinese Studies is my go-to source!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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They are a straight up Chinese propaganda op.
http://tiny.cc/pwym001
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2025 12:36 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2025 12:37 AM (3ek7K)
Sounds like a good smoke to enjoy along with one of the sounds of freedom...albeit some noisy bastards.
I've not picked out a stick for tomorrow yet. I need to rummage through the humidor and see what's in there. I think there is a Partagas Series D in there somewhere...
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:37 AM (W/lyH)
Actually following pretty closely. Losses, but seems to be going well. I know more than I want the world to know about operations in Iran, but unavoidable I suppose.
I do think Israeli officials should stop teasing that Iran is facing, to use the mullah's stupid tired formulation, "the gates of hell" in response to missile attacks on Israel. Just do your worst, you should anyway, it's all about neutralizing the threat and hoping for regime change before it can be restored.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:37 AM (1m82a)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 15, 2025 12:37 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:27 AM (1m82a)
Have the F-35s been battle tested yet? By us or any other country that flies them?
Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:37 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 12:38 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: muldoon at June 15, 2025 12:39 AM (/iMjX)
Ramping up a technical skills training effort on an emergency basis seems like a no-brainer. It's been done before, sort of a similar effort, through major contractors, who already have a cadre of experienced people.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:40 AM (1m82a)
Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2025 12:34 AM (3ek7K)
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Sleep deprived 2 days now. Yesterday made up for it with a 2 hour afternoon sleep but my head feels like mush again. 7:40AM now. I'm usually here around 1.5 hours earlier.
All's well with us personally. One hit over the last few days in central Israel was too close to one of our pup's family. All were properly sheltered.
A little on topic, by koinkadinky, I opened a new bottle of Buffalo Trace just yesterday.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:40 AM (XTfpx)
I got a bunch of cool 4K footage from the USS North Carolina, too. At some point I'll cut it together.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
Do they allow people into the engine room?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 15, 2025 12:40 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2025 12:35 AM (on8Xq)
We need my trade schools to replace a lot of high schools idea so we can implement your idea.
Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:41 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:41 AM (1m82a)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:37 AM (1m82a)
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Why would I disagree?!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:42 AM (XTfpx)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 12:43 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:43 AM (1m82a)
A reply is sent
It may answer the question
Or perhaps it won't.
Haiku is easier than limericks.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:45 AM (W/lyH)
Have the F-35s been battle tested yet? By us or any other country that flies them?
Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:37 AM (VofaG)
They are extremely effective in the current operation.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 12:46 AM (e15Ap)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:41 AM (1m82a)
I still can’t believe we stopped making F-22s and destroyed the production machinery.
Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:46 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: pjungwir at June 15, 2025 12:46 AM (q4wrI)
Good evening, all. I find it rather surprising that Boelter hasn't been found yet, dead or alive.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 12:47 AM (wbZPZ)
Electrical grid in Iran is s**t and unstable already, taking it out would be child's play (soft kills, or control rooms, for easier restoration post-festivities).
Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:47 AM (1m82a)
I recall reading "Hotel" by Arthur Hailey (an author whose specialty was fictional books featuring how insiders deal with disasters, like "Airport" in case you're younger than 29). "Hotel" featured a young psycho who burns the hotel down.
Anyway, he's at this resort or whatever, and he sees that his mother shaves her pubes so she'll look like a child down there and it's portrayed as sick.
Frankly, it is kinda sick IMHO. Not that I judge anyone nowadays.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 15, 2025 12:47 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 12:47 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:48 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:46 AM (VofaG)
Well, I mean, why would we need the tooling for the best, most effective and dominant air to air fighter ever made?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 12:48 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:40 AM (XTfpx)
How ironic!
So did I!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:48 AM (W/lyH)
There’s a need to build a 1 mile road in DC and the guy in charge of that is taking bids. Contractor from Mississippi bids $1M. DC thinks well that’s reasonable. Then a contractor from California bids $2M. DC guy thinks well that’s more expansive but maybe he’s more experienced. Finally a contractor from Chicago bids $5M. Guy in charge is incredulous. How can you be so much more expensive.
Chicago guy says, here’s how it works. You hire me for $5M. I hire Mississippi guy for $1M and we split the $4M profit.
Deal, says DC guy.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 15, 2025 12:48 AM (/CkK4)
It's on the very long list of things I still cannot believe actually happened.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 15, 2025 12:48 AM (1m82a)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 12:43 AM (+qU29)
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See previous comment. For me, OK. Invited pups to move in with us.
Right now, drones have been heading in up north for about the last hour. But those are relatively easy to handle.
Seems like there are people missing, trapped or buried in one hit area in central Israel from last night.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:50 AM (XTfpx)
Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2025 12:50 AM (3ek7K)
Good to hear from you! I’d send you a half dozen bottles of Buffalo Trace given half a chance!
You have done a lot for friends of the horde. And I thank you for it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 15, 2025 12:51 AM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 12:47 AM (wbZPZ)
Well, seems like he fled on foot from the murder scene, after a shootout with the cops. Either he had a confederate with another car waiting to pick him up, or he carjacked some poor bastard who is now dead, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2025 12:51 AM (on8Xq)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:40 AM (XTfpx)
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How
So did I!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:48 AM (W/lyH)
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FIFY
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:53 AM (XTfpx)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:54 AM (W/lyH)
I am jealous of your steps, and especially your weather. My dew point and humidity are almost 20 degrees higher than your air temps!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 15, 2025 12:54 AM (Ezs10)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 15, 2025 12:51 AM (mT+6a)
/autodialing SAC red phone number
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:55 AM (XTfpx)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2025 12:55 AM (e15Ap)
So did I!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:48 AM (W/lyH)
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FIFY
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:53 AM (XTfpx)
***
*lifts glass*
Clunk!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:55 AM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:54 AM (W/lyH)
They were scheduled?
Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2025 12:55 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2025 12:55 AM (on8Xq)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 12:56 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 15, 2025 12:51 AM (mT+6a)
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Sigh. Everyone should be and get well.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 12:57 AM (XTfpx)
They were canceled because thunderstorms were expected.
Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2025 12:57 AM (3ek7K)
They were canceled because thunderstorms were expected.
Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2025 12:57 AM (3ek7K)
Don't want to take a chance of damaging one. They aren't making more.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 15, 2025 12:58 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: muldoon at June 15, 2025 12:58 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 12:59 AM (+qU29)
Might just record the effects I need, make get have to pick up a 4 track recorder, like a Tascam DR something or another.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 01:02 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 01:02 AM (XTfpx)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 12:54 AM (W/lyH)
They were scheduled?
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The Kid would gladly skip a parade flyby if he finally got a real chance to make an intercept!
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at June 15, 2025 01:02 AM (XjTSo)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 01:02 AM (XV/Pl)
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Whoa, what kind of app you building?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 01:02 AM (wbZPZ)
Probably realized an anti-American album wouldn't sell huge in 1984 so calculated with the flag and jeans cover most people wouldn't listen closely to the lyrics and the lyrics would make the lefty critics happy and he would still get the $$$$$$. After the touring for the album was over he basically told his long term loyal band they were on their own and completely changed the sound.
Posted by: azjaeger at June 15, 2025 01:04 AM (3/XaG)
Great News! My 2 stoplight has a McDonalds! My late Mother and I were so excited. We didn't eat fast food much but would end up driving to the next towns and cities for Arbys or A&W.
Tough day. My friend went at 10pm to get me a 6 pack, Big Mac, fries and chicken nuggets. I am a good friend too. Brought him to a nearby city to pick up a rental car. Bringing him back Monday. We have all been amazing friends to each other in horrible times.
My living situation has been jacked around by my brother for 5 months since Mom died. I never wanted more than 50% despite taking care of them for years into their 80's and 90's.
I figured he'd give me a year to get my caregiver life together. Nope. Twice he cancelled my living situation and threatened to sue me out of the house. I only took care of our elderly parents for 14 years. Classy.
Ben Had in another thread had it right. He feels guilty on some level.
But he came to pick something up today. We were supposed to be done. I let him in the house, still partly in his name, let him grab his crap and spend time crying in Mom's room I went for a walk.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 01:05 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Diogenes
Emerald Isle verse
always ribald and funny
Japanese don't rhyme
Posted by: mikeski at June 15, 2025 01:06 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 15, 2025 01:07 AM (w6EFb)
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Horizontall or vertical?
Posted by: muldoon
Vertical makes you horizontal, while horizontal might leave you vertical.
Posted by: mikeski at June 15, 2025 01:07 AM (DgGvY)
>>"I still can’t believe we stopped making F-22s and destroyed the production machinery."
It’s of a piece with, I can’t believe we left 100B dollars worth of military equipment in Afghanistan.
Destroying the machinery means the government will have to fork out the dough for new designs which means new machinery and processes and cash to make it all happen.
As someone opined, it’s not that there is corruption in the system, the system is corruption.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 01:07 AM (XV/Pl)
I've heard that you should never take melatonin
I could eat a whole bottle of that stuff and it won't even make me yawn.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 15, 2025 01:09 AM (63Dwl)
And throw in the fact that the "evil Jews" are tearing them up at will AND at least as we know so far not wiping out many "normal" Iranians the mullahs probably aren't looking too good
Posted by: azjaeger at June 15, 2025 01:10 AM (3/XaG)
>>Whoa, what kind of app you building?
The main thing I am writing is an ERP application, that’s about a year off before I will have an mvp candidate.
As I am learning and building different aspects of it, it’s spinning of test projects that I’m turning into utility apps that I intend to put on the App Store to get my feet wet in publishing apps.
I do not expect to make a dime, maybe a nickel off of these apps. Making money is not the point right now, just getting the experience.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 01:13 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 01:14 AM (wbZPZ)
I am still in the experiment process with it.
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 01:16 AM (+qU29)
MeTV is running the very first episode of "Lost in Space" now. Dr. Smith started out as more evil character than the comical one he became later on.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 15, 2025 01:16 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2025 01:13 AM (XV/Pl)
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FASSScinating. May I ask, what is the need for sophisticated audio?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 01:20 AM (wbZPZ)
I came in and called for him. No answer. Went upstairs. Not there.
I actually hoped in my heart that he tried to teach me a lesson and hung himself in the basement. No such luck. I started going downstairs and he was coming up.
He told me have a good life in a bitchy way. I told him the truth which I was going to take to my grave not to hurt him. But I didn't imagine him being like this. Mom and Dad would both be so disappointed in him.
But Mom pretty much stopped talking on Monday. She dropped fast. People who were talking to her on Friday were coming into the room shocked she was almost gone.
But on Wednesday, one of Mom's friends came into the palliative care room. I was leaving to give them time together. Mom called out my name over and over.
I told that to Steve. I have no regrets. Dad and I were great. Mom and I were amazing. We told each other to have a good life. He cracked saying he never wanted to hurt me.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 01:21 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 15, 2025 01:22 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: publius
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Danger, Will Robinson!
Posted by: Robbie at June 15, 2025 01:23 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 01:25 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2025 01:25 AM (W/lyH)
Well, I can't get MeTV, but I do have Hulu and now I've turned on Episode 1 of Lost in Space. lol the supertitle says October 1997.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 01:27 AM (wbZPZ)
I think this exchange did you both good. If you can salvage a relationship, great. But don't feel guilty if you can't, or don't care to.
Don't hang on to bitterness or anger, but don't let guilt overrule your instincts about what is best for your mental health.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 15, 2025 01:27 AM (Ezs10)
Given the number of different rum labels I saw on that tour, there is likely ZERO difference between brands of rum.
Posted by: JB1000 at June 15, 2025 01:27 AM (+i0FF)
Have a good night everyone
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2025 01:30 AM (+qU29)
Good lord, DOCTOR MAUREEN ROBINSON, they're both astrophysicists and they still raised that utterly stupid girl "Penny" with her dog's name. IQ 147? She never used it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 01:32 AM (wbZPZ)
If things work out, it'll cost me about $55,000 to stay in the house for 2 years while I get my life together.
Caregiving sucks.
His car was in the driveway then the street for about 10 minutes. I think my brother was simulating human emotion.
Finally left. He has a cunt wife which I was apparently always correct about. His kids are good but they all LOATHE me, so I no longer have any immediate family.
But the cat Snowflake stolen in May is back! So Mom gone in January, Uncle Leonard in February, hard drive and Microsoft account in March, Trumpy stolen in April, Snowflake stolen in May and I lost the rest of my family this month. But Snowflake is back.
And I have friends I am determined to take care of.
And a few beers and classic 'Twilight Zone' episodes on.
And the cat and dog inside.
Tomorrow is a rest day. We have a rental to return on Monday.
Good night all.
Thanks for letting me vent.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 01:34 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 01:32 AM (wbZPZ)
Clearly adopted...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 15, 2025 01:35 AM (bA75n)
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I saw an interview with him somewhere- maybe on Bannon? Where he said "Sure, I know where they are-they are all in 8th grade. So figure out how to get them". Seems true. I've spent a lot of time around the gulf coast this year and there are billboards everywhere about shipbuilding companies hiring. If I was in my 20s again I'd do that in an instant.
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at June 15, 2025 01:41 AM (BZ0MM)
Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 01:46 AM (rdVOm)
Don't hang on to bitterness or anger, but don't let guilt overrule your instincts about what is best for your mental health.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 15, 2025 01:27 AM (Ezs10)
Thanks. I'm good.
I think others, Ben Had?, on another thread called it right. My mother had 4 brothers. That I like and care about! One is a Marine still working in his mid 80s, one in the Army and my favorite because he is pissed off as most of us---- he jokes---I think Coast Guard.
And then we had my Uncle Pete. Polio as a kid. Always walked with a cane. Worked as an orderly in a hospital at a job he loathed. And took care of Grandpa when he was dying of lung cancer and Bousha...Grandma...in her old age too.
Dude was Batman. FREAKING SERIOUSLY. BATMAN.
But I have never heard any of my uncles express any appreciation for him.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 01:49 AM (jvJvP)
Billy Mummy is the one I find really annoying.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 15, 2025 01:51 AM (w6EFb)
Bless you for being there for your parents, Stateless.
Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 01:52 AM (rdVOm)
Clearly adopted...
Posted by: Joe Kidd
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Will Robinson is a pro-Wesley Crusher. As I recall, there's an early episode where the robot is on some deadly mission and Will distracts it by challenging it to a game of 3-D chess.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 01:52 AM (wbZPZ)
MeTV is running the very first episode of "Lost in Space" now. Dr. Smith started out as more evil character than the comical one he became later on.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 15, 2025 01:16 AM (w6EFb
More child rapey in episode 1?
"Danger Will Robinson! Danger!"
Penny was my first crush......
Btw
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 01:53 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 01:54 AM (wbZPZ)
You've got this. Just get to the point where you simply don't care!
I'm so glad Snowflake is back, and that you once again do not have a cat! 😁
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 15, 2025 01:57 AM (Ezs10)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Billy Mummy played "Lennier", a Minbari, in the Babylon 5 TV series.
Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at June 15, 2025 01:58 AM (tjZg/)
*pours a double of "brown"*
To Vic. RIP, and thanks for all the news!
Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 01:58 AM (rdVOm)
I've heard that you should never take melatonin
I could eat a whole bottle of that stuff and it won't even make me yawn.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 15, 2025 01:09 AM (63Dwl)
I'm really not proud of my sleep routine for the last 8 months or so. Melatonin, Super Sleep .... Costco, zzzQuil, booze and cannibus edibles.
I have 5000 hours of meditation under my belt. Thankfully or I'd be really messed up.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 02:04 AM (jvJvP)
Sci-fi Saturday night on MeTV is basically Irwin Allen appreciation night. Lost in Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Land of the Giants, and Time Tunnel.
He pioneered the technique used in Star Trek TOS of shaking the camera while having the cast grab on to something and throw themselves back and forth to simulate the ship/submarine/airplane being buffeted. He used that in the "meteor storm" scene here in E1 of Lost in Space.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 15, 2025 02:06 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 01:52 AM (rdVOm)
It WAS my pleasure.
I am concerned about my immediate future but I have no regrets.
Not too bad.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 02:08 AM (jvJvP)
Generally, I just read until my eyes are tired.
Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 02:08 AM (rdVOm)
My father, who served for 30 years, would have loved to have seen it.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 02:08 AM (2Rbgs)
Generally, I just read until my eyes are tired.
Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 02:08 AM (rdVOm
I have to do that too.
Or learn the techniques pilots use to fall asleep at the drop of a Kleenex.
Oh, I am up amd typing so Snowflake is downstairs on her cat bed. And not coming to sleep with me and the dog every 1.5 hours....
Which will make the natural approach a tiny more difficult.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 02:14 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2025 02:20 AM (on8Xq)
Posted by: JQ
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In my case, that may go on until it is getting light outside.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2025 02:23 AM (XeU6L)
Now that it's warmer, he stops by for some rubbys during the day, and sleeps in either a patio chair or the large flower pot. Crazy critter.
Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 02:23 AM (rdVOm)
I'm so glad Snowflake is back, and that you once again do not have a cat! 😁
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 15, 2025 01:57 AM (Ezs10)
Thanks. I don't give a crap about my brother or his spawn. Or the bitch.
My friends across the street have been more than family for us. Oldest child always would come over and ask "How's Rose?" Tons of art. Lunches! Parades. Concerts!
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 02:25 AM (jvJvP)
Ice bin is full, mixers are in that cooler to the left of it...
Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 02:27 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 15, 2025 02:27 AM (mP0Kj)
My father, who served for 30 years, would have loved to have seen it.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 02:08 AM (2Rbgs)
I'm waiting for October 13... which will be the 250 for the US Navy
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 15, 2025 02:29 AM (mP0Kj)
Now that it's warmer, he stops by for some rubbys during the day, and sleeps in either a patio chair or the large flower pot. Crazy critter.
Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 02:23 AM (rdVOm
I tried keeping Snowflake and Trumpy in through Canadian Winter. One cold for us!!
Minus 17 degrees Celcius and they still wanted outside. That pissed me off. Snowflake seems mostly indoors now.....
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 02:29 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 15, 2025 02:29 AM (mP0Kj
I looked up WW2 Navy stats. Pretty shocking until you realise there was no real retreat options....
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 02:32 AM (jvJvP)
I'm waiting for October 13... which will be the 250 for the US Navy
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 15, 2025 02:29 AM (mP0Kj)
I’m waiting for September 18, 2197.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 15, 2025 02:32 AM (2Rbgs)
Don't need to feed him much lately, he's been pigging out on vermin. Good kitty! Hmm. Need to check him for worms, probably.
Ok, really good night now!
Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 02:35 AM (rdVOm)
the "meteor storm" scene here in E1 of Lost in Space.
Posted by: publius
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Gee, if only we'd thought of meteors. Otherwise, the supersophisticated, 40-years-in-the-making Jupiter II wouldn't have been smushed 5 minutes into its 200-year mission.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 02:40 AM (wbZPZ)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 15, 2025 02:27 AM (mP0Kj)
We could call President Trump something else.
I suggest 'Father Trump Protector.' Let heads explode.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 02:40 AM (jvJvP)
Baby, we were born to scamper in our mobility scooters!
*ding* *ding* *ding*
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 15, 2025 02:41 AM (xIkyh)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 15, 2025 02:41 AM (sAmhv)
For sinuses try a NeilMed nose rinse solution.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 02:44 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 15, 2025 02:45 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 15, 2025 02:40 AM (wbZPZ)
Obama once set NASA's priorities as Muslim outreach.
A rocket blew up gloriously.
Mission accomplished.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 02:47 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 15, 2025 02:48 AM (NXz8h)
I'm done.
Thanks for the therapy.
Ralphy, my dog is on the floor. My friends' cat is sleeping in my bed. I'm sleeping in tomorrow. May as well until I know what is happening with the house.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 02:52 AM (jvJvP)
A rocket blew up gloriously.
Mission accomplished.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 02:47 AM (jvJvP)
Insh'allah.
Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 02:53 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 15, 2025 02:45 AM (sAmhv)
I am getting kick ass returns on all of my Meatloaf CD's...
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 02:54 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 02:53 AM (gKDq2)
Which really should make us think.
Savages like this. Maintenance is an issue with them. The library system is lacking books on Victorious Islamic Strategies and Victories.
If we really wanted peacr, it would take what? Three years to completely break them?
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 03:00 AM (jvJvP)
While I enjoy these early "golden age" sci-fi series with their cheesy SFX and "monster of the week" stories and such, it does annoy me how the writers can't even be bothered to get what should be middle-school level understanding of astronomy and space.
For example, tonight, a controller called the White House to report that the Jupiter, due to engaging its "hyperdrive" willy-nilly, was now "out of our galaxy" and hopelessly lost in space. Well, champ, the Galaxy is a big place indeed. It was going to take them 5 years to get to Alpha Centauri, which is relatively near, and nothing compared to the Milky Way Galaxy's diameter.
You can generally substitute "solar system" for their usage of "galaxy". And then, early on, trying to mimic "rocket tech talk" they'd likely heard from real launches of the day, they reported the Jupiter II was a "maximum dynamic pressure". The scene showed the ship well out in space. No, champ writer, max dynamic pressure occurs very low in the atmosphere, where it is still thick. It increases with speed, but decreases with density. The max occurs pretty low.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 15, 2025 03:01 AM (w6EFb)
I remember being in grade 8 and explaining the difference between galaxy and universe to a very smart female classmate.
Not a great way to try to score....
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 03:05 AM (jvJvP)
Found it on BB's Top 20, which today, for some reason, are screen caps instead of embedded X posts:
https://tinyurl.com/bdercdk5
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 03:11 AM (EKfGo)
Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 02:53 AM (gKDq2)
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Which really should make us think.
Savages like this. Maintenance is an issue with them. The library system is lacking books on Victorious Islamic Strategies and Victories.
If we really wanted peacr, it would take what? Three years to completely break them?
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 03:00 AM (jvJvP)
One, of among many reasons, why Japanese ships fared worse than ours in battle was on-board fire suppression. Our ships were drilled in that, the Japanese not so much. Maintenance plus 'shit happens' drills. I don't see that happening when everything is fate in a god's hands. No resposibility for fallure. No wonder the Dems are in love with muzzie invasions.
Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 03:11 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 03:11 AM (gKDq2)
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And CHYNEEZ. DataRepublican is right:
https://tinyurl.com/mpashtxc
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 03:15 AM (EKfGo)
Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 03:11 AM (gKDq2
Well 2024 election results didn't have them crying Insh'allah.
Hopefully 2026 and 2028 will be even more painful and make them ask why allah hates them.
It's late. I have a few beers left. I could help the Dems answer why allah hates them now, but let's see if they figure it out.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 03:16 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 03:11 AM (gKDq2)
US Navy was based on damage control, and fire suppression... which is why things like the LSD burning to the water line? makes us old Salts reallllllyyyy suspicious as to what the hell is going on in the Navy.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 15, 2025 03:17 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 03:11 AM (gKDq2
Iran must be an exciting place to live now.
I'm pretty sure they are not up on "shit happens" drills.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 03:19 AM (jvJvP)
I'm pretty sure they are not up on "shit happens" drills.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 03:19 AM (jvJvP)
Old and busted: May you live in interesting times....
New Hotness: FA FO
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 15, 2025 03:24 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 03:28 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 15, 2025 03:24 AM (mP0Kj)
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IDF just issued warnings to Iranians to run away from anything looking like a weapons manufacturing facility.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 03:33 AM (EKfGo)
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 03:28 AM (jvJvP)
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That would be when all their first borns drop dead at midnight.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 03:34 AM (EKfGo)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 03:39 AM (EKfGo)
Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 03:11 AM (gKDq2)
That's really interesting and good to know.
Thank you so much!
Romeo13 too.
I had an uncle by marriage who served in WW2. I think he was on a sub which made me interested in this horrible topic.
You çan't retreat from a sub.
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Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 03:43 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 15, 2025 03:34 AM (EKfGo)
Insh'allah.
Let's do the first ten, if allah wills it.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 03:45 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: JQ at June 15, 2025 01:58
Seconded JQ. His news was great as were the tales of the neighbor borrowing some brown.
National Bourbon Day, my Dad celebrated that about every day the past few yrs. After the covid shutdown let up he developed a routine of stopping by several establishments in the afternoon and having "just one" before eating supper and heading home.
But since his drink was bourbon on the rocks, light on the ice, his one was more like 3-4 ounces. He was a sociable guy who missed Mom more as time passed it seemed.
Since he died May 29 I've heard from folks I never heard of about how they enjoyed his company and conversation. RIP Dad, you were the easy to talk to guy that you admired your Dad and Uncle Warren for being.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at June 15, 2025 03:46 AM (55Qr6)
I had an uncle by marriage who served in WW2. I think he was on a sub which made me interested in this horrible topic.
You çan't retreat from a sub.
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Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 03:43 AM (jvJvP)
Yeah... damage control is something that is practiced literally every day on a ship, with at least part of the crew, even in port.
I was a Damage Control Locker Leader... one of the few who would be in charge of those efforts... note... most of those lockers were NOT controlled by Officers... but Senior NCOS who had years, if not decades of experience.
A College degree in English or History aint gonna mean shit when there is a hole in yer hull...
Navy used to know that... not sure if it still does.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 15, 2025 03:50 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at June 15, 2025 03:46 AM (55Qr6
I KNOW that doesn't make everything better, but ir helps a bit.
May 29th? That's so soon. I hope all of you are as well as you can be.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 03:57 AM (jvJvP)
Navy used to know that... not sure if it still does.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 15, 2025 03:50 AM (mP0Kj)
I so know you would have better solutions than trying to plug the holes with tampons...
You should be a consultant!
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 03:59 AM (jvJvP)
I lost the rest of my immediate family yesterday. They HATE me though. And I am up a very fluffy cat which I prefer.
We'll see what happens.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 04:06 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Lirio100 at June 14, 2025 10:46 PM
We have troops on the moon.
Posted by: Dan Driscoll at June 15, 2025 04:12 AM (szqEY)
Navy used to know that... not sure if it still does.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 15, 2025 03:50 AM (mP0Kj)
I was never in the service, just a Navy brat from Nahfuk. Being on base(s) a lot growing up (indoor swimming, 8-lane bowling, etc.), there were two things I remember. One was the sound of the jets. No matter where you lived in Norfolk, there was the sound of jets overhead, moreso when actually on base. Two was the smell of paint. Somebody was always painting something. A ship's hull in the heat of summer, a handrail in front of a building here, a door on the building over there. The only concession to the heat being the sailors could roll up their light blue denim shirt sleeves. But the painting was constant, along with scraping. Maybe the budget ran out of money for cans of paint.
Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 04:12 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 04:12 AM (gKDq2
That's hilarious.
Not entirely the same, by a mile, but my late Mother was a nun for 14 years in Cleveland. It wasn't constant painting BUT they did constant cleaning.
Mom told me she never touched a Bible.Always cleaning.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 04:18 AM (jvJvP)
Those Navy ships in port, along with anything in the port itself, were painted with a strong-smelling oil based paint. There was a lot of salt water moisture around. The need for scraping and painting was/is constant. At least to keep a ship ship-shape. From some of the pics I've seen of USS Rust Buckets in various ports, it's embarrassing.
Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 04:26 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: RickZ at June 15, 2025 04:26 AM (gKDq2
Thank you for that. It's interesting information.
I'd think a steel ship wouldn't need such maintenance.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 04:31 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 15, 2025 04:33 AM (jvJvP)
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Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 14, 2025 10:42 PM (rvwwT)
Worked for me!
Posted by: Foster Brooks at June 15, 2025 08:10 AM (5xuJ/)
An African and an Asian go to college together. Five years later the African visits the Asian in his large, beautiful home with a BMW in the garage.
"My friend, how did you afford this?"
The Asian points in the distance and says, "You see that bridge over there?"
The African says, "Yes."
The Asian smiles, rubs his forefinger and thumbs together and says, "Ten percent."
Five years later the Asian visits the African. He has a palatial estate with a fleet of luxury cars.
"My friend, how did you afford this?"
The African points in the distance and says, "You see that highway over there?"
The Asian says, "No."
The African smiles, rubs his forefinger and thumb together and says, "100 percent."
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I Can't Handle It: Re-Examining A Few Good Men and the Writing of Aaron Sorkin [Lex]
A film school professor of mine often asked, “What is a movie you are supposed to like but cannot stand?” His answer: Federico Fellini’s 8 ½. He found the main character Guido execrable, and all of Fellini’s magical realism could not cast a spell to overcome his dislike of the lead.
There are many foreign, art, and independent films I know I am supposed to admire. But let’s face it: you need a lot of patience to watch Tarkovsky or Warhol or Cassavetes or Bresson. In the Hollywood canon of all-time greats, there are movies I find slow or unengaging (Apocalypse Now, The Apartment), but I still respect them. But after all these years (I graduated film school in 199, there has been no highly praised movie I could not abide. Until recently.
And that is A Few Good Men. ***
Enmity did not come right away. Released in 1991, I do not remember having strong feelings either way about A Few Good Men. Like most, the story intrigued and entertained me.
On the surface, everything about the picture meets the highest standards of film-making. It took me some time, however, to realize the writing does not. How can I say the writing in A Few Good Men is anything but first class? After all, Hollywood darling Aaron Sorkin penned the screenplay. He is perhaps the best known industry writer since William Goldman. The characters and dialogue in the movie stand out as some of Hollywood's most memorable, and countless screenwriting programs, seminars, and textbooks hold up the script as something to emulate. But A Few Good Men is insincere and manipulative. Strong words I know, but allow me to present my case, your honor.***
The film begins at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba where two Marines administer a beating to a fellow Marine, who later dies. We cut from the attack to Washington D.C, where we see a flapping American flag followed by some fascinating rifle exercises—both set against upbeat, martial music. Seems harmless, but there is already mocking of the military underway. A ghastly assault and an immediate cut to the flag coupled with pomp and circumstance.
Walking past the rifle exercises is Lt. Commander Galloway (played by Demi Moore). A JAG lawyer, she wants to defend the two accused Marines and seeks permission from her superiors to be assigned the case. No doubt the Captain of this unit is a sexist jerk, but when Galloway first walks in and he offers her a seat, she stupidly refuses it. After being treated like a little girl, her superiors assign the case to Lt. Caffey (Tom Cruise), believing she is too inexperienced to be the lead defense counsel. We meet Caffey at a softball practice. A prosecuting attorney is there to discuss a case because Caffey did not bother to show up at his office. Caffey belittles the prosecutor while simultaneously plea-bargaining and hitting grounders.
Of course, it is more interesting to have this scene play out on a softball field as opposed to a stuffy office, but the opening sequence sets the table for the entire film where everyone treats everyone else contemptuously or dismissively or confrontationally—and almost always without good reason.
This tone is what caused me to turn on the film after repeated viewings. Sorkin has the characters behave the way he wants them to, for his own purposes, not how they should organically be for themselves. Only someone writing with an agenda would craft characters and dialogue this way. Did Sorkin’s committed leftism perhaps drive him to write an anti-Corps movie? Or maybe he prefers this style and understands glib and confrontational characters will always strike a chord with audiences. It is not my goal to see into his mind, and there is certainly nothing wrong with an agenda-driven script. I am only stating my reaction to it upon repeated viewings, and I believe it is far overpraised due to its callowness. I am not going to breakdown the rest of the movie. I am working on the assumption most cinephiles have seen A Few Good Men. But I do not have to describe any more of the film because the important thing to note is its tone, which, to me, comes from a place of cynicism and almost never waivers from this inauthentic posture. Caffey treats everyone with nauseating ennui. His co-counsel, Lt. Weinberg (Kevin Pollack) is an insouciant wiseass. The two accused men, Corporal Dawson (Wolfgang Bodison) and PFC Downey (James Marshall) are both unbelievably robotic even in the face of the charges against them. Caffey talks down to Dawson and Downey, while they are, respectively, stubborn and moronic. When we ultimately meet the senior Marine officers at Guantanamo Bay—Lt. Kendrick (Kiefer Sutherland), Lt. Col. Markinson (J.T. Walsh), and of course the infamous Col. Jessup (Jack Nicholson)—who set the crime in motion, there is not even the pretense of depicting them as sane men. Spoiler alert in case you are one of the few who have not seen the film. The senior officers ordered Dawson and Downey to carry out the assault that led to the death of their fellow Marine. Besides being unrepentant sadists—leaving out Markinson who wants to do the right thing but is too weak to push back—the three officers seem to loathe one another and goad each other with threats and disparagement. All I have described occurs in the first twenty minutes of the movie, and it does not change for the next two hours.
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Were A Few Good Men a parody or satire, this tenor might be more understandable, but it is a straightly played drama, so its defining quality is sheer manipulation.
What am I talking about? All storytelling is manipulation to a certain degree. When we watch a movie, we suspend our disbelief that the actors are pretending. We are all open to manipulation as consumers of any story. Yet there is a point at which this deference is beyond rescue. I have friends who are perfectly happy with even the stupidest iteration of the Fast and Furious characters. Over the course of the franchise, the characters went from street-car mechanics to space shuttle pilots, and that does not seem to bother some. In A Few Good Men, we are not dealing with an offbeat or even absurdist gestalt where human behavior as we know it might not apply. Instead, the film styles itself as an accurate depiction of the Marine Corps—JAG officers in particular. The technical details are flawless, but the portrayal of the characters and the dialogue undercut any fealty to the milieu.
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If you look at most of Sorkin’s work, this is not an isolated case. From his TV series (The West Wing and The Newsroom), and other films such as The American President –perhaps the most cloying and pretentious in his oeuvre—Sorkin cannot seem to help himself. All of his heroes (and antagonists) are over-stylized to the point where their personas and behavior do not feel authentic to the world they inhabit. To Sorkin’s credit, he is very crafty about hiding his bias and tactics in A Few Good Men. I think that is why the film does not catch as much flak as it should. Because his sleight-of-hand fools viewers—and I counted myself in this category for a long time. He is distracting you with slick dialogue, oodles of conflict, and plot twists. In this sense, he has done a great job as a writer, but at least I, for one, must reveal the prestidigitation is just that.
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What exactly changed my view of this movie? How did I come to see that A Few Good Men is an unserious fantasy instead of the hard hitting drama most believe it to be?
I do not believe it is my political leanings, which are conservative. A Few Good Men is decidedly anti-Marine Corps, but I greatly admire Full Metal Jacket and Platoon, and those movies are also not kind when it comes to their depiction of the Corps or the armed forces. However, while these films are unsparing in their criticism of the military, one never gets the feeling the writers, directors, or producers have inserted themselves into the drama. It does not seem to be enough for Sorkin to tell the story of a crime committed in the ranks of the Marine Corps. In A Few Good Men he wants his voice to be part of that story as well, and it just does not wash. And if it is not politics, I think my beef with the movie is more a personal reckoning with Hollywood. Not only is the industry a system that creates myths on screen but also off it. Hagiography has always been part of the game, but Sorkin and others have been over-hyped to the extent the system cannot admit it has been reckless with its king-making. This is especially true when a film earns a lot of money or wins awards. Think ‘The New York Times’ winning Pulitzers for reporting on Russian collusion. It would take profound humility to confess to being gullible, or, worse, culpable, so the path of least resistance is to go along with the conventional wisdom that A Few Good Men is a work of brilliance. Or perhaps I always had these reservations and did not want to be that guy: the one who is hating on everyone else’s darling. But no longer. I am calling A Few Good Men to the stand where I am exposing it for the juvenile piece of work it is. I am not sure my film professor had quite this length and breadth of explanation in mind when he posed the question about movies you are supposed to like but cannot stand, but I finally, and without hesitation, have been able to submit this one.
What about you? What truth (or movie) can you not handle?
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Basically, what everyone takes from the movie is the opposite of what Sorkin wanted.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 07:35 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 07:37 PM (t0Rmr)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World has been on. I watched to determine whether my opinion of it may have changed with time.
It hasn't. The longest, zaniest, most unfunny film ever.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 07:37 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 07:40 PM (RIvkX)
Actually that could be a whole separate thread topic - movies that lefties wrote that accidentally have a conservative theme or take away
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The Young Pope. Pius XIII, hell yeah! The guy we need!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 07:40 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: MikeN at June 14, 2025 07:40 PM (HVZOH)
Took a Couple times watching AFGM before realy thought it was a good movie
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 07:40 PM (tl5zd)
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 07:40 PM (y4H1r)
The sole saving grace of the film is Col. Jessup's speech, which is one huge truth bomb. So big, so powerful, that it drags the evil, manipulative movie across the finish line and makes it memorable.
Fuck Aaron Sorkin.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 14, 2025 07:41 PM (xcxpd)
My choice for "everyone likes it but I don't" would be Saving Private Ryan. Yes, yes, I know, the opening scene at Omaha Beach is epic, but I don't like any of the movie beyond that. As soon as they've secured the beach, I change the channel.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 07:42 PM (jGGMD)
Posted by: deepelemblues at June 14, 2025 07:43 PM (z9n5F)
One movie I need to watch again is Baby Blue Marine with Jan Michael Vincent I watched as a kid. Only thing I remember is him being punished and forced to hold two full buckets with extended arms to his side. He was able to do it by meditating and thinking of something else.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:44 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 07:44 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 07:45 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: LASue at June 14, 2025 07:46 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: deepelemblues at June 14, 2025 07:43 PM (z9n5F)
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I rooted for the psycho in Full Metal Jacket
Psychos and icebergs.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 07:47 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Jack Squat. Bupkis at June 14, 2025 07:47 PM (dQfJF)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 07:47 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:44 PM (VofaG)
I remember that punishment, too, but mostly that Jan-Michael Vincent was extremely cute. But his adult years were pretty sad.
Posted by: LASue at June 14, 2025 07:48 PM (lCppi)
Movies can look great but be awful. In fact, most are. Saving Private Ryan might be another one where the action and technical details are spot on but the script lacking.
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 07:48 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 07:49 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: raimondo at June 14, 2025 07:50 PM (krmyC)
It seems Cruise's portrayal of JAG is the first step in the (cover your eyes, ladies) pussification of the armed forces. This led directly to the hesitancy to prosecute the war in Iraq and other places. If you have to run to ask permission to eliminate your enemy, you've already lost.
As to your question, the only one I can think of is Unforgiven. Why? Because Munny failed. He turned back into a murderous man. I didn't like the ending. Beautiful film, but I never want to watch it again.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 07:50 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:50 PM (VofaG)
I believe A Few Good Men was a play before it was a movie. Don't know how similar or dissimilar the two are.
As times passes, I think more and more people appreciate the Jack Nicholson speech, even though they tried hard to make him appear off his rocker..
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 14, 2025 07:51 PM (MZ+PY)
Posted by: Kreskin at June 14, 2025 07:51 PM (zNDRB)
It hasn't. The longest, zaniest, most unfunny film ever.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 07:37 PM (QnmlO)
I think it's just a last gasp for some old time actors getting a last hurrah. I don't hate it, but it's not that good. Too long, as well.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 07:51 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Gonzotx at June 14, 2025 07:52 PM (nGraA)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at June 14, 2025 07:52 PM (7leMO)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:50 PM (VofaG)
I will never not find Blazing Saddles funny, if only for the line "Acting like a bunch of Kansas City faggots!"
Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 07:52 PM (jGGMD)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 14, 2025 07:53 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:53 PM (VofaG)
One of the oddest moments of the WoT was the military bringing a medic up on charges when he tried to help a wounded jihadi and said jihadi attacked him with a knife and the medic killed him in the fight.
The government leaned on the other soldiers to roll over on their compatriot and one agreed on the terms that he got a full and complete pardon. Said compatriot then went on to the stand and said that in fact HE killed the jihadi, destroying the government's case.
But...what the hell? The military's job was to kill jihadis, and a knife wielding one is obviously a perfectly normal target...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 07:54 PM (t0Rmr)
I rewatched Space Balls recently and it holds up...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 07:54 PM (t0Rmr)
It was otherwise an outstanding production.
Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 07:54 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 07:54 PM (tl5zd)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 14, 2025 07:54 PM (bXbFr)
Two other movies most think are great that I find just meh.
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Bull Durham. Wotta load of cobblers.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 07:55 PM (QnmlO)
Red Blood, Yellow Gold - 1967
Chorizo /S.W. filmed in Spain. Basically the Dirty Dozen plot. Edd Byrne's of 77 Sunset Strip fame and George Hilton star. George was in many spaghetti westerns as well has a handful of gailli.
Riot on Sunset Strip - 1967
Ironically I watched this Saturday when the Newsome, Bass riots were gaining steam. Saw no riot, more like slightly irritated hippies on the Strip. However, Mimsy Farmer's acid dance is not to be missed.
The Dirt Gang - 1972
Early 70's American International flick. They don't ride "hogs". They terrorize on motocross dirt bikes.Still a very violent and disgusting crew. Supposedly George Miller got some ideas for Mad Max from the Dirt Gang.
Posted by: Milotull, B movie guy at June 14, 2025 07:56 PM (iL+fp)
Posted by: Bulg at June 14, 2025 07:56 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 14, 2025 07:57 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at June 14, 2025 07:57 PM (7leMO)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 07:50 PM (0ea
Not that you are incorrect but did you consider he thought his killing for hire was for a just cause this time and only reason he agreed?
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:57 PM (VofaG)
I'd say in script terms, they thought they needed to give Caffey some kind of arc. Everyone else stays the same throughout the movie but Caffey undergoes an evolution from. It's a lame evolution in this case but the kind of thing they teach you in script 101.
When I wrote this I also thought about 12 Angry Men and how the jury goes from believing the defendant is guilty to innocent. AFGM decided to strike the posture that we already know of Jessup's guilt and Caffey has to get it out of him.
But that makes it feel more like an episode of Columbo than a revered feature film.
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 07:57 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: Ib1netmon at June 14, 2025 07:59 PM (vTTFR)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:50 PM (VofaG)
Brooks films need a second or third viewing to get all the jokes, same as Police Squad/Naked Gun. I watched History of the World, Part I quite a few times, and I keep noticing something I missed each time before.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 07:59 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Christopher Kiesel at June 14, 2025 07:59 PM (rhoT8)
Buster Olney and his stupid bow tie.
Bow ties look good only on 7-year-olds and puppies. And some women.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 08:00 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Toad-0 at June 14, 2025 08:01 PM (SkxTr)
Supposedly one of Clint Eastwood's best and one of the best Westerns.
Every single thing in it is a cliche.
It's like they threw at a dartboard before they filmed each scene.
Posted by: Sorry, not a winner at June 14, 2025 08:01 PM (tprJm)
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:01 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:02 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Archer at June 14, 2025 08:03 PM (IDphi)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:04 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 14, 2025 08:04 PM (3wi/L)
Posted by: Toad-0 at June 14, 2025 08:05 PM (SkxTr)
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:08 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:08 PM (e15Ap)
Posted by: Archer at June 14, 2025 08:08 PM (IDphi)
I thought the title was, "Tribes," with Darrin McGavin as the sarge?
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 08:08 PM (i0F8b)
It's the vaudeville type jokes that I find meh. Admittedly there are some good one liners quotes that I used many times in college and few years after.
Lot of my friends were jokingly referred to as piss boy on occasion.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:08 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:09 PM (e15Ap)
Posted by: Nothing special at June 14, 2025 08:10 PM (o1rI2)
Posted by: Abzod at June 14, 2025 08:10 PM (0X8xl)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 08:11 PM (0aYVJ)
I thought the title was, "Tribes," with Darrin McGavin as the sarge?
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 08:08 PM (i0F8b)
I couldn't remember the name so I looked it up before I posted. Baby Blue Marine is what the intertubes gave me unless I read it wrong. You could be right.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:11 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:57 PM (VofaG)
It may have been in his mind, but I don't think what he did was right. Ok, the girl had her face scarred. She was offered a horse and money, I think, but that wasn't good enough. She was a prostitute. Looking at the town, women were scarce. Scar on face or not, a lonely cowboy off a trail drive would take her anyway. Munny's killing of all those he faced was too excessive for what happened. He lost what he wanted to become and raged at the whole town that he'd come back and kill anyone who tried to get rid of the hookers. Doesn't seem just to me. Buy, that's just what I think.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 08:11 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Nothing special at June 14, 2025 08:10 PM (o1rI2)
Bound is the bestest lezbo movie.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:12 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 08:12 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:13 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: LASue
I distinctly remember being required to hold my 9.5 pound dummy M1 garand rifle directly out in front of me perpendicular to the floor, along with the rest of my company, at Navy OCS in Newport RI in 1988. That damn thing got heavy after a few minutes.
Posted by: Sharkman at June 14, 2025 08:13 PM (/RHNq)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 08:13 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Sharkman at June 14, 2025 08:13 PM (/RHNq)
I have been scrolling up through the comments after a horrible day. So many comments about unrealistic movies. And bad movies.
I have seen so few movies but feel free to come on to my lawn, grab a few beers and make yourself comfortable.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 08:13 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:14 PM (e15Ap)
https://tinyurl.com/4859k9b3
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 08:14 PM (i0F8b)
I’m wondering how it compares to another movie, based on a book by a veteran, James Jones: From Here to Eternity.
The military certainly didn’t get the glamour treatment in that one either.
Posted by: kallisto at June 14, 2025 08:14 PM (IfXe7)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 08:14 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 08:14 PM (zZu0s)
It was the time and place. Can't judge it on today's morals/cultural norm. Hard times and hard men in real life during that period.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:15 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:01 PM (y4H1r)
Why not both?
He's not writing or directing it, just plans to make an appearance as Yogurt. Think I'll pass on it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 08:15 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 08:15 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:14 PM (e15Ap)
Great cast overall, but Tim Blake Nelson was absolutely brilliant.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 08:16 PM (0aYVJ)
Movies considered masterpieces that I can watch but I think are really overrated:
"The Empire Strikes Back." There, I said it.
"Aliens." Ground Zero for "woke" films.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 14, 2025 08:17 PM (CHHv1)
Meanwhile....a movie from roughly the same era;
'Falling Down' has only gotten better with time. A lot more nuanced film than is noticed at first.
First World Problems: I use YoutubeTV for my golf/racing obscessive watching. The 24 Hours of LeMans is this weekend on MototrendTV. I'm recording it. Or was. It's not recording. Apparently, YT or MTTV, changed the name of event on the 'DVR' guide. Now it's not recording. First World Problems are annoying. The 24Hr LeMans will get uploaded on regular Youtube in a couple of weeks. Still.....grumblegrumblegrumble.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 14, 2025 08:17 PM (C26rB)
But that makes it feel more like an episode of Columbo than a revered feature film.
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 07:57 PM (y4H1r)
12 Angry Men is another movie I've increasingly disliked over time. Really enjoyed it when I first saw it, but since then it's seemed increasingly cliche and unrealistic. I had a lawyer acquaintance who said Fonda's character would've been kicked off the jury the moment he pulled that stunt with the knife.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 08:17 PM (jGGMD)
Posted by: 18-1
Or TV shows.
'The Wire'.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 14, 2025 08:18 PM (C26rB)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 08:14 PM (zZu0s)
I don't mind watching those gangster/mafia movies but I hate that they make them into something of a hero or brave or other positive traits.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:18 PM (VofaG)
Whenever the Military Crimes has done a survey on the best war movies, those are #1 and #2, consistently.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 08:18 PM (vm8sq)
DJT has great instincts. He is the right man at the right time.
Posted by: SnakePlizzken at June 14, 2025 08:19 PM (G0Od/)
Stateless,
We can't fully know or share your struggles but all we Hordians are pulling for you and are happy to listen and try to make you feel you don't have to carry your burden alone.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 08:19 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 08:19 PM (jvJvP)
And I watched the parade and enjoyed it.
Posted by: Gem at June 14, 2025 08:19 PM (e85zz)
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:19 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 08:14 PM (zZu0s)
I don't mind watching those gangster/mafia movies but I hate that they make them into something of a hero or brave or other positive traits.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:18 PM (VofaG)
Encapsulated here is why I do not watch “mob movies” for the most part.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 08:19 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 08:20 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 08:14 PM (zZu0s)
I really like Godfather but not Part II, which is opposite to most people I know.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 08:20 PM (jGGMD)
https://tinyurl.com/4859k9b3
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 08:14 PM (i0F8b)
Was that the one where he held the buckets up?
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:20 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 14, 2025 08:21 PM (DIweC)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 08:21 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: 18-1
Or TV shows.
'The Wire'.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 14, 2025 08:18 PM (C26rB)
I still can’t get over the fact that Hollywood permitted the making of The Killing Fields.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 08:21 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:08 PM (VofaG)
Speaking of the piss boy....
There was one scene where Count De Monet is about to take Jacques away to make him up as Louis, and you see Bernaise in the background standing by a statue. He pulls away and you see a guy on his hands and knees behind the statue while Bernaise puts his hat in front of his crotch. I wonder if the actor was getting a blow job, or was having his costume repaired? Once you see it, you always will.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 08:21 PM (0eaVi)
I hated Titanic with a hate of a thousand burning suns.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 14, 2025 08:22 PM (C26rB)
DJT has great instincts. He is the right man at the right time.
Posted by: SnakePlizzken at June 14, 2025 08:22 PM (G0Od/)
https://tinyurl.com/4859k9b3
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 08:14 PM (i0F8b)
Was that the one where he held the buckets up?
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:20 PM (VofaG)
That's where I remember the bucket punishment from. He taught the meditation trick to a fellow recruit, a weakling, and flustered the sarge.
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 08:23 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:23 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: Nothing special at June 14, 2025 08:10 PM (o1rI2)
Bound is the bestest lezbo movie.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:12 PM (VofaG)
Somebody ask Ace.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 08:23 PM (0eaVi)
Between Heaven and Hell with Robert Wagner.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:24 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Stacy0311 at June 14, 2025 08:25 PM (gwujb)
Sorkin caters to every liberal prejudice: all liberals are brilliant and kind and all conservatives are knuckle-dragging Neanderthals without a conscience.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 08:25 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 08:23 PM (i0F8b)
Thanks for the correction 👍
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:25 PM (VofaG)
If you check the films he has directed, before he did those two, with North in between them, the movies are excellent, from This is Spinal Tap to Misery.
And then he got political.
Those two and North benefit from his past accomplishments and are merely considered weak, but after that you have to dig to find anything that is only blah and not outright terrible.
At least until his most recent pair. One has high ratings simply because it is raw TDS. The other, an homage to his friend Albert Brooks, would appear to be the only truly good thing Reiner has done in over 30 years. We shall have to wait to see what he does with Spinal Tap 2.
All because Reiner dipped into politics and it ruined everything, including simple buddy flicks and rom coms.
Posted by: Sam at June 14, 2025 08:26 PM (7jMef)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 08:27 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
It insists upon itself.
Posted by: Peter Griffin at June 14, 2025 08:27 PM (C26rB)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:15 PM (VofaG)
Oh, I'm aware of judging yesterday by today's morality. But, it's a modern film, so I think it can be judged that way. Also, no matter how good a gunman he was, he's definitely older and slower, and the fact he guns down so many people is a bit unbelievable.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 08:27 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: 18-1
Or TV shows.
Family Ties
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:28 PM (VofaG)
It should of been so much better.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 08:28 PM (W/lyH)
We can't fully know or share your struggles but all we Hordians are pulling for you and are happy to listen and try to make you feel you don't have to carry your burden alone.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 08:19 PM (QnmlO
Thank you so much.
My goal is to pull through and be a blessing to other members of the Horde. Any inspirational movies like that? You should have seen the disturbing movies I watched in Mom's last month. Messed up stuff.
Still. Bad year. Pulling through though.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 08:29 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 07:50 PM (0eaVi)
A subset of the p-fication of men in general.
And who did it start with?
Arthur Lake! I blame Arthur Lake. And Jerry Lewis. And dis -honorable mention to Don Knotts.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at June 14, 2025 08:29 PM (Oa7o7)
It should of been so much better.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 08:28 PM (W/lyH)
Keanu screwed up on that one.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:29 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: 18-1
Or TV shows.
Family Ties
Posted by: polynikes
All in the Family.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 14, 2025 08:31 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Stacy0311 at June 14, 2025 08:25 PM (gwujb)
I only saw a few scenes Few Good Men, but I agree 100% with your take.
Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 08:31 PM (LHPAg)
'praise for Sorkin to promote his legend when if you look more closely you see he's not as gifted as he appears to be.'
He's a gifted propagandist for the left.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 14, 2025 08:31 PM (3wi/L)
I can't begin to enumerate the flaws of A Few Good Men. Anyway, one is multiple "finales" or "final revelations." One of the most ridiculous was something like "We were supposed to help the little guy" or something stupid like that.
Rob Reiner has always been as garbage a storyteller as Nora Ephron. In fact, he may have more estrogen than her, even though she's dead.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 14, 2025 08:31 PM (wbZPZ)
Posted by: Stacy0311 at June 14, 2025 08:25 PM (
Thank you!
Any movie or tv show where the lawyers or journalists are heroes makes me laugh. But I don't see a lot of movies or dramas.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 08:32 PM (jvJvP)
De gustibus non est disputandum, so they say.
Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 08:32 PM (+EG6t)
Posted by: Elaine Benes at June 14, 2025 08:33 PM (7szT/)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:33 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Elaine Benes at June 14, 2025 08:33 PM (7szT/)
Heh. This reminds me that I have that movie on DVD in my collection, still in its shrink-wrap. I may actually watch it someday. See if Elaine is right.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 08:34 PM (0aYVJ)
Arthur Lake! I blame Arthur Lake. And Jerry Lewis. And dis -honorable mention to Don Knotts.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at June 14, 2025 08:29 PM (Oa7o7)
Don't forget the man who is the icon for all men like that, Caspar Milquetoast.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 08:35 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: TJM's phone at June 14, 2025 08:35 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Elaine Benes at June 14, 2025 08:33 PM (7szT/)
Heh. This reminds me that I have that movie on DVD in my collection, still in its shrink-wrap. I may actually watch it someday. See if Elaine is right.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 08:34 PM (0aYVJ)
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She is.
But the movie won't hurt you. Watch and find out yourself.
Posted by: TJM's phone at June 14, 2025 08:36 PM (GBKbO)
TOJW was the real deal. I’m not against Eastwood’s later work. Million Dollar Baby and Gran Torino are fantastic pictures. I just always thought Wales was vastly under appreciated.
Posted by: Chris Sheehy at June 14, 2025 08:36 PM (lUCTG)
Posted by: Stacy0311 at June 14, 2025 08:25 PM (gwujb)
Here's the obviously problem with the movie: If this were real, of course Jessup would be a monster, and a very stupid one at that. Who would be dumb enough to incriminate himself on the witness stand, just so he could tell off a snot nosed lawyer?
Not a real Marine Colonel.
But as a cartoon, he's fine, he's the hero. We can listen to his speech and say "yeah, you tell 'im."
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 08:36 PM (lH8E4)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 14, 2025 08:31 PM (cYBz/)
What about all of the black and white rural shows before they transferred everyrhing to the big city? I'd argue conservative but would have to go back to gather evidence.
'Petticoat Junction?'
Damn, it!
If someone here has to do this....
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 08:37 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 08:32 PM (jvJvP)
May I suggest My Cousin Vinny?
Just snarking. I understand what you mean.
You reminded me though that I need to watch Justice for All again to see if he was a 'hero'.
I admit I thoroughly enjoyed The Lincoln Lawyer.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:37 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:37 PM (e15Ap)
Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at June 14, 2025 08:37 PM (p2GXS)
Chief Dan George always steals the show in a movie.
Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 08:38 PM (+EG6t)
Gotta disagree with you a bit on Cassavetes. I know what you mean though. His arty stuff does take patience, often more than I possess. But, he has made other films that are great. Best example: Gloria.
Admittedly, he made that one for the money, so he suppressed his natural inclinations.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 14, 2025 08:38 PM (p4nXC)
TOJW was the real deal. I’m not against Eastwood’s later work. Million Dollar Baby and Gran Torino are fantastic pictures. I just always thought Wales was vastly under appreciated.
Posted by: Chris Sheehy at June 14, 2025 08:36 PM (lUCTG)
There is iron in the words of Chris Sheehy for all to see.
- Ten Bears
Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 08:39 PM (LHPAg)
Hang in there no matter what. Even if you have to close your eyes and say'this too shall pass'.
You are not alone.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at June 14, 2025 08:39 PM (Oa7o7)
Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at June 14, 2025 08:37 PM (p2GXS)
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He actually directed a movie. Molly's Game about a lady who ran high dollar secret poker games. It's quite good, very far removed from politics, and full of that dialogue Lex describes.
I see why people like his stuff. Quippy. It also works really well in The Social Network, by Fincher.
Posted by: TJM's phone at June 14, 2025 08:39 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:44 PM (VofaG)
****
Baby Blue Marine? I remeber it being called "Tribes".
It had a real good portrayal of the Drill Instructor. Top notch.
Posted by: EFG at June 14, 2025 08:39 PM (c8IdU)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 08:40 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 14, 2025 08:40 PM (q3u5l)
I need to rewatch The Verdict with Paul Newman. It's a good attorney movie. He's a drunken slob and doesn't want the case but then takes it and it changes him.
But he's played honestly not as a bored, wiseass the way Caffey is in AFGM.
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:40 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 14, 2025 08:40 PM (akw+7)
Also Hail Caesar! is awesome and full of meaning.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at June 14, 2025 08:40 PM (dQfJF)
Admittedly, he made that one for the money, so he suppressed his natural inclinations.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 14, 2025 08:38 PM (p4nXC)
Is that the one with Sharon Stone. I came across it half way through. She did a great job from what I watched.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:40 PM (VofaG)
As cartoon characters, that's fine. It's dramatic and shocking.
As supposed real life characters though, it's complete bullshit though.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 08:41 PM (lH8E4)
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:40 PM (y4H1r)
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No problem. It was a pleasure to read.
Posted by: TJM's phone at June 14, 2025 08:41 PM (GBKbO)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World has been on. I watched to determine whether my opinion of it may have changed with time.
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It's a series of skits stitched together with a theme.
Jimmy Durante kicking the bucket - you know where this movie is going.
Terry Thomas and Milton Beryl - funny
Buddy Hacket at the filling station - funny
Sid (insane) Cesar trying to get out of the hardware shop
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 08:41 PM (6dYPy)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 08:42 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:40 PM (VofaG)
She's a great actress below the waist.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 08:42 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Elaine Benes at June 14, 2025 08:33 PM (7szT/)
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I've never seen it because I know instinctively that I will have an "Elaine" reaction.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 08:42 PM (kpS4V)
(Probably out breakin' a bitch.)
Posted by: EFG at June 14, 2025 08:42 PM (c8IdU)
Posted by: ChuckinTX at June 14, 2025 08:43 PM (StqGk)
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Dunkirk. Horrible -- I'd have to rewatch it for details on why. Just thought it was awful story-telling despite a personal affection for some of the actors involved.
[I know TJM disagrees with me on this.]
Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 14, 2025 08:44 PM (/JOu+)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 08:14 PM (zZu0s)
You should watch The Freshman. Humor, plus Penelope Ann Miller. And a lizard. Oh yeah, and Marlon Brando, too.
Posted by: HTL at June 14, 2025 08:44 PM (CbOLC)
But maybe you are right: if he acted with compassion and understanding it would have been a bold choice.
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:44 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at June 14, 2025 08:40 PM (dQfJF)
*****
In my experience, most people don't really get The Big Lebowski on their first viewing. It takes a second viewing for it to click.
Posted by: EFG at June 14, 2025 08:45 PM (c8IdU)
One of the Coen Bros movies is one that I'm supposed to like but don't: Barton Fink. Same with Burn After Reading
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 14, 2025 08:45 PM (akw+7)
My bad and since this is aos I expect to be corrected more than once on the same mistake 😀
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:45 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 08:42 PM (+qU29)
It's like golf. I'm sure it's fun to be in it, but if you are watching, you have to wait for the next one to come by, and then... what, watch them leave?
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 08:45 PM (lH8E4)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 14, 2025 08:45 PM (u73oe)
Parade did get boring
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 08:42 PM (+qU29)
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I'm a minority of one and I don't intend to disparage the pleasure anyone else gets from them, but parades and fireworks do nothing at all for me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 08:46 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 08:46 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 14, 2025 08:44 PM (/JOu
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Always take solace in the fact that I'm an illiterate asshole
Posted by: TJM's phone at June 14, 2025 08:47 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 08:47 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 08:48 PM (t0Rmr)
But maybe you are right: if he acted with compassion and understanding it would have been a bold choice.
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:44 PM (y4H1r)
I think the character was well done, and probably indicative of many such men... until that scene. A man with that much experience working with privates would have instantly assessed the threat, and would have either put the private down like a dog, or vacated the area and let the MPs handle it.
But to stand there and berate a crazy person with a loaded gun pointed at you? That's suicide.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 08:49 PM (lH8E4)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 08:46 PM (QnmlO)
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Waiting for the tanks to veer into the crowds.
Those robot dogs give me the willies.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 08:49 PM (kpS4V)
Dunkirk is where Chris Nolan's addiction to telling stories out of order really caught up to him. (There were problems with Interstellar, but that one meant to play with the timeline all along, so it doesn't count.)
Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 08:50 PM (jGGMD)
Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 08:50 PM (iGK7y)
Military equipment /weapons on display. I'd definitely would stay to the end.
But we can't do that because it's Fascist.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:50 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 08:51 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: MichiCanuck at June 14, 2025 08:51 PM (kCBPn)
Even the most gung ho gunney would probably not react that way with a locked and loaded rifle pointing at him with zero cover or support to help him.
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:52 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 08:52 PM (63Dwl)
Hang in there no matter what. Even if you have to close your eyes and say'this too shall pass'.
You are not alone.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at June 14, 2025 08:39
Thank you so much.
I will do my best to encourage other morons after this passes.
By the way, I was watching "Avengers Infinity War"
I haven't watched a ton of them. But fun movie. The guardians called each other 'morons.' Sweet.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 08:53 PM (jvJvP)
[I know TJM disagrees with me on this.]
Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 14, 2025 08:44 PM (/JOu+)
I add this one to my list. Another movie that should of been far better than it was.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 08:53 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 08:50 PM (jGGMD)
Nolan as a filmmaker is no better than M Night Shamalamdingdong. He has a gimmick, and dammit, he's gonna use it!
Occasionally, the film works (as you note, Interstellar), but usually it's just annoying.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 08:53 PM (lH8E4)
Posted by: Duke Lowell
I thought they had the feel of Western PA in that time period. My Dad was a steel worker. The scenes of Clairton, PA (filled in by Weirton, WV) always interested me in The Deer Hunter. Those hunting scenes were obviously not Western PA. Or anywhere in the Appalachians. I read it was Olympia NP in Washington. The Deer Hunter gave Cimino the motivation to wreck UA with 'Heaven's Gate', so it had that going for it. (ok, wasn't on purpose but still..)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 14, 2025 08:53 PM (C26rB)
"But A Few Good Men is insincere and manipulative."
Totally agree. It reminds me of Fail Safe, great performances covering for uncharacteristic actions from characters and a flawed premise.
Has there ever been a Navy JAG who could rattle a Colonel of Marines?
Posted by: Ronzoni at June 14, 2025 08:54 PM (tof4A)
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:54 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:55 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 08:56 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 08:57 PM (6dYPy)
Casino drives me crazy. I watched parts of it probably a hundred times & put it together in my mind because I've never sat through the entire movie in one shot. I can't. It's a true story but something about the storytelling and the way it unwinds can't be saved by decent (or otherwise) acting.
American Hustle, another. Fascinating, true story. The movie, not so much.
So now it occurs to me I'm a tougher critic of serious works based on true storied & related actors, and more so of the writers & directors, too.
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The Army Parade has been excellent & I've learned a lot.
Posted by: L- No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 08:57 PM (NFX2v)
Sorkin did "The West Wing" which was sort of his television version of his "The American President" and equally loathsome.
The libs were smart victim/saints and the grasping seizing opponents were ugly meanies.
Kind of like "Hogan's Heroes" without the laugh track.
Posted by: Auspex at June 14, 2025 08:57 PM (j4U/Z)
Easy Rider.
Posted by: davidt
Why? The guys in the truck were the true hero's of that movie!
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 14, 2025 08:57 PM (C26rB)
Even the most gung ho gunney would probably not react that way with a locked and loaded rifle pointing at him with zero cover or support to help him.
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:52 PM (y4H1r)
Right, so if you are making a movie that is symbolic, it works, but Kubrick SPECIFICALLY said he was making a move that WAS Vietnam. And had R Lee Ermey doing the single most realistic DI ever put on film... up to that point.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 08:57 PM (lH8E4)
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 08:57 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: MichiCanuck at June 14, 2025 08:51 PM (kCBPn
Best Star Trek ever!
Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 08:57 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 08:54 PM (y4H1r
I've watched it at least 4 times. Movies , music, art and women. I love how there is always diametrically opposite opinions. Makes the world go round.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:57 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 08:58 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:55 PM (VofaG)
And that would have been more realistic. Dangerous, and might have still resulted in him being killed, but more realistic.
Kubrick wanted a movie scene though, not realism.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 08:58 PM (lH8E4)
Bonus.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 14, 2025 08:58 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 08:59 PM (kpS4V)
I'm a minority of one and I don't intend to disparage the pleasure anyone else gets from them, but parades and fireworks do nothing at all for me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 08:46 PM (QnmlO)
I appreciate how gently and nicely you stated this.
