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Hobby Thread - December 20, 2025 [Ornamental Rex]

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. As previewed, the Ace of Spades Wheel of Hobbies (TM) landed on Christmas Ornaments, Part 2.

Last week, the call went out for Horde Christmas ornament submissions. Are you thinking "I'm a grinch that did not submit an ornament, but I am eager to see what others submitted. I can't wait to get into the content!" I knew it. Enjoy.

[Top Photo: The Official Club ONT Restroom token Christmas ornament.]

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What are you hobbying?

As per usual Hobby Thread etiquette, keep this thread limited to hobbying. All (legal) hobbying is welcome. However, politics, current events and religious debates can live in threads elsewhere. Pants are optional but please fully assess the temperature situation if you choose to go without. Puns are welcome and encouraged. No AI was used in the preparation of this post. Commentary on active sporting contests is permitted.

Play nice. Don't be a troll and do not feed the trolls.

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Wrote this last week and still seems to apply, so works for a repeat.

Christmas ornaments are more than plastic, wood, metal or glass. They may have aesthetic value but usually they are important and valued because of their origin story. Could be a special person or relative that gifted it. Could be someone that made it. Could be a treasure from travels or a family tradition. Could be the age and previous owners. Ornaments often have value because of their meaning.

THANK YOU to Morons who submitted treasures for the thread content. Enjoy their stories and share some of your own.

Stories of any holiday crafting is welcome on the thread this week.

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From Piper:

This beautiful angel means so much to me. Every time I look at it, I smile, not just because it's lovely (it truly is), but because it reminds me of the extraordinary way paths cross. Who would have thought that a little corner of the internet - a blog, of all places - would bring together people who would become such genuine, wonderful friends? But that is what happened.
Not only this, but my mom collected angels, which made this even more special - and exactly what I needed. This Angel came with a message that I still read to bring me encouragement during tougher days. I wish everyone a Christmas filled with warmth, peace, and the same kind of unexpected joy this angel has brought to me.

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From ARiK:

The Rocking Horse Baby's First Christmas was from our first child. A special Christmas in many ways.

The bird is from my parents tree and dates back to at least the 1950's. I hope he doesn't poop on my favorite car below it!

Last is the manger scene showing the possibly apocryphal fourth Magi on the far right. Little is known of him except that he arrived late bearing no gifts because his tiny arms were too weak to carry anything. Some sources say he ate one of the sheep but this cannot be confirmed.

Ha! Outstanding! I'm glad to see that your nativity set contains all the historically accurate pieces. Well done. Mystery click for you.

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From Westside Dano:

Neurosurgeon next door devoted himself to woodcarving after retirement. Every Christmas he gifted us a unique piece. You can see he was active in Kiwanis (with my dad). These occupy a place of honor on our shelves each Christmas.

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From tRusty Christmas:

I've had this wreath since my first truck, a 1985 GMC Jimmy - which tRusty #2 now calls his own. But it looks really good here, on my '52 Hornet.

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From Sinead in AK:

My brother made a dozen reindeer ornaments out of wine corks for my tree before he passed away in 2019. They are precious to me. Merry Christmas to all!

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From Skip:

These and dozens more were hand painted by me, some by my wife decades ago. Not sure where we got them every year. Pottery Barn maybe? Found a few not painted first.

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From Stephen Price Blair:

We had a lot of homemade clothes and homemade ornaments when I was growing up. I still have a few of them. We each had a cloth horse head ornament meant to hold a candy cane, which was ours to take on either on Christmas Eve, or on Christmas morning before everyone was awake - we couldn't open our gifts until everyone was at the tree.
I'm somewhat ashamed to say that as I got older I was often the one who slept in longest. However, on Christmas Eve there was one small gift we were allowed to open and on Christmas morning we could open our stockings. The combination kept us happily busy while waiting for the whole family to appear. I don't remember when the horse head candy canes were fair game, but probably in the morning since they constituted a decoration and I doubt we were allowed to raid the tree itself until Christmas arrived.
I posted this photo to our family chat last week and discovered that the colors on this ornament are the school colors one town over, where my dad grew up. Each ornament had different colors, so now I'm wondering if they all had some significance known only to mom! (More likely they had significance that mom thought was obvious and which I was completely oblivious to.)

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From OrangeEnt:

A couple of pix from handmade Christmas decor for next week. The first one is a nativity scene I made in first grade in 1968. It was intact until 2023 when I broke off the tip of the pine tree and lost one of the sheep. Also, Mary lost her head, which I was able to superglue on. It will never be packed away again.

The second one is a die cut wooden scene the youngest painted a couple of years ago.

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From BarelyScaryMary:

This is my beloved Blow Mold Santa. My grandparents had one like him when I was little and I loved him. This one I scored at a thrift store. He's a little beat up but jolly and reminds me of happy times with family.

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From Sabrina Chase:

The one on the left is one of a set passed down in the family for generations. I think it is German. The other is a very energetic (and heavy) enamel dragon. All supported by my *fully home-grown tree*!

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From Mrs. IS Roth:

These are three of my favorite ornaments from recent years. Many years these end up being some of my less-complicated embroidery because by the time I finish making embroidered Christmas cards, I am all Christmas-embroideried out, but I do always make something different, so that each one can remind us of that particular Christmas.

These are icicle ornaments I make from flat wire. The twist is done with a jig my husband, IS ROTH, made for me. The shepherd's crook at the top is freehand, and helps make it more of a Christmas ornament instead of just a winter ornament. The ones I make for other people are uniform, but mine are varied, ostensibly under the theory that being varied makes them more real-looking as a group, but also because I experimented with different twist-rates before settling on one, and IS ROTH would have been more inquisitive about how much the experiments were adding up to if I had not had a use for them.

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By popular demand...

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Where are handmade wooden Christmas ornaments made in Germany?

Have a close look at this picture from our collection:

Now watch this video. This is in German but worth watching even if you don't know German. Special interest for the woodworkers and whittlers. The pictures speak for themselves.

Yes, it exists and everything is as charming as it looks. Sadly, becoming too expensive to survive.

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Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week? We did an Christmas Ornament theme. The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.

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Notable comments from last week:

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Words of wisdom:

"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).

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If you have trouble finding something in the content or comments that resonates with you, seek professional help. Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Do mighty things.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 05:30 PM

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1 Hey gang! Does everyone have their Mao and Che ornaments on the tree?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 20, 2025 05:30 PM (uQesX)

2 Welcome Hobbiests

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 05:30 PM (Ia/+0)

3 1st!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at December 20, 2025 05:31 PM (kOluj)

4 Nope - wishful thinking. Howdy Horde Hobbyists!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at December 20, 2025 05:32 PM (kOluj)

5 Been working and settling up a historical miniatures game, making buildings, table. Will have the report next week on it.

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 05:33 PM (Ia/+0)

6 Best holiday tree memory from my childhood was my grandparents had a very high ceiling, yet my grandfather still got a tree too tall. So the top got cut off and went upstairs, decorated and all.

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 05:35 PM (Ia/+0)

7 Spouse finished setting up the decorations on our "Towel rack" tree . Aside from family ones of decades ago, my favorite ornament is some craft toy made in son's church related pre school . It is a yellow circular thing made from fabric with little fabric cutouts of trees and snowmen with a picture they took of son at the top. He looks like he was either sad or they woke him up from a nap, but it's very endearing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 20, 2025 05:40 PM (Nx5jP)

8 That 1944 wheat penny could be worth a hundred thousand dollars $$$.

Or about 25 cents.
Got one for change at a drive through a few weeks back.
Had to look it up. They had some weird pennies in 1944. Some. Like a few dozen.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 20, 2025 05:40 PM (/lPRQ)

9 I bought some mini Bluetooth speakers and placed them behind some of my paintings. I found that you can find almost any sound effect on the intertubes you want that matches up with the painting .

I don't know if I'm the first to do it but I find it to be pretty neat adding another of the senses when viewing a painting.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 20, 2025 05:41 PM (KDPiq)

10 Bought some oil paints, brushes and sponges today to try some weathering techniques for my models I've been seeing on YT.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at December 20, 2025 05:41 PM (31p00)

11 One token over the line.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 20, 2025 05:42 PM (pkeXY)

12 Ahoy, landlubbers!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 20, 2025 05:42 PM (+HNx/)

13 However, politics, current events and religious debates can live in threads elsewhere.

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Damn. I really wanted to lay into those damned heretics who aren't toeing the line on the filioque controversy.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 20, 2025 05:46 PM (+HNx/)

14 Got one for change at a drive through a few weeks back.

I love finding old coins in change. Amazing that this bit of metal has been going from hand to hand for sixty, seventy, even eighty years. Mind you, I do collect them when I find them, but I have a dream that they’ll suddenly go back into circulation when I die for someone else to discover.

I am easily amused and prone to fantasy.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 20, 2025 05:47 PM (EXyHK)

15 Lots of good how to on model building on YouTube

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 05:47 PM (Ia/+0)

Ace of Spades Pet Thread, December 20

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Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Thanks for stopping by. Kick back and enjoy the world of animals.

Would you like a treat?

Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.

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Planning on doing a little local shopping? Respect the resident cats.

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Not all breeds of dogs are the same. Then again, not all individual dogs of the same breed are the same . . .

😂🤣😂🤣🥰🥰🥰 pic.twitter.com/NC4Jaezxf3
— Original Spike1962 (@Spike19621) December 17, 2025

Courtesy Hrothgar

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Beware of what your cat gives you for Christmas… pic.twitter.com/9hyO2R7KgG
— Jan Hawn (@JanHawn) December 9, 2025

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Unusual dog sings Christmas music, if you have an imagination.

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Special Notice:

Hi KT:
I wasn't sure if anyone had updated AofS people who had donated to Shep's Place in honor of Jewells (Julie McGuire). I was in contact with Shep's Place, and wanted everyone to know that the donation goal for naming a room for Jewells at their new facility had been met. Shep's Place asked that their thanks be extended to everyone at Ace of Spades who donated in Jewells' name.
Well done all!

Thanks to all in the Horde who donated. We so loved to read Jewells' updates on the special pups at Shep's Place.

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Meet The PetMorons

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These photos are from 2010 when we had two Abyssinian kittens in the house, but they were interested in the Hannukah menorah upstairs and the Christmas "tree" downstairs.
That year we set up the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree and had to practically weld the lone ornament to it or it would have been batted all around the living room; couldn't leave the menorah attended for a second while the candles were burning, either!
Use whichever pictures you feel work best.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and yours, and thanks for running the wonderful Pet Thread!
-- Tankascribe

Those kitties present a challenge for decorators! Thanks for sending in the photos!

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Please see attached pictures of my Christmas elves!! Camilla is the small girl --a terrier mix--who used to help my contractor as a pup. She loves walks, treats and Christmas sweaters. Alexis is the Australian Sheppard mix that was dumped on the road in rural central Texas. Unbelievable anyone could abandon such a sweet, smart girl who LOVES to herd cattle, chase cats and chew on EVERYTHING!! We want you to know how much we love the Pet Thread (and all of Ace of Spades) all of the time and we want to wish everyone a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!!.
NIC: Ozzie

What adorable elves!

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Longtime reader and semi-professional lurker here, but I’ve got some Christmas-themed cat pictures for you.
They feature the youngest amongst our set, who found their way to Nogglestead a couple years back. One kitten showed up in my below-grade office window, and when I went out to find him, I heard meowing from our windbreak about thirty yards away. I thought it was a fast kitten, but it turns out there were two kittens: One in the window, and one clinging like a koala bear about four feet up the trunk of a tree. We eventually adopted them and named them Nico (Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli) and Cisco (Francisco Domingo Carlos Andres Sebastián d'Anconia—I know, I know, in the book the nickname was Frisco, but… A couple of weeks later, our church’s school posted a picture of another black kitten who wanted to be let in. It was fait accompli—and when the kitten ran across the church parking lot the following Sunday, he came home with us. My beautiful wife named him Paul after St. Paul, but that seemed a little improper to me, so I appended Paul Atreides, the Meow’Dib.
Suddenly, we were heavily kittened. And what clever kittens (now cats) they have proven to be. We had to childproof our house again since they learned how to open cabinets and drawers (we briefly nicknamed Nico “Opa” because he would get into the cabinets and break glasses). They learned how to the open sliding screen doors to let themselves out—and when we put in locks at the top of the screen doors to prevent them from opening them, Meow’Dib taught himself to push out the spline at the bottom of the screens to let himself out.
They’ve proven very curious, and Nico especially likes to involve himself in any work or appliance repair I attempt, climbing ladders, entering the cavities between the joists in the ceiling, sniffing appliance motors, and whatnot.
I have tried to exploit them by creating a line of t-shirts featuring their wisdom (at https://NicoSez.com) and an iPhone app designed to translate your cat’s meows to English (Nico’s Kitty Translator at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nicos-kitty-translator/id6754846011).
However, attached are some of their Christmas-related exploits: Nico looking up the chimney as though looking for Santa Claus; all three of them in an undecorated Christmas tree (labeled for your convenience); and Nico as the star atop a Christmas tree.
Thanks.
Brian J. Noggle

There are some cats who know how to appreciate Christmas!

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Goodtime Christmas Charlie
Boswell

Everyone must love Charlie!

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Thank you for sharing your pets and animal photos and stories with us today.

If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:

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.

Until next Saturday, have a great week!

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If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, December 13

Posted by: K.T. at 03:42 PM

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1 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 03:44 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Hello. This week, temperatures dipped into the single digits and Sakura decided to try out being an indoor cat. I still have to keep her separate from the others. She currently hangs out in the room where the Christmas decorations are stored. It's adjacent to the main part of the the basement, but that is Bean's domain and she is not yet welcome there.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 20, 2025 03:45 PM (f0sNM)

3 My local bicycle shop has a shop cat.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 20, 2025 03:46 PM (Kt19C)

4 I think my neighbor's cat loves me. She always hanging around when there's any activity in the yard, and I'm pretty sure she's the one that butchers birds on my porch from all of the feathers blowing around.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 20, 2025 03:51 PM (nljXp)

5 Yay, pets!

My poor kitties have to eat later than usual tonight. Church obligations keep me busy.

Posted by: Perfessor Sqiurrel at December 20, 2025 03:51 PM (YZJEf)

6 The US has seized a second ship off Venezuela.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 20, 2025 03:58 PM (fBbkm)

7 My current "pet" is a possibly albino (or at least white morph) house spider that I captured and have not yet taken photos of.

Its current favorite activities are wandering around its container when I'm not looking, and rolling over in its nest when I am.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 20, 2025 03:59 PM (C0Nlv)

8 Mr Senegal had a big day yesterday. While he is often out of his cage, he is rarely outside. We went to the Birds Plus for an affordable flight feather clipping. Freaking vets demand $250 now! Tests, you see. Hmmph. Then to Super King market where the goodies live. Barbari bread with sesame seeds on top! He was tired (me too!) getting home.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 20, 2025 04:00 PM (Kt19C)

9 Good afternoon one and all. With the passing of Kroger on Wednesday, Winnie finds herself being an only dog for the first time since she moved in here. Thankfully, we have two guests right now to keep her company.

As for Meow'Dib: Is he the Hissatz Caterach?

I'll show myself out.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 20, 2025 04:03 PM (7xrfc)

10 Sorry about the computer weirdities today. Shouldn't a changed over to Microsoft 11.

The animals are great.

Anyone rather have a live mouse than a dead mouse? I think that having a cat helps keep the mice away.

Posted by: KT at December 20, 2025 04:03 PM (7vIsy)

11 Remembering Jewells today too, and those senior dogs.

Posted by: KT at December 20, 2025 04:05 PM (7vIsy)

12 Tankascribe's Abyssinian furry thugs must be a handful. They look like they're always up for getting into trouble!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 20, 2025 04:07 PM (O7YUW)

13 Rev. Wishbone at December 20, 2025 03:51 PM

Our neighbor's cat has been visiting lately, and this week came over and batted Mr. Bar-the-Door on the foot, said "feed me now" and when he came out with food she had two kittens on each side.

She is now coming in the house for more food and we are working on socializing the kittens. We think the daddies may belong to other neighbors.

Posted by: KT at December 20, 2025 04:10 PM (7vIsy)

14 New pup (10 months) went in for X-rays yesterday. She started limping on right front leg couple weeks ago. She runs ok but when she stops raises paw. It doesn't appear real bad or painful but it's new. Vet thinks it's soft tissue problem. Not sure what that means. Sending her X-rays to Mizzou for further review.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 20, 2025 04:11 PM (bQ4nt)

15 There is a black cat that eats here sometimes. I may have mentioned him. I found out on FB that another neighbor also feeds him and he has an owner. Yesterday, I was headed home and saw a guy calling him over, so I stopped to talk to him. This guy also is not the owner but the cat sleeps at his house. He said the owner doesn't take care of the cat. It has an amazing ability to slip off any collar. You would think the cat would be huge, but it is thin (likely worms). It seems to have maximized its support network.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 20, 2025 04:12 PM (+mUZM)

16 Thanks for the update re Shep's place.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 20, 2025 04:12 PM (bQ4nt)

17 Has any super genius animal behaviorist studied the feather bomb? Is my porch just the right place to kill avian creatures, or is the cat telling me something? Feed me, perhaps?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 20, 2025 04:13 PM (nljXp)

18 I thought I wasn't going to be back at ASHQ until
Monday, but I got more accomplished than I thought I would, so here I am. Great pictures of all the pets! Thanks for sending them in and to KT for posting them

Pynchon the black cat wants to go out right after he eats. I should be timing these outdoor visits because he is not a cold weather cat. I barely turned around before he was back in the house
again. It's kind of comical .

And here's a nice story about a man and his sweet dog:

https://tinyurl.com/5n7pu6a5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 20, 2025 04:14 PM (ix8EF)

19 https://www.shepsplace.org/

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 20, 2025 04:15 PM (bQ4nt)

20 Afternoon, Pet Folken,

Nico and his friends are very handsome! They sound like a super-handful. Not even Marie-Antoinette ever learned how to open screen doors. Her successor Tatiana the Wonder Siberian learned how to open a kitchen cabinet and a kitchen drawer, and pull out things she wanted to play with. Dagny La Siberienne currently opens the same cabinet, which is where I keep the kitty treats, but she doesn't pull anything out.

The Abyssinians sound like extra handfuls as well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 20, 2025 04:16 PM (wzUl9)

21 As for the "no dogs on the bed" rule: I used to think it was not "sanitary" for cats to be on kitchen counters, and had a running struggle with Arizona the big red part-Coon about it. By the time black cat Marie-Antoinette came along, I had given up. "It's easier to clean the counter than police the cat."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 20, 2025 04:19 PM (wzUl9)

22 All the pet morons are cute. I especially love the pictures of the mischievous three black cats.

I've been very sick for six days and ended up in the ER Thursday morning. Because of this, I haven't done any cat blog updates about the other cats. The house is too quiet since we let Oscar go on Wednesday.

Posted by: Joyenz at December 20, 2025 04:21 PM (2F0/Y)

23 Years ago an avian vet pronounced Mr Senegal the biggest brightest Senegal he'd ever seen, "like a sub species of royalty".

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 20, 2025 04:24 PM (Kt19C)

24 I am sorry you haven't been feeling well, Joyenz, but am glad that you are out of the hospital.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 20, 2025 04:25 PM (ix8EF)

25 Meow...

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at December 20, 2025 04:27 PM (sAmhv)

26 >>> (we briefly nicknamed Nico “Opa” because he would get into the cabinets and break glasses)

haha!

Posted by: m at December 20, 2025 04:28 PM (RuTUS)

27 Color coordinated foxes!

Posted by: ErikInTexas at December 20, 2025 04:30 PM (FAhum)

28 What book are Nico and Cisco named for?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 20, 2025 04:30 PM (wzUl9)

29 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 20, 2025 04:25 PM (ix8EF)

Thanks. Thankfully they didn't have to admit me into the hospital for a stay. The ER doctor found the problem and has given me medications that hopefully will fix me up.

Posted by: Joyenz at December 20, 2025 04:31 PM (2F0/Y)

30 Meow'Dib

LOL! Great name!

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at December 20, 2025 04:32 PM (sAmhv)

31 The photo of Nico looking up the chimney is great!

Posted by: KT at December 20, 2025 04:32 PM (7vIsy)

32 Dune?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 20, 2025 04:34 PM (fBbkm)

33 Dune.

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at December 20, 2025 04:36 PM (sAmhv)

34 As for my furry thugs: Stirling the great black sleeps with me nearly every night, at least for part of the time. Dagny the aloof kitten (well, like her "brother," she's over three years old now) often curls up between my pillow and the next one. I turn over on my right side and find a fluffy gray tail in my face. This, I suppose, is her idea of showing affection.

Each one of my cats -- while still being clearly a cat -- has had a unique personality unlike any of the others.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 20, 2025 04:37 PM (wzUl9)

35 Camilla looks a little bit like our Sparky.

This is the worst time of the year for him, with so many people coming onto the porch. The other neighborhood dogs don't seem to like it, either.

Posted by: Eeyore at December 20, 2025 04:37 PM (s0JqF)

36 Thos Abyssinian kittens look a lot like cats.

Posted by: KT at December 20, 2025 04:38 PM (7vIsy)

37 Goodtime Christmas Charlie wants a snuggle.

Posted by: KT at December 20, 2025 04:40 PM (7vIsy)

38 My Wife: "We need to get Charlie a doggie gift for Christmas!"

Me: "Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?"

Posted by: Boswell at December 20, 2025 04:40 PM (BGfwC)

39 Glad you have some meds, Joyenz.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 20, 2025 04:42 PM (Nx5jP)

40 Thos Abyssinian kittens look a lot like cats.
Posted by: KT at December 20, 2025

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Abyssinians, I understand, are long and rangy, even as kittens. But I still call my two "kittens" even at over age three, so I can imagine Tankascribe is doing the same.

Come to think of it: We were watching the "Data's Day" episode of ST:TNG where Data's cat "Spot" was introduced. He looked like the long-haired version of the Abyssinian, the Somali. Later they used a shorthaired red tabby in Spot's scenes. Maybe that one was easier to train.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 20, 2025 04:44 PM (wzUl9)

41 Goodtime Christmas Charlie wants a snuggle.
Posted by: KT at December 20, 2025 04:40 PM (7vIsy)

He was definitely grumpy when my daughter put those antlers on him...but he always is up for snuggles...and treats, lots and lots of treats...

Posted by: Boswell at December 20, 2025 04:44 PM (BGfwC)

42 Who are the foxy ladies?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 20, 2025 04:45 PM (pkeXY)

43 the Abyssinian, the Somali.

SOMALI?! what deviltry is this?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 20, 2025 04:46 PM (Kt19C)

44 My Wife: "We need to get Charlie a doggie gift for Christmas!"

Me: "Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?"
Posted by: Boswell at December 20, 2025

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I'll have to remember that for when Linda pipes up with "Your cats need new toys!" (I don't begrudge them the toys, not really; just the store prices. But they have an entire basket of toys. They still pull one out from time to time. And if I take one out that they haven't seen in some time, it's as if it's brand new.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 20, 2025 04:46 PM (wzUl9)

45 he Abyssinian, the Somali.

SOMALI?! what deviltry is this?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 20, 2025

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A better form of deviltry than is found with the two-legged variety.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 20, 2025 04:47 PM (wzUl9)

46 Posted by: Boswell at December 20, 2025 04:40 PM (BGfwC)

I didn't know Scrooge was "Scroogy" about pet gifts as well😉 I've gotten some fancier toys for the cat.. He'd just as soon bat around little jingly balls that cost about two dollars and the other day he was fascinated by a pair of balled socks spouse had taken off by the couch ,and which cat grabbed and threw up in the air.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 20, 2025 04:48 PM (Nx5jP)

47 I cut Eddie's front claws today. I don't think he realizes it yet.

Posted by: lin-duh at December 20, 2025 04:49 PM (VCgbV)

48 Lovely pets!

St Francis would be proud of the horde.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 20, 2025 04:49 PM (IhIKR)

49 It's hard to imagine Scrooge in his earlier outlook on life having a pet of any kind.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 20, 2025 04:49 PM (wzUl9)

50 He'd just as soon bat around little jingly balls that cost about two dollars ...
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 20, 2025 04:48 PM (Nx5jP)

You're lucky, Fen! You won't get off so cheap with Christmas Charlie - he likes his expensive toys...I guess he's just a kept dog.

Posted by: Boswell at December 20, 2025 04:52 PM (BGfwC)

51 Afternoon everybody
Just saw this and I guarantee it will make you laugh
https://tinyurl.com/4rfk3kys

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 20, 2025 04:53 PM (t/2Uw)

52 We're building a house about 60 miles from our current home but our partially finished home (no heat-very cold!) has been claimed by a very cute cat/kitten. She's been hanging out there for the last several weeks. She doesn't have a collar so hubby brought her some blankets and towels for a bed, and tomorrow we're bringing her an automatic food and water dispense and flea collar. I've only ever had dogs so I'm not sure what else she might need. Cat lovers- any ideas?

Posted by: LASue at December 20, 2025 04:54 PM (UwBs6)

53 I have decided, once (a) my housing issues are resolved and (b) I am cancer free for five years, I will be taking a dive into pet ownership. That second is a bit of an 'if', but I don't feel it would be responsible to move on it until I know I don't have the big 'C' hanging overhead.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at December 20, 2025 04:54 PM (FIwBs)

54 Posted by: Boswell at December 20, 2025 04:52 PM (BGfwC

Kept dog. LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 20, 2025 04:57 PM (PFs9e)

55 We're building a house about 60 miles from our current home but our partially finished home (no heat-very cold!) has been claimed by a very cute cat/kitten. She's been hanging out there for the last several weeks. She doesn't have a collar so hubby brought her some blankets and towels for a bed, and tomorrow we're bringing her an automatic food and water dispense and flea collar. I've only ever had dogs so I'm not sure what else she might need. Cat lovers- any ideas?
Posted by: LASue at December 20, 2025

***
Litter box. She may be using the outdoors, but what if it's snowing or very cold?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 20, 2025 04:57 PM (wzUl9)

56 LASue,
I’ve found flea collars to be kinda nasty on the kitty fur. I’ve had better luck with the drops behind the neck. Will he let you handle him?

The cat distribution system seems to be working well in your neck of the woods!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 20, 2025 04:57 PM (IhIKR)

57 Afternoon everybody
Just saw this and I guarantee it will make you laugh
https://tinyurl.com/4rfk3kys
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 20, 2025 04:53 PM (t/2Uw)

Ha - that video is just sooo true!

Posted by: Boswell at December 20, 2025 04:58 PM (BGfwC)

58 Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 20, 2025 04:53 PM (t/2Uw)

Cute. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 20, 2025 04:59 PM (PFs9e)

59 I took Elvis to the park today and as I was driving a huge hawk I didn't even see took off right next to me and full at window height next to my car for about 40 feet. Very cool.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 20, 2025 05:00 PM (viF8m)

60 flew not full

sheesh

Posted by: JackStraw at December 20, 2025 05:02 PM (viF8m)

61 LASue,
Plus one on flea drops over collars.

Posted by: lin-duh at December 20, 2025 05:03 PM (VCgbV)

62 Our Abys, Gadget and Gizmo (named by DH, not me) were the best little cats ever. Unfortunately Gadget developed FiV and died at barely two years old, which was devastating as our cats always live to be twenty or close to it. Gizmo was exposed to the virus and was a carrier but never developed the diseases so she became The Only Cat and lived to be 13. She was much loved the entire time; I also painted her portrait many times. She passed away two years ago and we haven't gotten any kitties because we'd like to travel and also move away from our blue-run area. Then we'll get new cats!

Posted by: tankascribe at December 20, 2025 05:03 PM (NtoJk)

63 59 I took Elvis to the park today and as I was driving a huge hawk I didn't even see took off right next to me and full at window height next to my car for about 40 feet. Very cool.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 20, 2025 05:00 PM (viF8m)

Unless your Elvis is tiny and the hawk was hungry...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 20, 2025 05:04 PM (ynpvh)

64 Whoot!

I HATE THE EGGLES!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 20, 2025 05:04 PM (IhIKR)

65 Abyssinians are a lovely breed of "oriental" cat; they're long and leggy with pointed faces. They behave a lot like dogs and will play fetch. Gizmo would growl if somebody knocked at the door and constantly followed us from room to room. They're not "picking up" cats but love sitting next to you and being stroked and petted. Pick one up and voop! they've slithered out of your grasp and lit out for the tall timber. They are also smart and can get into things. They don't meow a lot, which is where they're superior to Siamese cats, IMHO.

Posted by: tankascribe at December 20, 2025 05:06 PM (NtoJk)

66 The Redskins should try to sink below the Giants.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 20, 2025 05:08 PM (fBbkm)

67 LASue, a scratching post is a must-have. Preferably several which will provide a high-up place from which to view proceedings, else there will be a cat on the counter, on the dressers, and climbing the drapes.

Posted by: tankascribe at December 20, 2025 05:09 PM (NtoJk)

68 LASue, a scratching post is a must-have. Preferably several which will provide a high-up place from which to view proceedings, else there will be a cat on the counter, on the dressers, and climbing the drapes.
Posted by: tankascribe at December 20, 2025 05:09 PM (NtoJk)

I have a scratching post for my kittehs. It's called my brand new dining room chairs. My fault because I should have known and not bought the cloth backed chairs. I'll wait until they are destroyed enough to replace with non-cloth chair backs.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 20, 2025 05:13 PM (KDPiq)

69 Not too late to the pet thread today? My late oldest brother's ex is here for tonight's Nutcracker ballet, and brought her cute pint-sized dog Othello with her. She and Daisy the mad Malinois didn't play too well together. Growly and nippy. We kept Daisy on a leash. Othello was confused by all the excitement - wanted pets, waggy tail but growling at the same time.

That pup on the bed up top looks like it might be a Malinois. I was just telling how when we got Daisy, she quickly learned we didn't want her on the guest bed or the couch. Which lasted until Daughter's and Son's dogs visited and jumped on both freely; we gave up on that.

Daisy still knows not to get up on our bed, though, so there's that.

Happy critterday, pet people.

Posted by: mindful webworker - don't bite the hand that pets you at December 20, 2025 05:19 PM (WB0Mb)

70 I'm still feeding the cat that lives in the disused car wash. We are two years into this arrangement. The current cats that show up for food are Otto, a tuxedo cat with a Kitler moustache, and the cat who sits on my neighbors porch. I expect what he gets from me is only part of his support system. A small black kitten-cat shows up intermittently. I call her Babymonster.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 20, 2025 05:27 PM (f0sNM)

71 Anyone hear lately from Stateless? I enjoyed the updates on his kitty visitors.

Posted by: Joemarine at December 20, 2025 05:27 PM (y171U)

72 Gotta catch 'em early before they start scratching stuff up, Opinion fact. Sometimes using double-sided sticky tape (especially on a corner) will help deter, but once they get going on a spot, you're doomed. You also have to find out what sorts of things they like a scratch as it differs: corrugated cardboard, fabric, carpet, etc. One of our cats loved sharpening his toes on that thick plastic foam stuff you wrap around exposed pipes. DH had some out in the garage and it got ripped to shreds.

Posted by: tankascribe at December 20, 2025 05:29 PM (NtoJk)

73 My dog is not allowed on furniture but he sees the cats on the couch and bed so he tests his boundaries.

Posted by: lin-duh at December 20, 2025 05:29 PM (VCgbV)

74 In our house one does not simply use the bathroom without running the bath faucet for Charlie

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 20, 2025 05:31 PM (f0sNM)

75 Anyone hear lately from Stateless? I enjoyed the updates on his kitty visitors.
Posted by: Joemarine

He hasn't been around for a very long time. Kind of worried about him.

Posted by: Tuna at December 20, 2025 05:31 PM (lJ0H4)

76 The photo of Nico looking up the chimney is great!
Posted by: KT

And that's a pretty nice fireplace!

Posted by: mindful webworker - up the chimney she went at December 20, 2025 05:32 PM (WB0Mb)

77 I'm dying to acquire two kittens but we're putting it off. Having finished up 12 years of elder-care, we want to travel. Also now that our obligation to elderly relativos is done, we want to move out of the SF Bay Area and get out of California -- or at least move into a part where the prices are lower and there isn't killer traffic. We'll get cats after we move and are no longer going on long trips. But I sure do miss having any; we've always had cats.

Posted by: tankascribe at December 20, 2025 05:33 PM (NtoJk)

78 trips. But I sure do miss having any; we've always had cats.
Posted by: tankascribe

Why not try fostering?

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 20, 2025 05:39 PM (IhIKR)

Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Dec 20

Spiral Potato Tree

Some of us might like a little brightening up this time of year. People put together more Christmas season things than we remember sometimes. For example, Fresno is usually considered to be part of Northern California and they have a famous "Christmas Tree Lane" which has been decorated by private homeowners for a hundred years. But I recently learned that even further north, there are community activities including a Creche Exhibit in Palo Alto, Christmas in the Park in San Jose and Dickens's Christmas Faire at the Cow Palace, Daly City.

Maybe we could be brave and do a little decorating at home, too.

Photos were only allowed in a small part of the Creche Exhibit, where organizations put up displays.

Lighted decorations at home can help people negotiate Northern California fog.

From the beginning of the month.

The evening fog looking more northward from outside our front door. We are in the fog during the day as it raises from the valley. Then settles back down there in the evening.
NorCal Sierra Foothills Lurker

And how about some light in that Alaska darkness? It's now the Winter Solstice, after this photo was taken on or before December 13:

Notice the sun. It won't get higher than that until the end of January.

Well, I could go for some lights in the garden there.

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

Continuing with our special feature on hazelnuts (one of those Christmas nuts) with 58Mikie! and his favorite book on hazelnut cookery. These nuts are versatile!

Roasting hazelnuts:

Something sweet:

And something you probably haven't thought of before:

Adventure

Neal in Israel sent us some gardening and adventuring photos, perfect for the Hanukkah and Christmas season. Saving photos from Poland and Israel for after Christmas. Starting today with Montenegro, which is across the Adriatic from the heel of Italy. Ever wondered about their music? Their Agriculture?

Well, Neal visited:

Katy, shalom,
I've been sitting on a bunch of photos for some time now, hoping there would be something wow! in the garden, but things have just continued on in a fairly routine manner. So I've decided to stop delaying and send on what I have in hand.
First, something historical: Back in July we visited Montenegro. As the name indicates, much of the country is covered by mountains, and we did a lot of driving on crazy, zigzagging roads. The country is also very well watered, and at least part of the forest cover qualifies as rain forest.
We took a jeep ride up a mountain, and reached areas above the tree line where plant life was confined to grass and low scrub. There were some nice, but very small, wildflowers there, which I tried to photograph. The size of the flowers pictured ranges from about a dime to quarter.

More later:

Fascinating.

Gardens of The Horde

Hi KT,
One of my coworkers gave me this little Christmas cactus last year. Never expected it to bloom again as I was supposed to move it outside when the temperatures changed to under 50 degrees ambient didn't get warmer than 60 degrees.
Here it is, blooming in time for Christmas, looking all pretty.

BifBewalski

Hope everyone has a nice weekend.

If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening 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.

Week in Review

What has changed since last week's thread? Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Dec. 13

Any thoughts or questions?

I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 01:35 PM

Comments

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1 Goid afternoon Greenthumbs and snow Bunnies

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 01:40 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Out gathering sticks from winds in the last day, at least no snow here

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 01:41 PM (Ia/+0)

3 There is a Robin in tje yard, wife saw it this morning and just saw one now.
Didn't get the memo to fly south yet

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 01:45 PM (Ia/+0)

4 My Marcato cookie press came with a recipe for chocolate hazelnut cookies. Very holiday.

180g butter; 70 g sugar; 1 egg; 1 tsp vanilla; 300g flour; 40-45 shelled hazelnuts, ground fine; 1-½ tsp cocoa powder; pinch of salt.

Cream butter and sugar well. Beat in egg. Stir in vanilla. Stir together the flour, hazelnuts, cocoa, and salt and stir into dough. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet 350° for about fifteen minutes. Three dozen cookies.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 20, 2025 01:46 PM (EXyHK)

5 Calif cold, 56°, foggy. Rain forecast Christmas eve, Christmas day.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 20, 2025 01:53 PM (Kt19C)

6 Central Texas, 78° Christmas eve, 77° Christmas Day. Santa’s gonna come in a stagecoach when he visits… the hill country.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 20, 2025 01:56 PM (EXyHK)

7 I remember "high noon" where I lived in Sweden - it looked like early morning. The only time I'd see the sun was if I went to the grocery store down the street from the factory where I worked, to buy lunch.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 20, 2025 01:56 PM (w6EFb)

8 Fkr one who H8 winter, a white Christmas would be nice but not happening this year here.

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 01:57 PM (Ia/+0)

9 So glad to have left the tulle fogs behind, Grandparents lived in Visalia so we were there often.
Pretty tundra flowers!

Thank you KT, and Merry Christmas to all!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 20, 2025 01:58 PM (kfTpm)

10 Daddy used to call hazelnuts "squirrel nuts" when he bought the bags of assorted nuts at Christmas.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 20, 2025 01:59 PM (w6EFb)

11 Daddy used to call hazelnuts "squirrel nuts" when he bought the bags of assorted nuts at Christmas.

I love hazelnuts, but they’re not designed to be easily eaten by humans. Even harder to crack than Brazil nuts in those assorted bags.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 20, 2025 02:01 PM (EXyHK)

12 And how about some light in that Alaska darkness? It's now the Winter Solstice, after this photo was taken on or before December 13:

Notice the sun. It won't get higher than that until the end of January.
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Now Sam McGee was from Tennessee, where the cotton blooms and blows.
Why he left his home in the South to roam 'round the Pole, God only knows.
He was always cold, but the land of gold seemed to hold him like a spell;
Though he'd often say in his homely way that "he'd sooner live in hell." -- Bob Service

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 20, 2025 02:02 PM (XeU6L)

13 I got the charmingly old fashioned Shumway's seed catalog the other day. I can picture Zeke and Clarabelle poring over it and pondering Georgia Rattlesnake watermelons, Colossal Giant Red mangelwurtzels, and Box Car Willie tomatoes.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 20, 2025 02:04 PM (kpS4V)

14 For one who H8 winter

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 02:07 PM (Ia/+0)

15 "Notice the sun. It won�t get higher than that until the end of January."

What time of day was that taken? 'High' Noon?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 20, 2025 02:08 PM (b8EuQ)

16 5 Calif cold, 56°, foggy. Rain forecast Christmas eve, Christmas day.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 20, 2025 01:53 PM (Kt19C)

Where in Calif, Commissar?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 20, 2025 02:09 PM (b8EuQ)

17 Van nuys

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 20, 2025 02:13 PM (Kt19C)

18 I love those purple Christmas cactus flowers! I’ve got the more traditional scarlet.

Robins;I’m starting to see a couple here in East Texas. Although they should keep going south, we always have a few that hang around here all winter. I put out seed for them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 20, 2025 02:14 PM (0anTZ)

19 If I get to visit my Aunt and Uncle in Alaska would rather go when there us a midnight sun

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 02:14 PM (Ia/+0)

20 Why are there dildos coming out of that blue thing?

Posted by: GWB at December 20, 2025 02:15 PM (6dwpD)

21 Those are big electrical insulators from Dr. Frankenstein's laboratory stuck in that tree.

Someone's about to have a very shocking holiday.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 20, 2025 02:16 PM (O7YUW)

22 “Feels like” 30 here on the beach. Cold wind blowing.

Sunrise at 7:55 am and sunset at 4:20.

Currently precipitating lightly.

Go Aggies!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 20, 2025 02:18 PM (IhIKR)

23 Skip,
Go to Alaska.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 20, 2025 02:21 PM (IhIKR)

24 Well good afternoon, fellow garden and landscape nerds! I am happy to report that I am seeing the irises I planted are beginning to pop up, and all the leaves on the fig tree have conveniently fallen into the pond and gathered in the basket over the pump. Gotta get out and cut the fig back and do some winter (it's currently 70ish outside) maintenance.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 20, 2025 02:23 PM (3Ope8)

25 nurse she wants me to.
Tjey are here for Christmas but haven't seen them yet

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 02:24 PM (Ia/+0)

26 Where do they live, Skip?

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 20, 2025 02:24 PM (IhIKR)

27 I think it was a mistake to switch to Microsoft 11. What a pain to format photos.

Love the little wildflowers. How many do you recognize? Some are also garden flowers.

Posted by: KT at December 20, 2025 02:26 PM (7vIsy)

28 Now Sam McGee was from Tennessee, where the cotton blooms and blows.
Why he left his home in the South to roam 'round the Pole, God only knows.
He was always cold, but the land of gold seemed to hold him like a spell;
Though he'd often say in his homely way that "he'd sooner live in hell." -- Bob Service
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 20, 2025 02:02 PM (XeU6L)

We used to recite a lot of Robert Service around the dinner table.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 20, 2025 02:27 PM (6Bc88)

29 Not in Anchorage but like most not terribly far .

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 02:29 PM (Ia/+0)

30 15 "Notice the sun. It won�t get higher than that until the end of January."

What time of day was that taken? 'High' Noon?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 20, 2025 02:08 PM (b8EuQ)

Yes. It is 10:30 now and the sun is just thinking of coming up.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 20, 2025 02:30 PM (6Bc88)

31 Someone brought a beautiful Christmas cactus to hub's nursing home last month. It finally finished blooming and I took 2 cuttings off of it. (It's in a "public" area.)

I usually start plants in water, but these are in soil because it's different than my usual method. (And all of my other Christmas cacti have died, so whatever I *was* doing...was wrong. LOL.)

Posted by: JQ at December 20, 2025 02:31 PM (rdVOm)

32 29 Not in Anchorage but like most not terribly far .
Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 02:29 PM (Ia/+0)

Come up in July. Summer is why we live here.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 20, 2025 02:31 PM (6Bc88)

33 Put together the terrarium and other containers this week. Everything has survived, so far, except one tiny succulent I think I damaged while planting. The regular houseplants, nerve plants, hens and chicks, etc., have actually started to grow a bit. (Given my gardening skills, this is not a sure outcome.) A combination of natural light and a grow light seems to be working. I'm pleased at the colorful look. The planters seem to make the room brighter.

Posted by: JTB at December 20, 2025 02:32 PM (yTvNw)

34 From Boise area: lows 28-48 F, highs 39-54. Christmas forecast is 41/55 and dry, but the rain may decide to fall on non-forecast days, so who knows. This has been an unusually warm autumn/early winter.

We've had some rain already, and we're due for a soggy week, so today, Husband did some pruning on the lilac row, and I raked leaves out of the drains along the street.

We still have some Johnny Jump-Ups blooming by the shed. And in the bed where I grew broccolini last year, the seed that decided to sprout in the fall - is still growing!

A Joyous Yule - Hannukah - Christmas (your pick) to all who celebrate!

(PS: In the "We wish you a Merry ONTmas" thread, I live in zone 1 - I am immediately defecting to zone 2.)

Posted by: Pat* at December 20, 2025 02:32 PM (W5PEE)

35 We used to recite a lot of Robert Service around the dinner table.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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That's great! Every time his name comes up, I mention that at one time I could recite The Shooting of Dan McGrew.

The best we got here is Carl Sandberg. Singing 'Eating Goober Peas' never elicits much positive response.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 20, 2025 02:34 PM (XeU6L)

36 My recollection of Scotland on New Year day it was really daylight about 9:30 to 3:30

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 02:35 PM (Ia/+0)

37 I had a thought (yeah, I know, I shouldn't try to hurt myself).

When you bring a military age man to your country and give him citizenship, you're hoping you get a monomaniacal, Commie-hunting human Terminator like Lauri Torni.

You'd settle for a guy like my grandfather, who was a good soldier in the old country, and then served Britain & America, and then moved here, and loved it.

You'll get Aztec poison peddlers, and Mahometan assassins, and Oriental spies.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 20, 2025 02:35 PM (BI5O2)

38 For one who H8 winter, a white Christmas would be nice but not happening this year here.

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 01:57 PM (Ia/+0)

Nor here. Sunny and 73F is forecast.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 20, 2025 02:35 PM (w6EFb)

39 That's great! Every time his name comes up, I mention that at one time I could recite The Shooting of Dan McGrew.

The best we got here is Carl Sandberg. Singing 'Eating Goober Peas' never elicits much positive response.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 20, 2025 02:34 PM (XeU6L)

One of the high schools in Anchorage is named for him.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 20, 2025 02:35 PM (6Bc88)

40 One of the high schools in Anchorage is named for him.
Posted by: tcn
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*!*

He once lived two doors down the street.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 20, 2025 02:36 PM (XeU6L)

41 Early pet thread update:

Allie the Calico Kitty Cat (the *Other* Cutest Little Cat of Them All) is curled up in my lap, taking a siesta.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 20, 2025 02:38 PM (ESVrU)

42 We had some unseasonable cold temps the last week or so. That brings some song birds to our area that only appear during really cold conditions: juncos (one of my favorites), and some sparrows and finches that spend most time in the Blue Ridge. Fortunately, I can see them in the yard from our garage. It's not heated but at least it keeps me out of the freezing winds and off icy ground. Their appearance is something I look forward to during each winter.

Posted by: JTB at December 20, 2025 02:39 PM (yTvNw)

43 39 That's great! Every time his name comes up, I mention that at one time I could recite The Shooting of Dan Magrew

One of the high schools in Anchorage is named for him.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 20, 2025 02:35 PM (6Bc8

LoL, you reminded of a comical Agatha Christie movie from the 60’s, “Murder most Foul” where Margaret Rutherford to impress a theater director by reciting that one.

My favorite is the Cremation of Sam McGee.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 20, 2025 02:45 PM (0anTZ)

44 41 We've sort of adopted a calico Manx kitty. Sweet natured, but Della hates her guts. Since I can't imagine the hullabaloo that would ensue if we let her indoors, she's got a Sky Cube with warming mats on the back porch.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 20, 2025 02:46 PM (w6EFb)

45 (I may not make it to the Pet Thread in time to participate).

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 20, 2025 02:47 PM (w6EFb)

46 Crap, I didn't mean to post stuff about history/politics in the garden thread. Sorry about that.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 20, 2025 02:57 PM (BI5O2)

47 46 Crap, I didn't mean to post stuff about history/politics in the garden thread. Sorry about that.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 20, 2025 02:57 PM (BI5O2)

Penciling you in for later...

Signed 'the barrel'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 20, 2025 03:04 PM (b8EuQ)

48 In before the Tolkien nerds turn this into a literature thread.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 20, 2025 03:06 PM (nljXp)

49 17 Van nuys
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 20, 2025 02:13 PM (Kt19C)

Didn't realize you were so close - I'm in O. C.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 20, 2025 03:07 PM (b8EuQ)

50 My poor postage stamp of a lawn is being dug up nightly by raccoons or possums looking for grubs

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 03:22 PM (9ipOP)

51 San Franpsycho they have done there call for digging, Right?
There are utilities buried

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 03:29 PM (Ia/+0)

52 I got some $9.00 Ribeye.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 20, 2025 03:32 PM (fBbkm)

53 It hasn't yet been cold enough here to kill any but the most delicate of plants.

I've got perfectly healthy snapdragons growing out between the bricks in my patio, and blooming. Not sure what they hope to accomplish by doing so, since it's too cold for anything to pollinate them...

And we got dandelion gone to seed. Third crop this year.

If I weren't doing other things, and had gravel on hand, it would almost be warm enough to lay more path in the back yard.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 20, 2025 03:32 PM (C0Nlv)

54 I'm just happy it's almost the solstice and there'll be more light.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 20, 2025 03:34 PM (C0Nlv)

55 Merry Mithras to all.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 20, 2025 03:35 PM (fBbkm)

56 54 I'm just happy it's almost the solstice and there'll be more light.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 20, 2025 03:34 PM (C0Nlv)

Anybody have any fun solstice plans?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 20, 2025 03:35 PM (b8EuQ)

57 Shame is 2 months of colder weather

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 03:36 PM (Ia/+0)

58 Getting a lot of fairly low altitude fighter jet manoeuvers today.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 20, 2025 03:37 PM (fBbkm)

59 NO PET THREAD NO PEACE!!!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 20, 2025 03:37 PM (Kt19C)

60 I got a low altitude helicopter flight over my house today.
Of course I only live 6 blocks from the hospital with CareFlight service, so that’s not very unusual.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 20, 2025 03:40 PM (0anTZ)

61 Skip if they chew into the wires I'm ok with that

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 03:41 PM (9ipOP)

62 PET THREAD IS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 03:44 PM (Ia/+0)

63 Hello all.

I can identify some of the Montenegro flowers, top to bottom:
1) scabiosa
2) oleander
3) I don't know
4) some type of thistle?
5) dianthus? or coreopsis?
6) bluebell is probably a type of Spanish bluebell...I grow them in the spring from bulbs

There is one clematis that looks like the bluebell, altho it is a vine (Stand by me)

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 20, 2025 04:08 PM (WONhk)

64 ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 20, 2025 04:08 PM

so many things are called bluebells. I think it might be a bellflower.

Posted by: KT at December 20, 2025 04:19 PM (7vIsy)

65 KT...bellflowers or campenulas are bigger blooms and bloom later for me...much taller plants.

The Spanish bluebells I have, altho a paler blue, bloom with spring bulbs or shortly after. I could be wrong. The photo initially reminded me of the clematis I mentioned.

Regardless, to find all of this blooming wildly is very cool. Probably from the wind seeding from very old gardens in the area.

I only plant perennials mostly, as they return and give me more for my buck. Or reseed. This past year I was bust for bachelor buttons and need to start those again. I like English type gardens.

My flowers, under my David Austin rose monsters, are wild and free like a cottage garden. Mostly because once it gets hot they are on their own.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 20, 2025 04:31 PM (WONhk)

66 I would post photos but have never figured out how to without giving myself and area away. I now live in the Intermountain West and plant with abandon vs our 30yrs in Florida.

I must remain Secret at all times.

I honestly could not tell you why, but it is a long established habit based on the computer science nerds and wizards that are my family.

My grandmother was a master gardener in the Deep South, and taught me flowers from her knee.

Without flowers, music, art and grandchildren I would find my life quite dull!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 20, 2025 04:35 PM (WONhk)

67 KT...you are probably right. The blue flowers do look larger than my bluebells. But more tight than my bell flowers (I have light blue and white and they spread a lot).

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 20, 2025 04:36 PM (WONhk)

68 ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 20, 2025 04:31 PM

There are some creeping campanulas. I think some are even invasive.

Posted by: KT at December 20, 2025 04:43 PM (7vIsy)

69 It would never occur to me to make a public spiral potato Christmas tree.

Posted by: KT at December 20, 2025 04:44 PM (7vIsy)

Getting what you ask for before Christmas, or not

As Hanukkah continues, and Christmas approaches, perhaps this is a good time to remember that most political issues are temporary, though they may seem permanent to some people.

Starting with the "release of the Epstein Files":

Walter Kirn:

The Epstein Files are whatever you want or need them to be, I've learned.

Trump must be in there somewhere! Remove all redactions! We won't rest!

What an incredible accomplishment to make this Epstein stuff seem like the height of elite decadence.
While a thousand Caligulas party on.

Matt Taibbi & Walter Kirn talk about Jeffrey Epstein texting Stacey Plaskett questions to ask Michael Cohen during a February 2019 House hearing with the goal to sink Donald Trump. The wheels are about to completely come off the bus.

I haven't really checked into what has been found in the redacted grand jury files. Anybody seen anything interesting?

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Our Legislature At Work Before the Christmas Break

Scott Jennings has a few words:

https://t.co/bkka0E4sLM
— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) December 19, 2025

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Weekend

The Week in Pictures: Return of the King Edition

Okay, John Hinderaker went and did it last week! He has abused his stewardship of TWiP and went full Die Hard Christmas Movie Denialist! As the Dude says in The Big Lebowski, this aggression will not stand, man! To restore proper balance in the universe, I am staging a coup d’tat, and am taking over this week’s TWiP. To mix movie references further, John has done a Denethor-level job as Steward of TWiP; time for the Return of the (TWiP) King! Actually, like the Gaza and (prospective) Ukraine ceasefires, we’re going to share power, and alternate TWiP each week. And so as the great John McClain would say on basic cable Christmas season reruns, “Yippie-ki-yay, melon-farmer!”
P.S. Good to see John back covering beauty pageants as straight news (which fits as Melania Trump’s cause as First Lady should be “Make America Straight Again!”, as it was this old practice that partly inspired TWiP in the first place way back in—eeek—2013.

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Seasonal Music

Jingle Bells

Our friend Assistant Village Idiot has a number of lovely Christmas carols posted, with interesting commentary. Worth scrolling through both the first and second pages of posts. Example:

The story about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow writing the poem in both despair and hope as he heard the bells.

In 1861, two years before writing this poem, Longfellow's personal peace was shaken when his second wife of 18 years, to whom he was very devoted, was fatally burned in an accidental fire. Then in 1863, during the American Civil War, Longfellow's oldest son, Charles Appleton Longfellow, joined the Union Army without his father's blessing. Longfellow was informed by a letter dated March 14, 1863, after Charles had left. "I have tried hard to resist the temptation of going without your leave but I cannot any longer", he wrote. "I feel it to be my first duty to do what I can for my country and I would willingly lay down my life for it if it would be of any good." Charles was soon appointed as a lieutenant but, in November, he was severely wounded in the Battle of Mine Run. Charles eventually recovered, but his time as a soldier was finished.

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Have a wonderful week.

This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread.

Serving your mid-day open thread needs

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Last week's thread, December 13, What is an "influencer" these days?

Comments are closed so you won't ban yourself by trying to comment on a week-old thread. But don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 11:11 AM

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1 Morning, KT!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 20, 2025 11:23 AM (2UnvF)

2 Good morning KT

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 11:23 AM (Ia/+0)

3 FIRST!

Posted by: Dr_No at December 20, 2025 11:23 AM (ayRl+)

4 Called em

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 20, 2025 11:23 AM (2UnvF)

5 Excellent Tolkien quote choice … !

Posted by: Dr_No at December 20, 2025 11:26 AM (ayRl+)

6 Socialists need to grand stand

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 11:29 AM (Ia/+0)

7 Well, the left is certainly "in a mood." Not a good one either. It's going to get worse if/when they reclaim the House next year.

The GOP never learns that there is no end to fighting the left. The only "end" is when the Democrat party as it is today is neutered and useless.

Like the GOP.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 20, 2025 11:31 AM (NwnyJ)

8 Thx K.T. , Merry Christmas.
It amazes me that anyone pays the least bit of attention to Bernie. Been a leftist politician for years and accomplished nothing

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 20, 2025 11:31 AM (MoRvC)

9 It amazes me that anyone pays the least bit of attention to Bernie. Been a leftist politician for years and accomplished nothing
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 20, 2025 11:31 AM (MoRvC)

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Well, those lake houses aren't going to pay for themselves!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 20, 2025 11:32 AM (2UnvF)

10 Have the Epstein files been released in full? I don't even know what’s happening with that story. It’s so 3 weeks ago. There have been 20 new shiny objects to worry about since.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 20, 2025 11:33 AM (udlma)

11 The idiots in Vermont should be ashamed of theyselves for voting that human paraquat Bernie into office time after time. Surely there is another moocher or looter out there that they could elect that can keep their nasty ass grifting on the down low.

Posted by: Die Bernie Die at December 20, 2025 11:33 AM (R/m4+)

12 I do not think Walter Kirn is tied in with the NYC club scene.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at December 20, 2025 11:34 AM (R86kT)

13 Plain english- Sanders is a fucking jerkoff.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 20, 2025 11:36 AM (snZF9)

14 Somehow totally forgot WiP today

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 11:36 AM (Ia/+0)

15 Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol

My family and I are at AmericaFest as invited guests.

The people I have met are truly incredible, but the speakers... ...I'm just really disappointed.

A Leftist ass*ssinated Charlie Kirk in front of the world and all conservatives can do is yell at each other on stage.

Charlie is gone. Not “canceled.” Not “deplatformed.” Dead.

And yet somehow a bunch of people have managed to turn the aftermath into a talent show for who can land the sharpest jab on a fellow conservative.

If we can’t pause the ego wars after that… what exactly are we conserving here?

It feels like a lot of these famous podcasters are eating the conservative movement for engagement.

I'm genuinely grossed out by it.

X: https://bit.ly/4j9S6kL

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 20, 2025 11:37 AM (P5BPp)

16 For everyone who loves the Art Thread:

https://x.com/i/status/1980890406096355439

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 20, 2025 11:37 AM (2Ez/1)

17 Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol

It's gross watching people who claim to love America act like the real enemy is the person sitting two seats to their right.

Charlie built a movement by arguing, persuading, recruiting, showing up on campuses, and pulling people INTO the movement.

And now people on a stage, who clearly despise each other, are yelling at each other and dunking on each other.

Can we just sit with the absurdity of that?

Meanwhile, the people who want us dead aren’t arguing about which one of them is the purest.

They’re organized. They’re disciplined. They’re watching the Right turn the microphone on each other.

There’s a difference between iron sharpening iron... ...and stabbing your teammate in the back because it sounds bold and gets claps.

X: https://bit.ly/4j9S6kL

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 20, 2025 11:38 AM (P5BPp)

18 I hear today is big day for minor league, err I mean college foozball. Get those fan duel apps ready to lose rent money everybody!!

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 20, 2025 11:39 AM (udlma)

19 A little background on the commie Bernie Sanders on a link from American Thinker that I saved in 2016.

https://tinyurl.com/mta3wwdn

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 20, 2025 11:39 AM (5xuJ/)

20 Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol

I’m new to the conservative movement. I didn’t grow up in this world. I’m not “conservative royalty.” I’m not a strategist. I’m not a speaker.

I’m not even close to deserving an invited seat at something like this, and I'm grateful to be here. I have massive imposter syndrome. I’m the guy who got red-pilled late, who showed up late, and probably still has blind spots I’m probably not even aware of yet.

So I’m not saying this as someone who thinks he has the authority to lecture anyone, I don't. I'm nobody.

I’m saying this as someone who’s standing here with his family, looking around at people I respect... and just feeling sad.

Sad that a moment that should have made all of us a little more sober, somehow turned into fighting like this.

X: https://bit.ly/4j9S6kL

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 20, 2025 11:40 AM (P5BPp)

21 And yet somehow a bunch of people have managed to turn the aftermath into a talent show for who can land the sharpest jab on a fellow conservative.

—

Is this about me?
- Little Ben Shapiro

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 20, 2025 11:40 AM (udlma)

22 Willowed: I cannot (so far) find an "early list" that lists him, the Bishop of Myra, as a Niceae attendee. And if he slapped Arius, it likely would have been mentioned. I am continuing to search.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 20, 2025 11:26 AM (0sNs1)
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"Bible scholars" are the only profession built around discrediting their alleged subject. They regularly demand impossible standards of proof that standard historians would consider laughable.

Accounts of Nicea are fragmentary, and since we have no parliamentary record-style journal, we don't know what they thought was important. What we do know is that the vast majority of records from that period were lost. We also know that some likely survived and then were lost years, even centuries later.

This is why discounting documents from later on is unwarranted. They may have had access to books we don't even know about.

When one considers how many "established facts" rely on fragmentary records, it's always amusing to me that "Bible scholars" demand the equivalent of their subjects holding up the day's newspaper in a photograph to give credence to ancient writings.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 11:40 AM (ZOv7s)

23 Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol

Maybe I’m naive. Maybe I’m expecting too much. But I remember what it felt like when I started waking up for the first time... The insane excitement, the hope, for the FIRST TIME understanding truth...

So I'm BEGGING you, as a newcomer to this movement... DON'T LET THAT DIE.

I know I don’t have the resume to demand anything from this movement. But I do have eyes. I can see the difference between leadership and clout-chasing. And I can see how easy it would be for people...
GOOD PEOPLE... ...to watch us devour each other and just go: “Yeah… I’m out.”

So if I’m wrong... fine. I'll take the heat, I'm still learning and I know very little.

But I feel like the least we can do is not make Charlie's legacy a backdrop for petty infighting and instead act like we are movement worth joining without fear of being excommunicated for getting it wrong.

X: https://bit.ly/4j9S6kL

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 20, 2025 11:42 AM (P5BPp)

24 Accounts of Nicea are fragmentary, and since we have no parliamentary record-style journal, we don't know what they thought was important.

Truth be told, mostly they just lounged around chugging beer and arguing over whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 20, 2025 11:43 AM (8ty7h)

25 By the way, the "contemporaneous record is the gold standard" argument is NEVER used in regard to Islam.

That's the "tell." There is zero documentation of this alleged great conqueror who set the world aflame. The Greeks were famously curious about everyone and everything, and loved to write about their adversaries. We have first-hand accounts of people meeting and having dinner with just about every major figure, including the enigmatic Atilla the Hun. Why didn't anyone write about Mohammed's table manners for 150 years?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 11:43 AM (ZOv7s)

26 Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 20, 2025 11:38 AM (P5BPp)
We do have grifters on our side who are in it only for themselves and will attack people on our side to get engagement. Many such cases. But the bigger problem is the people on our side who are simply clueless about how politics works. All fire should always be directed at the other side. The left never attacks its own. Eric Swalwell, Ilhan Omar, that loon that was running for Congress from Nashville and said she hated everything about it, Mamdani. They don't care. Blue no matter who! Between the grifters, the controlled opposition, and the self-directed fire, it is a wonder the right ever wins.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at December 20, 2025 11:43 AM (R86kT)

27 Truth be told, mostly they just lounged around chugging beer and arguing over whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 20, 2025 11:43 AM (8ty7h)
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That view prevailed at Nicea, but was overturned at Chalcedon.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 11:44 AM (ZOv7s)

28 Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 20, 2025 11:39 AM

Oh yeah I remember that article
Bernie is like every other Marxists slacker

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 11:44 AM (Ia/+0)

29 Am fest is the culmination of the year long schism in the “conservative” (whatever that means anymore) movement. It’s two movements now.

There’s America First which is what Trump purported to be but really has t been.

And then there’s the pretend to be America First but really it’s about globalism like always movement.

One side is calling the other side Nazis. Which is very original, nobody has ever called a conservative a Nazi before. Very fresh and bold ideas guys.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 20, 2025 11:44 AM (udlma)

30 *Truth be told, mostly they just lounged around chugging beer and arguing over whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie.*

Technically they were drinking mead, but yeah...

There were also a number of sidebar discussions as to whether Home Alone was, in fact, a Christian movie.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 20, 2025 11:45 AM (2Ez/1)

31 I have a quibble with Scott. Although Bernie votes with Dems, he is not himself a Dem, so it's slightly weak to say his actions represent the Dem party. But only slightly.

To Scott's overall point, Bernie does indeed embody the Dem principle of "somebody somewhere is not suffering enough and we must fix that." I do not understand why that is so attractive to so many people. I guess they think martyrdom makes people good, when in fact a person is a martyr when they were already good and then made to suffer for it.

Anyway, there are some people I wish I could shake some sense into.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at December 20, 2025 11:46 AM (FMtrg)

32 Caligula was not _____________.

Posted by: 80's music fan at December 20, 2025 11:46 AM (YlWIZ)

33 We do have grifters on our side who are in it only for themselves and will attack people on our side to get engagement. Many such cases.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at December 20, 2025 11:43 AM (R86kT)
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Ace hammering Candace is just like his frequent mentions of David French and Jonah Goldberg - a lifeline to her fading influence. Nick Fuentes' entire audience is built on being hated. Take that away, ignore him, dismiss him as "Who?" and he loses his cache.

Conservatives keep doing this. It's a form of retardation. When the left brings up David Duke, WE MUST DENOUNCE HIM, rather than saying: "What are you talking about? Is he even alive? Get bent, loser."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 11:46 AM (ZOv7s)

34 Technically they were drinking mead, but yeah...

There were also a number of sidebar discussions as to whether Home Alone was, in fact, a Christian movie.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 20, 2025 11:45 AM (2Ez/1)
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They would have had wine. There's an actual line between where grapes can and can't be grown. On one side, everyone drinks wine, on the other, it's beer and mead.

Most (if not all) of the area around the Mediterranean is wine territory.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 11:49 AM (ZOv7s)

35 "Take that away, ignore him, dismiss him as "Who?" and he loses his cache."

Is this about us?

Posted by: The Young Turks at December 20, 2025 11:49 AM (2Ez/1)

36 Nick Fuentes' entire audience is built on being hated. Take that away, ignore him, dismiss him as "Who?" and he loses his cache.

—

We’re back to NF is a nobody now? lol.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 20, 2025 11:49 AM (udlma)

37 In the modern UK, beer is still a commoner's drink, and mead is for rural weirdos (same with cider).

Wine is for the upper class because it had to be imported at considerable expense. Farage frequently quaffing a beer makes him a man of the people.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 11:50 AM (ZOv7s)

38 There were also a number of sidebar discussions as to whether Home Alone was, in fact, a Christian movie.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 20, 2025 11:45 AM (2Ez/1)

Is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer a Christmas movie?

Seems to me it's a story about homosexual acceptance. Santa is just a minor character, and in a strange way he's a foreshadowing of the coming of AIDS.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 20, 2025 11:50 AM (aSexO)

39 "They would have had wine. There's an actual line between where grapes can and can't be grown. On one side, everyone drinks wine, on the other, it's beer and mead.

Most (if not all) of the area around the Mediterranean is wine territory."

It was hard for me not to read that and hear it in a Cliff Clavin voice.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 20, 2025 11:51 AM (2Ez/1)

40 "Bible scholars" are the only profession built around discrediting their alleged subject. They regularly demand impossible standards of proof that standard historians would consider laughable.

When one considers how many "established facts" rely on fragmentary records, it's always amusing to me that "Bible scholars" demand the equivalent of their subjects holding up the day's newspaper in a photograph to give credence to ancient writings.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 11:40 AM (ZOv7s)

Thank you for expressing that. Some "Biblical scholarship" drives me batty because of that attitude.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at December 20, 2025 11:51 AM (FMtrg)

41 We’re back to NF is a nobody now? lol.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 20, 2025 11:49 AM (udlma)
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He is to me. I think all the effort is wasted and silly.

And yes, I've had liberals try to gotcha me, and it's really demoralizing to them when you say "I don't know anything about that, but if it is as you say, than that's bad. But I have no idea and don't care."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 11:52 AM (ZOv7s)

42 "There’s America First which is what Trump purported to be but really has t been."

Eeh ...no

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 20, 2025 11:52 AM (dtajH)

43 I didn't ask anyone for anything for Christmas. I want nothing and expect nothing. Keeps disappointment at bay. Besides, the things I genuinely want are not material goods. Things like a purpose, stronger sense of self, meeting goals in this declining portion of my life. Baubles and tchotchkes don't really cover it.

Posted by: Have a holly jolly existential crisis at December 20, 2025 11:53 AM (TbWk/)

44 The Museum Of The Bible is a great place.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 20, 2025 11:53 AM (2Ez/1)

45 But the bigger problem is the people on our side who are simply clueless about how politics works.

Honestly, it is probably better to not know how politics works. The more my eyes have been opened to how politics works in this country, the more cynical and pessimistic and black-pilled I have become. The 2006 Amnesty push was my first awakening into the BS that is American politics. And the 2020 Plandemic, summer of BLM, stolen election, January 6th government op and the forced "vax" black-pilled me. I'll never be optimistic about anything to do with government again.

Between the grifters, the controlled opposition, and the self-directed fire, it is a wonder the right ever wins.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at December 20, 2025 11:43 AM

Looking over my lifetime (1976), there have not been many wins for the right. Reagan from 1980-1988, Congress for a few years under Clinton in the 1990s and then Trump in 2016 and 2024.

And I remember when the right couldn't even support Rush Limbaugh when the left would attack him, taking him out of context. The right has never been united.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 20, 2025 11:54 AM (P5BPp)

46 It was hard for me not to read that and hear it in a Cliff Clavin voice.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 20, 2025 11:51 AM (2Ez/1)
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I should have prefaced it with "Aktually," for the full effect.

I had two nicknames in Army Basic. The drill sergeants dubbed me "Cliffie," but my fellow soldiers (most of whom were too young to watch "Cheers" called me "Frasier."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 11:54 AM (ZOv7s)

47 Is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer a Christmas movie?

Seems to me it's a story about homosexual acceptance. Santa is just a minor character, and in a strange way he's a foreshadowing of the coming of AIDS.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 20, 2025 11:50 AM (aSexO)

Fucking Burl Ives, man.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, diseased garbage human at December 20, 2025 11:54 AM (P7vXf)

48 >>>>And now people on a stage, who clearly despise each other, are yelling at each other and dunking on each other.

Angela McArdle, the former LP National Chair noticed this is the situation with the Libertarian party as well -- and I will add this was a feature of the middle period Tea Party as well, before it was taken over by the neo-cons and smothered.

McArdle has said that part of the problem is how the LP was structured in that it was unable to focus on long term issues, and has noted that they kept finding Feds showing up in important positions where they caused a lot of dissension and drama. At the moment the LP has been taken by the Prog-commies and is done as a movement. Smothered like the T-Party
TPUSA may well have the same future as those two other political orgs

Posted by: Kindltot at December 20, 2025 11:55 AM (rbvCR)

49 40
'Thank you for expressing that. Some "Biblical scholarship" drives me batty because of that attitude.'

I'm not saying the Biblical scholars are right but I can see why they are so picky. If some outside the mainstream 'fact' from the early church is accepted as true, it gets rolled into some people's Christian creed.
And if the fact is wrong, you produce a heresy.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 20, 2025 11:57 AM (fd80v)

50
*(most of whom were too young to watch "Cheers" called me "Frasier.")*

Here's a classic Frasier and Niles moment:

https://youtu.be/gZAUXVw_TW4

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 20, 2025 11:57 AM (2Ez/1)

51 And I remember when the right couldn't even support Rush Limbaugh when the left would attack him, taking him out of context. The right has never been united.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton

And likely never will be as we are capable of independent thought - unlike some other groups. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at December 20, 2025 11:57 AM (cYBz/)

52 >>> Jeffrey Epstein texting Stacey Plaskett questions to ask Michael Cohen during a February 2019 House hearing with the goal to sink Donald Trump.

2019, eh?
Who was nominally in power then, and when was Epstein suicided?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 20, 2025 11:58 AM (/lPRQ)

53 Fucking Burl Ives, man.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, diseased garbage human at December 20, 2025 11:54 AM (P7vXf)

No thanks.

Now Clarice... she's kinda hot.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 20, 2025 11:58 AM (L21rV)

54 NF’s audience is young white men who have ben told their entire lives they are garbage people who are the cause of every world problem. Nick is the one guy out there who said no fuck that, and fuck off.

The left and fake right, like Ben Shapiro and the entire National Review crew who is now tsk tsking Nick, actually created Nick. They’re the ones who were all for globalism and mass immigration cuz free markets man!! And so what if tens of millions of white men are thrown to the side. We’re saving 3 cents on tomatoes, totally worth it.

Sorry boys and girls you created the monster. Now it’s going to eat you.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 20, 2025 11:59 AM (udlma)

55 I'm not saying the Biblical scholars are right but I can see why they are so picky. If some outside the mainstream 'fact' from the early church is accepted as true, it gets rolled into some people's Christian creed.
And if the fact is wrong, you produce a heresy.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 20, 2025 11:57 AM (fd80v)
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You have it backwards. "Biblical scholars" regularly fall over themselves praising transparent hoaxes that almost immediately fall apart. Meanwhile, established facts and traditions are constantly undercut and attacked.

That's all they do, really. They usually time these assaults with Easter, trying to inflict maximum damage on the faith.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 11:59 AM (ZOv7s)

56 https://tinyurl.com/mta3wwdn
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 20, 2025 11:39 AM (5xuJ/)

Nice save!

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at December 20, 2025 12:00 PM (FMtrg)

57 Powerline week in pictures was longer than Long Cat
Almost ran over my tomato soup

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 12:01 PM (Ia/+0)

58 Actually we're trying to get maximum mouse clicks.

Posted by: So-called Biblical Scholars at December 20, 2025 12:01 PM (2Ez/1)

59 In the modern UK, beer is still a commoner's drink, and mead is for rural weirdos (same with cider).

Wine is for the upper class because it had to be imported at considerable expense. Farage frequently quaffing a beer makes him a man of the people.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 11:50 AM (ZOv7s)

The mead I have here is 3x the price of an average bottle of wine. That was slightly annoying.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 20, 2025 12:01 PM (snZF9)

60 There’s America First which is what Trump purported to be but really has t been."

Eeh ...no
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 20, 2025 11:52 AM (dtajH)

600k Chinese students, millions of H1Bs. Totally America First!!!

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 20, 2025 12:01 PM (udlma)

61 2019, eh?
Who was nominally in power then, and when was Epstein suicided?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 20, 2025 11:58 AM (/lPRQ)
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Crooked Bill Barr oversaw that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 12:02 PM (ZOv7s)

62 And likely never will be as we are capable of independent thought - unlike some other groups. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at December 20, 2025 11:57 AM

Yeah, it's both our greatest strength and greatest weakness, it seems. At least when it comes to politics where you have to be united to succeed.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 20, 2025 12:02 PM (P5BPp)

63 55
'"Biblical scholars" regularly fall over themselves praising transparent hoaxes that almost immediately fall apart. Meanwhile, established facts and traditions are constantly undercut and attacked.'

A double standard. Sounds a bit like... the left.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 20, 2025 12:03 PM (fd80v)

64 600k Chinese students, millions of H1Bs. Totally America First!!!
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 20, 2025 12:01 PM (udlma)
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This is what I was talking about on the other thread. The man is literally doing more to stop immigration than anyone thought possible, being thwarted at every turn by rogue judges, but to you, he's doing nothing. Fake! Not MAGA!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 12:03 PM (ZOv7s)

65 Trump has betrayed us! He hasn't fixed all our problems in less than a year!

Posted by: True MAGA Guy at December 20, 2025 12:04 PM (ZOv7s)

66 A thousand Caligulas party on.

Great new years party theme.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 20, 2025 12:04 PM (/lPRQ)

67 ... For P Diddy

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 20, 2025 12:05 PM (/lPRQ)

68 64
'This is what I was talking about on the other thread. '

I was wondering if that was an example of what you meant.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 20, 2025 12:06 PM (fd80v)

69 TPUSA may well have the same future as those two other political orgs
Posted by: Kindltot at December 20, 2025 11:55 AM (rbvCR)

It certainly appears that some of the folks who are high up in the organization are quite shady.

Corruption was rampant BEFORE Charlie was killed, and it looks like Charlie was just getting wind of it, and starting to address it just before he was shot.

Coincidence?

Maybe. Maybe not.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 20, 2025 12:06 PM (L21rV)

70 30 *Truth be told, mostly they just lounged around chugging beer and arguing over whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie.*

Technically they were drinking mead, but yeah...

so... you're saying it's a meadyocre episode?

Posted by: anachronda at December 20, 2025 12:07 PM (edU/H)

71 NF’s audience is young white men who have ben told their entire lives they are garbage people who are the cause of every world problem. Nick is the one guy out there who said no fuck that, and fuck off.

The left and fake right, like Ben Shapiro and the entire National Review crew who is now tsk tsking Nick, actually created Nick. They’re the ones who were all for globalism and mass immigration cuz free markets man!! And so what if tens of millions of white men are thrown to the side. We’re saving 3 cents on tomatoes, totally worth it.

Sorry boys and girls you created the monster. Now it’s going to eat you.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 20, 2025 11:59 AM

Seems like a similar situation happened with the rise of Andrew Tate. The UK is especially concerned with him and the "rise of misogyny". Every politician and media member and institution leader there is pushing the propaganda that he is the problem, while completely ignoring and promoting the actual problem, which is illegal aliens and mass migration of Muslims and Indians who are not civilized cultures.

Paul Joseph Watson talked about this in his latest: Everyone is Sick of It

YouTube: https://bit.ly/48MxY

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 20, 2025 12:07 PM (P5BPp)

72 Who was nominally in power then, and when was Epstein suicided?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 20, 2025 11:58 AM (/lPRQ)
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Crooked Bill Barr oversaw that.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Hence "nominal".

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 20, 2025 12:07 PM (/lPRQ)

73 This is what I was talking about on the other thread. The man is literally doing more to stop immigration than anyone thought possible, being thwarted at every turn by rogue judges, but to you, he's doing nothing. Fake! Not MAGA!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 12:03 PM (

A judge forced him to import 600k Chinese students? A judge forced him to tell Laura Ingraham that there is no talent in the country and we need H1Bs to do complex technical work?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 20, 2025 12:09 PM (udlma)

74 It's -29F in Fairbanks, AK.

Posted by: mrp at December 20, 2025 12:09 PM (rj6Yv)

75
We’re saving 3 cents on tomatoes, totally worth it.

Sorry boys and girls you created the monster. Now it’s going to eat you.

Attack of the killer tomatoes!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 20, 2025 12:09 PM (pkeXY)

76
You have it backwards. "Biblical scholars" regularly fall over themselves praising transparent hoaxes that almost immediately fall apart.

__________

Jesus was the bridegroom at Cana! We have the dinner menu!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 20, 2025 12:10 PM (RvZHk)

77 I was thinkin the other day that I miss Uncle Palp. He was inauthentic, but he had a sense of humor and was fun to hang with.

If you have to deal with totally inauthentic people, at least find the ones that are entertaining, instead of the ones with an axe to grind.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 20, 2025 12:10 PM (rbvCR)

78 It's -29F in Fairbanks, AK.
Posted by: mrp at December 20, 2025 12:09 PM (rj6Yv)

Good thing no humans live there.

Weather here is kinda boring. Highs in the 60s every day. Yesterday I think it hit 70. Sunshine every day.

Ho hum.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 20, 2025 12:11 PM (L21rV)

79 @ 18 I hear today is big day for minor league, err I mean college foozball. Get those fan duel apps ready to lose rent money everybody!!
_______________________________________________

I love how people think shit like 'Fan Drool' was ever created for a purpose OTHER THAN screwing people out of every cent they managed (so far) to have kept in their moth-eaten 'po'-pipples' pants pockets … 'FD' and other apps like it are specifically designed to create a LOSER class, not a WINNER class. Film at 11.

Posted by: Dr_No at December 20, 2025 12:11 PM (ayRl+)

80 eems like a similar situation happened with the rise of Andrew Tate. The UK is especially concerned with him and the "rise of misogyny".

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Absolutely. Anyone who looks around sees reality and speaks about it is “dangerous”. Tate, Fuentes, etc.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 20, 2025 12:11 PM (udlma)

81 Dems are all over the place because the latest tranche of Epstein files has images of Slick in a zillion compromising positions.

Posted by: mrp at December 20, 2025 12:11 PM (rj6Yv)

82 Height of irony for Little Ben to call others grifters when he’s made a fortune grifting as a “conservative” for the past decade.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 20, 2025 12:15 PM (udlma)

83 I love how people think shit like 'Fan Drool' was ever created for a purpose OTHER THAN screwing people out of every cent they managed (so far) to have kept in their moth-eaten 'po'-pipples' pants pockets … 'FD' and other apps like it are specifically designed to create a LOSER class, not a WINNER class. Film at 11.
Posted by: Dr_No at December 20, 2025 12:11 PM (ayRl+)

I think it's hilarious that the sportsball world has just decided to fully embrace gambling, and now we're seeing the first trickling of players and coaches getting caught up in scandals.

Well, actually the first trickling was when one of MLB's biggest stars was caught gambling, and they decided to blame it on his interpreter.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 20, 2025 12:15 PM (L21rV)

84 Dems are all over the place because the latest tranche of Epstein files has images of Slick in a zillion compromising positions.
Posted by: mrp at December 20, 2025 12:11 PM (rj6Yv)

It is so boring, and so useless, hardly worth looking at them you know.

THE REDACTIONS ARE HIDING TRUMP'S CRIMES! WE WILL NOT REST UNTIL HE IS EXPOSED!

Posted by: Paid Influencers and NPC Bots at December 20, 2025 12:16 PM (rbvCR)

85
All - and I mean all - the talk about crooked referees and rigged games comes from degenerate gamblers. Nonsense like Fan Duel will be the death of sports. It's beginning to corrupt the players with stupid stuff like spot bets.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 20, 2025 12:17 PM (RvZHk)

86 Wow. It's like someone farted in this thread.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 20, 2025 12:18 PM (fd80v)

87
THE REDACTIONS ARE HIDING TRUMP'S CRIMES! WE WILL NOT REST UNTIL HE IS EXPOSED!

Posted by: Paid Influencers and NPC Bots at December 20, 2025 12:16 PM (rbvCR)

___________

Nothing can ever satisfy conspiracy theorists that they're wrong.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 20, 2025 12:19 PM (RvZHk)

88 55
'"Biblical scholars" regularly fall over themselves praising transparent hoaxes that almost immediately fall apart. Meanwhile, established facts and traditions are constantly undercut and attacked.'

A double standard. Sounds a bit like... the left.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 20, 2025 12:03 PM (fd80v)
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Very strange. JC was publicly scourged and mocked. The mobs demanded His immediate execution. He was crucified amongst criminals and buried in another man's tomb. His body disappeared after three days and His followers claimed He rose from the dead.

After all of that, He's still the greatest clickbait on the planet.

Posted by: mrp at December 20, 2025 12:19 PM (rj6Yv)

89 Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 20, 2025 12:18 PM (fd80v)

He who smelt it, dealt it.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at December 20, 2025 12:19 PM (R86kT)

90 Dems are all over the place because the latest tranche of Epstein files has images of Slick in a zillion compromising positions.
Posted by: mrp at December 20, 2025 12:11 PM (rj6Yv)

The op continues to hide the truth.

Show pictures of Clinton in a pool with some chix, and everyone can cluck all day and night about it.

Meanwhile, the people and the purpose behind the Epstein op keep doing what they do: Blackmail politicians, CEOs, media moguls, celebrities, and university "scholars" to do the bidding of the "intelligence" organizations.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 20, 2025 12:20 PM (L21rV)

91 85
'Nonsense like Fan Duel will be the death of sports.'

Is there any chance Fan Duel is a product of organized crime?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 20, 2025 12:20 PM (fd80v)

92 someone farted in this thread.

He who smelt it dealt it.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 20, 2025 12:20 PM (Kt19C)

93 62 And likely never will be as we are capable of independent thought - unlike some other groups. . .
...
... you have to be united to succeed.

Wrong! you need a deep magazine of Nepo-LIBs ready to spend it all, to burn the world, *AND* secretly reaping ROI on the chaos they sew; to deploy them like so many luftwaffe appearing over horizon during the battle of Britain while their LIB parents wail and bemoan judge upon their determined, dilligently applied, desperate evil.

Is it any coincidence the family foundations reap billions by "Taking things from YOU in the name of the Common Good" only to deploy the next raft of Nepo-Libs and their horrors on the innocent, the Unknowing and the APATHETIC.

Release, indeed, FREE AND SPONSOR! the HUNTER BIDEN's, the NICK REINER's, the ever now, and future present Epstein's, Clinton's, Soros', the John Walker/American Taliban's, the James Fergie Chambers (Cox Heir and professional revolutionaries) who will proudly do unto their own people PRECISELY what they forbid us to do to our Adversaries.

"I am not a great man, I am a failure – and you have made me one." -- Clinton'01, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at December 20, 2025 12:20 PM (8nWsk)

94 12 I do not think Walter Kirn is tied in with the NYC club scene.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at December 20, 2025 11:34 AM (R86kT)

Yes, I doubt that he's deep in. But, he's a semi-regular guest on Gutfeld!, and I could picture Greg taking him out partying after the show once or thrice. And, it actually makes Walter's point stronger if it would only take a few times dropping in on the scene to see vastly more decadence than what the Epstein Files show.

Posted by: SciVo at December 20, 2025 12:21 PM (Sy6m/)

95 It's -29F in Fairbanks, AK.
Posted by: mrp at December 20, 2025 12:09 PM (rj6Yv)

-12 F here in southern Alberta. Sunny, no wind, which is a blessing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 20, 2025 12:21 PM (npFr7)

96 Little Ben has gone from from around 80-100M monthly views in mid 2024 to 20M in November ‘25.

Some of of that is because 24 was an election year and interest always spikes in those years. But holy shit that’s a yuuugely bigly yuuuge drop nonetheless.

Nobody is really buying his bullshit anymore.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 20, 2025 12:21 PM (udlma)

97 Nick Fuentes is a grifting clown. He was exposed on X as getting a very large segment of his support from places like Pakistan. Just because Fuentes and Tate say a few obvious truths doesn't mean they are the voices of reason and all truth.

One of the downsides of the internet and the world of constant engagement is the rise of the "influencer" class that says outrageous and often stupid things for clicks.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 20, 2025 12:22 PM (viF8m)

98 Nick Fuentes' entire audience is built on being hated. Take that away, ignore him, dismiss him as "Who?" and he loses his cache.
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We’re back to NF is a nobody now? lol.

Sounds like we're back to "NF would be a nobody if everybody ignored him." Which is pretty much a tautology.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 20, 2025 12:22 PM (3nLb4)

99 I saw in the "Week in Pictures" post at powerlineblog a headline about sea otters stealing surfboards in Santa Cruz, again. I thought they were the good kind?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at December 20, 2025 12:22 PM (36PRH)

100 @86 It's Christmas. Surely it can't be your first holiday here.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 20, 2025 12:23 PM (zdLoL)

101 Is there any chance Fan Duel is a product of organized crime?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 20, 2025 12:20 PM (fd80v)

If by organized crime you mean Wall Street and Private Equity, yes.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 20, 2025 12:23 PM (udlma)

102 NF’s audience is young white men who have ben told their entire lives they are garbage people who are the cause of every world problem. Nick is the one guy out there who said no fuck that, and fuck off.

The left and fake right, like Ben Shapiro and the entire National Review crew who is now tsk tsking Nick, actually created Nick. They’re the ones who were all for globalism and mass immigration cuz free markets man!! And so what if tens of millions of white men are thrown to the side. We’re saving 3 cents on tomatoes, totally worth it.

Sorry boys and girls you created the monster. Now it’s going to eat you.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
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You scurry in here every Saturday and do your "Nick Fuentes is an icon for the *children*" because you know Ace isn't around on weekends and he doesn't put up with such bullshit during the week. "Young people" aren't pushing for Fuentes--foreign influencers and bots are virtually the only "support" he has. If you want to peddle this nonsense, have the balls to do it during the week.

Posted by: Crusader at December 20, 2025 12:23 PM (TN0g+)

103 96
‘ Nobody is really buying his bullshit anymore.’

They’re buying Nick Fuentes’ bullshit now.
He’s literally better than Trump!

Posted by: AliasMooMoo at December 20, 2025 12:24 PM (fd80v)

104 It's -29F in Fairbanks, AK.
Posted by: mrp at December 20, 2025 12:09 PM (rj6Yv)

-12 F here in southern Alberta. Sunny, no wind, which is a blessing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 20, 2025 12:21 PM (npFr7)

Going to be 79 F here in Hereford AZ today. Should I turn the AC back on?

The struggle is real.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at December 20, 2025 12:25 PM (b9CCz)

105 Nick Fuentes is a grifting clown. He was exposed on X as getting a very large segment of his support from places like Pakistan. Just because Fuentes and Tate say a few obvious truths doesn't mean they are the voices of reason and all truth.

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Ahhh the report from ncri, the company with ties to Soros and Liz Cheney which sees “white supremacy” around every corner.

Very reliable.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 20, 2025 12:25 PM (udlma)

106 I saw in the "Week in Pictures" post at powerlineblog a headline about sea otters stealing surfboards in Santa Cruz, again. I thought they were the good kind?

Nah, they're just the kind with a good PR machine.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 20, 2025 12:25 PM (3nLb4)

107 They would have had wine. There's an actual line between where grapes can and can't be grown. On one side, everyone drinks wine, on the other, it's beer and mead.

Most (if not all) of the area around the Mediterranean is wine territory.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Nobody talks about Boonesfarm Strawberry Hill or Apple, Pear, etc.
I assume that vineyards were relatively very productive vs other fruit crops. And you get either red or white. Other fruit crops you get a lot more varieties and usually call it something else like cider. While beer anywhere is beer.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 20, 2025 12:25 PM (/lPRQ)

108 Sounds like we're back to "NF would be a nobody if everybody ignored him." Which is pretty much a tautology.
Posted by: Oddbob at December 20, 2025 12:22 PM (3nLb4)

Every internet forum I've ever been on has trolls, and every time a troll shows up, half the comments are arguing with the troll while the other half tells everyone to ignore the troll.

So now, you either accept that we live in the age of trolls, or you complain about how many trolls there are, and wish we could go back to a magical time, before the trolls.

Humans are fun.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 20, 2025 12:26 PM (L21rV)

109 Every internet forum I've ever been on has trolls, and every time a troll shows up, half the comments are arguing with the troll while the other half tells everyone to ignore the troll.

So now, you either accept that we live in the age of trolls, or you complain about how many trolls there are, and wish we could go back to a magical time, before the trolls.

Humans are fun.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 20, 2025 12:26 PM (L21rV)
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The real horror is that we're still far away from peak AI trollling.

Posted by: mrp at December 20, 2025 12:28 PM (rj6Yv)

110 You scurry in here every Saturday and do your "Nick Fuentes is an icon for the *children*" because you know Ace isn't around on weekends and he doesn't put up with such bullshit during the week. "Young people" aren't pushing for Fuentes--foreign influencers and bots are virtually the only "support" he has. If you want to peddle this nonsense, have the balls to do it during the week.
Posted by: Crusader at December 20, 2025 12:23 PM (TN0g+)

I love how NF is a nobody while the entire internet is talking about him.

Again the “foreign influencer” thing was a bullshit report by NCRI? A far left group with ties to Soros, which has Liz Cheney on its board and sees white supremacy everywhere. It’s like SPLC. But OK go ahead and believe them.

Stick your head in the sand if you wish and think we still live in 2003 where a tax cut for the ricin and a fighting “them Over there” is still a winning strategy. But that shit is over.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 20, 2025 12:28 PM (udlma)

111 Going to be 79 F here in Hereford AZ today. Should I turn the AC back on?

The struggle is real.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at December 20, 2025 12:25 PM (b9CCz)

Never heard of Hereford, had to look it up...

Oh my! I hope you speak Mexican.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 20, 2025 12:30 PM (VBfme)

112 111

'a tax cut for the ricin '

There's a tax cut for ricin? How much do you have to produce?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 20, 2025 12:30 PM (fd80v)

113 Hereford > Thereford

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 20, 2025 12:31 PM (udlma)

114 The real horror is that we're still far away from peak AI trollling.
Posted by: mrp at December 20, 2025 12:28 PM (rj6Yv)

Yeah, some of the trolls we get here look like they could be bots, but I genuinely appreciate that we still have old timers who just come around to stir up shite because they seem to live miserable lives, and need to occasionally get beaten up in comments sections.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 20, 2025 12:31 PM (VBfme)

115 Ricin is expensive as it is. Gotta cut taxes on it or the terrorists will have won.😀

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 20, 2025 12:32 PM (udlma)

116
Going to be 79 F here in Hereford AZ today. Should I turn the AC back on?

___________

Is that where hurricanes hardly happen?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 20, 2025 12:32 PM (RvZHk)

117 I love how NF is a nobody while the entire internet is talking about him.
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Where's your courage man? Ace literally toasted Fuentes a week ago Friday and you didn't utter a word in response. But you made sure to scamper in the next morning and start yanking Fuentes again because you know Ace isn't around on weekends. NF is a creation of foreign influences. NF doesn't have a "economic policy", and you're full of it for pretending that what young people want is somehow the purview of nazi trash like him.

Posted by: Crusader at December 20, 2025 12:32 PM (TN0g+)

118 The Dems are over.

The DOJ is or will be suing all of the Blue States that have refused to turn over their Federal assistance rolls for verification. I have little doubt that most Blue States will have fraudulent activity matching or even surpassing the astounding amounts of corruption SO FAR revealed in Minnesota.

Posted by: mrp at December 20, 2025 12:33 PM (rj6Yv)

119 Is that where hurricanes hardly happen?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 20, 2025 12:32 PM (RvZHk)

We do get tropical storms and remnants of hurricanes that come up the Baja.

But hurricanes hardly happen.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at December 20, 2025 12:35 PM (b9CCz)

120 I imagine that every republican will be asked to condemn NF as a way to discredit all republicans and conservatives. Keep playing the leftist game by answering.

Posted by: Unkaren at December 20, 2025 12:36 PM (BrLWF)

121 97 Nick Fuentes is a grifting clown. He was exposed on X as getting a very large segment of his support from places like Pakistan. Just because Fuentes and Tate say a few obvious truths doesn't mean they are the voices of reason and all truth.

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-WhatYouKnowIsWRONG
Joker Burning Money: man of my word

His quote to 2Face: The thing about Chaos? It's Fair.
No it isn't, its simply arbitrary, and when good men do absolutely nothing it gives license to shameless retail politico congressMONSTERS to gun you down and set fire to your children -- when terrorists have a more consistent message, and integrity of openly brandishing their weapons in a display of courage that inspires the next raft, and generation of sponsorship? What could possibly go wrong?

The truely Evil are enabled by the Venal and the Weak; those who pretend that any compromise between food and poison results in anything BUT death -- viz. the Clinton Global Catastrophe, Green Energy, CO2

Pitting Man against other men until we exist no more and laughing all the way to the bank because they know any collaboration with Evil benefits nought but the evil -- until the more consistent prevails.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at December 20, 2025 12:36 PM (jzAid)

122
Is that where hurricanes hardly happen?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 20, 2025 12:32 PM (RvZHk)
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Hampshire's been pretty quiet.

Posted by: mrp at December 20, 2025 12:36 PM (rj6Yv)

123 Humans are fun.
Posted by: BurtTC

I don't trust the bastards.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at December 20, 2025 12:36 PM (CCOXM)

124 It's -29F in Fairbanks, AK.
Posted by: mrp at December 20, 2025 12:09 PM (rj6Yv)

Fed.Gov.Mil would frequently advertise jobs in Anchorage.
A couple weeks they'd contact you, "Congrats, you got the job in... (whispers) Fairbanks...."

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 20, 2025 12:37 PM (/lPRQ)

125 99 I saw in the "Week in Pictures" post at powerlineblog a headline about sea otters stealing surfboards in Santa Cruz, again. I thought they were the good kind?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

You fell for their propaganda. All otters are thieves and a goodly portion are sex offenders. They have powerful friends who cover up their misdeeds, especially in the PNW.

Posted by: Manatee-Penguin Alliance at December 20, 2025 12:37 PM (oftw2)

126 I imagine that every republican will be asked to condemn NF as a way to discredit all republicans and conservatives. Keep playing the leftist game by answering.
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NF is neither republican nor conservative. He's an op, nothing more. The left created him and is attempting to staple him to "our" side when he's already stated he's not one of "us".

Posted by: Crusader at December 20, 2025 12:38 PM (TN0g+)

127 Where's your courage man? Ace literally toasted Fuentes a week ago Friday and you didn't utter a word
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I went back to check the archives didn’t see anything about NF on 12/12. At least not in the title. What post is it? I’m pretty sure I would have commented on it.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 20, 2025 12:38 PM (udlma)

128 The dems remember the 2025 inauguration and that 13 year old brain cancer survivor DJ Daniel that Trump hosted. When people said Trump could find a cure for cancer, the dems would not appreciate it... Here is proof.

Posted by: Rex B at December 20, 2025 12:38 PM (H3AP2)

129 Humans are fun.
Posted by: BurtTC

I don't trust the bastards.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at December 20, 2025 12:36 PM (CCOXM)

No, of course not.

My momma told me not to play with my food, but I just can't resist.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 20, 2025 12:38 PM (VBfme)

130 AI isgoing yo get worse, eventually you will not know real to make believe

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 12:40 PM (Ia/+0)

131 Meanwhile, the people and the purpose behind the Epstein op keep doing what they do: Blackmail politicians, CEOs, media moguls, celebrities, and university "scholars" to do the bidding of the "intelligence" organizations.
Posted by: BurtTC

This is why Real Strong Men set up at least three overlapping State Security machines - to take each other out if need be.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 20, 2025 12:40 PM (/lPRQ)

132
Is that where hurricanes hardly happen?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

By Jove, I believe you've got it!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 20, 2025 12:40 PM (pkeXY)

133 AI isgoing yo get worse, eventually you will not know real to make believe
Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 12:40 PM (Ia/+0)
==

The 2028 campaign is going to be something.

Posted by: mrp at December 20, 2025 12:41 PM (rj6Yv)

134 Fed.Gov.Mil would frequently advertise jobs in Anchorage.
A couple weeks they'd contact you, "Congrats, you got the job in... (whispers) Fairbanks...."
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 20, 2025 12:37 PM (/lPRQ)

When I was shopping around for a job, I would go to the fedgov website, and look at all the places in the country I might want to live.

Not sure if I ever applied for a job in Al Aksa, but when I looked at housing prices, I thought "You people live in conditions unfit for humans, and you have the nerve to prices your houses THIS high?"

Posted by: BurtTC at December 20, 2025 12:41 PM (VBfme)

135 NF is neither republican nor conservative. He's an op, nothing more. The left created him and is attempting to staple him to "our" side when he's already stated he's not one of "us".
Posted by: Crusader at December 20, 2025 12:38 PM (TN0g+)

This is so much cope dude. He was “created” 10 years ago. In that time, he’s been banned by everyone and everything. Elon let him back on X and that’s when he started getting some mainstream traction. He was even in the no fly list for a while. Banks refused to allow him to open an account. He was persona non grata.

But he’s an op?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 20, 2025 12:42 PM (udlma)

136 I renounce Epstein and all his works!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at December 20, 2025 12:42 PM (CCOXM)

137 Mongolian Jingle Bells...

Makes me remember a record my dad would sometimes play at Christmastime that has a song he called "Japanese Jingle Bells" (no idea what it was actually called), that had verses sung in Japanese and some in English, and some in both languages at the same time...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 20, 2025 12:42 PM (ynpvh)

138 I think it's hilarious that the sportsball world has just decided to fully embrace gambling, and now we're seeing the first trickling of players and coaches getting caught up in scandals.

Petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of our minds.

Posted by: Smooth Brained Americans at December 20, 2025 12:43 PM (R/m4+)

139 Stats on X back up Fuentes support being mostly foreign bots, and I'm pretty sure Elon doesn't work for the Trilateral Commission or whatever.

Trump can build a big, beautiful gulag and put NF and Hasan Piker in it.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 20, 2025 12:43 PM (QZThv)

140 104 It's -29F in Fairbanks, AK.
Posted by: mrp at December 20, 2025 12:09 PM (rj6Yv)

-12 F here in southern Alberta. Sunny, no wind, which is a blessing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 20, 2025 12:21 PM (npFr7)

Going to be 79 F here in Hereford AZ today. Should I turn the AC back on?

The struggle is real.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at December 20, 2025 12:25 PM (b9CCz)

Eh, I just open the windows...79°F is lovely if not humid.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 20, 2025 12:45 PM (ynpvh)

141 This is why Real Strong Men set up at least three overlapping State Security machines - to take each other out if need be.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 20, 2025 12:40 PM (/lPRQ)

My assumption is the REAL oligarchy (not the ones everyone talks about, but the real money and power people) all engage in egregious behaviors that "normal" humans tend to recoil at the thought of.

They don't do it to blackmail each other, not in the same way they do it to the nominal heads of organizations.

No, the real rich and powerful do it because they can, and the pact they form with each other is more of a blood oath (literally and figuratively), in that they all know what each other have in their proverbial closets, and it sets them apart from the rest of us.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 20, 2025 12:45 PM (VBfme)

142 137 Mongolian Jingle Bells...

Makes me remember a record my dad would sometimes play at Christmastime that has a song he called "Japanese Jingle Bells" (no idea what it was actually called), that had verses sung in Japanese and some in English, and some in both languages at the same time...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 20, 2025 12:42 PM (ynpvh)
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Mongolian Christmas parades should feature falconry and girls performing archery with their feet.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at December 20, 2025 12:45 PM (36PRH)

143 Japanese Jingle Bells

TORA TORA TORA

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 20, 2025 12:45 PM (Kt19C)

144 Trump can build a big, beautiful gulag and put NF and Hasan Piker in it.
Posted by: Ian S

Mar-a-Gulago.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at December 20, 2025 12:46 PM (CCOXM)

145 Speaking of Christmas music, each year at this time I post, a couple of times, this link to FBC radio. At this time of the year they 'broadcast' traditional hymns and carols. There won't be any Alvin and the Chipmunks, or Jingle Bells. Here for instance is the playlist for the last half hour:
Come Now, the Nations’ Savior
12:35:09
Come Now, Ye Shepherds
12:36:49
Beside Thy Manger Here I Stand
12:38:37
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
12:44:10
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

https://www.fbcradio.org/
I just open another tab and play it softly in the background. Keeps me in mind of the season. There will be an occasional sermonett, which depending on your inclination, you can simply silence.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 20, 2025 12:47 PM (XeU6L)

146 What happens to a state that defrauds the Federal Government?

Posted by: Case at December 20, 2025 12:47 PM (G1OIb)

147 I renounce Epstein and all his works!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at December 20, 2025 12:42 PM (CCOXM)

To paraphrase another great man, Epstein is an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks to collect a bill.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 20, 2025 12:48 PM (Q/0pn)

148 Mar-a-Gulago.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at December 20, 2025 12:46 PM (CCOXM)

LOL! That's a keeper.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 20, 2025 12:48 PM (npFr7)

149 146 What happens to a state that defrauds the Federal Government?

Posted by: Case at December 20, 2025 12:47 PM (G1OIb)

If they're run by dems, nothing, usually. And they usually are.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 20, 2025 12:49 PM (ynpvh)

150 Japanese Jingle Bells

TORA TORA TORA
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 20, 2025 12:45 PM (Kt19C)

I didn't know they were Jewish.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 20, 2025 12:49 PM (Q/0pn)

151 Mar-a-Gulago.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at December 20, 2025 12:46 PM (CCOXM)
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That reminds me ...

I recently saw an image of DJT mingling with guests in the Mar a Lago ballroom/dining room and it struck me how closely it resembled the artist's conception of the new WH ballroom. Amazing!

Posted by: mrp at December 20, 2025 12:49 PM (rj6Yv)

152
It's about -29F in this waiting room. Her Majesty is here for an exam, they've screwed up their staffing today and there's a big backlog of patients freezing to death.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 20, 2025 12:50 PM (RvZHk)

153 I read thelibertydaily.com every day, and I have to admit that the headlines have become more entertaining since Trump's re-election.

when, for example, would you see the headline "D.C. Police Chief Yells “F YOU!” to Her “Haters” as She Resigns in Disgrace" under Barky or Slo-Joe?

Posted by: Kindltot at December 20, 2025 12:51 PM (rbvCR)

154 What I would tell to the newcomer who doesn’t understand the infighting is that Charlie Kirk had founded a powerful movement which was embodied by TPUSA. A lot of his talent and personality was embedded in it.
Not long after his death, a small but very well financed and organized group attempted to stage an ideological and organizational takeover. The public faces of this attempt were Candace, Carlson, and Fuentes, but they had many allies.

But the effort is burning itself out, and Erica Kirk has maintained control. The reason for the infighting now is that all of those who supported the attempted takeover need to be booted out of TPUSA, and out of the so-called conservative movement for good, just as Bill Kristol and Rick Wilson and the other never Trumpers have been. That process is still playing out, and will in part depend on if Erica has the skills and nerve needed to run a tight ship. I’m optimistic.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 20, 2025 12:51 PM (0anTZ)

155 It's about -29F in this waiting room. Her Majesty is here for an exam, they've screwed up their staffing today and there's a big backlog of patients freezing to death.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 20, 2025 12:50 PM (RvZHk)
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Keep a stiff upper lip. Chin chin!

Posted by: mrp at December 20, 2025 12:51 PM (rj6Yv)

156 ... and girls performing archery with their feet.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at December 20, 2025 12:45 PM (36PRH)

Go on.

Posted by: Rex Ryan at December 20, 2025 12:51 PM (Q/0pn)

157 I just retired yesterday! Anybody have any wisdom to impart about this huge change?

I was miserable at the job although I liked several of my colleagues and I felt surprisingly sentimental at the end of the day yesterday, but management were Not nice people.

But it's such a phase shift that I think it will take me a few months to process it.

Posted by: Beverly at December 20, 2025 12:52 PM (reMys)

158 150 Japanese Jingle Bells

TORA TORA TORA
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 20, 2025 12:45 PM (Kt19C)

I didn't know they were Jewish.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 20, 2025 12:49 PM (Q/0pn)

There were Jews in China about a 1000 years ago...Look up Jews and Kaifeng or Kaifengfu...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 20, 2025 12:53 PM (ynpvh)

159 I also started rereading Lord of the Rings last night. The chapter where Gandalf tells Frodo the nature of the one ring is still chilling to read.

Posted by: Beverly at December 20, 2025 12:54 PM (reMys)

160 For a plant/garden thread when it comes time:

x.com/SlenderSherbet/status/
2002335432877748595

Posted by: banana Dream at December 20, 2025 12:54 PM (3uBP9)

161 It's about -29F in this waiting room. Her Majesty is here for an exam, they've screwed up their staffing today and there's a big backlog of patients freezing to death.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

You should be happy. Frigid temps keep the bacteria down. They do the same for operating rooms.

Posted by: Cold Storage at December 20, 2025 12:54 PM (oftw2)

162 161 It's about -29F in this waiting room. Her Majesty is here for an exam, they've screwed up their staffing today and there's a big backlog of patients freezing to death.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

You should be happy. Frigid temps keep the bacteria down. They do the same for operating rooms.

Posted by: Cold Storage at December 20, 2025 12:54 PM (oftw2)

Natural outdoor freezer. Even the bears won't bother you this time of year...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 20, 2025 12:56 PM (ynpvh)

163 152
'It's about -29F in this waiting room. '

Where the heck do you live?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 20, 2025 12:56 PM (fd80v)

164 There were Jews in China about a 1000 years ago...Look up Jews and Kaifeng or Kaifengfu...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 20, 2025 12:53 PM (ynpvh)

Are they the ones who built all those ancient structures Graham Hancock is always talking about?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 20, 2025 12:56 PM (Q/0pn)

165 Does the Assistant Village Idiot also have an apprentice?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 12:56 PM (9ipOP)

166 I have read through all of the Ring trilogy 2 times in my life, but not for 10 years through. Only know where Return of the King book is so would have to buy them

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 12:56 PM (Ia/+0)

167 But it's such a phase shift that I think it will take me a few months to process it.
Posted by: Beverly at December 20, 2025 12:52 PM (reMys)
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Results may vary, but I noticed that as I approached the age of 65, my mail volume increased exponentially when the Medicare enrollment season approached.

Posted by: mrp at December 20, 2025 12:56 PM (rj6Yv)

168 But it's such a phase shift that I think it will take me a few months to process it.
Posted by: Beverly

Congrats. I last worked for money August 20, 2007. Enjoyed every minute since. You will grow into it.

Posted by: Loafer In A Bakery at December 20, 2025 12:57 PM (oftw2)

169 @157 Beverly, congrats and good luck in retirement. Enjoy!

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 20, 2025 12:57 PM (MoRvC)

170 Democrats are the kid whose dad gave him a big pile of manure for Christmas.

Posted by: Dagwood at December 20, 2025 12:58 PM (CC0N1)

171 Several Chinese families in my minyan. But SF also has more Chinese people than any other U.S. city.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 12:58 PM (9ipOP)

172 Should go do stuff outside, might at least be above freezing point

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 12:58 PM (Ia/+0)

173 162
'Natural outdoor freezer. Even the bears won't bother you this time of year...'

Except polar bears. Fortunately, the closest one is at the zoo.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 20, 2025 12:59 PM (fd80v)

174 Tolkien had a rare understanding of Power - both its proper use, and its much more common misuse.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 20, 2025 12:59 PM (0anTZ)

175 What is TWiP?

Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 01:00 PM (W7XSX)

176 141 This is why Real Strong Men set up at least three
...
No, the real rich and powerful do it because they can

YES! At Long Last... a new dawn breaks.

They do it because they can, and WORSE, because they are truly not only Bored, but BORING and unimaginative -- the only real challenge and reward for them is the humble brag they can re-tell to their frenemies.

LUKE search your feelings, you know this is true.

"Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory" -- Shameless Politico THUG, Nancy Pelosi'09 in Red China.

They smile, and dare you to stop them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpyiN_8TeIs

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at December 20, 2025 01:01 PM (5GuuL)

177 Been watching vids on YouTube about China. I'm sure some are anti government propaganda, but the country seems to literally be collapsing and depopulating. They'll fall apart before they invade Taiwan

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 20, 2025 01:01 PM (MoRvC)

178 I just retired yesterday! Anybody have any wisdom to impart about this huge change?

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Assuming that you have the time, put in some voluteer time with an organization that you respect. My perspective is that I must be here to help others, I can think of no other reason...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 20, 2025 01:02 PM (XeU6L)

179 What happens to a state that defrauds the Federal Government?

Posted by: Case at December 20, 2025 12:47 PM (G1OIb)

I don't believe that the federal statutes exclude states and state agencies in their scope. They may claim so, and it might go to the Supremes. Bernie Madoff got 150 years for 11 counts and he did not steal 9 Billion.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 20, 2025 01:03 PM (rbvCR)

180 Results may vary, but I noticed that as I approached the age of 65, my mail volume increased exponentially when the Medicare enrollment season approached.
Posted by: mrp
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Spam calls. Deluged.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 20, 2025 01:03 PM (XeU6L)

181 Also, a lot of European Jews fled the Nazis through Harbin and wound up staying there.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 01:03 PM (9ipOP)

182 Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 01:00 PM (W7XSX)
The Week in Pictures at Powerline Blog

Not to be confused with TWiB, This Week in Baseball, with Mel Allen.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at December 20, 2025 01:04 PM (R86kT)

183 What is TWiP?

The week in pictures, I think. It’s regular feature on Powerline.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 20, 2025 01:05 PM (0anTZ)

184 But it's such a phase shift that I think it will take me a few months to process it.
Posted by: Beverly at December 20, 2025 12:52 PM (reMys)

Dad always said the guys that cleaned out their garage and had no other goals generally die within 2 years, so you better find something to do that engages you as much as your work did.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 20, 2025 01:05 PM (rbvCR)

185 The day I knew I couldn't take it anymore and I desperately needed to retire soon:

I had just turned 5 years old and was walking towards a building I was informed held something called kindergarten. I had been there previously and what not impressed with the experience. For one thing, there were other kids there, and two they wanted to group me with those kids, screaming snotty kids. But at least there were parents to smack the kids around and I thought that would help. But as I approached the kindergarten fear set in, there were no parents, just hoards of screaming kids and a scant few tired adults. And so it began.

They were animals, could not read, could hardly talk, did not know about numbers, peed and pooped themselves. Oh, the smell! And their digestive systems were put in wrong because they couldn't keep from puking. I think there was a kid puking every five minutes. But the worst thing was these other kids were under the illusion that they were allowed to touch me. Which they tried to do all day long. Dirty pawing animals.
(cont.)

Posted by: banana Dream at December 20, 2025 01:07 PM (3uBP9)

186 Had a visit from three elderly Jehovah's Witness ladies just a little while ago. They were friendly enough, and I enjoy disarming them with wisdom from the Bible.

I may not align with their beliefs (I did not annoy them by wishing them a Merry Christmas), but I do admire their evangelical enthusiasm. I took a Watchtower.

Good morning. Still drinking coffee.

Posted by: mindful webworker - warts and rumors of warts at December 20, 2025 01:07 PM (WB0Mb)

187 178 I just retired yesterday! Anybody have any wisdom to impart about this huge change?
===========
Be very careful with what you spend your precious time doing, because you are probably going to get good at it.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at December 20, 2025 01:07 PM (0yLoC)

188 I just retired yesterday! Anybody have any wisdom to impart about this huge change?

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

Make keeping and improving your health a priority. Some physical activity every day even if it's just walking.

List all the things you wished you had more time to do when you were working and start doing the ones that appeal most to you now.

If the list includes travel, don't wait too long to start doing that.

Posted by: Bigsmith at December 20, 2025 01:07 PM (1Au9i)

189 175 What is TWiP?
Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 01:00 PM (W7XSX)

The Week in Pictures at the Power Line blog: https://tinyurl.com/mtxpsyyh

Posted by: SciVo at December 20, 2025 01:07 PM (Sy6m/)

190 (cont)
But the day was finally over and after walking home I informed my mom that it was horrible and that I wouldn't be able to go back. And that was when I informed that life was about going to terrible places that you didn't want to be to hang around people you didn't want to be with. And I knew that day that I would have to do everything I could to retire from that.

Turns out I really suck at retiring. But someday when I'm 150 or so I think, it should be nice.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 20, 2025 01:09 PM (3uBP9)

191 The Mongolian Jingle Bells video is beautiful.

Not to be That Guy, but if you study it a bit, it wasn't filmed in a single take. The person wearing a Santa costume moves to different places around the fire an the flames in the fire itself vary quite a bit. But it's quite enjoyable and has been masterfully edited.

Posted by: That Guy at December 20, 2025 01:09 PM (2Ez/1)

192 Has anyone seen the Epstein pic showing the 21000 dollar check that Trump gave to Epstein? The one saying " one fully depreciated girl" ?

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 20, 2025 01:09 PM (3YSNW)

193 177 Been watching vids on YouTube about China. I'm sure some are anti government propaganda, but the country seems to literally be collapsing and depopulating. They'll fall apart before they invade Taiwan
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 20, 2025 01:01 PM (MoRvC)

AH Lloyd alluded to this earlier today. Simply put, the core problem with authoritarian dictatorships is that by banning all free speech and all criticism of authority, you allow all the constant corruptions and thieving and misrule to go unchecked, until it leads to the collapse of virtually everything. That’s a thumbnail sketch of what ended the Soviet Union.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 20, 2025 01:09 PM (0anTZ)

194
They'll fall apart before they invade Taiwan
Posted by: Smell the Glove

In alternate universe Taiwan invades you!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 20, 2025 01:10 PM (pkeXY)

195 Been watching vids on YouTube about China. I'm sure some are anti government propaganda, but the country seems to literally be collapsing and depopulating. They'll fall apart before they invade Taiwan
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 20, 2025 01:01 PM (MoRvC)
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I've been watching laowhy86 and serpentza for many years.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 01:11 PM (A0sqA)

196 192
'Posted by: Aliassmithsmith'

What's your reaction to Nick Fuentes?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 20, 2025 01:12 PM (fd80v)

197 My retirement suggestion is don't stop doing things.
Donate time somewhere on a schedule
Do serious hobby stuff
Take time to see stuff even local you never saw before

Of course I am still working on my retirement, but hopefully will get to live to the not having to do something

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 01:12 PM (Ia/+0)

198 Banana Dream - one thing I remember about kindergarten was sitting across the table from some goofy kid with a goofy smile who liked to show off how much paste he could eat.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 20, 2025 01:12 PM (0anTZ)

199 Hey guys

Prayer request for my friend T. He is having some unrelenting (probably cancer treatment related) pain and needs comfort both physically and spiritually.

Pray hard. He’s in a bad place right now.

Thank you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 20, 2025 01:12 PM (IhIKR)

200 I think there was a kid puking every five minutes. But the worst thing was these other kids were under the illusion that they were allowed to touch me. Which they tried to do all day long. Dirty pawing animals.
(cont.)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 20, 2025 01:07 PM (3uBP9)
====

Tell ... tell them about the "rug mats" and sleeping on the cold floor during "nap time". I stared at the tiles just inches from my face, knowing that, at any time, an adult, a stranger to my family, would bark an order that I had to obey or face the unspeakable consequences.

Posted by: mrp at December 20, 2025 01:13 PM (rj6Yv)

201 I demand that the DOJ release all files and information that hurts Trump and redact any information that may cause Democrats any Senate or House seats in 2026.

It's the only fair thing to do !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Chuck Shumer at December 20, 2025 01:14 PM (J9q9v)

202 You know how the Leftists like to play the game of "Oh murder isn't that bad...?"

As much as I would like to write that Sander's murder would be okay, no. This is the path to civil war.

Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 01:14 PM (W7XSX)

203 What's your reaction to Nick Fuentes?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 20, 2025 01:12 PM (fd80v)

What makes you think the ASS troll isn't NF? They are both wretched faggots.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 20, 2025 01:14 PM (npFr7)

204 Jews and Chinamen have always had a bond. It's from the whole going out to eat on Christmas Day and them being the only ones open.

Posted by: Fa-Ra-Ra-Ra-Ra at December 20, 2025 01:16 PM (oftw2)

205 203
'What makes you think the ASS troll isn't NF? They are both wretched faggots.'

Then his reply will be telling.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 20, 2025 01:17 PM (fd80v)

206 Mama Publius asked me what I wanted for Christmas, and I sent her a link to a full length fleece robe with a sherpa-lined hood, and sherpa trim. It is AWESOME and I wish I could wear it grocery shopping. I wanted something that she'd see me enjoy daily, and I thank her for it every day. I wear it when I hang out in the garage (like I am now - it's windless and 55F).

So, in my case, I got it before Christmas. I gave Publius a new wallet a week ago. His old one tore after about 75 years. j/k, maybe 20.

Mama's going to wait until Christmas Eve. I bought a big wicker basket with a high arching handle, and I'm filling it with various goodies, imported Italian cookies and pastries, some things to keep her warm and the first three novels in another detective series for her to fall in love with, I hope. She's sucked the juices out of Donna Leon.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 20, 2025 01:18 PM (w6EFb)

207 Has anyone seen the Epstein pic showing the 21000 dollar check that Trump gave to Epstein? The one saying " one fully depreciated girl" ?
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Bewbs bouncing > Checks bouncing

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 01:18 PM (WGeqj)

208 Despair and Hope.

The sin and its remedy.

If you lose your faith, pray for it. If you despair, pray for hope. I you are joyless, pray for joy.

Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 01:19 PM (W7XSX)

209 198 Banana Dream - one thing I remember about kindergarten was sitting across the table from some goofy kid with a goofy smile who liked to show off how much paste he could eat.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Look, Fat, you grow up a poor coal miner's kid in Scranton, you get your sustenance any way you can.

Posted by: Paste-eating Joe at December 20, 2025 01:19 PM (oftw2)

210 Nice lady at the local taco shop asked me what size t shirt I wear. Gave me a nicely wrapped Christmas package yesterday. It's so heavy there could be a dozen in there! We will see Christmas morning. Stay tuned.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 20, 2025 01:21 PM (Kt19C)

211 Prayers up for your friend, nurse.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 20, 2025 01:21 PM (bQ4nt)

212 Just read in the NY Post that the Brown president makes $3.1m a year. Cut all student aid and that crap stops real quickly

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 20, 2025 01:22 PM (MoRvC)

213 Our son came home scowling from his first day of kindergarten. When I asked what was the matter he said, "I could do math all day, but I am not the coloring and pasting type."

Posted by: Wenda at December 20, 2025 01:22 PM (cRhQI)

214 Has anyone seen the Epstein pic showing the 21000 dollar check that Trump gave to Epstein? The one saying " one fully depreciated girl" ?
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Bewbs bouncing > Checks bouncing
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 01:18 PM (WGeqj)
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Back in the day, the AoSHQ meme generator was cranking out trampoline bouncing as a hot topic.

Posted by: mrp at December 20, 2025 01:23 PM (rj6Yv)

215 > Nice lady at the local taco shop asked me what size t shirt I wear...
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I've gotten t-shirts, mugs, glassware, etc. from the guy who owns the liquor store I frequent.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 20, 2025 01:23 PM (NwnyJ)

216 Nice lady at the local taco shop asked me what size t shirt I wear. Gave me a nicely wrapped Christmas package yesterday. It's so heavy there could be a dozen in there! We will see Christmas morning. Stay tuned.

"Shirt" is street lingo for weed. It's called a mule drop...

Posted by: Sgt. Stedanko at December 20, 2025 01:24 PM (R/m4+)

217 Jews and Chinamen have always had a bond. It's from the whole going out to eat on Christmas Day and them being the only ones open.
Posted by: Fa-Ra-Ra-Ra-Ra at December 20, 2025 01:16 PM (oftw2)
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Going to Hunan Palace for Christmas dinner was a blast when I was a kid.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 01:24 PM (WGeqj)

218 212
'Just read in the NY Post that the Brown president makes $3.1m a year. Cut all student aid and that crap stops real quickly'

You don't feel that she's worth that much?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 20, 2025 01:24 PM (fd80v)

219 211 Prayers up for your friend, nurse.
Posted by: olddog

He’s OUR friend. Horde. Please hold him tight.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 20, 2025 01:24 PM (IhIKR)

220 The government mandated enriched paste with vitamins and minerals and now it builds strong bodies 12 ways.

Posted by: Joe from DE at December 20, 2025 01:25 PM (oftw2)

221 @218 I don't think she's worth $20 bucks, same as in town

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 20, 2025 01:25 PM (MoRvC)

222 219 211 Prayers up for your friend, nurse.
Posted by: olddog

He’s OUR friend. Horde. Please hold him tight.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 20, 2025 01:24 PM (IhIKR)

Prayers

Posted by: It's me donna at December 20, 2025 01:26 PM (VE6XX)

223 You don't feel that she's worth that much?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 20, 2025 01:24 PM (fd80v)

If leftists were paid what they are worth, most would starve to death.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 20, 2025 01:26 PM (npFr7)

224 I am proud to announce upon retirement I will be hosting a new show on the Food Network.

It will be called "BBQing with Uncle Chucky".

Posted by: Chuck Schumer at December 20, 2025 01:27 PM (YnF8s)

225 Shirt" is street lingo for weed. It's called a mule drop...

Mule? Pretty sure they use real beef.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 20, 2025 01:28 PM (Kt19C)

226 I've gotten t-shirts, mugs, glassware, etc. from the guy who owns the liquor store I frequent.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

And you don't find this worrisome at all?

Posted by: Friend of Bill at December 20, 2025 01:28 PM (oftw2)

227 Our son came home scowling from his first day of kindergarten. When I asked what was the matter he said, "I could do math all day, but I am not the coloring and pasting type."
Posted by: Wenda at December 20, 2025 01:22 PM (cRhQI)
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Hoo boy I can tell what raising him must have been like.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 01:29 PM (IC093)

228 Then again, I text everyday to people who sat at my table that first day in kindergarten so it wasn't all bad.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 01:31 PM (IC093)

229 Here's thr thing. The grifter elite had control of nearly everything, almost globally. They had the media and the ability to concoct excuse stories. Racism, climate issues, refugees..anything to morally sell the grift. Then Trump and whoever is backing him came along, said boo and their marks stood up. If the Trump side loses their grip, the grifter elite will come back with a vengeance. If I am the Trump group, I am going full YOLO up to and including military takeover. Dunno if the Trump group sees it that way cause they arent going to telegraph that so I can see it obviously

Posted by: Azjaeger at December 20, 2025 01:34 PM (3/XaG)

230 208 Despair and Hope.

The sin and its remedy.

If you lose your faith, pray for it. If you despair, pray for hope. I you are joyless, pray for joy.
Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 01:19 PM (W7XSX)

This sounds like cope. Which rhymes with hope. Deny reality? I say nope.

Posted by: Pessimistic verse at December 20, 2025 01:36 PM (TbWk/)

231 San Franpsycho, I used to say he was born saying Charge!

Still true.

Posted by: Wenda at December 20, 2025 01:37 PM (cRhQI)

232 GARDEN THREAD IS BLOOMING

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 01:40 PM (Ia/+0)

233 If the democrats ran a fair primary system in 2015-2016, I would have been the nominee. I could have won!

"President Bernie Sanders". Has a nice ring to it.

Posted by: Bernie Sanders, Professional Layabout at December 20, 2025 01:40 PM (R/m4+)

234 Got news for you. The whole internet has no interest in NF. The only place I see him mentioned is here. Nothing on Substack or FB. I got tired of blocking people on X so am not there much.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 20, 2025 01:41 PM (+mUZM)

235 Prayer request for my friend T. He is having some unrelenting (probably cancer treatment related) pain and needs comfort both physically and spiritually.

Pray hard. He’s in a bad place right now.

Thank you.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 20, 2025 01:12 PM (IhIKR)
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A prayer for complete and immediate healing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 01:49 PM (A6iMD)

236 Prayers up, nurse!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 20, 2025 01:51 PM (w6EFb)

237 GARDEN THREAD IS BLOOMING
Posted by: Skip
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Poinsettias...will there be Poinsettias?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 20, 2025 01:56 PM (XeU6L)

238 Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok

Australia announces crackdown on “hate speech”

They’re about to start arresting people for memes like the UK

RIP…

X video: https://bit.ly/4jbHHoP

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 20, 2025 01:57 PM (P5BPp)

239 I had no idea someone would think of a Indiana Jones movie in 2023 with the same old casting

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 02:02 PM (Ia/+0)

240 In the "history of all civilization"? Give me a break. No one knows what has or has not happened for stuff like this "in all of civilization". Hell, we don't even know what has or has not happened in all of *American* history. And what we do know, some are lies. Since people lie. Just look at all the lying that happened during 2020 alone for the Plandemic.

This is why I don't believe in any of these content creators, because they have to put out BS like this to get attention. Also, how does this square with all the "polls" out there showing the young generation are supporting socialism. Are churches now leading young people to socialism? Considering many churches push illegal immigration and global warming and other nonsense, it wouldn't surprise me.

Fox News @FoxNews

“Right now in America, we are witnessing a miracle. This generation — young generation — believes in God and is going to church at higher rates than their parents.”

“That’s never happened before in the history of all civilization. That is incredible.” - @bennyjohnson

X video: https://bit.ly/45lY10m

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 20, 2025 02:19 PM (P5BPp)

241 I see the Department of War called theirSyrian strike from yesterday "vengeance". Very refreshing.

And what did the military use in the strike? Well, among other things, they rolled out the A-10. The vengeance machine.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 20, 2025 02:32 PM (/cpaV)

242 PET THREAD IS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 03:45 PM (Ia/+0)

243 I took Elvis to the park today and as I was driving a huge hawk I didn't even see took off right next to me and full at window height for about 40 feet. Very cool.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 20, 2025 04:58 PM (viF8m)

The Classical Saturday Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

[H/T Sharon (Willow's Apprentice)]

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Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. Before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few housekeeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Escanaba).

1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2) Be kind, be nice. He's checking his list twice or something like that.
3) No running with sharp objects. None. Nada. Zilch.
4) The Fabulous and I wish you a Merry Christmas from the Frozen Tundra.
5) Have a great weekend!

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AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List
Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update.
Prayer Requests:
11/6 - D sent an update on his wife Susan, and her battle with cancer. He sent his thanks to everyone for the prayers. They are helping and much appreciated. Susan had an infection which is being treated, but her sodium levels are bad again. She will be sent home soon, but is on restrictive fluids until this is cleared up. The good news is that she has gained some weight back and her voice is much stronger now. Thank you, and please keep up the prayers. They appreciate everyone!
11/20 Update – Susan is out of the hospital, after 2 weeks. For the first time in months, she doesn’t have any drainage tubes. Chemo is on hold for the next 2 weeks, to give her time to rest, recover, and gain some weight back. Thank you, everyone, for your prayers – please continue them!
12/18 Update – Susan has been receiving IV antibiotics at home for the last few weeks. Thankfully her white count is back to normal, and she was able to start chemo again. Some of that cancer did come back, in the meantime, but they think it will be knocked back down now. She has been having abdominal pains. Thank you, everybody, for your prayers.
11/15 – Smell the Glove asked for prayers for an 81 year-old aunt who has colon cancer. She is stopping chemo, since it’s not working and it’s tiring her out. Doctors will determine if any other treatment is proper.
11/29 Update – Thank you all for the prayers. The good Lord had another plan and the aunt passed away. She had taught at a Catholic school for over 20 years, raised 3 daughters and had 8 grandchildren. She also babysat Smell the Glove the first couple of years of life.
11/15 – Sponge posted an update on the “First lady”. She is doing OK from the surgery pain-wise, however it appears her compromised immune system from chemo is susceptible to viruses. She has been spiking a fever all weekend.
12/13 Update – The First lady is doing well. She is still on restrictions but things are progressing nicely. The last mammogram showed clean. They are grateful to all who have been praying for her.
11/20 - Bluebell sent an update on grammie winger - good news! At her appointment, the doctor said her bloodwork is nearly perfect and her cancer cell count is dropping. She is in minimal pain. The chemo is working, thanks be to God! She will go back in 3 weeks for another round of chemo and then they will do a CT scan to see if she can have surgery to clean out the rest of the tumors. She is convinced – CONVINCED – that this is due in no small part to the treasured prayers of friends and family! They gave her weeks, and now she is looking at possible remission.
12/17 Update – Bluebell sent along another update from grammie winger. She has had 4 rounds of chemo, which have fried her short term memory (her words) and caused great fatigue. She was scheduled for surgery this week, but the doctor decided she was too weak, so she will continue with chemo until she is stronger. She apologized for not being around much because she can’t follow conversations, but is praying that will get better once her chemo is over. In the meantime, she wishes to share her Christmas greetings with the “motley crew”, and she appreciates every prayer.
11/22 – Duke Lowell posted an update. He said that he is gradually starting to feel normal again, two months after his surgery. The main problem is that the effects of anesthesia are still suppressing his appetite.
11/22 – Commissar Hrothgar posted prayers for President Trump, to keep him safe from harm and may the many forces of evil arrayed against him and our country be made ineffective and come to naught.
11/22 – Oddbob requested prayers. He found out that his job is going away the end of December. They are a one-income family. He also requested prayers for another co-worker, who is in the same situation.
11/22 – Cosda sent an update on his wife’s condition. She started a year of immunotherapy in June for cancer. She is doing well with her treatments every three weeks, but her follow up dermatology scan found another mole with melanoma and 2 other abnormal and suspicious spots. She will be having more tissue removed from those areas for lab tests. Prayers are appreciated.
11/22 – The Walking Dude sent an update. We prayed for his mom in August, when she fell and broke her hip. She is 90 years old. She is still in the hospital but has been transferred to a better rehab run by the Masons. They are unsure if she will ever get out. Please pray for her recovery and return home.
11/24 – Bulg requested prayers for a neighbor who has cancer, and also prayers for his son and two of his friends, who are moving into a rental house in Arlington, VA on 11/28. Prayers for the 3 of them, that they may live together contentedly, and prayers for Bulg and his wife as they adjust to their son’s absence.
11/26 Update – The neighbor passed away on 11/24. Prayers are needed for the neighbor’s husband, Steve, as he grieves. They had no children.
11/29 – From about That Time asked for prayers after a lymphoma diagnosis. From about That Time has already begun chemo, and the kids and granddaughter had fun cutting off a ponytail and shaving hair in preparation.
12/13 Update – The first week of chemo was “like buttah”, but the second week was spent in the hospital, dealing with side effects.
12/1 – P received news that her 24 year old daughter has changed her name to a male name and had “top surgery”. P needs wisdom as to how to speak to her, and also how to speak with P’s other children, in a loving but honest way. Also, that God will use this to turn all their hearts back to Him.
12/3 – Teresa in Fort Worth posted an update. She had an MRI on 12/3, and will meet with the oncologist on 12/4, the surgeon on 12/8, and the surgery on 12/11. This is a good thing, because it looks like more tumors are starting to crop up in her liver. It doesn’t appear to have spread beyond there yet, thank goodness.
12/12 Update – Teresa’s liver is still intact, and she will be going home with a HAI pump inside her liver, which will provide medication in a more targeted attack against the cancer.
12/13 Update – Teresa is up and around, recovering fairly quickly from surgery.
12/18 Update – Teresa will have a “pump fill” on Friday, then head out of town. (The fill is just Heparin and saline to keep the pump flowing for the next 2 weeks.) After they are back, the pump will have the new chemo medication. The best Christmas present is, if this pump works, she could go 2-3 YEARS before worrying about the cancer coming back. It is truly a Christmas miracle. She wrote that they are blessed to have such stellar medical care nearby and so many people saying prayers on their behalf.
12/4 – E asked for prayers as she will be having surgery in two weeks. She is nervous, but everyone she has spoken with has nothing but good things to say about the surgeon, and she is looking forward to being on the other side of it. Please pray that all will go according to God’s will and that His name will be glorified.
12/6 – M requested prayers for Ron and Sherri. Ron has late stage Parkinson’s/dementia, and he recently fell and shattered his hip. He also requested prayers for Al, who fell through a railing and then down 12 feet, and broke seven ribs. He also punctured his lung. He is home now, recovering.
12/6 – Comrade Flounder asked for prayers for his FIL, who went to the hospital for AFIB, congestive heart, and received two stents. FIL is home now, still short of breath, and has a long road ahead. He is a kind-hearted man and a loving father. Comrade Flounder’s wife lost her mother a few years back to brain cancer, so having this go on is even more difficult during the holidays.
12/6 – neverenoughcaffeine asked for prayers for Tim, an acquaintance through church. He has prostate cancer and begins 28 days straight of radiation.
12/6 – pawn asked for prayers for a dear friend named Julia, who was told by her doctors that she has very little time to live. Julia has an incredible mind and drive. She was a Naval officer, a college professor, a competitive sailor, and a mother. She went to the hospital with pneumonia a couple of weeks ago and left with a terminal illness diagnosis. Please pray to God to give her the strength she needs in these last few days, and the peace that comes from acceptance.
12/12 – Bulg requested prayers for his wife’s brother’s wife, whose dementia has taken a turn for the worse. This week she entered a memory care facility. He asks for prayers for her, Bulg’s brother-in-law, and their two grown daughters. Bulg also asked for prayers for a woman from church who has cancer, and the woman’s granddaughter, who lives with her.
12/13 – Our Country is Screwed asked for prayers for a dear friend’s 3 week old granddaughter who is battling meningitis. They are waiting on results from and MRI. Another friend’s wife is having kidney issues. She has only one kidney, and it isn’t functioning well.
12/13 – San Franpsycho requested prayers for Mrs. F, who sprained her foot due to a fall on 12/12.
12/13 – FenelonSpoke asked for prayers for retired organist Jessie, for strength and for her to feel God’s love. In the past month Jessie’s daughter has died from cancer, as have her two closest friends from church, whom she had known about 85 years.
12/13 – Schnorflepuppy asked for prayers for his wife. She was diagnosed a few weeks back with inflammatory breast cancer and started chemo on 12/2. On 12/3 she spiked a 104 fever and had to be brought to the hospital, where they discovered pneumonia. She has been in ICU for most of the week, to get her enough oxygen and work on the pneumonia. She is improving, but slowly.
12/16 – Jim in Kalifornia sent an update that surgery went well, and his thanks for the prayers.
12/16 – Banana Dream asked for prayers for his wife, who is having surgery on 12/17 to remove pins, steel, hardware, etc. that was put in a year ago after a really bad break of her ankle. The hardware has caused various nerve issues and inflammation over the last year, so the surgeons will be removing it.
12/17 Update – Banana Dream sent his thanks to everyone who offered prayers for his wife’s surgery. It went well. The surgeon removed most of the hardware. There was one part that was too fused with the bone, so it had to stay in. She is doing well. In about 2 weeks, she should be able to walk and then in 6-8 weeks she should be fine.
12/17 – Annie’s Stew sends thanks to God for notsothoreau, who sends many, many prayer requests from the various comments and postings. Notsothoreau is so diligent and such a sweet person!
12/17 – Weird Dave requested prayers. His parents have realized they need to move to assisted living, but they are 1500 miles from Weird Dave. Prayers for clarity on how to make the necessary changes as efficiently as possible, as well as to find the best place for his parents, that will also work for the entire family.
For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 07:10 AM

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1 Hi.

Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 07:11 AM (W7XSX)

2 They almost killed my friend with chemo. He is now on Immunotherapy and it is working.

Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 07:13 AM (W7XSX)

3 Roomy

Posted by: fluffy at December 20, 2025 07:14 AM (AN2gy)

4 Rosary today will be dedicated to the sick and those travelling.

Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 07:15 AM (W7XSX)

5 I am about to do something I've wanted to do since childhood. Me and my wife leave in half an hour to go horseback riding in the ocean! I've always wanted to try it, and there's a place right down the road that offers rides. Yeehaw!

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 20, 2025 07:16 AM (O6icp)

6
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 20, 2025 07:16 AM (tljrc)

7 Thank you for the coffee thread MH.

Any way to fix the site for mobile readers?

Posted by: Dandalo at December 20, 2025 07:17 AM (3QsZU)

8 Good morning Mis Hum and Horde

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 07:18 AM (Ia/+0)

9 Morning again, caffeinators,

I didn't realize the Coffee Thread started so early; I thought it was not for another hour. Fine by me!

I'm on my third small cup of the Cafe El Morro espresso-type Aldi sells. $3.25 for 8.8 oz, so $7.50 nets you more than a pound. I try always to have a brick in reserve in the cabinet.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 20, 2025 07:18 AM (wzUl9)

10 I am about to do something I've wanted to do since childhood. Me and my wife leave in half an hour to go horseback riding in the ocean! I've always wanted to try it, and there's a place right down the road that offers rides. Yeehaw!
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 20, 2025

***
Keep an eye out for that partial statue with the torch.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 20, 2025 07:19 AM (wzUl9)

11 Best Smart Military Blog EVER!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 20, 2025 07:20 AM (Cjt/F)

12 Praying for all Horde intentions. And grateful for Annie's Stew and notsothoreau who together are a great team doing the Lord's work. Think of the many, many prayers that have been said due to their kindness and diligence!

And Weirddave, good luck with your parents' move. From what I know based on my experience and that of my friends, the hardest thing is convincing the parents that they need to move and accept help. After that it's a lot of hard work, but worth it.

Posted by: bluebell at December 20, 2025 07:20 AM (79pEw)

13 Grit is having a James Stewart Westerns day on Christmas. There might be one or two I haven't seen, or haven't watched in years.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 20, 2025 07:21 AM (wzUl9)

14 G'morning again. I have coffee now. The timing of the thread is perfect.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 20, 2025 07:22 AM (O7YUW)

15 Morning peeps.

Brisk 26 degrees here. Supposed to get up near 50 today. Heat wave.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 20, 2025 07:22 AM (NwnyJ)

16 Next week is supposed to be around 80 daily, so a warm Christmas.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 20, 2025 07:25 AM (VCgbV)

17 When I read about medical miracles of the 21st Century like that of Teresa, I am very glad that I live now instead of fifty, sixty, or even a hundred years ago.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 20, 2025 07:26 AM (wzUl9)

18 Next week is supposed to be around 80 daily, so a warm Christmas.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 20, 2025

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Tell us about it.

Posted by: Donner et al, sweating along with Santa at December 20, 2025 07:27 AM (wzUl9)

19 In another life I could be a Snowbird, I H8 winter

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 07:31 AM (Ia/+0)

20 Lord, some days I grow weary and feel overwhelmed. Those are the days I have turned my eyes away from the cross. Lord I know that you love us beyond our ability to understand. I know that you are our good father and that your mercies are never ending. I know that you are sovereign over all creation. Lord, let your presence be felt by all of us. Lord hear our prayers.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at December 20, 2025 07:32 AM (MolB1)

21 Just looked, no chance for a White Christmas, 40s for high most of the next week

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 07:33 AM (Ia/+0)

22 "The Thin Man" is on TCM this afternoon then one of my favorite Christmas movies, "Remember the Night" with Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray , is on this evening.

Posted by: Tuna at December 20, 2025 07:33 AM (lJ0H4)

23 Which brings up the question. Before Rudolph that suck-up took over the lead, which of the reindeer would have been the lead in the team? They are usually drawn as being four pairs, though, not like sled dogs in single file.

I loved the line in Fatman with Mel Gibson. When one of the reindeer nips a visitor to the stable, Kris says, "Be glad it wasn't Donner. She'd rip your package right off."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 20, 2025 07:34 AM (wzUl9)

24 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 20, 2025 07:36 AM (u82oZ)

25 TCM is my problem, if didn't have HD could watch it, only HD won't let me, yet other non HD channels I can see.
A catch 22

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 07:37 AM (Ia/+0)

26 Amen, Sock Monkey.

Posted by: bluebell at December 20, 2025 07:39 AM (79pEw)

27 I can testify about Annie’s Stew comment on NotSoThoreau. She is really good people. And smart.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 20, 2025 07:39 AM (u82oZ)

28 Here is music for a morning sashay around the kitchen:
https://youtu.be/R9T2H8QJjlw
Reveillez-Vous
Peter White

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 20, 2025 07:41 AM (u82oZ)

29 Prayers sent up for all. So happy to have an update on grammie.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 20, 2025 07:43 AM (2NHgQ)

30 {{{bluebell}}}

Here is to a wonderful Christmas for you and yours.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 20, 2025 07:44 AM (u82oZ)

31 Thank you, Salty! The same to you.

Posted by: bluebell at December 20, 2025 07:46 AM (79pEw)

32 Prayers continue to ascend for those in need and those that do not ask for help.

Annie's Stew helps make this smart military blog, filled with outsized opinions, good people, and deep knowledge, an exceptional tribe.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 20, 2025 07:47 AM (u82oZ)

33 Which brings up the question. Before Rudolph that suck-up took over the lead, which of the reindeer would have been the lead in the team?

On dancer, on prancer, on donner and vixen, time to get santa back to the prison...

Posted by: Ghetto Santa at December 20, 2025 07:47 AM (R/m4+)

34 $3.25 for 8.8 oz, so $7.50 nets you more than a pound.
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$6.50 would like a word with you too

Posted by: No Math But at December 20, 2025 07:50 AM (nK972)

35 I do miss my wife keenly, as she made every Christmas at home a wonderland. I can not do a fraction of the holiday decorating she did.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 20, 2025 07:50 AM (u82oZ)

36 Mornin',all

Haven't been here in a great while. I started by reading through the prayer list. Prayers up for all listed, and for those who have not asked.

Grammie, chemo-brain is a real thing! I didn't think it was real until it happened to me. Couldn't concentrate enough to read books or at it's worst, watch TV. Total attention-deficit like behavior!

Rest assured, it does fade away and get back to normal.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 20, 2025 07:50 AM (WE0m7)

37 Have a great day, everyone.

Be that swan gliding serenely though choppy water. Never let them see the feet moving fast.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 20, 2025 07:51 AM (u82oZ)

38 Prayers up for all the Horde's intentions. Those asked and unasked.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 20, 2025 07:51 AM (bQ4nt)

39 Please Lord, hear the prayers of your people. Those mentioned above, and especially those known only to you. Thank you for the healing, forgiveness, and graces you have bestowed upon us. All Glory, honor and praise be to your name.
Amen.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 20, 2025 07:51 AM (7v6oI)

40 MLii so glad to see you popped in

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 07:53 AM (Ia/+0)

41 Yesterday was our 45th anniversary. Mrs got a lovely sapphire necklace and I got a 12 pack of Modelo. We typically don't do anything for anniversaries, but this seemed to be milestone we weren't sure we'd hit after her bout with cancer.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 20, 2025 07:54 AM (bQ4nt)

42 Hi Skip! Hope all is well

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 20, 2025 07:55 AM (WE0m7)

43 My ride's here. Off to breakfast. Later.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 20, 2025 07:55 AM (bQ4nt)

44 Happy Anniversary to you and the Mrs., olddog!

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 20, 2025 07:55 AM (WE0m7)

45 MLii still going at it daily

Arts and crafts for a very small miniature game for day after Christmas

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 07:56 AM (Ia/+0)

46 I heard an old time radio program from the 50s and he pronounced it “Ha-NOO-kah” with emphasis on the “noo” part.

I know this one - Merry Christmas Peace on Earth to Men of Goodwill

Posted by: Is that right? at December 20, 2025 07:58 AM (nK972)

47 22 "The Thin Man" is on TCM this afternoon then one of my favorite Christmas movies, "Remember the Night" with Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray , is on this evening.
Posted by: Tuna at December 20, 2025 07:33 AM (lJ0H4)

Thanks for the reminder- "Remember" is one of my favorites as well! Highly recommended.

Prayers up for all. You are a blessing to so many.
I'll add my thanks to Annie's Stew and NST.

Posted by: sal at December 20, 2025 07:58 AM (f+FmA)

48 Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 20, 2025 07:50 AM (u82oZ)

==

{{{Salty}}}

I can only imagine how different it feels without her there. But she is there with you! I'm a firm believer in that. And she's probably laughing at your decorating skills.

Much love to you as you navigate Christmas without her.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 20, 2025 07:58 AM (qBdHI)

49 What a long week. 80+ miles/hour wind gusts which caused widespread power outages and many fallen trees. We've had unusually warm temps which meant rain not snow, we caught part of the heavy rains that plagued the PNW, so the ground has been saturated and the trees have toppled more easily. Many where the gusts sheared off tree tops, we lost one pine and a friend lost 18 trees. Our little piece of heaven was without power for 2 1/2 days. So thankful that the power is back since temps have returned to the 20's. Also thankful that we installed a generator in October which has been used twice in one week.
Lily Beagle is in hospital with pancreatitis, it's mighty quiet around here without her. Hoping they spring her from hospital tomorrow.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 20, 2025 08:00 AM (2NHgQ)

50 En mi casa toman Bustelo!

Posted by: Caffiend at December 20, 2025 08:01 AM (oftw2)

51 I rarely comment on this thread, but read through each weekend.

Prayers to all who need them and to all who need them and don't know it. God is the great healer.

Merry Christmas to each of you. May it be a time of fond remembrance if needed and a time of joy for all!

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at December 20, 2025 08:02 AM (47diA)

52 >>>45 MLii still going at it daily

Same, Skip! I've officially joined the 65 year-old club, but not quite ready to hang up the job title. Maybe a couple more years, God-willing!

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 20, 2025 08:02 AM (WE0m7)

53 I think will work 2 more years God willing

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 08:04 AM (Ia/+0)

54 Good Saturday morning, horde!

Prayers said for all of you.

Special mentions:

E, I hope your surgery went as hoped and you can give us a positive update this morning. Prayers continue.

Schnorflepuppy, prayers continue for your wife--I hope she's feeling better this week.

And, Hiya, JT.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 20, 2025 08:07 AM (h7ZuX)

55 The rains of the past day have deleted winter, I've been able to see the damage the plowman did to the apron, it's extensive.

The town is going to get an earful.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 20, 2025 08:09 AM (XV/Pl)

56 Thank you, Annie! I just wanted to help keep the prayer list going. Doing my part.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 20, 2025 08:12 AM (+mUZM)

57 “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” – Isaiah 9:6

Lord Willing Peace for all.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 20, 2025 08:14 AM (gbOdA)

58 Good morning horde!
Prayers for all the horde in need

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 20, 2025 08:15 AM (znREB)

59
Love this closing line:

"The Fatman's got his eye on you, kid."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 20, 2025 08:15 AM (2Ez/1)

60 We had earlier snow here than the past few years, that stayed for a few weeks because -- COLD! But lateley we have had temp fluctuations from 7 degrees to 45! Most of the snow and ice is gone, for now. 34 and windy today, but predicted to be in the 30s-40s this coming week, and a high of 49 on Christmas!

Ok by me if I don't have to drive in or shovel the snow!

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 20, 2025 08:16 AM (WE0m7)

61 >>I can not do a fraction of the holiday decorating she did.

My first Christmas without my wife, as well. She did all the decorating, too. I haven't done anything. Maybe next year.

Posted by: one hour sober at December 20, 2025 08:18 AM (Y1sOo)

62 Good morning Horde Thx MisHum.
Prayers for the Horde and their loved ones in need.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 20, 2025 08:18 AM (MoRvC)

63 Going to 79 down here by the Bay

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 20, 2025 08:20 AM (gbOdA)

64 Prayers for all.

Posted by: Mick at December 20, 2025 08:22 AM (HFx9z)

65 The best Christmas decorations belong to other people.
You get to drive or walk around and enjoy them, but you don't have to put them up, take them down, maintain, or store them.

Kinda like boats.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 20, 2025 08:23 AM (2Ez/1)

66 The Philadelphia Flyers radio announcer broke the cardinal rule in broadcasting:

Always assume the mic is hot.

"While you’re down there, would you mind blowing me?"

Funny, though.

Posted by: one hour sober at December 20, 2025 08:23 AM (Y1sOo)

67 This is the first year, possibly in my life, that I didn't put up a Christmas tree. I don't usually decorate much, because I can't be bothered with it, but I've always liked a real tree.

I'm only home on weekends because I stay with Mom, and neither I nor Mr. Dmlw! wanted to go through it this year. It will be Christmas, regardless.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 20, 2025 08:24 AM (h7ZuX)

68 Good morning MisHum, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at December 20, 2025 08:25 AM (wtPTj)

69 53 I think will work 2 more years God willing
Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 08:04 AM (Ia/+0)

I've been working in IT for over 40 years. In a little over 2 years, I'll be 62 and I'm hanging my hat up. All done with computers. Thoughts are that I go get my CDL and drive a bus or do OTR for a couple of years then find a comfie chair, sit on the porch and watch the world go by.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 20, 2025 08:27 AM (7v6oI)

70 Kinda like boats.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 20, 2025 08:23 AM (2Ez/1)

Pools fit in this category

Posted by: A dude in MI at December 20, 2025 08:28 AM (/6GbT)

71 We had bitterly cold weather earlier in the week. Single digits. With wind. Glad I put up the outside lights before all that.

It's a bit subdued here. My wife and I are both struggling a little with health related issues, nothing serious, but it's kept us from doing much decorating inside.

Daughter and family will be here sometime in the afternoon on Christmas Day. It'll be wild.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 20, 2025 08:28 AM (NwnyJ)

72 56 Thank you, Annie! I just wanted to help keep the prayer list going. Doing my part.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 20, 2025 08:12 AM (+mUZM)

It's a great thing that you do!

Posted by: m at December 20, 2025 08:31 AM (RuTUS)

73 Mostly reason to keep working, besides money, is I like doing what I do.

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 08:31 AM (Ia/+0)

74 My niece had her second boy a couple of weeks ago and I finally got a working link to her photo album. He looks just like every baby ever. So sweet. Her four year old boy is not entirely happy that he isn't Mom's full focus anymore, but he's getting lots of Dad time. He'll probably get a new motorcycle out of the deal.

Posted by: huerfano at December 20, 2025 08:32 AM (98kQX)

75 Two reasons to always have a job:
1. The money.
2. Daytime television.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 20, 2025 08:32 AM (2Ez/1)

76 >>. It will be Christmas, regardless.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 20, 2025 08:24 AM (h7ZuX)

True.
Haven't decorated in many years. I do miss it, though. Used to go crazy with a tree in every room. Kids thought it was fun.
Now I hold the decorations from my childhood that are stored here since mom passed...this will be the 3rd Christmas she's gone. Time really flies. Anyway, my goal is to be more organized and decorate for next year's Christmas.

Bless you Dmlw for taking care of your mom

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 20, 2025 08:33 AM (WE0m7)

77 >>Mostly reason to keep working, besides money, is I like doing what I do.
Posted by: Skip

Same!

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 20, 2025 08:35 AM (WE0m7)

78 $3.25 for 8.8 oz, so $7.50 nets you more than a pound.
——-

$6.50 would like a word with you too
Posted by: No Math But at December 20, 2025

***
Ah! Even better.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 20, 2025 08:36 AM (wzUl9)

79 We didn't put up a tree either.

Well, technically that's not entirely true. We have a small, artificial tree with lights for "ambiance" in the den. It has every White House Christmas ornament from Trump's first administration, and this years on it. Plus some gold ornaments. Looks like you'd expect a "Trump tree" to look.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 20, 2025 08:37 AM (NwnyJ)

80 Good morning again dear morons with gratitude to annie and mh and you morons for praying.

b"h Mrs. F. is healing well and almost back to 100%
{grammie}
Hiya JT

Also, iirc Sponge's FiL had a fall with injury this week.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 08:37 AM (9ipOP)

81 "Mostly reason to keep working, besides money, is I like doing what I do."

Hmmm, in a 25 year career involving working in several different facets of my profession, I've had a few days where I thought I did something pretty cool or interesting. Most days I pray for God to send his Holy Asteroid before I reach the parking lot. I've probably got a long road to go before I retire, assuming I last that long, but if I had the money today I could walk away and not miss it for a second. I've got about a billion other things that interest me to keep my brain and body active.

Posted by: PabloD at December 20, 2025 08:39 AM (Epuwl)

82 Yesterday was our 45th anniversary. Mrs got a lovely sapphire necklace and I got a 12 pack of Modelo. We typically don't do anything for anniversaries, but this seemed to be milestone we weren't sure we'd hit after her bout with cancer.
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 20, 2025 07:54 AM (bQ4nt)
====

Mazel tov!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 08:39 AM (9ipOP)

83 75 Two reasons to always have a job:
1. The money.
2. Daytime television.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 20, 2025 08:32 AM (2Ez/1)

LOL

Kill your tv!

*afore it kills you

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 20, 2025 08:39 AM (h7ZuX)

84 This has been in the morning prayers a lot recently:

"Your Light will come, Jerusalem,
the Lord will dawn on you in radiant beauty."

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 20, 2025 08:39 AM (tcsrY)

85 Update before I get going this morning: Lil Pookette is due mid-August 2026! I feel pretty good, have all the classic first-trimester symptoms, and the first ultrasound will be on Tuesday.

Posted by: pookysgirl, still a bit nervous at December 20, 2025 08:40 AM (Wt5PA)

86 >Mostly reason to keep working, besides money, is I like doing what I do.
Posted by: Skip

You’re very lucky. What I like to do doesn’t pay me but makes me pay them.

35 years of hating every minute of my job before I retired. But I’m glad I had it and learned a lot that benefited me outside the workplace.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 20, 2025 08:41 AM (KDPiq)

87 Pookysgirl!! Does that make three? What a blessing!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 20, 2025 08:42 AM (h7ZuX)

88 {Salty}{one hour sober}

You are honoring your spouses' memories.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 08:42 AM (9ipOP)

89
Mostly reason to keep working, besides money, is I like doing what I do.

I still work, for certain definitions of "work". I have a little LLC (great for burying things for tax purposes) and do contract work searching patents for a firm on the West Coast. It keeps my brain active and earns some pin money.

I've been working for the last month on the worst job I've ever had. Four searches on some patent applications from the client with first claims so broad that just about anything can fit in them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 20, 2025 08:43 AM (tgvbd)

90 Good morning dear friends. I see Mis Hum is familiar with the U.P.'s bustling town of Escanaba. Many a time have I shopped the Walmart there. There's a restaurant we always ate at too but I can't remember the name of it.

Please know that all your prayers, and the prayers of others, are what has sustained me. God listens and has extended His grace upon me. Thank you ever so much.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 20, 2025 08:45 AM (SfhV1)

91 24 degrees out but clear
I ought to go so I can get back

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 08:46 AM (Ia/+0)

92 Pookysgirl, congrats to you and the whole Pooky family!!

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 20, 2025 08:47 AM (UONii)

93 I also retired early because I wanted to be relatively healthy to do all the things I wanted to do. Glad I did because after five years I have noticed ‘diminishing returns’ on being very physically active.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 20, 2025 08:47 AM (KDPiq)

94 We typically don't do anything for anniversaries, but this seemed to be milestone we weren't sure we'd hit after her bout with cancer.
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 20, 2025 07:54 AM (bQ4nt)
====

May God continue to bless you. Congratulations!

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 20, 2025 08:47 AM (SfhV1)

95 Update before I get going this morning: Lil Pookette is due mid-August 2026! I feel pretty good, have all the classic first-trimester symptoms, and the first ultrasound will be on Tuesday.
Posted by: pookysgirl, still a bit nervous at December 20, 2025 08:40 AM (Wt5PA)
=====
Fabulous news!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 08:47 AM (9ipOP)

96 Pookysgirl, how wonderful!

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 20, 2025 08:48 AM (SfhV1)

97
Please know that all your prayers, and the prayers of others, are what has sustained me. God listens and has extended His grace upon me. Thank you ever so much.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 20, 2025 08:45 AM (SfhV1)

Can't say I've got much influence Upstairs, but it can't hurt any.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 20, 2025 08:48 AM (tgvbd)

98 "While you’re down there, would you mind blowing me?"

Never gets old. Heh.

Posted by: Billy Jeff at December 20, 2025 08:48 AM (2fEfy)

99 Good morning, grammie! Glad you've joined us. We love you!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 20, 2025 08:48 AM (h7ZuX)

100 100

Posted by: m at December 20, 2025 08:49 AM (RuTUS)

101
Rules to remember at any public event

1) Always assume the mic is live

2) Always assume the camera is on you

In the twilight of my life, my last ambition is not to "go viral".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 20, 2025 08:50 AM (tgvbd)

102 Merry Christmas MisHum, may the Lord bless you and yours.

Posted by: Rural Fellow at December 20, 2025 08:50 AM (UZlJN)

103 grammie's here!

*tucks in shirt*
*smooths down cowlick*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 08:50 AM (9ipOP)

104 USA GDP set to tumble as Skip contemplates retirement! Millions will suffer.

Posted by: The Huge Manatee!! at December 20, 2025 08:51 AM (oftw2)

105 Love you all too, Dash! More than you know.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 20, 2025 08:51 AM (SfhV1)

106 Hi Grammie, hope you have a blessed Christmas!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at December 20, 2025 08:52 AM (kOluj)

107 *tucks in shirt*
*smooths down cowlick*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 08:50 AM (9ipOP)

*hands grammie a milkshake*

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 20, 2025 08:52 AM (SfhV1)

108 grammie!!! So good to see you. We will continue to pray. Big hugs and love to you and yours!

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 20, 2025 08:52 AM (UONii)

109 Reminds me, Mrs. F. is well enough for me to whine up a batch of Chanukah donuts.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 08:53 AM (9ipOP)

110 grammie, so good to hear from you.
pookysgirl, congratulations on the pending lil pooky.
Hadrian, have any of your pups had pancreatitis? So far 2 different vet offices haven't given me a solid reason for her condition. That said, she's allergic to many foods and we just changed her dry food since her former food company went out of business. One vet suspects the food change.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 20, 2025 08:54 AM (2NHgQ)

111 big hugs, grammie!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 20, 2025 08:54 AM (DoBxX)

112 We love you Grammie! *smooches*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 20, 2025 08:54 AM (kpS4V)

113 I've seen Hanukkah spelled four different ways this week. Please pick one.

Posted by: Shabbos Goy at December 20, 2025 08:54 AM (oftw2)

114 Most of us who came of age in a certain era are probably very, very happy that cell phone video recording was not a thing. Many of us would have been memes a hundred times over, on a constant YouTube loop most likely

Posted by: Common Tater at December 20, 2025 08:55 AM (V73VQ)

115 You want interesting weather? Yesterday Whiteface Ski Center in the Adirondacks was closed due to winds at the summit reaching 110 mph. Skied there several times back in the day and it could get nasty fast

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 20, 2025 08:56 AM (MoRvC)

116 San Franpsycho , someone said you have a substack? Link?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 20, 2025 08:56 AM (znREB)

117 "God and sinners reconciled."

Posted by: Lyrics to ponder at December 20, 2025 08:56 AM (2Ez/1)

118 My late first husband passed away in Sept of '97. By December of that year, I still wasn't ready to do any decorations. But I had a little boy who was almost three years old and was very excited about Christmas. I put up a tree, pasted on some fake enthusiasm, and got Christmas done. The following Christmas was better.
In 2009 my mom passed away on Dec14th. That's Hubbymayhem birthday. I didn't give a damn about Christmas that year and just wanted it over. Mom loved Christmas and decorated everything! Hubbymayhem and the kids said "we have to decorate! Mom would be disappoint if we didn't!". I agreed to putting up the tree but that's all! and went upstairs to avoid the hoopla. They did all of the decorations! Not just the tree, everything. I spent every day hating the decorations and wanting to burn them. The next year was better.
Time heals the heart.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 20, 2025 08:56 AM (2J/Lj)

119 Motion - since the US has wisely reverted to “War Department”

“Gross National Product” can make a return as well. “Domestic” sounds faggy and vaguely commie, which was probably the point anyhow

Posted by: Common Tater at December 20, 2025 08:57 AM (V73VQ)

120 Grammie great seeing you here , hope you are doing well

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 20, 2025 08:57 AM (MoRvC)

121 Hanukkah spelled four different ways

"Yes. She was a magnificent beast."
-- TE Lawrence to his editor, about his camel's name.

You start with these languages with no vowels, and pretty soon...

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 20, 2025 08:58 AM (zdLoL)

122 “ Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.”

Isaiah 7:14

Posted by: Marcus T at December 20, 2025 08:58 AM (zfkPG)

123 Good morning! Back from Quintana Roo for a family vacation. other than terrible flight days both in and out (you have to connect for this destination and the weather wreaked havoc) it was a PERFECT week.

I forgot how much I love it there. Will miss the coffee! every morning a nice ceramic mug of traditional coffee

saw many pretty fishes - more than the last time we were down there. the reefs look better!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 20, 2025 09:00 AM (emBoF)

124 May He who brought you salvation shine upon all of you, especially those most in need. Lord bring your peace and comfort to those who seek you.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 20, 2025 09:00 AM (zfkPG)

125 Hi vmom, thanks for asking and for your interest. Are you in touch with Ben Had? I can ask her for your email and send it to you. I can't post it here and maintain opsec.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 09:01 AM (9ipOP)

126 - {{{{ grammie }}}}

One of very few left I remember from my earliest times here. And one of, if not thee best.
You gave us "...in the history of things happening" and **drum roll**
BALL ONE!!! CUBS WIN!!!
And brought faith in our Lord and Savior!!!

Posted by: TeeJ at December 20, 2025 09:01 AM (T08Hw)

127 “ Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.”

God With Us. What mercy and grace we have been given.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 20, 2025 09:01 AM (SfhV1)

128 OMG nooooooooooooooo!

WNBA Players Just Voted to Authorize a Strike “When Necessary”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 20, 2025 09:01 AM (L/fGl)

129 Ha! Merry Christmas TeeJ!

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 20, 2025 09:01 AM (SfhV1)

130 What's A WNBA?

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 20, 2025 09:02 AM (2J/Lj)

131 I've seen Hanukkah spelled four different ways this week. Please pick one.
Posted by: Shabbos Goy at December 20, 2025 08:54 AM (oftw2)
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A literal transliteration would be Chanukah

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 09:03 AM (9ipOP)

132 Do we have any updates on JT?

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 20, 2025 09:04 AM (2J/Lj)

133 The WNBA?
I'm not watching as fast as I can.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 20, 2025 09:04 AM (2Ez/1)

134 Packers play the Bears tonight. I are excited.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 20, 2025 09:04 AM (SfhV1)

135 WNBA Players Just Voted to Authorize a Strike “When Necessary”

For those games when there are more stadium workers than fans in attendance.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 20, 2025 09:04 AM (a4flb)

136 San Franpsycho my email is vo ter mom at the g mail

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 20, 2025 09:05 AM (tcsrY)

137 Apparently this election cycle GOP sabotage will involve wanting tax hikes and raising the retirement age. A couple big winners with voters.

Posted by: connected and litigious at December 20, 2025 09:05 AM (cS1cw)

138 I just saw a post on X that I found amusing - it was a clip of Rick Wilson ranting about how much he hates Trump, on how much everyone (who he knows) hates Trump. A couple posters were asking “why he so mad?”
So I gave them the background: It’s because Rick Wilson 10 years ago thought he was going to be some Big Swinging Dick in conservative organizations. Then he went all Never Trump and joined up with Bill Kristol and the other losers, and now nobody even remembers who Wilson is.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 20, 2025 09:05 AM (0anTZ)

139 134 Packers play the Bears tonight. I are excited.

oh yes!

do the eagles play? I'm wayyyyy out of the loop

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 20, 2025 09:06 AM (emBoF)

140 And why aren't Ciampicino (did I spell that right?) and Witchdoktor on the absent friends list?

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 20, 2025 09:06 AM (2J/Lj)

141 Eagles Redskins at 5 today.

Posted by: Mick at December 20, 2025 09:07 AM (HFx9z)

142 >> Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 20, 2025 08:56 AM (2J/Lj)

“ Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.”

Isaiah 46:4

Posted by: Marcus T at December 20, 2025 09:07 AM (zfkPG)

143 do the eagles play? I'm wayyyyy out of the loop

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 20, 2025 09:06 AM (emBoF)

I'm not sure. I know they usually start Saturday games towards the end of the season leading into the plaayoffs.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 20, 2025 09:07 AM (SfhV1)

144 WNBA Players Just Voted to Authorize a Strike “When Necessary”

A game just before the MLB players strike was my last MLB game I ever watched.

The game just prior to NFL players kneeling was the last NFL game I ever watched.

Fortunately I didn't wait for an WNBA strike.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 20, 2025 09:07 AM (a4flb)

145 I think the WNBA hired a somali PR person. The most unlikeable league in the biz.

The management is quite inept whoever it is.

Posted by: connected and litigious at December 20, 2025 09:07 AM (cS1cw)

146 Hey. It's a living. Plus we get to keep all the green plastic dildos we find.

Posted by: WNBA stadium workers at December 20, 2025 09:07 AM (2Ez/1)

147 - And a very blessed celebration of the birth of our Lord and Savior, God's perfect Lamb, to you dear lady!!!

Posted by: TeeJ at December 20, 2025 09:08 AM (T08Hw)

148 Good morning grammie.

Very nice to see you.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 20, 2025 09:08 AM (viF8m)

149 The Ralph Kramden of politics. One of these days, Alice, POW!, straight to the Moon!

Trump Directs NASA to Return Astronauts to the Moon by 2028

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 20, 2025 09:08 AM (L/fGl)

150 Update before I get going this morning: Lil Pookette is due mid-August 2026! I feel pretty good, have all the classic first-trimester symptoms, and the first ultrasound will be on Tuesday.
Posted by: pookysgirl, still a bit nervous at December 20, 2025 08:40 AM (Wt5PA)

Pookysgirl -
In a world filled with darkness and bad news, this is such great news! Congratulations. The world needs more junior Morons.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 20, 2025 09:09 AM (7v6oI)

151 It’s because Rick Wilson 10 years ago thought he was going to be some Big Swinging Dick in conservative organizations.

He got himself confused with his wife's bull.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 20, 2025 09:09 AM (a4flb)

152
Must. Have… Coffee…

William Shatner- every morning.

Posted by: Auspex at December 20, 2025 09:09 AM (4Uno2)

153 A literal transliteration would be Chanukah
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 09:03 AM (9ipOP)

On the Enterprise they celebrate KHAAAANNN! -ukah.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 20, 2025 09:09 AM (0anTZ)

154 Imagine siding with Bill Krystol.

Posted by: connected and litigious at December 20, 2025 09:09 AM (cS1cw)

155 Good morning JackStraw. I'm having a pretty coherant morning so it's nice to be able to stop in.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 20, 2025 09:10 AM (SfhV1)

156 That used to get me torqued pretty good. All ready to listen to Bruce Williams or some talk program, and the radio station would cut the feed and switch to East Maquoketa girls horse shoe tournament.

The local college had their own radio station too, but insisted on pre-empting everything for football and basketball. Why don’t their broadcast their stuff on their stuff? I suspect money might have changed hands somewhere in this arrangement.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 20, 2025 09:10 AM (V73VQ)

157 the radio station would cut the feed and switch to East Maquoketa girls horse shoe tournament.

I would listen.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 20, 2025 09:12 AM (SfhV1)

158 - Well, there goes the neighborhood.

Prayers for all. Maybe for those who remember, I should tack on...
LEOFB

Posted by: TeeJ at December 20, 2025 09:12 AM (T08Hw)

159 Good to hear from you Grammie!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 20, 2025 09:12 AM (0anTZ)

160 [Packers play the Bears tonight. I are excited.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 20, 2025 09:04 AM

{{{{{{grammie}}}}} !!! It's great to see you!

Are you so excited you're breaking out Thorvald's Cream of Lutefisk soup for halftime?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 20, 2025 09:12 AM (0sNs1)

161 Hi Tom Servo! Merry Christmas!

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 20, 2025 09:12 AM (SfhV1)

162 "East Maquoketa" sounds very stolen landsy.

Posted by: connected and litigious at December 20, 2025 09:13 AM (cS1cw)

163 President Trump Directs NASA to Return Astronauts to the Moon by 2028

Note well that he didn’t mention anything about “.. and returned safely to Earth”.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 20, 2025 09:13 AM (V73VQ)

164 Grammie, I'm reminded of you every morning. Someone walks down my street every day at 7:30 AM in a really fancy, very-new looking Cubs winter coat. (I'm in NC).

Posted by: Nordisk Tidende at December 20, 2025 09:13 AM (oftw2)

165 Are you so excited you're breaking out Thorvald's Cream of Lutefisk soup for halftime?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 20, 2025 09:12 AM (0sNs1)

End of first quarter.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 20, 2025 09:13 AM (SfhV1)

166 Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 20, 2025 09:05 AM (tcsrY)

===
Sent!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 09:13 AM (9ipOP)

167
*Imagine siding with Bill Krystol.*

Hey, Rick Wilson, don't be a schnook. It's not how you feel, it's HOW YOU LOOK!
And you look mahvalus dahling!

Posted by: Oh, wait. That's Billy Crystal. at December 20, 2025 09:14 AM (2Ez/1)

168 Nordisk Tidende - How fun! Can't recall how many days to Spring Training.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 20, 2025 09:14 AM (SfhV1)

169 On the Enterprise they celebrate KHAAAANNN! -ukah.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 20, 2025 09:09 AM (0anTZ)
====

On the door they hang a Wreath of Khan.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 09:15 AM (9ipOP)

170 "Wreath of Khan"

I chuckled

Posted by: connected and litigious at December 20, 2025 09:16 AM (cS1cw)

171 I have a dear old friend coming to visit me this morning so I guess I better put clothes on. See you soon, God willing!

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 20, 2025 09:16 AM (SfhV1)

172 Note well that he didn’t mention anything about “.. and returned safely to Earth”.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 20, 2025 09:13 AM (V73VQ)

I think along these lines every time I see that China is fired up about sending someone to the moon. I’m sure they could get them there, but I wonder if they realize that getting them back is the really hard part.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 20, 2025 09:17 AM (0anTZ)

173 Selling ice to the Eskimos.

Japan to Begin Importing U.S.-Made Toyotas Following Talks With Trump

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 20, 2025 09:17 AM (L/fGl)

174 and the radio station would cut the feed and switch to East Maquoketa girls horse shoe tournament.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 20, 2025 09:10 AM (V73VQ)

That reminded me of the covid bullshit when ESPN was scraping the bottom of the barrel for some "sport" event to broadcast. I never watch that network outside of the local Mexican restaurant. We were having dinner there and ESPN was on and broadcasting a corn hole tournament, A belly flop competition, and some competition involving rolling a marble through an obstacle course to see which marble gets the farthest and fastest. It was literally the most entertaining thing ESPN has ever broadcast!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 20, 2025 09:17 AM (2J/Lj)

175 >>I know they usually start Saturday games towards the end of the season leading into the plaayoffs.

That happens once the college football regular season is complete.

Posted by: one hour sober at December 20, 2025 09:18 AM (Y1sOo)

176 The WNBA striking is like the 200 lb, Blue hair , pig nose ring, woke girl stating she’s not having any sex with Trumpsters.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 20, 2025 09:19 AM (KDPiq)

177
“Gross National Product” can make a return as well. “Domestic” sounds faggy and vaguely commie, which was probably the point anyhow.
Posted by: Common Tater

Interesting. I thought it had always been gdp, but it chamged in '91.

GNP vs. GDP: What’s the Difference?
The shift was essentially a change in focus from "Who is producing?" to "Where is it being produced?"

That sounds like they wanted to hide all the off shoring the MBAs had foisted on us.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 20, 2025 09:19 AM (QVmho)

178 I suspect the WNBA team apparel biz is a gold-mine. Got my Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky Sweatshirts in rotation.

Posted by: Soy Boy at December 20, 2025 09:19 AM (oftw2)

179 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 09:19 AM (ZOv7s)

180 President Trump Directs NASA to Return Astronauts to the Moon by 2028

Note well that he didn’t mention anything about “.. and returned safely to Earth”.
Posted by: Common Tater
________

That's because Katy Perry and Gayle King are slated for that one.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 20, 2025 09:20 AM (XvL8K)

181 Like the meme: Lego for kids 5-99. Dick Van Dyke can no longer play with Lego

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 20, 2025 09:20 AM (MoRvC)

182 130 What's A WNBA?
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 20, 2025 09:02 AM
$20 same as under the bleachers.

Posted by: Eromero at December 20, 2025 09:21 AM (yPhso)

183 Every time I believe I’m suffering, no matter the greatness of that pain, all I have to do is look around me to see how small that burden is. But most of all, when Jesus alleviates that pain for those in need, and gives them comfort, it brings me great joy. That’s because it is the living Word, and the Holy Spirit he left for us at work in the world.

Never give up hope, for He is with us always.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 20, 2025 09:21 AM (zfkPG)

184 Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky Sweatshirts in rotation.
Posted by: Soy Boy

What the fuck is Indiana Fever? I've lived in Indiana my whole life and have never heard of this... whatever it is.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 20, 2025 09:21 AM (2J/Lj)

185 Speaking of Toyota:

"The Toyota Hilux is set to launch in the U.S. for the 2026 model year, featuring a 201-horsepower turbo-diesel engine and a starting price of $32,000. This marks the first time the Hilux will be available in the American market, where it is expected to compete with other midsize trucks."
(That's from some generic AI search engine.)

That sound you hear is guys everywhere rejoicing.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 20, 2025 09:22 AM (2Ez/1)

186 Newest story on Brown that many cameras turned so Pali Protestors and Jew hating could not be recorded.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 20, 2025 09:22 AM (gbOdA)

187 I thought NASA's Artemis II with a crew of four was launching for the moon early next year. Turns out they are just orbiting, not landing.

Posted by: one hour sober at December 20, 2025 09:22 AM (Y1sOo)

188 What the fuck is Indiana Fever? I've lived in Indiana my whole life and have never heard of this... whatever it is.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 20, 2025 09:21 AM (2J/Lj)

Like Montezuma's Revenge but from White People foods.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 20, 2025 09:23 AM (gbOdA)

189 I would like for NASA to take the Atlas and Apollo capsule and return to the moon. It worked over 50 years ago multiple times.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 20, 2025 09:23 AM (KDPiq)

190 Saw a chat on YouTube yesterday that many people think if the WNBA goes on strike the NBA may let it fold . Such a tragedy.
I also just realized how ignored the WNBA is. When I type in any other pro league they are automatically capitalized by the keyboard. The WNBA is not.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 20, 2025 09:25 AM (MoRvC)

191
I can't post it here and maintain opsec.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Proton.me or gmx.com create a free throw away account, use your nic here as the user name.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 20, 2025 09:26 AM (QVmho)

192 'I am the one that will fix it' | Gov. Tim Walz addresses fraud in Minnesota programs

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Walzing Minnesota, Walzing Minnesota
"You'll come a Walzing Minnesota0 with me!"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 20, 2025 09:27 AM (L/fGl)

193 185 Speaking of Toyota:

"The Toyota Hilux is set to launch in the U.S. for the 2026 model year, featuring a 201-horsepower turbo-diesel engine and a starting price of $32,000
Finally. Hopefully 4WD, as the Good Lord intended.

Posted by: Eromero at December 20, 2025 09:28 AM (yPhso)

194 > I thought NASA's Artemis II with a crew of four was launching for the moon early next year. Turns out they are just orbiting, not landing.
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I read a post a couple days ago that seemed to imply some of the Artemis flights, maybe not that one, would be "optionally manned."

Wiggle room in case the 'experts' are not sure about its safety.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 20, 2025 09:29 AM (NwnyJ)

195 would like for NASA to take the Atlas and Apollo capsule and return to the moon. It worked over 50 years ago multiple times.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 20, 2025 09:23 KAM (KDPiq)

Let's not be silly here! We can't use reliable, proven technology that was developed by white men who smoked and had wives!!! We have to build all new stuff so women and minorities and lgbtxyz freaks can feel "seen" while they ignore it all!

Anywho... Serious question here...
How long can the astronauts live on the moon? Has that ever been determined?

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 20, 2025 09:30 AM (2J/Lj)

196 It just occurred to me that Hall of Famer baseball players like Mantle and DiMaggio had off season jobs.

The WNBA gets nothing! Entitled lesbians are so cliche.

Posted by: connected and litigious at December 20, 2025 09:30 AM (cS1cw)

197 Phrases I'd like to see disappear from sports announcing:

1. He's like a Swiss Army knife...
2. He has a chance to play on Sundays...
3. Get it to third down and manageable...
4. He leads the team in TFL's...
5. His motor is always running...

Posted by: muldoon at December 20, 2025 09:31 AM (/iMjX)

198 Watching the DC police chiefs resignation speech where she said 'to my haters , f**k you", makes it obvious the Dems hate us . Such pleasant people

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 20, 2025 09:31 AM (MoRvC)

199 That sounds like they wanted to hide all the off shoring the MBAs had foisted on us.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 20, 2025 09:19 AM (QVmho)
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Yes, I was in college when the shift happened and it was because "national" economic output was increasingly taking place outside the nation.

As a measure of national economic output/strength, having your overseas subsidiaries make stuff doesn't really say much about what the actual country can do.

Also: academics like to change terminology regularly to make themselves feel elite. "Oh, you still use that measurement? You're old."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 09:31 AM (ZOv7s)

200 200

Posted by: m at December 20, 2025 09:31 AM (RuTUS)

201 The WNBA gets nothing! Entitled lesbians are so cliche.
Posted by: connected and litigious at December 20, 2025 09:30 AM (cS1cw)
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If they stop playing, their ratings won't change.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 09:32 AM (ZOv7s)

202 Thanks Bif

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 09:32 AM (A0sqA)

203 Despite the increasing theater Venezuela, migrants, et Al Trump is still dropping in the polls, especially on the economy
Vegas has Dems 3 to 1 favs on retaking the House

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 20, 2025 09:33 AM (3YSNW)

204 Oh, what a good night's sleep. I prayed for this. Its cold and clear out.
Prayers up for all who need or want. I'm turning over, tucking in, and grabbing five minutes more.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 20, 2025 09:33 AM (sl73Y)

205 Phrases I'd like to see disappear from sports announcing:

1. He's like a Swiss Army knife...
2. He has a chance to play on Sundays...
3. Get it to third down and manageable...
4. He leads the team in TFL's...
5. His motor is always running...
Posted by: muldoon

Flyers Suspend Radio Play-By-Play Announcer Tim Saunders for Inappropriate Remark on Hot Mic

The remark in question.

https://is.gd/tqNuT4

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 20, 2025 09:34 AM (L/fGl)

206
So, the wonderful and exploratory Mrs naturalfake decided she wanted to try out one of the little laser projectors with preloaded Christmas iconography to project on your house.

Since they only cost a buck fiddy* thru Amazon...sure! Why not?

I didn't expect much but ackshuallee, it's kinda and bright and goes with the season.

The downside? It's rather small with a shortish (9ft) cord, so unless you buy several (probably 4-6 then extension cords) you can't cover the whole front of your house. Still nice enough if you're just looking for something to fill in that "blank" patch.

BEWARE: This is some kind of LED laser and is VERY BRIGHT. I found this out when I plugged it in and found it was aimed at my face.

Be careful or you'll be blind for Christmas.

FUN FACT: "I'm Going Blind For Christmas" is the worst Christmas carol ever!!!

*Weelllll, it's a bit more than a buck fiddy. Just a bit over two buck fiddy. 😀

Posted by: naturalfake at December 20, 2025 09:34 AM (iJfKG)

207 Morning, Dr. Muldoon. You omitted "tush push" from your list. That one gives me the creeps...

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at December 20, 2025 09:36 AM (kOluj)

208 I saw a cherry Toyota Avalon Thursday. 2014 medium blue 23K miles, with every offered option. Owner’s 87 and says he probably won’t need it much longer

Posted by: Eromero at December 20, 2025 09:36 AM (yPhso)

209 Oz leaps into action!

Australia Starts Mandatory Hanukkah Menorah Buyback Program

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From the Bee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 20, 2025 09:39 AM (L/fGl)

210 Gov. Tim Walz addresses fraud in Minnesota programs

********

"Because I'm foreign enough, I'm dishonest enough, and Gosh Darn it, people dislike me."

Daily Affirmations with Stuart Somali.

Posted by: muldoon at December 20, 2025 09:39 AM (/iMjX)

211 Morning, Horde. Prayers ascending for all of the Horde and Horde-adjacent people.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 20, 2025 09:40 AM (Wnv9h)

212 >>Phrases I'd like to see disappear from sports announcing:

Playing from "behind the chains" enters the chat

Posted by: one hour sober at December 20, 2025 09:40 AM (Y1sOo)

213 Wasn't too bad and quick giving blood sample

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 09:40 AM (Ia/+0)

214 Thanks for the Coffee Thread and Prayer Revival, Mis Hum and Annie!

Blessings on all of God's children this Saturday before Christmas.

And may God continue to bless the U.S.A. and Israel.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 20, 2025 09:41 AM (kB9dk)

215 Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher

********

You are correct, sir! Added.

6. Tush push and all variations (Brotherly Shove, etc.)

Posted by: muldoon at December 20, 2025 09:41 AM (/iMjX)

216 I got an Indiana Fever and the only prescription is more cow bells.
So many cows.

Posted by: GKWVE at December 20, 2025 09:42 AM (rES6C)

217 And have 1/2 a grapefruit and large coffee

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 09:42 AM (Ia/+0)

218 While a bunch of softies took issue with Trump's remarks on Rob Reiner's death, he actually made a good point. We need to be careful how we spend our time, and where we mentally reside. Is it in a place of joy, or one of hate? Hating can be satisfying, but it warps the soul. I'm a Gen Xer, so snark is the language of my people, which is why it must be offset with praise and good-natured humor.

Reiner made great and funny movies, but it is often the case that beloved artists have a darker side, and while engaging on screen or in writing, are vicious in person. It is also true that people can be kind to strangers and friends, but merciless on their family. My paternal grandfather was outwardly a pious, generous man, attended Mass every day, and his financial success was turned to building up his parish. He doted on his grandkids and had tons of friends. But his kids loathed him.

Let this be a lesson to us all. It's fun to comment on events, but we need to retain a sense of joy and gratitude lest we become the very thing we mock.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 09:43 AM (ZOv7s)

219 Prayers requested for my brother as he undergoes carpal tunnel surgery on Christmas Eve day. There was a cancellation and he took it, in spite of the holiday. And the fact that he is hosting a family dinner on Christmas Eve.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 20, 2025 09:43 AM (kB9dk)

220
Also: academics like to change terminology regularly to make themselves feel elite. "Oh, you still use that measurement? You're old."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 09:31 AM (ZOv7s)

___________

*Purchasing Power Parity has entered the chat*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 20, 2025 09:43 AM (tgvbd)

221
Yes, I was in college when the shift happened and it was because "national" economic output was increasingly taking place outside the nation.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

I wasn't able to start college until '92, and didn't get any finance or business admin type of classes until grad school in mid '96. That's why it kind of surprised me. Someone is always trying to rewrtie history to position themselves over others i guess.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 20, 2025 09:43 AM (QVmho)

222 Turns out they are just orbiting, not landing.
——

The “Recreate ‘68” mission was scheduled for 2017, but the module has s fooked.

I mentioned this before, but one of the big problems they had in ‘64 was overheating of thrusters, swelling of teflon seals, and obstruction of the thrusters. It is very difficult to test, because the vacuum of space is much different. The Apollo Oral History project with a Marquardt contractor engineer talks about this.

You’ll never guess what the failure is now, 60 years later. Fucking verbatim. Overheating of thrusters. Swelling of teflon seals, and obstruction of the thrusters. Plus they probably outlawed asbestos.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 20, 2025 09:43 AM (dgu/T)

223 212 >>Phrases I'd like to see disappear from sports announcing:

Playing from "behind the chains" enters the chat
Posted by: one hour sober at December 20, 2025 09:40 AM
Well, the ‘announcers’ don’t have much else to offer, except bullshirt.

Posted by: Eromero at December 20, 2025 09:44 AM (yPhso)

224 "behind the chains"

**********
7. behind the chains
8. leveraging on the boundary
9. dialing up the heat
10. Good "no-call"

Posted by: muldoon at December 20, 2025 09:44 AM (/iMjX)

225 I will add that one of the reasons why I limit my time on the weekly threads is that I recognize this weakness in myself.

I prefer the weekend threads precisely because the temperature is lower and we talk about things rather than snipe at people or events.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 09:45 AM (ZOv7s)

226 Cornhole tournament?

I saw that on the new Hallmark channel.

Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 09:45 AM (W7XSX)

227 Thanks Bif
Posted by: San Franpsycho

No problem, brother. The Horde takes care of its family better than any other I've ever experienced with a singular exception.

Infantry squads.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 20, 2025 09:46 AM (QVmho)

228 "either in the air or on the ground."

Thanks Howard, I didn't think they were going to dig a tunnel.

Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 09:47 AM (W7XSX)

229 Phrases I'd like to see disappear from sports announcing:

Posted by: muldoon at December 20, 2025 09:31 AM

All. All of them. Muzzle the sportsball announcers.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 20, 2025 09:47 AM (kgE5c)

230
I will add that one of the reasons why I limit my time on the weekly threads is that I recognize this weakness in myself.
I prefer the weekend threads precisely because the temperature is lower and we talk about things rather than snipe at people or events.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

I could benefit from this, i admire your discipline. I'll try to be better.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 20, 2025 09:47 AM (QVmho)

231 Also: academics like to change terminology regularly to make themselves feel elite. "Oh, you still use that measurement? You're old."

Also helps to hide the decline by changing the definitions it makes any comparisons to the past far more subjective as all kinds of chicanery goes into the shims to make an old model somehow comparable to a new one.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 20, 2025 09:47 AM (a4flb)

232 muldoon at December 20, 2025 09:44 AM (/iMjX)

11. Previous play under review.

Posted by: dantesed at December 20, 2025 09:48 AM (Oy/m2)

233 It's not Donner. It's Donder. Sheesh.

Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 09:48 AM (W7XSX)

234 The date of the last manned moon mission (1972) is closer to WWII than to today.

Posted by: muldoon at December 20, 2025 09:48 AM (/iMjX)

235 Christmas eve seems odd day for any medical procedure

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 09:49 AM (Ia/+0)

236 I am about to do something I've wanted to do since childhood. Me and my wife leave in half an hour to go horseback riding in the ocean!

How cool is that? The last time I did that was on a date with my then-future wife nearly 40 years ago. It probably wouldn't be so much fun now, or at least the day after wouldn't be.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 20, 2025 09:49 AM (3nLb4)

237 I have to admit that I do not know what most of those "sportsball announcers" are talking about.

Seeing as how I haven't watched any 'sports' in about a decade.

I may have to put a football game up on the TV today, as background noise just to listen.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 20, 2025 09:50 AM (NwnyJ)

238 Miss Linda and I are going out to the local library this morning. I need to stock up on books to get me through to next weekend. We might stop for coffee, and maybe pass by Cavender's to check out the current boot selection. I looked at what they had about two weeks ago, but wanted to see what Boot Barn had.

I still haven't driven up to the Tecovas store about eighty miles away. If I don't see anything I like here, maybe I'll run up after Christmas.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 20, 2025 09:50 AM (wzUl9)

239 11, "Here's a guy"

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at December 20, 2025 09:50 AM (kOluj)

240 Barky's NASA "Muslim outreach" did wonders for the space program.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 20, 2025 09:50 AM (MoRvC)

241 TF is up with Elise Stefanik? I guess being down 19 points to Hochul explains her dropping out of the NY guberbtorial race, but why is she leaving Congress as well? She did not just discover that she has a family, so I'm not buying her stated reason. The whole thing is weird.

Posted by: Brenda Lee Wants Some Fucken Pie at December 20, 2025 09:51 AM (xNHSX)

242
Fortunately, at Rancho naturalfake this year, all the kiddos can make it home.

Though we have different views politically, we drop that aspect of conversation, so that we all have a fun, friendly, loving get together with those we love most.

It makes for a Merry Christmas.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 20, 2025 09:52 AM (iJfKG)

243 I wasn't able to start college until '92, and didn't get any finance or business admin type of classes until grad school in mid '96. That's why it kind of surprised me. Someone is always trying to rewrtie history to position themselves over others i guess.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 20, 2025 09:43 AM (QVmho)
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I went to school at Michigan State and we had a visiting prof from Berkely and were going over the rise of offshoring and she did a riff on how stupid people who wanted to "buy American" were because so many part were already made overseas, and chuckled at their ignorance. The only people who laughed along with her were from out of state. The rest gave her a death stare. She looked confused. I slowly raised my hand and she nodded.

"The reason we ask people to buy American is that most of us have family working in the auto industry and we want to preserve the jobs we sill have left." She blinked, and looked around the room.

"How many people have family working in the auto industry?" Every in-state student raised a hand including me. Shocked face. She only stayed for one semester.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 09:52 AM (ZOv7s)

244 @224 "he runs down hill really well"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 20, 2025 09:52 AM (MoRvC)

245 Pet peeve:

"The previous play is under further review."

No, it's not. It's under review. If it were under further review, that would mean that it was reviewed once and is now being reviewed again.

Posted by: one hour sober at December 20, 2025 09:53 AM (Y1sOo)

246 The date of the last manned moon mission (1972) is closer to WWII than to today.
Posted by: muldoon at December 20, 2025 09:48 AM (/iMjX)

LOL.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 20, 2025 09:53 AM (g8Ew8)

247 Donder and Blitzer is Lightning and thunder

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 09:54 AM (Ia/+0)

248 Phrases I'd like to see disappear from sports announcing:

How about the pre-game commentary from the "experts" who actually have nothing to say.

"I tell ya Bob, the key to this game will be execution.. The team that can control the ball and execute their plan will have the best chance of coming out on top."

Posted by: Oddbob at December 20, 2025 09:54 AM (3nLb4)

249 I saw a cherry Toyota Avalon Thursday. 2014 medium blue 23K miles, with every offered option. Owner’s 87 and says he probably won’t need it much longer
Posted by: Eromero at December 20, 2025

***
If I were in the market for a different car, that sounds like a good deal. 268 hp would be fine for everyday driving.

If something were to happen to the Buick, I have a feeling -- since most American makers have gone the "Sedan? What's a sedan?" route -- I'd need to look at Toyota or Lexus, or maybe Hyundai's Genesis.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 20, 2025 09:55 AM (wzUl9)

250 I could benefit from this, i admire your discipline. I'll try to be better.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 20, 2025 09:47 AM (QVmho)
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Having a job helps. Get home, have dinner, and then debate on getting out the laptop and going online vs painting minis or reading. That's why I'm usually on the cafe if I go here at all.

I think Ace would solve his weight problem if he had more Jesus in his life.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 09:56 AM (ZOv7s)

251 I prefer the weekend threads precisely because the temperature is lower and we talk about things rather than snipe at people or events.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

We're in a kinetic war with the third-world and you want nice?

Posted by: Gutter Snipe at December 20, 2025 09:56 AM (oftw2)

252 Oh no . Jane's Addiction is breaking up. Again. Didn't know they were together again after Farrell and Navarro got into a fight on stage . Anyway...

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 20, 2025 09:57 AM (MoRvC)

253
The date of the last manned moon mission (1972) is closer to WWII than to today.
Posted by: muldoon at December 20, 2025 09:48 AM (/iMjX)

But, hey! We were able to use that money here on Earth and build the finest graft and corruption filled giveaway that made several Democrat politicians rich beyond their wildest dreams, and create welfare dependency throughout the land.

Money well spent!

Posted by: naturalfake at December 20, 2025 09:57 AM (iJfKG)

254 Solid point, AHL. I read the weekday threads as news (and for the creative cruelty), but it's hard for me to reconcile those feelings with the Christian ideals I try (and often fail) to pursue.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at December 20, 2025 09:57 AM (kOluj)

255 Weather here in the north Cali valley is overcast, mild, slightly windy and no rain. Of course Newsom's "governors office of emergency services" have been panic mongering for the past week with the "atmospheric river" nonsense.

I don't think it's raining hard in the mountains or else the overflow channel would be ripping by now - fwiw -it usually rains twice as hard in the sierra vs the valley.

Posted by: 13times at December 20, 2025 09:58 AM (fnZRl)

256 It was never about free speech. It was about First degree murder.

Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 09:58 AM (W7XSX)

257 >>Phrases I'd like to see disappear from sports announcing:

Put a hat on a hat.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 20, 2025 09:58 AM (viF8m)

258
Thanks to April Whateverhernameis, the WNBA brought us the word "mebound". She's the John Henry of bricklayers.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 20, 2025 09:59 AM (0Ti3E)

259 "I tell ya Bob, the key to this game will be execution.. The team that can control the ball and execute their plan will have the best chance of coming out on top."
Posted by: Oddbob at December 20, 2025 09:54 AM (3nLb4)
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Sports announcing is about being able to talk at length while thinking of other things. It's sort of organic AI when you think about it, and requires years of training to be that bland.

Play by play is harder, but related. Finding an actual color commentary guy who provides insight is hard. Jim Miller (formerly of the Bears, and before that MSU) was awesome in that respect. One of the best color guys out there, getting into the weeds of how the QB sees the game, and it was no surprise that we lost him to covering the Bears.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 09:59 AM (ZOv7s)

260 “Visiting professor from Berkely”

They have always had problems, they did good work during the “Good War”, I suppose that’s one reason the left felt compelled to divide Americans up so strongly.

Leslie Groves and Julius Oppenheimer for example were not a likely pair, but they worked together well. After 1970 though, “visiting” anybody from Berkley should have been keel-hauled to serve as a warning to to the others.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 20, 2025 09:59 AM (dgu/T)

261 We talked about Stefanik some last night - she had been in House leadership, but when Trump appointed her to be UN Ambassador her role went to someone else, but when that fell through Johnson didn’t want to demote the person who was doing her old job.
And Stefanik said she didn’t want to fight a contested primary, so she’ll that other guy who just announced have it. And there is probably another personal reason we don’t know and don’t need to.
She leaves on good terms with everyone and can probably get an appointment to whatever she wants, if anything.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 20, 2025 10:00 AM (0anTZ)

262 "I tell you what!"

Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 10:00 AM (W7XSX)

263 I've seen no explanation anywhere for Stefanik's decision.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 10:01 AM (A0sqA)

264 > If something were to happen to the Buick, I have a feeling -- since most American makers have gone the "Sedan? What's a sedan?" route -- I'd need to look at Toyota or Lexus, or maybe Hyundai's Genesis.
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Cadillac. AT-6 Blackwing with supercharged V-8 and a manual 6 speed.

Technically, a sedan. But a bit on the pricey side.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 20, 2025 10:02 AM (NwnyJ)

265
In Cheesehead Country, an exceptional player gives a "hunnert ten percent".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 20, 2025 10:02 AM (0Ti3E)

266 Does Stefanik have any legal background?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 20, 2025 10:02 AM (NwnyJ)

267 The sports call Bulg hates:

Whoa, he has trouble with the snap!
And the ball is free!
It’s picked up by Michigan State’s Jalen Watts-Jackson!
And he scores!
On the last play of the game!
Unbelievable!

~ Sean McDonough

Posted by: one hour sober at December 20, 2025 10:04 AM (Y1sOo)

268 Donder and Blitzen was nickname of the 13th Regiment in Frederick the Greats army

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 10:08 AM (Ia/+0)

269 Whoa, he has trouble with the snap!
And the ball is free!
It’s picked up by Michigan State’s Jalen Watts-Jackson!
And he scores!
On the last play of the game!
Unbelievable!

~ Sean McDonough
Posted by: one hour sober at December 20, 2025 10:04 AM (Y1sOo)
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The MSU Radio tape is hilarious. You can hear the coaches in the booth going "Oh my God!" Color guy Jason Strayhorn lost his mind, shouting "Ball! Ball!" There's a supercut on Youtube with it from every angle and various audio. It brings me joy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 10:08 AM (ZOv7s)

270 One of the best color guys out there, getting into the weeds of how the QB sees the game, and it was no surprise that we lost him to covering the Bears.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 09:59 AM (ZOv7s)

We were laughing this week at the memory of Fred Willard in Best of Show, Best color commentator ever!
Funniest thing I learned about his part is that he almost was sued by Joe Garagiola’s family for - well they couldn’t figure out what for, so they didn’t, but they were still mad.
Late in life, Joe Garagiola took a lot of work as an announcer at all kinds of events he knew nothing about, including dog shows. He would still talk nonstop, even when he had no idea what was going on.
People who’d seen him doing it said Fred Willard’s announcer was a spot on impersonation of old Joe in his prime. (Which to me makes the part even funnier!)

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 20, 2025 10:08 AM (0anTZ)

271 Cadillac. AT-6 Blackwing with supercharged V-8 and a manual 6 speed.

Technically, a sedan. But a bit on the pricey side.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 20, 2025

***
Yes, one of the Cadillacs -- ATS? XTS? I don't know which is larger; I like a big sedan -- with the 300 hp engine would be sharp.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 20, 2025 10:09 AM (wzUl9)

272 Solid point, AHL. I read the weekday threads as news (and for the creative cruelty), but it's hard for me to reconcile those feelings with the Christian ideals I try (and often fail) to pursue.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at December 20, 2025 09:57 AM (kOluj)
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Lots of black-pilling, which obscures the very real wins we are racking up, wins we never even dreamed of, wins that if we think about he, we have not known before. Yet rather than offering praise and gratitude to God, we piss and moan about the stuff we don't have RIGHT NOW.

I just can't be a part of that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 10:10 AM (ZOv7s)

273
Have those stranded Chinese astronauts in their damaged spacecraft returned to Earth?

Returned alive, that is.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 20, 2025 10:10 AM (0Ti3E)

274 Busted coverage.

Posted by: dantesed at December 20, 2025 10:10 AM (Oy/m2)

275 Good morning Horde. Christmas greetings to all of you. It was so nice to see grammie here this morning and My Life is Insanity. For those who are experiencing a first Christmas after losing someone special I offer special prayers, it will get better.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 20, 2025 10:12 AM (0nHVk)

276 @270 "just think, in some countries that dog would be lunch"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 20, 2025 10:13 AM (MoRvC)

277 A year ago our hearts were full of praise and joy, a sense of relief and deliverance.

Two years ago we trembled at what the future would bring, and I openly predicted full-on civil war. I knew they would try to kill Trump and that if that happened, all hell would break loose.

We need to get back to that attitude, and remember that God is love and God always wins. Maybe we need to lose here and there to keep us honest or because now is not yet the time.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 10:14 AM (ZOv7s)

278 It sure is nice that my book on the Spanish Civil War is losing its relevance. Not great for sales, but I can accept that.

My book on China, however, is aging very well indeed. All sorts of cracks in the facade indicating that the CCP is just like any other faltering dynasty.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)

279 Good morning all
Good to see that none of you are worse for wear and that most are hanging in there. So good to see positive news even though things are still tough.
Hannukah party in the rear view window and I am going to be away for Christmas so not feeling the holiday spirit. Maybe it's MD but it just seems decorations are half hearted and all I get are desperate ads trying to get me to buy more stuff.
What is it like where you all are?

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 20, 2025 10:17 AM (t/2Uw)

280 >>Yes, one of the Cadillacs -- ATS? XTS? I don't know which is larger; I like a big sedan -- with the 300 hp engine would be sharp.

CTV-5 Blackwing. 6.2 liter V-8 with 668 HP.

want

Posted by: JackStraw at December 20, 2025 10:18 AM (viF8m)

281 Sometimes we are being chastised, not a punishment, but as a needed correction.

Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 10:19 AM (W7XSX)

282 At our house we call the sports talk pre- and post-game "jibber jabber"

Apparently it takes 6 ex-jocks or coaches moderated by either a woman or a jock-sniffing 98 lb. weakling to fill an hour or five before kickoff.

Posted by: muldoon at December 20, 2025 10:20 AM (/iMjX)

283 Last Wednesday was our 48th anniversary. She passed away over 6 years ago. But it is still our anniversary. I thank God that such a sweetheart lived.

Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 10:21 AM (W7XSX)

284 What is it like where you all are?

Same.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 20, 2025 10:21 AM (Kt19C)

285 Morning Hordemates!
This is a perfect time for prayers and coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 20, 2025 10:22 AM (2WIwB)

286 CTV-5 Blackwing. 6.2 liter V-8 with 668 HP.
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Tried talking my wife into one. Take her 2020 Explorer ST with a twin-turbo V-6 @ 400HP and pretty much all the bells and whistles as a trade.

No joy.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 20, 2025 10:23 AM (NwnyJ)

287 What is it like where you all are?
Posted by: Sharon

*********

Peaceful.

"For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord."

Posted by: muldoon at December 20, 2025 10:24 AM (/iMjX)

288 Gary Danielson is the worst. I cannot understand how he got where he is.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 20, 2025 10:24 AM (XvL8K)

289 Morning Hordemates!
This is a perfect time for prayers and coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes

*********

No scratching this morning?
Dermatitis better?

Posted by: muldoon at December 20, 2025 10:25 AM (/iMjX)

290
Wow, we're having a real Texas Christmas/Winter this week.

Temps in the mid 60s to mid 70s all week long!

Posted by: naturalfake at December 20, 2025 10:25 AM (iJfKG)

291 Over the last few months I've been following various channels that cover events in China, usually watching them over the weekend, but sometimes taking in daily reports. I saw one last week alleging that there are two grades of Chinese weapons and equipment (TA-50): display and what is actually issued.

The display stuff is used for parades and demonstrations with state media and is of excellent quality. The stuff given out is junk, full of defects and cheaply made. The contractors know that the soldiers can't complain because it would cause a scandal and undermine claims of China's quality arms production, so the soldiers just suck it up. There are videos that circulate showing boots that wear through the toes quickly, super-thin fabric, etc., but this is officially suppressed.

Sun Tzu comes to mind here: the PLA won't allow itself to know itself, and so it will lose.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 10:26 AM (ZOv7s)

292 Good morning good people.

Prayers for all Hordian intentions - those requested and those known but to God.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 20, 2025 10:27 AM (cYBz/)

293 Be careful or you'll be blind for Christmas.

We tried to tell you.

Posted by: The supporting cast of A Christmas Story at December 20, 2025 10:27 AM (0sNs1)

294 Stefanik said she wanted to spend time with her son. She is only 41 and already has a long list of accomplishments. Her son is young and maybe spending time with him is more important than professional aspirations. I sympathize. I was running a non profit with multiple,programs when my first son was born. I walked away from it all. Never regretted it for a minute.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 20, 2025 10:28 AM (t/2Uw)

295 No scratching this morning?
Dermatitis better?
Posted by: muldoon at December 20, 2025 10:25 AM (/iMjX)

It seems to clear up on the weekends.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 20, 2025 10:29 AM (2WIwB)

296 We need to get back to that attitude, and remember that God is love and God always wins. Maybe we need to lose here and there to keep us honest or because now is not yet the time.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Part of my nightly prayers is: "Father, bless me with your presence. Renew my faith and fill me with hope for tomorrow. I trust you and I surrender all my fears and worries to you." Amen

It's hard to fully achieve that lack of worry, but we can try.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 20, 2025 10:29 AM (cYBz/)

297 Referee: "The previous play is under review..."

Translation: "I'm a big football fan and I'm stuck out here on the field working during the big game, so you all just sit there for five minutes while I go find a TV and watch the plays I missed. And grab some nachos."

Posted by: muldoon at December 20, 2025 10:30 AM (/iMjX)

298 Last Wednesday was our 48th anniversary. She passed away over 6 years ago. But it is still our anniversary. I thank God that such a sweetheart lived.
Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 10:21 AM (W7XSX)
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May Mrs. no one's memory be a blessing

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 10:30 AM (9ipOP)

299 What is it like where you all are?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 20, 2025 10:17 AM

Apparently rutting season is still on, since I saw three bucks (two fork horns and a six-point (for the 'rons) togged out in their winter taupe (for the 'ettes)) chasing does this morning whilst out and about walking one of the dogs.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 20, 2025 10:31 AM (0sNs1)

300 So greta the doom goblin has passed apogee and is set to re-enter reality........will she burn up on re-entry or explode on a Tunguska style event. Place your bets!

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at December 20, 2025 10:31 AM (jrgJz)

301 >>Tried talking my wife into one. Take her 2020 Explorer ST with a twin-turbo V-6 @ 400HP and pretty much all the bells and whistles as a trade.

I watched a video review by Road & Track or one of the magazines. The reviewer was talking about equipping it for winter driving. He concluded his bit by saying "Don't drive this car in winter.".

A rear wheel drive V-8 with nearly 700 HP that gets about 12 mpg. There's no way to rationalize this car. Still want one.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 20, 2025 10:31 AM (viF8m)

302 It's the really bad "Art" that CBD saddles us with that causes all the itching.

Posted by: Ottoman Umpire at December 20, 2025 10:33 AM (oftw2)

303 No scratching this morning?
Dermatitis better?
Posted by: muldoon at December 20, 2025 10:25 AM

It could be lupus.

Posted by: Gregory House, M.D. at December 20, 2025 10:33 AM (0sNs1)

304 Wolfus,
I wound up getting my son some Tecovas too. I told him I'd spilt the cost with him. He loves them!

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 20, 2025 10:33 AM (VCgbV)

305 Duncanthrax, don't see much nature where I am. Maybe a couple of mourning doves prancing around. But it has been unseasonably cold here and haven't even seen them.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 20, 2025 10:34 AM (t/2Uw)

306 And now I want to hear Muldoon call a game.
In five-line rhyming fragments.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 20, 2025 10:34 AM (zdLoL)

307 Awshucks, Fox newsbimbo just announced that "The US launched a calvary strike..."

I hate when that happens. Do you use the Gol Gotha bombers?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 20, 2025 10:38 AM (zdLoL)

308 Duncanthrax, don't see much nature where I am. Maybe a couple of mourning doves prancing around. But it has been unseasonably cold here and haven't even seen them.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 20, 2025 10:34 AM

Haven't seen any wild turkeys around for a week or so. The coyotes have been noisy the last two nights. One of our small dogs listens intently, and then announces she's not happy.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 20, 2025 10:40 AM (0sNs1)

309 So greta the doom goblin

**********

She'll amuse you
And abuse you
She's got beady Davos eyes...

Posted by: muldoon at December 20, 2025 10:41 AM (/iMjX)

310 The problem with the CTF-v is that even with all that great performance, it still looks like a blase’ generic turd.

Harley Earl would NEVER have allowed something that boring to come out of his design studio.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 20, 2025 10:41 AM (0anTZ)

311 She'll amuse you
And abuse you
She's got beady Davos eyes...
Posted by: muldoon at December 20, 2025 10:41 AM

HOW DARE YOU?!!!!????!

Posted by: Greta, the future Mrs. Thunberg-Hogg at December 20, 2025 10:42 AM (0sNs1)

312 A Cadillac with a clutch! Whoa mama.

Posted by: Eromero at December 20, 2025 10:42 AM (yPhso)

313 Watched som of a video of Greta, she has gone to full Marxist with class warfare

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 10:44 AM (Ia/+0)

314 Prayers for all Hordian intentions - those requested and those known but to God.

Admit many of my prayers are like letters to Santa.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 20, 2025 10:44 AM (Kt19C)

315 >>The problem with the CTF-v is that even with all that great performance, it still looks like a blase’ generic turd.

I admit the rear is not my favorite. Which is too bad because that's the view most people will get.

I kind of like that it's a bit understated. Better that than the Boy Racer look.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 20, 2025 10:46 AM (viF8m)

316 I admit the rear is not my favorite. Which is too bad because that's the view most people will get.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 20, 2025 10:46 AM

Join us.

Posted by: Sir Mix-A-Lot at December 20, 2025 10:48 AM (0sNs1)

317 Admit many of my prayers are like letters to Santa.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 20, 2025 10:44 AM (Kt19C)
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Simply pausing amidst the noise of the world and contemplating your needs and desires (and blessings) is helpful. I thought it was interesting that 20 years ago psychologists taught that telling depressed people to "count their blessings" was the worst thing ever, and now it's coming back because maybe you should actually have a sense of gratitude for the good things you have.

It got warm and then snapped back cold here, and the wind chill is something else. Whatever is going on, it still beats being homeless with an empty stomach right now.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 10:48 AM (ZOv7s)

318 288 Gary Danielson is the worst. I cannot understand how he got where he is.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 20, 2025 10:24 AM (XvL8K)
Gets paid in WNBA gear and occasional green doldos.

Posted by: Eromero at December 20, 2025 10:49 AM (yPhso)

319 I don't know where I first saw this prayer--probably here!--but I think it's worth a repeat:

Lord, grant me patience.
Because if you give me strength
I'm going to need a lot of bail money.

Posted by: Wenda at December 20, 2025 10:49 AM (cRhQI)

320 I admit the rear is not my favorite. Which is too bad because that's the view most people will get.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 20, 2025 10:46 AM (viF8m)
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Especially if you drive it in the snow and it goes into the ditch.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 10:49 AM (ZOv7s)

321 Up at Nicea, bishops pause -
Arius and Santa Claus!
One claims a time when the Son was not;
One says that's a heretical thought.

Ho! Ho! Ho!
Who's gonna go?
Ho! Ho! Ho!
Who's gonna go?
Off with a right hook, good St. Nick;
Down goes the dirty heretic!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 10:50 AM (ZOv7s)

322 green doldos.
Posted by: Eromero at December 20, 2025 10:49 AM

The name coming soon to a U.S. dollar bill near you.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 20, 2025 10:50 AM (0sNs1)

323 Up at Nicea, bishops pause -
Arius and Santa Claus!
One claims a time when the Son was not;
One says that's a heretical thought.

Ho! Ho! Ho!
Who's gonna go?
Ho! Ho! Ho!
Who's gonna go?
Off with a right hook, good St. Nick;
Down goes the dirty heretic!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 10:50 AM

I have been informed recently that the good Bishop wasn't even at Nicea. Sad!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 20, 2025 10:52 AM (0sNs1)

324 In five-line rhyming fragments.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver

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Jartavious made a nice interception
Off a teammate's fingertip deflection
As he reached the end zone
He heard the crowd groan
He returned it the wrong damn direction!

Posted by: muldoon at December 20, 2025 10:52 AM (/iMjX)

325 I dunno... revving up a supercharged V-8 with 600+HP and dropping a manual clutch while smoking the rear tires to kingdom come would be.... therapeutic.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 20, 2025 10:52 AM (NwnyJ)

326 I have been informed recently that the good Bishop wasn't even at Nicea. Sad!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 20, 2025 10:52 AM (0sNs1)
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By whom?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 10:53 AM (ZOv7s)

327 Gary Danielson is the worst. I cannot understand how he got where he is.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 20, 2025 10:24 AM
_____
Gets paid in WNBA gear and occasional green doldos.
Posted by: Eromero
_____

He's still overpaid.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 20, 2025 10:58 AM (XvL8K)

328 I celebrated like Muhamad Ali,
a spectacle to see,
mama swole up with pride,
like daddy, except he died.
I’m rollin’ in doldos by golly!
- Jartavious

Posted by: Eromero at December 20, 2025 10:59 AM (yPhso)

329 By whom?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 10:53 AM (ZOv7s)

It’s just Krampus, don’t listen to him.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 20, 2025 11:00 AM (0anTZ)

330 Morning, Tonypete! I like that prayer.... I may borrow it.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at December 20, 2025 11:01 AM (kOluj)

331 By whom?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 10:53 AM

Ann Barnhardt had a post about it recently, and at least of the commenters mentioned this. I haven't had time to research it, though.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 20, 2025 11:03 AM (0sNs1)

332 Imagine the CT5-V with a waterfall grille and a boat tail rear end. And open wheels with big curvy fenders.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 20, 2025 11:04 AM (0anTZ)

333 60 HP is quite enough to get the job done.

Posted by: Horizontally Opposed VW Man at December 20, 2025 11:05 AM (oftw2)

334 304 Duncanthrax, don't see much nature where I am. Maybe a couple of mourning doves prancing around. But it has been unseasonably cold here and haven't even seen them.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 20, 2025 10:34 AM
###

Those are some pretty spiritual doves - they've turned their mourning into prancing.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 20, 2025 11:05 AM (2Ez/1)

335 319 I don't know where I first saw this prayer--probably here!--but I think it's worth a repeat:

Lord, grant me patience.
Because if you give me strength
I'm going to need a lot of bail money.
Posted by: Wenda at December 20, 2025 10:49 AM (cRhQI)

---------

Shall we dub this "The Horde's Prayer"?

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at December 20, 2025 11:06 AM (kOluj)

336
We just need to play our game.
Do what we do.
Leave EVERYTHING on the field.

Posted by: Every pre-game sideline interview ever at December 20, 2025 11:07 AM (2Ez/1)

337 Busty coverage >>>Busted coverage.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at December 20, 2025 11:09 AM (MolB1)

338 Ann Barnhardt had a post about it recently, and at least of the commenters mentioned this. I haven't had time to research it, though.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 20, 2025 11:03 AM (0sNs1)
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My search turned up a Sedevacantist, so I don't care what she says.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 11:09 AM (ZOv7s)

339 Into the gloaming of the Willow.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 20, 2025 11:10 AM (XvL8K)

340
My search turned up a Sedevacantist, so I don't care what she says.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Sedagive?
-Dr. Victor Frankenstein

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 20, 2025 11:16 AM (QVmho)

341 Seems I have been called?

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 20, 2025 11:17 AM (t/2Uw)

342
My search turned up a Sedevacantist, so I don't care what she says.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 11:09 AM (ZOv7s)

___________

The problem with the term "Traditional Catholic" is that despite the fact that almost all are loyal to Rome, it's a short drive to Nut City.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 20, 2025 11:17 AM (RvZHk)

343 Nut Bush City Limit.

Posted by: Eromero at December 20, 2025 11:18 AM (yPhso)

344
Ask you doctor if Sedevacantis is right for you.

Posted by: Big Farma Marketing Department at December 20, 2025 11:21 AM (2Ez/1)

345 Watched som of a video of Greta, she has gone to full Marxist with class warfare
Posted by: Skip

She KNOWS she will be one of the few in charge when the glorious revolution comes.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 20, 2025 11:21 AM (/lPRQ)

346 Nood

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 20, 2025 11:23 AM (2UnvF)

347 DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican

FRIDAY NIGHT THOUGHTS

Many critics have correctly noticed I've worked closely with the Chinese.

I've been an atheist most of my adult life. But for the most part I've been sympathetic with the right wing. And at a point in time, that brought me close to the "China is awesome" wing.

When I traveled to Beijing in 2008, even then, I was amazed at how everything just ... worked. There was no homeless. Society was extremely high trust. China just ... worked. And every visit since confirmed that.

My father, who traveled all over the world for the military, confirmed the same. China ... just works.

Except ... on the last day of the visit wherein I was ready to move to China, which @data_republican can asset to, we got sequestered in a hotel room and we were told to not to peek out out blindfolds. So we did anyway, and saw a very scary military parade of China's missile capability and all that. We witnessed this at the threat of being prisoned for even peeking behind window blinds.

What's the point of this story?

X: https://bit.ly/4jaS50b

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 20, 2025 11:24 AM (P5BPp)

348 Greta needs to market a line of Hamas keffiyehs.

Posted by: Etsy at December 20, 2025 11:24 AM (2Ez/1)

349 Matthew re The Horde's Prayer:

Absolutely!!!

Posted by: Wenda at December 20, 2025 11:25 AM (cRhQI)

350 What's the point of this story?

Fast foward to 2020: my husband and I were constrained from the government in everything, in the COVID-19 era.

We had young, restless children. We went to the local playground, which was closed down.

What did we do? We tore off the tape. That's all we did.

In China, we would have been shot on the spot. That is the price of trading safety for freedom.

When I hear others speak of Qatar in this way, it hurts at a visceral level.

Qatar is a slave state. Qatar trades freedom for safety.

Anyone who says Qatar is "good" simply hasn't stayed long enough to see that trade-off.

America is flawed for sure. But America is still the best country in the world.

The only way to center your morality is not in a country, or in an authority. You have to center it in God. There's no other option that solves the cognitive dissonance the world hands to you.

X: https://bit.ly/4jaS50b

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 20, 2025 11:25 AM (P5BPp)

351 Last Wednesday was our 48th anniversary. She passed away over 6 years ago. But it is still our anniversary. I thank God that such a sweetheart lived.
Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 10:21 AM (W7XSX)

*****

I feel ya, brother.

My wife passed on August 18 after a brief illness. Since then, I've endured her birthday, her favorite holiday (Thanksgiving) and our anniversary. Soon, Christmas.

To steal from a song lyric, I'd trade all of my tomorrows for just one yesterday.

Anywho, back to the housework.

Posted by: one hour sober at December 20, 2025 11:26 AM (Y1sOo)

352 My search turned up a Sedevacantist, so I don't care what she says.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 20, 2025 11:09 AM

*She* didn't say it, one or more of the commenters did.

*getting off my duff and beginning research*

From Wikipedia (yes, I know): "An early list makes him an attendee at the First Council of Nicaea in 325, but he is never mentioned in any writings by people who were at the council. Late, unsubstantiated legends claim that he was temporarily defrocked and imprisoned during the council for slapping the heretic Arius."

I cannot (so far) find an "early list" that lists him, the Bishop of Myra, as a Niceae attendee. And if he slapped Arius, it likely would have been mentioned. I am continuing to search.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 20, 2025 11:26 AM (0sNs1)

353 I am proud to announce upon retirement I will be hosting a new show on the Food Network.

It will be called "BBQing with Uncle Chucky".

Posted by: Chuck Shumer at December 20, 2025 01:23 PM (J9q9v)

354 23 ‐- Rudolph was a blinking flasher!

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at December 20, 2025 02:52 PM (hm5s4)

355 #345 : "Call Comrade Greta! She'll understand"
*bang*

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at December 20, 2025 02:57 PM (hm5s4)

Daily Tech News 20 December 2025

Top Story

A couple of weeks ago I found a mini-PC that was priced - in Australia at least - at just 20% more than the cost of the RAM it includes. It uses regular laptop DIMMs so even if the PC doesn't turn out ideal it's a decent price and lets me upgrade any laptop I buy during the memory drought.

Right after I bought it the price went up and I thought I'd ordered just in time, but then the price came back down.

And a week ago memory prices had climbed to match the price of the whole computer, so I bought another one. I have them both set up and they seem to work well.

And now as memory prices continue to climb, the memory alone is 20% more than the cost of the entire computer, so, yeah, you know it. I think I'm set for computers for a while.

I tried out Ethernet-over-Thunderbolt networking today. Plugged in the cable between the two PCs and got instant 20Gb Ethernet. Magic.

It's not a perfect system - the Ryzen 7 255 lacks an NPU, and it only has one rear USB-A port and that port is USB 2.0 - and it's not one I can recommend to most readers because it costs ~~60%~~ 70% more in the US than in Australia. But it's pretty good for my needs given the destruction that AI buildouts are wreaking on affordability right now.
Elon Musk's $56 billion Tesla pay package, previously set aside by the corrupt Chancery Court in Delaware in an action that led to the company shifting its registration to Texas, has been restored by the Delaware Supreme Court. (Tech Crunch)

Though given the increase in Tesla's share price over the intervening years, it is now a $140 billion pay package.

So nice going, guys.

Tech News

LG is allowing customers to delete the Microsoft Copilot app it forced onto their televisions. (Tom's Hardware)

Or will do at some point.
How a botched firewall update at Australia phone company Optus blocked emergency calls for 14 hours and contributed to the deaths of two people. (The Register)

Layer upon layer of incompetence.
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says it will cost hundreds of billions of dollars to compete - poorly - with other AI companies over the next five to ten years. (Business Insider)

Or you could not do that.
Yann Lecun, until recently the chief AI scientist at Meta, has founded a startup to work on AI systems that aren't hot garbage and is looking to raise funds at a $5 billion valuation. (Tech Crunch)

Key to the new system is building an AI that knows things, rather than just going by statistical language patterns. That is, it has a world model as well as a language model, and the world model is definitive.

This is one of the four steps absolutely required to build a generally useful AI.

ChatGPT scores zero out of four.
Airbus is migrating its apps and data from US-run cloud services to European ones that don't exist. (The Register)

Brilliant.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Bee.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at December 20, 2025 04:01 AM (RuTUS)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 04:02 AM (Ia/+0)

3 !!

Posted by: clarence at December 20, 2025 04:02 AM (JUmo3)

4 Awwww, video unavailable

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 04:02 AM (Ia/+0)

5 Poop. Let me find an alternative.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 20, 2025 04:03 AM (BLOW1)

6 I could get up and put coffee on and make pancakes

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 04:03 AM (Ia/+0)

7 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 20, 2025 04:05 AM (cHNrw)

8 Disclaimer: Bee.

do bee do bee do

Posted by: m at December 20, 2025 04:06 AM (RuTUS)

9 Have to go give blood samples this morning but don't have to fast or anything

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 04:07 AM (Ia/+0)

10 I clame Thi Lizzy's Legend of the Black Rose as a full album might be one of the best of that era

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 04:08 AM (Ia/+0)

11 Good morning.
Beware the drop bear!

Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at December 20, 2025 04:17 AM (lCMio)

12 Ran across this last night (it's a year old!) and am in tears at how funny this is.

https://x.com/eigenrobot/status/
1872844028728967408

Posted by: m at December 20, 2025 04:19 AM (RuTUS)

13 409 Sure seems that Brown University did nothing for their victim students.
And all to protect the diversity Marxism
Posted by: Skip
---

An article posits that they were protecting pass that Trump gave them on a DEI hit like the one's he's been giving other schools.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 20, 2025 04:21 AM (4Q/U3)

14
More Epstein file pics. Mick Jagger and Richard Branson. And more Brit politicians showing up.

Michael Jackson and Diana Ross also showing up the photos.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 20, 2025 04:34 AM (w6EFb)

15 Did Ace ever mention why his computer nuked itself?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at December 20, 2025 04:36 AM (HTCU3)

16 Some weird networky stuff. Not sure if it was his PC or just his home wifi.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 20, 2025 04:43 AM (BLOW1)

17 I just saw Greg Biffle and his whole family died in a small.ane crash Thursday. He was a Nascar driver

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 04:43 AM (Ia/+0)

18 17: yea, it was pretty awful news. Sad to hear. NASCAR has had bad luck with there famous drivers and plane crashes. He'd been retired for a few years now but was pretty successful while active.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 20, 2025 04:56 AM (cHNrw)

19 BBC is all over the released Epstein files.

Posted by: m at December 20, 2025 05:07 AM (RuTUS)

20 Music for a burgler locked in my house?

It took me a while but them I remembered Yoko Ono screeching some song.

Yes. That would be the "music."

Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 05:09 AM (W7XSX)

21
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 20, 2025 05:15 AM (tljrc)

22 More Epstein file pics. Mick Jagger and Richard Branson. And more Brit politicians showing up.

Michael Jackson and Diana Ross also showing up the photos.
----

Did you also see where someone posted a picture of Trump and they blacked out the faces of all the women? Then someone else posted the real picture which was Trump hosting glamour contestants years before he met Epstein.

Posted by: clarence at December 20, 2025 05:16 AM (JUmo3)

23 22 More Epstein file pics. Mick Jagger and Richard Branson. And more Brit politicians showing up.

Michael Jackson and Diana Ross also showing up the photos.
----

Did you also see where someone posted a picture of Trump and they blacked out the faces of all the women? Then someone else posted the real picture which was Trump hosting glamour contestants years before he met Epstein.
Posted by: clarence at December 20, 2025 05:16 AM (JUmo3)

Thanks for this.
This is all gonna be so wild.

Posted by: m at December 20, 2025 05:18 AM (RuTUS)

24 Music for a burgler locked in my house?
----

Queen's "Another one bites the dust".

Posted by: clarence at December 20, 2025 05:18 AM (JUmo3)

25 The obvious choice would have been Bad Boys

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 05:21 AM (Ia/+0)

26 Man writes on Matthew 1:18-25 and "With us in our loneliness " The Christian devotional is followed by some insights and a prayer:

https://tinyurl.com/yt7ewadn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 20, 2025 05:24 AM (PFs9e)

27 20 Music for a burgler locked in my house?
Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 05:09 AM (W7XSX)

How about "Our House is a Very, Very, Very Fine House"?

Posted by: m at December 20, 2025 05:24 AM (RuTUS)

28 "BBC is all over the released Epstein files."

When I was a kid, the BBC was held out as some distinguished news organization. Today, it looks like a crappy version of TMZ. Was it always bad, and I didnt know it, or has it gone to shit, like all government agencies eventually do?

Posted by: The FBI at December 20, 2025 05:25 AM (XaT2C)

29 If it was my alarm system the burglar would be serenaded with a playlist of Baby Shark repeated 10 times followed by Somebody’s Watching Me by Rockwell, then Jailhouse Rock.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 20, 2025 05:25 AM (6ydKt)

30 Man brings us through Christmas with some thoughts about songs tand then sings them acapella. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/4ma8vpk3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 20, 2025 05:28 AM (PFs9e)

31 Young man helps woman struggling on ice:. Faithpot site

https://tinyurl.com/4v7sb3ev

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 20, 2025 05:31 AM (PFs9e)

32 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at December 20, 2025 05:33 AM (AN2gy)

33 Honest Amazon driver:

https://tinyurl.com/yux7u7f9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 20, 2025 05:35 AM (PFs9e)

34 Those are all nice, catchy tunes.

I thought the point was to torture the burgler.

Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 05:36 AM (W7XSX)

35 Layer upon layer of incompetence.

This can be interjected into conversation like "IYou don't say", "Well, then" or "Harumph".

Posted by: fluffy at December 20, 2025 05:37 AM (AN2gy)

36 Have a blessed day, everyone. You are a blessing to others. I have lots to do today. Hope to see you next week:

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 20, 2025 05:38 AM (PFs9e)

37 Baby Shark is torture.

The other two are forecasts.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 20, 2025 05:39 AM (6ydKt)

38 >>> I thought the point was to torture the burgler.

Our House is torture after a couple choruses.

Posted by: fluffy at December 20, 2025 05:41 AM (AN2gy)

39 20 Yoko Ono screeching some song.
Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 05:09 AM (W7XSX)

24 Queen's "Another one bites the dust".
Posted by: clarence at December 20, 2025 05:18 AM (JUmo3)

25 The obvious choice would have been Bad Boys
Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 05:21 AM (Ia/+0)

27 How about "Our House is a Very, Very, Very Fine House"?
Posted by: m at December 20, 2025 05:24 AM (RuTUS)

29 Baby Shark repeated 10 times followed by Somebody’s Watching Me by Rockwell, then Jailhouse Rock
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 20, 2025 05:25 AM (6ydKt)

Posted by: m at December 20, 2025 05:44 AM (RuTUS)

40 I’ve seen a few pics that Bill is going to have to explain.

One is of him in a jacuzzi with a girl.
The other is in a pool with more girls.

The one of him on the plane with a blonde girl sitting on his lap has been around for awhile.

The rest I’ve seen look like typical wealthy party shots with some celebrities (Jagger, Jackson, Ross) here and there.

I am pretty sure one pic I saw was of Walter Cronkite (nothing is captioned) sitting on a couch talking to two other men on a different couch.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 20, 2025 05:46 AM (6ydKt)

41 Mostly a shame its also not Hildabeast in a jacuzzi with young girls

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 05:51 AM (Ia/+0)

42 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 20, 2025 05:51 AM (bQ4nt)

43 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 20, 2025 05:53 AM (Ytdv9)

44 Mostly a shame its also not Hildabeast in a jacuzzi with young girls
Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 05:51 AM (Ia/+0)
----
Welp. There went my appetite for breakfast...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 20, 2025 05:56 AM (ESVrU)

45 Our son, DiL and our grand-dog arrived last night from Va Beach till Monday.

Dexter, the Wonder Dog is growing into a fine young 40 pound dog, with good behavior habits, and fun to have with us.

The cats are not too sure about this intruder, but they are not out of their minds with fear.

Let's see how this plays out.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 20, 2025 05:56 AM (Ytdv9)

46 Good morning morons

Anxiety about Girl F. traveling to Sydney got me up at 2 am

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 20, 2025 05:59 AM (A0sqA)

47 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 20, 2025 06:00 AM (Cjt/F)

48 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Elle.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 20, 2025 06:06 AM (qbLEp)

49 I gotta say, DC's Police Chief's resignation does little to diminish the 'Angry Black Woman' stereotype that is so prevalent nowadays.

Still trying to find the scripture that she was quoting from during the goodbye speech.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 20, 2025 06:07 AM (Ytdv9)

50 "Still trying to find the scripture that she was quoting from during the goodbye speech."

Must be one of those modern translations into the way people speak today.

Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 06:09 AM (W7XSX)

51 Evening and morning, Saturday toilers and early risers!

"Optus" sounds like a Marvel villain, or a code name for a nefarious Thrush project. (Weren't they all nefarious, though?) Or a Thrush agent whose real identity no one knows.

In 1990, when ST:TNG had its big confrontation with the Borg and Picard was turned into one of them, I referred to the episodes as "The Borg Are Back in Town."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 20, 2025 06:10 AM (wzUl9)

52 A quick search of the King James version finds no use of the phrase “F you” anywhere.

I’m thinking she may have made that up, just like the DC crime statistics.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 20, 2025 06:10 AM (6ydKt)

53 Still trying to find the scripture that she was quoting from during the goodbye speech.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 20, 2025 06:07 AM (Ytdv9)
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Something about smiting the Egyptians?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 20, 2025 06:10 AM (qbLEp)

54 The Howard Zinn translation?

Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 06:10 AM (W7XSX)

55 Anyway . . . I slept okay without any melatonin or sleep aid -- tired, I guess, after yesterday's good workout -- and am up with my coffee. Time to slop the feline hogs!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 20, 2025 06:11 AM (wzUl9)

56 Must be one of those modern translations into the way people speak today.
Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 06:09 AM (W7XSX)
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"Jesus be cool, yo."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 20, 2025 06:11 AM (qbLEp)

57
Actually slept until 4:45 this morning, having gone to bed at 10:45.

Her Majesty goes in to the gastrointestinal clinic for an exam this morning at 10:00. No food, no coffee, not even water until then. It's going to be a long and dangerous morning.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 20, 2025 06:15 AM (tgvbd)

58 Wolfus that one morning I accidentally had a Melatonin instead of my zinc gummy makes me wonder how effective they are

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 06:16 AM (Ia/+0)

59 I doubt that it's any Bible that normals could see, probably some tissue of lies from her master ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 20, 2025 06:16 AM (Cjt/F)

60 Wolfus that one morning I accidentally had a Melatonin instead of my zinc gummy makes me wonder how effective they are
Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025

***
Might depend on the dosage, Skip. Mine are 5 mg. If I take one at 9:30 pm along with a generic Unisom, I'm ready to sleep by a little after 10:00. The melatonin alone takes a little longer to work -- it mildly relaxes me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 20, 2025 06:19 AM (wzUl9)

61
WaPo describes it as a "fiery farewell speech". Ohhhh, so your girlfriend is no longer crazy, she's now "fiery", right?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 20, 2025 06:20 AM (tgvbd)

62 Music for burglars? Lennon and McCartney Christmas songs.

mornin yall

Posted by: fd at December 20, 2025 06:20 AM (vFG9F)

63 Actually don't know what I did with the Melatonin, kind of hid them so I didn't do that again. I think they are 10mg at least

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 06:21 AM (Ia/+0)

64 Her Majesty goes in to the gastrointestinal clinic for an exam this morning at 10:00. No food, no coffee, not even water until then. It's going to be a long and dangerous morning.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 20, 2025

***
I have a blood draw on Monday morning at 8:00. Same regimen, except I'm allowed some water. I plan to pack an energy bar in the car and have it as soon as I leave the doctor's office, to hold me until I have some real breakfast. You could stash one in the console and hand it to her when you leave the clinic.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 20, 2025 06:24 AM (wzUl9)

65 Morning, Horde... How goes it?

Yesterday's root canal procedure went very smooth. Barely felt a thing.

As Wolfus suggested, I asked for the GOOD drugs and they delivered.

Now I have to get the permanent filling/crown on Tuesday. Might get the filling, but may have to wait for the crown.

All in all, can't complain too much.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 20, 2025 06:26 AM (ESVrU)

66 Actually don't know what I did with the Melatonin, kind of hid them so I didn't do that again. I think they are 10mg at least
Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025

***
Wow. I didn't know they came in that caliber!

I keep mine in the bathroom medicine cabinet along with my Rxs. The magnesium/zinc/Vitamin D is in a kitchen cabinet.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 20, 2025 06:28 AM (wzUl9)

67 " Brown University killer died two days before his remains were found in storage unit"

Outstanding police work on this case. Give those guys and gals a medal and a plaque.

Posted by: fd at December 20, 2025 06:29 AM (vFG9F)

68 My favorite part of her speech was her insistence that she hadn't fudged the numbers, followed immediately by "and if I had it to do all over again, I'd do it again!"

Posted by: Wally at December 20, 2025 06:30 AM (XaT2C)

69
Did DC chief have the usual phalanx of flunkies behind her while she delivered her "fiery farewell speech"? Were they rolling their eyes and look like they wished they were somewhere else or were they all "Amen! Go sister!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 20, 2025 06:31 AM (tgvbd)

70 Music for burglars? Lennon and McCartney Christmas songs.

mornin yall
Posted by: fd at December 20, 2025

***
If I wanted to drive the trapped burglars insane, a continuous loop of "The Chipmunk Song." If I wanted to make them apprehensive, a loop of Holst's The Planets, esp. "Mars, the Bringer of War."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 20, 2025 06:32 AM (wzUl9)

71 We solved this case through great police work, and the smell. But mostly the smell.

Posted by: Brown University Police at December 20, 2025 06:32 AM (XaT2C)

72 I gotta say, DC's Police Chief's resignation does little to diminish the 'Angry Black Woman' stereotype that is so prevalent nowadays.

Still trying to find the scripture that she was quoting from during the goodbye speech.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 20, 2025 06:07

Maybe it was from Michele's bible. I think it has an oppressed black woman addendum.

Posted by: Farmer at December 20, 2025 06:33 AM (55Qr6)

73 44 Mostly a shame its also not Hildabeast in a jacuzzi with young girls
Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 05:51 AM (Ia/+0)
----
Welp. There went my appetite for breakfast...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 20, 2025 05:56 AM (ESVrU)

Bill sympathizes with you on that.

Posted by: m at December 20, 2025 06:33 AM (RuTUS)

74 27 20 Music for a burgler locked in my house?
Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 05:09 AM (W7XSX)

I am deeply appreciative that I have not been mentioned.

Posted by: Rick Astley at December 20, 2025 06:35 AM (U/EOd)

75 Ditto

Posted by: Mariah Carey at December 20, 2025 06:36 AM (XaT2C)

76 74 27 20 Music for a burgler locked in my house?
Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 05:09 AM (W7XSX)

I am deeply appreciative that I have not been mentioned.
Posted by: Rick Astley at December 20, 2025 06:35 AM (U/EOd)

75 Ditto
Posted by: Mariah Carey at December 20, 2025 06:36 AM (XaT2C)

; )

Posted by: m at December 20, 2025 06:40 AM (RuTUS)

77 "Susan Avalon, 48, was cuffed Wednesday and slapped with murder charges after blasting one ex-hubby with bullets in Tampa, then traveling more than 50 miles to Manatee County to fatally shoot the other later that day around 3 p.m., according to Manatee County Sheriff Rick Wells."

That's real dedication. A ma'am, a plan, BLAM!

The sheriff says "We believe this was premeditated. She knew what she was doing, it was planned and she came here to kill her ex-husband."

Outstanding police work on this case. Give those guys and gals a medal and a plaque.

Posted by: fd at December 20, 2025 06:41 AM (vFG9F)

78 77 "Susan Avalon, 48 ...."
Posted by: fd at December 20, 2025 06:41 AM (vFG9F)

She seems nice.

Posted by: m at December 20, 2025 06:44 AM (RuTUS)

79 The earbuds, the lashes.....

The intellect.

https://tinyurl.com/5bmer2h4

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 20, 2025 06:45 AM (Ytdv9)

80
I gotta say, DC's Police Chief's resignation does little to diminish the 'Angry Black Woman' stereotype that is so prevalent nowadays.

Auctioneers and hockey announcers have nothing on speed-talking compared to wound-up Angry Black Women.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 20, 2025 06:45 AM (tgvbd)

81 Got to go for a blood draw on Monday, the lady is so nice when she does it that she usually doesn't have to poke around to find the vein like can happen.
Their is a McD's right next do so I go and get pancakes and sausage right after. For some reason I like McD's pancakes, the syrup is of course corn syrup colored brown. McD's coffee is a bargain since Starbucks is also right their and they put my name on the cup for and extra 2 dollars.

Posted by: colin at December 20, 2025 06:45 AM (wlQdF)

82 Still too dark to see what the winds did to trees here, expecting lots of branches all over

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 06:46 AM (Ia/+0)

83 sted by: fd at December 20, 2025 06:41 AM (vFG9F)

She seems nice.
Posted by: m at December 20, 2025 06:44

Ya think so? Well I'm inviting her over for Christmas, you can have her. lol

Posted by: Farmer at December 20, 2025 06:47 AM (55Qr6)

84 The site is still small on mobile. Tried different browsers and ensured settings were set to mobile. Even went beck and forth on those to see what happens, but no change.

Hoping someone will fix this. Trying to read on the phone is a pain.

Posted by: Dandalo at December 20, 2025 06:47 AM (3QsZU)

85 "stereotype"

Black women were the Ur-Karens.

They've been Karening for a very long time.

Posted by: undocumented commenter at December 20, 2025 06:49 AM (XIkjV)

86 81 Got to go for a blood draw on Monday, the lady is so nice when she does it that she usually doesn't have to poke around to find the vein like can happen.
Posted by: colin at December 20, 2025 06:45 AM (wlQdF)

It's so great when they can do that.

Posted by: m at December 20, 2025 06:51 AM (RuTUS)

87 heh

Daniel
@growing_daniel
11h
Hi I'm jeffrey. want to take a pic real fast?

Posted by: m at December 20, 2025 06:59 AM (RuTUS)

88 Got to go for a blood draw on Monday, the lady is so nice when she does it that she usually doesn't have to poke around to find the vein like can happen.
Their is a McD's right next do so I go and get pancakes and sausage right after. For some reason I like McD's pancakes, the syrup is of course corn syrup colored brown. McD's coffee is a bargain since Starbucks is also right their and they put my name on the cup for and extra 2 dollars.
Posted by: colin at December 20, 2025

***
Oddly for being so near a college, my doctor's office has a dearth of breakfast places close by. I'm going to have to drive a ways back toward home to visit one I know and like. Hence the energy bar to be stashed in the car.

I'll try staying up until 11:30 or midnight on Sunday, so maybe I can sleep until 5 or 5:30 am and will have less time to sit around without food or coffee.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 20, 2025 07:01 AM (wzUl9)

89 Musk says Trump savings accounts a "Nice Gesture’ but Says AI Will Eliminate the Need to Save Money.

What a relief. Now I can buy that GT3 I've been putting off until I'm 90.

Posted by: fd at December 20, 2025 07:02 AM (vFG9F)

90 G'morning Pixy and everyone else. Just got up, so I need some coffee to clear the cobwebs outta my mind.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 20, 2025 07:06 AM (O7YUW)

91 90 G'morning Pixy and everyone else. Just got up, so I need some coffee to clear the cobwebs outta my mind.
----

So, your coffee is strong enough to kill the spiders?

Posted by: clarence at December 20, 2025 07:07 AM (JUmo3)

92 Speaking of breakfast for me: an egg scrambled and seasoned with a little cheddar cheese, and the last two croissants, first with the egg and then with some honey.

The Killer Kittenz have eaten. Stirling is settled atop the back of the couch, and Dagny is off somewhere, meditating.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 20, 2025 07:08 AM (wzUl9)

93 Yay. I ran over something (sounded like glass) on the highway while driving home from work this morning. The tire pressure system on the car let me know that my pressure needs checked about 5 minutes later. This has happened before. I wind up taking it to NTB and they'll fix the tire. Or, I'll just get 4 new ones. I'll see on Monday. I have to work tonight and I guess I'll take the subway. I just found out the DC Metro opens a bit earlier now on weekends, 0600. That works as I get off at 0600. Still won't get home till near 0700 as the first yellow line train going my direction is at 0627. First World Problems (shrugs).

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 20, 2025 07:08 AM (sAmhv)

94 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at December 20, 2025 07:08 AM (2Ez/1)

95 Is it still on the radar that we will all get a check from the Feds next year?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 20, 2025 07:09 AM (wzUl9)

96 89 Musk says Trump savings accounts a "Nice Gesture’ but Says AI Will Eliminate the Need to Save Money.

What a relief. Now I can buy that GT3 I've been putting off until I'm 90.
Posted by: fd

AI decides the human race needs to be eliminated. Saving money isn't necessary when were dead!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 20, 2025 07:10 AM (sAmhv)

97 Remember that Clown in the gutter is really a very large Spider

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 07:11 AM (Ia/+0)

98 "94 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering"

The column broke in half and I fixed it with JB Weld. Still holding.

The spot where it broke had a piece of plastic embedded in it, like it was used for filler. They don't even make birdbaths like they used to.

Posted by: fd at December 20, 2025 07:11 AM (vFG9F)

99 Nood coffee break.

Posted by: no one at December 20, 2025 07:11 AM (W7XSX)

100 Trump was still taking tariff checks just a week or so ago.

Posted by: Dandalo at December 20, 2025 07:12 AM (3QsZU)

101 Put yer pants back on

Posted by: fluffy at December 20, 2025 07:12 AM (AN2gy)

102 Hey hey! It's Meme Saturday!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 20, 2025 07:15 AM (Cjt/F)

103 This is one of the four steps absolutely required to build a generally useful AI.

- and -

Musk says Trump savings accounts a "Nice Gesture’ but Says AI Will Eliminate the Need to Save Money.

If the biggest brains (and budgets) are just starting to toy around with a world model, it has a longer way to go to have reasoning and planning functions. Key to that is recognizing when it doesn't have enough information or needs clarification or even more important knowing when what it knows is incorrect.

But before that, the thing that should be in the minds of would-be-regulators to avoid having to send someone back in time, will be Alignment / Value Specification - that is, the ability to steer the outcome and objectives within safety, ethics and law.

Given the generally wicked and depraved nature of mankind when given this kind of power, I'm not hopeful that this goal is practically achievable.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 20, 2025 07:28 AM (a4flb)

104 And THIS is why Chinese produced hardware is to be considered untrustworthy:

https://tinyurl.com/5bdztszb

Bleeping Computer: "New UEFI flaw enables pre-boot attacks on motherboards from Gigabyte, MSI, ASUS, ASRock"

So if you've got a PCIe device plugged in that has direct memory access, and it is configured to copy a particular bit of malware to a section of the main memory the instant that power is applied to the board and the memory, there's a good chance it'll be able to do so prior to the UEFI getting the firewall erected around the system memory.

But basically, if the hardware isn't trustworthy, the software running on it or any part connected to it can't be.

House. Of. Cards.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 20, 2025 07:49 AM (O7YUW)

105 @Pixy: Great music selection this morning.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 20, 2025 07:50 AM (O7YUW)

106 AI world models are great until you have to teach them things like “Islam is a terrorism cult.”

Posted by: David at December 20, 2025 07:50 AM (+hFhi)

107
SNAP: Soda, Nachos, Almond Joys and Pies.

Posted by: LOL at December 20, 2025 07:59 AM (2Ez/1)

108 Whataburger sausage/egg/cheese biscuit with mustard. The smart way to start your day.

Posted by: Eromero at December 20, 2025 09:01 AM (yPhso)

109 "Layer upon layer of incompetence."

But look at how diverse we are!!!!

Posted by: Ray at December 20, 2025 09:41 AM (XAq8B)

110 You know, we used to have systems that couldn't be bricked by a mere flick of a finger. They were great in emergencies - you know, like 911. Civilization was great... until everyone decided we needed to digitize everything and access it from the internet.