Posted by: Iris at June 14, 2025 08:59 PM (bOJ2I)
I've often described Casino as "Just like Goodfellas, only not as good." Though better in turn than The Departed.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 08:59 PM (jGGMD)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:59 PM (e15Ap)
As for myself, there are a lot of films like this one that bug me but there's a book that has done far more fundamental damage some of which probably led to this movi...Lord of the Flies.
Posted by: Wtp at June 14, 2025 08:59 PM (4cfLi)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 08:56 PM (kpS4V)
Me too. So I won't watch a second of it.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 09:00 PM (lH8E4)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 14, 2025 09:00 PM (XMwZJ)
The whole thing is just terrible, terrible smug leftist Mary Sue fanfic. It's lazy writing. If it were written today, at the end of the scene all the furniture would have stood up and clapped. I've since come to recognize the trope in everything Sorkin writes.
Posted by: Daniel Ream at June 14, 2025 09:00 PM (xBngO)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
Yeah, it bombed.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 14, 2025 09:00 PM (cYBz/)
"Bombers B-52" (1957) Karl Malden can repair any in-flight landing gear problem with a mere screwdriver (flathead,) and any instrument panel failure with only a hatchet. Meanwhile his daughter Natalie Wood is playing rub-and-tug with his CO, impacting morale.
"Blast of Silence" (1961) A scrumptious smorgasbord of NYC location shots, with impressive musical score. Low budget hitman noir with crazy-ass backstory.
Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at June 14, 2025 09:00 PM (IEtIu)
I also couldn't believe the 'illegal fence-line shooting' in Cuba would have merited any investigation at all, considering the military penchant for covering over such incidents
Posted by: Dreddbolt at June 14, 2025 09:01 PM (t6jQ0)
Posted by: Daniel Ream at June 14, 2025 09:01 PM (xBngO)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:01 PM (e15Ap)
https://tinyurl.com/mr2w74tv
"Julius Caesar" (1970) Good performances from all except Robards, who's mostly kinda flat. The DVD I watched is distributed by Cheezy Movies, titled "Julius Ceasar" [sic].
"Party Girl" (195
Mob lawyer nurses a lifelong grudge against a drawbridge, hooks up with a hoofer. Entertaining performances from Taylor and esp Cobb. There's a hilariously evil courtroom sketch of John Ireland that I'd love to discover in a prop house or garage sale someday. For a few years after the 1956 attack on Victor Riesel, crime movie scripts occasionally included an acid-throwing thug.Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at June 14, 2025 09:01 PM (IEtIu)
I only watched it once.
Posted by: front toward enemy at June 14, 2025 09:02 PM (TIizU)
(Wikipedia's got the inside dish on GG: "Considering [de Havilland]'s ongoing lawsuit against her studio [WB] was the reason for her being punished with her assignment to [RKO's] "Government Girl," she was vociferous that she did not enjoy the experience." Meeeeooooowwww!)
"The Hook" (1963) Korean War POW symp story is preposterous and preachy, but I had to stick it out to the end. They cleverly cast Pancho 'Enrique' Magalona as the Asian POW, fooling nobody.
Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at June 14, 2025 09:02 PM (IEtIu)
Bonus.
Posted by: Tonypete
I had read they used a steel mill in NE Ohio, near Cleveland. Didn't know it was Youngstown S&T.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 14, 2025 09:02 PM (C26rB)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 14, 2025 09:00 PM (XMwZJ)
So, like The Princess Bride?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 09:02 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 08:56 PM (kpS4V)
Me too. So I won't watch a second of it.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 09:00 PM (lH8E4)
Oppenheimer sucks balls. End of story.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 09:02 PM (jGGMD)
"Capone" (1975) Ben Gazzara's turn to play Scarface. Early Sly Stallone role as Nitti. Explicit beaver shot from Susan Blakely!
"Covenant" (2023) OK but some parts not quite believable. Gyllenhall chooses (poorly) to channel Nic Cage. Musical score is a relentless drag.
"Alexander Nevsky" (193
Cinematically, it's not all that, but I liked the story and cast.
"Nightmare" (1956) Two fine actors can't save this noir contrivance.
Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at June 14, 2025 09:02 PM (IEtIu)
youtube.com/watch?v=bJGNaFXJfec
"The Red Tent" (1969) Fictionalized drama of the toe-curling tragic 1928 expedition of the dirigible Italia to the Arctic. Claudia Cardinale boned the producer to earn her silly part; I don't know who Sean Connery had to bone. Really *nice* quality cold-weather woolens on display! A ripping good yarn that deserves a serious, authentic, chickless remake.
youtube.com/watch?v=NovoRWvzDCg
youtube.com/watch?v=anxBeXT7YGU
Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at June 14, 2025 09:03 PM (IEtIu)
youtube.com/watch?v=cDGlN6mluGA
Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs, Guest Hosted By Mister Horse at June 14, 2025 09:03 PM (IEtIu)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 14, 2025 09:03 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Eeyore at June 14, 2025 09:03 PM (od0dV)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 09:04 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Otto Pen at June 14, 2025 09:04 PM (sJHOI)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:40 PM (VofaG)
No, that was a remake. The original with Cassavetes directing and Gena Rowlands starring came out in 1980.
The remake with Sharon Stone was a disappointment compared to the original.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 14, 2025 09:04 PM (p4nXC)
Re: low-ish attendance - A lot of people who live around DC have a Fireworks Strategy, which they follow regardless of the rest of the event. So a lot of people positioned themselves for the fireworks, and ignored the parade.
OTOH, the kids along the parade route were having fun, and the adults clearly were, too.
Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at June 14, 2025 09:04 PM (p2GXS)
Any good?
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 09:04 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 14, 2025 09:04 PM (XMwZJ)
Or tv shows. I may have kept lesbian, black Batwoman on for an extra year by the number of times I streamed that here in Canada.
Marvel stuff too explosive. But 'Star Wars' after 6 is great to go to sleep to. Woke crap. Don't care.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 09:05 PM (jvJvP)
In recent days, Israeli officials have urged the Trump administration to support a targeted strike against Iran's Fordow uranium enrichment facility. The site, which is deeply embedded in a mountain, lies beyond the operational reach of the Israeli Air Force. The United States, however, has the necessary heavy munitions and long-range bombers within striking distance.
...
...The White House has yet to formally respond to the request. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt declined to comment.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 09:05 PM (6dYPy)
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 09:06 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 14, 2025 09:06 PM (bA75n)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 09:06 PM (kpS4V)
Alexander Nevsky
Cinematically, it's not all that, but I liked the story and cast.
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Great music. In Thomas Schippers's recording, the start of the Battle on the Ice sounds like a huge locomotive getting underway.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 09:07 PM (QnmlO)
And yes, it was supposed to be a slap at the Corp.
It was certainly no "The Caine Mutiny". There, the prosecutor (Jose Ferrer) thinks what the defendent (Van Johnson) did stinks. Eventually, the prosecutor (Bernie Greene, Ferrer) breaks Queeg down on the stand, and afterward was drunk and felt really sick about it.
Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at June 14, 2025 09:07 PM (tjZg/)
Burt Lancaster's Elmer Gantry was horrible as well, but literally redeemed by the brief scene of peak Shirley Jones as his fallen former girlfriend wearing a...
'scuse me, gotta look something up.
Posted by: Auspex at June 14, 2025 09:08 PM (j4U/Z)
Posted by: Lirio100 at June 14, 2025 09:09 PM (zS4/f)
If we actually have Rods from God , this would be a good time to use them.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 09:09 PM (VofaG)
I suppose in 1941 it broke the mould compared to the usual studio films but it doesn't do anything for me.
Posted by: stv at June 14, 2025 09:09 PM (+opPw)
You can't maneouver one of those two seat electric cars on the streets of the North End and those guys are going to pull that kind of job??? And Damon/Affleck are supposedly the final word on Boston movies. Dumb
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 09:09 PM (y4H1r)
Any good?
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 09:04 PM (VofaG)
Fat Man and Little Boy? The Tim Walz Story?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 09:09 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 09:07 PM (QnmlO)
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I have the record! And that is a great description. Prokofiev used the chugga-chugga beat of a train in quite a few jams.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 09:10 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 14, 2025 09:10 PM (hKoQL)
Burt Lancaster's Elmer Gantry was horrible as well
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Just about anything associated with Sinclair Lewis is horrible. I've never read such crap like his books.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 09:11 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 09:12 PM (VofaG)
I suppose in 1941 it broke the mould compared to the usual studio films but it doesn't do anything for me.
Posted by: stv
Agree. Never understood the hype surrounding that movie.
Posted by: Tuna at June 14, 2025 09:13 PM (lJ0H4)
Prokofiev used the chugga-chugga beat of a train in quite a few jams.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 09:10 PM (kpS4V)
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I hate the interpretations - like Abbado - that clip-clop at that point.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 09:13 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 09:12 PM (VofaG)
I saw it once. Meh.
My Dad loved Westerns. Not that one, though.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 09:14 PM (0aYVJ)
Even worse than 8 1/2 is Juliet of the Spirits. Both pictures try to rationalize the director's real-life adultery, but the later film has both the actual wife and the actual mistress in the cast, which is extremely distasteful.
Posted by: Pete in Texas at June 14, 2025 09:14 PM (BHrzb)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 14, 2025 09:15 PM (bA75n)
Posted by: BurtTC
My wife went to see it with her father, who was a combat Marine in Korea. He thought the first half of the movie was great, really realistic. Loved R. Lee Ermey (who was a retired Marine Gunny sergeant).
He thought the second half, portraying combat in a city during the Tet offensive, was really poorly done, not realistic at all. "That's not how you fight in a city!"
Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at June 14, 2025 09:15 PM (tjZg/)
Burt Lancaster's Elmer Gantry was horrible as well, but literally redeemed by the brief scene of peak Shirley Jones as his fallen former girlfriend wearing a...
'scuse me, gotta look something up.
Posted by: Auspex at June 14, 2025 09:08 PM (j4U/Z)
Pencil skirt?
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 09:15 PM (vm8sq)
You were either never in or an officer.
A Few Good Men captures the hubris and self-promotion of 90% of the officers I served under.
Posted by: Mike Armstrong at June 14, 2025 09:16 PM (u1Ef4)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 09:16 PM (VofaG)
Still, there is a whole class of movies one is supposed to like but are slow. Yet I don't have contempt for them the way I have come to feel about AFGM.
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 09:16 PM (y4H1r)
And the only good movies Meathead ever directed were This Is Spinal Tap and The Princess Bride.
Posted by: Pete in Texas at June 14, 2025 09:16 PM (BHrzb)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent
To be perfectly fair, I think they all pretty much stunk. Harrison Ford is really about the only one that can act, and he's not that great.
They were very entertaining, when they came out, and were received with a lot of popular enthusiasm. Made a lot of money for George Lucas, who now thinks he is some kind of movie making savant.
But they weren't really "good".
Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at June 14, 2025 09:18 PM (tjZg/)
best part was Bowman vs HAL
the rest was a snoozefest
and the ending? come on, man
IMO, YMMV
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 09:19 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at June 14, 2025 09:19 PM (5YmYl)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 09:19 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 09:19 PM (AOsQT)
I don't care how realistically or not it reflects negative aspects of the service. It's a shit movie.
Posted by: front toward enemy at June 14, 2025 09:21 PM (TIizU)
My meme about Harrison Ford is he has never smiled or laughed in a film unless it was a smirk or sarcastic.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 09:21 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at June 14, 2025 09:21 PM (5YmYl)
Posted by: Franklin Stein at June 14, 2025 09:21 PM (1sBXy)
Posted by: A face in the crowd"
The first Star Wars movie was entertaining, which is all a movie needs to be.
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 09:22 PM (gc+OO)
Yes, the defense attorney who just got a hostile witness, and who is, by the way, about the lowest ranking officer in the room, is going to immediately mitigate the impact of this important reveal by lecturing his superiors that they need to protect this loathsome witness.
Good job! We're you born retarded, or was there some sort of traumatic brain injury involved?
Working also ruined The Social Network by opening the story by having his super genius main character seriously spout off the line about there being more geniuses in China than people in the US. Only a mouth-breathing coozergibbet would say something so foolish.
Posted by: tankdemon at June 14, 2025 09:22 PM (MWf2b)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 09:16 PM (VofaG)
There's been some great dark asian movies I enjoyed.
If you have Roku, they are on Pluto, Tubi et all.
Want to feel good?
First season of "Joan of Arcadia" on Roku. Pretty teen girl has God sending her on missions.
I think I am going to watch that right now. Horrible year.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 09:23 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 09:24 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 09:24 PM (gc+OO)
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 09:26 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 09:27 PM (GrEml)
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 09:24 PM (y4H1r)
Coincidence but I just watched a movie where he did laugh and smile but agree that it's an exception to the rule.
One of his early roles. Silverado
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 09:27 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 09:27 PM (y4H1r)
(JAG Captain): Commander Galloway, why don't you get yourself a cup of coffee?
(Demi Moore): Thank you, sir, I'm fine.
(JAG Captain, total deadpan): Commander, I'd like you to leave the room so we can talk about you behind your back.
Posted by: chilansl at June 14, 2025 09:28 PM (8eueQ)
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 09:26 PM (AOsQT)
Beaches
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 09:28 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 09:28 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 09:28 PM (VofaG)
In spite of Ryan O'Neal, Barry Lyndon is a movie I could keep watching just for the scene set ups.
Posted by: Auspex at June 14, 2025 09:29 PM (j4U/Z)
Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at June 14, 2025 09:29 PM (IEtIu)
I served in the Army or something and retired as a Sgt Something. I almost went to Persian Gulf also.
Posted by: Tim "Born to Kill" Walz at June 14, 2025 09:30 PM (1sBXy)
I served in the Army or something and retired as a Sgt Something. I almost went to Persian Gulf also.
Posted by: Tim "Born to Kill" Walz at June 14, 2025 09:30 PM (1sBXy)
__________
Deserter
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 09:31 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Nazdar at June 14, 2025 09:31 PM (NcvvS)
I've said about Sorkin that he has politicized the Mcguffin, such that with a thick script in hand it would take me ten seconds to change a fierce fight about education to a fierce fight about gun control.
Watch this clip, and then tell me with a straight face that Sorkin doesn't suck his own dick every day.
https://youtu.be/3CPjWd4MUXs?si=rPx5peiVphH9T90i
If you said that Star Trek was nuanced (true or not depending on the show) then the comments would bring up episodes where the villain or the villainized turned out to be more correct than previously thought.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 14, 2025 09:31 PM (lhenN)
I thought it talked down to me. It was also boring. But most of all I felt it reduced history to a cartoon level.
That's quite different than doing violence to history (Oliver Stone's "JFK"). Lincoln doesn't do that. More like it reduces history to a Classics Comic Book.
Posted by: mnw at June 14, 2025 09:32 PM (kd60y)
_____________
The archetype: High Noon.
Apparently intended to support the commies called before HUAC, but not knowing that, as a college kid, I thought it an allegory on our European "allies" caving to the Soviets.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 09:32 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 14, 2025 09:32 PM (bA75n)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 08:58 PM
Like Thelma and Louise?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 14, 2025 09:34 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at June 14, 2025 09:34 PM (IEtIu)
That would never even reach the O-6 and would have been handled at the Platoon level and maybe the Company level.
A good NCO would take care of that in 5 minutes.
Posted by: Mike Hunt at June 14, 2025 09:35 PM (aKoaI)
Ordinary People - guaranteed to depress
The Replacements always cheer me up.
Thanks!!
Posted by: L- No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 09:35 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 09:26 PM (AOsQT)
Manos, the Hands of Fate.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:35 PM (e15Ap)
Posted by: Tim Walz at June 14, 2025 09:35 PM (GrEml)
I love "The Grudge" but this is pretty much a bore and only exists as a "message movie" in support of the socialist/communist world view., ie. we only have happy lives because others have miserable lives.
In case you missed the point, one of the characters specifically references the third world and Africa.
so, if you're up for a boring, slow, commie propaganda session, check out, "Best Wishes to All".
Otherwise, avoid.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 14, 2025 09:36 PM (iJfKG)
youtu.be/-PkPfYXwlUw
Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 09:36 PM (gKWVE)
Like Thelma and Louise?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 14, 2025 09:34 PM (Wnv9h)
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Yeah, but it would have been better if a bulldozer pushed them off the cliff. Isadora is another movie with a delightful ending: Vanessa Redgrave dying stupidly.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 09:36 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at June 14, 2025 09:15 PM (tjZg/)
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I remember as a kid my late father, a veteran of Iwo Jima, yelling at the TV screen showing war movies, "SPREAD OUT, GODDAMNIT!"
I just found his after-action report on operation on Iwo Jima. Fascinating reading.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 09:37 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 09:37 PM (ueXh5)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 09:36 PM
Shame about the t-bird, though.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 14, 2025 09:37 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Allotta Fagina at June 14, 2025 09:37 PM (aKoaI)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
So do I. I absolutely avoid anything with a sad, tragic or ambiguous ending. Life is too short to walk out of a movie theater feeling miserable. I swore off bad ending after "Cold Mountain".
Posted by: Tuna at June 14, 2025 09:38 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:50 PM (VofaG)
I had the misfortune of the 1st Brooks film I ever saw was by far his best - History of the World Part I. Everything was downhill from there. While I also love Young Frankenstein, I consider Brooks' more beloved films like Spaceballs and Blazing Saddles to be not all that funny and way overrated.
Posted by: Ultra Magas Brother Bob at June 14, 2025 09:38 PM (tBfGm)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 09:38 PM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 08:58 PM
Like Thelma and Louise?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 14, 2025 09:34 PM (Wnv9h)
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 09:39 PM (YqDXo)
Red Letter Media did us all a favor when they asked several people to describe the characters in The Phantom Menace, but only talking about their personality. They struggled to say anything.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 14, 2025 09:39 PM (lhenN)
Posted by: Barry O at June 14, 2025 09:40 PM (q/j2W)
Jason Brodsky retweeted Shayan Sardarizadeh@Shayan86 . 27m
While there are real videos of Iranian missiles making impact in Tel Aviv tonight, this clip is AI-generated and fake.
The missile, debris, fire and damage on the building all seem consistent with AI generation. Several projectiles also appear out of nowhere
https://tinyurl.com/58zr7ev5
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 09:40 PM (6dYPy)
Posted by: Darth Randall at June 14, 2025 09:40 PM (Gcn+Q)
It all revolved around the “pile of little arms”
Posted by: SMOD at June 14, 2025 09:41 PM (GITLP)
Posted by: Unkaren at June 14, 2025 09:41 PM (LPL2Y)
Posted by: Case at June 14, 2025 09:41 PM (k7qYZ)
Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at June 14, 2025 09:41 PM (IEtIu)
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 09:06 PM (i0F8b)
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A low bar. A VERY low bar.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 09:42 PM (YqDXo)
Worth a rewatch.
Later tonight I'm a thinking the last Midway Movie... which was well done, and surprisingly played straight even in the woke Hollyweird of the time.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 09:42 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 09:42 PM (+qU29)
Fun thought experiment.
"Downton Abbey," I guess. Assuming that a miniseries counts. It's just a soap opera with extraordinary production values.
Posted by: mnw at June 14, 2025 09:42 PM (kd60y)
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at June 14, 2025 09:42 PM (hftn9)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 14, 2025 09:42 PM (lhenN)
Posted by: Deplorable Minion at June 14, 2025 09:43 PM (QSrLX)
Posted by: Tom Servo"
I would watch Manos again before A Few Good Men. With the bots, of course.
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 09:43 PM (gc+OO)
Posted by: L- No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 09:43 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Lex at June 14, 2025 09:43 PM (y4H1r)
If Sorkins ran America, we would be speaking English, because we never would have rebelled.
I speak 'Merican.
Posted by: jimmymcnulty at June 14, 2025 09:43 PM (PHmbR)
Worst. Movie. Ever.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 09:37 PM (ueXh5)
/sings...
Puberty.... loveeeeee....
Posted by: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes at June 14, 2025 09:44 PM (mP0Kj)
IMO
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 09:44 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at June 14, 2025 09:44 PM (hftn9)
Last night, watched 'In Harm's Way' the old WW2 John Wayne flick...
Worth a rewatch.
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Otto Preminger always showed great skill in taking good books and making awful movies from them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 09:45 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Unkaren
Read Philip K Dick's short story: Second Variety.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 14, 2025 09:45 PM (C26rB)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 08:18 PM (VofaG)
I think you're kind of missing the point of the Godfather movies. In that the characters like Michael are the protagonist, but they're in no way heroes. They're just more clever.
They win the world, so to speak but lose everything that matters.
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Posted by: naturalfake at June 14, 2025 09:46 PM (iJfKG)
I still don’t have any idea where it starts and stops.
Posted by: SMOD at June 14, 2025 09:47 PM (GITLP)
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Because Sorkin wants you to see the Marines as the villains of the piece.
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 09:47 PM (AOsQT)
I thought it talked down to me. It was also boring. But most of all I felt it reduced history to a cartoon level.
That's quite different than doing violence to history (Oliver Stone's "JFK"). Lincoln doesn't do that. More like it reduces history to a Classics Comic Book.
Posted by: mnw at June 14, 2025 09:32 PM (kd60y)
Never felt any guilt for disliking. The timing felt like a lecture that we should all swear fealty that closeted gay dude that Big Mike is married to.
Posted by: Ultra Magas Brother Bob at June 14, 2025 09:47 PM (tBfGm)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 09:47 PM (ZmEVT)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 09:48 PM (6dYPy)
This whole thread reminds me of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" bad movie examinations.
Posted by: Auspex at June 14, 2025 09:48 PM (j4U/Z)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 09:49 PM (mP0Kj)
Otto Preminger always showed great skill in taking good books and making awful movies from them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Ever see Skidoo?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063612
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 09:50 PM (63Dwl)
It hasn't. The longest, zaniest, most unfunny film ever.
It’s no Cannonball Run!
Posted by: Unkaren at June 14, 2025 09:50 PM (LPL2Y)
Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," with Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role. A movie I guess I'm supposed to feel guilty about not liking.
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Steven Spielberg is one of the most intolerable lecturers in Hollywood. To worsen matters, he sometimes gets his facts wrong in his historical projects.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 14, 2025 09:50 PM (wbZPZ)
Posted by: mindful webworker - captain spoiler at June 14, 2025 09:50 PM (Z5w4n)
Holy crap. It is shit and it stinks.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 09:38 PM (ZmEVT)
I agree. Doyle is a memorable character and it made Hackman’s career, but the movie sucks.
Midnight Cowboy is another famous movie that stinks on ice.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:50 PM (e15Ap)
I thought it talked down to me. It was also boring. But most of all I felt it reduced history to a cartoon level.
That's quite different than doing violence to history (Oliver Stone's "JFK"). Lincoln doesn't do that. More like it reduces history to a Classics Comic Book.
Posted by: mnw at June 14, 2025 09:32 PM (kd60y)
Never felt any guilt for disliking. The timing felt like a lecture that we should all swear fealty that closeted gay dude that Big Mike is married to.
Posted by: Ultra Magas Brother Bob
The definitive Abraham Lincoln movie is 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 14, 2025 09:50 PM (C26rB)
Posted by: Elderly Git at June 14, 2025 09:50 PM (qBZfr)
Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 09:51 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 09:51 PM (aF9v+)
Most memorable line: “Thank You, Hermie”
Posted by: SMOD at June 14, 2025 09:51 PM (GITLP)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 09:42 PM (+qU29)
That’s the one movie that has always cried out for an all-female remake.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:53 PM (e15Ap)
Posted by: L- No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 09:53 PM (NFX2v)
Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," with Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role. A movie I guess I'm supposed to feel guilty about not liking.
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Steven Spielberg is one of the most intolerable lecturers in Hollywood. To worsen matters, he sometimes gets his facts wrong in his historical projects.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 14, 2025 09:50 PM (wbZPZ)
I never liked Lincoln as a President and never saw the movie. Got nothing to do with Spielberg.
Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 09:54 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 09:26 PM
Japanese college school documentaries. In uniform. And groups.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 09:54 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 09:56 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 09:56 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Glenn at June 14, 2025 09:56 PM (vneJl)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 09:42 PM (+qU29)
That’s the one movie that has always cried out for an all-female remake.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:53 PM (e15Ap
Me neither. Maybe you're right on the remake.
Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 09:57 PM (LHPAg)
Nic Cage at his Cagiest.
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 09:06 PM (i0F8b)
Within the last year, I saw two nick Cage movies that I hadn't seen before and were flops at the box office, yet were highly entertaining near great movies in my estimation.
"Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" directed by Werner Herzog
and
"Bring Out the Dead" directed by Martin Scorsese
Both are dark comedies in which the main character has a great arc and finds a kind of redemption in the end.
Cage is great in both. I suspect all he needs is a strong director to help him pull off a great performance.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 14, 2025 09:57 PM (iJfKG)
Something about fuzzy aliens just didn’t do it for me. The PR saying that it was “the future of science fiction” certainly didn’t help.
Posted by: SMOD at June 14, 2025 09:58 PM (GITLP)
Posted by: Glenn at June 14, 2025 09:56 PM (vneJl)
Earplugs.
Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 09:58 PM (LHPAg)
And the best character by far is Walter B. Sobchak.
(Who is actually John Milius)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:59 PM (e15Ap)
Posted by: Glenn at June 14, 2025 09:56 PM (vne
My friend got me out of the house to see the second Avatar movie.
My first movie in years. And I thought I should bring earplugs.
DAMN RIGHT. Insane volume levels.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 09:59 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: SMOD at June 14, 2025 10:01 PM (GITLP)
Something about fuzzy aliens just didn’t do it for me. The PR saying that it was “the future of science fiction” certainly didn’t help.
Posted by: SMOD at June 14, 2025 09:58 PM (GITLP)
A great movie to fall asleep to.
I don't give a damn either.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 10:01 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Glenn at June 14, 2025 09:56 PM (vne
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Lack of music is an early sound limitation. Sound mixing didn't really become a thing until about 1935.
Posted by: TJM's phone at June 14, 2025 10:02 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 10:02 PM (ZmEVT)
This is done in multiple layers of denying ... for example, "Christian values", or "American values", or multiple other attacks on Freedom. Whether that is in accepting/adoring LGBTQ crap, or pushing hate for American Principles ... most of "Hollywood" is about destroying "The West" and undermining the Values that made us Great, in the first place.
Posted by: illiniwek at June 14, 2025 10:03 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: SMOD at June 14, 2025 10:05 PM (GITLP)
Posted by: Texican ette at June 14, 2025 10:05 PM (SNf74)
Posted by: SMOD at June 14, 2025 10:07 PM (GITLP)
I am not interested in most recent movies. TCM FTW.
Posted by: Glenn at June 14, 2025 10:07 PM (vneJl)
Posted by: Texican ette at June 14, 2025 10:05 PM (SNf74)
yeah, one of many that basically ruined feature films in the 60s and 70s (Not all of them, just....a fair number)
Posted by: zigggggy at June 14, 2025 10:10 PM (K5Rdg)
Now that is writing
Posted by: SMOD at June 14, 2025 10:10 PM (GITLP)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 10:11 PM (63Dwl)
The leaner Luc Besson is, the better the movie.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 14, 2025 10:11 PM (lhenN)
imo, that is not how we defeat The Evil, though Trump and his "gang" is now sorta accepted as that SuperHero group. But it is the voter class that gave Trump that power. ... idk, but I think Hollywood is controlled with intent to destroy us ... no SuperHeroes will save us ... only action by we the free people.
"Actions by Free (allegedly, but really bought) People" is the Astroturfed action underway with the current protests ... it is all coordinated action with globalist funding (in the billions).
Posted by: illiniwek at June 14, 2025 10:12 PM (vbXSk)
II would rather see a movie like "The Romance of Rosy Ridge" or "So Goes My Love" with Don Ameche and Myrna Loy. Both are good family films.
Posted by: Glenn at June 14, 2025 10:12 PM (vneJl)
Posted by: Glenn at June 14, 2025 10:20 PM (vneJl)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 14, 2025 10:22 PM (lhenN)
Posted by: WarEagle82 at June 14, 2025 10:33 PM (YcfMX)
So Sorkin should have added two lines to Col. Jessup's script: "Of course I didn't order a "code red". I didn't have to."
Later on I watched "Battleground" with my stepfather, a WW2 veteran. He thought it was one of the funniest (aka most authentic) movies ever, explaining all the dialogue, which was mostly soldiers griping.
Movie I didn't like - Cloud Atlas. Some good action scenes, but a lot of pretentious tripe also.
Posted by: Chizbro at June 14, 2025 10:47 PM (lzTRY)
Not a story to be told, but a depiction of a deep dive version into filmmaking itself. In the dance on the circus ring scene at the end you see the b-camera unit and ask why?and are instantly rewarded by the reverse shot from there to Fellini himself directing the scene. Every movie since 1960 has used some film-making element from this absolute masterpiece. The others are just Hollywood money-makers.
Posted by: norm neeke at June 14, 2025 10:49 PM (58MMP)
Posted by: Pervy Grin at June 14, 2025 10:51 PM (M1f92)
Posted by: Amuk at June 14, 2025 11:30 PM (iv4RJ)
Posted by: ChupaMe at June 15, 2025 01:06 AM (eQ3DO)
I found A Few Good Men watchable, but not recommendable. I found An American President and The West Wing to be much the same, and pretty much avoided anything attached to Sorkin's name after that. I guess the older I got, the less I was willing to be preached at by the entertainment industry.
Posted by: Guy Fleegman as Crewman #6 at June 15, 2025 01:12 AM (vydmm)
Posted by: Dagwood at June 15, 2025 01:20 AM (CC0N1)
But why?
And I realize that EVERY movie with Robin Williams falls into my category of over-rated.
It's too bad, because Williams was a gifted comedian and actor. But his comic and acting gifts were ALWAYS used purposely by him as a tool toward a further end, which was to undermine and mock American values and Christian morals. It was never enough in Williams' mind to simply exult in his gifts and entertain. He was on a mission. He HAD to mock and indoctrinate. He was good at it, but not so good as to camouflage his animus fully, and once you see it, it grates more and more each time you see it. I think, in the end, his underlying and pervasive bitterness and hate did him in.
Posted by: bradc at June 15, 2025 01:39 AM (2HoCb)
This topic is an excellent one, partly because it speaks tot he problems of good storytelling, and partly because it reveals the groupthink contagion psychology.
I hope to be entertained or educated by movies, never lectured to or belittled (if I wanted either I'd have stayed with my 2nd ex-wife).
All examples here are excellent.
Hud with Paul Newman - I cannot get over wondering what made him so mad at the world and at his dad?
Anything with Henry Fonda; he ruined Grapes of Wrath with his stoic emptiness and early embrace of FDR/Socialist muck.
Posted by: Dan Patterson at June 15, 2025 04:59 AM (oksAf)
I forgot to spread the word on how awful that pos is.
Posted by: Dan Patterson at June 15, 2025 05:00 AM (oksAf)
I served in the Marine Corps 1991-97, in the infantry.
3 years in 29 Palms, 3 years Lejeune, including the 31st MEU-SOC (Pacific float) and Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)
My DD214 backs me up. Its coincidentally posted online to refute Sarah Hoyt's false accusations stolen valor here: tinyurl.com/FenDD214. If anyone could fwd it to her so I could get a retraction and end this torture, I would appreciate it.
It is true that Fleet Marine is tougher than the rest. We don't like to disparage the Air Wing or support because 1) our philosophy is that every Marine is a rifleman and 2) working in S-3 Ops setting up combined arms training really helps you see how all the moving parts make uo the tip of the spear.
3) I've seen Army Rangers try to make distinctions between themselves and support units, and just comes across as insecure. Its like Reagan said, Marines don't have that question.
So let's just say that Victor Units are more strict. If you start questioning orders thats the beginning of the end.
Posted by: Fenrisulven at June 15, 2025 06:24 AM (ciYHQ)
Unfortunately, the only authentic Marine character in the move was CPL Barnes testifying how he found the chow hall. Most the guys I knew were like him.
Col Jesup: There is no way an officer with his defects of character would make it that high up the chain on command. It would have come out under the stress of leadership as a Company Commander. As a Captain, 3 ranks below. Working in Ops I encountered many Marine officers, they were the epitome of Honor and Integrity. I'm very hard on civilian men now because these officers set a standard that's very difficult for most men to meet.
Lt Col Markinson. A sympathetic character but in reality a Battlion XO would not have his dilemma. He would have fought Jessup. And falling on his sword would have been reporting Jessup at the risk of his career. While it was a dramatic scene, a Marine officer would view suicide as escaping the consequences of his actions, as well as enabling Jessup
Posted by: Fenrisulven at June 15, 2025 06:25 AM (ciYHQ)
Lt Kendrick. Type cast out of Deliverance. Most LTs are not this arrogant. They're haunted by the fact that they don't have the experience of command and one mistake could get good men killed. Most have an informal training relationship with their NCOs.
Dawson. He's a contradiction. A Marine that locked on ( ie highly disciplined and motivated) is not going to disrespect an officer in protest (hands in pockets instead of saluting). That's like being a pious Christian who sneaks into Church after hours to do his Mistress on the altar. It just doesn't pair. We also don't salute uncovered indoors.
Posted by: Fenrisulven at June 15, 2025 06:26 AM (ciYHQ)
Posted by: Fenrisulven at June 15, 2025 06:27 AM (ciYHQ)
Posted by: Fenrisulven at June 15, 2025 06:28 AM (ciYHQ)
Posted by: norm neeke at June 15, 2025 08:30 AM (58MMP)
Posted by: norm neeke at June 15, 2025 08:43 AM (58MMP)
Posted by: George O'Har at June 15, 2025 08:52 AM (erx+/)
Posted by: Advo at June 15, 2025 11:05 AM (jO4mz)
Posted by: Ghost of the Tsar at June 15, 2025 11:08 AM (dweVS)
War is not a 9 to 5 job. It isn’t a democracy. War is embodiment of hell on earth. There is no place for liberal soft headed weakness and sympathy.
The best part about “A Few Good Men” is absolutely no one remembers a line from that movie , except Jessup’s “Walls need to be guarded” speech.
Posted by: Batboy at June 15, 2025 11:47 AM (3XMoj)
I also hated Forest Gump for many of the same reasons particularly the treatment of Jenny.
Posted by: leber at June 15, 2025 12:37 PM (w2wW/)
"Question to the military folks about AFGM. If a Marine is physically incapable keeping up why would his fellow Marines hate him"
Discipline is enforced at the group level, so if your fellow Marine is unsat (unsatisfactory) the entire platoon is punished, usually physically: "PFC Myers doesn't want to sound off, thank him for adding another 3 miles to this run" THANK YOU PFC MYERS!
Or imagine you can't see your wife and kid this weekend until PFC MYERS passes the land nav course. I guarantee that by 6am Saturday morning, after you and 3 other NCOs are done giving him a 12 hour crash course, he's going to be an instructor for land navigation.
There is a culture in the Marine Corps: if you see someone doing something wrong and you don't correct them? You are considered just as guilty as them. That may seem harsh but removes plausible deniability - no one gets to look the other way.
Posted by: Fenrisulven at June 15, 2025 12:43 PM (ciYHQ)
It was a movie, but in RL the unit would probably think he was malingering. You have to remember, our Sick Bay runs on Motrin. We even joke about it. Got Cancer? Here, have a Motrin. Sucking Chest Wound? Have two Motrin. I grew up with wealth, so I know what the best medical care money can buy looks like. Not bashing Navy Corpsemsn - they're awesome, they don't get our training but not only do they keep up with us, they skyline themselves on the battlefield with an IV bag held over their head tending to the wounded. That takes brass balls. But overall one look at the VA tells you that medical treatment is not a priority.
Posted by: Fenrisulven at June 15, 2025 12:44 PM (ciYHQ)
"but it was clear he just wasn't fit enough. I never understood why Jessup thought 'training' him with a code red would get him to run faster. "
Again, I can't speak to the character of a character LOL but, based on my 6 years in a Marine Infantry unit, I can see how this might happen. It wouldn't be an officer, maybe a Staff NCO. He wouldn't have believed Santiago had a condition that couldn't be overcome by willpower. That may seem silly but as a Marine you routinely encounter herculean tasks that seem impossible. You quickly discover from firsthand experience that human beings can do alot more than they think. And so much of that is due to willpower.
Posted by: Fenrisulven at June 15, 2025 12:45 PM (ciYHQ)
I never saw leadership ignore a physical handicap, they dread making a wrong call that results in the death of anyone under their command. Every interaction you can see it, something guarded, in the back of their eyes. But if there was ever a case like Santiago's, that's probably the most likely reason it would happen.
But I think the short answer is that Sorkin is an idiot with an agenda. He hates Marines because we are a constant reminder that he's not really a Man.
Posted by: Fenrisulven at June 15, 2025 12:46 PM (ciYHQ)
I love 8 1/2, and Guido is supposed to be execrable, at least until the end
Posted by: teejuss at June 15, 2025 12:52 PM (0KkTW)
Posted by: drocity at June 15, 2025 12:53 PM (T2q+/)
"People who talk about refusing to follow UNLAWFUL orders are naive. These are the same who agree that "a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client" in contradiction.
Ie. When that moment comes, there won't be an ominous soundtrack playing in the background, you'll likely be in the field without an attorney, without internet access. You roll the dice and you're wrong? You're going to Leavenworth Prison. And when you get out, your future is working drive thru.
An it's not always obvious. I was a gunner for LAV-25s. I seem to recall that its a "war crime " to shoot infantry with a 25mm main gun. Hold up Somali tech vehicle, while I look it up
Posted by: Fenrisulven at June 15, 2025 01:10 PM (ciYHQ)
"In summary, there is no absolute ban on 25mm ammunition under international law. Its legality depends on various factors, including the specific type of ammunition, its intended use, and whether it complies with the principles of international humanitarian law, particularly concerning exploding projectiles under 400 grams and the prohibition of superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering. "
Raise your hand if you think Fen is going let his wingman get chewed up by AK fire because the Coax has jammed again and all he's got left is 25mm HEIT.
Posted by: Fenrisulven at June 15, 2025 01:14 PM (ciYHQ)
That's right: he decided to have two innocent men under his command face life imprisonment (with the possibility of the death penalty) under disgrace in order to reduce the chances that his expected promotion might be delayed or denied. There's a term for that: Loss of Confidence. Jessup broke faith with his men and betrayed the entire Corps out of purely selfish motives. And the scriptwriter flat-out *ignored* that whole issue.
Posted by: Big D at June 15, 2025 07:00 PM (6xxny)
Hobby Thread - June 14, 2025 [TRex]
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Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. We gave the Ace of Spades Wheel of Hobbies(TM) a spin and it decided to celebrate nostalgic toys a year of hobby threading with TRex! We'll leave the board games and legos for another time and focus on other toys for this thread.
Thanks much to all of you for reading, commenting and contributing. The breadth and depth of Horde interests and skills is breathtaking.
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"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).
If you have trouble finding something in the content or comments that resonates with you, hijack the thread for your hobbying as you see fit. We will feature a different theme next time. What are you hobbying? We love showing off Horde hobbying. Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Do mighty things.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 05:33 PM (tl5zd)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 05:35 PM (tl5zd)
We had most all of those toys except Big Wheel
We were a Hippity-Hop family
/sad trombone
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 05:36 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: PabloD at June 14, 2025 05:38 PM (Dsfkc)
Thanks for your time and effort putting the post together, TREX . Congratulations on the hobby thread birthday.
So many happy memories of time with toys-etch a sketch, slinky, easy bake oven, silly putty. I also also had (still have) a beautful handmade dollhouse and Barbie with lovely oufits made by someone whose mother was a terrific seamstress.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 05:38 PM (2GCMq)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 14, 2025 05:38 PM (GlyvH)
Posted by: goatexchange at June 14, 2025 05:38 PM (hyS0X)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 14, 2025 05:39 PM (GlyvH)
I actually have a couple "desirable" collectable cars.
Jack Rabbit
https://tinyurl.com/mrbpd3hz
That's obviously horseshit. But....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 05:39 PM (Q4IgG)
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Posted by: TG Sam at June 14, 2025 05:41 PM (17Ly9)
P.S. I also still have my stuffed bear, Cinnamon, that I got for Christmas circa 1960.
P.P.S. I could never remember which was which between Tonka and Toyota.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 05:42 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 05:42 PM (zZu0s)
My sister had the Easy Bake oven, and yes it did actually bake a cake.
Posted by: Lirio100 at June 14, 2025 05:43 PM (zS4/f)
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Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 05:45 PM (gc+OO)
Posted by: Lirio100 at June 14, 2025 05:43 PM (zS4/f)
My old man and I had to eat that shit my lil sis made
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 14, 2025 05:46 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 05:46 PM (tl5zd)
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 05:47 PM (jvJvP)
Clackers of doom. I remember those!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 05:47 PM (2GCMq)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 05:47 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 14, 2025 05:47 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: When SNL was funny at June 14, 2025 05:47 PM (lIgBp)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 14, 2025 05:38 PM (GlyvH)
Almost all of them at one time or another. Except the girl one. Mom was the only girl in the house.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 05:48 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 05:48 PM (tl5zd)
Posted by: PabloD at June 14, 2025 05:48 PM (Dsfkc)
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 14, 2025 05:48 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 05:49 PM (gc+OO)
Posted by: goatexchange at June 14, 2025 05:45 PM
When I was a kid my mother went to work at a factory that had a contract to make plastic sprues for GI Joe. She was allowed to bring home any of the stuff that didn't pass inspection. My GI Joe's had everything anyone could want. They never had to reload their guns as I have a couple dozen for each of them. I had tons of .50 cals, bazookas and mortars. Sadly all of my stuff was burned up in a house fire.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 14, 2025 05:49 PM (e5NfL)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 05:49 PM (QnmlO)
I clung to my childhood way too long but eventually I lost all interest in toys. Toy guns gave way to the real thing.
Unless, that is, we count video games. Those still hold my interest/waste my time. Like City of Heroes. Brought back to life and now free of charge.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 14, 2025 05:49 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 05:49 PM (Q4IgG)
A racing track too.
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 05:50 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: PabloD at June 14, 2025 05:48 PM
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No idea what those were called, but I can still recall the sound vividly.
Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 05:50 PM (Eaoic)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 05:51 PM (lIgBp)
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 05:53 PM (gc+OO)
I had a Baja Bug you started up and set the wheels in a turn and watch run until it ran out of gas or wrecks.
Also the tether car. with nail in the road.
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 14, 2025 05:53 PM (gbOdA)
Sadly, Hasbro Flubber was discontinued decades ago. It was great to see how many times it would bounce around the room from one toss. We were young enough to realize the potential damage to breakable stuff in the room. Using it outside had the risk (if you were strong enough) of it bouncing out of sight.
Posted by: JTB at June 14, 2025 05:54 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 05:54 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 05:54 PM (DLqye)
With tupence for paper and string
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 14, 2025 05:55 PM (gbOdA)
Pffft! on those nostalgic toys.
Presenting the Greatest Troy Evah!
Six Finger!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElVzs0lEULs
Posted by: naturalfake at June 14, 2025 05:55 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: The Paolo at June 14, 2025 05:55 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: JTB at June 14, 2025 05:54 PM
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Maybe we'll do a mini-feature on the Flubber in a future thread.
Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 05:56 PM (Eaoic)
Posted by: UnkleSteve at June 14, 2025 05:57 PM (f/KOq)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 05:54 PM
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Fun topic idea. Thank you!
Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 05:57 PM (Eaoic)
Same with flipping baseball cards. I was damn good, often winning from the older 6th graders.
Posted by: JTB at June 14, 2025 05:59 PM (yTvNw)
I learned about electricity from an erector set when I connected the 1.5 volt electromagnet to the 110 vac power outlet. : -(
Posted by: Admirale's Mate at June 14, 2025 05:59 PM (sMkAM)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 05:59 PM (lIgBp)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 14, 2025 06:00 PM (Eo96p)
It's not anything unique, in fact, there are a billion apps just like it, the point of the exercise is to simply release something so I can just get familiar with the process of releasing apps.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 14, 2025 06:00 PM (XV/Pl)
Kites. I still love flying kites.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 05:54 PM
_________
We had some enormous Oriental thing. Someone called the cops thinking it was a UFO.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 06:01 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 14, 2025 06:00 PM
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Congrats! The Hobby Thread respects anyone that builds.
Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 06:02 PM (Eaoic)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 06:02 PM (i51dK)
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 05:49 PM (gc+OO)
That's because they were heavy as hell. They were essentially a two headed flail without a handle.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 06:03 PM (CA3k/)
Posted by: tankascribe at June 14, 2025 06:04 PM (NtoJk)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 06:04 PM (i51dK)
Still have some of that in storage somewhere.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 14, 2025 06:04 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Ben Had
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We were down on Del Monte Beach in Monterey with a kite many years ago. Got... way up there. Probably 1000 feet.
Took "a long time" to reel it in.
I'm still sore.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 06:04 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 06:05 PM (CA3k/)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 06:05 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 06:05 PM (i51dK)
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Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 06:06 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: JTB at June 14, 2025 06:06 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: tankascribe at June 14, 2025 06:04 PM
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Ha! Who could have seen that coming?! Clearly they had no children involved in the pre-production testing. Anything that can be converted into a weapon will be converted into a weapon.
Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 06:08 PM (Eaoic)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 06:09 PM (CA3k/)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 06:09 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: JTB at June 14, 2025 06:06 PM
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Outstanding!! Congrats! Best wishes for the future!
Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 06:09 PM (Eaoic)
SillySand?
Or those kits that made jewelry our of some sort of plastic, it would heat up and we'd pour the material into the mold, and it would make soft cameo-type jewelry?
Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 14, 2025 06:11 PM (Eo96p)
>>Congrats! The Hobby Thread respects anyone that builds.
Thanks, I'm building an ERP app that I'm hoping will fill a major whole in my particular business sector and am hoping to have an initial release candidate in about a year, in the interim, as I'm learning and building out the different elements, I'm learning different aspects of applications development and as result you test things seperately from the main app, so those testings are going be little app that I am hoping to make a couple from on the App store.
I'm not expecting to make any money as I am only going to sell these ios apps for a buck, I'm not going to do any advertising or in-app monetization.
The app is only going to do the things it's going to do, you want it, you pay a buck and that's it. I'm not collecting data, I'm not nickle and diming you.
Basically, using it as a learning exercise.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 14, 2025 06:11 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 06:12 PM (CA3k/)
We had "pick up sticks" too-- almost forgot about that one.
Hopscotch! My friends and I got into big trouble for playing it in front of neighbor's house-- we were told to scrub off every trace of chalk! Not as easy as you might think.
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 06:13 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at June 14, 2025 06:14 PM (p2GXS)
Posted by: PabloD at June 14, 2025 05:48 PM
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No idea what those were called, but I can still recall the sound vividly.
Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 05:50 PM (Eaoic
Actually, I remember those.
And remembering going Palestinian, revving it up to all heck and aiming it at my enemies.
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 06:15 PM (jvJvP)
Best thing ever was marbles. My dad had a friend who worked at a ball bearing factory and he gave me a YUGE ball bearing, which I claimed was a steelie. It was like dropping the Tsar Bomba. I shortly owned all the marbles.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 06:15 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 06:17 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 06:17 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: Just Saying... at June 14, 2025 06:18 PM (m1Nt+)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:18 PM (omVj0)
I should try to borrow that. It looked fun.
Now, the older kids.....Legos. Tons of Legos.
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 06:18 PM (jvJvP)
We had a hill in front of our house ending in a cul de sac. So many races with the neighborhood kids!!! More than a few crashes, bloody road rashes, bumps and bruises. Great time!
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 06:19 PM (WpUtP)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 06:19 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 06:17 PM
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Amen. I should have highlighted the endless possibilities of the humble cardboard box. Building blocks for almost anything.
Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 06:20 PM (Eaoic)
Some games, jacks and hopscotch come to mind, were only for girls. Don't know why.
Posted by: JTB at June 14, 2025 06:20 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 06:20 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 06:19 PM (WpUtP)
No one likes to end up as 'street meat puppets.'
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 06:21 PM (jvJvP)
Not the programming language, oxidized steel. Some ahole let a coke spill down the side of a piece of gear what looks like at least two decades ago. Stripped the electronics and disassembled the box and the rusty bit is getting a nice vinegar bath right now.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 06:21 PM (lUFok)
I hope Trump and the organizers were smart enough to station Marines at all the Metro stations to ensure Americans could get one without hassle and salute the troops.
Posted by: Diabeetus at June 14, 2025 06:22 PM (SawFp)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 14, 2025 06:24 PM (ITkJX)
Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 06:20 PM (Eaoic)
My late mother needed some stuff every few weeks and they would come in some pretty big boxes. Big enough that kids could hide in them.
I saved up a LOT of them for my friends' kids. Got markers, put letters and numbers on them.
Oh, those boxes got used. Art. Cat homes, a lot of stuff.
The appeal of toys fades. A good huge cardboard box. That becomes a home....
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 06:25 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Bert G at June 14, 2025 06:25 PM (VARTN)
Birthday gifts were often of the Marx Playset variety, such as Capt. Gallant of the Foreign Legion, Roy Rogers' Double-R Bar, Zorro, and one I wish I still had, the Flintstones set. It was amazing how many parts and pieces and figures you got for $4.99.
There was a fad at my grammar school for tops. I forget the brand name, the same as the yo-yo manufacturers -- Duncan? They had models like the Imperial. I learned how to wind the cord properly and make them spin for a reasonable time. We all vied to see who could make his top spin longest
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:25 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 06:25 PM (tl5zd)
I bet it would be illegal today.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 14, 2025 06:27 PM (CHHv1)
If you're going to be crafty, you know about the sock monkey.
Grandma's house had one.....
Did you pull newsprint with silly putty?
Had some silly putty.
or were you more of a Play-Doh sculptor?
Some of the commercial stuff, and some that Mom made with flour and water and food coloring and whatever else.
Indestructible. (Tonka trucks)
Had a few as sandbox toys. Not that one. Had a backhoe with way too many controls to make it much fun to operate.
Tinker Toys or...
One small set.
Lincoln Logs...
Part of a small set, that used to be Dad's when he was a kid. Just enough to build a small house. Not enough of the really short pieces left.
or Erector set?
We had this Erector set, in the yellow plastic case, with the little motor:
https://is.gd/K2d7mY
(1/x)
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 06:27 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 06:27 PM (1U0OF)
A kid could spend a lot of time trying to get the damn things in the cup. When you finally did, it was like sinking a put after thirty tries. You forgot all the previous attempts.
Posted by: JTB at June 14, 2025 06:28 PM (yTvNw)
Yup. Many stairs were drawn.
the mighty View Master.
You betcha. 3D before 3D was cool.
Jacks...
Nope.
marbles...
As aquarium decorations, never played the game.
and dominoes.
To set up and knock over, not to play the actual board game.
Hot wheels and matchbox (along with miles of orange track):
Yes and yes.
Still being made, but I'm stunned that a Big Wheel costs $129 or more on the interweb these days.
Had that big wheel, in the original red-yellow-blue colors.
Barrel O Monkeys and...
No, but there was a barrel at grandma's house.
(2/x)
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 06:28 PM (DgGvY)
The plastic kind, not the metal one.
Did you make anything edible in an Easy Bake Oven?
No, didn't have any sisters.
Senior Cara de Papa
Also at grandma's house.
What else? Hula hoop, Magic 8 ball, yo yos, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Rock em Sock em Robots, kaleidoscopes, Stretch Armstrong, Operation, Lite Brite, Simon, paper dolls, jump rope, frisbee, Barbie, GI Joe, plastic green army men, etc.?
No, no, yes, grandma's, no, yes, no, grandma's, yes, yes, no, yes, yes, no, yes, yes.
Etc.: still have my Rubik's cube, and still know how to solve it.
(3/3)
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 06:28 PM (DgGvY)
And those electronic pets you had to keep alive. Which I never had. Thankfully.
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 06:29 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 06:29 PM (DLqye)
The amazing thing about Mattel's Shootin' Shell pistols and rifles is that they worked on basically the same principle as real guns do. There was a metal cartridge, a plastic "bullet" that snapped into the cartridge, and you put a Greenie Stik-M Cap on the flat base of the cartridge. When the hammer of your gun came down on the cap, you got a bang and the plastic bullet flew out of the barrel, leaving the cartridge behind. Of course the plastic bullets vanished pretty soon, so a cap on the cartridge was what you had, but it made a satisfying bang anyway.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:29 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 06:29 PM (jvJvP)
(3/3)
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 06:28 PM (DgGvY)
I'd love some bigger ones when life gets better. That would be fun.....
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 06:31 PM (jvJvP)
As for the Beany & Cecil stuffed talking dolls, from Mattel I think, Beany vanished somewhere in the mists of time. But my mother kept Cecil, even though his pull cord-operated talking box had stopped working. She kept him as a decoration on an armchair in the upstairs loft that was her bedroom after we kids left home.
I wish I'd grabbed it when I was cleaning out the apartment after she passed away.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:32 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 06:33 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 14, 2025 06:34 PM (ITkJX)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 06:35 PM (DLqye)
I bet it would be illegal today.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 14, 2025 06:27 PM (CHHv1)
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You routinely burned yourself on the hot metal molds. You shook it off and went on goopin'!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 06:36 PM (kpS4V)
At least the cars were glow in the dark, so you could find them if they went under the couch.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 06:36 PM (lUFok)
There was also a Star Trek episode on VM, "The Omega Glory."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:37 PM (omVj0)
Shrinky dinks!
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 06:37 PM (mT+6a)
Remember talking cars, how they would tell you 'Fasten Your Seatbelt.' Etc. Remember how fast those disappeared?
That was Barney. She'd trigger Barney, he'd start singing and she'd just mutter 'Shut up Barney!'
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 06:37 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: JTB at June 14, 2025 06:37 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025
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And Paint-By-Number paintings of Dracula and the Frankenstein Monster, with oil paints that took forever to dry!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:38 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at June 14, 2025 06:38 PM (Eaoic)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:39 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 06:40 PM (tl5zd)
There's a 33x 33 x 33 Rubik's cube.
We should all get one for brain exercise...
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 06:40 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 06:41 PM (DLqye)
It had rubber tires, and was made of metal. Can you believe that? No way such a thing would be allowed nowadays.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:42 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 06:43 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 14, 2025 06:45 PM (ITkJX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:39 PM
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I'm a fan of the mighty superball. Different sizes and colors. Mayhem.
Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 06:46 PM (Eaoic)
Also Chess. A bunch of other great stuff to that would fit into the hobby thread.
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 06:46 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Ben Had
I have one. It has seen me through more than one emotional episode of one kind or another. Very soothing.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 06:47 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 14, 2025 06:48 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at June 14, 2025 06:49 PM (Eaoic)
Pretty impressive.
https://tinyurl.com/499tnpvz
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 06:50 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 06:50 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 05:46 PM (tl5zd)
I still have the Meccano set I had as child. Meccano was the British Empire counterpart to Erector, and many of the parts were compatible. Meccano used weird screw threads completely unknown to engineering science.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 06:52 PM (biyIY)
I remember playing with Spirograph.
Posted by: Bombadil at June 14, 2025 06:53 PM (MX0bI)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 06:53 PM (tl5zd)
Posted by: JTB at June 14, 2025 06:55 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 06:56 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
We had some called Construx, too. All plastic, the connections were sort of a cross between Tinker Toys (because multi-directional, with long beams and little connector nodes) and Lego (because they snapped together).
Lack of info on the net makes me think they were not popular. The Wiki article looks like pictures all taken in the same house by the one kid who collected all the sets, heh.
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 06:57 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 06:57 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 06:57 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:39 PM (omVj0)
That's why this is an inside toy. Great action in a long hallway. Our mom was pretty tolerant.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 14, 2025 06:58 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 06:58 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 07:00 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 06:53 PM
Same here. I notice the Bradley's are just plain OD green now. I don't remember the Army stopping the three color NATO camo paint job but I guess they did when I wasn't looking.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 14, 2025 07:01 PM (e5NfL)
Lawn darts. That's you failing 'Survival 101.'
I can't be the only one that used fireworks in a firefight. Those ones that shoot out one ball at a time. We were young and stupid but a tiny bit better.
Oh, and I almost hit my brother in the leg with a bow and arrow. Right between the legs and in the wall. Considering everything the last 5 months, kind of wish I hit him. We became estranged today. He came by for one last thing, went to Mom's bedroom to cry, I left for my friends across the street.
He hates me. Like really. Damn that bow and arrow and a time machine...
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 07:03 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 07:03 PM (kpS4V)
You're such a nice bird.
Let's make an Ice Bird treat!
Scrape in the ice
To fill the cup
Then add the flavor
And eat it up!
Yum yum yum yum
How about another one?
Ice Bird, you're a lot of fun!
Posted by: Bombadil at June 14, 2025 07:05 PM (MX0bI)
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Hey Stateless. What do we need to get ya to at least 28%?!
Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 07:05 PM (Eaoic)
Posted by: Stateless
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I've learned that people have very different ways of coping and grieving. Even siblings. He may act like he hates you, but I'd bed money I don't have that it's not you he's upset with...after all, you were the caretaker.
Now you get to take care of yourself. And if you do half the job for yourself that you did for your Mom, you will be one happy man. And I look forward to hearing about that....
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at June 14, 2025 07:06 PM (Eaoic)
Havin' lots of fun when you race with a Ricochayee...
Posted by: Bombadil at June 14, 2025 07:06 PM (MX0bI)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 07:06 PM (kpS4V)
He hates me. Like really. Damn that bow and arrow and a time machine...
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 07:03 PM
Not wanting to get into your personal business but I lost my brother some years back. We had words and never really spoke much for some years before he died. I wish I could invent a time machine and go back and try to patch things up.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 14, 2025 07:08 PM (e5NfL)
Posted by: Bombadil at June 14, 2025 07:09 PM (MX0bI)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 07:09 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 07:10 PM (DLqye)
So bead-blasted six lamp housings for the Zip van, and two cast-aluminum valve covers and two cast-aluminum intake manifolds.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 07:11 PM (biyIY)
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Hey Stateless. What do we need to get ya to at least 28%?!
Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 07:0
Hi TRex. Thanks so much.
I'm getting there. 1% just for surviving. 1% for boozeless days, 1% for being productive and 1% for some sort of exercise. Convict conditioning by the way to keep the hobby thread on topic. I am hoping to make a lot of gains soon, especially when my living situation isn't still up in the air for 5 months.
I lost the rest of my family today but my friends' cat Snowflake is home and that's a pretty fair trade.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 07:12 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 07:13 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Bombadil at June 14, 2025 07:09 PM (MX0bI)
I had one of those! Three stages, top one was a spherical satellite. Very clever design. The stages separated automatically as the pressure in the lower stage exhausted.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 07:14 PM (biyIY)
Posted by: Stateless
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Stateless, there is the family you are born into and the family you choose. We are one of the families you choose, and you haven't lost us!
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at June 14, 2025 07:14 PM (Eaoic)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 07:15 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 07:15 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:16 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 07:13 PM (kpS4V)
Oh, my sisters and I loved those!
Another one I thought about this week, what with permission to run over protestors and all, is the Flatsy doll. Think Gumby, but in a girl doll shape.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 14, 2025 07:18 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at June 14, 2025 07:18 PM (Eaoic)
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Control what you can control. One hour at a time. One day at a time. Don't carry baggage that holds you back. Have faith. Pray for strength and wisdom.
We've got your back.
Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 07:18 PM (Eaoic)
Wish I had my erector set and tinker toys. I bet the grands would love those.
I don't let the grands play with the tonka stuff. I look at it now and go "really" as I vaguely remember the pain of getting pinched by them, a lot.
Posted by: Reforger at June 14, 2025 07:19 PM (LgDgc)
I still have most of my Matchbox/Hot Wheels cars, and a wall-mount display case to show them in. I rotate it in and out with other wall art.
Good memories.
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at June 14, 2025 07:19 PM (QdGJh)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:19 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 14, 2025 07:18 PM (h7ZuX)
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I remember them! You could hide them inside a book at school.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 07:20 PM (kpS4V)
I feel sorry for kids today that will never experience those toys.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:20 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 07:21 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:21 PM (VofaG)
See y'all in Club ONT later tonight!
Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 07:22 PM (Eaoic)
I also had a birdbath rink with mobile Snoopy and Woodstock playing hockey,
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 07:22 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 07:23 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 07:24 PM (tl5zd)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 14, 2025 07:26 PM (JazRo)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 07:26 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:27 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at June 14, 2025 07:28 PM (dR6yv)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 14, 2025 07:29 PM (WF/xn)
Posted by: Javems at June 14, 2025 07:30 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:32 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at June 14, 2025 07:28 PM (dR6yv)
The one I have we used to ride down this big hill. I drive up and down it all the time now and wonder how none of us died. Back when crying got you teased until you really cried. Blood was a badge of honor and our parents had not one fucking clue where we were.
Posted by: Reforger at June 14, 2025 07:33 PM (LgDgc)
TRex, has wine and beer making ever been a thread. My tiny Canadian town with 2 sets of stoplights has a store.
I think several of you were correct. With both Mom and Dad he insisted on being there when they died. SUCKIEST POSSIBLE HOBBY EVER BTW!!
But Dad and I had no unexpressed thoughts. We were good. Not to mention Mom and I. I thought Mom stopped talking on Monday. I was there Wednesday, her friend came in and Mom called my name over and over.
I was going to take that to my grave not to hurt Steve. But he showed up today, took a few more minor things, made 'Have a Nice Life' comments. So I had to tell him
Sorry Dude. You may be torturing me but I have no regrets.
The funniest thing is, is that I don't know how this happened. I thought we were good. But apparently caregiving is a vacation acording to my brother.
Sorry.
But it is a hobby thread.
And just for a while, beer, some pills from the canabis store are my hobby.
But just for a bit.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 07:34 PM (jvJvP)
Still, older bro liked to aim them AT me, when he thought nobody was watching.
(I'm with you, Stateless-- cut bro loose and don't look back!)
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 07:35 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 14, 2025 07:36 PM (SJrOE)
Posted by: Nancy@7000ft at June 14, 2025 07:36 PM (qFnnL)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 07:38 PM (t0Rmr)
So dangerous they were banned even before lawn darts.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 07:32 PM (VofaG)
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Even if they didn't shatter! Fast moving, hard plastic balls: recipe for disaster.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 14, 2025 07:40 PM (SJrOE)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 14, 2025 07:43 PM (SJrOE)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 07:10 PM (DLqye
I think you're right.
He was upset today. At least showing simulated human emotions.
"I'm sorry I hurt you!'
Yeah. Whatever. I'm good and my new Hobby will be climbing my happiness meter.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 07:44 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 14, 2025 07:45 PM (SJrOE)
And he'd always say: I hate you, (JQ). I'm gonna killl you.
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 07:48 PM (rdVOm)
They also were a prized marble, Grapes they wound up being called. Because conicidentally they resembled those grape decorations everyone had. I say had because within days of the discovery everyone had clacker marbles, now called grapes and nobodys parents had grapes in their decorations.
Posted by: Reforger at June 14, 2025 07:49 PM (LgDgc)
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 07:48 PM (rdVOm)
I hope he's out of your life and you are at peace.
Me too....I post selflishly.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 07:55 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 07:59 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 07:44 PM
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Hooray! We're here for it!
Looking forward to 29%.
Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 08:02 PM (MjX9c)
Posted by: Formerly known as Skeptic at June 14, 2025 08:05 PM (ScMN3)
Looking forward to 29%.
Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2025 08:02 PM (MjX9c
Dude, I am so climbing.
I found a lot of videos on YouTube about surrendering to God and stop worrying and trust in God. Mom was a nun in Cleveland for 14 years. It didn't wear off on me until now.
By the way, Mom left the convent, met my Dad a year later, got married in Michigan, lived in Canada and had me 11 months later.
Switch it around and we Hallmark material.
Posted by: Stateless.. 28% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 08:08 PM (jvJvP)
Just give one to the young PMRich, older brother RFRich and younger DORich.
Guaranteed to not last the summer
Posted by: PMRich at June 14, 2025 08:24 PM (Pe+uV)
Posted by: red speck at June 14, 2025 08:46 PM (0Id0S)
Posted by: cmeat at June 15, 2025 07:06 PM (UjwMC)
Posted by: cmeat at June 15, 2025 07:24 PM (UjwMC)
kenner ssp. wayback the local citgo stations had a premium of scaled down versions. but the full size were way faster.
Posted by: cmeat at June 15, 2025 07:32 PM (UjwMC)
Open thread, news of the day
War moves, assassinations, etc. No pets, gardening, recipes, etc.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Methos at June 14, 2025 03:34 PM (Dnobf)
Posted by: Quarter twenty at June 14, 2025 03:34 PM (lIgBp)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 03:35 PM (lIgBp)
Posted by: Shooter McGavin at June 14, 2025 03:36 PM (iGK7y)
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 03:36 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at June 14, 2025 03:37 PM (rF2iL)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 03:37 PM (lIgBp)
Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 03:37 PM (iGK7y)
No more trade talks with the CCP until they turn over the guy financing today's astroturfed demonstrations.
We found out today how Democrats keep their state reps in line.
Posted by: Auspex at June 14, 2025 03:37 PM (j4U/Z)
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 03:38 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 03:39 PM (iGK7y)
Blue-on-blue violence is a hell of a thing, isn't it?
Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 03:41 PM (TwA+r)
Here in TV, the unwashed crowds of dozens had the good sense to stay off the roadways. Governor Ron was pretty explicit, along with numerous sheriffs that FAFO was the order of the day.