We are one step away from someone calling 911 because their house is on fire, getting the control system for the local nuclear power plant instead, and inadvertently causing a meltdown. And the guy's house on fire will be a minor detail in the end.

Also, disappoint that music wasn't a Holo-something doing The Boys Are Back In Town.

Posted by: GWB at December 20, 2025 11:29 AM (ZiSlk)

111 According to The Register:

“These errors appear to be caused by a lack of attention to the matter by the firewall network engineers,” the report states, finding that “Some network engineers failed to attend these project meetings to assess the impact of the planned work.”

Nokia offshores engineering to Indian companies HCL and Tata. I'm sure this is just a coincidence.

Posted by: Steve at December 20, 2025 12:41 PM (aFtqG)

We Wish You A Merry ONTmas

Howdy Horde! Last meme ONT before Christmas! Do you have all your shopping done?

Time to trim the tree!

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American Hunger Games: Which region would win?

7. Definitely 7

A great American

Fido Friday: Training

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Please Santa

Unfalsifiable theory

How to get away

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NPC IRL

Diver facts

The risers swung around his neck, connectors cracked his dome
Suspension lines were tied in knots around his skinny bones
The canopy became his shroud, he hurtled to the ground
And he ain't gonna jump no more

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Why didn't she just use tinsel and garlands and stuff?

G'knight!

Waiter, waiter there's a......* gag *

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What they took from us

On racism

How wall anchors work

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Single mothers

Poland is a magical place

It's a potato vending machine

Buy a lottery ticket

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What song?

For me it would be "It's A Small World"

Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by progress in aviation:

Posted by: WeirdDave at 10:00 PM

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1 Hey, WD!

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:05 PM (77rzZ)

2 Damn, I got a first on an ONT? Winning!

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:06 PM (77rzZ)

3 But which open thread do I call “NOOD” on?

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:07 PM (77rzZ)

4 Good evening morons y gracias wd por el ont

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 10:07 PM (A0sqA)

5 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at December 19, 2025 10:08 PM (w3u3d)

6 that was weird

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at December 19, 2025 10:09 PM (Z7Ewk)

7 Hey, San Fran!

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:09 PM (77rzZ)

8 Weekend!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 19, 2025 10:09 PM (2Ez/1)

9 What the hell,

I'm usually below 100 at this time.

And yes thanks Weird Dave ONT UGG UGG UGG!!

Posted by: Nightwatch at December 19, 2025 10:10 PM (25kuG)

10 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 19, 2025 10:11 PM (lUFok)

11 Point of order! The B-52 of 1952 does not look at all like the ones we are using now. It's basically the Ship of Theseus of aircraft by now.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 10:11 PM (ZOv7s)

12 I'm going with Region 6. Pantex, Bell Helicopter, Kirtland, Holloman and Cannon Air Force Bases. Los Alamos, Sandia and Cheyenne Mountain.

Posted by: huerfano at December 19, 2025 10:13 PM (98kQX)

13 For me it would be �It's A Small World�
---
In college we did a Disney salute halftime show and had to play that damned tune. As soon as we saw the music, everyone groaned. The band director cackled with glee. Sadistic bastard.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 10:13 PM (ZOv7s)

14 Sorry I'm late, but, y'know, I wasn't even. Really kissing her. We were actually just sharing a Tic Tac.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 19, 2025 10:14 PM (/TlUl)

15 Seeing that last pic of the B-52 reminds me of an America that no longer exists, one that built things to last. Planes, trains and automobiles. Fridges and washer/dryers, too.

I do feel like we once had it all. But somebody or somebodies just couldn't let that be.

Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 10:14 PM (gKDq2)

16 Oh, man, you got me with the scuba one! LOL'ing here.

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2025 10:15 PM (poCn6)

17 That we have bombers lasting 50 years, and our Destroyer and Cruiser ships are only lasting about 20?

Yeah... not really proud of my Navy.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 19, 2025 10:15 PM (mP0Kj)

18

It's a tall world after all.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 19, 2025 10:15 PM (azNOR)

19 What song?

🎶Baby Shark (do do da do da doo)🎵

Posted by: tankdemon at December 19, 2025 10:16 PM (/TlUl)

20 Song?

I fought the Law, and the LAW won...

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 19, 2025 10:17 PM (mP0Kj)

21 Good evening!

Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 10:17 PM (Wmg4n)

22 A chain mail blanket you say?

Posted by: Rob Reiner at December 19, 2025 10:17 PM (pIfcn)

23 American Hunger Games: Which region would win?

_____________________________

Don't care who wins. I just want to see what incredibly asinine stunt the "Florida Man" tries to pull that turns into a catastrophic failure involving alligators, super glue, prostitutes and lawn darts. So, I'll be watching region 8, at least for the first few minutes until they're all gone. I don't expect them to survive the start of the contest.

Posted by: Orson at December 19, 2025 10:17 PM (dIske)

24 Nothing like a wall anchor display board to get the evening off to a good start.

Posted by: Toggle Bolt Tommy at December 19, 2025 10:18 PM (oftw2)

25 I do feel like we once had it all. But somebody or somebodies just couldn't let that be.
Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 10:14 PM (gKDq2)
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Yeah, and the the afterglow lasted a long time.

I look back at the 90s and think of them the way Churchill recalled the Edwardian age: "The Old World in its sunset was fair to see."

But we have a chance at something even better. Not for us, but for our kids and grandkids. They can have the word we were denied, if we just fight for it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 10:18 PM (ZOv7s)

26 I confess...I take things too seriously.
But not memes.
Usually.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at December 19, 2025 10:18 PM (xcxpd)

27 C-130 isn’t much different. From the 50s. Still built and flown.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2025 10:19 PM (3uBP9)

28 Play it again, Yosemite Sam.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 10:19 PM (pkeXY)

29 Or maybe just play Skrillex for the robber.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 19, 2025 10:19 PM (/TlUl)

30 Region 2 would win the Hunger Games, because they could smuggle in reinforcements from Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 10:19 PM (npFr7)

31 That we have bombers lasting 50 years, and our Destroyer and Cruiser ships are only lasting about 20?

Yeah... not really proud of my Navy.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 19, 2025 10:15 PM (mP0Kj)

When they let the ships turn into rust buckets, that doesn't help with longevity.

I grew up around Norfolk and all its bases. Didn't see ships then look like recent pictures of ships I've seen.

Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 10:20 PM (gKDq2)

32 And yeah, region 7 would win

And the music would be 'Who Let the Dogs Out?'

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at December 19, 2025 10:20 PM (xcxpd)

33 Torture song: Maneater by Hall & Oates

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 10:20 PM (A0sqA)

34 Oldest beef pilot is older the the oldest beef

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 10:20 PM (gbOdA)

35 I love Camila decorating the royal household with sick children. Thank you for that, Weird Dave. I realize I am warped to think this is funny.

I guess the song in my locked house with a thief would be, "Who Let the Dogs Out, Who, who, who, who."

Or Mariah singing "All I want for Christmas is you, you, you, you."

In reality, anything by The Who. Like Pinball Wizard. My husband knows not to play The Who in the car with me. Almost anything else. I have him well trained.

Starting tomorrow I will mail my Christmas cards! I realize they will be late but figure there are 12 Days of Christmas and a Happy New Year as well!

Also, without snow, my life is depleted like a sad trombone, so my ho, ho, ho has been slow out of the starting gate of Thanksgiving. But it's there and we have lovely grandchildren who will bring great joy, as they do every day.

[But you still want snow, don't you?] Shut up!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 10:20 PM (WONhk)

36
The Tupolev Tu-95 is just as old as the B-52 and is also still in service.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2025 10:20 PM (tgvbd)

37 My home alarm would be set to the Undertaker's WWE theme.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at December 19, 2025 10:20 PM (31p00)

38 It's a Small World???
Damn. That's just mean.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 10:20 PM (2WIwB)

39 Yeah... not really proud of my Navy.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 19, 2025 10:15 PM (mP0Kj)
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The Navy was really screwed under Obama. Got super-woke because the Secretary was next-level crazy. Wanted to abolish the term "seamen" because it was sexist.

The Air Force lucked out, because the chick Obama planted actually liked the service, and when she was asked about getting rid of "Airmen" said "Oh hell no. I'm proud to be an Airman. Fuck off."

Charlie Brown then screwed us hard.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 10:21 PM (ZOv7s)

40 don't know my planes ... is that a B-52, or a B-2?

They did improve the avionics though, and we have 5th gen F-22's and F-35's. And hopefully a few million drones and laser weapons.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 19, 2025 10:21 PM (vbXSk)

41 What song? Judas Priest You Got Another Thing Comin'

Posted by: Socratease at December 19, 2025 10:21 PM (YgfoU)

42 дуф

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 10:22 PM (A0sqA)

43 Or maybe just play Skrillex for the robber.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 19, 2025 10:19 PM (/TlUl)

"They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha Ha."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 10:22 PM (npFr7)

44 17
saw the Missouri at Pearl two weeks ago and paid my respects at the Arizona Memorial Dec. 8th. Dec. 7th was completely booked.

Posted by: Nightwatch at December 19, 2025 10:23 PM (25kuG)

45
When they let the ships turn into rust buckets, that doesn't help with longevity.

I grew up around Norfolk and all its bases. Didn't see ships then look like recent pictures of ships I've seen.
Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 10:20 PM (gKDq2)

_________

Can't use tin in ship paint anymore. Wonder if that has something to do with it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2025 10:23 PM (tgvbd)

46 Just what are the single mothers who are not Asian, white, black, or Hispanic? Poodles?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 10:24 PM (L/fGl)

47 When they let the ships turn into rust buckets, that doesn't help with longevity.

I grew up around Norfolk and all its bases. Didn't see ships then look like recent pictures of ships I've seen.
Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 10:20 PM (gKDq2)
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That was Biden's madness at work. Ships couldn't be repainted at sea to save the fisheses. So they had to rust, and of course the damage to the hull and morale was part of the point.

They're now getting fresh paint.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 10:24 PM (ZOv7s)

48 "That we have bombers lasting 50 years, and our Destroyer and Cruiser ships are only lasting about 20?
Yeah... not really proud of my Navy."

But we have/had Woke Women and trannies in charge, crashing them together. But WOKE and DEI is the most important thang, more important than retaining liberty.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 19, 2025 10:24 PM (vbXSk)

49 Well 3 and 7 have the most guns, but selection is random, so odds are the tributes would both be slump busters and dead when the gun sounded to start the games. 2 has the highest percentage of survivalists.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at December 19, 2025 10:24 PM (R86kT)

50 That was a good jump master. He has about 1/2 a second to see if the jumper is safe to go out the door. That trooper wasn't. Very likely saved his life.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 10:24 PM (2WIwB)

51 >>> Or maybe just play Skrillex for the robber.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 19, 2025 10:19 PM (/TlUl)

That inane doop-a-dooooo pa-doop a-doop a-doooo song they play on every animal vid. It’s the worst

Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2025 10:24 PM (3uBP9)

52 Starting tomorrow I will mail my Christmas cards! I realize they will be late but figure there are 12 Days of Christmas and a Happy New Year as well!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 10:20 PM (WONhk)

You might as well just send out Elvis Day cards now. Plenty of time for them to arrive before January 8. (Don't forget to stock up on peanut butter and bananas before then.)

Posted by: tankdemon at December 19, 2025 10:25 PM (/TlUl)

53 We had not only Walmarts but other 24-hr. grocery stores too. I used to work an air shift at a local AM station. Leaving at midnight on Saturday, I'd stop at the grocery on the way home. That way I didn't have to waste any of Sunday shopping.

The stores were not completely empty of shoppers, but not crowded. The aisles were often full of staffers -- but they were restocking the shelves, not pulling stuff off for people too lazy to heave their fat rumps out of their cars and waddle inside the store.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 10:25 PM (wzUl9)

54 My alarm song?

https://youtu.be/ThfVvz-h-Lw?si=B_M368Fx2bjXiG4D

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 19, 2025 10:26 PM (BI5O2)

55 33 Torture song: Maneater by Hall & Oates
Posted by: San Franpsycho

But I love that song. You just put an incentive for me to break into your home.
On the other hand I probably wouldn't do that to you in the first place, so you're not aiming for my demographic.

The clear answer is this immortal Lou Reed classic
youtu.be/PB1cEyy0fKs
Ensuring you have soundproofing of course.

Posted by: gKWVE at December 19, 2025 10:26 PM (gKWVE)

56 I was thinking Knock Knock Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 10:26 PM (L/fGl)

57 But we have/had Woke Women and trannies in charge, crashing them together. But WOKE and DEI is the most important thang, more important than retaining liberty.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 19, 2025 10:24 PM (vbXSk)
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We need to put up a DEI monument in DC, a bronze sculpture of two women in Navy uniforms, one turning her back on the other and engraved on a marble plinth: "No, I don't want a radar plot from that bitch."

And then the names of the casualties.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 10:27 PM (ZOv7s)

58 Region 7 has swamp people who will go into an alligator's back yard, shoot it in the head, and fry up the tail meat. No Cajuns are going hungry.

Posted by: PabloD at December 19, 2025 10:27 PM (Epuwl)

59 Just what are the single mothers who are not Asian, white, black, or Hispanic? Poodles?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025

***
American Indians, perhaps, and self-identified mixes of two or more races. I doubt there are enough Australoids (Australian aborigines) in America worth counting.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 10:27 PM (wzUl9)

60 Thanks for the memes, WD.

Remember, it's the Friday night ONT, last chance to say something witty enough to be featured in the top tennish comments of the week. I expect the entire commentariot to be at the top of their game (or the bottom of the gutter.)

Posted by: tankdemon at December 19, 2025 10:27 PM (/TlUl)

61 Just what are the single mothers who are not Asian, white, black, or Hispanic? Poodles?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025

***
"Oy with the poodles already!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 10:27 PM (wzUl9)

62 It's a Small World???
Damn. That's just mean."

"One eight seven seven kars for kids"

*flounces back out*

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 10:28 PM (XuXeR)

63 yeah, actually I do like Maneater by Hall and Oates.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at December 19, 2025 10:29 PM (xcxpd)

64 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 19, 2025 10:29 PM (Hpgos)

65 That was a good jump master.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 10:24 PM (2WIwB)

Almost as if training is more important than DEI!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2025 10:29 PM (n9ltV)

66 First thought is Stratofortress. 73 years?! 1952 didn't used to be that long ago.

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2025 10:29 PM (poCn6)

67 Shopping?
Went to Wally's because I like their Sparkle paper towels. Bought a pair of Wrangler work pants (on sale). They had other brands with good material for half the price but the pockets, the POCKETS were so small and the Wrangler's were generous.

Be still my beating heart, first time in 3 years FRUITCAKE the little rectangles and bigger whole, full size, cakes. Bought three small one's. Going to freeze two and wrap the other one in Jack Daniels.
yea hoo.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 19, 2025 10:29 PM (LEuDt)

68 Torture song, anything by she who shall not be named. Wait, those aren't actually songs. Yeah, that's what would make them torturous.

Posted by: davidt at December 19, 2025 10:29 PM (Q+gd/)

69 My song would be "bad boys"

Whatcha gonna do?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 19, 2025 10:29 PM (n5tGW)

70
Just what are the single mothers who are not Asian, white, black, or Hispanic? Poodles?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025

_________

Lithuanian

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2025 10:30 PM (tgvbd)

71 American Indians, perhaps, and self-identified mixes of two or more races. I doubt there are enough Australoids (Australian aborigines) in America worth counting.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 10:27 PM (wzUl9)

Pacific Islanders, Eskimos, Indo (dot, not feather).

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 10:30 PM (npFr7)

72 We had not only Walmarts but other 24-hr. grocery stores too. I used to work an air shift at a local AM station. Leaving at midnight on Saturday, I'd stop at the grocery on the way home. That way I didn't have to waste any of Sunday shopping.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 10:25 PM (wzUl9)
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Meijer - a Michigan-based chain - was open 24/7, 364 days a year (closed on Christmas). Now it's open 6 a.m. to midnight, but I didn't realize it, and from the amused look of the manager, a lot of people didn't get the memo.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 10:30 PM (ZOv7s)

73 >> reminds me of an America that no longer exists, one that built things to last

And put a man on the Moon. I was just looking. Dec. 15 was the 60th anniversary of the first orbital rendezvous, Gemini 6 and 7. That was 1965. Neil Armstrong took that first small step in 1969, less than 4 years after that.

Alan Shephard first American in space in 61, Gemini does the first rendezvous 4 years later, and in another 4 years, we're on the Moon. In less than 10 years.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 19, 2025 10:31 PM (w6EFb)

74 Just what are the single mothers who are not Asian, white, black, or Hispanic? Poodles?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025

***
"Oy with the poodles already!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 10:27 PM (wzUl9)

***

So. What you got groggier style?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 10:31 PM (2WIwB)

75 Not sure what these Hunger Games are, but living off the land

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 10:31 PM (/lPRQ)

76 Trump is awesome.
Can't believe I'm alive to see this.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 19, 2025 10:31 PM (2Ez/1)

77 It could be that horrid rap song from the recent live action little mermaid movie that bombed. Wait, what’s the point of the song? To break them mentally?

Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2025 10:32 PM (3uBP9)

78 Region 7 has swamp people who will go into an alligator's back yard, shoot it in the head, and fry up the tail meat. No Cajuns are going hungry.
Posted by: PabloD at December 19, 2025 10:27 PM (Epuwl)
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Region 7 has abundant food, energy, and water.

It also has a nice coastline for international trade.

Though it is prone to tornadoes and hurricanes.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2025 10:32 PM (ESVrU)

79 So, my wife used one of those Icy-Hot things today, but it hardly worked at all, probably beacuse it was so old.

I suggested it might be Mentholly retarded...

...and, I'm still alive!

Good wife choice.

Posted by: Piercello at December 19, 2025 10:32 PM (NRGJj)

80 A Ramones Mental Illness Medley of "Teenage Lobotomy", "I Wanna Be Well", "Psychotherapy", and "Go Mental" might push any burglar over the edge.

Posted by: Gimme, Gimme Shock Treatment at December 19, 2025 10:32 PM (oftw2)

81 "Oy with the poodles already!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025

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So. What you got groggier style?
Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025

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It's got "Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?" beat all hollow.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 10:32 PM (wzUl9)

82 Aaron Copeland...

"Our Town"

Posted by: Nightwatch at December 19, 2025 10:33 PM (25kuG)

83 62 It's a Small World???
Damn. That's just mean."

"One eight seven seven kars for kids"

*flounces back out*
Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 10:28 PM (XuXeR)

Oh. Well played.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 10:33 PM (2WIwB)

84 Song: Hot Butter - Popcorn.

Posted by: Dale at December 19, 2025 10:33 PM (f45WX)

85 22 A chain mail blanket you say?
Posted by: Rob Reiner at December 19, 2025 10:17 PM (pIfcn)

Never too soon with Morons!

Also, I sort of like "Maneater" by Hall and Oates. I like to think the song was about me in my prime. Altho NOT literally, you jerks. Great song to dance to. Plus it's got a cool saxophone, which I love. One son was a college kid who went by the tag, Saxman, for gigs. He is a very good musician now engineer vs the subway busker we feared.

In reality I was sadly a doofus girl who liked to party and did not care about money or cars. As evident by who I dated and later married (his ride to court me was a '62 white Lancer with an aqua hood and bent coathanger for an antenna).

The Jaguar driver (anesthesiologist) had an eye for any pretty girl who crossed his path, and I said no to him because of this. I ain't stupid, and once I saw that trait I was a no for two years. His regret for many years afterwards. Pity.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 10:34 PM (WONhk)

86 My home burglar trap doesn't call the police. And there's no music. It just plays a video showing what happened to the last burglar. In 4K and Dolby SurroundSound.

Posted by: PabloD at December 19, 2025 10:34 PM (Epuwl)

87 G’night, All. Sleep well.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:34 PM (77rzZ)

88 Torture songs: Anything by Celine Dion. Or Michael Bolton.

Barbra Streisand's "Jingle Bells."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 10:34 PM (ZOv7s)

89 Yeah baby! ONT WTFs!
Oh Weird Dave! You crazy guy🤪!
And yes on racism. Perfect.

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 19, 2025 10:34 PM (/Q9t5)

90 So. What you got groggier style?
Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 10:31 PM (2WIwB)

*sips scotch*
I hate this phone.
Doggie. Doggie style.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 10:34 PM (2WIwB)

91 Covid killed the open 24 hours thing.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 10:35 PM (pkeXY)

92 99 Bottles of Beer On the Wall.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 10:35 PM (L/fGl)

93 On that last one, yes, but...
The 1952 one doesn't have near the payloads the 2025 does. In terms of variety, and the 2025 one can carry ALCMs under its wings.

Posted by: GWB at December 19, 2025 10:35 PM (pgCpV)

94 The clear answer is this immortal Lou Reed classic
youtu.be/PB1cEyy0fKs
Ensuring you have soundproofing of course.
Posted by: gKWVE at December 19, 2025 10:26 PM (gKWVE)
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Everything Lou Reed does is the worst.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 10:35 PM (A0sqA)

95 Hunger games were a regional competition, and I don’t like the way those lines are drawn. But I guess it would be #7 cuz Texas is gonna win and about 3/4 of The Texas Population is in #7. Plus those Louisiana types are just mean.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 10:36 PM (0anTZ)

96 Barbra Streisand's "Jingle Bells."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 10:34 PM (ZOv7s)

A childrens' choir singing "Carol of the Drum".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 10:36 PM (npFr7)

97 20 Song?

I fought the Law, and the LAW won...
Posted by: Romeo13 at

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Yes! You beat me to it! Bobby Fuller died at just 23 under suspicious circumstances.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at December 19, 2025 10:37 PM (RkMzg)

98 The Moon?! But you can see it fine from here!

Posted by: NASA at December 19, 2025 10:37 PM (3arSl)

99 If Bulg doesn't get a top ten comment with his "bedirndled" comment I will know the fix is in.

Posted by: Der Volkischer Beobachter at December 19, 2025 10:37 PM (oftw2)

100 Region 7 has swamp people who will go into an alligator's back yard, shoot it in the head, and fry up the tail meat. No Cajuns are going hungry.
Posted by: PabloD at December 19, 2025 10:27 PM (Epuwl)
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Region 3 wins easily because the Somali jihadist knifes everyone at the meet and greet.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 10:38 PM (ZOv7s)

101 Tried to find Lee DaVinci on Twitter and couldn't. Tell me he's not AI.

Burglar torture music? Rats and Monkeys by Art Bears. I'd mention IBM by Throbbing Gristle but I find that one soothing.

"Jo Jo Dancer" is a pretty good film. Richard Pryor might have made a great directorial career.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 19, 2025 10:38 PM (CHHv1)

102 I do so much love how
President Trump seems to find the weakest points in the Democrats and totally exploits them on social media.

Sometimes, he just goes FULL MONTEY and in their face as if to say...

"I remember 2016 bitches...oh yes I remember!!

Posted by: Nightwatch at December 19, 2025 10:38 PM (25kuG)

103 Region 7 is my home state and they will survive. If fire ants did not kill them, nothing will. Plus they are innovative, own guns and are crazy.

We are in Zone 2 and might have a chance. Or just drive Mad Maxx style to Region 7 and the farm. Yehaw!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 10:38 PM (WONhk)

104 I'm torn between three songs:

1) I Love You, from Barney
2) Jailhouse Rock, by Elvis
3) Tiptoe Through the Tulips, by Tiny Tim

If I choose a song clip to repeat, it's Vincent Price's laugh from the end of Thriller, by Michael Jackson

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 19, 2025 10:38 PM (S/Y4j)

105 A childrens' choir singing "Carol of the Drum".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 10:36 PM (npFr7)
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All versions of "Last Christmas"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 10:39 PM (ZOv7s)

106 What the hek, maaan?

Posted by: mindful webworker - all serious in the comments at December 19, 2025 10:40 PM (WB0Mb)

107 That was a good jump master.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 10:24 PM (2WIwB)

Almost as if training is more important than DEI!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2025 10:29 PM (n9ltV)
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Exactly.
When you are sending America's men and women out the door of an aircraft while in flight, there is no room for the DEI bullshit. It's life and death.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 10:40 PM (2WIwB)

108 C'mon, people! You wouldn't play Yoko Ono?

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 19, 2025 10:40 PM (DsA2n)

109 Music-wise, I'd go with "7th grade band concert."

Posted by: Piercello at December 19, 2025 10:40 PM (NRGJj)

110 It's such a perfect day.
I'm glad I spent it with you.
Such a perfect day.

Posted by: gKWVE at December 19, 2025 10:40 PM (gKWVE)

111 "I remember 2016 bitches...oh yes I remember!!
Posted by: Nightwatch at December 19, 2025 10:38 PM (25kuG)

Trump remembers 2016 "to infinity and beyond."

Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 10:40 PM (gKDq2)

112

It's locking him inside *with you.*

The police are on the way.

You have the length of one song to play during whatever happens between now and when they arrive.

https://youtu.be/h1XG2-3epfs?si=WkdbZ9qyszy1GJ-4

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 19, 2025 10:40 PM (BI5O2)

113 If I choose a song clip to repeat, it's Vincent Price's laugh from the end of Thriller, by Michael Jackson

I clipped this for a ring tone; I use it for text messages.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 19, 2025 10:41 PM (EXyHK)

114 I was working multiple jobs at one point during college and one of those was Target during Christmas. I unloaded shipping trailers and stocked shelves over night. But they wanted us to stay an hour after opening to help customers find stuff. I didn’t know where anything was. So it was like pac-man and I was a ghost turned blue to eat. I would be randomly walking through the aisles and when I see a customer turn and sprint. And I had the soap aisle with all the feminine hygiene stuff I knew f all about.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2025 10:41 PM (3uBP9)

115 The stores were not completely empty of shoppers, but not crowded. The aisles were often full of staffers -- but they were restocking the shelves, not pulling stuff off for people too lazy to heave their fat rumps out of their cars and waddle inside the store.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
Your store doesn't have those motorized wheelchairs for people who are too fat to walk? The ones that take up so much of the aisle that you can't get past them. So, you have to go back out of the aisle and come in at the other side of fatass.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 19, 2025 10:41 PM (0Htd1)

116 2) Jailhouse Rock, by Elvis
3) Tiptoe Through the Tulips, by Tiny Tim

If I choose a song clip to repeat, it's Vincent Price's laugh from the end of Thriller, by Michael Jackson
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 19, 2025 10:38 PM (S/Y4j)

If you ever watched the Elvis movie by that name, the choreography for the song-and-dance number of Jailhouse Rock is really brilliant. Huge fun.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 10:41 PM (npFr7)

117 Song: Hot Butter - Popcorn.
Posted by: Dale at December 19, 2025 10:33 PM (f45WX)
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I like this sone, but if I heard it more than three times in a row I would lose my mind.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 10:41 PM (A0sqA)

118 Word is... the B-52's with upgraded engines, avionics and whatnot... might still be operational in 2052.

Yup.

100 years.

Perfect killing machine.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 10:42 PM (NwnyJ)

119 Just what are the single mothers who are not Asian, white, black, or Hispanic?

Screwed is what they are.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 19, 2025 10:42 PM (lUFok)

120 This Christmas marks fifty-seven years since the most dramatic space mission of them all (not counting the survival drama of Apollo 13): Apollo 8. First manned spacecraft to leave Earth orbit, first to orbit another Solar System body, first to see the far side of the Moon, and at Christmastime yet . . . and then their broadcast reading of Genesis on 12/24 as well.

The whole thing reads like a movie script. But it happened.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 10:42 PM (wzUl9)

121 I don't hate obese people, but if you're so wide that people can't get past you in the grocery store aisle, maybe you should lose a few.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 19, 2025 10:42 PM (0Htd1)

122 Music-wise, I'd go with "7th grade band concert."
Posted by: Piercello at December 19, 2025 10:40 PM (NRGJj)
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No, younger. Try 5th or 6th.

I once asked my father why he was always late to my middle school band concerts. "That was by design. It was bad enough to hear you play, but the part where you tried to get in tune was just too much."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 10:42 PM (ZOv7s)

123 94

"Swet Jane LIVE in NYC back in the day

Posted by: Nightwatch at December 19, 2025 10:43 PM (25kuG)

124 The Navy was really screwed under Obama. Got super-woke because the Secretary was next-level crazy. Wanted to abolish the term "seamen" because it was sexist.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

They also did away with enlisted ratings for a (very) short time. Assholes.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 19, 2025 10:43 PM (cYBz/)

125 C'mon, people! You wouldn't play Yoko Ono?
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 19, 2025 10:40 PM (DsA2n)
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Too obvious.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 10:43 PM (A0sqA)

126 Region 4- we will tax ourselves to victory.

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2025 10:43 PM (d9i2R)

127 Word is... the B-52's with upgraded engines, avionics and whatnot... might still be operational in 2052.

Yup.

100 years.

Perfect killing machine.
Posted by: Mar

think hood battleship

Posted by: n at December 19, 2025 10:43 PM (CTC7H)

128 The whole thing reads like a movie script. But it happened.

Bob Zimmerman of BehindTheBlack web site wrote a book about Apollo 8, called Genesis. Fascinating, and he does a great job of putting it into the context of the times.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 19, 2025 10:43 PM (EXyHK)

129 "Swet Jane LIVE in NYC back in the day
Posted by: Nightwatch at December 19, 2025 10:43 PM (25kuG)
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Atonal droning is not my cup of tea.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 10:44 PM (A0sqA)

130 Covid killed the open 24 hours thing.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025

***
You misspelled "Shoplifting by feral yoots."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 10:45 PM (wzUl9)

131 two women in Navy uniforms, one turning her back on the other and engraved on a marble plinth: "No, I don't want a radar plot from that bitch."

In fairness, "the bitch" probably used her mascara without asking.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 19, 2025 10:45 PM (0Htd1)

132 I've seen a small number of Line ship XO's get booted.

Many more need to go...

Posted by: Nightwatch at December 19, 2025 10:46 PM (25kuG)

133 I don't hate obese people, but if you're so wide that people can't get past you in the grocery store aisle, maybe you should lose a few.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 19, 2025 10:42 PM (0Htd1)

It's like those obese women complaining about having to pay for two seats on an airplane.

'Bitch, you're spilling over into the third seat!'

Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 10:46 PM (gKDq2)

134
Music-wise, I'd go with "7th grade band concert."
Posted by: Piercello at December 19, 2025 10:40 PM (NRGJj)

__________

Stepdaughter's band did "American in Paris" for halftime. Now I can't stand "American in Paris".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2025 10:46 PM (tgvbd)

135 I'd play "Princess Bride!" by KOTOKO. I used to troll spammers on my Twitter DMs with it.

youtu.be/t2nfMXqYlDA

Posted by: pookysgirl does not want to be YOUR princess at December 19, 2025 10:47 PM (Wt5PA)

136 If I choose a song clip to repeat, it's Vincent Price's laugh from the end of Thriller, by Michael Jackson

I clipped this for a ring tone; I use it for text messages.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 19, 2025 10:41 PM (EXyHK)

I use it for a family member's call tone. If I hear it, someone's in the ER or dead - that's when he would call.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 19, 2025 10:47 PM (S/Y4j)

137 I resolve that Lee DaVinci is invited to my next party.

He can bring Leo too.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 19, 2025 10:47 PM (nWPIJ)

138 Your store doesn't have those motorized wheelchairs for people who are too fat to walk? The ones that take up so much of the aisle that you can't get past them. So, you have to go back out of the aisle and come in at the other side of fatass.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 19, 2025

***
Oh, yeah, Walmart especially, and Target has them too. Admittedly I had to use them in 2017 when I cracked a foot bone and had to get around on crutches for a couple of months. Made me feel weirdly like I was eight again -- surrounded by people who towered over me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 10:47 PM (wzUl9)

139 99 🙂

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:48 PM (77rzZ)

140 100 years.

Perfect killing machine.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 10:42 PM (NwnyJ)
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We may have hit a plateau, similar to that which started in the 1690s and ran to the 1840s. Warships, artillery, firearms, all of them were pretty much the same, and you get some really old weapons in those days that just get new locks, new stocks, but remain in service because why not? A muzzle-loading smoothbore doesn't really wear out.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 10:48 PM (ZOv7s)

141 118 Word is... the B-52's with upgraded engines, avionics and whatnot... might still be operational in 2052.

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Maybe in 2525 too. If man is still alive.

Posted by: Zager & Evans at December 19, 2025 10:49 PM (nWPIJ)

142 122 Music-wise, I'd go with "7th grade band concert."
Posted by: Piercello at December 19, 2025 10:40 PM (NRGJj)
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No, younger. Try 5th or 6th.

I once asked my father why he was always late to my middle school band concerts. "That was by design. It was bad enough to hear you play, but the part where you tried to get in tune was just too much."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 10:42 PM (
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Painfully bad in junior high. Our youngest son played trumpet and, man, that was brutal as he learned. Our Golden shared a room with him and would flee at the sight of it. We often wanted to flee, too.

He went to FSU, one of the best musical programs (or was?) in the country. He tried out for the Marching Chiefs and made it, but found out how much time he would have to practice and said no to a full scholarship. He considered a minor with engineering but nope. The head professor wrote him an email that we howled with laughter reading, as no way, Jose, did we think he'd nail it. He sent it to his private teacher who also laughed. Poor kid. He was good by then and HS, and horrific in 7th grade.

We had fun for many years being band nerd parents.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 10:49 PM (WONhk)

143 108 C'mon, people! You wouldn't play Yoko Ono?
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 19, 2025 10:40 PM (DsA2n)

Some things are just too cruel. Even for Somali pirates and cockroaches.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 19, 2025 10:50 PM (/TlUl)

144 Do you all not know how Hunger Games works? A single kid is selected by random from each zone. Every zone on that map has at least one major city. Which means there are good to great odds that your region of choice gets a butterball who is a wide as they are tall and completely ignorant of all things survival.

Posted by: I still can't think of anything at December 19, 2025 10:50 PM (kGphH)

145 Region 1
Fu*k your games.
Everyone in NorCal and the east sides of WA and OR are going to kick some urban ass.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 10:50 PM (2WIwB)

146 Well, I finally found out where to connect my trailer brake controller on the 99 Suburban. Most of the data on the Internet is wrong, or inapplicable. One Youtube guy spelled it out: "Look on the firewall above where you left toe would be when you are driving. There is a junction block there that GM calls a "convenience center". In that junction block, there is a cavity marked "NAT". The right-hand pin in that cavity goes hot when the brake pedal is depressed". And, doggone it, he was right. Works like a charm. Given how commonly Suburbans are used to haul trailers, you'd think GM would have put that gem of information into the owner's manual, in the "Towing" chapter. But you'd be wrong.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 10:50 PM (npFr7)

147
I don't hate obese people, but if you're so wide that people can't get past you in the grocery store aisle, maybe you should lose a few.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 19, 2025 10:42 PM (0Htd1)

________

Almost all handicapped plates are legit.

Almost all handicapped placards are counterfeit.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2025 10:51 PM (tgvbd)

148 Gosh....Fridays are tough...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 19, 2025 10:51 PM (/Q9t5)

149
Yes, Apollo 8. And the Earthrise photo.

The Artemis II mission, which may launch in Feb -- may, mind you -- will be just a repeat of Apollo 8. And they won't even enter lunar orbit, just take a wide figure 8 free return trajectory back to earth. They will set the record for the greatest distance of human from earth, beating Apollo 13's record.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 19, 2025 10:52 PM (w6EFb)

150 Tbf, they have updated the B52 since it came out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 10:52 PM (7yt4l)

151 Also, thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 10:53 PM (7yt4l)

152 119
Screwed is what they are.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 19, 2025 10:42 PM (lUFok)

That is how they became mothers.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 19, 2025 10:53 PM (/TlUl)

153 129

How bout "Traffic" Low Spark of High Heeled Boys?

Posted by: Nightwatch at December 19, 2025 10:53 PM (25kuG)

154 >>"Swet Jane LIVE in NYC back in the day

She started listening to that fine fine music.

https://tinyurl.com/3p68v3e7

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 10:53 PM (viF8m)

155 150 Tbf, they have updated the B52 since it came out.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 10:52 PM (7yt4l)

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They no longer have to drop the bombs out of the pilot's window.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 19, 2025 10:53 PM (nWPIJ)

156 A single kid is selected by random from each zone.

There was the option to "volunteer as tribute". The inner zones tended to do this. Usually they won.

Posted by: gKWVE at December 19, 2025 10:54 PM (gKWVE)

157
Artemis II will also break the manned speed record. Previous one was set by Apollo 10, 24,816 mph. The Artemis II Orion will get over 25,000 mph according to the mission plan.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 19, 2025 10:54 PM (w6EFb)

158 Tbf, they have updated the B52 since it came out.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Fine...we'll put bomb racks on the Wright Bros. plane.

Posted by: Your airforce at December 19, 2025 10:55 PM (TfUTr)

159 153 129

How bout "Traffic" Low Spark of High Heeled Boys?
Posted by: Nightwatch at December 19, 2025 10:53 PM (25kuG

There's not a dang thing wrong with any song by Traffic. Thems fighting words.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 10:56 PM (WONhk)

160 yeah, the ting with the hunger games bit is you're basing your judgement off the most discussed residents of zone zones 4 and 8 have the most to draw from

Posted by: n at December 19, 2025 10:56 PM (CTC7H)

161 We had fun for many years being band nerd parents.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 10:49 PM (WONhk)
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I started out on French Horn, and played it from grade school through my senior year of high school. After marching season was done, I switched to tuba. For years afterwards I liked to tell co-eds that my lips had mastered the smallest mouthpiece and the largest. Sometimes it even worked.

I half-assed it all the way, though, but busted my ass on the audition to get into Michigan State's band, but as chance (or fate) had it, my year was the only one in recent memory where they had a surplus of French Horns. Strangely, they were short of trumpets. Would I consider switching? I desperately wanted in, so bought a used horn, and placed 43rd out of 64 after a week of practice.

The rest, as they say, is history. I do enjoy Alumni Band. I had to skip it this fall for various health and family reasons, but hope to attend next year.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 10:56 PM (ZOv7s)

162 How bout "Traffic" Low Spark of High Heeled Boys?
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Yeah love Steve Winwood.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 10:56 PM (9ipOP)

163 157 Artemis II will also break the manned speed record

Isn't SLS set to die an unceremonious death though? Before it takes some astronauts with it

Posted by: gKWVE at December 19, 2025 10:57 PM (gKWVE)

164 Burglar music? Hmmm... whatever the neighbor's kids were playing at their end-of- school-year *all-kazoo* concert.

Don't know the title. Neighbor was telling me about it after they'd gotten home, laughing so hard she was crying: "Oh JQ, it was so terrible we couldn't tell *what* they were playing!"

Posted by: JQ at December 19, 2025 10:57 PM (rdVOm)

165 _________

Can't use tin in ship paint anymore. Wonder if that has something to do with it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Scientists discover lead in paint is not that harmful.
Scientists discover that toddlers hate the taste of leaded paint.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 19, 2025 10:58 PM (LEuDt)

166 When gas prices hit $8.oo a gallon look for the "Re-Configuration" of Commiefornia flowing down from the north with additional risings blowing up from the central valley.

SoCal will just push all of them into the Pacific.

Posted by: Nightwatch at December 19, 2025 10:58 PM (25kuG)

167 Alarm system would definitely play this song:

https://youtu.be/TXZMZ-XvvzI

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at December 19, 2025 11:00 PM (t/66j)

168 Don't know the title. Neighbor was telling me about it after they'd gotten home, laughing so hard she was crying: "Oh JQ, it was so terrible we couldn't tell *what* they were playing!"
Posted by: JQ

Having attended 3 generations of "recorder" concerts....well, they are rather uniform in their unrecognizability.

Posted by: Some Rat at December 19, 2025 11:00 PM (TfUTr)

169 >>Do you all not know how Hunger Games works? A single kid is selected by random from each zone. Every zone on that map has at least one major city. Which means there are good to great odds that your region of choice gets a butterball who is a wide as they are tall and completely ignorant of all things survival.

Posted by: I still can't think of anything at December 19, 2025 10:50 PM

I'm an old woman. I don't read that crap. I read other crap, written for adults.

Posted by: huerfano at December 19, 2025 11:01 PM (98kQX)

170 Burglar music: "Hey There Delilah" from "The Plain White T's"

Probably get me sued for a human rights violation, though.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 19, 2025 11:01 PM (lUFok)

171 The Pacific Palisades and Malibu are an absolute beehive of rebuilding activity. There are 1000s of jobs and 100s of active construction sites. The pace of rebuilding is fantastic.

Yeah, no.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 11:02 PM (9ipOP)

172 Having attended 3 generations of "recorder" concerts....well, they are rather uniform in their unrecognizability.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 19, 2025 11:00 PM (TfUTr)
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There's a reason why H.P. Lovecraft's notion of horror was Elder Gods serenaded by idiot flute players.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 11:02 PM (ZOv7s)

173 Good bet that the next big advancement in plane tech will be similar to current models but with AI no crew.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 11:03 PM (0anTZ)

174 Can't use tin in ship paint anymore. Wonder if that has something to do with it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Scientists discover lead in paint is not that harmful.
Scientists discover that toddlers hate the taste of leaded paint.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

Copper Sulfate bottom paint was the best. Ones bottom was protected from fouling.

Posted by: Some Rat at December 19, 2025 11:03 PM (TfUTr)

175 I'm thinking like Meathead and considering picking up a random hobo en route to bring to a dressy Christmas party next week. I think that should go over well.

Seriously. If anyone in my family was acting,well, off a bit, I would not trot him out to a party. What on earth? On top of the rest of that loco story. I read the kid did not finish grade school. Something ain't right with them.

They truly do live in an alternate universe. I read that Rob wanted to bring him to "keep an eye on him." Worked well! Then reading that O'Brien kept someone from calling 911 cause it was his party is the icing on the cake.

I feel badly for the daughter (who also got stoned at a young age because I have seen photos and am not dumb). The older son seems to be normal and left for Texas to escape, so maybe she will go with him and be sort of normal after the horror.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 11:03 PM (WONhk)

176 Burglar music: "Hey There Delilah" from "The Plain White T's"

Probably get me sued for a human rights violation, though.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 19, 2025 11:01 PM (lUFok)
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The lead singer needs some decongestant. Seriously.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 11:03 PM (ZOv7s)

177 I don't hate obese people. I don't hate most people, obese or not. Alright, that's a lie. My hate is rather extensive. (Sighs wistfully)

Anyway, if you're going to post on your phone or play games, please don't choose an aisle that is heavily trafficked and stand in the middle oblivious. All of us will hate you and hope you lose (whatever it is you might lose).

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 19, 2025 11:04 PM (CHHv1)

178 True, there were volunteers in the books. But I don't know, I can't imagine the good kids (red state, hunting kids, outdoorsy type) really wanting to go slaughter 7 other kids. And the inner city yoots, I'm pretty sure they are not interested in an even (or near even) fight.

Posted by: I still can't think of anything at December 19, 2025 11:04 PM (kGphH)

179 Scientists discover lead in paint is not that harmful.
Scientists discover that toddlers hate the taste of leaded paint.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 19, 2025 10:58 PM (LEuDt)

But, but, but... everything awful that happened in the inner cities was blamed on yutes eating paint chips. If that wasn't true...

Badthink! Badthink!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 19, 2025 11:04 PM (dl47i)

180 154 >>"Swet Jane LIVE in NYC back in the day

She started listening to that fine fine music.

https://tinyurl.com/3p68v3e7
Posted by: JackStraw
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everybody getting high tonight

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 19, 2025 11:04 PM (4Q/U3)

181 AOP - Horde mind, ha-ha

On second thought, maybe just Rick-roll the bastard.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at December 19, 2025 11:04 PM (t/66j)

182 >>There's a reason why H.P. Lovecraft's notion of horror was Elder Gods serenaded by idiot flute players.

Guess where Cthulhu came from.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 11:05 PM (viF8m)

183 There's WAY more than 7.3 million single mothers in this country.

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 11:05 PM (Cjcf6)

184 I like Jailhouse Rock.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 19, 2025 11:05 PM (0Htd1)

185 170 Anti-Burglar music...
Drowning Pool..."Let the Bodies Hit the Floor"

Posted by: Nightwatch at December 19, 2025 11:05 PM (25kuG)

186 46 Just what are the single mothers who are not Asian, white, black, or Hispanic? Poodles?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 10:24 PM (L/fGl)

Probably American Indians. They are rife with dysfunction for a lot of different reasons.

Posted by: Raging alcoholics too at December 19, 2025 11:06 PM (TbWk/)

187 no minotaurs were fucked in the writing of hunger games
it was a more innocent time

Posted by: gKWVE at December 19, 2025 11:06 PM (gKWVE)

188 >> Isn't SLS set to die an unceremonious death though?

Isaacman made some noises about cancelling it (and that had Ted Cruz mad at him, and he was responsible for some of the anti-Isaacman stuff), but he's said he's going to follow through with the current plans.

The Big Beautiful Bill locked in funding for it, and he's said he's going to honor that. They are getting worried about the Chicoms beating us back to the Moon, and continuing with the SLS and lunar gateway plans is seen as the only way to be sure.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 19, 2025 11:06 PM (w6EFb)

189 172 Having attended 3 generations of "recorder" concerts....well, they are rather uniform in their unrecognizability.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 19, 2025 11:00 PM (TfUTr)

This reminds me! I have known a lovely co-worker for decades. She and her husband play with a group! It always makes me laugh to think about.

I am positive she does not read here, being liberal, or would recognize herself. Her Christmas letter (yes, one of those for each month of the year vs me saying, welp, I got the tree decorated over one week. In May I grew roses, etc)...they ride thousands of miles across states and Europe.

I could write that I flew across some states and have avoided Europe since 2017.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 11:07 PM (WONhk)

190 Anyway, I'm getting to serious for ole' Marshall up there.

Burgler songs, lots of strong contenders here, how about the *ahem* pawn shop song from Pulp Fiction?

And the Polish potato dispenser could be made better by adding a potato squeezin's vending machine. Just to cover the bases.

Posted by: I still can't think of anything at December 19, 2025 11:07 PM (kGphH)

191
The Chicoms have plans to put a Chicom on the Moon in 2030. Now, whether than can realistically do that, I don't know.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 19, 2025 11:07 PM (w6EFb)

192 Region 7 survives. We have Cajuns, hillbillies, rednecks, fishermen, farmers, ranchers, hunters, native Americans, people who cook soul food, some artists, for flair, and me.

Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 11:07 PM (OoFl2)

193 I really liked the Tool Tips. (I could have used it when searching for the right screw thingys to attach a shower safety grab bar.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 11:08 PM (NFX2v)

194 Hunger Games winner? Zone 2.

We had 100mph winds last night in western South Dakota.

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2025 11:08 PM (YGRGv)

195 Bout to have a knife fight to Dear Mr Fantasy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 11:09 PM (7yt4l)

196 They truly do live in an alternate universe. I read that Rob wanted to bring him to "keep an eye on him." Worked well!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 11:03 PM (WONhk)
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Trump wasn't wrong. Hating all the time twists your soul. Pointing that out was an act of charity for everyone else, a fraternal correction. You can't spit venom six days a week and then produce pure, wholesome honey on the seventh.

I get that Reiner had some great films, I'm absolutely of "The Princess Bride" generation, but personally he was a failure. It happens. My father's father was a humble man, didn't achieve fame or greatness, but in his sphere was venerated by everyone who knew him. My mother's father was wealthy, high-flying ad executive and his kids hated him.

Choose wisely.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 11:09 PM (ZOv7s)

197 So what if the Chinese beat us back to the moon, what are they gonna do there? All jump out of the capsule and have a Chinese fire drill?

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 11:09 PM (0anTZ)

198 Plus we have all the ICBMs

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2025 11:10 PM (YGRGv)

199 Burglar breaks in and what song do I use? In a perfect world the system would have facial recognition and pick the most offense thing to his race. Until then, I'll have to settle for Slayer's Angel of Death.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 19, 2025 11:10 PM (snZF9)

200 Speaking as a victim of the "LEAD PAINT" DECORAM in LA 1990...

Cost me $20.000 to remove in my house.

No insurance covered...no county programs...no state programs.

JUST..."YOU WILL DO THIS OR WE WILL TAKE YOUR HOME,"

You understand now...

Posted by: Nightwatch at December 19, 2025 11:10 PM (25kuG)

201 Judy Tyler was the co-star in Jailhouse Rock. She was on a track for big stardom. The movie was a huge success, she was signed to star in a Broadway play. Just married, she and her husband decided to buy a car and drive across the country. Both killed in a head-on crash. I think she was 26. A beautiful lady who could act, sing , dance. What a loss.

Posted by: Hollywood Hystery at December 19, 2025 11:11 PM (oftw2)

202 Almost all handicapped plates are legit.

Almost all handicapped placards are counterfeit.
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Half of the people using the electric carts in big box stores belong to a group that comprises 13.5 percent of the population.

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 11:13 PM (Cjcf6)

203 The Chicoms have plans to put a Chicom on the Moon in 2030. Now, whether than can realistically do that, I don't know.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 19, 2025 11:07 PM (w6EFb)
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Given their shitshow with the first "orbital grill," I'd have a hefty life insurance policy if I were on that mission.

"We got to the Moon a half century after America!" is not much of an own.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 11:13 PM (ZOv7s)

204
Region 7 survives. We have Cajuns, hillbillies, rednecks, fishermen, farmers, ranchers, hunters, native Americans, people who cook soul food, some artists, for flair, and me.
Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 11:07 PM (OoFl2)

__________

And Germans

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2025 11:13 PM (tgvbd)

205 One thing we boomers will always have. By far the best music.

https://tinyurl.com/45e978ad

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 11:14 PM (viF8m)

206 I want to know if anyone has heard of this (I seem to be very yappy tonight).

One of our grandkids has a friend whose parents never married. After the first kid and a set of twins (which the Baby Daddy said he was tricked into). Well, sir. Now they are sort of "divorced" but never married.It is getting very ugly.

I am not Audrey Hepburn, right out of the convent, but I have never heard of this mess. Had I gotten pregnant there would have been some sort of wedding, even a shotgun type with my Daddy and brothers, but there is no way my kid would go through this. The kids are too little to know how effed up this is. Someday they will.

Ah nevah! I also am not crazy about hanging out near her at basketball games or Christmas pagents for fear he will roar in and kill us all as he finds her. It seems dicey to me and I am going to ask our son of a photo of him so I can be on high alert.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 11:14 PM (WONhk)

207 204
Region 7 survives. We have Cajuns, hillbillies, rednecks, fishermen, farmers, ranchers, hunters, native Americans, people who cook soul food, some artists, for flair, and me.
Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 11:07 PM (OoFl2)

REBEL YELL!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 11:15 PM (WONhk)

208 193 I really liked the Tool Tips. (I could have used it when searching for the right screw thingys to attach a shower safety grab bar.)
Posted by: L - No nic,
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Screw thingys are not applicable for safety bars.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 19, 2025 11:15 PM (4Q/U3)

209 Well, it's getting late, see everyone at the Prayer Thread.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 11:16 PM (ZOv7s)

210 REBEL YELL!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 11:15 PM (WONhk)

A cheap, but effective whiskey.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 11:16 PM (2WIwB)

211 I really liked the Tool Tips. (I could have used it when searching for the right screw thingys to attach a shower safety grab bar.)
Posted by: L - No nic,
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Screw thingys are not applicable for safety bars.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

Or ANYTHING in drywall.

Posted by: Some Rat at December 19, 2025 11:16 PM (TfUTr)

212 On the Navy ships years ago:
Wiley online library

ORGANOTIN ANTIFOULING PAINTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT — DRYDOCK PHASE
CARL M. ADEMA, PAUL SCHATZBERG
First published: May 1984

Fuel savings v. Environmental concerns

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 11:17 PM (NFX2v)

213 Hunger Games winner? Zone 2.

We had 100mph winds last night in western South Dakota.

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2025 11:08 PM (YGRGv)

Yeah, it was bad here too. I would say Zone 2 or 3 for the Hunger Games: We're tough people but we also know how to make cities work in that environment.

Except for my city, apparently. We doubled the amount of roads but not the plowing capability. Dummkopfs!

Posted by: pookysgirl has some other choice German words at December 19, 2025 11:17 PM (Wt5PA)

214 Well, it's getting late, see everyone at the Prayer Thread.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 11:16 PM (ZOv7s)

The way this night is going, some of us will need it.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 11:17 PM (2WIwB)

215 202

Second sentence true especially amongst the thieving Eastern European scum in their high-end Mercedes and BMW's.

They should be the next to be exposed.

Posted by: Nightwatch at December 19, 2025 11:18 PM (25kuG)

216 The Chicoms have plans to put a Chicom on the Moon in 2030. Now, whether than can realistically do that, I don't know.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 19, 2025

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They might be able to put one there. The question is, like Laika the dog: Can they bring him back again? (More to the point, will they bother?)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 11:18 PM (wzUl9)

217 There is no such thing as an AoSHQ female who is not gorgeous.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 19, 2025 11:18 PM (CHHv1)

218 211. Screw thingys are not applicable for safety bars.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

Or ANYTHING in drywall.
Posted by: Some Rat

Oh, F!! Thanks!!

Plan B, hire someone who should know better.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 11:19 PM (NFX2v)

219 Hunger Games winner? Zone 2.

We had 100mph winds last night in western South Dakota.

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2025 11:08 PM (YGRGv)

Yeah, it was bad here too. I would say Zone 2 or 3 for the Hunger Games: We're tough people but we also know how to make cities work in that environment.

Except for my city, apparently. We doubled the amount of roads but not the plowing capability. Dummkopfs!
Posted by: pookysgirl has some other choice German words

Combine eastern zone 1 with zone 2.

Posted by: Some Rat at December 19, 2025 11:19 PM (TfUTr)

220 Choose wisely.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 11:09 PM (ZOv7s)

Yep! I chose well. As it turns out he has similar traits to my father (which I did not know til later as he's blond and my father was brunette and ick on the oedipal deal). I chose very well. I was very picky since the HS drive in wrestling matches. No one needs their dang ear licked! I was done!

Both my father and the husband of my youth are/were Christian, loyal, hard working, very funny, kind, and put their wife and kids first before them.

Both should get a medal from dealing with me, Daddy for the first 22yrs, my husband since 1979. I guess I am their trophy!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 11:21 PM (WONhk)

221 Good Gracious....

I'm done...night HORDE!

Posted by: Nightwatch at December 19, 2025 11:21 PM (25kuG)

222 belong to a group that comprises 13.5 percent of the population."

By weight or volume?

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 11:21 PM (XuXeR)

223 205 One thing we boomers will always have. By far the best music.

https://tinyurl.com/45e978ad
Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 11:14 PM (viF8m)

Yup!
Best music.
Best cars.
Best clothes.
Stone cold foxes.
Liberty

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 11:21 PM (2WIwB)

224 I want to know if anyone has heard of this (I seem to be very yappy tonight).

One of our grandkids has a friend whose parents never married. After the first kid and a set of twins (which the Baby Daddy said he was tricked into). Well, sir. Now they are sort of "divorced" but never married.It is getting very ugly.

I am not Audrey Hepburn, right out of the convent, but I have never heard of this mess. Had I gotten pregnant there would have been some sort of wedding, even a shotgun type with my Daddy and brothers, but there is no way my kid would go through this. The kids are too little to know how effed up this is. Someday they will.

Ah nevah! I also am not crazy about hanging out near her at basketball games or Christmas pagents for fear he will roar in and kill us all as he finds her. It seems dicey to me and I am going to ask our son of a photo of him so I can be on high alert.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTh

so how have you never heard "babymomma" or "babydaddy", or seen youtube?

Posted by: n at December 19, 2025 11:21 PM (BMu5x)

225 Until then, I'll have to settle for Slayer's Angel of Death.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 19, 2025 11:10 PM (snZF9)

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Hell yeah! *fist bump*

Would also accept "Bodies" by Drowning Pool

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at December 19, 2025 11:22 PM (t/66j)

226 I first read the phrase "play the recorder" in Rosemary's Baby when I was about fourteen. This confused me no end, as the only "recorder" I knew then was the tape recorder (reel-to-reel; yes, the Dark Ages, stipulated). I had trouble imagining someone "playing" a tape recorder. Aside from the usual thing of pushing the Play button and listening to what had been recorded, anyway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 11:22 PM (wzUl9)

227

I'm either in Zone 3 or Zone 7. The border line goes right through my house.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 11:22 PM (pkeXY)

228 197 So what if the Chinese beat us back to the moon, what are they gonna do there? All jump out of the capsule and have a Chinese fire drill?
Posted by: Tom Servo
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It's not who gets there first it's who occupies it.
If a .223 is fired at a 5° elevation will the projectile fly into space?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 19, 2025 11:22 PM (4Q/U3)

229 203 The Chicoms have plans to put a Chicom on the Moon in 2030. Now, whether than can realistically do that, I don't know.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 19, 2025 11:07 PM (w6EFb)
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Given their shitshow with the first "orbital grill," I'd have a hefty life insurance policy if I were on that mission.

"We got to the Moon a half century after America!" is not much of an own.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 11:13 PM (ZOv7s)

The only reason they are going up there is to copy the electric car we left up there...

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 19, 2025 11:22 PM (mP0Kj)

230 There is no such thing as an AoSHQ female who is not gorgeous.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 19, 2025 11:18 PM (CHHv1)

This.
I've met a couple.
Nice!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 11:24 PM (2WIwB)

231 212 On the Navy ships years ago:
Wiley online library

ORGANOTIN ANTIFOULING PAINTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT — DRYDOCK PHASE
CARL M. ADEMA, PAUL SCHATZBERG
First published: May 1984

Fuel savings v. Environmental concerns
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day

And one of the main reasons why US Navy ships are so rusty looks now.

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2025 11:24 PM (YGRGv)

232 I really liked the Tool Tips. (I could have used it when searching for the right screw thingys to attach a shower safety grab bar.)
Posted by: L - No nic,
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Screw thingys are not applicable for safety bars.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

Or ANYTHING in drywall.

Posted by: Some Rat at December 19, 2025 11:16 PM (TfUTr)

You want the ones with the wing things that pop out and grab a large area, and then they are ok for light duty shit. Anything more than that is a gamble.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 19, 2025 11:24 PM (snZF9)

233 223 205 One thing we boomers will always have. By far the best music.

https://tinyurl.com/45e978ad
Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 11:14 PM (viF8m)

Yup!
Best music.
Best cars.
Best clothes.
Stone cold foxes.
Liberty
Posted by: Diogenes
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Rub it in

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 19, 2025 11:24 PM (4Q/U3)

234 Screw thingys are not applicable for safety bars."

Wisdom.

Set 2x8s in between studs. Works great.

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 11:25 PM (XuXeR)

235 ChristyBlinkyTheGreat, I've seen websites that show all the screwed up children of celebrities. There seems to be a pattern of young people who have a lot of spending money, communities with drugs available, lax parenting, no sense of morality, and many of the parents are wackos.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 19, 2025 11:25 PM (0Htd1)

236 I arrived here pretty wound up and hyper and am slowly winding down. My husband cheers!

Good night and all sleep well. Blessings.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 11:25 PM (WONhk)

237 >>REBEL YELL!

https://tinyurl.com/yexxayyk

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 11:26 PM (viF8m)

238 The song I would play would be Bleed by Meshuggah.

Posted by: toddg at December 19, 2025 11:26 PM (aGKc9)

239 It's a man's world.

youtube.com/watch?v=GaB9F3R9cIY

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 19, 2025 11:27 PM (4Q/U3)

240 233 223 205 One thing we boomers will always have. By far the best music.

https://tinyurl.com/45e978ad
Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 11:14 PM (viF8m)

Yup!
Best music.
Best cars.
Best clothes.
Stone cold foxes.
Liberty
Posted by: Diogenes
---

Rub it in

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 19, 2025 11:24 PM (4Q/U3)

Well, you are not as old as dirt like some of us,so there's that! Of course, I don't age at all (in my head). xxxx

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 11:27 PM (WONhk)

241 223 205 One thing we boomers will always have. By far the best music.

https://tinyurl.com/45e978ad
Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 11:14 PM (viF8m)

Yup!
Best music.
Best cars.
Best clothes.
Stone cold foxes.
Liberty
Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 11:21 PM (2WIwB)

And WAY less Racist...

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 19, 2025 11:28 PM (mP0Kj)

242 Rub it in"

Right on.

*cues up Barry White*

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 11:28 PM (XuXeR)

243 Well, you are not as old as dirt like some of us,so there's that! Of course, I don't age at all (in my head). xxxx
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 11:27 PM (WONhk)

That's why I hate mirrors.

Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 11:29 PM (gKDq2)

244 I do so much love how
President Trump seems to find the weakest points in the Democrats and totally exploits them on social media.

I haven't been watching the news or social media. What did he do recently?

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 19, 2025 11:29 PM (0Htd1)

245 "Can't get enough of your love baby..."

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 11:30 PM (XuXeR)

246 Well, you are not as old as dirt like some of us,so there's that! Of course, I don't age at all (in my head). xxxx
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 11:27 PM (WONhk)

my 34 year old Son.... listens to Music from the 70's and 80's, and very little stuff from today.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 19, 2025 11:30 PM (mP0Kj)

247 Evening all,

Loved the puppy training video. Really cute.

Posted by: Joyenz at December 19, 2025 11:31 PM (2F0/Y)

248 235 ChristyBlinkyTheGreat, I've seen websites that show all the screwed up children of celebrities. There seems to be a pattern of young people who have a lot of spending money, communities with drugs available, lax parenting, no sense of morality, and many of the parents are wackos.

A lot of sexual abuse, I think. I mean, look at Chaz Bono!

On top of letting kids smoke pot young, which screws them up, but it's cool! No, it's really not, Pop. It exacerbates schizophrenia and here we are!

My cousin was schizophrenic and it typically blooms in the early 20's and his surely did. He had the same eyes, though, that Nick did as a young kid in photos. My brothers and I just thought he was weird til he was really weird and freaked out our friends and everyone else.

As a RN I saw two cases of this and these kids had clean drug screens but were hallucinating so badly they did not know their parents.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 11:31 PM (WONhk)

249 I haven't been watching the news or social media. What did he do recently?
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 19, 2025 11:29 PM (0Htd1)

He took the time to go after a dead guy (Rob Reiner).

Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 11:32 PM (gKDq2)

250 >> If a .223 is fired at a 5° elevation will the projectile fly into space?

Pretty close. Surface orbital speed on the Moon is only 3700 mph, just a little faster than .223 and similar rifle bullets.

It would be possible, on the Moon to hit any point on the surface with artillery. You could almost do it with a pure ballistic trajectory, but the mascons and surface irregularities would mean you'd need a little maneuvering capability for the projectile, but not much.

In short, on the Moon, it's would be almost possible to fire a rifle and have it come back and hit you from the other side. Almost. The mountains and all would get in the way for standing right on the surface, but you'd be pretty close to doing that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 19, 2025 11:32 PM (w6EFb)

251 'Bout time I shuffled off to bed. Tomorrow morning I'll nip out to the local chain grocery; Linda has finally mentioned a Christmas present she wants: bags of their flavored coffee, 2 for 1. The 1 is no bargain at $12.99 for 12 oz.

How she can drink more than a few swallows of those flavored coffees is beyond me. Vanilla or chocolate or king cake is fine at first, but it gets cloying after a few sips.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 11:32 PM (wzUl9)

252 huh the other two from New Order remastered their song
youtu.be/UpF1xtMKkzE

Posted by: gKWVE at December 19, 2025 11:32 PM (gKWVE)

253 >>Yup!
Best music.
Best cars.
Best clothes.
Stone cold foxes.
Liberty

Not meant to be patronizing at all. I honestly feel bad for the x, z whatever alphabet generations that came behind us. We had so much fun it seemed like our birthright. It was.

I'd like to get it as much of that spirit back as possible for the generations to come.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 11:32 PM (viF8m)

254 Love all you folks and apologize for being me.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 19, 2025 11:33 PM (CHHv1)

255 Is there some good reason they quit making appliance clocks with flashing dots between the numbers. Does nobody think it is useful having a measure of seconds?

Posted by: n at December 19, 2025 11:33 PM (BMu5x)

256 Fourth grade PS 160 Brooklyn, NY, 1964, all fourth graders had to buy a recorder and play in class and a concert. The education was actually very good then. Some very smart Jewish teachers and my Fourth grade teacher was an "Old Maid" first hired by Bd. of Ed in 1923. She taught at the school until 1973-never held another job.

Posted by: Hot Cross Buns at December 19, 2025 11:33 PM (oftw2)

257 Fuel savings v. Environmental concerns
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day

And one of the main reasons why US Navy ships are so rusty looks now.

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2025 11:24 PM (YGRGv)

Yup, so the ship's now rust out, and what do we do with them??? oh... we sink them in the Ocean...

So, the tradeoff for the environment, between a little paint, and an entire SHIP, seems to be ignored.

It's right back to the stupid Paper or Plastic Grocery bag stuff. Virtue signaling doing long term damage to the environment.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 19, 2025 11:34 PM (mP0Kj)

258 Best are the opening 3 wah wah notes into "let's get it on"...

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 11:34 PM (XuXeR)

259 Well, you are not as old as dirt like some of us,so there's that! Of course, I don't age at all (in my head). xxxx
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 11:27 PM (WONhk)

That's why I hate mirrors.
Posted by: RickZ

And stairs.

Posted by: Some Rat at December 19, 2025 11:34 PM (TfUTr)

260

It's a Man's Man's Man's World

https://youtu.be/nWnvwmZ3CX0

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 11:34 PM (pkeXY)

261 my 34 year old Son.... listens to Music from the 70's and 80's, and very little stuff from today.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 19, 2025 11:30 PM (mP0Kj)

Well, there's a key word in there: Music.

"I've got blisters on me bloody fingers!" wasn't just a song line. The bands the greats played in. I was spoiled. Like everything else, I thought it would go on forever.

Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 11:35 PM (gKDq2)

262 A lot of sexual abuse, I think. I mean, look at Chaz Bono!
-----

With zero malice, I find the case of Chastity Bono to be one of the craziest things I've ever watched. Of all of the things that should have never happened, this one just strikes me as crazy on stilts.

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 11:35 PM (Cjcf6)

263 PS 160 Brooklyn, NY, "

PS 26...

Those were the days, my friend...

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 11:36 PM (XuXeR)

264 234 Screw thingys are not applicable for safety bars."

Wisdom.

Set 2x8s in between studs. Works great.
Posted by: man

So before tiling bathroom walls? Darn. So if tile is already up, is there a way to drill through and strongly attach a grab bar to ?

I don't mean to be obtuse. I thought it a relatively easy process, though a grab bar should be able to support a decent amount of weight.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 11:36 PM (NFX2v)

265
my 34 year old Son.... listens to Music from the 70's and 80's, and very little stuff from today.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 19, 2025 11:30 PM (mP0Kj)

Raised right! That's all ours heard at home and in cars.

Our son (age 40) is the same. Now our grands know Foreigner! In Honolulu a year ago he had our 3yr old granddaughter belting out, "I want to know what love is!" Hysterical. She's my mini me and I am so proud. The new baby girl looks more like her mother at 3mo., like her big brother.

It is so much fun! I get so excited to see them every week and am as just as goofy on Christmas!!!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 11:36 PM (WONhk)

266 In short, on the Moon, it's would be almost possible to fire a rifle and have it come back and hit you from the other side. Almost. The mountains and all would get in the way for standing right on the surface, but you'd be pretty close to doing that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 19, 2025

***
How long would such a rifle bullet take to circumnavigate the Moon, presuming it hit no mountains or similar obstructions? The Moon is, what, 6500 miles around at the equator?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 11:36 PM (wzUl9)

267 That's why I hate mirrors.
Posted by: RickZ

And stairs.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 19, 2025 11:34 PM (TfUTr)

Them, too.

Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 11:36 PM (gKDq2)

268
Love all you folks and apologize for being me.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

Who else could you be?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 11:37 PM (pkeXY)

269 Well, there's a key word in there: Music.

"I've got blisters on me bloody fingers!" wasn't just a song line. The bands the greats played in. I was spoiled. Like everything else, I thought it would go on forever.
Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 11:35 PM (gKDq2)

Talent, soul, and no auto tune.

But back then there was live music everywhere. Most half decent bars had bands. Now? Pretty much nada, it's all DJs... so that pipeline of talent is no longer there...

Except maybe online... which does not get a local following for your band to use to get gigs.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 19, 2025 11:37 PM (mP0Kj)

270 {{{BeckoningChasm}}}

Hugs to you!

Posted by: JQ at December 19, 2025 11:37 PM (rdVOm)

271 >>Love all you folks and apologize for being me.

Don't ever apologize for being you.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 11:37 PM (viF8m)

272 Love all you folks and apologize for being me.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 19, 2025 11:33 PM (CHHv1)

Why? Should you be somebody else?

Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 11:38 PM (gKDq2)

273 I don't mean to be obtuse. I thought it a relatively easy process, though a grab bar should be able to support a decent amount of weight.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day

Stud finder. Fasten the grab bar to the studs you find.

Posted by: Some Rat at December 19, 2025 11:39 PM (TfUTr)

274 272 Love all you folks and apologize for being me.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 19, 2025 11:33 PM (CHHv1)

Why? Should you be somebody else?
Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 11:38 PM (gKDq2)

If yer gonna be someone else... it's BATMAN....

Cause if you say Napoleon? They'll lock ya up.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 19, 2025 11:40 PM (mP0Kj)

275 As a RN I saw two cases of this and these kids had clean drug screens but were hallucinating so badly they did not know their parents.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

I've known two families where their sons, who were in their early twenties, committed suicide. In both cases they had had behavior problems, but I don't know if there was mental illness or substance abuse.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 19, 2025 11:40 PM (0Htd1)

276 Like everything else, I thought it would go on forever.
Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 11:35 PM (gKDq2)

Amen, my friend. It was so abundant we could not think it would end. Man, I had fun.

Wish I could post some photos of how much fun I had. So much in one photo my husband said, you were wasted. I was smiling bigly at my student nurse friend, who is now a landscape photographer.

Indeed I was! Huge, huge party and rite of passage for the colleges here after surviving spring semester. A gang of us, mostly boys, and I was dating none of them, but they loved me and took care of me and hauled me to concerts, too.

Rock on, Morons!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 11:40 PM (WONhk)

277 tile is already up, is there a way to drill through and strongly attach a grab bar to ?"

If you can hit a stud, then there are ways. When I redid ours, I popped out the row of tiles and filled in with mosaic...
Otherwise, use the suction cup ones. OK, as long as you realize they can't support body weight. And I've seen them pull out a tile...

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 11:41 PM (XuXeR)

278 273 I don't mean to be obtuse. I thought it a relatively easy process, though a grab bar should be able to support a decent amount of weight.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day

Stud finder. Fasten the grab bar to the studs you find.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 19, 2025 11:39 PM (TfUTr)

Yeah, I'm goin to hell for this one... but...

Once had a live in Girl Friend who had a female friend, who was constantly bitching that she could not find a man...

So, for her birthday? Yeah... bought her a Stud Finder.

She was not amused.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 19, 2025 11:41 PM (mP0Kj)

279 273.
Stud finder. Fasten the grab bar to the studs you find.
Posted by: Some Rat

Got it! Thank you very much.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 11:41 PM (NFX2v)

280 @catturd2
Instead of the Epstein files, they should be called the Bill Clinton files.
Dec 19, 2025 · 10:45 PM UTC

The pic of Bill in that hot tub with the little girl *barf*

Posted by: gKWVE at December 19, 2025 11:42 PM (gKWVE)

281 That we have bombers lasting 50 years, and our Destroyer and Cruiser ships are only lasting about 20?

Yeah... not really proud of my Navy.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 19, 2025 10:15 PM (mP0Kj)

Salt water is a lot more corrosive than the stratosphere.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 19, 2025 11:42 PM (taapK)

282 Love all you folks and apologize for being me.
Posted by: Beckonin

don't ever toss that out there, that's mean , there's so much to work with with a statement such as that but out of an abundance of caution, the holidays, kindness (maybe) have to sit here staring at the words not watching everything unsaid go by

Posted by: n at December 19, 2025 11:42 PM (Z7hSe)

283 250 >> If a .223 is fired at a 5° elevation will the projectile fly into space?

Pretty close. Surface orbital speed on the Moon is only 3700 mph, just a little faster than .223 and similar rifle bullets.

It would be possible, on the Moon to hit any point on the surface with artillery.
----

As small as the moon is and so little resistance it seems that heavy artillery could alter its rotation.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 19, 2025 11:42 PM (4Q/U3)

284 For 50 years now, nearly all the R&D money has gone into computers. I believe its because the elite dream is to have AI replace all the peasants so the elite can have everything

Posted by: Azjaeger at December 19, 2025 11:42 PM (3/XaG)

285
Cause if you say Napoleon? They'll lock ya up.
Posted by: Romeo13

How about Josephine?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 11:43 PM (pkeXY)

286
Orbital period at the surface would be about 2 hours. The Moon is rotating, slowly, so you'd get a little advantage firing in a prograde direction. This is fascinating....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 19, 2025 11:43 PM (w6EFb)

287 7. Definitely 7

Please. Region 7 would be speaking Spanish if it weren't for Region 8 sending Volunteers down to run off the Messicans.

And once Region 8ers left that damn place has started filling up with Messicans again.

Region 7 aren't complete bitches, but they are still Region 8's little bitch.

Posted by: Rural Fellow at December 19, 2025 11:43 PM (UZlJN)

288 BTW, if it's in a shower, you'll need to waterproof it as much as possible...

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 11:43 PM (XuXeR)

289 So, for her birthday? Yeah... bought her a Stud Finder.

She was not amused.
Posted by: Romeo13

Former Mrs Rat waved mine in front of me and "This thing doesn't seem to work."

Posted by: Some Rat at December 19, 2025 11:44 PM (TfUTr)

290 285
Cause if you say Napoleon? They'll lock ya up.
Posted by: Romeo13

How about Josephine?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 11:43 PM (pkeXY)

Depends on how ya dress, and whether yer Urban or Rural... Urban? They'll say yer womanz of the Year.

Rural? Yeah... lock up.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 19, 2025 11:45 PM (mP0Kj)

291
For 50 years now, nearly all the R&D money has gone into computers. I believe its because the elite dream is to have AI replace all the peasants so the elite can have everything
Posted by: Azjaeger

The Brain Center at Whipple's

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 11:45 PM (pkeXY)

292 Former Mrs Rat waved mine in front of me and "This thing doesn't seem to work."
Posted by: Some Rat
------------

...and that's when the fight started, Your Honor....

Posted by: JQ at December 19, 2025 11:46 PM (rdVOm)

293 Yeah... bought her a Stud Finder."

Buddy and I were buying some crap and "hey stud finder on sale"

Two good looking womenfolk in earshot, and one said "looks like they work"

Me, being married, demurred. Unmarried buddy...partook....

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 11:47 PM (XuXeR)

294 Amen, my friend. It was so abundant we could not think it would end. Man, I had fun.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 11:40 PM (WONhk)

I went to so many all-day outdoor concerts. Saw tons of bands with lots of A-Listers.

For example, I went to Philly in '82 for an all-day one. Madonna opened early in the afternoon. The Kinks were second banana as Foreigner had top billing. I remember Teddy Pendergrass (in a wheelchair shortly after he was paralyzed in an accident; Philly favorite son) and Huey Lewis and the News in between.

Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 11:49 PM (gKDq2)

295 ...and that's when the fight started, Your Honor....
Posted by: JQ

Heh!

Posted by: Some Rat at December 19, 2025 11:50 PM (TfUTr)

296 but I don't know if there was mental illness or substance abuse.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 19, 2025 11:40 PM (0Htd1)

How sad. Of course drugs, especially illegal and/or mixed with legal, mess them up if there is a psych reason.

I cannot imagine. Don't want to imagine. The ED docs laughed at me when we sent our sons to UF and FSU. Two party schools. They said, "No way."

I looked sons in the eye and told them if they could tell me they did not drink til 21 I would pay for a ski trip. They waited til 20yrs and told me they had a beer. (And, yes, I was sometimes swigging but not drinking heavily before legal age 18yrs, so a hypocrite but they did not ask!). I was elected the strictest mother in the neighborhood and told them, good! The other kids did not turn out as well.

They were also sort of scared of us, but in a good way. I heard them talking once:"Mom is not very good at the little stuff, but is cool with the big stuff." Indeed. Eldest had 2 car accidents in 6wks his senior year...neither his fault, and I was thankful they were alive. His car was totaled on his 18th birthday for the finale of that car.

But talk back to me, boys, and look out! Mama activated!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 11:50 PM (WONhk)

297 How about Josephine?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 11:43 PM (pkeXY)

Only if you were originally Joseph.

Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 11:50 PM (gKDq2)

298 >>> The mountains and all would get in the way for standing right on the surface, but you'd be pretty close to doing that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 19, 2025

***
How long would such a rifle bullet take to circumnavigate the Moon, presuming it hit no mountains or similar obstructions? The Moon is, what, 6500 miles around at the equator?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 11:36 PM (wzUl9)
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There's an animated cartoon somewhere in that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 19, 2025 11:51 PM (4Q/U3)

299 I have donned my gay apparel, and I'm ready to taste some figgy pudding.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at December 19, 2025 11:53 PM (R86kT)

300 I have donned my gay apparel, and I'm ready to taste some figgy pudding.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at December 19, 2025 11:53 PM (R86kT)

Glad you spelled 'figgy' right.

Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 11:54 PM (gKDq2)

301 With zero malice, I find the case of Chastity Bono to be one of the craziest things I've ever watched. Of all of the things that should have never happened, this one just strikes me as crazy on stilts.
Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 11:35 PM (Cjcf6)

Incredibly sad for that once little girl. No telling what she went through with Sonny, Cher and who knows coming in and out of that house.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 11:54 PM (WONhk)

302 Muy bueno ONT. Yo read the content. Ole!

Posted by: Providence chief of policia at December 19, 2025 11:55 PM (R86kT)

303 In short, on the Moon, it's would be almost possible to fire a rifle and have it come back and hit you from the other side. Almost. The mountains and all would get in the way for standing right on the surface, but you'd be pretty close to doing that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 19, 2025 11:32 PM (w6EFb)

There was a science fiction short story, don't remember the author, in which humans and aliens were in a shooting war on the Moon. Human astronaut takes a shot at an alien, but misses. Something happens, alien gets in distress, and indicates surrender. Communication is attempted, progress is made. Then the missed shot, having circled the Moon, kills the alien dead.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 11:56 PM (npFr7)

304
And a .223 isn't as close to orbital speed I was thinking. In my mind I was conflating fps with mph. In mph, the .223 speed is around 2000 - 2500 mph, compared to 3700 mph orbital velocity.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 19, 2025 11:59 PM (w6EFb)

305 Then the missed shot, having circled the Moon, kills the alien dead.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I haven't read that one, but Sir Isaac Newton is the deadliest son of a bitch in the universe
youtu.be/hLpgxry542M

Posted by: gKWVE at December 20, 2025 12:00 AM (gKWVE)

306 Thought you were going to say, shot him in the butt.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 20, 2025 12:03 AM (4Q/U3)

307 That's why the Waco Kid didn't get picked for an Apollo mission.

Posted by: gKWVE at December 20, 2025 12:04 AM (gKWVE)

308
Had grok run some numbers. I choose a .223 with a conservative muzzle velocity of 0.95 km/s. Fire it at a 45 degree angle. Great circle range would be 10,000 km. Nearly a full lap. If Grok is correct, and I'm not sure.

Grok can mess up.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 20, 2025 12:04 AM (w6EFb)

309 And a .223 isn't as close to orbital speed I was thinking. In my mind I was conflating fps with mph. In mph, the .223 speed is around 2000 - 2500 mph, compared to 3700 mph orbital velocity.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 19, 2025 11:59 PM (w6EFb)

The above-mentioned story did mention a very high-velocity rifle, maybe .220 Swift? And the confrontation took place in high Lunar mountains, so the bullet's flight would have been unimpeded by lesser mountains. I don't know if mascons had been discovered at the time of writing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 20, 2025 12:05 AM (npFr7)

310 The Kinks were second banana as Foreigner had top billing.
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I think even admirers of the Kinks probably don't get how *huge* they were at one point. Its my raw guess that during the '70s the only bands in the UK that outdrew them were Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, The Who, Black Sabbath, and Paul McCartney & Wings (the Beatles were done at that point).

Also, there's a TON of their songs that were covered by other bands.

Posted by: Crusader at December 20, 2025 12:06 AM (Cjcf6)

311 Today, I taught Pookette the "figgy pudding/we won't go until we get some" verses of "We Wish You A Merry Christmas." Truly a highlight of my motherhood. 😁

Posted by: pookysgirl has never had figgy pudding at December 20, 2025 12:07 AM (Wt5PA)

312 Lost a tree in the wind storm. By some miracle it landed between the cars and just short of the house. I'll cut it up after I finish my christmas shopping tomorrow since it's not technically in the way. Dodged a bullet with that one.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 20, 2025 12:09 AM (snZF9)

313 Then the missed shot, having circled the Moon, kills the alien dead.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

@&(1/-67!?!^%#}{!!!
Fu*king earthlings! Die!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 20, 2025 12:10 AM (2WIwB)

314 237 >>REBEL YELL!

https://tinyurl.com/yexxayyk
Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 11:26 PM (viF8m)

ALRIGHT!

I will never not love Lynyrd Skynyrd til the day I die.

Wish I had seen them live. They were either in MS and I was out West in college, or vice versa. BUMMER.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 20, 2025 12:10 AM (WONhk)

315 Lost a tree in the wind storm. By some miracle it landed between the cars and just short of the house. I'll cut it up after I finish my christmas shopping tomorrow since it's not technically in the way. Dodged a bullet with that one.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Windstorms, sheesh. Ain't we got fun?!

Posted by: JQ at December 20, 2025 12:11 AM (rdVOm)

316 Glad your tree didn't hit anything other than *the ground* Bers!

Posted by: JQ at December 20, 2025 12:13 AM (rdVOm)

317
I will never not love Lynyrd Skynyrd til the day I die.

Wish I had seen them live. They were either in MS and I was out West in college, or vice versa. BUMMER.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Saw them open for The Who on their Quadrophenia tour.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 20, 2025 12:14 AM (pkeXY)

318
I'm pretty sure Grok fucked that up, and I'm trying to figure out where it went astray.

It's funny how the vaunted "AI" can get all screwed up in it's "thinking".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 20, 2025 12:14 AM (w6EFb)

319 312 Lost a tree in the wind storm. By some miracle it landed between the cars and just short of the house. I'll cut it up after I finish my christmas shopping tomorrow since it's not technically in the way. Dodged a bullet with that one.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

My storm door must not have been latched today. A gust caught it just right, slammed the door open LOUDLY. Thought the glass was broken. It wasn't, but bent the steel rod on the closer something fierce. Had to remove it. Buy one in town tomorrow.

Posted by: When The Wind Blows at December 20, 2025 12:14 AM (oftw2)

320 Germans said the Sherman tank is not very good, we've met it.

youtube.com/shorts/kuJox81cVhY

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 20, 2025 12:15 AM (4Q/U3)

321 254 Love all you folks and apologize for being me.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 19, 2025 11:33 PM (CHHv1)

If you are still here (as I am supposed to be in bed)...I love you right back.

Never, ever apologize for being you. God made you and we love you!

I think you are great. All Morons are great and you are one. Remember that. Don't mess with me about this. xxxx

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 20, 2025 12:16 AM (WONhk)

322 288 BTW, if it's in a shower, you'll need to waterproof it as much as possible...
Posted by: man

Say what? No, I'm kidding, I think.

Everything in the space of the shower, waterproof. 👍

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 20, 2025 12:17 AM (NFX2v)

323 Not meant to be patronizing at all. I honestly feel bad for the x, z whatever alphabet generations that came behind us. We had so much fun it seemed like our birthright. It was.

I'd like to get it as much of that spirit back as possible for the generations to come.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 11:32 PM (viF8m)

God willing, I intend to ensure the grandchildren of Diogenes understand great music, muscle cars, Christian love, accurate shooting, having fun, and know when to laugh at bullshit.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 20, 2025 12:18 AM (2WIwB)

324 311 Today, I taught Pookette the "figgy pudding/we won't go until we get some" verses of "We Wish You A Merry Christmas." Truly a highlight of my motherhood. 😁
Posted by: pookysgirl has never had figgy pudding at December 20, 2025 12:07 AM (Wt5PA)

I think it's the same as steamed plum pudding, darlin. Which is really good with a bourbon cream sauce my grandmother used to make.

I'll tell you the ONLY good food to come from the British Isles, in this case, Ireland: Sticky Toffee Pudding. I pretty much lived on that, cheese, and wine in Ireland. My husband and son ate blood puddings and Haggis and bleah, nope!

I am not cultural and lose weight on trips.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 20, 2025 12:20 AM (WONhk)

325 YooToob sidebar suggestion on one of the vids linked here:
They're coming to take The Beatles away ha haaaa
https://youtu.be/w0k5FUuMfvc

Fun historical factoid: the B side of the original 45 was the first backward recording. I once had that 45.
ah ah yawa em ekat ot gnimoc er'yehT

Posted by: mindful webworker - with trees and flowers and chirping birds at December 20, 2025 12:24 AM (WB0Mb)

326 1982 concerts in Philly

Rolling Stone, Larry Magid of Philadelphia’s Electric Factory Concerts says it takes either a package of big-name groups, one supergroup like the Rolling Stones or something very unusual to sell out a show in a place the size of Philly’s 90,000-seat JFK Stadium. His plans for JFK this summer include a $15.75-per-ticket extravaganza with Foreigner, the Kinks, Loverboy, Joan Jett and Huey Lewis and the News on June 19th. He will put on three other concerts at JFK, one of which will feature black artists and be headlined by Rick James.

A great year for concerts.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 20, 2025 12:25 AM (NFX2v)

327 Nite morons.

https://tinyurl.com/mxbd3jhp

Posted by: JackStraw at December 20, 2025 12:27 AM (viF8m)

328 I'm still not asleep! My husband is getting a bit irritated. But before I forget...

That photo on top reminds me so much of a guy I almost dated before I met my guy.

A friend, but there was something in the mix. Had a motorcycle and took me for a ride (he did give me a helmet but did not ask me to change from daisy dukes and a halter top...so I could have left most of myself on the pavement if we crashed). Idiot! Guardian angels were exhausted.

I also did not stuff my very long hair in the helmet, which was a later deal I had to fix.

AND he did not tell me the thing on the left was super hot when we stopped. I burned a silver dollar size, 2nd degree, hideous burn on my left calf.

He had that same expression on the top photo almost. I mean, no empathy at all. No offer to help, a bandage, rub some dirt...nothing.

I felt this was weird and never went out with him, altho tolerated him at parties. No empathy and probably was a serial killer.

I figured if he really liked me he would have given a hoot that I left part of my leg on his motorcycle exhaust or whatever that was. It did not scar. What a jerk, eh?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 20, 2025 12:28 AM (WONhk)

329 216 The Chicoms have plans to put a Chicom on the Moon in 2030. Now, whether than can realistically do that, I don't know.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 19, 2025
___________________________

I don't want to come across as petty. But, I wouldn't be too terribly upset if the US timed a moon mission to occur days after the ChiComs, landing in the same area, and taking down any flag they put up.

Posted by: Orson at December 20, 2025 12:32 AM (dIske)

330
Yeah, Grok was way off, and, with some sanity check prodding, I got him to find his error. The range is much shorter. Now, for a surface shot, again using 0.95 km/s muzzle velocity ( this is sort of a mean of the common FMJ velocities, I think, why not use 1 km/s? Well,Grok came up with 0.95 as a reasonable rough speed).

Now, using a flat plane uniform g, we know the max horizontal range is with a launch angle of 45 degrees. Turns out that's not too far off using an actual orbit. It actually depends on the firing height and projectile speed a bit but it's still close. It's 39.6 degrees for this .95 km/s .223, and the range there would be 665 km, or 413 miles.

The 45 degree flat plane parabola range for the Moon's gravity would be 552 km.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 20, 2025 12:37 AM (w6EFb)

331 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

We were driving today on our way to our annual family Christmas gathering, and about an hour and a half into the drive, the thought popped into my head that a year ago at this same time, we honestly didn't know if I would ever make this trip again.

We are definitely going to cherish this Christmas.

And we are looking forward to seeing our grandbabies tomorrow!

God bless us, every one 💕💕💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 20, 2025 12:37 AM (RPbWK)

332 You want the 315,000 voters who voted in 2020 to be told we are canceling your votes because some election official forgot to jump thru all hoops the republiKKKan party put in place to prevent your vote from counting. As usual you don't prove that any of the votes were not by legal voters. The few prosecutions for fraud are rethugs voting multipul times for dump like in fla. villages.

Posted by: raimondo at December 20, 2025 12:38 AM (2Cj+/)

333 TIFW,
Indeed!
God bless us everyone!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 20, 2025 12:40 AM (2WIwB)

334 308
Had grok run some numbers

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AI can't math

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 20, 2025 12:41 AM (GhIJO)

335 I would be surprised if Grok was not able to figure it our eventually, many times it is the way the question is written that causes the confusion. We have don bunches with his coding and if the question is written in a way that is sufficiently precise he gets the right answer.

You may have to hit the think harder button because he does not devote unlimited resources to every question.

Posted by: n at December 20, 2025 12:44 AM (+04jR)

336 Torture song:
And Iiiiiiii will always love youuuuu

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 20, 2025 12:47 AM (dE3DB)

337
We are definitely going to cherish this Christmas.

And we are looking forward to seeing our grandbabies tomorrow!

God bless us, every one 💕💕💕
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 20, 2025 12:37 AM (RPbWK)

YAY! Blessings, indeed, Teresa!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 20, 2025 12:47 AM (WONhk)

338 Black dump supporters should be called uncle toms not the n word. What has rethugliKKKans done for black men except shoot them or put them in prision?

Posted by: raimondo at December 20, 2025 12:47 AM (2Cj+/)

339 You want the 315,000 voters who voted in 2020 to be told we are canceling your votes because some election official forgot to jump thru all hoops...
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Uh, without "all hoops" we have no certainty that the vote itself was cast by a registered voter, within the allowable time period, for any of the candidates on the official ballot (if a mark isn't clearly within the boundry of a check-box for a candidate, why should it count?), etc. Paid election officials should be held accountable for any lack of supervision that they demonstrate.

Posted by: Crusader at December 20, 2025 12:48 AM (Cjcf6)

340
Oh yeah, Grok got it now. Basically, our optimal firing elevation angle varies with muzzle velocity pretty strongly. For very low speeds, it's just 45 degrees, as that flat uniform g is close enough. As speed increases, the firing angle decreases, slowly at first, then gets to 0, horizontal as muzzle velocity approaches orbital speed.

At 1.2 km/s, angle is 35 degrees, range is 950 km. For 1.5, angle is 20 degrees, range is 3500 km. 1.68 km/s is orbital speed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 20, 2025 12:49 AM (w6EFb)

341 I notice you stopped after hoop so you didn't have to mention rethugliKKKan vote suppression of legal voters.

Posted by: raimondo at December 20, 2025 12:52 AM (2Cj+/)

342 Black dump supporters should be called uncle toms not the n word. What has rethugliKKKans done for black men except shoot them or put them in prision?
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Have you read the recent economic reports? Also, have you read of the number of illegals who were deported or who chose to self-deport? Do you have any guesses for what those results afford "Black dump supporters"?

By the way, "rethugliKKKans"? What, are you about 15 years old?

Posted by: Crusader at December 20, 2025 12:53 AM (Cjcf6)

343 I notice you stopped after hoop so you didn't have to mention rethugliKKKan vote suppression of legal voters.
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Go ahead, tell us all how such "suppression" happens?

Posted by: Crusader at December 20, 2025 12:55 AM (Cjcf6)

344 Glad your tree didn't hit anything other than *the ground* Bers!

Posted by: JQ at December 20, 2025 12:13 AM (rdVOm)

It was a miracle it didn't hit anything. there is a parking area to the left of the driveway. My pickup is backed in, and a friend of mine has his hot rod backed in next to the pickup because I'm helping him build it. Those cars are facing our regular cars parked in front of the garage. The tree fell and was laying right across the front of my pickup and friends car, like 1-2 feet away, and it's parallel to my normal car. 5 cars and it didn't hit one. I was looking at that tree a few weeks ago and was thinking you know, its leaning a little, I should remove that tree. Well I got my wish.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 20, 2025 12:56 AM (snZF9)

345 Go ahead, tell us all how such "suppression" happens?

Posted by: Crusader at December 20, 2025 12:55 AM (Cjcf6)

You know, when the repubs make sure there is never enough ballots for the dems...oh wait, its the dem run states that always do that to the republican areas.

Oh I got it. You know when mechanical issues mysteriously shut down voting precincts in dem areas...oh shit, thats right, its the dem states that always have these breakdowns.. only in republican areas. Fuck it, I got nothing.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 20, 2025 01:04 AM (snZF9)

346 Feels like I'm a "Weeble"-- remember those little toys that you could push over & they'd stand back up? Yeah. Or a weighted-bottom, inflated punching bag toy.

The hits keep on a comin' and I keep standing back up for more, bleh.

Today: was going to drive truck down to dad's & clean up a bit around that fallen tree. No start. It was mid-afternoon already (after lunch with hubby) so just jump-started from the car. That battery was *dead* and I just bought it this Spring! Only been 3 weeks since I drove truck, so maybe got electrical problem. Check engine light came on.. codes were iffy, likely due to battery issue/charging, so I cleared them.

Let it run for a while, then drove truck around for 10-15 minutes while there was still daylight. Used up all my daylight and didn't get any work done at dad's.

At least the codes didn't reappear, so there's that. Yay.

Posted by: JQ at December 20, 2025 01:07 AM (rdVOm)

347
That's interesting, the dependence on muzzle velocity. Even at 90% of orbital speed, the max range is still only 1/3 of the circumference. You've got to get really close to orbital speed to get a significant fraction of going all the way around.

With the real Moon, however, the mascons and the strong deviation from inverse square g field would mess all that up big time, and the actual solution would be a complicated mess. They've got the Moon's gravity mapped out pretty good now, but it would be one hell of a complicated calculation.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 20, 2025 01:07 AM (w6EFb)

348 Well I got my wish.
Posted by: Berserker
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Heh. We don't need to worry about our 'iffy' trees falling anymore, do we?

Posted by: JQ at December 20, 2025 01:09 AM (rdVOm)

349 Torture song: "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston.

Posted by: pawn at December 20, 2025 01:13 AM (EMg+d)

350 Song for the trapped intruder?

Dope - Die M'Fer Die!

Posted by: Shepherd Lover at December 20, 2025 01:14 AM (EmOFw)

351 After this recent wind storm, I'm ready to have ALL my mfing trees taken out!

Posted by: JQ at December 20, 2025 01:16 AM (rdVOm)

352 336 Torture song:
And Iiiiiiii will always love youuuuu
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 20, 2025 12:47 AM (dE3DB)

When one of my brothers was in college, his roommate played this on a loop. Little bro said he nearly went bonkers. Heh.

I always remember then, too, he got food poisoning but ate at so many fast food places that day they could not figure out where he got it. A super strange combo of meals, too.

Basically all of my life I have been surrounded by crazy guys starting with my brothers.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 20, 2025 01:17 AM (WONhk)

353 Torture song: "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston.
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Lol! I have an unpopular opinion about Whitney: she was leaning into a drug addiction from the moment she became popular. Whether that was or wasn't her own fault is a topic for another day. But to pretend it was entirely the fault of her husband seems a little shallow.

Posted by: Crusader at December 20, 2025 01:19 AM (Cjcf6)

354 351 After this recent wind storm, I'm ready to have ALL my mfing trees taken out!
Posted by: JQ at December 20, 2025 01:16 AM (rdVOm)

10 years ago I had 9 Trees on my 1/4 acre lot... that were all mature... some 50 years old.

Now? 2 smaller trees are left. Why? Solar panels

Every house in town has WAY less trees now, then when I was growing up... Green is now the anti Green.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 20, 2025 01:19 AM (mP0Kj)

355 Torture song:
And Iiiiiiii will always love youuuuu
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 20, 2025 12:47 AM (dE3DB)

Laaaast Christmas I gave you my heart...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 20, 2025 01:22 AM (nbLIj)

356 Raimando, did you lose the plot? We're all waiting on you to post something else that's stupid so I can knock you around again.

Posted by: Crusader at December 20, 2025 01:23 AM (Cjcf6)

357 339 You want the 315,000 voters who voted in 2020 to be told we are canceling your votes because some election official forgot to jump thru all hoops...
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Uh, without "all hoops" we have no certainty that the vote itself was cast by a registered voter, within the allowable time period, for any of the candidates on the official ballot (if a mark isn't clearly within the boundry of a check-box for a candidate, why should it count?), etc. Paid election officials should be held accountable for any lack of supervision that they demonstrate.
Posted by: Crusader at December 20, 2025 12:48 AM (Cjcf6)

For a mail in ballot to be legal in Calif, they are supposed to look at the signature on the outside of the envelope, and then compare it with the signature you have on file either through DMV, or your Voter Reg Card.

They literally do not have the time, nor bandwidth to do that. It is a technical impossibility, yet that is the ONLY verification on ballots.

So they just ignore the law.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 20, 2025 01:23 AM (mP0Kj)

358 Lol! I have an unpopular opinion about Whitney: she was leaning into a drug addiction from the moment she became popular. Whether that was or wasn't her own fault is a topic for another day. But to pretend it was entirely the fault of her husband seems a little shallow.
Posted by: Crusader at December 20, 2025 01:19 AM (Cjcf6)

But, didn't ex Secret Service guy Kevin Costner save her???? It must be true, saw it on TV!

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 20, 2025 01:25 AM (mP0Kj)

359 >> did mention a very high-velocity rifle, maybe .220 Swift

Just looking at that. That has a muzzle velocity of 4000 fps, which gets us to 1.2 km/s, still not a high enough fraction of orbital velocity. It's 70%, but that only gets us 950 km range (590 miles).

Now, for mountain heights. Height does affect that but to be significant it has to be a significant fraction of the Moon's radius. Highest elevation on the Moon is about 8 km above the mean, and that's not enough to change the range much at all.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 20, 2025 01:31 AM (w6EFb)

360 Not my style but; Can't a guy just stick with one instrument?

youtube.com/watch?v=sS_M-pHEHcE

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 20, 2025 01:32 AM (4Q/U3)

361 Just looking at that. That has a muzzle velocity of 4000 fps, which gets us to 1.2 km/s, still not a high enough fraction of orbital velocity. It's 70%, but that only gets us 950 km range (590 miles).

Now, for mountain heights. Height does affect that but to be significant it has to be a significant fraction of the Moon's radius. Highest elevation on the Moon is about 8 km above the mean, and that's not enough to change the range much at all.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 20, 2025 01:31 AM (w6EFb)

Well, the story is fiction, after all. And I may have misremembered just what model rifle was used. And another consideration is that a gun fired in a vacuum might have a higher muzzle velocity because the bullet isn't pushing a column of air out of the barrel.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 20, 2025 01:39 AM (npFr7)

362 I like trees, I like them better in the park.
Trees around the house bring strange animals and icky bugz.
_Watermelon R. Treehugger

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 20, 2025 01:43 AM (4Q/U3)

363 You know almost 50% of the single white mothers the father’s of the baby is black.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 20, 2025 01:44 AM (KDPiq)

364 And another consideration is that a gun fired in a vacuum might have a higher muzzle velocity because the bullet isn't pushing a column of air out of the barrel.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Deep math

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 20, 2025 01:44 AM (4Q/U3)

365 I don’t think the motorcycle guy got away if that video was from a police chopper.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 20, 2025 01:45 AM (KDPiq)

366 And imo, section 7 would easily win.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 20, 2025 01:46 AM (KDPiq)

367 raimondo ran away...again.

Posted by: Crusader at December 20, 2025 01:46 AM (Cjcf6)

368 Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by progress in aviation:

The progress from 1900 to 1960 dwarfs the progress from 1960 to now.

Yes I can order Thai food at 3 AM and have it delivered to my door in 30 minutes and people in the 60s couldn't. But...I could live in 1960 technologically and feel fine. 1900? Much harder. No cars. No electricity. No novocaine. And on and on...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 20, 2025 01:48 AM (sKqQm)

369 Torture song: "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston.

Posted by: pawn at December 20, 2025 01:13 AM (EMg+d)

I think that’s a Dolly Parton written song IIRC.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 20, 2025 01:48 AM (KDPiq)

370 I still think raimondobot is a, well, bot. Programmed to spout out marxist talking points in very bad English, right around the same time every evening/morning. Times vary.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 20, 2025 01:50 AM (cHNrw)

371 Posted by: 18-1 at December 20, 2025 01:48 AM (sKqQm)

I really liked the movie Midnight in Paris mainly because of that thought game, people wanting to live in a different time period.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 20, 2025 01:51 AM (KDPiq)

372
Another big difference is no drag at all. When the bullet got back to the surface it would still be moving at essentially muzzle velocity. So even at the 500 mile range, it would still be packing the full punch.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 20, 2025 01:52 AM (w6EFb)

373 Yes I can order Thai food at 3 AM and have it delivered to my door in 30 minutes and people in the 60s couldn't. But...I could live in 1960 technologically and feel fine. 1900? Much harder. No cars. No electricity. No novocaine. And on and on...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 20, 2025 01:48 AM (sKqQm)

Well, there probably weren't any Thai restaurants in North America in 1960. But you likely could order a pizza at 3:00 A.M. and have it delivered in 30 minutes just by picking up the phone. And there were cars in 1900. Crude, slow, and few and far between, but they certainly existed. And there was laudanum.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 20, 2025 01:55 AM (npFr7)

374 Never seen a Chapman Stick before K. Keith. This fellow is a lot more productive. Gets going around 2:19.

youtube.com/watch?v=RCXjEIQANes

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 20, 2025 02:03 AM (4Q/U3)

375 Oh Holy Night ~ Thomas Chalmers - Edison Diamond Disc 82055. Recorded January 9, 1914 in New York City.
https://youtu.be/cn60BY_E77Q

MiladyJo notes that was just four months before her mother was born.
https://youtu.be/3kGO4iAuGac

G'nite, y'all. See you on the prayer and coffee thread, or the pets at least.

Posted by: mindful webworker - with trees and flowers and chirping birds at December 20, 2025 02:03 AM (WB0Mb)

376 If I depended on 1960s medicine I'd be dead.
A ticket to Mars is fine with me.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 20, 2025 02:12 AM (4Q/U3)

377
I got interested in how much firing in vacuum vs air would increase muzzle velocity. The easy way to ballpark that is to consider the pressure difference. Chamber pressure for a .223 is around 55 kpsi, call it, vs 14.7 psi standard atm pressure. So very little difference.

However, in the barrel, the air can't move fast enough, and compresses, raising back pressure. The limit of that is just to imagine having to accelerate the air column to the same speed as the bullet, and the difference there is just the ratio of the mass of the air column to the bullet mass.

So, at most, being generous you won't get more than 1% increase in muzzle velocity, probably 0.1%.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 20, 2025 02:15 AM (w6EFb)

378
Now, turns out the high speed tank guns do have muzzle velocities that get to and exceed lunar orbital velocity. So, you could go all the way around the Moon with that. In practice, you'd just take the shorter great circle route and never have to go for more than half of the circumference to minimize flight time.

So, a tank could indeed do it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 20, 2025 02:23 AM (w6EFb)

379 Been lurking here all evening.

Publius - fascinating discussion regarding firing a bullet around the moon.

BC - Hang in there! Don't give up!

Looking forward to tomorrow's hobby thread to see if my ornament submissions made the cut.

Tomorrow is a major all day party with the wife's family but I plan to be around.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 20, 2025 02:26 AM (QGaXH)

380 After this recent wind storm, I'm ready to have ALL my mfing trees taken out!
Posted by: JQ at December 20, 2025 01:16 AM (rdVOm)

You and me both. I have no clue what type of trees I have. They are really tall, but thin. At most maybe 12-15inches across at the trunk. No branches until you get way up there. Kinda like retarded looking palm trees without the palm looking tops. the one that fell was probably 40ft tall but at best maybe 10-12 inches near the bottom. I would like to clear the whole area along the wooded side of the driveway. A small bulldozer would probably knock them down like twigs.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 20, 2025 02:29 AM (snZF9)

381 You and me both. I have no clue what type of trees I have. They are really tall, but thin. At most maybe 12-15inches across at the trunk. No branches until you get way up there. Kinda like retarded looking palm trees without the palm looking tops. the one that fell was probably 40ft tall but at best maybe 10-12 inches near the bottom. I would like to clear the whole area along the wooded side of the driveway. A small bulldozer would probably knock them down like twigs.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 20, 2025 02:29 AM (snZF9)

Conifers, or deciduous trees? Lombardy poplars were popular for windbreaks. Very slender-looking trees; branches hugging close to trunk all the way up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 20, 2025 02:34 AM (npFr7)

382 *waves to ARiK*
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Bers, I'm an amateur at tree identification, but I know for a fact that Dad's tree is a douglas fir. Notorious for shallow (no taproot) roots. Lucky indeed, that it didn't fall onto the house & into the living room! It was close.

Cleanup will be a sticky, sappy mess. Smells *wonderful* though... like Christmas!

Posted by: JQ at December 20, 2025 02:37 AM (rdVOm)

383 For you, Bers:

arborday.org/tree-identification

Posted by: JQ at December 20, 2025 02:39 AM (rdVOm)

384 Cleanup will be a sticky, sappy mess. Smells *wonderful* though... like Christmas!
Posted by: JQ at December 20, 2025 02:37 AM (rdVOm)

Doug fir boughs make a nice mattress for camping, too. Soft needles. And the wood makes very fine lumber.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 20, 2025 02:39 AM (npFr7)

385 Conifers, or deciduous trees?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 20, 2025 02:34 AM (npFr7)

uh..tree. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 20, 2025 02:43 AM (snZF9)

386 AOP-- if I had more time before Christmas, I'd be making a bunch of holiday 'swags' and wreaths out of that tree, and selling them to help fund the removal... LOL!

Already told the neighbors to come by & clip if they wanted some fresh greenery for decorating.

Posted by: JQ at December 20, 2025 02:44 AM (rdVOm)

387 uh..tree. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 20, 2025 02:43 AM (snZF9)

Conifers are evergreens, like Christmas trees. Don't shed their leaves. Pine, spruce, fir, cedar. Larch is the odd man out, Has needles but they turn gold in fall, and slowly shed all winter, sprout new green ones in Spring.

Deciduous trees change color, and drop their leaves in Fall. Oak, maple, nut trees, fruit trees.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 20, 2025 02:47 AM (npFr7)

388 There are a lot of evergreens around here. I'm in the the very north reaches of the pine barrens, so you see them. None on the property though. I do have some walnut trees, those are easy to identify, but these tall thin ones got me puzzled. They have a small leaf. I don't have to ever rake leaves because they are so small it seems like the wind blows them off the planet.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 20, 2025 02:47 AM (snZF9)

389 Bers, check out that arbor day link I mentioned. Just select answers to the choices it presents. Maybe figure out what you've got there.

Posted by: JQ at December 20, 2025 02:52 AM (rdVOm)

390 There are a lot of evergreens around here. I'm in the the very north reaches of the pine barrens, so you see them. None on the property though. I do have some walnut trees, those are easy to identify, but these tall thin ones got me puzzled. They have a small leaf. I don't have to ever rake leaves because they are so small it seems like the wind blows them off the planet.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 20, 2025 02:47 AM (snZF9)

Are the leaves long and slender? Might be some sort of willow. Or maybe Mountain Ash? I'm really not familiar with trees of the Eastern Seabord. Growing up in Vancouver, there were a host of "exotic" trees to be found in home gardens. Even monkey-puzzle trees. They are amazing, every leaf is a spine.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 20, 2025 02:56 AM (npFr7)

391 Bers, check out that arbor day link I mentioned. Just select answers to the choices it presents. Maybe figure out what you've got there.

Posted by: JQ at December 20, 2025 02:52 AM (rdVOm)

I can't answer some of the questions. Things like are the leaves staggered or are they across from each other? The fuck do I know, the branches are 30 feet up, do I look like a frigging squirrel? lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 20, 2025 02:56 AM (snZF9)

392 And right now there are no leaves, because winter, so I have to wait until spring. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 20, 2025 02:58 AM (snZF9)

393
Well, I learnt something I did not know, or had forgotten the physics. 1.8 km/s is about the practical limit for muzzle velocity of a gunpowder projectile. Any faster, and you've got barrel wear, pressure limits, and gas expansion problems.

Now here' the interesting thing. The limit of projectile velocity being pushed by an expanding gas is *twice* the speed of sound in said gas. Deriving that is a complex mess, but you can think of it this. It's a pressure wave that travels through the medium. When it hits something, the projectile being accelerated, you get a return wave that bounces back. The difference between the forward and reverse waves is twice the speed of sound, and it comes about from that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 20, 2025 02:59 AM (w6EFb)

394 I like trees, I like them better in the park.
Trees around the house bring strange animals and icky bugz.
_Watermelon R. Treehugger

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 20, 2025 01:4

I LOLed Braen...

But that is very true, esp around historic homes. Besides pests trees and shrub can hold moisture causing more problems.

On a different note..You gotta love Jimmy Joe. He just quickly mentioned Tim Walz was bitching about the ballroom..he said Walz shoudn't worry about it since he won't need it!

Posted by: Farmer at December 20, 2025 03:00 AM (55Qr6)

395 Are the leaves long and slender? Might be some sort of willow. Or maybe Mountain Ash? I'm really not familiar with trees of the Eastern Seabord. Growing up in Vancouver, there were a host of "exotic" trees to be found in home gardens. Even monkey-puzzle trees. They are amazing, every leaf is a spine.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 20, 2025 02:56 AM (npFr7)

Not that long, maybe 3 inches at most, maybe almond shape. Not round. They are yellow in fall. I never really examined them up close.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 20, 2025 03:00 AM (snZF9)

396 Hey Horde, I fell asleep on the couch after bolting down a double Chivas when I got home from the hospital/ I was at the ER with my brother for most of the day, he fell for the second time in two weeks. I was just so relieved that they are admitting him for the night, he will be somebody else's problem at least until tomorrow afternoon.

I scrolled through many of the comments, Beckoning Chasm, don't you dare apologize for being you, we like you just fine.

Teresa, have a most wonderful Christmas with your family, well done!

JQ and Bers, we still have the windstorm going on here, I am scared of another tree falling on the house, yikes!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 20, 2025 03:03 AM (0nHVk)

397
So, if you want to increase the maximum velocity, you've got increase the speed of sound. Light gases like helium can do it. There's something they call "gas guns" that pressurize helium and hydrogen gas to enormous pressures and those give you very high speed of sound.

They can hit 10 km/s muzzle velocity, and 12 km/s is about the max they've done. But these things are huge laboratory set ups. They use this for testing orbital velocity impacts and similar.

Rail guns do not suffer that speed of sound limitation.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 20, 2025 03:03 AM (w6EFb)

398 Now here' the interesting thing. The limit of projectile velocity being pushed by an expanding gas is *twice* the speed of sound in said gas. Deriving that is a complex mess, but you can think of it this. It's a pressure wave that travels through the medium. When it hits something, the projectile being accelerated, you get a return wave that bounces back. The difference between the forward and reverse waves is twice the speed of sound, and it comes about from that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 20, 2025 02:59 AM (w6EFb)

And as the gas expands, the pressure drops, and so does the speed of sound in it. I was thinking, a few nights ago, how guns are far superior to bows and trebuchets, and such, in that with all of those, part of the weapon itself has to accelerate to the speed at which the projectile is thrown, and then decelerate to a stop to be recocked. With a gun, the weapon itself remains stationary (neglecting recoil), and only the powder gases and the bullet get any speed to them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 20, 2025 03:06 AM (npFr7)

399 Not that long, maybe 3 inches at most, maybe almond shape. Not round. They are yellow in fall. I never really examined them up close.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 20, 2025 03:00 AM (snZF9)

Well, I will say "willow" for now. There's a reason that "willowy" is a synonym for "slender", after all. But there are probably plenty of other trees that could fit the description.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 20, 2025 03:10 AM (npFr7)

400 Hi, Debby!

I sure hope you don't get *another* tree through your roof! That would be just too much for any one person...

God was looking out for Bers and me-- so blessed to not have major damage.

Today was a struggle. Think I'll call it quits & try to sleep.

See ya all at ClubONT tomorrow, I hope! <3

Posted by: JQ at December 20, 2025 03:12 AM (rdVOm)

401 Crap! Past 1:00 A.M. already. I need to get to bed. Getting chilly down here in the basement. It's 8 below zero right now here, and some of that cold seeps into the basement. Upstairs is warm, though.

Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 20, 2025 03:12 AM (npFr7)

402 Sweet Dreams, Horde, I am off to bed too. Good night, JQ and AOP.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 20, 2025 03:15 AM (0nHVk)

403 Take that big fir to a lumber mill.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 20, 2025 03:17 AM (4Q/U3)

404 401 "It's 8 below zero right now here"

YIKES!

Waves back at JQ!

Good Night Everybody!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 20, 2025 03:19 AM (QGaXH)

405 Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 20, 2025 03:12

Nite AOP, stay warm. W are over the below 0 stuff for now ,hope it is done but I'll bet there's more this winter.

When you headed south? First trip without Pogo must be tough.

Posted by: Farmer at December 20, 2025 03:23 AM (55Qr6)

406 Love all you folks and apologize for being me.

Don't ever apologize for being you.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 11:37

Now JackS, I hope you wouldn't say that to the idiopids that ran the Providence pressers. They need to apologize for being themselves.

Posted by: Farmer at December 20, 2025 03:42 AM (55Qr6)

407 I could get up or not
Winds calmed dowm overnight at least

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 03:44 AM (Ia/+0)

408 Oh, come on. The YB-52s featured tandem seating in a cockpit not unlike that of a B-47.

: )

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 20, 2025 03:51 AM (rQwsY)

409 Sure seems that Brown University did nothing for their victim students.
And all to protect the diversity Marxism

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2025 03:55 AM (Ia/+0)

410 150 Tbf, they have updated the B52 since it came out.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 10:52 PM (7yt4l)

The D model is the superior version.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 20, 2025 04:00 AM (rQwsY)

411 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at December 20, 2025 04:01 AM (RuTUS)

412 The torture song? "Fancy Like." That fucking POS Applebee's song. Worse than "We Built this City."

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at December 20, 2025 06:27 AM (5YmYl)

413 Molly Hatchet, "Flirting with Disaster".

Posted by: Con Reeder at December 20, 2025 07:03 AM (WYvtN)

414 I quite like looking through a post that will make people think.
Also, thank you for allowing me to comment!

Posted by: https://99ok.com/ at December 20, 2025 10:24 AM (DXGoa)

415 Love Weird Dave!

Posted by: Art at December 20, 2025 10:33 AM (gSnZg)

416 I think "Afternoon delight" would suffice or "Final Countdown" with extra trumpet. Maybe "Tijuana taxi". So many choices ohohoh "Yakety sax" sped up

Posted by: Gregg at December 20, 2025 01:58 PM (jxJ0Q)

Frustration Be Gone Cafe

It may seem like I took the day off, but trust me, I didn't. It was a frustrating and expensive day. It's never fun having a complete stranger looking into your computer and maybe stealing all of your passwords.

Sidling up to a fren.

More buddies.

Beaver surfing on an ice board.

Hide and seek.

Baby elephant playing with his food.

Three year old girl helps put Reggie the Wombat to bed.

Adoption day. I think there are two dogs here because people often bring their current dog to meet the potential adopted dog, to make sure they get along.

Mini-chainsaws: Not just for bayonets any longer.

The true warrior must accept every challenge he's offered.

This seal is a player. (Or is it a sea lion? I don't know animals.)

Fun with Nature's Comedians.

Guinea pig diner party.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/Dh59ZdUtH4
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) December 19, 2025

The art of trading.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/ItZsa831kW
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) December 19, 2025

Happy dog.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/sGCCmC7dCM
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) December 19, 2025

Friday vibes.. 😂

Sound on pic.twitter.com/HvXbFjuUJc
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) December 19, 2025

Posted by: Ace at 07:33 PM

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 07:33 PM (Ia/+0)

2
Hi ace!

Posted by: fourseasons at December 19, 2025 07:33 PM (3ek7K)

3 Hrllo

Posted by: Case at December 19, 2025 07:33 PM (G1OIb)

4 Glad the cafe is open as usual

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 07:34 PM (Ia/+0)

5 Shouldn't 3yo kids have a puppy or a kitten?

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 07:35 PM (Ia/+0)

6 Sorry about your computer problems, Ace. Hope the techies don't get all judgy about your erotic hobo fanfic.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 19, 2025 07:36 PM (kpS4V)

7
Mr. Finn went to the vet today for a follow-up. Doc was delighted with how well he's doing. He'll still be on antibiotics for a couple of weeks, but he's no longer coughing up blood and has a good appetite.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2025 07:37 PM (tgvbd)

8 Please to note that the animal in the cutest video of the evening has 'bat' in it's name.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 19, 2025 07:37 PM (0sNs1)

9
Good news Hadrian

Posted by: fourseasons at December 19, 2025 07:38 PM (3ek7K)

10 It's never fun having a complete stranger looking into your computer and maybe stealing all of your passwords

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passwords is secret code for pornz

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 19, 2025 07:38 PM (PWcY+)

11 Chainsaw skates have to be AI

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 07:39 PM (Ia/+0)

12 I will be proud when winter gets here, maybe it will warm up some.

Posted by: Case at December 19, 2025 07:39 PM (G1OIb)

13 It's never fun having a complete stranger looking into your computer and maybe stealing all of your passwords.

Ace, this scenario is one of the exact reasons you write them on a sticky, and put it under your keyboard.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 19, 2025 07:39 PM (0sNs1)

14 When technology doesn't work the way it is supposed to, it's infuriating. It worked yesterday!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 07:39 PM (A0sqA)

15 The pinniped, I think, is a sea lion. Sea lions have external ears; seals don't. It's hard to see them on this fellow, but they're there.

Otariids are "eared seals" or sea lions. Phocids are true seals.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 07:39 PM (wzUl9)

16 I do want a dog. But can't get one until I retire. Not doing 14 hour days three x a week.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 07:39 PM (dAOkg)

17 >>>passwords is secret code for pornz

no i have a cheap old computer for anything like that. this is as clean as it gets.

Posted by: ace at December 19, 2025 07:39 PM (YHhYo)

18 Labradors!

Best Pups.

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2025 07:40 PM (W23D2)

19 Glad to hear Finn is on the mend.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 07:40 PM (A0sqA)

20 Phocids are true seals.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 07:39 PM

And phoque is French for seal.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 19, 2025 07:41 PM (0sNs1)

21 >>>passwords is secret code for pornz

no i have a cheap old computer for anything like that. this is as clean as it gets.
Posted by: ace

Shouldn't the good computer be for the prawn?
Better graphics, bigger monitor, ruggedized, etc.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 07:42 PM (/lPRQ)

22 Ace,
Use a password manager nowadays. Encrypting the harddrive works for laptop theft but makes it a pita for recovery if something goes wrong, particularly Bitlocker from Microsux.

Proton and Bitwarden make some good password managers that also hold the newer passkeys you should be using. Otherwise, a Yubi security USB key is probably the ultimate at keeping passwords safe as long as you don't lose it. Most people keep several of those in duplicate if you go that route.

Proton and Bitwarden don't have that issue but they do have cloud storage, albeit heavily encrypted for your passwords/passkeys backup. Proton also has a free authenticator app for websites where you can use those.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 07:42 PM (WDjG6)

23 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 19, 2025 07:43 PM (cYBz/)

24 Got caught in a nasty squall on my walk down the hill. Chunky rain and lots of wind.

On the boat now. It’s nice and warm. And the sky
Cleared up.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 19, 2025 07:43 PM (PjIB0)

25 Someone went to a lot of trouble for those guinea pigs. Quite a spread.

Posted by: Tuna at December 19, 2025 07:44 PM (lJ0H4)

26 Seals are for Easter-not Christmas.
Penguins are for Christmas.

Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board at December 19, 2025 07:44 PM (oftw2)

27 And phoque is French for seal.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 19, 2025 07:41 PM (0sNs1)

However, "enfocarse" does not mean "turn oneself into a seal" in Spanish

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 07:45 PM (rbvCR)

28 I always thought wombats were the size of guinea pigs. They're bigger, like a Corgi dog.

Adoption day: I wish I'd taken video of the day we met Stirling at the shelter. He acted as if he'd rehearsed his moment on stage, purring, rolling on his side for petting, etc. And then he walked right into the carrier we'd brought. If I didn't know better, I'd think his mother schooled him: "Here's how to pass your audition with the humans. . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 07:46 PM (wzUl9)

29 Ace, this scenario is one of the exact reasons you write them on a sticky, and put it under your keyboard.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
========
I can tell you work for the NSA.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 07:46 PM (WDjG6)

30 And leopard seals can all phoque off!

Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board. at December 19, 2025 07:46 PM (oftw2)

31 >>>11 Chainsaw skates have to be AI

i thought that but I thought the trigger handles added plausibility. also, the video being backwards, which is a trick people use to not get copyright-claimed. I thought that lent more credibility.

but yeah I was thinking AI too and you may be right.

Posted by: ace at December 19, 2025 07:47 PM (YHhYo)

32
Shouldn't 3yo kids have a puppy or a kitten?
Posted by: Skip

How about the pacifier?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 07:47 PM (pkeXY)

33 17 >>>passwords is secret code for pornz

no i have a cheap old computer for anything like that. this is as clean as it gets.

Posted by: ace at December 19, 2025 07:39 PM (YHhYo)

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Smart... separating business from pleasure

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 19, 2025 07:47 PM (PWcY+)

34 >>Labradors!

>>Best Pups.

Goldens. But there isn't much difference.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 07:47 PM (viF8m)

35 23 Good evening good people.
Posted by: Tonypete
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You have us confused with someone else I think. Try down the hall or so.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 07:47 PM (WDjG6)

36 Not sure how this is a Christmas display, but, still a pretty cool Star Wars display... if he really wants to be considered incredible, he should program his house with a Die Hard-themed Christmas light show...

Dudes Posting Their W’s @DudespostingWs

A 15-year-old programmed his home’s Star Wars–themed Christmas light show, and it’s incredible

X video: https://bit.ly/3YDBJn6

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 07:47 PM (P5BPp)

37 RE: Pet adoption. I just got my 5th foster dog adopted yesterday. Had him for 6 months and got him to a perfect family with an older brother dog who wants a playmate. Great feeling, but now my resident dog is confused again about not having HIS playmate around anymore: "You lost ANOTHER one?"

Posted by: Dale at December 19, 2025 07:48 PM (f45WX)

38 Sea otters and guinea pigs. Cuteness overload!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 19, 2025 07:48 PM (Wnv9h)

39 Guinea pigs always remind me of Sidekicks

No matter how bad the hand you're dealt, at least you're not a superhero who's power is to shape change into a guinea pig

Posted by: Fen at December 19, 2025 07:48 PM (qChqh)

40 Ace, this scenario is one of the exact reasons you write them on a sticky, and put it under your keyboard.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

The last year I was working at MEGA WORLDWIDE FINANCIAL SERVICES FIRM, they would selectively pick one of their buildings now and then and audit the cubes within for passwords written on notes and stickies and such.

Our building? Something like 25% on a stickie beneath the keyboard. A further 20% under the mouse pad. 10% right out in the open. The big guys were NOT happy.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 19, 2025 07:49 PM (cYBz/)

41 Smart... separating business from pleasure
Posted by: Lemmiwinks

Stroke of genius!

Posted by: Uncle Pervy at December 19, 2025 07:49 PM (oftw2)

42 He acted as if he'd rehearsed his moment on stage, purring, rolling on his side for petting, etc. And then he walked right into the carrier we'd brought. If I didn't know better, I'd think his mother schooled him: "Here's how to pass your audition with the humans. . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

=====

Apparently, Sterling gold was from the same litter as our Little Ball of Hate, who was the very model of affection when we met her at the shelter.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 19, 2025 07:49 PM (8AONa)

43 However, "enfocarse" does not mean "turn oneself into a seal" in Spanish
Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025

***
After all the years I spent studying Spanish, I still had to look that up: "To focus oneself."

(I'd like it better the other way)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 07:50 PM (wzUl9)

44 Mini-chainsaws: Not just for bayonets any longer.
___________________________

That's a "watch this" guy. They likely know him by his first name in the E/R.

Posted by: Orson at December 19, 2025 07:51 PM (dIske)

45 re: chainsaw skates. Went to my phone to try to find yours to send to a son/grandson skater fambly... there were tons!

Posted by: MkY at December 19, 2025 07:51 PM (q6tQZ)

46
Open Threads were great. We loved them.

That's what we should have on Saturdays & Sundays, like the good ol' days.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 07:51 PM (dbEXM)

47 >>Goldens. But there isn't much difference.

Roughly 1 Brain Cell more in the Labs.

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2025 07:51 PM (W23D2)

48 The overlords at work have nuked YT, so no cat videos over the holidays. It was getting abused and it was messing with the bandwidth. The fussy perfumed princes don't want there home VPN internet screwed up. Or something. Doesn't matter. This is work and the fussy perfumed princes decide things. I was going to do a bit of studying but even those vids won't play. (shrugs)

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 19, 2025 07:52 PM (Hpgos)

49 I'm watching a really interesting documentary called "Z Channel", about an LA cable channel in the 70's and 80's that showed odd, offbeat, classic, and foreign movies based on the likes and whims of its eccentric program director Jerry Harvey. He helped bring attention to overlooked movies or films that would never get wide distribution and would often finagle the original uncut version from directors.

Now I want to see the four-hour versions of "1900" and "Heaven's Gate" and the six-hour miniseries of "Das Boot".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 19, 2025 07:52 PM (kpS4V)

50 And that river otter is going to rip that guys face off next time he gets teased.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 19, 2025 07:52 PM (PjIB0)

51 If it wasn't for fraud, the Democrats would have no accomplishments.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2025 07:53 PM (2GVsD)

52 We couldn't have had a computer glitch the other day when CBD was feeding us the "Seeress" on the Art Thread.

Posted by: No Coma Art Fan at December 19, 2025 07:54 PM (oftw2)

53 KICK OUT THE JAMS

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=y6Qx7fmUegE

Posted by: BAD BRAINS w/ H. ROLLINS at December 19, 2025 07:54 PM (W23D2)

54 Open Threads opened for Pussy Riot in St. Petersburg in 2012.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2025 07:54 PM (2GVsD)

55 Winds are still howling here, haven't heard anything falling over so far

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 07:54 PM (Ia/+0)

56 passwords is secret code for pornz
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 19, 2025 07:38 PM (PWcY+)
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no i have a cheap old computer for anything like that. this is as clean as it gets.
Posted by: ace at December 19, 2025 07:39 PM (YHhYo)

So that's why you don't read the comments: "A cheap old computer."

Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 07:55 PM (gKDq2)

57 When Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 and I walked into the SPCA in June of '83, the lady who greeted us said, "Have I got a kitten for you!" This was a little red tabby-and-white fuzzball who beamed up at us through the cage mesh. "Take ME home! I'm a great deal!"

And I fell for it. Arizona grew from a fuzzball into a flowing-furred longhaired cat, like a feline collie, and was with me 16.5 years, his entire life.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 07:55 PM (wzUl9)

58 It's never fun having a complete stranger looking into your computer and maybe stealing all of your passwords.

Don't you worry, Ace, we'll take care of him if he tries anything funny. Now, go find us some more busty lesbian porn. The boys here love it.

Posted by: Bob@NSA at December 19, 2025 07:56 PM (iFEms)

59 Mr. Finn went to the vet today for a follow-up. Doc was delighted with how well he's doing. He'll still be on antibiotics for a couple of weeks, but he's no longer coughing up blood and has a good appetite.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2025 07:37 PM (tgvbd)

The power of prayer.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 19, 2025 07:56 PM (/HDaX)

60 Apparently, Sterling gold was from the same litter as our Little Ball of Hate, who was the very model of affection when we met her at the shelter.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 19, 2025

***
Stirling is still affectionate and good-natured. He just likes to play rougher than Dagny likes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 07:57 PM (wzUl9)

61 Thing about these passwords is everywhere they are needed so in no time you have dozens of them.
And most I have you need 2 boxes to fill in, not just 1 word

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 07:57 PM (Ia/+0)

62 Welp. Time for me to fix dinner for me and the missus.

Again, for general security on computers, PC Mag has a pretty good rundown on current topics like passkeys and security keys along with authentication.

2 factor text authentication for websites is on the way out with passkeys and software authenticator apps being the next step adopted. Passkeys though can be compromised if your computer is but it can also be biometric which is harder to crack if your computer has a fingerprint or eye scanner. Some people feel uncomfortable with that.

Security keys like Yubi are encrypted containers for security tokens identifying exactly who you are where either biometrics or a master password upon insertion unlocks them.

No security key present, then a hacker cannot access those websites with your credentials because it generates the encrypted one time codes for those websites only when the key is present and inserted. Authenticator and passkey in one along with password storage for less sophisticated websites.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 07:58 PM (WDjG6)

63 Now I want to see the four-hour versions of "1900" and "Heaven's Gate" and the six-hour miniseries of "Das Boot".
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

Four hours of 'Heaven's Gate' is just longer roller skating scenes.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 19, 2025 07:58 PM (Hpgos)

64 Any station this net.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at December 19, 2025 07:58 PM (URO9T)

65
From last thread, I now have Schoolhouse Rock's "My Hero Zero" as an earworm.

Original version:
https://is.gd/UNCkSR

Lemonheads cover:
https://is.gd/8ELLFy

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 19, 2025 07:59 PM (w6EFb)

66 And I fell for it. Arizona grew from a fuzzball into a flowing-furred longhaired cat, like a feline collie, and was with me 16.5 years, his entire life.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 07:55 PM (wzUl9)

Hey, I have a question. My two kittens (7-9 mo) got their first distemper shot yesterday and took more than a day to shake it off, with fever and lethargy and no appetite. Is that normal in your experience?

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 07:59 PM (rbvCR)

67 Four hours of 'Heaven's Gate' is just longer roller skating scenes.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 19, 2025 07:58 PM (Hpgos)
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Longer ROLLERFIDDLING scenes.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 19, 2025 08:00 PM (kpS4V)

68 I was also surprised at how long the wombat's claws are, and at how domesticated he appears to be.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 08:00 PM (wzUl9)

69 I really ought to get ready for bed, nothing immediately to get up for but will probably anyway

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 08:00 PM (Ia/+0)

70 thx H7! Great news!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 19, 2025 08:00 PM (Cjt/F)

71 Our building? Something like 25% on a stickie beneath the keyboard. A further 20% under the mouse pad. 10% right out in the open. The big guys were NOT happy.
Posted by: Tonypete
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Google had that problem and went to security keys which ended the issue. I think Google still sells those as products but they aren't as widespread in use as Yubikey. (They do, I checked, look for Titan Security Key).

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 08:01 PM (WDjG6)

72 Beaver surfing on an ice board.

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When I was a senior in high school, on a spring day, my friend and I ditched class to smoke some organic substances. We went to a cliff overlooking a river and the ice was breaking up. A beaver was playing among the ice flows as they floated away down river.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled program.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 08:01 PM (L/fGl)

73
My two kittens (7-9 mo) got their first distemper shot yesterday and took more than a day to shake it off, with fever and lethargy and no appetite. Is that normal in your experience?
Posted by: Kindltot

Did they eat today?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 08:02 PM (dbEXM)

74 Come for the dancing Santa Trump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saHhQYK5Xy4

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2025 08:03 PM (2GVsD)

75 Hey, I have a question. My two kittens (7-9 mo) got their first distemper shot yesterday and took more than a day to shake it off, with fever and lethargy and no appetite. Is that normal in your experience?
Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025

***
I seem to recall that happening without incident years ago with some of my cats, but not recently. Chekov D. Siberian was under the weather a bit, and Marie-Antoinette too. But that was some years ago.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 08:03 PM (wzUl9)

76 Intel from the wife - federal workers are getting the day before AND after Christmas off from work, which has never happened before. Scuttlebutt in the office is that maybe Trump ain't so bad.

Posted by: Fen at December 19, 2025 08:03 PM (qChqh)

77
80's Mystery Lyrics!

All of my life I've been waitin' in the rain
I've been waitin' for a feelin'
That never ever came
It feels so close
But always disappears

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 08:03 PM (dbEXM)

78 Winds are still howling here, haven't heard anything falling over so far
Posted by: Skip

That's not hyperbole, it actually howled! One big ash so far and another tree I haven't found yet.

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2025 08:04 PM (iFEms)

79 I nominate that seal for US Senator from California.

Posted by: 80's music fan at December 19, 2025 08:04 PM (YlWIZ)

80 Mini chainsaws

As if regular skates aren't deadly enough...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 08:05 PM (a+4eV)

81 Six hours of Das Boot?

By the end you stink of diesel and sweat while sporting a full beard. Plus, you will look pale and emaciated.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2025 08:05 PM (2GVsD)

82
Remember a couple years ago I axed how many Songs With A Saxophone you can think of?

The above Mystery Lyrics has a saxophone.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 08:06 PM (dbEXM)

83 'Heaven's Gate' was Cimino trying to repeat his success with 'The Deer Hunter' but a western. It, uh, didn't work. There was a story to tell, but ole Mike got a bit carried away with other peoples money. He did bankrupt the studio, so there's that.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 19, 2025 08:06 PM (Hpgos)

84 hey Anna, thx again for the Home Stallone link; Mrs Eez is groovin' on it!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 19, 2025 08:07 PM (Cjt/F)

85 Did they eat today?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 08:02 PM (dbEXM)

They skipped breakfast but ate dinner just now.
The girl is coming out of it, but she decided to stay in all day. I don't remember such a reaction for the other cats when they were kittens.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 08:08 PM (rbvCR)

86 Hey, I have a question. My two kittens (7-9 mo) got their first distemper shot yesterday and took more than a day to shake it off, with fever and lethargy and no appetite. Is that normal in your experience?
Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 07:59 PM (rbvCR)

It can happen with shots to a cat. If they shake it off as you say, its no big deal.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 08:08 PM (8avO+)

87 'Heaven's Gate' was Cimino trying to repeat his success with 'The Deer Hunter' but a western. It, uh, didn't work. There was a story to tell, but ole Mike got a bit carried away with other peoples money. He did bankrupt the studio, so there's that.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 19, 2025

***
What was so terrible about it? Was it slow and dull, poorly acted, or what?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 08:08 PM (wzUl9)

88 >>When I was a senior in high school, on a spring day, my friend and I ditched class to smoke some organic substances.

I got high in high school once.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 08:09 PM (viF8m)

89 Had a purebred black lab and then her golden daughter. Great dogs but not the smartest when puppies. But for both, at six months, it was like somebody flipped a switch. OK, i'm smart now, no more all ass and elbows. Boy I miss them dogs.
Pitch Black Velvet & Tia Maria

Posted by: kactus at December 19, 2025 08:09 PM (twS2i)

90 Intel from the wife - federal workers are getting the day before AND after Christmas off from work, which has never happened before. Scuttlebutt in the office is that maybe Trump ain't so bad.
Posted by: Fen at December 19, 2025 08:03 PM (qChqh)

Or Maybe Donaldus Maximus is going to do something big, really big, and three days without the bureaucrats being at their desks is a key part of it. He as to do it for the whole of Civil Service, because saying, "Hey, FBI, take next week off" might give it away.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 19, 2025 08:10 PM (lLEcp)

91 sock_rat_eez

You are welcome, JD Vance in a rocket powered Santa sled

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2025 08:10 PM (2GVsD)

92 Mini-chainsaws: Not just for bayonets any longer.

As good as use as any for those little 162's. But the Zamboni driver is going to run you over if he catches you.

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2025 08:10 PM (iFEms)

93 Remember a couple years ago I axed how many Songs With A Saxophone you can think of?

The above Mystery Lyrics has a saxophone.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 08:06 PM (dbEXM)

How many with bagpipes?

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 08:11 PM (KDPiq)

94
Many of my cats over the years have had similar reactions to various shots. The two here now had similar when they were kittens.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 19, 2025 08:11 PM (w6EFb)

95 *Yellow daughter - duh
Like the top pic

Posted by: kactus at December 19, 2025 08:11 PM (twS2i)

96 'Heaven's Gate' was Cimino trying to repeat his success with 'The Deer Hunter' but a western. It, uh, didn't work. There was a story to tell, but ole Mike got a bit carried away with other peoples money. He did bankrupt the studio, so there's that.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 19, 2025

***
What was so terrible about it? Was it slow and dull, poorly acted, or what?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 08:08 PM (wzUl9)

the book I read said that mostly it was just a nothing burger of a movie. The issue was the money spent. the genius director had an entire town set rebuilt to make the road wider (instead of tearing down just one side and moving it).

That and someone estimated half the cost was cocaine for everyone on set.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 08:12 PM (8avO+)

97 Passkeys though can be compromised if your computer is but it can also be biometric which is harder to crack if your computer has a fingerprint or eye scanner. Some people feel uncomfortable with that.

I, for one, prefer security methods that don't incentivize dismemberment of the person whose computer the bad actors wish to hack.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 08:12 PM (a+4eV)

98 I dont understand why all these shooters bother writing manifestos. Most of them have been turned pyscho because they have a grievance that's being ignored, so why do they think the people ignoring them are going to care enough to read them? OTOH, the more they write, the less time they spend on the range so...

Posted by: Fen at December 19, 2025 08:12 PM (qChqh)

99 87 'Heaven's Gate' was Cimino trying to repeat his success with 'The Deer Hunter' but a western. It, uh, didn't work. There was a story to tell, but ole Mike got a bit carried away with other peoples money. He did bankrupt the studio, so there's that.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 19, 2025

***
What was so terrible about it? Was it slow and dull, poorly acted, or what?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

Bad writing. Acting was held back by a clunky script. Damn good actors were in it (Kristofferson, Walken, Watterson, Hurt, and some others that I'm blanking out on). Needed editing badly. Some scenes just went on and on and on.... Again, there was a story to tell, Director excess killed it.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 19, 2025 08:13 PM (Hpgos)

100 Heaven's Gate' was Cimino trying to repeat his success with 'The Deer Hunter' but a western. It, uh, didn't work. There was a story to tell, but ole Mike got a bit carried away with other peoples money. He did bankrupt the studio, so there's that.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 19, 2025 08:06 PM (Hpgos)
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Oh, it was a trainwreck. But beautiful visuals, from the bits I've seen.

"An entire tree was cut down, moved in pieces, and relocated to the courtyard in Oxford, England, where the Harvard 1870 graduation scene was shot. Cimino had an irrigation system built under the land where the major battlefield scene would unfold so that it would remain vividly green."

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 19, 2025 08:13 PM (kpS4V)

101 The work on all the new housing in my development seemed to stop mid week. I think all the crews are traveling to Mexico for Christmas.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 08:13 PM (KDPiq)

102 I, for one, prefer security methods that don't incentivize dismemberment of the person whose computer the bad actors wish to hack.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 08:12 PM (a+4eV)

mythbusters broke a fingerprint reader using a print xeroxed and colored in with a marker.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 08:14 PM (8avO+)

103 I, for one, prefer security methods that don't incentivize dismemberment of the person whose computer the bad actors wish to hack.
Posted by: FeatherBlade

*Clears throat Cliff Claven style*

It's a little known fact that some prototype ATMs using hand vein pattern recognition as the key could tell if the proffered hand was chopped off of the donor's body.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 19, 2025 08:15 PM (cYBz/)

104 I dont understand why all these shooters bother writing manifestos. Most of them have been turned pyscho because they have a grievance that's being ignored, so why do they think the people ignoring them are going to care enough to read them? OTOH, the more they write, the less time they spend on the range so...
Posted by: Fen at December 19, 2025 08:12 PM (qChqh)

its what all the cool mass murderers do, so they do it.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 08:15 PM (8avO+)

105

Every beaver's gone surfin'
Surfin' USA

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 08:16 PM (pkeXY)

106 Was it slow and dull, poorly acted, or what?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Yes, yes, and yes, and then the bad guys win. I love the score, though. A masterpiece of less is more.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 08:16 PM (L/fGl)

107 Or Maybe Donaldus Maximus is going to do something big, really big, and three days without the bureaucrats being at their desks is a key part of it.

They can take the rest of their careers off as paid vacation and we'd probably save money, what with nobody left to operate the sluices of graft.

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2025 08:16 PM (iFEms)

108 I'll put my manifesto on PowerPoint in bullet statements.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 19, 2025 08:17 PM (kpS4V)

109 Was this a super expensive computer worth the cost to repair?

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 08:17 PM (KDPiq)

110 mythbusters broke a fingerprint reader using a print xeroxed and colored in with a marker.
Posted by: Oldcat

No doubt saving many fingers of future computer theft victims.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 08:18 PM (a+4eV)

111 By the end you stink of diesel and sweat while sporting a full beard. Plus, you will look pale and emaciated.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2025 08:05 PM (2GVsD)

That guy always looks emaciated. Dammit, what's his name...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 08:19 PM (zZu0s)

112 It may seem like I took the day off, but trust me, I didn't. It was a frustrating and expensive day. It's never fun having a complete stranger looking into your computer and maybe stealing all of your passwords.

So what turned out to be the problem? Was it gremlins?

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 08:19 PM (Riz8t)

113 Jurgen Prochnow ja?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2025 08:20 PM (2GVsD)

114 'Heaven's Gate' is similar to David Lean's 'Ryan's Daughter'. I really wanted to like them. I will even watch them from time to time. My opinion never changes though. Both movies miss. Beautiful movies, visually. They just 'miss', by a large margin. (Robert Mitchum is never a cuck. Who the hell thought that was a good idea).

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 19, 2025 08:20 PM (Hpgos)

115 Cimino had an irrigation system built under the land where the major battlefield scene would unfold so that it would remain vividly green."

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And it just happen to be his property that that the irrigation system was built on.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 08:20 PM (L/fGl)

116 I know what you all are asking... Am I going to watch the Jake Paul v. Anthony Joshua boxing match?

Why yes. Yes I am going to watch the Jake Paul v. Anthony Joshua boxing match.

I want to see if boxing is 100% fake and gay or just 99% (or less) fake and gay.

How will we know? We'll know. We will know.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 19, 2025 08:21 PM (HXd99)

117

U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation to bring back a scourge of the high seas banished from Atlantic and Pacific waters since the age of sail: privateers, authorized by government-issued letters of marque to ply the trade of piracy in service of their country by targeting enemy ships.

These modern day privateers, under a bill introduced Thursday by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), would receive authorization from U.S. President Donald Trump as private individuals to seize foreign vessels from anyone who “is a member of a cartel, a member of a cartel-linked organization, or a conspirator associated with a cartel or a cartel-linked organization.”

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 08:21 PM (pkeXY)

118 It's a little known fact that some prototype ATMs using hand vein pattern recognition as the key could tell if the proffered hand was chopped off of the donor's body.

Posted by: Tonypete

====

Which means there is a lab in remote Russia working on a device that continues circulation in a severed hand.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 19, 2025 08:22 PM (8AONa)

119 Watched a video couple weeks ago that went on how German soldiers lost body weight during a campaign as their food wasn't up to keep them at a stable weight.

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 08:22 PM (Ia/+0)

120 98 I dont understand why all these shooters bother writing manifestos.”

If you don’t write a manifesto you only get half credit, and it’s just not worth it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 08:22 PM (0anTZ)

121 Jurgen Pronchow.

Willem Dafoe has the same look.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 08:23 PM (zZu0s)

122 Watched a video couple weeks ago that went on how German soldiers lost body weight during a campaign as their food wasn't up to keep them at a stable weight.
Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 08:22 PM (Ia/+0)

Being meth heads didn't help.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 08:23 PM (KDPiq)

123 I kind of know how Ace feels. We spent the whole day trying to get our washing machine fixed. And failed.

I do have to hand it to the guy, though. He absolutely refused to take any payment, since he couldn't fix it. That would NEVER have happened in New York.

Posted by: Eeyore at December 19, 2025 08:25 PM (s0JqF)

124 Being meth heads didn't help.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 08:23 PM (KDPiq)

Heh. Co plex design choices for equipment wasn't due to just being German, but also the engineers tweaking like hell.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 08:25 PM (zZu0s)

125 I'll put my manifesto on PowerPoint in bullet statements.

.45ACP or 9mm bullet points?

And are you ready to win the $1.5 billion Powerball annuity?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2025 08:25 PM (2GVsD)

126 I, for one, prefer security methods that don't incentivize dismemberment of the person whose computer the bad actors wish to hack.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 08:12 PM (a+4eV)

That was one of the plot points in the rather underappreciated Schwarzenegger movie, "The Sixth Day"

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 08:26 PM (rbvCR)

127 Posted by: BurtTC at December 19, 2025 08:21 PM (HXd99)

If Anthony Joshua doesn't win decisively it was fixed.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 08:26 PM (KDPiq)

128 If you want to learn how complicated WWII German armor is, watch the chaps at Aus Armour on YouTube as they restore such beasties as a Wespe.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2025 08:26 PM (2GVsD)

129 ESPN just id’d Bosworth as a QB.

Posted by: Accomack at December 19, 2025 08:26 PM (IG7T0)

130 Posted by: BurtTC at December 19, 2025 08:21 PM (HXd99)

If Anthony Joshua doesn't win decisively it was fixed.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 08:26 PM (KDPiq)

The prelims have started. I guess I'll go watch those.

Yeah, it shouldn't last long, but I guess we will see.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 19, 2025 08:28 PM (HXd99)

131 A suburban city here of about 70-75,000 people, with approx. 20K (ha!) of Hispanic extraction, is being raided by ICE. Locals in the town are whining to the city council. The footage on the local Fox outlet shows people who look as if they have been in America for some years -- not youngsters, in other words -- or who even say they have been here for twenty years or more, yet who cannot speak intelligible English. So much for assimilation.

The sympathy by the media is all on the side of the "poor people being targeted by Immigration." Never do they show footage of anyone speaking up for ICE, who are merely doing their necessary job. Well, folks, they wouldn't be "targeted" if THEY WEREN'T TRESPASSING.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 08:28 PM (wzUl9)

132 Chainsaw skates be good way to take out achilles tendon.

Posted by: Eromero at December 19, 2025 08:28 PM (LHPAg)

133 >>>(Or is it a sea lion? I don't know animals.)

Now he tells us. After how many years of doing the Cafe...

*chef's kiss*

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 19, 2025 08:29 PM (syz1S)

134 The problem is that we've become so adverse to violence that if someone commits violence we throw them to the wolves. We don't want to hear why they did it, okay fine, fck them but innocent people are getting killed to. What about them?

Posted by: Fen at December 19, 2025 08:30 PM (qChqh)

135 These modern day privateers, under a bill introduced Thursday by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), would receive authorization from U.S. President Donald Trump as private individuals to seize foreign vessels from anyone who “is a member of a cartel, a member of a cartel-linked organization, or a conspirator associated with a cartel or a cartel-linked organization.”
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 08:21 PM (pkeXY)

That’s the kind of idea that would be a hell of a lot of fun even though I know it’s a really, really bad idea.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 08:30 PM (0anTZ)

136 Aetius, you might like this book

U-boat War Patrol: The Hidden Photographic Diary of U 564 by Lawrence Patterson.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2025 08:30 PM (2GVsD)

137 Well, folks, they wouldn't be "targeted" if THEY WEREN'T TRESPASSING.

Don't forget the stealing.

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2025 08:30 PM (iFEms)

138 >>> It's never fun having a complete stranger looking into your computer and maybe stealing all of your passwords.

Not to mention discovering your nude shelfie pics.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 08:32 PM (vxVX0)

139 These modern day privateers, under a bill introduced Thursday by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), would receive authorization from U.S. President Donald Trump as private individuals to seize foreign vessels from anyone who “is a member of a cartel, a member of a cartel-linked organization, or a conspirator associated with a cartel or a cartel-linked organization.”
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 08:21 PM (pkeXY)

LFG!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 08:33 PM (vxVX0)

140 ISWYDT @ 138, LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 19, 2025 08:33 PM (Cjt/F)

141 Have 2 hard drives-one for backup. All good stuff on them.

Posted by: epador at December 19, 2025 08:34 PM (TRnzq)

142 Oh, and have a great weekend Ace!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 19, 2025 08:34 PM (Cjt/F)

143 The only industry ever created by Somalians is piracy.
Steven Miller. 🤗

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 08:35 PM (NFX2v)

144 The problem is that we've become so adverse to violence that if someone commits violence we throw them to the wolves. We don't want to hear why they did it, okay fine, fck them but innocent people are getting killed to. What about them?
Posted by: Fen

That damn Hegseth!

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth@SecWar
Earlier today, U.S. forces commenced OPERATION HAWKEYE STRIKE in Syria to eliminate ISIS fighters, infrastructure, and weapons sites in direct response to the attack on U.S. forces that occurred on December 13th in Palmyra, Syria.
This is not the beginning of a war — it is a it is a declaration of vengeance. The United States of America, under President Trump’s leadership, will never hesitate and never relent to defend our people.
As we said directly following the savage attack, if you target Americans — anywhere in the world — you will spend the rest of your brief, anxious life knowing the United States will hunt you, find you, and ruthlessly kill you.
Today, we hunted and we killed our enemies. Lots of them. And we will continue.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 08:37 PM (L/fGl)

145 Not too much has changed, Infantry operations are insanely brutal. Basically it’s impossible to carry enough food or calories for any appreciable length of time. Protein, 100+ grammes is necessary for muscle maintenance & repair, and they are already carrying massive amounts of gear, weapons & ammo. So they tend to lose weight quickly. 24 hour days and expending 3000 to 5000 calories will do that to a feller.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 08:38 PM (aaVhS)

146 "It's never fun having a complete stranger looking into your computer and maybe stealing all of your passwords."

Nah. Pretty sure that was an NSA guy upgrading their Spyware.
They already have your passwords so...

Posted by: Fen at December 19, 2025 08:39 PM (qChqh)

147 Mini chainsaw video was disappointing. Struggle to turn sound one, and when I get it to play, I get shitty music instead of nice chainsaw exhaust notes. And the video is reversed. Stolen content, I presume.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 08:40 PM (npFr7)

148 Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 08:38 PM (aaVhS)

Powdered eggs and peanut butter for the win.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 08:41 PM (KDPiq)

149 "if you target Americans — anywhere in the world — you will spend the rest of your brief, anxious life knowing the United States will hunt you, find you, and ruthlessly kill you."

Civis Romanus sum. Nice. I definitely voted for this.

I'll be in my bunk.

Posted by: Fen at December 19, 2025 08:43 PM (qChqh)

150
8:43:20 EST (01:43:20Z), the instant of the new Moon. Thus ends the Cold Moon lunation, the longest of the year, and begins the Wolf Moon lunation, the first full Moon of astronomical winter.

If you want to howl at the Moon, this is the one to do it at.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 19, 2025 08:43 PM (w6EFb)

151 I hate 2 factor auth so much! Sometimes You Tube wants me to login, click on a notification on You Tube in my iPad, then a notification on my phone. Three devices to log in to You Tube. I am working on purging gmail and You Tube. i'm done with it.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 19, 2025 08:43 PM (+mUZM)

152 Finally settled for the night, and winds hopefully won't keep me up.
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 08:44 PM (Ia/+0)

153 If you want to howl at the Moon, this is the one to do it at.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 19, 2025 08:43 PM (w6EFb)

Since it’s a new moon I guess I gotta howl at not-the-moon.
But I think Sirius is up.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 08:45 PM (0anTZ)

154 G'night Skip!

thx publius!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 19, 2025 08:45 PM (Cjt/F)

155 >>As we said directly following the savage attack, if you target Americans — anywhere in the world — you will spend the rest of your brief, anxious life knowing the United States will hunt you, find you, and ruthlessly kill you.
Today, we hunted and we killed our enemies. Lots of them. And we will continue.

I love this attitude. For far too many years we've allowed people to talk smack about Americans and treat us like shit while we also played world police and protected them.

No more world police. Take care of your own shit. But don't ever fuck around with an American citizen or we will hit back much harder. We're living in a pretty good timeline.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 08:45 PM (viF8m)

156 ‘Moonlight feels right…’

Posted by: Eromero at December 19, 2025 08:46 PM (LHPAg)

157 It may seem like I took the day off, but trust me, I didn't. It was a frustrating and expensive day. It's never fun having a complete stranger looking into your computer and maybe stealing all of your passwords.
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In the 1990s, I rented a house with two other guys and the computer (tower, of course) was a collaborative effort, and we took turns as people do who grew up with a single television in the household.

One of the amusing pursuits - especially after drinking - was to go through the cache, and see who forgot to clear it.

I hope you cleared yours, Ace, or there's going to be lots of Ewok pr()n jokes the next time you bring it in for service.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 08:47 PM (ZOv7s)

158 Today, we hunted and we killed our enemies. Lots of them. And we will continue.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 08:37 PM (L/fGl)

Cue pissing and moaning by Rand Paul and Sen. Kelly. 5, 4, 3, 2….

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 08:47 PM (0anTZ)

159 Such a fine and natural sight
Everybody was dancin’ in the moon light
Dancin’ in the moon light!

Posted by: Gallery at December 19, 2025 08:48 PM (aaVhS)

160 No more world police. Take care of your own shit. But don't ever fuck around with an American citizen or we will hit back much harder. We're living in a pretty good timeline.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 08:45 PM (viF8m)
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What we should have done in 2001 was wreck Afghanistan, back one or more warlords, and leave.

Same with Iraq. Punitive expeditions work. Nation building doesn't.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 08:49 PM (ZOv7s)

161 25 Someone went to a lot of trouble for those guinea pigs. Quite a spread.
Posted by: Tuna

It's not fattening them up for a banquet in Peru?

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 08:49 PM (NFX2v)

162 ‘Moonlight feels right…’
Posted by: Eromero at December 19, 2025 08:46 PM (LHPAg)
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Canuck yacht rock.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 08:49 PM (ZOv7s)

163 Aaarroooo!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 19, 2025 08:50 PM (Cjt/F)

164 Erratum - we sincerely regret the error

Posted by: King Harvest at December 19, 2025 08:51 PM (aaVhS)

165 Not too much has changed, Infantry operations are insanely brutal. Basically it’s impossible to carry enough food or calories for any appreciable length of time. Protein, 100+ grammes is necessary for muscle maintenance & repair, and they are already carrying massive amounts of gear, weapons & ammo. So they tend to lose weight quickly. 24 hour days and expending 3000 to 5000 calories will do that to a feller.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 08:38 PM (aaVhS)
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That's why you can get fat eating MRIs in garrison - not enough calories being burned.

They came up with "diet" ones (TOTMs I think) for that reason.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 08:52 PM (ZOv7s)

166 Aaarroooo!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez

====

Werewolves of London

Etc etc

Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 19, 2025 08:53 PM (8AONa)

167 Eating a whole MRI? Liquid helium and all?!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 08:53 PM (zZu0s)

168 MREs are full of carbs, candy and pogue bait for sure. Protein, not so much. That costs money. $$$
Nothing’s too good for our boys.

SPAM and powdered eggs was often the last meal for thousands of troops during the 2nd world war.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 08:55 PM (aaVhS)

169 That’s the kind of idea that would be a hell of a lot of fun even though I know it’s a really, really bad idea.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 08:30 PM (0anTZ)

Listen to "Last of Barrett's Privateers" by Stan Rogers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 08:56 PM (npFr7)

170 Eating a whole MRI? Liquid helium and all?!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 08:53 PM (zZu0s)
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You save that part for last.

Of course I was referring to MREs.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 08:56 PM (ZOv7s)

171
No more world police. Take care of your own shit. But don't ever fuck around with an American citizen or we will hit back much harder. We're living in a pretty good timeline.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 08:45 PM (viF8m)

The best part about being a superpower is slapping the shit out of pissant countries that get out of line. As a nation, we've forgotten that, and it's about time we had a President and Secretary of War who haven't.

Colin Powell's bullshit "you broke it, you bought it" doctrine can go piss up a rope. I only regret that he didn't live to see himself humiliated by better men who don't take any shit from foreign busybodies and savages.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 08:58 PM (y9nCu)

172 MREs are full of carbs, candy and pogue bait for sure. Protein, not so much. That costs money. $$$
Nothing’s too good for our boys.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 08:55 PM (aaVhS)
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When we'd get issued MREs, I'd get fast food (like everyone else) and take the home. The kids loved it! So exciting to open them and see what we got. Everything was a surprise, and if had any empty plastic bottles, I'd make bombs out of the heater.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 08:58 PM (ZOv7s)

173 >>Same with Iraq. Punitive expeditions work. Nation building doesn't.

It never made any sense that we could enforce cultural change on an entire country. And I don't want to spend a nickel trying.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 08:59 PM (viF8m)

174 LOL, 166, that's what I thought of b4 I hit poast!

irrelevant side note: 1977, maybe; Uptown Theater, Chicago, the only time in all recorded history that the Grateful Dead played "Werewolf in London" for an encore.
I was there!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 19, 2025 08:59 PM (Cjt/F)

175 The snake eater guys I talked to, the Infantry guys generally, didn’t like MREs too much. They would strip all the extraneous packaging away, and stuff a few of the items in a cargo pocket or whatever. The one thing they couldn’t carry extra was food, apparently. They all seemed to like Ramen. MRE too bulky, too heavy. They just seemed inured to starving for a few days, and by then hopefully re-supply.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 08:59 PM (aaVhS)

176 Ace, may you have a very non-frustrating weekend.

Thanks for all you do for us.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 09:00 PM (WONhk)

177 169, LOL, AOP, I was thinking of that, too!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 19, 2025 09:01 PM (Cjt/F)

178 Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 08:59 PM (aaVhS)

I assume Beef jerky was a favorite in care packages.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 09:01 PM (KDPiq)

179 The snake eater guys I talked to, the Infantry guys generally, didn’t like MREs too much. They would strip all the extraneous packaging away, and stuff a few of the items in a cargo pocket or whatever. The one thing they couldn’t carry extra was food, apparently. They all seemed to like Ramen. MRE too bulky, too heavy. They just seemed inured to starving for a few days, and by then hopefully re-supply.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 08:59 PM (aaVhS)
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Yes, the grunts I knew talked about stripping them down, but the purpose of the thing was for the long haul, where food stocks will matter and presumably ammo stocks are in the position you're going to defend, not what you are carrying with you.

We learned a lot of skills that will be useless in a peer-to-peer fight.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 09:03 PM (ZOv7s)

180 Nice thing about MREs is they will bind you up. By design. Shitting a big, florescent green, hard turd after 2 weeks was a workout all by itself.

Posted by: Stretch That Hole at December 19, 2025 09:05 PM (R/m4+)

181 It never made any sense that we could enforce cultural change on an entire country. And I don't want to spend a nickel trying.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 08:59 PM (viF8m)
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Once you realize the war direction was quickly taken over by theater kids and generals who were looking at comfy careers as contractors for the next 20 years, it all makes sense.

No one wanted to "win" the war, just keep it going at a sustainable level - and call anyone who wanted to get out a coward and unpatriotic.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 09:05 PM (ZOv7s)

182 They always had these insane loads in the rucks, barely able to walk with all this shit they had to carry. So it made sense to me, they probably wanted to carry more ammo. When I was in NCO school we had a couple tabbed guys, Rangers. One of them said “you get to carry the tripod” for the .50 or whatever it was, in addition to the other stuff. I decided I wouldn’t complain.

The Army looks at the troop loadout like a Christmas tree. “One more ornament won’t hurt!” Uh-huh

Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 09:07 PM (aaVhS)

183 180 I was reading an article about foreign versions of MREs. The Italian version includes fiber supplement capsules.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 19, 2025 09:07 PM (gm9Sb)

184
Just got back from Supper. Yep Sirius is just up (well, for those in the east certainly). Jupiter is just coming up as well.

Now that the leaves are gone on the trees mostly on the back side of the house, which is north, I can see Polaris now from the back porch.

I hope to get as good as a cousin of mine who can tell sidereal time to 15 minutes just by looking at the "clock hands" of the stars around Polaris. Knowing what day of the year, you then know mean solar time at night.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 19, 2025 09:08 PM (w6EFb)

185 I just bought 2 cases of MRE’s. Never a bad idea to have a few stashed away for hurricane season.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 19, 2025 09:09 PM (b4o9z)

186 Our maintenance test pilot, a good one, talked about the “Epsom Salt Purge” after 30 days in the field eating MRE. I never had to resort to that. He did mention “don’t plan on going anywhere for a while” after mixing up a batch of that stuff.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 09:11 PM (aaVhS)

187
Also, tomorrow evening, if nothing obstructs your horizon to the west, it can be fun to see how "young" of a Moon you can see, just how thing a crescent you can see right at sunset.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 19, 2025 09:11 PM (w6EFb)

188 Desert Storm lasted only a 100 days after the air campaign. Could we have avoided 9/11 and Operation Iraqi Freedom if we had continued and taken out Saddam then?

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 09:12 PM (KDPiq)

189 They always had these insane loads in the rucks, barely able to walk with all this shit they had to carry.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 09:07 PM (aaVhS)
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Hence the origin of the nickname "grunts," from the sound they made when they stood up with all their gear.

It's pretty well proven that throughout history, no matter what tech, the loadout is always close the most one can carry unless there's a deliberate need for speed.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 09:12 PM (ZOv7s)

190
So they tend to lose weight quickly. 24 hour days and expending 3000 to 5000 calories will do that to a feller.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 08:38 PM (aaVhS)

Merrill's Marauders. The Army jungle ration that was found to be sufficient for their operations had been discontinued, so Vinegar Joe Stillwell (one of the shittiest US Army generals) decided that a single K ration per day would work for them. Less than 3000 calories, and so monotonous and awful that soldiers would toss some of the components to save weight on the march.

The Marauders practically starved to death, not to mention the tropical diseases. Even then, they slaughtered the Japs in huge numbers.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 09:12 PM (y9nCu)

191 185, truer words have never been said. just in case.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 19, 2025 09:13 PM (Cjt/F)

192 I just bought 2 cases of MRE’s. Never a bad idea to have a few stashed away for hurricane season.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

MidwayUSA has 12 MRE's for $69.95

The best were the Warnick beef stew from the late 80's in the dark brown packaging.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 09:14 PM (dAOkg)

193 Desert Storm lasted only a 100 days after the air campaign. Could we have avoided 9/11 and Operation Iraqi Freedom if we had continued and taken out Saddam then?
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 09:12 PM (KDPiq)
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I think you mean hours. Bush I was a pussy, didn't want to remove Saddam, but then tried to get the Iraqis to do it, and then let Saddam put them down.

Total asshole. Also: vicious and cruel adulterer. Almost drove his wife to suicide. I like to remind Con Inc. of the fact that he was far sleazier than The Donald, who has never pretended to be something other than what he is.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 09:14 PM (ZOv7s)

194 76 Intel from the wife - federal workers are getting the day before AND after Christmas off from work, which has never happened before. Scuttlebutt in the office is that maybe Trump ain't so bad.
Posted by: Fen

It's not uncommon when Christmas is on a Thursday.

Common Patterns (Examples):
If Christmas is on a Tuesday: The Monday before might be granted off.
If Christmas is on a Thursday (like 2025): Both the Wednesday (Christmas Eve) and Friday (Dec 26) are often given off.
If Christmas is on a Friday/Wednesday: Half-days were common, but Presidents sometimes grant full days.

It's lovely to have a 5 day long weekend!

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 09:15 PM (NFX2v)

195 I have a years supply of freezed dried food. Just have to make sure you have a water supply.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 09:15 PM (KDPiq)

196 188 Desert Storm lasted only a 100 days after the air campaign. Could we have avoided 9/11 and Operation Iraqi Freedom if we had continued and taken out Saddam then?
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 09:12 PM (KDPiq)

Given that two out of three things cited in the Al Qaeda declaration of war were US troops in Saudi and the suffering of the Iraqi people. i.e. the containment policy, possibly.

I'm not really a fan meeting demands like a shopping list, but the containment policy was worse than deposing Saddam would have been, and that's 100% hindsight granted.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 19, 2025 09:18 PM (pIfcn)

197 Vinegar Joe Stillwell (one of the shittiest US Army generals) decided that a single K ration per day would work for them.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 09:12 PM (y9nCu)
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Stilwell should have understood China, but was too much of a dick to get it. Chiang Kai-shek knew that after the Japanese, he had to fight the Communists, and saw no point in using good quality troops to clear Burma for the British.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 09:18 PM (ZOv7s)

198

The best were the Warnick beef stew from the late 80's in the dark brown packaging.
Posted by: rickb223

Really enjoyed the chicken a la king. Totally not trolling, it was my favorite.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 19, 2025 09:18 PM (QVmho)

199 Shaver Hill Farm - Maple sugar candy

Mmmmmm. Just saw an ad and flashed back to growing up.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 09:19 PM (dAOkg)

200 I would say the favorite care package goody during Vietnam was M&Ms, especially peanut. You get your sugar rush, a little caffeine, and some protein and it doesn't melt all over the place. The original idea came from a Spanish field ration Mars saw while vacationing.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 19, 2025 09:20 PM (gm9Sb)

201
Just looked it up, not a chance to see the thin crescent tomorrow for me, it'll still be less than 1%.

The record naked eye young moon sighting was in May of 1990, seen 15 hours and 32 minutes after the new Moon. A dubious claim by two British house maids back in 1926 claimed 14 hours and 45 minutes, but that is considered pretty dubious.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 19, 2025 09:21 PM (w6EFb)

202 I'm not really a fan meeting demands like a shopping list, but the containment policy was worse than deposing Saddam would have been, and that's 100% hindsight granted.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 19, 2025 09:18 PM (pIfcn)
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The whole point was to make the US a colonial power in the Middle East. Without that, we would have closed more bases in Europe and further drawn down the Army.

We needed the threat of war to keep the Military Industrial Complex happy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 09:22 PM (ZOv7s)

203 Really enjoyed the chicken a la king. Totally not trolling, it was my favorite.

Four Fingers of Death, cold.

Best ever!

Posted by: Said No One Ever at December 19, 2025 09:23 PM (R/m4+)

204 "Total asshole. Also: vicious and cruel adulterer. Almost drove his wife to suicide. I like to remind Con Inc. of the fact that he was far sleazier than The Donald, who has never pretended to be something other than what he is."

and who has survived a decade of nonstop forensic colonoscopy, untouched.

squarest, most honest President in the past century, at very least.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 19, 2025 09:24 PM (Cjt/F)

205 Desert Storm lasted only a 100 days after the air campaign.

100 hours.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at December 19, 2025 09:24 PM (R86kT)

206 Reuters: "US Epstein files release highlights Clinton, makes scant reference to Trump"

heh.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 19, 2025 09:25 PM (pIfcn)

207
Nice thing about MREs is they will bind you up. By design.
Posted by: Stretch That Hole at December 19, 2025 09:05 PM (R/m4+)

The unspoken reason for that is frankly rather gruesome. Infantrymen are basically covered in filth, which contaminates their food, no matter how hard you work at keeping clean. Not to mention that you're always around dead, rotting flesh. There are accounts going back for centuries of even high ranking generals cutting out the bottom of their uniform pants so that they could easily hop off their horse and quickly cop a squat by the side of the road.

Dysentery has historically been a more prolific killer in war than machine guns and artillery.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 09:25 PM (y9nCu)

208 in an ideal universe I could get back every minute I spent sticking up for boosh.

*spit*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 19, 2025 09:26 PM (Cjt/F)

209 M&Ms were good. I did like the canned round saltines in the MCIs. Those had some flavor to them. And the toffee chocolate wrapped in foil. The Wilbur Chocolate Co., Lititz, Penn.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 09:27 PM (iKvcM)

210
The best part about being a superpower is slapping the shit out of pissant countries that get out of line.

But that's "punching down!"

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 09:27 PM (pkeXY)

211
Well, hell. There's pictures of Walter Cronkite with Epstein....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 19, 2025 09:27 PM (w6EFb)

212 There are accounts going back for centuries of even high ranking generals cutting out the bottom of their uniform pants so that they could easily hop off their horse and quickly cop a squat by the side of the road.

Dysentery has historically been a more prolific killer in war than machine guns and artillery.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 09:25 PM (y9nCu)
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Louis IX of France (subsequently canonized) suffered from this during his crusade in Egypt, and cut the seat out of his pants.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 09:28 PM (ZOv7s)

213 Desert Storm lasted only a 100 days after the air campaign. Could we have avoided 9/11 and Operation Iraqi Freedom if we had continued and taken out Saddam then?

?? Why would you want to?

Posted by: The CIA at December 19, 2025 09:28 PM (iFEms)

214 I'm simply shocked to find out Ace has only one working computer in his home.

Posted by: Socratease at December 19, 2025 09:28 PM (YgfoU)

215 M&Ms were good. I did like the canned round saltines in the MCIs. Those had some flavor to them. And the toffee chocolate wrapped in foil. The Wilbur Chocolate Co., Lititz, Penn.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 09:27 PM (iKvcM)
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I think the beef stew was a hardy perennial favorite. In Army Basic, when we went into the field I was the squad leader, so high-graded my pick. Later on in the Air Force, we rarely used them, but when we did, I always volunteered to pick them up - so I could high grade them.

The kids liked the spaghetti.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 09:30 PM (ZOv7s)

216 well then, g'night everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 19, 2025 09:30 PM (Cjt/F)

217 I liked those saltines. Sometimes I would take one of those round chocolates and make a sandwich with a little smear of peanut butter. Kinda like a Smore. Also, if you didn't mix the peanut butter it would burn better than the heat tabs.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 19, 2025 09:30 PM (gm9Sb)

218 Cute Frustration Be Gone Cafe, Ace.

Thank you. Wishing you an easy weekend.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 09:31 PM (NFX2v)

219 Colin Powell was the gutless DEI wonder who said we were running up the score too much and begged Bush 1 to quit early. But I know that we did it because the Saudis were scared we were gonna leave the Ayatollahs too strong and begged Bush to quit.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 09:31 PM (0anTZ)

220 Well, hell. There's pictures of Walter Cronkite with Epstein.

Then there must be boxfuls of pictures of him with Les Wexner.

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2025 09:33 PM (poCn6)

221 Really enjoyed the chicken a la king. Totally not trolling, it was my favorite.

Four Fingers of Death, cold.

Best ever!
Posted by: Said No One Ever at December 19, 2025 09:23 PM (R/m4+)

I rather enjoyed chicken a la thing, which marked me as a total weirdo. The ham slice was my favorite. Reminded me of SPAM, I spent my elementary school years in Hawaii so SPAM was the shiznit.

But yeah, the Four Fingers were pretty awful.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 09:33 PM (y9nCu)

222 Colin Powell was the gutless DEI wonder who said we were running up the score too much and begged Bush 1 to quit early. But I know that we did it because the Saudis were scared we were gonna leave the Ayatollahs too strong and begged Bush to quit.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 09:31 PM (0anTZ)
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This is why Trump is so much better. He'll bomb the shit out of anyone. Smash the Iraqis, and then smash Iran. Who wants some? He's got plenty for everyone!

That is how a true superpower acts, and it actually increases respect. Muslims universally think mercy for one's enemies is a sign of weakness.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 09:34 PM (ZOv7s)

223 Bing news crawl says Epstein files 'published' rather than 'released'.

These fuckers and their word games.

Posted by: davidt at December 19, 2025 09:34 PM (Q+gd/)

224 It may seem like I took the day off, but trust me, I didn't. It was a frustrating and expensive day.

No sweat Ace.
We got ya covered.
Hitting the tip jar.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 09:35 PM (2WIwB)

225
Then there must be boxfuls of pictures of him with Les Wexner.
Posted by: t-bird

The Limited Edition.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 09:35 PM (pkeXY)

226
Yeah, Trump said please don't throw me in that Epstein briar patch, Democrats.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 19, 2025 09:35 PM (w6EFb)

227 I was in Germany during Desert Shield/ Storm. I hated going through all that training as a soldier and a medic, just to ride the pine while others went to the sandbox.

Folks still thank me for my service. I humbly thank them, but I think of my brothers who did so much more.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at December 19, 2025 09:35 PM (0aYVJ)

228 Powell went to his grave knowing that he could have been president, but instead Barry Sotero, a featherweight homosexual, got to be the first black man to get the job.

That had to sting.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 09:35 PM (ZOv7s)

229 While we're rehashing the last century, am I nuts or is it commonly accepted, yet wrong, that the US funded Bin Laden during the Soviet era in Afghanistan?

I need a ruling. I think, as best I can tell, we funded Massoud and the Saudis matched us funding Bin Laden. Maybe I've just seen Charlie Wilson's War too many times. What actually happened?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 19, 2025 09:35 PM (pIfcn)

230
And nice photos of Dave Copperfield in a bathrobe with frolicking with Ghislaine.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 19, 2025 09:37 PM (w6EFb)

231 It's a scary thing having to take your computer to a tech.
It's like taking your car to a mechanic.
You just want to get down on your knees and pray he doesn't fuck it up worse and that he doesn't over charge too much.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 19, 2025 09:38 PM (LEuDt)

232
I need a ruling. I think, as best I can tell, we funded Massoud and the Saudis matched us funding Bin Laden. Maybe I've just seen Charlie Wilson's War too many times. What actually happened?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls

I always thought we funded ISIS, which was Bin Laden, against the Soviets.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 19, 2025 09:38 PM (QVmho)

233 Folks still thank me for my service. I humbly thank them, but I think of my brothers who did so much more.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at December 19, 2025 09:35 PM (0aYVJ)
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Yeah, it happens. I got 21 years in and never went to the sandbox or anywhere close to the "real" war. Did the oil spill in the Gulf, went to Germany 3 times, but always missed the Big Show. I was supposed to be part of the Libya thing, but got dropped at the last minute.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 09:38 PM (ZOv7s)

234 iirc, the turning point in the Russian occupation of Astan was when we gave the resistance shoulder fired missiles to take out Russian copters.

Posted by: davidt at December 19, 2025 09:39 PM (Q+gd/)

235 It's a scary thing having to take your computer to a tech.
It's like taking your car to a mechanic.
You just want to get down on your knees and pray he doesn't fuck it up worse and that he doesn't over charge too much.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 19, 2025 09:38 PM (LEuDt)
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I never do it. I buy the cheapest computers, back up things I need, and when one dies, just get another and load the save.

Cheaper than seeing a tech.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 09:40 PM (ZOv7s)

236 What we should have done in 2001 was wreck Afghanistan, back one or more warlords, and leave.

Same with Iraq. Punitive expeditions work. Nation building doesn't.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

++++

Mullah Omar was not popular when the locals found he was living like a debauched king.
After allying with another warlord we could have left at point.

Should have permantlu taken Iraqs port (Basra?) and blockaded the rest of Iraq indefinitely.

BUT
They put State in charge (Bremmer?).

Thanks W. Right up there with flooding the country with muslims.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 09:40 PM (/lPRQ)

237 Saddam was a US government favorite against the Iranians for certain. Till he wasn’t.

The spooks did supply the folks fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan. Maybe even Stinger anti-aircraft missiles? Just more stupid shit piled on stupid shit.

Supposedly that’s why Ambassador Stevens was over there getting kilt in Libya, trying to round up “missing” weapons that ended up somewhere that would make you know who look bad.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 09:42 PM (dY3L3)

238 I always thought we funded ISIS, which was Bin Laden, against the Soviets.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 19, 2025 09:38 PM (QVmho)
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No. We funded the Afghans, which included Al Qaeda among others. The Saudis also did their Wahabi thing.

ISIS was created to overthrow Assad by CIA, and then we toppled Gaddafi and used Libya as a transit point, which is why Benghazi was hushed up.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 09:42 PM (ZOv7s)

239
Powell went to his grave knowing that he could have been president, but instead Barry Sotero, a featherweight homosexual, got to be the first black man to get the job.

That had to sting.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 09:35 PM (ZOv7s)

Even worse, if the rumors are true, Powell's wife talked him out of running because that racist slag thought that Colon would get whacked out by some Southern Klan gunman wearing farmer's overalls. Like she hadn't spent decades as a soldier's wife.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 09:43 PM (y9nCu)

240
No. We funded the Afghans, which included Al Qaeda among others. The Saudis also did their Wahabi thing.
ISIS was created to overthrow Assad by CIA, and then we toppled Gaddafi and used Libya as a transit point, which is why Benghazi was hushed up.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

I can't keep it all straight, thanks. We funded baddies. They bohica'd us later.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 19, 2025 09:44 PM (QVmho)

241
I always thought we funded ISIS, which was Bin Laden, against the Soviets.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 19, 2025 09:38 PM (QVmho)

There was a named Ahmad Shah Massoud who was a major anti Soviet guy. Tajik, not Arab. He was assassinated by a team of suicide bombers on Sept. 9th. He Was the guy we would have backed to get Bin Laden. And here's where I may be leaping to conclusions, because we already had a relationship with him.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 19, 2025 09:44 PM (pIfcn)

242 Saddam was a US government favorite against the Iranians for certain.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 09:42 PM (dY3L3)
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Saddam was a Soviet client. We backed the Shah. When the Shah fell, we were at a loss. Saddam also hated Israel, was building WMD tech, but he also hated Iran.

So we began to shift to Saddam's side, but our aid was insignificant next to what the Soviets gave him. Our big thing was keeping the oil tankers going during the Tanker War, and on the balance we were far less pro-Saddam than anti-Iran.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 09:45 PM (ZOv7s)

243 Desert Storm lasted only a 100 days after the air campaign. Could we have avoided 9/11 and Operation Iraqi Freedom if we had continued and taken out Saddam then?

?? Why would you want to?
Posted by: The CIA at December 19, 2025 09:28 PM (iFEms)

***
Last 24 hours of the war I was standing in the intel center for VII Corps having this very conversation. We were making plans to move deep into Iraq. I was the G2 for the Corps artillery. The bosses knew I had lived in the region and knew a bit of the culture. When asked about moving on Baghdad, I simple told the CG, "Yeah, we could do it. But we won't be met with cheering crowds. And it would be an occupation, not liberation."
Boss gave me a really weird look. Never asked him later what he was thinking.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 09:45 PM (2WIwB)

244 One thing I do remember about A-stan. All those stinger manpads had batteries with limited shelf lives. On purpose. My MIC company considered bidding to re-battery the U.S. stockpile, but eventually decided not to compete that comtract due to a future manpads replacement to stinger coming up that we wanted to compete. Future never panned out, and someone else got all the battery logistics. Meh. Don't win if you don't play.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 19, 2025 09:48 PM (QVmho)

245 There was a named Ahmad Shah Massoud who was a major anti Soviet guy. Tajik, not Arab. He was assassinated by a team of suicide bombers on Sept. 9th. He Was the guy we would have backed to get Bin Laden. And here's where I may be leaping to conclusions, because we already had a relationship with him.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 19, 2025 09:44 PM (pIfcn)
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No, you have it right. We backed the Northern Alliance, which was the last resistance remaining to the Taliban.

That being said, other strongmen were available, and giving them a mercenary air force, arms and some training would have kept the Taliban busy indefinately.

But we needed to build schools. That was where the Soviets failed.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 09:49 PM (ZOv7s)

246 Sidling up to a fren.

We can all use more frens.

Posted by: you got to have freeeens at December 19, 2025 09:50 PM (TbWk/)

247 Big,
I was in A-Stan when the Russians were there. I was stunned by how many of our people didn't understand the battery issue. Friggin' hilarious.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 09:51 PM (2WIwB)

248 @163/sock_rat_eez: "Aaarroooo!"

https://youtu.be/vbtOtmxIXgg

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 19, 2025 09:53 PM (O7YUW)

249 There was a named Ahmad Shah Massoud who was a major anti Soviet guy. Tajik, not Arab. He was assassinated by a team of suicide bombers on Sept. 9th. He Was the guy we would have backed to get Bin Laden. And here's where I may be leaping to conclusions, because we already had a relationship with him.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 19, 2025 09:44 PM (pIfcn)

A SF dude I knew who was over there at the time when the soviets were there was one of the dudes that was part of a group that became friendly with massoud and his group. The SF dude basically told me the people in Astan that fought the soviets ranked from good afghani (massoud), to less than good, to nasty, to downright evil. Many times fighting among themselves. Basically warlord shit. There were groups that were US friendly, groups that weren't, and groups that hated everybody.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 19, 2025 09:53 PM (snZF9)

250 But we needed to build schools. That was where the Soviets failed.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 09:49 PM (ZOv7s)

If I had a dollar for every dollar we spent trying make Pride Week in Kandahar as big as Eid, I'd be a very wealthy Moron. We would eat Kaboom! with exotic milks, like water buffalo or 1%.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 19, 2025 09:54 PM (pIfcn)

251 If I had a dollar for every dollar we spent trying make Pride Week in Kandahar as big as Eid, I'd be a very wealthy Moron. We would eat Kaboom! with exotic milks, like water buffalo or 1%.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 19, 2025 09:54 PM (pIfcn)
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The irony is that they did tons of gay shit, but it was all to little boys, and we're not supposed to talk about that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 09:57 PM (ZOv7s)

252 So what's the ruling? Did the US fund Bin Laden? I'm still leaning no.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 19, 2025 10:00 PM (pIfcn)

253 So what's the ruling? Did the US fund Bin Laden? I'm still leaning no.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 19, 2025 10:00 PM (pIfcn)

Think of it as if we dumped a shitload of cash onto mexico to get rid of china if they were there. How much would end up in the cartel's hands? yeah, shit like that.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 19, 2025 10:02 PM (snZF9)

254
In many ways, 9/11 was just another battle in a Saudi Civil War. Al Qaeda vs the House of Saud. I think there's a case to be made that AQ and Bin Ladin didn't really gave a shit about the US, it was just a way to show that they were the strong horse, compared to the ruling family. At the time, there were virtually no US troops in Saudi Arabia other than at a couple of air bases in the middle of the desert, hundreds of miles away from most Saudi cities and holy sites. And they were only there to enforce the Iraqi no fly zone.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 10:02 PM (y9nCu)

255 251

My son said he pulled his side weapon on some low life Afgan Officer who raped an 11 year old boy (They do that and goats).

Set the groundwork for him not being allowed to re- enlist after his 5th combat tour.

Posted by: Nightwatch at December 19, 2025 10:04 PM (25kuG)

256 My lab grabbed, and ate, and entire poppyseed muffin in like two seconds.

Not amused.

Or...angry but loving.

She also ate the paper wrapped around the muffin.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at December 19, 2025 10:05 PM (xcxpd)

257
ISLAM as well as all the Commie/Socialists within our country are PUSHING HARD now.

They think they can kill the REPUBLIC now.

Posted by: Nightwatch at December 19, 2025 10:07 PM (25kuG)

258 Basically warlord shit. There were groups that were US friendly, groups that weren't, and groups that hated everybody.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 19, 2025 09:53 PM (snZF9)

250 But we needed to build schools. That was where the Soviets failed.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 19, 2025 09:49 PM (ZOv7s)

If I had a dollar for every dollar we spent trying make Pride Week in Kandahar as big as Eid, ...
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls,
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If anything - rule of law - nothing more.

Every thing flows from that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 19, 2025 10:15 PM (LEuDt)

259 What song? Judas Priest "You Got Another Thing Comin' "

Posted by: Socratease at December 19, 2025 10:17 PM (YgfoU)

260 The Treasury Department announced new sanctions Friday that target seven family members and associates tied to Nicolás Maduro’s regime, which the Trump administration continues to put in its crosshairs.
...
The named and sanctioned individuals in the Treasury release include Eloisa Flores de Malpica, Malpica Flores’ mother and the sister of Cilia Flores; Carlos Evelio Malpica Torrealba, his father; Iriamni Malpica Flores, his sister; Damaris del Carmen Hurtado Perez, his wife; and Erica Patricia Malpica Hurtado, his adult daughter.
...

Faggot's nipping at his heels. He better watch out
faggotts can be mean little bitches. - ask Musk.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 19, 2025 10:20 PM (LEuDt)

261

You racist! Pay me 37k/year my 17th kid! Dunno baby daddy, fuk 20 guys a week! Whoin b gud!

Posted by: Fat Black Screeching Cunt at December 20, 2025 02:41 AM (o+Dmu)

In Fulton County, Georgia -- Big Fani's Home County -- 315,000 "Votes" Were Counted Despite Missing the Necessary Signatures

No big deal. Don't bother checking IDs, don't bother checking if the necessary poll worker signatures are attached to the "votes."

And then prosecute Trump. He's the bad guy here.

Fulton County: 'We Don't Dispute' 315,000 Votes Lacking Poll Workers' Signatures Were Counted In 2020

Fulton County admits 2020 election did not follow rules

'When the law demands three signatures on tabulator tapes and the county fails to follow the rules, those 315,000 votes are, by definition, uncertified.'

Brianna Lyman
Earlier this month, Fulton County admitted that approximately 315,000 early votes from the 2020 election were illegally certified but were nonetheless still included in the final results of that election.
The admission came during a Dec. 9 hearing before the Georgia State Election Board (SEB) stemming from a challenge filed by David Cross, a local election integrity activist. Cross filed a challenge with the SEB in March 2022. Cross alleged that Fulton County violated Georgia statute in the handling of advanced voting ahead of the November 2020 election, counting hundreds of thousands of votes even though polling workers failed to sign off on the vote tabulation "tapes" critical to the certification process.
And Fulton County admitted to it.
Ann Brumbaugh, attorney for the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections, told the SEB in the hearing that while she has "not seen the tapes" herself, the county does "not dispute that the tapes were not signed." Brumbaugh continued, "It was a violation of the rule. We, since 2020, again, we have new leadership and a new building and a new board and a new standard operating procedures. And since then the training has been enhanced. ... But ... we don't dispute the allegation from the 2020 election."
Georgia's Secretary of State Office investigated the alleged failure to sign tabluation tapes and "substantiated" the findings that Fulton County "violated Official Election Record Document Processes when it was discovered that thirty-six (36) out of thirty-seven (37) Advanced Voting Precincts in Fulton County, Georgia failed to sign the Tabulation Tapes as required [by statute]," according to a 2024 investigation summary. In addition to probing the unsigned tabulation tapes, the investigation also found that officials at 32 polling sites failed to verify their zero tapes.
Georgia law requires that election officials have each ballot scanner print three closing tapes at the end of each voting day. Poll workers must sign these tapes or include a documented reason for refusal. Voting laws also require poll workers to begin each day of voting by printing and signing a "zero tape" showing that voting machines are starting at zero votes.
If there is no record of whether the tabulator was set at zero at the start of polling, there is no way of telling whether ballots from a previous election (or ballots from a test run) were left on the memory card and might later be counted. Notably, this happened in Montana, where officials discovered more votes than were cast and believe the votes were leftover sample data that had not been cleared.
"These signed tapes are the sole legal certification that the reported totals are authentic," Cross told the SEB at the Dec. 9 hearing. "Fulton County produced zero signed tabulator tapes in early voting."

🚨 VIDEO: Fulton County Board of Elections Attorney Ann Brumbaugh admits that 315K early votes were illegally certified during the 2020 election.

Jon Ossoff became a Senator on a fluke.

Georgia voters will remind him of that next year. https://t.co/GqXD3tboAH pic.twitter.com/OHjKj6Hxwf
— Mike Collins War Room (@TeamOverhaulGA) December 19, 2025

Crazy story here. I detailed just SOME of the problems in Fulton County in my best-seller Rigged. There were 5 -- FIVE! -- serious reasons why two of the five Fulton County officials voted not to certify the troubled county's results. All three Democrats overruled them. https://t.co/skSm4lPnHD
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 19, 2025

I mean this is… really bad. We genuinely can’t say with confidence who won Georgia in 2020.

Brad Raffensperger got a lot of plaudits for standing up to Trump, but boy, does he suck at his job. https://t.co/fdArUM9MlH
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) December 19, 2025

Posted by: Ace at 06:34 PM

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1 It was only sort of cheating

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2025 06:35 PM (VE6XX)

2
Election Fraud Deniers

That's why I call them.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 06:36 PM (eSMm5)

3
For Christmas, I Want...

the President of the United States to declare the Democrat party a terrorist organization.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 06:36 PM (eSMm5)

4
Welcome back ace!!

Posted by: fourseasons at December 19, 2025 06:36 PM (3ek7K)

5 Voter fraud laws are Nazism, straight up!

Posted by: Immigration laws, too! at December 19, 2025 06:37 PM (TbWk/)

6 So Brad Ratfucker is proven wrong. Color me shocked….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 06:38 PM (xT8gx)

7 Well, did they at least pay the Poll Tax?

Posted by: Eromero at December 19, 2025 06:38 PM (o2ZRX)

8 *very nice!

Posted by: Cucker Tarlson at December 19, 2025 06:39 PM (g47mK)

9 Its amazing how fucking livid this shit still makes me.

Its like, at 45, they somehow stole some of my innocence away and I want them to fucking pay for that. All of them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 06:39 PM (zZu0s)

10 Fraud. It's gotten to the point that I'm doubting every election since 2008.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 19, 2025 06:39 PM (cuae1)

11
Everyone Is Also Forgetting

The TWO Senate Seats the Democrats STOLE in Georgia in 2020.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 06:39 PM (eSMm5)

12 Democrats want an empire run by an emperor.
They'll settle for a kingdom run by a king.
The best they were able to do under Obama and Biden is a country...

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 06:40 PM (2WIwB)

13 Bet the same in Pennsylvania happened

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 06:40 PM (Ia/+0)

14 Gangsters.

Posted by: davidt at December 19, 2025 06:40 PM (Q+gd/)

15 Ratshitburger is up to his crown in this. GA is such compromised state. I still don’t think they’ve found the guy that burned the face off that poor woman in Savannah. Nice place to live, half my life here. But the government is horrid.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2025 06:40 PM (3uBP9)

16
Do Maricopa County, AZ next.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 06:41 PM (eSMm5)

17 Willowed:

BTW, I took my annual Medicaid online health survey today. There were a few points where I was not allowed to advance until I had checked off a box even though I'd answered "no" to the previous paired question. The one I remember most was near the end, and it was something like "In the last year, have you ever been unable to find the following when you needed it: Food, money, shelter, medical care, etc." There was no "None of the above" or "N/A" option, I *had* to pick one. So I put "dental care" because no local dentist will accept adults on Medicaid. The kicker? No comment box at the end so I could voice my concerns.

So the next time you see "70% of Medicaid recipients struggled to find food" as a headline, this is why.
Posted by: pookysgirl, trying to stay honest at December 19, 2025 06:35 PM (Wt5PA)

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at December 19, 2025 06:41 PM (Wt5PA)

18 Yet they tried to charge people who thought there was fraud for not having any

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 06:42 PM (Ia/+0)

19
Kate fucking Hobbs STOLE her own election.

Kari Lake had TWO elections stolen from her.

That idiot R Senator replacement, I forget her stupid name, she had her election stolen.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 06:42 PM (eSMm5)

20 It's nationwide.

Posted by: davidt at December 19, 2025 06:42 PM (Q+gd/)

21 You must be more powerful than them
You must have zero tolerance for their attacks.
You must attack back MORE for their attacks than how they attacked you.

This has worked through history dealing with them.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 19, 2025 06:33 PM

I dunno. We struck back at the terrorists after 09/11 and that didn't do a damn thing. 24 years later, where are we? Afghanistan and Iraq are even worse now, as is every nation in the West.

Granted, at the same time, the West collectively bent over for Islam and invited them into every Western nation to conquer them.

I think we still have not learned the lesson 2+ decades on. Terrorists do not care about tough talk or wars. They want war. They want death.

The lesson that has yet to be learned is the problem is not terrorists, but Islam and Muslims. Until Trump and every other Western leader are speaking and acting on that, this is the same shit, different day as far as dealing with Islamic terrorists.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 06:43 PM (P5BPp)

22 What were people protesting on January 6th again?

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 06:43 PM (E0p3T)

23 If they admit they counted 315,000 illegal votes they counted 3-4 times that many illegal votes.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 19, 2025 06:43 PM (0N4FZ)

24 Do Maricopa County, AZ next.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 06:41 PM (eSMm5)

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Get in bitch, we're next! After Pennsylvania.

Posted by: Wisconsin and its 2am ballot dump at December 19, 2025 06:44 PM (Hx0tZ)

25 I am not interested in these insignificant matters, I am more interested in promoting the religion of peace! Yes, I saw how peaceful it was when I visited in Qatar on a solidarity tour, and the servants told me it how peaceful it was everywhere.

Posted by: Cucker Tarlson at December 19, 2025 06:44 PM (g47mK)

26 Raffensberger knew , Kemp knew. So did several other GOPe types in Georgia. The national GOP should cut off funds until the entire cabal is purged. A guy can dream

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 06:44 PM (1vqcm)

27 From the previous thread:
Karoline Leavitt @PressSec

Promise Made. Promise Kept.

Under President Trump, if you kill American troops, you will pay.

(Trump post announcing Syria action)

X: https://bit.ly/4jd1eFy

"All terrorists who are evil enough to attack American are hereby warned - YOU WILL BE HIT HARDER THAN YOU HAVE EVER BEEN HIT BEFORE IF YOU, IN ANY WAY, ATTACK OR THREATEN THE U.S.A."

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So...Karoline Leavitt posts here as Ben Rothlisberger!

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 06:44 PM (TN0g+)

28 Somebody gotta pay for all these cabin rentals.

Posted by: Nathan Wade on VRBO at December 19, 2025 06:44 PM (oftw2)

29 {YAWN}

Wake me up when someone happens to be deposited in the Federal Pen.

Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 06:45 PM (gKDq2)

30 I think we still have not learned the lesson 2+ decades on. Terrorists do not care about tough talk or wars. They want war. They want death.

The lesson that has yet to be learned is the problem is not terrorists, but Islam and Muslims. Until Trump and every other Western leader are speaking and acting on that, this is the same shit, different day as far as dealing with Islamic terrorists.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 06:43 PM

The depressing thing is... if 09/11 in the U.S.A. and 07/07 in the UK were not enough to wake up the West to Islam, that means it is going to take a mass death event even larger than those two events to finally wake people up.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 06:45 PM (P5BPp)

31 Somebody gotta pay for all these cabin rentals.
Posted by: Nathan Wade on VRBO at December 19, 2025 06:44 PM

What do you need a cabin for? You only sleep eight hours a week.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 06:45 PM (jc0TO)

32 Of the 315k I wonder how many were the special ballots with the votes pre-printed.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 06:46 PM (/lPRQ)

33 And they stole their Super Majority in 2008. The one that brought us Oshittercare and nearly Cap and Trade and other retard commie bullshit, except Kennedy croaked.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 06:46 PM (E0p3T)

34 What were people protesting on January 6th again?
Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 06:43 PM (E0p3T)

Those were just fascists fighting for their Fuhrer.
Nevermind the large number of vets.

Posted by: Nose ringed and purple haired bints at December 19, 2025 06:46 PM (Hx0tZ)

35 I dunno. We struck back at the terrorists after 09/11 and that didn't do a damn thing.

===

I disagree, we got our deterrence back. Which is huge. And now they know we will not hesitate. Even under obama, we will go after them.

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 06:47 PM (g47mK)

36 The depressing thing is... if 09/11 in the U.S.A. and 07/07 in the UK were not enough to wake up the West to Islam, that means it is going to take a mass death event even larger than those two events to finally wake people up.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 06:45 PM (P5BPp)

No I think it means there is no siren loud enough

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 06:47 PM (E0p3T)

37 A $5K reward for info on the acid attack.

In one of the various murder trials I was on a jury for this one guy shot the victim dozens of times. Over a mile. Walk walk bang bang bang… reload crawl crawl crawl bang bang… At one point he was unloading into the guy beside a parked city bus full of Savannah people. Guess how many witnesses there were? It’s a non negative integer less than one.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2025 06:47 PM (3uBP9)

38 With all the shenanigans, thievery, fraud, illegal this and illegal that that the democrats pull every election, Hillary Clinton, Murderess, still lost in 2016.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

Posted by: Snoop Doggy Dogg at December 19, 2025 06:48 PM (R/m4+)

39 Good thing it was a Republican governor and SoS , otherwise there might have been real cheating in 2020.

Posted by: Fox News at December 19, 2025 06:48 PM (cHOHf)

40 Wake me up when someone happens to be deposited in the Federal Pen.

Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 06:45 PM

Yep. We've been reading about the massive corruption and scandals and everything else the Democrats / Left / media have been doing for decades now. No one ever gets punished, so it keeps happening.

And it will keep happening until there are actually consequences. I won't be holding my breath for that happening in my lifetime.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 06:48 PM (P5BPp)

41 so no consequences for cheating, getting caught and admitting it? It was a federal election. People need to be federally charged, tried, jailed and bankrupted.

If there is no consequence then what the hell is the point, let's just fight it out in the streets.

Posted by: DanMan at December 19, 2025 06:49 PM (8uzBS)

42 Note that these are tabulations, not the actual ballots.
They could have just fabricated the numbers Detroit does.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 06:49 PM (/lPRQ)

43 that means it is going to take a mass death event even larger than those two events to finally wake people up.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton

Or they wealthy islamists are quiet happy with subverting the Western countries to the point where an attack would be superfluous.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 19, 2025 06:49 PM (mlg/3)

44
"In the last year, have you ever been unable to find the following when you needed it: Food, money, shelter, medical care, etc."

_________

We're out of chocolate ice cream.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2025 06:49 PM (tgvbd)

45 Guess how many witnesses there were? It’s a non negative integer less than one.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2025 06:47 PM (3uBP9)

Sincere maths question: Is zero considered an integer?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 06:49 PM (xT8gx)

46 Whoopsie!
Whoopsie!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 19, 2025 06:50 PM (dE3DB)

47 Have you seen the latest sales at Ultra?

Posted by: Pam Bondi at December 19, 2025 06:50 PM (abIsI)

48 Wow. The number of strikes in Syria is now up to 70.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 06:51 PM (viF8m)

49 The damned dem party needs to be RICOed and eliminated. It's been going on for 200 years.

Posted by: DanMan at December 19, 2025 06:51 PM (8uzBS)

50
Wouldn't have affected the result
Old news
Focused on the needs of hardworking Americans

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2025 06:51 PM (tgvbd)

51 What do you need a cabin for? You only sleep eight hours a week.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Yeah, but Lawd knows Fani need her beauty sleep.

Posted by: Nathan Wade, Esq. at December 19, 2025 06:51 PM (oftw2)

52
We, since 2020, again, we have new leadership and a new building and a new board and a new standard operating procedures. And since then the training has been enhanced. ... But ... we don't dispute the allegation from the 2020 election."

Some people did some things. Move along you damned MAGA rethuglicans.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 19, 2025 06:53 PM (QVmho)

53 And it will keep happening until there are actually consequences. I won't be holding my breath for that happening in my lifetime.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 06:48 PM (P5BPp)

Accountability is sorely needed and very lacking on multiple issues. Acceptable lawlessness will lead to mumblemumble eventually.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 19, 2025 06:53 PM (Hx0tZ)

54 Broken water main.

Posted by: davidt at December 19, 2025 06:53 PM (Q+gd/)

55 Sincere maths question: Is zero considered an integer?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 06:49 PM (xT8gx)

Yup. All whole numbers both positive and negative. I think it is considered a whole number.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2025 06:54 PM (n9ltV)