Posted by: Joe Mama at June 14, 2025 03:41 PM (2sMLA)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 03:41 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 03:41 PM (TwA+r)
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Been that way for a while. Bolshevik vs Menshevik, Anarchist vs Stalinist.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 03:43 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 03:43 PM (TwA+r)
Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 03:41 PM (TwA+
Yeah, but apparently his victims were trying to do the right thing for once.
Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at June 14, 2025 03:43 PM (rF2iL)
Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 03:41 PM (TwA+r)
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Been that way for a while. Bolshevik vs Menshevik, Anarchist vs Stalinist.
Crossbow vs longbow.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 03:44 PM (s8j++)
Worked for a security firm, supposed experience over seas, including Gaza Strip.
Political appointee of Gov. Tim Walz.
Was found to have a stack of "No Kings" papers in his vehicle, along with a manifesto.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 14, 2025 03:44 PM (7v6oI)
Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at June 14, 2025 03:43 PM (rF2iL) "
As if a lefty cares about the "right thing to do".
Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 03:44 PM (TwA+r)
IOW: typical Dem-Commie.
Posted by: Joe Mama at June 14, 2025 03:45 PM (2sMLA)
Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 03:45 PM (TwA+r)
So funny. This should nuke the MN Dem party
Posted by: Zeera at June 14, 2025 03:46 PM (rHlZY)
Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at June 14, 2025 03:46 PM (rF2iL)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 03:47 PM (lIgBp)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 03:47 PM (KLYFW)
I searched on PGS, and found a link, but wouldn't you know it:
Service Unavailable
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.
Additionally, a 503 Service Unavailable error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
What are the odds?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 03:47 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: ... at June 14, 2025 03:48 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 03:48 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 03:49 PM (iGK7y)
Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 03:49 PM (TwA+r)
Posted by: Zeera at June 14, 2025 03:50 PM (rHlZY)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 03:47 PM (lIgBp)
That's the courage the Left is renowned for.
Posted by: Methos at June 14, 2025 03:50 PM (Dnobf)
Here's Randi Weingarten leading a "No Kings" rally today.
Abolish teachers unions.
https://bit.ly/45XFYPb
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 03:50 PM (P5BPp)
Alleged MN shooter works at two funeral homes 6 days a week, but he worked in DRC (Congo) on food supply projects, and now he owns a SECURITY company? And he was appointed to a Workforce Dev Board by current gov Tim Walz in 2019? Dad of 5?
What the hell?
X Video: https://bit.ly/4jNiT5a
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 03:50 PM (P5BPp)
During PRIDE month?
Posted by: Purple haired lesbians everywhere at June 14, 2025 03:50 PM (lIgBp)
Vince Boelter has an interesting property history in Pierson, Iowa. Separately, he bought a house in Green Isle, MN for $520,000 in 2023 and seems to have a couple other properties there. Unclear if the Minnesota properties were purchased with cash.
DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican
I've done quite a few real estate transactions, and this one makes me scratch my head big time. This looks like almost a way to launder the $99,900.
X: https://bit.ly/3ZzckMq
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 03:50 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 03:51 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Max Power at June 14, 2025 03:51 PM (q177U)
Minnesota is lost and these assassinations will make it worse. Anyone who wants to do the right thing will back off now.
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 03:51 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Max Power at June 14, 2025 03:52 PM (q177U)
https://tinyurl.com/5n6z4499
Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 03:52 PM (TwA+r)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 03:48 PM (L/fGl)
Yes!!!
Think about all the days when he wasn't murdering people in cold blood.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 14, 2025 03:52 PM (iJfKG)
And now if they do......
I wouldn't want to be in that position.
Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 03:52 PM (iGK7y)
Today’s demonstrations: Millions of Americans are expected to attend “No Kings” protests that are underway across the country, denouncing what organizers describe as President Donald Trump’s authoritarian policies.
https://is.gd/Is8p3p
Millions? Wow. That's a lot. Strangely, though, when I went to a CNN story with pictures, very few of the pictures show the full crowd, and those that do, do NOT show millions, or even tens of thousands. Could...could it be that CNN is LYING?
https://is.gd/UpjXoA
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 03:53 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 03:53 PM (DSNOc)
You are acting like Biden is still running things. If the FBI has it, I bet it will come out within a month.
Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 03:53 PM (TwA+r)
Chicago calls that "the weekend".
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 03:54 PM (S5xOs)
Just f*cking great.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 14, 2025 03:54 PM (/U5Yz)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 03:55 PM (DSNOc)
Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 03:55 PM (iGK7y)
Sadly, just as I predicted.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 03:55 PM (s8j++)
@iraninarabic_ir : "Dimona Reactor"
Nothing like a cryptic message to add to the suspense of a potential global war.
Iran is now allegedly threatening to target Israel’s Dimona nuclear reactor - and if you’re wondering why that’s more than just a scary-sounding place, buckle up.
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 03:55 PM (BwZyW)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
I drove by Bitch and Moan Corner here in Happy Valley a couple of hours ago. There were perhaps a dozen activists, far more than I've seen before and it's just noon. Apparently they weren't protesting the poor wetbacks but rather they held signs saying the Jews have killed 180,000 kids.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 03:55 PM (L/fGl)
https://is.gd/UpjXoA
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 03:53 PM (s8j++)
Considering they have no way of knowing that number and just pulled it out of their asses....
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 14, 2025 03:56 PM (a4NoL)
It’s not listed in any tourist brochure, and for good reason - it’s long believed to be where Israel developed and maintains its undeclared nuclear arsenal.
Israel has never confirmed having nukes, but the global consensus? It does. A lot.
https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1933970646649696732
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 03:56 PM (BwZyW)
I don't find it problematic that Trump's negotiations with Iran seems to have been a set up. I will assume that he initiay reached out the olive branch in good faith- he really does strike me as the type for who would give up a small measure of honor in order to maintain peace, and that he sees himself as a world class negotiator. But at some point the talks became a subterfuge to help camouflage the Isreali prep for the attack. I can understand that Trump and his team probably became exasperated at the lack of seriousness that the Ayatollah's minions were putting into making a deal, but I think the right thing to do would have been to walk away and tell he Iranians that the repercussions were a result of their own intransigence. Continuing the talks only as a means of allowing a third party to prep for battle will only make us seem untrustworthy in future talks, and make foes less likely to show up for talks in the future.
Posted by: tankdemon at June 14, 2025 03:56 PM (MWf2b)
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I've seen reports that his wife interned for Tampon Tim. So that's 1 degree of separation. He is sure sounds like communist party insider.
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at June 14, 2025 03:57 PM (0jqe/)
Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 03:57 PM (jGGMD)
Sadly, just as I predicted.
Posted by: Archimedes
Next thing you know, he'll be getting us into WWIII with Iran et al, back off on full deportations, and tell us Pam Bondi is doing a great job.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 14, 2025 03:57 PM (/U5Yz)
Just f*cking great.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 14, 2025 03:54 PM (/U5Yz)
Taco?
Posted by: Methos at June 14, 2025 03:58 PM (Dnobf)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 14, 2025 03:58 PM (dBreX)
Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 03:58 PM (+EG6t)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 14, 2025 03:56 PM (MWf2b)
At some point, there's a 'This isn't going anywhere" moment.
And then it's FAFO time.
Unpredictability can be a useful tool, also.
Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 03:59 PM (iGK7y)
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 03:55 PM
Times of India, 11 hours ago:
Iranian Hypersonic Missile Bombards Israel's Dimona Nuclear Site
In a dramatic and unverified claim, Lebanon’s Al Mayadeen news outlet reports that Iran has launched a hypersonic missile targeting Israel’s Dimona nuclear facility and a key defense headquarters. If confirmed, the alleged strike would mark a major escalation in regional tensions, raising fears of broader conflict. Hypersonic missiles, known for their high speed and maneuverability, pose significant challenges to missile defense systems. The report has not been independently verified, and no official response has yet been issued by Israeli authorities. The claim comes amid heightened hostilities and growing concerns over the potential for direct confrontation between Iran and Israel.
YouTube: https://bit.ly/4l6aniM
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 03:59 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 04:00 PM (L/fGl)
Already posted the link the Farms thread, they have all the info.
Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 04:00 PM (TwA+r)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:00 PM (S5xOs)
I actually don't think bombing nuclear sites was the main objective and that it was just a public relations cover for the primary mission of killing Iran military leaders and scientists.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 04:00 PM (VofaG)
It starts in a couple of hours, maybe I can find a livestream of it online.
Posted by: tankdemon at June 14, 2025 04:00 PM (MWf2b)
Iranian Hypersonic Missile Bombards Israel's Dimona Nuclear Site
I'm going to need a whole lot more confirmation before I believe Iran has a usable hypersonic.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 04:01 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 14, 2025 03:56 PM (MWf2b)
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OR
When we push for peace, work for peace! Don't try to goat rope us or you'll find yourself deleted without warning.
I like the: "make peace before your home gets vaporized" style of negotiation.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 04:01 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 14, 2025 04:02 PM (ReaN0)
Brian Stelter@brianstelter
And it all points in the same direction:
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 04:00 PM (L/fGl)
It does all point in the direction of Democrats being a bunch of lawless degenerates.
Posted by: tankdemon at June 14, 2025 04:02 PM (MWf2b)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 04:02 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 04:01 PM (s8j++)
For reals. Aren't they still running F-4's ?
If they have any parts left ?
Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 04:02 PM (iGK7y)
Iranian Hypersonic Missile Bombards Israel's Dimona Nuclear Site
I'm going to need a whole lot more confirmation before I believe Iran has a usable hypersonic.
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And if they'd done it over 11 hours ago, I think we'd have heard about it from other sources.
Posted by: Methos at June 14, 2025 04:03 PM (Dnobf)
Damn that Mexican culture is really making its way into American politics. "Be Mexican political candidate, get shot dead".
Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 04:04 PM (TwA+r)
https://shorturl.at/NJYcV
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 04:04 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 04:04 PM (iGK7y)
Posted by: Mississippi at June 14, 2025 04:05 PM (VE6XX)
If they have any parts left ?
Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 04:02 PM (iGK7y)
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I don't know about that, but their F-14s are the pride of their air force.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 04:05 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 04:06 PM (L/fGl)
https://is.gd/UpjXoA
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 03:53 PM
Just going by the low end of "millions" as 2 million and assuming one protest in every state...
2 million divided by 50 cities is 40,000 people needed at each protest.
Maybe in larger cities there could be thousands of people show up, but I doubt anything close to even 10,000, let alone 40,000.
And in the smaller cities, likely nothing more than hundreds, let alone thousands.
Assuming a generous estimate of 5,000 people protest in 50 cities across the country, that comes to a total of 250,000.
But "millions of Americans" sounds better for their propaganda than "hundreds of thousands of Americans".
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 04:06 PM (P5BPp)
But they're gonna try.
Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 03:49 PM (iGK7y
Anybody linked Walz-ing Matilda?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at June 14, 2025 04:07 PM (Ql3oY)
Sadly, just as I predicted.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 03:55 PM (s8j++)
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Calm your tits. This is excellent messaging, and it makes economic sense.
I swear, everyone here wants 50 years of fuck-ups fixed in 15 minutes.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 04:07 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 04:05 PM (ZOv7s)
I'm sure they've kept up with the Maintenance schedule...
Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 04:07 PM (iGK7y)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 04:00 PM (VofaG)
I have a loose definition of "nuclear program" that would include the personnel working on development.
Posted by: tankdemon at June 14, 2025 04:08 PM (MWf2b)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 04:06 PM (P5BPp)
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Hundreds of dozens is more accurate. Or dozens of dozens.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 04:08 PM (ZOv7s)
Because OF COURSE they would. He was a Walz (and Dayton, who is DFL) appointee.
My link above has a whole thread with docs and info on the guy. Apparently, he took issue with a vote that passed in the Minn House cutting funds for mental health. He also did some sort of security in Africa at one time (funny how all these political assassins seem to be doing security work in foreign countries...Ukraine, Africa)
Still looks like Blue-on-Blue.
Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 04:08 PM (TwA+r)
It starts in a couple of hours, maybe I can find a livestream of it online.
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Real Americas Voice already has a pregame stream going
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at June 14, 2025 04:09 PM (0jqe/)
If they have any parts left ?
Posted by: jsg
Your overlooking their flying carpet squadrons.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 04:09 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 04:09 PM (3ek7K)
Sadly, just as I predicted.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 03:55 PM
Not a bad idea on Trump's part but I wouldn't broadcast I was doing that... Get the bad guys first
Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 04:09 PM (VE6XX)
What a mind-blower. Next they'll breathlessly report DEI is racist to its core and Islamists routinely slaughter Christians.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:09 PM (S5xOs)
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CSPN is covering it.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 04:10 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 04:07 PM (iGK7y)
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Botswana is fanatical about maintenance. Those guys were flying C-model C-130s as late as 15 years go. It was a source of national pride.
Meanwhile Nigeria's shiny new production ones were all grounded because shitty maintenance.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 04:10 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 04:11 PM (iGK7y)
Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 04:11 PM (TwA+r)
Today’s demonstrations: Millions of Americans are expected to attend “No Kings” protests
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Ah.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 04:12 PM (YqDXo)
Today’s demonstrations: Millions of Americans are expected to attend “No Kings” protests
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Ah.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 04:12 PM (YqDXo)
Expected
Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 04:12 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Toad-0 at June 14, 2025 04:12 PM (SkxTr)
Posted by: tankdemon
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Right Side Broadcasting stream has already started. Parade starts at 5:30 Central I think. Also, Newsmax coverage starts at 5p Central.
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 04:13 PM (BwZyW)
Today’s demonstrations: Millions of Americans are expected to attend “No Kings” protests
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Ah.
And? I expect to encounter a nude 21 year old Sophie Marceau in my living room today. Why you gotta rain on my parade?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 04:13 PM (s8j++)
Have not seen any official confirmation of change in ICE enforcement. Typically rambling and suggestive statement by Trump on the matter. NYT claims to have leak on policy change. A little time is warranted before retreating inside the caves and committing seppuku with grenades. ICE faces enormous/diverse tasks, have been wondering about their strategy and priorities. Dangerous criminals first a no-brainer, they've been salting it with worksite raids.
I have worried since January that the focus on criminals needs some PR and education and action to remind that *all* illegals must go. No magic solution though. Sen. Schmitt claims 1M have self-deported - also wondering how they're estimating this number, no explanations offered.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 14, 2025 04:13 PM (1m82a)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 04:09 PM (L/fGl)
Do the guns go BrrrrrBrrrrr ?
Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 04:13 PM (iGK7y)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 04:14 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 04:15 PM (L/fGl)
I was looking for the Army B-day thing the National Guard was putting on. The area was completely infested with commies. Just drove on by.
Assholes.
Posted by: Reforger at June 14, 2025 04:15 PM (E8aDl)
it makes economic sense.
I swear, everyone here wants 50 years of fuck-ups fixed in 15 minutes.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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It makes economic sense, but I hope he follows up with fines, go-back-and-return-legally, etc.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 14, 2025 04:16 PM (wbZPZ)
Live updates: Trump military parade, 'No Kings' protests
CNN
https://www.cnn.com › politics › live-news › trump-mil...
31 minutes ago — Millions of Americans will attend “No Kings” protests across the country today to denounce President Donald Trump's policies.
31 minutes ago. Do you think maybe they knew 31 minutes ago that their expectations bore no resemblance to reality?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 04:17 PM (s8j++)
Meanwhile Nigeria's shiny new production ones were all grounded because shitty maintenance.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 04:10 PM (ZOv7s)
That's pretty impressive for Botswana.
For Iran, I'm going with priority maintenance.
Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 04:17 PM (iGK7y)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 04:13 PM (s8j++)
She'll be over as soon as we're finished.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 04:17 PM (W/lyH)
Every Flag Day I fly 2 of them-one is the 24/7 366 version, flown in accord with flag protocol and the one I liberated from a stupid asshole at Binghamton University (then known as Harpur College) who meant to burn it.
I told him and his buddies that if they wanted it, then fucking come take it. No one had the balls to try. Now that flag is unfurled and accompanies my other one each Flag Day.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 14, 2025 04:17 PM (hKoQL)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Not sure where that came from, but whatever.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 04:18 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 04:19 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 04:19 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 04:19 PM (3ek7K)
l8r.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 14, 2025 04:19 PM (DGFJg)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 04:18 PM
Because you said you predicted Trump would back track and it was bad. At least that's what it sounded like.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 04:20 PM (VofaG)
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It's probably worth noting that a bunch of stories were planted just this week to lull Iran into false security. It's possible the same thing is being done with the invaders.
Posted by: Methos at June 14, 2025 04:20 PM (Dnobf)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 04:20 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 04:21 PM (3ek7K)
ICE faces a yuuuuge triage challenge. Going after worst criminals first was a no-brainer. Questions are how to allocate assets and time to the other categories.
DHS announced revocation of TPS (500K) notices sent to TPS-recipients. This was a large group former admin basically waived in by abusing a discretionary tool. Of course there was a meritless lawsuit, don't know where that stands.
Reminder of how pathetic the situation remains is that the will (or caprice, or current mood) of *one* man is about all the country has to depend on. A laughable trivial handful of others who even, still, speak up on the topic.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 14, 2025 04:21 PM (1m82a)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:21 PM (9JnuR)
l8r.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 14, 2025 04:19 PM (DGFJg
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Thanks for checking in
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 04:22 PM (RIvkX)
We've been getting pounded with rain down here in South America (60 m SW of Houston) so our town blew it off as scheduled.
Posted by: DanMan at June 14, 2025 04:22 PM (8uzBS)
Same as always. Screech like lunatics, while criminals use the "protest" as cover for burning and looting.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 14, 2025 04:23 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 04:19 PM (3ek7K)
I bet.
There is nothing...nothing...more awesome than going down a street in your track and standing in the TC's hatch.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 04:23 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 04:21 PM (3ek7K)
My bad. Just saw open news post on my phone and comment No pets. Didn't think to scroll down .
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 04:23 PM (VofaG)
l8r.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 14, 2025 04:19 PM (DGFJg
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Thanks for checking in
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 04:22 PM (RIvkX)
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This.
Appreciate the updates.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 04:24 PM (W/lyH)
Hubby asked me this morning if we had heard anything from Biden's Dog.
Stay as safe as possible Biden's Dog and family.
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 04:25 PM (3ek7K)
Today’s demonstrations: Millions of Americans are expected to attend “No Kings” protests
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Ah.
And? I expect to encounter a nude 21 year old Sophie Marceau in my living room today. Why you gotta rain on my parade?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 04:13 PM (s8j++)
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I've been expecting Christie Brinkley to show up at my house in a filmy nightie for decades now.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 04:25 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
"THE FIERCE URGENCY OF NOW!!"
Posted by: JEF at June 14, 2025 04:25 PM (sAmhv)
Well, at least they were cheerful
And had an American flag . Maybe that means they won't murder your state political representatives.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 04:25 PM (WOrz0)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 04:27 PM (lIgBp)
I did say that, but I wouldn't call it backtracking. I've listened carefully to his language for the last few years, and it was very clear to me that he had no intention of sending back tens of millions of people. I still believe that and have said so for years. I think there will be economic benefits to leaving some here, because they're good workers and are already tightly integrated into our economy, which has come to rely on them, but that leaves tens of millions who will be a net drag on the economy. But sure, a little snark about covers that.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 04:27 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 04:25 PM (YqDXo)
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Even a political assassination thread morphs into a boob thread! Gotta love the horde.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:27 PM (kvelb)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 14, 2025 04:13 PM (1m82a)
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Well, they know what the border crossings look like, so if you notice 1 million more departures than arrivals, that says something.
I do recall seeing reports of long lines to leave.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 04:28 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 04:25 PM (WOrz0)
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Hope not
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:28 PM (kvelb)
Posted by: This. Is. CNN. at June 14, 2025 04:29 PM (PiwSw)
Chuck Schumer@SenSchumer
Condemning violence is important but it is not enough. We must also confront the toxic forces radicalizing individuals and we must do more to protect one another, our democracy, and the values that bind us as Americans.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 04:29 PM (L/fGl)
Anybody linked Walz-ing Matilda?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
That's the song you hear when you're On the Beach.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 04:29 PM (63Dwl)
Jamie Raskin @jamie_raskin
We have no Kings and no subjects in the United States of America.
X photo: https://bit.ly/4046kLC
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 04:29 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 04:23 PM
Until you see the hajji* with an RPG-7 bending over the parapet 5 stories above you.
*Hajji don't surf, BTW.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 14, 2025 04:30 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
Political crises come and go but boobs are eternal.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 04:31 PM (L/fGl)
Condemning violence is important but it is not enough. We must also confront the toxic forces radicalizing individuals and we must do more to protect one another, our democracy, and the values that bind us as Americans.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 04:29 PM (L/fGl)
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Physician, heal thyself.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 04:32 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: t-bird at June 14, 2025 04:32 PM (CEQjs)
https://tinyurl.com/2um9c9ub
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 04:32 PM (lIgBp)
https://www.youtube.com/live/sbcHn9Q2XDI
Posted by: Ciampino - didn't make Pet Thread at June 14, 2025 04:32 PM (sPQoU)
Jamie Raskin @jamie_raskin
We have no Kings and no subjects in the United States of America.
X photo: https://bit.ly/4046kLC
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 04:29 PM (P5BPp)
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This protest brought to you by over 400 Demofascist affiliated organizations with billions of annual political spending.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:32 PM (kvelb)
Apparently we still have to bend over.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 04:32 PM (uxZu+)
We have no Kings and no subjects in the United States of America.
X photo: https://bit.ly/4046kLC
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 04:29 PM (P5BPp)
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But we do have kulaks, amirite? Also wreckers, hoarders, and saboteurs.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 04:33 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 04:25 PM
Best I can do is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39T7tn-tZRk
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 14, 2025 04:33 PM (0sNs1)
But he will, and so he is generously giving them time to start hiring lawful employees. He wants THEM to start firing the illegals rather than snatching them from the job sites.
This is very reasonable and good politics.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 04:33 PM (ZOv7s)
Chuck Schumer@SenSchumer
Condemning violence is important but it is not enough. We must also confront the toxic forces radicalizing individuals and we must do more to protect one another, our democracy, and the values that bind us as Americans.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
I agree! Shut down and arrest everyone who works for the msm!!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 14, 2025 04:34 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:35 PM (kvelb)
Chuck Schumer@SenSchumer
Condemning violence is important but it is not enough. We must also confront the toxic forces radicalizing individuals and we must do more to protect one another, our democracy, and the values that bind us as Americans.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
So Chuck quit with the Nazi/ Fascist shit..
Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 04:35 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Reforger at June 14, 2025 04:35 PM (E8aDl)
Makes sense. It's a beautiful day of the sort we get very few of here in the 907. It's way too nice to waste a Saturday afternoon hanging out with a bunch of stinky and senile communist hippies.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 14, 2025 04:35 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 04:25 PM
Best I can do is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39T7tn-tZRk
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 14, 2025 04:33 PM (0sNs1)
_________________
It's a start!
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 04:36 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 04:36 PM (uxZu+)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:37 PM (kvelb)
I'm fine with this. $5 million per should cover the damages.
Posted by: t-bird at June 14, 2025 04:38 PM (CEQjs)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Do the guns go BrrrrrBrrrrr ?
Posted by: jsg
That might have been too subtle. The pun threaders aren't piling on.
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 04:39 PM (DgGvY)
It's my last day of working as a janitor's assistant at the library my senior year at Washington State University. In two days I would graduate and be commissioned into the Army. My boss was a little guy, WW2 Veteran with the 101st. He was injured in Bastogne and walked with a limp.
I got to work that morning and he said no working today and to follow him. He gave me a box to carry and took me up a back stairs that I didn't know existed. We exited on the roof...it was the highest point on campus and the city of Pullman.
We went to the flag poles and he pulled down the state flag and the colors. Together we folded them and still without saying a word, he opened the box I had carried up the stairs and removed two new flags. We ran those up the flag poles. Placing the old flags in the box, we returned to his office. Once there he gave me the box and said, "LT, it has been a pleasure working with you and I wish you the best in your career. Airborne!" He then saluted.
With tears in my eyes I returned the salute and I have never forgotten him. 50 years later, I still have those flags and have carried them with me on every deployment.
God Bless America!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 04:39 PM (W/lyH)
The media tried to recently frame this strength of Trump's as "chickening out", others will call it backtracking. Meanwhile it's what he always does very predictably, because it's what he plans from the start. You never get everything you ask for, and often you don't have to.
Yes I want some of these extremes to happen, or more, but Trump still manages to actually get shit done as opposed to our feckless leaders with their constant stream of sorry it's impossible or racist or sexist or we just need complete control of all the branches to do anything, then handing us over to the enemy to get a beatdown.
Posted by: ... at June 14, 2025 04:39 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Do the guns go BrrrrrBrrrrr ?
Posted by: jsg
It was. I completely missed the pun.
*hangs head in shame*
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 04:40 PM (s8j++)
Condemning violence is important but it is not enough. We must also confront the toxic forces radicalizing individuals and we must do more to protect one another, our democracy, and the values that bind us as Americans."
Haha, his X is blowing up with comments about his "reaping the whirlwind" and the video in question.
Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025 04:40 PM (TwA+r)
I'm guessing the FL would be pretty small given the fact that the FL government went on record that they were on their own if the protestors attacked anyone.
Posted by: pawn, one of many at June 14, 2025 04:40 PM (QB+5g)
Posted by: cheshirecat at June 14, 2025
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Not to mention it's June, and *hot* outside. Maybe up around Michigan or Maine it might not be too bad, but here even tropical tree frogs refuse to go outdoors in summer.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 04:41 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:41 PM (kvelb)
Posted by: Rex B at June 14, 2025 04:41 PM (7szT/)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 04:41 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 04:42 PM (lIgBp)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 04:42 PM (lIgBp)
CA.. what did you expect...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 04:42 PM (VE6XX)
Of course, but that doesn't mean the next step will actually happen. Let's be honest. None of us really knows what's going to happen. I just expressed my opinion. I can't help it if some get their panties in a wad as a result.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 04:42 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: KT at June 14, 2025 04:43 PM (xekrU)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 04:42 PM (lIgBp)
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Suburban Tijuana
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:43 PM (kvelb)
Miss 1 pin and the story is over.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llAHmvRZCYo
Posted by: DaveA at June 14, 2025 04:43 PM (FhXTo)
And the shooter was appointed by Walz?
And the shootings took place on the day of the Army parade?
This was meant to drown out the overwhelming support for the Army parade and Israel destroying Iran's nuclear weapons program.
Instead, they are talking about the killings, as well as the fake protests which are really an insurrection.
Send in the Marines, President Trump!
Posted by: Diabeetus at June 14, 2025 04:44 PM (SawFp)
Your overlooking their flying carpet squadrons.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
They are for real
https://t.ly/c_fRl
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 04:45 PM (63Dwl)
Go figure. It'd be a bit "uncomfortable" to have him under arrest. Bet the authorities are trying to find him so they can provide safe passage elsewhere.
The longer this "manhunt" goes on without a body, the more I'm inclined to think he's already on his way elsewhere.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 04:45 PM (Q4IgG)
Funny thing, that.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 14, 2025 04:45 PM (xTIDn)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
Tempest begs to differ.
https://youtu.be/CJsEYRvp6UM
This thread needed some Irish-folk middle-eastern surf-rock.
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 04:45 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 14, 2025 04:45 PM (5xuJ/)
In: No Kangs
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 04:45 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 04:42 PM (s8j++)
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"What Is" strikes me as a better focal point than "What Might Be"
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:45 PM (kvelb)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 04:45 PM (lIgBp)
Since when were our beloved Congresscritters so immersed in "exerting oversight" that they began taking to the streets and loudly insisting that they were to be granted entrance to someplace or to something merely on their own say so?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 14, 2025 04:45 PM (Tv15w)
https://tinyurl.com/yc5w6eba
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 14, 2025 04:45 PM (5xuJ/)
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Older guy dressed in Antifa garb is silly enough, but the covid mask really tops it all
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:47 PM (kvelb)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 04:47 PM (uxZu+)
Haha, his X is blowing up with comments about his "reaping the whirlwind" and the video in question.
Posted by: cheshirecat
And how about the one where he says the intelligence agencies have six ways from Sunday to get back at you?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 04:47 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 14, 2025 04:45 PM (Tv15w)
________________
They've taken care of all our other problems, and now have to seek out new problems to "oversee."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 04:47 PM (YqDXo)
Condemning violence is important but it is not enough. We must also confront the toxic forces radicalizing individuals and we must do more to protect one another, our democracy, and the values that bind us as Americans.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Was he announcing his resignation, there?
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 04:48 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 04:48 PM (uxZu+)
Posted by: Common Tater at June 14, 2025 04:48 PM (OZ5rj)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 14, 2025 04:45 PM (Tv15w)
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They're just trying to avoid paying the cover charge.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 04:49 PM (YqDXo)
There's no reason you can't do both.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 04:49 PM (s8j++)
In: No Kangs
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025 04:45 PM (YqDXo)
In: No Welfare Queenz
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 14, 2025 04:49 PM (S/Y4j)
That is, kind of what Ace teaches us about the Ace of Spades card - it was meant to be placed with the assassin's victims. Only things didn't turn out like the killer wanted.
Plans, amirite?
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at June 14, 2025 04:50 PM (2myyY)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 04:48 PM (uxZu+)
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So true. What a hoser.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:50 PM (kvelb)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 04:48 PM (uxZu+)
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So true. What a hoser.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:50 PM (kvelb)
He forgot his tampon?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 14, 2025 04:52 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:47 PM (kvelb)
Cops finally had enough toward the end of the clip.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 14, 2025 04:52 PM (5xuJ/)
That is, kind of what Ace teaches us about the Ace of Spades card - it was meant to be placed with the assassin's victims. Only things didn't turn out like the killer wanted.
Plans, amirite?
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at June 14, 2025 04:50 PM
Pretty sure that this was an IC op that went bad. Something to try and make Trump look bad. Remember that *right wing plot* to kidnap and kill the governor of michigan that the fib ran a few years back?
Whatever it is, it stinks, on ice.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 14, 2025 04:52 PM (e5NfL)
Diogenes,
Thank you for sharing your story. It is a wonderful memory for you.
One of hubby's uncles was at Bastogne and he survived but he was really messed up from there.
Uncle said the Germans set the fuses for airbursts in the fir trees. They lost a lot of men from the trees and shapranel falling on the men in the ground.
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 04:53 PM (3ek7K)
Condemning violence is important but it is not enough. We must also confront the toxic forces radicalizing individuals and we must do more to protect one another, our democracy, and the values that bind us as Americans.
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I don't think Chuck realizes he and his ilk are the very "toxic forces" that are radicalizing individuals. Or maybe he does. Still.... the lack of introspection is off the hook.
And very on brand for these Democrats.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 04:53 PM (Q4IgG)
Hire Americans to do those jobs! How many teens waste their time doomscrolling on their phones? Get them to work!
Posted by: Diabeetus at June 14, 2025 04:54 PM (SawFp)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 14, 2025
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for me it would be the Nicole Kidman of the To Die For era. Not her character in that film, the husband murder-planner, just her.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 04:54 PM (omVj0)
Question is why would a "conservative" kill lowly State Reps ? especially one who just voted to end health care for illegals'
Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 04:55 PM (VE6XX)
*Spoiler Alert* No
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 04:55 PM (kvelb)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 14, 2025 04:55 PM (mH6SG)
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He checks the blocks. But also. Keep in mind. An “asset” doesn’t necessarily even know he’s an asset.
Oswald was an asset. He had several spooks checking up on him. He had an ID card post marine corps issued to him, that was either a category mistake (somewhat unlikely) or he was on the payroll.
Check out his “friend” Mr. De Mohrenshildt sometime. It’s commonly believed CIA. A defector from the Soviet Union says nuh-uh. He was Oswald’s KGB handler. That’s what gets complicated, half the fucking spooks it’s impossible to figure out whose side they were on. Double triple reverse agents. Angleton kept one Soviet defector in solitary for 2 years, they didn’t believe him.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 14, 2025 04:55 PM (OZ5rj)
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 04:56 PM (gc+OO)
Older guy dressed in Antifa garb is silly enough, but the covid mask really tops it all
Posted by: Huck Follywood
That was not a dude -- it was the screaming banshee, "Marissa".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 14, 2025 04:56 PM (Tv15w)
Posted by: Common Tater at June 14, 2025
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My town was going to have a celebration of both, in the same area of town. I wonder if they got tangled up with each other. "You got butt stuff on my No Kings!" "No, you got No Kings on my butt stuff!"
Two great things which go great together!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 04:56 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 03:55 PM (L/fGl)
Some of those kids have been killled dozens of times.....
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 04:56 PM (jvJvP)
The (R)eason they were protesting had a counter gathering across the street and down a little. They're still out there.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 04:58 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Bert G at June 14, 2025 04:59 PM (VARTN)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 05:00 PM (DG4OD)
Posted by: It's me donna
Per the NY Post, the shooter had a list of politicians in his car . Walz is on the list. Post said the police are trying to determine if the shooter had anti abortion views. This Implies that he was targeting pro choice people. Convenient huh?
Posted by: Tuna at June 14, 2025 05:00 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 05:00 PM (kvelb)
Posted by: kallisto at June 14, 2025 05:00 PM (PFbvp)
Posted by: Bert G at June 14, 2025
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Weren't they the ones who fired missiles at Israel and hit Palestinians instead? Hardly geniuses at warfare.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 05:00 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Common Tater at June 14, 2025 05:01 PM (OZ5rj)
Amy Klobuchar (D), "These kinds of things are committed by mentally unbalanced people."
Paraphrased, but accurate. These assholes were getting the narrative in place, and now that it's one of theirs....just a crazy gun nut.
Posted by: ErikInTexas at June 14, 2025 05:01 PM (6xrUr)
Posted by: It's me donna
Well, we are all Hitler. From what I've been told.
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 05:01 PM (jvJvP)
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That's the only clue we need he's a leftard commie fag
Posted by: ... at June 14, 2025 05:02 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 05:03 PM (kvelb)
Strength in Diversity. (My personal favorite): One people, No Planet B. Pride. No one is paying me to attend, I hate you for free. Democracy. Democracy is not a spectator sport. Keep your hands off our Social Security, or Medicare...depending.
We the People. (Period). Union!
Flocks of LGBTQaii+++. Flocks of White women under 50(?). Walz like men with partners dressed in pink. All just aimlessly walking.
Not impressed. The socialists parade organizers must have been Irish &/or the dopey, snobby Indivisible cult. 🤷
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 05:04 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Tuna at June 14, 2025 05:00 PM (lJ0H4)
Well, knowing who the shooter is (to a high degree of probability it is indeed Dr. Vance Boelter, Ed. D.), it's pretty unlikely he was any kind of wheel in conservative circles. For one thing, Walz himself appointed him to some State board. I expect the abortion thing is a red herring.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 05:04 PM (vyOmC)
Well he was appointed to a position by Tim Walz.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 05:05 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 05:06 PM (aUPDd)
That was not a dude -- it was the screaming banshee, "Marissa".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 14, 2025 04:56 PM (Tv15w)
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Was it? Even better!!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 05:06 PM (kvelb)
The College World Series is currently under way in Omaha. Fucking with an intoxicated mix of Arkansas hillbillies and Cajuns trying to have a good time seems like a particularly bad idea.
Posted by: Bert G at June 14, 2025 05:06 PM (VARTN)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 05:04 PM
As I said above this was an op that went bad. No way walz would appoint a conservative to anything in the state.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 14, 2025 05:06 PM (e5NfL)
Posted by: Tuna at June 14, 2025 05:00 PM (lJ0H4)
We're not getting the whole story here.. Earlier they said there were republicans on the list too.. CNN now doesn't mention that.. This seems off to me...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 05:07 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
He had NoKing crap in his car. That's left wing.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 05:07 PM (aUPDd)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 05:08 PM (kvelb)
I was on leave in the 90s back home, at this dive bar. This short old guy with owl glasses kind of dismisses me with “You in the Boy Scouts?” LOL
He wanted to fight me, we became fast friends and went bar hopping, in the north end of town, where persons of pallor are scarce. He started fights there too. They were scared of him. Turns out he was a Marine in the Pacific, the old breed at Tarawa. At least he said he was at Tarawa.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 14, 2025 05:08 PM (OZ5rj)
They want to give the impression the shooter was Reich-wing nut, then memory hole the story before the truth is widely known.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 05:08 PM (lUFok)
Around the country it seems there there’s some action in the usual shithole cities, but in most places it’s just a low energy geriatric convention.
Wish I could post the clip of oldsters coming out of the retirement center in their motorized chairs wearing no kings t shirts.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 05:09 PM (e15Ap)
The College World Series is currently under way in Omaha. Fucking with an intoxicated mix of Arkansas hillbillies and Cajuns trying to have a good time seems like a particularly bad idea.
Posted by: Bert G at June 14, 2025 05:06 PM (VARTN)
Any bets that the fans unite in common cause? Or they stage an impromptu contest to see which team's fans can throw the most protestors into the Missouri River?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 14, 2025 05:09 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 05:09 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Bert G at June 14, 2025 05:06 PM (VARTN)
Probably a few drunk Beavers out there too.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 05:09 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 05:07 PM (VE6XX)
They're still getting their lies straight. It will come out when things have died down and there's four more outrages going on or Beyonce goes on a diet or something.
Posted by: ... at June 14, 2025 05:10 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 14, 2025 05:09 PM
Commies being beat down by people chanting "SEC! SEC! SEC!" might end up being the next "It just means more!" commercial from the Southeastern Conference.
Posted by: Bert G at June 14, 2025 05:10 PM (VARTN)
This isn’t complicated. That’s how they roll.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 14, 2025 05:11 PM (OZ5rj)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025
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1994 Nicole or now. She's still beautiful.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 05:12 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 03:55 PM (L/fGl)
Why so low? Why didn’t they say eleventy billion? It would be just as true.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 05:12 PM (e15Ap)
This isn’t complicated. That’s how they roll.
Posted by: Common Tater
Occam's razor. The simplest explanation is usually correct.
Posted by: Tuna at June 14, 2025 05:13 PM (lJ0H4)
This isn’t complicated. That’s how they roll.
Posted by: Common Tater
It's the SS taking out the brown shirts.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 05:13 PM (aUPDd)
1994 Nicole or now. She's still beautiful.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 05:12 PM (omVj0)
Like I could be picky.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 05:16 PM (e15Ap)
In honor of my dad, I thumbed my nose.
Posted by: Accomack at June 14, 2025 05:17 PM (+Bkka)
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 05:17 PM (i0F8b)
For all we know, the perpetrator on these shootings is mixed up in some creative financial matters involving government funds.
So, see yah in 48 hours on this nonsense. Ohhhhh pie.
Posted by: Orson at June 14, 2025 05:18 PM (dIske)
Something to examine. Did the victim legislator vote against illegal immigrants getting Medicare.
Triggering this leftwing monster.
Posted by: Looney dems at June 14, 2025 05:19 PM (jZ3ZM)
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 05:20 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at June 14, 2025 05:20 PM (6xrUr)
Whatever the case is, that side has fomented violence. Now it's here.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 14, 2025 05:21 PM (guCHD)
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I see there's a half new book out. Half is Eugene "Sledge" Hammer's With the Old Breed and half is written by his son about the effect of the war on his dad.
https://shorturl.at/OA79B
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 05:22 PM (L/fGl)
At parents for my dad's Father's day and they might be only ones who have the Communist News Network on.
They been pushing Walz's Political Hit job since I been here
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 05:22 PM (tl5zd)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at June 14, 2025
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Is this Minneapolis? Because Minneapolis is famous for its lockdowns. See "2020, Covid Terror, Walz, paintball shots at residents on their porches."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 05:22 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at June 14, 2025 05:23 PM (lIgBp)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 14, 2025 05:24 PM (NXz8h)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 05:24 PM (e15Ap)
Posted by: azjaeger at June 14, 2025 05:25 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 05:26 PM (3ek7K)
It may rain again soon, which will settle the issue of which one to visit.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 05:27 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: ... at June 14, 2025 05:28 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: azjaeger at June 14, 2025 05:29 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 05:17 PM (i0F8b)
That's what she said!
https://is.gd/EIyBNb
@HarmeetKDhillon
Hey everyone:
"No Kings" day is July 4.
Pass it on!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 05:29 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: ... at June 14, 2025 05:29 PM (E0p3T)
The last US Flag I purchased to fly at home I purchased from an Ace Hardware in N Seattle around Memorial Day 8-9 years ago. I went in wondering if some clerk was going to eye roll or mumble some inane comment under their breath. Instead, this nice woman says "Thank you! " I mentioned I put it out on days to honor the sacrifice of those who served or died serving. She said her family has the Colors in several places around their house. Then she tells me her father in law was a MOH recipient in WWII. He was a Philipino Ranger but the US had had a dual training/mutual recognition of their services. I won't forget Andrea and her family history.
Posted by: Rex B at June 14, 2025 05:30 PM (7szT/)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at June 14, 2025
Terrified?
Wimps.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 05:31 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Rex B at June 14, 2025 05:32 PM (7szT/)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 05:33 PM (tl5zd)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 05:33 PM (e15Ap)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 05:38 PM (zZu0s)
Now a left wing city is chasing a left wing terrorist around a left wing neighborhood.
Trump is a lucky man.
Posted by: Looney dems at June 14, 2025 05:38 PM (jZ3ZM)
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at June 14, 2025 05:23 PM (lIgBp)
Got one for me??
Posted by: Hillary at June 14, 2025 05:38 PM (5xuJ/)
'Cops finally had enough toward the end of the clip'
They let it go on too long. If that clown had tripped over he would have been road pizza.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 14, 2025 05:39 PM (3wi/L)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 05:39 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 14, 2025 05:00 PM (kvelb)
I wonder if anybody is having a serious discussion with the Secret Service about how a guy charges as close to 5ft tall Kristi Noem as Padilla did without being blown away.
Is it that cabinet members don't get Secret Service protection? All I heard about regarding that incident was that the FBI was there.
Posted by: MrExcitement at June 14, 2025 05:46 PM (hOOi9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 05:00 PM (DG4OD)
The way I look at it, he's just finally getting to do what he said he was going to do in his first term. It makes sense in a number of ways, starting with the obvious fact that they are the illegals you most want to be rid of because they are an obvious public safety risk.
But there's also the aspect that the reason the Dems are losing their minds over this is that criminal illegals are their foot soldiers for the acts of terror and assassination that they have in mind.
The fact that it looks bad for the Dems is just a coincidence. Ordinarily, you'd think the Dems would lay low during this phase, and have no problems with criminals going away, but the Dems are a bunch of serious criminals and are being exposed as such. They are panicking - and thereby making mistakes.
Posted by: MrExcitement at June 14, 2025 05:53 PM (hOOi9)
Anybody linked Walz-ing Matilda?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
That's the song you hear when you're On the Beach.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 04:29 PM (63Dwl)
I saw that.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at June 14, 2025 05:54 PM (T5T5Q)
Scotch....check
Cigar.......check
Army Parade....check
Airborne!
Have a great day Hordemates!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 05:56 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 05:17 PM (i0F8b)
THIS!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 14, 2025 06:03 PM (/Ghsb)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 14, 2025 06:06 PM (/Ghsb)
A political source told The Wall Street Journal that Israel does not rule out the possibility of assassinating Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.
_7israelNews
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 06:06 PM (6dYPy)
Dozens of IAF fighter jets launch massive strike in Tehran, targeting central fuel terminal and weapons depots.
Defense Minister Israel Katz: 'Tehran is burning.'
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 06:09 PM (6dYPy)
Judge Denise Casper, an OBAMA judge.
https://tinyurl.com/vjsyfk6h
Posted by: Ciampino - another woman judge at June 14, 2025 06:12 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at June 14, 2025 06:14 PM (uqyLy)
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at June 14, 2025 06:16 PM (uqyLy)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 06:17 PM (ULPxl)
@disclosetv 6s
JUST IN - U.S. citizens should depart Iran immediately: State Dept
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 14, 2025 06:17 PM (mlg/3)
Judge Denise Casper, an OBAMA judge.
https://tinyurl.com/vjsyfk6h
Posted by: Ciampino - another woman judge at June 14, 2025 06:12 PM (sPQoU)
Perfect timing.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 06:17 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 06:22 PM (bLe0J)
@DC_Draino
How refreshing to see our DOJ fighting to actually protect the 2nd Amendment, not restrict it
AR-15s are owned by tens of millions of Americans and Illinois' AR-15 ban is wildly unconstitutional
Thank you Harmeet Dhillon for fighting to protect the Constitution
[quote]
@AAGDhillon
The Second Amendment is not a second-class right.
See you in court, Illinois.
Proud of my @CivilRights team -
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Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 06:22 PM (ULPxl)
Those celebrating in the city square, Lebanon, are a targets of opportunity.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 06:23 PM (6dYPy)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 06:26 PM (e15Ap)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 06:26 PM (e15Ap)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 06:28 PM (e15Ap)
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 06:29 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 06:32 PM (UwBs6)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 06:22 PM (bLe0J)
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Where was this, what channel?
Posted by: Ciampino - another time at June 14, 2025 06:32 PM (sPQoU)
https://is.gd/F0VyXB
America's Paper of Record
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 06:33 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 06:34 PM (UwBs6)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 06:34 PM (UwBs6)
https://youtu.be/LTH9p7Gl5ME
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 06:38 PM (ULPxl)
"I have announced my intention to recognize the State of Palestine.
This is an absolute and sovereign decision, and there is no going back on it despite the pressures."
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 06:40 PM (6dYPy)
Posted by: Tom Servo
My friend and I build * very poorly * the basic Estes a few times. Our school had a rocket day on the parking lot one weekend. I got the sextant-like instrument to measure the height and recorded each launch. And then the state banned them all. Good times.
This was my favorite design, terrible launcher.
YouTube video.
https://tinyurl.com/yxsttypm
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 14, 2025 06:41 PM (mlg/3)
recognize the State of Palestine.
Posted by: Braenyard
He could recognize it in Iran ... might be an opportunity to resettle them.
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at June 14, 2025 06:43 PM (uqyLy)
"I have announced my intention to recognize the State of Palestine.
This is an absolute and sovereign decision, and there is no going back on it despite the pressures."
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 06:40 PM (6dYPy)
Well, that will fix everything!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 06:45 PM (ULPxl)
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What does that even mean?
Gaza? The West Bank? Both together? Harvard?
Posted by: Methos at June 14, 2025 06:52 PM (Dnobf)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 06:53 PM (nKjbR)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 06:53 PM (2GCMq)
Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 06:58 PM (+EG6t)
Glad to know it our family prays daily for Israel, and I add you and your family in extra. 😊
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 06:58 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 07:00 PM (+EG6t)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 07:00 PM (2GCMq)
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Any chance they went over that BLM graffiti?
Posted by: Methos at June 14, 2025 07:03 PM (Dnobf)
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:08 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 07:13 PM (+EG6t)
Jason Brodsky retweeted, Iran International English @IranIntl_En 32m
Iran has asked Oman and Qatar to mediate between Tehran and Washington with the aim of resuming nuclear negotiations, on the condition that Israeli attacks cease, Israel Hayom reported.
Oman, which previously hosted US-Iran talks, confirmed it is pursuing this track, but the US has shown no urgency in responding, the report said.
Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi said the latest round of talks, set for Sunday in Muscat, has been canceled.
A senior US diplomat told Israel Hayom that Iran now holds “a significantly weaker position” than before the Israeli strike.
“They either failed to understand or deliberately ignored the president’s warnings,” the diplomat was quoted as saying, accusing Tehran of stalling talks while rapidly advancing its nuclear program.
_background, Ludacris playing softly
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 07:14 PM (6dYPy)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 07:15 PM (QjuTj)
The viewer discretion advised warning on the parade is unreal...
Posted by: lin-duh
Is it R-Rated?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 07:17 PM (63Dwl)
If I were cold blooded about this, I'd say no negotiations as long as the ayatolla is alive. Whether Israel or the people cap him does not matter.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 07:18 PM (zZu0s)
Whoever organized the parade is amazing. I'm all about organization, it's how my brain works.
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:19 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 07:20 PM (Vvh2V)
That's what I said earlier, they should be more in synch.
Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 07:22 PM (nKjbR)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 07:23 PM (Vvh2V)
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Oh sure, after 2 months of *wanking*
Israel must be very close to completely destroying their nuke capability.
"Sorry. We can't come to the phone right now, so leave a message after the BEEP..."
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 07:25 PM (rdVOm)
Tbh, it looks disrespectful and sloppy. I hope it's not intentional. I seem to recall my brothers' marching had to be sharp or they got in trouble. And they weren't marching in front of POTUS, 8n a parade honoring their service.
But I am not myself military, so maybe the rules are not what I think.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 07:25 PM (Vvh2V)
That's what I said earlier, they should be more in synch.
Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 07:22 PM (nKjbR)
Why do I suspect there will be some uh, disappointed NCOs later this evening?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 07:26 PM (ULPxl)
I hope there are some dishonorable discharges, assuming it was intentional.
But maybe they were just nervous, and maybe there's no requirement to be in lockstep ( not sure what the right word is) under these circumstances.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 07:31 PM (Vvh2V)
Oman, which previously hosted US-Iran talks, confirmed it is pursuing this track, but the US has shown no urgency in responding, the report said.
Don't they know there's a parade going on here?
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 07:33 PM (BwZyW)
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:34 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:35 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:36 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:34 PM (3ek7K)
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There is at least one unit that is decidedly not looking mighty fine, but the majority do indeed look sharp!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 07:36 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 07:37 PM (nKjbR)
Bands are in step.
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:35 PM (3ek7K)
I was just about to say that.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 07:38 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 07:38 PM (nKjbR)
As to the saluting they all are but we don't see it like we think we should.
I'm married to an old Army vet, I'm old too. He knows the drill.
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:40 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 07:40 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 07:42 PM (UwBs6)
Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 07:42 PM (+EG6t)
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:43 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Assassin6 at June 14, 2025 07:43 PM (grnGK)
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:45 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 07:48 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:45 PM (3ek7K)
Please tell him we are so grateful for his service.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 07:48 PM (Vvh2V)
350,
Hubby said the prep is a pain in the ass but, oh my, when one steps on the parade ground there is so much pride.
The service people will remember this day forever.
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:48 PM (3ek7K)
It must be very humid there.
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:54 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 07:54 PM (UwBs6)
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 07:56 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 08:01 PM (2GCMq)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 14, 2025 08:02 PM (UwBs6)
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 08:03 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 08:05 PM (lrxyH)
Posted by: Corporal Pivot Turn at June 14, 2025 08:06 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 08:06 PM (lrxyH)
Tbh, it looks disrespectful and sloppy. I hope it's not intentional. I seem to recall my brothers' marching had to be sharp or they got in trouble. And they weren't marching in front of POTUS, 8n a parade honoring their service.
But I am not myself military, so maybe the rules are not what I think.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor
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Some of them are OK others, High School bands do better.
It's time to go back to sq1. Let's see some blisters on those feet.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 08:07 PM (6dYPy)
We have problems in our country.
I love, love our military. They are our protectors. We wouldn't have our wonderful country without them, all of them from many years back.
We will overcome!!
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 08:07 PM (3ek7K)
If you're going to cover the parade, shut the fuck up and COVER THE FUCKING PARADE.
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at June 14, 2025 08:08 PM (5YmYl)
Iran's strategic weakness is laid bare as its asymmetric weapons, offensive strategy, stale ideology, and Western information/influence operations fail.
In the coming days, the regime will increasingly move into survival mode as its historic political, economic, and military fragility, exacerbated by a period of unprecedented generational leadership transition, becomes even more pronounced.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 08:10 PM (6dYPy)
Taro,
We are watching some FOX channel and there are no talking heads. It took us a bit to find the right one.
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 08:13 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: DaveA at June 14, 2025 08:14 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 08:15 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 08:18 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 08:20 PM (3ek7K)
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Sirens wail in most of Israel as Iran fires missile barrages, drones; IDF working to intercept them
Israeli jets strike Tehran, oil fields as PM vows to ‘hit every target’ in Iran’s regime
_timesofisrael
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 08:21 PM (6dYPy)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 08:23 PM (6dYPy)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 14, 2025 08:36 PM (tWxgu)
Posted by: The IDF at June 14, 2025 08:38 PM (AQshV)
Maybe retvrn it to the Italians.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 08:40 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Ciampino - another time same place at June 14, 2025 09:46 PM (sPQoU)
Ace of Spades Pet Thread, June 14
Courtesy Misanthropic Humanitarian
Hello, this is Russell Clothier from Shep's Place. I wanted to let you know the fund for Julie McGuire stands at $2,929, which is nearly 60% of the way to the $5,000 goal. Thank you for honoring her this way!We will remember the photos Jewells sent of the adorable senior dogs who are helped at Shep's Place.
Thank you for visiting our pets with today.
If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:Until next Saturday, have a great week!petmorons at protonmail dot com Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known when you comment at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: H at June 14, 2025 03:08 PM (2gjbv)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 14, 2025 03:09 PM (p7nPj)
Posted by: gdgm+ at June 14, 2025 03:09 PM (FyLCZ)
Posted by: gdgm+ at June 14, 2025 03:12 PM (FyLCZ)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 03:13 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 03:15 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Marcel Marceau at June 14, 2025 03:19 PM (+EG6t)
And amazingly, Snowflake is back!
Trumpy and Snowflake were outdoor cats I took care of over the winter. Mom passed. Too much was going on. But a month later they were back in the house from 11am until about 6pm.
And we have a crazy neighbour who took Trumpy for a ride in April and Snowflake in May.
But Snowflake is back. She has a tracker on and it was a blessing my friend's found her.
She stays in most of the time now.
Oh, and she comes to sleep with me a lot of nights.
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 03:20 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 03:20 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 14, 2025 03:20 PM (AcTAo)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 14, 2025 03:21 PM (DIweC)
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 03:21 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 03:21 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 03:24 PM (zZu0s)
Like I’m the one who moved things around.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 03:25 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 03:26 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 03:26 PM (3Q4mi)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 03:27 PM (zZu0s)
Our new to us dog who came into our lives last Saturday, is the sweetest and most loving dog we've ever had in our almost 50 years of marriage. We think since she spent most of her 18 months of life in a shelter she feels safe and very loved.
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 03:28 PM (3ek7K)
I notice you stopped saying “not my cat.”
You have been assimilated into cat ownership.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 03:30 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 03:30 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at June 14, 2025 03:31 PM (wJbd8)
Next couple of weeks will be busy here at Schloss Hadrian. Diana goes in for a chiropractic consultation on Tuesday after last week's MRI. Then we have two immediately consecutive events.
On the 24th, Puff, Ruth, Dot and Dan will go to Texas A&M for heart testing and immediately upon our return, Her Majesty and Rosalind are headed off to Oklahoma City, then Dallas for shows. Lots of baths, lots of loading.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 03:31 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 03:32 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025 03:32 PM (3ek7K)
I notice you stopped saying “not my cat.”
You have been assimilated into cat ownership.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 03:30 PM (mT+6a)
I got her and the dog fleastuff this week.
Life has been too much so I've been taking care of the animals as best I can.
My brother came by. I went for a walk and saw a dear friend of my Mom. He was walking the fluffiest 89 pound Chow. That was nice.
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 03:34 PM (jvJvP)
Hogmartin nicknamed her Little Babushka for her busybody tendencies. Other monikers include Cookiebear, Kugelblitz (ball lightning), and of course Lady Plushbottom
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 03:37 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 03:39 PM (jvJvP)
Apparently a vole or two was running around in the shrubbery just outside the sun room and Kaylee was fascinated by them.
I'm amazed that her and Hexie finally get along well enough for both of them to be in the sun room without any issues. Hexie used to be fiercely territorial of the sun room, living room, and kitchen. Now she's cool with Kaylee. Yay!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 14, 2025 03:49 PM (GlyvH)
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at June 14, 2025 03:52 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 14, 2025 03:58 PM (AcTAo)
Posted by: Weekreekfarmgirl at June 14, 2025 04:23 PM (tg1xb)
Posted by: DaveA at June 14, 2025 04:24 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at June 14, 2025 04:28 PM (sAmhv)
It's not that pagans frighten me but I could see my white, Christian dog biting pagan of color. Didn't want that.
Posted by: Still lurking at June 14, 2025 04:33 PM (kTd/k)
Welcome back, KT. Glad to see you.
MiladyJo called to me from the front door to come help her. She'd been walking Daisy the frisky Malinois, and Daisy managed to snag a mole and wouldn't put it down. I did get her to manage to drop it, so, good dog. The mole was no longer frisky.
Yesterday morning, at the end of my walking Daisy, she managed to get her feet in between mine, and I was heading for a sidewalk face-plant. My feet were shuffling, trying to regain my balance, but there was nothing to grab onto, and I was going down hard. However, I still had hold of Daisy's leash, and with her as an anchor, I managed to save myself from another hospital trip. Yay.
Hope to see more Moronimals next week.
Posted by: mindful webworker - and the cat says hi at June 14, 2025 04:33 PM (Z5w4n)
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at June 14, 2025
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Afternoon, all. I'd say Reuben was a Maine Coon thanks to those big ear tufts and the expression -- not as sweet as a Siberian's face (a "sweet expression" is actually in the breed description). And a Norwegian would have more slanted eyes.
My two furry thugs are still busy playing with the wire Cat Dancer toy. I bought that for Arizona the huge Coon-mix* red tabby when he was a young adult and have passed it on to each cat since. These two actually go find it in the toy basket and have a grand time with it.
* So the then-Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 and I always said, but the actual likelihood of him having been even part Maine Coon was vanishingly small.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 04:34 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 04:35 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: fourseasons at June 14, 2025
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My black Stirling cat seems much the same for three months of his early life at a shelter. He impressed me from the beginning as a confident cat, and he certainly is affectionate to people.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 04:38 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Weekreekfarmgirl at June 14, 2025 04:40 PM (tg1xb)
I give him canned food. I have put in gravy, vegetables, eggs, chicken, sardines. Still difficult to feed.
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 04:43 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 04:54 PM (BwZyW)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 04:58 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: lonetown at June 14, 2025 05:07 PM (3DQGy)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 05:10 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 05:11 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Best Thief in Lankhmar at June 14, 2025 05:35 PM (64rer)
Posted by: Quartermaster at June 14, 2025 07:09 PM (fs8hc)
Posted by: PJ at June 14, 2025 10:05 PM (RRCAT)
I was Reuben’s owner and yes he was a Maine Coon Blue. A truly loveable companion but with many medical issues that finally got the better of him. Thank you for all the kind words.
Posted by: John at June 15, 2025 04:35 AM (sFgyj)
Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, June 14
Hey KT, Glad you are back at it again and hopefully feeling good. Saw in today's garden thread a hibiscus discussion. I have a little story about this one. When we first moved here to Wee Kreek Holler, we put a garden in off the living room patio. One of the first plants I bought for the area was a lavender hibiscus bush. It did very well and grew to be quite large, and then about 8-9 years later, it up and died. Not sure if that was its life span or it got tired of the unrelenting death star beating down on it. But before it croaked I managed to harvest some seeds after it bloomed. I have had those seeds for over 10 years now and I had tried planting them here and there and never any luck. This year I was cleaning out my seed storage and decided I would throw all the seeds I had left of the lavender hibiscus into a pot and if I got one, great, if not I wouldn't have to stare at that seed envelope any more. Lo and behold the plant Gods smiled down on me and one took. It just bloomed yesterday. I will have to transplant it out of the pot soon but I was very happy to have another one. I enjoyed it very much the first time and I am sure I will enjoy it as much this time around.Never give up! We have a lot of Hibiscus and their relatives among The Horde.
Never give up Horde, sometimes 10 year old seeds will surprise you! WeeKreekFarmGirl
Edible Gardening/Putting Things By
Strawberry Harvest at the ThrockmortonsThanks! The berries look great! We may need recipes later.
Hey Katy: I hope you're getting better. Attached is a picture of my little 20 sq foot patch of Earliglow strawberries. I ripped out my old strawberries last year, because they were tired and played out, and I replanted with new roots. We are up to our eyeballs in strawberries right now. This bowl-full is just what my wife picked today, and we're picking on average about 30 berries a day right now. Suffice it to say, dessert every night is strawberries. Of course, these are "Junebearing" so they'll play out pretty soon. Prayers for your continued recovery, Buck
Big thunder storms last night. We all woke up to a rainwashed morning with leaves and flowers shedding drips onto the unwary early riser. Even Mr. Mousie looks as though he found it hard to avoid some of the droplets ...#embroidery #EmbroideryWhisperer pic.twitter.com/6Q527LJR8V
— #EmbroideryWhisperer Helen M. Stevens (@helen_m_stevens) June 14, 2025
If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, the address is: ktinthegarden at g mail dot com Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at June 14, 2025 12:54 PM (oWCdy)
Posted by: kallisto at June 14, 2025 12:55 PM (nYt+K)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 12:56 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 14, 2025 12:57 PM (AcTAo)
I have seen you tube vids of cats who are friendly to mice, or even afraid. If I ever found myself in the unfortunate situation where I owned a kitteh like that, I would dispatch it forthwith to the guitar factory.
Posted by: kallisto at June 14, 2025 12:59 PM (nYt+K)
It's one of those plants that sounds dirty, but it's not.
"The other day I was looking at my neighbor's wife's clematis."
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 01:01 PM (lIgBp)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 01:04 PM (KhjS7)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 14, 2025 01:05 PM (AcTAo)
235 Karol Markowicz tweeted out what could be the name of the assassin in Minnesota.
https://tinyurl.com/4z4rre8j
Nevertheless, it would be wise to keep the 48-hour rule in mind.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 14, 2025 01:05 PM (026f8)
My neighbor does that. The downstairs window frames orange daylilies, backed up by neighbor’s mailbox clematis. My brother said that image would be a good fit for a seed catalog.
Posted by: kallisto at June 14, 2025 01:05 PM (nYt+K)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 01:06 PM (VofaG)
You have been an will remain in my prayers.
Gardening has been put on hold since Jan due to my stroke. We do have marigolds, from seed, getting ready to bloom though!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 14, 2025 01:08 PM (wMJID)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 14, 2025 01:11 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 01:11 PM (LHPAg)
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Hoo boy, and here Waltz is already screaming this was a MAGA hit. Talk about a boomerang coming to smack you back in the head.
In any event, this is utterly tragic. And now the Democrat Left's violence has committed undeniable murder.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 14, 2025 01:14 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 01:15 PM (2GCMq)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 14, 2025 01:17 PM (qBdHI)
Never put any tomatoes in this year, but have potatoes and some kind of a squash volunteers growing besides herbs and cucumbers
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 01:19 PM (+qU29)
In any event, this is utterly tragic. And now the Democrat Left's violence has committed undeniable murder.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 14, 2025 01:14 PM (qBdHI)
A Walz appointee commits political assassinations? Hopefully this is the end of Walz. Make him wear it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 01:19 PM (+blYj)
Thanks, but I think that was someone else. I don't recall mentioning that book, but I'm so glad they did, that it was helpful to you and I think it's wonderful you read the entire Bible!.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 01:23 PM (2GCMq)
Posted by: The media we used to watch at June 14, 2025 01:23 PM (lIgBp)
Can smell petunias when I walk out on the deck. Mmmm.
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:25 PM (rdVOm)
@Julio_Rosas11
BREAKING: I'm told by a police source in Minnesota the suspect in the shootings of MN state lawmakers is Vance Luther Boelter.
It appears it is the same Boelter who was appointed to the Governor’s Workforce Development Board in 2019 by Gov. Tim Walz. He appointed to the Governor's Workforce Development Council in 2016 by then-Gov. Mark Dayton.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 14, 2025 01:26 PM (qBdHI)
Difficult when the house is still up in the air.
The trees in the backyard are amazing. I took pictures. Our backyard looks like a forest.
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 01:27 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: 40 Miles North at June 14, 2025 01:28 PM (EaLNz)
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:28 PM (rdVOm)
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Wow, I was sure it was you! Maybe you commented on someone else who recommended it. I know I saw your name. This was 8-9 months ago. So, whoever you are, thank you!
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 14, 2025 01:28 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at June 14, 2025 01:28 PM (8hxDK)
Posted by: Ghoulposts at June 14, 2025 01:29 PM (qUkBO)
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He was probably going to leave the flyers on the murdered people's bodies. Kinda like the psychos who leave their trademark trinkets on the bodies of the people they kill.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 14, 2025 01:30 PM (qBdHI)
Can smell petunias when I walk out on the deck. Mmmm.
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:25 PM (rdVOm)
I've had a couple of ripe cherry tomatoes, the rest all have a ways to go (SF Bay Area).
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at June 14, 2025 01:31 PM (8hxDK)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 01:32 PM (KhjS7)
Did ace decree an end to these? He used to also use them during the week while he was ginning up new material.
Just an idea. A day like this, which is "news" saturated, certainly will make on-topic threads difficult.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 14, 2025 01:33 PM (1m82a)
Wifey laments that she got lazy and didn't plant some sweet potatoe yesterday....
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 01:33 PM (/lPRQ)
Anyway, it was nice and cool yesterday, so got a bit done. The heat just incapacitates me, and it got to 100 a couple days this week. So much for mild "spring" weather.
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:34 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 01:34 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Ghoulposts at June 14, 2025 01:35 PM (qUkBO)
The Minor Appreciations of Civilization
IS the open "thread below the gardening thread"
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:35 PM (rdVOm)
I grew some Kentucky Wonder green beans up the fence behind one of the beds just to have some sort of vine, but we actually had some for dinner the other night.