56 Wow. The number of strikes in Syria is now up to 70.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 06:51 PM (viF8m)
~~~~~

Good.
Kill Americans and you'll pay dearly.
God bless Trump.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 19, 2025 06:54 PM (3ImbR)

57 No I think it means there is no siren loud enough
Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 06:47 PM (E0p3T)

What? Did something happen? Huh?

Posted by: Idiot American With Ear Buds On at December 19, 2025 06:54 PM (R/m4+)

58 Wait, who's striking Syria? Israel?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 06:55 PM (zZu0s)

59 81 million votes, Jack!

Posted by: How many are real? at December 19, 2025 06:55 PM (Hx0tZ)

60 But my democracy.
*yawn*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 06:55 PM (9ipOP)

61 >>Wait, who's striking Syria? Israel?

We are.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 06:55 PM (viF8m)

62 They'll totes get it right the next time around.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at December 19, 2025 06:55 PM (V362x)

63 >>> Sincere maths question: Is zero considered an integer?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 06:49 PM (xT8gx)

Brave’s ai says yes. I try to power down all my math systems during Christmas to make more room for nog so I wouldn’t know.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2025 06:56 PM (3uBP9)

64 I've got to get out of the house. Mrs928 is cooking up our traditional Christmas Lasagnas to freeze.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 06:56 PM (jc0TO)

65 If you cheat, and you think it was justified, then it's not really cheating.

Posted by: Jim Harbaugh at December 19, 2025 06:56 PM (8AONa)

66 Tje judge who let the Illegal criminal get away from ICE is gokng go jail
Its a start

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 06:56 PM (Ia/+0)

67 Wait, who's striking Syria? Israel?

==

No, but the Zionists are involved!

Posted by: Cucker Tarlson at December 19, 2025 06:56 PM (g47mK)

68 I think I started getting suspicious when heavily Democrat districts weren't at 110% vote totals like usual but more like 115%. It just seemed fishy.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 06:57 PM (E0p3T)

69 The depressing thing is... if 09/11 in the U.S.A. and 07/07 in the UK were not enough to wake up the West to Islam, that means it is going to take a mass death event even larger than those two events to finally wake people up.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 06:45 PM (P5BPp)

No I think it means there is no siren loud enough
Posted by: ...

Exactly. These are some dumb fucking people.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 19, 2025 06:57 PM (N/gmR)

70 It isn't fraud, if you believe it.

Posted by: George Costanza at December 19, 2025 06:58 PM (Q+gd/)

71 Wow. The number of strikes in Syria is now up to 70.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 06:51 PM (viF8m)
=====

Once again, millions of American boys are being sacrificed in service to a "foreign power" IFYKWIMIKTYD wink wink nudge nudge say no more.
-Tucker Carlson.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 06:58 PM (9ipOP)

72 They tried gettin one of the late night fraudsters to cooperate on the case but dems sent in agents to pull her out and the only consequence was Rudy getting his ass sued.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2025 06:58 PM (3uBP9)

73 Are we going to get our weed thread back?

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 06:59 PM (jc0TO)

74 Yup. All whole numbers both positive and negative. I think it is considered a whole number.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2025 06:54 PM (n9ltV)

I think I remember that now. It’s interesting because it took awhile for people to even understand the concept of zero as a number. It’s certainly a unique whole number

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 06:59 PM (xT8gx)

75 If you cheat, and you think it was justified, then it's not really cheating.
Posted by: Jim Harbaugh

Pfffftttttt....

Posted by: Bill Beliichek at December 19, 2025 06:59 PM (N/gmR)

76 No same day voter registration
No motor voter registration
Absentee ballots for active mitary only

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 06:59 PM (sDNVV)

77 What the ever-loving....

Ok, Stefanik can quit the gov race in NY, but why is she quitting CONgress. Are the Rs trying to lose the House??

https://tinyurl.com/354ztycf

Is her seat safely R?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 19, 2025 06:59 PM (uQesX)

78
toby,

Once it's burned it's gone, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 19, 2025 07:00 PM (3ek7K)

79 Don't underestimate what the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq did to the Muslim Brotherhood and its offshoots like alQuaeda (which was destroyed) and ISIS (also mostly destroyed).

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 07:00 PM (g47mK)

80 >>Are we going to get our weed thread back?

Farking pot heads.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 07:00 PM (viF8m)

81
Take the math talk somewheres else.

Nerds.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 07:00 PM (dbEXM)

82 Zero…. That’s retard Tim Walz’s IQ

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 07:01 PM (xT8gx)

83 So, did these poll workers not sign the tabulation tapes because a) they're stupid and incompetent, b) didn't want to knowingly sign a false document under liability for perjury, or c) both. Having been to Atlanta, and seeing the cretins that inhabit the place, I'm going with option c.

Posted by: Barack at December 19, 2025 07:01 PM (XMwZJ)

84 Take the math talk somewheres else.

Nerds.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 07:00 PM (dbEXM)

Science and math, bitches!!

Posted by: Jesse Pinkman at December 19, 2025 07:02 PM (xT8gx)

85 Isn’t that something? Zero is nothing!

Posted by: Like, Wow Man! at December 19, 2025 07:02 PM (wHaGM)

86 JackStraw, when I saw the thing about Letters of Marque I immediately thought of you setting sail.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 07:02 PM (sDNVV)

87 Trillions of dollars are at stake.

Trillions of dollars isn't money, it's a motive with a universal adapter.

Posted by: davidt at December 19, 2025 07:03 PM (Q+gd/)

88
Some people may have done some things.
In the enthusiasm of the moment, mistakes may have been made.
What difference, at this point, does it make?
Old news.
Time to move on.

Posted by: (D)emocrats and The MSM at December 19, 2025 07:03 PM (0sNs1)

89 26 Raffensberger knew , Kemp knew. So did several other GOPe types in Georgia. The national GOP should cut off funds until the entire cabal is purged. A guy can dream
Posted by: Smell the Glove
======
The national GOP was in on it. Remember the entire impeachment part deux for Trump which was patently unconstitutional. So much so that even Chief Justice Roberts refused to take the chair for it.

The big corporate donors wanted Trump out so the spice would flow under Biden whether in pointless defense spending (Ukraine), AID color revolutions to kill more people abroad, or in domestic grift like the Green Nude Eel.

Trump was almost friendless in DC at the end of his first term as were his peeps who were hounded in the next 4 years in all sorts of ways while the GOP and some of its supposedly leading candidates for 2024 averted their eyes and ignored the suffering.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 07:03 PM (WDjG6)

90 Watz is well steeped in Marxism,

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 07:03 PM (Ia/+0)

91 >>> The damned dem party needs to be RICOed and eliminated. It's been going on for 200 years.
Posted by: DanMan at December 19, 2025 06:51 PM (8uzBS)

Like the saying about banks and losing money:
If a dozen people are caught in a criminal conspiracy they are in trouble. If many thousand’s are caught that’s our problem now.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2025 07:04 PM (3uBP9)

92 83 So, did these poll workers not sign the tabulation tapes because a) they're stupid and incompetent, b) didn't want to knowingly sign a false document under liability for perjury, or c) both. Having been to Atlanta, and seeing the cretins that inhabit the place, I'm going with option c.
Posted by: Barack

Both, those workers were part of Rev. Clyburn's election fraud network in urban cities.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 07:04 PM (WDjG6)

93 Them Greek homos stole zero from us!

Posted by: Rev. Al S. at December 19, 2025 07:04 PM (0sNs1)

94 If you cheat, and you think it was justified, then it's not really cheating.
Posted by: Jim Harbaugh at December 19, 2025 06:56 PM (8AONa)

I won!

Posted by: Zombie Rosie Ruiz, Subway Rider at December 19, 2025 07:05 PM (R/m4+)

95 I was born in the wrong century, Ben Had.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 07:06 PM (viF8m)

96 Turns out that poor girl Ella Cook z"l went to the same high school I went to when I was on h.s. exchange in Birmingham.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 07:06 PM (9ipOP)

97 Sincere maths question: Is zero considered an integer?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 06:49 PM (xT8gx)

Yup. All whole numbers both positive and negative. I think it is considered a whole number.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2025 06:54 PM

I thought zero was the absence of numbers.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 19, 2025 07:07 PM (0N4FZ)

98 JackStraw, when I saw the thing about Letters of Marque I immediately thought of you setting sail.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 07:02 PM (sDNVV)

Or Jim Sunk New Dawn.

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at December 19, 2025 07:07 PM (Wt5PA)

99 Ok, Stefanik can quit the gov race in NY, but why is she quitting CONgress. Are the Rs trying to lose the House??

https://tinyurl.com/354ztycf

Is her seat safely R?
Posted by: OrangeEnt
=======
Usually a sudden withdrawal either indicates a scandal or a serious health issue. Stefanik supporters were bitching about Trump not endorsing her yet in the primary just last week so mebbe he knew something we don't.

He had said both of Stefanik and her primary competitor (some Long Island GOP local type) were both good candidates just this week.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 07:07 PM (WDjG6)

100 94 If you cheat, and you think it was justified, then it's not really cheating.
Posted by: Jim Harbaugh at December 19, 2025 06:56 PM (8AONa)

Rock ribbed Michigan Man… Sherrone Moore

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 07:08 PM (sBt/s)

101
Can you believe the stupid shit we went through in the first term?

Do you remember how it started?

Jeff Cuck Sessions gets confirmed by the Senate, and then Immediately recuses himself from being Attorney General. Fucking dunce.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 07:09 PM (dbEXM)

102 I heard over my communicator that a definitive answer was being requested, so here I am.

Zero is classified as an integer because it is a whole number that can be written without a fractional component. Integers include positive numbers, negative numbers, and zero itself.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 19, 2025 07:09 PM (0sNs1)

103 76 No same day voter registration
No motor voter registration
Absentee ballots for active mitary only
Posted by: Ben Had
=========
It will take breaking the filibuster to do nation wide. But if teh GOP doesn't do it, it may be dead anyway.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 07:09 PM (WDjG6)

104 He had said both of Stefanik and her primary competitor (some Long Island GOP local type) were both good candidates just this week.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 07:07 PM (WDjG6)

I read that in the story. You're idea seems more plausible. Maybe a scandal brewing, or just deciding to make way for an uncontested primary. But why quit congress? That's the important question. Trump likes both. Has to be something we don't know about. Either way, if she's a safe R district, oh well.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 19, 2025 07:11 PM (uQesX)

105 In our defense, we did burn the original ballots after the election because they lacked certification. They were a danger to Our Democracy!

Posted by: Fulton County at December 19, 2025 07:11 PM (iFEms)

106 Medicaid fraud
Voter fraud
I'm so happy to pay federal taxes.

Posted by: wth at December 19, 2025 07:11 PM (v0R5T)

107 No same day voter registration
No motor voter registration
Absentee ballots for active mitary only
Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 06:59 PM (sDNVV)

The bare minimum is having to have an ID to vote nationwide. It's crazy that we're one of a lonely few who don't use an ID to vote. One of those 'Real IDs', too. Not some scam CDL.

Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 07:13 PM (gKDq2)

108
All these R's would think twice about leaving the House if you put a 20-year ban on Lobbying for all former Congressman and Federal employees.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 07:13 PM (dbEXM)

109 An FEC complaint has been filed against US Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan caught Smurfing $16,126,347.91

(Smurfing is criminal money laundering into political campaigns.)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 19, 2025 07:13 PM (0sNs1)

110 Zero is classified as an integer because it is a whole number that can be written without a fractional component. Integers include positive numbers, negative numbers, and zero itself.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 19, 2025 07:09 PM (0sNs1)

I disagree!! Wesley Crusher is evil!

Posted by: Sheldon Cooper at December 19, 2025 07:14 PM (xT8gx)

111 So, did these poll workers not sign the tabulation tapes because

I'm going with d) those tabulation tapes were never given to them to sign. They weren't in that room.

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2025 07:14 PM (iFEms)

112 Jeff Cuck Sessions gets confirmed by the Senate, and then Immediately recuses himself from being Attorney General. Fucking dunce.
Posted by: Soothsayer

Trump's first term was filled with traitors--the generals, the Sec of Defenses, State Dept, CIA (Haspel was Station Chief in London while the whole dirty deal went down and Pompeo covered for her ass on the Russia Russia bullshit), GOP in House and Senate (Ryan and McConnell with a bunch of their colleagues), and Rod Rosenstein the Rat who helped cover up for Hillary and sicced a senile Mueller on Trump and Sleepy Jeff Sessions who did not even have the courtesy to tell Trump he was recusing himself from a frameup on Trump's Gen. Flynn as NSA.

And then we have Judas Pence who was the epicenter of a lot of scumbaggery and backstabbing via his peeps going on in the Trump admin.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 07:15 PM (WDjG6)

113
slutkin stole her Senate seat

Also, Ace should do a post on all the D corruption in Michigan perpetrated by all the Democrat Dykes & Whitmer, who is probably a dyke too.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 07:15 PM (dbEXM)

114 Kate fucking Hobbs STOLE her own election.
Kari Lake had TWO elections stolen from her.
That idiot R Senator replacement, I forget her stupid name, she had her election stolen.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 06:42 PM (eSMm5)

This can't be true, I distinctly remember posters here telling me it was just because Lake was a bad candidate that rubbed people the wrong way, and was really just LARPing being a valid candidate like Palin did.

You and the news report must be mistaken

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 07:15 PM (rbvCR)

115 Ella Cook was such a beautiful young lady. So so sad

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 07:16 PM (xT8gx)

116 109 An FEC complaint has been filed against US Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan caught Smurfing $16,126,347.91

(Smurfing is criminal money laundering into political campaigns.)
Posted by: Duncanthrax

And Kelly and a bunch of other Democrats. But I would not be surprised that WinRed was doing some of the same shit which is also why I suspect that the GOP ignored the Biden cheat in 2020. They had been doing it too in primary elections to keep out the populists.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 07:16 PM (WDjG6)

117 Jeff Cuck Sessions gets confirmed by the Senate, and then Immediately recuses himself from being Attorney General. Fucking dunce.

The important thing was not President Trump and cleaning up washington dc, the important thing was making sure the federal government could take this or that with forfeiture. I may be a hillbilly, but I sure ain't stupid. Shucks almighty, I don't even know what recuse means.

Posted by: Jeff Sessions, Alabama Hillbilly at December 19, 2025 07:16 PM (R/m4+)

118 And then we have Judas Pence who was the epicenter of a lot of scumbaggery and backstabbing via his peeps going on in the Trump admin.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 07:15 PM (WDjG6)

He thinks he still has some chance of being anything in the Trump party. Sorry, Race. You sold out. You stay out.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 19, 2025 07:16 PM (uQesX)

119
But yeah, the Michigan AG is a nasty, corrupt dyke who was just held in Contempt by the MI House. The AG & the Sec State are both corrupt dykes, and they got caught.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 07:17 PM (dbEXM)

120 My hero zero. Such a funny little hero. Until you came along, we counted on our fingers and toes. Now you're here to stay and no one really knows how wonderful you are.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at December 19, 2025 07:17 PM (w6EFb)

121 I disagree!! Wesley Crusher is evil!
Posted by: Sheldon Cooper at December 19, 2025 07:14 PM

You're saying he's a minion of Big Penguin??

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 19, 2025 07:17 PM (0sNs1)

122 Ella Cook was such a beautiful young lady. So so sad
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 07:16 PM (xT8gx)

The perils of scrolling too fast. I thought you posted something about Elisha Cook.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 19, 2025 07:17 PM (uQesX)

123 Sessions was the wrong man in the wrong job. If he had been DHS Secretary we would still need be singing his praises.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 07:18 PM (sDNVV)

124 I read that in the story. You're idea seems more plausible. Maybe a scandal brewing, or just deciding to make way for an uncontested primary. But why quit congress? That's the important question. Trump likes both. Has to be something we don't know about. Either way, if she's a safe R district, oh well.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
=======
She is not running for reelection so the story goes, not quitting like MTG. That is why I think it might be health like the Big C or something with her or her family.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 07:18 PM (WDjG6)

125
I hate fucking dykes.

Nasty bitches, all of them.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 07:18 PM (dbEXM)

126 Trump's first term was filled with traitors--the generals, the Sec of Defenses, State Dept, CIA (Haspel was Station Chief in London while the whole dirty deal went down and Pompeo covered for her ass on the Russia Russia bullshit), GOP in House and Senate (Ryan and McConnell with a bunch of their colleagues), and Rod Rosenstein the Rat who helped cover up for Hillary and sicced a senile Mueller on Trump and Sleepy Jeff Sessions who did not even have the courtesy to tell Trump he was recusing himself from a frameup on Trump's Gen. Flynn as NSA.

And then we have Judas Pence who was the epicenter of a lot of scumbaggery and backstabbing via his peeps going on in the Trump admin.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 07:15 PM

Trump's first term was a disaster because even he did not think he was going to win. He admitted that 3 days before the election and just assumed he was going to lose. He was shocked when he did win.

Once he won he was scrambling to put together a team and he was ill advised by some of the people closest to him. The gop(e) had way too much input on his cabinet picks.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 19, 2025 07:18 PM (0N4FZ)

127 I am not interested in these insignificant matters, I am more interested in promoting the religion of peace! Yes, I saw how peaceful it was when I visited in Qatar on a solidarity tour, and the servants told me it how peaceful it was everywhere.
Posted by: Cucker Tarlson at December 19, 2025 06:44 PM (g47mK)

Rob Reiner spent every day of his piss filled life for the last decade spewing hate about Donald Trump.
It is nice to see you, Runner, plan to follow that same, boring, path.

Good luck on that.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 07:19 PM (rbvCR)

128 She is not running for reelection so the story goes, not quitting like MTG. That is why I think it might be health like the Big C or something with her or her family.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 07:18 PM (WDjG6)

Must have just found out, then. Could have not even run for gov. Hope it's nothing bad.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 19, 2025 07:19 PM (uQesX)

129 But I would not be surprised that WinRed was doing some of the same shit which is also why I suspect that the GOP ignored the Biden cheat in 2020. They had been doing it too in primary elections to keep out the populists.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 07:16 PM

Nay, nay! The Turtle winning the two most blue counties in KY was totes legit!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 19, 2025 07:20 PM (0sNs1)

130 Rince Priebus should burn in hell.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 07:20 PM (sDNVV)

131 I always wondered how and why the state of Georgia all of a sudden flipped from Dark Red to Blue in the matter of a short time.

Those two Ga Democrats Senators should be removed from office and immediate replacement elections held.

If Trump won Georgia, would he have won the election ???

Posted by: Jackson at December 19, 2025 07:21 PM (J9q9v)

132 I hate fucking dykes.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 07:18 PM

Ummm, quit engaging in intimate relations with them, then?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 19, 2025 07:22 PM (0sNs1)

133 123 Sessions was the wrong man in the wrong job. If he had been DHS Secretary we would still need be singing his praises.
Posted by: Ben Had
======
He was good friendz with McConnell. I also hear scuttlebutt about a Lil Jeffie Sessions exists like ole Strom had a black daughter that was an open secret in SC.

Sessions was either a traitor or a coward--you don't accept the position and then recuse without telling Trump before you did it. You resign office if you cannot fulfill it.

That meant Trump would have had legal jeopardy had he fired Sessions and then Rod the Rat.

Sessions would have never been AG in the first place had not Rudy turned it down apparently. Rudy wanted to be Sec. of State which would have been contentious to get through the Senate.

Rudy, having been in the DoJ formerly, knew where the bodies were buried there but would have been out at sea as Sec of State.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 07:22 PM (WDjG6)

134 Fulton County: 'We Don't Dispute' 315,000 Votes Lacking Poll Workers' Signatures Were Counted In 2020

Fulton County admits 2020 election did not follow rules

'When the law demands three signatures on tabulator tapes and the county fails to follow the rules, those 315,000 votes are, by definition, uncertified.'

Pick the three highest individuals involved and execute them on the spot. That'll stop that shit in it's tracks.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 07:22 PM (dAOkg)

135 Trump's first term was a disaster because even he did not think he was going to win. He admitted that 3 days before the election and just assumed he was going to lose. He was shocked when he did win.
+++++

He believed the fake Hillary polls they were putting out near the end of the season.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 07:23 PM (/lPRQ)

136 Why are people not going to prison for this! I don't want to be the "nothing will happen" guy but I really fucking do think that UNLESS SOMETHING FUCKING HAPPENS...AND DEMOCRATS GO TO PRISON this will just continue. For Fucking Ever!

I HAVE HAD FUCKING ENOUGH!

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at December 19, 2025 07:23 PM (dbZNM)

137 Rince Priebus should burn in hell.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 07:20 PM

Hey! Remember Orca?

No? Good.

Posted by: Rinsed Pubis at December 19, 2025 07:23 PM (0sNs1)

138 >>> I hate fucking dykes.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 07:18 PM

Ummm, quit engaging in intimate relations with them, then?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 19, 2025 07:22 PM (0sNs1)

^^^ this

Posted by: monkeys at December 19, 2025 07:24 PM (3uBP9)

139
Right, whig.

And then there's Mad Cuck Mattis.

Backstabber, fraud, & bungler.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 07:24 PM (dbEXM)

140 >>Once he won he was scrambling to put together a team and he was ill advised by some of the people closest to him. The gop(e) had way too much input on his cabinet picks.

There was that but it shouldn't be forgotten that very few people wanted to work for Trump in 2016. He was the consummate outsider in a city that hates outsiders. And he was being slimed as a Russia stooge.

Working for Trump meant you had crossed a line and were willing to work against permanent DC. Not talk, do it. Very small talent pool fit that model in 2016.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 07:25 PM (viF8m)

141 I hate fucking dykes.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 07:18 PM

Ummm, quit engaging in intimate relations with them, then?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 19, 2025 07:22 PM (0sNs1)

^^^ this
Posted by: monkeys

Hush. You enjoy it.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 07:25 PM (dAOkg)

142 Sessions was the wrong man in the wrong job. If he had been DHS Secretary we would still need be singing his praises.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 07:18 PM (sDNVV)

Then instead of recusing himself and being an anchor, have Trump move him to DHS and appoint another head.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 07:25 PM (8avO+)

143 She is not running for reelection so the story goes, not quitting like MTG. That is why I think it might be health like the Big C or something with her or her family.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 07:18 PM (WDjG6)

No,,it's the same as the retirements in 2018. More to come.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 07:25 PM (E0p3T)

144 The thkng about fkin dykes is it won't change them

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 07:27 PM (Ia/+0)

145 Wow. Its almost like the People no longer share the values necessary to maintain a Republic. That seems to be going around lately.

Posted by: Fen at December 19, 2025 07:27 PM (qChqh)

146 Trump has never gone into ANYTHING to lose nor believed he would lose. That is horseshit.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 07:27 PM (E0p3T)

147
Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis from Wyoming will not seek reelection in 2026 citing the energy required.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 19, 2025 07:27 PM (3ek7K)

148 Nay, nay! The Turtle winning the two most blue counties in KY was totes legit!
Posted by: Duncanthrax
========
Look up 2018 where Kemp beat Abrams and ordered the servers wiped after the election. Last one with the Diebold equipment. Next, a big no bid contract to Dominion with a former Kemp SoS aide brokering the deal and getting generationally wealthy from it.

Kemp is dirty along with Ratshitburger and Chris Carr the AG. Chris got his office originally when Dirty Nathan Deal wanted to keep a state RFRA act from being passed so he arranged for the existing AG to be appointed to a college presidency and then filled the office with a nobody (Carr). Nobody then won reelection in 2018 while doing nothing and has served since then doing nothing. Now, Mr. Carr, having done nothing for 10 years as AG is running for governor in GA along with Ratshitburger whose main accomplishment was to hide the cheat in 2020 and refuse to clean it up in 2022 and 2024.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 07:27 PM (WDjG6)

149 And then there's Mad Cuck Mattis.
Backstabber, fraud, & bungler.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 07:24 PM (dbEXM)

Scuttlebutt around the beltway is he is also a lover of the man meat. Just saying. I mean just look at him. I think he has a beard now but people know.

Posted by: Lindsey Graham, Closeted Homosexual at December 19, 2025 07:28 PM (R/m4+)

150 From GP:

The Brown University shooter was dead for days before law enforcement found his body, according to the New Hampshire Chief Medical Examiner.

Neves-Valente died by suicide after a single gunshot wound to the head, according to the autopsy.

The medical examiner believes Neves-Valente likely died on Tuesday – just one day after he murdered the MIT professor.

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 07:29 PM (TN0g+)

151 Slotkin will have to sell more hotdogs

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 07:29 PM (1vqcm)

152 And then there's Mad Cuck Mattis.

Backstabber, fraud, & bungler.
Posted by: Soothsayer
======
Yep. Also Mattis (and Henry the K too) was one of the backers of that big medical fraud corporation ran by the woman who tried to look like Steve Jobs. Some sort of fraudulent medical testing crap.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 07:29 PM (WDjG6)

153 It all makes perfect sense if you stick to two basic assumptions.

1) The government is corrupt and full of crooks from top to bottom.

2) Trump is the outsider messing up all the crooked scams and schemes.

Posted by: davidt at December 19, 2025 07:30 PM (Q+gd/)

154 Do you think some times when all this crap comes out that Todd Beamer was on the wrong plane?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 19, 2025 07:30 PM (uQesX)

155 Maybe we should develop an elaborate system of cans and strings in case Ace’s computer rebels again.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2025 07:30 PM (OXYBr)

156 I agree with Whig - Something unexpected and personal must have come up with Stephanik, and no I don’t need to know her personal secrets. She’s been working for this for years, but she leaves on good terms with everyone and can easily get back in the game if she wants to down the line.

A party that can’t recruit replacements has no excuse for existing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 07:30 PM (0anTZ)

157 Oh baby, that 12 yr old Macallan is smooth.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 07:30 PM (dAOkg)

158 Brad Raffensperger got a lot of plaudits for standing up to Trump, but boy, does he suck at his job.

Raffensperger is doing his job: it just isn’t the job you thought he was supposed to do.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 19, 2025 07:30 PM (taapK)

159 There was that but it shouldn't be forgotten that very few people wanted to work for Trump in 2016. He was the consummate outsider in a city that hates outsiders. And he was being slimed as a Russia stooge.
++++++

The best part of the RUSSIA!!1!!1 frame-up was that Hillary, carrying suitcases of Russian payola, was behind it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 07:30 PM (/lPRQ)

160 75 If you cheat, and you think it was justified, then it's not really cheating.
Posted by: Jim Harbaugh

Pfffftttttt....
Posted by: Bill Beliichek

Piffle.

Posted by: Houston Astros Trashcan Alliance at December 19, 2025 07:30 PM (oftw2)

161 @156 Tom, there's a couple of decent Republicans already declared. The Dem seems like an arrogant douche

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 07:31 PM (1vqcm)

162 A party that can’t recruit replacements has no excuse for existing.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 07:30 PM

Pffffff. Barely an inconvenience.

Posted by: Washington Generals at December 19, 2025 07:32 PM (0sNs1)

163 The Dem seems like an arrogant douche
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 07:31 PM (1vqcm)

Can't imagine one of those winning in NY

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 07:32 PM (E0p3T)

164 Bill pulling 1/2 a million for a hour talk in Moscow

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 07:32 PM (Ia/+0)

165 >>> The medical examiner believes Neves-Valente likely died on Tuesday – just one day after he murdered the MIT professor.
Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 07:29 PM (TN0g+)

+/- 1 day

Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2025 07:32 PM (OXYBr)

166 "Sessions was either a traitor or a coward"

Or cognitively impaired. Like Mueller.

Sessions was a huge disappointment. Recruited as an all ster who seemed to be asleep most the time. I think he simply went senile in office.

Posted by: Fen at December 19, 2025 07:33 PM (qChqh)

167 If you cheat, and you think it was justified, then it's not really cheating.
Posted by: Jim Harbaugh

Pfffftttttt....
Posted by: Bill Beliichek

Piffle.
Posted by: Houston Astros Trashcan Alliance
-----

Don't you think there are a lot of Major League Baseball players who are wondering in retrospect why they didn't walk out of their dugout and into the Astros dugout with bats of their own and engage in hand-to-hand dances? Because it seems so blatantly obvious what was going on. Nobody thought it strange at the time?

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 07:33 PM (TN0g+)

168 The thing about fkin dykes is it won't change them
———

You’re Doin’ It Wrong

Posted by: Speak For Yourself at December 19, 2025 07:33 PM (NBNnb)

169 Le CAFE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS

NOOD

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 07:33 PM (Ia/+0)

170 A party that can’t recruit replacements has no excuse for existing.
Posted by: Tom Servo
======
Stefanik was a good soldier for Trump after her UN job was cancelled and returned to the House. Johnson refused to let Stefanik back into the House leadership as that would have required demoting someone so her House career was stalled but that left her with the governor's race. She had a pretty good chance against Holchul unless that surprise poll showing Holchul above 50 percent made her throw in the towel on that race as well.

If no health crisis or scandal, she will probably get a Trump executive position if she wants it.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 07:34 PM (WDjG6)

171 It certainly has been a difficult day. What am I supposed to think, or comment about, without our Dear Leader's posts? Commenters seemed lost and wandering all afternoon.

Not that I usually comment on A♠ threads anyway…
😶

Posted by: mindful webworker - drawing a blank at December 19, 2025 07:34 PM (WB0Mb)

172 Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis from Wyoming will not seek reelection in 2026 citing the energy required.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 19, 2025 07:27 PM (3ek7K)

Since this is the first time I’ve ever even heard of her, I can’t imagine that she has ever put too much energy into the job.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 07:34 PM (0anTZ)

173 83 So, did these poll workers not sign the tabulation tapes because a) they're stupid and incompetent, b) didn't want to knowingly sign a false document under liability for perjury, or c) both. Having been to Atlanta, and seeing the cretins that inhabit the place, I'm going with option c.

Posted by: Barack at December 19, 2025 07:01 PM (XMwZJ)

----

d. those votes showed in the back of a van after the polls were closed.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 19, 2025 07:34 PM (PWcY+)

174 The best part of the RUSSIA!!1!!1 frame-up was that Hillary, carrying suitcases of Russian payola, was behind it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 07:30 PM (/lPRQ)

The joy of the Clintons is that she was apparently carrying suitcases of payola from everyone.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 07:34 PM (rbvCR)

175 Then I finally do comment, and, naturally, it be willard.

Posted by: mindful webworker - I miss willow at December 19, 2025 07:35 PM (WB0Mb)

176 Neves-Valente died by suicide after a single gunshot wound to the head, according to the autopsy.

Wasn’t to the back of the head, right? Just checking.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 19, 2025 07:35 PM (taapK)

177 Sessions was a huge disappointment. Recruited as an all ster who seemed to be asleep most the time. I think he simply went senile in office.
Posted by: Fen

No, he did a few things like prosecuting traffickers of kids but since the Russia Russia thing and day to day management was left to Rod, he had little to do which is why his resignation was accepted after 2018 midterms when Bagpipe Billy came aboard.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 07:35 PM (WDjG6)

178 No, he did a few things like prosecuting traffickers of kids but since the Russia Russia thing and day to day management was left to Rod, he had little to do which is why his resignation was accepted after 2018 midterms when Bagpipe Billy came aboard.
Posted by: whig

And Billy's mission was to sweep it all under the rug.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 07:37 PM (/lPRQ)

179 >>I hate fucking dykes.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 07:18 PM

In my experience, they are really enthusiastic and extremely happy to get some dick.

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2025 07:38 PM (W23D2)

180 MOMof DataRepublican reposted

ThePersistence @ScottPresler

I Have Bad News

Just got off the phone with Washington State.

The voter ID initiative is likely to fail.

Not enough people are turning in their petitions.

I did my best to help Washington State.

Democrats are going to be thrilled.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 07:39 PM (P5BPp)

181 "The medical examiner believes Neves-Valente likely died on Tuesday – just one day after he murdered the MIT professor."

Having to struggle with homicidal urges myself, to the point that I've put myself in therapy as a precaution to protect the stolen valor perps, I'll wager the shooter had a medical sentence - 6 months to live, etc and decided to settle his grudges on the way out. Even the Secret Service admits they can't stop a suicide attack. He probably didn't expect to survive the Brown shooting.

Posted by: Fen at December 19, 2025 07:40 PM (qChqh)

182 He probably didn't expect to survive the Brown shooting.
Posted by: Fen
++++

He had a short list.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 07:43 PM (/lPRQ)

183 Marjorie Taylor Greene was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives November 2020 representing Georgia's 14th congressional district, and taking office in January 2021. She was re-elected in 2022 and 2024, and is serving until her planned resignation January 5, 2026. (Vested 5 years.)

She has represented Georgia's 14th District, located in Northwest Georgia, which includes Paulding County and others. BUT the family business, of which she reportedly owns 51%, is in Alpharetta (Fulton County).

Philadelphia Inquirer Politics
@PoliticsINQ
Marjorie Taylor Greene says ‘dam is breaking’ within GOP against Trump

Philadelphia Inquirer/Daily News regarding mid-terms, etc.
4:01 PM · Dec 17, 2025 905 Views

Reportedly, her involvement in politics began around the time of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. She was not politically active or a voter in earlier elections.

Cassidy Hutchinson, Liz Cheney like. She'll also be back.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 07:57 PM (NFX2v)

184 180 MOMof DataRepublican reposted

ThePersistence @ScottPresler

I Have Bad News

Just got off the phone with Washington State.
The voter ID initiative is likely to fail.
Not enough people are turning in their petitions.
I did my best to help Washington State.
Democrats are going to be thrilled.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton

He works so hard but it looks like for naught again.

Trump gets to fix it, while the Rs tiptoe out the door, and the Ds get ready to have fun breaking stuff - all again. imo.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 08:08 PM (NFX2v)

185 So, he shot himself when the cops finally closed in? What's it been, 5 or 6 days?

With that kind of lead, he should have been in Tierra Del Fuego by now, kicking it on the beach with a mai-tai and a bunch of penguins.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 19, 2025 10:11 PM (BI5O2)

186 People that aren't from Atlanta have no understanding of the depth of incompetence that exists in Fulton County "government"-- or City of Atlanta, for that matter.

The poll workers may not have been able to read the instructions.

I don't even have another better-known city with which to compare the incompetence (and corruption) of Fulton County.

Well, I'd compare it to Dekalb County (Hank Johnson, Cynthia McKinnney)... only to say it's "even worse than Dekalb". Stay out of both.

Posted by: Frank Noboday at December 20, 2025 09:55 AM (75cud)

Feds Discover Another $9 Billion in Medicaid Fraud... All in Tim Walz's Pirate Paradise of Minnesota

I'm able to connect through my phone now, but still not through my wifi. I guess that's something.

Nice.

US Attorney's Office: 'Half or more' of $18B billed through state programs tied to fraud
As the U.S. Attorney's Office announced a new batch of charges related to suspected fraudulent billing in Minnesota's government services, officials painted a dire portrait of just how extensive the problem might be.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson on Thursday said the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) pulled claims for 14 programs identified by Minnesota officials as being particularly vulnerable to fraud and found $18 billion in Medicaid billing since 2018.
While not all of those payments were illegitimate, Thompson estimated "half or more" of the $18 billion was received through fraudulent means, though he said prosecutors are still working to find the exact number.
"The magnitude of fraud in Minnesota cannot be overstated. It's staggering amounts of money that's been lost," Thompson said.

Feds are also looking into Minnesota foreign pirates scamming the unemployment system.

The Department of Labor announced on Monday it is sending staff to Minnesota to investigate concerns about fraud in the state's Unemployment Insurance Program.
The department's decision to authorize an "on-site specialized UI strike team" in Minnesota makes it the latest of several federal agencies deploying agents to investigate reports of widespread fraud in the state's welfare programs, including those from the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

"I am appalled at what we are hearing about potential fraud coming from numerous benefits programs in Minnesota," Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer said in a statement.
"If there has been any related abuse of our UI systems, it will not be tolerated, and I trust our specialized strike team to get to the bottom of this and report their findings directly to me," she continued. "Our mission to protect American workers remains unchanged, and I will not allow malicious actors to destroy the integrity of this trusted program."

This didn't age well. https://t.co/YXTA2EVljw pic.twitter.com/61Y4uyYDJR
— Walter Hudson (@WalterHudson) December 18, 2025

Posted by: Ace at 05:40 PM

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1 Pithy.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 05:42 PM (jc0TO)

2 I guess everyone else has a life.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 05:42 PM (jc0TO)

3 Not fraud.

Reparations for Somolies.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 05:42 PM (/lPRQ)

4 Trifecta?

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 05:42 PM (jc0TO)

5 'Somalian Pirates We...'

Posted by: South Park at December 19, 2025 05:43 PM (W23D2)

6 The Dems wanted this guy to be VP. You can't make this squit up.

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 05:43 PM (vFG9F)

7 Tramps and Thieves ... mostly Somalis, but it's OK because stealing is their culture. Cultural Diversity is our greatest strength.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 19, 2025 05:43 PM (vbXSk)

8 So Ace is partially out of the Barrel...

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2025 05:43 PM (VE6XX)

9 I hope they do yank all - and I do mean all - federal funds from the state.

The screaming at the universities would be delicious.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 05:44 PM (a+4eV)

10 Ace, the Somalis probably stole your Wi-Fi. Either them or the Haitians

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 05:44 PM (1vqcm)

11 Tim Walz is corrupt AND a major retard…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 05:44 PM (xT8gx)

12 7 Tramps and Thieves ... mostly Somalis, but it's OK because stealing is their culture. Cultural Diversity is our greatest strength.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 19, 2025 05:43 PM (vbXSk)

And Immigration fraud

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2025 05:44 PM (VE6XX)

13 White men do it too, you know!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 05:44 PM (pkeXY)

14 They're eating the dogs.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 05:44 PM (jc0TO)

15
Ace,

Apparently the suggestions about trying Viagra worked.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 19, 2025 05:45 PM (3ek7K)

16 No wonder Timtard Walz was selected as VP

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 19, 2025 05:45 PM (GhIJO)

17 We are relaxing our readiness stance to SelfCon 2.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 05:45 PM (dK+Kv)

18 Won't tolerate it? Don't bother with the barn door.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 05:45 PM (sDNVV)

19 Over/Under Walz going to prison over this?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 05:45 PM (7OV38)

20 This must be an incredible program, do you not have to give id and do they not check against the companies paying unemployment insurance to verify eligibility like every other state?

You know what, I don’t want to know.

Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 05:46 PM (OoFl2)

21 And Powerline suddenly wants to pretend they've been focused on Minnesota instead of national issues...and soccer.

Posted by: Fen at December 19, 2025 05:46 PM (pu+nZ)

22 19 Over/Under Walz going to prison over this?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 05:45 PM (7OV3

With a D after his name ? 0.0%

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2025 05:47 PM (VE6XX)

23 This is Minnesota, imagine how much fraud is in Cali, NY and Illinois.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2025 05:47 PM (XV/Pl)

24 This must be an incredible program, do you not have to give id and do they not check against the companies paying unemployment insurance to verify eligibility like every other state?

You know what, I don’t want to know.

Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 05:46 PM (OoFl2)

Anyone got the web number for this program?

Posted by: Joe Biden at December 19, 2025 05:47 PM (dK+Kv)

25 So all those lefty do gooder libtards in Minnesota besides being guilt ridden white yankees are also thieves, liars and fraudsters.

The Star Of The North...You Betcha!

Posted by: Uff Da at December 19, 2025 05:47 PM (R/m4+)

26 That fat commie needs to go to prison but he won't.

Posted by: steevy at December 19, 2025 05:48 PM (YwEeS)

27 Minnesoakya

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 05:48 PM (sDNVV)

28 I don't think Walz will go to jail, but I wouldn't be surprised vti see him have a psychotic break. He doesn't seem too stable

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 05:49 PM (1vqcm)

29 They'll sacrifice Walz because he's a loser. and a white guy. and a twit.

Posted by: DanMan at December 19, 2025 05:49 PM (8uzBS)

30
Lol Ben

Posted by: fourseasons at December 19, 2025 05:49 PM (3ek7K)

31 Ace I once lost my wifi connection and I had to reinstall the intel wifi driver on my system. Even though I'm on an AMD chip it still needed to be reinstalled. Just search for intel wifi driver, try reinstalling that and maybe that will work.

Posted by: buzzion at December 19, 2025 05:50 PM (3tZV2)

32 I'll pay you back but i don't have it on me.

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025 05:50 PM (EyfuW)

33 Government officials need to go to prison.

I am so sick of them being immune to any consequences.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 05:50 PM (u9Aw1)

34 This makes the fabled Teapot Dome look like penny ante shit by comparison.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at December 19, 2025 05:50 PM (w6EFb)

35
Bob,

They're special.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 19, 2025 05:50 PM (3ek7K)

36 This makes the fabled Teapot Dome look like penny ante shit by comparison.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at December 19, 2025 05:50 PM (w6EFb)

What's a few more or a few less teapots?

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 05:51 PM (8avO+)

37 Mistakes were made! Rogue employee! More training! Racist!

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2025 05:52 PM (iFEms)

38 After the break - political advice from California Republicans

Posted by: Fen at December 19, 2025 05:52 PM (pu+nZ)

39 It's not like we spent the money. It just went on the debt. They can just write it off.

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 05:52 PM (vFG9F)

40 Mn pop is 5.8 million. That's over $3,000 for every man, woman and child in the state.
Multiply that fraud over every state, and folks, I believe that is close to a Trillion Sambucks.

Posted by: MkY at December 19, 2025 05:52 PM (q6tQZ)

41 Fkin Marxists spreading tje wealth around the world

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 05:52 PM (Ia/+0)

42 I really believe if Kamala wasn’t retarded herself she would’ve selected Josh Shapiro as VP, not the MN retard… in which case the election would’ve been razor close (shudder) and she might even be prez today ( in which case Trump would be in jail). Wow am I glad our opponents are retarded!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 05:52 PM (xT8gx)

43 Pithy.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025

***
Worthy of a pith helmet?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 05:52 PM (wzUl9)

44
The Nigerian 401 Mugu Scammers are jealous as hell!

How do you say "Remain Blessed" in Somalian?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2025 05:52 PM (x0n13)

45 Over/Under Walz going to prison over this?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 05:45 PM (7OV3

With a D after his name ? 0.0%
Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2025 05:47 PM (VE6XX)

Last person who cooperated with the Feds there was shot in her home in an 'unrelated incident'

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 05:52 PM (8avO+)

46 I also want to see clawbacks.

Congress can pass laws that undue statute of limitations (apparently -- NY did it for Trump) and to allow asset stripping (apparently, they do it for drug offenses)
So I want to see that up and down the chain of culpability -- from the Governor to the maid in Nigeria hired by these thieves with stolen money.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 05:53 PM (u9Aw1)

47 The magnitude of fraud in Minnesota cannot be overstated.

That means the magnitude is no greater than 'gargantuan'.

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2025 05:53 PM (iFEms)

48 I am so sick of them being immune to any consequences.

that why we need to pass no statute of limitations on government corruption involving any level of government employed participation

Posted by: DanMan at December 19, 2025 05:53 PM (8uzBS)

49 Hello!

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 05:53 PM (g47mK)

50 Wait, this is a real story

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 05:53 PM (Ia/+0)

51 42 Wow am I glad our opponents are retarded!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 05:52 PM (xT8gx)

And yet 2020.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2025 05:53 PM (x0n13)

52 In unrelated news, the Pentagon once again failed its annual audit.... now saying they have a goal to pass one by 2028.

So, Ukraine war over by 2028?

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 19, 2025 05:54 PM (mP0Kj)

53 I really believe if Kamala wasn’t retarded herself she would’ve selected Josh Shapiro as VP, not the MN retard… in which case the election would’ve been razor close (shudder) and she might even be prez today ( in which case Trump would be in jail). Wow am I glad our opponents are retarded!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 05:52 PM (xT8gx)

Doubtful. Democrats set fire to the state house in PA because he was in it IIRC. One of those random things.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 05:54 PM (8avO+)

54 Did Timmy Tampon mention that in his campaign speeches for Vice Graftent with Kumalla? Minnesota is number one in grafting taxpayer money. Stop all federal funds going to Minnesota.

What I want is some necktie parties.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 19, 2025 05:54 PM (xvV+O)

55 Minnesoakya

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 05:48 PM (sDNVV)

Keep paprika far away . . . .

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 05:54 PM (dK+Kv)

56 I suspect by the time we are done there will be about $20-30 BILLION in fraud discovered from the covid money. And the democrats wont care.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 19, 2025 05:54 PM (0N4FZ)

57 Wait, this is a real story

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 05:53 PM (Ia/+0)

It's AceI.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 05:54 PM (dK+Kv)

58 I would say give that state to Canada, but even though they are totally going communist, I don't hate Canadians THAT much

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 19, 2025 05:55 PM (PWcY+)

59 LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP !!

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 05:55 PM (g47mK)

60 The mosquito-borne encephalitis in Minnesota has reached a new plateau. Next up; an outbreak of monkey pox.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 19, 2025 05:55 PM (nljXp)

61 Government officials need to go to prison.

I am so sick of them being immune to any consequences.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 05:50 PM (u9Aw1)

I have a plan.

Posted by: Vlad the Impaler at December 19, 2025 05:56 PM (dK+Kv)

62 45 Over/Under Walz going to prison over this?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 05:45 PM (7OV3

With a D after his name ? 0.0%
Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2025 05:47 PM (VE6XX)

Last person who cooperated with the Feds there was shot in her home in an 'unrelated incident'
Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 05:52 PM (8avO+)

is Bob Menendez still on the loose?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2025 05:56 PM (x0n13)

63 You can not overstate how corrosive this is to society.

People see this and feel like suckers for following rules, working hard, and being honest.

This path leads to the kind of society you get in the third world.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 05:56 PM (u9Aw1)

64 I suspect by the time we are done there will be about $20-30 BILLION in fraud discovered from the covid money. And the democrats wont care.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 19, 2025 05:54 PM (0N4FZ)

That's gonna be a blip compared to Ukraine War money since 2010 or so.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 05:57 PM (8avO+)

65 I would not bee too sure about Walz not going to jail. No, sir!

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 05:57 PM (g47mK)

66 >>This is Minnesota, imagine how much fraud is in Cali, NY and Illinois.

I've mentioned this before, Adam Housley used to be a reporter with Fox. Pretty down the middle reporter, not a fan of either party. He quit because he got sick of the state of the media.

He lives in northern California and still keeps up with his sources. During and after the lockdown he was reporting on X what he was hearing about the money flowing to California. If he is correct the money stolen from just that program in California dwarfs anything that happened in Minnesota.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 05:57 PM (viF8m)

67
If the head of the state government is a bug-eyed low-IQ pedophile, and the main recipients of welfare in the state are triangle-headed space aliens who are the product of a hundred generations with criminal tendencies, then appearances are not deceiving.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 19, 2025 05:57 PM (VWtfl)

68 I burned out two LAV-25 engines, $1.5 million in tax dollars that I'll probably never make up, but still... why am I paying into Medicare again?

Posted by: Fen at December 19, 2025 05:58 PM (pu+nZ)

69 It is so much money that it is way beyond racisms.

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025 05:58 PM (EyfuW)

70 Also, Minn is not alone on this.

There seems to be a push to make this sound like "one isolated state," but it isn't. It isn't just the Democrat states either

It also isn't just Somalians and Haitians -- they are probably to brash and stupid so they made it obvious, but I understood that our gov. systems were overrun with fraud in the 90s. And the middle easterners are probably all just as bad -- it is in their blood and religion.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 05:59 PM (u9Aw1)

71 And yet 2020.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2025 05:53 PM (x0n13)

So true. I naively believe that 2020 was a perfect storm of cheating enabled by covid hysteria and St George hysteria…. They always cheat but those circumstances enabled a uniquely brazen and monstrous cheat. I mean a clogged toilet in Fulton County stops counting in 6 states??? Ludicrous….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 06:00 PM (xT8gx)

72 Another litmus test for the administration.

Their record on this, for me, is dismal.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 06:00 PM (NwnyJ)

73 >>I suspect by the time we are done there will be about $20-30 BILLION in fraud discovered from the covid money. And the democrats wont care.

More than that was likely stolen just in California.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 06:00 PM (viF8m)

74
And Minnesota is just one state. Looking at NY and IL would be fascinating.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2025 06:00 PM (tgvbd)

75 This is what radical compassion looks like haters.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at December 19, 2025 06:00 PM (s/0Zp)

76 "People see this and feel like suckers for following rules, working hard, and being honest."

Kind of like being falsely accused of stolen valor by Sarah Hoyt.

Posted by: Fen at December 19, 2025 06:00 PM (pu+nZ)

77 He lives in northern California and still keeps up with his sources. During and after the lockdown he was reporting on X what he was hearing about the money flowing to California. If he is correct the money stolen from just that program in California dwarfs anything that happened in Minnesota.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 05:57 PM (viF8m)

CA also has lots of in-state scams and schemes that cost billions for nothing. When you can't manage to keep the hydrants working in your richest constituents' area due to corruption, you are very very far gone.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 06:01 PM (8avO+)

78 Hadrian, did you get a package?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 06:01 PM (sDNVV)

79 This path leads to the kind of society you get in the third world.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)

=====

What's your point?

Posted by: Those Who Wish 3rd World Status on The Jesus People at December 19, 2025 06:01 PM (8AONa)

80 Isn't it racist to not give tens if not hundreds of billions in taxpayer dollars as fraud to leftist groups?

Just ask the Retard!

Posted by: SimoHayha at December 19, 2025 06:02 PM (/ZkOF)

81 Stealing from non believers is encouraged in all gangs.

We can steal from the dealers in international waters,

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025 06:02 PM (EyfuW)

82 Kind of like being falsely accused of stolen valor by Sarah Hoyt.
Posted by: Fen

Go take your meds. You're fixating again.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 06:02 PM (a+4eV)

83 Minesota isn't even a super populous state. It doesn't even make the top 20.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at December 19, 2025 06:02 PM (s/0Zp)

84 And Minnesota is only about the 20th largest state (population and gross domestic product). Imagine what fun is ahead of us!

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2025 06:02 PM (iFEms)

85 Ace, if you are running Windows it looks as though Windows has lost the ability to sign on to your router's WiFi. I don't run Windows 11 but it looks to me you have to go through the control panel and reinitialize your WiFi as though you are bringing up your machine for the first time. The fact that you can use your phone hot spot says the WiFi hardware on your computer is working properly. That says it is a software problem - probably a configuration problem.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 19, 2025 06:03 PM (Da7Vv)

86 And Minnesota is just one state. Looking at NY and IL would be fascinating.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2025 06:00 PM (tgvbd)

Pretty easy to track. Just look at the expenditures for these sorts of programs versus 2019, say. Assume all growth is 100 pct fraud.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 06:03 PM (8avO+)

87 Easily half of covid money was fraud.

I saw a big jump during the post 9/11 grants to the states for increased security -- heck, even the Gov. on NJ was caught in that fraud scam and he never paid any consequences, in fact, they hired him at a state college so he could get a fat pension.

Think about that -- the governor of the state was caught in fraud and got rewarded. How do you like that, suckers.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 06:03 PM (u9Aw1)

88 Did y'all see the video of the Walmart shoplifter who tried to murder a cop?

A 21 year old is sitting on a bench in the loss prevention office next to his fat 23 year old accomplice. LP agent and a cop are wandering around not paying him much attention. The guy leans close to the bench to conceal his draw, then points the gun at the cop and tries to fire. Nothing happens. It looks like he tries again. LP agent intervenes and the cop does a killer knee strike to the attempted murderer's upper chest.

http://tiny.cc/fjnw001

Posted by: bonhomme at December 19, 2025 06:03 PM (Yp6az)

89 OPERATION HAWKEYE STRIKE

I like names of military operations now. I guess Hegseth fired the guy whose job was to find the very gayest names. Good.

MISSION: SORRY ABOUT ALL YOUR MISSING BALLS MF’ER!

DID I F’ING STUTTER?, ASSAULT

OPERATION SORRY I CAN’T HEAR YOU DIE LIKE A LITTLE BITCH BECAUSE I’M TOO BUSY PILE DRIVING YOUR MOM

I may need to work on brevity.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2025 06:04 PM (3uBP9)

90 "Secretary of War Pete Hegseth
@SecWar
48m
Earlier today, U.S. forces commenced OPERATION HAWKEYE STRIKE in Syria to eliminate ISIS fighters, infrastructure, and weapons sites in direct response to the attack on U.S. forces that occurred on December 13th in Palmyra, Syria.

This is not the beginning of a war — it is a declaration of vengeance. The United States of America, under President Trump’s leadership, will never hesitate and never relent to defend our people.

As we said directly following the savage attack, if you target Americans — anywhere in the world — you will spend the rest of your brief, anxious life knowing the United States will hunt you, find you, and ruthlessly kill you.

Today, we hunted and we killed our enemies. Lots of them. And we will continue."

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 06:04 PM (g47mK)

91 Whoa. Trump hit ISIS in Syria with over 40 separate strikes.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 06:04 PM (viF8m)

92
I've got a configuration problem.

Why is my ass bigger than my boobs???

Posted by: fourseasons at December 19, 2025 06:04 PM (3ek7K)

93 During a commercial break in the third period of the Flyers and Buffalo Sabres game, Saunders went to a commercial break before he was heard making some non-hockey-related remarks.

"Now, they're going to take the TV time-out. We'll take it as well. Seven [minutes] gone in the third [period]. It's 3-2 Buffalo on the Philadelphia Flyers Broadcast Network," Saunders said, thinking he would then be off the air.

After a few seconds, the announcer is heard humming a tune to himself before more dead air, as muffled audio of in-arena promotions are heard in the background.

It was nearly 20 seconds after the start of a would-be commercial break when Saunders said, "While you're down there, would you mind blowing me?"

Following a few more seconds of silence, broadcast partner and former NHL player Todd Fedoruk inserted, "I think we're still on the air, Tim."

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 19, 2025 06:05 PM (n5tGW)

94 Read some days ago California will but Minnesota in the dust kn how much they have sent around the world in fraud.

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 06:05 PM (Ia/+0)

95 Stealing from non believers is encouraged in all gangs.

We can steal from the dealers in international waters,

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025 06:02 PM

I once tried to pretend to steal a wallet from Jerry Seinfeld's parents in order to get into the Van Buren Boys gang.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 06:05 PM (P5BPp)

96 I may need to work on brevity.
Posted by: banana Dream

Who needs brevity when we have acronyms ...

Posted by: Adriane the Technologically Challenged Critic . . . at December 19, 2025 06:05 PM (3ZUWJ)

97 So...a betting pool. Now that it would appear the cascade of free riches is under scrutiny in Minnesota, a mass exodus to more fertile grounds is in the cards. Where is the traveling carney tribe (Somalis) going next?

My guess...San Diego. San Diego already has about 15,000 to 20,000 Somalis. Which means they are already set up and milking the system. Easier than starting from scratch.

Posted by: Orson at December 19, 2025 06:05 PM (dIske)

98 @SecWar
48m
Earlier today, U.S. forces commenced OPERATION HAWKEYE STRIKE in Syria to eliminate ISIS

Alan Alda weeps.

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2025 06:06 PM (iFEms)

99
Hadrian, did you get a package?
Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 06:01 PM (sDNVV)

______

Madame, I did! Thank you so much!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2025 06:06 PM (tgvbd)

100 One retard as Governor is bad, but we have like 30.

Posted by: Non Compos Mentis at December 19, 2025 06:06 PM (oftw2)

101
Fuuuuuuck. I thought WE were masters of graft.

Posted by: Tammany Hall at December 19, 2025 06:06 PM (y9nCu)

102 So did anyone in Minnesota government, looking at these programs, doubling in cost each year, stop and say "hmmmm that's odd"

I come away feeling the state expects NOTHING of the Somali community - that they are lay about retards. So, the fact half their kids are autistic meets their expectations. The fact none of them can find a job seems normal. That very one needs food assistance is normal.

I say cut the entire Somali community off from every fucking government program. I mean, why not?

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at December 19, 2025 06:06 PM (s/0Zp)

103 My guess...San Diego. San Diego already has about 15,000 to 20,000 Somalis. Which means they are already set up and milking the system. Easier than starting from scratch.
Posted by: Orson at December 19, 2025 06:05 PM (dIske)

And thus started the Somali / Mexican Cartel Wars....

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 19, 2025 06:07 PM (mP0Kj)

104 We are at war with Syria now! We did no ask for Congressional Approval!!1! Many innocent muslims will die! As a Christian, I am apaled at careless disregard for human lives in Syria !

Posted by: Cucker Tarlson at December 19, 2025 06:07 PM (g47mK)

105 "Elise Stefanik suddenly drops NY governor bid, won't seek re-election to Congress"per NY Post.

Posted by: Tuna at December 19, 2025 06:07 PM (lJ0H4)

106 "I only have one rule, everyone fights, nobody quits. You don't do your job, I'll shoot you. Get me?"

Starship troopers.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at December 19, 2025 06:08 PM (s/0Zp)

107 So did anyone in Minnesota government, looking at these programs, doubling in cost each year, stop and say "hmmmm that's odd"

I come away feeling the state expects NOTHING of the Somali community - that they are lay about retards. So, the fact half their kids are autistic meets their expectations. The fact none of them can find a job seems normal. That very one needs food assistance is normal.

I say cut the entire Somali community off from every fucking government program. I mean, why not?

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at December 19, 2025 06:06 PM (s/0Zp)

I'd cut anyone working in Minnesota government these last 10 years off first. You don't think the Somalis made these plans and got sent here by themselves. It's an op.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 06:08 PM (8avO+)

108 Sounds like your router is down. Ask your ISP to test it.

Posted by: Joe Mama at December 19, 2025 06:08 PM (TezPK)

109 As a Christian, I cannot believe we are killing innocents in Syria on behest of Zionists! This is not American First !

Posted by: Cucker Tarlson at December 19, 2025 06:08 PM (g47mK)

110 $9B can buy a lot of Russky SAMs, drones, rifles, etc., etc. These Somali retards aren't smart enough to do this all by themselves--some higher ups in MN government have been enabling this shit for kickbacks, campaign contribution, and other grift.

Posted by: Barack at December 19, 2025 06:08 PM (XMwZJ)

111 Stealing from non believers is encouraged in all gangs.

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025 06:02 PM

I once tried to pretend to steal a wallet from Jerry Seinfeld's parents in order to get into the Van Buren Boys gang.

Posted by: George Costanza at December 19, 2025 06:09 PM (P5BPp)

112 >>I like names of military operations now. I guess Hegseth fired the guy whose job was to find the very gayest names. Good.

The National Guardsmen who were killed were from Iowa. Hawkeye State.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 06:09 PM (viF8m)

113 We are at war with Syria now! We did no ask for Congressional Approval!!1! Many innocent muslims will die! As a Christian, I am apaled at careless disregard for human lives in Syria !
Posted by: Cucker Tarlson at December 19, 2025 06:07 PM (g47mK)

We are at war with the last 2 Syrian regimes at least for many years.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 06:09 PM (8avO+)

114 TimWalz = NoBalz

Posted by: Joe Mama at December 19, 2025 06:10 PM (TezPK)

115 Hadrian, thanks go to Eromero.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 06:10 PM (sDNVV)

116 Not fixable

@PeterSweden7 10h
88% of youth under 18 in Brussels now have a foreign background.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 19, 2025 06:10 PM (mlg/3)

117 Every Somali, and their families, convicted of fraud is automatically denaturalized and shipped back to Somalia.

Jail is too good for them.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at December 19, 2025 06:10 PM (s/0Zp)

118
Who needs a ride to the train station?

Posted by: Rip Wheeler at December 19, 2025 06:10 PM (IifOV)

119 Last person who cooperated with the Feds there was shot in her home in an 'unrelated incident'
Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 05:52 PM (8avO+)

Who?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 19, 2025 06:11 PM (tcsrY)

120 It appears the bureaucrats were afraid of being called racists just like in the UK

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 19, 2025 06:11 PM (n5tGW)

121 88 Did y'all see the video of the Walmart shoplifter who tried to murder a cop

--
That's crazy

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 19, 2025 06:11 PM (tcsrY)

122 I am a Christian and America First ! Why are we ALL THE WAY IN SYRIA ?! What has Syria done to us ?!

Posted by: Cucker Tarlson at December 19, 2025 06:11 PM (g47mK)

123 42 I really believe if Kamala wasn’t retarded herself she would’ve selected Josh Shapiro as VP, not the MN retard… in which case the election would’ve been razor close (shudder) and she might even be prez today ( in which case Trump would be in jail). Wow am I glad our opponents are retarded!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 05:52 PM (xT8gx)

Never happen - antisemitism is a huge part of the D party.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at December 19, 2025 06:11 PM (s/0Zp)

124
Package?

I haven't seen a "package" for years.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 19, 2025 06:12 PM (3ek7K)

125 My mantra for helping refugee groups such as Somalians that lack skills to succeed in the west is "its much cheaper to provide for them in a 3rd world country"

The only possible reason for NGOs and politicians to import Haitans and Somalians is the opportunity for graft and if I'm being charitable a thought that America can afford the costs to give them welfare for life here. If I'm being cynical its that they want to ruin the USA.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 19, 2025 06:12 PM (hhkIi)

126
Salami

Do you know how to make an "Italian" sub?
How about an "American" sub?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 06:13 PM (eSMm5)

127 This didn't age well.

That's why they're called "hot takes" - they get cold quickly.

Posted by: GWB at December 19, 2025 06:13 PM (mot4u)

128 >>> The National Guardsmen who were killed were from Iowa. Hawkeye State.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 06:09 PM (viF8m)

=====

Yep. We have flags flying at half staff here.

Sadly, it seems we have them flying more often at half staff than not these days.

Posted by: Turn 2 at December 19, 2025 06:13 PM (CyFyf)

129 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at December 19, 2025 06:14 PM (LaiZQ)

130 So...a betting pool. Now that it would appear the cascade of free riches is under scrutiny in Minnesota, a mass exodus to more fertile grounds is in the cards. Where is the traveling carney tribe (Somalis) going next?

My guess... San Diego. San Diego already has about 15,000 to 20,000 Somalis. Which means they are already set up and milking the system. Easier than starting from scratch.

Posted by: Orson at December 19, 2025 06:05 PM

Per Grok, top US cities with most Somalis are Minneapolis (MN), Columbus (OH), Seattle/Tacoma (WA), San Diego (CA), Portland/Lewiston (ME), Clarkston/Atlanta (GA), Northern Virginia (near D.C.).

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 06:14 PM (P5BPp)

131 Every Somali, and their families, convicted of fraud is automatically denaturalized and shipped back to Somalia.

Jail is too good for them.
Posted by: El Mariachi

No, jail them in Zimbabwe.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 19, 2025 06:14 PM (mlg/3)

132 Last person who cooperated with the Feds there was shot in her home in an 'unrelated incident'
Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 05:52 PM (8avO+)

Who?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 19, 2025 06:11 PM (tcsrY)

Wiki -
Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman was shot and killed in her home on June 14, 2025, during a targeted attack that also injured state senator John Hoffman and his wife. The shooter, Vance Boelter, was later arrested and charged with multiple counts, including murder and attempted murder.

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The shooter had some unfollowed-up ties to Gov Walz. The woman had cast a tie breaking vote that favored some GOP measure.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 06:14 PM (8avO+)

133 The only possible reason for NGOs and politicians to import Haitans and Somalians is the opportunity for graft and if I'm being charitable a thought that America can afford the costs to give them welfare for life here. If I'm being cynical its that they want to ruin the USA.

The opportunities for graft now is the main draw. The fact that it will cause a Cloward-Piven style collapse is just a bonus.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 19, 2025 06:14 PM (lUFok)

134
It appears the bureaucrats were afraid of being called racists just like in the UK
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 19, 2025 06:11 PM (n5tGW)

________

More likely they were wetting their beaks.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2025 06:15 PM (tgvbd)

135 Josh Shapiro, loyal Dem despite his fellow Dems trying to burn him and his family in their beds.

He might be a smart lawyer but that's a special kind of dumb.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 19, 2025 06:15 PM (tcsrY)

136 >>>One retard as Governor is bad, but we have like 30.

Posted by: Non Compos Mentis

>Lumpy Jack would prefer that you not disparage his constituency.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 19, 2025 06:15 PM (nljXp)

137 It just occurred to me in this context that I’m economically illiterate. Since the government can and does print money… why do we even have to pay taxes??? Whatever bills the government needs to pay they can just fire up their printing press and pay their bills. How could this be more inflationary than the current state?? I’m serious… I don’t understand. Maybe I’m retarded

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 06:15 PM (xT8gx)

138 Wiki -
Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman was shot and killed in her home on June 14, 2025, during a targeted attack that also injured state senator John Hoffman and his wife. The shooter, Vance Boelter, was later arrested and charged with multiple counts, including murder and attempted murder.

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The shooter had some unfollowed-up ties to Gov Walz. The woman had cast a tie breaking vote that favored some GOP measure.

She was the only Democrat to vote for cutting off healthcare bennies to illegals.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 19, 2025 06:16 PM (lUFok)

139 How unfortunate for Ace to have all of these computer issues. On a Friday. Before a shortened holiday week. Poor fella.

Posted by: KennyM at December 19, 2025 06:17 PM (ovp2h)

140 t just occurred to me in this context that I’m economically illiterate. Since the government can and does print money… why do we even have to pay taxes??? Whatever bills the government needs to pay they can just fire up their printing press and pay their bills. How could this be more inflationary than the current state?? I’m serious… I don’t understand. Maybe I’m retarded
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 06:15 PM (xT8gx)

Our current house of cards has a good chunk of something real in it that keeps it barely afloat. Your method would have nothing and have runaway inflation until a quick collapse.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 06:17 PM (8avO+)

141 Ace, my love, raising a glass to you that your computer issues will be solved. Meanwhile have a great weekend and know I missed you bigly. It adds to my lack of snow sorrows and blues.

Blows kissesxxxx

Deport all from Somolia including the turban Omar!

I will now cook dinner (beef/spinach cheddar pie) for my beloved husband who goes through the wood chipper daily dealing with me. But comes back for more, bless his sweet heart. Once a Southern supermodel captures your heart it is all over!

Blessings to you all. Cheers!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 06:17 PM (WONhk)

142
If a real audit were to be done on Wisconsin,Minnesota,Pennsylvania,Oregon, California, Washington, New York, New Jersey the amount of fraud and missing money would be staggering.

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 19, 2025 06:17 PM (IifOV)

143
Linus,

You are not retarded. There is some politically correct word now. Do your research, you can soak the government for free money.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 19, 2025 06:18 PM (3ek7K)

144 On the bright side, this Sunday is the winter solstice.

Sol Invictus, Morons.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 06:18 PM (jc0TO)

145 How much of this is ending up in Walz's pockets?

Posted by: Eeyore at December 19, 2025 06:19 PM (s0JqF)

146 Oh, fun!

Dr.Anthony (no space) Jefferson (waddell.jefferson) aka
Anthony Waddell Jefferson

Facebook post, Good Life Christian University, Sep. 23, 2024
Welcome Dr. Anthony Jefferson PhD. to the GLCU family!

In part, "Our new President has been making waves as the founder and CEO of Chozer Runner, providing innovative housing for homeless in Minnesota."

Mercy!!

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 06:19 PM (NFX2v)

147 If a real audit were to be done on Wisconsin,Minnesota,Pennsylvania,Oregon, California, Washington, New York, New Jersey the amount of fraud and missing money would be staggering.
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 19, 2025 06:17 PM (IifOV)

hell, add TX and FL and I bet you find a lot, and they are probably pretty clean relatively.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 06:19 PM (8avO+)

148 Gee, has our glorious media been looking into all this theft? Do they even care? Is it one of those stories they sweep under the rug cause the blue states are untouchable? Wonder if they would take a look if it was Texas or Florida?

Posted by: Case at December 19, 2025 06:20 PM (G1OIb)

149 How much of this is ending up in Walz's pockets?
Posted by: Eeyore at December 19, 2025 06:19 PM (s0JqF)

The big guy gets ten percent.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 06:20 PM (8avO+)

150 Watching Ernst Lubitsch Directors Series video on tv

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 06:20 PM (Ia/+0)

151
It just occurred to me in this context that I’m economically illiterate. Since the government can and does print money… why do we even have to pay taxes???

_______

To remind you who's boss.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2025 06:20 PM (tgvbd)

152 Somebody got his wifi fixed. Endorrian engineers, is there nothing they can't do?

We also need to make "retarded" and "gay" accepted pejoratives again.

Posted by: Martin and Meitrodt are gay and retarded at December 19, 2025 06:21 PM (TbWk/)

153 We probably would be only half as much in debt if the fraud wasn't going on

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 06:21 PM (Ia/+0)

154 Make them work it off.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 19, 2025 06:21 PM (i5Bem)

155 Way OT:

Zachary Levi is on Friday Night Tights.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?
v=YqO6GtZqn0A

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 06:21 PM (zZu0s)

156 142
If a real audit were to be done on Wisconsin,Minnesota,Pennsylvania,Oregon, California, Washington, New York, New Jersey the amount of fraud and missing money would be staggering.
Posted by: Frank Barone

Learned at the knee of D.C. and Puerto Rico.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 06:21 PM (NFX2v)

157
Case,

The lying media is getting their share.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 19, 2025 06:21 PM (3ek7K)

158
The fact none of them can find a job seems normal.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at December 19, 2025 06:06 PM (s/0Zp)

Except the support staff at every decent-sized airport in the US. It started about a year after 9/11. I was flying a lot back then for work and it was noticeable. Barely literate skinnies and hijab-clad women replacing normal rural Southern government employee black folks in the terminals.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 06:22 PM (y9nCu)

159 137 It just occurred to me in this context that I’m economically illiterate. Since the government can and does print money… why do we even have to pay taxes??? Whatever bills the government needs to pay they can just fire up their printing press and pay their bills. How could this be more inflationary than the current state?? I’m serious… I don’t understand. Maybe I’m retarded
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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MMT aka Modern Monetary Theory does not work. Part of the reason that the US got away with something like it for so long is that we are the world's reserve currency used for trading between other nations (dollars never reach US consumers) but that also means that the globohomo crowd are aware that if the US does NOT run huge trade deficits, essentially most of the world's economy has a severe shortage of bucks for trades.

Once the US loses reserve currency status for something else, then essentially you get a soft default where our trade inflows and outflows have to generate enough surplus to pay interest on our enormous debt.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 06:23 PM (WDjG6)

160 Gee, has our glorious media been looking into all this theft? Do they even care? Is it one of those stories they sweep under the rug cause the blue states are untouchable? Wonder if they would take a look if it was Texas or Florida?
Posted by: Case at December 19, 2025 06:20 PM (G1OIb)

This close to Kwanza? Are you MAD?? Its time for the traditional Kwanzan cruller recipes to be made and flung at water buffalos near the water hole as has been done since time began.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 06:23 PM (8avO+)

161 How much of this is ending up in Walz's pockets?
Posted by: Eeyore

........

He's so stupid I bet he didn't get a cut. And i bet the Somalis think he's a joke.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at December 19, 2025 06:23 PM (mYPZj)

162 Dudes Posting Their W’s @DudespostingWs

The amount of athleticism needed to do this is insane

(Volleyball but with kicking instead of hitting)

X video: https://bit.ly/48MeUUe

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 06:23 PM (P5BPp)

163 Except the support staff at every decent-sized airport in the US. It started about a year after 9/11. I was flying a lot back then for work and it was noticeable. Barely literate skinnies and hijab-clad women replacing normal rural Southern government employee black folks in the terminals.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 06:22 PM (y9nCu)

My guess is the job they are doing has another purpose than safe air travel.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 06:24 PM (8avO+)

164 Soooo, any of this going to be clawed back for the taxpayers on the hook for it...or *guffawing* anyone held responsible?

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 19, 2025 06:26 PM (qBdHI)

165 The Congressmen and Senators from Minnesota shouldn't get a pass on this fraud either.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 06:27 PM (sDNVV)

166 Recall how hard the Democrats and MSM fought the DOGE audits.

THIS is the kind of fraud that needs to be found in every state ASAP

Posted by: Lizzy at December 19, 2025 06:27 PM (Hkcdp)

167 Gov Hochul is openly corrupt and stupid. NYS has always been transactional and now it's so obvious it's comical. When Mamdani takes over in NYC the fight for money will be an epic shit show

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 06:27 PM (1vqcm)

168 151
It just occurred to me in this context that I’m economically illiterate. Since the government can and does print money… why do we even have to pay taxes???

_______

To remind you who's boss.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2025 06:20 PM (tgvbd)

Nailed it. It's all about compliance and feeling ourselves subdued.

Posted by: They seek to rule, not govern at December 19, 2025 06:28 PM (TbWk/)

169 150 Watching Ernst Lubitsch Directors Series video on tv
Posted by: Skip

Don't just watch. Like, comment, subscribe.

Posted by: The Whole Magilla at December 19, 2025 06:29 PM (oftw2)

170
TSA is now allowing non-ticketed people to enter secure areas in airports now. Supposedly they have to be scanned somehow.

Feel safe? Nope.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 19, 2025 06:30 PM (3ek7K)

171 Karoline Leavitt @PressSec

Promise Made. Promise Kept.

Under President Trump, if you kill American troops, you will pay.

(Trump post announcing Syria action)

X: https://bit.ly/4jd1eFy

"All terrorists who are evil enough to attack American are hereby warned - YOU WILL BE HIT HARDER THAN YOU HAVE EVER BEEN HIT BEFORE IF YOU, IN ANY WAY, ATTACK OR THREATEN THE U.S.A."

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 06:30 PM (P5BPp)

172 Once the US loses reserve currency status for something else, then essentially you get a soft default where our trade inflows and outflows have to generate enough surplus to pay interest on our enormous debt.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 06:23 PM (WDjG6)

Thanks Whig! Maybe this explains why the deep staters hate Trump’s tariffs…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 06:30 PM (xT8gx)

173
My guess is the job they are doing has another purpose than safe air travel.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 06:24 PM (8avO+)

I get the feeling that was why they were installed in the airports, but the Skinnies decided that there was too much easy money to be made so screw that jihadi suicide shit.

As for the Bush cronies turning the other cheek, I haven't decided if they were just interested in cheap labor or if they facilitated Somali immigration to teach those middle-lower class rednecks whose votes we need how to be civilized.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 06:30 PM (y9nCu)

174 FINALLY back from hospital. Tired as hell. Going to sleep for a bit.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 19, 2025 06:31 PM (ynpvh)

175
Welcome Home, jim

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 06:32 PM (eSMm5)

176 Get well very soon, jim!!! Go rest up and get better.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 19, 2025 06:32 PM (qBdHI)

177 Has anyone poured Kamala Harris out of her jug for a comment on her VP running mate?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2025 06:32 PM (2GVsD)

178 153 We probably would be only half as much in debt if the fraud wasn't going on
Posted by: Skip

Fraud and waste is easily hundreds of billions per year out our total budget. Let's say something like 10 percent of the US budget--which would be (minus the interest payments made out of about 5 trillion or so) about 500-600 billion per year. Take that over the Biden era until now (5 years, that would be about 2.75-3 trillion. Add in compounded interest, about 3.6 trillion. Add in the Obama years 2010-2012 and the first Trump term, probably 6 trillion there. Add the Bush decade with two years of Obama, probably another 3-4 trillion. So out of 38 trillion, I would guess about more than 1/3 of our current debt from the last 25 years is fraud, waste, and abuse.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 06:33 PM (WDjG6)

179 DataRepublican (small r) reposted

Paul Sperry @paulsperry_

BREAKING: A confidential CAIR memo reveals CAIR helped fend off USDA investigations of rampant Somali food-stamp fraud in Minnesota b/c they were causing "enormous harm to the Somali community." CAIR advised Somalis not to speak to FBI agents investigating terror money laundering

X: https://bit.ly/44Yi0SX

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 06:33 PM (P5BPp)

180
For Christmas, I Want...

the President of the United States to declare the Democrat party a terrorist organization.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 06:33 PM (eSMm5)

181 "All terrorists who are evil enough to attack American are hereby warned - YOU WILL BE HIT HARDER THAN YOU HAVE EVER BEEN HIT BEFORE IF YOU, IN ANY WAY, ATTACK OR THREATEN THE U.S.A."

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 06:30 PM (P5BPp)

It truly is the only thing they understand.

You must be more powerful than them
You must have zero tolerance for their attacks.
You must attack back MORE for their attacks than how they attacked you.

This has worked through history dealing with them.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 19, 2025 06:33 PM (ynpvh)

182 Minnesota nice went from the Mary Tyler Moore newsroom to letting pirates pillage and rape your wife coz white guilt. And you'd better lick up the leftover jizz after they're done lest you be labeled racist and homophobic.

Posted by: Josh Brolin's Blistered Taint at December 19, 2025 06:33 PM (4c2RO)

183
NOOOd

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 06:34 PM (eSMm5)

184 FINALLY back from hospital. Tired as hell. Going to sleep for a bit.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 19, 2025 06:31 PM (ynpvh)

Get some rest, brother. Glad you're home.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at December 19, 2025 06:34 PM (0aYVJ)

185 174 FINALLY back from hospital. Tired as hell. Going to sleep for a bit.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Great news. Rest up. Good to hear you are home.

Posted by: Excelsior! On To Greenland! at December 19, 2025 06:34 PM (oftw2)

186 BTW, I took my annual Medicaid online health survey today. There were a few points where I was not allowed to advance until I had checked off a box even though I'd answered "no" to the previous paired question. The one I remember most was near the end, and it was something like "In the last year, have you ever been unable to find the following when you needed it: Food, money, shelter, medical care, etc." There was no "None of the above" or "N/A" option, I *had* to pick one. So I put "dental care" because no local dentist will accept adults on Medicaid. The kicker? No comment box at the end so I could voice my concerns.

So the next time you see "70% of Medicaid recipients struggled to find food" as a headline, this is why.

Posted by: pookysgirl, trying to stay honest at December 19, 2025 06:35 PM (Wt5PA)

187 161 How much of this is ending up in Walz's pockets?
Posted by: Eeyore

........

He's so stupid I bet he didn't get a cut. And i bet the Somalis think he's a joke.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at December 19, 2025 06:23 PM (mYPZj)

I gave Mornay double his lands in Scotland, with matching title and estates in England. Walz turned for much less.

Posted by: King Edward Somalishanks at December 19, 2025 06:35 PM (TbWk/)

188 Who says crime doesn't pay?

Posted by: davidt at December 19, 2025 06:35 PM (Q+gd/)

189
We're up to $18 billion in fraud in Minnesota. So far. What's the total nation-wide? $200 billion? $500 billion?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 19, 2025 06:35 PM (VWtfl)

190 I get these videos emailed to me

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 06:38 PM (Ia/+0)

191 BREAKING: A confidential CAIR memo reveals CAIR helped fend off USDA investigations of rampant Somali food-stamp fraud in Minnesota b/c they were causing "enormous harm to the Somali community." CAIR advised Somalis not to speak to FBI agents investigating terror money laundering

==

As a Christian, I am appalled at the targeting of muslim community! I mean, what are you doing ?!

Posted by: Cucker Tarlson at December 19, 2025 06:38 PM (g47mK)

192 Thanks Whig! Maybe this explains why the deep staters hate Trump’s tariffs…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Yep. It was literally hoovering money out of the US so that foreign countries could buy shit from China and buy US assets like real estate, corporations, etc. Started after Bretton Woods broke down as the US no longer had enough gold to make the balance of payments work. Midpoint in the 70's the US began to run a trade deficit that never even approached zero (even eventually with sales of services, etc.).

Same thing happened with the Brits after the Edwardian age ended and was part of the reason that their Empire was not sustainable after paying for two world wars.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 06:38 PM (WDjG6)

193 Explains why our state’s budget went from awesome surplus to sudden deficit.

Posted by: MN Angry at December 19, 2025 06:39 PM (qVwFu)

194 53 I really believe if Kamala wasn’t retarded herself she would’ve selected Josh Shapiro as VP, not the MN retard… in which case the election would’ve been razor close (shudder) and she might even be prez today ( in which case Trump would be in jail). Wow am I glad our opponents are retarded!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 05:52 PM (xT8gx)

Doubtful. Democrats set fire to the state house in PA because he was in it IIRC. One of those random things.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 05:54 PM (8avO+)
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No way would the average modern D voter pull the lever for an evil Jooooooo. They'd have lost Minnesota in addition to everything else, and it would have suppressed their "young D" turnout by probably half. Diverse Intifada Globalizers don't go for that.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at December 19, 2025 06:39 PM (QdGJh)

195 You must be more powerful than them
You must have zero tolerance for their attacks.
You must attack back MORE for their attacks than how they attacked you.

This has worked through history dealing with them.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 19, 2025 06:33 PM

I dunno. We struck back at the terrorists after 09/11 and that didn't do a damn thing. 24 years later, where are we?

Granted, at the same time, the West collectively bent over for Islam and invited them into every Western nation to conquer them.

I think we still have not learned the lesson 2+ decades on. Terrorists do not care about tough talk or wars. They want war. They want death.

The lesson that has yet to be learned is the problem is not terrorists, but Islam and Muslims. Until Trump and every other Western leader and speaking and acting on that, this is the same shit, different day as far as dealing with Islamic terrorists.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 06:41 PM (P5BPp)

196 We're up to $18 billion in fraud in Minnesota. So far. What's the total nation-wide? $200 billion? $500 billion?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

I would honestly say it is somewhere about 400-500 billion per year at a minimum from the last 5 years. That includes crap like the Green Nude Eel where companies simply vanished after taking mega bux subsidies. Like the movie The Producers, the intent was never to make a profit but to simply take the gubmint money and let the corporate corpse collapse like any con artist would.

But the major fraud waste and abuse is clearly in the medical area. That is the area where the more we dig into medicare, medicaid, obamacare, etc, the more fraud we find. Easily 150-200 billion alone in fraud, waste, and abuse in health care and it is about 1.6 trillion or so of the budget--just medicare and medicaid, more if you include items like Indian Health Care, Tricare, and VA.

Next big pot is the military procurement. Out of a trillion dollar budget with all of its contingency spending, etc., add mebbe another 100 billion, much of it to fatcat defense contractors on the make.

Social security, easily another 50-100 billion.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 06:45 PM (WDjG6)

197 Football in the UK

"The British government has taken decisive steps to unlock £2.5 billion (US$3.3 billion) generated from the sale of Chelsea Football Club, directing the pressure on sanctioned Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich to release the funds for humanitarian assistance in Ukraine.

The move represents the UK’s most forceful intervention yet in a dispute that has stretched on for nearly three years as European debates over using frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine’s survival and eventual reconstruction."

first, the UK decided to force a Russian oligarch to sell the football club he owned because he was Russian.
Then they forced him to agree to give up all his profit from the sale to provide funds to rebuild Ukraine and Russian areas. Then the UK decided they got all the money because Abrhamovic was Russian. AND THEN the UK decided all the funds would be used for Ukraine.

This is not theft or expropriation because the Brits don't steal like that.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 06:45 PM (rbvCR)

198 This is not theft or expropriation because the Brits don't steal like that.
Posted by: Kindltot

We are heading to a world where the Treaty of Westphalia is shredded. Who can force whatever on whomever is what is going to call the tune as the total debt of the EU and UK becomes unpayable.

UK is probably over 100 pct debt to gdp nowadays and they are probably at the tipping point where tax increases bring in less and less revenue but hurt economic growth more and more.

France is in worse shape and Germany is heading to the abyss as well. At some point, the sane Eastern bloc countries will realize they are handcuffed to a corpse which would drown them if they don't take the cuffs off.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 06:52 PM (WDjG6)

199 As a Christian, I am appalled at the targeting of muslim community! I mean, what are you doing ?!
Posted by: Cucker Tarlson at December 19, 2025 06:38 PM (g47mK)

wait, is Qatar pro Somali or anti Somali today?

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 06:53 PM (8avO+)

200
Except the support staff at every decent-sized airport in the US. It started about a year after 9/11. I was flying a lot back then for work and it was noticeable. Barely literate skinnies and hijab-clad women replacing normal rural Southern government employee black folks in the terminals.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 06:22 PM (y9nCu)

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I noticed Somalis in airport jobs in Minneapolis and Boston circa 1998-1999, including obvious trainees at a luggage x-ray scanner. It was jarring. After 9/11, I wondered if they'd assisted certain items getting through screening.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 19, 2025 06:54 PM (VWtfl)

201 UK is probably over 100 pct debt to gdp nowadays and they are probably at the tipping point where tax increases bring in less and less revenue but hurt economic growth more and more.

France is in worse shape and Germany is heading to the abyss as well. At some point, the sane Eastern bloc countries will realize they are handcuffed to a corpse which would drown them if they don't take the cuffs off.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 06:52 PM (WDjG6)

Brussels pretended they were only taking the "interest" of the billions of Russian assets they had, and were arguing recently they should take the principle, however since they spent the principle and can't admit it, they decided to raise the money by bonds taken on the taxpayers of the EU.

1) if the EU can take your money on a whim, who is going to invest there?
2) if the EU can violate agreements, at what point will anyone take their paper or their trade deals without payment up front
3) The EU is broke. Everyone is broke there. Eventually the Chinese will be doing their belt and road initiatives there.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 07:00 PM (rbvCR)

202 174 FINALLY back from hospital. Tired as hell. Going to sleep for a bit.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 19, 2025 06:31 PM (ynpvh)

Glad to hear you're home Jim. Get as much rest as you need and take it easy.

Posted by: Retired, thank God at December 19, 2025 07:01 PM (va0Yo)

203 Medicare is federal, so Original Medicare (Parts A & B) has the same coverage and costs nationwide, but Medicare Advantage (Part C) and Part D (drugs) are offered by private insurers and are regional/state-specific, with different plans, networks, prices, and benefits depending on your location, though all cover emergencies out-of-state.

Medicaid is highly state-specific; it's a joint federal-state program where each state runs its own version within federal guidelines, meaning eligibility rules, covered services (like dental, vision, prescriptions), and even program names differ significantly from state to state, and you can't transfer coverage across state lines.
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A really neat program: kff dot org/interactive/medicaid-state-fact-sheets
Medicaid State Fact Sheets
Published: May 20, 2025

Medicaid provides health and long-term care coverage to 83 million low-income children and adults in the United States. Medicaid is administered by states within broad federal rules and jointly funded by states and the federal government through a federal matching program...

Click on a state to download a two-page fact sheet that provides a snapshot of key data for Medicaid in every state.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 07:06 PM (NFX2v)

204 In this Christmas season, my thoughts turn to the poor Minnesotans shivering in the cold because Tim Walz and the Minnesota state government stole the funds that were intended to lighten their burdens just a bit. But thanks to the unbounded avarice of the state, they are shuffling hungry and cold through the frozen streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul, comforting themselves with the story of the little match girl who, for the briefest instant before her death, felt some measure of warmth.

Posted by: Oglebay at December 19, 2025 07:07 PM (GPa4z)

205 Its like, at 45, they somehow stole some of my innocence away and I want them to fucking pay for that. All of them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 06:39 PM (zZu0s)

Do you want to discuss COVID too?

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 07:07 PM (rbvCR)

206 137 It just occurred to me in this context that I’m economically illiterate. Since the government can and does print money… why do we even have to pay taxes??? Whatever bills the government needs to pay they can just fire up their printing press and pay their bills. How could this be more inflationary than the current state?? I’m serious… I don’t understand. Maybe I’m retarded

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If you print money even a small amount everybody gets a pay cut even if it is negligible. If you print trillions of dollars everyone will feel it because prices will start to go up even though wages don't. The real value of the dollar is basically the gross domestic product divided by the number of dollars.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 19, 2025 07:16 PM (PWcY+)

207 Ace, can you connect with your Wi-Fi (router) with your phone? If not, there's an issue with your router. If you can connect your computer to a port on the router via CAT5 cable, see if you have internet access with that configuration. If so, again, it could be an issue with the wireless settings on the router.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 19, 2025 07:17 PM (5xuJ/)

208 ^ Then how wouldn't the Feds catch the massive fraud prior to the current administration?

Sending the Department of Labor to investigate now should also be quite interesting.

During & immediately prior to the tenure of Marty Walsh as Secretary of Labor - March 2021 to March 2023 - it was found to have massive improper payments within the expanded federal-state Unemployment Insurance (UI) program implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic!

>waysandmeans house gov/2021/06/10
Brady: $400 Billion in Stolen Unemployment Benefits Is Greatest Theft of American Tax Dollars in History

$400 billion is more than…
The entire 2021 budgets of the Army and Navy combined
The entire economy of the state of Colorado
The combined economies of eight American states
Five times what the federal government collected in Unemployment Insurance taxes

Walsh left his Secretary of Labor role mid-March 2023 to become the Executive Director of the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA).

In Feb. 2024, Biden nominated him to the USPS Board of Governors.

Now he's a member of the board of directors for the organization established to raise money, etc. for Biden Presidential Library.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 07:26 PM (NFX2v)

209 Taxes help create the idea that money is worth something - if the government wants it so much then it must be valuable. In fact money only has value when it is circulating. When it is held by the government it has no value. In fact if you paid taxes in cash, the government would simply burn the money you sent in.
When you pay with a check, the money is subtracted from your account, but it doesn't go into some treasury account, it simply vanishes into the same thin air it came from when it was printed.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 19, 2025 07:31 PM (Da7Vv)

210 I must add, (AI Overview) the "losses" were systemic issues within the pandemic-era UI system, not money specifically lost due to personal financial misconduct by Secretary Walsh himself. He was involved in implementing fraud prevention measures and modernizing the UI system to mitigate these issues moving forward.

There.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 07:32 PM (NFX2v)

211 What if... Minnesota is the Canary in the coal mine, and every overwhelmingly Democrat State is in the same situation?

We know Massachussets and Illinois have issues. Ditto for California and NY.

This could be a cultural breakwater.

Posted by: Augusto Perez at December 19, 2025 07:40 PM (LngQO)

212 Left your wifi password on the shelf

Posted by: Chicago Vota at December 19, 2025 11:51 PM (baPXJ)

213 you have been at this for more than 20 years and you only JUST learned how to tether?

You are one of Pixy's favorites, why didn't you call him right off the bat? Jesus man.

Posted by: wickedpinto at December 20, 2025 01:05 AM (2a0yj)

214 Powerline guys have been pointing this out for years. Guess straight shooter Comey and AG Garland couldn't be bothered with Bad Orange Man out there.

Posted by: LGBTQ+POC, ANTI RACIST HERO at December 20, 2025 07:21 AM (3tGF8)

Open Thread

still down.

Posted by: Ace at 04:27 PM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 Whaaa>>>?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 19, 2025 04:28 PM (cxFcK)

2 3 strikes

Posted by: DaveA at December 19, 2025 04:28 PM (FhXTo)

3 first!

Posted by: DBCooper at December 19, 2025 04:28 PM (+daAW)

4 Aces shelves are down

ACES SHELVES ARE DOWN

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at December 19, 2025 04:28 PM (HYKHz)

5 ha extra rabbit swing

Posted by: DaveA at December 19, 2025 04:29 PM (FhXTo)

6 I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 04:29 PM (GBKbO)

7 Top 10?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 04:29 PM (wzUl9)

8 Ah. Variety is the spice of life.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 04:30 PM (0U5gm)

9 Oh my. Macallan Sherry Oak 25 yr - $2499.99

That'll never happen.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 04:30 PM (dAOkg)

10 How about vacuums?

What's the best product?

The bagless ones are just vile, seems really unsanitary. Hate. Hate.

Posted by: Derak at December 19, 2025 04:30 PM (JUYGW)

11 We were discussing cigars and Korean, Japanese, and Brazilian women . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 04:30 PM (wzUl9)

12 Actually, I wanted to continue discussing the topic of the last thread.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 04:30 PM (0U5gm)

13 still down.

Posted by: Ace at 04:27 PM

---
Buck up, Ace!

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 04:30 PM (krQz2)

14 Still funky?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 19, 2025 04:30 PM (xcxpd)

15 Well, in Iran news, they seem to be executing lots of people for holding political opinions the mullahs do not like, about a thousand in the last two months. One woman was hung for holding a sign at a protest.

John Kerry couldn't be reached for comment.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 04:30 PM (lLg3a)

16 DBCooper, how are you doing?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 04:31 PM (sDNVV)

17 12 Actually, I wanted to continue discussing the topic of the last thread.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 04:30 PM (0U5gm)

=======

The irrational prejudice against Red Rider and his rifle?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 04:31 PM (GBKbO)

18
"still down"

The Paolo, he does not understand this, how you say, down.

Posted by: The Paolo at December 19, 2025 04:31 PM (LaiZQ)

19 still down.
Posted by: Ace

Maybe try some Viagra?

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 04:31 PM (77rzZ)

20 *steams at missing "first!"*

Posted by: Meathead at December 19, 2025 04:31 PM (+Tpk4)

21 Has Ace considered that his computer problems could be due to overworking the hamsters?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 04:32 PM (lLg3a)

22 Glockford Files @GlockfordFiles

Millions more in SNAP fraud uncovered in Massachusetts.

Tens of billions of our tax dollars are being stolen annually.

Blue states are robbing us blind.

X video: https://bit.ly/4pQscVQ

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 04:32 PM (P5BPp)

23 Willowed:

"You would not believe how bad the bathroom smells after that chick..."
-the dude sick of Sydney Sweeney's shit
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

My brother-in-law once attended an event for Senator John Warner of Virginia when Warner was married to Liz Taylor. BiL used the same PortaPotty that Liz had just used right before him.
Posted by: Bulg

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 04:32 PM (77rzZ)

24 jUST finished the 2 trips to Menards. Simple wasn't easy. Had to put on kneepads plumbing job. Flushes, fills, doesn't leak, sounds just the same as the old one.

%^&*() howling pipes in the wall.

Lemme take a vise grips to the cable modem.

Posted by: DaveA at December 19, 2025 04:32 PM (FhXTo)

25 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at December 19, 2025 04:32 PM (LaiZQ)

26
OUT: Still down
IN: Still down....... TO PARTY!!!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 19, 2025 04:33 PM (wtvvX)

27 BREAKING: Gov. Tim Walz is in PANIC MODE, revealing he's being informed HUGE amounts of federal dollars may be pulled from Minnesota because of massive fraud
Walz says CDLs, Transportation funding, you name it - it could ALL be pulled!
"The entire federal government is weaponized against Minnesota!"

-
Geez! You steal $10, $15, $18 billion and, right away, Trump’s all pissed off!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 04:33 PM (L/fGl)

28 Derrick Evans @DerrickEvans4WV

More SNAP fraud exposed in Massachusetts. This time it’s Haitian migrants who reportedly stole around $7 million from taxpayers.

They ran fake stores to turn SNAP benefits into cash & earned up to $480K per MONTH.

My gosh. The fraud is worse than we thought.

X video: https://bit.ly/49m7JCg

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 04:33 PM (P5BPp)

29
I'm down. (I'm really down.)
I'm down. (Down on the ground.)
I'm down. (I'm really down.)
How can you laugh when you know I'm down?
How can you laugh know I'm down?

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 04:33 PM (krQz2)

30 Is this thread open?

Posted by: Guy who never reads the content at December 19, 2025 04:34 PM (vFG9F)

31 28 Derrick Evans @DerrickEvans4WV

More SNAP fraud exposed in Massachusetts. This time it’s Haitian migrants who reportedly stole around $7 million from taxpayers.

They ran fake stores to turn SNAP benefits into cash & earned up to $480K per MONTH.

My gosh. The fraud is worse than we thought.

X video: https://bit.ly/49m7JCg

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 04:33 PM (P5BPp)

=====

Does this get added to the reparations paid column or nah?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 04:34 PM (GBKbO)

32 It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at December 19, 2025 04:34 PM (LaiZQ)

33 Hi Ben Had! Finishing up year end projects in the hangar and Looking forward to the weekend and Christmas. Hope you are doing well!

Posted by: DBCooper at December 19, 2025 04:35 PM (+daAW)

34 Still down? Have you tried computer viagra?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 04:35 PM (L/fGl)

35 Still down? Have you tried computer viagra?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Sydney Sweeney pics?

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 04:36 PM (77rzZ)

36 The Ace of Spades blog is a series of Open Threads, a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good co-bloggers die like dogs. There’s also a negative side.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2025 04:36 PM (XV/Pl)

37 still down.

Posted by: Ace at 04:27 PM
---
The vultures circling around over the last thread were a clue.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2025 04:36 PM (ESVrU)

38 Each state where fraud is found should be docked an equal amount from the next Fed payout. Stop the crap real quick.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 04:36 PM (1vqcm)

39 Ace was on pace today to go over a trillion words written total on this blog to date since its founding!

/Wouldn't you know it ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 04:36 PM (NNq22)

40 Millions more in SNAP fraud uncovered in Massachusetts.

Tens of billions of our tax dollars are being stolen annually.

Blue states are robbing us blind.
_______

That's terrible!
- Mike DeWine Gov. (pay no attention to the Columbus Somalians)

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 04:36 PM (Dv3i1)

41 Chip Roy @chiproytx

There you have it. Choose sides.

Sky News @SkyNews

BREAKING: The Islamic State has called the Bondi shooting a "source of pride"

X video: https://bit.ly/4qneSIs

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 04:36 PM (P5BPp)

42 Blue States are the prime example of the idiom 'letting the Fox in the Hen House'

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 04:36 PM (KDPiq)

43 Hey, TJM, did you post your Shop Around the Corner vid today?

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 04:36 PM (77rzZ)

44 Is this thread open?

Posted by: Guy who never reads the content

No, thread's closed. Moose outside should have told you.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 04:36 PM (0U5gm)

45 43 Hey, TJM, did you post your Shop Around the Corner vid today?

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 04:36 PM (77rzZ)

======

I posted my Ernst Lubitsch video which talks a decent bit about The Shop Around the Corner.

Like and subscribe!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wnBxEUMERQ

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 04:37 PM (GBKbO)

46 Will be driving across town with my wife to a bourbon tasting at one of her coworker's house. In fact it will be a group of my wife's work-friends. HS teachers and 1 cop. And I prefer beer. I like these people, but I don't love them. A whole Friday night will be a little long. But that's alright, it will almost certainly be better than I am expecting.

Since I'm in Florida so I will put the top down on the Jeep and enjoy the ride. You northern suckers please stay up north.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at December 19, 2025 04:37 PM (P7Iz+)

47 What's everyone else got planned?

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at December 19, 2025 04:37 PM (P7Iz+)

48 I posted my Ernst Lubitsch video which talks a decent bit about The Shop Around the Corner.

Like and subscribe!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

What's the cost to subscribe?

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 04:37 PM (77rzZ)

49 BREAKING: Gov. Tim Walz is in PANIC MODE, revealing he's being informed HUGE amounts of federal dollars may be pulled from Minnesota because of massive fraud

And Walz goes on to claim Trump is weaponizing the government to oppress Minnesomalians. Funny, he didn't mention fraud at all.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 19, 2025 04:38 PM (cxFcK)

50 BREAKING: Gov. Tim Walz is in PANIC MODE, revealing he's being informed HUGE amounts of federal dollars may be pulled from Minnesota because of massive fraud
Walz says CDLs, Transportation funding, you name it - it could ALL be pulled!
"The entire federal government is weaponized against Minnesota!"

-
Geez! You steal $10, $15, $18 billion and, right away, Trump’s all pissed off!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 04:33 PM (L/fGl)
===

I'd like to see a poster with the amount of fraud stolen from the US taxpayers in bold script, with a big blow-up of Governor Jazz Hands. "YOU VOTED FOR THIS!"

Posted by: mrp at December 19, 2025 04:38 PM (rj6Yv)

51 Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 04:38 PM (xT8gx)

52 48 What's the cost to subscribe?

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 04:37 PM (77rzZ)

==

One MILLION dollars!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 04:38 PM (GBKbO)

53 The only thing still standing between these open threads is...
King Harv!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 04:38 PM (2WIwB)

54 Egads! The wind pushing the rain out has been wicked. It hit as high as 60+ mph and I was worried it'd take the last tree (Blue Spruce that really shouldn't be grown around here) out along with the neighbor's cable line. (They were watching like hawks.)

Luckily, it's down to about 23 - 25 mph. I know, nothing for where many of you live but postage stamp sized lawns here.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 04:38 PM (NFX2v)

55 Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC

Remember when 14,000 Haitians showed up at the border and the Biden Administration attacked the Border Patrol agent who tried to stop one?

Then they let them all in the country.

Breaking911 @Breaking911

Federal prosecutors have charged Haitian migrants in Massachusetts in a $7 million SNAP fraud scheme, involving fake retail stores that reportedly generated up to $480,000 per month.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 04:38 PM (P5BPp)

56 Supper soon, winds still howling here

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 04:38 PM (Ia/+0)

57 I always forget the name of the Lefty blogger who always did open threads and ironically ace used to give him the hilariously make fun of him.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 04:39 PM (KDPiq)

58 Slow news day, I guess, other than just how did Tucker Carlson take down Ace's Apple II? I saw Tucker in Phoenix last night, but I guess the Qatari Tentaqles have a long reach.

Posted by: The Center Cannot Hold! at December 19, 2025 04:39 PM (oftw2)

59 TeeJ
I replied to your question last thread.

Y'all have fun. Have to do some stuff.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 04:39 PM (WDjG6)

60 Ace was on pace today to go over a trillion words written total on this blog to date since its founding!

/Wouldn't you know it ...
Posted by: ShainS

All those words... lost like tears...*choke* in the rain...
( VANGELIS SCORE GOES HERE )

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 19, 2025 04:39 PM (mlg/3)

61 Glockford Files @GlockfordFiles

Millions more in SNAP fraud uncovered in Massachusetts.

Tens of billions of our tax dollars are being stolen annually.

Blue states are robbing us blind.

X video: https://bit.ly/4pQscVQ

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 04:32 PM (P5BPp)

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

During the Bullshit Covid PsyOps, prisoners in Califzuela used prison computers and identity theft to steal and defraud Califzuela's EDD (Employment Development Department) out of an estimated $20-$32 billion.

What's that I've heard since about it? * crickets *

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 04:39 PM (NNq22)

62
President Kamala Harris

Vice President Tim Walz

We are so blessed. Never forget it.

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 04:40 PM (vFG9F)

63 We change a lot and then some, some
Know that we have always been down, down
If I ever did a thing to you, you
Then just let me do it now (now)

Keep my feet on the ground
Keep my head in the clouds
Electrified by the sound
That comes from the down

YouTube: https://bit.ly/4pMYLnB

Posted by: 311 at December 19, 2025 04:40 PM (P5BPp)

64 Can't Ace go sit next to the stinky guy at the public library terminals and blog for us?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 19, 2025 04:40 PM (XvL8K)

65 My brother-in-law once attended an event for Senator John Warner of Virginia when Warner was married to Liz Taylor. BiL used the same PortaPotty that Liz had just used right before him.
Posted by: Bulg
____

I once used a guest bathroom in a private home right after Keira Knightley. Man, that toilet seat tasted like Lysol.

Posted by: Creepy Pete at December 19, 2025 04:40 PM (qUkBO)

66
Blue states are robbing us blind.

X video: https://bit.ly/4pQscVQ
Posted by: Clyde Shelton

Dems claim red states suck off the teats of blue states.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 04:41 PM (pkeXY)

67 Ace Of Spades could be comfortably run off of a raspberry pi.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2025 04:41 PM (XV/Pl)

68 Ace is just sitting at home, spinning his Loverboy LPs.

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2025 04:41 PM (W23D2)

69
I read the lowered drug prices is only for Medicaid.

Is that true?

Posted by: fourseasons at December 19, 2025 04:41 PM (3ek7K)

70 I once used a guest bathroom in a private home right after Keira Knightley. Man, that toilet seat tasted like Lysol.
Posted by: Creepy Pete at December 19, 2025 04:40 PM (qUkBO)

lol

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 19, 2025 04:41 PM (xcxpd)

71 BREAKING: The Islamic State has called the Bondi shooting a "source of pride"

X video: https://bit.ly/4qneSIs
Posted by: Clyde Shelton

Someone explain to me like I'm five years old why it should be a source of pride for the Islamic State if they (allegedly) had nothing to do with it.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 04:42 PM (a+4eV)

72 >>Ace Of Spades could be comfortably run off of a raspberry pi.

Powered by a Potato.

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2025 04:42 PM (W23D2)

73 68 Ace is just sitting at home, spinning his Loverboy LPs.
Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2025 04:41 PM (W23D2)

Not going to hate on him for that.
Loverboy and Foreigner are underrated.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 19, 2025 04:42 PM (xcxpd)

74 Still down? Have you tried computer viagra?

Switch to cialis and you won't have to time it to reboots vs. cold start, etc.

Posted by: DaveA at December 19, 2025 04:42 PM (FhXTo)

75 Our government issued open thread, just a bit late.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 04:42 PM (zZu0s)

76 In response to the beer question on the previous thread, if I wanted to have an in-depth intellectual discussion about history and politics, I would definitely choose Whig to have a beer with.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 04:42 PM (77rzZ)

77 What's everyone else got planned?
Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at December 19, 2025

***
This evening? Feeding the cats, sharing a pizza with Miss Linda, maybe watching Trek episodes or reading while they're on . . . very much the same as most evenings.

Tomorrow, a run to the grocery/Walmart for supplies before the rush starts, and hitting the library. Sunday, a solid morning workout, and a bath for the car. Monday I'll have blood drawn early in the morning, so no food or coffee when I get up, and I dread that . . . but I'll have a good breakfast on the way back home.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 04:42 PM (wzUl9)

78 62. We are so blessed. Never forget it.
Posted by: fd

True.

But no stake in the heart means the vampires can & will return again and again.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 04:42 PM (NFX2v)

79 72 >>Ace Of Spades could be comfortably run off of a raspberry pi.

Powered by a Potato.

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2025 04:42 PM (W23D2)

======

Oh, shit...

AoSHQ is actually GLaDOS?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 04:42 PM (GBKbO)

80 Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 04:38 PM

Never did that with me.

Posted by: Doctor Lilith Sternin at December 19, 2025 04:43 PM (P5BPp)

81 So I took the time to listen to the entirety of Tucker Carlson’s TPUSA speech (42 minutes including Q&A at the end). It wasn’t as bad as I heard it described…. He actually said a lot of things I agree with. However, during the Q&A he really went off the rails talking about Gaza. In his mind, Israel murdered Gazan children… that notion is astonishingly stupid. Can he not conceive of Hamas using civilians as human shields; he’s smarter than that… it’s sophistry. He also did a defense of “asking questions” conflating that with free speech. Also stupid…. He seemed genuinely angry in moments. I did NOT hear him commend Islam so that did not happen (unless outside the 42 minutes I listened to). He’s lost IMO

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 04:43 PM (xT8gx)

82 Hard to believe that a premiere blogger like ace doesn't have a backup computer.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 04:44 PM (sDNVV)

83 The bagless ones are just vile, seems really unsanitary. Hate. Hate.
Posted by: Derak at December 19, 2025 04:30 PM (JUYGW)

I have a Bissell pet one that seems to work fairly well and did not burn out after 2-3 cleanings of Ajax's hair (that is how I measure vacuums.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 04:44 PM (zZu0s)

84 Oh, shit...

AoSHQ is actually GLaDOS?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger

That would explain a lot...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 04:44 PM (a+4eV)

85
AoSHQ is actually GLaDOS?

I'm somehow not surprised to hear this

Posted by: weew at December 19, 2025 04:44 PM (S4IL1)

86 Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2025 04:42 PM (W23D2)

Hey, Garrett. How's the pinball rehabbing going?

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 04:44 PM (77rzZ)

87 This must be what it was like for the last few Dodo Birds. Right on the brink of extinction.

Posted by: Down the Tubes at December 19, 2025 04:45 PM (oftw2)

88 Blue states are robbing us blind.

X video: https://bit.ly/4pQscVQ
Posted by: Clyde Shelton

That SALT deduction wasn't even the tip of it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 04:45 PM (/lPRQ)

89 So Bongino makes a big deal about taking on the role to help his country and quits after a few months. Not impressed. Go back to wind-bagging on podcasts, poser.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 19, 2025 04:45 PM (WHfpM)

90 It'll be a little chilly here to go out for some ice cream tonight. Maybe tomorrow evening. There's a Haagen-Dasz store in a shopping center a few miles away, and it's rarely crowded.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 04:45 PM (wzUl9)

91 The only thing still standing between these open threads is...
King Harv!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 04:38 PM (2WIwB)

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

"You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want Harv on that wall. You need Harv on that wall."

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 04:45 PM (NNq22)

92 88 Blue states are robbing us blind.

X video: https://bit.ly/4pQscVQ
Posted by: Clyde Shelton

That SALT deduction wasn't even the tip of it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 04:45 PM (/lPRQ)

======

Assertion:

States should fully fund their own welfare programs. The federal government should have no involvement at all.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 04:45 PM (GBKbO)

93 So Bongino makes a big deal about taking on the role to help his country and quits after a few months. Not impressed. Go back to wind-bagging on podcasts, poser.
Posted by: Ordinary American

Yeah, what a disappointment he turned out to be.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 04:46 PM (77rzZ)

94 We've secretly introduced an enclave from a low-trust culture into your state with a high-trust welfare system. Let's see what happens.

Posted by: Somalians in your City at December 19, 2025 04:46 PM (Dv3i1)

95 BREAKING: The Islamic State has called the Bondi shooting a "source of pride"

X video: https://bit.ly/4qneSIs
Posted by: Clyde Shelton

Someone explain to me like I'm five years old why it should be a source of pride for the Islamic State if they (allegedly) had nothing to do with it.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 04:42 PM (a+4eV)

Because they are running a bluff with their populace to avoid being hung by the neck until dead. Pretending they are more powerful than they are right now.

Even if the dudes or cell are Iran backed, right now they are running on autopilot.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 04:46 PM (8avO+)

96 Not going to hate on him for that.
Loverboy and Foreigner are underrated.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo
________

What's the case for Loverboy being underrated?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 19, 2025 04:46 PM (XvL8K)

97 Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 04:38 PM
*
Never did that with me.
Posted by: Doctor Lilith Sternin at December 19, 2025

***
I'd guess he didn't want to chance frostbite from those icicles.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 04:47 PM (wzUl9)

98 Someone explain to me like I'm five years old why it should be a source of pride for the Islamic State if they (allegedly) had nothing to do with it.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 04:42 PM (a+4eV)

They could very well have been backing it.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 04:47 PM (77rzZ)

99 o/~Born under a bad sign
Been down since I began to crawl
If it wasn't bad luck
I wouldn't have no luck at all~\o

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at December 19, 2025 04:47 PM (asXVI)

100 87 This must be what it was like for the last few Dodo Birds. Right on the brink of extinction.
Posted by: Down the Tubes

Ha, ha, ha! 🤣

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 04:47 PM (NFX2v)

101 99

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 19, 2025 04:47 PM (bQ4nt)

102 Aoshq, reeling, but still erect.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 19, 2025 04:48 PM (XeU6L)

103 Stirling my big black cat is sitting *right here* on my desk, as if he wants to post. "Darn my lack of fingers and thumbs."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 04:48 PM (wzUl9)

104 Assertion:

States should fully fund their own welfare programs. The federal government should have no involvement at all.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 04:45
No they shouldn’t, but they trashed the X Amendment.

Posted by: Eromero at December 19, 2025 04:48 PM (o2ZRX)

105 48 What's the cost to subscribe?

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 04:37 PM

Twenty bucks. Same as in town.

Posted by: Geez, people at December 19, 2025 04:48 PM (LaiZQ)

106 BREAKING: The Islamic State has called the Bondi shooting a "source of pride"

X video: https://bit.ly/4qneSIs
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
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And the response from Australian Government? More gun control.

Posted by: mrp at December 19, 2025 04:49 PM (rj6Yv)

107 This must be what it was like for the last few Dodo Birds. Right on the brink of extinction.
Posted by: Down the Tubes

***
Tell us about it.

Posted by: Passenger Pigeons at December 19, 2025 04:49 PM (wzUl9)

108 I also listened to the entire 30 minutes of Ben Shapiro’s TPUSA speech. I’ve never been a big fan but in this instance he was great… called out TuCa and CO AND Megyn Kelly by name.. and appropriately so. I was particularly annoyed with Kelly when she defended CO using the excuse “we’re friends I can’t turn on a friend”… she also said to anyone who does understand that: FU… well FU too Megyn Kelly. Get some better friends

Shapiro won this round IMO

BUT… the whole thing was a grubby spectacle… Charlie Kirk buried 3 months ago and his signature event descending to internecine squabbling. Sad

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 04:49 PM (xT8gx)

109 So Bongino makes a big deal about taking on the role to help his country and quits after a few months. Not impressed. Go back to wind-bagging on podcasts, poser.
Posted by: Ordinary American

Yeah, what a disappointment he turned out to be.
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 04:46 PM (77rzZ)

Don't know much about him, but being an agent for a long time doesn't mean you can administer the entire force well, much less root out all the problems. I'd have trusted one of Elon's detached info diggers in that position more to find the problems. How to fix once you know the problem is a different issue.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 04:49 PM (8avO+)

110 Hard to believe that a premiere blogger like ace doesn't have a backup computer.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 04:44 PM (sDNVV)

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Time to set up a Give Send Go for Ace?

/I might have to double my annual donation ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 04:49 PM (NNq22)

111
99 beers on the wall..........

Posted by: fourseasons at December 19, 2025 04:49 PM (3ek7K)

112 BREAKING: The Islamic State has called the Bondi shooting a "source of pride"

Think of how it feels to be a co-founder! Gotta call JB and Hillary. Shame No-Name couldn't join us.

Posted by: Barack Hussein at December 19, 2025 04:49 PM (/8phG)

113 Stirling my big black cat is sitting *right here* on my desk, as if he wants to post. "Darn my lack of fingers and thumbs."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

"The stories I could tell you people about this guy!
-- Stirling's thought bubble

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 04:50 PM (77rzZ)

114 96 Not going to hate on him for that.
Loverboy and Foreigner are underrated.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo
________

What's the case for Loverboy being underrated?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 19, 2025 04:46 PM (XvL8K)

Turn Me Loose
Loving Every Minute of It
Working for the Weekend
The Kid is Hot Tonight
HOT....girls in love.

That's some solid 80's music right there.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 19, 2025 04:50 PM (xcxpd)

115 Because they are running a bluff with their populace to avoid being hung by the neck until dead. Pretending they are more powerful than they are right now.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 04:46 PM

"Power resides where men believe it resides. It's a trick. A shadow on the wall. And, a very small man can cast a very large shadow."

Posted by: Varys at December 19, 2025 04:50 PM (P5BPp)

116 The Islamic State has called the Bondi shooting a "source of pride"

So soon after pride month?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 19, 2025 04:50 PM (Kt19C)

117 Lighten up, Francis.

Posted by: 80's music fan at December 19, 2025 04:50 PM (YlWIZ)

118 >>Hey, Garrett. How's the pinball rehabbing going?

Yo Bulg -

Most of my machines are running well.
Got a 1979 Bally Star Trek a few weeks back that will be getting overhauled next. It's in ok shape as it stands. A few stuck switches...but, I think I located them all.
Trying to locate a NOS Playfield for that one. Once I get my hands on one, I will tear it down completely and rebuild it.
Cabinet and Glass are in really nice shape. So, likely won't strip it down to re-stencil it...unless I find someone who insists on a repaint to buy it.

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2025 04:50 PM (W23D2)

119
If you can't supply decent content, I'll just have to take my business elsewhere!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2025 04:50 PM (2FECf)

120 Jimmy Kimmel should just transition now. He's already got a vajayjay. Crying little bitch.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 04:50 PM (KDPiq)

121 Down and out in Beverly Hills

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 19, 2025 04:51 PM (NtVYv)

122 Shapiro won this round IMO

BUT… the whole thing was a grubby spectacle… Charlie Kirk buried 3 months ago and his signature event descending to internecine squabbling. Sad
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 04:49 PM (xT8gx)

Only way to shake out the grifters. Wasn't impressed with his org's performance these last years either.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 04:51 PM (8avO+)

123 California has confirmed they've spent $31 B on illegal healthcare, in violation of fed law. Walz is a fag. California leads the way!

Wait until they dig into the railroad to nowhere.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 19, 2025 04:51 PM (cxFcK)

124 I'd have trusted one of Elon's detached info diggers
Posted by: Oldcat

Speaking of which, I wonder how Big Balls is doing.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 04:51 PM (77rzZ)

125 Whose sins did Meathead die for?

Posted by: 80's music fan at December 19, 2025 04:51 PM (YlWIZ)

126 Most of my machines are running well.
Got a 1979 Bally Star Trek a few weeks back that will be getting overhauled next. It's in ok shape as it stands. A few stuck switches...but, I think I located them all.
Trying to locate a NOS Playfield for that one. Once I get my hands on one, I will tear it down completely and rebuild it.
Cabinet and Glass are in really nice shape. So, likely won't strip it down to re-stencil it...unless I find someone who insists on a repaint to buy it.
Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2025 04:50 PM (W23D2)

Hey Garret, do you list your rebuilds for sale somewhere ?

I'm kind of a pinball nut

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 19, 2025 04:52 PM (NtVYv)

127 Ace is just sitting at home, spinning his Loverboy LPs.
Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2025 04:41 PM (W23D2)

Not going to hate on him for that.
Loverboy and Foreigner are underrated.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo

Air Supply

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 04:52 PM (/lPRQ)

128 Turn Me Loose
Loving Every Minute of It
Working for the Weekend
The Kid is Hot Tonight
HOT....girls in love.

That's some solid 80's music right there.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 19, 2025 04:50 PM (xcxpd)

100%… Loverboy is involved with some of my best HS memories. However caveat…. Mike Reno should never appear in public again until he loses about 150 pounds….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 04:52 PM (xT8gx)

129 BREAKING: The Islamic State has called the Bondi shooting a "source of pride"

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Isn't it time to add an H to "LGBTQIA+PEDO" for Homicidal Pride?

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 04:52 PM (NNq22)

130 Who has been redeemed by Rob Reiner's death?

Posted by: 80's music fan at December 19, 2025 04:52 PM (YlWIZ)

131 Ben Had - Received a package day before yesterday.

:-) :-)

Many Thanks!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 19, 2025 04:53 PM (XeU6L)

132 I posted my Ernst Lubitsch video which talks a decent bit about The Shop Around the Corner.

Like and subscribe!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wnBxEUMERQ
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger

Shop Around the Corner is on TCM tonight.

Posted by: Tuna at December 19, 2025 04:53 PM (lJ0H4)

133 BREAKING: The Islamic State has called the Bondi shooting a "source of pride"

X video: https://bit.ly/4qneSIs
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
===========

And the response from Australian Government? More gun control.

Posted by: mrp

They have to protect their replacement population from the citizens.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 04:53 PM (0U5gm)

134 California has confirmed they've spent $31 B on illegal healthcare, in violation of fed law. Walz is a fag. California leads the way!

Wait until they dig into the railroad to nowhere.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 19, 2025 04:51 PM (cxFcK)

Well the death count is likely smaller than Chicago's Deep Tunnel project. Lets build a tunnel in a swamp by a lake for ... reasons.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 04:53 PM (8avO+)

135 Yo Bulg -

Most of my machines are running well.
Got a 1979 Bally Star Trek a few weeks back that will be getting overhauled next. It's in ok shape as it stands. A few stuck switches...but, I think I located them all.
Trying to locate a NOS Playfield for that one. Once I get my hands on one, I will tear it down completely and rebuild it.
Cabinet and Glass are in really nice shape. So, likely won't strip it down to re-stencil it...unless I find someone who insists on a repaint to buy it.
Posted by: garrett

Cool! I would love to see you at work. Have you considered doing a YouTube channel on pinball restoration?

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 04:53 PM (77rzZ)

136 132 Shop Around the Corner is on TCM tonight.

Posted by: Tuna at December 19, 2025 04:53 PM (lJ0H4)

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Well, that's fortuitous.

Go, algorithm, go!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 04:53 PM (GBKbO)

137 And then start doing it that way for the rest of your life!!

https://youtu.be/keX9D-Khq

Posted by: A. Bunker at December 19, 2025 04:54 PM (LaiZQ)

138 still down.
Posted by: Ace

Maybe try some Viagra?
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 04:31 PM (77rzZ)

FridayPlans.com.

I mean, you know, . . .

Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 04:54 PM (gKDq2)

139 Hands Up, Pants Down!

Posted by: Zombie Carl Panzram at December 19, 2025 04:55 PM (R/m4+)

140 I want an 8 Ball pinball machine but they ain't cheap.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 04:55 PM (KDPiq)

141 I posted my Ernst Lubitsch video which talks a decent bit about The Shop Around the Corner.

Like and subscribe!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wnBxEUMERQ
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger

Shop Around the Corner is on TCM tonight.
Posted by: Tuna at December 19, 2025 04:53 PM (lJ0H4)

Shop around the corner? You mean “You’ve Got Mail” right?? Meg Ryan such a cutie in that one!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 04:55 PM (xT8gx)

142 Seems confirmed Brown Shooter was a Muslim after all who shouted All in at the Snackbar

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 04:55 PM (Ia/+0)

143
"Power resides where men believe it resides. It's a trick. A shadow on the wall. And, a very small man can cast a very large shadow."
Posted by: Varys
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This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Napoleon at December 19, 2025 04:55 PM (XeU6L)

144 141 Shop around the corner? You mean “You’ve Got Mail” right?? Meg Ryan such a cutie in that one!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 04:55 PM (xT8gx)

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I even include clips from You've Got Mail in the video!

like and subscribe

Do it. Do it now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 04:56 PM (GBKbO)

145 Turn Me Loose
Loving Every Minute of It
Working for the Weekend
The Kid is Hot Tonight
HOT....girls in love.

That's some solid 80's music right there.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
________

I like me some bad 80s music. But that's just a bridge too far. They suck. Even by Canadian standards.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 19, 2025 04:56 PM (XvL8K)

146 BREAKING: The Islamic State has called the Bondi shooting a "source of pride"

X video: https://bit.ly/4qneSIs
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
===========

And the response from Australian Government? More gun control.
Posted by: mrp

++++++

Moar Targets !!!
- Islamics Everywhere

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 04:56 PM (/lPRQ)

147 BUT… the whole thing was a grubby spectacle… Charlie Kirk buried 3 months ago and his signature event descending to internecine squabbling. Sad

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 04:49 PM

Yep. Which is why I don't believe any of the people / content creators on "the right" are worth a damn. Seems like all of them have some sort of schtick to drum up drama of something or another about someone or another every month or so. I assume it's to get attention, since their entire income depends on attention (clicks, views, likes, people buying their books, people buying tickets to watch them give speeches).

Far cry from the Lincoln-Douglas debates. Far cry from the Benjamin Franklin Silence Dogood Letters. Far cry from the Ronald Reagan articles and speeches he gave after his awakening and then transition from entertainer to politician.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 04:56 PM (P5BPp)

148 Ace, Bad Company and a satellite broadcaster and a little nostalgia. Step away from the impact driver.

Posted by: 80's music fan at December 19, 2025 04:56 PM (YlWIZ)

149 Hey Garret, do you list your rebuilds for sale somewhere ?

I'm kind of a pinball nut

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 19, 2025 04:52 PM (NtVYv)

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When wifey and I met in '02, a local K-Mart had a "Theater of Magic" pinball game that we frequented and enjoyed playing.

Nothing better than "MULTI-BALL!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 04:56 PM (NNq22)

150 Mike Hammer, Eromero is in this thread so all thanks go to him.
Got as close as I could get with the options available.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 04:56 PM (sDNVV)

151 149 Nothing better than "MULTI-BALL!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 04:56 PM (NNq22)

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That's what she said.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 04:56 PM (GBKbO)

152 Jimmy Kimmel should just transition now. He's already got a vajayjay. Crying little bitch.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 04:50 PM (KDPiq)

He should just move to Minnesota where there's a tampon in every men's bathroom.

Never thought I would see the purpose of tampons in the men's bathroom but live and learn.

Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 04:56 PM (gKDq2)

153 Shop Around the Corner is on TCM tonight.
Posted by: Tuna at December 19, 2025

***
One of my favorite films. I love the '90s remake, You've Got Mail, which I saw first. Both are great in part because of the casting, the tone and dialogue are pleasant in their humor -- and because, for once, the *guy* in the romantic pairing is not clueless and is responsible for the leads getting together by fadeout.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 04:57 PM (wzUl9)

154 I want an 8 Ball pinball machine but they ain't cheap.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 04:55 PM (KDPiq)

OOh, Ahh

I know that one

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 19, 2025 04:57 PM (NtVYv)

155 153 One of my favorite films. I love the '90s remake, You've Got Mail, which I saw first. Both are great in part because of the casting, the tone and dialogue are pleasant in their humor -- and because, for once, the *guy* in the romantic pairing is not clueless and is responsible for the leads getting together by fadeout.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 04:57 PM (wzUl9)

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Well, it's certainly better than Sleepless in Seattle.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 04:57 PM (GBKbO)

156 called out TuCa and CO AND Megyn Kelly by name.. and appropriately so. I was particularly annoyed with Kelly when she defended CO...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at

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who is "CO"?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 04:57 PM (u9Aw1)

157 Is Ace DTF?

Posted by: Amy Schumer at December 19, 2025 04:58 PM (cHOHf)

158 So Bongino makes a big deal about taking on the role to help his country and quits after a few months. Not impressed. Go back to wind-bagging on podcasts, poser.
Posted by: Ordinary American

My guess is, he finally annoyed somebody enough that they dropped a copy of his "file" on his desk, with a not-so-subtle suggestion that he needed to go back to the private sector.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 19, 2025 04:58 PM (CSQvy)

159 156 who is "CO"?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 04:57 PM (u9Aw1)

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It's a commanding officer in the army, but that's not important right now.

What we need to know is if you can land this plane!

(real answer: Candace Owens)

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 04:58 PM (GBKbO)

160 Cohiba Red, Blue, and Platinum are very good medium body sticks and have never disappointed. Alec Bradley Pensado, Retreat, and Tempus are a bit bolder, but never bitter. Onyx, if you care for a rich, unapologetic smoking experience...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 19, 2025 04:28 PM (nbLIj

Thank you, been a long time for me.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 04:58 PM (E0p3T)

161 "Power resides where men believe it resides. It's a trick. A shadow on the wall. And, a very small man can cast a very large shadow."
Posted by: Varys

I was in the pool!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 04:58 PM (3+aF+)

162 I assume it's to get attention, since their entire income depends on attention (clicks, views, likes, people buying their books, people buying tickets to watch them give speeches).

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Just in the past few days (I'm a talk radio junkie as I drive several hours/day for work) I've started hearing numerous references to the grifters as part of and participating in "The Attention Economy."

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 04:58 PM (NNq22)

163 Far cry from the Lincoln-Douglas debates. Far cry from the Benjamin Franklin Silence Dogood Letters. Far cry from the Ronald Reagan articles and speeches he gave after his awakening and then transition from entertainer to politician.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 04:56 PM (P5BPp)

100%… I shouldn’t be this cynical at my young age of 29…. But I am

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 04:58 PM (xT8gx)

164 I wonder how John Roberts feels about the sudden implosion of DogeaterCare? If maybe he shouldn't have contorted the law like a pretzel. It's a tax!. Does it seem worth it now?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 19, 2025 04:59 PM (cxFcK)

165 Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 04:55 PM (Ia/+0)

I don't see anything on the intertubes. I know one of Brown's dead victim was a Muslim.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 04:59 PM (KDPiq)

166 who is "CO"?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)

Candace Owens

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 04:59 PM (77rzZ)

167 BREAKING: The Islamic State has called the Bondi shooting a "source of pride"

X video: https://bit.ly/4qneSIs
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
===========

And the response from Australian Government? More gun control.

Posted by: mrp

They have to protect their replacement population from the citizens.

Lest they be tempted to put another Shiite on the barby.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 04:59 PM (Riz8t)

168 I've been beaten up
I've been thrown out
But I'm not down, no I'm not down

Hang in there Ace

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 04:59 PM (1vqcm)

169 Hard to believe that a premiere blogger like ace doesn't have a backup computer.

Posted by: Ben Had

I think it was a choice between having a backup and upgrading from 1200 baud.

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2025 04:59 PM (iFEms)

170 Eromero is in this thread so all thanks go to him.
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Will render a Thanks.

Posted by: Napoleon at December 19, 2025 04:59 PM (XeU6L)

171 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at

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who is "CO"?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 04:57 PM (u9Aw1)

Crazy Candace Owens (Crazy CO)… TJM already answered

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 05:00 PM (xT8gx)

172 Ooops /Napoleon

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 19, 2025 05:00 PM (XeU6L)

173 Shop Around the Corner is on TCM tonight.
Posted by: Tuna at December 19, 2025
*
Shop around the corner? You mean “You’ve Got Mail” right?? Meg Ryan such a cutie in that one!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025

***
The scene where the hero (Stewart/Hanks) is outside the cafe/coffee shop, realizes the girl he's been clashing with is his romantic pen pal, and goes in to talk with her and she insults him, is identical in motivational "beats" in both films. The dialog is very different, but the effect is the same.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 05:00 PM (wzUl9)

174
My guess is, he finally annoyed somebody enough that they dropped a copy of his "file" on his desk, with a not-so-subtle suggestion that he needed to go back to the private sector.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 19, 2025 04:58 PM (CSQvy)

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

"... and nice family & home you got there; be a shame if anything happened to them."

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 05:00 PM (NNq22)

175 That's what she said.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 04:56 PM (GBKbO)

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* snort *

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 05:01 PM (NNq22)

176 maybe he shouldn't have contorted the law like a pretzel. It's a tax!. Does it seem worth it now?

They never thought they would lose.

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2025 05:01 PM (iFEms)

177 So Bongino makes a big deal about taking on the role to help his country and quits after a few months.

Was not a fan before he ever took the job. His song and dance gets old real quick.

Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 05:01 PM (SlJND)

178 I've started hearing numerous references to the grifters as part of and participating in "The Attention Economy."

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 04:58 PM (NNq22)

Deny them your essence.

Or, garbage in, garbage out.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 05:01 PM (3+aF+)

179 Well, it's certainly better than Sleepless in Seattle.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025

***
I'm not sure I've ever seen that one all the way through. Maybe it's not on my radar because the kid, Hanks's son, is the prime mover in getting the leads together (?). Kinda cutesy, I guess, like The Parent Trap (which I also have never seen all of).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 05:03 PM (wzUl9)

180 Back from my workday. I guess Ace's network port on his motherboard did the big firework or something?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 19, 2025 05:03 PM (O7YUW)

181 "... and nice family & home you got there; be a shame if anything happened to them."
Posted by: ShainS

Phooey. Presumably his family was had input into his decision, and was a factor in his decision to join the administration.

You don't wanna put your family in jeopardy? Fine, perfectly understandable. Then don't become a public figure and don't join a presidential administration.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 05:03 PM (77rzZ)

182 TJM — I tried to like one of your videos but I’m truly a YouTube neophyte. When I hit the like button it asked me to sign in… I don’t have an account (I watch everything in YouTube without signing in) so… denied. Apologies

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 05:03 PM (xT8gx)

183 who is "CO"?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 04:57 PM (u9Aw1)

The conservative version of Jasmine Crockett, except even crazier and stupider.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 05:03 PM (uWKK8)

184 I've started hearing numerous references to the grifters as part of and participating in "The Attention Economy."

Its just the talk radio model democratized. Gather followers until your following has some kind of value all to its own. The Rush Limbaugh model.

Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 05:03 PM (SlJND)

185 Time I decamped to the couch and the laptop.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 05:04 PM (wzUl9)

186 This is some of the best blogging ace has done in recent memory.

Posted by: quality control at December 19, 2025 05:04 PM (XDIMQ)

187 I unplugged a cord about two feet from the wall because I knew my husband would lose his mind. He about had a cow yelling at me to never ever do that again.

Posted by: NCKate at December 19, 2025 05:04 PM (uQzkA)

188 Yeah, I've been waiting for my Sunday girl
Yeah, I've been waiting for my Sunday girl, now

Will you follow me down now, down now
Will you follow me down now, down now
Will you follow me down

YouTube: https://bit.ly/455EEso

Posted by: Stone Temple Pilots at December 19, 2025 05:04 PM (P5BPp)

189 Entering these open thread sometimes makes me feel like I came to be made a Member and found the thread covered with Visqueen™.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 05:05 PM (jc0TO)

190 155 153 One of my favorite films. I love the '90s remake, You've Got Mail, which I saw first. Both are great in part because of the casting, the tone and dialogue are pleasant in their humor -- and because, for once, the *guy* in the romantic pairing is not clueless and is responsible for the leads getting together by fadeout.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 04:57 PM (wzUl9)

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Well, it's certainly better than Sleepless in Seattle.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 04:57 PM (GBKbO)

We need to discuss that. I don't think so.
Sleepless is very solid, despite Rob Reiner.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 19, 2025 05:05 PM (xcxpd)

191 Entering these open thread sometimes makes me feel like I came to be made a Member and found the thread covered with Visqueen™.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 05:05 PM (jc0TO)

You raised in the South?

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 05:06 PM (KDPiq)

192 Thanks all.

I should have known who CO was, but her entire existence is a non-entity to me.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 05:06 PM (u9Aw1)

193 Well, it's certainly better than Sleepless in Seattle.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 04:57 PM (GBKbO)
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* fistbump *

The best scene in the movie is when Hanks and Reiner are talking about guy movies like the Dirty Dozen. And the rest of the film you realize this movie ain't for you.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 05:06 PM (krQz2)

194 Like You've Got Mail better than Sleepless. Though the scene in Sleepless talking about the Dirty Dozen was funny

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 05:07 PM (1vqcm)

195 The best thing about The Shop Around the Corner is Jimmy Stewart's totally believable Hungarian accent...

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 05:07 PM (77rzZ)

196 I should have known who CO was, but her entire existence is a non-entity to me.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 05:06 PM (u9Aw1)

Same. Only reason I know she's still around is because of the threads here about her.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 05:08 PM (3+aF+)

197 And when I say "best scene", I should have said, "the only solid bit of entertainment in that film".

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 05:08 PM (krQz2)

198 I just can't see Tom Hanks as a ladies man.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 05:08 PM (KDPiq)

199 @193 Axeman, Horde mind

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 05:08 PM (1vqcm)

200 Australia govt wants more gun control only for Aussies. The immigrants like the shooters were allowed to have gun licenses!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 19, 2025 05:08 PM (n5tGW)

201 The best thing about The Shop Around the Corner is Jimmy Stewart's totally believable Hungarian accent...

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 05:07 PM (77rzZ)
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Was his hovercraft full of eels?

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 05:08 PM (krQz2)

202
Charlie Kirk buried 3 months ago and his signature event descending to internecine squabbling. Sad
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Doesn't that often happen to organizations held together by one person?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 05:09 PM (pkeXY)

203 Another version of The Shop Around the Corner, though not set at Christmas, is In the Good Old Summertime with Judy Garland and Van Johnson.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 05:09 PM (77rzZ)

204 If you want to hear an objective takedown of Germany's suicidal politicians, Yanis Varoufakis, a former Greek finance minister put out a good YT discussion. They are screwed. I think it is too late to save the country.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 05:10 PM (0U5gm)

205 I think Tucker finally jumped the shark for good last night. He gave this whiny, desperate, almost deranged speech at TPUSA about how all Muslims are really our friends, and how we should let even more into the US than we have been, and that anyone who thinks Islam is incompatible with Western Democracy is just Evil.

It felt like watching a monkey in a little hat dancing for an organ grinder who was just off stage, smiling. It was pathetic.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 05:10 PM (uWKK8)

206 Sleepless in Seattle is just a prequel to You’ve Got Mail… Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan falling in love; different surrounding details…. Meg Ryan incredibly cute in both (sad what she did to her face with elective surgeries)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 05:10 PM (xT8gx)