The homemade "seed mats" did well with all the rain, but no blooms yet.
Planning to replace the interlocked 4 ft beds we bought when we moved here, as they have rotted out, with one big 8 footer. Good thing I've helped him with so many as I am on my own due to his broken arm.
But he's been a good teacher, so it should be fine.
Hard to explain to some what a joy it is just to putter around...
Posted by: sal at June 14, 2025 01:36 PM (f+FmA)
Serving your mid-day open thread needs
Check out the preceding thread, too
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Posted by: K.T. at 11:02 AM
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:37 PM (rdVOm)
Never put any tomatoes in this year, but have potatoes and some kind of a squash volunteers growing besides herbs and cucumbers
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 01:19 PM (+qU29)
Hi Skip! My tomatoes are literally retarded and I bought a few just to get something for the table. Corn is also sucking this year. Okra, beans and peas are doing well.
We, too, have been invaded by volunteers - in our case it's cucumbers. While we were inundated by cukes last year, we certainly didn't toss them around flower beds, yet there they are. Birds, I guess.
The garden in front of the garage is full of volunteers as well. Chocolate sunflowers and zinnias galore. My brother saw a half dozen yellow finches eating the sunflower seeds this morning.
It's hot and muggy here. I have to weed and spread some straw along the rows, but I can't bring myself to put on my sun hat and get out there.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 14, 2025 01:37 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at June 14, 2025 01:39 PM (oWCdy)
Since then they have clearcut everything... Guy on backside even put a 0x30 ugly as shed about ten feet from the property line. With a window overlooking all our back windows.
So, working on my own green belt. One acre lots are big if you can get a green belt going.
Wife suggests thinging out bird of paradise plants near the house and planting the 'pups' on back property line.
Not today, but soon.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 01:40 PM (/lPRQ)
Anyway, it was nice and cool yesterday, so got a bit done. The heat just incapacitates me, and it got to 100 a couple days this week. So much for mild "spring" weather.
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:34 PM (rdVOm)
I hear there are undocumented workers to be found at Home Depot who work for peanuts and keep the economy going.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 14, 2025 01:40 PM (w6EFb)
Difficult when the house is still up in the air.
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 01:27 PM (jvJvP)
I dunno. Seems to me it'd be easier to clean with the house off the ground. Quick sweep and you're done.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 01:40 PM (0eaVi)
Battling morning glory until my death, too. The bindweed is winning.
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:42 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 202
That'd make cleaning the basement easier too.
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 01:42 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2025 01:42 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 14, 2025 01:44 PM (77Xnc)
Posted by: Miley
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Not around here. They live in the next state over, and just draw welfare there.
Hdepot is where I go to buy garden supplies. They have some really nice plants, too. Kinda spendy though.
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:44 PM (rdVOm)
My failure here, an investigation has been launched, and I'm placing myself on (paid, handsomely) administrative leave for the moment.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 14, 2025 01:45 PM (1m82a)
Battling morning glory until my death, too. The bindweed is winning.
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:42 PM (rdVOm)
We built our house in a field that had been under cultivation for many years. Now completely weeds. The lawn is the weeds that are mown.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 14, 2025 01:45 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 01:46 PM (2GCMq)
We finished the sprinkler valve repair this morning. Wiring had gone bad between the controller and the two valves. We had to install new wiring, digging a trench from the corner of the house to the valve bodies. Lots of good manual labor.
Hate doing work like that, but it saves me so much money over having an irrigation company come do it.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 14, 2025 01:46 PM (MsrgL)
LOL!
A neighbor once asked me, how I keep my lawn so green.
"Weeds."
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:48 PM (rdVOm)
My neighbor leaned over my back fence and asked if he could borrow a few ears of fresh corn for his family dinner; his corn didn't ripen yet. Then he remarked, "Those are sure some nice looking blackberries."
"You better not try to get my blackberries," I warned him.
"Don't worry about that," he replied. "Just lend me your ears! I come to praise your berries, not to seize them."
Posted by: Bombadil at June 14, 2025 01:50 PM (MX0bI)
Posted by: huerfano at June 14, 2025 01:51 PM (n2swS)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 14, 2025 01:52 PM (ITkJX)
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at June 14, 2025 01:52 PM (d9Cw3)
Hdepot is where I go to buy garden supplies. They have some really nice plants, too. Kinda spendy though.
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:44 PM (rdVOm)
Bummer. I wouldn't want to bring strangers to check out the property anyway.
I dropped $72 there yesterday on dianthus and straw bales. I have been spending money this month like a drunken sailor.
My best find on Amazon lately is the Holldoor stainless steel hose. O.M.G. My brother bought one to cross the walkway so he could hook up the long hose to water the outside beds. He's been so exasperated with crappy, unwieldy, kinking hoses that he thought this might be a thing.
And it is. Lightweight, flexible, easy to loop up when you're watering between rows. Doesn't kink. I bought a 50 footer to put on the end of the hose leading out to the veggie garden. Then I bought a 50 footer to use here in the back garden.
Then I bought a 100 footer for the front flower beds. So easy to water, then disconnect and coil it on the front porch.
Beautiful.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 14, 2025 01:53 PM (w6EFb)
Once life is better, we have a lot of statues in the yard.
I want to send in pics...
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 01:53 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 14, 2025 01:55 PM (w6EFb)
@Julio_Rosas1
I’m told by a police source in Minnesota the suspect in the shootings of MN state lawmakers is Vance Luther Boelter.
It appears it is the same Boelter who was appointed to the Governor’s Workforce Development Board in 2019 by Gov. Tim Walz. He appointed to the Governor’s Workforce Development Council in 2016 by then-Gov. Mark Dayton.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 01:57 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Marybel Smiles at June 14, 2025 01:59 PM (gHpSW)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 14, 2025 02:00 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 14, 2025 02:02 PM (w6EFb)
The alleged shooter who targeted former Minnesota House speaker Melissa Hortman in a "politically motivated" shooting is Vance Boelter.
Minnesota State Patrol has confirmed that the suspect had "No Kings" flyers in his vehicle.
The subject also left a "manifesto."
https://tinyurl.com/3k6ant4f
(post on X)
There's a pic in the Becker tweet of 'No Kings" flyers in the backseat of the shooter's car.
The manifesto is probably gonna be a doozy if we're ever allowed to read it.
This is really going to throw a wrench in the left's plans for this entire No Kings event - the media won't know how to cover it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 02:03 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Castle Guy at June 14, 2025 02:07 PM (Lhaco)
https://youtu.be/r8Y6Gs3c4N8
(Epic Gardening - 20mins 34s)
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Because I interrupted the peaceful serene gardening thread with crazy lefties.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 02:10 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: torabora at June 14, 2025 02:12 PM (+f07J)
Every marigold I've ever planted here, gets chewed up to skeletonization within days. I'd dust them with Sevin, but for the neighbor's honeybee hives.
Meh. Other flowers do just fine, and without needing to be sprayed/dusted.
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 02:17 PM (rdVOm)
I pulled a celery stalk trying to grow in the compost and planted it in the garden. Seems to be trying to grow there as well.
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 02:17 PM (+qU29)
Every marigold I've ever planted here, gets chewed up to skeletonization within days. I'd dust them with Sevin, but for the neighbor's honeybee hives.
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 02:17 PM (rdVOm)
This 'bloodline' of Marigolds has been growing on my property and parents' property for at least 35 years straight. Despite this hiccup, they are incredibly easy to grow. And after the seedlings fell down, I sprinkled some raw seeds into the pots, and some of those are starting to sprout up. The issue will be how much they bloom and seed before the fall frost gets to them...
That said, I only grow marigolds in pots, and my parents mostly kept them in big barrels. They rarely make it on the ground. At my place, the slugs tear them apart...
Posted by: Castle Guy at June 14, 2025 02:22 PM (Lhaco)
Now do Planned Parenthood!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 02:31 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Castle Guy at June 14, 2025 02:07 PM (Lhaco)
Try scattering the seeds in the fall, where you want them to grow. Rake them in a bit. All of my volunteers are 10 times bigger than the ones in pots.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 14, 2025 02:43 PM (w6EFb)
The suspect who murdered Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband has been identified as 57-year-old Vance Boelter—and you won’t believe this:
Boelter was appointed by DEMOCRAT Gov. Tim Walz to serve on the Governor’s Workforce Development Board.
That’s right. The man now wanted for a politically motivated double homicide was once hand-picked by Governor Walz himself.
Boelter was reportedly impersonating a police officer when he executed the brutal attacks—and left behind a manifesto and political hit list.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 02:43 PM (fab8c)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 14, 2025 02:43 PM (AcTAo)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 02:44 PM (fab8c)
Posted by: Retired, thank God! at June 14, 2025 02:47 PM (9BIt9)
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So it was a Twinkletoes trooper.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 02:50 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 02:55 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 03:06 PM (3Q4mi)
I enjoy that she enjoys it.
Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 03:10 PM (iGK7y)
Posted by: gdgm+ at June 14, 2025 03:10 PM (FyLCZ)
I like any hobby that kills pests.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at June 14, 2025 03:10 PM (7leMO)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 03:11 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 14, 2025 02:02 PM (w6EFb)
She has a huge one on the west side of the house. I need to trim it back a little but am afraid to injure it. It's the centerpiece on that side of the house and is basically a story tall now.
Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 03:13 PM (iGK7y)
The Minnesota State bird is the Common Loon.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 03:11 PM (W/lyH)
So weird....
Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 03:14 PM (iGK7y)
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So it was a Twinkletoes trooper.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 02:50 PM (L/fGl)
Vance Boelter
-appointed by Gov. Mark Dayton in 2016, then reappointed by Gov. Tim Walz in 2019 as a private sector representative to the governor's workforce council, with the term expiring in 2023.
-PhD in education
-director of security patrols at Praetorian Guard Security Services, a security company based in the Twin Cities metro
-Boelter has experience with security situations in Eastern Europe, Africa, North America and the Middle East – including the Gaza Strip
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 14, 2025 03:21 PM (7v6oI)
Posted by: Weekreekfarmgirl at June 14, 2025 04:13 PM (tg1xb)
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If those ever cease to please you, look into getting yourself a Hose Link or two. They're nit thev cheapest, but oh my goodness, they've been a gamechanger for me! We have 4 now.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 04:31 PM (Vvh2V)
Really just backhoe, because I've seen them grow back after being burned down in a house fire.
Which might very well have been started by the homeowner trying to get rid of the Rose of Sharon.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 04:40 PM (Vvh2V)
Strawberries producing like mad. Lettuces 'Green Salad Bowl' are huge - I should have spaced them farther apart. Spinach bolted so I pulled them out. Broccolini and cabbage plants finally looking decent-sized. Other plants growing well. Had to cut the sage plant back, it got so large it blocked water to other herbs. I saw small green berries on the blueberry bushes.
Husband says pea rows need weeding, not just the garden beds, but he just mowed so I need to compost first. He also said we need to top potato bags up again.
Fireweed plant is blooming - so is one of the new "Penstemon cyaneus" we bought for our new stone bed - also larkspur, chamomile, Johnny Jump-Ups. Good to know I haven't missed the linden tree blooming, that scent is fabulous.
Hugs to KT!
Posted by: Pat* at June 14, 2025 05:07 PM (Frf47)
Minor Appreciations of Civilization
Well, it's been a while since I posted, with some life complications along the way. I had open heart surgery a while ago. I still can't drive and some of our household equipment and parts of automotive equipment have decided to die. Then on Thursday, hubby fell among cut-throats in an operating room. Things are a little better now but don't expect great thoughts today.
Thanks to our wonderful COBS and to all of you in The Horde. I've missed you! We are blessed by family and friends, too. Anyway, there's a lot going on in California and the world right now, but sometimes the larger culture seems less important than at other times. There's only so much you can pay attention to at one time these days. I'm kind of happy that there are people who pay attention to the "larger" culture. Long-term trends in culture affect the daily (it seems) changes which dominate the news these days.
I have noticed some things about people that I might not otherwise notice, during our health challenges. Like people who work in the hospital system. Some of them are mediocre, but there are many who are very good at their jobs, even if their jobs are rather limited. They may do mundane things that keep a hospital system going, like patient transport, for example. They seem to prepare appropriately for their work days. I noticed that smart phones were not too evident in their work lives. They aren't making a big splash in the world, but they are making a difference in lives by being competent in the jobs they have chosen. They meet real people. Several I met treated their charges appropriately at all times.
No fame for connection to the Beach Boys. That's okay with me.
“If we ever allow morality or law to become just a question of whose ox is gored, then we will have taken a fatal step toward national suicide. We can survive lapses into hypocrisy, but we cannot survive making hypocrisy a ruling principle.” — Thomas Sowell
Hope you have something nice planned for this weekend. This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread.
Check out the preceding thread, too
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Darth Doodah at June 14, 2025 11:07 AM (dVTxy)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 14, 2025 11:08 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 14, 2025 11:11 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 11:14 AM (jGGMD)
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 11:14 AM (jvJvP)
Glad to have you back, feeling better. Hope hubby is on the mend as well.
Diogenes - excellent post below. I remember the same feeling(s) marching aft Desert Storm as well.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 14, 2025 11:16 AM (MsrgL)
Now THIS is 4-D Chess: That Feud Between Trump and Netanyahu? They Faked It As Part of an Intelligence Op
https://shorturl.at/n44Iv
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:19 AM (L/fGl)
I've been watching The Horde!
Posted by: KT at June 14, 2025 11:20 AM (xekrU)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 11:21 AM (uWKK8)
Posted by: KT at June 14, 2025 11:21 AM (xekrU)
My husband had bypass surgery at a specialty heart hospital in 2019 and we were both impressed with the friendliness, professionalism, and competence of all of the staff, top to bottom. I hope it's still as true in 2025.
The food not so much. No flavor and way, way, too many carbohydrates. He was so glad to get back home and, even though he didn't have a lot of appetite at first, he was glad to eat things that tasted good again.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at June 14, 2025 11:22 AM (FEVMW)
I see the lack of any effective education degrading all of the institutions we have come to rely on.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 11:23 AM (uWKK8)
>>Like people who work in the hospital system. Some of them are mediocre, but there are many who are very good at their jobs, even if their jobs are rather limited.
One thing we noticed w/recent weeks-long hospitalization of my dad: most of the nurses were good at their jobs (always have a few lemons), but they didn't do much without a request. Something happened during Covid - a few talked about the helplessness and burnout, and seems a lot have (unconsciously?) pulled back. Had to order own meals, request meds, sitting up/walking/moves to a chair, etc.. It was weird how passive the care was.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 14, 2025 11:24 AM (72zuV)
Now THIS is 4-D Chess: That Feud Between Trump and Netanyahu? They Faked It As Part of an Intelligence Op
https://shorturl.at/n44Iv
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:19 AM (L/fGl)
LOL I kept trying to tell that to people online who were setting their hair on fire at the time. It was the most obvious Good Cop - Bad Cop routine ever played, and they did it on a world stage in front of everyone. And the Iranians still fell for it!!!
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 11:25 AM (uWKK8)
Glad you're on the mend!!
Posted by: Lizzy at June 14, 2025 11:25 AM (72zuV)
What directions do you see education pushing everyday civilization, beyond politics?
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I'm more optimistic than most. I see more people taking matters into
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 11:26 AM (QnmlO)
Posted by: KT at June 14, 2025 11:20 AM (xekrU)
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Uh oh. Does this mean you've made notations in our permanent records?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 14, 2025 11:27 AM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 11:27 AM (lIgBp)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 11:27 AM (W/lyH)
Yes, there are dedicated staff who work tirelessly to keep patients and their loved ones as healthy and informed as possible.
Unfortunately though, when mediocrity manifests, it can be fatal. I chose not to go down the rabbit hole of trying to figure out why my son died. He did, and that's all there is to it. I will be forever grateful for the kind and professional staff we encountered.
The others though... like I said, I choose not to put thought to it.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:28 AM (vF3jY)
(and I don't mean to step on KT's thread)
I picked a hell of a morning to sleep in. Mrs D had me up watching one of my favorite programs, "Foyle's War."
Thanks for the contributions and comments on the previous thread.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 11:28 AM (W/lyH)
I'm more optimistic than most. I see more people taking matters into their own hands, turning away from the chaos and rootless drifting of current society, returning to a strong moral basis and advancing with that beneath their feet.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 11:28 AM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 14, 2025 11:29 AM (akw+7)
The Persians?
You cannot make a deal with a suicidal cult.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 11:29 AM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: Fritzty at June 14, 2025 11:29 AM (T5dpv)
https://tinyurl.com/bwjvbbbh
Hortman recently crossed party lines as the sole Democrat to vote to remove MinnesotaCare from adult illegal immigrants.
If it was a political killing - was it for her betraying her lefty state's politics?
Posted by: Lizzy at June 14, 2025 11:30 AM (72zuV)
Uh oh. Does this mean you've made notations in our permanent records?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 14, 2025 11:27 AM (2UnvF)
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Lowell... Lowell... (*sharp intake of breath*)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 11:30 AM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 14, 2025 11:24 AM (72zuV)
My parents, especially my late mother, always got amazing care in our part of Canada.
Aside from the years I was stressed out because she was unjabbed. And the constant pushing for end of life stuff by the doctors which ended a while ago.
But aside from that.....great care.
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 11:31 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:31 AM (6dYPy)
https://shorturl.at/tE28t
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Two dead, two gravely wounded. Because their party affiliation is not mentioned, I'm going with more leftist terror.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:32 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 11:32 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 11:28 AM (QnmlO)
I see myself as living in a duality. My day to day, both the work I do and the people I otherwise encounter, I can see the value of living a life of simple gratitude and kindness.
The larger world though, encroaches. And maybe I can't do anything about it, but I see the evil being perpetrated, and find it hard not to be pessimistic about where we're headed.
When it all collapses, those good people I try to surround myself with, will die along with the bad.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:33 AM (vF3jY)
Posted by: Vengeance at June 14, 2025 11:33 AM (GH9Yd)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:32 AM (L/fGl)
GatewayPundit says they were Dems.
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 11:33 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 11:33 AM (KhjS7)
With my dad's recent hospitalization, we had a family member there almost every waking hour. The passivity of the care kinda freaked us out. I have a lot of experience with hospital care with hubby and son, and have seem a wide variety of quality. However, something was broken in 2020 - maybe with covid and then the big DEI push. Something's changed
Posted by: Lizzy at June 14, 2025 11:33 AM (72zuV)
I am sorry about your son.
I couldn't imagine that....
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 11:34 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:32 AM (L/fGl)
Both Democrats. People are speculating they crossed the aisle recently on something related to illegals, but as with any such news, it's best not to fix one's mind on a narrative this early.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:35 AM (vF3jY)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 11:35 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 11:35 AM (2GCMq)
Have to give appreciation to the nurses and caretakers at my mom's hospice. They are kind and efficient and very friendly.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 11:35 AM (kpS4V)
No.
There is nothing beyond politics when the near term trajectory of our education system is "complete societal and cultural destruction"
30 years from now a dozen or more cultures with hundreds of years of history will be basically gone. A lot of you who are 29 might not be around to see but it IS coming.
Posted by: heya at June 14, 2025 11:36 AM (12Z7Y)
Except to me, I guess. But still, I think the larger point is, as Lizzy is suggesting, there may be something worth looking at, as to how healthcare is administered, and the questions do seem to be related to the Covid era.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:37 AM (vF3jY)
With my dad's recent hospitalization, we had a family member there almost every waking hour. The passivity of the care kinda freaked us out. I have a lot of experience with hospital care with hubby and son, and have seem a wide variety of quality. However, something was broken in 2020 - maybe with covid and then the big DEI push. Something's changed
Posted by: Lizzy at June 14, 2025 11:33 AM (72zuV)
The health care industry, especially hospitals, are all about nursing on the government teat, which means COMPLIANCE. Which is still DEI.
Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 11:37 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:35 AM (vF3jY)
Well I'm going to. These were political assassinations.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 11:38 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: GrenadierX at June 14, 2025 11:39 AM (M3pDV)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 11:38 AM (g8Ew
There are facts, of course, but the meaning behind them may be unclear, and further of course, some will use the early period to set a narrative, even if it doesn't fit the facts.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:40 AM (vF3jY)
@naomieppsbest
Blew the whistle in @WSJopinion on ideological rigidity in therapy training. A week later, I am fired from my internship with the regret of my boss. This field is in crisis. The public needs to know.
It's bananas:
Your final paper will be a comprehensive sexual autobiography and exploration; minimum of 8 – 10 pages. Please note that you are not required to disclose anything that causes extreme discomfort, however I urge you share as deeply as you feel comfortable. The following are guidelines to help you choose what to be explored in depth. . .
https://tinyurl.com/46nt8s35
Posted by: Lizzy at June 14, 2025 11:41 AM (72zuV)
Whenever my mother was in the hospital, I tried to stay as long as possible and would try to meet the night nurse and would call a couple of times through the night.
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 11:41 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 11:42 AM (KhjS7)
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Because if there's one thing they don't want it's election integrity.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:42 AM (L/fGl)
But alas, no more giant inflatable capitalist pig, no papier-mâché heads, no pre-printed signs sent by the Party, no geriatric lefties reliving their glory days.
I did see two young women with clipboards outside a tent with a sign I misread as LA RAZA, but it was just Tweeville Area Recreational Association 😆.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 11:42 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 11:43 AM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:43 AM (6dYPy)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 11:44 AM (2GCMq)
Yup! Use their names, make sure they know yours and see your loved one as a person - assertive but not a PITA patient advocate.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 14, 2025 11:44 AM (72zuV)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 11:42 AM (kpS4V)
And pick up some of those hot, easy leftist protest babes we always hear about.....in theory...
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 11:45 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 11:43 AM (ZmEVT)
And then there was Magnum Force.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:45 AM (vF3jY)
Tampon tim jumped right out and said it was "politically motivated" on account of closely divided legislature. So that means he knows it was one of his jihadis who did it, but is blaming Us.
Posted by: soothsayerwing plover at June 14, 2025 11:45 AM (DxRBB)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 11:46 AM (kpS4V)
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Well, he's right about one thing. They are a F***Ing Joke.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:47 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: bluebell at June 14, 2025 11:47 AM (79pEw)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 11:46 AM (kpS4V)
Sorry. Just saw the rest of the name..
Another restless night...
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 11:47 AM (jvJvP)
I drove 8 miles to shoot my wife sounds like a country song.
Like so:
*strums guitar*
I drove 8 miles to shoot my wife
Cuz she'd been messin' around
I never drove 8 miles for nuthin'
Never one day of my life
I'll drive 1 mile for a glass of beer
I'll drive 2 miles for a 6 pack here
For a brand new pick-up, maybe four
Or some red hot pussy, but not one mile more
So you gotta know i was really mad
And wanted to shoot my woman bad
I drove 8 miles to shoot my darlin'
Cuz she'd been messin' around
Posted by: naturalfake at June 14, 2025 11:48 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:48 AM (6dYPy)
Hollywood Star Jon Cryer Says “Kristi Noem Must Resign” After Sen. Padilla Handcuffed at DHS Press Conference
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:49 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: soothsayerwing plover at June 14, 2025 11:45 AM (DxRBB)
There are a few things we can count on as being true. First anything coming out of his mouth is likely to be a lie, and second, if one were inclined to try to assassinate Democrats in Minniesomalia, for some political purpose... which I'm not advocating... you'd have to kill more than two.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:49 AM (vF3jY)
Tampon tim jumped right out and said it was "politically motivated" on account of closely divided legislature. So that means he knows it was one of his jihadis who did it, but is blaming Us.
Posted by: soothsayerwing plover at June 14, 2025 11:45 AM (DxRBB)
We all know how this goes.
1. The left is already passing this off as right wing violence speculating on air.
2. Evidence shows it was a lefty.
3. Everything is memory holed without an apology or even any self-reflection.
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 11:50 AM (jvJvP)
Starts at 11 pst. It’s about an hour walk. Going to be sunny and 70 today. Gorgeous down here on the beach.
I still don’t understand how the party of CAMELOT is now against a monarchy.
Trump won every swing state, the popular vote, the EC, the house and the senate.
Democrats didn’t even allow a primary.
So confusing.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 11:50 AM (mT+6a)
Great to have you back at AoSHQ. Know you are in all of our prayers. Take care of yourself - its going to take time to get your strength back.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 14, 2025 11:51 AM (7v6oI)
Hollywood Star Jon Cryer Says “Kristi Noem Must Resign” After Sen. Padilla Handcuffed at DHS Press Conference
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:49 AM (L/fGl)
That's it, I'm not watching any more of HIS movies either.
Him or George Tacky. Or John Coo Sack.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:51 AM (vF3jY)
Tulsi Gabbard released a video on her personal social media accounts lamenting the US nuclear bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima and warning that the world was closer to "nuclear annihilation" than ever before.
https://t.ly/uZYWL
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 11:52 AM (63Dwl)
Starts at 11 pst....
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2025 11:50 AM (mT+6a)
You can't expect them to get out of bed early.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:53 AM (vF3jY)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
I always stop, pick up turtles, and get them off the road. Be aware though, large sliders and painted turtles often let go of their gut contents from the rear out of fright or defense. Keep the rear exit away from you.
Posted by: Turtle Fan at June 14, 2025 11:53 AM (G5+As)
Deep Thoughts With Joy Behar: What a Coincidence Trump and Army Share Birthday
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Sumbitch planned it that way!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:53 AM (L/fGl)
I guaranfuckingtee you that there is a record of this murderer leaving death threats to these people.
We will find out he was 'known" to local law enforcement.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 14, 2025 11:53 AM (DxRBB)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 11:42 AM (KhjS7)
Like abortions?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 11:54 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:49 AM (L/fGl)
If a Republican senator had rushed a member of a Demoncrat administration would people be in shriek about the intervention by security?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 14, 2025 11:55 AM (WCeiL)
Thanks and good for you! Spouse didn't mention any defecation on the other guy by Mr. Turtle but it's good to know.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 11:56 AM (2GCMq)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 11:56 AM (W/lyH)
btw, were these Democrats joos, by any chance, or recently express support of Israel?
Maybe that's why pedo gay walz is rushing out the deflection/gaslighting.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 14, 2025 11:56 AM (DxRBB)
Eggs are supposed to hatch in mid-August, according to the all knowing turtle AI.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 11:57 AM (Q4IgG)
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we've been 'closer than ever before' for decades
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 11:57 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 14, 2025 11:58 AM (akw+7)
This is fun.
https://x.com/miguelifornia/status/1933653716177203328
A nice pop culture zinger at the a-holes running California.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 14, 2025 11:58 AM (iJfKG)
btw, ALL the tiktok goblins and twitter goblins are now "experts" in posse comitatus.
Never before in history has a Marine detained a civilian, they're all claiming.
Really, go to any military base in the country and run past the guard at the gate. They will tackle you and "detain" you.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 14, 2025 12:00 PM (DxRBB)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 12:00 PM (2GCMq)
Yours,
Don Black
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 12:00 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 12:00 PM (iGK7y)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 12:01 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:49 AM (L/fGl)
If a Republican senator had rushed a member of a Demoncrat administration would people be in shriek about the intervention by security?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 14, 2025 11:55 AM (WCeiL)
Pretty sure they'd be arguing the need to shoot on sight.
Posted by: Robert at June 14, 2025 12:01 PM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 11:43 AM (ZmEVT)
And then there was Magnum Force.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:45 AM (vF3jY)
Well, the group that went and shot Calvo Sotelo were impersonating a Guardia Civil arrest team. But no one cares about the Spanish Civil war again
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 12:01 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Robert at June 14, 2025 12:02 PM (1Yy3c)
I drove 8 miles to sho0ot my wife sounds like a country song.
[ . . . ]
Posted by: naturalfake at June 14, 2025 11:45 AM (iJfKG)
It has been done, in a way - Bluegrass
Steeldrivers, If It Hadn't Been For Love
youtu.be/YSzlV6VNqI4?
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 12:02 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 12:02 PM (2GCMq)
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I've noticed that these DU types like to find a cool-sounding word and just glom on to it- beat it to death
'Oligarchy' is a good example
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 12:02 PM (AOsQT)
Demtards now: OMG GOP IS KILLING DEMS!
Posted by: Ghoulposts at June 14, 2025 12:03 PM (qUkBO)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 12:01 PM (D7oie)
No one expects the Spanish Civil War!
Posted by: Monty Python is now old and senile at June 14, 2025 12:03 PM (iJfKG)
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In healthcare:
1. Growing disconnect between patient and the actual decision-maker (doctor). Many more go-betweens with subsequent gaps in information/communication.
2. Knowledge level and skills of lower level nursing personnel (medical assistants, nurse's aides, LPNs technicians) are dwindling.
3. Data collected with poor technique (e.g. blood pressure, weight, etc.) entered into the medical record and treated as accurate. I.e. lots of people labeled as hypertensive who aren't, and such like.
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:03 PM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 11:56 AM (W/lyH)
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I stopped at a Burger King on the way to the PNW MoMe and they had a stack of them.
Posted by: Captain Obvious. Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 12:03 PM (6YdsJ)
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2h
BREAKING - It’s been revealed the Minnesota democratic lawmakers shot last night, State Rep. Melissa Hortman and State Sen. John Hoffman, both recently voted against their party, with Hortman supporting repeal of free healthcare for illegals and Hoffman joining Republicans in the Senate to pass it.
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 12:04 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 11:57 AM (AOsQT)
Grew up with "the world is doomed and you are screwed"
Which is far better than the current generation who is growing up with "we are importing people to screw you"
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 12:04 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:49 AM (L/fGl
Life does imitate art.
Alan was an insufferable pussy too.
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 12:04 PM (jvJvP)
Hollywood Star Jon Cryer Says “Kristi Noem Must Resign” After Sen. Padilla Handcuffed at DHS Press Conference
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:49 AM (L/fGl)
Has he finished production on his training video, "Crying on Command", by Jon Cryer?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 14, 2025 12:05 PM (S/Y4j)
😂
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:08 PM (/iMjX)
Incidentally, for those of who don't know who "jon cryer" is, he was the "normal" co-star on Two & Half Men.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 14, 2025 12:09 PM (DxRBB)
😂
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:08 PM (/iMjX)
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He's here all week, folks! Try the crab cakes!
Posted by: Captain Obvious. Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 12:09 PM (6YdsJ)
😂
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:08 PM (/iMjX)
I find RNs do a good line at putting in a needle but the EMTs seem to treat it like Captain Ahab going for the white whale.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 12:09 PM (D7oie)
Perhaps Muldoon can conjure up a Democrat parody song based on the lyrics of Rawhide.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 14, 2025 12:10 PM (DxRBB)
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 12:10 PM (BwZyW)
https://shorturl.at/tE28t
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Two dead, two gravely wounded. Because their party affiliation is not mentioned, I'm going with more leftist terror.
They're Dems who voted against more benefits for illegals and pissed off Trantifa.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 14, 2025 12:11 PM (QZThv)
Also, there was a hit list.
https://tinyurl.com/5n7tz58p
Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 12:12 PM (iGK7y)
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From Hell's heart, I stab at thee! 🩸
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 12:12 PM (kpS4V)
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I'm curious how contorted the left is going to be trying to parse this for their benefit. I'm sure they'll do it. Something, something compassion for illegals, right wingers, Trump's fault, etc.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 12:12 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 14, 2025 12:11 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 12:13 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 12:13 PM (+blYj)
Olympics Committee Adds Torch-Throwing To 2028 Competition
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 12:13 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:15 PM (/iMjX)
VJ Day
Renamed "End of War in the Pacific Day" by Bill Clinton for the 50th Anniversary Parade in Hawaii.
A lot of parading for that. I didin't go to the parade that was in town (Clinton had review stands built for that). I think it was more elike a typical big city 'hometown' parade with HS bands, floats, veteran groups, etc.
I had to do the separate military parade. I think he had litterally every single member of the military on Oahu march past his review stand including Coast Guard and NOAA. Literally an all fucking tropical day in the sun production for those in the parade.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 12:15 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 14, 2025 12:10 PM (DxRBB)
Muldoon does requests?
How about birthday parties and bar mitzvahs?
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 12:16 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 12:17 PM (/lPRQ)
Trump Asks McDonalds To Prepare A Special Fattened Calf Meal For Elon's Return
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 12:18 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:18 PM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 12:18 PM (KhjS7)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 14, 2025 12:20 PM (gm9Sb)
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CNN? I think they're a national sponsor of the budding insurrection.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 12:21 PM (Q4IgG)
Tampon tim jumped right out and said it was "politically motivated" on account of closely divided legislature. So that means he knows it was one of his jihadis who did it, but is blaming Us.
Posted by: soothsayerwing plover at June 14, 2025 11:45 AM (DxRBB)
72 hour rule....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at June 14, 2025 12:21 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 14, 2025 12:21 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 11:32 AM
KT the White.
Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 12:21 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:22 PM (/iMjX)
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:18 PM (/iMjX)
I had a blood draw about 6 months ago. Afterwards, I kept feeling a sharp pain inside my arm, around the site. This went on for a couple months, and now the OUTSIDE of my elbow has some pain.
Pain level is low, maybe a 2-3, but I suspect it was related to the blood draw.
Am I crazy?
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 12:22 PM (+cfsD)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 14, 2025 12:23 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 12:18 PM (KhjS7)
When I was a kid we had rural property with a small stream on it. When it rained it turned into a large stream.
We used to bathe in it.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 12:24 PM (+cfsD)
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 12:24 PM (AOsQT)
How about birthday parties and bar mitzvahs?
*********
Most requested song from my friends and family is the sounds of silence.
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:24 PM (/iMjX)
He did some quick glad-handing and pressing of flesh (as it were) on Wheeler AAB, along with Waihehe. I did show up just out of curiosity, but it was over in a few minutes (as it were).
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 12:24 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: muldoon
I do not like the MIC (medical industry complex) in general.
My blood pressure runs 20 pts high being in their presence.
Had a PA I did like (her demeanor and looks) talk me down to almost normal BP after the more typical staff was giving me shit about high BP that day. She pointed out a lot of people have elevated BP when visiting the Dr, everybody knows it, and nobody wants to admit the bulk of the problem is that most staff are rude condescending A-holes... She also had me come in with my cheap CVS BP thing to compare to the clinics precision old school BP meters. Almost dead on.
When she left that clinic, so did I.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 12:24 PM (/lPRQ)
Any good insurrection streams I should know about?
Posted by: Boss Moss
Go down by the old mill stream.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 12:24 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 14, 2025 11:49 AM (L/fGl)
If a Republican senator had rushed a member of a Demoncrat administration would people be in shriek about the intervention by security?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 14, 2025 11:55 AM (WCeiL)
Pretty sure they'd be arguing the need to shoot on sight.
Posted by: Robert at June 14, 2025 12:01 PM (1Yy3c)
You have guns!!!
Posted by: Miss Lindsey at June 14, 2025 12:25 PM (ULPxl)
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If that's accurate my internet conjecture has completely changed. I was leaning toward someone on the 'Right' having done it because it apparently was competently planned.
I also did not rule out a Reichstag scenario.
My fear for a while is that eventually some on the Right' would respond to the Left's actions with Star Chambers.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 12:26 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 12:24 PM (AOsQT)
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Last time I had a colonoscopy, they tried to get a needle into the back of my hand after my having had all the stuff they give you to empty you and dry you out. It was...not pleasant.
Posted by: Captain Obvious. Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 12:26 PM (6YdsJ)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 12:26 PM (KAw7u)
Posted by: BurtTC
*********
Yes.
Do you want a second opinion?
You're also homely.
(actually I suppose the needle may have tweaked the biceps tendon and left some lingering pain. Who knows.)
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:27 PM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 14, 2025 12:09 PM (DxRBB)
Yet another TV show I never wasted time on.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 12:28 PM (+blYj)
Posted by: Boss Moss
I go down to the river to pray?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 14, 2025 12:30 PM (S/Y4j)
@nicksortor
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9m
🚨 #BREAKING: The man who kiIIed Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman this morning had “NO KINGS” fliers in his car
MORE DEMOCRAT TERR0RISM!
ALL “No Kings” protests should be cancelled NOW!
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 12:30 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: LizLem at June 14, 2025 12:31 PM (gWBY1)
🚨 #BREAKING: The man who kiIIed Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman this morning had “NO KINGS” fliers in his car
MORE DEMOCRAT TERR0RISM!
ALL “No Kings” protests should be cancelled NOW!
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 12:30 PM (viF8m)
48 hour rule...
Posted by: Mississippi at June 14, 2025 12:31 PM (VE6XX)
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So, they actually have him?
Posted by: Captain Obvious. Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 12:31 PM (6YdsJ)
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:27 PM (/iMjX)
That's at least a more logical explanation than my usual: That they're trying to inject the Covids into me.
Or maybe I'm just getting old.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 12:31 PM (+cfsD)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 12:31 PM (KhjS7)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 14, 2025 12:09 PM (DxRBB)
The Alan Harper character was in no way normal…
He was a neurotic eunuch
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 14, 2025 12:31 PM (P/Wjn)
This is, of course, how you get kings.
Posted by: the man on the white horse at June 14, 2025 12:31 PM (KAw7u)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 12:32 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 14, 2025 12:09 PM (DxRBB)
Yet another TV show I never wasted time on.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 12:28 PM (+blYj)
Same. I just remember him as the gay friend in all those Molly Ringworm movies.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 12:32 PM (+cfsD)
Posted by: Captain Obvious. Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 12:26 PM (6YdsJ)
Back of the hand is never pleasant. I have zero problems or discomfort with getting an IV or giving blood but I beg not to get it on the back of the hand if not necessary. They tell me that back of the hand is preferable for surgeries as it's more secure. I don't know if that's accurate.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 12:32 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:24 PM (/iMjX)
Heh.
In church once the pastor was asking for more men to volunteer for the choir.
"Not so fast Diogenes! You're a great usher."
Sigh...
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 12:33 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Captain Obvious. Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 12:33 PM (6YdsJ)
Posted by: Accomack at June 14, 2025 12:34 PM (6cOjz)
Blue on Blue violence. So you know what that means, right?
Yep. It's MAGA's fault.
Posted by: Robert at June 14, 2025 12:34 PM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 12:35 PM (KhjS7)
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:24 PM (/iMjX)
Heh.
In church once the pastor was asking for more men to volunteer for the choir.
"Not so fast Diogenes! You're a great usher."
Sigh...
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 12:33 PM (W/lyH)
When I decided to become a musician, I started with performing John Cage's "4'33."
So far that's the only song I've mastered.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 12:35 PM (+cfsD)
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:36 PM (/iMjX)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 12:32 PM (VofaG)
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Yeah. I've donated lots of blood so I'm not needle-shy, but that was one miserable experience. Normally, the veins on the back of my hand are pretty prominent, but after 24 hours of dehydrating mixtures, they were pretty flat that day.
Posted by: Captain Obvious. Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 12:36 PM (6YdsJ)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 14, 2025 12:36 PM (ZtAny)
I warned rabid liberals on social media, after the vigilante shooter cowardly shot that exec in the back of the head on the street, then turned him into a tiger beat hero, that this is dangerous. Then how the left dismissed the attack on Noem and are Padilla.
But hypocrites they are, politicians and news scrunts will scream when it is one of their own: a politician who should be shielded from the consequences of their choices and from promoting violence on the streets. They are from the appropriate caste, after all!
From CNN:
“This is a stunning act of violence. I’m thankful for all the law enforcement who are responding in real time,” U.S. Senator Klobuchar said in a post on X. “My prayers are with the Hortman and Hoffman families. Both legislators are close friends and devoted to their families and public service.”
Posted by: LizLem at June 14, 2025 12:36 PM (gWBY1)
I passed a small no kings protest this morning. Almost entirely ladies over 60.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 14, 2025 12:36 PM (QZThv)
MN State Patrol
@MnDPS_MSP
Given the targeted shootings of state lawmakers overnight, we are asking the public to not attend today’s planned demonstrations across Minnesota out of an abundance of caution.
https://t.ly/F3F-K
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 12:37 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 12:37 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: jsg at June 14, 2025 12:37 PM (iGK7y)
https://shorturl.at/zS9PN
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 12:38 PM (ULPxl)
@MnDPS_MSP
Given the targeted shootings of state lawmakers overnight, we are asking the public to not attend today’s planned demonstrations across Minnesota out of an abundance of caution.
https://t.ly/F3F-K
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 12:37 PM (63Dwl)
Sounds like they are insinuating it was Conservative...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 12:38 PM (VE6XX)
Glad to have ya back!
Posted by: redridinghood at June 14, 2025 12:39 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 14, 2025 12:36 PM (ZtAny)
That explains a lot.
Just kidding, but you know I had to say it.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 12:39 PM (+cfsD)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 12:39 PM (KhjS7)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 12:39 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: BurtTC
*********
Yes.
Do you want a second opinion?
You're also homely.
***
Guy goes into the pharmacy and asks where to find the talcum.
Pharmacist says, "Walk this way."
Guy says, "If I could walk that way I wouldn't need the talcum."
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 12:39 PM (W/lyH)
Sigh...
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My wife was told after first few choir practices that her "services were no longer required". By her aunt, the choir director.
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:40 PM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 12:41 PM (KhjS7)
Posted by: LizLem at June 14, 2025 12:31 PM (gWBY1)
Thank you so much!
Everyone
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 12:41 PM (jvJvP)
Pharmacist says, "Walk this way."
Guy says, "If I could walk that way I wouldn't need the talcum."
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 12:39 PM (W/lyH)
Read in Rodney Dangerfield voice.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 12:41 PM (+cfsD)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 12:41 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 12:41 PM (jvJvP)
Occulted imams? How unoriginal.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 12:42 PM (KAw7u)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 12:43 PM (KhjS7)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 12:41 PM (Q4IgG
They'll make someone lovely new nieghbors.
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 14, 2025 12:43 PM (jvJvP)
has been kiled by Israeli strikes while
reporting from Iran.
This tragic incident comes only 2 months
after his previous death in Gaza.
_timesAlgebra (India News)
https://tinyurl.com/5n88ca78
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 12:43 PM (6dYPy)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 12:44 PM (VofaG)
Just kidding, but you know I had to say it.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 12:39 PM (+cfsD)
Ha! I like to say I have medical documentation and eyewitness testimony that I do, indeed, have a brain! How well it works is a different question….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 14, 2025 12:44 PM (OW907)
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And all the people said, Don't forget to lock the door.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 12:45 PM (6dYPy)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 12:45 PM (KhjS7)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 12:46 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 12:46 PM (KhjS7)
With No Kings flyers in his car?
Seems doubtful.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 12:46 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Nazdar at June 14, 2025 12:47 PM (NcvvS)
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OSINTdefender
@sentdefender
A massive 246-character Emergency Action Message (EAM) broadcasted today via the U.S. Air Force’s High Frequency Global Communications System (HFGCS).
=====
EAM's are encrypted, so even though it was captured, nobody outside the HFGCS knows what it said. Yet. But EAM's when not used for training are basically an alert to action.
Personally, I'd be looking all over Iran and points east and south, away from Israel and US forces, for a lone Iranian 747.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 12:47 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 12:47 PM (KhjS7)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 12:46 PM (+qU29)
They still make it sound like it is.. If it was a Lib why would they tell the "protesters" to stay home ?
Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 12:47 PM (VE6XX)
Funny how they are always encouraging their lunatic followers to die for Allah but when it comes to their own lives they are leaving on a jet plane.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 12:48 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: polynikes
********
Yes. Back of the hand IV catheters usually don't reach the level of the wrist joint, whereas front of the elbow (antecubital fossa) often is vulnerable to arm flexing, even if an arm board is used.
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:49 PM (/iMjX)
With No Kings flyers in his car?
Seems doubtful.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 12:46 PM (viF8m)
He was targeting the protests... Sounds to me what they are insinuating....
Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 12:49 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 14, 2025 12:49 PM (ITkJX)
A liberal shooter would likely blend in well at one of the protests. Easy way to hide in plain sight.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 14, 2025 12:50 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 12:50 PM (63Dwl)
DFL stands for Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, which, in Minnesota is the party affiliated with the national Democratic Party.
Had never heard of it.
I was familiar with it in competitive rowing: Dead Effin Last.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 12:50 PM (lIgBp)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 14, 2025 12:09 PM (DxRBB)
The Alan Harper character was in no way normal…
He was a neurotic eunuch
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 14, 2025 12:31 PM (P/Wjn)
I only watched bits and pieces of that show, but yes he was a pathetic character. I also don't understand how Sheen's character was always up to his ears in poon. Rich guy, sure, but no game, no personality. It was just a given in the universe of the show that women were flocking to him. It was just odd.
Posted by: TV shows make no sense. Then again, neither does real life. at June 14, 2025 12:51 PM (TbWk/)
They take him back to x-ray, and sure enough, they find a tapeworm wrapped around the brain. So they rush him into surgery. Afterwards, the surgeon comes in to his recovery room, and asks "How are you feeling."
Tapeworm says "Much better, that macaroni looking thing was creeping me out."
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 12:51 PM (wy5wi)
I've also seen the claim going around on Twitter that both of the targets had joined Republicans in ending free healthcare for illegals.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 14, 2025 12:51 PM (jGGMD)
Minnesota has a separate Dem party, the DFL, and a separate Republican party, the IR (Independent Republicans). Both are to the left of their national parties.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 14, 2025 12:51 PM (QZThv)
They did, the big media confirmed it. Insty's been tracking the real news on this pretty well.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 14, 2025 12:51 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: polynikes
_________
Was it Gomer? I thought it was the old dude with a really deep bass voice.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 14, 2025 12:52 PM (ITkJX)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
**********
Never used. Still in the original container.
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 12:52 PM (/iMjX)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 12:48 PM (viF8m)
This really calls for a mashup with a video of a Khameini rant matched to the audio of "Leaving On A Jet Plane".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 12:53 PM (+blYj)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 12:54 PM (KhjS7)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 14, 2025 12:52 PM (ITkJX)
Jim Nabors had an extremely good and rich singing voice, although it's been quite a while since I've seen this episode.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 12:54 PM (uWKK8)
I think they know what happened. One of their crazed followers took the natural next step they've been egging someone to take with all of their insane rhetoric about kings and fascists. What they didn't expect was that he was going to shoot some of their own for having the audacity of voting to stop giving free healthcare to illegals. Apostates are always hated more than the enemy.
There's a crazy, murderous leftist on the loose and they have no idea who or what he will do next but they need to tamp down the rhetoric right now.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 12:54 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 12:55 PM (lIgBp)
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at June 14, 2025 12:55 PM (oWCdy)
Customer service asks "Have you tried turning it off and turning it back on?"
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 12:55 PM (wy5wi)
🚨BREAKING
While the world fixates on Israel-Iran tensions,
Gaza remains cut off, starved, and hunted
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Good.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 12:55 PM (6dYPy)
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at June 14, 2025 12:56 PM (oWCdy)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 12:56 PM (lIgBp)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 12:41 PM (Q4IgG)
They just remembered they were all invited to a sudden dinner party up at their friend Assad's new house up in Moscow.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 12:57 PM (uWKK8)
Which is far better than the current generation who is growing up with "we are importing people to screw you"
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 12:04 PM (D7oie)
Growing up in the 50's we were sure we wouldn't live to see adulthood. The Cuban Missile crisis when I was 15, was the peak. We weren't sure we would see our parents again by the end of that school day.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 14, 2025 12:57 PM (5xuJ/)
My thoughts on civilization: it will go on until it cannot, and then it will rebuild. The church is eternal and the breath of civilization.
Posted by: rdohd at June 14, 2025 12:57 PM (lz2XK)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 12:56 PM (lIgBp)
Right about the time I finish making love to my wife, Morgan Fairchild.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 12:57 PM (yuCN0)
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 12:58 PM (yuCN0)
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 12:58 PM (yuCN0)
MY BIL (who played soccer as a lad in school) had choir in his school in England. The choir director told him to go out during the choir practice and inflate the soccer balls instead of singing.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 12:58 PM (2GCMq)
Wayne. Studies have shown that giving your son the middle name Wayne increases his chances of becoming a serial killer by 87%
Posted by: Oddbob at June 14, 2025 12:59 PM (/y8xj)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 12:54 PM (viF8m)
Also apparently was taking shots at cops. Cops are going to be pretty trigger-happy as a result; they hate that. Smart thing for Leftards to do: stay away from those demonstrations.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 12:59 PM (+blYj)
x.com/sentdefender/status/1933720688814104644
Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 12:59 PM (KAw7u)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 01:01 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 14, 2025 12:52 PM (ITkJX)
Yeah I might have misremembered.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 01:02 PM (VofaG)
https://tinyurl.com/4z4rre8j
Nevertheless, it would be wise to keep the 48-hour rule in mind.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 14, 2025 01:04 PM (026f8)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 14, 2025 01:04 PM (026f
One of the cops just said the No kings fliers means he was gonna attack there....
Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 01:06 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 01:07 PM (63Dwl)
Fools.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 01:10 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 01:10 PM (6dYPy)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 14, 2025 01:12 PM (PcTds)
Fools.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 01:10 PM (W/lyH)
*************
A poster on another board I frequent (which is just as fast at posting news as here) had posted this:
"Oof
Things just got complicated for the media
Dem victims of gun violence
Likely a white radical leftist shooter
This will cause flowchart issue"
Indeed. If Boelter is the shooter and is a Democrat, this really will cause a flowchart issue with the left.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 14, 2025 01:15 PM (026f8)
9m
🚨 #BREAKING: The man who kiIIed Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman this morning had “NO KINGS” fliers in his car
MORE DEMOCRAT TERR0RISM!
ALL “No Kings” protests should be cancelled NOW!
Posted by: JackStraw
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I did not know that someone got wacked.
Before this posted that Pedilla was a deliberate probing attack to see how VIP security would react and no matter what they would be accused of 'over-reacting' with the intent of weakening defenses.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 01:16 PM (/lPRQ)
https://tinyurl.com/2cmuzp4s
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 14, 2025 01:18 PM (026f8)
Posted by: Ghoulposts at June 14, 2025 01:18 PM (qUkBO)
https://youtu.be/yJlgio-UOng?si=6Dco1hc4JVaz0Ghq&t=239
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 01:18 PM (BwZyW)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 14, 2025 01:19 PM (XeU6L)
It never came to fruition.
This No Kings Day reminds me of that. I think they want some (several? many?) of the sites to have an incident of violence, or counterprotests or radicals to bust out. Perhaps sparking a wider conflagration.
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 01:21 PM (/iMjX)
Link goes to Fox News:
https://tinyurl.com/2vh4wzsx
Might need a second open thread today.
Posted by: Max Power at June 14, 2025 01:22 PM (q177U)
REPORT: Shortly before Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman was shot and k*lled, she broke down in tears in front of cameras after siding with Republicans.
Hortman was the lone Democrat who voted to cut health care access for adult illegal [aliens].
"I did what leaders do... I stepped up and I got the job done for the people of Minnesota."
Hortman and her husband were k*lled shortly after this video was taken in their home. Police believe it was politically motivated.
Video: KTTC (Shared on YouTube)
https://bit.ly/4ed3j1x
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 01:24 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 01:27 PM (VE6XX)
https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1933935442228846605
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 01:33 PM (BwZyW)
https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1933935442228846605
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 01:33 PM (BwZyW)
Uh oh.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 01:36 PM (CA3k/)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 01:37 PM (KAw7u)
The bat bomb thing was a fruity idea, but they did still fire bomb Tokyo.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 01:37 PM (CA3k/)
Posted by: soothsayerwing plover at June 14, 2025 11:45 AM
My guess is he immediately called it "politically motivated" in order to blame it on Trump supporters. One look at X and there are a lot of posts of people doing just that. Almost all of whom had no idea that these legislators just voted against healthcare for illegal aliens, a vote that Trump supporters would support.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 01:39 PM (P5BPp)
https://shorturl.at/bSjbm
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 01:42 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 01:42 PM (KhjS7)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 01:42 PM (KhjS7)
I wonder if facebook does that on their own or at the request of Leo?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 01:43 PM (CA3k/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 01:43 PM (KhjS7)
Posted by: It's me donna
Sure aint't gonna point out it was one their pinko guvnor's political cronies.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 01:43 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 01:43 PM (/lPRQ)
Well, they have been ionizing the political assassins, so...
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 01:44 PM (CA3k/)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
Could be full of five-gallon buckets filled with gas and headed for Notre Dame.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 01:45 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 01:45 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 01:45 PM (CA3k/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 01:46 PM (KhjS7)
other than the church affiliation, he seems leftist
Posted by: Black Orchid at June 14, 2025 01:46 PM (Pv3Rg)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 01:45 PM (/lPRQ)
Israel should shoot it down, just to be sure.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 01:46 PM (CA3k/)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 01:43 PM (/lPRQ)
Well, they have been lionizing the political assassins, so...
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 01:44 PM (CA3k/)
Over / under on retardo slobbering over this new leftist murderer?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 01:47 PM (ULPxl)
other than the church affiliation, he seems leftist
Posted by: Black Orchid at June 14, 2025 01:46 PM (Pv3Rg)
Would make sense in the context of that lawmaker at that time.
24/48/72 hour rule.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 01:47 PM (CA3k/)
*fistbump for correction* see, she knew what I meant. Not like you, phone.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 01:48 PM (CA3k/)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 14, 2025 01:04 PM (026f
One of the cops just said the No kings fliers means he was gonna attack there....
Posted by: It's me donna
What about the other 499 copies hot off the press?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 01:51 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 01:51 PM (CA3k/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 01:52 PM (CA3k/)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 01:53 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 01:53 PM (KhjS7)
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 01:54 PM (BwZyW)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 14, 2025 01:54 PM (AEv3H)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 01:53 PM (+qU29)
Yeah, kind of my initial read.
'I'm not crying- you're crying!'
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 14, 2025 01:54 PM (CA3k/)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 14, 2025 01:55 PM (AEv3H)
https://nypost.com/2025/06/14/ us-news/suspect-in-deadly-minnesota-shootings -identified-as-vance-luther-boelter/
Posted by: Nova Local at June 14, 2025 01:57 PM (tOcjL)
REPORT: Shortly before Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman was shot and k*lled, she broke down in tears in front of cameras after siding with Republicans.
Hortman was the lone Democrat who voted to cut health care access for adult illegal [aliens].
"I did what leaders do... I stepped up and I got the job done for the people of Minnesota."
===
She'll never do that again.
- side with repups
- go against illegals
- cut free shit
- stand up for citizens
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 01:58 PM (/lPRQ)
*********
Paul Blart?
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 01:58 PM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 01:59 PM (KhjS7)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 02:00 PM (KhjS7)
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 02:00 PM (BwZyW)
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 02:01 PM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Boss Moss
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That's GENERAL Manager to you, sir.
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 02:02 PM (BwZyW)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 02:05 PM (KhjS7)
Matthew S. DePerno, Esq. @mdeperno
Hey @dananessel, the most corrupt attorney general in the country, are you doing anything about these threats made by the Democratic Party? Or do you just go after Republicans?
X: https://bit.ly/44euTbb
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 02:07 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 02:08 PM (KhjS7)
No word from Israel.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 02:10 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 02:11 PM (BwZyW)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 02:18 PM (mP0Kj)
The far left is murderously violent
Z @insatiablevine
The left kills the CEO of United Healthcare
Kills two Israeli ambassadors staffers
Attempts twice to assassinate the President
Doxes and attempts to murder federal ICE agents and Police - all week
And now kills a MN state rep and her husband and injures a Senator and his wife
The left has become a full blown domestic terrorist organization.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 02:19 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 02:18 PM
Referring the one earlier this morning near the Aria?
ViralNewsHQ @viralposts2323
BREAKING: MASSIVE EXPLOSION ROCKS LAS VEGAS STRIP
A powerful blast near Aria Resort & Casino sent smoke into the night sky.
Palm trees ignited, emergency crews rushed in.
A car fled the scene — connection still unclear.
No injuries reported.
X Videos: https://bit.ly/3HHjWGl
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 02:22 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Romeo13
CONFIRMED - Del Taco Epic Burrito afterblast.
Very deviating.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 02:23 PM (/lPRQ)
Iran posted this video to show the world how powerful they are. We showed the world what happens when you mistake propaganda for strength.
The Iranian Chief of Staff and Commander of the IRGC featured in this Iranian propaganda video have been eliminated and the site has been struck.
https://x.com/IDF/status/1933944730775089548
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 02:24 PM (BwZyW)
The far left is murderously violent
In my opinion, the difference between the "left" and the "far left" is about the same as the difference between "moderate Muslims" and "radical Muslims".
Just like "moderate Muslims" support the violence of "radical Muslims", so too does the "left" support the "murderously violent" actions of the "far left".
And the Democrat Party is the mouthpiece for the "far left" encouraging and promoting and supporting their murderous violence.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 02:25 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 02:31 PM (+qU29)
@IAbhay_Pratap 42m
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's big statement
- Israeli Airforce will soon attack Iran
- #Israel's planes will drop bombs from #Iran's skies
- Will destroy all Khamenei's bases
- Will liberate Iran from Khamenei's rule
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 02:32 PM (6dYPy)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 02:33 PM (KAw7u)
@IAbhay_Pratap 42m
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's big statement
- Israeli Airforce will soon attack Iran
- #Israel's planes will drop bombs from #Iran's skies
- Will destroy all Khamenei's bases
- Will liberate Iran from Khamenei's rule
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 02:32 PM (6dYPy)
Sooooo...
All your bases belong to us?
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 02:33 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 02:35 PM (BwZyW)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 02:36 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 14, 2025 01:54 PM (AEv3H)
I wonder if his private security firm collected information to be shared with anyone else.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 02:38 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 02:35 PM (BwZyW)
Going to be interesting to see where they land. I doubt Putin wants their trouble on his doorstep as complicated as his own problems are.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 02:38 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 02:38 PM (KhjS7)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 02:40 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 02:45 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 02:48 PM (KhjS7)
@HarmeetKDhillon
Hey everyone:
"No Kings" day is July 4.
Pass it on!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 02:45 PM (ULPxl)
*********
Speaking of "No Kings" day, King Charles is going to have to send out the Household Cavalry to put down this protest:
https://tinyurl.com/43kukde3
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 14, 2025 02:49 PM (026f8)
@HarmeetKDhillon
Hey everyone:
"No Kings" day is July 4.
Pass it on!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 02:45 PM (ULPxl)
The King is a Fink!
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 02:49 PM (mP0Kj)
"No Kings" day is July 4.
Pass it on!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 02:45 PM (ULPxl)
Just sent this reminder to my buddies in the UK.
They laughed.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 02:50 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 02:50 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 02:50 PM (KhjS7)
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 14, 2025 02:50 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 02:51 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 02:51 PM (KhjS7)
Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 02:50 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 02:50 PM (KhjS7)
They stink on ice.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 14, 2025 02:52 PM (Aqu9a)
https://shorturl.at/Px7Op
Prankster set off fireworks on Las Vegas Strip that 'sounded like a bomb': cops
https://shorturl.at/mwqt1
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 02:53 PM (ULPxl)
In fairness, Victoria was pretty based...
Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 02:54 PM (uxZu+)
Posted by: Braenyard
Whoa. Take it easy there buddy.
I thought the strike was to just slow down the weapons program for another few years to do it all again.
This is almost like retaliation for that massive October terrorist strike sponsored by Iran... and, well, Trump did tell 'em it's a limited time offer.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 02:54 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 02:55 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 02:56 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 02:56 PM (KhjS7)
https://shorturl.at/mwqt1
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 02:53 PM (ULPxl)
Thing is, you KNOW that area has got to be covered in Video Cameras....
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 03:02 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 03:02 PM (mP0Kj)
Say wut?
Posted by: Washington, D.C. at June 14, 2025 03:03 PM (Aqu9a)
https://shorturl.at/mwqt1
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 02:53 PM (ULPxl)
Thing is, you KNOW that area has got to be covered in Video Cameras....
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 03:02 PM (mP0Kj)
They were off for a few minutes. Oops!
Posted by: Top Men and Whammen of the Eff.Bee.EYE at June 14, 2025 03:04 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Top Men and Whammen of the Eff.Bee.EYE at June 14, 2025 03:04 PM (ULPxl)
Dry. Run.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2025 03:06 PM (uxZu+)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 03:06 PM (KhjS7)
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Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 03:15 PM (+EG6t)
Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 03:15 PM (+EG6t)
Heh.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 14, 2025 03:20 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 03:30 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 03:32 PM (BwZyW)
Here's Randi Weingarten leading a "No Kings" rally today.
Abolish teachers unions.
https://bit.ly/45XFYPb
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 03:37 PM (P5BPp)
Alleged MN shooter works at two funeral homes 6 days a week, but he worked in DRC (Congo) on food supply projects, and now he owns a SECURITY company? And he was appointed to a Workforce Dev Board by current gov Tim Walz in 2019? Dad of 5?
What the hell?
X Video: https://bit.ly/4jNiT5a
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 03:44 PM (P5BPp)
Vince Boelter has an interesting property history in Pierson, Iowa. Separately, he bought a house in Green Isle, MN for $520,000 in 2023 and seems to have a couple other properties there. Unclear if the Minnesota properties were purchased with cash.
DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican
I've done quite a few real estate transactions, and this one makes me scratch my head big time. This looks like almost a way to launder the $99,900.
X: https://bit.ly/3ZzckMq
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 03:49 PM (P5BPp)
@iraninarabic_ir : "Dimona Reactor"
Nothing like a cryptic message to add to the suspense of a potential global war.
Iran is now allegedly threatening to target Israel’s Dimona nuclear reactor - and if you’re wondering why that’s more than just a scary-sounding place, buckle up.
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 03:51 PM (BwZyW)
It’s not listed in any tourist brochure, and for good reason - it’s long believed to be where Israel developed and maintains its undeclared nuclear arsenal.
Israel has never confirmed having nukes, but the global consensus? It does. A lot.
https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1933970646649696732
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 03:53 PM (BwZyW)
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 03:56 PM (BwZyW)
Not the remotest chance of "global war". Iran was already very weak conventionally, and has no allies. Russia and China have never/never would/can't really lift a finger to defend them. Iran is just a $ proposition for Chy-nah, and actually the just a tool for Russian vandalism on the world scene (that's really Russia's only significance, for many years now), and an opportunistic toe-hold in an important region where they've not had much sway for decades.
As for exile, hard to see where the Iranian scum might go. Doubt they'd be welcome in Moscow - where religious nutcase theocrats are not really viewed favorably. Qatar? That's the thing, reviewing possible exile destinations for the mullahs nicely outlines how isolated that regime is.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 14, 2025 04:02 PM (1m82a)
The Case For Military Parades [Diogenes]
There is growing opposition to this weekend’s Army Birthday Parade…ordered by President Trump. Apparently because he ordered it, his opposition is finding all kinds of excuses to complain about it. It costs too much, it disrupts soldiers’ holiday weekend, it’s really about Trump as it is his birthday too. Hogwash.
These people are wrong. Here’s why. America needs this parade and frankly it needs more of them. Today’s military is drawn from a remarkably small percentage of the American public. Only about 1% of Americans are currently serving and only about 6% identify as Veterans. The result of this is an America that does not identify with the military, cannot understand what it does, and, sadly, many just don’t care. Whatever they need to know about the military, Hollywood will teach them. Parades can change this. It is an opportunity for thousands of citizens to see what an artillery piece looks like, what a tank sounds like, and what an MRAP looks like in the street. It allows citizens to see soldiers marching, looking sharp and standing tall. America meet your Army. It is a training opportunity. The President gave an order. It will be carried out. Staffs begin planning. Units are alerted to begin preparations to participate. They will need to plan for travel, shipping of the vehicles, feeding, housing, and care of the troops. They will need to plan for time to set up, rehearse, and inspect. They will need spare parts for maintenance, special training for specific units, and leaders need time to check each soldier involved. In short, deploying to a parade in Washington DC (or anywhere else) is not that different from deploying to, say, the National Training Center for a month of training. It is just another mission to accomplish. Further, it isn’t an excessive cost. The troops are going to be doing many of these things anyway, whether on their Post or in the field. They will still get paid. They will still eat. They will still have a place to sleep. Leaders will still be checking their soldiers. Maintenance expenses are factored into annual training forecasts. The only real delta in the budget is travel and that isn’t a huge cost, given the payoff. In short, the majority of the budget for the parade is sunk cost. But there is a huge upside. Yes, troops will bitch about this stuff. It will be a couple of weeks of hurry up and wait. Multiple inspections, spot corrections, last minute changes, and boredom. But when the marching begins, most troops stand a bit straighter and take pride in their units. The soldiers I knew who did a major parade like this were in the DC parade after Desert Storm. All of them told me it was a real pain in the butt. But they also said that afterwards they were very glad to be a part of it. “Sir, it was a huge party!” Children coming up and giving a soldier a bouquet of flowers, strangers shaking their hands, hundreds of civilians saying thank you, and best of all, they never had to buy their own drinks. Lastly, a parade is a huge recruiting event. When I commanded a Recruiting Company, any time I could get some equipment into a high school or a local civic event, I did so. The results were always positive and some were incredible. America needs to renew its acquaintance with its soldiers. And soldiers need to see who it is they are fighting for. We cannot let this bond be broken.Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Mississippi at June 14, 2025 09:33 AM (VE6XX)
Soldiers to be cheered and celebrated by the public after an election is bad.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 14, 2025 09:37 AM (T4Xze)
These are good kids who come from good people. Celebrate them. They absolutely deserve it. Period end of debate.