207 I just can't see Tom Hanks as a ladies man.
Posted by: Opinion fact

It's a shame that he, and not I, got to hang out with Meg Ryan in that volcano movie.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 05:10 PM (77rzZ)

208 184 I've started hearing numerous references to the grifters as part of and participating in "The Attention Economy."

Its just the talk radio model democratized. Gather followers until your following has some kind of value all to its own. The Rush Limbaugh model.
Posted by: Snowball Headed

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This is the whole "helicopter" ben Bernanke and even Greenspan logic that somehow waste makes us wealthy. Morons.

But the Obama admin is the one that ran with it. Bastiat weeps.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 05:10 PM (u9Aw1)

209 I think right about now Democrats are regretting they demanded the Epstein files be released.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 05:10 PM (viF8m)

210 In Pakistan fully 65% of all marriages are between first cousins. There is a whole nation of Zippy the Pinhead offspring. Sad. Still, better than marrying your brother though. I guess.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 19, 2025 05:10 PM (cxFcK)

211 >>Hey Garret, do you list your rebuilds for sale somewhere ?

>I'm kind of a pinball nut

Occasionally on PinSide. But they usually sell to someone local, for the most part. And I tend to keep the real good ones.
If you have a short list of Pins you might be interested in, let me know. I am always looking to mix up my lineup and I have access to a couple pretty big collections whose owners do the same.

>>I want an 8 Ball pinball machine but they ain't cheap.

8 Ball ... or, 8 Ball Deluxe?

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2025 05:10 PM (W23D2)

212 I just can't see Tom Hanks as a ladies man.
Posted by: Opinion fact
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Where did he play a ladies' man?

(Now, you got me thinking about Tim Meadows.)

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 05:12 PM (krQz2)

213 anyone who thinks Islam is incompatible with Western Democracy is just Evil.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 05:10 PM (uWKK

For reals? And I thought people were joking about him being bought by Qatar.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 05:12 PM (3+aF+)

214 Well, it's certainly better than Sleepless in Seattle.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025

I'm not sure I've ever seen that one all the way through. Maybe it's not on my radar because the kid, Hanks's son, is the prime mover in getting the leads together (?). Kinda cutesy, I guess, like The Parent Trap.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 05:03 PM

I liked that movie when it came out when I was younger and still a hopeless romantic and a sap. Plus I always liked Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks in their movies together.

But rewatching it decades later as an older, cynical person, I see how awful a movie plot it is. Where Meg Ryan hires a private investigator to stalk him and then lies to her fiance and flies across the country to stalk Tom Hanks herself.

And in the end, she breaks it off with her fiance because of "magic" that she determines she does not have with him but might possibly have with some single dad widower she's never met and only knows what he's talked about on a late night radio show.

Nothing like the Parent Trap. A movie I do love. The 1961 version.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 05:12 PM (P5BPp)

215 If any of you are thinking about hunting grizz or elephants, Sarco has Swedish 9.3 x 57 rifles for sale.

https://tinyurl.com/fyrcuvpn

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 05:12 PM (jc0TO)

216 I have sent Ace $25. If just ten of us send Ace $25 he will have enough to buy a fairly bad computer. If just 100 of us send Ace $25 he will have enough to buy a fairly bad computer and hookers and blow. Operators are standing by, your donation will help an Ewok in need.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2025 05:12 PM (3uBP9)

217 I ain't no ways down!

- shrillary with a bad accent

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 19, 2025 05:12 PM (n5tGW)

218 Charlie Kirk buried 3 months ago and his signature event descending to internecine squabbling. Sad
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Doesn't that often happen to organizations held together by one person?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 05:09 PM (pkeXY)

I disagree that it's descending into squabbling - more like there was a really nasty element hiding inside it that tried to make their move and take over as soon as Charlie died. Now, it's painful, but that element is slowly getting the boot.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 05:12 PM (uWKK8)

219 Who wants to be a tiny mammal with me?

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025 05:12 PM (EyfuW)

220 THE MAN IS KEEPING ACE DOWN!

Posted by: ComradeArthur at December 19, 2025 05:13 PM (0MX78)

221 It's really a shame what Meg Ryan did to herself. Adorable, and then abominable.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 05:13 PM (77rzZ)

222 It's a shame that he, and not I, got to hang out with Meg Ryan in that volcano movie.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 05:10 PM (77rzZ)
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My money was on the volcano.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 05:13 PM (krQz2)

223 >>When wifey and I met in '02, a local K-Mart had a "Theater of Magic" pinball game that we frequented and enjoyed playing.

That is a beautiful machine.

>>I like me some bad 80s music. But that's just a bridge too far. They suck. Even by Canadian standards.

Ban this Man.

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2025 05:13 PM (W23D2)

224 It's a shame that he, and not I, got to hang out with Meg Ryan in that volcano movie.
Posted by: Bulg

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I always hated Hanks. From his first TV show (which I don't think I saw more than the adds for) to his bad remake of Mr. Blandings. He is just annoying to me to watch.
He was tolerable in that fedex movie because he mostly didn't use that whiny voice.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 05:13 PM (u9Aw1)

225 It felt like watching a monkey in a little hat dancing for an organ grinder who was just off stage, smiling. It was pathetic.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 05:10 PM (uWKK

Tom — See my 81 and 108 above. I didn’t have quite the same reaction as you (though my reaction was negative). I did not hear him talk about Islam…. But agree it was kinda sad

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 05:13 PM (xT8gx)

226 The best scene in the movie is when Hanks and Reiner are talking about guy movies like the Dirty Dozen. And the rest of the film you realize this movie ain't for you.
Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025

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There's a similar running gag in You've Got Mail about how men so often use The Godfather as a source of metaphors or quote it all the time.

Nora Ephron did both screenplays. Unlike recent major feministas, though, her humor was much more gentle toward men, and she did not paint all men as monsters or total doofuses.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 05:13 PM (wzUl9)

227 For reals? And I thought people were joking about him being bought by Qatar.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 05:12 PM (3+aF+)

It almost sounds like a joke, but he really did just buy a house in Qatar.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 05:14 PM (uWKK8)

228 Charlie Kirk buried 3 months ago and his signature event descending to internecine squabbling. Sad

Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Doesn't that often happen to organizations held together by one person?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 05:09 PM

Now apply this to President Trump and the USA.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 05:14 PM (P5BPp)

229 See what happens: no sleepy Joe, no Barry, no baby daddy laptop deadbeat, Orange man might get some rest, like he needs it, no downward spiral feminists, Communists, clan members, no feeeeelings, no reactions, no new medical advice.

What a relief! Go, Ace!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 19, 2025 05:14 PM (YlWIZ)

230 German industrial production fell 11% in the last year, and a quarter of German companies are actively moving out of the country.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 05:14 PM (0U5gm)

231 The 'No Content Day" may end up more comments than the typical day.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 05:14 PM (/lPRQ)

232 I just can't see Tom Hanks as a ladies man.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 05:08 PM (KDPiq)

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Nor Grace Jones.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 05:14 PM (NNq22)

233 I don't see anything on the intertubes. I know one of Brown's dead victim was a Muslim.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 04:59 PM (KDPiq)

You can't expect the shooter to have known that, though. In any case, by their twisted logic, he automatically becomes a martyr to islam.

Posted by: Coastal Florida State Wimmenz Bridge Building Team at December 19, 2025 05:15 PM (npFr7)

234 CONCRETE BLONDE : EVERYBODY KNOWS

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=367C7L5A4BQ

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2025 05:15 PM (W23D2)

235 And in the end, she breaks it off with her fiance because of "magic" that she determines she does not have with him but might possibly have with some single dad widower she's never met and only knows what he's talked about on a late night radio show.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 05:12 PM (P5BPp)
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It was only in reading your post that all the things I really disliked about the movie came back to me.

It almost presages the Christmas movie genre.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 05:15 PM (krQz2)

236 Nothing like the Parent Trap. A movie I do love. The 1961 version.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton

Hayley Mills was a cutie. Also, the very beautiful Maureen O'Hara plays the mother.

Posted by: Tuna at December 19, 2025 05:16 PM (lJ0H4)

237
Well, it's certainly better than Sleepless in Seattle.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 04:57 PM (GBKbO)

The one about the chick stalking Tom Hanks?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_eHbF9umrY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 05:16 PM (y9nCu)

238 Tom Hanks best most important movie by far was Saving Private Ryan. A masterpiece IMHO. He was quite good in it

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 05:16 PM (xT8gx)

239 I liked that movie when it came out when I was younger and still a hopeless romantic and a sap. Plus I always liked Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks in their movies together.

But rewatching it decades later as an older, cynical person, I see how awful a movie plot it is. Where Meg Ryan hires a private investigator to stalk him and then lies to her fiance and flies across the country to stalk Tom Hanks herself.

And in the end, she breaks it off with her fiance because of "magic" that she determines she does not have with him but might possibly have with some single dad widower she's never met and only knows what he's talked about on a late night radio show.

Nothing like the Parent Trap. A movie I do love. The 1961 version.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025

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Then I know I haven't seen SinS all the way through. None of that is familiar to me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 05:16 PM (wzUl9)

240 I will just say, that despite my earlier dismissal of her on this site, Karen Gillan has gorgeous gams.

Plus red hair. So I'm definitely a fan now.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 05:16 PM (77rzZ)

241 The 'No Content Day" may end up more comments than the typical day.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 05:14 PM (/lPRQ)

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Loss of structure leads to chaos.

A microcosm demonstration of the intentional end result of Democrat-Islamunist anarcho-tyranny ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 05:17 PM (NNq22)

242 All these podcast blogger squabbles are as choreographed as wrestling is. This week we beef. Next week you guys beef. Drama. Drama. Clicks. Clicks.

Posted by: NCKate at December 19, 2025 05:17 PM (uQzkA)

243 Rhode Island Attorney General Says Brown University Shooter Might Have Made “Barking Noise” Before Opening Fire

Like Arabic?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 05:17 PM (/lPRQ)

244 Wow, I just saw a recent photo of Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Ramen Noodle Hair. Time is a cruel friggin' mistress. I forgot she even existed.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 19, 2025 05:17 PM (cxFcK)

245 While I was commenting, someone drank all my hot cocoa.

Don't you hate when that happens? It happens to me a lot. Cocoa should be savored.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 05:17 PM (u9Aw1)

246 Then I know I haven't seen SinS all the way through. None of that is familiar to me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 05:16 PM (wzUl9)
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I have been disparaging that movie in the abstract so long I forgot the particulars of it until that post.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 05:18 PM (krQz2)

247 Tom — See my 81 and 108 above. I didn’t have quite the same reaction as you (though my reaction was negative). I did not hear him talk about Islam…. But agree it was kinda sad
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 05:13 PM (xT8gx)

it starts about 2 minutes into a clip that can be found at the daily beast. He said it's disgusting the way people are "attacking" muslims in America right now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 05:18 PM (uWKK8)

248 I don't think having sex with a virgin in hell is a good time.

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025 05:18 PM (EyfuW)

249 Now apply this to President Trump and the USA.
___

Rubio basically endorsed Vance for '28. Maybe DeSantis will get on board with the Beard.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 05:19 PM (Dv3i1)

250 German industrial production fell 11% in the last year, and a quarter of German companies are actively moving out of the country.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 05:14 PM (0U5gm)

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"Come to Califzuela!"

/Governor Gruesome Newscum

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 05:19 PM (NNq22)

251 Hmm, I just got a msg that Mexico has approved tariffs for imports from Asia, specifically china - up to 50%.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 05:19 PM (0U5gm)

252 Wow, I just saw a recent photo of Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Ramen Noodle Hair. Time is a cruel friggin' mistress. I forgot she even existed.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 19, 2025 05:17 PM (cxFcK)

That’s the best description I’ve ever seen of her hair… ramen noodle, heh. Bravo

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 05:19 PM (xT8gx)

253 Hayley Mills was a cutie. Also, the very beautiful Maureen O'Hara plays the mother.
Posted by: Tuna

Check out the adult Hayley in that penguin movie with John Hurt. Hubba hubba.

Also, her sister, Juliet, (Nanny in "Nanny and the Professor") was quite lovely back in the day.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 05:19 PM (77rzZ)

254 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 05:03 PM

Not sure you have to subscribe to watch, I have but wach lots that don't have

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 05:19 PM (Ia/+0)

255 I even like the Lindsey Lohan version of Parent Trap.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 05:19 PM (krQz2)

256 TWSS

Posted by: LASue at December 19, 2025 05:20 PM (nKjbR)

257 It almost sounds like a joke, but he really did just buy a house in Qatar.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 05:14 PM (uWKK

He's going to become a Qatarsnipe.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 05:20 PM (npFr7)

258 238 Tom Hanks best most important movie by far was Saving Private Ryan. A masterpiece IMHO. He was quite good in it
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Yes, he was good in that.

However -- (I should start a curmudgeon's review channel.) I hated the movie mostly because with so many great and heroic stories during the war, they had to make up that bullshit? That bothered me a lot. My least favorite genre is "historical" fiction.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 05:20 PM (u9Aw1)

259 still down.

Posted by: Ace at 04:27 PM

Nothing wrong wit'gettin' down.

https://youtu.be/h4Bq69HfR0Y

Posted by: tankdemon at December 19, 2025 05:20 PM (/TlUl)

260 "SinS" for Sleepless in Seattle. Nice.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 05:20 PM (krQz2)

261 There's a fine line between stalking and romance.
I mean, if you want to be pick, John Cusak is 'Say Anything' is creepy AF.

You either know what that kind of love and need is or you don't. Just like some pains have to be experienced to be understood.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 19, 2025 05:21 PM (xcxpd)

262 Now apply this to President Trump and the USA.
___

Rubio basically endorsed Vance for '28. Maybe DeSantis will get on board with the Beard.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 05:19 PM (Dv3i1)

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Erika Kirk (and my extension, Turning Point USA, obviously) also endorsed Vance for '28 at the AmericaFest convention.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 05:21 PM (NNq22)

263 I have a feeling Ace is going to be tapping that trim all weekend, so get yourself an eggnog or other festive cocktail and let the COBs take the wheel at the HQ.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 19, 2025 05:22 PM (nljXp)

264 it starts about 2 minutes into a clip that can be found at the daily beast. He said it's disgusting the way people are "attacking" muslims in America right now.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 05:18 PM (uWKK

Thank you… I probably missed it because I was multitasking at work and kinda ignored the intro (and therefore the first few minutes). The most depressing thing about it to me is the one thing that got him the most worked up was “murdering children in Gaza” which is just so dishonest and simpleton type thinking it’s just annoying…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 05:22 PM (xT8gx)

265 If any of you are thinking about hunting grizz or elephants, Sarco has Swedish 9.3 x 57 rifles for sale.

https://tinyurl.com/fyrcuvpn
Posted by: toby928(c)

The 9.3×57mm is still fairly popular among moose hunters in Scandinavia (among hunters in Sweden it is affectionately known as "potatiskastaren", the spud gun, because of the slow and heavy bullet).
-wiki

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 05:22 PM (/lPRQ)

266 250 German industrial production fell 11% in the last year, and a quarter of German companies are actively moving out of the country.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 05:14 PM (0U5gm)

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"Come to Califzuela!"

/Governor Gruesome Newscum
Posted by: ShainS

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I read that some are moving closer to the gas fields -- into Russia.
Good grief.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 05:22 PM (u9Aw1)

267 You either know what that kind of love and need is or you don't. Just like some pains have to be experienced to be understood.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 19, 2025 05:21 PM (xcxpd)

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Truth.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 05:22 PM (NNq22)

268 The cats are stirring from their day naps. Stirling is prowling around like Bagheera in the jungle, and Dagny is . . . well, I don't know where she is. Being gray, she's camouflaged and it's hard to see her sometimes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 05:23 PM (wzUl9)

269 245 While I was commenting, someone drank all my hot cocoa.

Don't you hate when that happens? It happens to me a lot. Cocoa should be savored.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 05:17 PM (u9Aw1)

My favorite hot cocoa recipe- heat 6 to 8bounces of milk. Break up one Hershey bar into heated milk. Stir until chocolate is fully dissolved. You may add about ⅛ teaspoon of vanilla extract if you so desire. I prefer whipped cream to marshmallows as a topper.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 19, 2025 05:24 PM (/TlUl)

270 4 Aces shelves are down

ACES SHELVES ARE DOWN
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at December 19, 2025 04:28 PM (HYKHz)

Sarah Hoyt's shocked face could not be reached for comment.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 19, 2025 05:24 PM (/TlUl)

271 He's going to become a Qatarsnipe.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 05:20 PM (npFr7)

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* golf clap *

And stolen.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 05:25 PM (NNq22)

272
Daily Mail...

Michael Jackson and Bill Clinton get cozy with Epstein as hot tub and swimming pool photos emerge in newly released files.

Puking here.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 19, 2025 05:25 PM (3ek7K)

273 I’ve seen and watched Toy Story and Forest Gump more than any other Hanks movies, so by default those are his best.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2025 05:25 PM (XV/Pl)

274 8 Ah. Variety is the spice of life.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 04:30 PM (0U5gm)

I still.prefer cinnamon.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 19, 2025 05:25 PM (/TlUl)

275 However -- (I should start a curmudgeon's review channel.) I hated the movie mostly because with so many great and heroic stories during the war, they had to make up that bullshit? That bothered me a lot. My least favorite genre is "historical" fiction.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 05:20 PM (u9Aw1)

Yes I understand the annoyance. My overall takeaway is the heroism displayed by those young men under incredibly difficult conditions was absolutely representative of reality so it helped me understand better the sacrifices involved in defeating the Nazis. I got misty eyed at the end

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 05:26 PM (xT8gx)

276 I spent the afternoon at the brewery drinking beer and telling tales with my dad.

Not bad.

Posted by: ballistic at December 19, 2025 05:26 PM (3BwY8)

277 243 Rhode Island Attorney General Says Brown University Shooter Might Have Made “Barking Noise” Before Opening Fire

Still no motive?

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 19, 2025 05:26 PM (WHfpM)

278 You either know what that kind of love and need is or you don't. Just like some pains have to be experienced to be understood.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 19, 2025 05:21 PM (xcxpd)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 05:26 PM (zZu0s)

279 Tom Hanks best most important movie by far was Saving Private Ryan. A masterpiece IMHO. He was quite good in it
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Thought was pretty god when first released. Got it on DVD. Re watched a couple times
... Then a long gap. Recently rewatched it and thought,

Damn! They did a lot of really stupid shit!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 05:26 PM (/lPRQ)

280 >>Tom Hanks best most important movie by far was Saving Private Ryan. A masterpiece IMHO. He was quite good in it
__
Yeah, and that year the Hollywood f*ggots decided that Shakespeare in Love was the best movie of the year.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at December 19, 2025 05:27 PM (bNf8H)

281
However -- (I should start a curmudgeon's review channel.) I hated the movie mostly because with so many great and heroic stories during the war, they had to make up that bullshit? That bothered me a lot. My least favorite genre is "historical" fiction.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 05:20 PM (u9Aw1)

Or telling the true stories with fictional characters. Thinking "Fury" retelling Audie Murphy's MoH action fighting a gazillion Nazis by himself using a few hand weapons and a Ma Deuce mounted to a burning tank destroyer.

As I recall, in the movie "To Hell and Back", the producers made the screenwriter massively tone down his badassery because they didn't think that the audience would believe the true story.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 05:27 PM (y9nCu)

282 Also, her sister, Juliet, (Nanny in "Nanny and the Professor") was quite lovely back in the day.
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025

***
Juliet Mills guest-starred on The Man From U.N.C.L.E. in '65, in a fun little episode called "The Adriatic Express Affair," set on New Year's Eve aboard a European passenger train.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 05:27 PM (wzUl9)

283 >>Michael Jackson and Bill Clinton get cozy with Epstein as hot tub and swimming pool photos emerge in newly released files.

Weird Dick Stew

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2025 05:27 PM (W23D2)

284 Stories have emerged about Michael Jackson and Bill Clinton relaxing with penguins in Jeffery Epstein's hot tub. One of them reportedly blew Bubbles.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at December 19, 2025 05:28 PM (vFG9F)

285 Hayley Mills was a cutie. Also, the very beautiful Maureen O'Hara plays the mother.

Posted by: Tuna

Check out the adult Hayley in that penguin movie with John Hurt. Hubba hubba.

Also, her sister, Juliet, (Nanny in "Nanny and the Professor") was quite lovely back in the day.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 05:19 PM

Hayley Mills also started out as a teacher, Miss Bliss, in the early seasons of "Saved by the Bell" (when it was called Good Morning, Miss Bliss) in the late 1980s (1987-1989). I was age 11-13 at the time. Weird to have a crush on her in the late 80s for both her 1961 movie role and in her role as a teacher 20+ years later.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 05:28 PM (P5BPp)

286
Lol garret

Posted by: fourseasons at December 19, 2025 05:28 PM (3ek7K)

287 I've been using some cocoa products with natural sleep aids to help with insomnia; they're sometimes effective (cyclical in my case of frequent anxiety).

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 05:28 PM (NNq22)

288 I liked " Captain Phillips" and " Bridge of Spies ". Older Hanks is better.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 05:28 PM (sDNVV)

289 Bachelor Party is Peak Hanks.

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2025 05:29 PM (W23D2)

290 @272

>>Michael Jackson and Bill Clinton get cozy with Epstein as hot tub and swimming pool photos emerge in newly released files.

Between being hired by Bill Barrs dad to being murdered in a prison run by Bill Barr, there’s a lot of story to the Epstein story, enough story that you could probably make a good Spotlight type movie.

And a sequel.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2025 05:29 PM (XV/Pl)

291 I had a brilliant comment on that one thread tgat got enstompened
*sulks*

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 19, 2025 05:29 PM (GhIJO)

292 I liked " Captain Phillips" and " Bridge of Spies ". Older Hanks is better.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 05:28 PM

Grayhound was not bad, though pretty flat.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 05:30 PM (jc0TO)

293 >> I had a brilliant comment on that one thread tgat got enstompened
*sulks*

These are the Wages of being an All-Star Commenter.

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2025 05:30 PM (W23D2)

294 Never a big Hanks fan but he has to be thanked for co-production of Band of Brothers

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 05:30 PM (1vqcm)

295 "I had a brilliant comment on that one thread tgat got enstompened
*sulks*
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport "

There is no reason you can't post it again. In fact, I insist.

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 05:31 PM (vFG9F)

296 287 I've been using some cocoa products with natural sleep aids to help with insomnia; they're sometimes effective (cyclical in my case of frequent anxiety).
Posted by: ShainS

"natural sleep aids" - you mean booze doncha

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 19, 2025 05:31 PM (GhIJO)

297
Rhode Island Attorney General Says Brown University Shooter Might Have Made “Barking Noise” Before Opening Fire

Again with the negative waves!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 05:31 PM (pkeXY)

298 >> I had a brilliant comment on that one thread tgat got enstompened
*sulks*

These are the Wages of being an All-Star Commenter.
Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2025 05:30 PM

Stop onto this plastic sheeting. We are having the painters over.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 05:31 PM (jc0TO)

299 >>One of them reportedly blew Bubbles.
___
You blow ONE chimp ... !!!

Posted by: Frasier Crane at December 19, 2025 05:31 PM (bNf8H)

300 Bubbles can be a man's name.

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025 05:32 PM (EyfuW)

301 The 1951 A Christmas Carol w/ Alastair Sim, probably the best adaptation to date, is on Movies! at 10:35 am Central tomorrow. I wish they were going to run it on Xmas Eve. But they'll have mostly Shirley Temple flicks that day and evening.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 05:32 PM (wzUl9)

302 Thought was pretty god when first released. Got it on DVD. Re watched a couple times
... Then a long gap. Recently rewatched it and thought,

Damn! They did a lot of really stupid shit!
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 05:26 PM (/lPRQ)

When I watched it for the first time I was bemused by the big shift from the 'you are there' to the basic 60s war movie after the first few minutes. I was thinking 'will they have the "Kid from Brooklyn" and instantly there was a kid from Brooklyn.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 05:32 PM (8avO+)

303 If we don't like "historical fiction war movies" then what about the great classics like Where Eagles Dare and the Guns of Navarone?

I do like me some Alistair Maclean. Guy could write action.

Couldn't write romance at all, but he knew how to write action!

Posted by: SimoHayha at December 19, 2025 05:32 PM (/ZkOF)

304

The U.S. is conducting airstrikes against ISIS targets in Syria in what appears to be retaliation for the attack that killed two American soldiers and a U.S. interpreter on Saturday, multiple sources tell CBS News.

One of the officials said the U.S. began striking dozens of targets at multiple locations across central Syria using fighter aircraft, attack helicopters and artillery.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 05:32 PM (pkeXY)

305
NY Rep Stefanik is pulling the plug on her political career.

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 19, 2025 05:32 PM (IifOV)

306
Band of young boys?

Posted by: fourseasons at December 19, 2025 05:33 PM (3ek7K)

307 Bubbles can be a man's name.
Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025

***
It was the shelter's name for Stirling's litter -- perhaps they had named his mother that, and her kittens were the "Bubbles" litter.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 05:33 PM (wzUl9)

308 Rhode Island Attorney General Says Brown University Shooter Might Have Made “Barking Noise” Before Opening Fire

Like Arabic?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 05:17 PM

Ah that explains it. Now we can figure out what he said before he started barking:

"Thou calledst me a dog before thou hadst a cause,
But since I am a dog, beware my fangs."

ARFAllahu ARFckbar!

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 05:33 PM (P5BPp)

309 There is no reason you can't post it again. In fact, I insist.
Posted by: fd

Alas, the moment has passed
* puts hand to brow dramatically and sinks languidly onto chaise lounge *

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 19, 2025 05:33 PM (GhIJO)

310 Stefanik sounds like an illness case

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 05:34 PM (sDNVV)

311 305
NY Rep Stefanik is pulling the plug on her political career.
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 19, 2025 05:32 PM (IifOV)

Saw that... Not running for Gov. or her House seat.. Something's up there....

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2025 05:34 PM (VE6XX)

312 As I recall, in the movie "To Hell and Back", the producers made the screenwriter massively tone down his badassery because they didn't think that the audience would believe the true story.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 05:27 PM (y9nCu)

Similar thing happened in "Glory". The colonel died inside the fort leading his men when a counterattack killed him. The Movie decided that was too Hollywood and had him die outside the fort on the glacis.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 05:35 PM (8avO+)

313 Aces shelves are down

ACES SHELVES ARE DOWN
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at December 19, 2025 04:28 PM (HYKHz)

People! We are at ShelfCon 1 here!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 05:35 PM (dK+Kv)

314 @305

>> NY Rep Stefanik is pulling the plug on her political career.

Politics is a rough game and some people aren’t toe taggers.

Hopefully we can hold on to her congressional seat.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2025 05:35 PM (XV/Pl)

315 > Michael Jackson and Bill Clinton get cozy with Epstein as hot tub and swimming pool photos emerge in newly released files.

I wonder if this'll break into the Reddit bubble. The Reddit hivemind all think Michael Jackson was horribly mistreated and everyone who accused him of being a pedo was a gold digging liar.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 19, 2025 05:36 PM (Yp6az)

316 "natural sleep aids" - you mean booze doncha

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 19, 2025 05:31 PM (GhIJO)

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

You've been spying on me!

/That frequently is my go-to ... especially after waking up from night terrors in the middle of the night.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 05:36 PM (NNq22)

317 People! We are at ShelfCon 1 here!
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

Nice

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 19, 2025 05:37 PM (GhIJO)

318 315 > Michael Jackson and Bill Clinton get cozy with Epstein as hot tub and swimming pool photos emerge in newly released files.

Well the girls were safe from Jackson but if there were any young boys.....

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2025 05:37 PM (VE6XX)

319 NY Rep Stefanik is pulling the plug on her political career.
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 19, 2025 05:32 PM (IifOV)

Saw that... Not running for Gov. or her House seat.. Something's up there....

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2025 05:34 PM (VE6XX)

Deep State Death Threats?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 05:37 PM (dK+Kv)

320 315 > Michael Jackson and Bill Clinton get cozy with Epstein as hot tub and swimming pool photos emerge in newly released files.

I wonder if this'll break into the Reddit bubble. The Reddit hivemind all think Michael Jackson was horribly mistreated and everyone who accused him of being a pedo was a gold digging liar.
Posted by: bonhomme at December 19, 2025 05:36 PM
Well, he sure could dance.

Posted by: Eromero at December 19, 2025 05:37 PM (o2ZRX)

321 I just got a notice saying my Apple I phone has been hacked and I should do something immediately. I assume this is a scam?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 05:37 PM (8Xy/A)

322 Rhode Island Attorney General Says Brown University Shooter Might Have Made “Barking Noise” Before Opening Fire

----------

How do you scream "Allahu Akbar" in goatese?

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 05:37 PM (NNq22)

323 > Michael Jackson and Bill Clinton get cozy with Epstein as hot tub and swimming pool photos emerge in newly released files.

I wonder if this'll break into the Reddit bubble. The Reddit hivemind all think Michael Jackson was horribly mistreated and everyone who accused him of being a pedo was a gold digging liar.
Posted by: bonhomme

Imagine Bill and Michael sharing a ...

Ewww,

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 05:38 PM (/lPRQ)

324 @314 Stefanie is a pretty safe Republican seat. There's already a couple of Republicans declared and a Dem who seems like an arrogant douche

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 05:38 PM (1vqcm)

325 321 I just got a notice saying my Apple I phone has been hacked and I should do something immediately. I assume this is a scam?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 05:37 PM (8Xy/A)

I'd say yes

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2025 05:38 PM (VE6XX)

326 I note an article bashing Trump for the slow release of migrant children to their families. In the US.
The very major detail of requiring DNA evidence to demonstrate lineage is barely mentioned.
Our media continues to shovel bullshit.

Posted by: DanMan at December 19, 2025 05:38 PM (8uzBS)

327 I just got a notice saying my Apple I phone has been hacked and I should do something immediately. I assume this is a scam?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Undoubtedly. Especially if you have an Android

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 05:38 PM (a+4eV)

328 I just got a notice saying my Apple I phone has been hacked and I should do something immediately. I assume this is a scam?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 05:37 PM (8Xy/A)

Yes. Don’t do it, Fen

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 05:38 PM (xT8gx)

329 Also, her sister, Juliet, (Nanny in "Nanny and the Professor") was quite lovely back in the day.
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 05:19 PM (77rzZ)

-----------

I had a massive crush on Juliet Mills when Nanny was in first run. I was 10. Sigh.

Posted by: Bigsmith at December 19, 2025 05:39 PM (1Au9i)

330 >> I just got a notice saying my Apple I phone has been hacked and I should do something immediately. I assume this is a scam?

You probably just need to re-calibrate the camera.

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2025 05:39 PM (W23D2)

331
Geez, I wonder how often the pool and hot tub had to be sterilized.

BRB, gotta puke again.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 19, 2025 05:39 PM (3ek7K)

332 My friend from Austria, whose daughter is in the Netherlands, told me the citizens were told by the government to get prepared for an attack by Russia? Would this not be in the news? She was buying matches to send to her as they are being bought up there. Apparently Russian drones flying all over.

Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 05:39 PM (OoFl2)

333 I just got a notice saying my Apple I phone has been hacked and I should do something immediately. I assume this is a scam?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Download and install the 'fix'!

Seriously, it has to be a racket.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 05:39 PM (/lPRQ)

334 Long time lurker - first time commenting. On our Discord channel my daughter, son and I watched "Weird". Would recommend - just expect the unexpected. If you know Weird Al - you'll understand...

Posted by: Ranger Bob at December 19, 2025 05:39 PM (x5WKH)

335 One big plus of You've Got Mail over Sleepless is...no Rosie O'Donnell.

Posted by: Bigsmith at December 19, 2025 05:39 PM (1Au9i)

336 >>Saw that... Not running for Gov. or her House seat.. Something's up there...

Her X post made it sound like trouble on the home front.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 05:40 PM (viF8m)

337 I'm sorry you get night terrors, Shain.
Have you tried bedtime prayers, like asking your guardian angel to guard your sleep?
Or listen to Te Lucis Ante Terminum

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 19, 2025 05:40 PM (GhIJO)

338 Now apply this to President Trump and the USA.
___

Rubio basically endorsed Vance for '28. Maybe DeSantis will get on board with the Beard.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 05:19 PM (Dv3i1)

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Erika Kirk (and my extension, Turning Point USA, obviously) also endorsed Vance for '28 at the AmericaFest convention.
Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 05:21 PM (NNq22)

One thing for sure about DeSantis, he has executive experience. Either fix another state or get that into fixing the deep state somehow.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 05:40 PM (8avO+)

339 I found the perfect gift for Duncanthrax:

https://tinyurl.com/3thuf8ff

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 19, 2025 05:40 PM (PiwSw)

340 My friend from Austria, whose daughter is in the Netherlands, told me the citizens were told by the government to get prepared for an attack by Russia? Would this not be in the news? She was buying matches to send to her as they are being bought up there. Apparently Russian drones flying all over.
Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 05:39 PM

Over Austria or the Netherlands?

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 05:40 PM (jc0TO)

341 The U.S. is conducting airstrikes against ISIS targets in Syria in what appears to be retaliation for the attack that killed two American soldiers and a U.S. interpreter on Saturday, multiple sources tell CBS News.

One of the officials said the U.S. began striking dozens of targets at multiple locations across central Syria using fighter aircraft, attack helicopters and artillery.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 05:32 PM (pkeXY)

Blow up a few mosques. They are all filled with enemy combatants.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 05:40 PM (npFr7)

342 I just got a notice saying my Apple I phone has been hacked and I should do something immediately. I assume this is a scam?

Get an iPhone7, hardly any app works but it does still work as a phone. Nobody is going to hack a phone that old,

Posted by: DanMan at December 19, 2025 05:41 PM (8uzBS)

343
Her X post made it sound like trouble on the home front.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 05:40 PM (viF8m)

Okay... I guess it could be hard if you have young kids...

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2025 05:41 PM (VE6XX)

344 Even the commercials for RuPaul’s drag race are disgusting and demonic. I’d never watch one second of the show but feel assaulted by the ads

That concludes this interruption and we take you back to your regularly scheduled broadcast….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 05:41 PM (xT8gx)

345 Has anyone alerted the media?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 19, 2025 05:41 PM (b8EuQ)

346 > Saw that... Not running for Gov. or her House seat.. Something's up there....
=====
Bondi's replacement?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 05:41 PM (NwnyJ)

347 Deep State Death Threats?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 05:37 PM (dK+Kv)

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"Phooey!"

/see Bulg @ 181

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 05:41 PM (NNq22)

348 Nood fraud!

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 05:41 PM (a+4eV)

349
AOP,

And lots of explodey stuff.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 19, 2025 05:41 PM (3ek7K)

350 Geez, I wonder how often the pool and hot tub had to be sterilized.
BRB, gotta puke again.

Posted by: fourseasons

Just run the chlorine a bit high.
And clean the filter daily.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 05:41 PM (/lPRQ)

351 "I assume this is a scam?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke"

You never know, but what if it is?

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 05:42 PM (vFG9F)

352 341 The U.S. is conducting airstrikes against ISIS targets in Syria in what appears to be retaliation for the attack that killed two American soldiers and a U.S. interpreter on Saturday, multiple sources tell CBS News.

If Trump says he gonna do something he does it

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2025 05:42 PM (VE6XX)

353 Or isn't?

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 05:42 PM (vFG9F)

354 This is somewhere in the UK:

ShellyLiz @FreespeechShell

After sharing this video, I've had another local mother reach out to me

"My child had an appointment at the Doctors Hub last Saturday at 4.30 and as I drove round to park up this is what I saw. I was too scared to walk to the hub with just me and my child so I drove away and cancelled the appointment.

For me, the risk was too much!"

Women too scared to take their children to appointments now!!!!!!!

X video: https://bit.ly/4ja7q0Q

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 05:42 PM (P5BPp)

355 The Russians are pounding the crap out of Odessa and surrounding areas. Don't know if the have sea lift capabilities but something is coming

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 05:42 PM (1vqcm)

356
Couldn't write romance at all, but he knew how to write action!
Posted by: SimoHayha at December 19, 2025 05:32 PM (/ZkOF)

The romance scenes between Richard Burton and Mary Ure in Where Eagles Dare were pretty good, at least to my eyes. Although I suspect that had a lot more to do with Burton and Ure having fun with the premise than it did with the script.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 05:42 PM (y9nCu)

357 My friend from Austria, whose daughter is in the Netherlands, told me the citizens were told by the government to get prepared for an attack by Russia? Would this not be in the news? She was buying matches to send to her as they are being bought up there. Apparently Russian drones flying all over.

Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 05:39 PM (OoFl2)

If they are not passing out rifles and mustering regularly, then they can safely dismiss such as globo homo agit prop.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 05:42 PM (dK+Kv)

358 @313/Comrade Flounder: "People! We are at ShelfCon 1 here!"

https://youtu.be/i8YdMhCEqsQ?t=28

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 19, 2025 05:43 PM (O7YUW)

359 Blow up a few mosques. They are all filled with enemy combatants.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 05:40 PM (npFr7)

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

As someone (Elric?) said here a couple days ago: the response to 9/11 should have been to vaporize Mecca and Medina.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 05:43 PM (NNq22)

360 Looks like saved his Busty Lesbian Pron archive...

Nood

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 05:43 PM (/lPRQ)

361 Reckon Ace is going to notice the horde still cranks out 400 comments on no posted issue?

Posted by: DanMan at December 19, 2025 05:43 PM (8uzBS)

362 My friend from Austria, whose daughter is in the Netherlands, told me the citizens were told by the government to get prepared for an attack by Russia? Would this not be in the news? She was buying matches to send to her as they are being bought up there. Apparently Russian drones flying all over.
Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 05:39 PM (OoFl2)

Russia has better things to do with drones than buzz the Dutch. Its scaremongering or an op. The EU plan to swipe Russia's held assets also failed today, so they have some fake EU bond to send Ukraine a years worth of money.

But yes, the EU elites have been talking up needing to be ready for war like WWII for some weeks now as the US support for NATO and Ukraine is waning. They only have one game to play, but they have nothing to play it with.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 05:44 PM (8avO+)

363 University Shooter Might Have Made “Barking Noise” Before Opening Fire

An Aloha snack bark.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at December 19, 2025 05:44 PM (ZA93d)

364 The romance scenes between Richard Burton and Mary Ure in Where Eagles Dare were pretty good, at least to my eyes. Although I suspect that had a lot more to do with Burton and Ure having fun with the premise than it did with the script.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 05:42 PM (y9nCu)

Were they in the original book at all? In Navarone there was a lady scout that turned out to be the traitor, which also was not in the book.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 05:45 PM (8avO+)

365 >>> Michael Jackson and Bill Clinton get cozy with Epstein as hot tub and swimming pool photos emerge in newly released files.

>Rumor has it that Big Mike was also there, but her cock was bigger than theirs so she was ejected from the tub.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 19, 2025 05:46 PM (nljXp)

366 My friend from Austria, whose daughter is in the Netherlands, told me the citizens were told by the government to get prepared for an attack by Russia? Would this not be in the news? She was buying matches to send to her as they are being bought up there. Apparently Russian drones flying all over.
Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 05:39 PM (OoFl2)

The Battleship Potemkin weighs anchor at Murmansk, bound for Rotterdam...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 05:47 PM (npFr7)

367 The Russians are pounding the crap out of Odessa and surrounding areas. Don't know if the have sea lift capabilities but something is coming
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 05:42 PM (1vqcm)

The Brits have been sinking Russian cargo ships in Turkish waters for some time now. Somebody seems to be tired of it.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 05:47 PM (8avO+)

368 Fen most likely, don't click on anything

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 05:47 PM (Ia/+0)

369 so this is where the down boys go

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at December 19, 2025 05:48 PM (jrgJz)

370 NOOD... Partly back

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2025 05:48 PM (VE6XX)

371 One of my favorite films. I love the '90s remake, You've Got Mail, which I saw first. Both are great in part because of the casting, the tone and dialogue are pleasant in their humor -- and because, for once, the *guy* in the romantic pairing is not clueless and is responsible for the leads getting together by fadeout.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 04:57 PM (wzUl9)

Love that version as well. The ending always triggers my allergies. Maybe I should watch the DVD tonight.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 19, 2025 05:54 PM (5xuJ/)

372 In Where Eagles Dare, the book, the romance, such as there is one, is some slight tension between a female spy and the main character.... but the main romance is the Clint Eastwood character chasing a busty German lady/British undercover spy.

It's basically the comedic relief in the book. But that was removed entirely from the movie, and Clint's character totally changed from a lighthearted American cowboy to a cold blooded killer type. I would have preferred the comedic character.

Posted by: SimoHayha at December 19, 2025 05:58 PM (/ZkOF)

Open thread

Posted by: Ace at 03:20 PM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 Early?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 19, 2025 03:21 PM (Kt19C)

2 Let the stompening commence.

Posted by: scampydog at December 19, 2025 03:21 PM (2bFN5)

3 Early

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 19, 2025 03:21 PM (Kt19C)

4 How's the Christmas shopping going? All ready?

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 03:22 PM (NFX2v)

5 Bruh...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:22 PM (GBKbO)

6 Nood duty performed.

Posted by: scampydog at December 19, 2025 03:22 PM (2bFN5)

7 SPONGE!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 19, 2025 03:22 PM (ULPxl)

8 Let's discuss religion.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 03:23 PM (jc0TO)

9 abysmal content.

"If you look into the abyss, the abysmal wave back"

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 03:23 PM (rbvCR)

10 I'm really disappointed at the rate of Ace's open thresds today.

I went away for an hour and there is only one single additional open thresd?!

And not even a CBD-stomped post.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 03:23 PM (krQz2)

11 The automated threads are not even at hour intervals. That's how we know they aren't counterfeit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 03:23 PM (zZu0s)

12 keith olbermann is a twat

Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 19, 2025 03:23 PM (CWTWj)

13
Ace, you're doing a fantastic job, today.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 03:23 PM (+wReq)

14 The content of this thread feels familiar.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 03:24 PM (viF8m)

15 Guess what day it is?

https://youtu.be/zzfQwXEqYaI

Posted by: Rebecca at December 19, 2025 03:24 PM (LaiZQ)

16 The content of this thread feels familiar.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 03:24 PM (viF8m)
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White supremacy.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 03:24 PM (krQz2)

17 Best, most succinct movie review ever.

Posted by: Joe Mama at December 19, 2025 03:24 PM (TezPK)

18 Damn, Rick Wilskn needs to get laid.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 03:25 PM (zZu0s)

19 It's like a deja vu.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 03:25 PM (0U5gm)

20 The most surprising thing with the Brown shooting is finding out that such a place as Providence, Rhode Island exists. I know, right? I was a shocked as anyone.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 19, 2025 03:25 PM (2UnvF)

21 17 Best, most succinct movie review ever.

Posted by: Joe Mama at December 19, 2025 03:24 PM (TezPK)

======

I feel like Salo, or 120 Days of Sodom, deserves more discussion than that, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:25 PM (GBKbO)

22 Open Thresd 4 : Electric Crackwhore

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 03:25 PM (UnA8+)

23 Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 03:22 PM (NFX2v)

Spouse wants socks and underwear. Son wants a French Press and I don't want anything, so it's fairly uncomplicated .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 03:25 PM (Nx5jP)

24 Don't we all.

Posted by: Guys everywhere at December 19, 2025 03:25 PM (LaiZQ)

25 TLDR

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 03:25 PM (0U5gm)

26 I guess I'm starting to think that we are not really a 50/50 country at all but maybe 80/20. It's just that the 20 has used the taxes of the 80 to buy the media and academia and mind-numbing vote fraud. The corruption and government fraud that's coming out is unbelievably breathtaking. 81 MM votes for Pedo Joe. Sure.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 19, 2025 03:25 PM (cxFcK)

27 High winds are not fun here

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 03:26 PM (Ia/+0)

28 I asked this before the thread got stomped. Who is Rick Wilson?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 03:26 PM (Nx5jP)

29 26 I guess I'm starting to think that we are not really a 50/50 country at all but maybe 80/20. It's just that the 20 has used the taxes of the 80 to buy the media and academia and mind-numbing vote fraud. The corruption and government fraud that's coming out is unbelievably breathtaking. 81 MM votes for Pedo Joe. Sure.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 19, 2025 03:25 PM (cxFcK)

20% of citizens. 100% of the 70 Million or so Illegals.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 03:26 PM (UnA8+)

30 10 I'm really disappointed at the rate of Ace's open thresds today.

I went away for an hour and there is only one single additional open thresd?!

And not even a CBD-stomped post.
Posted by: Axeman
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It takes Ace that long to macrame a thread together without internet access. Pixy's rules.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:27 PM (WDjG6)

31 >>> 18 Damn, Rick Wilskn needs to get laid.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 03:25 PM (zZu0s)

NO.

Posted by: everyone in the entire fcking universe at December 19, 2025 03:27 PM (ULPxl)

32 If you need to go to Boston, fly in to Providence instead.

Posted by: Best little airport ever at December 19, 2025 03:27 PM (LaiZQ)

33 Today's weather:

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 03:27 PM (iD+t2)

34 >>The most surprising thing with the Brown shooting is finding out that such a place as Providence, Rhode Island exists. I know, right? I was a shocked as anyone.

Per capita, a few years ago it was one of the most mobbed up cities in the US.

Then the mob got rolled up and their partners in the Democrat Party took over.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 03:27 PM (viF8m)

35 Ace needs to give us a topic or I fear the thread will devolve into arguing about pointless shit, not listening to each other, only responding to someone when you either agree totally or think they're a complete idiot, making wisecracks, repeating tired ridiculous memes that are so far past their sell by date that King Tut is like "damn get some new material for fuck's sake" and Amy Schumer is like "yeah", and insulting politicians.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 03:27 PM (TH+5o)

36 All White Content!

Posted by: Joe Mama at December 19, 2025 03:27 PM (TezPK)

37 Rick was a part of that pedo Lincoln Project thing, right?

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 03:27 PM (jc0TO)

38 28 I asked this before the thread got stomped. Who is Rick Wilson?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 03:26 PM (Nx5jP)

Brian Wilson's cousin?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 19, 2025 03:28 PM (3wBQK)

39 bewbs

Posted by: wth at December 19, 2025 03:28 PM (v0R5T)

40 I asked this before the thread got stomped. Who is Rick Wilson?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 03:26 PM (Nx5jP)

He's an asshole, Fen. Scum of the earth piece of shit. Trump damaged his rice bowl and he is mortally offended.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 03:28 PM (zZu0s)

41 How's the Christmas shopping going? All ready?
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day

Ugh no.

I've been procrastinating on candying nuts for Grandma and sister - and given the prices of nuts and chocolate those aren't cheap presents - and I still need to get something for Mom, Sister in Law and the Niece and Nephew.

Stepdad and Brother are easy - they like cigars.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 03:28 PM (a+4eV)

42 Damn, Rick Wilskn needs to get laid.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

Have you ever seen him? He couldn't get laid in a whore house. I'm no Gavin McLeod, but he's the friggin' elephant man.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 19, 2025 03:28 PM (cxFcK)

43 Today's weather:

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 03:27 PM (iD+t2)

Sports after the break!

Posted by: Dr. T at December 19, 2025 03:28 PM (ylQTz)

44 You can always do puns.

Posted by: The fish at December 19, 2025 03:28 PM (LaiZQ)

45 >>>Ace needs to give us a topic or I fear the thread will devolve into arguing about pointless shit, not listening to each other, only responding to someone when you either agree totally or think they're a complete idiot, making wisecracks, repeating tired ridiculous memes that are so far past their sell by date that King Tut is like "damn get some new material for fuck's sake" and Amy Schumer is like "yeah", and insulting politicians.

in many ways this is the story of every thread past comment #100

Posted by: Narrator at December 19, 2025 03:28 PM (jGJov)

46 Maybe we need to buy Ace a networked Etch-A-Sketch?

Posted by: Pinochet Flight Attendant at December 19, 2025 03:28 PM (zL/eJ)

47 High winds are not fun here

Marijuana legalization reaches everywhere.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 19, 2025 03:29 PM (EXyHK)

48 35 Ace needs to give us a topic or I fear the thread will devolve into arguing about pointless shit, not listening to each other, only responding to someone when you either agree totally or think they're a complete idiot, making wisecracks, repeating tired ridiculous memes that are so far past their sell by date that King Tut is like "damn get some new material for fuck's sake" and Amy Schumer is like "yeah", and insulting politicians.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 03:27 PM (TH+5o)

======

Has anyone considered...American copyright law?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:29 PM (GBKbO)

49 AI slop:

the Most GenX Man In The World

youtu.be/xUPHuka1HzU

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 03:29 PM (rbvCR)

50 So I've been trying to learn bridge on line. It's like learning a new language.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 03:29 PM (iD+t2)

51 Long story short yes

He was a gop consultant on the first rubio campaign (the one with the pudding)

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at December 19, 2025 03:29 PM (bXbFr)

52 Get the stainless steel French Press.

It's more durable.

Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 03:29 PM (W7XSX)

53 I asked this before the thread got stomped. Who is Rick Wilson?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 03:26 PM (Nx5jP)

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John Galt's alias?

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 03:29 PM (krQz2)

54 So, they didn't really find the killer for both murders--just one or the other?

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 03:29 PM (TN0g+)

55 28 I asked this before the thread got stomped. Who is Rick Wilson?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
======
One of the nasty political consultants from teh Bush era where he was named Friend of the Blog. Political times changed threatening his breadbowl and like the Lincoln project former McCain GOP consultants, he went to the left for money and to get on TV occasionally.

And promptly dumped on his former friendz.

There is a reason that as bad as politicians may be at being human, campaign consultants often are far scummier in doing anything to make a buck. They are mostly animated by money whoever can pay them.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:29 PM (WDjG6)

56 Has anyone considered...American copyright law?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:29 PM (GBKbO)

Open Thread come back, all is forgiven

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 03:29 PM (TH+5o)

57 50 So I've been trying to learn bridge on line. It's like learning a new language.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 03:29 PM (iD+t2)

=====

I have started learning Japanese.

isha desu

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:30 PM (GBKbO)

58 Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 03:22 PM (NFX2v)

Were you the poster who went to see "Hamnet"? It was a very intense film. I think the woman deserves an Oscar. I did find it a bit implausible that Shakespeare would be married to a witch like woman when there is so much religious references in his plays. I particularly liked the ending.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 03:30 PM (Nx5jP)

59 Didja ever look at a dollar bill, man? There's some spooky shit goin' on there. And it's green too.

Posted by: Slater at December 19, 2025 03:30 PM (wVcYX)

60 They call it Mariah.

Posted by: Way out here at December 19, 2025 03:30 PM (LaiZQ)

61 56 Open Thread come back, all is forgiven

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 03:29 PM (TH+5o)

=====

Star Trek it is, then.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:30 PM (GBKbO)

62 Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:29 PM (WDjG6

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 03:30 PM (Nx5jP)

63 Also, is there even an island in Rhode Island? We've got parking lots bigger than Rhode Island where I live. But they've got two senators.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 19, 2025 03:30 PM (cxFcK)

64 You can always do puns.
Posted by: The fish

Know your plaice.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 03:31 PM (77rzZ)

65 Ace needs to give us a topic or I fear the thread will devolve into arguing about pointless shit, not listening to each other, only responding to someone when you either agree totally or think they're a complete idiot, making wisecracks, repeating tired ridiculous memes that are so far past their sell by date that King Tut is like "damn get some new material for fuck's sake" and Amy Schumer is like "yeah", and insulting politicians.

Posted by: ...
=======
Oh, so like Disqus comment section on an Instapundit article or the traffic wreck comment sections on Breitbart or GWP.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:31 PM (WDjG6)

66 Today's weather:

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,

Breathe deep the gathering gloom
Watch lights fade from every room
Bedsitter people look back and lament
Another day's useless energy spent

Posted by: Chuck C at December 19, 2025 03:31 PM (D0HYP)

67 So, they didn't really find the killer for both murders--just one or the other?
Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 03:29 PM

But which one, Spock, which ... one ..

Posted by: JT Kirk at December 19, 2025 03:31 PM (jc0TO)

68 Has anyone considered...American copyright law?
------

Or the history of Queensrhyche?

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 03:31 PM (TN0g+)

69 Shoot. School's done for the year. Now. How can I look at boo... I mean, websites with the kid at home.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 19, 2025 03:31 PM (WW1aj)

70 Come on, man. I can only do so much with these open threads.

Posted by: Overworked Seamstress at December 19, 2025 03:31 PM (dIske)

71 I have started learning Japanese.

isha desu
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:30 PM (GBKbO)

You're all good until you hit 'kamikaze' and 'seppuku'

Posted by: Pinochet Flight Attendant at December 19, 2025 03:31 PM (zL/eJ)

72 If you could have a beer with any Moron (besides ace), who would it be?

Posted by: Frasier Crane at December 19, 2025 03:31 PM (bNf8H)

73 Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 03:29 PM (W7XSX

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 03:31 PM (Nx5jP)

74 Don't start with them... you'll get hooked.

Posted by: Oh, no... at December 19, 2025 03:32 PM (LaiZQ)

75 The rest of Big Pharma signed deals with the administration to lower drug prices for Americans in line with what others pay.

Right on cue all of Congress is screaming, as their personal payments from drug companies diminish.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 03:32 PM (iD+t2)

76 - how about religion adjacent?

This went up just a bit ago.
Incas, Mayan and, um that other group. Where did they come from and when? This guy has been doing incredible work the last few years using genetics tracing Y chromosomes to track human people group movements going way back.
About 12.5 minutes. Hopefully enough here to get some to check out his other work.

https://tinyurl.com/mucd9dxk

Posted by: TeeJ at December 19, 2025 03:32 PM (T08Hw)

77 Sports after the break!
Posted by: Dr. T
=====
You must have submitted grades for the semester.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:32 PM (WDjG6)

78 You can always do puns.
Posted by: The fish
......

Yes, we cod.

Posted by: wth at December 19, 2025 03:32 PM (v0R5T)

79 Which is larger, Rhode Island or Lichtenstein?

Also, which one has its own official languages?

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 03:32 PM (rbvCR)

80 Asked for and answered -

https://tinyurl.com/jtr9drca

Oh, you said 'learning' Japanese. NVM

But Miss Kirsten is always a crowd pleaser.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 03:33 PM (Dv3i1)

81 My youngest graduates college and Ace's network goes haywire. Coincidence?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 19, 2025 03:33 PM (thfHj)

82 If you could have a beer with any Moron (besides ace), who would it be?
Posted by: Frasier Crane

Fen. Maybe coffee though.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 19, 2025 03:33 PM (cxFcK)

83 79 Which is larger, Rhode Island or Lichtenstein?

Also, which one has its own official languages?

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 03:32 PM (rbvCR)

======

Are we talking influence in geopolitics, or average waist size?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:33 PM (GBKbO)

84
There is a reason that as bad as politicians may be at being human, campaign consultants often are far scummier in doing anything to make a buck. They are mostly animated by money whoever can pay them.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:29 PM (WDjG6)

“Resume builders” are as bad, and happily looked upon by Americans who see the key to getting hired anywhere as “knowing people”, “networking”, and making strategic friends.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 19, 2025 03:33 PM (rQwsY)

85 50 mg and beyond if you wanna spend the afternoon trying not to fall off the erff.

Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix

I can't feel any effect under 50. Doesn't get strong until close to 100. Between the two, i play guitar for awhile then end up recording thoughts on legal issues i'm working on. I find it quite stimulating when the issues are cutting edge, like the boundary between petitioning and non-petitioning conduct in landlord-tenant relations in the anti-SLAPP context.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at December 19, 2025 03:33 PM (uwFF/)

86 I have started learning Japanese.

Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto

Posted by: Chuck C at December 19, 2025 03:33 PM (D0HYP)

87 Get the stainless steel French Press.
It's more durable.
Posted by: no one

Yes, but how do you clean the French people out of it?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 19, 2025 03:33 PM (mlg/3)

88 Star Trek it is, then.
------

The original and its related movies are amazing.

The Next Generation begins the decent into mediocrity. They spend way too much time battling germs and way too little battling Klingons and Romulans. The moment they introduced the Ferengi it became gay.

And ALL of the Star Trek vehicles that came out after The Next Generation were gay/feminist and worthless.

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 03:33 PM (TN0g+)

89 I just don't want to wake up in the Mayan Afterlife.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 03:33 PM (jc0TO)

90 Fish puns?

Gill-ty.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 03:34 PM (wzUl9)

91 So, they didn't really find the killer for both murders--just one or the other?
Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 03:29 PM

But which one, Spock, which ... one ..
Posted by: JT Kirk

Damn it Jim! I'm a doctor, not a detective!
Posted by: Bones

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 03:34 PM (dAOkg)

92 Right on cue all of Congress is screaming, as their personal payments from drug companies diminish.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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And doctors, Pharmacy Benefit Managers, health insurance companies, other countries, etc.

Big Pharma was paying a lot of folks to keep defending the indefensible in ripping off people with insurance to spread the wealth around.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:34 PM (WDjG6)

93 I have started learning Japanese.

isha desu
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto

Which eventually leads to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGy9uomagO4

Posted by: Joe Mama at December 19, 2025 03:34 PM (TezPK)

94 Ace needs to give us a topic or I fear the thread will devolve into arguing about pointless shit, not listening to each other, only responding to someone when you either agree totally or think they're a complete idiot, making wisecracks, repeating tired ridiculous memes that are so far past their sell by date that King Tut is like "damn get some new material for fuck's sake" and Amy Schumer is like "yeah", and insulting politicians.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 03:27 PM (TH+5o)

Why you gotta go there, bro?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 03:35 PM (dK+Kv)

95 Has anyone considered...American copyright law?
------

Or the history of Queensrhyche?
Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 03:31 PM (TN0g+)
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They started out in Seattle as the Mob, Geoff Tate was in a competing band called, Myth, I believe.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 03:35 PM (krQz2)

96 78 You can always do puns.
Posted by: The fish
......

No thanks. I always flounder when I try to make up a pun.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at December 19, 2025 03:35 PM (GSe6k)

97 Which is larger, Rhode Island or Lichtenstein?

Also, which one has its own official languages?
Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 03:32 PM

It's a trick question. They're both fictional.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 03:35 PM (jc0TO)

98 If you could have a beer with any Moron (besides ace), who would it be?
Posted by: Frasier Crane

Jay Guevara. We'd talk chemistry and stuff.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 03:35 PM (Riz8t)

99
Which eventually leads to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGy9uomagO4
Posted by: Joe Mama at December 19, 2025 03:34 PM (TezPK)

lol I knew it before I clicked it!
still great.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 03:35 PM (uWKK8)

100 If you could have a beer with any Moron (besides ace), who would it be?
------

The moment I click the "Post" button I'll realize I overlooked somebody. But for now I'd say TJM or whig, because when I ask them a straight question they simply answer it rather than making me feel stupid for asking it.

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 03:35 PM (TN0g+)

101 And ALL of the Star Trek vehicles that came out after The Next Generation were gay/feminist and worthless.
___

Roddenberry was at his best when he let the Sci Fi writers handle the stories.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 03:35 PM (Dv3i1)

102 You can always do puns.
Posted by: The fish
......

No thanks. I always flounder when I try to make up a pun.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at December 19, 2025 03:35 PM

No need to clam up.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 03:35 PM (jc0TO)

103 Ds9 wasnt too bad

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at December 19, 2025 03:35 PM (bXbFr)

104 Gill-ty.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Brevity is the SOLE of wit.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 19, 2025 03:36 PM (cxFcK)

105 I guess I'm starting to think that we are not really a 50/50 country at all but maybe 80/20. It's just that the 20 has used the taxes of the 80 to buy the media and academia and mind-numbing vote fraud. The corruption and government fraud that's coming out is unbelievably breathtaking. 81 MM votes for Pedo Joe. Sure.

Posted by: Blutarski

You are essentially correct.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 03:36 PM (0U5gm)

106 I have started learning Japanese.

isha desu

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:30 PM (GBKbO)

You bray like an ass! You are not to speak unless spoken to!

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 03:36 PM (TH+5o)

107 Get the stainless steel French Press.
It's more durable.
Posted by: no one

Yes, but how do you clean the French people out of it?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 19, 2025 03:33 PM (mlg/3)
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Ex-press them.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 03:36 PM (krQz2)

108 Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 19, 2025 03:33 PM (cxFcK)

Thanks. I was told that by the time out of college I would like beer. . I didn't . I do drink others things , however , so you wouldn't have to feel like you were at an AA meeting unless you only drink beer.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 03:36 PM (Nx5jP)

109 My grandfather beat the shit out of my father, but not his brother nor sister (who were both younger than him).
Posted by: XTC

There was a true crime show on ID about a father who allegedly left when his son was 18 months. A bunch of weird shit happened and 60 years later his son found his father's body well and truly buried in the basement. It seems his dad invited an ex-con to live with them and help him remodel the house. His mom and the ex-con had an affair and murdered dad, they later married, and he sexually assaulted the daughters. Son had given up finding dad until his sister convinced him to go to a psychic, eventhough he didn't believe, and the psychic told him his father was buried in the basement near a target that used to be in the basement decades earlier.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 03:36 PM (L/fGl)

110 Also, is there even an island in Rhode Island? We've got parking lots bigger than Rhode Island where I live. But they've got two senators.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 19, 2025 03:30 PM

Actually, yes, Aquidneck Island, among others.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 19, 2025 03:36 PM (Wnv9h)

111 George Washington was in a cult, and the cult was into aliens, man.

Posted by: Slater at December 19, 2025 03:36 PM (wVcYX)

112 Star Trek it is, then.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger

Sit on my face.

Posted by: Uhura's chair at December 19, 2025 03:37 PM (v0R5T)

113 65 Ace needs to give us a topic or I fear the thread will devolve into arguing about pointless shit, not listening to each other, only responding to someone when you either agree totally or think they're a complete idiot, making wisecracks, repeating tired ridiculous memes that are so far past their sell by date that King Tut is like "damn get some new material for fuck's sake" and Amy Schumer is like "yeah", and insulting politicians.

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Maybe we can post links to stuff we like.

I like Ancient Architects, the guy has a strange speaking voice but he has great videos on Gobelki Tepe and other pre-pottery neolithic stuff.

https://youtu.be/Vzm0HbSCsxU?si=xvKCy4Gf8OuQZA7c

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 19, 2025 03:37 PM (Vh9CX)

114 100 The moment I click the "Post" button I'll realize I overlooked somebody. But for now I'd say TJM or whig, because when I ask them a straight question they simply answer it rather than making me feel stupid for asking it.

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 03:35 PM (TN0g+)

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Well, that's just stupid!

/jk

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:37 PM (GBKbO)

115 Makes me an electric junky.

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025 03:37 PM (EyfuW)

116 98 If you could have a beer with any Moron (besides ace), who would it be?
Posted by: Frasier Crane

Jay Guevara. We'd talk chemistry and stuff.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 03:35 PM (Riz8t)

I miss him.

Posted by: CaliGirl at December 19, 2025 03:37 PM (ldc40)

117 If you could have a beer with any Moron (besides ace), who would it be?
Posted by: Frasier Crane

That's a tough one. There are so many good folks to choose from here.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 03:37 PM (77rzZ)

118 106 You bray like an ass! You are not to speak unless spoken to!

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 03:36 PM (TH+5o)

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Dolley?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:37 PM (GBKbO)

119 Ace, your absence from my day is a total bummer.

Plus we need snow and now this! I am unsure how I will go on today.

Plus, on a need to know basis, I need to know more about the chubby Portuguese shooter. Nothing yet from Miami.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 03:37 PM (WONhk)

120 101 And ALL of the Star Trek vehicles that came out after The Next Generation were gay/feminist and worthless.

There will be NO VACCINE!

Posted by: ST:TNG Space Wakandans at December 19, 2025 03:37 PM (z7/Fg)

121 You can always do puns.
Posted by: The fish
......

No thanks. I always flounder when I try to make up a pun.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at December 19, 2025 03:35 PM

No need to clam up.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 03:35 PM (jc0TO)
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I'll bring some mussel in here and shut this down.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 03:37 PM (krQz2)

122 Why you gotta go there, bro?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 03:35 PM (dK+Kv)

Mostly self-loathing

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 03:37 PM (TH+5o)

123 Before PP/ACA, BCBS of SC had $2 billion net worth. Now it has $6 billion.

The insurance companies did very well indeed.

Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 03:37 PM (W7XSX)

124 I think itts a 45 Conservatives, 20 Marxists and the rest just follow the Democrats Propaganda Ministry tell t hem to vote

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 03:38 PM (Ia/+0)

125 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 03:38 PM (Zz0t1)

126 The last penny minted sold for 1.6 million or so I heard

Posted by: doug at December 19, 2025 03:38 PM (Hy+R4)

127 Damn, Rick Wilskn needs to get laid.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 03:25 PM (zZu0s)

You misspelled 'get hit by a dump truck'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 03:38 PM (Zz0t1)

128 I did want to meet up with Witch Doktor, as he was in my area.

Alas, he had other ideas.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 03:38 PM (77rzZ)

129 I am happy to sit on this perch and watch.

Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 03:38 PM (W7XSX)

130 George Washington was in a cult, and the cult was into aliens, man.
Posted by: Slater

And i packed a fat bowl for him every evening.

Posted by: Martha at December 19, 2025 03:38 PM (uwFF/)

131 Get the stainless steel French Press.
It's more durable.
Posted by: no one

Yes, but how do you clean the French people out of it?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 19, 2025 03:33 PM (mlg/3)

Easy. Declare war against them.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 03:38 PM (dK+Kv)

132 NO TROPES!

Posted by: Edna Mode at December 19, 2025 03:38 PM (jc0TO)

133 Damn it Jim! I'm a doctor, not a detective!

I’ve been slowly rewatching the series, and I’m pretty sure that by the second season they were just putting these in for primitive fan service. Some of them were very out of nowhere.

“I’m a doctor, not a mechanic.”

Yeah, and nobody asked you to be a mechanic either.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 19, 2025 03:38 PM (EXyHK)

134 > I asked this before the thread got stomped. Who is Rick Wilson?
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he's a horrible horrible person
radical lunatic, writes for some online site
he's not above wishing actual physical harm or death on people he sees as his political enemies
if I had a gun with two bullets, and was in a room with Hitler, bin Laden and Wilson, I would shoot Wilson twice

Posted by: Don Black at December 19, 2025 03:39 PM (ZxPkt)

135 So I've been trying to learn bridge on line. It's like learning a new language.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 03:29 PM (iD+t2)

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I have started learning Japanese.

isha desu
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:30 PM (GBKbO)
____

Remember The Blade's line from when he lived in Japan:

Anata wa kireidesu. Anata wa kekkon shite imasu ka?

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 03:39 PM (iFTx/)

136 Get the stainless steel French Press.
It's more durable.
Posted by: no one

French Presses are like French tanks. Four gears, all Reverse.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 19, 2025 03:39 PM (cxFcK)

137 Suddenly we'll be up to our gills in them.

Posted by: Groan at December 19, 2025 03:39 PM (LaiZQ)

138 Mostly self-loathing

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 03:37 PM (TH+5o)

*nods at the righteousness of it*

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 03:39 PM (dK+Kv)

139 >>Actually, yes, Aquidneck Island, among others.

Indeed.

I was on the Newport Bridge this morning with gusts hitting mid 50s. The Bay had 3 foot whitecaps.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 03:39 PM (viF8m)

140 Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 03:38 PM (77rzZ)

That was very sad. I believe he had kids too, right?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 03:39 PM (Nx5jP)

141 If I could just get my Ouija board working I could talk with OregonMuse, maybe get a chess lesson, and catch up on what all the classy lady pictures. Or maybe Bandersnatch could check in with a fishing lesson and some not-so-classy lady pictures.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 03:39 PM (iD+t2)

142 Massie is still hunting Moby Epstein .

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 03:40 PM (KDPiq)

143 Has anyone considered...American copyright law?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:29 PM (GBKbO)

Hmmm, might be a bit boring, but how about... giant tits?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 03:40 PM (zZu0s)

144 Some evidence the left can meme.

https://is.gd/B9ZlEM

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 03:40 PM (L/fGl)

145 135 Remember The Blade's line from when he lived in Japan:

Anata wa kireidesu. Anata wa kekkon shite imasu ka?

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 03:39 PM (iFTx/)

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I recall a vague memory of a recollection of the translation.

I think I'm far from that. Duolingo's main purpose is Italian.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:40 PM (GBKbO)

146 143 Has anyone considered...American copyright law?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:29 PM (GBKbO)

Hmmm, might be a bit boring, but how about... giant tits?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 03:40 PM (zZu0s)

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How are the jiggle physics?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:40 PM (GBKbO)

147 How many dace can one go without fish puns?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 03:40 PM (Dv3i1)

148 I have started learning Japanese.

isha desu
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto

KONNICHIWA BITCHES!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 03:40 PM (Zz0t1)

149 “Resume builders” are as bad, and happily looked upon by Americans who see the key to getting hired anywhere as “knowing people”, “networking”, and making strategic friends.
Posted by: Cow Demon
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Twas always thus. Courtiers around the King's courts were always screwing up shit. Classic example is when Israel was split from Judah by a new king (Rehoboam) that preferred the counsel of his friendz rather than the wise old ones his father picked for him.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:41 PM (WDjG6)

150 I asked this before the thread got stomped. Who is Rick Wilson?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

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Fat backstabbing cuck simp for leftwing grift

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 03:41 PM (iFTx/)

151 123 Before PP/ACA, BCBS of SC had $2 billion net worth. Now it has $6 billion.

The insurance companies did very well indeed.
Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 03:37 PM (W7XSX)

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Pretty easy went the government shoves them about $12k per person on the ACA and a third to half never even use the insurance.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 19, 2025 03:41 PM (Vh9CX)

152 Hmmm, might be a bit boring, but how about... giant tits?

Posted by: Aetius451AD
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More than a mouthful is a waste.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:42 PM (WDjG6)

153 Some evidence the left can meme.

https://is.gd/B9ZlEM
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 03:40 PM (L/fGl)

They needed $1.2bn worth of AI computing and 20 years of losing every battle to get there.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 03:42 PM (Zz0t1)

154 If you could have a beer with any Moron (besides ace), who would it be?

Posted by: Frasier Crane at December 19, 2025 03:31 PM (bNf8H)

Axeman. He likes to think about stuff and I like talking to people like that.

Also the guy that's always on here arguing with and insulting everyone. Scratch him and you find a very interesting dude. Might kill everybody someday but he's interesting. No point in having a beer with someone dull.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 03:42 PM (TH+5o)

155 If you could have a beer with any Moron (besides ace), who would it be?
Posted by: Frasier Crane

That's a tough one. There are so many good folks to choose from here.
Posted by: Bulg

Yeah. I'd like it to be like the Tx MoMe where I got to meet and have a beer/drink with a bunch of people. I can't just pick one over another.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 03:42 PM (dAOkg)

156 96 78 You can always do puns.
Posted by: The fish
......

No thanks. I always flounder when I try to make up a pun.

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There's a ray of hope, providing we don't skate out of our responsibilities.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at December 19, 2025 03:42 PM (0yLoC)

157
I think I'm learning Japanese
I think I'm learning Japanese
I really think so.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 03:42 PM (krQz2)

158 So I've been trying to learn bridge on line. It's like learning a new language.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 03:29 PM (iD+t2)

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Good on you!

Once you learn bridge, you will never play other card games again. It is the king. But yeah, it takes a little to learn the language.

Posted by: Kevin Canuck at December 19, 2025 03:42 PM (/xmMU)

159 If you could have a beer with any Moron (besides ace), who would it be?
Posted by: Frasier Crane
......

Drink Like Vikings

Posted by: wth at December 19, 2025 03:42 PM (v0R5T)

160 Hanukkah 2025 Candle Lighting Schedule:
Night 6 (Fri, Dec 19): 6 candles + shamash (before sunset)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 03:43 PM (NFX2v)

161 How are the jiggle physics?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:40 PM (GBKbO)

I mean, thats essentially what the resident evil games have turned into: ads for jiggle physics.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 03:43 PM (zZu0s)

162 You can always do puns

Don't be so koi.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 19, 2025 03:43 PM (Kt19C)

163 144 Some evidence the left can meme.

https://is.gd/B9ZlEM
____

Hilarious! The right will adopt this and make it our own.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 03:43 PM (Dv3i1)

164 Hmmm, might be a bit boring, but how about... giant tits?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 03:40 PM (zZu0s)

https://is.gd/dpov67

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 03:43 PM (Zz0t1)

165 Indeed.

I was on the Newport Bridge this morning with gusts hitting mid 50s. The Bay had 3 foot whitecaps.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 03:39 PM

Windy as hell up here, too.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 19, 2025 03:43 PM (Wnv9h)

166 Being so tiny and insignificant and full of democrat libtards, maybe President Trump can wall of the scum of rhode island and Waste Management can dump their full garbage trucks over the wall for them to subsist on. Worth a try.

Posted by: Build That Wall at December 19, 2025 03:43 PM (R/m4+)

167 More than a mouthful is a waste.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:42 PM (WDjG6)

You misspelled a bountiful stream of possibilities.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 03:43 PM (dK+Kv)

168 The hardest part about Japanese is learning how to keep talking after your lips stop moving.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 03:44 PM (77rzZ)

169 If you could have a beer with any Moron (besides ace), who would it be?
Posted by: Frasier Crane

Does Heather Graham post here?

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 03:44 PM (KDPiq)

170 >>The moment I click the "Post" button I'll realize I overlooked somebody. But for now I'd say TJM or whig, because when I ask them a straight question they simply answer it rather than making me feel stupid for asking it.
Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 03:35 PM (TN0g+)
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Ha ha ha ha ha! What a stupid answer!

Posted by: Frasier Crane at December 19, 2025 03:44 PM (bNf8H)

171 72 If you could have a beer with any Moron (besides ace), who would it be?
Posted by: Frasier Crane at December 19, 2025 03:31 PM (bNf8H)

I'd feel horrible subjecting any of the Horde to my physical presence, unless they could either teach me a marketable skill or get me a better-paying job than my current one.

Otherwise, it's best none of you be made to gaze upon the horrors of my appearance.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 03:44 PM (UnA8+)

172
That's a tough one. There are so many good folks to choose from here.
Posted by: Bulg

Yeah. I'd like it to be like the Tx MoMe where I got to meet and have a beer/drink with a bunch of people. I can't just pick one over another.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 03:42 PM (dAOkg)

These are nice ways of saying "Not Sponge."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 03:44 PM (Zz0t1)

173 154 If you could have a beer with any Moron (besides ace), who would it be?

Posted by: Frasier Crane at December 19, 2025 03:31 PM (bNf8H)

Yeah, so many.... we've also lost a bunch along the way....

One who comes to mind, Otaku (sp)- told funny stories, and had a rapier wit...

Posted by: Pinochet Flight Attendant at December 19, 2025 03:44 PM (zL/eJ)

174 More than a mouthful is a waste.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:42 PM (WDjG6)

Whig, you ignorant, poor commie slut.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 03:44 PM (zZu0s)

175 Pretty easy went the government shoves them about $12k per person on the ACA and a third to half never even use the insurance.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken
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Or like ballots cast in Dem cities, insurance for non existent people in the first place. Nothing ensures not spending a penny of insurance money on care than when the client literally does not exist except to get the govt subsidy.

I think our entire gubmint system is littered with ghost employees, ghost voters, ghost companies, ghost products, ghost students, ghost clients, etc. etc. etc. all so that some unscrupulous thieves can grab generational weath for them and theirs.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:44 PM (WDjG6)

176 Friday Night Tights (FNT) will have Zachary Levi as weekly guest.

(Chuck, Shazam, American Underdog, voice in Tangled)

Coming up at 4:00pm EST.

X: https://bit.ly/44Bebmr

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 03:45 PM (P5BPp)

177 I once ate french fries with Doof, VIA, and Mrs. VIA.

I once walked around Epcot a bit with DaveInFla.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:45 PM (GBKbO)

178 Hmmm, might be a bit boring, but how about... giant tits?

Posted by: Aetius451AD
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More than a mouthful is a waste.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025

***
No; like the thousand lawyers at the bottom of the ocean, it's only a good start.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 03:45 PM (wzUl9)

179 Fat backstabbing cuck simp for leftwing grift

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

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You'll need to be more specific

Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 19, 2025 03:45 PM (8AONa)

180 The hardest part about Japanese is learning how to keep talking after your lips stop moving.
Posted by: Bulg

Not really for men, we can just grunt.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 19, 2025 03:45 PM (mlg/3)

181 This is funny. The 'rons will love it and I think the 'ettes will get a kick out of it too:

https://tinyurl.com/4n6byp2u

Posted by: IrishEi at December 19, 2025 03:45 PM (3ImbR)

182 Yeah. I'd like it to be like the Tx MoMe where I got to meet and have a beer/drink with a bunch of people. I can't just pick one over another.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 03:42 PM (dAOkg)

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I'd like to do one in Asheville.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 19, 2025 03:45 PM (Vh9CX)

183 These are nice ways of saying "Not Sponge."
Posted by: Sponge

You wouldn't stop moving long enough.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 03:45 PM (dAOkg)

184 Remember The Blade's line from when he lived in Japan:

Anata wa kireidesu. Anata wa kekkon shite imasu ka?

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 03:39 PM (iFTx/)

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I recall a vague memory of a recollection of the translation.

I think I'm far from that. Duolingo's main purpose is Italian.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:40 PM (GBKbO)
______

"You're beautiful. Are you married?"

As a married man, you would not be using that line. But it served me well as a great opening conversation starter when I was a young lion living in Tokyo.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 03:45 PM (iFTx/)

185 I'd have the coffee with Fen, but a beer with BEN ROETHLISBURGER! It's just that he's so LOUD!

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 19, 2025 03:45 PM (cxFcK)

186 Whig, you ignorant, poor commie slut.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

You are a Big Capitalist trodding on the proletariat with hobnailed boots. There should be equality in breast size so that no one has too little and no one has too much.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:46 PM (WDjG6)

187 If you're a guy don't have a Japanese woman teach you Japanese.

There is a distinctive difference between male and female Japanese speakers.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 03:46 PM (KDPiq)

188 OMG I could talk gals with Wolfus all day. Impeccable taste in women (I say because it overlaps like 90% with my own).

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 03:46 PM (TH+5o)

189 The hardest part about Japanese is learning how to keep talking after your lips stop moving.
Posted by: Bulg

ISWYDT.

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 03:46 PM (dAOkg)

190 The last penny minted sold for 1.6 million or so I heard

Posted by: doug

If you deposit it in a bank with compound interest for a few years, you will make money.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 03:46 PM (0U5gm)

191 145 I think I'm far from that. Duolingo's main purpose is Italian.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:40 PM (GBKbO)

Duolingo is pretty garbage for Japanese.

You really should be able to write all the kana before you start on any vocab.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 03:46 PM (UnA8+)

192 Sponge has the right idea. I think they could be displayed better.

We are by gum fucking Americans, not commies to bitch about 'waste.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 03:46 PM (zZu0s)

193 That was very sad. I believe he had kids too, right?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I believe he referenced a daughter once. He never talked much about his family, except for his sister Taylor.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 03:47 PM (77rzZ)

194 Today's weather:

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

-
Yippie-yi-o
Yippie-yi-yay
Four riders in the sky

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 03:47 PM (L/fGl)

195 191 Duolingo is pretty garbage for Japanese.

You really should be able to write all the kana before you start on any vocab.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 03:46 PM (UnA8+)

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Yeah, I try to focus on the Japanese characters, but really the only ones I can easily recognize are the once that make up sushi.

Still, it's more about just trying my hand at a completely different language more than actually learning it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:47 PM (GBKbO)

196 No; like the thousand lawyers at the bottom of the ocean, it's only a good start.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Throw in black robed judges and you gotta deal!!!

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:47 PM (WDjG6)

197

Posted by:
at December 19, 2025 03:47 PM (N64sK)

198 187 If you're a guy don't have a Japanese woman teach you Japanese.

There is a distinctive difference between male and female Japanese speakers.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 03:46 PM (KDPiq)

"Comprehensible Japanese" audio content done by female speakers have so much of a soft hiss that you will get damned near every syllable wrong.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 03:48 PM (UnA8+)

199 I think our entire gubmint system is littered with ghost employees, ghost voters, ghost companies, ghost products, ghost students, ghost clients, etc. etc. etc. all so that some unscrupulous thieves can grab generational weath for them and theirs.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:44 PM (WDjG6)

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I agree with that

We were told millions will die when USAID was shut down. I haven't seen it.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 19, 2025 03:48 PM (Vh9CX)

200 I see another maniac in Taiwan has decided to take people with him before he dies. I guess there's no trying to find logic in the crazy.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 19, 2025 03:48 PM (n5tGW)

201 You misspelled a bountiful stream of possibilities.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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Well, are you grading on a curve?

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:48 PM (WDjG6)

202 How are the jiggle physics?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:40 PM

Third-order differential equations, man. Third-order differential equations.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 19, 2025 03:48 PM (0sNs1)

203 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:45 PM

We're only about 6 months out from the next NoVaMoMe. Just saying.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 19, 2025 03:48 PM (Wnv9h)

204
You wouldn't stop moving long enough.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 03:45 PM (dAOkg)

A moving target is harder to hit down range.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 03:48 PM (Zz0t1)

205 I guess I'm starting to think that we are not really a 50/50 country at all but maybe 80/20. It's just that the 20 has used the taxes of the 80 to buy the media and academia and mind-numbing vote fraud. The corruption and government fraud that's coming out is unbelievably breathtaking. 81 MM votes for Pedo Joe. Sure.

Posted by: Blutarski

As much as I detest Obama he was genuinely popular.
If only the UniParty statists could acknowledge Trump is too....

Anyway, one of best memes and evidence of massive vote fraud in 2020 is the side-by-side comparison on Obama, Trump, and Mushbrain crowds and bellweathers.
Nobody liked Mushbrain or the Kumdumpster.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 03:49 PM (/lPRQ)

206 Good on you!

Once you learn bridge, you will never play other card games again. It is the king. But yeah, it takes a little to learn the language.
Posted by: Kevin Canuck at December 19, 2025 03:42 PM (/xmMU)

Learned to play bridge in college. Never played it again. Parents played pinochle, along with other card games. I prefer cribbage for my card game.

Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 03:49 PM (gKDq2)

207 - have a beer with?
First choice would be an attempt that rarely comments. Have had good phone convos in the past.
I'd mention the 'ron but coming from me, well, he's got a good rep here. Wouldn't want to ruin that.

Posted by: TeeJ at December 19, 2025 03:49 PM (T08Hw)

208 152 Hmmm, might be a bit boring, but how about... giant tits?

Posted by: Aetius451AD
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More than a mouthful is a waste.
Posted by: whig

Fun fact:

The Romans didn't measure breasts in the way [i[we think of breasts, i.e. we think of them as extending outward from the ribcage. Instead, the Romans thought of the outer top surface of the breasts as the surface of the chest, and breasts were described by how "deep" they were, not by how "big" they were. Thus, a woman with what we would call "big" tits were to the Romans "deep" breasts, whereas a woman with what we would call "small" tits had "shallow" breasts.

The Romans had not yet invented internal combustion engines, but apparently they really liked motorboating.

Posted by: zombie at December 19, 2025 03:49 PM (oraVG)

209 195 Yeah, I try to focus on the Japanese characters, but really the only ones I can easily recognize are the once that make up sushi.

Still, it's more about just trying my hand at a completely different language more than actually learning it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:47 PM (GBKbO)

I gave up because I was screwing up too much.

I was proving to be the "Low IQ Gorilla N-Word" that Groypers and KiwiFarms members would assume that I am.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 03:49 PM (UnA8+)

210 Don't be so koi.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

Stop carping about it.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 03:49 PM (77rzZ)

211 There should be equality in breast size so that no one has too little and no one has too much.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:46 PM (WDjG6)

Better dead than red. Men of the Horde, we are not meek nancy boys to tolerate insults on our beautiful, bountiful ladies!

*pokes Sponge to start waving flag*

We are Americans. We look at a D cup and wonder what she'd look like with a DD or F!

Why, because if a Man is not sacrosanct and safe in his own thoughts than what is he?!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 03:49 PM (zZu0s)

212 I agree with that

We were told millions will die when USAID was shut down. I haven't seen it.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken
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They must have all lived in China's ghost cities.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:50 PM (WDjG6)

213 A moving target is harder to hit down range.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 03:48 PM

Nah, they just die tired.

Posted by: The Art Thread Sniper at December 19, 2025 03:50 PM (0sNs1)

214 Cribbage is awesome. Played so much, never gets old.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 19, 2025 03:50 PM (n5tGW)

215 Didn't even read the content and still 201.

Posted by: Southern Man at December 19, 2025 03:50 PM (9F4WG)

216 The Romans had not yet invented internal combustion engines, but apparently they really liked motorboating.
Posted by: zombie at December 19, 2025 03:49 PM (oraVG)

And people wonder why they capture our imagination 2000 years later.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 03:51 PM (zZu0s)

217 We are Americans. We look at a D cup and wonder what she'd look like with a DD or F!

Why, because if a Man is not sacrosanct and safe in his own thoughts than what is he?!
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Wait until the Red Guard equalizes penis size. Equity uber alles.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:51 PM (WDjG6)

218 Afternoon.
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There was a true crime show on ID about a father who allegedly left when his son was 18 months. A bunch of weird shit happened and 60 years later his son found his father's body well and truly buried in the basement. It seems his dad invited an ex-con to live with them and help him remodel the house. His mom and the ex-con had an affair and murdered dad, they later married, and he sexually assaulted the daughters. Son had given up finding dad until his sister convinced him to go to a psychic, eventhough he didn't believe, and the psychic told him his father was buried in the basement near a target that used to be in the basement decades earlier.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 03:36 PM (L/fGl)

Sheit, you don't need a psychic to tell you that. You just need common sense.

Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at December 19, 2025 03:51 PM (O3X8v)

219 If you could have a beer with any Moron (besides ace), who would it be?
Posted by: Frasier Crane

Dang. Gonna need to get a keg.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 03:51 PM (2WIwB)

220 The Romans didn't measure breasts in the way
____

The Romans knew a lot about building roads, aqueducts, military tactics and logistics, how to manage an empire, but didn't know about cup sizes? I find that hard to believe.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 03:51 PM (Dv3i1)

221 219 If you could have a beer with any Moron (besides ace), who would it be?
Posted by: Frasier Crane

Dang. Gonna need to get a keg.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 03:51 PM (2WIwB)

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A keg? Just to think over the question?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:51 PM (GBKbO)

222 Duolingo is pretty garbage for Japanese.

When I last used it, it was garbage for Italian, too. Its saving grace were the comments, which provided context and/or corrections for the Duolingo answer. When they got rid of the comments, I stopped using it.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 19, 2025 03:51 PM (EXyHK)

223 The Romans had not yet invented internal combustion engines, but apparently they really liked motorboating.
Posted by: zombie
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This is the sort of useful scholarship we can aspire to here.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:52 PM (WDjG6)

224 I Am British @IAmBritishReal

Ungrateful Muslim immigrants refuse council house because it doesn’t have parking.

There are British people desperate for council houses and are made to wait because immigrants lied to get in the country, and lied to jump the queue for housing.

It all has to stop!

X: https://bit.ly/3LdppqB

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 03:52 PM (P5BPp)

225 *waves flag as directed*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 03:52 PM (Zz0t1)

226 I’m starting to get might disillusioned even about people on “my side”… I turn on the radio a few minutes ago, conservative Scott Jennings show… he’s interviewing Emily Jashinsky (influencer)… they spend the first 5 minutes polishing each other’s knobs (Jennings your NYT bestseller is brilliant, Emily your YouTube livestream show is so interesting)…. Jashinsky name drops Megyn Kelly… all the sudden it was very clear to me they’re all grifters… entertainers…. They’re selling their brand nothing more

Seems different totally different than Rush back in the day; he got rich but he believed stuff with deep conviction. I’d say the same for Dennis Prager…. The new crop I don’t trust ‘em

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 03:52 PM (sBt/s)

227 97 Which is larger, Rhode Island or Lichtenstein?

Also, which one has its own official languages?
Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 03:32 PM
________________________

Liechtenstein is an enigma within the EU. Residency requirements state that you have to live there at least 6 months and show proof of legitimate funds, health insurance, living quarters, and options for work/ employment. Failure on any of these sends you packing. To become a citizen you have to live there between 10 and 30 years, a local vote among residence in your town, and marriage to a citizen. It gets even more stringent for non-EU members.

Posted by: Orson at December 19, 2025 03:52 PM (dIske)

228 Cribbage is awesome. Played so much, never gets old.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

Used to play cribbage with my Dad on Saturday afternoons when I was a kid. Great game.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 03:52 PM (77rzZ)

229 Cribbage is awesome. Played so much, never gets old.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 19, 2025 03:50 PM (n5tGW)

Along with backgammon, I made beer money from cribbage in college. Betting certainly changes those games, as it does with most games.

Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 03:53 PM (gKDq2)

230 This thread seems more open than the previous one. Lots of room

Posted by: Chicago Vota at December 19, 2025 03:53 PM (baPXJ)

231 Don Keith @RealDonKeith

The Australian government is robbing its own people to pay for the polygamist harems of Muslim wives and their herds of children. Multiple benefits for the same family while Christian families struggle to pay for a single family household.

Nearly every Western country’s leaders are prostrating themselves at the feet of Islam. . . national suicide.

X video: https://bit.ly/44EBifT

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 03:53 PM (P5BPp)

232 I have a topic. Hopefully it's ok. if you have children, what is one very happy memory you have of when they were little ?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 03:53 PM (Nx5jP)

233 Along with backgammon, I made beer money from cribbage in college. Betting certainly changes those games, as it does with most games.
Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 03:53 PM (gKDq2)

Did you attend an Ivy League college?

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 03:54 PM (KDPiq)

234 Wait until the Red Guard equalizes penis size. Equity uber alles.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:51 PM (WDjG6)

All common workers will be fairly set at 2 inches. Nomenclature will start at 8 and the General secretary will have 12.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 03:54 PM (zZu0s)

235 The Romans knew a lot about building roads, aqueducts, military tactics and logistics, how to manage an empire, but didn't know about cup sizes? I find that hard to believe.
Posted by: Chuck Martel
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They invented the Underwire Bra and L'eggs hosiery. Romans were great engineers figuring out how to support structures.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:54 PM (WDjG6)

236 Some say I went off into the deep end of cinema.

Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer at December 19, 2025 03:54 PM (0sNs1)

237 All common workers will be fairly set at 2 inches. Nomenclature will start at 8 and the General secretary will have 12.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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The redistribution will be a little tricky.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:54 PM (WDjG6)

238 You know about the cup sizes? — Frank Costanza

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 03:54 PM (sBt/s)

239 The Romans had not yet invented internal combustion engines, but apparently they really liked motorboating.
Posted by: zombie

The Romans used electric galleys. This is known.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 03:54 PM (77rzZ)

240 41. I've been procrastinating on candying nuts for Grandma and sister - and given the prices of nuts and chocolate those aren't cheap presents - and I still need to get something for Mom, Sister in Law and the Niece and Nephew.

Stepdad and Brother are easy - they like cigars.
Posted by: FeatherBlade

The prices of good candy and nuts are quite costly. But, you're right, they're excellent gifts for Grandma and sister and probably anyone else on your gift list.

AoSHq also has a number of cigar connoisseurs who would happily provide suggestions, if you need any.

You'll get it all done. 👍 I think I will too.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 03:55 PM (NFX2v)

241 If you're a guy don't have a Japanese woman teach you Japanese.

There is a distinctive difference between male and female Japanese speakers.
Posted by: Opinion fact

While browsing a bookstore in Honolulu I came across a book titled,
How to Make Out in Japanese.

Just full of pick up lines and simple questions like,
Can I take your blouse off?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 03:55 PM (/lPRQ)

242 I made and lost a lot of money in college playing Bourre'

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 03:55 PM (KDPiq)

243 Gotta go pull and spray weeds. But first.

Someone here can/will correct me, but .....

Wasn't one of the major reasons for the whole electoral college thinggy, and especially congressional certification, to provide a safeguard against the Georgias of the union? Meaning safeguard against non-reliable or non-credible election processes in individual states?

Pretty sure that's the case. But as the civic culture has waned and then collapsed (many wheels turning in that picture), the electorate has defaulted to a very lazy and uninterested and uninformed "oh the elections are secure enough, signatures and stuff". And so not certifying an election has become unthinkable to the political class. Witness the pathetic Senate GOP performance in 2020.

There is a system (of systems). It's not "broken", it's just being operated with an electorate and political class unable to operate it properly, and unworthy of it.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 19, 2025 03:55 PM (U/Byj)

244 Dang. Gonna need to get a keg.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 03:51 PM (2WIwB)

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A keg? Just to think over the question?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19

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You make it sound like a bad thing.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 03:55 PM (2WIwB)

245 Not sure who here I think would serve the best beer

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 03:56 PM (Ia/+0)

246 244 You make it sound like a bad thing.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 03:55 PM (2WIwB)

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I'm mostly just impressed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:56 PM (GBKbO)

247 AoSHq also has a number of cigar connoisseurs who would happily provide suggestions, if you need any.

Swisher Sweets have been discussed on the Gub Thread from time to time.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 19, 2025 03:56 PM (0sNs1)

248 Do you use the international phonic letter

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025 03:57 PM (EyfuW)

249 219 If you could have a beer with any Moron (besides ace), who would it be?
Posted by: Frasier Crane

Can't choose just one. I'd propose a beer summit with Scogg Dog and Fenelon Spoke.

Posted by: good times, good times at December 19, 2025 03:57 PM (YqTTN)

250 I think tonight would make for a great steak & Macallan night. I have a 12 yr old I need to uncork.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 03:57 PM (dAOkg)

251 Liechtenstein is an enigma within the EU.
____

Drop in 30 Somalian refugees and within 10 years, Liechtenstein is finished.

*Cliff Clavin voice*
Liechtenstein's national anthem - "Oben am jungen Rhein"
translates to "High on the Young Rhine"

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 03:57 PM (Dv3i1)

252 Seems different totally different than Rush back in the day; he got rich but he believed stuff with deep conviction. I’d say the same for Dennis Prager…. The new crop I don’t trust ‘em
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Yes, tis a really big club and we ain't in it.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:57 PM (WDjG6)

253 Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 03:54 PM (KDPiq)

Nope. State university.

Two, three cents a point in cribbage. Same for backgammon (with the doubling cube), maybe a nickel a pip. Adds up. Especially when a six-pack of Old Milwaukee was $1.29.

Posted by: RickZ at December 19, 2025 03:57 PM (gKDq2)

254 While browsing a bookstore in Honolulu I came across a book titled,
How to Make Out in Japanese.

Just full of pick up lines and simple questions like,
Can I take your blouse off?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 03:55 PM (/lPRQ)

20 yen.
Same as in town.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 03:58 PM (2WIwB)

255 San Francisco doing San Francisco.

Report: San Francisco police arrest Christian woman for sidewalk counseling outside abortion clinic

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 03:58 PM (L/fGl)

256 I made money in college playing chess and poker. Most of the poker games were against drunk frat boys who didn't really know how to play. I was broke and desperate at the time, so I was happy to take their money.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 03:58 PM (iFTx/)

257 - hmmm, thought auto - c would have recognized ette by now.

But change it to attempt? Some people's children.

Posted by: TeeJ at December 19, 2025 03:59 PM (T08Hw)

258 SpaceX is going public, or hopes to do so, and will use the money to build data centers in space. Their new business tag line will be: "You want global warming? We'll give you global warming!"

Also, the money will go towards the build out necessary to fly Starship to the moon or Mars every hour or so.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 03:59 PM (coFoR)

259 The Reiner story keeps getting weirder. The son had been placed on a new med for schizophrenia and it was making him nuts . The father and son had a blow up at Conan O'Brien's party. It was so bad that someone suggested calling the cops. Conan said no . Way to go psych industry and Conan.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 03:59 PM (1vqcm)

260 The Romans knew a lot about building roads, aqueducts, military tactics and logistics

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 03:51 PM (Dv3i1)
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But outside all that, what have the Romans ever done for us?!

Posted by: Judean Peoples' Front at December 19, 2025 03:59 PM (krQz2)

261 156 96 78 You can always do puns.
Posted by: The fish
......
There's a ray of hope, providing we don't skate out of our responsibilities.
......
OK, that's it! I've had it with the puns, and I'm tunaing out.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at December 19, 2025 03:59 PM (GSe6k)

262 A Moron walks into a bar. The bartender says ' why the negative attitude'

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 03:59 PM (KDPiq)

263 all the sudden it was very clear to me they’re all grifters… entertainers…. They’re selling their brand nothing more

Seems different totally different than Rush back in the day; he got rich but he believed stuff with deep conviction. I’d say the same for Dennis Prager…. The new crop I don’t trust ‘em

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 03:52 PM

I feel have felt this way about every person / "influencer" / content creator on "the right". I don't believe any of them to actually be conservative or care about making a difference in the nation to save it from the left and Islam. I think they are just using the ideology to grift and make money.

One blatant example of this is the right-wing e-girls drama highlighted by hoe_math. Talking about sleeping around at TPUSA events with married MAGA men and everything else under the sun.

YouTube: https://bit.ly/4rWlkaR

Seems like all that the majority of these content creators do anymore is complain and bitch about each other, instead of talking about ideas and things that matter to save the country.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 04:00 PM (P5BPp)

264 "Seems different totally different than Rush back in the day; he got rich but he believed stuff with deep conviction. I’d say the same for Dennis Prager…. The new crop I don’t trust ‘em"

Yeah I haven't followed any talking media personas in a very long time. Rush was the last one.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at December 19, 2025 04:00 PM (6qf1m)

265 220 The Romans didn't measure breasts in the way
____

The Romans knew a lot about building roads, aqueducts, military tactics and logistics, how to manage an empire, but didn't know about cup sizes? I find that hard to believe.
Posted by: Chuck Marte

Brassieres weren't invented until around the 14th century AD. Before that, in (for example) ancient Greece and Rome, they wore what were essentially "breast bands" -- strips of cloth around the midsection, sort of like a tube top. But these strips didn't have cups, and thus no cup sizes. The concept of the bra "cup" took another 1400 years to evolve.

* Roman old ladies and pregnant women sometimes wore support-bands more similar to the modern bra, but the average woman did not.

Posted by: zombie at December 19, 2025 04:00 PM (oraVG)

266 I have a 12 yr old I need to uncork.

You and Epstein.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 19, 2025 04:00 PM (Kt19C)

267 249 Can't choose just one. I'd propose a beer summit with Scogg Dog and Fenelon Spoke.
Posted by: good times, good times at December 19, 2025 03:57 PM (YqTTN)

Scogg would be like buying one of those dolls they plays back a recording when you pull its string.

"I'M THE GREATEST SOCIOPATH IN THE WORLD, B'GAWWWWWK!"

"I CAN MANIPULATE ANYONE INTO DOING ANYTHING I WANT, B'GAWWWWK!"

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 04:00 PM (UnA8+)

268 OMG I could talk gals with Wolfus all day. Impeccable taste in women (I say because it overlaps like 90% with my own).
Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025

***
Thank'ee kindly, sirrah!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 04:00 PM (wzUl9)

269 Obama was the only prez ever re-elected with fewer votes (a lot fewer votes). His numbers in many key states were also below any previously re-elected incumbents. His "popularity" is a bit complicated.

But that he even made it to the Senate, much less wasn't laughed out any presidential ideas, is an unambiguous if redundant confirmation of how degraded the populace is. Across the political board.

Of course McCain being a nominee was surreal and ridiculous, but for dramatically different reasons.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 19, 2025 04:01 PM (U/Byj)

270 Got drunk on a boat floating. Grand

Got drunk on a plane. Grand, Philippines plane.

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025 04:01 PM (EyfuW)

271 A Moron walks into a bar. The bartender says ' why the negative attitude'
Posted by: Opinion fact

I'm positive I've heard that before.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 04:01 PM (dAOkg)

272 20 yen.
Same as in town.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 03:58 PM (2WIwB)
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12 cents? Sign me up right the hell now!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 04:01 PM (coFoR)

273 The rains of the last 24 hours have deleted Winter, 8 inches of snow washed away.

I has sad.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2025 04:01 PM (XV/Pl)

274 Did you read that link this morning of the guy that got rabies from a donated kidney and died? It was very strange as it seems like rabies killed the donor too. The people that got corneal transplants had to have them removed and take the rabies shots.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 19, 2025 04:01 PM (+mUZM)

275 63 Also, is there even an island in Rhode Island? We've got parking lots bigger than Rhode Island where I live. But they've got two senators.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 19, 2025 03:30 PM (cxFcK)

I once ran the largest cattle ranch i. The entire state of Rhode Island, until the condo association said I couldn't keep a cow in the courtyard any longer.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 19, 2025 04:02 PM (/TlUl)

276 While browsing a bookstore in Honolulu I came across a book titled,
How to Make Out in Japanese.

Just full of pick up lines and simple questions like,
Can I take your blouse off?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 03:55 PM (/lPRQ)

Was it at all useful? Did you make it with any Japanese chicks?

Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at December 19, 2025 04:02 PM (IKUYK)

277 There is a system (of systems). It's not "broken", it's just being operated with an electorate and political class unable to operate it properly, and unworthy of it.
Posted by: rhomboid
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The EV system was derived from how the Holy Roman Emperors were selected (Electors). The convention did not want Congress to select the president because then it would hurt the separation of powers, no one wanted the people to elect the executive directly at the Convention so raw democracy via votes was out, and since the small states wanted some guarantees that large states could not dominate them, you get state by state slates picked by the closest thing to the people that Convention attenders thought prudent. Like the ratifying convention itself, they left it to electors picked and chosen by state legislatures.

No one intended for the party system to take over as it did which made the awkward and ahistoric EV being wagged by the extraconstitutional parties rather than picking individuals of note to select the president.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 04:02 PM (WDjG6)

278 A Moron walks into a bar. The bartender says ' why the negative attitude'
Posted by: Opinion fact

I'm positive I've heard that before.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 04:01 PM

Did the bartender charge for that counseling?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 19, 2025 04:02 PM (0sNs1)

279 AoSHq also has a number of cigar connoisseurs who would happily provide suggestions, if you need any.

Swisher Sweets have been discussed on the Gub Thread from time to time.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 19, 2025 03:56 PM (0sNs1)

Discussed, and swiftly dismissed.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 04:03 PM (2WIwB)

280 The wonder and ridiculousness of Japan is best illustrated in Lost In Translation.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2025 04:03 PM (XV/Pl)

281 So, anyway a very happy memory was my husband and son sledding when son was little. I did sledding with him as well, but it was so much fun watching the two of them together.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 04:03 PM (Nx5jP)

282 A Moron walks into a bar. The bartender says ' why the negative attitude'
Posted by: Opinion fact

I'm positive I've heard that before.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 04:01 PM (dAOkg)
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You sound pro-ton.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 04:03 PM (krQz2)

283 I'd be mad if someone gave me rabies.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 04:03 PM (jc0TO)

284 Partagas

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 04:04 PM (TH+5o)

285 Believe it or not, there's a diner in the smallest US state called The Middle Of Nowhere Diner.
Great food.

Posted by: It's true at December 19, 2025 04:04 PM (LaiZQ)

286 AoSHq also has a number of cigar connoisseurs who would happily provide suggestions, if you need any.

Swisher Sweets have been discussed on the Gub Thread from time to time.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 19, 2025

***
JTB and I seem to be the main proponents here of the tobacco pipe and what to put in it.

I bought some English leaf today. Smoky stuff, like a campfire. I try to fire it up only when the weather cooperates, i.e., suggests England at its worst (rainy and/or cold).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 04:04 PM (wzUl9)

287 >> It was so bad that someone suggested calling the cops. Conan said no .

I was just reading that. Meathead brought the lunatic son to that party because he was afraid to leave him alone. He was acting like a lunatic. Something about some weird thing with Bill Hader, which set off Nick. And then he got in a loud shouting match with Meathead, and they were about to call the cops, but Conan said no, it's my house, and I'll decide whether to call the cops or not.

Hell, if they had got the cops there and arrested the lunatic, Meathead would probably be alive.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 19, 2025 04:04 PM (w6EFb)

288 Brassieres weren't invented until around the 14th century AD. Before that, in (for example) ancient Greece and Rome, they wore what were essentially "breast bands" -- strips of cloth around the midsection, sort of like a tube top. But these strips didn't have cups, and thus no cup sizes. The concept of the bra "cup" took another 1400 years to evolve.

* Roman old ladies and pregnant women sometimes wore support-bands more similar to the modern bra, but the average woman did not.
Posted by: zombie

The Minoan women wore those cool gowns that left the breasts exposed.

Young Bulg noted that when he checked out "Everyday Life in the Ancient World" from the school library.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 04:04 PM (77rzZ)

289 Look at the bright side. It isn't a closed thread.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 04:04 PM (0U5gm)

290 So all the Roman chicks were running around braless?
No wonder their civilization collapsed.

Posted by: wth at December 19, 2025 04:04 PM (v0R5T)

291 Takkng that it has been confirmed Brown MIT murderer was a Muslim, no idea how long

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 04:04 PM (Ia/+0)

292 Well, they're all . . .

https://is.gd/ZJE8bd

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 04:04 PM (L/fGl)

293
An electron walk into a bar. Bartender says "Why so negative?"

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 04:04 PM (krQz2)

294 >> I made money in college playing chess and poker

I made money in College building Grow Rooms for people.

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2025 04:05 PM (W23D2)

295 I have a 12 yr old I need to uncork.

You and Epstein.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 19, 2025 04:00 PM (Kt19C)

I was going to post 'phrasing' but didn't want to even snark about it.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 04:05 PM (KDPiq)

296 I'd be mad if someone gave me rabies.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 04:03 PM (jc0TO)

I'd be making a list of people to bite.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 04:05 PM (2WIwB)

297 So all the Roman chicks were running around braless?
No wonder their civilization collapsed.

Posted by: wth at December 19, 2025 04:04 PM (v0R5T)
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More like sagged evermore.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 04:05 PM (krQz2)

298 I made money in college being an international secret agent with a license to kill.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 04:05 PM (GBKbO)

299 I'm positive I've heard that before.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 04:01 PM (dAOkg)
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You sound pro-ton.
Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 04:03 PM

It's hard to hear way out here...

Posted by: On the valence layer at December 19, 2025 04:05 PM (LaiZQ)

300 Link to the rabies story

https://tinyurl.com/pe39ybek

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 19, 2025 04:05 PM (+mUZM)

301 One blatant example of this is the right-wing e-girls drama highlighted by hoe_math. Talking about sleeping around at TPUSA events with married MAGA men and everything else under the sun.

YouTube: https://bit.ly/4rWlkaR

Seems like all that the majority of these content creators do anymore is complain and bitch about each other, instead of talking about ideas and things that matter to save the country.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
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Other than a few old academics who were and are on the right, most of our influencers today have credentials but the actual intellectual depth of a puddle.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 04:06 PM (WDjG6)

302 The rains of the last 24 hours have deleted Winter, 8 inches of snow washed away.

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe...

Posted by: Frosty the Snowman at December 19, 2025 04:06 PM (jc0TO)

303 The Minoan women wore those cool gowns that left the breasts exposed.

Young Bulg noted that when he checked out "Everyday Life in the Ancient World" from the school library.
Posted by: Bulg

There has been advancement since those days to contribute to human flourishing. But some things were lost along the way.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 04:06 PM (Dv3i1)

304 >> I have a 12 yr old I need to uncork.

I always do that in the shower.

Posted by: Joe Biden at December 19, 2025 04:06 PM (W23D2)

305 So all the Roman chicks were running around braless?
No wonder their civilization collapsed.
Posted by: wth at December 19, 2025

***
It held up firmly for a long time, but eventually it sagged.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 04:06 PM (wzUl9)

306 The Minoan women wore those cool gowns that left the breasts exposed.

Young Bulg noted that when he checked out "Everyday Life in the Ancient World" from the school library.
Posted by: Bulg
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I'll bet you read National Geographic for the articles too.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 04:06 PM (WDjG6)

307 Zack Levi on FNT supposedly.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 19, 2025 04:07 PM (mlg/3)

308 Been busy all day, how's this ally ally open thing working out.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 19, 2025 04:07 PM (sl73Y)

309 Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 19, 2025 04:05 PM (+mUZM)

I read that. It was a very ghastly and weird story.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 04:07 PM (Nx5jP)

310 It held up firmly for a long time, but eventually it sagged.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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It was an uphill battle against gravity.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 04:07 PM (WDjG6)

311 Loved Chuck, Zachary Levi series.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 04:07 PM (pDt9x)

312 Young Bulg noted that when he checked out "Everyday Life in the Ancient World" from the school library.
Posted by: Bulg
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I'll bet you read National Geographic for the articles too.
Posted by: whig

Ha! "Everyday Life in the Ancient World" was published by National Geographic.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 04:07 PM (77rzZ)

313 I had to buy my wife a used neckless for Christmas because it was so politically incorrect, they stopped making them.

Posted by: jwest at December 19, 2025 04:07 PM (lnMN4)

314 whig thanks. If electoral safeguard against fraud in individual states was not a purpose of the EV, I'd say there's no doubt congressional certification came to serve as one, if so used by Congress. Which it barely ever has, especially not when obviously and desperately appropriate, as in 2020.

MI probably hasn't had a state-wide election at a Zimbabwean level of integrity for 2 generations (ditto Cook County + several other jurisdictions).

Dream world: GOP announces they will not vote to certify any presidential election results from any states using mail-in ballots, and not having fully complied with all federal laws (and consent decrees) mandating voter rolls being cleaned up. Oh, and voter ID. F**k performance are bills or EOs that will never get the job done.

Of course that's extremely improbable in a an unserious country with effectively corrupted blocs and parties.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 19, 2025 04:08 PM (U/Byj)

315 I have a very old bottle of Port I think will open Christmas Eve

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 04:08 PM (Ia/+0)

316 I have a 12 yr old I need to uncork.

You and Epstein.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 19, 2025 04:00 PM (Kt19C)

I was going to post 'phrasing' but didn't want to even snark about it.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 04:05 PM (KDPiq)

***

I've got a 15 year old Irish sitting my desk.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 04:08 PM (2WIwB)

317 The Wall Street Journal
@WSJ
After buying a “plain vanilla” box, a Chicago trio [of ~~fags~~ alternate lifestyles]# brought in an interior designer who blended their aesthetics and added elements like a moody den for socializing and a three-person bed.

https://is.gd/nTOI8T

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 04:08 PM (L/fGl)

318 The Minoan women wore those cool gowns that left the breasts exposed.

That is my next big thing but for men like me who have grown flabby and have large hooters that they play with in they spare time. I call it the Gates Gown For Men.

Yeah! O Yeah!

Posted by: Bill Gates, Tech Weirdo With Man Boobs at December 19, 2025 04:08 PM (R/m4+)

319 There has been advancement since those days to contribute to human flourishing. But some things were lost along the way.
Posted by: Chuck Martel
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We are in the not so great era of Flouncing and Mincing, not flourishing.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 04:08 PM (WDjG6)

320 "performance art BILLS"

Posted by: rhomboid at December 19, 2025 04:08 PM (U/Byj)

321 290 So all the Roman chicks were running around braless?
No wonder their civilization collapsed.
Posted by: wth

Actually, breasts were considered the ultimate taboo, in ancient Rome.

A prostitute would let you screw her, do it in the butt, give you a blow job, etc, etc. -- but no way in a million years would she let you touch her naked breasts. Off limits!

As far as anyone can tell, only married couples got fully naked.

Posted by: zombie at December 19, 2025 04:08 PM (oraVG)

322 The rains of the last 24 hours have deleted Winter, 8 inches of snow washed away.

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe...
Posted by: Frosty the Snowman at December 19, 2025 04:06 PM (jc0TO)
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Oh really?

Posted by: Harvey Weinstein's Roomba at December 19, 2025 04:09 PM (krQz2)

323 307 Zack Levi on FNT supposedly.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 19, 2025 04:07 PM (mlg/3)

He was on Timcast a few weeks ago.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 04:09 PM (UnA8+)

324 "Seems different totally different than Rush back in the day; he got rich but he believed stuff with deep conviction. I’d say the same for Dennis Prager…. The new crop I don’t trust ‘em"

Yeah I haven't followed any talking media personas in a very long time. Rush was the last one.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at December 19, 2025 04:00 PM

Same. I follow plenty of content creators on X and YouTube and read AoSHQ of course. But I don't fully trust anyone on the right is actually a person of principle. I follow them to keep up with the news and current events and that's about it.

These are people who for about 2 decades now have been saying "if we don't do X, the country is lost!!!11ty!!!" Or... "the country is going end if Y happens. We have to prevent it or it's all over!!!"

Just like global warming, when the country doesn't end even after we didn't do X or prevent Y, they come up with a new X and new Y to go crazy about. Same grifting nonsense.

Rush was entertaining, but also was educational and informational, albeit a bit overromanticizing of the country and its history.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 04:09 PM (P5BPp)

325 Working today so no fun. Looked at the ledes, looks like I picked a good day.
Anyway

Buck Throckmorton hates Ford, a lot of people do.
Henry was an independent man like all of the barons
too bad they diluted that blood.
However, the other Two of the Big 3 pale in comarason to Ford. Chrysler is a fiat American company and GM sucks Unlce Sams dick, forever.

Looking forward to getting back soon.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 19, 2025 04:10 PM (UPlzn)

326 What's Friday Night Tights?

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 04:10 PM (krQz2)

327 290 So all the Roman chicks were running around braless?
No wonder their civilization collapsed.
Posted by: wth

Actually, breasts were considered the ultimate taboo, in ancient Rome.

A prostitute would let you screw her, do it in the butt, give you a blow job, etc, etc. -- but no way in a million years would she let you touch her naked breasts. Off limits!
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As far as anyone can tell, only married couples got fully naked.
Posted by: zombie at December 19, 2025 04:08 PM (oraVG)
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Good to know their whores had *some* standards.

Roman prostitutes >>> Democratic politicians

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2025 04:10 PM (ESVrU)

328 Zack Levi on FNT supposedly.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 19, 2025 04:07 PM

Yep:

176 Friday Night Tights (FNT) will have Zachary Levi as weekly guest.

(Chuck, Shazam, American Underdog, voice in Tangled)

Coming up at 4:00pm EST.

X: https://bit.ly/44Bebmr

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 03:45 PM

Links to the YouTube and Rumble live streams at the link.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 04:10 PM (P5BPp)

329 Posted by: zombie at December 19, 2025 04:08 PM (oraVG)

Would seem hard to avoid. Doggy must have been the go to position.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 04:10 PM (KDPiq)

330 326 What's Friday Night Tights?
Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 04:10 PM (krQz2)

Gary from Nerdrotic's stream, I think.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 04:11 PM (UnA8+)

331 Good thing Proton VPN has so many choices because so many of them are banned not only here but everywhere.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 19, 2025 04:11 PM (UPlzn)

332 I've seen things you people wouldn't believe...
Posted by: Frosty the Snowman at December 19, 2025 04:06 PM (jc0TO)
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Oh really?

Posted by: Harvey Weinstein's Roomba

That deserves to be a permanent nic.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 04:11 PM (0U5gm)

333 >>Would seem hard to avoid. Doggy must have been the go to position.

Dude. We're talking about Italians.

Long Arms.

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2025 04:11 PM (W23D2)

334 232 I have a topic. Hopefully it's ok. if you have children, what is one very happy memory you have of when they were little ?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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One, supposed to be a shepard, wandered aimlessly around the stage during an entire Christmas pageant to the great annoyance of the father but the amusement of the audience.

Distant in ages, once in awhile they'd all lie on the living floor together and play Legos, dominoes, and/or handheld games and sing songs with all of the words therein from MTV.

They were all much better behaved than my siblings & I. Most of the time.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 04:11 PM (NFX2v)

335 Dream world: GOP announces they will not vote to certify any presidential election results from any states using mail-in ballots, and not having fully complied with all federal laws (and consent decrees) mandating voter rolls being cleaned up. Oh, and voter ID. F**k performance are bills or EOs that will never get the job done.

Of course that's extremely improbable in a an unserious country with effectively corrupted blocs and parties.
Posted by: rhomboid

Scotus has a case up for oral argument as to whether accepting mail in ballots after Election Day is constitutional. From Mississippi. The actual day in the Constitution is fixed in the text for federal elections which would suggest that counting ballots not received by Election Day or at least postmarked (as was the issue in several states) might be unconstitutional .

Such a ruling is going to affect the cheat by mail states most of all.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 04:11 PM (WDjG6)

336 Time to go spray Magic Death Cancer Poison (RoundUp) on the weeds and adjust the lights on the cycad. Been so warm, giving it a few more weeks to make sure our legless friends are in for the "winter" before venturing down into the canyon to do some pre-emptive forestry.

Another spectacular warm sunny day, will burn a big Perdomo Bourbon Barrel Aged stick after defiling the environment.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 19, 2025 04:12 PM (U/Byj)

337 What's Friday Night Tights?

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 04:10 PM

YouTube content creators Nerdrotic and Geeks and Gamers and a bunch of other content creators who mostly talk about entertainment and gaming and comic book topics. All of them are also pretty conservative, even those from UK and Australia.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 04:12 PM (P5BPp)

338 >>Gary from Nerdrotic's stream, I think.

That Nerdrotic dude has some pretty retarded beliefs re. Egypt.

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2025 04:12 PM (W23D2)

339 I've got a 15 year old Irish sitting my desk.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 04:08 PM (2WIwB)
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Actually, No Irish.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 19, 2025 04:13 PM (A0sqA)

340 Was it at all useful? Did you make it with any Japanese chicks?
Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus

Found Korean easier.
Forgot almost all of it in the last thirty years though.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 04:13 PM (/lPRQ)

341 Good to know their whores had *some* standards.

Roman prostitutes >>> Democratic politicians
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

GOP is between those two in standards. They have them but consistently figure out a reason why they do not apply to themselves personally.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 04:13 PM (WDjG6)

342 And as far as being disillusioned by conservative influencers… I don’t think I can go back to listening to Bongino… lots of hot air

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 04:13 PM (YobFY)

343 Breaking: Congressional sources say the Democrats have Trump on video at Walmart with 15 items in his cart in a 10-item checkout line. This could be it.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 04:13 PM (rbvCR)

344 Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 19, 2025 04:05 PM (+mUZM)

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BTW, and none of our business, but (wondering if this is you?):

Wifey (EllenS) recently interacted with someone having your nic -- who'd commented on the "A Midwestern Doctor" SubStack -- recommending an essay at the "Lies Are Unbekoming" SubStack regarding Alzheimer's natural prevention and treatments.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 04:14 PM (NNq22)

345 343 Breaking: Congressional sources say the Democrats have Trump on video at Walmart with 15 items in his cart in a 10-item checkout line. This could be it.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 04:13 PM (rbvCR)

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"Upon further review, it was 9 items. It was a Target. And the person wasn't Trump."
-paragraph 32

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 04:15 PM (GBKbO)

346 I have a topic. Hopefully it's ok. if you have children, what is one very happy memory you have of when they were little?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

One year, for Thanksgiving, we met my wife's parents in Williamsburg. Our son ate hardly anything of the dinner, just chocolate ice cream for dessert. Afterwards, he had chocolate stains all over his face and the blue blazer he was wearing we went outside, and he wanted to skip down the main street. So we did.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 04:15 PM (77rzZ)

347 whig shouldn't the "election day" in the constitution effectively nuke all this "election season" idiocy?

Sort of obviously intuitively should, which means there's a 10% chance the august SCOTUS will rule "duh, yeah, can't do 'election seasons', guys, sorry". "Doctrines", mediocrity, tiny tiny character, cowardice will rule the day. Sad!

Will have to check back later for any answer.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 19, 2025 04:15 PM (U/Byj)

348 342 And as far as being disillusioned by conservative influencers… I don’t think I can go back to listening to Bongino… lots of hot air
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 04:13 PM (YobFY)

Youtube pushed all the ones I used to watch (Tim Pool, The Quartering, Greg Foreman, Sean Fitzgerald) out of my algorithm, and honestly, I kind of don't miss them at all.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 04:15 PM (UnA8+)

349 The Cable series Spartacus sure liked to show a lot of boobage.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 19, 2025 04:15 PM (KDPiq)

350 58.
Were you the poster who went to see "Hamnet"? It was a very intense film. I think the woman deserves an Oscar. I did find it a bit implausible that Shakespeare would be married to a witch like woman when there is so much religious references in his plays. I particularly liked the ending.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I wasn't but you've made it sound interesting. I think it's going on my list 👍

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 04:15 PM (NFX2v)

351 The Rise and Fall of the Roman Titties

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 04:15 PM (1vqcm)

352 Another spectacular warm sunny day, will burn a big Perdomo Bourbon Barrel Aged stick after defiling the environment.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 19, 2025

***
I have a couple Ashton Connecticut-wrapper Cigarillos still in the box. Usually I smoke them only outside; I don't think even Febreze can wipe away that aroma.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 04:16 PM (wzUl9)

353 I have a topic. Hopefully it's ok. if you have children, what is one very happy memory you have of when they were little ?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke
......

When she told her Mom she wanted to come and live with me.

Posted by: wth at December 19, 2025 04:16 PM (v0R5T)

354 or at least postmarked…

Given the ease of faking postmarks, even postmarked late ballots shouldn’t be counted. Yet another reason mail-in ballots are a very, very bad idea except for very limited, tightly-defined reasons.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 19, 2025 04:16 PM (EXyHK)

355 Enough is enough. Thats when you hear pleas for mercy.

Posted by: 80's music fan at December 19, 2025 04:16 PM (YlWIZ)

356 Breaking: Congressional sources say the Democrats have Trump on video at Walmart with 15 items in his cart in a 10-item checkout line. This could be it.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 04:13 PM (rbvCR)
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If they had this kind of evidence, they would impeach him.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 04:17 PM (krQz2)

357 351 The Rise and Fall of the Roman Titties
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 04:15 PM (1vqcm)

Gives new meaning to 'The Seven Hills of Rome'

Posted by: Pinochet Flight Attendant at December 19, 2025 04:17 PM (zL/eJ)

358 And as far as being disillusioned by conservative influencers… I don’t think I can go back to listening to Bongino… lots of hot air
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

I like the LotusEaters; they have intellectual conversations about the state of the world, especially Europe. But, given they are in the UK, it can be depressing.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 04:17 PM (0U5gm)

359 I have a topic. Hopefully it's ok. if you have children, what is one very happy memory you have of when they were little ?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

***

We were all driving back from a soft game one Saturday afternoon. My youngest daughter told me her first joke. I was so surprised and I laughed. Older daughter wasn't paying attention and asked what we were doing. I told her I was sharing a moment with her sister.
Silence. I see her pouting in the rear view mirror. Then in a quiet voice she says , "I want to share a moment too."
Very cute.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 04:17 PM (2WIwB)

360 The Cable series Spartacus sure liked to show a lot of boobage.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Sadly, you get to see one Messalina boob in the BBC's I, Claudius.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 04:17 PM (77rzZ)

361 And as far as being disillusioned by conservative influencers… I don’t think I can go back to listening to Bongino… lots of hot air

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 04:13 PM (YobFY)

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I think he should have been appointed Director of The Secret Service (and I don't trust the dude whom Trump did appoint).

Am curious to hear what he has to say about the experience ... but yeah, it's gonna take a lot of time to win back a lot of trust.

It can take you years to gain a customer, and seconds to lose them (and low odds of ever winning them back).

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 04:17 PM (NNq22)

362 If they had this kind of evidence, they would impeach him.

If he’d done this, he would deserve it!

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 19, 2025 04:17 PM (EXyHK)

363 Hell, if they had got the cops there and arrested the lunatic, Meathead would probably be alive.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Conan will be telling that story for years...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 04:18 PM (/lPRQ)

364 Youtube pushed all the ones I used to watch (Tim Pool, The Quartering, Greg Foreman, Sean Fitzgerald) out of my algorithm, and honestly, I kind of don't miss them at all.
Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 04:15 PM (UnA8+)

Nobody could miss Tim Pool. It's physically impossible. If he produced an affidavit from his mother swearing that she loved him, I'd insist on deposing her.

Posted by: zombie lionel hutz at December 19, 2025 04:18 PM (YqTTN)

365 Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 04:11 PM (NFX2v)

Kids. In Christmas pageant can be very funny. One year I got to say jokingly about the church preschool he went to, My son is a star" because he really was . They had several kids playing stars-the ones in the galaxy, not the other kind.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 04:18 PM (Nx5jP)

366 - whig

How would you define intellectual depth?
Because I come across a lot of folks that "know" a lot but, as Reagan said...

Posted by: TeeJ at December 19, 2025 04:18 PM (T08Hw)

367 I have a topic. Hopefully it's ok. if you have children, what is one very happy memory you have of when they were little?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

We took our kids to Disneyland (Anaheim) regularly when they were 7-12 years old. Precious memories. Long time ago but it seems like yesterday

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 04:18 PM (sBt/s)

368 Ace's computer is still sickly?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2025 04:18 PM (Oasjp)

369 Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 04:17 PM (2WIwB)

Awwww!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 04:19 PM (Nx5jP)

370 >>Gary from Nerdrotic's stream, I think.

That Nerdrotic dude has some pretty retarded beliefs re. Egypt.
Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2025 04:12 PM

It's a fair copt.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 04:19 PM (jc0TO)

371 Bongino's career as a political commentator are over.

He most definitely will not be as prominent as he once was.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2025 04:19 PM (XV/Pl)

372 All that porn is hard on a computer.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 19, 2025 04:19 PM (xcxpd)

373 364 Nobody could miss Tim Pool. It's physically impossible. If he produced an affidavit from his mother swearing that she loved him, I'd insist on deposing her.
Posted by: zombie lionel hutz at December 19, 2025 04:18 PM (YqTTN)

His mother is a math teacher.

She's incapable of love.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 04:19 PM (UnA8+)

374 Was it at all useful? Did you make it with any Japanese chicks?
Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus

Found Korean easier.
Forgot almost all of it in the last thirty years though.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025

***
Korean and Japanese girls are some of the loveliest on Earth. I'm sure what I'm seeing on video is only the best 10-15%, of course, but those are amazing. Yunjin Kim of Lost was one the most beautiful women I've ever seen.

I knew a lot of Chinese female graduate students at my former work, and they were terrific too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 04:19 PM (wzUl9)

375 HBO's Rome went the same way.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 04:19 PM (zZu0s)

376 So I've been trying to learn bridge on line. It's like learning a new language.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 03:29 PM (iD+t2)

My rule of thumb on card games is to skip any that use the term : Trump. People take those too seriously.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 04:19 PM (8avO+)

377 Kids. In Christmas pageant can be very funny. One year I got to say jokingly about the church preschool he went to, My son is a star" because he really was . They had several kids playing stars-the ones in the galaxy, not the other kind.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

My Dad liked going to school presentations like that precisely to see the wacky antics and screw-ups the kids would make.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 04:20 PM (77rzZ)

378 371 Bongino's career as a political commentator are over.

He most definitely will not be as prominent as he once was.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2025 04:19 PM (XV/Pl)

He has been tested and his quality is now known.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 19, 2025 04:20 PM (xcxpd)

379 Err, Trump position in the future or ...

@RichSementa
·
6m
BREAKING: Elise Stefanik suddenly drops NY governor bid, won’t seek re-election to Congress

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 19, 2025 04:20 PM (mlg/3)

380 "Upon further review, it was 9 items. It was a Target. And the person wasn't Trump."
-paragraph 32

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 04:15 PM (GBKbO)

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

"It eventually turned out to be a tranny "female" who looked suspiciously like Michael Obama and punched out a little old lady on Aisle 7 who asked the big black dude if he could grab an item on the top shelf for her."

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 04:20 PM (NNq22)

381 I have a topic. Hopefully it's ok. if you have children, what is one very happy memory you have of when they were little ?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke
----
One, supposed to be a shepard, wandered aimlessly around the stage during an entire Christmas pageant to the great annoyance of the father but the amusement of the audience.

Distant in ages, once in awhile they'd all lie on the living floor together and play Legos, dominoes, and/or handheld games and sing songs with all of the words therein from MTV.

They were all much better behaved than my siblings & I. Most of the time.

Posted by: L - No nic

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 04:20 PM (dAOkg)

382 In my opinion, this time around, Trump has put people in place that he trusts, but not necessarily those who can fix the problems. Someone who would never be a traitor and is also a good administrator is like a unicorn, apparently.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 04:20 PM (0U5gm)

383 However, the other Two of the Big 3 pale in comarason to Ford. Chrysler is a fiat American company and GM sucks Unlce Sams dick, forever.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 19, 2025 04:10 PM

Chrysler is part of FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles), which is part of Stellantis. Stellantis is a European company, which means that FCA is now European.

Trust me, I've worked there since 2011. When the merger happened between FCA and PSA (Peugeot SA ("Groupe PSA)), the company stopped being American and became European. All our standards became "harmonized" and the majority of them shifted to the lackadaisical European standards.

Our training has all been from Europe as well. Including and especially the EV training, where they spread propaganda about "global warming" and the need to switch to EVs.