Posted by: Simplemind at June 14, 2025 09:39 AM (YrUlT)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 09:40 AM (KhjS7)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 14, 2025 09:40 AM (Splbu)
-- but all the AI spoofing tools spooing up will make these hard to top the UN-Parade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbC6dLG_dQY
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 14, 2025 09:40 AM (55bjE)
Posted by: Mobile and New Orleans at June 14, 2025 09:40 AM (lIgBp)
Israel "sneaks" agents into Iran, stations them close to important military bases, then has them launch drones and other short range weapons, with virtual no advance warning, destroying significant parts of Iran's defense capabilities.
The USA allows hundreds of thousand Chinese to live, study, work and buy land (some near important military locations) in their country.
No one gets out of China without CCP approval.
Posted by: Tom Locker at June 14, 2025 09:41 AM (SBTk7)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 09:41 AM (KhjS7)
Posted by: bluebell at June 14, 2025 09:43 AM (79pEw)
No one gets out of China without CCP approval.
Posted by: Tom Locker at June 14, 2025 09:41 AM (SBTk7)
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Have you seen those people try to drive a car? They'll drone Canada by mistake.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 09:44 AM (ZOv7s)
This sounds really cool
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 14, 2025 09:45 AM (Splbu)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 09:45 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 14, 2025 09:45 AM (Splbu)
But on the other hand military hardware and the trappings of a military parade are CAF.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 14, 2025 09:46 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 14, 2025 09:46 AM (xTIDn)
Posted by: Accomack at June 14, 2025 09:46 AM (tG1pe)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 09:44 AM (ZOv7s)
I've never seen any Asians delivering to the local Chinese restaurants. It's always a white guy.
Posted by: KwaK! at June 14, 2025 09:46 AM (89Sog)
Posted by: Javems at June 14, 2025 09:47 AM (8I4hW)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 09:44 AM (ZOv7s)
Have you seen any Chinese drone displays? They know how to drive drones.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 09:47 AM (g8Ew8)
I was there for that celebration. There were tanks and planes on the Mall, with soldiers atop them. I guarantee you those men will never again have a feeling of pride that intense. People walked up to them and treated them like heroes. My little girls sat next to them and were thrilled. The guys looked a bit surprised at how they were treated. It was a moment they'll remember forever.
Posted by: Inevitable Juvenile Humor at June 14, 2025 09:47 AM (s8j++)
Corpsmen check troops for vital signs if they don't hear any complaining. It's the truth.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 14, 2025 09:47 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: TV Guide at June 14, 2025 09:48 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 14, 2025 09:48 AM (xTIDn)
I am getting an oil change and this place has a buncha flies buzzing about
Posted by: Accomack at June 14, 2025 09:48 AM (tG1pe)
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 14, 2025 09:48 AM (hKoQL)
Posted by: Archimedes = Inevitable Juvenile Humor at June 14, 2025 09:49 AM (s8j++)
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My dad opposed ending the draft because he feared the military would become alienated from the people.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 09:49 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 09:50 AM (Ylknx)
Posted by: Ukrainian drone operators at June 14, 2025 09:50 AM (s8j++)
Corpsmen check troops for vital signs if they don't hear any complaining. It's the truth.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 14, 2025 09:47 AM (7xrfc)
LOL. Truth.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 09:50 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 14, 2025 09:50 AM (Splbu)
Signing off for today.
Go Army!
Posted by: whig at June 14, 2025 09:50 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 09:50 AM (KhjS7)
Many people thought that, and there is definitely some truth to it. I think anyone who volunteers to kill space bugs should get ten votes, not one.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 09:51 AM (s8j++)
Posted by: Auspex at June 14, 2025 09:51 AM (j4U/Z)
A country that so hates its military that it refuses to parade is near the end of its life cycle.
It's interesting that Timmeh Walz can only associate this with North Korea given that National Guard units regularly participate in parades. Michigan - just across the lake, maybe he heard of it - has an annual Pass in Review this time each year where a few thousand troops form up and then march around a field and do the old fashioned roll call for the governor and various dignitaries. It's boring as hell, but still kind of cool to see each unit get announced and the crowds cheer for them as they salute the podium.
(I marched in 2022 with the Air Guard component, which always gets big shouts because so few of us show up.)
And yes, having the military in the community is part of the American ideal. Walz's vision - if it even is one - is of troops hiding in their barracks or doing TDY or whatnot, but never marching proudly down Main Street. It's bizarre, but then again, we need to remember that the bulk of his career was during the grim 1990s with tight budgets, low recruitment and so anyone who stuck around got promoted
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 09:51 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: US Navy sailors in the Persian Gulf at June 14, 2025 09:52 AM (lIgBp)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 09:49 AM (RIvkX)
Good point.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 09:52 AM (g8Ew8)
Obama hardest hit.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 14, 2025 09:48 AM (xTIDn)
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IF that doesn't topple the regime, I don't know what will.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 09:52 AM (ZOv7s)
Pffffft.
Posted by: The post-Vietnam 1970s at June 14, 2025 09:52 AM (s8j++)
The Bolsheviks loved them too if the Leftists remember
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 09:53 AM (+qU29)
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I worked, as a civilian, at the Army's Human Resources Command, Ft. Knox before retiring. The Recruiting Command is there too. I was a Program Manager for a couple of the Recruiting and Retention software systems.
During the Obama years it was something of a struggle with the recruiting side... IIRC.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 09:53 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 09:53 AM (s8j++)
Posted by: dc at June 14, 2025 09:53 AM (u0crE)
Posted by: Judge Boasberg at June 14, 2025 09:54 AM (ULPxl)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 09:49 AM (RIvkX)
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At its core, a peacetime draft is unAmerican. When the Cold War ended, we should have disbanded CIA and the three-letter agencies, cut the Active Duty Army to 200,000 troops, consisting a rapid-deployment corps-sized element, garrisons and administrative/cadre units.
Then ramp the Guard up to 1 million troops, who would meet recruitment because it's community-oriented.
Instead we kept am active duty force just large enough to piss away in nation-building and then had to start drawing on Guard units to bridge the readiness gap, causing recruiting woes on both ends.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 09:55 AM (ZOv7s)
Wisconsin must have been desperately short of recruiting goals to let this turd get above E-6.
I bet he was a world-class brown-noser. Licked his captain's boots clean daily.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 09:58 AM (ZOv7s)
So good to see you posting! I hope you are feeling better.
Posted by: Ann at June 14, 2025 09:59 AM (4neFu)
Posted by: Wuhan Hacking Institute at June 14, 2025 10:00 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: Accomack at June 14, 2025 09:48 AM (tG1pe)
Obama's sitting close by?
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 14, 2025 10:01 AM (5xuJ/)
Mass deployment is usually not for a pleasant thing but being prepared for one is part of the deal.
Free beer for all the GIs.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:01 AM (6dYPy)
Obama hardest hit.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 14, 2025 09:48 AM (xTIDn)
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This is what I have been waiting for, it was either Moscow or Beijing. Possibly Ankara.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 10:02 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 09:53 AM (Q4IgG)
Speaking of Obama...
I guess we're seeing one of his greatest wishes come true..for certain values of "come true" on No Kings Riot Day.
His Civilian Security Force:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fO-usAlqak
An insane proposition that progtard enforcement thugs should be just as well funded and armed as our military.
I still can't believe that people voted for this esp. after this bit of communist inspired political control wish-casting.
Anyway, here we are. I hope these a-holes are happy and get what they deserve.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 14, 2025 10:02 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Javems at June 14, 2025 10:04 AM (8I4hW)
This is the lynchpin. This is what this current effort is all about.
Once the Iranian man on the street realizes that the leaders are gone then it's gonna be a new day.
Posted by: pawn, one of many at June 14, 2025 10:05 AM (QB+5g)
Even today between the Newport Naval Base, the Naval War College and the remains of Quonset Naval Air Station where they still train RI National Guard and build submarines the ties are strong. Lots of retired military in my town and the flags will be flying today.
Not all Democrats hate the military. Just this new breed of woke idiots.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 10:06 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:07 AM (YTjJV)
It's like Mardi Gras without the booze and bewbs. A family event.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:08 AM (6dYPy)
Still waking up; but if the mullah have fled to Peking doesn't it mean that the morally authoritative CCP has solved the Isreal-Iran war?
Posted by: Auspex at June 14, 2025 10:08 AM (j4U/Z)
Posted by: Javems at June 14, 2025 10:04 AM (8I4hW)
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Typical media blunder. They think associating Trump with a revitalized, patriotic military carries shades of Hitler, but it actually reminds us of leaders like Reagan, Eisenhower, and Washington.
Why wouldn't the president support a military parade? Why does the left think this is unnatural?
Because it frightens them. Remember when Clinton was inaugurated, staff frowned at the troops in the parade until Hillary noted that "they belong to us, now."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:09 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Blonde chick with nice hooters at June 14, 2025 10:09 AM (lIgBp)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 10:10 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 14, 2025 10:10 AM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: From about That Tim at June 14, 2025 10:10 AM (fBUnn)
I’m not going to go burn down a city over it though.
And the opposition based on cost is absurd. Same people who want trillions spent on welfare freak out at $1M spent for a parade. It’s retarded.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:11 AM (YTjJV)
Please try to keep up.
Besides it's called Beijing now.
Posted by: The Mullahs at June 14, 2025 10:11 AM (lIgBp)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:11 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 14, 2025 10:12 AM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: The Mullahs at June 14, 2025 10:12 AM (lIgBp)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 10:06 AM (viF8m)
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There is a significant amount of Boomer Dems that still think it's Scoop Jackson's party. I know several. I have to tread lightly around them, because the delusion is very deep.
And yes, they vote.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:12 AM (ZOv7s)
How? Most of their planes got blown up real good.
Posted by: dantesed at June 14, 2025 10:12 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Blonde chick with nice hooters at June 14, 2025 10:09 AM (lIgBp)
Artillery shells. But they are harder to wear around your neck.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:12 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 14, 2025 10:12 AM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 14, 2025 10:12 AM (XMwZJ)
Well, they are going to take the city any day now. That is what I have heard for the last 5 years.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:13 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 14, 2025 10:13 AM (akw+7)
Posted by: Old Pentagon saying at June 14, 2025 10:14 AM (lIgBp)
Tim Walz says that in public
Tim Walz thinks you are immoral
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 10:14 AM (RIvkX)
I got banned for 3 days. 🤣
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:07 AM (YTjJV)
Only 3? You can do better than that.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 10:14 AM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:14 AM (AOsQT)
Well, they are going to take the city any day now. That is what I have heard for the last 5 years.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:13 AM (bss/y)
#TeoWeeks
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:14 AM (YTjJV)
I drove through the local state University, and hung over the main drag was an enormous US flag on a guy wire stretching from two of the buildings.
and me thinking, "wow, during pride month even"
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 10:15 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:11 AM (bss/y)
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Right, but the message common people are getting is Trump loves the military. This whole "Caesar did this/Hitler!!!" doesn't cut it.
Besides, NO ONE READS THEM. They are dead. CNN is a husk. MSNBC is being shut down. All the dailies in Michigan print only three days a week.
Seriously, if they think OMG Trump had a parade on a sunny June day is going to cut into his support, they are more deluded than usual.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:15 AM (ZOv7s)
Tim Walz says that in public
Tim Walz thinks you are immoral
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 10:14 AM (RIvkX)
Well, he is also a retard.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:16 AM (bss/y)
Nah
-- DeAndre “Ponytail” Hubbard from Detroit
Posted by: one hour sober at June 14, 2025 10:16 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:15 AM (ZOv7s)
*looks outside at the grey sky*
Sunny? Maybe in DC.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:17 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 14, 2025 10:12 AM (XMwZJ)
Well, they are going to take the city any day now. That is what I have heard for the last 5 years.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:13 AM (bss/y)
And then the EU will partition OMG Russia into 87 districts!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 10:17 AM (ULPxl)
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where they will quickly make nuisances of themselves and be sent back
Russians are irritable like that
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:17 AM (AOsQT)
We are not the same.
Posted by: Reforger at June 14, 2025 10:17 AM (E8aDl)
How? Most of their planes got blown up real good.
Posted by: dantesed at June 14, 2025 10:12 AM (Oy/m2)
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Presumably the Russians could send planes to pick them up - with an escort as well.
Israel is probably happy to see them leave rather than shoot them down. Dead, they become martyrs. Alive, they are merely cowards.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 10:17 AM (ULPxl)
And each technocrat will have his own fiefdom!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:17 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: one hour sober at June 14, 2025 10:16 AM (Y1sOo)
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He was Teh Awesome Civil Servant
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 10:18 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: RushBabe at June 14, 2025 10:19 AM (19N3v)
I imagine Israel knows exactly where they are...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 14, 2025 10:19 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)
But dead is still dead.
Actually, I would think Israel would want to hype that. 'Your leaders flee! See how much they care for you! See how brave they are! They leave you to us! We will not harm you intentionally, we will merely destroy the things they have been spending money on!'
Kind of wordy for a leaflet.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:20 AM (bss/y)
Got a link?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 09:53 AM
X posts: https://bit.ly/3HA5QH1
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 10:20 AM (P5BPp)
We are not the same.
Posted by: Reforger
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I never served. That said, as an outside observer I think it probably happened when they were used in the Forever Wars as regular army.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 14, 2025 10:20 AM (+vtNx)
It's the first in D.C. since 1991's Victory Celebration, and that was really a 1st since WW2.
We have not honored the fine men and women serving, or who've served honorably in the past, enough & appropriately. (And, no, dumping more $ into the VA is not the answer. It has more than enough plus an extraordinary # of FTEs & contractors to do the job RIGHT.)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 10:20 AM (NFX2v)
We are not the same.
Posted by: Reforger at June 14, 2025 10:17 AM (E8aDl)
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Not me! Weekend Warrior Zoomie REMF, and my medical file has a LOD injury for hemorrhoids.
Fun fact: I never went to tech school. Got it waived. Can't get more Guard than that.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:21 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 10:21 AM (KhjS7)
Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 10:22 AM (LHPAg)
And let's recall what Washington (or someone) said when establishing the 4th of July as a holiday: fireworks, shooting, parades!
Posted by: GWB at June 14, 2025 10:23 AM (NQWij)
@MrAndyNgo
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17m
A group of “Queers for Palestine” militant protesters has gathered to try to shut down the Pride event in Warsaw, Poland.
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:23 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:23 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 10:23 AM (s8j++)
The left doesn’t like these kind of parades because
Families attend, community , people are happy and they see patriotism front and center. Love this and hope the weather holds out.
Posted by: Paisley at June 14, 2025 10:24 AM (ny1NG)
I’m not going to go burn down a city over it though.
And the opposition based on cost is absurd. Same people who want trillions spent on welfare freak out at $1M spent for a parade. It’s retarded.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:11 AM (YTjJV)
I guess I grew up in different times, the 1950's. There were military parades in my town on Memorial Day, 4th Of July and Veterans Day. Of course, many WW2 vets marched in those parades, Dad included. It was considered normal and patriotic. I would be drafted in 1967 and served two years in the US Army during some very difficult and changing times. I have no problem with this parade. None at all.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 14, 2025 10:24 AM (5xuJ/)
@MrAndyNgo
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17m
A group of “Queers for Palestine” militant protesters has gathered to try to shut down the Pride event in Warsaw, Poland.
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:23 AM (AOsQT)
Let them fight.
-from Godzilla
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:24 AM (bss/y)
I kinda don't know who to support here.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 10:24 AM (s8j++)
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 14, 2025 10:20 AM (+vtNx)
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Yeah, that line got very blurred. Guard units were put on a rotational cycle same as active duty.
The big difference is that Guard units don't have all the peacetime rituals, because when they're done, they just go home and (hopefully) back to their civilian job.
When I went to Germany, I found active duty somewhat claustraphobic.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:25 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:26 AM (bss/y)
Let's you and him fight.
Posted by: Popcorn retailers everywhere at June 14, 2025 10:26 AM (lIgBp)
Is "ordered" what he did?
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 10:27 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 10:30 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 14, 2025 10:30 AM (7v6oI)
Posted by: old chick at June 14, 2025 10:31 AM (F3Dlr)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 10:33 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 14, 2025 10:33 AM (akw+7)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 10:21 AM
This one?
https://bit.ly/3HA5QH1
It's simply a link to the search results on X for "Iran leaders fleeing to Russia".
It works for me.
Here is link to Grok response. Take it with a grain of salt, as Grok considers Reuters and Al Jazeera as credible sources:
Grok: https://bit.ly/4njLRwH
No definitive evidence from credible sources, such as Reuters or Al Jazeera, confirms these claims of Iranian leaders fleeing to Russia. The situation remains fluid, with conflicting reports and no official confirmation from Iranian state media or Russian authorities. Given the lack of verified information, these reports should be treated as inconclusive.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 10:33 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 10:34 AM (+qU29)
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That’s totally different though. Local parades that have the military as participants is great. My town has that now as well. 4th of July parade in my town is kicked off with veterans groups as the first floats.
These are not what “the parade” today is though.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:34 AM (YTjJV)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 10:34 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: GWB at June 14, 2025 10:23 AM (NQWij)
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John Adams, I believe - and at the time he wrote, he believed the day would be July 2.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 10:34 AM (6YdsJ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:23 AM (bss/y)
The people or the government? Iran is a Russian ally.
Ukraine is a U.S. ally.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 10:35 AM (/LUn2)
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It starts around 6:30PM EDT. Probably on a variety of channels and YouTube streams.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 10:35 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 10:34 AM (NFX2v)
Or an actual, you know, police officer.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 10:36 AM (/LUn2)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:25 AM (ZOv7s)
Peacetime military is the shitiest military.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 10:36 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:36 AM (6dYPy)
There is no limit to the petty mendacity of the left.
Posted by: Toad-0 at June 14, 2025 10:37 AM (ZSsHR)
Ukraine is a U.S. ally.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 10:35 AM (/LUn2)
I was thinking more of the anti-Semitism.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:37 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 10:37 AM (s8j++)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 10:34 AM (6YdsJ)
And then Jefferson turned in his paper two days late, just to piss off Adams.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 10:37 AM (/LUn2)
There is no limit to the petty mendacity of the left.
Posted by: Toad-0 at June 14, 2025 10:37 AM (ZSsHR)
This.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:38 AM (bss/y)
Happy Birthday, Mother Green
3/61st ADA, 2nd Brigade 3rd Armored Division USAREUR
"Lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way."
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:38 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:39 AM (YTjJV)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 10:37 AM (s8j++)
I think pretty much all news coming out is not trustworthy.
The same people who lie about everything else are providing what is passing for "news."
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 10:39 AM (/LUn2)
Posted by: Accomack at June 14, 2025 09:48 AM (tG1pe)"
A Studebaker Hawk?
Posted by: Toad-0 at June 14, 2025 10:39 AM (ZSsHR)
Impersonating, I think. Just on as breaking news. That and Walz.
"Brown haired White guy."
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 10:39 AM (NFX2v)
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I saw that. Thought it was fake at first. But, no.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 10:40 AM (Q4IgG)
There is no limit to the petty mendacity of the left.
Posted by: Toad-0 at June 14, 2025 10:37 AM (ZSsHR)
This.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:38 AM (bss/y)
I thought Trump's birthday was April 20.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 10:40 AM (/LUn2)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:39 AM (YTjJV)
Sir, I think you are missing the point of the internet.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:40 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 10:34 AM
https://tinyurl.com/mtmpxbx3
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 10:40 AM (lIgBp)
Once upon a time I was in the Army… and I was not a particularly good soldier and I hated every second of it… BUT, I’m glad I got that experience; it was valuable in many ways not the least of which is it makes me very cautious about supporting military actions (only when necessary)
I will grudgingly admit I look back at a few moments with fondness
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 14, 2025 10:41 AM (ZtAny)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 10:41 AM (KhjS7)
Sir, I think you are missing the point of the internet.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:40 AM (bss/y)
Porn and memes?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:41 AM (YTjJV)
"Brown haired White guy."
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 10:39 AM (NFX2v)
Yeah, I know that's what they're saying. I'm just saying, Minniesomalia hasn't exactly been good to their cops lately.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 10:41 AM (/LUn2)
How do you feel about large, civilian airshows that almost always have a large component of fully combat capable military aircraft on static display with either the Blue Angels or Thunderbirds performing as the signature event?
Do those give you the icks, too?
Posted by: one hour sober at June 14, 2025 10:41 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 10:44 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: old chick
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You too.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:44 AM (6dYPy)
Posted by: Javems at June 14, 2025 10:44 AM (8I4hW)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:41 AM (YTjJV)
Yes.
but also running and riffing on speculation and rumor.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:45 AM (bss/y)
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That’s totally different though. Local parades that have the military as participants is great. My town has that now as well. 4th of July parade in my town is kicked off with veterans groups as the first floats.
These are not what “the parade” today is though.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:34 AM (YTjJV)
Then, what, exactly does this parade represent to you? I talk to my fellow vets and they're proud this is taking place. No qualms at all. In fact, my son's friends (in their early 40's) who also served are very much in favor.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 14, 2025 10:45 AM (5xuJ/)
Do those give you the icks, too?
Posted by: one hour sober at June 14, 2025 10:41 AM (Y1sOo)
I’ve always thought those were just marketing campaigns. Ick? No.
But again those shows are local events. They’re not massive DC things with potus overseeing them with genetals at his side.
This is the problem with everything politics. It has to be black or white. Either you support the parade or you hate the military and everyone who has ever served. Why can’t there be a shade of gray in there? A shade where I can support the military, be grateful for everyone who served, enjoy 4th of July town parade with military participants….BUT… not be all that thrilled with a massive DC parade.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:46 AM (YTjJV)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 10:09 AM (ZOv7s)
yikes
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 10:47 AM (CQE5S)
Do those give you the icks, too?"
Now do Fleet Week.
Posted by: The United States Navy at June 14, 2025 10:47 AM (lIgBp)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:47 AM (bss/y)
$45 million. USAID spent $45 million a year on dental programs for guinea pigs on Bora Bora.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 10:47 AM (fab8c)
I've always looked forward to your comments and feel educated by them.
I'm glad you feel well enough to check in.
Posted by: Wenda at June 14, 2025 10:47 AM (A65Zh)
When this is a twice yearly thing as it was in the USSR, we’ll talk. I have no problem with this parade. And we could use two more this year: on October 13 and November 10 (for the USN and USMC). These events are rare in this country and this is a great chance for the military to show the people it defends the hardware and people the taxes go to pay for. And it just might help with recruitment.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 10:47 AM (vm8sq)
Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 10:47 AM (jc0TO)
Fun day.
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 10:48 AM (AOsQT)
Do those give you the icks, too?"
Now do Fleet Week.
Posted by: The United States Navy
Ick.
Posted by: Local Hookers
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 10:48 AM (fab8c)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 10:47 AM (fab8c)
Gotta make sure they have good teeth. Gingivitis might lead to dementia, I saw this week.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 10:48 AM (bss/y)
They both apparently crossed the aisle to support the repeal of free healthcare for illegals. Is that why they were targeted? Who knows...but the suspect is still at large and unknown, so til he's identified, we don't know much...
Posted by: Nova Local at June 14, 2025 10:48 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: The United States Navy
"I got sore the last time I did." -Pete Buttigieg.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 14, 2025 10:48 AM (7xrfc)
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It starts around 6:30PM EDT. Probably on a variety of channels and YouTube streams.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 10:35
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NewsMax is starting coverage 5p Central.
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 10:49 AM (BwZyW)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 14, 2025 10:50 AM (a1415)
Ususlly in some TDY locale so different strippers to woo.
Posted by: Reforger at June 14, 2025 10:50 AM (E8aDl)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:51 AM (6dYPy)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 10:51 AM (RIvkX)
Another bit of food for thought: of those veterans, and those currently in right now, how many are doing so because it is the family business? I went in due to no small part of the fact that my father was in the Army. (Back in the day Ramstein AB and Rhein-Main AB more or less did recruiting work for free as I got to see what the AF was all about before I joined them some years later.)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 10:51 AM (vm8sq)
Posted by: Accomack at June 14, 2025 09:48 AM (tG1pe)"
A Studebaker Hawk?
Posted by: Toad-0 at June 14, 2025 10:39 AM
ISWYDT
Posted by: Billy at June 14, 2025 10:51 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: one hour sober at June 14, 2025 10:51 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 10:47 AM (vm8sq)
Frankly, I always thought those Soviet and North Korean parades were cool looking. With those huge paper machete rockets, and chick soldiers in skirts....
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 10:52 AM (vF3jY)
Well, many illegals have no health for which to care. And no matter the laws passed, nothing is free.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 10:52 AM (vm8sq)
We are not the same.
Posted by: Reforger at June 14, 2025 10:17 AM (E8aDl)
Tell that to the many reservists who retired with more than twenty years active duty, much of it deployed to actual wars. And some on this blog. Just an observation.
Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 10:52 AM (LHPAg)
One of the biggest loses around here since the lockdowns is the air show they used to run out of Quonset. They would bring all sorts of military aircraft including the Blue Angels and paratroopers and they would scream up and down the bay. It was glorious.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 10:53 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Grammatical nutritionist at June 14, 2025 10:53 AM (lIgBp)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 10:51 AM (RIvkX)
In that case, now I think it must be fake.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 10:53 AM (vF3jY)
Posted by: old chick at June 14, 2025 10:53 AM (F3Dlr)
Let's you and him fight.
Posted by: Popcorn retailers
They've now united to resist your patriarchal pronouns.
Posted by: Auspex at June 14, 2025 10:54 AM (j4U/Z)
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Home of the Hut?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 10:54 AM (6YdsJ)
Is Trump doing this? No. I think he genuinely wanted to do this to celebrate the Army’s history. However it also comes across as “look how tough we are”. When I first heard about it that was my first reaction, without even knowing it was his birthday (which is a realllly retarded reason to oppose it by the way).
That’s why I’m not super happy with it. Doesn’t mean I will be burning my city down to protest. Doesn’t mean I hate veterans. Doesn’t mean I hate current members of the military. Doesn’t mean I’m a communist. Doesn’t mean I hate America.
I just think it’s a bad look. That’s all.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:54 AM (YTjJV)
MN lawmaker, husband killed in 'targeted attack.'
Suspect is still free.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 10:54 AM (NFX2v)
They both apparently crossed the aisle to support the repeal of free healthcare for illegals. Is that why they were targeted? Who knows...but the suspect is still at large and unknown, so til he's identified, we don't know much...
Posted by: Nova Local
The LARP'ers are really wanting a shooting war. It be won't turn out like they think it will.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 10:55 AM (fab8c)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 10:55 AM (DSNOc)
>>@Rightanglenews
>>BREAKING - President Trump’s administration has informed the judge who ordered the release of college riot organizer Mahmoud Khalil that they will not comply.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 10:55 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 10:55 AM (NFX2v)
It's the Army's 250th birthday. Let 'em party.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 10:56 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 10:56 AM (fab8c)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 14, 2025 10:56 AM (WJz/2)
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 10:52 AM (vF3jY)
I did too, until I read A Quick and Dirty Guide To War, by Dunnigan and Bay, which has no small amount of sarcasm. On those parades, they said, paraphrasing, the missiles in Red Square look great on TV but is in fact a very bad way to carry a missile if your intent is to shoot it.
(When deployed I told a fellow officer this when he asked why I went with a thigh holster instead of the cheap over the shoulder ones whoch had the M9 facing rearward: is your aim to look cool, or to use the M9 if called upon?)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 10:56 AM (vm8sq)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 10:57 AM (DSNOc)
Yep. And the Seabees. Fittingly enough, there is a museum at Quonset for the Seabees and it is mainly housed in Quonset huts.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 10:57 AM (viF8m)
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Home of the Hut?
Posted by: Captain Obvious
Quonset the Pizza Hut.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 10:57 AM (fab8c)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 10:58 AM (ymNCe)
Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 10:52 AM (LHPAg)
I think I did. Still not the same.
Posted by: Reforger at June 14, 2025 10:58 AM (E8aDl)
Posted by: L - No nic
*********
I agree that this might turn out to be a domestic thing. One male and one female victim. Cuckolded husband found out they were knocking boots. Shoots one, drives 8 miles to the house of the other. Shoots again.
Just speculating. First impressions. 72 hour rule. etc.
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 10:58 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 10:55 AM (viF8m)
What's he being held for?
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 10:58 AM (vF3jY)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 10:58 AM (6dYPy)
https://is.gd/C6pXU5
@IngrahamAngle
This is Walton's megayacht - named KAOS.
[image]
==
Can we start a )(%# (payment on delivery) *fund* for Poo Tin to start collecting these megayachts? or will OrangeManBad authorize marque & reprisal???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2025 10:59 AM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 10:59 AM (DLqye)
Is Trump doing this? No. I think he genuinely wanted to do this to celebrate the Army’s history. However it also comes across as “look how tough we are”. When I first heard about it that was my first reaction, without even knowing it was his birthday (which is a realllly retarded reason to oppose it by the way).
That’s why I’m not super happy with it. Doesn’t mean I will be burning my city down to protest. Doesn’t mean I hate veterans. Doesn’t mean I hate current members of the military. Doesn’t mean I’m a communist. Doesn’t mean I hate America.
I just think it’s a bad look. That’s all.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:54 AM (YTjJV)
I get what you’re saying but today IS the 250th anniversary of the Army and this isn’t the constant thing it is for dictatorships.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 10:59 AM (vm8sq)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 10:59 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:00 AM (6dYPy)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 11:00 AM (ymNCe)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 10:59 AM (DLqye)
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
Posted by: Plato at June 14, 2025 11:00 AM (vm8sq)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:00 AM (DSNOc)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 14, 2025 11:00 AM (akw+7)
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 11:00 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 10:59 AM (viF8m)
Spreading misinformation and disinformation.
Sounds bad.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:01 AM (vF3jY)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 10:59 AM (DLqye)
'Natural state'?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 11:01 AM (bss/y)
Where's Agent 86?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:00 AM (DSNOc)
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Killing As an Organized Sport
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 11:01 AM (6YdsJ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:00 AM (6dYPy)
That's what they said about the J6ers too.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:02 AM (vF3jY)
This is horrible, and we condemn this awful violence. This unhinged individual -- still on the loose -- was reportedly dressed as a police officer, and shot both the representatives and their spouses. We are praying for their families.
Election Wizard @ElectionWiz
BREAKING: Minnesota Senator John Hoffman (D) and State Rep. Melissa Hortman (D) have been shot at their homes. Condition unknown - KMSP/KSTP
Hortman recently supported repealing healthcare benefits for illegal aliens.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 14, 2025 11:02 AM (P5BPp)
Yep. And the Seabees. Fittingly enough, there is a museum at Quonset for the Seabees and it is mainly housed in Quonset huts.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 10:57 AM (viF8m)
about 15 years ago I lived across the street from a guy who had to be the oldest living seabee when he died - he lived to age 102, and he had joined the seabees when he was 40, after a construction career. Fascinating old guy.
we had a really in depth conversation once, I was wondering why he was talking to me like he knew me, and then I realized he thought I was some relative who had quit coming to see him and who he had missed. I played the part, since it made him so happy.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 11:03 AM (uWKK8)
Posted by: Ben Had
***********
default?
baseline?
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 11:03 AM (/iMjX)
John Hoffman and his wife are out of surgery, per reports. Both were shot multiple times. Melissa Hoffman and her spouse's conditions are unknown at this time.
Posted by: old chick at June 14, 2025 11:03 AM (F3Dlr)
Posted by: Mayor Pete at June 14, 2025 11:03 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Ben Had
Normal.
War is the normal condition of humanity. Been that way sing Og wanted Ug's woman & cave.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 11:04 AM (fab8c)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 11:04 AM (bss/y)
- Immanuel Kant
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 11:05 AM (viF8m)
Where's Agent 86?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2025 11:00 AM (DSNOc)
That’s a radio station.
Posted by: Roger Waters at June 14, 2025 11:05 AM (vm8sq)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 11:04 AM (fab8c)
I mean, have you seen the size of her boobs? And that cave!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 11:05 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2025 11:05 AM (DLqye)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:54 AM (YTjJV)
I get what you’re saying but today IS the 250th anniversary of the Army and this isn’t the constant thing it is for dictatorships.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 10:59 AM (vm8sq)
What various men think about this parade is a pretty accurate testosterone level test. For women it's simply a Patriotism test.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 11:05 AM (uWKK8)
we had a really in depth conversation once, I was wondering why he was talking to me like he knew me, and then I realized he thought I was some relative who had quit coming to see him and who he had missed. I played the part, since it made him so happy.
Posted by: Tom Servo
My uncle was a SeaBee. We he got out, he went to work on the locks & dams on the Mississippi River.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 11:06 AM (fab8c)
Posted by: JackStraw
Ward Cleaver was a Seabee. Hugh Beaumont, IRL, was a CO and served as a medic during WW II.
Posted by: Life In Mayfield at June 14, 2025 11:06 AM (G5+As)
Parades are part of history and American history. They are as American as Apple Pie and to have a parade with out the military represented should not be considered.
Put the mounted cops in for bunting.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:06 AM (6dYPy)
>>Sounds bad.
And, you know, starting fucking riots and directing violence against Jews.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 11:06 AM (viF8m)
Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed this morning in what appears to be a "politically motivated assassination".
https://tinyurl.com/2c82nne2
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 11:06 AM (lIgBp)
Posted by: Vegetius at June 14, 2025 11:06 AM (vm8sq)
A judge said nah bruh I’ll be the Sec of State from
Now on and said he can’t be deported. Even though the law clearly and unambiguously says it is the SoS who makes this decision.
Trump is telling the judge, bitch fuck off I didn’t nominate you as Sec of State.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 11:07 AM (YTjJV)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 11:07 AM (bss/y)
First we had the junior D senator from CA doing a staged martyrdom thing in the Homeland Security Secretary's presser, then came Israel bombing Iran, followed within hours by Trump doing the parade to end all parades, and now we get this.
Anybody remember the ICE riots?
How can NoKings gain any traction with their side outed as murdering assassins masquerading as cops?
Who's writing this script?
Posted by: Mr Gaga at June 14, 2025 11:07 AM (zeLd4)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 11:06 AM (viF8m)
Just like J6.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:07 AM (vF3jY)
Posted by: Vegetius at June 14, 2025 11:06 AM (vm8sq)
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I've always seen that as, "Si vis pacem, para bellum."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 11:08 AM (6YdsJ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 11:08 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
Can we assume your hair is un-immolated?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 11:08 AM (s8j++)
No, nothing at all like J6. There were no people associated with designated foreign terrorist groups at the Capitol on J6. And as best I can tell none of them were here on a student visa which requires you to list any and all potential affiliations with enemies of the US.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 11:09 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 11:04 AM (fab8c)
I mean, have you seen the size of her boobs? And that cave!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 11:05 AM (bss/y)
Troglodyte from 1972 - Best Video!
https://tinyurl.com/mer2c374
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 11:09 AM (uWKK8)
I think this guy, who I couldn't pick out of a lineup, is actually the Senior Senator from California.
Posted by: toby928 at June 14, 2025 11:10 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:54 AM (YTjJV)
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This is where you are wrong. The Soviets and dictators didn't invent these parades, they were *imitating* the ones held in civilized nations, like the United States.
The parades were an effort to look legitimate, but that was because all the First World nations had them as well. At the end of the Civil War, the Grand Army of the Republic marched through Washington for three whole days.
Victory parades were the norm, and on special days the troops would come out just as they are doing today. We got away from that because the counterculture reviles the military and parades make people proud of it.
So the "ick" factor you have is because you (and a lot of other people) are so alienated from traditional Americana that you actually associate it with Idi Amin rather than George Washington. You have it precisely backwards.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:10 AM (ZOv7s)
Parades are part of history and American history. They are as American as Apple Pie and to have a parade with out the military represented should not be considered.
Put the mounted cops in for bunting.
Posted by: Braenyard
Call out the Shriners and their little go carts.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 11:10 AM (fab8c)
In case you didn't know, the midwest has a long tradition of parades with every police vehicle, fire truck, ambulance and all publicly-owned vehicles on display for parades with lights flashing and sirens blaring.
I find it reassuring to see where our tax money is being spent.
Posted by: mustbequantum at June 14, 2025 11:11 AM (RqH5H)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 14, 2025 11:12 AM (1m82a)
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Bet:
Hit man. They had information that would lead to the arrest and conviction of a Clinton.
Any takers?
Posted by: Simplemind at June 14, 2025 11:12 AM (YrUlT)
Most humans find it very difficult to kill another human, and need affirmation from their countrymen that they are not monsters for killing.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2025 11:13 AM (s8j++)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 14, 2025 11:10 AM (fab8c)
https://tinyurl.com/yc4rje5v
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 11:13 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 10:51 AM (RIvkX)
In that case, now I think it must be fake.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 10:53 AM (vF3jY)
And an op. And ghey.
Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 11:13 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:10 AM (ZOv7s)
Times change. In modern times those parades are associated with the bad guys.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 11:13 AM (YTjJV)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 09:49 AM (RIvkX)
Good point.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 09:52 AM (g8Ew
Which is why when the draft ended there became so much reliance on the Reserves and NG.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 11:13 AM (vm8sq)
Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed this morning in what appears to be a "politically motivated assassination".
https://tinyurl.com/2c82nne2
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 11:06 AM (lIgBp)
oh that's tragic, he murdered her husband as well.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 11:14 AM (uWKK8)
Intersectionaly isn't what they think it is
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 11:14 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 11:09 AM (viF8m)
So more like pro-lifers praying in front of abortion clinics.
Got it.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:14 AM (vF3jY)
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 11:14 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 11:13 AM (YTjJV)
only in the minds of femboys, tranny's, and mental defectives.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 11:15 AM (uWKK8)
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 11:14 AM (/iMjX)
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And 110 cornets close at hand.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 11:15 AM (6YdsJ)
Now do Fleet Week.
Posted by: The United States Navy
Ick.
Posted by: Local Hookers
With genetals by his side.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2025 11:15 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 11:15 AM (KhjS7)
>>Got it.
No you don't. Either intentionally or worse unintentionally you definitely don't get it.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 11:16 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 11:14 AM (/iMjX)
Who ordered these 110 cornets?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 14, 2025 11:16 AM (bss/y)
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Hippies ruined America.
Posted by: Simplemind at June 14, 2025 11:16 AM (YrUlT)
Posted by: Mr Gaga at June 14, 2025 11:16 AM (zeLd4)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 14, 2025 11:17 AM (/iXAp)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2025 11:17 AM (6YdsJ)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 11:16 AM (viF8m)
I get it perfectly, Jack.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:17 AM (vF3jY)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 14, 2025 11:17 AM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 11:13 AM (YTjJV)
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Who pushed that change? Is it healthy for society to loathe its military and regard martial displays as distasteful?
Would you prefer rainbow flags and draq queens, because that is the alternative.
All societies require civic celebrations. Which do you choose?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 11:17 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 11:18 AM (KhjS7)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 11:19 AM (KhjS7)
Especially since troops were needed for the "Monica" bombings in Kosovo during Bill's impeachment hearings.
Posted by: ju at June 14, 2025 11:20 AM (vgX6l)
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Only people that make that association are Democrats and communists.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 11:22 AM (6dYPy)
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Especially since troops were needed for the "Monica" bombings in Kosovo during Bill's impeachment hearings.
Posted by: ju at June 14, 2025 11:20 AM (vgX6l)
If I recall, Rush attributed the planes comment to actor, Ron Silver.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 14, 2025 11:22 AM (vF3jY)
Why is it so hard to distinguish between the two?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 11:22 AM (YTjJV)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 11:22 AM (lIgBp)
But Walz of course wants you to think their Right wing opponents are now trying to kill Leftists
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 11:24 AM (+qU29)
Thanks for the contributions and comments.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 11:24 AM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Ben Had
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default?
baseline?
Historical norm?
Posted by: Oddbob at June 14, 2025 11:25 AM (/y8xj)
Enjoy the city burnings
Enjoy the interesting times.
Gonna be a hell of a day. I’ll be on my boat away from the stupidity. Hopefully way I come back home it’s still standing and has t been taxed. Lol.
Have a great Saturday everyone.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 11:26 AM (YTjJV)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:54 AM (YTjJV)
It's a good look for a nation that should be prepping for war, 'cause it's coming either outside or inside our borders.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 11:26 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2025 11:24 AM (W/lyH)
thank you for this post. Really sums up what I've thought about this parade. Those of us who served love to see a positive light shone on service.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 11:28 AM (0aYVJ)
I get it perfectly, Jack
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If that were true you would have compared them to pro lifers who use violent means. Fire. Bombs to destroy clinics. This guy was organizing destructive acts and violence against Jewish students. I accept free speech. I do not accept violence. You really shouldn't shoot abotionists. One of the worst abotionists of all time, who by his own admission killed a small city worth of babies, converted and became one of the most effective anti abortion activists of all time. Two wrongs don't make a right.
Posted by: Simplemind at June 14, 2025 11:30 AM (YrUlT)
Posted by: Toad-0 at June 14, 2025 11:33 AM (ZSsHR)
"Rush’s monologue about Barack Obama’s interview. Do you remember what Obama bragged about being good at killing people?...I think it was in Rolling Stone where he was talking about droning people and it turned out he was really good at this." (killing thing)
Barry is just magical...no wonder he's a Kang wid he's oun perade!
Posted by: ju at June 14, 2025 11:36 AM (vgX6l)
Posted by: Stacy0311 at June 14, 2025 11:37 AM (gwujb)
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 11:43 AM (AOsQT)
I drove 8 miles to sho0ot my wife sounds like a country song.
Like so:
*strums guitar*
I drove 8 miles to shoot my wife
Cuz she'd been messin' around
I never drove 8 miles for nuthin'
Never one day of my life
I'll drive 1 mile for a glass of beer
I'll drive 2 miles for a 6 pack here
For a brand new pick-up, maybe four
Or some red hot pussy, but not one mile more
So you gotta know i was really mad
And wanted to shoot my woman bad
I drove 8 miles to shoot my darlin'
Cuz she'd been messin' around
Posted by: naturalfake at June 14, 2025 11:45 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 11:47 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 11:50 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 14, 2025 10:54 AM (YTjJV)
so you say the US military must be cowed and submissive, never allowed to celebrate and never ever allowed to have a parade because it might convince young men to enlist.
Oh, wait, no. Unlike you I think this is all a good thing.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:53 AM (D7oie)
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Posted by: naturalfake at June 14, 2025 11:45 AM (iJfKG)
It has been done, in a way - Bluegrass
Steeldrivers, If It Hadn't Been For Love
youtu.be/YSzlV6VNqI4?
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:56 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2025 11:56 AM (D7oie)
You don't compare exceptions to the rule to the rule unless you're Jonah Goldberg or a similar cuck.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 12:10 PM (VofaG)
Renamed "End of War in the Pacific Day" by Bill Clinton for the 50th Anniversary Parade in Hawaii.
A lot of parading for that. I didin't go to the parade that was in town (Clinton had review stands built for that). I think it was more elike a typical big city 'hometown' parade with HS bands, floats, veteran groups, etc.
I had to do the separate military parade. I think he had litterally every single member of the military on Oahu march past his review stand including Coast Guard and NOAA. Literally an all fucking tropical day in the sun production for those in the parade.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 12:14 PM (/lPRQ)
I would not rule out a Reichstag scenario either.
Admittedly my comments are just internet conjecture .
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2025 12:18 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Moshe Ben Avram at June 14, 2025 01:51 PM (z6ixq)
Posted by: Rick554 at June 14, 2025 02:29 PM (39uzn)
HOOAH!
Posted by: sfcmac at June 14, 2025 09:26 PM (n6vjq)
Posted by: Nemo at June 14, 2025 09:45 PM (4RPgu)
Posted by: Pete B at June 14, 2025 10:41 PM (mNCNl)
Posted by: Malcolm at June 14, 2025 11:52 PM (vfjNr)
Posted by: Art at June 15, 2025 09:08 AM (gSnZg)
Yo Army, Marine Corps here. Don't be shy. You swore an oath to defend the Constitution, and you volunteered to put your life on the line to uphold that oath. You had no say in where you were sent, or if you were sent at all. They shouldn't be granted Honor for choices they didn't make, neither should you be denied Honor for the choices that were out of your control. You're a Veteran. Period. There is no higher status.
And happy birthday Army
Posted by: Fenrisulven at June 15, 2025 03:05 PM (ciYHQ)
The Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival
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3) No. Don't even think about it. No. No running with sharp objects.
4) Have a nice weekend!
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Molly k. at June 14, 2025 08:10 AM (j/yko)
Posted by: Molly k. at June 14, 2025 08:11 AM (j/yko)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 08:13 AM (KhjS7)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 14, 2025 08:13 AM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 08:14 AM (KhjS7)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 14, 2025 08:16 AM (sRoQh)
You can't lie to yourself anymore
In the cold grey light of dawn
You can't hide the truth
Hide the truth anymore
Blue Oyster Cult
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 14, 2025 08:18 AM (sRoQh)
I seem to think the crown is a rip off of some skater appearl from the 90s? Or a band?
It's not original artwork
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 14, 2025 08:18 AM (NwfFc)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 14, 2025 08:19 AM (sRoQh)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 08:20 AM (vjL8G)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 14, 2025 08:21 AM (sRoQh)
Praying for the freedom of our fellow citizens from the powers of darkness and darkened hearts. For them to know the truth and for that to set them free.
Posted by: H at June 14, 2025 08:23 AM (2gjbv)
Posted by: My Little Swedish Meatballs at June 14, 2025 08:23 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 08:23 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: one hour sober at June 14, 2025 08:23 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 08:24 AM (2GCMq)
Posted by: one hour sober at June 14, 2025 08:23 AM (Y1sOo)
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It's best to get there a half hour early while there are still some bricks left.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 14, 2025 08:25 AM (hY4dx)
Evidently, since it is the original source, that would make it easier to attack and perhaps kill the other tumors.
Thanks so much for the prayers.
Posted by: MkY at June 14, 2025 08:26 AM (cPGH3)
This is a hard one to remember. So I'm glad you've reminded us!
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:26 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:27 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:27 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Caffiend at June 14, 2025 08:27 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 08:28 AM (KhjS7)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at June 14, 2025 08:28 AM (dR6yv)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 14, 2025 08:21 AM (sRoQh)
Keeps them occupied--as it were.
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:29 AM (CQE5S)
As I work on that, it eases so many small worries that I have.
Posted by: MkY at June 14, 2025 08:29 AM (cPGH3)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at June 14, 2025 08:29 AM (SfhV1)
But it was funny that a picture showed her put in that very last seat in the back, the ones that don’t recline at all.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:30 AM (e15Ap)
Posted by: dantesed at June 14, 2025 08:30 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 08:30 AM (KhjS7)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 08:31 AM (KhjS7)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 08:31 AM (g8Ew8)
And may every piece of drywall my son and I hang today, fit perfectly and line up with the studs.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 14, 2025 08:31 AM (8AONa)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:30 AM (e15Ap)
hahahahaha
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:31 AM (CQE5S)
Go away.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 14, 2025 08:32 AM (hY4dx)
Posted by: dantesed at June 14, 2025 08:30 AM (Oy/m2)
Maybe it's cofveve?
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:32 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 14, 2025 08:32 AM (3Ope8)
Staying home today instead of going to Aikido. The leg is not happy with me right now and more importantly, we have two guest dogs arriving at some point.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 14, 2025 08:33 AM (7xrfc)
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Too many businesses spend too much time on cute and too little on products and services.
So I'm just the opposite, I avoid places with catchy names.
Posted by: From about That Time at June 14, 2025 08:34 AM (n4GiU)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 14, 2025 08:32 AM (3Ope
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For you maybe.
Posted by: Iran's Newest Chief of Staff at June 14, 2025 08:34 AM (hY4dx)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 14, 2025 08:35 AM (Splbu)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 14, 2025 08:32 AM (3Ope
Sounds like a nice headstart on Father's Day.
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:35 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: From about That Time at June 14, 2025 08:35 AM (n4GiU)
I hope the riots in Chicago don't put the kibosh on The Pope Bob Show.
Posted by: one hour sober at June 14, 2025 08:35 AM (Y1sOo)
" I don't feel like a king. I have to go through hell to get stuff done " Trump said on Thursday . " We're ( I assume that means his administration ) not a king at all, thank you very much"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 08:36 AM (vjL8G)
Is it "Mossad", or "The Mossad"?
Or is it like FBI and The FBI where it can be either?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 14, 2025 08:37 AM (jeWRt)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 08:37 AM (QnmlO)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 08:36 AM (vjL8G)
His trolling is getting more subtle...
Using the Royal We to deny being a king....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 14, 2025 08:38 AM (jeWRt)
No sunrise today. Gloomy and wet. Probably for the next 5 or 6 days too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 08:38 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Isn't it "Satisfaction guaranteed, or double your money back?"
Posted by: MkY at June 14, 2025 08:38 AM (cPGH3)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 08:31 AM (g8Ew
LA
Chicago
NYC
Dallas
Portland
DC
I'm keeping a list!
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:39 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: From about That Time at June 14, 2025 08:39 AM (n4GiU)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 08:39 AM (KhjS7)
Posted by: Ciampino - have fun at June 14, 2025 08:40 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: MkY at June 14, 2025 08:38 AM (cPGH3)
"Do you have a moneyback?"
"No."
"Do you.... know where to get a moneyback?"
"No...."
"Then shaddap!"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 14, 2025 08:40 AM (jeWRt)
I'd heard of "We are not amused" by Queen Victoria but it hadn't occurred to me that Trump might be trolling. Thanks
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 08:40 AM (vjL8G)
Falsely implying that illegal entry is not a crime.
But Trump is now also charging them with failure to register as there is an ignored law that requires all persons who enter to provide fingerprints.
Lol
Oh, and the illegal alien rioters are all getting a stack of charges, lol
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 14, 2025 08:41 AM (NwfFc)
Is it "Mossad", or "The Mossad"?
Or is it like FBI and The FBI where it can be either?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 14, 2025 08:37 AM (jeWRt)
Not dumb. I don't know. Maybe look here?
(p.s. Your hash!)
https://nitter.net/mossadil
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:41 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 14, 2025 08:41 AM (x2CMu)
Prayers of thanksgiving for all those here and elsewhere in my life for the thoughts and prayers as I progress through my chemo. This has really lifted me up and I know deep in heart that I couldn't get through this without you and God's Grace . Side effects have been minimal, thankfully. 8 weekly treatments to go.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 14, 2025 08:41 AM (7v6oI)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 08:42 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at June 14, 2025 08:42 AM (7NkZG)
(p.s. Your hash!)
https://nitter.net/mossadil
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:41 AM (CQE5S)
Ha! Router must have reset. I love it. So timely.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 14, 2025 08:43 AM (jeWRt)
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 14, 2025 08:41 AM (x2CMu)
pussy hats is still in the running
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:43 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Ciampino - will probably have to be demolished at June 14, 2025 08:43 AM (sPQoU)
I guarantee you that by the time they reached the border that this entire marching through the desert in mid-June thing would’ve turned into a terrible idea.
Once your lips start peeling and you’re seeing mirages in the distance followed by getting dehydrated as a mummy in a museum in Cairo, it no longer seems all that romantic, much less fun.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 08:43 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:43 AM (e15Ap)
I didn't know you were going through that. Kick cancer's ass. You go it.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 08:43 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:45 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 14, 2025 08:45 AM (x2CMu)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
May I help you?
Posted by: G. Greyson Grey at June 14, 2025 08:45 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 14, 2025 08:41 AM (x2CMu)
pussy hats is still in the running
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:43 AM (CQE5S)
... and the handmaids cosplaying.
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:45 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 14, 2025 08:45 AM (x2CMu)
They make up for it in volume.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 14, 2025 08:45 AM (jeWRt)
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 14, 2025 08:45 AM (x2CMu)
They make up for it in volume.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 14, 2025 08:45 AM (jeWRt)
hahahahahahahahahaha
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:46 AM (CQE5S)
All non-US citizens need to go at this point. May need the Army and not just the Marines to make it happen. City by city, house by house. They all have to leave.
Posted by: Diabeetus at June 14, 2025 08:47 AM (SawFp)
I guarantee you that by the time they reached the border that this entire marching through the desert in mid-June thing would’ve turned into a terrible idea.
Once your lips start peeling and you’re seeing mirages in the distance followed by getting dehydrated as a mummy in a museum in Cairo, it no longer seems all that romantic, much less fun.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 08:43 AM (6ydKt)
They couldn't possibly have carried enough water to stay hydrated. They are stupid.
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:48 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at June 14, 2025 08:48 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 08:42 AM (+qU29)
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Skip, my condolences.
Posted by: Ciampino - if I get to 80 I'll be thrilled at June 14, 2025 08:48 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at June 14, 2025 08:49 AM (dR6yv)
Posted by: dantesed at June 14, 2025 08:49 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Cybersmythe at June 14, 2025 08:49 AM (/qVWn)
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:45 AM (CQE5S)
Oh yeah. What a shame for that place. Used to be a rock-solid American city.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 08:49 AM (g8Ew8)
If Obama had made himself King Barack in 2009, they’d still be defending him as he ran the country into the dirt.
They only pretend to not like power when they aren’t holding any.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 08:49 AM (6ydKt)
Trump: “there might be some progress in our talks with Iran, some of the hardliners on their side aren’t coming back now.”
Reporter: “Do you mean because Israel took them out?”
Trump: “well they didn’t die from Covid.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:49 AM (e15Ap)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 08:50 AM (+qU29)
13 “ Help us, God our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for your name’s sake.”
Psalm 79:9
Posted by: Marcus T at June 14, 2025 06:58 AM (xYmv5)
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:50 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 14, 2025 08:50 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:51 AM (e15Ap)
I'm here at my desktop with the last of my early morning pot of java, nuked in the microwave and sweetened. Dawdling a little before going out in the dispiriting heat -- groceries, probably, and maybe a stop at a coffee shop for a pastry.
The Killer Kittenz From Outer Space are doing well. Little Dagny in particular was dashing around after breakfast, playing with the wire Cat Dancer toy I bought for Arizona the red tabby many years ago and handed down to each cat since.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 08:52 AM (omVj0)
GL es 73!
Posted by: PabloD at June 14, 2025 08:52 AM (TgNVd)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 14, 2025 08:52 AM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at June 14, 2025 08:53 AM (lFFaq)
Coffee awaits.
Morning, Horde.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 14, 2025 08:53 AM (q3u5l)
Prayers up for all of you who need it.
Posted by: Diabeetus at June 14, 2025 08:53 AM (SawFp)
They don't appear to be affiliated with No Kings.
Attempting to disrupt the events in D.C. seems ill advised. But these people be stupid.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 08:53 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: My Little Swedish Meatballs at June 14, 2025 08:23 AM
Hey, at least the little bastage was from there!
Posted by: Roman Moroni at June 14, 2025 08:54 AM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Cybersmythe at June 14, 2025 08:49 AM (/qVWn)
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Felicitations!
Posted by: Ciampino - didn't make 50th anniv at June 14, 2025 08:55 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: dantesed at June 14, 2025 08:55 AM (Oy/m2)
https://tinyurl.com/mpz648p8
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 08:56 AM (M7AGR)
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:57 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 08:57 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 14, 2025 08:53 AM (q3u5l)
Pretty much the same.
They probably paid $50,000 for that logo and the firm that did it took two hours to find the crown clipart and then two days figuring out which font looked the coolest for the No Kings part.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 08:57 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 08:58 AM (lIgBp)
Posted by: screaming in digital at June 14, 2025 08:58 AM (DnMuk)
On that depressing note (yeah, I'm a f***ing ray of sunshine, or so I've been told), I'm going to get some more coffee and get ready to go hiking.
Posted by: PabloD at June 14, 2025 08:59 AM (Dsfkc)
They did an actual skit titled "No More Kings."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 09:00 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: dantesed at June 14, 2025 08:55 AM (Oy/m2)
"The name Beata finds its origins in Latin, where it stems from the word beatus meaning blessed."
bay OTT uh (or something like that)
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 09:00 AM (CQE5S)
For example, the main airport in Tehran was hit hard yesterday, but ONLY those buildings which were hangars for almost all of their remaining MiG 29’s and SU-24’s. The Israelis may also have taken out the last of their F-4’s and F-14’s. (And thus does the glorious Tomcat at long last pass completely out of operational history)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:00 AM (e15Ap)
Posted by: Cybersmythe at June 14, 2025 08:49 AM
Congratulations to you both!
May God grant you many, many happy years!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 14, 2025 09:00 AM (Wnv9h)
Cybersmythe, congratulations to you and the future Mrs. Cybersmythe! That's great news.
Posted by: bluebell at June 14, 2025 09:00 AM (79pEw)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Yep, I was thinking of that as well
https://tinyurl.com/3h2sudvh
Posted by: screaming in digital at June 14, 2025 09:01 AM (DnMuk)
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 09:01 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: dantesed at June 14, 2025 08:55 AM (Oy/m2)
Beata is a girl's name of Latin origin, meaning "blessed" or "happy". It has been used in various European countries, including Poland, Germany, and Sweden.
It’s just a weird name to us.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 09:01 AM (6ydKt)
pronounced BE- OTT or ATT TAY I believe. I went to high school with a girl witn this name. Her parents were from Sweden , and no she's not Greta Thunberg's sister.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 09:01 AM (M7AGR)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 09:02 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 09:02 AM (M7AGR)
a better answer might be to avoid the protest area but driving cars into "hippies' isa favorite maga fantasy. rip heather heyer
They will "kill protesters dead". And the sheriff will make them deputies. And they will reach toward heaven in church Sunday Praising their Lord, the Donald.
All fun and games till they get their windows smashed out and drug out of the car by the crowd. DeSatan doesn't care about the protestors or the MAGATs.
This is inciting violence. As are groups of heavily armed, masked men with no identification trying to break your windows and kidnap you.
These fucks underestimate our non-violence stand. Even with the entire military, we outnumber you. How many Americans are you willing to massacre?
And that protester is carrying a .357 mag and stands his ground.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 14, 2025 09:02 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 14, 2025 09:02 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 09:02 AM (omVj0)
I like it a lot.
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 09:03 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Nancy P. (D-CA) at June 14, 2025 09:03 AM (3fCc4)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 14, 2025 09:03 AM (0nHVk)
Looks around. Guys, does our merch site still have the gift baskets for sale? No, no; not that one. The other one.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 14, 2025 09:04 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 14, 2025 09:02 AM (ycI94)
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Where is the non-violence?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 09:04 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025
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I like it a lot.
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025\
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It looks sort of customized.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 09:04 AM (omVj0)
These fucks underestimate our non-violence stand. Even with the entire military, we outnumber you. How many Americans are you willing to massacre?
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 14, 2025 09:02 AM (ycI94)
wut
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 09:04 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 14, 2025 09:02 AM (ycI94)
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LOL, imagining one of those noodle arms firing a .357 is pretty funny. They'll plant the hammer in their forehead.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 09:05 AM (ZOv7s)
Is that what President Harris told you?
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 09:05 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 09:06 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 09:06 AM (omVj0)
I have been a bit surprised to find that when any Egyptian natives speak of Sadat’s assassination, they universally take it for granted that those who killed him were not lone wolf terrorists at all, but instead were recruited by Egyptian high command to get rid of a leader they’d become sick of.
And then they pretended it was terrorism to the rest of the world. You can call this a conspiracy theory, but it’s accepted as unquestioned fact inside Egypt.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:06 AM (e15Ap)
Is that what President Harris told you?
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 09:05 AM (viF8m)
And what, even, does this mean?
"These fucks underestimate our non-violence stand."
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 09:07 AM (CQE5S)
It didn't go too well for a protester the last time there was an anti-Trump protest held here:
https://tinyurl.com/5n96tyj8
(The driver was found and arrested, but charges were eventually dropped).
Posted by: one hour sober at June 14, 2025 09:07 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: bluebell at June 14, 2025 09:07 AM (79pEw)
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 09:07 AM (AOsQT)
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22m
🚨 BREAKING: A suspect impersonating law enforcement has shot elected officials in Minnesota at their homes.
If you’re an elected official—DO NOT open your door without confirming through your local dispatch for anyone.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 09:07 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 09:08 AM (KhjS7)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at June 14, 2025 09:08 AM (LJPcY)
Imagine being this fucked in the brain.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at June 14, 2025 09:09 AM (dR6yv)
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 09:07 AM (CQE5S)
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This is a coward trying to sound threatening.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 09:09 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: dantesed at June 14, 2025 08:55 AM (Oy/m2)
Beata is a girl's name of Latin origin, meaning "blessed" or "happy". It has been used in various European countries, including Poland, Germany, and Sweden.
It’s just a weird name to us.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 09:01 AM (6ydKt)
Although Beatrice used to be a fairly common name in the US. One of my aunts was named Beatrice.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 09:10 AM (g8Ew8)
It was those darned white supremacists impersonating ICE agents because they're unmarked and maskes kidnapping people! Reeeee!!!
Posted by: Unhinged Radical Leftist at June 14, 2025 09:10 AM (ycI94)
While gays have their 'drag queen' shows, the Subaru drivers have 'drag king' shows.
Where is the sensitivity?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 14, 2025 09:11 AM (3fCc4)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 14, 2025 09:11 AM (3Ope8)
And then they pretended it was terrorism to the rest of the world. You can call this a conspiracy theory, but it’s accepted as unquestioned fact inside Egypt.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:06 AM (e15Ap)
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Well, they live there and know how things work. Nothing is on the up-and-up, so why should the leaders be trusted to be honest?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 09:11 AM (ZOv7s)
If I were to choose a place to send the Palestinians it would be Ireland, just because those assholes deserve them.
Posted by: Tom Servo
~~~~~
https://tinyurl.com/rnnz52cm
https://tinyurl.com/2rfxrtay
https://tinyurl.com/ydb36s9a
https://tinyurl.com/3uj6z8k4
I guess we Americans deserve it too.
Posted by: IrishEi at June 14, 2025 09:11 AM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Your real estate agent at June 14, 2025 09:11 AM (lIgBp)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at June 14, 2025 09:08 AM (LJPcY)
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Prayers for a full recovery, Brother Tim. You're homeless???
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 14, 2025 09:12 AM (qBdHI)
My lady and I are to be married on Monday. I humbly ask for your prayers for the success of the union.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at June 14, 2025 08:49 AM
Every best wish to the both of you. And may your first child be a masculine child.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 09:12 AM (QnmlO)
Posted by: bluebell at June 14, 2025
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As far as I've been able to tell, there's only one here, in the neighborhood just downriver from the French Quarter. There will apparently be a Pride parade in the same area. It'd be interesting if they got all tangled up with each other.
I'm staying on the west bank of the river until, well, maybe tomorrow.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 09:12 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 09:13 AM (KhjS7)
"These fucks underestimate our non-violence stand."
Posted by: m
Lol....that's one of the reasons I chose that comment...I have no idea? Maybe "we're not all that committed to peaceful protest, and are itching for an excuse to fight back? We're not the noodle-armed soy pussies you think we are!!!"
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 14, 2025 09:13 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: Caffiend at June 14, 2025
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Same here, though Cafe Morro (sold at Aldi) is pretty good too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 09:13 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: pawn, one of many at June 14, 2025 09:13 AM (QB+5g)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 14, 2025 09:09 AM (ZOv7s)
Compare and contrast; "These fucks underestimate our non-violence stand."
- DU tuff guy.
“We will kill you graveyard dead.” - Buford T. Hardass, Sheriff.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:13 AM (e15Ap)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 09:14 AM (+qU29)
A big, splashy exhibition of violence would probably not go down the way they think it would. Yet the city government is squarely on their side so expect no recriminations.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 09:14 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: No Bikini Team, Though at June 14, 2025 09:14 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: dantesed at June 14, 2025 09:15 AM (Oy/m2)
Emergency alert: Extreme
BKP PD issuing shelter in place order in 3 mile radius of Edinburgh Golf Course for emergent event. Police are looking for a suspect in multiple targeted shootings who is armed and dangerous. Suspect is white male, brown hair, wearing black body armor over blue shirt and blue pants and may misrepresent himself as law enforcement. Do not approach. Call 911.
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 09:15 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: bluebell
I believe last count had 36+ throughout Iowa, some in very small (and very Red) rural towns. I hope they get identified, shamed, mocked, and run out of town lol. You can go to nokings.org and they have a handy map showing all the protest locations. There are a lot...and they'll all be SOOPER gay.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 14, 2025 09:15 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: dantesed at June 14, 2025
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We're Beatrice!
Posted by: Ad Campaign From 1972 at June 14, 2025 09:16 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 09:16 AM (KhjS7)
A big, splashy exhibition of violence would probably not go down the way they think it would. Yet the city government is squarely on their side so expect no recriminations.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 09:14 AM (Q4IgG)
Carefully edited, it'll look great on the evening news. Police body slamming some poor waif, Grandma crying from tear gas, earnest young humanities grad explaining why Trump sucks, etc.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 09:17 AM (QnmlO)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 08:43 AM (6ydKt)
I would like them to go ahead and have that experience, though, tbh.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 14, 2025 09:17 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: IrishEi at June 14, 2025 09:11 AM (3ImbR)
NYC is flirting with electing a Hamas supporting Muslim. We may have to put up a big wall around Manhattan Island.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:17 AM (e15Ap)
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 09:18 AM (i0F8b)
Posted by: IrishEi at June 14, 2025 09:11 AM (3ImbR)
NYC is flirting with electing a Hamas supporting Muslim. We may have to put up a big wall around Manhattan Island.
Posted by: Tom Servo
I support his election. It's important to have a few examples of far Left failure in the nation to help scare voters in other states into some kind of sense.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 14, 2025 09:18 AM (ycI94)
"These fucks underestimate our non-violence stand."
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 09:07 AM
Forget it...he's rolling.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 14, 2025 09:18 AM (Wnv9h)
I will pray for your healing and recovery. You should be able to find assistance at the hospital as I think they have social workers/liaisons that help with problems like yours.
Posted by: Brunnhilde at June 14, 2025 09:19 AM (3AwA+)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:19 AM (e15Ap)
Every leftist fantasizes about being King and imposing their 'order'.
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 09:18 AM (i0F8b)
Inside every AWFL there's a princess just waiting to emerge.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 09:19 AM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 09:19 AM (KhjS7)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 09:20 AM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 09:20 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: bluebell at June 14, 2025 09:20 AM (79pEw)
Posted by: Lady in Black
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May have buried the lede here...yeah, I've spent most of this year in and out of hotels, but the funds ran dry and I spent six of the last seven nights trying (and largely failing) to sleep in my car. (Local homeless shelter situation is pathetic. I've a tale to tell, another time.)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at June 14, 2025 09:20 AM (7mDFu)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:19 AM (e15Ap)
Do be a do bee.
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 09:21 AM (CQE5S)
I'm staying on the west bank of the river until, well, maybe tomorrow.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 09:12 AM (omVj0)
Find a high spot with a rifle and at least wing a few for us.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 14, 2025 09:21 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Most people at June 14, 2025 09:21 AM (lIgBp)
Today
A slight chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. Light and variable wind becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 09:21 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 09:18 AM (i0F8b)
I don’t want to be a King. But Lord Protector has a nice ring to it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:22 AM (e15Ap)
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 14, 2025 09:02 AM (ycI94)
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Where is the non-violence?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Mostly peaceful violence.
Posted by: whig at June 14, 2025 09:22 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 09:13 AM
Leprechaun out front shoulda told ya'.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 14, 2025 09:22 AM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 09:22 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 09:23 AM (i0F8b)
Looking at the No Kings map they’ve got a few dozen locations across Mexico into Guatemala, Honduras, and Costa Rica and even one protest planned in Bogota, Colombia.
Because Latin Americans protesting against American presidents who think they’re kings is apparently a thing now.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 09:23 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 09:18 AM (i0F8b)
Actually, God.
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 14, 2025 09:23 AM (x2CMu)
Posted by: Brunnhilde at June 14, 2025 09:23 AM (3AwA+)
Posted by: Athanasios Karvelas, AKA Tom Carvel at June 14, 2025 09:24 AM (G5+As)
"During the "Great Reset" once we take back control
we will eradicate all nazi scum from all levers of power and lock them up for the rest of their natural born lives."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 14, 2025 09:24 AM (3fCc4)
We give all praise and glory to You. We know You work Your will in all things. We ask Your guidance for those medical professionals ministering to our sick and suffering brothers and sisters. We ask that You grant mercy and healing to those of us much in need. Use us to advance Your word in this perverse world.
Amen
Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 09:24 AM (LHPAg)
(1866–1943), English writer for children; full name Helen Beatrix Potter. She is known for her series of animal stories, illustrated with her own delicate watercolors, which began with The Tale of Peter Rabbit (first published privately in 1900).
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 09:25 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Monty's Python at June 14, 2025 09:25 AM (lIgBp)
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33m
🚨 BREAKING: A “No Kings” protest has been CANCELED due to lack of planned attendance in Hollywood, Florida.
Posted by: Don Black at June 14, 2025 09:25 AM (AOsQT)
https://tinyurl.com/4uef8s3z
Posted by: Ciampino - will probably have to be demolished at June 14, 2025 08:43 AM (sPQoU)
What type of material are they using on the exteriors that allows the flames to crawl up the sides of the structure?
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 14, 2025 09:25 AM (5xuJ/)
...Yoko is over 90 and retired to her farm...
Posted by: My Little Swedish Meatballs at June 14, 2025 08:23 AM (G5+As)
Where she sings to her livestock.
Weirdly, her farm has the highest rate of cow suicide in the world.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 14, 2025 09:25 AM (iJfKG)
Because Latin Americans protesting against American presidents who think they’re kings is apparently a thing now.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 09:23 AM
There's a very large multi-state gang known as the "Latin Kings".
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 14, 2025 09:26 AM (3fCc4)
Today's rain will fall on the idiot NoKings protesters in my little leftist city. The are setting up about 3/4 mile from my house. The good Lord is raining on their parade
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 14, 2025 09:26 AM (akw+7)
As I work on that, it eases so many small worries that I have.
Posted by: MkY at June 14, 2025 08:29 AM (cPGH3)
Giving thanks to God for the gift of today and the promise it holds is a great way to start the day
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 14, 2025 09:26 AM (7v6oI)
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 09:26 AM (CQE5S)
There are a lot of people who seem to have been waiting for this opportunity in some of these protest spots. I dunno if they want to mess with red towns where they're talking about how they have backhoes and buy lime by the half ton. Some of the blue cities in red states are also becoming magnets for counter protesters who are waiting for the left to commit violence. Sounds like FAFO Day more than anything else.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 14, 2025 09:26 AM (XXLiD)
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 09:26 AM (CQE5S)
I predict that intersection to be populated with at least 50 rolling-coal monsters driven by some upscale rednecks/good ol' boys who are desperate to send a message to all the thousands of assholes flooding into this area from elsewhere
Posted by: pawn, one of many at June 14, 2025 09:26 AM (QB+5g)
Posted by: Henry at June 14, 2025 09:27 AM (lIgBp)
Posted by: Brunnhilde
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I'm up but not much on going round right now due to boring chronic medical problems not worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as transplants, cancer, etc. But, I am better than preceding weeks as the Lord has seen fit to help me out. Prayer works.
Posted by: whig at June 14, 2025 09:27 AM (ctrM5)
No Smo Kings
203 The NosmoKings festival planed for Palm Bay FL
Posted by: pawn, one of many at June 14, 2025 09:26 AM (QB+5g)
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 09:28 AM (CQE5S)
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Ugh, how terrible. I will pray you find suitable accommodations soon. It sounds like you've got a lot on your plate for sure.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 14, 2025 09:28 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 09:29 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: bluebell at June 14, 2025 09:29 AM (79pEw)
cute pun although a bit of a stretch. But the sign overall is scripturally unfounded. No roasting occurred in the fiery furnace, and the Master wasn't the one trying to do the roasting.
I also wonder what percentage of passers-by "get" the pun.
Posted by: muldoon at June 14, 2025 09:29 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 09:29 AM (lIgBp)
Huh. I did not know that.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 14, 2025 09:29 AM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: bluebell at June 14, 2025 09:30 AM (79pEw)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy
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Most foamboard insulation burns if you get it started hot enough. Common enough in buildings to skim coat foamboard with concrete as a 'skin' for buildings. Similar fire killed quite a few in UK years ago when an apartment building skin went up in flames.
Posted by: whig at June 14, 2025 09:30 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at June 14, 2025 09:30 AM (oIAJn)
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 14, 2025 09:02 AM (ycI94)
Um...lol
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 14, 2025 09:30 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Kathy at June 14, 2025 09:31 AM (qpw89)
Posted by: Lola at June 14, 2025 09:31 AM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt
I didn't realize the depth of feeling for Buc'ees. I have one just a few miles away and can stop by anytime. Maybe absence makes the heart grow fonder after all.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 14, 2025 09:31 AM (FqZ/E)
Posted by: Henry at June 14, 2025 09:27 AM (lIgBp)
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My kids loved those books. I used to read them out loud when we got back from swim practice in the morning. Great memories.
Posted by: bluebell at June 14, 2025 09:31 AM (79pEw)
All glory and honor is your forever, until end of time
Posted by: Marcus T at June 14, 2025 09:32 AM (lyRq1)
Posted by: Shadrach, Meshach, and To Bed We Go at June 14, 2025 09:32 AM (lIgBp)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 09:32 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: bluebell
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Eh, I can now sit up and type for a few minutes before the back pain sets in.
Posted by: whig at June 14, 2025 09:32 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 09:32 AM (KhjS7)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 14, 2025 09:33 AM (qBdHI)
Have you heard of the Grenfell Tower fire in the UK? Some of the construction techniques that have been employed in foreign countries are scary.
I used to visit Dubai farily often and the place is full of crazy architecture. Kind of a calling card. But don't look to closely at some of the construction and definitely don't stay on the top floors.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 09:33 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed
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Word. I've had a hundred (at least!) mercies and blessings to carry me this far. I'm still exhausted, though.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at June 14, 2025 09:33 AM (oIAJn)
Posted by: screaming in digital at June 14, 2025 09:34 AM (DnMuk)
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Your planned meal sounds delightful and made me salivate a little. Vidalias are truly wonderful but alas limited to a couple of months each year in the grocery stores.
Posted by: whig at June 14, 2025 09:34 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: whig at June 14, 2025 09:32 AM (ctrM5)
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Well, I meant "here" in the general sense, lol. I don't want us to be the cause of your pain! Do whatever you need to do and let us know now and again that you are limping along.
Posted by: bluebell at June 14, 2025 09:35 AM (79pEw)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 09:35 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 09:35 AM (CzW4u)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 14, 2025 09:35 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: IrishEi at June 14, 2025 09:36 AM (3ImbR)
Posted by: screaming in digital
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Thx. Up to meet the contractor for redoing the driveway. Ours has given up the ghost and is a trip hazard to stumblebums like me.
Posted by: whig at June 14, 2025 09:36 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: bluebell at June 14, 2025 09:36 AM (79pEw)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 09:36 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Just the punchline at June 14, 2025 09:37 AM (lIgBp)
Beautiful sunny morning here.
Don't know if we'll have another mini No Kangs protest like we did a week or so ago. That one was held across the street from the nurses striking in front of the hospital. The nurses had a giant inflatable rat (for Management, I guess) and now it's joined by a giant inflatable Capitalist Pig, chomping on a cigar and holding a money bag. No top hat or monocle, because alas we live in informal times.
I may drive past to see if they have piles of bricks set up.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 09:37 AM (kpS4V)
Was looking up collagen and fell down the rabbit hole of AGEs research (advanced glycation end products)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 14, 2025 09:37 AM (Splbu)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 09:38 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 09:38 AM (KhjS7)
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 14, 2025 09:38 AM (T4Xze)
"During the "Great Reset" once we take back control
we will eradicate all nazi scum from all levers of power and lock them up for the rest of their natural born lives."
Posted by: Duncanthrax
To be fair, most Lefties (and their NeverTrump supporters) just want Nuremberg-style trials and denazification programs. They'll only execute a few of the ringleaders, and just publicly humiliate the rest of us as second class citizens. Behind illegal immigrants lol.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 14, 2025 09:39 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 14, 2025 09:39 AM (AcTAo)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 14, 2025 09:39 AM (Splbu)
Posted by: bluebell at June 14, 2025 09:39 AM (79pEw)
China gets virtually all its oil from Iran. The place currently being flattened by our ally Israel. Iran is a key piece of China's Belt and Road plans.
The house is getting ready to hold a hearing with Neville Singham, billionaire based out of Shanghai, who is aligned with the CCP. He also happens to be the husband of Jodie Evans, co-founder of Code Pink.
He has been funding a lot of these "spontaneous" riots including the BLM/antifa crap. Ultimately, China is behind a lot of this shit and has been for years.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 09:39 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Wednesday Is Sundae.. at June 14, 2025 09:39 AM (G5+As)
NYC is flirting with electing a Hamas supporting Muslim. We may have to put up a big wall around Manhattan Island.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 09:17 AM (e15Ap)
Not the worst idea I've ever heard.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 14, 2025 09:40 AM (7v6oI)
Posted by: H at June 14, 2025 09:40 AM (2gjbv)
Posted by: Marcus T at June 14, 2025 09:40 AM (lyRq1)
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 14, 2025 09:40 AM (T4Xze)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 09:40 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025
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I hear there are plans to open two in this state, the closest about two hours' drive from me. When I take my road trip to Indiana, though, there's one on the Interstate just a little north of Birmingham, AL. I definitely plan to stop, and maybe buy some E0 gas.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 09:41 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: whig at June 14, 2025 09:30 AM (ctrM5)
I remember that fire. The exterior was made up of panels that were supposed to be more environmentally "friendly". It sure was.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 14, 2025 09:41 AM (5xuJ/)
I'm convinced it's managed to make itself the female version of Harley Davidson. It's a destination to stop and shop for t-shirts.
And you'd better stop.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 14, 2025 09:42 AM (T4Xze)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 09:42 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: bluebell
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Life is pain (Princess Bride quote) but the quote should also mention joy like the the love of my wife, and my dogs and natural beauty.
I treat pain like a measuring cup. When the cup is full, I go do something else like apply ice or heat. Ice to dull the pain and heat to allow movement. Old fashioned word "stove up" is appropriate.
Watching a lot of old forgotten British TV shows on YouTube on a YT channel called 'Forgotten British TV shows' IIRC. 'Bulham' trilogy right now.
Posted by: whig at June 14, 2025 09:43 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 09:43 AM (omVj0)
Looking at the No Kings map they’ve got a few dozen locations across Mexico into Guatemala, Honduras, and Costa Rica and even one protest planned in Bogota, Colombia.
Because Latin Americans protesting against American presidents who think they’re kings is apparently a thing now.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 09:23 AM (6ydKt)
In Commie Land:
Latin Kings = good
Pres. Trump = ungood
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 14, 2025 09:44 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 14, 2025 09:32 AM
Buc-ees are a privilege, not a right.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 14, 2025 09:45 AM (3fCc4)
That's the Grenfell Tower fire.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 09:45 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Boron Cobbie
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Heh. Same here about not being around much. Thx for the kind wishes.
Had a complication/accident that made my prior issues much worse. To tedious and boring to explain.
Posted by: whig at June 14, 2025 09:45 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 14, 2025 09:45 AM (kpS4V)
I used to visit Dubai farily often and the place is full of crazy architecture. Kind of a calling card. But don't look to closely at some of the construction and definitely don't stay on the top floors.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 09:33 AM (viF8m)
Read quiet a bit about that fire and the material used. There was a very good documentary on the Smithsonian Channel about that fire, as well, and the material that they used....big hint, it was cheaper and replaced the original panels recommended in the original plans. Oh, and it was "Green". Lessons never learned.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 14, 2025 09:46 AM (5xuJ/)
All glory and honor is your forever, until end of time
Posted by: Marcus T at June 14, 2025 09:32 AM (lyRq1)
And Amen.
Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 09:48 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: The words of the profits at Subway at June 14, 2025 09:48 AM (lIgBp)
https://tinyurl.com/3h5zjtv3
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 09:48 AM (Ylknx)
I want to give you a huge shout-out and thank you for your witness to the Gospel and being our chaplains here. What you do matters, makes a difference. Please keep it up. We need you.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 14, 2025 09:48 AM (7v6oI)
If I would survive the thug beating I'd take, I'd stand on a curb holding a billboard to cheer on the antifa/blm/no'mo kangs mob; a photo featuring fearless leader O'Barry's 4 mansions in 4 states, Maryland (DC, Iranian Advisor, Valerie Jarrett is sometimes resident) Massachusetts, Martha's Vineyard (dead chef *was* a resident) Illinois, Hyde Park (near Bill Ayers, "just some guy in the neighborhood") and yes, Hawaii, (Magnum PI beachfront house demolished) and new "Build(t) Back Better" using "Shovel Ready Jobs" by "Typical White Person(s)" construction crew, with border walls.
Decisions decisions...Maybe hold up the pic, "Mussolini" Messiah Barry uplifted nose pose? Looks "kingly" to me...and so cool.
Posted by: ju at June 14, 2025 09:50 AM (vgX6l)
Posted by: Tom Servo
And there you are. From the 1st explosion at the World Trade Center, the 2nd in 2001 to now, less than 35 years to ruin the financial trade center of the world and kill several thousand.
I'd say, times about up.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 09:50 AM (NFX2v)
Still, surprised to see so many in southeastern Ohio. I think I'll go do the grocery shopping in Lancaster and roll by, check it out, point and laugh.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 14, 2025 09:55 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 09:41 AM (omVj0)
I avoid Birmingham like I avoid Atlanta, Wolf.
Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2025 10:06 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: PMRich at June 14, 2025 10:20 AM (Pe+uV)
14 hours ago
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 10:23 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Shadrach, Meshach, and To Bed We Go at June 14, 2025 09:32 AM (lIgBp)
ha!
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 10:26 AM (CQE5S)
One of the four natural virtues is Justice. Justice is begin grateful and paying your debts and giving thanks when it is just.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 10:37 AM (ZmEVT)
Congrats Cybersmythe. Wishing you all the best.
Happy Birthday Donald J Trump.
Happy 250th Birthday US Army.
Happy Flag Day to all patriotic Americans.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 14, 2025 10:47 AM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Mick at June 14, 2025 11:05 AM (M09Kr)
The Persians?
You cannot make a deal with a suicidal cult.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 11:24 AM (ZmEVT)
Let's have some coffee talk and get to know each other.
Posted by: jimmymcnulty at June 14, 2025 11:48 AM (PHmbR)
Thanks. That's kind of you. I don't consider myself a chaplain here-just trying to be encouraging to other people of faith, and I am grateful for all the others here who do the same.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 14, 2025 06:48 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 14, 2025 06:48 AM (sAmhv)
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Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 06:55 AM (RIvkX)
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Purple pimp hat FTW!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 14, 2025 06:57 AM (GlyvH)
Who's going to the No Kings protests today???
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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How much they paying?
- Stoner living in the basement
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 06:57 AM (lIgBp)
Psalm 79:9
Posted by: Marcus T at June 14, 2025 06:58 AM (xYmv5)
I'll report on any unrest I see in the upper South tomorrow.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 14, 2025 06:58 AM (sYJ//)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 14, 2025 06:58 AM (sYJ//)
Nice!
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 06:59 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Marcus T at June 14, 2025 06:59 AM (xYmv5)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 06:55 AM (RIvkX)
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It's in the shop for charging.
Posted by: Ciampino - have fun with it at June 14, 2025 06:59 AM (sPQoU)
How much they paying?
- Stoner living in the basement
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 06:57 AM (lIgBp)
I'd think about 40% are of the paid demonstrator type. Another 30% are people who use any occasion to loot and throw things. Maybe 30% are True Believers, elderly Boomers trying to relive their glory days and find a Movement chick to lay.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 07:01 AM (QnmlO)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 14, 2025 07:01 AM (kYF0p)
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 07:01 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:01 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 07:01 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 06:52 AM (hoCmQ)
You are welcome olddog in mo
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at June 14, 2025 07:01 AM (QXQ4l)
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 07:01 AM (vFG9F)
Got to be a troll.
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:01 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 06:55 AM
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Ahem. "Directed Energy."
Posted by: DoD Style Guide at June 14, 2025 07:01 AM (lIgBp)
So is this an interim thread or a substitute for the Saturday morning Prayer Thread? It's like when they change where things are in the store.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 07:02 AM (QnmlO)
I see them every morning, usually one or two in each yard, walking around foraging.
There’s always a few that like to hang out on the grass between the sidewalks and the road.
At least one of them will panic when it sees the car coming its way, do it’s decision making process turning its head back and forth trying to figure out which way to run, and then always decides to run out in front of the car at the last second.
Keep in mind it was totally safe where it was but they haven’t figured out the cars usually drive on the road and not the sidewalk.
Of course, the ones that are hanging out in the road when I drive by make the same stupid mistakes, too.
You’d figure it’d run to the nearest sidewalk but nope, they run to the other side of the road while I’m dodging them hoping they don’t run under a tire when I can’t see them.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 07:02 AM (6ydKt)
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Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 07:07 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: m"
I don't think so. She appears to be a type of Karen.
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 07:07 AM (vFG9F)
yikes
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:08 AM (CQE5S)
Suicidal Squirrel. A short lived cartoon from the 60s.
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 07:08 AM (vFG9F)
g'mornin' again, 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 14, 2025 07:09 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: m"
I don't think so. She appears to be a type of Karen.
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 07:07 AM (vFG9F)
yikes
Posted by: m
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On weekdays, she is an Educator at a nearby school.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 14, 2025 07:10 AM (8AONa)
Posted by: George Costanza at June 14, 2025 07:12 AM (lIgBp)
I ran over one when it darted in front of my car. Still feel bad about it.
Posted by: Tuna at June 14, 2025 07:12 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 07:01 AM
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OK... Processed. Now Deport.
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2025 07:13 AM (hoCmQ)
By U.S. Army Public Affairs
Members of the media are invited to attend the Army’s 250th birthday week-long celebration from June 7-14, 2025. This year’s birthday theme, “This we’ll defend,” was first used as a battle cry by the Continental Army. Today, it reminds us that our Army’s purpose is clear: to fight and win the nation’s wars. We remain committed to honing our warfighting skills, enforcing standards and discipline, and living the values that have defined our Army for the past 250 years.
(Schedule of events follows )
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 07:14 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Ciampino - have fun with puns at June 14, 2025 07:16 AM (sPQoU)
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Here, it's bunnies that do that. There's two of them that hang out on the driveway, away from the house. Every time I leave or return, they're in the driveway and wait until I'm nearly on top of them to decide where to run. It's almost always in the direction I'm going too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 07:16 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: 2009Refugee"
That is exactly what she looks like. Probably a lesbo too.
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 07:19 AM (vFG9F)
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Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 14, 2025 07:21 AM (KwCuT)
https://youtu.be/xPCZtrac-Ss
Posted by: George Costanza at June 14, 2025 07:12 AM (lIgBp)
omigosh!
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:22 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 14, 2025 07:23 AM (sAmhv)
Presidential Actions
Flag Day and National Flag Week 2025
Proclamations
June 13, 2025
It begins, "On June 14, 1777, a banner of red, white, and blue was woven into history when the Second Continental Congress passed the First Flag Resolution, making our beloved Stars and Stripes the official flag of our emerging Republic. This Flag Day and National Flag Week, we pause to revere the star-spangled emblem of our freedom — and we honor the nearly 250 years of valor, sacrifice, and patriotism it has gloriously inspired."
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 07:23 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2025 07:26 AM (u82oZ)
You know what seems odd to me? Numbers that aren't divisible by two.
--- (Michael Wolf)
Posted by: Ciampino - have fun with spun at June 14, 2025 07:26 AM (sPQoU)
Rick Monday saves American flag from protesters in 1976
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:27 AM (CQE5S)
The 51-year-old woman, identified only as Regina, has lived in South Los Angeles since 1989 but boarded a one-way flight to Mexico City on June 7 and left her life behind.
Her daughter, Julie Ear, said her mother had become frightened over the Trump Administration's continued efforts to crack down on illegal immigration and deportations.
****
Yay, winning...
Posted by: one hour sober at June 14, 2025 07:28 AM (Y1sOo)
Used to love going to protests, like the 2009 March on Washington, Million Man March, all the World Bank protests. But meh.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2025 07:28 AM (u82oZ)
Your MRI does not show any acute findings. There is a sprain of the medial collateral ligament, evidence of a prior PCL injury, joint effusion and cartilage loss.
So good news: The knee is not broken.
Bad news: PT is going to suck.
Thank you to those who sent me prayers and good wishes.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 14, 2025 07:29 AM (7xrfc)
Now that is a Dad joke! I will make my students groan with that one.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2025 07:30 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 14, 2025 07:30 AM (sAmhv)
So why is it that hard working illegals can't do the hard work of going through the system and becoming citizens or permanent residents? The mind boggles.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 14, 2025 07:30 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 07:30 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 14, 2025 07:30 AM (akw+7)
Posted by: NR Pax at June 14, 2025 07:31 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 07:31 AM (i0F8b)
Sorry, you don't have multiple heinous crimes on your record so we can't be bothered.
Posted by: Democrats at June 14, 2025 07:31 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025
***
Look out for the hrududu!
Posted by: Bigwig at June 14, 2025 07:32 AM (omVj0)
Were you born between 1960-1970?
Then maybe you remember Saturday mornings watching the KROFFT SUPERSHOW?
Wonderbug?
The Shrinker?
Magic Mongo?
https://is.gd/RlVUIG
Posted by: soothsayerwing plover at June 14, 2025 07:33 AM (N9VmQ)
Yes. Because the men in ranks are more vulnerable to shenanigans. They have no loaded weapons or bayonets. Hope there is a lot of police.
I would like to see the No Kings instead try and disrupt the Marine Birthday celebrations.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2025 07:34 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 07:34 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 07:34 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2025 07:35 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 07:35 AM (RIvkX)
Every time I see this, I think:
"Do you have any kings?"
"I don't have any kings. Go fish."
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:35 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: one hour sober at June 14, 2025 07:36 AM (Y1sOo)
No Kings means we (the Left) are not in charge and we should be. So we are trying to take the country over.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2025 07:37 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2025 07:37 AM (u82oZ)
The videos yesterday were of ordinary Egyptians beating the shit out of them, dragging them by their hair, and throwing them out of their country. Hilarious! Now this doesn’t mean Egypt supports Israel; but the Egyptians saw these people as a pack of outsiders who had come to Egypt just to cause trouble for everyone, and they said “Oh HELL no!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 07:38 AM (e15Ap)
'Explosion' rocks Las Vegas strip: 'It sounded like a bomb
https://tinyurl.com/4b6p954s
Posted by: Ciampino - have fun with nups at June 14, 2025 07:38 AM (sPQoU)
But hey, your choices. Enjoy Mehicho. Wrap yourself in the flag when you get there.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 07:39 AM (lIgBp)
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2025 07:39 AM (i0F8b)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 07:40 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 14, 2025 07:40 AM (O7YUW)
Sorry, you don't have multiple heinous crimes on your record so we can't be bothered.
Posted by: Democrats
Not even the 'edge' cases - Just the even further out ludicrous ones.
Because they like to fuck with you.
Like the DemCong who last week rushed a Cabinet Member while pretending to have a weapon...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 07:42 AM (/lPRQ)
But to me that simply means that Egypt strongly believes that Borders are Important; and that Borders must be defended if you wish to survive as a nation.
I cannot fault them for believing that; not one tiny bit.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 07:43 AM (e15Ap)
Posted by: NR Pax
Idk how long that process takes. Guessing too ling for desperate people.
Posted by: H at June 14, 2025 07:44 AM (2gjbv)
I'm going to look for the video. I will thoroughly enjoy this.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at June 14, 2025 07:44 AM (dR6yv)
Posted by: Saint Greta of Thunberg at June 14, 2025 07:44 AM (lIgBp)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 07:44 AM (6ydKt)
The 51-year-old woman, identified only as Regina, has lived in South Los Angeles since 1989 but boarded a one-way flight to Mexico City on June 7 and left her life behind.
Her daughter, Julie Ear, said her mother had become frightened over the Trump Administration's continued efforts to crack down on illegal immigration and deportations.
****
Yay, winning...
Posted by: one hour sober
====
I knew a Canook who lived his whole adult life as an illegal alien in the US. Round 1999 they caught up with him and initisted deportation proceedings despite having an American wife, kids, and grandkids.
Deport every one of this scofflaw skum.
Especially the Canooks.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 07:46 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 14, 2025 06:58 AM (sYJ//)
Hopefully not in that order.
Because that would be one helluva circuitous route.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 07:47 AM (6ydKt)
That's the rumor.
HR Puffenstuff just didn't appeal to me. Probably because it was on so late that I had my fill of TV by that hour.
Posted by: fluffy at June 14, 2025 07:47 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: NR Pax
Idk how long that process takes. Guessing too ling for desperate people.
Posted by: H at June 14, 2025 07:44 AM
+++
Give me a break. I've only had 36 years.
Posted by: Regina from South L.A. at June 14, 2025 07:47 AM (lIgBp)
Posted by: H at June 14, 2025 07:48 AM (2gjbv)
'Explosion' rocks Las Vegas strip: 'It sounded like a bomb
https://tinyurl.com/4b6p954s
Posted by: Ciampino - have fun with nups
========
False Alarm,
It was just a Del Taco three epic burrito dinner Afterblast.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 07:48 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Frank N Stein at June 14, 2025 07:49 AM (vFG9F)
I knew a Canook who lived his whole adult life as an illegal alien in the US. Round 1999 they caught up with him and initisted deportation proceedings despite having an American wife, kids, and grandkids.
*fingers collar nervously*
Posted by: Col. Tom Parker at June 14, 2025 07:49 AM (QnmlO)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 07:49 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 07:49 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: H at June 14, 2025 07:50 AM (2gjbv)
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Delaware County Courthouse
201 Court Stree, Media, PA
Speakers
Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon
Eliza Shatzman, Attorney & Activist
Brad Butting, OEF Combat Veteran
Sponsored by Delco Indivisible
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My stinking county since the Democrats took over (brought in ringers to accomplish it) the county council seats in 2017.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 07:50 AM (NFX2v)
As a former Marine, I concur. Starting shit with drunk Marines is not a smart lifestyle choice.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 14, 2025 07:51 AM (7xrfc)
--
Who's your friend when things get rough!
I watched HR Puff'n'stuff, but even as a kid, I thought it was cheesy and well, just weird.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 14, 2025 07:51 AM (qBdHI)
Give me a break. I've only had 36 years.
Posted by: Regina from South L.A. at June 14, 2025 07:47 AM (lIgBp)
Well, if she's been trying to regularize her situation, there ought to be some official record, is that not so?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 07:51 AM (QnmlO)
The videos yesterday were of ordinary Egyptians beating the shit out of them, dragging them by their hair, and throwing them out of their country. Hilarious! Now this doesn’t mean Egypt supports Israel; but the Egyptians saw these people as a pack of outsiders who had come to Egypt just to cause trouble for everyone, and they said “Oh HELL no!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 07:38 AM (e15Ap)
The videos are fun to watch!
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:52 AM (CQE5S)
You described every culture.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 14, 2025 07:52 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 14, 2025 07:53 AM (gm9Sb)
The 51-year-old woman, identified only as Regina, has lived in South Los Angeles since 1989 but boarded a one-way flight to Mexico City on June 7 and left her life behind.
—-
I’m pretty sure she took her life with her.
Unless they’re saying that Trump killed her so hard that she flew back home to Mexico as a ghost and is now haunting some random taco stand in Tlalpan.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 07:53 AM (6ydKt)
But to me that simply means that Egypt strongly believes that Borders are Important; and that Borders must be defended if you wish to survive as a nation.
I cannot fault them for believing that; not one tiny bit.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 07:43 AM (e15Ap)
May I ask why the not-open-borders side would criticize that choice?
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:53 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 14, 2025 07:23 AM (sAmhv)
---
At least taxes should be low.
A bag of bird feed should last a while.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 14, 2025 07:54 AM (GlyvH)
One of the funniest things about the Sid and My Kraft Supershow is that it was filmed inside the building that would become CNN’s HQ after “Thff ed World of Sid and Marty Kroft” (an indoor Atlanta theme park) failed.
Those city shots in that linked video clip are of Atlanta, 1976, before it had become a ghetto.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 07:54 AM (e15Ap)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 07:46 AM (/lPRQ)
And he was, in fact, deported?
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:55 AM (CQE5S)
Happy Birthday US Army
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 07:56 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 07:56 AM (e15Ap)
Time, Dec 9, 2014 —
The U.S. began rendering people suspected of involvement in terrorism to Egypt in 1995 under President Bill Clinton.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 07:56 AM (NFX2v)
Give me a break. I've only had 36 years.
Posted by: Regina from South L.A. at June 14, 2025 07:47 AM (lIgBp)
She's a Queen!
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:56 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 07:30 AM (vFG9F)
Blessings on all y'all.
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:57 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: CapeFear at June 14, 2025 07:57 AM (+JzKz)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 07:58 AM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
Idk I think some are definitely lazier than others.
Posted by: H at June 14, 2025 07:59 AM (2gjbv)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 14, 2025 07:23 AM (sAmhv)
---
At least taxes should be low.
A bag of bird feed should last a while.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
===
But you have to make him think he is stealing the bird feed, Mission Impossible style.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 07:59 AM (/lPRQ)
15 years ago.
They couldn't be bothered then, can't be bothered now.
Deport them, maybe they will grow up
Posted by: Accomack at June 14, 2025 08:00 AM (3U9lo)
Posted by: H at June 14, 2025 07:48 AM (2gjbv)
----
Yeah, no taxes, probably Medicaid, EBT, etc. - all freebies.
Posted by: Ciampino - have fun with sunp at June 14, 2025 08:00 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:53 AM (CQE5S)
Because at times Israel and even some of its supporters here have wished that Israel could kick everyone out of Gaza and move them down to Sinai. Egypt says “excuse me, you want us to take in two million aliens who the world knows have no skills and are nothing but trouble wherever they go? And then we’ll have to feed them and take care of them forever? Naah, bro.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:00 AM (e15Ap)
Posted by: m
They finally did the paperwork.
Before or after his family reunion in Vancouver I don't recall.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 08:02 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: dantesed at June 14, 2025 08:03 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 14, 2025 08:03 AM (WJz/2)
Do you have constant cravings for pannenkoechen and have a thing for a woman named Winona?
Posted by: KwaK! at June 14, 2025 08:03 AM (89Sog)
Posted by: fd
Great timing. Sounds like it'll be a wonderful Father's Day for your dad, too.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 08:04 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 08:04 AM (ZmEVT)
Wow.
I really like his wife. He would never of thought of doing that.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 08:05 AM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:00 AM (e15Ap)
They saw what happened to Jordan and Lebanon and wanted no part of Palestinian refugees.
I’d say move them all to Sweden but they’ve got enough problems as is.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 08:05 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:05 AM (e15Ap)
Posted by: L - No nic"
Always the first Sunday in June after the full moon.
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 08:05 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: KwaK!"
No, but to this day I still want an 6 wheel ATV.
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 08:07 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 08:07 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:07 AM (e15Ap)
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:08 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Tom Servo
IIRC - they so disliked the 'natives' that refused return of former territory captured by Israel in a war.
Kind of like the Gadsden Strip which was virtually forced upon the US as war reparations.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2025 08:09 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:53 AM (CQE5S)
Because at times Israel and even some of its supporters here have wished that Israel could kick everyone out of Gaza and move them down to Sinai. Egypt says “excuse me, you want us to take in two million aliens who the world knows have no skills and are nothing but trouble wherever they go? And then we’ll have to feed them and take care of them forever? Naah, bro.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:00 AM (e15Ap)
Thank you.
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:10 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Florida Peasant at June 14, 2025 08:10 AM (Lo97M)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at June 14, 2025 08:11 AM (SfhV1)
Posted by: fluffy at June 14, 2025 08:11 AM (AN2gy)
It was weird and stupid. Not like the Banana Splits.
Posted by: Frank N Stein at June 14, 2025 07:49 AM (vFG9F)
You didn’t use to call yourself BananaSplitsGuy, did you? LOL!!
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 08:11 AM (e15Ap)
Posted by: one hour sober at June 14, 2025 08:13 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: NR Pax at June 14, 2025 08:13 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 14, 2025 08:14 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:14 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: m"
Redunzel. It may stand for "Ruth, Duke, Napoleon, Zappa, Luc Ponty" as they all play on a version of it, but there are probably multiple meanings.
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 08:14 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: m"
Redunzel. It may stand for "Ruth, Duke, Napoleon, Zappa, Luc Ponty" as they all play on a version of it, but there are probably multiple meanings.
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2025 08:14 AM (vFG9F)
supercool
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:14 AM (CQE5S)
Socks or Barbecue tools?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 08:15 AM (lIgBp)
I don’t know what it is with the squirrels around here.
I see them every morning, usually one or two in each yard, walking around foraging.
There’s always a few that like to hang out on the grass between the sidewalks and the road.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
You f***ed with squirrels, Morty! We've got a good five minutes before they're back and up on our ass, Morty! We have to pack up and move to a new reality, Morty!
— Rick telling Morty about squirrels
Posted by: Morty's Mind Blowers - at June 14, 2025 08:15 AM (MsrgL)
Wow.
I really like his wife. He would never of thought of doing that.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 08:05 AM (ZmEVT)
Congratulations!
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:15 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Ciampino - have fun with snup at June 14, 2025 08:16 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Tom Servo
It seems they do - 🫣😭
The Irish Times
Number of Palestinians seeking asylum in Ireland rises eight-fold
Israel must respect that ‘Ireland is for Irish people and Palestine is for Palestinians’, says Palestinian ambassador to Ireland
Feb. 7, 2025
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 08:17 AM (NFX2v)
https://nitter.net/aceofspadeshq
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:17 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: NR Pax
...since they keep getting sent to the US...
There's the huge flaw.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 08:19 AM (NFX2v)
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Me too. My son, who will text me most of the time for events, sent a card and a present. An "ammo case" styled container with cutouts for single and double stacked handgun magazines. Holds a dozen.
It's full.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2025 08:20 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at June 14, 2025 08:24 AM (9/wDe)
Posted by: m"
It appears your transmission has a "Z" gear.
I'd have a mechanic look it over.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at June 14, 2025 08:24 AM (DsA2n)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at June 14, 2025 08:24 AM (9/wDe)
We are not worthy.
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:24 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: m"
It appears your transmission has a "Z" gear.
I'd have a mechanic look it over.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at June 14, 2025 08:24 AM (DsA2n)
hahahahaha
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:25 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 08:26 AM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 08:26 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 14, 2025 08:30 AM (ZmEVT)
https://nitter.net/aceofspadeshq
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 08:17 AM (CQE5S)
I’m laughing that the one girl thinks that because she’s recording it all on her cellphone that the world will punish Egypt for stopping their march to Gaza.
And then an Egyptian walks toward her and suddenly we’re looking at her recording legs and feet.
There’s an even funnier video further down where some people were harassing cops in Las Vegas.
Talking crap until the cops turn around and walk back towards them and then…
“That wasn’t me! I didn’t say nothing! I’m just watching.”
lol.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 08:31 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Tom Servo
~~~~~
https://tinyurl.com/rnnz52cm
https://tinyurl.com/2rfxrtay
https://tinyurl.com/ydb36s9a
https://tinyurl.com/3uj6z8k4
I guess we Americans deserve it too.
Posted by: IrishEi at June 14, 2025 09:06 AM (3ImbR)
Posted by: pawn, one of many at June 14, 2025 09:11 AM (QB+5g)
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Posted by: site at June 14, 2025 07:27 PM (l1AbH)
Daily Tech News 14 June 2025
Top Story
- How Palm died for a second time. (Substack)
Written by Phil McKinney, who was the CTO of Hewlett Packard at the time HP bought and then promptly murdered Palm.
The CEO at the time of the acquisition was fired by the board before HP's new PalmOS products could launch, and the new CEO wanted nothing to do with hardware, and killed the entire lineup seven weeks after launch.
While the CTO was out recovering from emergency surgery.
And the new CEO was in turn fired by the board just months later, after spending $10 billion on British software company Autonomy and then being forced to write down its value by 80%.My first day back at HP will be burned into my memory forever. I was simply trying to grab lunch in the cafeteria at HP Labs when I found myself surrounded by what felt like the entire technical staff. They weren't there to welcome me back - they were there to hold me accountable.
Indeed they did. Those were dark days at Hewlett Packard.The scene was intense and unambiguous. Engineers and researchers who had watched the WebOS disaster unfold were pointing fingers and raising voices. Their message was crystal clear and brutal: "You can never take leave again - EVER!"
Their exact words still echo in my mind: "The CEO and board need adult supervision."
Tech News
- AMD just announced its cheapest and slowed X3D CPU yet - the Ryzen 5500X3D. (WCCFTech)
Expected to retail for around $150, it might be a decent option if you have an older AM4 system you want to upgrade.
- AIs are designed to tell us what we want to hear. Let's fix that by designing them to tell us what we don't want to hear. (Substack)
Oh, yeah, that'll definitely work.
- Corporate adoption of AI is slowing as it turns out that it's expensive and kind of useless. (The Register)
Gartner warned last year that end user organizations adopting AI could discover "500 to 1,000 percent errors of AI cost estimates are possible," because of vendor price hikes, not paying attention to the cost, or simply inappropriate use of AI.
Yeah, beancounters love it when bills are unexpectedly ten times higher than you told them.
Disclaimer: Had to throw out two lizards today. Don't know how they keep getting in.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)>>(The Register)[quote>Gartner warned last year that end user organizations adopting AI could discover "500 to 1,000 percent errors of AI cost estimates are possible," because of vendor price hikes, not paying attention to the cost, or simply inappropriate use of AI.[/quote>Yeah, beancounters love it when bills are unexpectedly ten times higher than you told them.
ChatGPT, please unscramble this.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 14, 2025 04:39 AM (wbZPZ)
But seriously, Pixy Misa, I love your columns. I've been saving myself out of all kinds of misery by learning that -noai switch in Google search.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 14, 2025 04:40 AM (wbZPZ)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 14, 2025 04:41 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 14, 2025 04:45 AM (MmTZZ)
Not up yet, just peeking in
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 04:45 AM (+qU29)
But its impact will continue to grow as more serious attempts to implement the manipulation of data become prevalent. Any admin task that is repetitive will likely become a machine task.
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 14, 2025 04:55 AM (cOyB6)
Supposed to be receiving the extra invitation things for our anniversary party tomorrow. Apparently 140 invitations weren't enough - never realized that we knew so many people 😲😲😲
Between work, family, church, and friends, it really adds up - should be a lot of fun, though!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 14, 2025 04:55 AM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 14, 2025 04:56 AM (cOyB6)
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 14, 2025 04:57 AM (cOyB6)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 14, 2025 04:59 AM (a1415)
For example, it looks at the Good Morning, “knows” I’m saying hello to the nice of preceding commenters and doesn’t change Morticia to Mortician.
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 14, 2025 05:00 AM (cOyB6)
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 14, 2025 05:00 AM (hKoQL)
Posted by: fluffy at June 14, 2025 05:03 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: AI at June 14, 2025 05:04 AM (KHLXg)
A lot of improvement will occur as people learn how to define the training and application data for the model. Using a cesspool like Reddit will always likely be difficult as so many opinions are expressed as facts that back checking will become too big a hassle.
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 14, 2025 05:06 AM (cOyB6)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM
***
Cats handle such things with a beautiful simplicity. They hunt, "play," kill, and enjoy.
Evening and morning to all on this Saturday: Flag Day in the U.S. and Pres. Trump's birthday!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 05:09 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 05:12 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: fluffy at June 14, 2025 05:13 AM (AN2gy)
No Nuclear Reactors - the left since forever; it will kill the Earf.
Yes Nuclear Reactors - we need to power our mechanistic AI god.
Posted by: 13times at June 14, 2025 05:16 AM (bSnkm)
1. Read all of my posts a final time before hitting Post to correct the autocorrect or
2. Ignore the stupid bastard and the trouble it causes.
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 14, 2025 05:17 AM (cOyB6)
I'll simply feed the furry thugs, drink my second cup of coffee, change and stretch, and go. When I get back I can look up the temp of what I just struggled through -- and be properly horrified.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 05:17 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 05:18 AM (MaBDr)
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 14, 2025 05:20 AM (cOyB6)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 14, 2025 05:20 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: 13times
Why does god need a power source?
(a future forbidden question)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 14, 2025 05:21 AM (MmTZZ)
https://tinyurl.com/ydtfeth3
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 05:26 AM (MaBDr)
Posted by: 13times at June 14, 2025 05:26 AM (bSnkm)
Posted by: Just Wondering at June 14, 2025 05:31 AM (lIgBp)
"The Deeper Truth: Why I Still Believe in HP"
{ financial disclaimer clipped but it being present was an obvious 'tell' }
"Here's what might surprise you: I haven't sold a single HP share since leaving the company. Despite watching the WebOS disaster unfold, despite being blamed for not preventing it, despite everything that went wrong during that period, I still believe in HP as an organization."
And then I realized why he turned down the bonus and maintained his ability to talk about what happened. It let him try to tell a story in the future (now apparently) that would build public confidence in HP so the stock price would go back up, and he could finally sell his shares and get out with his real retirement money.
The entire story is a company valuation manipulation.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 14, 2025 05:32 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: fluffy
Bit earlier: Kathy McCarty. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_McCarty
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 14, 2025 05:33 AM (BLOW1)
As far as I know, the Time.gov site that I've been using for years now is synchronized with WWV.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 05:34 AM (omVj0)
The Second Continental. Congress voted to create the Continental Army on June 14, 1775 after battlles against the British in Concord and Lexington , snd
Naming George Washington the commander in chief the next day.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 05:39 AM (MaBDr)
Good morning, Wolfus--as you probably know, it's also the 250th birthday of my beloved Army, a military without peer on this earth, fitting for the most exceptional country that exists.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 14, 2025 05:42 AM (hKoQL)
"This page intentionally blank."
Posted by: google.com at June 14, 2025 05:51 AM (6pVrF)
It’s has a special button to click if you want an answer from the AI.
It will also usually give an AI answer if you add a question mark at the end of a complicated query.
I usually double-check the answers with the source pages it quotes and summarizes from because it will get things wrong if it finds conflicts in the sources it uses, but it’s good at informing you of different answers; “some sources say this, while others disagree and say this” kind of thing.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 05:53 AM (6ydKt)
https://tinyurl.com/5bv2ch5s
Pray for Israel's victory and protection!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 05:53 AM (MaBDr)
Yes Nuclear Reactors - we need to power our mechanistic AI god.
Posted by: 13times at June 14, 2025 05:16 AM
Also the left: The Iranians, sitting on an ocean of oil, absolutely must have nuclear reactors for totes peaceful civilian power generation.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 14, 2025 05:57 AM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 06:03 AM (lIgBp)
https://tinyurl.com/mvvyk54j
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 06:03 AM (MaBDr)
It’s fine for easy stuff: “I want a picture of a cat with sunglasses on.”
You’ll probably get something close to what you’re asking.
It’ll give you problems when you add more variables: “I want a picture of a cat wearing sunglasses driving a car down Sunset Boulevard from the 1960s with a beautiful sunset in the background and a hot chick in a bikini sitting next to it.”
Is likely to give you something strange as hell.
I’m betting the next big college courses/majors, and internet/YouTube tutorials will be “AI Prompting”.
It will turn into an art form to be able to efficiently and effectively prompt AI to give you exactly what you want on a regular basis.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 06:07 AM (6ydKt)
It’s fine for easy stuff: “I want a picture of a cat with sunglasses on.”
You’ll probably get something close to what you’re asking.
Does AI stand for Automated Indian? Sure sounds the same as outsourcing to Bangalore.
Posted by: t-bird at June 14, 2025 06:12 AM (TJMjl)
New Hotness: Using the Internet, the sum of all human knowledge, to make cat pictures
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 14, 2025 06:16 AM (PiwSw)
I was watching a NewsNation clip on UToob about ChiComs buying up land in Nashua, NH while paying way more than market value. There was concern about a water company siphoning millions of gallons from the public water supply.
There was a an interview with LilyTang Williams, who recently ran for congress in NH. She is solidly pro-freedom, minces no words.
At the end the was a promo blurb from... Chris Cuomo?
They interview a woman to far right for the NH GOP on a news outfit that has this CNN washout as headliner.
Posted by: fluffy at June 14, 2025 06:17 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: t-bird at June 14, 2025 06:12 AM (TJMjl)
Builder.ai just got busted for doing exactly that.
Was supposed to be an AI platform that could write your software for you.
Turned out to be 700 Indians doing all the work.
Even worse, SoftBank and Microsoft had invested billions in the company.
It filed for bankruptcy a few weeks ago.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 06:19 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: I gotta ask at June 14, 2025 06:20 AM (lIgBp)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 06:21 AM (EBPnT)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 14, 2025 06:21 AM (/Ghsb)
Are you saying the world has enough cat videos already?
Because I’m not convinced that’s the case after looking around the internet for 25 years.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 06:22 AM (6ydKt)
That is odd. And they have a dog's vomit choice for Mayor in NYC Curtis Sliwa would probably be ok but he's a R, and won't be elected the Democrats are far left weirdos including a guy who's a "Democrat Socialist" and a Muslim (?) and awful Cuomo. Oh yes, the current Mayor is running as an I.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2025 06:26 AM (2GCMq)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 06:27 AM (QnmlO)
The town of Ramat Gan outside of Tel Aviv didn’t do so well, a lot of damage and destruction there.
They’re saying Iran launched over 200 missiles so I’d say Israel did pretty well protecting itself, all things considered.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 06:32 AM (6ydKt)
A couple in China did, apparently. Well, they are likely responsible for the Tang portion. She probably adopted Lily as her English name.
Posted by: fluffy at June 14, 2025 06:32 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 14, 2025 06:36 AM (/Ghsb)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2025 06:38 AM (QnmlO)
Project ended a year late, of the 107 test cases attached to my side only 3 passed, and we opted to do what we should have done in the first place: build a solution in house.
The kicker was that Christmas, talking to an uncle about a terrible product his company had tried to bring in that year that had turned into a nightmare. Yep, it was Autonomy.
HP bought them out soon after. Guess they wanted to buy crap outright and save the step of turning something decent into crap.
Posted by: AFeralDuck at June 14, 2025 06:39 AM (ZajzL)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 14, 2025 06:36 AM (/Ghsb)
https://is.gd/oJCR07
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Intrepid AoSHQ Link Sherpa at June 14, 2025 06:39 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 14, 2025
***
+ 1000
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:39 AM (omVj0)
*Checks local CBS outlet's webpage*
"80 F., 91% humidity, feels like 88."
Me: *Gack glurp thud*
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:44 AM (omVj0)
You mean real lizards, right? But don't they eat the spiders?!
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 06:45 AM (NFX2v)
You mean real lizards, right? But don't they eat the spiders?!
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 14, 2025 06:45 AM (NFX2v)
---
But then you are just inviting the snakes in to eat the lizards.
Pretty soon you're up to your eyeballs in saltwater crocs eating everything in sight.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 14, 2025 06:46 AM (GlyvH)
Posted by: Eb at June 14, 2025 06:48 AM (zhWvq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2025 06:49 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 14, 2025 06:49 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:52 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 06:53 AM (CQE5S)
There's a small get together planned for this evening, maybe 15 people in all for a celebration of the Army's birthday. If it follows function, it'll be more pure social interaction than anything else complete with some fine eating. We've done this for many years, it is so neat to see the progression of people, all vets, through their lives.
We consider anyone who wore the uniform regardless of branch or MOS as a veteran, all took the same oath.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 14, 2025 06:53 AM (hKoQL)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 06:53 AM (lIgBp)
*Checks local CBS outlet's webpage*
"80 F., 91% humidity, feels like 88."
Me: *Gack glurp thud*
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2025 06:44 AM (omVj0)
It’s 94% humidity here this morning.
Luckily it’s only 76 degrees so it feels like 79.
It’s rained nearly every day for about two weeks, so it’s like a sauna every morning when you walk outside.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2025 06:54 AM (6ydKt)
Love that talk to text.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 06:53 AM (lIgBp)
heh
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 06:56 AM (CQE5S)
172 103 Alright, it's time to go to work. Apparently I have fictitious children to drive from their fictitious homes, to their fictitious schools, in the mythical land of Canada, which according to Pixy, is not a real place.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 13, 2025 06:28 AM (O7YUW)
I'll park this here.
@orderupx
3h
Replying to @AMAZlNGNATURE
birds aren’t real
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 02:53 PM (CQE5S)
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 06:57 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2025 06:59 AM (lIgBp)
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 07:00 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: colin at June 14, 2025 07:03 AM (wlQdF)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 14, 2025 07:15 AM (BkdKv)
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 14, 2025 07:17 AM (hKoQL)
Posted by: colin
An excuse to cause trouble, embarrass PDT and inconvenience us normies.
Posted by: Tuna at June 14, 2025 07:27 AM (lJ0H4)
"smart" can mean different things, so the statement doesn't say anything.
In Computer Vision, it can be the ability to pattern match and "recognize" things, or numbers of things.
In LLMs, its just a tokenizer and probability machine, useful for performing quick searches and cobbling up some sort of response that was generated by fragments of others linked data.
If you mean "quick thinking". Its like a savant in some areas and an imbecile in most others. So to quickly scan a document and provide a summary, its better than all of its developers in aggregate. It can use a prediction engine to score a chess move faster, react faster to a changing environment.
But is totally incapable of wisdom.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 14, 2025 07:44 AM (a4flb)
I would hate to see what would happen if directed here for shelving instructions, dating advice or wound treatments.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 14, 2025 07:46 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Fisht at June 14, 2025 09:42 AM (BHEHK)
Posted by: front toward enemy at June 14, 2025 10:32 AM (TIizU)
Posted by: Saber Alter at June 14, 2025 12:20 PM (AZg1Q)
>>>one idiot refused to touch his computer because the last octet
>>>was 666.
Not possible. No octet in an IPv4 address can be larger than 255 (decimal), or 0xFF (hexadecimal).
Posted by: The Nth Doctor at June 14, 2025 01:46 PM (5Zj4S)
Brevity Is The Soul Of The ONT
Howdy folks! Before we get to the memes, let's take a quick peek at how things are going in Tehran:
American badass
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) June 13, 2025
American, translated
Calendars
Good news everybody!
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) June 13, 2025
Which one of you Morons is this?
Damn straight
Holy shit!
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) June 13, 2025
A primer on America
Words to work into normal conversations
I have always relied on the kindness of strangers
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) June 13, 2025
Recruiting master class
I have questions
You'll shoot your balls off
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) June 13, 2025
Immigration
Math r hard
Perry!
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) June 14, 2025
Rooftop Korean is based part 1
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Rooftop Korean is based part 2
The sandwich
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) June 14, 2025
Coming soon
It's a shame this isn't real, 'cuz these would sell like beer on the 4th of July
2026 Chevy Chevelle 454 - Welcome to the rebirth of an American legend: the 2026 Chevy Chevelle SS 454. pic.twitter.com/IvX7Ce11lb
— Bob Golen (@BobGolen) June 12, 2025
Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by mechanical bulls:
Linked, not embedded, because technically it's NSFW
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: mindful webworker - The M-F war at June 13, 2025 10:00 PM (Z5w4n)
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 10:00 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 13, 2025 10:01 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 13, 2025 10:01 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at June 13, 2025 10:01 PM (hftn9)
If Syria were Christian as it should be.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 10:02 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at June 13, 2025 10:02 PM (hftn9)
@EYakoby
BREAKING: Western leftists who flew to Egypt to “march to Gaza,” quickly realize that they’re no longer in leftist Western cities.
Criminal behavior is actually not tolerated in most of the world.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 13, 2025 10:04 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 10:07 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Some Rat at June 13, 2025 10:08 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Don Black at June 13, 2025 10:09 PM (AOsQT)
I've seen the words "crapulence" and "crapulous" used in the Aubrey-Maturin novels on occasion and couldn't quite make sense of them. That certainly clears things up.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2025 10:09 PM (jGGMD)
Posted by: Some Rat at June 13, 2025 10:10 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Butch at June 13, 2025 10:10 PM (Vvz8q)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 13, 2025 10:04 PM (mlg/3)
Unless you're a Chirstian, then they can kill you. Say anything about you and get away with it, too, you blasphemer. "He made fun of the profit Mohammad." As if Ol' Mo has any feelings at the moment. But still, that'll get you killed and your killer will be a hero.
Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 10:11 PM (gKDq2)
I think the media is probably right.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 10:12 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 10:12 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 10:14 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at June 13, 2025 10:14 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at June 13, 2025 10:15 PM (0jqe/)
Yeah, buncha bs. I've seen claims of a new 2026 Model T and Model A. Someone's pulling legs....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 13, 2025 10:15 PM (0eaVi)
If Syria were Christian as it should be.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 10:02 PM (gKWVE)
Been a lot of Seleucid references on the blog today, for some reason.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2025 10:15 PM (jGGMD)
@EYakoby
BREAKING: Western leftists who flew to Egypt to “march to Gaza,” quickly realize that they’re no longer in leftist Western cities.
Criminal behavior is actually not tolerated in most of the world.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 13, 2025 10:04 PM (mlg/3)
Performance activism doesn't go so well in other places. Pampered American autistics probably won't get it.
Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 10:15 PM (Rm1xR)
Always been a huge fan of interrobangs and use them frequently.
Posted by: IrishEi at June 13, 2025 10:16 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 13, 2025 10:16 PM (8r4Hk)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 10:16 PM (viF8m)
I think the media is probably right.
Posted by: gKWVE
Gambling and booze, the only two addictions which are allowed to advertise.
Posted by: Some Rat at June 13, 2025 10:16 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 10:12 PM (dDmld)
True but the people living there didn't know it was owned -- or even sold -- in the first place. Land title deeds were never a thing with the Natives.
Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 10:16 PM (gKDq2)
I used to eat there all the time. I worked at 3701 Wilshire Blvd back then. (Carls Jr was on Western.)
There was a great Korean restaurant just up the street that had glass noodles.
Mmmm. Glass noodles.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 10:17 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2025 10:15 PM (jGGMD)
Because it's Hammer Time?
Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 10:17 PM (gKWVE)
the quality of the ingredients, the harmony of flavours, the mastery of techniques, the personality of the chef as expressed through their cuisine and, just as importantly, consistency both across the entire menu and over time.
Based on those criteria, I sm giving WD a 5 star rating.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 13, 2025 10:17 PM (Pqqp4)
Posted by: Beavis at June 13, 2025 10:18 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2025 10:15 PM (jGGMD)
Al Gorithm.
Is Ella live or is it Memorex?
Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 10:18 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2025 10:19 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 13, 2025 10:20 PM (s1NDj)
Posted by: Gref at June 13, 2025 10:21 PM (aBgBM)
Posted by: Iris at June 13, 2025 10:21 PM (bOJ2I)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 13, 2025 10:21 PM (D7oie)
Yeah, buncha bs. I've seen claims of a new 2026 Model T and Model A. Someone's pulling legs....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 13, 2025 10:15 PM (0eaVi)
GM wouldn't build it, but a few of the better streetrod fabricators could.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 13, 2025 10:21 PM (EIeK8)
Posted by: huerfano at June 13, 2025 10:22 PM (n2swS)
Boy jumping into that waterhole is an idiot...
Platypuses are kewl!
Posted by: lin-duh at June 13, 2025 10:22 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 10:22 PM (/y8xj)
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:24 PM (CQE5S)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 13, 2025 10:16 PM (8r4Hk)
Gosh I hope so, sushi and cinnamon rolls together make me feel crapulous without eating too much.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 13, 2025 10:24 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2025 10:24 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 10:24 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:25 PM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 10:15 PM (Rm1xR)
Revolution in third world countries is real, not play time, and can get you disappeared real quick.
As you say, pampered performace autists, a very apt phrase. That's how I view the 'Just Stop Oil' loons. Those clowns couldn't exist without all the items that come from the very thing they want to ban. I've come to the conclusion there are no functioning brain synapses in any of those people. It's a magician's trick they speak at all.
Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 10:25 PM (gKDq2)
——
Correct. $15,000,000 or a few cents an acre. The original plan was to purchase the port of New Orleans. When it became clear the French wanted to sell the entirety of Louisiana, President Jefferson wasn’t sure it was legal to do so, but it was a screamin’ deal. So he went ahead and bought it.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 13, 2025 10:25 PM (im9tq)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 10:26 PM (e15Ap)
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:26 PM (CQE5S)
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Posted by: Kindltot at June 13, 2025 10:26 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 10:27 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Eromero
Makes two of us. HS buddy, my motor head go to guy, traded up from a 57 Chevy Belair to a 65 Chevelle SS. You couldn't cruise with him if you were a wimp. That 396 had some serious, scary get up and go.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 13, 2025 10:27 PM (Pqqp4)
Posted by: Dr. Maybe at June 13, 2025 10:28 PM (TdYBy)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 13, 2025 10:28 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: keena at June 13, 2025 10:29 PM (ienUH)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 10:12 PM (dDmld)
We paid Mexico for the dog-tooth piece at the SE corner of the 1848 section. Gadsden Purchase, 1854. Bought it for a easier railroad route to Tucson and points west
Posted by: Gref at June 13, 2025 10:29 PM (aBgBM)
Posted by: Cicero
Paid Mexico's ass also.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago
In turn, the U.S. government paid Mexico $15 million "in consideration of the extension acquired by the boundaries of the United States" and agreed to pay debts owed to American citizens by the Mexican government. Mexicans in areas annexed by the U.S. could relocate within Mexico's new boundaries or receive American citizenship and full civil rights.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 10:29 PM (fab8c)
Posted by: Shen Nan I Gan at June 13, 2025 10:29 PM (t8jkU)
Posted by: Iris at June 13, 2025 10:21 PM (bOJ2I)
Spirit Halloween stores move into big empty spaces.
Posted by: haffhowershower at June 13, 2025 10:30 PM (144I4)
@amuse
INSURRECTION: Insurgents repeatedly blocked vehicles using barriers at the Newark detention center. It’s time to deploy the National Guard to restore order and arrest these obstructionists. This brazen defiance of federal law cannot be allowed to stand.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 13, 2025 10:30 PM (mlg/3)
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Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:25 PM (CQE5S)
for Spanish?
Posted by: Kindltot at June 13, 2025 10:26 PM (D7oie)
I guess.
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:30 PM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Iris at June 13, 2025 10:21 PM (bOJ2I)
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I think it's because it's not uncommon for Spirit Halloween stores to take up a space that's been vacated like at a strip mall or something. So, it's saying Iran's regime is about to be removed, leaving room for a Spirit Halloween to come in its place.
Not the strongest meme, but that's my best shot.
Posted by: Werewolf of London at June 13, 2025 10:30 PM (xtKM4)
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 10:31 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: From about That Time at June 13, 2025 10:32 PM (n4GiU)
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:32 PM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 13, 2025 10:32 PM (cEp5l)
It will get you same day shipping to Jesus.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 10:32 PM (fab8c)
Posted by: Common Tater at June 13, 2025 10:25 PM (im9tq)
I recall that Jefferson knew that he certainly did NOT have the authorization to make that deal, but he did it anyways. A lot of people in the Congress were furious, but ordinary people loved it, and when Jefferson said “okay, do you want me to give it back?” Everyone knew it was ours to stay.
Britain was furious, they thought he was intentionally financing Napoleon’s war against them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 10:33 PM (e15Ap)
Posted by: haffhowershower at June 13, 2025 10:33 PM (144I4)
I think the commies are going to that lake of burning sulfur known as hell.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 10:33 PM (IU1e3)
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 10:31 PM (+qU29)
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Failed stores turn into Spirit Halloweens for three months.
Same with failed regimes?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 10:33 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 13, 2025 10:34 PM (Pqqp4)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 13, 2025 10:34 PM (cEp5l)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 13, 2025 10:28 PM (VCgbV)
That's what really pisses me off so much: The ahistorical illiteracy rampant today. And the good press the commies get. Lenin was a monster. Not just a Russian monster, an historical one. I don't get why one ideology's loved and the other hated when they are two sides of the same coin.
I replied to some asshole on X, complaining about 'fascism' today, to let me know when Trump signed his own 'Night And Fog' EO. I don't think he had a clue what that even meant. So much for knowing what 'fascism' is.
Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 10:35 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Dudes, we kicked your ass just a few short years ago. No, we ARE NOT your friends.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 10:35 PM (fab8c)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 13, 2025 10:35 PM (cEp5l)
Posted by: Anna Puma
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I'd keep the posi-traction too, just be careful on the curves.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 10:36 PM (IU1e3)
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 10:31 PM (+qU29)
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Failed stores turn into Spirit Halloweens for three months.
Same with failed regimes?
Posted by: Cicero
Might as well. They won't be using the real estate.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 10:36 PM (fab8c)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 10:37 PM (/y8xj)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 13, 2025 10:38 PM (rvwwT)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 13, 2025 10:22 PM (VCgbV)
I wonder if it's CGI. Or whatever the cool kids are calling it these days.
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:38 PM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Gref at June 13, 2025 10:29 PM (aBgBM)
Fun trivia - guess who was the government official who pushed for that more than anyone, and the one who made it happen?
Jefferson Davis. He wanted a southern railroad to get to California first.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 10:38 PM (e15Ap)
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It's a limited slip differential which distributes power equally to both the right and left tires. The '64 Skylark had a regular differential, which, anyone who's been stuck in the mud in Alabama knows, you step on the gas, one tire spins, the other tire does nothing.
Posted by: Mona Lisa Vito at June 13, 2025 10:39 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 10:39 PM (IU1e3)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 13, 2025 10:30 PM (mlg/3)
So what's the difference between blocking a Federal fort and blocking a Federal detention center? Inquiring minds want to know. Democrat defiance of the government is the overarching theme I see.
Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 10:39 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 13, 2025 10:38 PM (rvwwT)
Her: (afterwards) What are you thinking about??
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 13, 2025 10:39 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: Danger Down Under at June 13, 2025 10:40 PM (G5+As)
Or just combining math with reading comprehension ?
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 10:40 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Methos at June 13, 2025 10:40 PM (Dnobf)
I've been watching some Ludacris cam with Steve Inman. There's some pretty wild vigilante justice going on in some countries.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 13, 2025 10:41 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Some Rat
I'm right here. I know you didn't forget me.