They finally fired that asshole Taveras, but he was doing the bidding of the European and woke board. The new CEO seems to be saying the right words, but not so sure about actions yet. We still have too many outsourced retard Indians in engineering and product development. 75% of my department remains outsourced to India.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 04:21 PM (P5BPp)

384 374 Korean and Japanese girls are some of the loveliest on Earth. I'm sure what I'm seeing on video is only the best 10-15%, of course, but those are amazing. Yunjin Kim of Lost was one the most beautiful women I've ever seen.

I knew a lot of Chinese female graduate students at my former work, and they were terrific too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 04:19 PM (wzUl9)

Modern Korean girls, well... they're all stuck on the Plastic Surgery Hell Train.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 04:21 PM (UnA8+)

385 That Nerdrotic dude has some pretty retarded beliefs re. Egypt.
Posted by: garrett

I don't think he actually believe the woo-woo stuff. He just finds it fun. I have zero tolerance for it, but I understand how some find it entertaining.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 19, 2025 04:21 PM (mlg/3)

386 Youtube pushed all the ones I used to watch (Tim Pool, The Quartering, Greg Foreman, Sean Fitzgerald) out of my algorithm, and honestly, I kind of don't miss them at all.
Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 04:15 PM (UnA8+)

Nobody could miss Tim Pool. It's physically impossible. If he produced an affidavit from his mother swearing that she loved him, I'd insist on deposing her.
Posted by: zombie lionel hutz at December 19, 2025 04:18 PM (YqTTN)

He's meh, but I only trusted him on the media itself back in the day since he used to be in it. With time he's less able to do that.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 04:21 PM (8avO+)

387 BREAKING: Elise Stefanik suddenly drops NY governor bid, won’t seek re-election to Congress

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 19, 2025 04:20 PM (mlg/3)
---
The 2026 walkaway is under way.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 04:22 PM (krQz2)

388 Democrats would make up stuff with a AI President Trump and put it out there I bet

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 04:22 PM (Ia/+0)

389 Ace's computer is still sickly?
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2025 04:18 PM (Oasjp)
----
COVID is a helluva disease.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2025 04:22 PM (ESVrU)

390 @378

>>He has been tested and his quality is now known.

What can he possibly talk about where he will be taken seriously ever again?

I fought the deep state and lost but If I was in a position of authority here's what I would do?

The guys a laughing stock.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2025 04:22 PM (XV/Pl)

391 The ~~Rise and Fall~~ Bouncing of the Roman Titties
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 04:22 PM (L/fGl)

392 Korean and Japanese girls are some of the loveliest on Earth. I'm sure what I'm seeing on video is only the best 10-15%, of course, but those are amazing. Yunjin Kim of Lost was one the most beautiful women I've ever seen.

I knew a lot of Chinese female graduate students at my former work, and they were terrific too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I knew a lot of guys in the Navy with Korean wives or ex-wives. They had stories.

Simply put: You do NOT want to piss off a Korean woman.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 04:22 PM (77rzZ)

393 378 He has been tested and his quality is now known.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 19, 2025 04:20 PM (xcxpd)

Unfortunately, nobody is enough of a hardass to strongarm the machine.

That's no excuse for Bongino's fecklessness and failure, but there isn't anyone with the mettle to do what needs to be done.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 04:22 PM (UnA8+)

394 Awwww!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 04:19 PM (Nx5jP)

Yup.
Definitely an awwww moment.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 04:23 PM (2WIwB)

395 Korean and Japanese girls are some of the loveliest on Earth. I'm sure what I'm seeing on video is only the best 10-15%, of course, but those are amazing. Yunjin Kim of Lost was one the most beautiful women I've ever seen. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025
*
Modern Korean girls, well... they're all stuck on the Plastic Surgery Hell Train.
Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025

***
That might be the ones I'm basing my judgment on.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 04:24 PM (wzUl9)

396 Breaking: Congressional sources say the Democrats have Trump on video at Walmart with 15 items in his cart in a 10-item checkout line. This could be it.
Posted by: Kindltot

Dumb asses.
The six pack of Coke counts as one item.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 04:24 PM (/lPRQ)

397 Korean and Japanese girls are some of the loveliest on Earth.

You've never been to Brazil.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 04:25 PM (2WIwB)

398 Simply put: You do NOT want to piss off a Korean woman.
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 04:22 PM

Especially at a nail salon:

https://youtu.be/mzNwduqNVpM

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at December 19, 2025 04:25 PM (LaiZQ)

399 I knew a lot of guys in the Navy with Korean wives or ex-wives. They had stories.

Simply put: You do NOT want to piss off a Korean woman.
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025

***
I'm sure they were, and are, tough. "Polite" does not equal "submissive."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 04:25 PM (wzUl9)

400 There are a lot of lovely women everywhere but at the end of the day, there's still a dude sick of their sh*t.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2025 04:25 PM (XV/Pl)

401 I made money in college playing chess and poker. Most of the poker games were against drunk frat boys who didn't really know how to play. I was broke and desperate at the time, so I was happy to take their money.

"It's morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money." - W. C. Fields

Posted by: Chuck C at December 19, 2025 04:26 PM (D0HYP)

402 400 There are a lot of lovely women everywhere but at the end of the day, there's still a dude sick of their sh*t.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2025 04:25 PM (XV/Pl)

========

"You would not believe how bad the bathroom smells after that chick..."
-the dude sick of Sydney Sweeney's shit

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 04:26 PM (GBKbO)

403 Wifey (EllenS) recently interacted with someone having your nic -- who'd commented on the "A Midwestern Doctor" SubStack -- recommending an essay at the "Lies Are Unbekoming" SubStack regarding Alzheimer's natural prevention and treatments.
Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 04:14 PM (NNq22)
====

300,000 subscribers and he is pushing DMSO. That really takes me back.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 19, 2025 04:26 PM (A0sqA)

404 The Cable series Spartacus sure liked to show a lot of boobage.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Don't watch the New Spartacus series they made him Black and Female.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 19, 2025 04:27 PM (FCrpy)

405 /pedant sock off

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 04:27 PM (A0sqA)

406
"It is better to live on a corner of a roof Than in a house shared with a contentious woman."

Posted by: Proverbs 21:9 at December 19, 2025 04:27 PM (LaiZQ)

407 That Nerdrotic dude has some pretty retarded beliefs re. Egypt.

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2025 04:12 PM

I think there is a planned Friday Night Tights trip planned to Egypt soon.

Gary and Quarter Black Garrett have another streaming show Forbidden Frontier where they talk about a lot of weird stuff.

I think this is their most recent episode:

Secrets, Lies, Cover-ups | Age of Disclosure REVIEW | Forbidden Frontier #125

YouTube: https://bit.ly/4jaruAe

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 04:27 PM (P5BPp)

408 > Bongino's career as a political commentator are over.
----------
He was lamenting the amount of time he was away from his family. And they're local to the capitol city too.

I think the demands on his time were grossly underestimated. I also think he realized the Bureau is FUBAR'd so bad that there's no fixing it.

And I doubt he was thrilled with the effort the current AG was putting in to rectify all that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 04:28 PM (NwnyJ)

409 Fuuuuck! Colder than the shady side of a witch's left tit outside.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 04:28 PM (npFr7)

410 Partagas
Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 04:04 PM (TH+5o)

Their 898 used to be my go-to. Partagas was a quality stick in any size and blend. Then Ramon Cifuentes died and the bean counters did what bean counters always do. I understand it's better now, but I'm wary.

Cohiba Red, Blue, and Platinum are very good medium body sticks and have never disappointed. Alec Bradley Pensado, Retreat, and Tempus are a bit bolder, but never bitter. Onyx, if you care for a rich, unapologetic smoking experience...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 19, 2025 04:28 PM (nbLIj)

411 Korean and Japanese girls are some of the loveliest on Earth.
*
You've never been to Brazil.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025

***
Well, no, and I've never been to Seoul or Tokyo either.

I knew one Brazilian lady grad student from Sao Paolo in the early 2000s: fair-skinned, dark-haired tall, zaftig without being fat in the least; looked something like Jennifer Connelly. And super smart, plus nice too. Very much my type.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 04:28 PM (wzUl9)

412 Given the ease of faking postmarks, even postmarked late ballots shouldn’t be counted. Yet another reason mail-in ballots are a very, very bad idea except for very limited, tightly-defined reasons.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

Faking and or tampering with mail in ballots is easy peasy.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 04:28 PM (/lPRQ)

413 BREAKING: Elise Stefanik suddenly drops NY governor bid, won’t seek re-election to Congress

Posted by: weft cut-loop
========
Sudden announcements out of the blue usually come from a) health issues or b) impending scandal.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 04:28 PM (WDjG6)

414 Noodus

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 19, 2025 04:28 PM (cxFcK)

415 393 378 He has been tested and his quality is now known.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 19, 2025 04:20 PM (xcxpd)

Unfortunately, nobody is enough of a hardass to strongarm the machine.

That's no excuse for Bongino's fecklessness and failure, but there isn't anyone with the mettle to do what needs to be done.
Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 04:22 PM (UnA8+)

He could stick it out and make some small corner of the room clean.

Or play dirty and make some real changes.

Any Democratic operative in that role would have made an impact. It was just hard work and not easy money like podcasting.

I have similar beef with a lot of the guntubers who were throwing their dicks around, especially the ex-SF guys, pre-2020 election about oathkeeping.

They were also weighed in the balance and found wanting.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 19, 2025 04:29 PM (xcxpd)

416 414 Noodus
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 19, 2025 04:28 PM (cxFcK)

Is it an open thread?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 19, 2025 04:29 PM (xcxpd)

417 ALL NOOD OPEN

Posted by: DaveA at December 19, 2025 04:29 PM (FhXTo)

418 Nood, but still open thread: "Still down."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 04:29 PM (wzUl9)

419 Sex needs to be convenient. The logistics or what have you.

Very complicated. Too much math for you guys.

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025 04:29 PM (EyfuW)

420 "You would not believe how bad the bathroom smells after that chick..."
-the dude sick of Sydney Sweeney's shit
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

My brother-in-law once attended an event for Senator John Warner of Virginia when Warner was married to Liz Taylor. BiL used the same PortaPotty that Liz had just used right before him.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 04:30 PM (77rzZ)

421 365. They had several kids playing stars-the ones in the galaxy, not the other kind.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I loved those crazy pageants even way back. Just the madness of trying to organize a lot of young kids into any kind of formation to sing and recite lines was a skill requiring great patience. (Unfortunately not a skill I had unless threats were permitted.)

I caught the end of one from the back of the Church last week & was in tears from the memories. Good times.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 04:30 PM (NFX2v)

422 BREAKING: Gov. Tim Walz is in PANIC MODE, revealing he's being informed HUGE amounts of federal dollars may be pulled from Minnesota because of massive fraud
Walz says CDLs, Transportation funding, you name it - it could ALL be pulled!
"The entire federal government is weaponized against Minnesota!"

-
Geez! You steal $10, $15, $18 billion and, right away, Trump’s all pissed off!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 04:31 PM (L/fGl)

423 So I've been trying to learn bridge on line. It's like learning a new language.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 03:29 PM (iD+t2)

Worked for us!

Posted by: Coastal Florida State Wimmenz Bridge Building Team at December 19, 2025 04:31 PM (npFr7)

424 Trump, ha ha ha x ha squared. ha

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025 04:34 PM (EyfuW)

425 Dumb asses.
The six pack of Coke counts as one item.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 04:24 PM (/lPRQ)
---
That's how you know it's a fail. Doesn't President Trump prefer Diet Coke?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2025 04:34 PM (ESVrU)

426 366 - whig

How would you define intellectual depth?
Because I come across a lot of folks that "know" a lot but, as Reagan said...
Posted by: TeeJ
========
Read something like teh National Review in the 70's or 80's, you would have an interesting mix of well educated editors, a few academics, some politicians with a guest column or two, and the conversational level was on par with the salons of Paris back prior to the French Revolution.

Ditto for even center left publications like the New Republic, the news periodicals, etc.

People actually aspired to being a bit conversant in the classics, knowledgeable about literature, history, and civics, etc.

So you had the ability to converse with each other using a common framework. By Lowry's editorship, like the Shrub administration, it was all glitz and discussing dogs rather than serious matters. And that is because the donor base changed, it was no longer the readers through subscriptions but behind the scenes donors that pulled Lowry's strings.

Michael Anton, one of the Claremont school graduates, is someone that should be listened to. The late great Angelo Codevilla and the current Victor Hanson academics, also good.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 04:36 PM (WDjG6)

427 276 While browsing a bookstore in Honolulu I came across a book titled,
How to Make Out in Japanese.

Just full of pick up lines and simple questions like,
Can I take your blouse off?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 03:55 PM (/lPRQ)

Was it at all useful? Did you make it with any Japanese chicks?
Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at December 19, 2025 04:02 PM (IKUYK)

I once asked a Japanese lady out on a date. I'd waited until the end of the semester and figured I'd might as well go for it, but she turned me down. Later, I realized it was December 7th. So, I've personally been shot down by a Japanese on Pearl Harbor Day.

Ended up dating one of her friends a year or so later.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at December 19, 2025 04:39 PM (QdGJh)

428 Michael Anton, one of the Claremont school graduates, is someone that should be listened to. The late great Angelo Codevilla and the current Victor Hanson academics, also good.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 04:36 PM (WDjG6)

My school adviser for college in Ohio was rabid at advertising for those schools. Wanted me to apply to Harvey Mudd. Had to have been taking money. No way was I going all the way to CA back then.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 04:42 PM (8avO+)

429
Ace needs to give us a topic or I fear the thread will devolve into arguing about pointless shit, not listening to each other, only responding to someone when you either agree totally or think they're a complete idiot, making wisecracks, repeating tired ridiculous memes that are so far past their sell by date that King Tut is like "damn get some new material for fuck's sake" and Amy Schumer is like "yeah", and insulting politicians.
Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 03:27 PM (TH+5o)

So.... Tuesday.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 04:42 PM (y9nCu)

430 I had sex with a star wars clone on the Enterprise bridge.

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025 04:45 PM (EyfuW)

431 Minnesota 'Nice' is now Minnesota 'Vice'

Posted by: DanMan at December 19, 2025 05:46 PM (8uzBS)

Open thread

Posted by: Ace at 02:16 PM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 First!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2025 02:17 PM (wVcYX)

2 Dueling thresds.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 02:17 PM (krQz2)

3 Hahahaha

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2025 02:18 PM (wVcYX)

4 Ace keeps stomping the threads!

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at December 19, 2025 02:18 PM (0bjKf)

5 Ha!
Stepped on a COB again.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 02:18 PM (u9Aw1)

6 Get high in the basement below.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 19, 2025 02:18 PM (n5tGW)

7 Dueling threads?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 02:19 PM (NwnyJ)

8 One thing's for sure:

This thread is not about weed!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 02:19 PM (GBKbO)

9 I lost my network everything. Reloaded previous version network card driver. Windows had 'updated' on its own. Could see network adapter and reconnect after loading older driver. Good luck.

Posted by: JSpicy at December 19, 2025 02:20 PM (C7Yya)

10 I was going to check if there was another thread, but then I got high.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 19, 2025 02:20 PM (Yp6az)

11 Is this the meth thread?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 19, 2025 02:20 PM (kpS4V)

12
This has been uneventful

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 19, 2025 02:21 PM (IifOV)

13 Pretty hard hitting computer AIDS out there.

Posted by: Cray Cray at December 19, 2025 02:21 PM (QvbcG)

14 STOMP?

Not very nice, ace

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 19, 2025 02:21 PM (W2Pud)

15
President Livstream link:

https://is.gd/4lV5cO

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 02:22 PM (+wReq)

16 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 02:22 PM (Zz0t1)

17 So if this is the open thread... did the other thread become a shut thread?

Posted by: SimoHayek at December 19, 2025 02:22 PM (FKk6U)

18 It's almost like Ace doesn't read his own blog.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 02:22 PM (Zz0t1)

19 AoS: Come for the content.

Stay for the enstompening.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 02:22 PM (Zz0t1)

20 Hope you get the computer issues resolved and thank you for this blog!

Posted by: Joemarine at December 19, 2025 02:22 PM (y171U)

21 This war between Ace and CBD would have never started if I had been president instead of Sleepy Joe Biden!

Posted by: President Trump at December 19, 2025 02:23 PM (UKj38)

22 The weekend is here

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 02:23 PM (Ia/+0)

23
Watch the livestream

Look at the broad in the Red Blouse behind President --

She's going for the World Record for Best Posture

https://is.gd/4lV5cO

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 02:23 PM (+wReq)

24 Woohoo!!!!
Shopping and wrapping are done!!!!

Day Drinking is a go, right?

Right???

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 02:23 PM (2WIwB)

25 Stompin' Weeds.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 02:24 PM (UnA8+)

26 The Windows update is shit. The iPhone iOS update is shit. Basically everything is enshittified and emfuckened, on purpose to further shear us sheep.

Posted by: Is that comet here yet? at December 19, 2025 02:25 PM (TbWk/)

27 Hey Ace, I can get you a free computer! You just need to come to this storage shed in New Hampshire. And don't wear gloves!

Posted by: The FBI at December 19, 2025 02:26 PM (65cLN)

28 Enstompified, the Lunch Box
Enstompified, the Coloring Book

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 02:27 PM (TH+5o)

29
That broad with the Posture is wild, yes?

Are You seeing this??

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 02:27 PM (+wReq)

30 Michelea Ponce , the woman who filmed herself harassing an elderly Target employee for wearing a Charlie Kirk shirt, has officially been fired from her job.

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 02:27 PM (RHGPo)

31 It's almost like Ace doesn't read his own blog.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 02:22 PM (Zz0t1)

One of us! One of us!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 02:27 PM (dK+Kv)

32
You're making me decide?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2025 02:27 PM (tgvbd)

33 This is like whenever I called in sick on a Friday.

(Of course I was sick. *wink wink*)

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 19, 2025 02:28 PM (g8Ew8)

34 That broad with the Posture is wild, yes?

Are You seeing this??

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 02:27 PM (+wReq)

That's not real. It's AI. It's gotta be.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 02:28 PM (dK+Kv)

35 2 Dueling thresds.

... is this the banjo thread or the guitar thread ?

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 02:28 PM (RHGPo)

36 You're making me decide?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2025 02:27 PM (tgvbd)
---
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 02:29 PM (krQz2)

37
What I want to see is a major crackdown on Pot smoking WHILE driving.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 02:29 PM (+wReq)

38 Federal Regulators Issue Order Requiring Large-Load Users Pay To Grow Grid

Federal regulators have directed the nation’s largest regional electricity transmission organization to link, or “co-locate,” data centers and other industrial users with existing or new power-generating plants in order to speed development, trim infrastructure costs, and require large-load users to pay for expanding the grid.

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 02:29 PM (RHGPo)

39
And pot smoking on the street. Why do I have to smell skunk shit?

I can't walk down the street and drink a Budweiser. But these pot-smoking fuckfaces can smoke up a storm on the corner of Main & Elm.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 02:31 PM (+wReq)

40 🚨 BREAKING: Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirms he is ENDING the NGO foreign aid industrial complex 🔥

"Foreign aid should be used for the purpose of furthering the national interest. That doesn't mean we don't care about human rights. That doesn't mean we don't care about starvation. That doesn't mean we don't care about hunger. That doesn't mean we don't care about humanitarian need."

"What it does mean, however, is that even foreign aid, which is NOT charity - it is an act of the US taxpayer."

"The United States' and the taxpayer money should be spent in furtherance of OUR foreign policy, should be spent in places and on things that further OUR foreign policy. And even that is not unlimited."

"We have a limited amount of money that we can dedicate to foreign aid and humanitarian assistance. And that has to be applied in a way that furthers our national interest. And that's what we have sought to do as well."

AMAZING! Greatest Secretary of State in history! 🇺🇸🇺🇸

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 02:31 PM (RHGPo)

41
Watch the livestream

Look at the broad in the Red Blouse behind President --

She's going for the World Record for Best Posture

https://is.gd/4lV5cO

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 02:23 PM

almost guarantee she owns a skin tight black leather jump suit & a whip

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 19, 2025 02:31 PM (tljrc)

42 What in the hell?! Ain't got time for this. I'm going to livestream myself playing Eclipse.

Posted by: Homeless Guy In Providence at December 19, 2025 02:31 PM (gb3qv)

43 41
Watch the livestream

Look at the broad in the Red Blouse behind President --

She's going for the World Record for Best Posture

https://is.gd/4lV5cO

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 02:23 PM

almost guarantee she owns a skin tight black leather jump suit & a whip
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 19, 2025 02:31 PM (tljrc)

*perks up*

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 19, 2025 02:32 PM (xcxpd)

44 I can't wait for this day to end. Ugh

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 02:32 PM (dAOkg)

45 Watch the livestream

Look at the broad in the Red Blouse behind President --

She's going for the World Record for Best Posture

https://is.gd/4lV5cO
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 02:23 PM (+wReq)

She's advertising for a date to the New Year's Gala.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 02:32 PM (2WIwB)

46 so what's the press conference about?

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 19, 2025 02:33 PM (2J/Lj)

47 NYPost: Brown University shooter made a ‘barking noise' as he gunned down students in classroom, witnesses told cops

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 02:33 PM (RHGPo)

48
You know what? I feel bad, now. I think she has a medical condition, and is probably in a lot of pain.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 02:33 PM (+wReq)

49 Dueling thresds.

... is this the banjo thread or the guitar thread ?

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 02:28 PM (RHGPo)

Go to the other thread to stir up the pot heads and then come back in peace and marvel about posture chick.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 02:34 PM (dK+Kv)

50 rickb the party is just starting

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 02:34 PM (Ia/+0)

51 almost guarantee she owns a skin tight black leather jump suit & a whip
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 19, 2025 02:31 PM (tljrc)

She looks the part. That 1980something hairdo is seriously cringe. Bet she slicks it back in the dungeon.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 19, 2025 02:34 PM (2J/Lj)

52
I know severe back pain quite well. If she's suffering, she has my empathy.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 02:34 PM (+wReq)

53 You know what? I feel bad, now. I think she has a medical condition, and is probably in a lot of pain.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 02:33 PM (+wReq)

I'm thinking former military. Standing at attention when the boss speaks.
And they sure look like they are.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 02:34 PM (2WIwB)

54 damn......posting in a yanked thread is hard.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 02:34 PM (Zz0t1)

55 We got unpublished in the undernood.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 02:34 PM (jc0TO)

56 The weed thread got smoked.

Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at December 19, 2025 02:35 PM (ttU59)

57 Wow, other thread enstompenated, then shoved into the Ace Time Machine?

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 19, 2025 02:35 PM (mP0Kj)

58 Michelea Ponce , the woman who filmed herself harassing an elderly Target employee for wearing a Charlie Kirk shirt, has officially been fired from her job.
Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 02:27 PM (RHGPo)
__

She 100% should have been fired. What she did was not only really stupid (she actually uploaded the video), calling into question her competence, but she's a nurse. She cannot be trusted to give good care to patients with political views she doesn't like. Hell, I'll bet any amount of money she'd be urinating in this old lady's saline, if not sabotaging her care outright.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 02:35 PM (iFTx/)

59 Is CBD taking his ball and going home?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 02:35 PM (Zz0t1)

60 Dude, where's my thread?

Posted by: Potheads at December 19, 2025 02:35 PM (dK+Kv)

61 Da fuq just happened?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 02:35 PM (udlma)

62 I've posted things you people wouldn't believe ... all those comments ... lost .. like .. tears .. in .. rain

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 02:35 PM (jc0TO)

63 Haloween Thread.

Posted by: Eromero at December 19, 2025 02:36 PM (o2ZRX)

64 Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 19, 2025 02:33 PM (2J/Lj)

Hey - how are you doing Miss Madame? Did the tests go okay?

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 02:36 PM (TH+5o)

65 Dueling thresds.

You sure do have a purty l'il keyboard.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 02:36 PM (2WIwB)

66
The coup has been quashed. CBD is now being held at an "undisclosed location".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2025 02:36 PM (tgvbd)

67 41 almost guarantee she owns a skin tight black leather jump suit & a whip
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 19, 2025 02:31 PM (tljrc)

Leather is passé.

It's going to be some form of rubber. Either latex or silicone.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 02:36 PM (UnA8+)

68 Talk about pot causing memory loss! LOL!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 02:36 PM (npFr7)

69 And poof. The Pot thread evaporates. Not even any smoke left behind.

Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 02:36 PM (W7XSX)

70 I can't wait for this day to end. Ugh

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 02:32 PM (dAOkg)

I had a 6 AM town hall meeting, so my day will be ending shortly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 02:36 PM (Zz0t1)

71 WE HAVE ASSUMED CONTROL

Posted by: The Powers That Be at December 19, 2025 02:36 PM (jc0TO)

72 he weed thread got smoked.
Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix
-------------
Vanished in a cloud.

Posted by: scampydog at December 19, 2025 02:37 PM (2bFN5)

73
How are all these drug prices being cut without someone losing money somewhere? I'm not one of these Big Pharma haters. Some drugs are very cool.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at December 19, 2025 02:37 PM (n7rxJ)

74
Since that thread is gone, here's the link again to the Walmart Shoplifter Pulling A Gun on Police WHILE he's Detained:

https://is.gd/rvwOWL

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 02:37 PM (+wReq)

75 And poof. The Pot thread evaporates. Not even any smoke left behind.

Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 02:36 PM (W7XSX)

Don't bogart that thread, my friend.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 02:37 PM (dK+Kv)

76 Women in red shirt looks like the clueless Tingle woman who said Bondi Beach attack wasn't about religion. And yes, I know they're not the same person

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 02:37 PM (Nx5jP)

77 LOL!! The "rescheduling weed is the wrong idea" post went well, huh ?

Posted by: deadrody at December 19, 2025 02:37 PM (vgB0v)

78 Trump announcing cheap drugs. So kind of on topic to the disappeared thread. Would also be nice if he can get ivermectin to show up on the shelves as well.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 02:37 PM (Dv3i1)

79 My favorite news item in the last 48 hours is that the Kennedy Center has been renamed "The Trump-Kennedy Center". The new signage has already been installed

Posted by: mrp at December 19, 2025 02:37 PM (rj6Yv)

80 Would also be nice if he can get ivermectin to show up on the shelves as well.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 02:37 PM (Dv3i1)

Texas legalized it already and it should be available over the counter.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 02:38 PM (Zz0t1)

81 The shooters gun only matches one of the victims

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at December 19, 2025 02:38 PM (bXbFr)

82 58 Michelea Ponce , the woman who filmed herself harassing an elderly Target employee for wearing a Charlie Kirk shirt, has officially been fired from her job.
Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 02:27 PM (RHGPo)
__

She 100% should have been fired. What she did was not only really stupid (she actually uploaded the video), calling into question her competence, but she's a nurse. She cannot be trusted to give good care to patients with political views she doesn't like. Hell, I'll bet any amount of money she'd be urinating in this old lady's saline, if not sabotaging her care outright.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 02:35
I didn’t realize was nurse. Named Rached?

Posted by: Eromero at December 19, 2025 02:38 PM (o2ZRX)

83 Is it me or has Trump’s accent got more NY Recently? Like not pronouncing the Rs at the end of words. Almost Massachusetts like. He’s morphing into Teddy Kennedy lol.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 02:38 PM (udlma)

84 * looks at half burned fatty.

Wow. This is some good shhiiiiit.

Posted by: Reforger at December 19, 2025 02:38 PM (lROFx)

85 The killer made a barking noise. He was a would be furry

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 02:38 PM (1vqcm)

86 Michelea Ponce , the woman who filmed herself harassing an elderly Target employee for wearing a Charlie Kirk shirt, has officially been fired from her job.
Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 02:27 PM (RHGPo)
__

She 100% should have been fired. What she did was not only really stupid (she actually uploaded the video), calling into question her competence, but she's a nurse. She cannot be trusted to give good care to patients with political views she doesn't like. Hell, I'll bet any amount of money she'd be urinating in this old lady's saline, if not sabotaging her care outright.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 02:35 PM (iFTx/)

***

Just got back from Target a bit ago. Wore my Charlie Kirk shirt.
I got one sneer, one "nice shirt" and one "thank you for your service" (was wearing my Veteran's hat).
I call it a win.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 02:39 PM (2WIwB)

87 Kinda like this Mark Tapscott entry at Instapundit on Trump's speech:

https://instapundit.com/763618/

In Ace's world, deleting the post is much like Tapscott's triple white flag update

Posted by: deadrody at December 19, 2025 02:39 PM (vgB0v)

88 Maybe he should rename the Gulf of America to the Gulf of Trump?

Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 02:39 PM (W7XSX)

89 Texas legalized it already and it should be available over the counter.
Posted by: Sponge

When & where?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 02:39 PM (dAOkg)

90 This thread is open.

Like your mom's legs.

Cause she's a prostitution whore.

Posted by: Shots Fired at December 19, 2025 02:39 PM (hJlBj)

91 Up in smoke indeed.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 02:39 PM (pkeXY)

92 Pass the thresd to the left hand side.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 02:39 PM (Zz0t1)

93 Schroedinger's Pot Thread

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2025 02:39 PM (wVcYX)

94 66
The coup has been quashed. CBD is now being held at an "undisclosed location".
____

Technically, most of us are posting from an "undisclosed location"

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 02:39 PM (Dv3i1)

95 CBD posted that to fill in, ace didn't see it and posted his new thresd at practically the same time. CBD took it down and will put it up again at its probably previously determined time. Unfortunately not everything is Melrose Place or 90210 832134 5638.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 02:40 PM (TH+5o)

96
almost guarantee she owns a skin tight black leather jump suit & a whip
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 19, 2025 02:31 PM (tljrc)

__________

https://youtu.be/YZEg4gYX9mg

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2025 02:40 PM (tgvbd)

97
You hear that?

President said we'll have "almost 100%" of our drugs made in the USA "soon."

No more china poison? No more Indian SHIT in our drugs??

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 02:40 PM (+wReq)

98 I can't wait for this day to end. Ugh

Ditto. I still have to "work" next Monday and Tuesday but since nobody will be checking in any code, there won't be anything for me to test.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 19, 2025 02:40 PM (3nLb4)

99 Michelea Ponce , the woman who filmed herself harassing an elderly Target employee for wearing a Charlie Kirk shirt, has officially been fired from her job.
Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 02:27 PM (RHGPo)
__

She 100% should have been fired. What she did was not only really stupid (she actually uploaded the video), calling into question her competence, but she's a nurse. She cannot be trusted to give good care to patients with political views she doesn't like. Hell, I'll bet any amount of money she'd be urinating in this old lady's saline, if not sabotaging her care outright.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 02:35
I didn’t realize was nurse. Named Rached?
Posted by: Eromero at December 19, 2025 02:38 PM (o2ZRX)
_______

Yea. Maybe not RN but she worked in medical care.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 02:40 PM (iFTx/)

100 The coup has been quashed. CBD is now being held at an "undisclosed location".
-----

I demand that he be released immediately the Pot thread re-opened.

Posted by: Judge Boasberg at December 19, 2025 02:40 PM (TN0g+)

101 What reward do we get if we sink a boat and all those aboard as oppose to sinking a boat and saving a baby on board?

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025 02:40 PM (EyfuW)

102
The killer made a barking noise. He was a would be furry
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Woof woof Ackbar

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 02:40 PM (pkeXY)

103 She's the kind of nurse that would pull the plug even though you are expected to make a full and complete recovery.

Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 02:40 PM (W7XSX)

104 When I awoke from my last colonoscopy, I tried to explain to the recovery nurse Shel Silverstein’s immortal poem “Stoned and I missed it”. She was way too young to be familiar with great 1960s poetry.

Posted by: Fenderbender at December 19, 2025 02:41 PM (1FEc1)

105 My favorite news item in the last 48 hours is that the Kennedy Center has been renamed "The Trump-Kennedy Center". The new signage has already been installed
Posted by: mrp at December 19, 2025 02:37 PM (rj6Yv)

Heh
Heh
Heh
Top billing!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 02:41 PM (2WIwB)

106 If we can get some grapes, we can get some wine started with all this stomping.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at December 19, 2025 02:41 PM (3DQAj)

107 Just got back from Target a bit ago. Wore my Charlie Kirk shirt.
I got one sneer, one "nice shirt" and one "thank you for your service" (was wearing my Veteran's hat).
I call it a win.
Posted by: Diogenes

I need to get one. First sneer I get I go from concealed carry to open carry in the flip of a shirt.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 02:41 PM (dAOkg)

108 And pot smoking on the street. Why do I have to smell skunk shit?

I can't walk down the street and drink a Budweiser. But these pot-smoking fuckfaces can smoke up a storm on the corner of Main & Elm.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 02:31 PM (+wReq)

Or you are driving in traffic, and get a huge whiff of skunk from a passing car.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 02:41 PM (npFr7)

109

When & where?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 02:39 PM (dAOkg)

House Bill 25, written by Joanne Schofner (R-Nacogdoches), was signed by Gov. Greg Abbott at the end of August. Abbott had made it one of his priorities for the special sessions, saying, "Texans should have increased access to the benefits of Ivermectin."

The bill went into effect Thursday, Dec. 4, making the drug available at pharmacies and drug stores without requiring a prescription.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 02:41 PM (Zz0t1)

110 Today's anti-marijuana zealots are the mutant descendants of the old temperance hags from a hundred years ago.

Keep the THC, just don't smoke it. Gummy that shit.

Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at December 19, 2025 02:41 PM (ttU59)

111 85 The killer made a barking noise. He was a would be furry
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 02:38 PM (1vqcm)

And the reports of him yelling Allah Ackbar are suddenly gone? OK then...

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 19, 2025 02:41 PM (mP0Kj)

112 Michelea Ponce , the woman who filmed herself harassing an elderly Target employee for wearing a Charlie Kirk shirt, has officially been fired from her job.
Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 02:27 PM (RHGPo)

Good. Could you imagine if some old lady went into HER place of work and berated her for being a democrat voting libtard who is destroying this country while she should be home taking care of her husband and children instead of wasting her life working as a nurse for poor compensation and dust in her vagina.

Fuck her.

Posted by: Turnabout Is Fair Play at December 19, 2025 02:42 PM (R/m4+)

113 >>How are all these drug prices being cut without someone losing money somewhere? I'm not one of these Big Pharma haters. Some drugs are very cool.

I was out running some errands this morning and was listening to the news. Doctor being interviewed on this topic said there is a malaria drug on the market that sells for something $25,000 per dose in the US and sells for $8 per dose in Congo.

That's the problem. The US has been subsidizing other countries for years. We pay huge amounts of money for the exact same drugs available in other countries for peanuts.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 02:42 PM (viF8m)

114 Black tights. J'approuve

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 02:43 PM (TH+5o)

115 I love Texas. Maybe I should move there.

Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 02:43 PM (W7XSX)

116 NYPost: Brown University shooter made a ‘barking noise' as he gunned down students in classroom, witnesses told cops
Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 02:33 PM (RHGPo)

Allahu ackbark?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 02:43 PM (npFr7)

117 She's the kind of nurse that would pull the plug even though you are expected to make a full and complete recovery.
Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 02:40 PM

Nurse: This is cruel. He needs to be put out of his misery.
Doctor: He's just here for his tonsils.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 02:43 PM (jc0TO)

118 Just got back from Target a bit ago. Wore my Charlie Kirk shirt.
I got one sneer, one "nice shirt" and one "thank you for your service" (was wearing my Veteran's hat).
I call it a win.
Posted by: Diogenes

I need to get one. First sneer I get I go from concealed carry to open carry in the flip of a shirt.
-------

I know you jest, but in some jurisdictions that could lead to a charge of assault or some other "menacing" complaint.

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 02:43 PM (TN0g+)

119 Hey - how are you doing Miss Madame? Did the tests go okay?
Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 02:36 PM (TH+5o)

Lung scan came back okay. Repeat in a year. Being a former long term smoker and over 50 yrs old means checking that regularly. Meh. It took longer to walk from the waiting room to the room where they did the scan than it took to do the scan. Didn't have to do the hospital garb or anything. The scanner talks and has a nice female voice with a British accent.
But my blood sugar is running a bit high and I'm supposed to cut carbs and get more exercise, ( she said, while eating a homemade chocolate chip cookie and drinking a coke with real cane sugar, eyeing the pan full of homemade peanut butter fudge, and contemplating a nap).

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 19, 2025 02:43 PM (2J/Lj)

120 Ace is getting some of that holiday poonanny and you're all buying this technical, difficulty malarkey.

Get some, bro!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 19, 2025 02:44 PM (nljXp)

121
Keep the THC, just don't smoke it. Gummy that shit.
Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix

Vape

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 02:44 PM (pkeXY)

122 "Michelea Ponce , the woman who filmed herself harassing an elderly Target employee for wearing a Charlie Kirk shirt, has officially been fired from her job."

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

She has just been promoted to "Influencer".

Posted by: RM at December 19, 2025 02:44 PM (n/1Oj)

123
Bobby Kennedy is trying to explain to Fake News in the room that this is a big fucking deal.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 02:44 PM (+wReq)

124 Ditto. I still have to "work" next Monday and Tuesday but since nobody will be checking in any code, there won't be anything for me to test.
Posted by: Oddbob

Same. Home on Monday. Office on Tuesday. Home on Friday. At least they already said they are buying breakfast for those in the office on Tuesday.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 02:44 PM (dAOkg)

125 Just backtracked to this afternoon's threads.
Oh nos

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 02:44 PM (Ia/+0)

126 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 02:43 PM (npFr7)

Rallah Rrrakbar - raheee he hehee heehee

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 02:44 PM (TH+5o)

127 Was is Pfizer or someone else that gave 4 billion doses of Ivermectin to treat parasites in Africa?

Proven and safe.

Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 02:45 PM (W7XSX)

128 Vape
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

No.

Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at December 19, 2025 02:45 PM (ttU59)

129 I need to get one. First sneer I get I go from concealed carry to open carry in the flip of a shirt.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 02:41 PM (dAOkg)

The trouble with that is you need to know your state laws. Here that would be brandishing, and one would get arrested. Even in an open carry state. The sneerer needs to make an overt act to sneeree first.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 02:45 PM (2WIwB)

130 -------

I know you jest, but in some jurisdictions that could lead to a charge of assault or some other "menacing" complaint.
Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 02:43 PM (TN0g+)

Brandishing a weapon can be considered a felony in several states.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 02:45 PM (Zz0t1)

131
Today, TODAY I heard Bloomberg Fake News on the radio say the President "alleges" Drug prices are more here than in other countries.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 02:45 PM (+wReq)

132 I need to get one. First sneer I get I go from concealed carry to open carry in the flip of a shirt.
-------

I know you jest, but in some jurisdictions that could lead to a charge of assault or some other "menacing" complaint.

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 02:43 PM (TN0g+)

Just brandish your middle finger with a cheerful GFY, Karen.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 02:45 PM (dK+Kv)

133 Michelea Ponce , the woman who filmed herself harassing an elderly Target employee for wearing a Charlie Kirk shirt, has officially been fired from her job.
Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 02:27 PM (RHGPo)
__

She 100% should have been fired. What she did was not only really stupid (she actually uploaded the video), calling into question her competence, but she's a nurse. She cannot be trusted to give good care to patients with political views she doesn't like. Hell, I'll bet any amount of money she'd be urinating in this old lady's saline, if not sabotaging her care outright.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 02:35 PM (iFTx/)

***

Just got back from Target a bit ago. Wore my Charlie Kirk shirt.
I got one sneer, one "nice shirt" and one "thank you for your service" (was wearing my Veteran's hat).
I call it a win.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 02:39 PM (2WIwB)
_

You're a better man than me. I stay politically inert in public. My mom has some MAGA shirts and hats, though. She's an older lady and don't give no fucks.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 02:45 PM (iFTx/)

134 Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 19, 2025 02:43 PM (2J/Lj)

Overall good then

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 02:45 PM (TH+5o)

135 Venezuela has an LET-410 flying surveillance over the coast.

Should we tell them? Nah.

Posted by: Vengeance at December 19, 2025 02:46 PM (WTWWW)

136 Michelea Ponce , the woman who filmed herself harassing an elderly Target employee for wearing a Charlie Kirk shirt, has officially been fired from her job.
Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 02:27 PM (RHGPo)

Good. Could you imagine if some old lady went into HER place of work and berated her for being a democrat voting libtard who is destroying this country while she should be home taking care of her husband and children instead of wasting her life working as a nurse for poor compensation and dust in her vagina.

Fuck her.
Posted by: Turnabout Is Fair Play at December 19, 2025 02:42 PM (R/m4+)

All we are is dust in vagenes.

Posted by: Count de Dust Motes at December 19, 2025 02:46 PM (wVcYX)

137 Wheah da noods at … !?

Posted by: Dr_No at December 19, 2025 02:46 PM (ayRl+)

138 University of Minnesota gender studies program offers whistles to ‘alert’ peers of suspected ICE activity
____

Added bonus, can be used as a rape whistle when being assaulted by a person of cultural diversity.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 02:46 PM (Dv3i1)

139 121 Vape
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 02:44 PM (pkeXY)

No way. Those weed vape cartridges have no quality control.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 02:46 PM (UnA8+)

140 Cafe this evening is going to be LIT!

Posted by: tankdemon at December 19, 2025 02:47 PM (/TlUl)

141 The bill went into effect Thursday, Dec. 4, making the drug available at pharmacies and drug stores without requiring a prescription.
Posted by: Sponge

Awesome. Because that pony paste sucks.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 02:47 PM (dAOkg)

142 All the arguments against THC were the same ones used by the Temperance Movement.

But don't take away our alcohol !!!

Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 02:47 PM (4svSc)

143 123
Bobby Kennedy is trying to explain to Fake News in the room that lowering drug prices a big fucking deal.

Hawaiian Judge orders President Trump and Secretary HHS to keep drug prices high to help the Democrats in the Mid Term Elections....

Posted by: CNN Breaking News at December 19, 2025 02:47 PM (J9q9v)

144 Look at the broad in the Red Blouse behind President --

The vase behind her gives her cat ears.

NTTAWWT

Posted by: DaveA at December 19, 2025 02:47 PM (FhXTo)

145 I guess I will stop and play for a bit.

My perhaps controversial take. I don't care what you do while walking the street or driving if no one is harmed.

I would rather see us move toward more freedom and less "we must make everyone safe by controlling their every move.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 19, 2025 02:47 PM (igoLh)

146
Fake News & Democrats also almost made asses of themselves today by pretending outrage over President Trump declaring Christmas Eve a federal holiday, but caught themselves quickly when they found out it's been done before...a lot.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 02:47 PM (+wReq)

147 Note to self- Wipe Cheetos dust off fingers before engaging touch screen.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 19, 2025 02:48 PM (/TlUl)

148 I wore a "Let's Go Brandon" shirt in last years Christmas parade. I got a lot of smiles and accolades.

Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 02:48 PM (W7XSX)

149 Dammit CBD! I had just gotten done writing this comment and you pooped rhe thread.

My thoughts on weed are these:

1) hate the fucking smell.

2) unlike alcohol, if I stop drinking i start getting sober- not so with weed. Not for me.

3) it's amazing how laid back and out of it weed guys will act and encourage and play into that stereotype- until you even vaguely criticize weed. Then they turn into blue eyed zealots. They come off like Muslims if you insulted the Prophet (BTW fuck Mohammed and fuck your weed.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 02:48 PM (zZu0s)

150 "The shooters gun only matches one of the victims"

If true this is an insane development.

Posted by: pawn at December 19, 2025 02:48 PM (EMg+d)

151 I'm old enough to remember when interfering with a federal officer was illegal.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 02:48 PM (Zz0t1)

152 You're a better man than me. I stay politically inert in public. My mom has some MAGA shirts and hats, though. She's an older lady and don't give no fucks.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 02:45 PM (iFTx/)

Naa.
Not better.
I wear my MAGA hat when I want to be political.
I wear the Kirk shirt when I want to bear witness as a Christian. Of course, when I do that I have to put out the cigar and hide the scotch.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 02:49 PM (2WIwB)

153 I also find it funny that those that smoke weed don't think that everyone around you knows you smoke it because everything you f*cking own reeks of the shit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 02:50 PM (Zz0t1)

154 Today, TODAY I heard Bloomberg Fake News on the radio say the President "alleges" Drug prices are more here than in other countries.
Posted by: Soothsayer

Bloomberg News might want to check the pages in the Bloomberg News for confirmation on whether this allegation is correct.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 02:50 PM (Dv3i1)

155 41
Watch the livestream

Look at the broad in the Red Blouse behind President --

She's going for the World Record for Best Posture

https://is.gd/4lV5cO

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 02:23 PM

She is the CEO of GSK Pharmaceuticals, Emma Walmsley. I think she is a Brit. She is also wearing a neckless with a huge cross on it (nice to see).

Posted by: Joemarine at December 19, 2025 02:50 PM (y171U)

156 145 I guess I will stop and play for a bit.

My perhaps controversial take. I don't care what you do while walking the street or driving if no one is harmed.

I would rather see us move toward more freedom and less "we must make everyone safe by controlling their every move.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 19, 2025 02:47 PM (igoLh)

As president, I will assign every American, regardless of age, their own personal Marine Drill Sergeant.

He has free reign to do whatever he wants, to whip their charge, regardless of age, into shape, in both physicality and responsibility.

Including beating the shit out of them. The only thing he's not allowed to do is murder his charge.

(Sarcasm, unless you agree with it.)

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 02:50 PM (UnA8+)

157 Behead those who say that stoners aren't peaceful!

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 02:51 PM (jc0TO)

158 "The shooters gun only matches one of the victims"

If true this is an insane development.
Posted by: pawn

Impossible, unless the shooter used two guns or there was two shooters.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 02:51 PM (dAOkg)

159 I also find it funny that those that smoke weed don't think that everyone around you knows you smoke it because everything you f*cking own reeks of the shit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 02:50 PM (Zz0t1)

You're not paranoid. Because we ARE out to get you, potheads.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 02:51 PM (dK+Kv)

160 150 "The shooters gun only matches one of the victims"

If true this is an insane development.
Posted by: pawn at December 19, 2025 02:48 PM (EMg+d)

Brown case? Picture I saw online of the shooter really did not match the earlier picture I'd seen.

Earlier pic had way more gut... later picture was wearing glasses... and yer not gonna put on glasses if you are going to shoot someone?

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 19, 2025 02:51 PM (mP0Kj)

161 Charlie Kirk is my sniper.

Is that threatening?

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025 02:51 PM (EyfuW)

162 I never had any trouble driving while high. But then, that was 30 years ago when the shit wasn't so potent.

Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 02:52 PM (W7XSX)

163 I also find it funny that those that smoke weed don't think that everyone around you knows you smoke it because everything you f*cking own reeks of the shit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 02:50 PM (Zz0t1)

It truly is a nasty smell.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 02:52 PM (2WIwB)

164 Is Ace's airplane mode still on?

Posted by: dagny at December 19, 2025 02:52 PM (ILGo9)

165 "Impossible, unless the shooter used two guns or there was two shooters."

So...possible.

Posted by: pawn at December 19, 2025 02:52 PM (EMg+d)

166 @ 41
Watch the livestream
Look at the broad in the Red Blouse behind President --
She's going for the World Record for Best Posture
https://is.gd/4lV5cO
__________________________________________

Bet'cher ass that's a black LEATHER skirt, too … and prolly a nipple-less bra … HEY! A boy can dream, right … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at December 19, 2025 02:52 PM (ayRl+)

167 Behead those who say that stoners aren't peaceful!
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 02:51 PM (jc0TO)

Lol.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 02:53 PM (zZu0s)

168 I hope I'm not the only one that has suggested that ace get a backup laptop to use. Maybe even a simple tablet with a keyboard.

Those of us who are addicts for his content would very much be grateful for it.

I'll hit up the tip jar.

Posted by: Defenestratus at December 19, 2025 02:53 PM (WYStd)

169 Behead those who say that stoners aren't peaceful!
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 02:51 PM (jc0TO)

Lol.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 02:53 PM (zZu0s)

x2

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 02:53 PM (dK+Kv)

170 You like wine? You like chocolate? How about Chocolate Wine?

https://youtu.be/0XHVOnKrk0I

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 19, 2025 02:53 PM (3Amc7)

171 So, who killed Ella Cook?

Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 02:53 PM (W7XSX)

172 You're not paranoid. Because we ARE out to get you, potheads.

Pretty much everyone turns Full Fascist about the things they feel strongly about. Just how it is.

What makes a full Fascist ? The quantity of things they feel strongly about.

Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 02:53 PM (4svSc)

173 157 Behead those who say that stoners aren't peaceful!
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 02:51 PM (jc0TO)

I say give them the St. Stephen treatment.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 19, 2025 02:54 PM (/TlUl)

174
Re: Painting on the Wall

Is that Theodore Roosevelt on that horse?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 02:54 PM (+wReq)

175 Behead those who say that stoners aren't peaceful!
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 02:51 PM (jc0TO)

Don't make JackStraw angry. You wouldn't like him when he's angry.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 02:54 PM (Zz0t1)

176 So, who killed Ella Cook?

Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 02:53 PM (W7XSX)

The white patriarchy.

- MSM

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 02:54 PM (dK+Kv)

177 I miss you, Ace, my love.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 02:54 PM (WONhk)

178 Wait, who would be the Prophet of Weed?

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 02:54 PM (UnA8+)

179 So, who killed Ella Cook?
Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 02:53 PM (W7XSX)

Is it the same one who framed Roger Rabbit?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 02:55 PM (Zz0t1)

180 He has free reign to do whatever he wants, to whip their charge, regardless of age, into shape, in both physicality and responsibility.

Including beating the shit out of them. The only thing he's not allowed to do is murder his charge.

(Sarcasm, unless you agree with it.)
Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 02:50 PM (UnA8+)

That used to be called Your Dad.

Then moms started to get all uppity.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 02:55 PM (QDJ2U)

181 I never had any trouble driving while high. But then, that was 30 years ago when the shit wasn't so potent.
Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 02:52 PM (W7XSX)

I thought this would be one of those: 'im a thoracic heart surgeon- I do my best work when I smell like I fucked a skunk, unwilling. You can't do THAT while drunk!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 02:55 PM (zZu0s)

182 162 I never had any trouble driving while high. But then, that was 30 years ago when the shit wasn't so potent.
Posted by: no one

I tried that once, a long time ago. Everything was in really slow motion. Including my driving, I had to constantly check to make sure I was fast enough to be reasonably close to the speed limit of 25mph. It was enough for me to say, maybe ok the one time, but definitely not worth it to do it again.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 02:55 PM (Dv3i1)

183
So, who killed Ella Cook?
Posted by: no one

Sorry, who?

Posted by: midget Senor Wences & fag "mayor" at December 19, 2025 02:55 PM (+wReq)

184 So, the empty open thread from ace won out over the content filled thread from CBD, huh?

I guess the coup is finished.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 02:55 PM (GBKbO)

185 Re: Painting on the Wall

Is that Theodore Roosevelt on that horse?
Posted by: Soothsayer

Looks like Teddy.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 02:55 PM (dAOkg)

186 She is the CEO of GSK Pharmaceuticals, Emma Walmsley. I think she is a Brit. She is also wearing a neckless with a huge cross on it (nice to see).

Posted by: Joemarine at December 19, 2025 02:50 PM (y171U)

That's Emma Walmsley, DBE you commoners!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 02:55 PM (2WIwB)

187 Including beating the shit out of them. The only thing he's not allowed to do is murder his charge.

(Sarcasm, unless you agree with it.)
Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 02:50 PM (UnA8+)

That used to be called Your Dad.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 02:55 PM (QDJ2U)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 02:55 PM (zZu0s)

188 it's amazing how laid back and out of it weed guys will act and encourage and play into that stereotype- until you even vaguely criticize weed.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Know what's even MORE amazing ? That there are 5 times as many people that use it than the ones you think are "weed guys" that you have no idea about.

Posted by: deadrody at December 19, 2025 02:56 PM (vgB0v)

189 "The shooters gun only matches one of the victims"

If true this is an insane development.
Posted by: pawn

Impossible, unless the shooter used two guns or there was two shooters.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 02:51 PM (dAOkg)

You don't suppose there were two shooters, working together, and the one shooting was intended as a diversion for the other? As to the shouting of "allahu ackbar", why not? Either to muddy the waters, or because the shooter was a zealous convert. Wouldn't be the first time some disaffected loser with a grudge had been hoovered up by muzzie recruiters. They gain a lot of converts in prisons, after all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 02:56 PM (npFr7)

190 Wait, who would be the Prophet of Weed?

Saint Rogan.

Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 02:56 PM (4svSc)

191 Pretty much everyone turns Full Fascist about the things they feel strongly about. Just how it is.

What makes a full Fascist ? The quantity of things they feel strongly about.

Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 02:53 PM (4svSc)

Yeah, no. I am of the Kestrel/Aetius mind. I am all for more freedom, less government power, but stop preaching at me about your miracle poison already.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 02:56 PM (dK+Kv)

192 This Trump press conference is knocking it out of the park!

Posted by: mrp at December 19, 2025 02:56 PM (rj6Yv)

193 This is why you gummy instead of smoke or vape. It doesn't bother anyone around you, there is no smell, and you can control the dosage from 5mg to take the edge off, 10 to 20 mg to catch a nice relaxing buzz, to 50 mg and beyond if you wanna spend the afternoon trying not to fall off the erff.

Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at December 19, 2025 02:56 PM (ttU59)

194 63 I also find it funny that those that smoke weed don't think that everyone around you knows you smoke it because everything you f*cking own reeks of the shit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 02:50 PM (Zz0t1)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

LOL!!! Please quit while you're already miles behind. So completely untrue.

Posted by: deadrody at December 19, 2025 02:56 PM (vgB0v)

195 I quit doin' weed sometime in the mid-'70s after somebody slipped in some really potent shit and I low-crawled onto the lawn to hold onto the grass so I wouldn't fly off into space. Fuck. That. Shit. Chivas Regal was much kinder - and smoother, too …

Posted by: Dr_No at December 19, 2025 02:57 PM (ayRl+)

196 I started consuming Delta 8 THC gummies about 3 years ago. Take it about 3 to 4 nights a week, though sometimes I take a pause for a week to a month.

It's a great experience and I'm not going to give it up.

While high I enjoy watching movies (almost always an improvement), videos on history or other science, just listening to music or playing games with my kids. I'm normally introverted but when I'm high I can hold a good conversation for hours.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 19, 2025 02:57 PM (Vh9CX)

197 I guess the coup is finished.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 02:55 PM (GBKbO)

Take a shot at the king, you best not miss.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 02:57 PM (zZu0s)

198 I am altering the thresd. Pray I don't alter it further.

Posted by: Darth Aceder at December 19, 2025 02:57 PM (TH+5o)

199 Lord help those who have bicycling, vegan, crossfitting potheads in their lives.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 02:57 PM (dK+Kv)

200
I'm pretty sure Everyone thinks they function normally after getting a little high.

But that's not really possible -- when it comes to split-second reaction time.

Posted by: midget Senor Wences & fag at December 19, 2025 02:57 PM (+wReq)

201 ( she said, while eating a homemade chocolate chip cookie and drinking a coke with real cane sugar, eyeing the pan full of homemade peanut butter fudge, and contemplating a nap).
----
Living the life, Madame 😉

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 19, 2025 02:57 PM (igoLh)

202 197 I guess the coup is finished.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 02:55 PM (GBKbO)

Take a shot at the king, you best not miss.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 02:57 PM (zZu0s)

======

Remember a few months back when ace suddenly went on vacation?

And I blogged alone for a whole day?

Le sigh...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 02:57 PM (GBKbO)

203 Next time a marxist calls Trump a fascist.

Never heard of a fascist legalizing weed before.

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025 02:58 PM (EyfuW)

204 BTW fuck Mohammed and fuck your weed
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Good for you. Now, what is your drug of choice ? Shall we "fuck that" as well, or nah ?

Posted by: deadrody at December 19, 2025 02:58 PM (vgB0v)

205 I tried that once, a long time ago. Everything was in really slow motion. Including my driving, I had to constantly check to make sure I was fast enough to be reasonably close to the speed limit of 25mph. It was enough for me to say, maybe ok the one time, but definitely not worth it to do it again.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 02:55 PM (Dv3i1)

My experience, also, back in my college days.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 02:58 PM (npFr7)

206 A lot of the participants in this press conference are mentioning investments in NC. As a matter of fact, the President is holding a rally in the Tar Heel State tonight.

Posted by: mrp at December 19, 2025 02:58 PM (rj6Yv)

207 189 They gain a lot of converts in prisons, after all.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 02:56 PM (npFr7)

Real converts?

Or Farrakhanverts?

Because Farrakhan's shit isn't actually Islam. It's just Scientology with a Crescent.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 02:58 PM (UnA8+)

208
LOL!!! Please quit while you're already miles behind. So completely untrue.

Posted by: deadrody at December 19, 2025 02:56 PM (vgB0v)

You just keep thinking that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 02:59 PM (Zz0t1)

209 178 Wait, who would be the Prophet of Weed?
Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 02:54 PM (UnA8+)

https://tinyurl.com/5n9ymrva

Posted by: tankdemon at December 19, 2025 02:59 PM (/TlUl)

210 50 mg and beyond if you wanna spend the afternoon trying not to fall off the erff.

Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at December 19, 2025 02:56 PM (ttU59)

You should try gravity.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 02:59 PM (dK+Kv)

211 204 Good for you. Now, what is your drug of choice ? Shall we "fuck that" as well, or nah ?
Posted by: deadrody at December 19, 2025 02:58 PM (vgB0v)

The Horde's drug of choice is Buffalo Trace.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 02:59 PM (UnA8+)

212
Yes, the Trump Admin really wants that newly-drawn District in NC.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 03:00 PM (+wReq)

213 87 Kinda like this Mark Tapscott entry at Instapundit on Trump's speech:

https://instapundit.com/763618/

In Ace's world, deleting the post is much like Tapscott's triple white flag update
Posted by: deadrody
=======
Tapscott is a symbol of what is wrong with Capitol Hill GOP reach arounds. Everything to them is how it plays with Democrats that they work with on a daily basis, not content nor actual facts.

And his increasingly brain dead posts resemble one poster that no longer cares to post on Instapundit much--Law Prof Bernstein. Same with Glenn floating Althouse posts anymore.

No one cares what they think and most of the shit they say is irrelevant of any present day context.

Their time has passed as has any wisdom they care to share with us. Thanks to them not fighting Obama and later Biden becuz racists, we are all Timmy in the well trying to drag ourselves out of it along with Trump.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:00 PM (WDjG6)

214 193 This is why you gummy instead of smoke or vape. It doesn't bother anyone around you, there is no smell, and you can control the dosage from 5mg to take the edge off, 10 to 20 mg to catch a nice relaxing buzz, to 50 mg and beyond if you wanna spend the afternoon trying not to fall off the erff.

Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at December 19, 2025 02:56 PM (ttU59)

------

I take up to 60mg D8, it turns into a great psychedelic experience after a few hours. I put on some space ambient music and just be.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 19, 2025 03:00 PM (Vh9CX)

215 Good for you. Now, what is your drug of choice ? Shall we "fuck that" as well, or nah ?
Posted by: deadrody at December 19, 2025 02:58 PM (vgB0v)

You are sure wound up tight. Maybe you need to chill out, and smoke a bowl.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 03:00 PM (npFr7)

216 That used to be called Your Dad.

Then moms started to get all uppity.
Posted by: Tom Servo

My dad was a very easy going, laid back guy. Very little could cause him to correct one of his three kids. Mom never used the phrase "just wait until your father gets home". She just handled it herself because she knew that no matter how bad it was, Dad would just say, " stop doing that, you're annoying your mom ".

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 19, 2025 03:00 PM (2J/Lj)

217 At some point you feel strongly about enough things.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 03:00 PM (TH+5o)

218 211
The Horde's drug of choice is Buffalo Trace.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 02:59 PM (UnA8+)

======

If I could fucking find it.

I settle with Tin Cup. It's cheap and decent.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:00 PM (GBKbO)

219 Good for you. Now, what is your drug of choice ? Shall we "fuck that" as well, or nah ?
Posted by: deadrody at December 19, 2025 02:58 PM (vgB0v)

The Horde's drug of choice is Buffalo Trace.
Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 02:59 PM (UnA8+)
_______

The tears of my enemies

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 03:00 PM (iFTx/)

220 One french fry can take a day off your life.

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025 03:01 PM (EyfuW)

221 Smokeshow. I looked for the corpus on the cross to see if she is Catholic.

Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 03:01 PM (W7XSX)

222
The Horde's drug of choice is Buffalo Trace.
Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 02:59 PM (UnA8+)

that's the last thing I remember having on my birthday.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 03:01 PM (Zz0t1)

223 Michelea Ponce , the woman who filmed herself harassing an elderly Target employee for wearing a Charlie Kirk shirt, has officially been fired from her job.
Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 02:27 PM (RHGPo)

Oh noez

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 19, 2025 03:01 PM (tG1pe)

224
I looked for the corpus on the cross to see if she is Catholic.
Posted by: no one

Well?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 03:02 PM (+wReq)

225 223 Michelea Ponce , the woman who filmed herself harassing an elderly Target employee for wearing a Charlie Kirk shirt, has officially been fired from her job.
Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 02:27 PM (RHGPo)

Oh noez

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 19, 2025 03:01 PM (tG1pe)

=======

She'll be running for office soon.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:02 PM (GBKbO)

226 Real converts?

Or Farrakhanverts?

Because Farrakhan's shit isn't actually Islam. It's just Scientology with a Crescent.
Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 02:58 PM (UnA8+)

Both kinds.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 03:02 PM (npFr7)

227 If you vape some concentrate, you and your surroundings won't smell like weed.

I mean, that's what I've heard. From a friend.

Posted by: Brenda Lee Wants Some Fucken Pie at December 19, 2025 03:02 PM (xNHSX)

228 Remember a few months back when ace suddenly went on vacation?

And I blogged alone for a whole day?

Le sigh...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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The TJM show at Ace was cancelled due to low ratings. He didn't get it.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:02 PM (WDjG6)

229 Sarcasm, unless you agree with it.)
Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 02:50 PM (UnA8+)

157 Behead those who say that stoners aren't peaceful!
Posted by: toby928(c) at
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Youse guys are funny

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 19, 2025 03:03 PM (igoLh)

230 Good for you. Now, what is your drug of choice ? Shall we "fuck that" as well, or nah ?
Posted by: deadrody at December 19, 2025 02:58 PM (vgB0v)

You really do miss my point St Woody Harrelson the Evangelist, I don't give a shit that you do it, but quit blowing smoke up my ass about Weed Nirvana. You love it, great.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 03:03 PM (zZu0s)

231 My dad was a very easy going, laid back guy. Very little could cause him to correct one of his three kids. Mom never used the phrase "just wait until your father gets home". She just handled it herself because she knew that no matter how bad it was, Dad would just say, " stop doing that, you're annoying your mom ".
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 19, 2025 03:00 PM (2J/Lj)

Dad had a temper and was high strung at times. He usually didn't know much of what went on as mom just whooped our asses.

Then, dad saw the bruises..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 03:03 PM (Zz0t1)

232
No questions!

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 03:03 PM (+wReq)

233 216 My dad was a very easy going, laid back guy. Very little could cause him to correct one of his three kids. Mom never used the phrase "just wait until your father gets home". She just handled it herself because she knew that no matter how bad it was, Dad would just say, " stop doing that, you're annoying your mom ".
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 19, 2025 03:00 PM (2J/Lj)

My grandfather beat the shit out of my father, but not his brother nor sister (who were both younger than him).

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 03:03 PM (UnA8+)

234 I also find it funny that those that smoke weed don't think that everyone around you knows you smoke it because everything you f*cking own reeks of the shit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I worry about that with cigars. I'm considering acquiring a smoking coat.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 03:03 PM (a+4eV)

235 @ 178 Wait, who would be the Prophet of Weed?
____________________________________________

Prolly the same dude who says he's the 'Cowboy of Love' … ain't his name 'Maurice' or something … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at December 19, 2025 03:03 PM (ayRl+)

236 228 The TJM show at Ace was cancelled due to low ratings. He didn't get it.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:02 PM (WDjG6)

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Blogs are dead.

The real money is in YouTube.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:03 PM (GBKbO)

237
Fake News was gonna ask "epstein" questions, anyway. So fuck 'em.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 03:03 PM (+wReq)

238 I take up to 60mg D8, it turns into a great psychedelic experience after a few hours. I put on some space ambient music and just be.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 19, 2025 03:00 PM (Vh9CX)

Check out Eloy, Metromania and Time to Turn.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 03:03 PM (dK+Kv)

239 Was thinking beverage after supper now wondering maybe before supper

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 03:04 PM (Ia/+0)

240 I'm pretty sure Everyone thinks they function normally after getting a little high.

But that's not really possible -- when it comes to split-second reaction time.
Posted by: midget Senor Wences & fag at December 19, 2025 02:57 PM (+wReq)

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Agree, that's why I don't drive while high.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 19, 2025 03:04 PM (Vh9CX)

241 The "nicest" Buffalo Trace (Sazerac, I guess) whiskey I've been able to acquire was a bottle of Weller Antique 107. Pretty good, and not abominably priced.

But I don't set up my lawn chair outside the store at 5 am, either...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 19, 2025 03:04 PM (wtvvX)

242 178 Wait, who would be the Prophet of Weed?
Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 02:54 PM (UnA8+)

Snoop Dog?

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2025 03:04 PM (wVcYX)

243 I am all for more freedom, less government power, but stop preaching at me about your miracle poison already.

If somebody forces you to partake let me know. As for the preaching ? The greatness of the MJ - my duty to society as defined by others - I tire of them all equally.

Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 03:05 PM (4svSc)

244
I worry about that with cigars. I'm considering acquiring a smoking coat.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 03:03 PM (a+4eV)

I worked with a guy that was convinced his wife didn't know he was still smoking cigarettes because he wore a golf glove on his cig hand.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 03:05 PM (Zz0t1)

245 MIC DROP!

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 03:05 PM (rbvCR)

246 Wait, who would be the Prophet of Weed?
Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 02:54 PM (UnA8+)

Snoop Dog?
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2025 03:04 PM (wVcYX)

Willie f*cking Nelson.

Geez.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 03:05 PM (Zz0t1)

247
Fake News shits don't understand "no questions."

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 03:05 PM (+wReq)

248 The President said that he wouldn't take questions. He finished his concluding remarks and did a mic drop. Bravo!

Posted by: mrp at December 19, 2025 03:06 PM (rj6Yv)

249 All I see at that press conference are a group of DEI women, astride one lonely white male they failed to extinguish.

Posted by: Vengeance at December 19, 2025 03:06 PM (d3v2W)

250 I also find it funny that those that smoke weed don't think that everyone around you knows you smoke it because everything you f*cking own reeks of the shit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I worry about that with cigars. I'm considering acquiring a smoking coat.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 03:03 PM (a+4eV)
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Just get a cheap nylon or poly jacket that zips up. That's what I use. I'm a cigar fan but hate the smell and filth of the smoke. So I never smoke indoors or while wearing clothes I can't easily wash. I have long hair so I usually put it up into a hat. And as soon as I'm done smoking, I wash my hands.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 03:06 PM (iFTx/)

251 Check out Eloy, Metromania and Time to Turn.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 03:03 PM (dK+Kv)

Never heard of them but I'll give them a listen to.

Dreamstate Logic is really good.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 19, 2025 03:06 PM (Vh9CX)

252 242 178 Wait, who would be the Prophet of Weed?
Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 02:54 PM (UnA8+)

Snoop Dog?
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2025 03:04 PM (wVcYX)

Do we have to start referring to him as "Snoop Dogg (Weed Be Upon Him)"?

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 03:06 PM (UnA8+)

253 I worry about that with cigars. I'm considering acquiring a smoking coat.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 03:03 PM (a+4eV)

No one ever complained of someone smelling like pipe tobacco is all im saying.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 03:07 PM (zZu0s)

254 Michelea Ponce , the woman who filmed herself harassing an elderly Target employee for wearing a Charlie Kirk shirt, has officially been fired from her job.
Posted by: SMOD

Well, maybe she can become a professional wrestler.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 03:07 PM (L/fGl)

255 I worry about that with cigars. I'm considering acquiring a smoking coat.

My former +1 used to make me strip down in the garage when I got home from the cigar lounge and put my clothes in a plastic bag, and didn't like me cuddling with the dog till after a shower. She could smell cigar smoke like a Great White smelling a drop of blood in the ocean.

I live alone now.

Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at December 19, 2025 03:07 PM (JQE/n)

256 That there are 5 times as many people that use it than the ones you think are "weed guys" that you have no idea about.

LOL you are not as secret as you think you are.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 19, 2025 03:07 PM (3Amc7)

257 Dreamstate Logic is really good.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 19, 2025 03:06 PM (Vh9CX)

I'll check 'em out. You're in for a trip.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 03:07 PM (dK+Kv)

258 238 Check out Eloy, Metromania and Time to Turn.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 03:03 PM (dK+Kv)

There are youtube channels out there that just stream space ambient stuff 24/7.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 03:07 PM (UnA8+)

259 The greatness of the MJ - my duty to society as defined by others - I tire of them all equally.

Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 03:05 PM (4svSc)

Hey we can have our little spats about things now and again but don't you dare impugn His Airness himself, Michael Jordan.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 03:07 PM (TH+5o)

260 Elric is smoking a cigar on his balcony, wrapped in a body condom.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 03:08 PM (zZu0s)

261 The TJM show at Ace was cancelled due to low ratings. He didn't get it.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:02 PM (WDjG6)

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Blogs are dead.

The real money is in YouTube.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:03 PM (GBKbO)
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Amateur. It's in OF.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 03:08 PM (iFTx/)

262
*considers introducing the subject of psychedelics*
*reconsiders introducing the subject of psychedelics*
*decides against introducing the subject of psychedelics*

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 03:08 PM (jc0TO)

263 The Profit of Weed would most probably be Haile Selassie.

Posted by: pawn at December 19, 2025 03:08 PM (EMg+d)

264 261 Amateur. It's in OF.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 03:08 PM (iFTx/)

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Wake me when Candace has an OF.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:08 PM (GBKbO)

265 How do you know someone smokes weed?

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 03:08 PM (TH+5o)

266 We have Buffalo Trace here. 750 ml bottle for $28.95

Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 03:08 PM (W7XSX)

267 They reak of it

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 03:09 PM (Ia/+0)

268 Elric is smoking a cigar on his balcony, wrapped in a body condom.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 03:08 PM (zZu0s)
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Roof deck, but basically yea

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 03:09 PM (iFTx/)

269 265 How do you know someone smokes weed?
Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 03:08 PM (TH+5o)

They'll carve "BH Team" into everything they can get their hands on.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 03:09 PM (UnA8+)

270 How do you know someone smokes weed?
Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 03:08 PM (TH+5o)

It's like Crossfit.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 03:09 PM (npFr7)

271 Bloodshot eyes.

Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 03:09 PM (W7XSX)

272 How do you know someone smokes weed?
Posted by: ..

They immediately flinch when you point out the cops?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 03:09 PM (a+4eV)

273 I see this popping up all over the place, but its news to me, I must not have been on the memo's distribution list - White Christian Nationalism is the biggest threat to Democracy today. I don't know even know what this is. I wonder if anyone repeating this news has a definition of this to share so I can properly give it my all for the designated daily 2 minutes hate.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 03:09 PM (Dv3i1)

274
Are You Peephole aware of this?

Did You Know the Democrats are doing a 2024 "recount" stunt in a New York county?

Tik Tok Goblins are pretending this will spark a nationwide recount and reverse the '24 election.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 03:09 PM (+wReq)

275 I worry about that with cigars. I'm considering acquiring a smoking coat.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 03:03 PM (a+4eV)

No one ever complained of someone smelling like pipe tobacco is all im saying.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 03:07 PM (zZu0s)

*hat tip*

Posted by: Borkum Riff at December 19, 2025 03:09 PM (wVcYX)

276 Goofy happiness.

Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 03:09 PM (W7XSX)

277 I worry about that with cigars. I'm considering acquiring a smoking coat.
Posted by: FeatherBlade

I need a pizza and spaghetti eating coat.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 03:09 PM (L/fGl)

278 Blogs are dead.

The real money is in YouTube.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

The real real money is AI slop videos where current content is ripped off from human content without attribution. Like the Chicom Chinesium crap on Amazon, you can't escape the shit because they just keep changing names, filing off serial numbers and reposting the same shit even if YT takes the original down.

Yet they get paid.

Rick Beato and Phil of Wings of Pegasus note all the fake music videos and their marketing. But it is far bigger than that. Even in the last year, I think about 50-70 percent of YT is now AI slop feeds through algorithms.

Rule of thumb, if they actually have an identifiable talking person or panel discussing the subject like you (and the audio syncs), then it is less likely to be AI crap for now.

Lots of folks have YT only as teasers for paid Patreon or Rumble videos now.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:09 PM (WDjG6)

279 Wait, who would be the Prophet of Weed?
Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 02:54 PM (UnA8+)

Snoop Dog?
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2025 03:04 PM

Would that make him the only prophet with his own College Football Bowl Game?

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 03:09 PM (jc0TO)

280 Amateur. It's in OF.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 03:08 PM (iFTx/)

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Wake me when Candace has an OF.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:08 PM (GBKbO)
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Over-under? 10 years.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 03:10 PM (iFTx/)

281 266 We have Buffalo Trace here. 750 ml bottle for $28.95

Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 03:08 PM (W7XSX)

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I think the Carolinas have a distribution issue where restaurants effectively own the distributors and take all the quality bourbons before they ever get to liquor stores. I know it was the case in South Carolina, and I assume it's the same in North since I still can't find any of the remotely rarer things.

So, the limited market is suddenly even more limited.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:10 PM (GBKbO)

282 If I liked MJ I'd probably partake all of the time. But, fortunately I guess, it makes me feel profoundly stupid. I lose my short term memory and cannot intelligently converse with anyone. I kind of envy those who can enjoy.

Posted by: Alexander Haig at December 19, 2025 03:10 PM (bNf8H)

283 "That was my SKULL!!!! I'm so WASTED!!!!!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 03:10 PM (Zz0t1)

284 No one ever complained of someone smelling like pipe tobacco is all im saying.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

This is something to consider.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 03:10 PM (a+4eV)

285 What a weird weather day, pouring rain with high winds, finally cleared but dark and very windy now. Was in mid 5ps but dropping now.

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 03:10 PM (Ia/+0)

286
Democrat activists claim they found "anomalies" in New York county voting in '24.

Yeah, this is the beginning of the End of the Trump presidency.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 03:10 PM (+wReq)

287 How do you know someone smokes weed?

Crossfit and Vegans.

Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 03:10 PM (4svSc)

288 Check out Eloy, Metromania and Time to Turn.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 03:03 PM (dK+Kv)

There are youtube channels out there that just stream space ambient stuff 24/7.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 03:07 PM (UnA8+)

Space ambient is not really my thing, but some of the 70s and 80s stuff incorporating some of that audio "imagery" is pretty good.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 03:10 PM (dK+Kv)

289 And on pipe tobacco, it is the cheapest, nastiest tasting shit that smells the best.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 03:11 PM (zZu0s)

290 Off general sock.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at December 19, 2025 03:11 PM (bNf8H)

291 178 The real real money is AI slop videos where current content is ripped off from human content without attribution. Like the Chicom Chinesium crap on Amazon, you can't escape the shit because they just keep changing names, filing off serial numbers and reposting the same shit even if YT takes the original down.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:09 PM (WDjG6)

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I assume that badly AI'd videos of Wikipedia articles do bang busters.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:11 PM (GBKbO)

292 Was in mid 5ps but dropping now.

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 03:10 PM (Ia/+0)

What was in the mid 5ps? The thresd?

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 03:11 PM (TH+5o)

293 Know what's even MORE amazing ? That there are 5 times as many people that use it than the ones you think are "weed guys" that you have no idea about.

Know what's even MOAR MORE amazing? That there are "weed guys" that think they are so in control of themselves that the rest of us don't know they are "weed guys"

We know.

Posted by: Billy Silly at December 19, 2025 03:11 PM (Vu7A1)

294 I was out running some errands this morning and was listening to the news. Doctor being interviewed on this topic said there is a malaria drug on the market that sells for something $25,000 per dose in the US and sells for $8 per dose in Congo.

That's the problem. The US has been subsidizing other countries for years. We pay huge amounts of money for the exact same drugs available in other countries for peanuts.

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This. The initial price of new US-developed drugs may need to be relatively high to recover R&D costs in a reasonable timeframe, but this shouldn't continue indefinitely. Once a drug is being sold overseas for peanuts the R&D has been recovered and the the US price should be much lower.

Posted by: Bigsmith at December 19, 2025 03:11 PM (1Au9i)

295 281 I think the Carolinas have a distribution issue where restaurants effectively own the distributors and take all the quality bourbons before they ever get to liquor stores. I know it was the case in South Carolina, and I assume it's the same in North since I still can't find any of the remotely rarer things.

So, the limited market is suddenly even more limited.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:10 PM (GBKbO)

They have an extremely limited distribution apparatus for the Northeast.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 03:11 PM (UnA8+)

296 Sargon of Akkad: All liberal state propaganda looks the same. (Vapid, performative platitudes aimed at othe white liberals)

https://youtu.be/XKq0R-HVsGo

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 19, 2025 03:12 PM (5iABs)

297 294 This. The initial price of new US-developed drugs may need to be relatively high to recover R&D costs in a reasonable timeframe, but this shouldn't continue indefinitely. Once a drug is being sold overseas for peanuts the R&D has been recovered and the the US price should be much lower.

Posted by: Bigsmith at December 19, 2025 03:11 PM (1Au9i)

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It's my understanding that their processes also suck which drives up the costs.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:12 PM (GBKbO)

298 I need a pizza and spaghetti eating coat.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 03:09 PM (L/fGl)

RealTree needs to market a "spilled food" camo shirt. I'd buy a case. Make it a pocket Tee.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 03:12 PM (npFr7)

299 It's funny that CBD's weed thread got pulled, yet we're still talking about it in Ace's open thresd.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 03:12 PM (Zz0t1)

300 15 President Livstream link:

https://is.gd/4lV5cO
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 02:22 PM (+wReq)

Thanks.

Posted by: m at December 19, 2025 03:12 PM (RuTUS)

301 How do you know someone smokes weed?
Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 03:08 PM (TH+5o)

From the sermons.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 03:12 PM (dK+Kv)

302 I think edibles are "the in thing" these days.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 03:13 PM (NwnyJ)

303 I live in the midlands of SC. Plenty of supply of BT.

Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 03:13 PM (W7XSX)

304 It's like Crossfit.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 03:09 PM (npFr7)

Crossfit and Vegans.

Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 03:10 PM (4svSc)

There it is but I see (of course) flounder already beat me to it

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 03:13 PM (TH+5o)

305 "299 It's funny that CBD's weed thread got pulled, yet we're still talking about it in Ace's open thresd."

You can't put the atmosphere back in the container.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at December 19, 2025 03:13 PM (6qf1m)

306 296 Sargon of Akkad: All liberal state propaganda looks the same. (Vapid, performative platitudes aimed at othe white liberals)

https://youtu.be/XKq0R-HVsGo
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 19, 2025 03:12 PM (5iABs)

Sargon and Dev (Short Fat Otaku, a former Sargon orbiter who now tries to bait him into debates) need to have their duel to the death already.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 03:13 PM (UnA8+)

307 That was paul sperry who uncovered this detail about the shooter

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at December 19, 2025 03:13 PM (bXbFr)

308 No one ever complained of someone smelling like pipe tobacco is all im saying.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 03:07 PM (zZu0s)

This is oddly true. I smoke me pipe on break at work in my jeep. People walk by all the time and ask what that awesome smell is. First time was the COO of the company and I was all "shit, I'm getting fired for not being in the smoking area." Then nobody said shit so I continued and it's happened a lot since. This is OHM Red Turkish blend. $19 a pound. Lasts about a month and a half vs. $400 for cigs in the same timeframe.

Posted by: Reforger at December 19, 2025 03:13 PM (VF6cf)

309
Related: Democrat jihadists on the Internet are Big Mad the DNC cancelled their promised "2024 Election Autopsy," a gimmick created to placate their paranoid base who refuse to accept President Trump won again.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 03:13 PM (+wReq)

310 303 I live in the midlands of SC. Plenty of supply of BT.

Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 03:13 PM (W7XSX)

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Must have been a Charleston thing. I knew a guy who had worked with the distributors, and he told me the story.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:13 PM (GBKbO)

311 Wake me when Candace has an OF.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Eeeww. You can tell when a dog or horse is stressed because you see their sclera of their eyes as they roll them about. Candace Ovens strikes me that way.

Plus the likelihood of her being an intel influence op, given the Limey she married is in an old monied Brit that is royalty adjacent, is pretty high.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:13 PM (WDjG6)

312 What was the President's mic drop?

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 19, 2025 03:14 PM (igoLh)

313 How do you know someone smokes weed?
Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 03:08 PM (TH+5o)

They're yelling at you how harmless weed is and you drink alcohol so you're a hypocrite.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 03:14 PM (Zz0t1)

314 Got to give John Thune his props. He has gotten the most nominees confirmed in a president's first year ever. Now get going on judges

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 03:14 PM (1vqcm)

315 309
Related: Democrat jihadists on the Internet are Big Mad the DNC cancelled their promised "2024 Election Autopsy," a gimmick created to placate their paranoid base who refuse to accept President Trump won again.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 03:13 PM (+wReq)

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It was probably, "All of our issues are unpopular, displacing Biden was a terrible idea, and Kamala repelled men."

You release that if you're trying to prevent a Kamala campaign. You bury it if you realize it's definitely happening and she's probably going to win the nomination anyway.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:15 PM (GBKbO)

316 And on pipe tobacco, it is the cheapest, nastiest tasting shit that smells the best.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Now I'm wondering if you could just burn it like incense

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 03:15 PM (a+4eV)

317 When they told me to stop drinking bourbon and scotch, I sold off most off and gave away most of what I had except 3 bottles; a PVW 23, PVW 20 and a Macallan 21. I have them in a cabinet with votive candles, that I light every time I get tempted to drink them. I guess one day I’ll sell them.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 19, 2025 03:15 PM (sl7a6)

318 They're yelling at you how harmless weed is and you drink alcohol so you're a hypocrite.

Two things can be true - weed is not harmless and you are a hypocrite.

Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 03:16 PM (4svSc)

319 314 Got to give John Thune his props. He has gotten the most nominees confirmed in a president's first year ever. Now get going on judges

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 03:14 PM (1vqcm)

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Thune cuts like a knife!

Seriously, how he put 95% of what the parliamentarian objected to just back into the OBBB on the final amendment and got it passed was...amazing. It's what Mitch would have done for things Democrats wanted.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:16 PM (GBKbO)

320
Two things can be true - weed is not harmless and you are a hypocrite.
Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 03:16 PM (4svSc)

And you could be wrong on one part.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 03:16 PM (Zz0t1)

321
Impossible, unless the shooter used two guns or there was two shooters.
Posted by: rickb223

Grassy Noel

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 03:16 PM (pkeXY)

322 The real money is in YouTube. Dont forget to like and subscribe

Posted by: doug at December 19, 2025 03:16 PM (Hy+R4)

323 It is by choom alone I set my mind in motion. Thoughts acquire speed, the eyes become red, the red become a warning.

Posted by: Barry Soetoro at December 19, 2025 03:17 PM (jc0TO)

324 216 My dad was a very easy going, laid back guy. Very little could cause him to correct one of his three kids. Mom never used the phrase "just wait until your father gets home". She just handled it herself because she knew that no matter how bad it was, Dad would just say, " stop doing that, you're annoying your mom ".
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 19, 2025 03:00 PM (2J/Lj)

; )

Posted by: m at December 19, 2025 03:17 PM (RuTUS)

325 Charleston is the premier tourist destination. Maybe the distiller rations the stuff out my resident population?

Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 03:17 PM (W7XSX)

326 I assume that badly AI'd videos of Wikipedia articles do bang busters.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Depends on the topic. And the bots/algorithm boosting or deboosting it.

Doesn't help that YT is busy enshittifying the channel by very lengthy streams of ads if you don't employ some sort of ad blocking strategy.

Amazon is doing the same thing with its buying search engine by charging vendors out the wazoo for placing their product in the top couple of hits.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:17 PM (WDjG6)

327 Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:13 PM (WDjG6)

As I said the thing that always bothered me about her had nothing to do with anything she ever said - it was that 10 light year stare whenever she was talking to someone.

When you are in a conversation you shouldn't look like you are solving differential equations and trying to figure out if maybe the other person is an alien trying to trick your ass. It's offputting.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 03:17 PM (TH+5o)

328 Haven't been near a pipe smoker in a very long time. Butas a kid was and didn't think it was bad to smell at all.

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 03:17 PM (Ia/+0)

329 I hope I'm not the only one that has suggested that ace get a backup laptop to use. Maybe even a simple tablet with a keyboard.

Those of us who are addicts for his content would very much be grateful for it.

I'll hit up the tip jar.
Posted by: Defenestratus at December 19, 2025 02:53 PM (WYStd)

Or develop the AI driven ACE-0-SPADES 3000 with a specially developed Cruelty Engine.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 03:18 PM (8avO+)

330 I've actually never had weed, I'm just curious about trying something that isn't alcohol (I'd prefer it be MDMA than weed, though).

Yes, I know that's irresponsible.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 03:18 PM (UnA8+)

331 I live in the midlands of SC. Plenty of supply of BT.
Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 03:13 PM (W7XSX)
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We're talking the small-batch, limited run stuff. I've lived in NC so long, I remember the days when you had to BYO hootch in a brown bag to the restaurant/club and purchase a set-up. The alternative was to rent a private booze locker on the premises.

Posted by: mrp at December 19, 2025 03:18 PM (rj6Yv)

332 IQ drops every decade, testosterone in males is dropping every decade, and we are increasingly beginning to resemble a third world country.

Good time to legalize and normalize gambling and weed. Great.

Posted by: brak at December 19, 2025 03:18 PM (jGJov)

333 White Christian Nationalism is the biggest threat to Democracy today.
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Caucasian Christian who is proud of their country? Actually I can see how they are a threat to those who want to destroy our country.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 19, 2025 03:19 PM (igoLh)

334 333 Caucasian Christian who is proud of their country? Actually I can see how they are a threat to those who want to destroy our country.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 19, 2025 03:19 PM (igoLh)

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The people Britain wants to send to die in Ukraine?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:19 PM (GBKbO)

335 81 The shooters gun only matches one of the victims

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at December 19, 2025 02:38 PM (bXbFr)

Does the bullet that killed him match any of his guns?

Have the Providence and RI authorities reported how many times he shot himself in the back of the head?

Posted by: Gref at December 19, 2025 03:19 PM (5rh/l)

336

My grandfather beat the shit out of my father, but not his brother nor sister (who were both younger than him).
Posted by: XTC

Middle kid. Mom beat the shit out of me, but not my older sister, or younger brother. When we had Junior-ette, she admonished me not to spank her. My response (just to troll her)...
"You beat the shit out of me from as early as I can remember until I got big enough to take the damed belt away from you. I turned out okay where bro and sis didn't. So I'm gonna beat the shit of of her so she turns out okay too."

Never once needed to smack the kid. She was always good, kind, and very concious of her surroundings (probably hid her misdeeds).

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 19, 2025 03:19 PM (QVmho)

337 Holy moly, what a storm! We have party tent up for my bride's annual Christmas thingee, too. For now anyway.

Auntie Em! Auntie Em!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 03:19 PM (iD+t2)

338 So should that "We don't dispute..." statement be amended to the "What are you going to do about it?" phase, right after "It's good if it did"...?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 19, 2025 03:19 PM (ULPxl)

339 Was it something I said?

Posted by: CrossFit vegan atheist at December 19, 2025 03:20 PM (LaiZQ)

340 They're yelling at you how harmless weed is and you drink alcohol so you're a hypocrite.

Two things can be true - weed is not harmless and you are a hypocrite.
Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 03:16 PM (4svSc)

Problem with this logic is that the liver regenerates and your lungs do not. God himself arranged that.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 03:20 PM (8avO+)

341 THE Rick Wilson is THE crazy evil asshole.

Rick Wilson on Trump: “My better angels when he dies are going to be on vacation. He deserves nothing but our hatred. Donald Trump’s grave will reek of ammonia for a million years. He is the most hated president in our lifetimes. As you pass down into the gates of hell, the last sound you’ll hear is the laughter and cheering of Americans as you disappear from this fucking world”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 03:20 PM (L/fGl)

342 Oh good! People insulting each other on a thread about weed.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 03:20 PM (Nx5jP)

343 As I said the thing that always bothered me about her had nothing to do with anything she ever said - it was that 10 light year stare whenever she was talking to someone.

When you are in a conversation you shouldn't look like you are solving differential equations and trying to figure out if maybe the other person is an alien trying to trick your ass. It's offputting.
Posted by: ...

The Fixx's One Thing Leads to Another fits Candace Ovens to the T.

"The deception with tact
Just what are you trying to say?
You got a blank face, which irritates
Communicate, pull out your party piece
You see dimensions in two
State your case with black or white
But when one little cross leads to shots, grit your teeth
You run for cover, so discreet"

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:20 PM (WDjG6)

344 Behind every good man there is a woman, and that woman was Martha Washington, man, and everyday George would come home, she would have a big fat bowl waiting for him, man, when he come in the door, man, she was a hip, hip, hip lady, man.

Posted by: Slater at December 19, 2025 03:20 PM (wVcYX)

345 341 THE Rick Wilson is THE crazy evil asshole.

Rick Wilson on Trump: “My better angels when he dies are going to be on vacation. He deserves nothing but our hatred. Donald Trump’s grave will reek of ammonia for a million years. He is the most hated president in our lifetimes. As you pass down into the gates of hell, the last sound you’ll hear is the laughter and cheering of Americans as you disappear from this fucking world”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 03:20 PM (L/fGl)

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His hatred of the guy leading the diminishment of the federal workforce is really something for a small government conservative.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:20 PM (GBKbO)

346 Friend of the Blog Rick Wilson

Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at December 19, 2025 03:21 PM (jc0TO)

347 Rick Wilson on Trump: “My better angels when he dies are going to be on vacation. He deserves nothing but our hatred. Donald Trump’s grave will reek of ammonia for a million years. He is the most hated president in our lifetimes. As you pass down into the gates of hell, the last sound you’ll hear is the laughter and cheering of Americans as you disappear from this fucking world”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 03:20 PM (L/fGl)

Pure projection.

Rick, how's that Rebel Flag cooler?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 03:21 PM (Zz0t1)

348 Oh good! People insulting each other on a thread about weed.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 03:20 PM (Nx5jP)

Ignore the machine elves, it is just teh MDMA

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 03:21 PM (rbvCR)

349 What a weird weather day, pouring rain with high winds, finally cleared but dark and very windy now
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Currently in Montana. Weird weather here too. Lots of wind, rain, warm temps that comes in waves. Unusual.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 19, 2025 03:21 PM (igoLh)

350 They're yelling at you how harmless weed is and you drink alcohol so you're a hypocrite.

Two things can be true - weed is not harmless and you are a hypocrite.

Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 03:16 PM (4svSc)

Amen.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 03:21 PM (dK+Kv)

351 Who is Rick Wilson?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 03:21 PM (Nx5jP)

352 Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:20 PM (WDjG6)

Trenchant

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 03:21 PM (TH+5o)

353 "The Fixx's One Thing Leads to Another"

Love The Fixx. Saw them last year. They were great, of course.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at December 19, 2025 03:21 PM (6qf1m)

354 Nood of content abyss

Posted by: scampydog at December 19, 2025 03:21 PM (2bFN5)

355 Rick Wilson can go sit on top of a cactus for all I care.
Go move to Ukraine

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 03:22 PM (Ia/+0)

356 I so miss the smell of OG Smoke Shoppes. Leather and tobacco of all kinds. Cool canes for sale.

Most MAN shop in any mall.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 03:22 PM (zZu0s)

357 >>Problem with this logic is that the liver regenerates and your lungs do not. God himself arranged that.

Even Bob Marley didn't smoke enough weed to damage his lungs. It's not like most people are putting away the equivalent of a pack or two of cigarettes per day.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 03:22 PM (viF8m)

358 Who is Rick Wilson?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 03:21 PM (Nx5jP)
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Some guy with a Confederate flag on his cooler.

Posted by: mrp at December 19, 2025 03:23 PM (rj6Yv)

359 342 Oh good! People insulting each other on a thread about weed.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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It is actually debate about Bob Dylan's Hypothesis:

"Everybody must get stoned....."

The null hypothesis of course is nobody should get stoned, the alternative hypothesis is whether marijuana or booze is the chosen way to get stoned.

What they don't know is that a sample of gray boxers will have be be vivisected in order to test these hypotheses.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:23 PM (WDjG6)

360 Laconic new thread.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 03:23 PM (jc0TO)

361 357 Even Bob Marley didn't smoke enough weed to damage his lungs. It's not like most people are putting away the equivalent of a pack or two of cigarettes per day.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 03:22 PM (viF8m)

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*laughing like a retard*
-Seth Rogan

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 03:23 PM (GBKbO)

362 354 Nood of content abyss
Posted by: scampydog at December 19, 2025 03:21 PM (2bFN5)

December 19, 2025
Open thread
—Ace

Posted by Ace at 03:20 PM Comments

Posted by: m at December 19, 2025 03:23 PM (RuTUS)

363
This is OHM Red Turkish blend. $19 a pound.

You have no resistance to OHM.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 03:24 PM (pkeXY)

364 The last time firefox updated, it erased all of my bookmarks just to spite me. Fortunately, I had a backup file.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 03:24 PM (0U5gm)

365 If you want to see how harmless habitual marijuana use is, look no further than the black community.

Posted by: it's a wonder drug, alright at December 19, 2025 03:24 PM (hJlBj)

366 352 Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:20 PM (WDjG6)

Trenchant
Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 03:21 PM (TH+5o)

353 "The Fixx's One Thing Leads to Another"

Love The Fixx. Saw them last year. They were great, of course.
Posted by: Bad Andrew
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Great band and can pull off what they put on vinyl decades ago.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 03:25 PM (WDjG6)

367 Who is Rick Wilson?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 03:21 PM (Nx5jP)
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He is a former small government conservative who went full Democrat. He bought himself a Confederate flag, and he bought himself a group of willing young men to "intern" for the new Democrat organization he helped establish.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 03:25 PM (iD+t2)

368 There is a new thread.

Posted by: m at December 19, 2025 03:25 PM (RuTUS)

369
Have you thought about changing up to Linux?

Posted by: Blanco at December 19, 2025 03:25 PM (q83gU)

370 The last time firefox updated, it erased all of my bookmarks just to spite me. Fortunately, I had a backup file.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 1 9, 2025 03:24 PM (0U5gm)

Yeah, mine has done that. Lucky for me I only have one bookmark to replace. The rest appear naturally.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 03:25 PM (8avO+)

371 a PVW 23, PVW 20 and a Macallan 21. I have them in a cabinet with votive candles, that I light every time I get tempted to drink them. I guess one day I’ll sell them
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I don't know what those are, but I like the way you are dealing with it.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 19, 2025 03:26 PM (igoLh)

372 Oh good! People insulting each other on a thread about weed.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 03:20 PM (Nx5jP)

Ignore the machine elves, it is just teh MDMA

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 03:21 PM (rbvCR)

Fen's right. This thread needs more boobs.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 03:26 PM (dK+Kv)

373 The null hypothesis of course is nobody should get stoned, the alternative hypothesis is whether marijuana or booze is the chosen way to get stoned.

What they don't know is that a sample of gray boxers will have be be vivisected in order to test these hypotheses.

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😊 Always enjoy your comments whig.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 19, 2025 03:30 PM (igoLh)

374 by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 02:37 PM (Dv3i1)

Arkansas, too.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 19, 2025 03:30 PM (Vvh2V)

375 There are youtube channels out there that just stream space ambient stuff 24/7.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 03:07 PM (UnA8+)

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Jedi Master is good. There is also a channel called Tape Stuff that a lot of old tape recording upload that has some great soundscapes.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 19, 2025 03:30 PM (Vh9CX)

376 My grandfather beat the shit out of my father, but not his brother nor sister (who were both younger than him).
Posted by: XTC

There was a true crime show on ID about a father who allegedly left when his son was 18 months. A bunch of weird shit happened and 60 years later his son found his father's body well and truly buried in the basement. It seems his dad invited an ex-con to live with them and help him remodel the house. His mom and the ex-con had an affair and murdered dad, they later married, and he sexually assaulted the daughters. Son had given up finding dad until his sister convinced him to go to a psychic, eventhough he didn't believe, and the psychic told him his father was buried in the basement near a target that used to be in the basement decades earlier.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 03:34 PM (L/fGl)

377 Climate Change nutcases can pound their heads on the wall until their Brains come out their ears their Eco-Freak World is falling about

Posted by: Spurwing Plover at December 19, 2025 05:37 PM (wGqjj)

315,000 Possibly Fraudulent Ballots? Eh...It's Business-As-Usual In Georgia!

Nothing shocking, except for the admission that they are either fantastically bad at their jobs, or are subverting the Constitution.

Or both!

'We Don't Dispute' It: Georgia 315k Vote Bombshell Blows a Big Hole in 2020's 'Most Secure Election' Lie

A Georgia State Election Board investigation substantiated that Fulton County violated election rules in 2020 by failing to have poll workers sign required tabulation tapes for early votes in 36 out of 37 advanced voting precincts, affecting approximately 315,000 ballots.
These unsigned tapes broke the chain-of-custody and certification requirements under Georgia law, which mandates signed tapes as the sole legal proof of authentic vote totals.
During a board meeting on December 9th, Ann Brumbaugh, attorney for the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections, contends that Fulton County does “not dispute that the tapes were not signed.”

Posted by: CBD at 01:07 PM

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1 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at December 19, 2025 01:04 PM (5IH8V)

2 2nd

Posted by: Thanatopsis at December 19, 2025 01:04 PM (5IH8V)

3 3rd

Posted by: Thanatopsis at December 19, 2025 01:04 PM (5IH8V)

4 Now to nood

Posted by: Thanatopsis at December 19, 2025 01:05 PM (5IH8V)

5 Ace out of the Barrel !

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2025 01:05 PM (VE6XX)

6 81 million votes.

Sure.

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 19, 2025 01:06 PM (IifOV)

7 5 Ace out of the Barrel !
Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2025 01:05 PM (VE6XX)

My mistake.. Ace is still in the Barrel

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2025 01:06 PM (VE6XX)

8 The CBD Coup is complete. Long live CBD.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2025 01:06 PM (Wg6v7)

9 I think instead of focusing on affordability, maybe republicans should make the number one priority getting rid of early voting and mailing voting.

Assuming they want to win future elections

Posted by: Maroon at December 19, 2025 01:06 PM (wP3Cr)

10 As secure as the Social Security lockbox.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2025 01:06 PM (HUco/)

11 Democrats have realized there are a whole host of 'laws' that have no actual mechanism for enforcement.

Basically, 'yeah, we violated the law. So what?'

Posted by: DudeAbiding at December 19, 2025 01:07 PM (lCHt6)

12 My mistake.. Ace is still in the Barrel
Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2025 01:06 PM (VE6XX)
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Ace has become the Barrel.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2025 01:07 PM (ESVrU)

13 Ace better not eat the shrooms in the Barrel.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2025 01:08 PM (HUco/)

14 Investigating vote fraud is disenfranchising underrepresented voters.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:08 PM (GBKbO)

15 I'm beginning to think that 30% of the country are illegals, 30% of all votes cast for Democraps are totally fake, and 30% of all government spending is pure fraud and theft.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 01:09 PM (iFTx/)

16 NOOD!

I've always wanted to do that!

Posted by: Billy Silly at December 19, 2025 01:10 PM (Vu7A1)

17 Conflicted, I am. Stay here, or go upstairs?

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 01:10 PM (pDt9x)

18 15 I'm beginning to think that 30% of the country are illegals, 30% of all votes cast for Democraps are totally fake, and 30% of all government spending is pure fraud and theft.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 01:09 PM (iFTx/)

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*checks rulebook*

Yup, any lack of acceptance of dominant narratives from The New York Times makes you racist.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:10 PM (GBKbO)

19 But isn't Raffensberger the secretary of state running for governor of Georgia. He should be barred from the Republican party for his intentional incompetence

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 01:11 PM (1vqcm)

20 Stated: "We don't dispute it."
Unstated: "Whatcha gonna do about it?"

Posted by: Oddbob at December 19, 2025 01:11 PM (3nLb4)

21 Ignore the man behind the curtain!

Posted by: Blue Georgia at December 19, 2025 01:12 PM (krQz2)

22 Convenient timing now that Fannie is being investigated

Posted by: fuxupwichyou at December 19, 2025 01:12 PM (4mFFH)

23 But there's no evidence! None, I tell you! Cleanest election ever!

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at December 19, 2025 01:12 PM (AaY6N)

24 19 But isn't Raffensberger the secretary of state running for governor of Georgia. He should be barred from the Republican party for his intentional incompetence

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 01:11 PM (1vqcm)

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I'm not that enamored of any state level GOP org, but the GA state GOP seems...particularly unpleasant.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:13 PM (GBKbO)

25 Remember when we were all told that Brad Raffensperger was the best Secretary of State ever because he stood up to Trump?

And Kemp is right behind him - either engaged in the fraud coverup or just a complete retard.

Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at December 19, 2025 01:13 PM (zdYK9)

26 315,00

No math!

Posted by: m at December 19, 2025 01:16 PM (RuTUS)

27 9 I think instead of focusing on affordability, maybe republicans should make the number one priority getting rid of early voting and mailing voting.

Assuming they want to win future elections

Posted by: Maroon at December 19, 2025 01:06 PM (wP3Cr)

A Constitutional amendment that

-Restricts voting to U.S. citizens
-Restricts the census to counting U.S. citizens only
-Prohibits elections by mail

would be nice.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 19, 2025 01:16 PM (rQwsY)

28 Okay people! Everybody lay your head down on our desk and close your eyes for 15 minutes. No talking.

Warm milk and graham crackers after that.

Posted by: muldoon at December 19, 2025 01:16 PM (/iMjX)

29 2025: The Year We Found Out We Were Right About Everything

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2025 01:17 PM (W23D2)

30
Old news
Asked and answered
No controlling legal authority
Why are you obsessed by this?
Let's move on

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2025 01:17 PM (tgvbd)

31 27
A Constitutional amendment that

-Restricts voting to U.S. citizens
-Restricts the census to counting U.S. citizens only
-Prohibits elections by mail

would be nice.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 19, 2025 01:16 PM (rQwsY)

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But first, a constitutional amendment for the copyright clause.

"What part of Life+70 is 'limited term' dumbasses?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:17 PM (GBKbO)

32 28 Okay people! Everybody lay your head down on our desk and close your eyes for 15 minutes. No talking.

Warm milk and graham crackers after that.
Posted by: muldoon at December 19, 2025 01:16 PM (/iMjX)

Wheat Thins and beer (h/t, S.O.D.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 19, 2025 01:18 PM (rQwsY)

33 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at December 19, 2025 01:18 PM (LaiZQ)

34 It's time for Trump to sue Georgia to recover legal fees, etc. And for congress to push for laws governing national elections (which are only for President & VP). Stares can run all the other elections to their hearts content.

Posted by: Indy Bill at December 19, 2025 01:18 PM (Oe2Ms)

35 [Stands by CBD's post]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 19, 2025 01:19 PM (XeU6L)

36 34 It's time for Trump to sue Georgia to recover legal fees, etc. And for congress to push for laws governing national elections (which are only for President & VP). Stares can run all the other elections to their hearts content.

Posted by: Indy Bill at December 19, 2025 01:18 PM (Oe2Ms)

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It's long been accepted that the federal government can tell states how to run elections for federal elections. The VRA is entirely built on that premise.

Anyone telling you that the feds can't do it are dumb.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:20 PM (GBKbO)

37 But first, a constitutional amendment for the copyright clause.

"What part of Life+70 is 'limited term' dumbasses?"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:17 PM (GBKbO)

It is. I think your problem with copyright is the tendency of corporations to abuse it. Correct me if I am wrong of course…

I see no problems with copyright. ©️ 2025 Cow Demon, All Rights Deserved.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 19, 2025 01:20 PM (rQwsY)

38 Didn't Rudy Giuliani get railroaded and bankrupted for saying there was vote fraud in Fulton County?

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 01:20 PM (iFTx/)

39
But first, a constitutional amendment for the copyright clause.

"What part of Life+70 is 'limited term' dumbasses?"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:17 PM (GBKbO)

_________

Patents
Invent something
Pay on filing
Pay on issuance
Pay at 4th year
Pay more at 7th year
Pay even more at 12th year
Expiration 20 years after filing

Copyright
Write something
Skate for 95 years

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2025 01:21 PM (tgvbd)

40 Watching democrats try to put Trump on trial for election interference charges in Georgia while Georgia admits the election results are fraudulent is a whiplash event. I only wish it had gone full discovery before Willis imploded professionally.

Posted by: Advo at December 19, 2025 01:21 PM (jO4mz)

41 So Trump actually did WIN Georgia in 2020.

Weren't there some US Senators running as well?

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 19, 2025 01:21 PM (4q/mG)

42 41 So Trump actually did WIN Georgia in 2020.

Weren't there some US Senators running as well?
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 19, 2025 01:21 PM (4q/mG)

Both! And both entered a runoff.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 19, 2025 01:22 PM (rQwsY)

43
To corporations, a "limited term" of copyright is eternity, minus one day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2025 01:22 PM (tgvbd)

44 Jimmi Madison thinks that 3/4s of the eyes would testify ANYTHING

???? The outrage of "voter fraud" stopped after no court foubd it valid

Italian satalittes changing electronic voting machines? Really ?

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 19, 2025 01:23 PM (lYvO3)

45 37 It is. I think your problem with copyright is the tendency of corporations to abuse it. Correct me if I am wrong of course…

I see no problems with copyright. ©️ 2025 Cow Demon, All Rights Deserved.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 19, 2025 01:20 PM (rQwsY)

=======

Originally, copyright was 14 years with an option for an extra 14.

40 years later, it became 28 years plus an extra 28.

Then, in 1976, it became Life+50 because of corporate pressure. Then Life+70 in the 90s because Sonny Bono was one of history's greatest monsters.

Corporations should not own copyrights. Copyrights should be a limited term and saying, "Well, 1,000,000 years is a limited term because there's a limit to the term" is bullshit, history before corporations decided that they needed to own IP forever belies that.

The problem isn't that Disney owns Mickey Mouse forever, it's that the protection of Mickey Mouse forces everything else to hide behind copyright for nearly a hundred years even though no one can exploit 99% of what's out there.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:23 PM (GBKbO)

46 You people are like a class full of second graders when Ace, the teacher doesn't show up because he woke up hung over in a bathtub full of ice in a motel in Greeley, CO with a scar on his left flank. And CBD is the substitute teacher called in at the last minute and he doesn't have a list of everyone's names and there are spitballs flying.

Show some class.

Posted by: muldoon at December 19, 2025 01:24 PM (/iMjX)

47
I only wish it had gone full discovery before Willis imploded professionally.
Posted by: Advo at December 19, 2025 01:21 PM (jO4mz)

_________

"Is it not true, Mr. Raffensperger - is! it! not! true! - that 315,00 ballots were unverified?"

"Uh, I dunno. Yes."

*court spectators gasp*

"No more questions."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2025 01:25 PM (tgvbd)

48 Cleanest election ever. Fox News assured me.

Posted by: steevy at December 19, 2025 01:25 PM (YwEeS)

49
Originally, copyright was 14 years with an option for an extra 14.

40 years later, it became 28 years plus an extra 28.

Then, in 1976, it became Life+50 because of corporate pressure. Then Life+70 in the 90s because Sonny Bono was one of history's greatest monsters.

Corporations should not own copyrights. Copyrights should be a limited term and saying, "Well, 1,000,000 years is a limited term because there's a limit to the term" is bullshit, history before corporations decided that they needed to own IP forever belies that.

The problem isn't that Disney owns Mickey Mouse forever, it's that the protection of Mickey Mouse forces everything else to hide behind copyright for nearly a hundred years even though no one can exploit 99% of what's out there.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:23 PM (GBKbO)

Should copyright be changed to something like “life +75 and then for damn sure you enter public domain, no ifs ands or buts”? Sure, but scrap copyright altogether? Bad idea. I’m good with where it was set by the Copyright Law of 1978, but perpetual copyrights? No.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 19, 2025 01:26 PM (rQwsY)

50 Oh, and the principled, libertarian position on copyright should be that copyright is immoral.

It limits my freedom to create new things just because someone else came up with it first. It is a government created right, not a natural right, that flies in the face of my own liberty.

Copyright didn't exist until 1710 with Anne's Law in England. Shakespeare, Mozart, and Cervantes all worked without copyright.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:27 PM (GBKbO)

51 >>>I'm beginning to think that 30% of the country are illegals, 30% of all votes cast for Democraps are totally fake, and 30% of all government spending is pure fraud and theft.

Who is this guy? Is he new around here?

Posted by: Max Power at December 19, 2025 01:27 PM (Hucnr)

52 Fulton County, GA:

Home of CNN world headquarters
Home of Fani Willis
Home of 315,000 fraudulent votes

Time to look at nuking it from space?

I mean, once we move Coca Cola and The Varsity out of there.

Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at December 19, 2025 01:27 PM (ttU59)

53 46 You people are like a class full of second graders when Ace, the teacher doesn't show up because he woke up hung over in a bathtub full of ice in a motel in Greeley, CO with a scar on his left flank. And CBD is the substitute teacher called in at the last minute and he doesn't have a list of everyone's names and there are spitballs flying.

Show some class.

Posted by: muldoon at December 19, 2025 01:24 PM (/iMjX)

When the cat’s away the mice will play.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 19, 2025 01:27 PM (rQwsY)

54 "We don't dispute it"

Beautiful. Just beautiful.

We are caught, dead to rights, but there is no way on earth we will acknowledge that you knuckle draggers were right, or recognize any common ground.

Tribalism is a helluva drug.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 19, 2025 01:27 PM (qeMzd)

55 Show some class. Heh.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 01:28 PM (pDt9x)

56 Kemp had interest in Dominion software

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2025 01:28 PM (gwrBY)

57 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:28 PM (Zz0t1)

58 WHAT IS HAPPENING!!!???

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:29 PM (Zz0t1)

59 Changes nothing. 2020 is what it is. 2028 will be just as corrupt. We do NOT live in a representative Democracy. Pure and simple.

Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 01:29 PM (YWyyk)

60 49
Should copyright be changed to something like “life +75 and then for damn sure you enter public domain, no ifs ands or buts”? Sure, but scrap copyright altogether? Bad idea. I’m good with where it was set by the Copyright Law of 1978, but perpetual copyrights? No.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 19, 2025 01:26 PM (rQwsY)

======

14+14.

If I'm being generous, 28+28.

And copyrights must be registered like before 1976.

Without the Copyright Act of 1976, works from 1998 would be entering the public domain on January 1. Those that didn't have applications for extensions.

All works before 1960 would be in the public domain.

How many people who worked on movies, wrote books, or music from 1959 are still alive and getting residuals?

Dick Van Dyke, and who else?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:29 PM (GBKbO)

61 You people are like a class full of second graders when Ace, the teacher doesn't show up because he woke up hung over in a bathtub full of ice in a motel in Greeley, CO with a scar on his left flank. And CBD is the substitute teacher called in at the last minute and he doesn't have a list of everyone's names and there are spitballs flying.

Show some class.

Have you never heard "To thine own self be true"?

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 01:29 PM (Riz8t)

62 These unsigned tapes broke the chain-of-custody and certification requirements under Georgia law, which mandates signed tapes as the sole legal proof of authentic vote totals.

During a board meeting on December 9th, Ann Brumbaugh, attorney for the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections, contends that Fulton County does “not dispute that the tapes were not signed.”

Posted by: CBD at 01:07 PM

And, nothing will happen.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:29 PM (Zz0t1)

63 45 The problem isn't that Disney owns Mickey Mouse forever, it's that the protection of Mickey Mouse forces everything else to hide behind copyright for nearly a hundred years even though no one can exploit 99% of what's out there.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:23 PM (GBKbO)

People who want everything to be Public Domain are really going to regret it when every IP gets turned into gay-ass Fujoshit.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 01:29 PM (UnA8+)

64 50 Oh, and the principled, libertarian position on copyright should be that copyright is immoral.

It limits my freedom to create new things just because someone else came up with it first. It is a government created right, not a natural right, that flies in the face of my own liberty.

Copyright didn't exist until 1710 with Anne's Law in England. Shakespeare, Mozart, and Cervantes all worked without copyright.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:27 PM (GBKbO)

Isn’t the idea to encourage creativity? Also, Shakespeare, Mozart and Cervantes were not in a fledgling country of four million people scattered up and down a coast.

It’s will for corporations to hold copyrights but individuals? Why not?

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 19, 2025 01:30 PM (rQwsY)

65 Show some class. Heh.
Posted by: tubal

*********

Yeah, I knew that would be pushing my luck.

Posted by: muldoon at December 19, 2025 01:30 PM (/iMjX)

66 And CBD is the substitute teacher called in at the last minute and he doesn't have a list of everyone's names and there are spitballs flying.

Show some class.

Posted by: muldoon at December 19, 2025 01:24 PM (/iMjX)
---
Obligatory Key and Peele sketch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd7FixvoKBw

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2025 01:31 PM (ESVrU)

67 I see no problems with copyright. ©️ 2025 Cow Demon, All Rights Deserved.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 19, 2025 01:20 PM (rQwsY)

=======

Originally, copyright was 14 years with an option for an extra 14.

40 years later, it became 28 years plus an extra 28.

Then, in 1976, it became Life+50 because of corporate pressure. Then Life+70 in the 90s because Sonny Bono was one of history's greatest monsters.

Corporations should not own copyrights. Copyrights should be a limited term and saying, "Well, 1,000,000 years is a limited term because there's a limit to the term" is bullshit, history before corporations decided that they needed to own IP forever belies that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:23 PM (GBKbO)
_____

Copyright is complete bullshit that serves mainly to enrich people who had no hand in creating the work in the first place. Yes, works should have some limited protection for the authors. 20 years seems right to me.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 01:31 PM (iFTx/)

68 Isn't it convenient for the Brown shooter to end up being a hobo that lived in the basement? Just saying.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 01:31 PM (Dv3i1)

69 64 Isn’t the idea to encourage creativity? Also, Shakespeare, Mozart and Cervantes were not in a fledgling country of four million people scattered up and down a coast.

It’s will for corporations to hold copyrights but individuals? Why not?

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 19, 2025 01:30 PM (rQwsY)

=======

That's the idea, yes. And I'm not a libertarian, so I'm largely okay with copyright. I'm not okay with the current copyright regime, though. It's total bullshit.

Corporations don't create things. People create things. Choose one person to hold the copyright, or release without copyright.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:31 PM (GBKbO)

70 The devil went down to Georgia. He was lookin' for an election to steal.

Posted by: Paladin at December 19, 2025 01:31 PM (Io6eo)

71 They also admitted years later that they bought signature verification software but did not use it.

Note state SOS and elections guys didn't find this or reveal this, but it came out with one of the shoe string lawsuits and the county lawyers sort of slipped it in...

Its lovely that they wait years to admit fault, and the GOP SOS and his elections lackey Gabe Sterling couldn't find this out and report.

Posted by: coba at December 19, 2025 01:32 PM (IuIym)

72 70 The devil went down to Georgia. He was lookin' for an election to steal.
Posted by: Paladin

Spoiler alert: the devil wins in this song.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 01:32 PM (Dv3i1)

73 Copyrights have to be defended to be of any use. This costs money. Those copyrights that can pay for themselves to be defended will remain. Those that don't disappear.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2025 01:33 PM (Wg6v7)

74
But first, a constitutional amendment for the copyright clause.

"What part of Life+70 is 'limited term' dumbasses?"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:17 PM (GBKbO)

Ah yes. The Death to Mickey Amendment

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 01:33 PM (y9nCu)

75 . And CBD is the substitute teacher called in at the last minute and he doesn't have a list of everyone's names and there are spitballs flying.

Show some class.

Posted by: muldoon at December 19, 2025 01:24 PM (/iMjX)

I gotta go to the can, man.......

Hey....HEY ELEPHANT!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:33 PM (Zz0t1)

76 With this admission, does it not undercut Jack Smith's assertion that there was evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to convict Trump of election interference. Trump's allegations were true, that has to be a defense.

Posted by: Dubby at December 19, 2025 01:34 PM (I0aWN)

77 Show some class.
Posted by: muldoon

Welcome! BTW, you'll have to choose another name. We already have a muldoon.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 19, 2025 01:34 PM (3nLb4)

78 Its lovely that they wait years to admit fault, and the GOP SOS and his elections lackey Gabe Sterling couldn't find this out and report.

Careful. Keep it up and you'll be dangerously close to suggesting the GOP is not an opposition party.

Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 01:34 PM (YWyyk)

79 The CBD Coup is complete. Long live CBD.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2025 01:06 PM (Wg6v7)

Nah...it's just that Ace doesn't read his own blog...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2025 01:34 PM (n9ltV)

80 74
But first, a constitutional amendment for the copyright clause.

"What part of Life+70 is 'limited term' dumbasses?"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:17 PM (GBKbO)

Ah yes. The Death to Mickey Amendment

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 01:33 PM (y9nCu)

======

It's not like Disney couldn't use Mickey Mouse after 1980 or so when the copyright was originally going to expire. He could still be all over Disney World. Disney could still produce cartoons.

It was just that Fox could suddenly start making Mickey Mouse cartoons.

And you know what? Mickey Mouse is not sacred. He's a talking rat. He's not worth special protection.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:34 PM (GBKbO)

81 Note there were only 4.9 million votes cast in the 2020 GA election.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 19, 2025 01:35 PM (/WHak)

82 Older and busted: there was no fraud
Old and busted: OK there was some fraud, but there was no widescale fraud
New and hot: old news, lets MoveOn.org

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 19, 2025 01:35 PM (3Amc7)

83 I think instead of focusing on affordability, maybe republicans should make the number one priority getting rid of early voting and mailing voting.

I’d like both. The Dems would lose by 30 points in places thought to be blue.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 19, 2025 01:35 PM (QZThv)

84 As I recall Trump questioned the Georgia vote but the media screamed and yelled and the Vice President ran and hid. And the country got screwed.

Posted by: Case at December 19, 2025 01:35 PM (G1OIb)

85
The devil went down to Georgia. He was lookin' for an election to steal.
Posted by: Paladin at December 19, 2025 01:31 PM (Io6eo)

And walked away empty handed because someone even more evil beat him to the punch. And The Devil doesn't fuck with the Democrat Party.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 01:36 PM (y9nCu)

86 Older and busted: there was no fraud
Old and busted: OK there was some fraud, but there was no widescale fraud

There was no ~~cannibalism~~ fraud in Ga. And by none, I mean there was a lot.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 01:36 PM (Riz8t)

87 Welcome! BTW, you'll have to choose another name. We already have a muldoon.
Posted by: Oddbob

*********

He's retired and living on a Caribbean island.
I am the new Dread Poet Muldoon.

Posted by: muldoon at December 19, 2025 01:36 PM (/iMjX)

88 ...The Devil doesn't fuck with the Democrat Party.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 01:36 PM (y9nCu)

A house divided against itself cannot stand, after all

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 19, 2025 01:37 PM (xcxpd)

89 Which thread are we allowed to joke about ace's laptop on?

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 01:37 PM (TH+5o)

90 As I recall Trump questioned the Georgia vote but the media screamed and yelled and the Vice President ran and hid. And the country got screwed.
Posted by: Case at December 19, 2025 01:35 PM (G1OIb)

Nuts and bolts.
Nuts and bolts.

we got screwed......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:37 PM (Zz0t1)

91 I mean, once we move Coca Cola and The Varsity out of there.
Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at December

Please wait until I get home on the 27th. And preferably once we move J’s mom and sell the house. 😊

Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 01:37 PM (OoFl2)

92 46 Show some class.

Posted by: muldoon at December 19, 2025 01:24 PM

****raspberry*****

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 19, 2025 01:37 PM (WsJuq)

93 Sometimes you just have to step back and ask the simple question: If they wanted our elections to be free and fair, don't you think they could make it so?

The fact they don't should answer the question for itself.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 19, 2025 01:37 PM (dGCAG)

94 D votes by year

24: 75M
20: 81M
16: 69M
12: 66M
08: 69M

I think its pretty clear the fraud was amped to max in 20, and then still significant in 24.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 01:37 PM (sKqQm)

95 As I recall Trump questioned the Georgia vote but the media screamed and yelled and the Vice President ran and hid.

Well, OK, but he's dreamy like a cartoon character and he goes to church !!!

Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 01:38 PM (YWyyk)

96 Show some class.

Posted by: muldoon at December 19, 2025 01:24 PM

****raspberry*****

****makes fart noises with armpit****

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 01:38 PM (Riz8t)

97 No way 315k ballots coulda made a difference when the gap was less than 12k votes, right?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia, in Hospital) at December 19, 2025 01:38 PM (ftw01)

98 Didn't they elect a senator during this election?
Is America enjoying a fraudulently elected senator?

Posted by: 29Victor at December 19, 2025 01:38 PM (0MjtC)

99 All elections are presumed to be corrupted unless demonstrated otherwise.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 01:38 PM (/lPRQ)

100 I thought affordability crisis was when my F-150 couldn't make it up a 7% incline in snowy weather.

Posted by: muldoon at December 19, 2025 01:38 PM (/iMjX)

101 Sometimes you just have to step back and ask the simple question: If they wanted our elections to be free and fair, don't you think they could make it so?

The argument nominally motivating the Democrats to remove any and all election security is that it disenfranchises millions of voters. But...in the 24 years since the '00 election when this because their rallying cry they have found exactly 0 such voters stopped from voting by any election security measures.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 01:39 PM (sKqQm)

102 Copyright didn't exist until 1710 with Anne's Law in England. Shakespeare, Mozart, and Cervantes all worked without copyright.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:27 PM (GBKbO)

Cervantes wound up having to write the second book of Don Quixote because of so much piracy on his initial work. The character complained about people "stealing his name" poorly.

I have a pirated travelogue of Rudyard Kipling where he mentions that he is in the United States specifically to deal with pirated copies of his books being printed in the US.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 01:39 PM (rbvCR)

103
****makes fart noises with armpit****
Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 01:38 PM (Riz8t)

If everyone would just remember the time as a child when you first saw this happen and then learned how to recreate it........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:39 PM (Zz0t1)

104 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia, in Hospital) at December 19, 2025 01:38 PM (ftw01)

How are you doing?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:40 PM (Zz0t1)

105 The only good thing about this is Biden can say he got more votes than Obama. You know Obama is pissy about that.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 19, 2025 01:40 PM (RQ8Pa)

106 I'm not all that sure we, as a country, have improved anything with government. It's gotten a lot worse. And in the way before times, it self corrected by killing off the bad seeds.

Now, the bad seeds run the joint.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 01:40 PM (NwnyJ)

107 One of the weirdest things to wrap my head around is that corporations are legally people.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 19, 2025 01:40 PM (xcxpd)

108 100 I thought affordability crisis was when my F-150 couldn't make it up a 7% incline in snowy weather.
Posted by: muldoon

Tighten loose nut behind wheel.

Posted by: Ford Manual Page ONe at December 19, 2025 01:40 PM (oftw2)

109 102 Cervantes wound up having to write the second book of Don Quixote because of so much piracy on his initial work. The character complained about people "stealing his name" poorly.

I have a pirated travelogue of Rudyard Kipling where he mentions that he is in the United States specifically to deal with pirated copies of his books being printed in the US.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 01:39 PM (rbvCR)

======

I love the second half of Don Quixote.

It's a meta-commentary about people who abused Quixote in works not written by Cervantes, and it's wonderfully touching.

That Terry Gilliam brought it over for his movie, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, was one of the things that made me happiest about that movie.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:40 PM (GBKbO)

110 Its lovely that they wait years to admit fault, and the GOP SOS and his elections lackey Gabe Sterling couldn't find this out and report.

Posted by: coba at December 19, 2025 01:32 PM (IuIym)

To be fair, they are government workers. CYA is job one.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:40 PM (dK+Kv)

111 No way 315k ballots coulda made a difference when the gap was less than 12k votes, right?

That's the argument they made with the 10K 120 year or older voters in WI in 2020. I mean...the nominal difference was 20k.

Left unsaid if 10K were clearly fake how many of the 100-120 year olds were fake votes too? Or hell the 18-100?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 01:40 PM (sKqQm)

112 314,000, 315,000, pretty soon you're talking about a lot of votes

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 01:41 PM (TH+5o)

113 People who want everything to be Public Domain are really going to regret it when every IP gets turned into gay-ass Fujoshit.
Posted by: XTC

... you say that as thought the corporate copyright owners aren't already doing that.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 01:41 PM (a+4eV)

114 12 My mistake.. Ace is still in the Barrel
Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2025 01:06 PM (VE6XX)
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Ace has become the Barrel.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2025 01:07 PM (ESVrU)

If Ace made the barrel he'd be out in no time...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia, in Hospital) at December 19, 2025 01:41 PM (pcMiE)

115 Corporations don't create things. People create things. Choose one person to hold the copyright, or release without copyright.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger

If someone is paying some hack author by page to write stuff then whoever paid for the page should own it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 01:41 PM (/lPRQ)

116
It was just that Fox could suddenly start making Mickey Mouse cartoons.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:34 PM (GBKbO)

Sure. I mean, the Palestinian savages make their own Mickey cartoons for their little suicide-bombers-in-training

*squeeky voice*

Death to the Joos!!!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 01:41 PM (y9nCu)

117 113 People who want everything to be Public Domain are really going to regret it when every IP gets turned into gay-ass Fujoshit.
Posted by: XTC

... you say that as thought the corporate copyright owners aren't already doing that.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 01:41 PM (a+4eV)

=====

Actually, it would be a good thing.

Imagine Star Wars being in the public domain and let's say Universal decided, "We can appeal to the fans better than Disney."

Competition.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:41 PM (GBKbO)

118 Ah yes. The Death to Mickey Amendment
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 01:33 PM (y9nCu)

I wonder if Mickey et al could be classified as "trademarks"

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 01:42 PM (rbvCR)

119 115 Corporations don't create things. People create things. Choose one person to hold the copyright, or release without copyright.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger

If someone is paying some hack author by page to write stuff then whoever paid for the page should own it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 01:41 PM (/lPRQ)

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Yeah, it's usually the producer who owns the copyright on movies.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:42 PM (GBKbO)

120 IP should be 20 years or the death of the artist.

More then enough time to cash in so people will still make stuff, but not the ridiculous crap we are seeing with Disney

Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 01:42 PM (sKqQm)

121 I did not have PhD revenge killings at the top of my list for the Brown/MIT shootings.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 19, 2025 01:43 PM (n5tGW)

122 118 Ah yes. The Death to Mickey Amendment
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 01:33 PM (y9nCu)

I wonder if Mickey et al could be classified as "trademarks"

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 01:42 PM (rbvCR)

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Disney's trying that. They changed their Disney Animation logo to be Steamboat Willie about ten years ago because they knew they weren't getting another copyright extension.

There have been some lawsuits over the past two years since the original cartoon entered the public domain, and the results are mixed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:43 PM (GBKbO)

123 People who want everything to be Public Domain are really going to regret it when every IP gets turned into gay-ass Fujoshit./i]

Slowly everything is already being made fake and gay.

No copyright would mean we'd get globohomo and non-globohomo versions of everything

Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 01:43 PM (sKqQm)

124 104 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia, in Hospital) at December 19, 2025 01:38 PM (ftw01)

Reconnected, guts are churning out what they're supposed to. Hoping I'll be released today.

How are you doing?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:40 PM (Zz0t1)

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia, in Hospital) at December 19, 2025 01:44 PM (pcMiE)

125 The argument nominally motivating the Democrats to remove any and all election security is that it disenfranchises millions of voters. But...in the 24 years since the '00 election when this because their rallying cry they have found exactly 0 such voters stopped from voting by any election security measures.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 01:39 PM (sKqQm)

True story: I moved the week before the '24 election, and since I'd already updated my address with the Post Office, the poll workers had that address.

Which didn't match my drivers license. So they were only going to let me cast a "provisional ballot." Which to me seems like another way of saying they'd toss it in the trash.

Thankfully, I had my "mail in" ballot at home, I went back, filled it out, and dropped it in the drop box at the courthouse.

I was pissed, but I guess they were just doing their job.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 19, 2025 01:44 PM (dGCAG)

126 Anyone think my nails are too long?

Posted by: Pam Bondi at December 19, 2025 01:44 PM (SdwpW)

127 8 The CBD Coup is complete. Long live CBD.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2025 01:06 PM (Wg6v7)

I, for one, welcome our new CBD overlord..

(ACE RULES!!)

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 19, 2025 01:44 PM (QGaXH)

128 I'm not that enamored of any state level GOP org, but the GA state GOP seems...particularly unpleasant.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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You have no idea how bad it is.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 01:44 PM (WDjG6)

129 Whoa...whoa ....whoa....hold up. There were four Trump attorneys/supporters arrested, charged and convicted of election interference for claiming there was fraud in the Georgia 2020 general election.

Jenna Ellis
Rudolph Giuliani
Sydney Powell
Ray Smith.

Sooooo....what happens to those convictions? I can't imagine Sydney Powell keeping her rather vociferous mouth shut about this "revelation."

Posted by: Orson at December 19, 2025 01:44 PM (dIske)

130 Former Brown graduate homeless and sleeping in the basement does not make a degree from Brown look very good.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 19, 2025 01:45 PM (RQ8Pa)

131 No copyright would mean we'd get globohomo and non-globohomo versions of everything
Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 01:43 PM (sKqQm)

so, what you are predicting is "no change" but at a cheaper price in regulations?

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 01:45 PM (rbvCR)

132
Reconnected, guts are churning out what they're supposed to. Hoping I'll be released today.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia, in Hospital) at December 19, 2025 01:44 PM (pcMiE)

Congrats, man. That's awesome news.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:45 PM (Zz0t1)

133 ****makes fart noises with armpit****

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 01:38 PM (Riz8t)

I will never understand why boys, even small ones, can do this but girls can't.

Posted by: pookysgirl's son loves making weird noises at December 19, 2025 01:45 PM (Wt5PA)

134 I wonder if Brian in New Orleans has any thoughts on this development?

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 01:45 PM (viF8m)

135 Was that Nick Reiner's plan? To get his dad's IP in 50 years and then get rich and buy more drugs? The plot thickens...

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 01:46 PM (TH+5o)

136 D votes by year

24: 75M
20: 81M
16: 69M
12: 66M
08: 69M

I think its pretty clear the fraud was amped to max in 20, and then still significant in 24.
Posted by: 18-1

There was proven fraud in 2016.
It was deemed not significant because Hillary still lost.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 01:46 PM (/lPRQ)

137
Sooooo....what happens to those convictions? I can't imagine Sydney Powell keeping her rather vociferous mouth shut about this "revelation."
Posted by: Orson at December 19, 2025 01:44 PM (dIske)

Nothing will happen.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:46 PM (Zz0t1)

138 I will never understand why boys, even small ones, can do this but girls can't.
Posted by: pookysgirl's son loves making weird noises at December 19, 2025 01:45 PM (Wt5PA)

It’s a gene carried on the Y chromosome.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 19, 2025 01:47 PM (RQ8Pa)

139 130 Former Brown graduate homeless and sleeping in the basement does not make a degree from Brown look very good.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

I don't wanna go down to the basement.
There's something down there.

Posted by: Joey And Dee Dee at December 19, 2025 01:47 PM (oftw2)

140 so, what you are predicting is "no change" but at a cheaper price in regulations

No copyright would mean a significant reduction in new IP since you'd have to have a way to immediately cash in.

But a shorter copyright window is the best of both worlds IMO.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 01:48 PM (sKqQm)

141 Among my many objections to nick Fuentes, aesthetics is not the least.

Posted by: Oglebay at December 19, 2025 01:48 PM (GPa4z)

142 Dildo's thread has won on the main page!

It has achieved thresd supremacy!

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 01:48 PM (krQz2)

143 140 No copyright would mean a significant reduction in new IP since you'd have to have a way to immediately cash in.