Posted by: your smartphone at June 13, 2025 10:42 PM (DgGvY)
OCS for.that man.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 10:42 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 10:42 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 13, 2025 10:34 PM (Pqqp4)
Hey, Sock Monkey!
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:42 PM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 10:42 PM (e15Ap)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 13, 2025 10:43 PM (SRRAx)
And he runs a state?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 10:43 PM (dDmld)
Midwestern nice.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 13, 2025 10:43 PM (0Htd1)
Bought, not conquered. Could have bought the rest but then we'd be stuck with Mexico.
Posted by: jimmymcnulty at June 13, 2025 10:43 PM (vvIbr)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 13, 2025 10:43 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 10:44 PM (e15Ap)
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:38 PM (CQE5S)
Yeah I think the jump is real and was into a large body of water. They just CIG'd the water into a small hole.
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 10:44 PM (VofaG)
Homeschool your kids.
There's a reason that the College of Education is always the largest graduating class at any university. There are qualified teachers out there but a large chunk of them are people who washed out of every other major.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 10:44 PM (/y8xj)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 13, 2025 10:34 PM (cEp5l)
Such an iconic video.
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:44 PM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Mexico at June 13, 2025 10:44 PM (dDmld)
Is that a new TikTok challenge?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 13, 2025 10:35 PM (cEp5l)
ewwwww
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:45 PM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Danger Down Under
https://is.gd/NBXYQt
Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 10:45 PM (DgGvY)
INSURRECTION: Insurgents repeatedly blocked vehicles using barriers at the Newark detention center. It’s time to deploy the National Guard to restore order and arrest these obstructionists. This brazen defiance of federal law cannot be allowed to stand.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 13, 2025 10:30 PM (mlg/3)
Deploy some snipers. Blow out some brains.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 13, 2025 10:46 PM (PCqbQ)
And he runs a state?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 10:43 PM (dDmld)
I don't think he deals well with stress, first he got raked over the coals during a Congressional hearing, and then it has come out there is circumstantial evidence that he may have been working for the Chinese while he was also in the National Guard.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 13, 2025 10:46 PM (D7oie)
Thanks! Glad it was not just me...
Posted by: Iris at June 13, 2025 10:47 PM (bOJ2I)
And he runs a state?
Posted by: Cicero
He's a commie sociopath. QED.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 13, 2025 10:47 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Don Black
It's a close call, but I'll still take the Korean gal.
Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 10:47 PM (DgGvY)
But is he really?
What if, Trump as an American President acting in the best interests of the United States were to use all of his powers against Mexico.
And Trump just crushed and took over Mexico.
Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 10:47 PM (Rm1xR)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 13, 2025 10:48 PM (Eo96p)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 13, 2025 10:49 PM (rvwwT)
Posted by: RickZ
And Greta whatshername. The Scandinavian Troll.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 13, 2025 10:49 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 13, 2025 10:48 PM (Eo96p)
FURTHER into the ground.
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 10:49 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 13, 2025 10:49 PM (rvwwT)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
There's math, and then there's DEI math!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - THIS Year in Corsicana - again at June 13, 2025 10:50 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
Teacher doesn't know carpentry either.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 13, 2025 10:51 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 13, 2025 10:51 PM (VCgbV)
Two issues...no water in the hydrants, and a prius EV.
Washington State trying hard to be California North.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 10:51 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: RickZ
Scary part is that apparently there there are some that listen when they speak!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - THIS Year in Corsicana - again at June 13, 2025 10:52 PM (hOUT3)
Or just combining math with reading comprehension ?
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 10:40 PM (VofaG)
We had those back in the day. Word problems, I think they're called; real-life application of math. That example isn't a bad one, I don't think.
But, math on the blog. I just.
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:52 PM (CQE5S)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 13, 2025 10:52 PM (0Htd1)
Thanks! Glad it was not just me...
Posted by: Iris
Nor I, but the Horde will always deliver answers. Sometimes seriously f'd up answers, but still answers.
Posted by: Some Rat at June 13, 2025 10:52 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 13, 2025 10:52 PM (Eo96p)
A wife and her husband were having a dinner party for all the major status figures in Rome, Italy. The wife was very excited about this and wanted everything to be perfect. At the very last minute, she realized that she didn't have any snails so she asked her husband to run down to the beach with the bucket she was handing him to gather some snails.
Very grudgingly he agreed. He took the bucket, walked out the door, down the steps, and out to the beach. As he was collecting the snails, he noticed a beautiful woman strolling alongside the water just a little further down the beach. He kept thinking to himself "Wouldn't it be great if she would even just come down and _talk_ to me." He went back to gathering the snails. All of a sudden he looked up, and the beautiful woman was standing right over him. They got to talking, and she invited him back to her place.
(cont.)
Posted by: Ciampino - two parter at June 13, 2025 10:52 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 13, 2025 10:49 PM (rvwwT)
Koreans are not great at sandwiches. If you want a good sandwich, find a Vietnamese chick. Mmmm. Ban Mih
Posted by: Kindltot at June 13, 2025 10:52 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
Technically, only the questions.
"Is it in yet‽" -- Gwen Walz
Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 10:53 PM (DgGvY)
Iran getting hammered by Israel
The Iranian people cheering for this
Egyptians are beating the shit out of palestinian sympathizers
Street protests in Spain against the socialist PM
Cops around the US are finally getting tough with rioters
something's happening here
Posted by: Don Black at June 13, 2025 10:53 PM (AOsQT)
They were at her apartment a ways down the beach, and they started messing around. It got so hot and heavy that he was exhausted afterwards and passed out there. At seven o'clock the next morning he woke up and exclaimed, "Oh
no!!! My wife's dinner party!!!" He gathered all his clothes, put them on real fast (how long does it take to throw on a toga and buckle some sandals?), grabbed his bucket, and ran out the door. He ran down the beach all the way to his apartment.
He ran up the stairs of his apartment. He was in such a hurry that when he got to the top of the stairs, he dropped the bucket of snails. There were snails all down the stairs. The door opened just then, with a very angry wife standing in the doorway wondering where he's been all this time. He looked at the snails all down the steps, then he looked at her, then back at the snails and said:
"Come on guys, we're almost there!"
Posted by: Ciampino - two parter 2 at June 13, 2025 10:54 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 13, 2025 10:49 PM (rvwwT)
Also doesn't know that 2 cuts yield 3 pieces. 3 cuts yield 4 pieces.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 13, 2025 10:54 PM (PCqbQ)
And Trump just crushed and took over Mexico.
Then it would be direct welfare payments instead of remittances.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 13, 2025 10:54 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: The Moron Detective at June 13, 2025 10:55 PM (LILNU)
Posted by: Diogenes
Trying? We blew past that warning sign years ago.
Posted by: Some Rat at June 13, 2025 10:55 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
Misdirection. The teacher doesn't know carpentry.
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 10:55 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 10:44 PM (/y8xj)
Harvard now has to offer remedial math and English. That says two things to me: The public/private education system in this country is fucked and colleges are total bullshit with basically rich people getting 'paid for' degrees merely by being able to afford the astronomical tuition today. It's a self-sustaining anti-intellectual elite. As that great philosopher, Bugs, would say, 'What a bunch a maroons'. Crazy.
Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 10:55 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:55 PM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
The teacher would blue-screen at the fencepost problem.
"If you're building a 50-yard fence, with a post every 2 yards, how many fenceposts do you need?"
Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 10:57 PM (DgGvY)
Pray for our military tomorrow as they do their duty and protect ICE and arrest foreign invaders. Semper Fi, Marines! When in doubt show those insurrectionists what a rifleman can do!!!
Posted by: Diabeetus at June 13, 2025 10:57 PM (SawFp)
Posted by: Gref at June 13, 2025 10:57 PM (aBgBM)
Praying for you and your brother. I spent some late nights at the ER when caring for my parents. Weekend nights in the ER are a bit scary. In ours, they had a guard and locked doors between the waiting room and the cubicles.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 13, 2025 10:58 PM (0Htd1)
I then watched what I believe is the only feature film made in Esperanto, "Incubus" by Leslie Stevens and starring William Shatner. It's...interesting.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 13, 2025 10:58 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Little Swedish Meatballs at June 13, 2025 10:58 PM (G5+As)
>>There was a great Korean restaurant just up the street that had glass noodles. Mmmm. Glass noodles.
Oh my G-d, I want some Bibimbap right now!!!
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 13, 2025 10:58 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: The Moron Detective at June 13, 2025 10:55 PM (LILNU)
A good Moron!
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 10:59 PM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Gen Z at June 13, 2025 10:59 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 10:59 PM (gKWVE)
ColoradoMarie would use the 12 gauge and let somebody who dared pick up the pieces.
Posted by: Miklos solves Problem logically at June 13, 2025 10:59 PM (K6h4I)
Would have truly been a Manchurian Candidate
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 11:00 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Sock Monkey
Prayers aren't very entertaining, but you get those too.
Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 11:00 PM (DgGvY)
jajajajajaj
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 11:00 PM (IU1e3)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
The teacher would blue-screen at the fencepost problem.
"If you're building a 50-yard fence, with a post every 2 yards, how many fenceposts do you need?"
Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 10:57 PM (DgGvY)
Let's try an easy one: There's 319 teams in a triple elimination soccer tournament. How many games on the schedule?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 13, 2025 11:01 PM (pIfcn)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
The teacher would blue-screen at the fencepost problem.
"If you're building a 50-yard fence, with a post every 2 yards, how many fenceposts do you need?"
Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 10:57 PM (DgGvY)
And one at each end?
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 11:01 PM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 11:01 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: sal at June 13, 2025 11:02 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:02 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 13, 2025 11:02 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: TecumsehTea
Kidney, pneumonia, Parkinson. Unknown to me his grandsons moved to Ohio and he was living on his own, unable to care for himself. Picking up a burger, on my way home .
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 13, 2025 11:03 PM (Pqqp4)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 11:03 PM (IU1e3)
Posted by: Iris at June 13, 2025 10:21 PM (bOJ2I)
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So basically where I live, we used to have a Circuit City, they went out of business and Spirit Halloween opened up. Then, we had an Office Max go out of business and Spirit Halloween opened up there. KMart, Chuck-E-Cheese... Spirit Halloween is a seasonal business so they find empty buildings and rent them for a few months, make some money and move on. They will often show up in your town but in a different building every year.
Meme interpretation: The Mullahs in Iran are going out of business complements of Israel.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 13, 2025 11:03 PM (Ux3xW)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 13, 2025 11:01 PM (pIfcn)
Who gets the bye?
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 11:03 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
"Your producers were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
Posted by: some other feature film at June 13, 2025 11:04 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 11:04 PM (CQE5S)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 13, 2025 10:58 PM (CHHv1)
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Esperanto is one of the few artificially created languages.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 13, 2025 11:04 PM (RIvkX)
We paid Mexico for the dog-tooth piece at the SE corner of the 1848 section. Gadsden Purchase, 1854. Bought it for a easier railroad route to Tucson and points west
Posted by: Gref
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It was reparations for taking the rest of the SW from Mexico.
They demanded that we take more because they didn't want it.
Kind of lays waste to the aztlan / reconconquista / la raza assholes - Mexico insisted the US take a bigger bite. Assholes don't even recognize what their country did.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 13, 2025 11:05 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 11:01 PM (dDmld)
I'm waiting for some Hollywood doofus to do a PSA for it. I mean, they'll do PSAs for anything. 'Save The Salmon Eggs!' Forget about the human ones, but the animal ones are cool. Present and future sushi.
Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 11:06 PM (gKDq2)
"Come on guys, we're almost there!"
Posted by: Ciampino
Excellent! Perfect joke to embellish and lengthen, Norm MacDonald style. 😃
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at June 13, 2025 11:06 PM (AwlwC)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:06 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 11:07 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 13, 2025 11:07 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 13, 2025 11:08 PM (Fju+s)
Is that related to the first guy earlier?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:06 PM (ynpvh)
It's related to Tim Walz, too.
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 11:08 PM (CQE5S)
Is that a new TikTok challenge?
Posted by: Anna Puma
They're a Red Hot Chili Peppers cover band, I think.
Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 11:08 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 13, 2025 11:02 PM (VCgbV)
That teacher is a bigger idiot than you think. Couldn't read the answer in the teacher guide for the math quiz book. Or it could be the author of the quiz book and the teacher guide is a still-bigger idiot. Put the wrong answer and solution logic in the teacher guide.
Posted by: Gref at June 13, 2025 11:09 PM (aBgBM)
Yes, quite a lot of Greek mythology is NSFW.
Posted by: Nemo at June 13, 2025 11:09 PM (4RPgu)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 13, 2025 11:09 PM (PCqbQ)
It's ova.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 11:07 PM (dDmld)
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So Ovaltine is an egg fork?
Posted by: Ciampino - how many tineson a BBQ fork? at June 13, 2025 11:09 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 11:10 PM (IU1e3)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 13, 2025 10:49 PM (0Htd1)
Latest update to the AoS Style Guide says to use:
Doom Goblin
Posted by: browndog with pruney paw pads at June 13, 2025 11:10 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: Gen Z at June 13, 2025 10:59 PM (XeU6L)
It's a female Chevy?
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 11:10 PM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 13, 2025 11:04 PM (RIvkX)
Assembler, FORTRAN and COBOL would like to have a few words. I bet more people still speak those languages on my list than speak Esperanto, maybe ever.
Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 11:10 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 11:10 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 11:10 PM (Rm1xR)
Posted by: RickZ
You need a lot of human eggs to make sushi, though.
Posted by: Barbecue, the Haitian warlord at June 13, 2025 11:11 PM (DgGvY)
Pretty sure binary is another.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 13, 2025 11:07 PM (CHHv1)
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*ahem*
Posted by: DNA Nucleotide Base Pairs at June 13, 2025 11:11 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: Gen Z at June 13, 2025 10:59 PM (XeU6L)
It's a female Chevy?
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 11:10 PM (CQE5S)
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To be precise it's a French female Chevy.
Posted by: Ciampino - how many tineson a BBQ fork? at June 13, 2025 11:11 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 13, 2025 11:12 PM (rvwwT)
Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 11:12 PM (DgGvY)
Pretty sure binary is another.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 13, 2025 11:07 PM (CHHv1)
There are only 10 types of people in this world; those that understand binary and those that don't...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:13 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 13, 2025 11:01 PM (pIfcn)
Who gets the bye?
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 11:03 PM (VofaG)
Let's say seven teams, but it's completely irrelevant to the answer
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 13, 2025 11:14 PM (pIfcn)
You won't fuckingbelievethis, you guys!
But ALL the tiktok goblins are now fake "experts" on Posse Comatatus.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 13, 2025 11:14 PM (GmAgP)
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 13, 2025 11:04 PM (RIvkX)
Assembler, FORTRAN and COBOL would like to have a few words. I bet more people still speak those languages on my list than speak Esperanto, maybe ever.
Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 11:10 PM (gKDq2)
I C++ what you did there.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:14 PM (ynpvh)
And since there was no size requirement of the pieces the time is variable.
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Ciampino - how many tineson in a fork in the road? at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (e15Ap)
Would have truly been a Manchurian Candidate
Posted by: Skip
Because the Chinese are full authoritarian with their citizens. Some dems wish that they could treat us like that.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: It's ten minutes per cut! 20 minutes! at June 13, 2025 11:16 PM (TbWk/)
cinammon rolls.
That’s a crime now!?
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 13, 2025 11:16 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 13, 2025 11:17 PM (MyqLb)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (e15Ap)
If you drive a Ram, does that make you a Shofar?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 13, 2025 11:17 PM (PCqbQ)
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 13, 2025 11:17 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:13 PM (ynpvh)
Um, wouldn't that be like two.
Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 11:17 PM (Rm1xR)
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Educators are like journalists. They're experts in everything.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 11:17 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (0Htd1)
Sadly about half the voters in America want to be treated like that.
Posted by: Freedom is HAAARD at June 13, 2025 11:18 PM (TbWk/)
And since there was no size requirement of the pieces the time is variable.
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (VofaG)
There is a time requirement: It took Marie 10 minutes to [perform one cut]. If she works just as fast ....
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 11:18 PM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Good one for the
"Where are they now?" File.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 13, 2025 11:18 PM (/lPRQ)
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What do you make of my cursus honorum?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 11:18 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 13, 2025 10:15 PM (0eaVi)
GM wouldn't build it, but a few of the better streetrod fabricators could.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 13, 2025 10:21 PM (EIeK
Had to go somewhere.
Whoever is posting those modern antique cars is putting out that it's Ford and GM building them. That's the BS part. I'm sure plenty of garages can do it, but aren't really.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 13, 2025 11:19 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (e15Ap)
If you drive a Ram, does that make you a Shofar?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 13, 2025 11:17 PM (PCqbQ)
Ramalamadingdong
Posted by: Bop she bop she bop etc at June 13, 2025 11:19 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (e15Ap)
And your name becomes Maurice.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 13, 2025 11:19 PM (Aqu9a)
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First three I used on job.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 13, 2025 11:20 PM (MyqLb)
Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 11:10 PM (Rm1xR)
Okay, pass the crack pipe.
Donald Trump ain't the Republican Party and the Republican Party ain't Trump.
Trump is a one-off, a self-generated force of nature. He doesn't do the 'go along to get along' Republican Failure Kabuki Theater. When Trump is gone, the Dems are going to come hard. J.D. Vance better start doing some things now. We criticized Kammie for doing nothing.
But the Republican Party will be thrilled Trump can no longer run in '28, moreso than even the Dems. The Republicans can get back to losing with dignity, then becoming a hard-core verbal opposition Party which fails once again yet somehow with individuals getting rich. I've seen this play before, with multiple casts over the years.
Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 11:20 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Ciampino - how many tines in a fork in the road? at June 13, 2025 11:20 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Ciampino - how many tineson in a fork in the road? at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (sPQoU)
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All the best alphabets were made by monks.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 13, 2025 11:20 PM (RIvkX)
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https://tinyurl.com/5ef3tr46
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 11:20 PM (IU1e3)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:13 PM (ynpvh)
Um, wouldn't that be like two.
Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 11:17 PM (Rm1xR)
Just wait for it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:20 PM (ynpvh)
Pretty sure binary is another.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 13, 2025 11:07 PM (CHHv1)
Is it, though? It’s just as valid as any other radix. Arguably, moreso, because its the easiest base to translate into boolean logic, and those are very efficient logic gates to construct out of transistors.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 13, 2025 11:20 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 11:21 PM (VofaG)
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First three I used on job.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 13, 2025 11:20 PM (MyqLb)
I've used the first two myself...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:21 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Ciampino - how many tineson in a fork in the road? at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (sPQoU)
The written Vietnamese language was latinized by the French when they ruled there, which is a shame.
Posted by: Farquad at June 13, 2025 11:22 PM (NLzBw)
Posted by: Ciampino - how many tineson in a fork in the road? at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (sPQoU)
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All the best alphabets were made by monks.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 13, 2025 11:20 PM (RIvkX)
Some had a cool numbering system. Look up Cisterian numbers.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:22 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 11:23 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:23 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:13 PM (ynpvh)
Um, wouldn't that be like two.
Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 11:17 PM (Rm1xR)
Just wait for it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:20 PM (ynpvh)
Nicely handled! I'm sitting here tapping my fingers on the desktop, thinking, jim (in Kalifornia), where did you go‽
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 11:23 PM (CQE5S)
@EYakoby
BREAKING: Western leftists who flew to Egypt to “march to Gaza,” quickly realize that they’re no longer in leftist Western cities.
Criminal behavior is actually not tolerated in most of the world.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 13, 2025 10:04 PM (mlg/3)
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Break the popcorn out, here's a couple of videos of the event:
https://tinyurl.com/46zzmtp4
https://tinyurl.com/5yef5scj
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 13, 2025 11:23 PM (Eo/8K)
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Somehow, Banh Mi became the Croque Monsieur.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 11:24 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 13, 2025 11:24 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 13, 2025 10:34 PM (Pqqp4)
Of course!
https://tinyurl.com/58s3mcjk
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 13, 2025 11:24 PM (0eaVi)
https://tinyurl.com/ajrwt8vy
Posted by: Ciampino - dicks have already been cut off? at June 13, 2025 11:25 PM (sPQoU)
And since there was no size requirement of the pieces the time is variable.
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The time is only variable if the shape of the pieces is variable, or put another way, if the cuts don't need to be parallel.
Posted by: Methos at June 13, 2025 11:25 PM (Dnobf)
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 11:25 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 11:25 PM (QnmlO)
Also, that Canadian immigration chart is downright scary...
Posted by: Castle Guy at June 13, 2025 11:26 PM (Lhaco)
Their offspring was the Minotaur.
Yes, quite a lot of Greek mythology is NSFW.
Posted by: Nemo
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I thought the Minotaur was the offspring of Europa after she was raped by Zeus in the form of a bull -- but it turns out that was another bull! Meanwhile, that Minotaur was a fvcking monster that gave me nightmares. James Cameron could do a sequence on it that would give heart attacks.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 13, 2025 11:26 PM (wbZPZ)
Posted by: Don Black
It's a close call, but I'll still take the Korean gal.
Posted by: mikeski
Tiffany Fong?
Sounds Chynese to me.
Which would explain the dis.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 13, 2025 11:26 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Methos at June 13, 2025 11:25 PM (Dnobf)
I should have said shape and size.
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 11:26 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 11:23 PM (CQE5S)
Normally just jump in for a short bit some days and them pop out.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:26 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Common Tater at June 13, 2025 11:26 PM (lqKtE)
Heard tell no American Indians had a written language
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 11:25 PM (+qU29)
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Read that somewhere.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 11:26 PM (QnmlO)
GM wouldn't build it, but a few of the better streetrod fabricators could.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Already do
https://transamworldwide.com/
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 13, 2025 11:27 PM (XeU6L)
Deploy some snipers. Blow out some brains.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 13, 2025 10:46 PM (PCqbQ)
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Subsonic .22 LR. Aim for the butt cheeks. Let them think about what they did.
"God hates your ass."
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 13, 2025 11:27 PM (QwK6F)
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 11:25 PM (+qU29)
I think a Cherokee came up with a written form of their language...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:29 PM (ynpvh)
Because the Chinese are full authoritarian with their citizens. Some dems wish that they could treat us like that.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (0Htd1)
Sadly about half the voters in America want to be treated like that.
Posted by: Freedom is HAAARD at June 13, 2025 11:18 PM (TbWk/)
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"Spank me, Daddy!!"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 11:29 PM (QnmlO)
https://transamworldwide.com/
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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Heh. Prices start at $195,000
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 13, 2025 11:29 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 13, 2025 11:29 PM (rvwwT)
Here's the real culprit. Who just happens to be a meth head according to the article.
2015... Josseleen Lopez, 25, allegedly shot up meth and then exhibited odd behavior at a Walmart in Lecanto. She had a half empty bottle of wine in her cart and ate sushi, mini muffins, cinnamon rolls, rotisserie chicken, according to the Citrus County Sheriff's Office.
https://tinyurl.com/3j7hh46s
Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 11:30 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 11:25 PM (+qU29)
I think a Cherokee came up with a written form of their language...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:29 PM (ynpvh)
Incans used knots. I forget what the Iriquois used...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:30 PM (ynpvh)
Arguably, Hungarians are part space aliens
Posted by: Common Tater at June 13, 2025 11:26 PM (lqKtE)
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martians_(scientists)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 11:30 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Common Tater at June 13, 2025 11:26 PM (lqKtE)
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FUN FACT: John Von Neumann, a Hungarian mathematician and theorist, was so preternaturally brilliant that it was widely whispered among his colleagues that he was actually an alien from outer space.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 11:30 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: Ciampino - how many tineson in a fork in the road? at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (sPQoU)
This is basically first-degree felony noticing. A true hate crime.
Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 11:31 PM (Rm1xR)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 13, 2025 10:58 PM (XV/Pl)
Dolsot bibimbap, please
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at June 13, 2025 11:33 PM (RP4Sp)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:30 PM (ynpvh)
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Yeah. 6,000 years after cuneiform was in use in Mesopotamia.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 11:33 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: RickZ
Don't forget JCL - loved that.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 13, 2025 11:33 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Skip
That's how you know it's true!
Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 11:35 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at June 13, 2025 11:36 PM (2XtqA)
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 13, 2025 11:04 PM (RIvkX)
Assembler, FORTRAN and COBOL would like to have a few words. I bet more people still speak those languages on my list than speak Esperanto, maybe ever.
Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 11:10 PM (gKDq2)
I C++ what you did there.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:14 PM (ynpvh)
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*Sigh*
I should have been included parenthetically into that list...
Posted by: Lisp at June 13, 2025 11:36 PM (Eo/8K)
Dolsot bibimbap, please
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at June 13, 2025 11:33 PM (RP4Sp)
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The best in town is on my corner just steps away.
I could have it every day.
/blessed
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 13, 2025 11:36 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2025 11:18 PM (dDmld)
A dead end?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 13, 2025 11:36 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 11:36 PM (+qU29)
FUN FACT: John Von Neumann, a Hungarian mathematician and theorist, was so preternaturally brilliant that it was widely whispered among his colleagues that he was actually an alien from outer space.
Posted by: Cicero
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Yeah, I recollect one of his cohorts saying, 'Johnny's not like other people. You know, human.'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 13, 2025 11:36 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:29 PM (ynpvh)
Yes. After having learned to speak and write English, he had a revelation and came up with the idea of a written form for Cherokee.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 13, 2025 11:37 PM (PCqbQ)
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 11:37 PM (+qU29)
Which would explain the dis.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
* blink * * blink *
Dang, I shouldn't have needed BEN for that one.....
Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 11:37 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 11:39 PM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 11:37 PM (+qU29)
He was a scholar of ancient languages, after all.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 11:40 PM (e15Ap)
It's sad that Oppenheimer is considered a martyr gets movies made about him and von Neumann languishes in comparative obscurity.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 11:40 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 11:25 PM (+qU29)
The Mayans did. The Incans might have; a string and knot system that may have been a full 'written' language, but we don't know for sure.
Posted by: Castle Guy at June 13, 2025 11:40 PM (Lhaco)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 13, 2025 11:41 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 11:41 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (e15Ap)
And your name becomes Maurice.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 13, 2025 11:19 PM (Aqu9a)
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And you speak of the Pompatus of Love.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 13, 2025 11:42 PM (6YdsJ)
Posted by: m
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Sequoyah , also known as George Gist or George Guess, was a Native American polymath and neographer of the Cherokee Nation. In 1821, Sequoyah completed his Cherokee syllabary, enabling reading and writing in the Cherokee language. One of the first North American Indigenous groups to gain a written
_Bing
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 13, 2025 11:44 PM (IU1e3)
Posted by: Cicero
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Yeah, I recollect one of his cohorts saying, 'Johnny's not like other people. You know, human.'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
The actual quote is supposed to have been-
"he knows humans very well, and imitates them almost perfectly"
(the Hungarian word "emberek" means both "people" and "humans")
Posted by: Miklos Szilard Teller von Neumann at June 13, 2025 11:44 PM (K6h4I)
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 11:37 PM (+qU29)
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Quenya is based on Finnish. Sindarin is based on Welsh.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 13, 2025 11:44 PM (6YdsJ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 11:40 PM (QnmlO)
History has become Herstory. It's all about Fat Black Women now.
Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 11:44 PM (Rm1xR)
100 bottles of beer...
Take one down and pass it around
FF bottles of beer on the wall
Posted by: pawn-one of many at June 13, 2025 11:45 PM (QB+5g)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2025 11:46 PM (e15Ap)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:29 PM (ynpvh)
The way I heard it (probably from "Guns Germs and Steel") was that a Cherokee blacksmith came up with a unique writing system, using some English books as a reference. But he didn't read English, so he ended up using the English alphabet, but each letter has a different/random sound associated with it in Cherokee. Basically, the guy re-created an alphabet by being familiar with the concept of an alphabet, without actually understanding how his example worked...
Posted by: Castle Guy at June 13, 2025 11:46 PM (Lhaco)
Posted by: Skip
There are a few constructed languages in music, too. Magma sings in Kobaïan, and Sigur Rós did an album in Vonlenska (aka Hopelandic.)
Yuki Kajiura might qualify, though she calls Kajiurago a "meaningless language," so it might just be scat singing with additional nerd cred.
Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 11:46 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Gen. Miklos D. Molnar-Ripper at June 13, 2025 11:47 PM (K6h4I)
and friends and say "what the hell?" These people are loons!
They are wrong on every issue. They are losers. Please keep it up Dims. America is pulling for you to lose big time.
Posted by: Case at June 13, 2025 11:49 PM (k7qYZ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 11:40 PM (QnmlO)
History has become Herstory. It's all about Fat Black Women now.
Posted by: Abi
This also raises questions of physics, mass, and gravity.
Posted by: Janos von Miklos at June 13, 2025 11:49 PM (K6h4I)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 13, 2025 11:49 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Castle Guy
Should've given him a crack at the Voynich Manuscript.
Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 11:51 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Ciampino - how many tineson in a fork in the road? at June 13, 2025 11:15 PM (sPQoU)
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All the best alphabets were made by monks.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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The Korean alphabet was created by a Korean monk.
All those funky characters are syllables in the consonant- vowel - consonant format (C-V-C). The are either stacked vertically or C over V with last C to the right. If there in no leading or following C then a null placeholder is put there. This null placeholder character looks like "0".
They have about ten C sounds and 25 V sounds.
No "L" or "R" sounds, but something in between.
No hard "G" or "K", but something in between.
Hence the steriotype about them getting their Ls and RS mixed up.
Actually it's just us getting them mixed up when we hear them.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 13, 2025 11:51 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Miklosius Caroliniensis at June 13, 2025 11:53 PM (K6h4I)
All those funky characters are syllables in the consonant- vowel - consonant format (C-V-C). The are either stacked vertically or C over V with last C to the right. If there in no leading or following C then a null placeholder is put there. This null placeholder character looks like "0".
They have about ten C sounds and 25 V sounds.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 13, 2025 11:51 PM (/lPRQ)
Can you say how many distinct syllables that ca. 35 sounds yields?
Posted by: m at June 13, 2025 11:55 PM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I think riffed off the Sami people.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 13, 2025 11:56 PM (/lPRQ)
Donald Trump Jr. and JD Vance are the future of the Republican Party. 2028 and beyond.
Posted by: Abi
Oh goody, another dynasty.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 13, 2025 11:56 PM (63Dwl)
Good evening, good people, from the Adirondacks. Here the Fordlet search continues apace. Several have been inspected and not claimed, my preference is one that remains faithful to the factory spec. Just a simple driver.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 13, 2025 11:57 PM (hKoQL)
100 bottles of beer...
Take one down and pass it around
FF bottles of beer on the wall
Posted by: pawn-one of many at June 13, 2025 11:45 PM (QB+5g)
You put a Hex on it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 11:59 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 11:40 PM (QnmlO)
Von Neumann is my personal hero. Genius. Super based.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 14, 2025 12:01 AM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey
Öt Ujjus Halálos ütés
My favorite Hungarian band name (and cool band) was the Vágtázó Halottkémek, the "Galloping Coroners"
https://tinyurl.com/5a2v4pm8
Posted by: Miklos Translates! at June 14, 2025 12:02 AM (K6h4I)
100 bottles of beer...
Take one down and pass it around
FF bottles of beer on the wall
Posted by: pawn-one of many at June 13, 2025 11:45 PM (QB+5g)
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FF bottles of beer = 255 in hex.
Posted by: Ciampino - no one mentioned BASIC at June 14, 2025 12:03 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 12:04 AM (PCqbQ)
Posted by: pawn-one of many at June 13, 2025 11:45 PM (QB+5g)
You put a Hex on it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Oh
German beer
Posted by: Miklos goes looking for metric beer opener at June 14, 2025 12:04 AM (K6h4I)
Possibly the most undeservidley privileged cohort in the history of all time.
Black women in 2025 United States without question the most fortunate in the history of all time.
Posted by: Abi at June 14, 2025 12:04 AM (Rm1xR)
Are you a Novus Homo?
Posted by: Miklosius Caroliniensis at June 13, 2025 11:53 PM (K6h4I)
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I don't even put up a flag during Pride Month.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 14, 2025 12:05 AM (dDmld)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 12:08 AM (IU1e3)
100 bottles of beer...
Take one down and pass it around
FF bottles of beer on the wall
Posted by: pawn-one of many at June 13, 2025 11:45 PM (QB+5g)
You put a Hex on it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
It's Friday night, somebody's bound to be FF'ing around.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 12:09 AM (lUFok)
Posted by: raimondo at June 14, 2025 12:09 AM (aNNuC)
Posted by: Miklos interprets as he pleases at June 14, 2025 12:09 AM (K6h4I)
The Mescalero and Tonto Apache both run gambling operations now. So if we can just get the Muslims into those Casinos...
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 12:11 AM (lUFok)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 12:11 AM (PCqbQ)
Posted by: Cosda at June 14, 2025 12:11 AM (FNphl)
Don't know who bought it originally, but a high school senior working part time at the sawmill while living at home could make the payments on it.
Of course, graduation meant getting married and starting a family, so the Chevelle would get sold to the next kid in the incoming senior class.
I left town and never looked back. For all I know, that Chevelle is still rumbling in the high school parking lot at lunchtime.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 14, 2025 12:12 AM (UJD2L)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:12 AM (Ezs10)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 12:12 AM (lUFok)
Posted by: Cosda at June 14, 2025 12:11 AM (FNphl)
My condolences, Cosda. She sounds like a grand lady. May she rest in peace.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 12:12 AM (PCqbQ)
Truly privileged.
Posted by: Abi at June 14, 2025 12:14 AM (Rm1xR)
She will be missed terribly and remembered with much love.
Thank you for telling us about her!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:14 AM (Ezs10)
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Sounds like she lived a full life. Condolences, Cosda.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 14, 2025 12:15 AM (dDmld)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:12 AM (Ezs10)
I like my bacon less crisp. But my wife and kids require bacon to be nearly cinders.
So when I cook breakfast, it's ham slices.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 12:15 AM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Cosda
* raises a glass *
To a life well-lived.
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 12:16 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
*****
Thanks, AOP.
Posted by: Cosda at June 14, 2025 12:16 AM (FNphl)
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That's hot.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 14, 2025 12:17 AM (dDmld)
Posted by: The Obvious at June 14, 2025 12:17 AM (PCqbQ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 14, 2025 12:17 AM (0aYVJ)
Morons are great people!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:18 AM (Ezs10)
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 12:18 AM (DgGvY)
She would have fit in here except she wasn't much this new tangled online stuff.
Posted by: Cosda at June 14, 2025 12:18 AM (FNphl)
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That's hot.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 14, 2025 12:17 AM (dDmld)
Did "Lawyers in Track Shoes" open for them?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 12:19 AM (PCqbQ)
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Raimondo After Hours?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 14, 2025 12:19 AM (dDmld)
Posted by: Cosda at June
Bless her, Cosda. Salud to what sounds like an amazing woman. Prayers for you, because it doesn’t matter how old you are, losing your mama is hard.
Posted by: Piper at June 14, 2025 12:20 AM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:21 AM (Ezs10)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:12 AM (Ezs10)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_breakfast
I never understood the idea of bacon fried so crisp that it scatters all over the table on attempted capture. I wouldn't do that to prosciutto or pancetta. If you want bacon crumbs then try Bacon Bits.
Posted by: Ciampino - no one said GOTO BASIC at June 14, 2025 12:21 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Abi at June 14, 2025 12:14 AM (Rm1xR)
Halp! I'm being belabored!
Posted by: The Obvious at June 14, 2025 12:17 AM (PCqbQ)
a-hahahahahaha!
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 12:22 AM (CQE5S)
She is an Honorary "ette now!
If we're doing the whole nomination thing I'll second.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 12:22 AM (lUFok)
Posted by: Ciampino - no one said GOTO BASIC at June 14, 2025 12:21 AM (sPQoU)
I like my bacon very crispy. Tastier that way.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 12:23 AM (PCqbQ)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 12:23 AM (+qU29)
Hey there! How are you these days?
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:23 AM (Ezs10)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 12:11 AM (lUFok)
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They've been domesticated.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2025 12:23 AM (IU1e3)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 12:23 AM (+qU29)
Condolences to you too, Skip.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 12:24 AM (PCqbQ)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:18 AM (Ezs10)
Tammy, I believe that some people really can't.
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 12:27 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: 13times at June 14, 2025 12:29 AM (1k4Yv)
Posted by: Weirddave at June 14, 2025 12:29 AM (nqStX)
But, again, I'll take it half raw the British way, or burnt. I ate a pound a day when I was doing strict carnivore.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:30 AM (Ezs10)
Ain't I a stinker?
Posted by: Weirddave at June 14, 2025 12:29 AM (nqStX)
Ha!
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 12:30 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2025 12:31 AM (PCqbQ)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 12:31 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 12:31 AM (mP0Kj)
I think you're probably correct, and that is true on both sides of the aisle!
But I bet raimondo could if he tried.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:32 AM (Ezs10)
Posted by: Piper
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Thank you. Yes it is. I'm her oldest and can remember her as a 20 something when life was a little tougher than when my youngest siblings came around. She was strong willed and devout. And would kick a kid or even a grand kids butt when needed.
Posted by: Cosda at June 14, 2025 12:33 AM (FNphl)
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 12:33 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:33 AM (Ezs10)
An 'ette, for sure! I'm sorry you had to let her go.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:35 AM (Ezs10)
Sounds about right...
Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 14, 2025 12:35 AM (XSkJl)
I think you're probably correct, and that is true on both sides of the aisle!
But I bet raimondo could if he tried.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:32 AM (Ezs10)
Can't hurt to try!
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 12:35 AM (CQE5S)
So I just HAD TO put some in the oven!
You people, I swear... Thank you.
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 12:36 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:36 AM (Ezs10)
She is an Honorary "ette now!
If we're doing the whole nomination thing I'll second.
Posted by: Blanco Basura
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Thanks.
Posted by: Cosda at June 14, 2025 12:36 AM (FNphl)
Posted by: Romeo13
No, but it sounds like you could get tickets to her show.
25 The "Florida Woman" meme is a fake mug shot of WWE wrestler Becky Lynch. She is a badass, but the whole thing was a stunt.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 12:36 AM (DgGvY)
What a lovely tribute to your mother. So sorry for your loss.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 14, 2025 12:37 AM (Eo96p)
Posted by: Skip
Yes, but they could speak with trees.
Posted by: javems at June 14, 2025 12:37 AM (8I4hW)
Posted by: Romeo13
No, but it sounds like you could get tickets to her show.
25 The "Florida Woman" meme is a fake mug shot of WWE wrestler Becky Lynch. She is a badass, but the whole thing was a stunt.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 12:36 AM (DgGvY)
And another Man's Dreams, shattered on the rocks of reality....
Reality... YOU BITCH!!!!
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 12:38 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Romeo13
No, but it sounds like you could get tickets to her show.
25 The "Florida Woman" meme is a fake mug shot of WWE wrestler Becky Lynch. She is a badass, but the whole thing was a stunt.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 12:36 AM (DgGvY)
maybe not?
251 Ummmm...that Florida woman driving around in the motorized shopping cart happened back in 2015, and the woman in the mug shot is the one. In fact, that mug shot is from Atlanta.
Here's the real culprit. Who just happens to be a meth head according to the article.
2015... Josseleen Lopez, 25, allegedly shot up meth and then exhibited odd behavior at a Walmart in Lecanto. She had a half empty bottle of wine in her cart and ate sushi, mini muffins, cinnamon rolls, rotisserie chicken, according to the Citrus County Sheriff's Office.
https://tinyurl.com/3j7hh46s
Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 11:30 PM (dIske)
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 12:39 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 12:39 AM (+qU29)
I got interested in the physics of deep penetration. You know bunker-busting, as in trying to blow up buried nuclear facilities.
Turns out 200 m of rock is damned good protection. The only reasonable thing to try is to seal it off, collapse the entrance tunnels, ventilation shafts, power and comm inputs, etc.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2025 12:41 AM (w6EFb)
What a lovely tribute to your mother. So sorry for your loss.
Posted by: TecumsehTea
*******
Thank you.
Posted by: Cosda at June 14, 2025 12:41 AM (FNphl)
I do hope you and the God of Thunder are doing well.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 12:42 AM (lUFok)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 12:39 AM (+qU29)
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Imagine there's no writing
It's easy if you doooo
No wheels on chariots
And no metal dishes too.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 14, 2025 12:43 AM (dDmld)
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Is that what they're calling it now?! 😉
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:43 AM (Ezs10)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2025 12:41 AM (w6EFb)
At that pint its all about creating enough energy to make an artificial earthquake... strong enough to collapse tunnels and destroy equipment.
Centrifuges have EXTREME tolerances on how they rotate, or they fail.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 12:43 AM (mP0Kj)
The gist of it is that it is Trump's fault, from 2017, that the tech industry is having layoffs.
See Trump reduced a tax loophole allowing mega globe corps to write off money on "research". Because he's greedy. And the billionaires owning these companies are greedy. Oh and the people working at them? Also greedy.
So get that? Trump is helping the rich by reducing a tax loophole that the rich use. And that's bad. Because Trump is for the rich.
Not only is this propaganda tripe presented as news, even if you believe every part of it it does make any sense.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 12:44 AM (t0Rmr)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoyah
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 14, 2025 12:44 AM (SRRAx)
A uncle of mine passed away this morning.
Posted by: Skip
*******
Skip,
I'm sorry for your loss. May the both watch us from heaven.
Posted by: Cosda at June 14, 2025 12:44 AM (FNphl)
Tell them the American Indians would whisper into the ear of a bison and ask for a ride, which the bison would often agree to. And that they should do the same.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 12:45 AM (lUFok)
Posted by: Weirddave at June 14, 2025 12:47 AM (nqStX)
You get hot blonde chicks and fried chicken.
And if you go the blue route? Well you at best get to argue with female baseball players who are neither hot nor blonde, and instead of a bucket of wings, you have to at least sip a little penis.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 12:47 AM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: 18-1
WE BELIEVE!!! NO SENSE MAKES SENSE!!!
Posted by: NPC's at June 14, 2025 12:48 AM (MmTZZ)
Posted by: Miklos at June 14, 2025 12:48 AM (K6h4I)
At the low end of the scale here, imagine trying to drill a hole in the ground by repeatedly shooting a bullet at the same spot. I think it's fairly intuitive that you're not going to get very far doing that. The first few bullets will knock out a crater, but after you get so deep, material just starts falling back in, and all you're doing is just churning dirt.
The same limit, on a larger scale, applies to bunker busting bombs. On the simple hand, you can try to just pure kinetic energy, a big, fast bullet. On the other end, you have the bunker busters, which use kinetic energy to penetrate, and then a high explosive to cause a shockwave. As you try to increase the energy, there is no difference in the limit, and you can just imagine something like "rods from God", throwing hypersonic projectiles at the target.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2025 12:48 AM (w6EFb)
Have them watch Apocalypto, A Clockwork Orange style
Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 12:49 AM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 12:50 AM (+qU29)
https://videy.co/v/?id=naT70anP1
Note for raimondo: Yes, it's satirical. Real corporations don't use those words in their videos, just their boardrooms.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 12:50 AM (lUFok)
Cosada,
If it feels right to you, some time, I think many of us here would be pleased to hear your remembrances of her. Quiet heroes are never celebrated, but always enjoyed, treasured when we encounter them.
Someday I would love to hear your memories. And hope that it would encourage more of us to share. And celebrate!
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at June 14, 2025 12:50 AM (dnRIi)
251 Ummmm...that Florida woman driving around in the motorized shopping cart happened back in 2015, and the woman in the mug shot is the one. In fact, that mug shot is from Atlanta.
https://tinyurl.com/3j7hh46s
Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 11:30 PM (dIske)
Posted by: m
Presumably, Orson meant "the woman in the mug shot is NOT the one?"
Because I don't see any way the woman in the mug shot up there in the Content, and the woman in the mug shot at that tinyurl, can be the same woman. Age and plastic surgery and all the Covid shots can't change people that much.
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 12:52 AM (DgGvY)
The limit of maniacally throwing Rods from God penetrators at a 200m in rock target. You get a big crater, but not 200m deep. In the limit, after 100s of hits, all the energy just goes to heat. You get a little basin of molten lava in the crater. At that point, the heat loss to radiation (and a little vaporizing) limits the temperature. A red hot little pool of molten rock.
That does not get down 200 m.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2025 12:52 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 12:42 AM (lUFok)
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Oh, we're ok. I'm struggling with caring for my mom. I don't m7nd it, I don't mean that, but I am starting to feel trapped. There is no respite care within a hundred miles, and no one local to leave her with. Thor is actually doing far better with her overall, but she's different with him, and of course he can't bathe her or help her dress or use the bathroom, and she always wants me in the middle of the night. Multiple times. She is barely sleeping, and I'm not sleeping at all on the nights I stay with her, which is 4 nights a week. I think I'm slowly losing my mind!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:52 AM (Ezs10)
You get hot blonde chicks and fried chicken.
And if you go the blue route? Well you at best get to argue with female baseball players who are neither hot nor blonde, and instead of a bucket of wings, you have to at least sip a little penis.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 12:47 AM (t0Rmr)
Oh, I hadn't even understood that it was left vs right! NOW I see it.
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 12:53 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
You promised not to tell
Posted by: Miklos invited Publius to the extinct volcano ONCE at June 14, 2025 12:53 AM (K6h4I)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 12:53 AM (+qU29)
The same limit, on a larger scale, applies to bunker busting bombs. On the simple hand, you can try to just pure kinetic energy, a big, fast bullet. On the other end, you have the bunker busters, which use kinetic energy to penetrate, and then a high explosive to cause a shockwave. As you try to increase the energy, there is no difference in the limit, and you can just imagine something like "rods from God", throwing hypersonic projectiles at the target.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2025 12:48 AM (w6EFb)
This is reminding me of Wile E. Coyote.
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 12:55 AM (CQE5S)
The coffee tastes like shit. Its expensive. And its served from an EVVVVVVIL globo mega corp that drives independent coffee shops out of business.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 12:56 AM (t0Rmr)
Space based high energy laser
Rod from God
Space based high energy laser
Rod from God
Space based high energy laser
wash, rinse, repeat until you get to the creamy center...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 12:57 AM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 12:52 AM (Ezs10)
You are doing an incredibly difficult job. I have known others in this situation; hospice exists because everyone who does this knows that it always comes to a point where one or two just cannot carry the burden anymore.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 12:58 AM (e15Ap)
251 Ummmm...that Florida woman driving around in the motorized shopping cart happened back in 2015, and the woman in the mug shot is the one. In fact, that mug shot is from Atlanta.
https://tinyurl.com/3j7hh46s
Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 11:30 PM (dIske)
Posted by: m
Presumably, Orson meant "the woman in the mug shot is NOT the one?"
Because I don't see any way the woman in the mug shot up there in the Content, and the woman in the mug shot at that tinyurl, can be the same woman. Age and plastic surgery and all the Covid shots can't change people that much.
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 12:52 AM (DgGvY)
Oh, thanks!
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 12:59 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: m
"It's an older meme, but it checks out."
If the battle-of-the-sexes at the top had the blue girl in a pussy hat and the blue guy with a doucheknot, it would be current.
And I never figured out why Hewlett-Packard was republican, and sushi was democrat.
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 12:59 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 12:59 AM (rdVOm)
I estimate 17 God Rods into Seattle and Olympia would change the course of the Republic forever.
ELON!!!!!
Posted by: Elderly Git at June 14, 2025 01:00 AM (dnRIi)
Space based high energy laser
Rod from God
Space based high energy laser
Rod from God
Space based high energy laser
wash, rinse, repeat until you get to the creamy center...
Posted by: 18-1
I now want those programs code-named "Wabbit Season" and "Duck Season."
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 01:00 AM (DgGvY)
Why be concerned about destroying a well buried bunker? Simply complete the entombment and let it sit in eventual silence.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 14, 2025 01:00 AM (hKoQL)
Very sorry to hear that. Unfortunately I have no advice to give, good or bad, as both of my parents went fairly quickly and had people to take care of them. Feel free to vent at me any time, just wish it would help with the sleep situation.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 01:01 AM (lUFok)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
That is fake
Nothing about the juke box
Darleen wrote the book
or would just tell you, you no tip sumbitch
Posted by: Miklos heard ALL the stories at June 14, 2025 01:02 AM (K6h4I)
To kill Nasrallah in Beirut, the Israeli’s employed a novel technique, sinc his bunker may have been 200 feet underground. They dropped 50 or 60 high powered bombs in rapid succession, targeted and timed to dig their way down to him. Even so, when his followers finally dug through the 200 tons is smashed concrete that was on top of his last redoubt, they found that he hadn’t been killed by the explosion; but the bombs had sucked all of the oxygen out of his underground fortress and left nothing but poison gases behind.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2025 01:04 AM (e15Ap)
Posted by: m at June 14, 2025 01:04 AM (CQE5S)
So, little bullets at a 200 m under rock target are no good. How about a bigger bullet? Imagine we have unlimited energy. Let's throw a small asteroid at the target.
We could do there. A mere 100 m diameter rock at 50 km/s would do it. That would make a crater down to 200 m of solid rock. Impact energy would be 380MT. A YUGE nuke, about 9 Tsar Bombas. That would not be an extinction level event, but it would wipe out a 100 km radius.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2025 01:06 AM (w6EFb)
You are so kind to say this! We do have a hospice in town, but the respite care is only for terminal patient, probably because it's the only one around.
I truly don't mind caring for her, she's my mama and I would do anything for her. But I didn't have kids because I'm phobic about responsibility, and yet here I am. I'm all but in a state of panic at this point, which I know is ridiculous! 😂
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 01:10 AM (Ezs10)
The coffee tastes like shit. Its expensive. And its served from an EVVVVVVIL globo mega corp that drives independent coffee shops out of business.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 12:56 AM (t0Rmr)
Nope.
I've had Starbucks exactly twice in my life, free both times because I voted. Took a sip each time, then dumped the coffee down a sewer grate and the cup into the trash. Burnt coffee. Do not understand it. Don't like whole bean roasts which taste burnt, either, like French roast. I guess I'm a mild to medium roast guy.
Posted by: RickZ at June 14, 2025 01:12 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor
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Not ridiculous at all, Tammy. Burnout is a Real Thing. Maybe the local hospice can recommend home caregivers to help ease your load? Perhaps some of their qualified employees are looking for extra work?
My heart goes out to you.
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:14 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor
Hang in there Tammy. In my experience, caring for my father was one of the most difficult things I have ever done. At the same time, knowing now, what I didn't know then, I would do it again in a heartbeat. Venting helps so vent away.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 14, 2025 01:18 AM (Pqqp4)
Have a great night everyone
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2025 01:20 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer
*******
That's a good idea. Here's a start. Mom outlived her siblings and most of her friends. She was feeling a little lost after a lifelong friend of her and Dad died a few years ago. She then realized that me, her oldest son, born when she herself was still basically a kid, remembered and could converse about people and events in our mutual past. I was a little nerdy kid who often hung around and listened to the adults talk rather than playing, so in yhe last few years we could talk and compare our memories.
Posted by: Cosda at June 14, 2025 01:21 AM (FNphl)
I'm with ya on that!
CHARbux sux. Burnt, bitter, gross. I get it, that they're mostly making coffee-flavored milkshakes for sissies, but damn.. Just.. Damn. Ick.
I like a good mild/medium roast. BRCC SS ("silencer smooth") was good, IMO, when I could afford it.
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:21 AM (rdVOm)
The lack of sleep is torture for me, but even worse for her. She always did have trouble sleeping, and dementia patients are notorious for it, so it's kind of a double whammy for her. It's awful to see her struggle to sleep. I have every sympathy for Michael Jackson, cuz Ive seen my poor mama take 3 Ambien, 2 Ativans, a couple of Trazadones and several 10 MG Melatonin tablets and not even get drowsy. Hallucinations, mind you ,but not so much as a yawn. Had to take all the pills away, because she was forgetting what all she took, and nothing really helps. I'm giving her Trazadone earlier than she wants it, then one more and some melatonin when she actually goes to bed, and it seems to work better than everything at once.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 01:23 AM (Ezs10)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 01:24 AM (Ezs10)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor
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Not ridiculous at all, Tammy. Burnout is a Real Thing. Maybe the local hospice can recommend home caregivers to help ease your load? Perhaps some of their qualified employees are looking for extra work?
My heart goes out to you.
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:14 AM (rdVOm)
Did Hospice with both my parents... many years apart... they were a blessing BUT don't expect a whole lot of sympathy from them...
They try... they really do... but they see death every damn day.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 01:27 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: JQ
Even the "coffee milkshakes" taste burnt.
I get tea when my friends want to go there. They haven't found a way to burn that.
Yet.
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 01:28 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor`
Sounds like when I was looking after Old Mama.
With time, she got crazier, but was heavily over medicated too. Some of those meds make a difficult situation worse. Ambien was a particular zombie-crazy-maker.
Posted by: Miklos understands sometimes at June 14, 2025 01:29 AM (K6h4I)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor`
Melatonin did not do anything for me... not a bit... I think it is another of those drugs that is dependent on your body chemistry.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 01:31 AM (mP0Kj)
And thank you all so much! It does help to vent!
I'll bid you good night and spare you any further whining... for now! 😁
Thank you for a lovely evening. Y'all are the best!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 01:32 AM (Ezs10)
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:21 AM (rdVOm)
I have my favorite National coffees, like Costa Rican or Jamaican Blue Mtn or even our own Kona from Hawaii. Last two very expensive. I've enjoyed some African beans, some not so much. Coffee, at least national beans, are like wine. Different tastes and strengths for different people. The bean grown and the drying/roasting method used.
I like espresso, but it's strong, not burnt. Of course, there is the mandatory add of some Sambuca. But that's neither here nor there. I also love New Orleans Roast, with the chicory. A local bean place had a recipe for that, with 10% of the mix being dry roasted chicory. It was as good as Cafe du Monde as I could get as far away from the cafe as I was. But's that's pretty much it on the strong, almost burnt stuff. More medium roast is better to me. My stomach seems happier, too.
Posted by: RickZ at June 14, 2025 01:33 AM (gKDq2)
So, who has their Pride Tree set up and decorated? Anybody?
My son's idiot in-laws have theirs done and posted pictures!
Yay, them!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 14, 2025 01:34 AM (Tv15w)
Go cuddle up with Thor and proclaim, "The snuggle is real!"
Might help, couldn't hurt.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 01:35 AM (lUFok)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor"
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Maybe. But I'm sure it was the other way around. She was a blessing to us.
Posted by: Cosda at June 14, 2025 01:36 AM (FNphl)
Posted by: RickZ at June 14, 2025 01:36 AM (gKDq2)
I've had Starbucks exactly twice in my life, free both times because I voted. Took a sip each time, then dumped the coffee down a sewer grate and the cup into the trash. Burnt coffee. Do not understand it. Don't like whole bean roasts which taste burnt, either, like French roast. I guess I'm a mild to medium roast guy.
Posted by: RickZ
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Have you found a place that makes good coffee, or do you have to make it yourself?
And good evening!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 14, 2025 01:37 AM (wbZPZ)
Ok, out for real!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 14, 2025 01:38 AM (Ezs10)
I'd ask if that was a real thing but I'm pretty sure these demons will do anything to mock Christianity, including mocking it's stolen pagan symbolism.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 14, 2025 01:38 AM (lUFok)
And good evening!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Cafe du Monde
With beignets
Posted by: Le Nouvel Mikleuse d'Orleans at June 14, 2025 01:43 AM (K6h4I)
Off to continue pursuing my Swedish ancestors. As another ancestor, Norwegian, as it so happened, used to rhapsodize,
Ten thousand Swedes
Ran through the weeds
Chased by one Norwegian
Later, y'all!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 14, 2025 01:43 AM (Tv15w)
Posted by: JQ at June 14, 2025 01:47 AM (rdVOm)
And good evening!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 14, 2025 01:37 AM (wbZPZ)
I've been grinding my own beans (sometimes my gears but those are different stories) since the mid '80s, when I got my first coffee grinder, somewhere around $25-30; lasted for well over twenty years. Now I'm on coffee grinder # 2, again well over 20 years because this one was used; my friend no longer used it so I inherited it. This one's probably around 35 years old now. Coffee grinders last a long time if you don't beat them up. I also like the fresh ground flavor that comes with grinding beans at home, all those just released oils brewed into the pot. That's why I get an oil slick on my pitcher of iced coffee and why I stir before I pour. I don't want to be greedy with the flavor so I redistribute.
Posted by: RickZ at June 14, 2025 01:47 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: scampydog at June 14, 2025 01:50 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: azjaeger at June 14, 2025 01:51 AM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Miklos Welk anna Sissy anna Bobby at June 14, 2025 01:52 AM (K6h4I)
Posted by: azjaeger at June 14, 2025 01:51 AM (3/XaG)
We know best how to build a car anyway.
Posted by: DC Bureaucrats at June 14, 2025 01:52 AM (2Rbgs)
Cafe du Monde
With beignets
Posted by: Le Nouvel Mikleuse d'Orleans
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If only I could live there.
So, RickZ, no chains or restaurant recommendations from you? I don't know why my fresh-ground coffee doesn't taste magnitudes greater than Starbux.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 14, 2025 01:53 AM (wbZPZ)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 01:54 AM (2Rbgs)
Yep. Hitler and Stalin were Coke and Pepsi. And they were next door to each other. Both always knew eventually they would fight even though it would have better for both of them to ally.
Posted by: azjaeger at June 14, 2025 01:55 AM (3/XaG)
And good evening!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Cafe du Monde
With beignets
Posted by: Le Nouvel Mikleuse d'Orleans at June 14, 2025 01:43 AM (K6h4I)
You know what’s on my mind right now? It ain’t the coffee in my kitchen…
Posted by: Jimmy at June 14, 2025 01:56 AM (2Rbgs)
Mom voted to buy Starbucks and Dad against. It split multiple times and they would've scored big time.
Posted by: 13times at June 14, 2025 01:58 AM (887Oq)
Yep. Hitler and Stalin were Coke and Pepsi. And they were next door to each other. Both always knew eventually they would fight even though it would have better for both of them to ally.
Posted by: azjaeger at June 14, 2025 01:55 AM (3/XaG)
They weren’t going to ally for, despite how angry it makes people, Communists and Fascists/ Nazis absolutely hate each other. Yeah, their end results look similar but the journey to getting there always looks different hence their violent opposition to each other.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 01:58 AM (2Rbgs)
My son's idiot in-laws have theirs done and posted pictures!
Yay, them!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
How does one decorate a pride tree? Rainbow-colored dildos?
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2025 01:58 AM (DgGvY)
But, again, I'll take it half raw the British way, or burnt. I ate a pound a day when I was doing strict carnivore.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor
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Have to cook it three ways here. Briquette for the lovely Mrs., very crispy for the doggo, floppy for me.
Posted by: scampydog at June 14, 2025 02:00 AM (41CYW)
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Posted by: RickZ at June 13, 2025 10:39 PM (gKDq2)
Is a Federal detention center where they have illegal immigrants write “I will never do border incursions ever again 100 times on the chalkboard before being released?
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 02:05 AM (2Rbgs)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 14, 2025 01:53 AM (wbZPZ)
It's finding the coffee bean and the ratio per mug that suits your taste buds. For me, three mugs of coffee starts with 3 cups of water, plus a half a cup for the pot. (Leftovers become iced coffee.) My spoon is a certain Naval service tablespoon. Two of those per mug, plus 1 for the half. 7 TBS of beans per 3 mugs, plus a little, of coffee. I grind them not into a powder but a course ground, in pulses, just like using a food processor. If you grind the beans for too long to get that powder, they actually begin to 'cook' from the heat of the spinning blades and it ruins the flavor. Try pulsing if you're not doing that already.
Other than that technical side, like wine, it's all about the bean you like. Not what everybody else likes, what you like. As I said, I really enjoy Costa Rican coffee beans. A pleasant but unique flavor. Same with some of the African ones. Never really bought Asian coffee, except for that Kona.
Posted by: RickZ at June 14, 2025 02:17 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 14, 2025 02:20 AM (MmTZZ)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 14, 2025 12:56 AM (t0Rmr)
I’d argue Starbucks spawned independent coffee houses that have better coffee.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 02:21 AM (2Rbgs)
'Reason why you see so many Mexican Flags in LA Protests'.
uh... duh?
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 02:24 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 14, 2025 02:25 AM (UJD2L)
Posted by: azjaeger at June 14, 2025 02:03 AM (3/XaG)
Cadilac once had the PERFECT American Commercial... but then squandered their brand trying to be Euro Cars.
We went to the moon, and then didn't go back... why? because we got bored... we left a car up there with the keys in because we know we are the only ones who will go back...
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 02:27 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: RickZ at June 14, 2025 02:17 AM (gKDq2)
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All right! We begin testing tomorrow morning.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 14, 2025 02:35 AM (wbZPZ)
Posted by: A rockin' 440 Olds 88 at June 14, 2025 02:40 AM (K6h4I)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 14, 2025 02:35 AM (wbZPZ)
todays shopping list included...
Wine
Popcorn
12 Guage 00 Buck...
May have things covered
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2025 02:41 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Ciampino - GOTO BASIC at June 14, 2025 03:01 AM (sPQoU)
You know what seems odd to me? Numbers that aren't divisible by two.
(Michael Wolf)
Posted by: Ciampino - GOTO BASIC THEN PEEK & POKE at June 14, 2025 03:20 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Ciampino - GOTO BASIC THEN PEEK & POKE ! at June 14, 2025 03:23 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 14, 2025 03:25 AM (a4NoL)
Just saw a Chevelle or Impala last week, during our first summer day. Man, what a nice rumble it made. Probably one of my high school classmates, as we had plenty back in the day.
Posted by: t-bird at June 14, 2025 03:26 AM (0pSdA)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 14, 2025 02:21 AM (2Rbgs)
Always hit the coffee hut. Ignore Starfucks. Get good coffee, not overpriced burnt coffee. There are rules about this.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 14, 2025 03:27 AM (a4NoL)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 14, 2025 03:31 AM (MmTZZ)
https://tinyurl.com/4n4dmect
Posted by: Ciampino - deport to El Salvador at June 14, 2025 03:32 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Moland Springs at June 14, 2025 03:40 AM (AN+ve)
I would never pay what he charges for his fake gourmet meals.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 14, 2025 03:44 AM (fY84s)
He said so himself. If he were such a powerful king, how come he gets overruled all the time?
Posted by: t-bird at June 14, 2025 03:54 AM (c3KN4)
It will always be helpful to read through articles from other writers and practice a
little something from their web sites.
Posted by: candid wedding photography at June 14, 2025 10:10 PM (uX23Q)
Army Anniversary Cafe
Dustin GrageWe can have an entire month of drag queens gyrating their dick-and-balls into kid's faces but we can't have a single day to honor the troops? Jeeze, even Jake Tapper feels the pressure to pretend to Support the Troops.
@GrageDustin
The former Army National Guard "Command Sergeant Major" opposes the 250th birthday celebration for the Army? Fascinating.
A giant Anteater eating pic.twitter.com/vAPKcWvLlB
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) June 12, 2025
This is cute but I have a feeling the goat isn't picking up on the distinction between wearing a helmet and not wearing a helmet.
Now THAT'S the best enrichment activity a Goat could ask for. pic.twitter.com/PcIEHPX8Lx
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) June 11, 2025
Redwood
— 1X (@1x_tech) June 10, 2025
NEO’s AI pic.twitter.com/zmV45R7kWC
there is something about this that is just so majestic and powerful pic.twitter.com/qq3UB9Kl5s
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) June 11, 2025
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 07:20 PM (g47mK)
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Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 13, 2025 07:23 PM (uS/oN)
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Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 07:26 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 07:26 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 07:27 PM (+qU29)
Flying cars...I like the concept
Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 07:24 PM (g47mK)
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Now people can be assholes in three dimensions.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 07:27 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 07:27 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:27 PM (ZOv7s)
Mama cat wins the thread.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 13, 2025 07:28 PM (uS/oN)
Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 07:24 PM (g47mK)
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Better not rely on velocity, because all the stoners would stall out and it would be Death from Above all the time.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:28 PM (ZOv7s)
A woofer with two sub woofers.
haha
if there was a bird they'd have a tweeter
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 07:28 PM (KRtlO)
A woofer with two sub woofers.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 07:26 PM (fab8c)
Now you just need a bird to land there, and you'll also have a tweeter.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 13, 2025 07:29 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 07:30 PM (7xrfc)
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 07:31 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 07:31 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 13, 2025 07:32 PM (e5NfL)
Just another example in an endless list of why women live longer than men.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 07:32 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 07:32 PM (g47mK)
I saw this done once before. The Vietnam era got a rousing cheer!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:32 PM (W/lyH)
A woofer with two sub woofers.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 07:26 PM (fab8c)
Now all you need is a bird to land there, and you'd have a tweeter.
Posted by: Amy Schumer at June 13, 2025 07:32 PM (uS/oN)
I saw this done once before. The Vietnam era got a rousing cheer!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:32 PM (W/lyH)
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I bet they will tomorrow.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:34 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:35 PM (ZOv7s)
I had to watch the momma cat with new kitty vid twice to get the blood pressure down.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:36 PM (W/lyH)
That's a normal day in the field.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 07:36 PM (7xrfc)
Posted by: Hangry Hank at June 13, 2025 07:36 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 07:37 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 13, 2025 07:37 PM (bLe0J)
Over a half a billion dollars in fraud.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at June 13, 2025 07:37 PM (oSeBJ)
Posted by: Bulg at June 13, 2025 07:37 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 07:37 PM (DLqye)
I saw another video where an orphaned kitten was taken to a rescue where there was a nursing cat. They were going to be really cautious about the introduction and mom cat had other ideas.
"There is a kitten that is crying because it does not have a mother! GIVE IT TO ME NOW!"
Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 07:38 PM (7xrfc)
Posted by: steevy at June 13, 2025 07:38 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:35 PM (ZOv7s)
Parades are interesting. For most troops it's a pain in the ass. Lots of waiting around, rehearsals, boredom. But once it gets rolling they get with the program. My Unit looked the best!
And afterwards they never seem to have to buy their own drinks.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:38 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: totally not Sid at June 13, 2025 07:38 PM (gKWVE)
I got an object here I want my robot to grasp.
Posted by: Inevitable Juvenile Humor at June 13, 2025 07:39 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 07:39 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 07:39 PM (lIio7)
Posted by: I Love A Parade! at June 13, 2025 07:39 PM (G5+As)
thank you. If anyone has a beef against Israel it's me. I try to arrange things so that Friday is half-day for me. Not this Friday though.
Thanks a lot, Jews
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 07:39 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: Bulg at June 13, 2025 07:40 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 13, 2025 07:40 PM (kTd/k)
Governor Tampon says that the US Army parading is like North Korea -- or "Pyong-Pyong"
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We've had a commenter right here this week who said much the same thing. Plus Americans are Soviets.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 07:40 PM (QnmlO)
You're trying to catch a dog running a straight line at an angle.
Posted by: jsg at June 13, 2025 07:40 PM (iGK7y)
You know, Tim. Just sayin'. Make of that what you will.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 13, 2025 07:40 PM (jeWRt)
Over a half a billion dollars in fraud.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at June 13, 2025 07:37 PM (oSeBJ)
Quick, let's riot some more!!!
Posted by: leftists at June 13, 2025 07:40 PM (ULPxl)
thank you!
>>42 Thanks for all of the neat videos. I loved several of them.
glad you liked them. You're welcome.
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 07:40 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: steevy at June 13, 2025 07:40 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 13, 2025 07:32 PM (e5NfL)
Heh!
We probably passed each other on the tank trail in Graf.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:41 PM (W/lyH)
Isn't that basically life in the army? Hurry up to wait? Twenty three and three quarters hours of boredom and then 15 minutes of terror?
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 07:41 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 07:42 PM (ULPxl)
Have a great weekend, Ace! Avoid crowds.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 07:43 PM (Vb7TB)
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 07:41 PM (KRtlO)
Usually.
But the good news about when the shooting starts, the troops get to shoot back.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:43 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:38 PM (W/lyH)
Nor should they - they signed up to do a job that could end their lives. A drink is the least we fellow Americans who are safe because of them should be buying.
Posted by: moki at June 13, 2025 07:44 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 07:41 PM (KRtlO)
Whoa, Irony....
My Gimp says the same damn thing.
Posted by: Adam Kinzinger at June 13, 2025 07:44 PM (iGK7y)
Posted by: Ben Had
Thank you.
I have a good one every now & then. 😁
Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 07:45 PM (fab8c)
Going to bed sober.
The house appraiser was here today. I can't wait until all this is over.
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 13, 2025 07:45 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 07:46 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 13, 2025 07:47 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 13, 2025 07:47 PM (jvJvP)
Poor Jack Keane is gonna be all hoarse and chafed tomorrow.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 13, 2025 07:47 PM (jeWRt)
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 07:41 PM
For soldiers, yeah.
For sailors, no, because in the Navy, “It’s Not Just a Job, It’s An Adventure”.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 07:47 PM (Vb7TB)
Posted by: steevy at June 13, 2025 07:40 PM (YwEeS)
Get him up before the crack of noon?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 13, 2025 07:48 PM (uS/oN)
Posted by: Bulg at June 13, 2025 07:49 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: moki at June 13, 2025 07:44 PM (wLjpr)
Agreed.
Parades are important. America...meet your soldiers.
Soldiers, meet the people you would be fighting for.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:50 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 07:50 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: Bulg at June 13, 2025 07:49 PM (77rzZ)
I know...
Ughhh...
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 13, 2025 07:50 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: CaliGirl at June 13, 2025 07:51 PM (oGdsR)
Posted by: Bulg at June 13, 2025 07:51 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 07:51 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 07:47 PM (Vb7TB)
Navy Adventure:
Day one at sea. Blue water
Day two: blue water
Day 47 blue water.
At least in the Army you get to meet new people every day.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:52 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: CaliGirl at June 13, 2025 07:51 PM (oGdsR)
"Well, it'll usually do your dishes for you. Sometimes, it will kill you in your sleep."
"So... I won't have to do dishes either way, then?"
"Well, no."
"Sold!"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 13, 2025 07:52 PM (jeWRt)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 07:53 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: Hangry Hank
Lorax > Hyrax
Posted by: Dr. Suess at June 13, 2025 07:53 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Bulg at June 13, 2025 07:53 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:52 PM (W/lyH)
The water is always trying to kill you.
But at least it's unarmed.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 13, 2025 07:53 PM (jeWRt)
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 07:41 PM (KRtlO)
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In the Air Force, the terror happens when the internet connection fails.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:53 PM (ZOv7s)
At least in the Army you get to meet new people every day.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:52 PM (W/lyH)
________
And kill them!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 07:53 PM (QnmlO)
Day one at sea. Blue water
Day two: blue water
Day 47 blue water.
At least in the Army you get to meet new people every day.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:52 PM (W/lyH)
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One of my house mates after college was a submariner. Said it was like being locked in a bathroom for two months.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:54 PM (ZOv7s)
Agreed.
Parades are important. America...meet your soldiers.
Soldiers, meet the people you would be fighting for.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:50 PM (W/lyH)
This. I love this, and what Warai said about Timmy dissing the parade. Both incredibly incisive thoughts.
Every nation with a standing army has a parade to celebrate them. Why shouldn't we?
Posted by: moki at June 13, 2025 07:55 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Bulg at June 13, 2025 07:55 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 07:55 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: CaliGirl at June 13, 2025 07:51 PM
Have you never read a transcript from one of the cat meetings when no one else is around?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 07:55 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: moki at June 13, 2025 07:56 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 13, 2025 07:45 PM (jvJvP)
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I gave that another try in March, and it didn't do anything for me, so I stopped.
YMMV.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:56 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ben Had
That's a really tall pole.
If they just let it orbit freely, it would belong to the Space Force, though, wouldn't it?
Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 07:56 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 07:57 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 07:58 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 13, 2025 07:32 PM (e5NfL)
Heh!
We probably passed each other on the tank trail in Graf.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:41 PM
Probably, I did a whole bunch of flippies at Graf.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 13, 2025 07:58 PM (e5NfL)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 07:53 PM (QnmlO)
Don't shoot the frauliens!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:58 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:53 PM
"Pffft."
-- AFB golf courses closed for maintenance
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 07:58 PM (0sNs1)
Every nation with a standing army has a parade to celebrate them. Why shouldn't we?
Posted by: moki at June 13, 2025 07:55 PM (wLjpr)
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It is really telling that this asshole wants troops who are following unquestionably lawful order to be miserable.
To get Trump.
I would have hated to be in that butt-munch's unit. Total chow thief and blue falcon to boot.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:58 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
And now I'm thinking of the Far Side cartoon where the cows are standing around on their hind legs, until the lookout yells "Car!"
Posted by: mikeski at June 13, 2025 07:58 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: lin-duh at June 13, 2025 07:37 PM
How about a surfing goat? I see this guy sometimes and his car has goats painted on it and he always has the goats with him everywhere.
https://tinyurl.com/ydp6b3rj
Posted by: CaliGirl at June 13, 2025 07:59 PM (oGdsR)
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 13, 2025 07:59 PM (m4tox)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 07:59 PM (DLqye)
-- AFB golf courses closed for maintenance
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 07:58 PM (0sNs1)
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The horror! The horror!
Posted by: Every pilot on base at June 13, 2025 07:59 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 13, 2025 07:58 PM (e5NfL)
That was good bier!
Had to buy a lighter just to have one for those rubber things.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:59 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 08:00 PM (7xrfc)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 07:59 PM (DLqye)
Ask away, my friend! the old email you have still works, and I can send you my new email!
Posted by: moki at June 13, 2025 08:00 PM (wLjpr)
That's a rather good way to look at it. I wonder if they can clean floors as well?
Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 08:01 PM (7xrfc)
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 07:57 PM (+qU29)
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I pondered switching to the Naval Reserve so I could get a service trifecta.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:01 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 13, 2025 08:01 PM (jeWRt)
Just don't even think about starting trouble
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 08:01 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: fd at June 13, 2025 08:02 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 08:02 PM (DLqye)
________________
Issue the troops live ammunition.
Problem solved.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 08:03 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: fd at June 13, 2025 08:02 PM (vFG9F)
Well shit man you can say that about me.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 13, 2025 08:03 PM (jeWRt)
Problem solved.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 08:03 PM (YqDXo)
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"Give 'em a whiff of grapeshot!"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:04 PM (ZOv7s)
"NO! Why don't YOU just balance things on a half a paper towel over your leg like a normal person!"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 13, 2025 08:05 PM (jeWRt)
You can teach the droid to wash the dishes but it will never know why it is washing the dishes.
Posted by: fd at June 13, 2025 08:02 PM (vFG9F)
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You. Didn't. Load. The. Dishwasher. Correctly. Again.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 08:05 PM (QnmlO)
-- AFB golf courses closed for maintenance
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 07:58 PM (0sNs1)
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The horror! The horror!
Posted by: Every pilot on base at June 13, 2025 07:59 PM (ZOv7s)
***
DEFCON 2!
DEFCON 2!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 08:05 PM (W/lyH)
DEFCON 2!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 08:05 PM (W/lyH)
"Is that the good one or the bad one?"
"Shit! Where's our Marine?!?!?! He'd know!"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 13, 2025 08:06 PM (jeWRt)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 08:06 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: HAL at June 13, 2025 08:07 PM (i0F8b)
That's why I have a dog. Dishes are spotless when he's done with them.
Saves on water too.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 08:07 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 08:08 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: Bulg at June 13, 2025 08:08 PM (77rzZ)
There were a tense few moments, but we persevered!
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Jeff at June 13, 2025 08:09 PM (ZTJjv)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 08:10 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Spartacus at June 13, 2025 08:10 PM (jc0TO)
"Shit! Where's our Marine?!?!?! He'd know!"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 13, 2025 08:06 PM (jeWRt)
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It's funny because I spent 13 years assigned to USAFE AFFOR staff and it never once came up.
I burned out on public affairs but like doing planning. No one here will be surprised that when we would develop COAs I was always the guy who suggested using nukes.
"Hear me out, but one nuke and this whole problem goes away."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:11 PM (ZOv7s)
Isn't that basically life in the army? Hurry up to wait? Twenty three and three quarters hours of boredom and then 15 minutes of terror?
Posted by: ace at June 13, 2025 07:41 PM (KRtlO)
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That seems to be true about most sports and active activities. The ratio of practice and prep to actual activity is about 10 to 1.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 13, 2025 08:12 PM (m4tox)
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good evening! ♬♬ ♩ ♪
You are fine as you stand! Horses and exo-skeletons may not mix.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:12 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 08:12 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 13, 2025 08:12 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 08:12 PM (/Ghsb)
There were a tense few moments, but we persevered!
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Jeff at June 13, 2025 08:09 PM (ZTJjv)
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Active duty guys coming to our ANG base were stunned that we had to bus our own trays.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:12 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:13 PM (u82oZ)
That seems to be true about most sports and active activities. The ratio of practice and prep to actual activity is about 10 to 1.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 13, 2025 08:12 PM (m4tox)
___________
Dog shows involve hours of preparation for two minutes in the ring.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 08:13 PM (QnmlO)
"Hear me out, but one nuke and this whole problem goes away."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:11 PM (ZOv7s)
I decided long ago that the most likely scenario is that we dismantled all our nukes, or sold them for cash to other countries, because we decided we'd never use them again and if we just make everyone else think we're bristling with enough Yotta-tons of kerplooey to extinguish the Sun, it wouldn't matter.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 13, 2025 08:14 PM (jeWRt)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 08:10 PM (QnmlO)
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They wouldn't have had one. Pride Month wouldn't have left room for it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:14 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2025 08:14 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 08:15 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 08:15 PM (DLqye)
"Hear me out, but one nuke and this whole problem goes away."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:11 PM (ZOv7s)
_________
"Just a demo."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 08:15 PM (QnmlO)
I remember a working party loading meat to the ship's freezer. There was a box labeled Rejected by Arizona State Prisons.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:15 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 13, 2025 07:59 PM (m4tox)
That's a fledgling that probably can't fly that well yet. I've walked outside and oh crap, there's an owlet right there and they're huge, just ginormous for being like 3 months old. And they click their bills at you and the parents are hooting in the tree above you while also clicking their beaks in a warning to leave their baby alone. They get back in the tree in a day or so.
Posted by: CaliGirl at June 13, 2025 08:16 PM (oGdsR)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 13, 2025 08:14 PM (jeWRt)
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Clearly you have forgotten that time when we inadvertently loaded LIVE nukes onto some B-52s and sent them to Barksdale by mistake. Was that Offut? What a mess.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:16 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:12 PM (ZOv7s)
Hope they were just joshing. If not, things have changed. Best chow ever was in the Kunsan, Korea mess hall…followed closely by the flight line facility there.
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Jeff at June 13, 2025 08:17 PM (ZTJjv)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:17 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Accomack at June 13, 2025 08:17 PM (cOn95)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 08:17 PM (/Ghsb)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 08:18 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:15 PM (u82oZ)
Oh my!!
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Jeff at June 13, 2025 08:18 PM (ZTJjv)
Was that Offut? What a mess.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:16 PM (ZOv7s)
__________
Whole lot of people got sent to recruiting offices in Kallikak, Burgoo, Possum Snot and Mushrat Dell.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 08:18 PM (QnmlO)
It's funny because I spent 13 years assigned to USAFE AFFOR staff and it never once came up.
I burned out on public affairs but like doing planning. No one here will be surprised that when we would develop COAs I was always the guy who suggested using nukes.
"Hear me out, but one nuke and this whole problem goes away."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:11 PM (ZOv7s)
Exercise after Exercise I'd haul those damned NRAS safes in my track. Never got to play.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 08:18 PM (W/lyH)
Hope everybody had a great Friday the 13th.
Posted by: mindful webworker - The M-F war at June 13, 2025 08:18 PM (Z5w4n)
Governor Tampon says that the US Army parading is like North Korea -- or "Pyong-Pyong"
________
We've had a commenter right here this week who said much the same thing. Plus Americans are Soviets.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
If that was the case, Comrade Timmuh would be all for it.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 13, 2025 08:19 PM (s1NDj)
I remember a working party loading meat to the ship's freezer. There was a box labeled Rejected by Arizona State Prisons.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:15 PM (u82oZ)
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In a shocking turn of events, for lunch during a disaster response exercise, we were actually issued expired MREs.
I immediately wrote a sharp letter to the chef.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:19 PM (ZOv7s)
Same ratio for helo maintenance vs flying hours.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:13 PM (u82oZ)
——-
Yea, I race cars. The prep and time spent getting to the race, unloading the car, setting up, and everything else is nuts. For maybe a few hours of actual race time. The drive to and from the race alone is often 18 hours or more. Why do I do it? Well those few hours of racing are insanely exciting.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 13, 2025 08:19 PM (m4tox)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Nay. I think is was Barksdale to Minot. Wiki has the info.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:20 PM (u82oZ)
(Also, we are doing a "Dolphins and Doughnuts" excursion, which can't not be fun).
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 13, 2025 08:21 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2025 08:22 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:20 PM (u82oZ)
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Dammit, Minot. It was on the tip of my tongue.
What a shitshow. Curtis LeMay turned in his grave.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:22 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 08:22 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:23 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 13, 2025 08:19 PM (s1NDj)
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Equating American troops marching in a parade to Communist propaganda tells you just what a crapweasel this loser is.
He should have gotten the full Dreyfuss treatment - tear off his rank, stomp on his hat and break his favorite pencil.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:23 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:25 PM (u82oZ)
"Excuse me, LT, I speak Army..."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:26 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 13, 2025 08:12 PM (m4tox)
There was a one time idea that one had to put in so many thousands of hours to become an expert in a particular endeavor.
This rule seems more applicable to physical areas like sports than creative areas like music.
Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 08:26 PM (Rm1xR)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 13, 2025 08:26 PM (KhjS7)
Posted by: Paco at June 13, 2025 08:26 PM (mADJX)
I immediately wrote a sharp letter to the chef.
You should have demanded to speak to the manager.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 08:26 PM (/y8xj)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:25 PM (u82oZ)
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I remember when the water cooler in the front office broke, and we all had to go the BX and get slushies.
Terrible.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:27 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 08:26 PM (/y8xj)
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True story: I interviewed the new superintendent for Services, and he talked a good game about menus, elite food service and all that. Nothing happened.
From time to time I'd propose the base newspaper carry a story: "Commentary: the food still sucks."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:29 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2025 08:29 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:25 PM
Evian or Topo Chico?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 08:29 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Airman at June 13, 2025 08:30 PM (XeU6L)
"Excuse me, LT, I speak Army..."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 08:26 PM (ZOv7s)
When my acronyms meet your acronyms and new letters are creates, it's a beautiful thing!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 08:30 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Paco at June 13, 2025 08:30 PM (mADJX)
When the ship's evaporators went tits up off of Central America, we had to UNREP for potable water.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
Was it a steam powered ship?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 13, 2025 08:31 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 08:22 PM
*snort*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 13, 2025 08:31 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: eleven at June 13, 2025 08:31 PM (0HaGk)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 13, 2025 08:32 PM (KhjS7)
Posted by: moki at June 13, 2025 08:32 PM (wLjpr)
We had a Naval aviator bad boy, a fallen angle seaman apprentice (E-2) sentenced to sea duty come to the ship in a shipyard. His Chief tasked him to get a Fallopian Tube. Off he went.
He came back hours later, red lipstick on his jumper. He told the Chief, "I got as close as I could, but she would not let me have it".
His stock rose significantly.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:33 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 08:33 PM (DLqye)
So nice to have a pro American President for the 250th.
Posted by: eleven at June 13, 2025 08:31 PM (0HaGk)
_________
Instead of one who considers the US occupied territory.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 08:34 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Paco at June 13, 2025 08:34 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
Hey!
There's ladies reading this!
The correct term is Tango Uniform!
(We in the Army are gentlemen.)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 08:34 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 08:34 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:34 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: eleven at June 13, 2025 08:31 PM (0HaGk)
No doubt that is vexing the Left, if only at the subconscious level.
Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 08:36 PM (Rm1xR)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:36 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 08:37 PM (W/lyH)
Baboon ass pimples everywhere explode in outrage and puss at the metaphor.
Posted by: Paco at June 13, 2025 08:38 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 08:39 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: moki at June 13, 2025 08:39 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 08:41 PM (DLqye)
I am. I got a good report from my doctor today. "Keep doing what you are doing."
There are four potential gold-diggers after my bank account. My wife knew them all. So dodging is aerobic.
I am returning them to good friends and/or coworkers.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:41 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:43 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2025 08:43 PM (LHPAg)
Still remembering that time in Herndon with a smile on my face.
You and hubby have the best first date story I ever heard.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:44 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 08:33 PM
That would at least give him some color.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 08:44 PM (0sNs1)
There are four potential gold-diggers after my bank account. My wife knew them all. So dodging is aerobic.
I am returning them to good friends and/or coworkers.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:41 PM (u82oZ)
***
Send them back with a smile on their faces!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 08:44 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 08:44 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:45 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: I Love Those Sockpuppets!
Posted by: CapeFear at June 13, 2025 08:46 PM (+JzKz)
that's what the civilian market gets; been eatin' 'em for decades
(under hunger duress, be it noted)
significantly better than nuffin' atall, & no ill effects yet ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 08:46 PM (/Ghsb)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:43 PM
I thought the one designed for marine use was known as a Listerine?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 08:46 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 08:47 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 13, 2025 08:48 PM (AcTAo)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 08:49 PM (CA3k/)
Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2025 08:43 PM (LHPAg)
Did the same thing my freshman year as a dishwasher in a sorority. Free food and $25 a month. Wash dishes and watch the girls.
I win!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 08:50 PM (W/lyH)
I am returning them to good friends and/or coworkers.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:41 PM (u82oZ)
This is the classic outline of a great soap opera.
Just add in the forced diversity and it becomes a hot mess.
Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 08:51 PM (Rm1xR)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Don't Look Back was our Senior Graduation song voted on by the senior class.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 08:51 PM (fab8c)
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 08:51 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 08:49 PM (CA3k/)
Don’t disagree but I think all of their Boston album was pretty good.
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 08:53 PM (VofaG)
He came back hours later, red lipstick on his jumper. He told the Chief, "I got as close as I could, but she would not let me have it".
His stock rose significantly.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
Legendary Status if his Chief realized it was his wife's color. 😉
Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 08:54 PM (fab8c)
Posted by: Accomack at June 13, 2025 08:17 PM (cOn95)
You clean your oven when you are sober? How does that work?
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 08:54 PM (a4NoL)
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 08:53 PM (VofaG)
That's my point. It is iterations on a theme and that theme (More than a Feeling) is a damn good one.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 08:54 PM (CA3k/)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 08:55 PM (/Ghsb)
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 08:55 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 08:55 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 08:47 PM (VofaG)
That would be Cher.
Barf!!!
Her first hit sounds just like the last one.
*shudders*
*pours more whiskey*
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 08:56 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Accomack at June 13, 2025 08:56 PM (sSkke)
If you're a devoteé of any of those flavors, stock up now, ahead of the rush.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 13, 2025 08:56 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: tcn in AK
Close door. Set lock. Set to 500 degrees.
Easy peasy lemon squeezey.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 08:56 PM (fab8c)
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 08:51 PM (VofaG)
We had a Marine for Asst. Chief of Design Branch at USACE. Dude was a serious head case, hated the Army for being so lax, wouldn't help anybody find anything (look it up your damned self), that kind of crap. He never did figure out we were mostly civilians and none of us had been a Marine.
Eventually even the Chief had enough and he quietly disappeared for a civvie job with the Marines overseas. I'm sure he's much happier.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 08:56 PM (a4NoL)
Posted by: Accomack at June 13, 2025 08:56 PM (sSkke)
In my case, my oven gets cleaned by the wife.
Which is me.
So, no, not all of them do. And yes, I'd rather have a couple of cocktails first.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 08:57 PM (a4NoL)
Barf!!!
Her first hit sounds just like the last one.
*shudders*
*pours more whiskey*
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 08:56 PM (W/lyH)
They had auto tune all the way back then?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 08:57 PM (CA3k/)
Posted by: Accomack at June 13, 2025 08:17 PM (cOn95)
I've got to do that.
I just want my living situation stabilised.
And then develop some goals.
Posted by: Stateless.. 27% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 13, 2025 08:58 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: polynikes
Angus Young, paraphrased...
"People say we had 12 albums that all sound the same. That's not true. We had 13 albums that all sound the same."
Posted by: MkY at June 13, 2025 08:58 PM (cPGH3)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:25 PM (u82oZ)
LPH-2 Iwo Jima coming back from the Med... Evaps down and they had to keep Potable water to wash off the Helos.
Needless to say, the Crew was NOT amused... they did 'allow' us showers finally when we got back to No Fuck Vagina... didn't want the married guys families to complain.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 13, 2025 08:58 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 08:58 PM (CA3k/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 13, 2025 08:59 PM (KhjS7)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 09:00 PM (CA3k/)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 08:44 PM (DLqye)
Weighed 170 after supper. And I have a1/2 gallon cookies n’ cream ice cream in front of me right now.
Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2025 09:00 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 09:01 PM (CA3k/)
Bad time to be an A-Gang Division Officer.
The most famous A-gang officer was on the IJN CA Tone. The catapult for a search plane did not work, and it took a while to launch the scout. Which would have found the USN CVs to the Northwest, and lose us the Battle of Midway.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 09:01 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 09:00 PM (CA3k/)
Well, girls may think they want romance, but if a guy is willing to clean my oven, he's gonna get in my pants.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 09:02 PM (a4NoL)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 08:57 PM (CA3k/)
I'll have you know I had a very sensitive tuning knob on my '59 VW AM Blauplunkt radio.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 09:02 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 09:02 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 13, 2025 08:59 PM (KhjS7)
It’s a long way to the top.
Money talks is my favorite Ac/DC song.
Posted by: polynikes at June 13, 2025 09:02 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 09:02 PM (W/lyH)
Is that what they called it back then?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 09:03 PM (CA3k/)
Posted by: tcn in AK
Guys, Write this down.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 09:03 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 09:03 PM (/Ghsb)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 09:02 PM (a4NoL)
*golfclap*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 09:03 PM (CA3k/)
Posted by: tcn in AK
There's a lesson there, somewhere, I'm sure.
Posted by: MkY at June 13, 2025 09:03 PM (cPGH3)
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 09:02 PM (+qU29)
Technically it has to be smaller than a mile
Posted by: Kindltot at June 13, 2025 09:04 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 09:04 PM (viF8m)
You and hubby have the best first date story I ever heard.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 08:44 PM (u82oZ)
({{{NaCly}}}. Thanks, that date turned out pretty darn good!! And Herndon was a most delightful breakfast indeed!!
How are you holding up, dear friend?
Posted by: moki at June 13, 2025 09:06 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 08:58 PM (CA3k/)
A beautiful woman is more or less the showstopper. In the history of all time it always comes back to a beautiful woman.
Let's just call it for what it is.
Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 09:06 PM (Rm1xR)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 09:07 PM (e7kz6)
youtu.be/pFDEsNrKDts
Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 09:07 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: MkY at June 13, 2025 09:07 PM (cPGH3)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 09:02 PM (W/lyH)
Is that what they called it back then?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 09:03 PM (CA3k/)
A.clear step up from soup cans and string.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 09:07 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 09:08 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: moki at June 13, 2025 09:08 PM (wLjpr)
Yeah, we have become heat weenies.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 09:08 PM (a4NoL)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 09:09 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Accomack at June 13, 2025 09:09 PM (4qMiv)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 09:09 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 09:09 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: tcn in AK
Well dang!
Apparently TSA won't let me board my flight with a few cans of EasyOff.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 09:10 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 09:10 PM (e7kz6)
glad to hear you are healthy!!! that is very good news!!
Posted by: moki at June 13, 2025 09:11 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 09:11 PM (QnmlO)
I got s#i7 on my hands & boots, "bad boys" got the good stuff.
Mister Happy was not amused.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 09:12 PM (/Ghsb)
Posted by: Accomack at June 13, 2025 09:09 PM (4qMiv)
I see nothing in that statement that precludes cocktails.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 09:12 PM (a4NoL)
Yeah, we have become heat weenies.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 09:08 PM (a4NoL)
Your body adjusts to area temperature norms - when we were in Saudi, 120 was a regular day for most of the year. One day it dropped to 80 degrees, and everyone was piling on sweaters and jackets to warm up!
Posted by: moki at June 13, 2025 09:13 PM (wLjpr)
DH says Tug Bar for dinner. I'm all in on that. Not running the stove when it is this hot.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 09:15 PM (a4NoL)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 09:16 PM (/Ghsb)
Use that feature at your own peril.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 13, 2025 09:18 PM (8AONa)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 09:15 PM (a4NoL)
Nice menu!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 09:18 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 09:18 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 09:18 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 13, 2025 09:07 PM (e7kz6)
A more believable ruling would be an injunction against the Trump administration taking any actions that would benefit the Netanunuh led Zionist regime.
Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 09:19 PM (Rm1xR)
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 09:19 PM (+qU29)
https://youtu.be/dH-CXwphIDM
Posted by: Rex B at June 13, 2025 09:20 PM (7szT/)
*rhetorical; don'wanna know*
tonight?
New Glarus Moon Man; spozin' anyone has the faintest interest ...
+ Svedka = The New Valu-Rite!
init?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 09:21 PM (/Ghsb)
New Glarus Moon Man; spozin' anyone has the faintest interest ...
+ Svedka = The New Valu-Rite!
init?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez
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Dear New Glarus,
Please make Kid Kolsch available year-round
Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 13, 2025 09:23 PM (8AONa)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 09:23 PM (/Ghsb)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 09:25 PM (/Ghsb)
https://tinyurl.com/utx6bhbw
Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 09:27 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Joe Biden at June 13, 2025 09:27 PM (1sBXy)
Posted by: Ib1netmon at June 13, 2025 09:27 PM (vTTFR)
Posted by: tcn in AK
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Guys, Write this down.
Underneath the heading "Things I Wish I'd Known 45 Years Ago."
Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 09:28 PM (/y8xj)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 09:28 PM (/Ghsb)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 09:30 PM (viF8m)
https://x.com/KurtSchlichter/status/1933486672869798297
&
opsecopsecopsec, first & always
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 09:34 PM (/Ghsb)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 13, 2025 09:34 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 09:35 PM (/Ghsb)
Astros are beating the Twins like a redheaded stepmule baby seal, 9-1 after 4 and there's been no move to relieve the Twins starter. Their bullpen is worn out, so this poor fellow has to stay in and keep getting hammered.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 09:35 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 09:36 PM (/Ghsb)
https://tinyurl.com/utx6bhbw
Posted by: JackStraw
I never get to have any fun. I'm at the end of a dirt road. In order to get to me, you have to pass five other homes with working backhoes.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 09:39 PM (fab8c)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 13, 2025 09:40 PM (/Ghsb)
This is so obvious that I don't think it is in any way controversial.
Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 09:40 PM (Rm1xR)
I laughed to tears
YMMV
https://tinyurl.com/2s32jh87
Posted by: Don Black at June 13, 2025 09:43 PM (AOsQT)
Drink!
Plus replay the Chinese tanks in Tiananmen Square being stared down by one average guy.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 13, 2025 09:52 PM (cEp5l)
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 09:52 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 09:54 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 09:55 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 13, 2025 08:01 PM (jeWRt)
Nothing wrong with high racks.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 13, 2025 09:56 PM (EIeK8)
@amuse 4m
FAFO: Democrats arriving in Egypt planning to ‘March to Gaza’ in solidarity with the Palestinians are being attacked and thrown out by Egyptians who won’t tolerate Palestinian sympathizers.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 13, 2025 09:57 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 13, 2025 10:00 PM (mlg/3)
Nevertheless, our plan is to take a day trip to one of the many small towns and hang around with normal people.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 13, 2025 10:00 PM (0aYVJ)
Drink!
Plus replay the Chinese tanks in Tiananmen Square being stared down by one average guy.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 13, 2025 09:52 PM (cEp5l)
And repeat again every leftist who defended every leftist regime that racked up their 100+ million body count throughout the 20th century.
Posted by: Abi at June 13, 2025 10:01 PM (Rm1xR)
Posted by: Fenrisulven at June 13, 2025 10:03 PM (ciYHQ)
Posted by: Case at June 13, 2025 10:04 PM (k7qYZ)
Posted by: jimmymcnulty at June 13, 2025 10:58 PM (vvIbr)
Posted by: PabloD at June 14, 2025 12:42 AM (TgNVd)
HOOAH!
Posted by: sfcmac at June 14, 2025 09:02 AM (n6vjq)
The Week In Woke
Three people are shot or stabbed at the "Pride" rally in DC after "protester" object to prudent security measures and a police presence.
A shooting and separate stabbing occurred Saturday during DC's Pride celebrations, leaving three injured. The violence followed a decision to reverse a security closure of the park after activists protested the original plan. Key Details: The incidents unfolded in Dupont Circle, a symbolic venue for LGBT+ events in Washington, D.C. One male was injured in the shooting, while two others were stabbed nearby. No deaths were reported as of Saturday evening. Police had originally planned to shut down Dupont Circle from June 5th to 9th, citing a history of property damage and public safety risks during Pride festivities. That decision was overturned following public backlash from local officials and activists. In a joint Saturday statement, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and the National Park Service confirmed the reversal, saying they worked "overnight" on a compromise to keep the park open while attempting to maintain security.You wanted it, you got it. You should be happy. Woke corporations are doubling down on the Groomer Merch.
In the face of sweeping changes to federal DEI guidance under President Donald Trump's administration, corporations across the retail, tech, and fashion sectors are charging ahead with Pride 2025 promotions. This comes even as public support for corporate social engineering through DEI has waned, and major events like NYC Pride have lost longtime financial backers. Nevertheless, over 20 companies have released LGBTQ+ themed merchandise, pledging millions to aligned nonprofits and advocacy groups. Levi's, for example, released its "Meet You In The Park" campaign featuring reclaimed iconography such as the inverted pink triangle. Notably, the brand's shareholder base recently shut down a move to scale back DEI policies. Levi's continues to donate $100,000 annually to Outright International, a global LGBTQ+ advocacy group. Calvin Klein rolled out its retro-styled campaign starring LGBTQ+ actor Cooper Koch. The company reaffirms its support for The Trevor Project and other left-leaning organizations like the Transgender Legal Defense Fund. Diesel, in a more radical move, partnered with the erotic art-focused Tom of Finland Foundation, using images of gay party scenes in its merchandise. Even companies like Target, which earlier this year signaled a departure from DEI hiring quotas, are hedging their stance by keeping Pride merchandise alive--albeit scaled back. This year's offering includes "Pride birds" and limits most sales to online platforms. Retailers including Urban Outfitters, Hollister, and Abercrombie & Fitch have released gender-neutral lines, with Abercrombie committing $400,000 to The Trevor Project irrespective of sales. Guess Watches framed its offering as "Pride with purpose," donating to the same group. Meanwhile, tech giant Apple launched a handcrafted "Pride Edition" watch band and other rainbow accessories, stating only that it supports LGBTQ+ groups financially--without disclosing amounts or beneficiaries. Disney went ahead with its themed merchandise inside parks, including rainbow ear headbands and a Stitch plush in a Pride sweatshirt.While the Red Sox go all out on "pride," even inviting drag queens to put on shows inside the park and throw the opening pitch, the Texas Rangers refuse to host a "pride" night, and the left-wing media is angry that one ballclub shows any diversity on this issue. Another rapist teacher. But there won't be any Boston Globe exposes or Hollywood films about the moral rot inside the teachers unions.
The Indiana home where disgraced teacher Brittany Fortinberry is accused of making teenagers as young as 13 wear "Scream" masks while having group sex with her has been put up for sale after her husband dumped her, according to a report. Fortinberry's husband, Nicholas, filed for divorce from the 31-year-old educator, and the couple can no longer afford their Martinsdale home, according to divorce documents seen by TMZ. The house is where police say some of Fortinberry's alleged sick sexual encounters with minors took place last year -- and where a stripper pole and sex toys were found inside, according to court documents seen by Fox59.I hope she was one wearing the mask.
Just watched 2 white liberals stop traffic and tell a mother who was begging to go to work, that illegals and their children are more important.
— Savanah Hernandez (@sav_says_) June 10, 2025
I then asked them how they felt stopping a black woman from getting to work
They both laughed in our facespic.twitter.com/XA1zItqIHq
Rep Sara Jacobs (D) tries accusing Hegseth of injecting culture wars into the military by banning transgender people.
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 12, 2025
It didn’t go how she hoped…
“These are men who think they’re women. What we’ve identified is that there’s mental health issues with that belief system, that… pic.twitter.com/0CivRNEPfb
Cruel:
Somebody should take food away from her. They’d be doing her a favor. https://t.co/cOX5Fj5YCh
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) June 12, 2025
Lockheed Martin actually wrote down specific numbers of white people to eliminate from the year-end bonus list https://t.co/ybG0gSin2d
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) June 12, 2025
Christopher F. Rufo
@realchrisrufo BREAKING: Lockheed Martin has released a statement in response to my reporting about its racially discriminatory compensation practices. The company claims it is now a "meritocracy" and will "compensate any employees" who were victims. This is not enough. We need prosecutions.
Let's all join in on the fun:
OMG.
— Ian Jaeger (@IanJaeger29) June 12, 2025
A bystander came out of nowhere and performed one of the best tackles you will ever see on a rioter.
https://t.co/isRFH6PUfV
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at June 13, 2025 06:26 PM (0jqe/)
Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 06:26 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 06:27 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2025 06:28 PM (jgmnb)
Fortinberry's husband, Nicholas, filed for divorce
This, this is why I wrote that Gospel.
Posted by: Saint Matthew at June 13, 2025 06:30 PM (gKWVE)
Bad Joke:
Brother and Sister together...
Sister: "You do it better than Dad!"
Brother: "That's what Mom says!"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Tasteless jokes:
If she's not good enough for your family, she's damn sure not good enough for mine.
Posted by: rickb223
"Incest!" A game the whole family can play.
.....by Milton-Bradley.
Posted by: 1980s TV commercial voiceover guy
O. M. G. LOL 😂
Posted by: rickb223 at June 13, 2025 06:31 PM (fab8c)
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What, is the CEO of Apple gay AND retarded?
Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 06:32 PM (qOuxy)
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) June 12, 2025
Speculation: this is far worse than it sounds and involves a shitload of woketard companies. Some may have general "blacklists" of employees for age, ethnicity, 'social credit' etc, maybe even including being SCIENCE! and VAXX!! Deniers.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 06:32 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 06:32 PM (7xrfc)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 06:32 PM (a4NoL)
Probably still got alimony, child support, half his retirement accounts and full custody.
Posted by: Just a minor past transgression at June 13, 2025 06:33 PM (TbWk/)
Fletcher, the female singer that was all about women until she fell in love with a man, "outed" herself in her new single "Boy." (Dropped during pride month, the horror.) The lyrics are about her fear of sharing this with news with her community and fans. Which makes sense, they are rabidly unforgiving of "traitors."
sample lyrics:
I've been sitting on a secret / And I don't think I can keep it anymore / I've been hiding out in Northern California / Where nobody knows who I was before / Where they won't judge me in the morning
And I know it's not what you wanted to hear / And it wasn't on your bingo card this year / Well, it wasn't on mine
I fell in love / And it wasn't with who I thought it would be
And I'm scared to think of what you'll think of me
His lips were soft / I had no choice, I kissed a boy
You can think that I'm a hypocrite, that's cool / I'm just following my heart, is what it is / And only time will tell / If I will or won't do this again / Maybe I've changed or maybe it's just him / But I leaned in and kissed a boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynYXVYI0I
I kissed a boy and I liked it Hope my fanbase don't mind it
Posted by: LizLem at June 13, 2025 06:33 PM (Eng1Z)
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Munchausen-by-butchery.
Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 06:33 PM (qOuxy)
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 06:33 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 06:32 PM (7xrfc)
The Trevor Project was a venue for that ratfucker who stole the luggage. He was up here pimping for it, and pretty much got laughed at. This was before he was working for the Nukes and then got busted.
I don't honestly remember that particular ratfucker's name, just his ugly face and complete lack of fashion sense.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 06:33 PM (a4NoL)
Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 06:34 PM (7xrfc)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 13, 2025 06:34 PM (ynpvh)
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Munchausen-by-butchery.
Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 06:33 PM (qOuxy)
Of course the girl is nervous. She's about to take her attention-seeking to a permanent place and she's not sure it is going to do what she thinks it is going to do.
It's not. Maybe someone should tell her.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 06:35 PM (a4NoL)
I then asked them how they felt stopping a black woman from getting to work
They both laughed in our faces
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"Whites Have No Home Here."
Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 06:35 PM (qOuxy)
Posted by: Jack Squat. Bupkis at June 13, 2025 06:35 PM (dQfJF)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:35 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 06:35 PM (CA3k/)
Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2025 06:28 PM
Serious question....why? I mean with what they are being taught in universities these days how why they think it is a bad thing to fvck their students? They are being taught to get into details about students sex lives and explore the sexuality of kindergarten kids. Why would we think they know it isn't right to have sex with their students?
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 13, 2025 06:36 PM (e5NfL)
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What, women can't have hobbies?
Posted by: Cave Johnson at June 13, 2025 06:36 PM (8RvIK)
My stepson got propositioned by a male teacher at his school, who was later "vanished" by the school when his grooming habits with other teens at the school came to light.
There are not enough millstones in the world.
Posted by: LizLem at June 13, 2025 06:36 PM (Eng1Z)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 06:36 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: Cave Johnson at June 13, 2025 06:37 PM (8RvIK)
They both laughed in our faces
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"Whites Have No Home Here."
Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 06:35 PM (qOuxy)
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BLM was never about actually making black lives better. It was about virtue signalling.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:37 PM (ZOv7s)
Ask for a cleaning and disinfecting allowance. A big one.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 13, 2025 06:37 PM (/y8xj)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 06:36 PM (DLqye)
The cops shot off my nuts with a tear gas canister!
Posted by: man-bun freak at June 13, 2025 06:37 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 13, 2025 06:36 PM (e5NfL)
"Was that wrong? Because I didn't think it was wrong...."
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 06:38 PM (a4NoL)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:37 PM (ZOv7s)
You forgot the grift part. That part was big.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 06:38 PM (a4NoL)
The money and houses didn't hurt either.
I love that all these fake charity scams are getting a second look. Even Bono's charity concert scam.
Posted by: LizLem at June 13, 2025 06:39 PM (Eng1Z)
Posted by: Eromero at June 13, 2025 06:28 PM (jgmnb)
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They become teachers to diddle kids. This is known.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:39 PM (ZOv7s)
She should try pointing out that she was born that way and love is love. Of course Al-Gayeda is not going to buy it but it's worth the try.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 06:39 PM (7xrfc)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 06:36 PM (DLqye)
https://youtu.be/XbYZhMMLHGo
Shoot 'em in the dick.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 06:39 PM (a4NoL)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 06:38 PM (a4NoL)
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The dopes who put the trademarked yard signs weren't getting any of the grift - they were the marks who wanted to virtue signal.
But even they never believed in it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:40 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Oddbob
Along with a priest to bless the house once it was physically clean.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 06:41 PM (7xrfc)
BLM was never about actually making black lives better. It was about virtue signalling.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:37 PM (ZOv7s)
__________
Went straight to Racket without passing through Crusade and Business.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 06:41 PM (QnmlO)
A bystander came out of nowhere and performed one of the best tackles you will ever see on a rioter.
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Excellent form!
That needs a Steve Inman voiceover ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 06:41 PM (LCdVS)
But even they never believed in it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:40 PM (ZOv7s)
My yard sign:
In this house we believe that your useless yard sign proves that you are an arrogant, ignorant twat.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 06:41 PM (a4NoL)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 13, 2025 06:41 PM (qBdHI)
What?
Meet Me at the Park Play Spaces Grant Program:
The “Meet Me at the Park Play Spaces” grant program is a collaboration between the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) and The Walt Disney Company. Disney funds grants that NRPA awards to park and recreation agencies that submit the best ideas to help make outdoor play accessible to children and families in underserved communities.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 13, 2025 06:42 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 06:39 PM (7xrfc)
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Sexuality is totally fluid unless you return to being straight.
That is not permitted.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:42 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 06:42 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 06:43 PM (DLqye)
Nice project for a Saturday: reclaiming our country. Everybody show up, be safe, and have fun.
Working on ideas for a sign. I'm thinking along these lines:
No Kings
No One Above the Law
With an upside down U.S. flag
I'm keeping it short:
No Kings
No Dictators
No Nazis
We had a make your own protest sign get-together yesterday. It was really fun. Way more people than I expected. Probably 12 - 13. We spread out these long narrow tables and there were at least three people at each of them.
He's looking for an excuse to institute martial law. Of course we should protest and exercise our first amendment rights. But civil war is coming. Trump is going to put the full force of our military against the American people.
Anyone who says "civil war is coming" is suppressing dissent. I will be unarmed if it does, but I don’t much give a *** because it ain’t worth living in a fascist tinpot shell of a once-great-nation stripped bare of decency, civil rights, truth, goodwill.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 13, 2025 06:43 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: tcn in AK
Or punch them in the dick: https://youtu.be/80CIWZ9iRRs
Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 06:43 PM (7xrfc)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 06:43 PM (DLqye)
They just cough up another "hero." They are like goldfish swimming in a tank:
Oh, look, a castle.
Next pass:
Oh, look, a castle.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 06:44 PM (a4NoL)
If he ever applies for a Secret Service or security job, that is one hell of an audition tape.
Posted by: LizLem at June 13, 2025 06:45 PM (Eng1Z)
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 13, 2025 06:43 PM (ycI94)
Oh boy.. LOL
Posted by: Mississippi at June 13, 2025 06:45 PM (VE6XX)
That needs a Steve Inman voiceover ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 06:41 PM (LCdVS)
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He already has one. Used the Ludacris Cam.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:45 PM (ZOv7s)
Meet Me at the Park Play Spaces Grant Program:
The “Meet Me at the Park Play Spaces” grant program is a collaboration between the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) and The Walt Disney Company. Disney funds grants that NRPA awards to park and recreation agencies that submit the best ideas to help make outdoor play accessible to children and families in underserved communities.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 13, 2025 06:42 PM (NFX2v)
All this does is remind me of this gay guy that was friends with my oldest sibling and he told me all about the parks. There used to be bathrooms at Cal Poly, UCSB, the parking lot of the nude beach, certain places they go to hook up with strangers in basically public places where kids could possibly walk in. How bizarre.
Posted by: CaliGirl at June 13, 2025 06:45 PM (oGdsR)
Lockheed Martin actually wrote down specific numbers of white people to eliminate from the year-end bonus list
_________
Companies don't have labor lawyers to tell them what the law says to do, they have them come up with reasons to justify what they want to do.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 06:45 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 06:46 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison
"once-great-nation"? This one is not up on the current leftist programming.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 13, 2025 06:46 PM (M0V4/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 13, 2025 06:35 PM (CA3k/)
It's the husband's fault for failing to be the Christlike servant-leader he was called to be. She would never have committed these sins if he was fulfilling his divinely-appointed role as a man and husband.
Posted by: He's just as guilty if not moreso! at June 13, 2025 06:46 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 06:47 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 06:48 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2025 06:47 PM (gKWVE)
Load-bearing
Posted by: Double, maybe triple, entendre at June 13, 2025 06:48 PM (TbWk/)
I think we can all see how SNAP benefits have helped her...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
......
Yes. Who needs a turkey?
Her arm is almost ready for Thanksgiving dinner.
Posted by: wth at June 13, 2025 06:48 PM (UjdFS)
What a world.
Posted by: Case at June 13, 2025 06:48 PM (k7qYZ)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 13, 2025 06:46 PM (M0V4/)
I really can't figure out what's in it for the average Joe leftist. It's not like they will end up on the top of the heap if all their demented dreams come true. And I have yet to see one single example of why this country isn't great, unless they are so ignorant of the rest of the world and history in general. Where's the argument, beyond "I don't like this" in a whiny voice.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 06:49 PM (a4NoL)
"once-great-nation"? This one is not up on the current leftist programming.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 13, 2025 06:46 PM (M0V4/)
_________
To be shot for pro-American agitation.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 06:49 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 06:49 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Adiposity is not a virtue at June 13, 2025 06:50 PM (TbWk/)
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Companies don't have labor lawyers to tell them what the law says to do, they have them come up with reasons to justify what they want to do.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 06:45 PM
They also did this for older employees some years back. My engineer buddy won a wrongful termination suit based on his age. He never had to work again after that because they gave him a very nice settlement.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 13, 2025 06:50 PM (e5NfL)
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If Triglycerides Trigglypuff and Nadipose Nadler had a love- daughter via anal cesarean ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 06:50 PM (LCdVS)
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This is why I love that we don't have aristocracy. Just meritocracy. *sort of !
Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 06:50 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: He's just as guilty if not moreso! at June 13, 2025 06:46 PM (TbWk/)
How in hell did he not know this was taking place?
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 06:50 PM (a4NoL)
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 06:50 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Don Black at June 13, 2025 06:51 PM (AOsQT)
So when do the lawsuits against school districts and teachers unions begin for moving these monsters from school to school?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 06:51 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 06:51 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: gKWVE
One-story fire station.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 13, 2025 06:51 PM (M0V4/)
Posted by: Updated for modern audiences at June 13, 2025 06:52 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: javems at June 13, 2025 06:52 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: gKWVE
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The owners were Festivusians
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 13, 2025 06:52 PM (ITkJX)
So when do the lawsuits against school districts and teachers unions begin for moving these monsters from school to school?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 06:51 PM (QnmlO)
They don't have the deep pockets the Catholic Church supposedly had. Funny how none of those lawsuits targeted any Protestant denominations, or other lovely places where perverts preyed on kids. Follow the money. Has nothing to do with solving the evil problem.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 06:53 PM (a4NoL)
They also did this for older employees some years back.
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My former company also had a jihad against older employees. Sure you can sue, but what do you live on while the suit goes on?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 06:53 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Don Black at June 13, 2025 06:51 PM (AOsQT)
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A song about teenage male sexual fantasies was not intended to be a how-to guide for educators.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:54 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: tcn in AK
If they truly were students of history, they'd realize that if what they say they want comes to pass, their type is the first against the wall for outliving their usefulness.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 13, 2025 06:54 PM (M0V4/)
They also did this for older employees some years back.
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My former company also had a jihad against older employees. Sure you can sue, but what do you live on while the suit goes on?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 06:53 PM (QnmlO)
This goes on all over the place all the time. It's illegal as fuck but good luck proving it.
Posted by: We just don't think you're a good cultural fit at June 13, 2025 06:55 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 06:56 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 13, 2025 06:56 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 06:53 PM (a4NoL)
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Government schools have sovereign immunity, which is a tough nut to crack. Protestant churches are often decentralized, so much as much money.
And of course, since the pervs have been almost entirely purged from the Church, we're getting lawsuits for the acts of dead people.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:56 PM (ZOv7s)
They don't have the deep pockets the Catholic Church supposedly had.
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The Catholic Church is like a guy who lives in a $2 million house and has $37.14 in his checking account.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 06:56 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 06:57 PM (ZOv7s)
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It was about the grift primarily. The chaos and virtue signaling were just bonuses.
Posted by: Crusader at June 13, 2025 06:57 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 06:58 PM (DLqye)
If she was in Florida, she could have gotten in her car and run over them .... DeSantis said it is OK to escape kidnaping.
Posted by: illiniwek at June 13, 2025 06:59 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 13, 2025 07:00 PM (cEp5l)
Posted by: jsg at June 13, 2025 07:00 PM (iGK7y)
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday urged U.S. authorities not to conduct immigration enforcement targeting attendees of a Gold Cup soccer match in Los Angeles on Saturday, where Mexico's team is due to play the Dominican Republic.
"We don't believe that at any soccer match there will be any [immigration] action ... we call for none to be taken by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement," Sheinbaum said in her morning press conference.
Posted by: Crusader at June 13, 2025 07:01 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 06:49 PM (dIske)
Kevlar, its the new cotton... it breathes...
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 13, 2025 07:01 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 06:58 PM (DLqye)
Any idea why she started crying? I guess it made her more pitiable or something.
Honestly, take a walk and eat a salad.
How does a land whale like that even get pregnant? How does a guy find.... oh, well.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 07:01 PM (a4NoL)
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She was way too much of a lady on camera when it came to It 1 and It 2 chuckling about her being unable to move her vehicle.
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Klobuchar ate her salad with a comb, a report said years ago. She needs to have real compassion and teach Felicia what a salad is and how to use a comb for silverware and grooming.
She let that poor, foolish woman testify like she was on Queen for a Day.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 13, 2025 07:02 PM (NFX2v)
It didn’t go how she hoped…
“These are men who think they’re women. What we’ve identified is that there’s mental health issues with that belief system, that are DETRIMENTAL to readiness” - Secretary Hegseth"
Suddenly the Dems are really concerned about military readiness and war-fighting capability? One of today's MSLSD talking points is that taking 700 Marines and training them to deal with 'peaceful civil demonstrations' is costing them needed combat training time, and deploying them in LA will damage America's warfighting capability!
Posted by: Gref at June 13, 2025 07:02 PM (aBgBM)
Although I went to a weekday Confession at St. Helen's in Pearland this week and they had the most opulent confessionals I've ever seen.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 07:02 PM (QnmlO)
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday urged U.S. authorities not to conduct immigration enforcement targeting attendees of a Gold Cup soccer match in Los Angeles on Saturday, where Mexico's team is due to play the Dominican Republic.
"We don't believe that at any soccer match there will be any [immigration] action ... we call for none to be taken by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement," Sheinbaum said in her morning press conference.
Posted by: Crusader at June 13, 2025 07:01 PM (TN0g+)
So two South of the border teams will be playing the Un American game of Soccer in Los A... at the same time as PLANNED protests... but don't you dare have cops around!!!!
Talk about conditions to CREATE a riot...
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 13, 2025 07:03 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 13, 2025 07:03 PM (KhjS7)
Posted by: Thar she blows at June 13, 2025 07:03 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 07:01 PM (a4NoL)
The term you are searching for is....
mulatto bastard.
Posted by: jsg at June 13, 2025 07:04 PM (iGK7y)
With all the political assassinations going on down there, I wonder if the cartels have tried taking her out. If not, that would be telling.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 13, 2025 07:04 PM (M0V4/)
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hot towels?? snacks? sprits of cologne??
Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 07:04 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 06:49 PM (dIske)
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"The Paolo needs Kevlar tights when, how you say, he's hanging out in public."
Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 07:04 PM (LCdVS)
Posted by: Crusader
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If the attendees are illegal, then they're offside.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 13, 2025 07:04 PM (ITkJX)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 07:01 PM (a4NoL)
The term you are searching for is....
mulatto bastard.
Posted by: jsg at June 13, 2025 07:04 PM (iGK7y)
So Pookie, Tyrone and RayRay been visiting?
Posted by: Mo babies mo welfare at June 13, 2025 07:05 PM (TbWk/)
Although I went to a weekday Confession at St. Helen's in Pearland this week and they had the most opulent confessionals I've ever seen.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 07:02 PM (QnmlO)
I went to Mass in Trapper Creek a few weeks ago, in an old wood frame building that was half buried, tiny space, low suspended ceiling, bad pine trim, and the toilet room opened directly into the "sanctuary." It ain't all wine and roses in the Catholic Church.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 07:06 PM (a4NoL)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 07:06 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 07:06 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: tcn in AK
__________________________
I still think it's an envy thing. They don't have the tools, intellect or motivation to succeed. So, by God, no one else gets to succeed in front of them making them FEEL bad about themselves. That's where all the name calling comes in. That "fascist" tag gets firmly applied to anyone who has the audacity cast them in a shadow.
It's, also, why we're fast approaching the "popcorn" phase. Some are just letting it go and playing the depressed puppy. But, there are others who are going to pop off and the number of violent outbursts are going to escalate like a pan of popcorn sitting on the stove. These jackasses love their trends. And, that is one trend I am not looking forward to.
Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 07:06 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Thar she blows at June 13, 2025 07:03 PM (TbWk/)
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* snort *
Her nickname was "Down-in Two Scoops" before it was cool.
Posted by: ShainS -- Busy Organizing 'Make Trump King' Protests at June 13, 2025 07:07 PM (LCdVS)
Posted by: Gref at June 13, 2025 07:02 PM (aBgBM)
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So maybe call off the rioting?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:07 PM (ZOv7s)
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hot towels?? snacks? sprits of cologne??
Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 07:04 PM (g47mK)
I think the joke is that he was on the priest's side.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 07:07 PM (a4NoL)
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 13, 2025 06:43 PM (ycI94)
Oh boy.. LOL
Posted by: Mississippi at June 13, 2025 06:45 PM (VE6XX)
AWFLs and their beta male cuck-husbands plan to pay illegals $5 a day to go fight the civil war for them.
Posted by: Gref at June 13, 2025 07:07 PM (aBgBM)
It ain't all wine and roses in the Catholic Church.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 07:06 PM (a4NoL)
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The Good Lord was just as much home there as at St. Peter's Basilica.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 07:08 PM (QnmlO)
Is it weird that in my morning supply run today.... I bought a bunch of Popcorn, and 12 Gauge 00 Buck?
Oh, and Wine.... lots of wine...
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 13, 2025 07:08 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 07:08 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 07:06 PM (QnmlO)
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Does she live near a military base? That would explain it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:08 PM (ZOv7s)
"Look, you're fat. I'm not going to sugarcoat it because you'd eat that too."
Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 07:08 PM (7xrfc)
Felecia is living, waddling proof that guys will nail anything.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 07:06 PM (QnmlO)
Sure, but I don't even know where you'd find a bag that big.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 07:09 PM (a4NoL)
Posted by: tubal at June 13, 2025 07:09 PM (PCK5/)
And you too, Trebek!
Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 07:10 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 07:10 PM (DLqye)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 07:08 PM (QnmlO)
And how. You should have heard those kids sing.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 07:10 PM (a4NoL)
Is that like "starting at $29.99"? Because nobody gets the starting price.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 13, 2025 07:10 PM (rvwwT)
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Nevermind. We elect people like that to office in PA routinely. It doesn't dawn on voters that such individuals are only monitoring or transporting their own children, advocating for their own husband, etc.
We had one woman call another a Welfare Queen in public and that was enough to get the WQ elected and the other woman (mother of four) punished.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 13, 2025 07:10 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: jsg at June 13, 2025 07:10 PM (iGK7y)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 13, 2025 07:10 PM (DLqye)
Thank God for small favors.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 07:10 PM (a4NoL)
Posted by: Sam Adams at June 13, 2025 07:10 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: tcn in AK
Deflated hot-air balloon?
Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 13, 2025 07:11 PM (M0V4/)
Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 07:11 PM (lIio7)
Is that like "starting at $29.99"? Because nobody gets the starting price.
"Up to" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 07:11 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 07:06 PM (dIske)
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Marxism has always been about weaponizing sin. It's centered on envy, and drives into wrath. It also calls to pride, because you should be rich, not them.
It has always been an anti-religion, which is why they used to call it "scientific socialism."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:11 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 07:08 PM (s8j++)
Smoking the Pork Butt... this is not how the Paulo would put it...
Posted by: The Paulo at June 13, 2025 07:12 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2025 07:08 PM (s8j++)
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Euphemisms?
Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 07:12 PM (dIske)
Posted by: tubal at June 13, 2025 07:12 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Decline and Fall at June 13, 2025 07:13 PM (G5+As)
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It was textbook form too--he "saw what he hit". The NFL should send that vid out to all of its teams when camps open this summer.
Posted by: Crusader at June 13, 2025 07:13 PM (TN0g+)
I don't know why, but that word irks the hell out of me.
You're teachers. That's it. Stop acting like you're more important than you actually are.
Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at June 13, 2025 07:13 PM (eYAt4)
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Somebody else does that as a reasonable accommodation for her fat disability under the ADA.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 13, 2025 07:13 PM (ITkJX)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 13, 2025 07:07 PM (a4NoL)
🤣🤣
Is this real Baccarat ??!!
Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 07:13 PM (g47mK)
It's hilarious because it's true.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 07:11 PM (lIio7)
A dependopotamus? She's a single mother though.
Posted by: Had the species evolved? at June 13, 2025 07:13 PM (TbWk/)
Is that like "starting at $29.99"? Because nobody gets the starting price.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
DoorDash, Grubhub and UberEats...strange thing is that nobody gets their deliveries.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 13, 2025 07:14 PM (M0V4/)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 13, 2025 07:14 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 07:14 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Had the species evolved? at June 13, 2025 07:13 PM (TbWk/)
Does not matter... if she can prove its yer kid, military will force child support.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 13, 2025 07:15 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Skip at June 13, 2025 07:15 PM (+qU29)
I worked as an armed gate guard at Ft Lewis for a while when they had contractors doing this work. We had so many EXTREMELY underaged girls trying to get in so they could cruise the barracks for sex. I'm talking like 13 year olds. Adult women would go after soldiers for sex too, but they would just go to the bars where soldiers gathered.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 07:15 PM (lIio7)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 13, 2025 07:15 PM (YTjJV)
Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 07:11 PM (lIio7)
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IYKYK
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:15 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 07:14 PM (viF8m)
Heh… I chalked that up to he decided to not kill his sorry ass.
Posted by: tubal at June 13, 2025 07:15 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at June 13, 2025 07:13 PM
Excuse us?!
Posted by: Journalists at June 13, 2025 07:15 PM (Wnv9h)
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It was textbook form too--he "saw what he hit". The NFL should send that vid out to all of its teams when camps open this summer.
Posted by: Crusader at June 13, 2025 07:13 PM (TN0g+)
It was too violent for the 'new' NFL.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 13, 2025 07:16 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 13, 2025 07:15 PM (mP0Kj)
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She'd have to at least narrow it down the company level.
Which might be difficult, because she can't even see her own ass, let alone who might be poking into it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:16 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:17 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 07:11 PM (lIio7)
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IYKYK
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:15 PM
The majestic Dependa....
-David Attenborough
Posted by: Journalists at June 13, 2025 07:17 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 13, 2025 07:17 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 07:11 PM (lIio7)
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IYKYK
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:15 PM
The majestic Dependa....
-David Attenborough
Posted by: Journalists at June 13, 2025 07:17 PM (Wnv9h)
Her herd still roams free, grazing near the Zambezi River…
Posted by: tubal at June 13, 2025 07:18 PM (PCK5/)
I'm not convinced it's a gun. When it lands on the ground, it looks like there's some space between the parts, and it looks like it flops around in the air. I think it might be two key fobs on a key chain that happen to land at a 90 degree angle to each other.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 07:19 PM (lIio7)
If the gop doesn’t cut about 1000 ads using the juxtaposition they don’t deserve to win any future elections.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 13, 2025 07:19 PM (YTjJV)
Yeah. I took great pleasure in watching Sovereignty smoke Journalism in the Derby and Belmont.
Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at June 13, 2025 07:19 PM (eYAt4)
Posted by: LA Rioter at June 13, 2025 07:19 PM (iGK7y)
If the gop doesn’t cut about 1000 ads using the juxtaposition they don’t deserve to win any future elections.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 13, 2025 07:19 PM (YTjJV)
*eyeing portfolios*
...elections?
Posted by: GOPe at June 13, 2025 07:20 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 07:20 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 07:20 PM (dIske)
"She works up to 3 jobs at a time"
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When people asked where I worked, I'd reply that I worked at home and went to the office to rest.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2025 07:20 PM (QnmlO)
-David Attenborough
Posted by: Journalists at June 13, 2025 07:17 PM (Wnv9h)
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Because I was in the Guard, my wife was never fully into the military spouse thing, but she did interact with them on social media and HOLY CRAP the stuff she heard.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:20 PM (ZOv7s)
"As you see, they stalk parties where E-3s and below gather. Searching for the military paycheck to fund her lifestyle, the herd will find a drunken PFC and corner him with a mating dance."
Posted by: NR Pax at June 13, 2025 07:21 PM (7xrfc)
Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 07:20 PM (dIske)
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No fed could tackle like that. Might break a nail.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:21 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: runner at June 13, 2025 07:21 PM (g47mK)
ALL BLM.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 13, 2025 07:21 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Orson at June 13, 2025 07:20 PM (dIske)
Tackler wasn't wearing jorts.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 13, 2025 07:22 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: bonhomme at June 13, 2025 07:19 PM (lIio7)
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I think it's a pair of sunglasses.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 13, 2025 07:22 PM (ZOv7s)
Someone explain to me why these two teams are not playing each other in a) the Dominican Republic or b) Mexico?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 13, 2025 07:23 PM (hB7mE)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 13, 2025 07:23 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Vivi at June 13, 2025 07:23 PM (judmr)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 13, 2025 07:23 PM (uS/oN)
Posted by: Case at June 13, 2025 07:24 PM (k7qYZ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
My Dad always said he wasn't going to work, he was going to his "place of employment, no work involved".
Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 13, 2025 07:25 PM (M0V4/)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2025 07:26 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: PaleRider at June 13, 2025 07:26 PM (CKOCg)
Um, I listened to the first few minutes of her whining. She had one child that she couldn't manage to take care of, so she went on to have 3 more. Some of these people DO cause their own poverty. I had a neighbor like that. She had 3 daughters out of wedlock. Once the 3 were in school, she didn't get a job. Once the 3 girls were in high school, she didn't get a job. The two oldest girls both were knocked up at 15. Fortunately, she moved so that I didn't have to watch the youngest girl go down the same path.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 13, 2025 07:27 PM (0Htd1)
Rest stops in the evening & night in PA & DE. The LEOs get no rest.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 13, 2025 07:28 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 13, 2025 07:20 PM (viF8m)
It's for exercise and why are you so insecure and controlling and stop questioning me you're really triggering me and I bet you're cheating on me!!! *crocodile tears*
Posted by: How that conversation would go at June 13, 2025 07:39 PM (TbWk/)
Rest stops in the evening & night in PA & DE. The LEOs get no rest.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 13, 2025 07:28 PM (NFX2v)
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My wife and I took our pups to a nearby park that was entirely deserted except for four cars parked near the rest rooms with one guy in each car. WTF? I asked the park ranger when he came by.
"Faggots looking to hook up."
Yuk.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 08:09 PM (YqDXo)
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That's one way to get rid of them, I guess.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 13, 2025 08:09 PM (YqDXo)
Gay bathhouses anyone? Bueller?
Posted by: jimmymcnulty at June 13, 2025 10:31 PM (vvIbr)
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