But a shorter copyright window is the best of both worlds IMO.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 01:48 PM (sKqQm)

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Interesting factoid that I recently learned:

Before 1976, one had to apply for copyrights, and they had to be registered at the Copyright Office in DC.

The number of books that actually applied for copyright was less than 1%.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:49 PM (GBKbO)

144 I wonder if Brian in New Orleans has any thoughts on this development?
Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 01:45 PM (viF8m)
'

Who's gonna volunteer to go look under the bridges to see which one he's giving handies under to ask him?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:49 PM (Zz0t1)

145 I'm not that enamored of any state level GOP org, but the GA state GOP seems...particularly unpleasant.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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You have no idea how bad it is.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 01:44 PM (WDjG6)
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The GA state GOP is what's left in the bedsheets after a dumpster fire rapes a clusterfuck in the ass

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 01:49 PM (iFTx/)

146 I'm beginning to think that 30% of the country are illegals, 30% of all votes cast for Democraps are totally fake, and 30% of all government spending is pure fraud and theft.
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Your assertion amounts to 30/30/30.

My belief is 30/30/75.

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 01:49 PM (TN0g+)

147 24: 75M
20: 81M

I think its pretty clear the fraud was amped to max in 20, and then still significant in 24.
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I think you can make the argument that the fraud might have been the same or worse in 24, Kamala having worse popularity than even Biden

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 01:49 PM (Dv3i1)

148
I will never understand why boys, even small ones, can do this but girls can't.
Posted by: pookysgirl's son loves making weird noises at December 19, 2025 01:45 PM (Wt5PA)

Wait....what?

I swear there's been some point in my life where I've seen a girl do this.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:50 PM (Zz0t1)

149
There was proven fraud in 2016.
It was deemed not significant because Hillary still lost.

That's an important point too. There was a certain level of fraud before 2020 so what happened in 2020 wasn't something new - but it was a massive increase.

And the amusing part, the left claims with a straight face Joe Biden got more votes then the "historic first black guy/woman/indian woman" candidates.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 01:50 PM (sKqQm)

150 I wonder if Brian in New Orleans has any thoughts on this development?
Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 01:45 PM (viF8m)

Probably not.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 01:50 PM (TH+5o)

151 And if you were a Brown student or a student of any college would you like finding out there was some homeless guy sleeping in the basement of your dorm?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 01:50 PM (Nx5jP)

152 Now do AZ.

Posted by: Mike at December 19, 2025 01:50 PM (fK08g)

153 No copyright would mean a significant reduction in new IP since you'd have to have a way to immediately cash in.

But a shorter copyright window is the best of both worlds IMO.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 01:48 PM (sKqQm)

Industry watchers are predicting that AI is going to destroy what is left of the music industry, leaving only live performances.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 01:50 PM (rbvCR)

154 149 And the amusing part, the left claims with a straight face Joe Biden got more votes then the "historic first black guy/woman/indian woman" candidates.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 01:50 PM (sKqQm)

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He got more black votes than them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:50 PM (GBKbO)

155 Holy crap is the new Knives Out movie distasteful. It's like every character is just an agenda. Couldn't make it to 15 minutes. And I liked the previous two. Glad I didn't waste a trip to the movie theater on this swill.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 19, 2025 01:50 PM (kpS4V)

156 Oh, and the principled, libertarian position on copyright should be that copyright is immoral.

It limits my freedom to create new things just because someone else came up with it first. It is a government created right, not a natural right, that flies in the face of my own liberty.

Copyright didn't exist until 1710 with Anne's Law in England. Shakespeare, Mozart, and Cervantes all worked without copyright.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:27 PM (GBKbO)

It doesn't limit your freedom to come up with new things. It limits your freedom to parasitize some other person' work for your own benefit. Copyright merely extends the protections we enjoy for physical property to intellectual property.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 01:50 PM (npFr7)

157 New Constitutional Amendment:

Any person of any age including minors who entered the country illegally at any time including those amnestied:

A) Can not vote nor hold public office

B) is automatically counted as a republican vote

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 19, 2025 01:50 PM (QGaXH)

158 130 Former Brown graduate homeless and sleeping in the basement does not make a degree from Brown look very good.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 19, 2025 01:45 PM (RQ8Pa)

Pretty soon folks will be saying, "If it's Brown flush it down"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia, in Hospital) at December 19, 2025 01:52 PM (ftw01)

159 156 It doesn't limit your freedom to come up with new things. It limits your freedom to parasitize some other person' work for your own benefit. Copyright merely extends the protections we enjoy for physical property to intellectual property.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 01:50 PM (npFr7)

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Me drawing Mickey Mouse doesn't take anything away from Disney. I've stolen nothing.

Disney using the government to fine me because I drew Mickey Mouse is an infringement of my rights.

Disney using the government to fine me because I sold a drawing I made of Mickey Mouse is an infringement on my rights.

Copyright is a government created right, not a natural right, and libertarians should oppose it as a matter of principle.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:52 PM (GBKbO)

160 Australia launches biggest gun buyback in 30 years after Bondi beach terror attack

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 01:52 PM (RHGPo)

161 Nick Fuentes is a left-wing plant in an attempt to bring credence to the left-wing conspiracy theory that right wingers are Nazis.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:52 PM (Zz0t1)

162 ****makes fart noises with armpit****
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I will never understand why boys, even small ones, can do this but girls can't.

Now I'm wondering if trannies can. I hate this timeline.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 19, 2025 01:53 PM (3nLb4)

163 TBH I'd like to see an amendment that only natural born Americans can be either federal legislators or judges.

The immigrant ones we have had have been atrocious by any reasonable reading - they govern exactly like the kleptocrats in their home countries

Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 01:53 PM (sKqQm)

164 lol, after Ace gave up on the AoSHQ tech expert cadre, we finally have this useful piece of advice.

---

Windows did this to me. Reinstall older network card driver. Worked.

Posted by: JSpicy at December 19, 2025 01:50 PM (C7Yya)

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:53 PM (dK+Kv)

165 It has achieved thresd supremacy!

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 01:48 PM (krQz2)

This is a thing now isn't it

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 01:53 PM (TH+5o)

166 huh, I always thought you could just put the c or the t on your stuff copyright or trademark.

- this comment is copyrighted and trademarked, don't violate federal law or you go to the barrel.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 19, 2025 01:53 PM (n5tGW)

167 Australia launches biggest gun buyback in 30 years after Bondi beach terror attack
Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 01:52 PM (RHGPo)

I would like to say that anyone taking them up on this earns what's coming to them, but some might think that makes me out to be a bad person.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:53 PM (Zz0t1)

168 This is wot happens when ace watches too much furry tentacle porn.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 01:53 PM (euUz/)

169 166 huh, I always thought you could just put the c or the t on your stuff copyright or trademark.

- this comment is copyrighted and trademarked, don't violate federal law or you go to the barrel.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 19, 2025 01:53 PM (n5tGW)

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That's the regime post-1976.

Copyright became assumed on new works (and those under copyright at the time in 1976). It became beholden on those creating new works to prove that they weren't copying someone else's instead of the other way around.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:54 PM (GBKbO)

170 Nick Fuentes is a left-wing plant in an attempt to bring credence to the left-wing conspiracy theory that right wingers are Nazis.

I think this is a pretty common thing. But not necessarily plants instead bought off.

So the left finds some theoretically right leaning racist guy and gives him money to make him a media figure.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 01:54 PM (sKqQm)

171 If Minnesomalia has this much fraud in it's welfare programs, how much fraud is in their elections?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 19, 2025 01:55 PM (cxFcK)

172 Gilbert and Sullivan learned pretty quickly that the best way of protecting the income stream from their operettas was to open the first run of a new work in the US.

Posted by: mrp at December 19, 2025 01:55 PM (rj6Yv)

173 Former Brown pulls the curtain back on problems with Brown:

https://tinyurl.com/pyx6dcnf

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 01:55 PM (ix8EF)

174 It has achieved thresd supremacy!

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 01:48 PM (krQz2)

This is a thing now isn't it

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 01:53 PM (TH+5o)

It can't be bargained with, it can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity! Or remorse or fear and it absolutely will not stop! . . . ever . . . until you are 100 comment thread ruled!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:56 PM (dK+Kv)

175
I think this is a pretty common thing. But not necessarily plants instead bought off.

So the left finds some theoretically right leaning racist guy and gives him money to make him a media figure.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 01:54 PM (sKqQm)

He was a left wing nobody shilling for Kumswala Harris right up to the point Trump won. Now he's suddenly this right wing spokesperson who happens to love Hitler and thinks Stalin is groovy.

Yeah.....strange.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:56 PM (Zz0t1)

176 If I remember right from a long time ago business law class, you could copy anything, images or songs or whatever as long as nothing was sold. I don't actually know what the law is now though. But make all the Mickey Mouses and mix tapes you want at home.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 19, 2025 01:56 PM (n5tGW)

177 Local septic company here called Brown's Septic Service.
Written on trucks- "If It Don't Go Down, Call Brown".

Posted by: Honey Wagon at December 19, 2025 01:56 PM (oftw2)

178 There was proven fraud in 2016.
It was deemed not significant because Hillary still lost.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 01:46 PM (/lPRQ)

There is always fraud every year in every state, so that the cities in the state can overawe the suburban and rural areas.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 01:56 PM (8avO+)

179 Sons of Allah are going to turn in their guns. Riiiiiiiiight.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 01:57 PM (ix8EF)

180 175 He was a left wing nobody shilling for Kumswala Harris right up to the point Trump won. Now he's suddenly this right wing spokesperson who happens to love Hitler and thinks Stalin is groovy.

Yeah.....strange.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:56 PM (Zz0t1)

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Well, the NYT calls him right wing and a bunch of Pakistanis watch his podcast, so we have to take him seriously or the entire Republican Party will collapse.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:57 PM (GBKbO)

181 Me drawing Mickey Mouse doesn't take anything away from Disney. I've stolen nothing.

Disney using the government to fine me because I drew Mickey Mouse is an infringement of my rights.

Disney using the government to fine me because I sold a drawing I made of Mickey Mouse is an infringement on my rights.

Copyright is a government created right, not a natural right, and libertarians should oppose it as a matter of principle.
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You've just about convinced me (no sarcasm intended). But what about somebody deciding that what a network needs is a live-action Mickey Mouse hour-long show every Wednesday in a primetime slot. I'm still not sure why Disney shouldn't have some sort of claim if somebody else used their character and created a huge cash-flow off of it?

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 01:57 PM (TN0g+)

182 I watched Tucker's AmFest speech and I have no doubt his denials and protestations are heartfelt but he is blind to his own hypocrisy as he then goes on to say the most vicious things.

Whichever moron said he ranted about the benefits of Islam? I missed that whole part I guess.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 01:57 PM (vL0rw)

183 Dick Durbin THREATENS to prosecute federal law enforcement officers for enforcing the law if Democrats gain power.

.. isn't Dick retiring ?

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 01:57 PM (RHGPo)

184 Vivek providing new reasons why no one should ever vote for him for anything is my new favorite Christmas tradition.

Posted by: Oglebay at December 19, 2025 01:57 PM (GPa4z)

185 Don't make me release my kraken!

Posted by: Sydney Powell at December 19, 2025 01:57 PM (LaiZQ)

186 Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 19, 2025 01:50 PM (kpS4V)

Not being funny but isn't that most things now? I cannot watch practically anything made since like 2015 and I'm not just being an emo hipster I literally can't do it. Character, Theme, and Story have become Agenda, Agenda and Agenda.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 01:57 PM (TH+5o)

187 Former Brown graduate homeless and sleeping in the basement does not make a degree from Brown look very good.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 19, 2025 01:45 PM (RQ8Pa)

Apparently the guy is a near-genius. Probably also more than a little coo-coo, too. It happens.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 01:58 PM (npFr7)

188 Copywriter was probably not needed when the only way you getting a copy was from a monk.

Cheap printing presses changed that.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 19, 2025 01:58 PM (/lPRQ)

189
So CBD has taken power at AoSHQ? Ace, who said 90% of us Morons must be prisoners, is now a prisoner.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2025 01:58 PM (tgvbd)

190 173- sorry; former Brown " student".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 01:58 PM (ix8EF)

191 170 I think this is a pretty common thing. But not necessarily plants instead bought off.

So the left finds some theoretically right leaning racist guy and gives him money to make him a media figure.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 01:54 PM (sKqQm)

In Nick's case, it's why the FBI let him off the hook for J6.

He spent all of 2024 advocating for Commie-La.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 01:58 PM (UnA8+)

192 170 Nick Fuentes is a left-wing plant in an attempt to bring credence to the left-wing conspiracy theory that right wingers are Nazis.
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I think this is a pretty common thing. But not necessarily plants instead bought off.

So the left finds some theoretically right leaning racist guy and gives him money to make him a media figure.

Posted by: 18-1

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Not money, clicks. The clicks create monetization money.

Remember that cell phone farm the Chinese had on the East coast? What do you do with tens of thousands of cell phones flooding the networks. The news said maybe to do a DNS attack. I think they have dozens of them all over the country to control the exposure of negative influencers.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 01:58 PM (u9Aw1)

193 Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan has been found guilty of one count against her and not guilty of another. She was found guilty of impeding a proceeding, a felony, but not guilty of the less serious misdemeanor charge of concealing an individual to prevent his arrest or discovery. The jury announced the decision after 8:30 p.m. at the federal courthouse in Milwaukee. The charges stem from an April 18 incident, in which Dugan led a man through a side door of her Milwaukee County courtroom.

.. nobody is above the law (except the Clintons ...)

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 01:58 PM (RHGPo)

194 Former Brown pulls the curtain back on problems with Brown:

https://tinyurl.com/pyx6dcnf
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 01:55 PM (ix8EF)

WOW!

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 01:58 PM (g47mK)

195 . . until you are 100 comment thread ruled!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:56 PM (dK+Kv)

thresd, but yes

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 01:59 PM (TH+5o)

196 Trump is supposed to give an announcement...w'all are getting bonuses!! No?? OK.....

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 02:00 PM (g47mK)

197 The jury announced the decision after 8:30 p.m. at the federal courthouse in Milwaukee. The charges stem from an April 18 incident, in which Dugan led a man through a side door of her Milwaukee County courtroom.

.. nobody is above the law (except the Clintons ...)
Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 01:58 PM (RHGPo)

She will be back behind a bench within 6 months.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 02:00 PM (Zz0t1)

198 Democrat Logic Applied:

This proves Trump try to steal the election in 20220...

Posted by: Jackson at December 19, 2025 02:00 PM (J9q9v)

199 181 You've just about convinced me (no sarcasm intended). But what about somebody deciding that what a network needs is a live-action Mickey Mouse hour-long show every Wednesday in a primetime slot. I'm still not sure why Disney shouldn't have some sort of claim if somebody else used their character and created a huge cash-flow off of it?

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 01:57 PM (TN0g+)

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They have it now...under certain versions of Mickey Mouse.

(Don't put gloves on Steamboat Willie!)

But, it would probably be a court battle that leads to Disney losing, but no one does it because Mickey Mouse is worthless outside of Disney's use and no one wants the trouble anyway.

My problem, though, isn't with the big copyright holders holding onto things. I don't care about that because the big copyright holders do generally take care of their big copyrights.

My problem is everything below that. The Fox library that Disney is hoarding and won't let anyone use. The books that no one even knows are under copyright or not. The vast majority of works that no one can or will do anything with because publishers and other content providers will just assume they're under copyright

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 02:00 PM (GBKbO)

200 Don't make me release my kraken!

Posted by: Sydney Powell at December 19, 2025 01:57 PM (LaiZQ)

Kraken would be a good name for a plumbing business.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 02:00 PM (dK+Kv)

201 I’ve been to Greeley, CO

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 19, 2025 02:00 PM (W2Pud)

202 Trump is supposed to give an announcement...w'all are getting bonuses!! No?? OK.....
Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 02:00 PM (g47mK)

"Hey everybody! We're all gonna get laid!!!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 02:00 PM (Zz0t1)

203 It's blowing a hooley out there. Good day for indoor sports.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 02:00 PM (viF8m)

204 Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan has been found guilty of one count against her and not guilty of another. She was found guilty of impeding a proceeding, a felony, but not guilty of the less serious misdemeanor charge of concealing an individual to prevent his arrest or discovery. The jury announced the decision after 8:30 p.m. at the federal courthouse in Milwaukee. The charges stem from an April 18 incident, in which Dugan led a man through a side door of her Milwaukee County courtroom.

.. nobody is above the law (except the Clintons ...)
Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 01:58 PM (RHGPo)

So the reasoning is her ushering the dude through her personal chambers to escape isn't hiding because it was too stupid to be considered such.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 02:01 PM (8avO+)

205 I am in control, here, at the HQ.

Posted by: Alexander Haig at December 19, 2025 02:01 PM (bNf8H)

206 194 Former Brown pulls the curtain back on problems with Brown:

https://tinyurl.com/pyx6dcnf

"The overcredentialed admins don't actually have any practical skills to do their jobs — so just invent a bunch of busywork for themselves and others, demand six figures, and out of an inflated sense of importance, hire a bunch of assistants to do busywork for them."

+++
There's a new cover sheet for the TPS reports.

Posted by: Lundberg at December 19, 2025 02:01 PM (LaiZQ)

207 Kraken would be a good name for a plumbing business.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 02:00 PM (dK+Kv)

So would Kamala.

"where clearing your pipes is as simple as a golf ball through a garden hose"

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 02:02 PM (TH+5o)

208 "Release my kraken till it's juice runs down my leg."

- - - - Lyrics in Led Zepplin's trashcan

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 02:02 PM (Zz0t1)

209 I’ve been to Greeley, CO

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 19, 2025 02:00 PM (W2Pud)

Me, too. I wouldn't recommend it.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 02:02 PM (dK+Kv)

210 Last time I was at the Varsity I had to dodge a crowd carrying hammers chasing a guy through the parking lot.

Posted by: Unclezeb at December 19, 2025 02:02 PM (M37qU)

211 181 You've just about convinced me (no sarcasm intended). But what about somebody deciding that what a network needs is a live-action Mickey Mouse hour-long show every Wednesday in a primetime slot.

*farfour the mouse has entered the chat*

Posted by: anachronda at December 19, 2025 02:02 PM (edU/H)

212 In Nick's case, it's why the FBI let him off the hook for J6.

He spent all of 2024 advocating for Commie-La.
Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 01:58 PM (UnA8+)

No wonder he's so good at debating the drones from network TV. He's trained himself up doing the impossible verbally for years.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 19, 2025 02:03 PM (8avO+)

213 "The overcredentialed admins don't actually have any practical skills to do their jobs — so just invent a bunch of busywork for themselves and others, demand six figures, and out of an inflated sense of importance, hire a bunch of assistants to do busywork for them."

+++
There's a new cover sheet for the TPS reports.

Posted by: Lundberg at December 19, 2025 02:01 PM (LaiZQ)

*teachers enter the chat*

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 02:03 PM (dK+Kv)

214 Me, too. I wouldn't recommend it.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 02:02 PM (dK+Kv)

Let me know next time you're going so I can take your advice and not be there.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 02:03 PM (TH+5o)

215 The purpose of the copyright is to protect the creation of something. If everything could be stolen immediately (Hello China!), it disincentivizes anything from being created. Tesla died penniless because Edison stole some of his inventions.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 19, 2025 02:03 PM (n5tGW)

216 185 Don't make me release my kraken!

Posted by: Sydney Powell at December 19, 2025 01:57 PM (LaiZQ)

I thing SOMEBODY would be very turned on by that...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia, in Hospital) at December 19, 2025 02:04 PM (MAbvX)

217 I’ve been to Greeley, CO

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 19, 2025 02:00 PM (W2Pud)

Me, too. I wouldn't recommend it.
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The 25-year old me crashed a frat party there back in the day when I was in town to examine a bank--had a blast!

Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at December 19, 2025 02:04 PM (TN0g+)

218 209 I’ve been to Greeley, CO

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 19, 2025 02:00 PM (W2Pud)

Me, too. I wouldn't recommend it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 02:02 PM

###
Is this about me?

Posted by: Winslow, Arizona at December 19, 2025 02:04 PM (LaiZQ)

219 215 The purpose of the copyright is to protect the creation of something. If everything could be stolen immediately (Hello China!), it disincentivizes anything from being created. Tesla died penniless because Edison stole some of his inventions.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 19, 2025 02:03 PM (n5tGW)

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I don't oppose copyright.

I oppose Life+70 copyright rules. They're ridiculous.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 02:05 PM (GBKbO)

220 Me, too. I wouldn't recommend it.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 02:02 PM (dK+Kv)

Let me know next time you're going so I can take your advice and not be there.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 02:03 PM (TH+5o)

You're safe for the rest of my life.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 02:05 PM (dK+Kv)

221 The CBD Coup is complete. Long live CBD.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2025 01:06 PM

It's good when CBD seizes control. Good.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 02:08 PM (jc0TO)

222 At least the Coup seems bloodless.

Posted by: Keep On the Sunny Side. at December 19, 2025 02:08 PM (oftw2)

223 Is this about me?
Posted by: Winslow, Arizona at December 19, 2025 02:04 PM (LaiZQ)
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Take it easy.

Posted by: Glen Frey at December 19, 2025 02:08 PM (krQz2)

224 Heh. Chakra Plumbing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 02:09 PM (zZu0s)

225 I’ve been to Greeley, CO. Posted by: nurse ratched

I've been to Chesaw, WA. Wouldn't recommended it. On the plus side it does have a bar.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at December 19, 2025 02:09 PM (HTCU3)

226 Copywriter was probably not needed when the only way you getting a copy was from a monk.

Cheap printing presses changed that.

The same kind of seismic change has taken place in the internet age: copyright does not work like it used to and has to be rebuilt.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 19, 2025 02:09 PM (3Amc7)

227 206 194 Former Brown pulls the curtain back on problems with Brown:

https://tinyurl.com/pyx6dcnf

"The overcredentialed admins don't actually have any practical skills to do their jobs — so just invent a bunch of busywork for themselves and others, demand six figures, and out of an inflated sense of importance, hire a bunch of assistants to do busywork for them."

So, like 99% of corporate America then.

Posted by: Not THAT much different from the private sector at December 19, 2025 02:09 PM (TbWk/)

228 Ace should just log onto one of those services that diagnose your computer remotely.

Posted by: Dear Liza at December 19, 2025 02:09 PM (u9Aw1)

229 I agree - time limits on copyrights should be limited, some things like political speeches, news articles, should probably be less than a month. Also yes, don't go to Greeley except to the rodeo.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 19, 2025 02:10 PM (n5tGW)

230 I oppose Life+70 copyright rules. They're ridiculous.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 02:05 PM (GBKbO)

Frankly, Scarlett, I don't give a damn.

Copyright, however long it may endure, does not impinge upon my freedom at all. There is a metric fuckton of stupid shit that government does to restrict my freedom, and yours, and that shit is more worthy of being fought.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 02:10 PM (npFr7)

231 Ace should just log onto one of those services that diagnose your computer remotely.
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ISWYDT.

Alternatively, he could call in on Kim Komando's syndicated radio show!

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 02:11 PM (TN0g+)

232
Tesla died penniless because Edison stole some of his inventions.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 19, 2025 02:03 PM (n5tGW)

___________

I think it's more accurate to say that Tesla died penniless because Tesla was a very bad businessman.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2025 02:11 PM (tgvbd)

233 230 Frankly, Scarlett, I don't give a damn.

Copyright, however long it may endure, does not impinge upon my freedom at all. There is a metric fuckton of stupid shit that government does to restrict my freedom, and yours, and that shit is more worthy of being fought.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 02:10 PM (npFr7)

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It absolutely does infringe on people's rights. Just because you don't want to reprint a book that's been out of print since 1950 and no one even knows if its under copyright doesn't mean that other people don't want to.

And I'm sorry that I'm talking about a minor government infringement instead of the major ones. Are you the police about which things we're allowed to complain about?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 02:12 PM (GBKbO)

234 I've been to Chesaw, WA. Wouldn't recommended it. On the plus side it does have a bar.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at December 19, 2025 02:09 PM (HTCU3)

Visited a mine site there, many years ago. And had a beer in the bar.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 02:12 PM (npFr7)

235
My reliable sauce says this will be Trump's announcement:

https://is.gd/rvwOWL

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 02:12 PM (+wReq)

236 ISWYDT.

Alternatively, he could call in on Kim Komando's syndicated radio show!
Posted by: Crusader

---------
Thank you!

I didn't think anyone would get it. I use that joke a lot, especially when a crane falls over. No one ever gets it.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 02:13 PM (u9Aw1)

237 315,000 Possibly Fraudulent Ballots?

That we admit to! And it was our first time doing it...

Posted by: Fulton County at December 19, 2025 02:13 PM (gb3qv)

238 I've been to Chesaw, WA. Wouldn't recommended it. On the plus side it does have a bar.
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I believe Sparta, WI may hold the title for most bars per capita in the US.

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 02:13 PM (TN0g+)

239 You know how to tell it going to snow on the Colorado front range?

You can smell Greeley. Specially, the cows in Greeley.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 19, 2025 02:13 PM (Hkcdp)

240 Ok we're getting testy now. Time for a new thresd, where things will be much better.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 02:13 PM (TH+5o)

241

President Livestream Link

https://is.gd/4lV5cO

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 02:13 PM (+wReq)

242
I believe Sparta, WI may hold the title for most bars per capita in the US.
Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 02:13 PM (TN0g+)

It was Green Bay at one point.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 02:14 PM (Zz0t1)

243 Being a bad businessman doesn't mean you should be stolen from. But its been the same forever, Microsoft stole all kinds of stuff from developers, but had the high powered attorneys to get away with it.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 19, 2025 02:14 PM (n5tGW)

244 This isn't even the cheating we all know they did. This is just some early voting tabulations that are probably fine, I would hope the machines put a data and time stamp on the counts at the time that they are done; although its possible the Fulton county operatives substituted tabulations that better suited their purposes.

If they had successfully cheated enough on early voting they would not have needed to resort to creating a water line issue, and the multiple counting of ballots that they did in the wee hours.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 19, 2025 02:14 PM (hhkIi)

245 228 Ace should just log onto one of those services that diagnose your computer remotely.
____

(ch)happy to help. Surf porn and get wirus? Ok, we know (ch)how to fix. Special discount for you today.

Posted by: Macedonia Content Farm and Computer Fixing at December 19, 2025 02:14 PM (Dv3i1)

246 I believe Sparta, WI may hold the title for most bars per capita in the US.
Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 02:13 PM (TN0g+)

It was Green Bay at one point.
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I believe it. Wisconsin probably holds the state title for bars per capita.

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 02:15 PM (TN0g+)

247 Were there any comments about Trump moving "medical" marijuana out of schedule 1 yesterday?

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 02:15 PM (jc0TO)

248 Being a bad businessman doesn't mean you should be stolen from. But its been the same forever, Microsoft stole all kinds of stuff from developers, but had the high powered attorneys to get away with it.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 19, 2025 02:14 PM (n5tGW)

You either sold them your idea or they would bury you in legal bullshit till you went bankrupt.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 02:15 PM (Zz0t1)

249 It absolutely does infringe on people's rights. Just because you don't want to reprint a book that's been out of print since 1950 and no one even knows if its under copyright doesn't mean that other people don't want to.

And I'm sorry that I'm talking about a minor government infringement instead of the major ones. Are you the police about which things we're allowed to complain about?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 02:12 PM (GBKbO)

Go ahead and print the book, and see what happens. And if you want to keep flogging that poor dead horse, by all means carry on.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 02:15 PM (npFr7)

250 Nood. Weed.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2025 02:15 PM (zZu0s)

251
Did You See This??

Yesterday at a Wal-Mart, a Shoplifter PULLS GUN and points while being Detained by Police:

https://is.gd/hJ74SN

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 02:16 PM (+wReq)

252 Nood

Posted by: Thanatopsis at December 19, 2025 02:16 PM (5IH8V)

253 stoner nood

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 02:16 PM (u9Aw1)

254 Were there any comments about Trump moving "medical" marijuana out of schedule 1 yesterday? >>>

We all had the munchies.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 19, 2025 02:17 PM (n5tGW)

255 Microsoft stole all kinds of stuff from developers, but had the high powered attorneys to get away with it.
----------------
Apple stole the desktop computer from Xerox.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2025 02:17 PM (Wg6v7)

256 Were there any comments about Trump moving "medical" marijuana out of schedule 1 yesterday?
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 19, 2025 02:15 PM (jc0TO)

It was more important to denounce Candice Owens a traitor and insane. I am sure everyone will get around to it.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 02:18 PM (rbvCR)

257 stoner nood
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 02:16 PM (u9Aw1)
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And Ace open nood.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 02:18 PM (krQz2)

258 At least the Coup seems bloodless.
Posted by: Keep On the Sunny Side
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The bodies have been hidden.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 19, 2025 02:24 PM (XeU6L)

259 stoner nood
Posted by: bob
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We do have a small mountain nearby named 'Stoney Knob'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 19, 2025 02:25 PM (XeU6L)

260 Yesterday at a Wal-Mart, a Shoplifter PULLS GUN and points while being Detained by Police:

https://is.gd/hJ74SN
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 02:16 PM (+wReq)

Holy crap!! Not the sharpest tack in the box.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 19, 2025 02:35 PM (5xuJ/)

261 And now the stoner nood is gone.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 02:37 PM (u9Aw1)

262 https://is.gd/hJ74SN
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 02:16 PM (+wReq)

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What I wrote in the now vaporized stoner nood,

Wow, Mr. High and tight saved his life -- the cop was ready to ventilate him if he could get a clear shot.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 02:39 PM (u9Aw1)

263 The 315,000 unsigned votes are probably not a huge deal at that link in the chain. That's probably what the tabulation machines said, they just didn't get the tapes signed.

The fraud is probably upstream of that, in the 10,000 ballots that got run through the tabulation machine 5 times to make 50,000. Now, there's a question whether the election workers who ran the ballots through the machines 5 times were told not to sign the tape and they couldn't get prosecuted.

Next step is to get those suspect early ballots from storage and do a recount. I'm betting they've been destroyed and can't be replicated.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 19, 2025 02:47 PM (eStot)

264 Sorry I'm late. It was hell getting here.

Posted by: Meathead at December 19, 2025 03:04 PM (I2y5H)

265 .
Now tell us how those 315,THOUSAND votes were "cast."

Posted by: Marooned at December 19, 2025 03:16 PM (kt8QE)

266 Face2face Africa dot com: 'Meet Fani Willis, who conquered her former boss to become Fulton County’s first female DA' by Mohammed Awal, August 13, 2020

Wikipedia, Fani Taifa Willis[1] (née Floyd; /fɑːniː/, FAH-nee;[1] born October 27, 1971)[2][3] is an American attorney. She is the district attorney of Fulton County, Georgia, which contains most of Atlanta, serving since 2021.[4] She is the first woman to hold the office in Fulton County.[5]

If you step back & examine, the amount of strategic planning that went into the entire process is fascinating.

Insurance.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 03:39 PM (NFX2v)

267 This fell on Raffensberger (RINO trash) and Kemp. Kemp shouldn't get a pass, but he was great on Covid, so it balanced out. Raff just sucks and should be gotten rid of by the party

Posted by: crypto king at December 19, 2025 04:23 PM (s8WNT)

268 "Should copyright be changed to something like “life +75 and then for damn sure you enter public domain, no ifs ands or buts”? Sure, but scrap copyright altogether? Bad idea. I’m good with where it was set by the Copyright Law of 1978, but perpetual copyrights? No."

I once saw an op-ed by Mark Helprin, the novelist and one-time Bush supporter, advocating that copyright should be perpetual - as in, forever. Helprin is a great novelist, and also something of a nut; but the absurdity of that should be obvious even to him. Can you imagine the court battles over the royalties for the plays of William Shakespeare?

Posted by: Nemo at December 19, 2025 05:30 PM (4RPgu)

Open thread

I'm taking the computer in to a repair shop. Unfortunately I'll only be posting open threads from the phone. Now my computer doesn't even show a network ability at all

Posted by: Ace at 01:06 PM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 First!

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 01:07 PM (1Nv0l)

2 I'm taking the computer in to a repair shop.

Don't Do it!

Posted by: Hunter Biden at December 19, 2025 01:07 PM (IifOV)

3 WTF is even going on in this joint?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:07 PM (dK+Kv)

4 Poor CBD. Nooded after 2 minutes.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 01:07 PM (1Nv0l)

5 It's pandemonium all up in here.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 19, 2025 01:07 PM (dGCAG)

6 The entire world is about to find out what Ace has on his computer.

I mean, besides busty lesbian pron.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 19, 2025 01:07 PM (QZThv)

7 Cheap USB wifi dongles are money ahead from any repair shop costs. FWIW.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:07 PM (dK+Kv)

8 I'm taking the computer in to a repair shop.

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: The computer repair shop at December 19, 2025 01:08 PM (Riz8t)

9 ::Twirls mustache::

Posted by: Bob @ NSA at December 19, 2025 01:08 PM (jNK17)

10 What? *Another* open thread?

Posted by: Thanatopsis at December 19, 2025 01:08 PM (5IH8V)

11 Sorry Mr Dildo.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 01:08 PM (pDt9x)

12 It might be time for an adapter card flush. Don't mix the fluid colors though.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2025 01:08 PM (wVcYX)

13 Hope ace scrubbed the kinky Ewok porn off his hard drive ...

Posted by: steevy at December 19, 2025 01:08 PM (YwEeS)

14 Repair shop?!?!?

Don't be a fool. That's what they want you to do.

It's been nice knowing you, ace.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 01:08 PM (1Nv0l)

15 The entire world is about to find out what Ace has on his computer.

I mean, besides busty lesbian pron.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 19, 2025 01:07 PM (QZThv)

Spoiler alert: It's ALL busty lesbian shelving pron.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:08 PM (dK+Kv)

16 I was expecting another thresd.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 01:08 PM (krQz2)

17 Do we post HERE, or in CBD's excellent thread on the stolen Georgia elections?

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 01:08 PM (TN0g+)

18 Do we get a refund or something for this inconvenience?

Posted by: hamitchell at December 19, 2025 01:09 PM (kE/nb)

19 I blame Al Gore.

Posted by: wth at December 19, 2025 01:09 PM (v0R5T)

20 Ping pong posts day.

Kangarooing everywhere.

Kajagoogoo

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2025 01:09 PM (HUco/)

21 []Do we post HERE, or in CBD's excellent thread on the stolen Georgia elections?

Yes.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 01:09 PM (Riz8t)

22 WTF is even going on in this joint?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:07 PM (dK+Kv)
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Drunken hampsters.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 01:09 PM (krQz2)

23 I'm sure whatever the problem is the IT guy will look at you like your an idiot after it is fixed

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at December 19, 2025 01:09 PM (cI94r)

24 Do we get a refund or something for this inconvenience?

Posted by: hamitchell at December 19, 2025 01:09 PM (kE/nb)

You will receive one complimentary comment for your troubles.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:10 PM (dK+Kv)

25 51 former shelving installers say the material from Ace’s computer has all the hallmarks of CBD misinformation.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 19, 2025 01:10 PM (QZThv)

26 I’m confused. No more than usual, but I’m still confused.

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at December 19, 2025 01:10 PM (ZTJjv)

27 10 quatloos

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at December 19, 2025 01:10 PM (bXbFr)

28 Carol?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2025 01:11 PM (Oasjp)

29 Do we get a refund or something for this inconvenience?

Posted by: hamitchell at December 19, 2025 01:09 PM (kE/nb)

You will receive one complimentary comment for your troubles.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:10 PM (dK+Kv)
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But only for Dust-bunny membership and above.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 01:11 PM (krQz2)

30 I am here to help.......... I am good with Computers and Hi-Tech Stuff. Just look at my Campaign success last year.

Cackle.............. Cackle............ Cackle........

Posted by: Kami Harris at December 19, 2025 01:11 PM (J9q9v)

31 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:11 PM (Zz0t1)

32 While renaing the Kennedy Ctr to Trump is fun and all, it will be changed back in a few years.

What I really want is for Orlando airport to be renamed for Trump. Think of it:

MCO becomes DJT (with apologies to COL McCoy) but then every foreigner who comes to the US thru Orlando is reminded of our greatest president.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at December 19, 2025 01:11 PM (aKh6S)

33 I'm sure whatever the problem is the IT guy will look at you like your an idiot after it is fixed

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at December 19, 2025 01:09 PM (cI94r)

"Sir, we've corrected the ID-10T errors. That will be $487, please."

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:11 PM (dK+Kv)

34 I'm taking the computer in to a repair shop. Unfortunately I'll only be posting open threads from the phone. Now my computer doesn't even show a network ability at all

Posted by: Ace at 01:06 PM
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Could mean a new motherboard, then.

Posted by: mrp at December 19, 2025 01:11 PM (rj6Yv)

35 ]Do we post HERE, or in CBD's excellent thread on the stolen Georgia elections?

Yes.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 01:09 PM (Riz8t)
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Wait another 100 comments...

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 01:11 PM (krQz2)

36 "Hmm, I think I can see the problem.."

Technician opens the back of the computer case and retrieves a small, startled raccoon.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 01:11 PM (1Nv0l)

37 Can't go into the old thread to declare nood as old thread doesn't exist.

Uh oh....we're not going to survive this, are we.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:11 PM (Zz0t1)

38 NIC: Network Interface Card. Also used to describe the RJ45 network port on most modern motherboards. If you have one of the latter, just buy a new NIC for about $15 on Amazon. Insert in PCiE slot and you are good to go.

Posted by: Joe Mama at December 19, 2025 01:12 PM (TezPK)

39 You will receive one complimentary comment for your troubles.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:10 PM (dK+Kv)
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But only for Dust-bunny membership and above.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 01:11 PM (krQz2)

Now we will find out who the real high-rollers are.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:12 PM (dK+Kv)

40 I doubt it’s your computer, it’s either your router or modem

Posted by: Maroon at December 19, 2025 01:12 PM (wP3Cr)

41 Back in 2009 when i was using firefox i was hacked by charscters from poland and azerbaijan

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at December 19, 2025 01:12 PM (bXbFr)

42 Computer is probably low on buffer bytes.

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at December 19, 2025 01:12 PM (ZTJjv)

43 Did Ace block himself from the Internet?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2025 01:12 PM (HUco/)

44 “ Check comment count between dueling threads” make a decision on where to roost.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 01:12 PM (pDt9x)

45 If it is a hardware issue, hopefully it is limited to the wi-fi card that committing suicide. If it is a software issue I have found repair shops tend to recommend nuking the OS and starting over from scratch - that is a day gone right there. Good luck, Ace, hopefully it is something minor.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at December 19, 2025 01:12 PM (HTCU3)

46 Don't be fooled. This is a test. It's a winnowing of Commentators, prior to the final grading for the EOY AoSHQ Commenter Reviews.

Will you make the cut, and be assigned "Exceeds Expectations"?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 19, 2025 01:13 PM (0sNs1)

47 hmmm..I wonder if ace downloaded the latest iOS...

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 01:13 PM (g47mK)

48 I found out when i got the bill

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at December 19, 2025 01:13 PM (bXbFr)

49 You need to find one of these little Harry Potter wannabes running around with a pouch full of 6013 or 7018 welding rods and get them to tack that shit back together.

Downtime is unacceptable!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 19, 2025 01:13 PM (nljXp)

50 Can't go into the old thread to declare nood as old thread doesn't exist.

Uh oh....we're not going to survive this, are we.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:11 PM (Zz0t1)

Somebody had it covered - and all of our wonderful tech advice got lost in the ether - but I suspect they were nooding for CBD's undernood.

It's all FUBAR, man.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:13 PM (dK+Kv)

51 Have you reinstalled windoze?

Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at December 19, 2025 01:13 PM (UqhGk)

52 I'm taking the computer in to a repair shop.
........

a little keyboard cleaner
fluid checks
rotate the USB ports
Voila!

Posted by: wth at December 19, 2025 01:13 PM (v0R5T)

53 Can't go into the old thread to declare nood as old thread doesn't exist.

Uh oh....we're not going to survive this, are we.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
---
OMG, they're all trapped there: an alternate universe split off from our own.

So lucky I got out it in time.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 01:14 PM (1Nv0l)

54 MCO becomes DJT (with apologies to COL McCoy) but then every foreigner who comes to the US thru Orlando is reminded of our greatest president.

And the airport in East St. Louis will be renamed the Ace of Spades HQ International Airport and Book Case Shelves Emporium.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at December 19, 2025 01:14 PM (cI94r)

55 You need a spare laptop and a cloud backup so if something happens you can just log into the other one and get to it while your comp is in the shop.

I know, its very easy for me to spend someone elses money...

Posted by: Inogame at December 19, 2025 01:14 PM (53oGX)

56 I'm so confused.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:14 PM (Zz0t1)

57 Anyone remember the day ace was completely fed up and annoyed and said basically "I don't give a fuck who the next person is that bitches about the post topic, they are BANNED" and like one thread later it starts and I think grammie - bless her - of all people - jumps on for the first time all day and was like, "oh is THIS what we're really gonna talk about?" and ace was like - BANNED.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 01:14 PM (TH+5o)

58 It's possible for a network interface to crap out. If it's an integrated thing, not a separate card, it's possible it failed. An open slot and new NIC?

No clue what hardware we're talking about...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 01:15 PM (NwnyJ)

59 Have you restarted your computer?

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at December 19, 2025 01:15 PM (ZTJjv)

60 Is there anybody OUT THERE??

Posted by: Pink Floyd at December 19, 2025 01:15 PM (sBt/s)

61 Previous thread got the sous vide treatment?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2025 01:15 PM (HUco/)

62 Is it on airplane mode

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at December 19, 2025 01:15 PM (bXbFr)

63
Somebody had it covered - and all of our wonderful tech advice got lost in the ether - but I suspect they were nooding for CBD's undernood.

It's all FUBAR, man.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:13 PM (dK+Kv)

Now I know how the mom in Poltergeist felt.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:15 PM (Zz0t1)

64 Doh
good luck Ace

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 19, 2025 01:15 PM (xcxpd)

65 I'm taking the computer in to a repair shop. Unfortunately I'll only be posting open threads from the phone. Now my computer doesn't even show a network ability at all

Skill issue

Posted by: Halfhand at December 19, 2025 01:16 PM (jNK17)

66 Y'all know what this thread needs? It needs more flying green dildos.. that's what this thread needs!

Posted by: Flyin' Green Dildo at December 19, 2025 01:16 PM (DDJSl)

67
No one can hear when you're screaming in digital.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 01:16 PM (krQz2)

68 F16 down in desert Nevada? Pilot ejected safely.

Posted by: torabora at December 19, 2025 01:16 PM (WufTh)

69 Its either tribbles or gremlins

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at December 19, 2025 01:16 PM (bXbFr)

70 Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 01:14 PM (TH+5o)

Speaking of grammie… she been around recently? Last I heard she had received relatively good medical news which I hope still holds

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 01:16 PM (sBt/s)

71 No one can hear when you're screaming in digital.
Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 01:16 PM (krQz2)

Where's she been?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:16 PM (Zz0t1)

72 If it is a hardware issue, hopefully it is limited to the wi-fi card that committing suicide. If it is a software issue I have found repair shops tend to recommend nuking the OS and starting over from scratch - that is a day gone right there. Good luck, Ace, hopefully it is something minor.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at December 19, 2025 01:12 PM (HTCU3)

It is the only viable option, since nobody is going to pay for hours of IT work to diagnose how Apple or Microsoft borked your computer and to apply the ultimate corrections.

I have spent days manually undoing botched MS updates on a machine I really needed to get the data off of (not mine), and nobody except Hunter spending China/Ukraine cash is going to pay that kind of money.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:17 PM (dK+Kv)

73
Oh, okay. I see my advice is on some other thread. Well, it was useless anyway.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 19, 2025 01:17 PM (n7rxJ)

74 60 Is there anybody OUT THERE??
Posted by: Pink Floyd at December 19, 2025 01:15 PM (sBt/s)

Anybody can be out anywhere for the right price.

Posted by: Corrupt Umpire at December 19, 2025 01:17 PM (dB13k)

75 They're gonna blow out his fans.

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 01:17 PM (dfeba)

76
Meanwhile, I see we're finally getting a picture of that Portuguese killer. Why did that take so long?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 19, 2025 01:17 PM (n7rxJ)

77 Don’t imagine Ace tried slapping a hot iron on his computer. Might help.

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at December 19, 2025 01:17 PM (ZTJjv)

78 Slap hot iron to it!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 19, 2025 01:17 PM (2UnvF)

79 arp table is full and needs to be cleared

Posted by: ballistic at December 19, 2025 01:18 PM (3BwY8)

80 We could be here a while. It's hard to get spare parts for old 386 machines these days.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 01:18 PM (1Nv0l)

81 Tribbles, gremlins, or lupus?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2025 01:18 PM (HUco/)

82 Meanwhile, I see we're finally getting a picture of that Portuguese killer. Why did that take so long?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 19, 2025 01:17 PM (n7rxJ)

they had to find just the right patsy to cover for the muslham terrorist Biden let in to murder Americans.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:18 PM (Zz0t1)

83 How close are you to Wilmington?

I got a computer repair guy there.

Very discreet!

Posted by: Hunter B. at December 19, 2025 01:18 PM (UKj38)

84 There was some discussion yesterday about the "surge pricing" for things like Uber. Well, having used Uber last night and this morning under conditions that should have really jacked up the prices, the results were ... different.

This is holiday season in NYC (millions of tourists) with heavy rain. The cost of private rides like Uber should be through the roof. But they were actually less than usual, with plenty of cars available.

How is this possible? Possibly, I got lucky in terms of timing and location. But more likely, the surge model worked, in that it enticed more drivers to go out searching for riders, which increased the supply of cars That put downward pressure on prices, to the point where they were actually less than usual (at least in my circumstances).

Interesting, if nothing else.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 01:18 PM (iFTx/)

85 Ace, please say you already discarded all evidence of the Hobo Hunts before things got glitch.

Posted by: Corrupt Umpire at December 19, 2025 01:18 PM (dB13k)

86 “In fact, I cannot recall a prime time presidential address that was as defensive and hyper-partisan as this one.” -- ABC’s Jonathan Karl

Does Sept. 1, 2022, ring a bell? Has he really forgotten Joe Biden’s “Battle for the Soul of the Nation” speech (AKA the "red speech") at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall?

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 01:18 PM (RHGPo)

87 They're gonna blow out his fans.
Posted by: fd

$20, same as in PCs, downtown.

Posted by: Joe Mama at December 19, 2025 01:19 PM (TezPK)

88 Honestly, like so many other things in this world, I consider computers to be disposable items.

If it stops working properly, it's time to transfer whatever files you need, and get a new one.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 19, 2025 01:19 PM (dGCAG)

89
Back in 2020 I said Trump won in a landslide. I stand by that today.

I said biden likely got 65 million "legit" votes.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 01:19 PM (KDEC8)

90 I’ve posted more times on this thread than any other thread over the last 10 years. You should be thanking me!

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at December 19, 2025 01:19 PM (ZTJjv)

91 Does Sept. 1, 2022, ring a bell? Has he really forgotten Joe Biden’s “Battle for the Soul of the Nation” speech (AKA the "red speech") at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall?

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 01:18 PM (RHGPo)

Every day is Day Zero for the Party.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 01:19 PM (TH+5o)

92 “In fact, I cannot recall a prime time presidential address that was as defensive and hyper-partisan as this one.” -- ABC’s Jonathan Karl

Does Sept. 1, 2022, ring a bell? Has he really forgotten Joe Biden’s “Battle for the Soul of the Nation” speech (AKA the "red speech") at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall?
Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 01:18 PM (RHGPo)

To be fair, Johnathan Karl is a hyper partisan asshole, so there's that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:19 PM (Zz0t1)

93 Software wise we use to uninstall the nic.
Restart, computer reinstalls drivers.

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025 01:20 PM (EyfuW)

94 Do yall want to chip in to buy Ace a new PC? It's as good a time as any to send a donation

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 01:20 PM (dfeba)

95 Good luck with the computer, hopefully it is not something serious or expensive, like RAM

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 19, 2025 01:20 PM (4q/mG)

96 Why after we tried to kill him multiple times is Trump so DIVISIVE

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 01:20 PM (TH+5o)

97 > Now my computer doesn't even show a network ability at all

Posted by: Ace
----

Have you tried dropping it off a 10-story building? Try dropping it off a 10-story building.

Posted by: Don Black at December 19, 2025 01:20 PM (ZxPkt)

98 My dad had a laptop with an external physical on/off switch for the WiFi. He accidentally turned it off once or twice, asked me to figure it out, and watched me check the switch, return it to on, and hand it back. He was good humored about it. I miss him.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 19, 2025 01:20 PM (OUMaO)

99 Ace, muttering under his breath: "640KB is enough RAM for anyone they said..."

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 01:20 PM (1Nv0l)

100 Surge pricing?
What's that?

Posted by: High Occupancy Toll Lanes at December 19, 2025 01:20 PM (LaiZQ)

101

... something went wrong

Posted by: Bad Andrew at December 19, 2025 01:20 PM (6qf1m)

102 Ten Dollar Gasoline: Coming Soon to California

... does Newsom really think we want to be like California ?

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 01:20 PM (RHGPo)

103 This is just the first stage of Johnny Coldcuts taking over the blog
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 19, 2025 01:12 PM (3Amc7)

Dude, you've got a long memory.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 19, 2025 01:21 PM (Hx0tZ)

104 "All we want to do is come together as a country and get along with conservatives and Donald Trump but he won't let us."

-Jonathan Karl probably

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 01:21 PM (TH+5o)

105 It's possible for a network interface to crap out. If it's an integrated thing, not a separate card, it's possible it failed. An open slot and new NIC?

No clue what hardware we're talking about...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 01:15 PM (NwnyJ)

When ethernet first came onto the scene, Network Interface Cards (NICs) were an add-on item that you plugged into an open motherboard slot. They still exist. As the tech matured, the networking chips were just integrated onto the motherboard, freeing up expansion slots or allowing for smaller computers/laptops. If your onboard NIC fails, there is always the option of adding an addon card or a USB to WiFi or a USB to ethernet dongle. They're dirt cheap, too.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:21 PM (dK+Kv)

106 More ass-droppings at the end of Buck's thread. And mr_jack showed up, LOL.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 01:21 PM (npFr7)

107
I can hear the chimes
Ringing for you and me
(It's time for the world to hear)
I can see your eyes
(Your hands joining with me)
Neue Regel is here!

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 01:21 PM (krQz2)

108
--DOJ has until midnight to release the epstein bullshit

-- DOJ already said there's so many files all won't be released by the fake "deadline"

-- President Trump makes another address tonight at 9pm

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 01:22 PM (KDEC8)

109 Don't Do it!
Posted by: Hunter Biden at December 19, 2025 01:07 PM (IifOV)

Comment of the week candidate?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 01:22 PM (npFr7)

110 wasn't Trump going to make an announcement at 1pm?

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 01:22 PM (g47mK)

111 Software wise we use to uninstall the nic.
Restart, computer reinstalls drivers.

That's bit like asking ace to write a PID function in assembler.

Posted by: Halfhand at December 19, 2025 01:22 PM (jNK17)

112 20 Ping pong posts day.

Kangarooing everywhere.

Kajagoogoo
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2025 01:09 PM (HUco/)

I thought you were going for a haiku.

Posted by: Corrupt Umpire at December 19, 2025 01:22 PM (dB13k)

113 hope he remembers to pick up his computer from the shop.

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025 01:22 PM (EyfuW)

114 My dad had a laptop with an external physical on/off switch for the WiFi. He accidentally turned it off once or twice, asked me to figure it out, and watched me check the switch, return it to on, and hand it back. He was good humored about it. I miss him.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 19, 2025 01:20 PM (OUMaO)

BTDT, and I hope that Ace has this exact problem and has to come back to the horde explaining such after all the hilarious advice offered earlier.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:22 PM (dK+Kv)

115 I periodically have to resort to my PC Tech days around here. It's most always our ISP doing some unannounced maintenance or whatever and I've got to restart everything on my side to unbork what they borked.

It's almost never "my fault."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 01:23 PM (NwnyJ)

116 More ass-droppings at the end of Buck's thread. And mr_jack showed up, LOL.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 01:21 PM (npFr7)

Funny how ASS misses the poor lady that pointed out the fraud in Colorado and has been a political prisoner ever since and isn't even being released after a Presidential Pardon.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:23 PM (Zz0t1)

117 Get ready for the "Ace laptop story..."

All the hallmarks of Russian interference.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 01:23 PM (1Nv0l)

118 Cong Dems now have a -55 net approval, an all-time low & lower than the Dead Sea.

2 causes: Dems gives them a -6 pt net approval(!), & they're at -61 pts with indies!

The effect? Dems lead on the generic ballot is less than half of what it was at this pt in the 06 & 18 cycles.

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 01:23 PM (RHGPo)

119
Not just "partisan," but "hyper partisan."

WTF is "hyper partisan" mean?

FUCK YOU DISNEY "News"

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 01:23 PM (KDEC8)

120 If ace gets a new nic this place is gonna get even more confusing.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 01:23 PM (TH+5o)

121 Sock off.

Snark on!

Posted by: tankdemon at December 19, 2025 01:23 PM (dB13k)

122 wasn't Trump going to make an announcement at 1pm?

Posted by: runner

That was before he had to fix Ace's laptop. Poor guy has to do everything himself.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 19, 2025 01:23 PM (OUMaO)

123 Has the Secretary of War declared war on some random South American country yet?

Posted by: Just got here at December 19, 2025 01:23 PM (LaiZQ)

124 Meanwhile, I see we're finally getting a picture of that Portuguese killer. Why did that take so long?

Brown turned all the cameras off for Antifa and it took a while to find the guy who could turn them back on.

More seriously, the MIT professor is also Portuguese so it’s probably some weird blood feud.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 19, 2025 01:23 PM (QZThv)

125 > Computer is probably low on buffer bytes.

Check the bit bucket for leaks.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 19, 2025 01:23 PM (Yp6az)

126 Don't Do it!
Posted by: Hunter Biden at December 19, 2025 01:07 PM (IifOV)

Comment of the week candidate?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 01:22 PM (npFr7)

Also, don't bang your dead brother's wife.

Or shower with your granddaughter.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 19, 2025 01:23 PM (dGCAG)

127
BTDT, and I hope that Ace has this exact problem and has to come back to the horde explaining such after all the hilarious advice offered earlier.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:22 PM (dK+Kv)

There actually used to be a Function key that would give the user the ability to turn the WiFi on and off.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:24 PM (Zz0t1)

128 Luckily this happened on a Friday otherwise I'd waste my whole weekend staring at open threads.

Oh, I'd only waste it anyway.

Posted by: Hans Moleman at December 19, 2025 01:24 PM (hAWPK)

129
hyper partisan

because when just partisan isn't fucking partisan enough for partisan Fake News

FUCKING IRONIC, LOOK IT UP DISNEY Cocksucker

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 01:24 PM (KDEC8)

130 WTF is "hyper partisan" mean?

FUCK YOU DISNEY "News"

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 01:23 PM (KDEC

It means a Republican said something.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 01:24 PM (TH+5o)

131
Also, don't bang your dead brother's wife.

Or shower with your granddaughter.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 19, 2025 01:23 PM (dGCAG)

To be fair, he was banging his brother's wife while the brother was still alive as he texted him about it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:24 PM (Zz0t1)

132 24 Do we get a refund or something for this inconvenience?

Posted by: hamitchell at December 19, 2025 01:09 PM (kE/nb)

You will receive one complimentary comment for your troubles.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:10 PM (dK+Kv)

I was hoping for Club ONT bathroom tokens.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 19, 2025 01:25 PM (dB13k)

133 To be fair, he was banging his brother's wife while the brother was still alive as he texted him about it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:24 PM (Zz0t1)

I never know how low they sank. Nothing surprises me anymore.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 19, 2025 01:26 PM (dGCAG)

134 "...we're finally getting a picture of that Portuguese killer. Why did that take so long?"

---
Homeless guy in the basement couldn't get an Internet connection.

Posted by: The IT Department at December 19, 2025 01:26 PM (LaiZQ)

135 I've seen this movie before. First your laptop wifi goes down, next thing you walk outside to take it to the repair shop and they get you.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 01:26 PM (TH+5o)

136 So epstein apparently had three deep state ties to a brit named doug leese to wexner as well a fmr doj official who represented an iranian bank

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at December 19, 2025 01:26 PM (bXbFr)

137 24 Do we get a refund or something for this inconvenience?

Posted by: hamitchell at December 19, 2025 01:09 PM (kE/nb)

You will receive one complimentary comment for your troubles.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:10 PM (dK+Kv)

I was hoping for Club ONT bathroom tokens.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 19, 2025 01:25 PM (dB13k)

Just so long as it's not a membership in the Jelly of the Month Club.

Posted by: Clark W. Griswold at December 19, 2025 01:27 PM (wVcYX)

138 To be fair, he was banging his brother's wife while the brother was still alive as he texted him about it.

Hunter probably also banged DOCTOR JILL. She’s his stepmom so apparently that’s totally cool as long as she’s stuck in a dryer or something.

At least that’s what I heard.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 19, 2025 01:27 PM (QZThv)

139 There actually used to be a Function key that would give the user the ability to turn the WiFi on and off.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:24 PM (Zz0t1)

I have that on some laptops and got momentarily confuzelled by it, them LMAOd at myself.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:27 PM (dK+Kv)

140 Ten Dollar Gasoline: Coming Soon to California

... does Newsom really think we want to be like California ?
Posted by: SMOD
.....

Newsom doesn't care what you think.

Posted by: wth at December 19, 2025 01:27 PM (v0R5T)

141 Rep. James Comer
@RepJamesComer

🚨@RobertGarcia and Oversight Democrats cherry-picked Epstein Estate records and searched for a single word: “Trump.”

All while claiming to be seeking justice for Epstein’s survivors.

This was never about the survivors for Democrats. They’re using them to achieve their agenda.

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 01:28 PM (RHGPo)

142 Posts have been re-ordered. This is now the underpost.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2025 01:28 PM (wVcYX)

143 I took my work laptop into our IT Help Desk one time wondering why my laptop's webcam didn't want to show me.

The technician slid his thumb across the top of the screen to open the privacy shade. Which I swear I didn't close on purpose.

Fortunately, he didn't charge me for the service.

While he helped me, I assisted a young woman who had an equally simple problem to solve in a tool that I actually knew something about.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2025 01:28 PM (ESVrU)

144 This might make for an OK emergency workaround/backup computer.

Bestbuy has the 14" Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook on sale for $129.00

https://is.gd/6uSC6x

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at December 19, 2025 01:28 PM (HTCU3)

145 To be fair, he was banging his brother's wife while the brother was still alive as he texted him about it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:24 PM (Zz0t1)

Classy.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:29 PM (dK+Kv)

146 The New York Times makes another big effort to connect Trump to Jeffrey Epstein's crimes. Fails again. "The Times interviewed more than 30 former Epstein employees, victims of his abuse and others who crossed paths with the two men over the years. The Times also obtained new documents that illuminate their relationship and scoured court documents and other public records...An examination of their history by The New York Times has found no evidence implicating Mr. Trump in Mr. Epstein’s abuse and trafficking of minors."

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 01:29 PM (RHGPo)

147 This was never about the survivors for Democrats. They’re using them to achieve their agenda.
Posted by: SMOD

----------
You could've knocked me over with a fender.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 01:29 PM (u9Aw1)

148 - Taking computer to repair shop is code for waiting for new computer with "enhanced" software from "Bob."

Posted by: TeeJ at December 19, 2025 01:29 PM (T08Hw)

149 Funny how ASS misses the poor lady that pointed out the fraud in Colorado and has been a political prisoner ever since and isn't even being released after a Presidential Pardon.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:23 PM (Zz0t1)

DJT should send in Federal Marshals to extricate her. Tell the prison warden to hand her over or be shot where he stands.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 01:30 PM (npFr7)

150 Bestbuy has the 14" Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook on sale for $129.00

https://is.gd/6uSC6x

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at December 19, 2025 01:28 PM (HTCU3)

I have a few gen old Samsung tablet. With BT keyboard and mouse, it is a totally solid go anywhere backup device, at least for text based work.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:30 PM (dK+Kv)

151 The account of how the homeless man "John" (who reportedly graduated from Brown years ago) helped the investigation is really incredible

... glad I didn't go to a school that graduates homeless

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 01:31 PM (RHGPo)

152 Bro, you're one lucky dude. Your wife's blowjobs are incredible!

Posted by: Hunter To Beau at December 19, 2025 01:31 PM (krQz2)

153 90 I’ve posted more times on this thread than any other thread over the last 10 years. You should be thanking me!
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at December 19, 2025 01:19 PM (ZTJjv)

Thank you.

You may now go back into hibernation.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 19, 2025 01:32 PM (dB13k)

154 81 Tribbles, gremlins, or lupus?
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2025 01:18 PM (HUco/)

It's never lupus.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 19, 2025 01:33 PM (dB13k)

155 I can hear the chimes
Ringing for you and me
(It's time for the world to hear)
I can see your eyes
(Your hands joining with me)
Neue Regel is here!
------

A Surgical Strike
We've taught them not to feel
performance is their task
A Surgical Strike
Its time is arriving now for you

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 01:33 PM (TN0g+)

156
The New York Times has found no evidence implicating Mr. Trump in Mr. Epstein’s abuse and trafficking of minors."
Posted by: SMOD

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

THAT's how well he hides it!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 19, 2025 01:33 PM (n7rxJ)

157 You will receive one complimentary comment for your troubles.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:10 PM (dK+Kv)

From who?

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 01:33 PM (TH+5o)

158 Everyone asking "how come a 90k/yr Ivy League school doesn't have security cams" doesn't realize how inefficient/incompetent the Brown University admin is.

Brown is run by nearly 4000 administrators (not professors!) who might work in ResLife yet have a PhD in obscure fields (because many of these folks are failed academics who still want to work in academia).

The overcredentialed admins don't actually have any practical skills to do their jobs — so just invent a bunch of busywork for themselves and others, demand six figures, and out of an inflated sense of importance, hire a bunch of assistants to do busywork for them.

This results in a lot of overhead — salaries are the biggest expense category at Brown — and not so much money left for facilities (no security cameras), dorms (lots of flooding and lead paint), or food (poorly regarded).

But at the end of the day, it usually doesn't matter! Unlike other schools, Brown doesn't need safe facilities, nice dorms, or tasty food to attract students because everybody goes to Brown for the Ivy League brand.

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 01:33 PM (RHGPo)

159 2 I'm taking the computer in to a repair shop.

Don't Do it!
Posted by: Hunter Biden at December 19, 2025 01:07 PM (IifOV)

HHAAHAHHAHAHHAHAH

Posted by: m at December 19, 2025 01:34 PM (RuTUS)

160 But at the end of the day, it usually doesn't matter! Unlike other schools, Brown doesn't need safe facilities, nice dorms, or tasty food to attract students because everybody goes to Brown for the Ivy League brand.

... and that $360k handshake

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 01:34 PM (RHGPo)

161 You will receive one complimentary comment for your troubles.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:10 PM (dK+Kv)

From who?

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 01:33 PM (TH+5o)

Shame you wasted yours.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:34 PM (dK+Kv)

162 So, if I post here with a sock, will it not count in the weekly total if Ace refreshes? Not sure it's worth the effort.

Posted by: Driven By Hard Numbers at December 19, 2025 01:35 PM (oftw2)

163 Jill should get something for all she put into the goverment.

She should be turned into a gimp and giver to a gas station owner in Qatar.

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025 01:35 PM (EyfuW)

164 Shame you wasted yours.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:34 PM (dK+Kv)

LMAO did you expect anything else

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 01:35 PM (TH+5o)

165 Shame you wasted yours.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:34 PM (dK+Kv)
---
That doesn't sound very complimentary.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 01:36 PM (krQz2)

166 LMAO did you expect anything else

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 01:35 PM (TH+5o)

It's Christmas. It's the time of miracles.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:37 PM (dK+Kv)

167 That doesn't sound very complimentary.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 01:36 PM (krQz2)

This is getting hit on the head lessons.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:38 PM (dK+Kv)

168 THAT's how well he hides it!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 19, 2025 01:33 PM (n7rxJ)
---
The telltale sign that the CIA is stealing all my belongings and replacing them with exact duplicates, is that they are exact duplicates!

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 01:39 PM (krQz2)

169 But at the end of the day, it usually doesn't matter! Unlike other schools, Brown doesn't need safe facilities, nice dorms, or tasty food to attract students because everybody goes to Brown for the Ivy League brand.
Posted by: SMOD

--------------
two points.
1. Schools generally don't like people with real jobs, like security, because they tend to be rational and not progressive loons.

2. There is a lot of talk about them turning off video to prevent prosecution of pali jew-haters when they riot. Also it endangers illegals preying on students.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 01:39 PM (u9Aw1)

170 "...we're finally getting a picture of that Portuguese killer. Why did that take so long?"

---
Homeless guy in the basement couldn't get an Internet connection.
----

Yeah, he could only post from his phone...

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 01:40 PM (TN0g+)

171 It's Christmas. It's the time of miracles.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:37 PM (dK+Kv)

Damn

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 01:40 PM (TH+5o)

172 Looks like ace will have quite a list when we get to the Festivus Airing Of Grievances.

Posted by: Kosmo at December 19, 2025 01:40 PM (LaiZQ)

173 Good luck with the repair, Ace.

There's a reason I have two computers.

Three.

Well, sixteen, but who's counting?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 19, 2025 01:41 PM (BLOW1)

174
What's This?

Tommy "The Hitman" Hearns hit hard times?

Poor guy lost his house to taxes.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 01:41 PM (KDEC8)

175 When ethernet first came onto the scene, Network Interface Cards (NICs) were an add-on item that you plugged into an open motherboard slot. They still exist. As the tech matured, the networking chips were just integrated onto the motherboard, freeing up expansion slots or allowing for smaller computers/laptops. If your onboard NIC fails, there is always the option of adding an addon card or a USB to WiFi or a USB to ethernet dongle. They're dirt cheap, too.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
======
I still have some PCMCIA network and modem cards for a circa early 90's laptop. Plus one double decker one with a hard drive in it.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 01:42 PM (WDjG6)

176 Is it a Windows machine? Apparently, the last security update really screwed up any computer with a VPN installed.

It soft-bricked two of my computers. I had to do a System Restore and rollback about a week.

Posted by: Schoolbus Vegabond at December 19, 2025 01:43 PM (rRnR3)

177 The king of excuses!

Posted by: Jim Rose at December 19, 2025 01:45 PM (miqrx)

178 Australia launches biggest gun buyback in 30 years after Bondi beach terror attack

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 01:46 PM (RHGPo)

179 I still have some PCMCIA network and modem cards for a circa early 90's laptop. Plus one double decker one with a hard drive in it.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 01:42 PM (WDjG6)

Oh crap. I do, too, I just couldn't remember what they were called to be able to talk about them. A little Intel PCMCIA NIC, when Intel NICs use to be the gold standard. Before Broadcom, I believe.

Gather around, children, as Grampa and I discuss the joys of ISA and assigning IRQs.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:46 PM (dK+Kv)

180 The school I went to hired crews of landscapers to hand trim hedges. They spent all year trimming with hand pruners "because the administrators want a natural look" instead of, you know, hedge trimmers.

It was like 10 or 20 men full time to do a job at 1/100 efficiency.

It made me so angry. I worked my ass off for tuition. I told one random dean that they needed to itemize and send a letter to each student telling them where their tuition went.
"Thank you for your $xxx. We used that money to pay to trim the hedge around the Alumni building very very slowly."

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 01:46 PM (u9Aw1)

181 Is it a Windows machine? Apparently, the last security update really screwed up any computer with a VPN installed.

It soft-bricked two of my computers. I had to do a System Restore and rollback about a week.

Posted by: Schoolbus Vegabond at December 19, 2025 01:43 PM (rRnR3)

Thanks for that tip. I don't VPN from Windows (other than native Remote Desktop), but I have a few VMs that I'll be sure to make a snapshot for before I update them.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:47 PM (dK+Kv)

182 151 The account of how the homeless man "John" (who reportedly graduated from Brown years ago) helped the investigation is really incredible

... glad I didn't go to a school that graduates homeless
Posted by: SMOD

Apparently, he's brilliant and snapped at some point. There are reports he does some janitorial work at the school & the school & neighborhood treat him ok.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 19, 2025 01:48 PM (NFX2v)

183 98 My dad had a laptop with an external physical on/off switch for the WiFi. He accidentally turned it off once or twice, asked me to figure it out, and watched me check the switch, return it to on, and hand it back. He was good humored about it. I miss him.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 19, 2025 01:20 PM (OUMaO)

What a great story.

Posted by: m at December 19, 2025 01:48 PM (RuTUS)

184 Windows did this to me. Reinstall older network card driver. Worked.

Posted by: JSpicy at December 19, 2025 01:50 PM (C7Yya)

185 Why didn't Pixy help Ace?

I know Pixy is overworked but can't he afford a Mexican or something?

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025 01:53 PM (EyfuW)

186 Years ago - before cell phones - I went to the Sunday morning flea market they used to do on and around 5th Ave. Like 7:00AM I saw a homeless guy on a park bench flipping through his filofax.

I thought "man, this guy really screwed up -- you become homeless so that you don't have to deal with appointments. He has the worst of both worlds, no home, and stress."

Honestly, it made me very sad and stuck with me all these decades later.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 19, 2025 01:53 PM (u9Aw1)

187 Like the hermit in real genius

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at December 19, 2025 01:54 PM (bXbFr)

188 But how did the shooter fail to do the basic research he would have realized loureiro wasnt there

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at December 19, 2025 01:56 PM (bXbFr)

189 Like the hermit in real genius

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at December 19, 2025 01:54 PM (bXbFr)
---
Lazlo Hollyfeld

No matter what role Jon Gries plays, my wife and I always call him "Lazlo".

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 02:00 PM (krQz2)

190 Yeah that guy he had a similar role in the pretender

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at December 19, 2025 02:04 PM (bXbFr)

191 I'm taking the computer in to a repair shop. - Ace
________________________________________________

Don't take it to the one Hunter took his to, 'kay …

Posted by: Dr_No at December 19, 2025 02:08 PM (ayRl+)

192 Ace. You don't have a cheap backup computer? I bet the guy at the computer shop can sell you a nice used computer cheap.

Posted by: Ralph at December 19, 2025 02:11 PM (8WZD4)

193 I miss my love, Ace, and therefore am in a complete snit today.

Plus we still have very little snow in the Intermountain West and it is impacting my happiness.I will continue to pray for tons of snow. Many feet of snow. The midwest and northeast don't need it like we do for water in the summer.

My husband, a weather nerd from when I met him decades ago, claims it might get better in a week. We'll see. The wind is blowing madly since last night and I pray for snow to follow (which is normal til now).

I see there is no news yet from Miami about the Portuguese narcissist killer. I want to know more about what he did after he left Brown (no doubt in a hissy fit and something maybe happened in the auditorium where he went nuts). Is he ghey or married? Religion? Politics? What was his job? Why was he not legal after this many years on a green card?

I think it is grand that Brown University, with an $8 billion endowment, uses a homeless guy, living in the basement of the building, for security. No secure doors for passkey or ID to accesss the building. No cameras. Just John in the basement.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 19, 2025 02:11 PM (WONhk)

194 I'm taking the computer in to a repair shop

Lordy, lordy, this is bad...

Posted by: The FBI at December 19, 2025 02:15 PM (gb3qv)

195 Reverse The Polarities!

Posted by: Chief Engineer Scotty at December 19, 2025 02:41 PM (2GIh1)

196 Had this happen recently. Needed to reconfigure some the settings for the NIC card in Device Manager. Good luck!

Posted by: Galactus'StiffenedCock at December 19, 2025 02:53 PM (C+oPe)

197 Network Engineer - sounds like your wireless nic is shot. You could disable it and then re enable it but as other have already said super best bet is to spend 12 on a wifi dongle.

Posted by: alt-tyrker at December 19, 2025 03:04 PM (IwFF+)

198 May the Pixy Mixy be with you.

Posted by: LGBTQ+POC, ANTI RACIST HERO at December 19, 2025 03:41 PM (3tGF8)

Open Thresd

Major computer problems. Cannot connect to internet no matter if I use my home wifi or my phone hotspot, any ideas? I've rebooted and turned the wifi on and off a dozen times

Posted by: Ace at 12:22 PM

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1 Sponge

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 19, 2025 12:23 PM (jbnUc)

2 LOL

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 19, 2025 12:23 PM (HXT0k)

3 First world problems.

Posted by: Case at December 19, 2025 12:23 PM (G1OIb)

4 The other open thresd is teh ghey

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 19, 2025 12:23 PM (HXT0k)

5 Tech is not my lane. But good luck!

Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 12:23 PM (p4NUW)

6 Double post!

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 12:24 PM (a+4eV)

7 Clear the DNS entries...admin command prompt, type: ipconfig /flushDNS and press enter.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 19, 2025 12:24 PM (WPL6O)

8 Open Thread - FTW!

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2025 12:24 PM (Wg6v7)

9 Cucker Tarlson's fault

Posted by: the guy who always says it's Cucker Tarlson's fault at December 19, 2025 12:24 PM (C8Sb0)

10 Using a laptop? Sometime the wi-fi chip fails and you can use a USB wireless plug-in instead.

Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 12:24 PM (W7XSX)

11 Willowed.
‘ New one: Ace's computer is mort.
------------
Too much colester all?’

It fell off the shelf.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 19, 2025 12:24 PM (jbnUc)

12
Have you tried slapping a hot iron to your router?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 12:25 PM (y9nCu)

13 Never click the links!

Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 19, 2025 12:26 PM (8AONa)

14 Ace, look outside. If you see a bunch of black Suburbans and guys running around in that real cool tactical gear, Bob from NSA finally gotcha.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 19, 2025 12:26 PM (gm9Sb)

15 Could be a security setting. Also, a longshot: in the last few days, my own computers at work kept telling me they couldn't connect, but when I opened a new page, it was connected, contrary to what I was being told. Something to try if you haven't already.

Posted by: Chris at December 19, 2025 12:26 PM (Po98o)

16 Can you use an Ethernet cable to connect to the router?

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 12:26 PM (vFG9F)

17 Do I hear an echo?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 19, 2025 12:26 PM (nljXp)

18 Is your computer plugged in? Is the power out in your area? Have you rebooted? Here to help, Ace.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 12:26 PM (pDt9x)

19 Ace has no way to read what we write here. Let it out, there is no barrel.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2025 12:27 PM (Wg6v7)

20 Nothing better than horde tech support!

Posted by: A dude in MI at December 19, 2025 12:27 PM (/6GbT)

21 But about duck fat

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 12:27 PM (pDt9x)

22 If you can, connect with your router/WAP and determine whether it is a network problem from your internet provider or your individual computer.

My guess is a localized ISP internet outage if your phone can still reach its LTE networks.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 12:27 PM (WDjG6)

23 Oh, shit, I picked up the wrong laptop. What the hell is this folder- "Busty Lesbian Ewoks"?!

Posted by: Anthony Weiner at December 19, 2025 12:27 PM (shXPd)

24 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 12:28 PM (Zz0t1)

25 Major computer problems. Cannot connect to internet no matter if I use my home wifi or my phone hotspot, any ideas? I've rebooted and turned the wifi on and off a dozen times
---
Unrelated, I'm sure:
PornHub was hacked yesterday.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 19, 2025 12:28 PM (HXT0k)

26 Use a bigger hammer.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 19, 2025 12:28 PM (Kt19C)

27 Look around, can you form some sort of rudimentary lathe?".

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 12:28 PM (XuXeR)

28 It's those pesky aliens from Zimtok-5.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at December 19, 2025 12:28 PM (vhOzA)

29 I don't know which thresd to comment on

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 19, 2025 12:28 PM (3Amc7)

30 Are we in the new thread or in the old same thread?

What is happening right now?!?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 12:28 PM (Zz0t1)

31 27 Look around, can you form some sort of rudimentary lathe?".

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 12:28 PM (XuXeR)
Lololol

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 12:28 PM (pDt9x)

32 Is it apple or windows?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 12:29 PM (Zz0t1)

33 It might be a blessing having no internet, especially on this rainy day.
If I was not in the office working I would be home with a hot chocolate reading a book.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 19, 2025 12:29 PM (WsJuq)

34 32 Is it apple or windows?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 12:29 PM (Zz0t1)

Tandy.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 12:29 PM (pDt9x)

35 You need to make a weapon...see if you can construct a rudimentary lathe.

Posted by: Guy Fleegman at December 19, 2025 12:29 PM (WPL6O)

36 Houston, we have a problem.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2025 12:29 PM (Wg6v7)

37 Somebody should have warned the Ewok about the furry porn.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 19, 2025 12:29 PM (nljXp)

38 Question. Is your phone wifi enabled and does it connect? If so, then I would suspect the laptop wifi is kaput. Had that happen with an HP laptop and had to use an external wifi connection using the usb port.

Posted by: Old Blue at December 19, 2025 12:29 PM (up14Y)

39 Bad wifi card?

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 12:29 PM (TH+5o)

40
All I've got is go to Starbucks.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 19, 2025 12:29 PM (n7rxJ)

41 Put it down, go to the window an open it.

Lean out and yell "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 12:29 PM (Zz0t1)

42 Hey, Ace! Nice thresds!

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12:29 PM (krQz2)

43 24
‘ FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer’

You really were.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 19, 2025 12:30 PM (jbnUc)

44 Where is the IT guys? Never around when you need them.

Posted by: Case at December 19, 2025 12:30 PM (G1OIb)

45 Tandy"

Atari...

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 12:30 PM (XuXeR)

46 Reboot the wifi router. See if all the lights come back up green after a few minutes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 12:30 PM (Zz0t1)

47 Pixy? Pixy?

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 12:30 PM (pDt9x)

48 15 ... Also, a longshot: in the last few days, my own computers at work kept telling me they couldn't connect, but when I opened a new page, it was connected, contrary to what I was being told. Something to try if you haven't already.
Posted by: Chris at December 19, 2025 12:26 PM (Po98o)

#metoo

Posted by: m at December 19, 2025 12:30 PM (RuTUS)

49 any ideas?

Not sure. None of your passwords have changed. Camera still works (thru the tape you put over it)...

Looks fine from here.

Posted by: Bob@NSA at December 19, 2025 12:30 PM (shXPd)

50 Turn the router off, wait 5 minutes and then turn it on.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 19, 2025 12:30 PM (Vh9CX)

51 Ace's hampsters have finally given up the ghost.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12:31 PM (krQz2)

52 Good luck Ace!

Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at December 19, 2025 12:31 PM (jvxGE)

53
Tandy.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 12:29 PM (pDt9x)

Trash 80 for the loss.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 12:31 PM (Zz0t1)

54 Don't look at me, I'm still in beta.

Posted by: Minx 0.8 at December 19, 2025 12:31 PM (+hevz)

55 Open Thresd

Major computer problems. Cannot connect to internet no matter if I use my home wifi or my phone hotspot, any ideas? I've rebooted and turned the wifi on and off a dozen times

========

HAVE YOU TRIED TURNING IT OFF AND ON AGAIN?!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 12:31 PM (GBKbO)

56 Switch to Starlink, Ace.

Posted by: Elon Musk at December 19, 2025 12:31 PM (WpR7m)

57 Time to start drinking.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at December 19, 2025 12:31 PM (tA1/w)

58 Pay your fucking internet bill, nerd.

Posted by: Long time douchebag at December 19, 2025 12:32 PM (IRPUu)

59 any ideas?

Give Pixy a raise?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 12:32 PM (2WIwB)

60 Switch to Starlink, Ace.
Posted by: Elon Musk"

Threadwinner!

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 12:32 PM (XuXeR)

61 45 Tandy"

Atari..

Babbage

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 19, 2025 12:32 PM (WsJuq)

62 Ace, just go for a walk, comtemplate your life choices. Or, alternatively, merely Eat, Pray, Love.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 12:32 PM (pDt9x)

63 Ace has outdone himself.bnot self banned, now in some internet free otherworld

Posted by: A dude in MI at December 19, 2025 12:32 PM (/6GbT)

64 Sounds like you may have an expired certificate on your machine. Refresh your IP

Posted by: fuxupwichyou at December 19, 2025 12:32 PM (4mFFH)

65 19 Ace has no way to read what we write here. Let it out, there is no barrel.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2025 12:27 PM (Wg6v7)

But he posted here. My brain can't wrap around this.

Posted by: m at December 19, 2025 12:33 PM (RuTUS)

66 57 Time to start drinking.
Posted by: Next2Nothing at December 19, 2025 12:31 PM (tA1/w)

*replaces tape over camera*

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 12:33 PM (2WIwB)

67 Check your ISP's outage map.
Can you connect to your router via wired connection instead of wirelessly? If you can and you still have troubles, it's not the wifi.
In cmd prompt, you can do a ipconfig /flushdns
Then do a ipconfig /renew

If that doesn't fix it, you can try
ipconfig
find the "Default gateway" ip address
ping 192.168.1.1 (or whatever the address is)
if you get a reply for the pings, then try
ping google.com
if you get a reply, it's not the network

We can do more if none of that helps.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 19, 2025 12:33 PM (Yp6az)

68 In the meantime, you could hang some shelves.

Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at December 19, 2025 12:33 PM (t0Out)

69
Format C:\

Note: don't do that, seriously. Don't.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 12:33 PM (y9nCu)

70 47 Pixy? Pixy?
Posted by: tubal

Sorry, Pixy's asleep right now.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 19, 2025 12:33 PM (BLOW1)

71 Tandy"

Atari..

Babbage
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 19, 2025 12:32 PM (WsJuq)

EDVAC

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 12:33 PM (Zz0t1)

72 Does you home wifi work for your phone?

Then it isn't your router.

I had an issue a few years back where my wifi was just disabled

Did you have a MS update recently? (If you're not running a Mac, that is)

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12:33 PM (krQz2)

73 Babbage"

Antikythera mechanism!

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 12:33 PM (XuXeR)

74 HAVE YOU TRIED TURNING IT OFF AND ON AGAIN?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Ironically, despite being the running joke in IT crowd, it often does solve a fair number of problems with computers.

One key thing to remember, wait at least 30 seconds to a minute before restarting to clear caches, etc.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 12:34 PM (WDjG6)

75 who's your provider? Are they having intermittent outages? The router might not have an external IP in its DHCP so that might be the issue, based on my experience. IT Engineer for 40 years now

Posted by: Drunken Yoda at December 19, 2025 12:34 PM (ilHZO)

76 Just hope Ace's service provider is not SkyNet.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 19, 2025 12:34 PM (WsJuq)

77 done in Windows via Command Prompt with ipconfig /release then ipconfig /renew

Posted by: fuxupwichyou at December 19, 2025 12:34 PM (4mFFH)

78 Format C:\

Note: don't do that, seriously. Don't.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 12:33 PM (y9nCu)
---
We used to have this saying. "When in doubt, format c:\"

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12:34 PM (krQz2)

79 67 Check your ISP's outage map.
Can you connect to your router via wired connection instead of wirelessly? If you can and you still have troubles, it's not the wifi.
In cmd prompt, you can do a ipconfig /flushdns
Then do a ipconfig /renew

If that doesn't fix it, you can try
ipconfig
find the "Default gateway" ip address
ping 192.168.1.1 (or whatever the address is)
if you get a reply for the pings, then try
ping google.com
if you get a reply, it's not the network

We can do more if none of that helps.
Posted by: bonhomme at December 19, 2025 12:33 PM (Yp6az)

You lost me at ISP.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 12:34 PM (pDt9x)

80 Kindltot- from below- what is your doctor telling you on that slow research and statin use? I am not a doctor, nurse or any other medical professional. I believe strongly there are way more considerations than simply seed oils in heart attack increases. Diet overall, exercise, side effects of medications, prescriptions being given out without a wholistic approach (are you seeing a dietitian? Advised to take CoQ10? Berberine?) Have your doctors looked at your insulin resistance which can play a big role here, too? I don’t want the funeral to be yours either!

Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 12:34 PM (p4NUW)

81 Change the channel your router uses.

Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 12:34 PM (W7XSX)

82 So Ace is in the Barrel?

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2025 12:34 PM (VE6XX)

83 Can you boot into DOS and use the secret DEL *.* password?

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2025 12:34 PM (dfgzq)

84
Ironically, despite being the running joke in IT crowd, it often does solve a fair number of problems with computers.

One key thing to remember, wait at least 30 seconds to a minute before restarting to clear caches, etc.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 12:34 PM (WDjG6)

You too can be a

Microsoft
Certified
Reboot
Technician

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 12:34 PM (Zz0t1)

85 7 Clear the DNS entries...admin command prompt, type: ipconfig /flushDNS and press enter.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 19, 2025 12:24 PM (WPL6O)

You might be right, but ace is not a techy and this is not written for a non-techy.

Posted by: m at December 19, 2025 12:35 PM (RuTUS)

86 Probably because NYC, Jersey, and Philly are all zero'd out for internet right now. It's not a You thing.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 19, 2025 12:35 PM (mlg/3)

87 This is a reminder that in order to enable your request for virtual reality pornography we will be upgrading the internet infrastructure in your neighborhood on Friday, December 19.

During this time you will experience service outages. The enhancement will allow us to provide the ultragigabyte speeds you have requested, especially for the Big Boobs sites you seem to like the most.

Thank you for being a customer!

Posted by: Your Internet Provider at December 19, 2025 12:35 PM (r3hkP)

88 What time is it?

Time to buy a new computer!

Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at December 19, 2025 12:35 PM (t0Out)

89 Zombie Rob Reiner called and said he's glad Ace's computer is dead.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 19, 2025 12:35 PM (dGCAG)

90 Change the channel your router uses."

TV or cable box remote?

/ heh

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 12:35 PM (XuXeR)

91 So, since it's an open thread...

Watch a video about Ernst Lubitsch!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wnBxEUMERQ

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 12:35 PM (GBKbO)

92 30 Are we in the new thread or in the old same thread?

What is happening right now?!?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 12:28 PM (Zz0t1)

thresd, Sponge
thresd

Posted by: m at December 19, 2025 12:35 PM (RuTUS)

93 On the Pixy thread this morning there were similar complaints being lodged.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 12:36 PM (9ipOP)

94 >> any ideas?

Send me your bank account number, ATM Card Number and PIN. Guaranteed that works.

Posted by: A Somalian at December 19, 2025 12:36 PM (oSFyF)

95 If it is Apple, shame on you.

J/K

Apple is known to bork devices to force OS upgrades.

Otherwise, if wired LAN works, then suspect the computer's wifi card going tits up, after some of the other suggestions.

Do you have another computer you can use to narrow it down to just thst one machine?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 12:36 PM (dK+Kv)

96 Send me your bank account number, ATM Card Number and PIN. Guaranteed that works.
Posted by: A Somalian at December 19, 2025 12:36 PM (oSFyF)

You forgot to ask for his SSN.

Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at December 19, 2025 12:36 PM (t0Out)

97 Ask the hobo in the basement if he has any ideas. But if he tells you he can help if you untie his hands don’t fall for it.

Posted by: Clay at December 19, 2025 12:36 PM (zLw18)

98 Apple vs Windows. Discuss.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 12:37 PM (pDt9x)

99 96 Send me your bank account number, ATM Card Number and PIN. Guaranteed that works.
Posted by: A Somalian at December 19, 2025 12:36 PM (oSFyF)

You forgot to ask for his SSN.

Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at December 19, 2025 12:36 PM (t0Out)

====

Why? That shit's already out in the wild.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 12:37 PM (GBKbO)

100 Camera still works (thru the tape you put over it)...

Looks fine from here.
Posted by: Bob@NSA at December 19, 2025 12:30 PM (shXPd)

You have a tough job, Bob. I don't envy you. Not everyone has six pack abs like I do.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 19, 2025 12:37 PM (dGCAG)

101 Ace can't monitor the place. Time for a toga party.

Posted by: TOGA, TOGA, TOGA at December 19, 2025 12:37 PM (BZF07)

102 Put down the penis pump and place both hands on the keyboard.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 19, 2025 12:37 PM (nljXp)

103 Ironically, despite being the running joke in IT crowd, it often does solve a fair number of problems with computers.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 12:34 PM (WDjG6)

Great Wesley impression

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 12:38 PM (TH+5o)

104 Windows?
Run the Network Adapter Troubleshooter: Go to Settings > System > Troubleshoot > Other troubleshooters > Network Adapter and click "Run".
1

Posted by: Chuck C at December 19, 2025 12:38 PM (D0HYP)

105 I'm so confused.

Posted by: Count Vinny Barbarino de Monet at December 19, 2025 12:38 PM (wVcYX)

106 Have you rebooted your city recently?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 19, 2025 12:38 PM (S/Y4j)

107 Put down the penis pump and place both hands on the keyboard.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 19, 2025 12:37 PM (nljXp)
---
Ace says that's not his bag, baby.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12:38 PM (krQz2)

108 94 >> any ideas?

Send me your bank account number, ATM Card Number and PIN. Guaranteed that works.
Posted by: A Somalian at December 19, 2025 12:36 PM

You guys always make me laugh.

Posted by: CaliGirl at December 19, 2025 12:38 PM (e1rsl)

109 Put down the penis pump and place both hands on the keyboard.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 19, 2025 12:37 PM (nljXp)

Do people still not know about hands-free penis pumps?

Sad.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 19, 2025 12:38 PM (dGCAG)

110 Grab the spare laptop from the Lamborghini.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 12:38 PM (dK+Kv)

111 Under other cicrcumstances, the press conference with the Rhode Island authorities last night — the mayor, the police chief, the Rhode Island governor and attorney general, the president of Brown — might have been played for comedy. The politicians celebrated Providence and Rhode Island. Long on happy talk and self-contgratulation, they seemed to me short on the facts of the case. Like comic buffoons, they are full of themselves. Boston FBI Special Agent in Charge Ted Docks provided a striking contrast.

The aptly named Providence Mayor Brett Smiley might be able to rescue Saturday Night Live from its doldrums. Brown President Christina Paxson could play Smiley’s clueless foil. Providence Police Chief Colonel Oscar Perez, Jr. seemed like a throwback to Garrett Morris’s Chico Escueala in the glory days of SNL.
-Scott Johnson
=====

Cruel and accurate.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 12:38 PM (9ipOP)

112 67 Check your ISP's outage map.
Can you connect to your router via wired connection instead of wirelessly? If you can and you still have troubles, it's not the wifi.
In cmd prompt, you can do a ipconfig /flushdns
Then do a ipconfig /renew

If that doesn't fix it, you can try
ipconfig
find the "Default gateway" ip address
ping 192.168.1.1 (or whatever the address is)
if you get a reply for the pings, then try
ping google.com
if you get a reply, it's not the network

We can do more if none of that helps.
Posted by: bonhomme
=====
What bonhomme says. Usual problem is DNS in accessing network, I have rarely seen, other than a driver issue on update, wifi chips stop working.

Usually either an ISP issue or software issue on the device.

I don't even think I have had a router or a modem fail but then again, I buy new ones on a 2 year basis due to increased security technology and higher throughput.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 12:38 PM (WDjG6)

113 Major computer problems. Cannot connect to internet no matter if I use my home wifi or my phone hotspot, any ideas?

===

We got you ! Not so clever now, smartypants !

Posted by: Groypers' Revenge at December 19, 2025 12:39 PM (g47mK)

114 Afternoon Ace
Idl'd ask if you could construct a rudimentary lathe, but bad tech crap is too annoying to be a wiseass about

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 12:39 PM (1vqcm)

115

I got hairy legs.

Posted by: E Buzz at December 19, 2025 12:39 PM (UxsaJ)

116 One key thing to remember, wait at least 30 seconds to a minute before restarting to clear caches, etc.

Well, that, and it is a tactful way of saying "I know you claim you have it turned on and plugged in, but let's double check that"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 19, 2025 12:39 PM (3Amc7)

117 What time is it?

Time to buy a new computer!
Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at December 19, 2025 12:35 PM (t0Out)

It's time to buy ale!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 12:39 PM (Zz0t1)

118 http://internettrafficreport.com/namerica.htm

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 19, 2025 12:39 PM (mlg/3)

119 101 Ace can't monitor the place. Time for a toga party.
Posted by: TOGA, TOGA, TOGA at December 19, 2025 12:37 PM (BZF07)

I'll bring my guitar.

Posted by: Stephen Bishop at December 19, 2025 12:39 PM (+hevz)

120 Open Thresd 2 : The Sequel

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 12:39 PM (UnA8+)

121 Windows?

Take it out back and shoot it. With a shotgun.

Posted by: A Somalian at December 19, 2025 12:39 PM (oSFyF)

122 Check to see if you have any pebkac errors.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 12:39 PM (dK+Kv)

123 jiggle the plugy thangy

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 12:39 PM (gbOdA)

124 Maybe this is the start of the Burning Times.

Posted by: Ripley at December 19, 2025 12:39 PM (GUOwU)

125 Look around, can you form some sort of rudimentary lathe?".

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 12:28 PM (XuXeR)

I get this reference. +1

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2025 12:39 PM (wVcYX)

126 Zombie Rob Reiner called and said he's glad Ace's computer is dead.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 19, 2025 12:35 PM (dGCAG)

Ace's computer has information that could lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 12:40 PM (TH+5o)

127 I had that problem a few weeks ago. An ATT field guy told me that Google internet crews were going balls to the wall digging fiber trenches for new cable in the area and cutting other fiber cables in the process. I'd lose cable, then the next day it would come back on again. Rinse and repeat. It's been pretty stable recently. I kinda believe the ATT guy.

Posted by: mrp at December 19, 2025 12:40 PM (rj6Yv)

128 You will not get your internets , senior, until I get to speak to Trump!!

Posted by: Maduro at December 19, 2025 12:40 PM (g47mK)

129 Great Wesley impression
Posted by: ...
======
Eeeek. A TNG Trekkie hidden slur.

Well played my man.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 12:40 PM (WDjG6)

130 > any ideas?

Maybe the wifi in your computer is broken. Try a different laptop/PC.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 12:40 PM (1Nv0l)

131 Ask either Mr. Spock or MacGyver to fix it.

Posted by: Roy at December 19, 2025 12:41 PM (BZF07)

132 Try upgrading your RAM. Seriously.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 12:41 PM (TH+5o)

133 64 Sounds like you may have an expired certificate on your machine. Refresh your IP

79 67 Check your ISP's outage map.
Can you connect to your router via wired connection instead of wirelessly? If you can and you still have troubles, it's not the wifi.
In cmd prompt, you can do a ipconfig /flushdns
Then do a ipconfig /renew

If that doesn't fix it, you can try
ipconfig
find the "Default gateway" ip address
ping 192.168.1.1 (or whatever the address is)
if you get a reply for the pings, then try
ping google.com
if you get a reply, it's not the network

We can do more if none of that helps

I know you think you're helping, but you're really not.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 12:41 PM (Riz8t)

134 I will bring the ABBA CD's!

Posted by: Case at December 19, 2025 12:41 PM (G1OIb)

135 Open Thresd 2 : [strike]The Sequel[/strike]

Open Thread 2: Electric Boogaloo

There, FIFY

Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at December 19, 2025 12:41 PM (ttU59)

136 Tell it you're lying...

Posted by: Bad Andrew at December 19, 2025 12:41 PM (6qf1m)

137 Zombie Rob Reiner called and said he's glad Ace's computer is dead.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 19, 2025 12:35 PM (dGCAG)

Ace's computer has information that could lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton.
Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 12:40 PM (TH+5o)

It criticized Israel!

Posted by: BurtTC at December 19, 2025 12:41 PM (dGCAG)

138 Posted by: fuxupwichyou

hah

Posted by: m at December 19, 2025 12:41 PM (RuTUS)

139 127 I had that problem a few weeks ago. An ATT field guy told me that Google internet crews were going balls to the wall digging fiber trenches for new cable in the area and cutting other fiber cables in the process. I'd lose cable, then the next day it would come back on again. Rinse and repeat. It's been pretty stable recently. I kinda believe the ATT guy.
Posted by: mrp

ATT crews doing fiber optic extensions cut off my water by breaking the water main lines in my area. Not amused.

At least they avoided the gas lines producing a kaboom.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 12:41 PM (WDjG6)

140 Ace's computer has information that could lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 12:40 PM (TH+5o)

*had

Posted by: Clillary Hinton at December 19, 2025 12:42 PM (dK+Kv)

141 >>any ideas?

Get a macbook air or pro.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2025 12:42 PM (XV/Pl)

142
Well, that, and it is a tactful way of saying "I know you claim you have it turned on and plugged in, but let's double check that"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 19, 2025 12:39 PM (3Amc7)
---
Unfortunately, the more complete way to completely shut down your computer and restart it is.... restart.

Ironically, the "shut down" option, just saves your RAM to disk and turns off the power. And then when you turn back on the power, the OS notices that it was shut down and just loads the image back into memory.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12:42 PM (krQz2)

143 27 Look around, can you form some sort of rudimentary lathe?".

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 12:28 PM (XuXeR)

Show it to the children when they misbehave?

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 12:42 PM (UnA8+)

144 Okay, I got this; I'm going to need a tooth pick, a garlic press, and nail filer.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 19, 2025 12:42 PM (nljXp)

145 Its plausible to assert that the incompetence at Brown cost the Professor at MIT his life.

That certainly didn't keep the dolts at Brown from celebrating last night. I hope the family of the MIT Professor sues Brown University and those responsible are sued in the personal capacity.

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 12:42 PM (TN0g+)

146 Major computer problems. Cannot connect to internet no matter if I use my home wifi or my phone hotspot, any ideas?

------

First, you bang with wrench. Then, check bunker oil. If bunker oil is low, add bunker oil. Steal some.

If bunker oil is dirty, pretend to change bunker oil. Steal more bunker oil.

If refueling doesn't work, tear the machine down and raffle off the parts to your neighbors.

Posted by: SOWJET AI TECHNICAL SUPPORTCHIK at December 19, 2025 12:42 PM (BI5O2)

147 It's the French Foreign Legion, Ace. Candace says they're on to you.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 12:42 PM (uWKK8)

148 Last time this happened to me I went down to the local donut shop that has free wifi, flicked on the the VPN and spent the next few hours looking at everyone in the place wondering which ingrate was perusing my search history.

I probably should have just called my provider to determine if it was a wide outage, instead of gorging on crullers and bad coffee. ;D

Posted by: Orson at December 19, 2025 12:42 PM (dIske)

149 70 47 Pixy? Pixy?
Posted by: tubal

Sorry, Pixy's asleep right now.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 19, 2025 12:33 PM (BLOW1)

Pixy!

Posted by: m at December 19, 2025 12:42 PM (RuTUS)

150 I have rarely seen, other than a driver issue on update, wifi chips stop working.

Posted by: whig
---

It happens. And in this case may be the more likely explanation, since his phone hotspot is unlikely to be using the same DNS server as his home wifi.

And he was able to post these threads.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 12:43 PM (1Nv0l)

151 You're in an h-Mobius time loop.

Don't bother shooting at Hitler. That never works.

Posted by: DaveA at December 19, 2025 12:43 PM (FhXTo)

152 145 Its plausible to assert that the incompetence at Brown cost the Professor at MIT his life.

That certainly didn't keep the dolts at Brown from celebrating last night. I hope the family of the MIT Professor sues Brown University and those responsible are sued in the personal capacity.
Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 12:42 PM (TN0g+)

I agree

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2025 12:43 PM (VE6XX)

153 Did you call Haji?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2025 12:43 PM (Oasjp)

154 I think Ace is having a spa day and doesn't want to be bothered by the horde. So he is faking us out with the computer problem misdirection.

Posted by: Beartooth at December 19, 2025 12:43 PM (GGatE)

155 http://internettrafficreport.com/namerica.htm
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Pretty cool, but what am I looking at? Sure seems to be a lot of 100% packet loss around a reputed high-tech country.

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2025 12:43 PM (gnUjt)

156 So ... the Brown and MIT shooter ... that's all bullshit, right?

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 12:44 PM (iFTx/)

157 I hit a windows and letter button and put my laptop in airplane mode somehow.

Ace check that

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 12:44 PM (gbOdA)

158
Rub some dirt on it.

Walk it off.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12:44 PM (krQz2)

159 144 Okay, I got this; I'm going to need a tooth pick, a garlic press, and nail filer.

I know you aren't serious because you forgot the jar of vaseline.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 12:44 PM (Riz8t)

160 Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 12:40 PM (WDjG6)

It was right there I'm sorry.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 12:44 PM (TH+5o)

161 132 Try upgrading your RAM. Seriously.
Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 12:41 PM (TH+5o)

Mr money bags over here

Posted by: A dude in MI at December 19, 2025 12:44 PM (/6GbT)

162 > I know you think you're helping, but you're really not.

?

Posted by: bonhomme at December 19, 2025 12:44 PM (Yp6az)

163 >>any ideas?

Get a macbook air or pro.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2025 12:42 PM (XV/Pl)

He didn't specifically say, but people usually want good ideas.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 12:44 PM (dK+Kv)

164 he obviously reached the internet to make this post.

Is this an open thread equivalent to 'someone hacked my twitter and posted gay pr0n'?

Posted by: ghbucky at December 19, 2025 12:44 PM (/xDbx)

165 Ah, the shooter was a dude, apropo yesterday’s sex debate.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 12:44 PM (pDt9x)

166
Get a macbook air or pro.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2025 12:42 PM (XV/Pl)

Or throw your good, hard earned money into a shredder, pull the remnants out and put them in a fire pit and light on fire. At least that way you'll get good use out of the cash.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 12:45 PM (Zz0t1)

167 So ... the Brown and MIT shooter ... that's all bullshit, right?
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 12:44 PM (iFTx/)

My BS sniffer is suspicious

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 12:45 PM (sBt/s)

168
And he was able to post these threads.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 12:43 PM (1Nv0l)

From his phone

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 12:45 PM (TH+5o)

169 Xfinity chatbot tells me my 5 year old internet gateway (Arris Surfboard) might be the reason for chronic ISP drops. I say that big talk is doodly-squat.

The ISP drops are concentrated in the morning hours Tues - Thurs. Afternoons and weekends are drop-free.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2025 12:45 PM (wVcYX)

170 . . . in which Ace outs himself as Paris Buttfield-Addison.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 12:45 PM (dK+Kv)

171 169 Xfinity chatbot tells me my 5 year old internet gateway (Arris Surfboard) might be the reason for chronic ISP drops. I say that big talk is doodly-squat.

The ISP drops are concentrated in the morning hours Tues - Thurs. Afternoons and weekends are drop-free.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2025 12:45 PM (wVcYX)

Isn't Arris owned by Carlos Slim?

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 12:46 PM (UnA8+)

172 ?
Posted by: bonhomme
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He's saying no-one knows what "ipconfig" means.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 12:46 PM (1Nv0l)

173 And he was able to post these threads.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 12:43 PM (1Nv0l)
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Thresds.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12:46 PM (krQz2)

174 Unplug from wall wait 3 seconds.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2025 12:46 PM (Oasjp)

175 windows pisses me off. Apple did me dirty about 15 years ago so they also piss me off. I have linux running on a lot of things but there isn't a "won't piss off banana Dream" distro yet.

I'm a grumpy old man.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2025 12:46 PM (3uBP9)

176 He's saying no-one knows what "ipconfig" means.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 12:46 PM (1Nv0l)

Don't analyze the instructions, just follow them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 12:46 PM (Zz0t1)

177 I know you think you're helping, but you're really not.

?

Just a little joke. Most people's eyes, mine included, glaze over when someone starts in with the "just check" or "just do this", assuming everyone has any idea wth those things are and where they are to be found. No insult intended.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 12:46 PM (Riz8t)

178 I don't want to have to learn terminal and then also have to learn to code in Rust, which seems to be required to use Linux "The Right Way".

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 12:47 PM (UnA8+)

179 And he was able to post these threads.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 12:43 PM (1Nv0l)

From his phone
Posted by: ...
---
which is using the same DNS as does his phone hotspot, which is not working from his laptop.

Hence why I am skeptical that it is DNS.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 12:47 PM (1Nv0l)

180 "he obviously reached the internet to make this post.
posted by: ghbucky:

He's probably using the WiFi at McDonalds like all those poor black kids had to do during covid to do their homework.

Posted by: Ripley at December 19, 2025 12:47 PM (GUOwU)

181 Don't analyze the instructions, just follow them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 12:46 PM (Zz0t1)
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More importantly, type them.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12:47 PM (krQz2)

182 I'm a grumpy old man.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2025 12:46 PM (3uBP9)

I prescribe more Spyro Gyra.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Bay Area Relaxation Influencer at December 19, 2025 12:47 PM (+hevz)

183 Don't analyze the instructions, just follow them.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 12:46 PM (Zz0t1)

That's what SHE said.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 19, 2025 12:47 PM (dGCAG)

184 Willowec: Ford
This frees up billions Ford can waste on some other useless quest.
At least they haven't gone BK but stawk goes nowhere.

Posted by: torabora at December 19, 2025 12:47 PM (WufTh)

185 he obviously reached the internet to make this post.
posted by: ghbucky:

I wonder if he reached the end of the internet and just has to turn around.

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2025 12:48 PM (gnUjt)

186 Hence why I am skeptical that it is DNS.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 12:47 PM (1Nv0l)

I didn't realize what you were answering mostly because I'm kind of dumb.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 12:48 PM (TH+5o)

187 Turn the wifi off on your phone. Hotspot it and connect from your laptop.

can you access the internet?

It's your home router. Call the company, or try rebooting the router.

If you can't connect, you've reached the end of the internet and life as you know it has ended.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 12:48 PM (Zz0t1)

188 184 Willowec: Ford
This frees up billions Ford can waste on some other useless quest.
At least they haven't gone BK but stawk goes nowhere.

Posted by: torabora at December 19, 2025 12:47 PM (WufTh)

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Still nothing compared to Zuck's efforts to get us to live in pods with Meta.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 12:48 PM (GBKbO)

189 Maybe an HQ coup is underway.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 12:48 PM (pDt9x)

190 Fire up the shortwave transmitter. "This is the Voice of the Ewok. If you are hearing this, YOU ARE THE RESISTANCE!"

Posted by: PabloD at December 19, 2025 12:48 PM (1yZeG)

191 ATT is installing fiber in our subdivision. We were warned about possible electric outages (happened) and they would mess with our current, non-ATT internet (happened).

Nevertheless, Hubby will be their first customer in our subdivision when it goes live next month. The only things I miss in Florida over NYS are beautiful summers, natural gas ("coming soon" for five years now) and Verizon FIOS.

Posted by: Ann at December 19, 2025 12:49 PM (w9jrX)

192 I don't want to have to learn terminal and then also have to learn to code in Rust, which seems to be required to use Linux "The Right Way".

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 12:47 PM (UnA8+)
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A lot more is written in C/C++ than in Rust.

Although, nushell is written in Rust.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12:49 PM (krQz2)

193 Don't put grease in an oil bath hub.

Posted by: torabora at December 19, 2025 12:49 PM (WufTh)

194 windows pisses me off. Apple did me dirty about 15 years ago so they also piss me off. I have linux running on a lot of things but there isn't a "won't piss off banana Dream" distro yet.

I'm a grumpy old man.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2025 12:46 PM (3uBP9)

Windows pisses me off. I never joined the Apple "culture" after seeing the zealots. I have been pleasantly surprised at the liberation and ability to do stuff that free software enables.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 12:49 PM (dK+Kv)

195 This is an Ace Oddity - Ground Control to Major Ace...

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2025 12:50 PM (Wg6v7)

196 Just call the Help center located in Mumbai. Kevin or Sarah will be so happy to help, Mr Ace.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 12:50 PM (pDt9x)

197 ace, if you have an ethernet cable try hard-wiring from router to computer - assuming you have an ethernet port on your computer

Posted by: Halfhand at December 19, 2025 12:50 PM (jNK17)

198 Michael Weiner os a YouTuber now.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2025 12:50 PM (Oasjp)

199 Nobody nooded the noo Open Thresd.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:50 PM (77rzZ)

200 This is the equivalent of "talk amongst yourselves I will give you a topic".

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 12:50 PM (TH+5o)

201 This is always fun. Its like getting a trouble ticket:
"The app doesn't work. -VIP user'

Dear VIP user,

Can you provide more specifics? What exactly is not working?

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Ghosted

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hwy is this sev1 VIP ticket still open?!!?!?!?!?!

Posted by: ghbucky at December 19, 2025 12:50 PM (/xDbx)

202 Kindltot- [ . . . ]
Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 12:34 PM (p4NUW)

Oh, no. The cardiologist just places stents and has a list of meds to provide, the naturopath passed me to her DO who normally does Rx and the like, and he doesn't read charts.
As for the rest, yes I do all that stuff on my own, also Nattokinase and Bromelain seem to help in some cases but I don't have any direct imaging to help figure out if it is working in my case, and it is definitely not "standard of care".
Standard of care is statins and future stents.

Piper, metabolic syndrome is a complex of issues, and it is starting to be recognized that they are interconnected, and no MD I have dealt with seems to care about any of it. Liver, Pancreas, lipidemia, arteriosclerosis and being overweight are all involved, but arteriosclerosis may be more to do with high blood pressure and damage to the epithelial cells, and of course scarring due to stents. I am told that a zero cholesterol diet may help in about 8 -12 months once my body scavenges it all to protect my nerve sheathes, but it seems as wise as reducing scarring by going on a zero vitamin C diet and hoping the scurvy doesn't kill me first.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 12:50 PM (rbvCR)

203 I think there really isn't anything wrong with his computer. He posted this here, right? How did he do that if his computer is so "broken."

Pure engagement farming. Ace is probably getting paid by the comment by pixy or something.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at December 19, 2025 12:50 PM (RoO7G)

204 he obviously reached the internet to make this post.
posted by: ghbucky:
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Most likely with his phone.

He probably, like many of us, works from his laptop.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12:50 PM (krQz2)

205 Isn't Arris owned by Carlos Slim?
Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 12:46 PM (UnA8+)

I don't know. I only know I wasn't going to rent a damn internet gateway from Xfinity when a purchased one hits breakeven in under a year.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2025 12:51 PM (wVcYX)

206 This is the equivalent of "talk amongst yourselves I will give you a topic".

Isn't that what we always do?

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 12:51 PM (Riz8t)

207 192 A lot more is written in C/C++ than in Rust.

Although, nushell is written in Rust.
Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12:49 PM (krQz2)

I can't code _at all_, but I figure I'm not smart enough for Linux until I can.

Again, have to do things "The Right Way".

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 12:51 PM (UnA8+)

208 >>> Nobody nooded the noo Open Thresd.
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:50 PM (77rzZ)

I nooded. It wss kind of sn imbedded nood.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2025 12:51 PM (3uBP9)

209 Ace, what OS are you running?

If it's Linux, beware: the Linux foundation is getting corrupt (maybe doesn’t apply to all releases but definitely eyes-open when considering an update or upgrade).

x.com/i/status/
2001875764845908393

[Pull Quote #1:] Artificial Intelligence is “the future of The Linux Foundation”.

That is according to The Linux Foundation’s 2025 annual report.

AI is mentioned over 150 times in the 59 page report, with AI being, by far, the most common theme and topic — with nearly every section discussing AI.

Pull Quote #2:] Have you been enjoying the chaos of Trans Activism within Open Source?

Good. Because The Linux Foundation has been awarding “hundreds” of scholarships to DEI style organizations… including “TransTech Social Enterprises”.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 12:51 PM (B5Gjr)

210 204 he obviously reached the internet to make this post.
posted by: ghbucky:
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Most likely with his phone.

He probably, like many of us, works from his laptop.
Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12:50 PM (krQz2)

He specifically said his hotspot can't reach the internet, Hence his phone has no internet, either. Or at least, that's what he WANTS us to think.

Posted by: ghbucky at December 19, 2025 12:51 PM (/xDbx)

211 > How did he do that if his computer is so "broken."

Some of us have phones that can post on the internet.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 19, 2025 12:52 PM (Yp6az)

212 Obviously this is Trump's fault.

Posted by: Infidel De Manahatta at December 19, 2025 12:52 PM (hUaEC)

213 I mean look at that typo in the headline - Open Thresd?

Really? That's guaranteed to get engagement right there.

PLEASE LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE!

Probably the cob Christmas bonuses put acecorp cashflow in the red

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at December 19, 2025 12:52 PM (RoO7G)

214 206 This is the equivalent of "talk amongst yourselves I will give you a topic".

Isn't that what we always do?

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 12:51 PM (Riz8t)

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I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 12:52 PM (GBKbO)

215 209 Good. Because The Linux Foundation has been awarding “hundreds” of scholarships to DEI style organizations… including “TransTech Social Enterprises”.
Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 12:51 PM (B5Gjr)

"Linux" and "Trans" in the same sentence.

This is now a Hector Martin thread.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 12:53 PM (UnA8+)

216 Deja vu, man...

We must be in the Matrix.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2025 12:53 PM (ESVrU)

217 Also make sure you have the latest drivers

Posted by: German Shepherd at December 19, 2025 12:53 PM (6CWpO)

218 >> Any Ideas?

"I think so, Brain, but Lederhosen won't stretch that far."

Posted by: Pinky at December 19, 2025 12:53 PM (u9Aw1)

219 Yahoo: Pulte and other Trump loyalists at mortgage regulator clash with Fannie and Freddie staffers

Clash eh? You mean government employees once again refuse to do what their boss tells them. Time for another round of layoffs.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 12:53 PM (udlma)

220 Get a bigger hammer.

Posted by: Always worth a try at December 19, 2025 12:53 PM (LaiZQ)

221 We should sll sympstheticslly replsce our first letter of the slphsbet with s to show our solidsrity with Sce during this time of struggle.

Posted by: bsnsns Dresm at December 19, 2025 12:53 PM (3uBP9)

222 "Dr. Bombay! Calling Dr. Bombay! Emergency, come right away!"

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:53 PM (77rzZ)

223 Isn't that what we always do?

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 12:51 PM (Riz8t)

He doesn't always give us a topic.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 12:54 PM (TH+5o)

224 Dear Insert Your Name Here, please download our software so we can fix your computer problem.

Posted by: Lahore Tech Support at December 19, 2025 12:54 PM (g47mK)

225 "I think so, Brain, but Lederhosen won't stretch that far."
Posted by: Pinky at December 19, 2025 12:53 PM (u9Aw1)

I didn't know they were Swedish.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 12:54 PM (Zz0t1)

226 145 Its plausible to assert that the incompetence at Brown cost the Professor at MIT his life.
___

Concur. If they had figured out and publicly released the shooter's name within 48 hours, the MIT Professor undoubtedly would have heard, recognized the name, and taken precautions. I assume the MIT Professor had reason to know the shooter might come after him.

Posted by: University of Color at December 19, 2025 12:54 PM (qUkBO)

227 169 Xfinity chatbot tells me my 5 year old internet gateway (Arris Surfboard) might be the reason for chronic ISP drops. I say that big talk is doodly-squat.

The ISP drops are concentrated in the morning hours Tues - Thurs. Afternoons and weekends are drop-free.
Posted by: Count de Monet
======
Have you blown out the dust in the modem using compressed air recently? Heat is an electronic killer over time and dust on components acts an insulator not allowing heat to escape from capacitors, etc.

Same reason ROKU boxes, and other fanless electronic devices fail over time as well.

Before they fail, they often work intermittently where when the heat gets too much, they shut down. Eventually the components get fried.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 12:54 PM (WDjG6)

228 I prescribe more Spyro Gyra.
-----

They were briefly "big" (sorta) during the early 80s. I think I'd rather pick up trash from the side of a highway for 2 hours rather than time-travel and sit thru one of their shows.

* Although to spend 2 hours in the 80s again might be cool.

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 12:54 PM (TN0g+)

229 Some of us have phones that can post on the internet.
Posted by: bonhomme at December 19, 2025 12:52 PM (Yp6az)

Ooh well aren't we hoity toity? Bet that phone is made out of gold and diamonds, isn't it?

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at December 19, 2025 12:54 PM (RoO7G)

230 S.O.S. when you're gone how can I go on....

Posted by: Case at December 19, 2025 12:54 PM (G1OIb)

231 223 Isn't that what we always do?

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 12:51 PM (Riz8t)

He doesn't always give us a topic.
Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 12:54 PM (TH+5o)

We haven’t “ disappointed” him in some time now.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 12:54 PM (pDt9x)

232 This is the equivalent of "talk amongst yourselves I will give you a topic".
Posted by: ...

BOOBS!

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:55 PM (77rzZ)

233 He specifically said his hotspot can't reach the internet, Hence his phone has no internet, either. Or at least, that's what he WANTS us to think.

Posted by: ghbucky at December 19, 2025 12:51 PM (/xDbx)
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That's not what he said. He said that the ways he's tried "connecting" is through his Wifi and by hotspotting his phone.

He didn't specifically say that his phone can't reach the internet. Just that he can't reach the internet by hotspotting his phone.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12:55 PM (krQz2)

234 Clash eh? You mean government employees once again refuse to do what their boss tells them. Time for another round of layoffs.

Fannie Mae employees are not federal employees; Fannie Mae is a Government-Sponsored Enterprise (GSE) that is privately owned but operates under federal conservatorship by the FHFA (Federal Housing Finance Agency), meaning its workers are private sector, not government employees, though the FHFA employees overseeing them are federal
. While Fannie Mae serves a public mission and has government ties (like being in conservatorship), it's structured as a private company, distinct from a federal agency

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 12:55 PM (Riz8t)

235 He specifically said his hotspot can't reach the internet, Hence his phone has no internet, either. Or at least, that's what he WANTS us to think.

Posted by: ghbucky at December 19, 2025 12:51 PM (/xDbx)

He definitely did not say that.

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 12:55 PM (TH+5o)

236 If Windows, open a Command Prompt window, and type in these commands:

ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew

If the problem was a corrupt routing table, commonly the result of switching between two different network adapters (such as wired and wireless connections) on the same Windows computer, then that will fix it without having to reinstall drivers.

Posted by: SciVo at December 19, 2025 12:55 PM (Sy6m/)

237 I see Ace turned the thread off and on again.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 19, 2025 12:55 PM (QZThv)

238 Today's topic should be Queensryche Lyrics: Calm down, they're just song lyrics, dude.

Posted by: Linda Richman at December 19, 2025 12:55 PM (7Q0e+)

239 Just spitballing here, Ace, but did you pay your electric bill?

Posted by: 1970s Dad at December 19, 2025 12:56 PM (qUkBO)

240 aSK aLEXA... oh wait.

Posted by: wth at December 19, 2025 12:56 PM (v0R5T)

241 New phone Card?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2025 12:56 PM (Oasjp)

242 Turn wifi off on the cell phone and hotspot it. Connect to the cell phone from the laptop.

Is the internet functional?

If yes, home internet is down.

If no, you're proper f*cked.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 12:56 PM (Zz0t1)

243 Yahoo: Pulte and other Trump loyalists at mortgage regulator clash with Fannie and Freddie staffers

Clash eh? You mean government employees once again refuse to do what their boss tells them. Time for another round of layoffs.
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Clash eh? You mean government employees once again refuse to do what their boss tells them. Send in the Marines! Or the Federal Marshalls if you want to do it the boring way.

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 12:56 PM (TN0g+)

244 Have you had any contact with any shelves?

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025 12:56 PM (EyfuW)

245 * Although to spend 2 hours in the 80s again might be cool.
Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 12:54 PM (TN0g+)
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How much sports betting could you get in in 2 hours?

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12:56 PM (krQz2)

246 Today's topic should be Queensryche Lyrics: Calm down, they're just song lyrics, dude.
Posted by: Linda Richman

Sturdy Buryat women rub their hands in glee.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:56 PM (77rzZ)

247 Ha.
$100 billions for Ukraine and the dems/media love it.
A few bucks for the troops and now it's all about fiscal responsibility.
You can't hate them enough.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 12:56 PM (2WIwB)

248
Headline (New York Post):

"Brown University shooter 'made a barking noise' as he gunned down students in classroom, witnesses told cops"
====

Like Oddball in "Kelly's Heroes"? Although that was a "woof!" more than a bark.

Posted by: mrp at December 19, 2025 12:57 PM (rj6Yv)

249 How does a homeless guy get away with living in the basement of a poison ivy League campus building?

Posted by: I gotta ask at December 19, 2025 12:57 PM (LaiZQ)

250 All you grease monkeys need is a hammer, torch, come-along and a pry bar.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 19, 2025 12:57 PM (nljXp)

251 Today's topic should be Queensryche Lyrics: Calm down, they're just song lyrics, dude.
------

… Is there anybody listening?
Is there anyone who smiles without a mask?
What's behind the words images
They know will please us?
I'll take what's real
Bring up the lights

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 12:57 PM (TN0g+)

252 Try: Finger Butthole

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2025 12:57 PM (W23D2)

253 245 * Although to spend 2 hours in the 80s again might be cool.
Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 12:54 PM (TN0g+)
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How much sports betting could you get in in 2 hours?
Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12:56 PM (krQz2)

80’s was pre internet, pre cellphones. 80% of our populace would wither away.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 12:58 PM (pDt9x)

254 Just spitballing here, Ace, but did you pay your electric bill?
Posted by: 1970s Dad

Yeah, but entirely in pennies. Sometimes that pisses people off.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:58 PM (77rzZ)

255 Today's topic should be Queensryche Lyrics: Calm down, they're just song lyrics, dude.
Posted by: Linda Richman at December 19, 2025 12:55 PM (7Q0e+)
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Yes, we have no supervision today.

* takes off running with scissors *

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12:58 PM (krQz2)

256 Dear Insert Your Name Here, please download our software so we can fix your computer problem.

Also show bobs and vagene and DO NOT REDEEM!

Posted by: Ian S. at December 19, 2025 12:58 PM (QZThv)

257 Have you blown out the dust in the modem using compressed air recently? Heat is an electronic killer over time and dust on components acts an insulator not allowing heat to escape from capacitors, etc.

Same reason ROKU boxes, and other fanless electronic devices fail over time as well.

Before they fail, they often work intermittently where when the heat gets too much, they shut down. Eventually the components get fried.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 12:54 PM (WDjG6)

(Johnny Carson voice): I did not know that!

I don't have a can of air lying around a la President Skroob, i can run the vacuum cleaner brush extension over the vents and see if that helps any.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2025 12:58 PM (wVcYX)

258 I’m afraid to add a brilliant and prescient comment that’s formulating in my head… don’t want such brilliance wasted in an open thread that will probably close shortly…..

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 12:58 PM (/iXAp)

259 Also, make sure the whatchamacallit is still connected to the thingamabob. Sometimes they come loose.

Posted by: 1970s Dad at December 19, 2025 12:58 PM (qUkBO)

260 This is a secret message guys.

One of those warrant canary things.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 12:58 PM (1Nv0l)

261 168
And he was able to post these threads.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 12:43 PM (1Nv0l)

From his phone
Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 12:45 PM (TH+5o)

>>>Cannot connect to internet no matter if I use my home wifi or my phone hotspot

Posted by: m at December 19, 2025 12:58 PM (RuTUS)

262 Shit, Ace......even homeless guys are posting stuff on Reddit.

You should be embarrassed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 12:58 PM (Zz0t1)

263 Gotta love the Bee!

To Show Solidarity With Trans Kids, Corey Booker To Get His Vagina Removed

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 19, 2025 12:58 PM (ewjUl)

264 If Trump gets Fannie Mae released from receivership, then it can follow standard banking rules instead of the demands the Fed Gov impose on it.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 12:58 PM (rbvCR)

265 How long before we csn stsrt going lord of the flies snd stsrt msking pointy sticks. Becsuse I've got s lot of sticks out bsck, msny of them slresdy very pointy.

Posted by: bsnsns Dresm at December 19, 2025 12:58 PM (3uBP9)

266 Apple is known to bork devices to force OS upgrades.

They'll force the upgrade which then borks your device anyway.

Posted by: Either way you're totally borked at December 19, 2025 12:59 PM (TbWk/)

267 "A problem solved is a problem caused" - Karl Pilkington

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 19, 2025 12:59 PM (WPL6O)

268 Yes, we have no supervision today.

* takes off running with scissors *
Posted by: Axeman

Pants or no pants?

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:59 PM (77rzZ)

269 Cannot connect to internet no matter if I use my home wifi or my phone hotspot
Posted by: m at December 19, 2025 12:58 PM (RuTUS)

If the phone is connected to the home wifi and the home wifi internet is down, this will be the case.

Turn off the wifi on the phone and see if internet is accessible then.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 12:59 PM (Zz0t1)

270 >>>Cannot connect to internet no matter if I use my home wifi or my phone hotspot
Posted by: m
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Which is why it's probably his computer wifi.

If his phone can connect, but his computer cannot through the phone hotspot...

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 12:59 PM (1Nv0l)

271 268 Yes, we have no supervision today.

* takes off running with scissors *
Posted by: Axeman

Pants or no pants?
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:59 PM (77rzZ)

That’s oike frying bacon while naked.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 01:00 PM (pDt9x)

272 What did you do to upset Apple, Ace … ?

https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/

Posted by: Dr_No at December 19, 2025 01:00 PM (ayRl+)

273 How long before we csn stsrt going lord of the flies snd stsrt msking pointy sticks. Becsuse I've got s lot of sticks out bsck, msny of them slresdy very pointy.
Posted by: bsnsns Dresm at December 19, 2025 12:58 PM (3uBP9)
--
Looks like someone swiped your "a" key when you weren't looking.

You are all set to bang out a lippogrammatical novel.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2025 01:00 PM (ESVrU)

274 Have the Dems come out against legalizing marijuana or even easing up the laws yet?

Posted by: Ripley at December 19, 2025 01:00 PM (GUOwU)

275 This is why they’re upset, lol.

“More broadly, Pulte announced layoffs of “not core” employees, including staffers responsible for diversity efforts and ethics enforcement, according to public records and statements by Pulte. ”

Oh no Sh’aiqu’a and DeShawn won’t have make believe jobs anymore. Boo fucking hoo.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 01:00 PM (udlma)

276 80’s was pre internet, pre cellphones. 80% of our populace would wither away.

Internet existed but you had to be at a major college and web sites didn’t exist, everything was text.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 19, 2025 01:00 PM (QZThv)

277 Silver spot at $67.63 per oz. That means an average condition Mercury dime has $4.83 worth of silver in it.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 19, 2025 01:00 PM (Da7Vv)

278 He's telling us his "A" key has been taken hostage until we all pay $100 to the tip jar.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 01:01 PM (1Nv0l)

279 Major computer problems. Cannot connect to internet no matter if I use my home wifi or my phone hotspot, any ideas?
.......

The future of AI.

Posted by: wth at December 19, 2025 01:01 PM (v0R5T)

280 Ace -- do you have a Commodore, or a Wang?

Posted by: zombie at December 19, 2025 01:01 PM (oraVG)

281 Silver is going up around a dollar a day now.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 01:01 PM (pDt9x)

282 From his phone
Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 12:45 PM (TH+5o)

>>>Cannot connect to internet no matter if I use my home wifi or my phone hotspot
Posted by: m at December 19, 2025 12:58 PM (RuTUS)

When using a phone as a hotspot, you are not posting from it. You are posting from some other computer over wi-fi.

Posted by: SciVo at December 19, 2025 01:01 PM (Sy6m/)

283 "If you can, connect with your router/WAP and determine whether it is a network problem from your internet provider or your individual computer.

My guess is a localized ISP internet outage if your phone can still reach its LTE networks.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 12:27 PM (WDjG6)"

It is almost certainly this. In my area, we have outages where internet and cell phone service, both calls and wifi, go down, so we are completely cut off from the outside world.

Posted by: Doodad at December 19, 2025 01:01 PM (XuiFR)

284 Have you had any contact with any shelves?

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025 12:56 PM (EyfuW)

Try: Finger Butthole

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2025 12:57 PM (W23D2)

I can imagine Ace going back later and reading this thread and chuckling. Not now, though. Now, rage.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:02 PM (dK+Kv)

285 Ace, I suggest you upgrade to ENIAC 2.0. Those Babbage machines sometimes go on the fritz.

Posted by: zombie at December 19, 2025 01:02 PM (oraVG)

286 News: family on airplane tries to pass off dead grandma as tired passenger.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 19, 2025 01:02 PM (Kt19C)

287 Silver spot at $67.63 per oz. That means an average condition Mercury dime has $4.83 worth of silver in it.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 19, 2025 01:00 PM (Da7Vv)
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Silver dimes!

Posted by: mrp at December 19, 2025 01:02 PM (rj6Yv)

288 The AI wars have begun...

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 01:02 PM (1Nv0l)

289 Ace -- do you have a Commodore, or a Wang?
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A friend of mine from back in the day came home from work one day and announced they took away his Wang. Much hilarity ensued.

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 01:02 PM (TN0g+)

290 If the phone is connected to the home wifi and the home wifi internet is down, this will be the case.

Turn off the wifi on the phone and see if internet is accessible then.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 12:59 PM (Zz0t1)

Tha computer's connected to de *clap* router box
Tha router box connected to de *clap* modem box
The modem box connected to de *clap* internet
Now hear de word of da Lawd!

Posted by: Dem tech dem tech dem dry tech at December 19, 2025 01:02 PM (TbWk/)

291 Ace is using a Kaypro computer, rite?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2025 01:02 PM (Wg6v7)

292 Perhaps someone can fashion a rudimentary lathe.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 01:02 PM (jokB+)

293 Tried reversing the polarity Ace?

Seems to work in Star Trek.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2025 01:03 PM (HUco/)

294 >>>Cannot connect to internet no matter if I use my home wifi or my phone hotspot

Posted by: m at December 19, 2025 12:58 PM (RuTUS)
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I have a little more respect for Ace than to believe he would try to hotspot a phone that already can't connect to the internet.

Phones don't have to hotspot in order to connect to the internet, so if the phone was not connecting, why would you take the extra step of hotspotting?

It reminds me of the Kids in the Hall skit where Bruce McCulloch plays a guy whose car won't start and knows nothing about car mechanics, and goes around doing things like lifting the wipers and repeatedly says "Try it now".

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 01:03 PM (krQz2)

295 To all "Retards" (as you call yourselves, no?)

This is to notify that Qatar has purchased the Ace of Spades HQ website and is in the process of relocating it to Qatar.

We have a beautiful city and are a major US ally that hosts the largest American military base in the Middle East.

We believe an American and a free man such as Mr. Ace will find Qatar to be a comfortable home.

Salam Alaykum

Posted by: Qatar at December 19, 2025 01:03 PM (UKj38)

296 I’m afraid to add a brilliant and prescient comment that’s formulating in my head… don’t want such brilliance wasted in an open thread that will probably close shortly…..
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 12:58 PM (/iXAp)

Do you also have a mind that is is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives?

Posted by: Hedley Lamarr at December 19, 2025 01:03 PM (wVcYX)

297 We used to have this saying. "When in doubt, format c:\"
Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12:34 PM (krQz2)

"rem *.*"

Posted by: GWB at December 19, 2025 01:03 PM (5tsvC)

298 Ace is using a Kaypro computer, rite?

Sinclair ZX-80

Posted by: Halfhand at December 19, 2025 01:03 PM (jNK17)

299 Check local news. Might be an accident knocked out something.

Don't ask about something when this is free information.

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025 01:03 PM (EyfuW)

300 Apple is known to bork devices to force OS upgrades.

They actually don’t but people are at a cargo cult level with computers so the first thing at hand that isn’t PEBKAC always gets blamed.

Developer betas do sometime bork Bluetooth but that’s not appreciably different from the normal state of Bluetooth. And normies definitely shouldn’t run those.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 19, 2025 01:03 PM (QZThv)

301 Tried reversing the polarity Ace?

Seems to work in Star Trek.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2025 01:03 PM (HUco/)
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Also cross-circuiting to B seems to be a favorite on many shows.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 01:03 PM (krQz2)

302 I'M NOW IN CONTROL HERE

Posted by: ZOMBIE AL HAIG at December 19, 2025 01:04 PM (qUkBO)

303 >>>Cannot connect to internet no matter if I use my home wifi or my phone hotspot
Posted by: m at December 19

He can use his phone, just not as a hotspot for his computer.

Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 01:04 PM (OoFl2)

304 295 That's "morons" to you.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 01:04 PM (1Nv0l)

305 Rem *.* -9

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2025 01:04 PM (HUco/)

306 News: family on airplane tries to pass off dead grandma as tired passenger.
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It works better if you just stuff grandma inside the station wagon and hit the highway.

Posted by: Clark Griswold at December 19, 2025 01:04 PM (TN0g+)

307 Today's topic should be Queensryche Lyrics: Calm down, they're just song lyrics, dude.
Posted by: Linda Richman at December 19, 2025 12:55 PM (7Q0e+)
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Yes, we have no supervision today.

* takes off running with scissors *

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12:58 PM (krQz2)

*mimics new elephant just discovering his trunk*

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:04 PM (dK+Kv)

308 If Ace has a "smart TV" or Roku and it can access Internet, it's not the home router. A smart phone will sometimes failover to the cell tower... making you think the ISP or home network is fine.

That would be helpful to know. And probably indicate the issue is with the PC, it's network interface, or its configuration is borked.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 01:04 PM (NwnyJ)

309 "… Is there anybody listening?
Is there anyone who smiles without a mask?
What's behind the words images
They know will please us?
I'll take what's real
Bring up the lights"

Amen

P.S. I helped tear down for Queensryche one night on the Promised Land tour. I had to tell several groupies I wasn't in the band. OK.. so the last sentence was a lie. lol

Posted by: Bad Andrew at December 19, 2025 01:04 PM (6qf1m)

310 Yes, we have no supervision today.

* takes off running with scissors *
Posted by: Axeman

Pants or no pants?
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:59 PM (77rzZ)

I'm gonna call everyone Glowies.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 19, 2025 01:04 PM (dGCAG)

311 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 19, 2025 01:05 PM (lYvO3)

312 32 billion in losses for just one manufacturer, all for the goal of electrifying our transportation.

In what world not involving massive government subsidies did they think they were going to recoup those expenditures, much less make a profit?
A first year marketing student, or accounting student, could do a rudimentary 5 minute google search and find that demand would never be there.

I'd truly like to feel bad for corporations that knuckle under to the pressure from the feds, but at some point they've earned this loss.

Idiots

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 19, 2025 01:05 PM (Hx0tZ)

313 All your post are belong to us, Ace.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:05 PM (dK+Kv)

314 Also, make sure the whatchamacallit is still connected to the thingamabob. Sometimes they come loose.
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Sometimes?? Always!

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 01:05 PM (TH+5o)

315 Nood

Posted by: Thanatopsis at December 19, 2025 01:05 PM (5IH8V)

316 If your computer leaks oil, send it back to the UK.

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025 01:05 PM (EyfuW)

317 News: family on airplane tries to pass off dead grandma as tired passenger.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 19, 2025 01:02 PM (Kt19C)
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Was the family's last name "Griswold" by any chance?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2025 01:05 PM (ESVrU)

318 274 Have the Dems come out against legalizing marijuana or even easing up the laws yet?
Posted by: Ripley at December 19, 2025 01:00 PM (GUOwU)

Somebody is making a fortune perpetuating the grey market in weed. It should have been resolved years ago, even if it meant prohibition, pick a damn side.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 19, 2025 01:06 PM (pIfcn)

319 In approximately 30 minutes we acquire squatters rights...

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 01:06 PM (1Nv0l)

320 Woof Woof Ackbar!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 01:06 PM (pkeXY)

321 but at some point they've earned this loss.

Idiots

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 19, 2025 01:05 PM (Hx0tZ)

They are well past that point, with everyone and their brother screaming we don't want it, they chose willful ignorance.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:06 PM (dK+Kv)

322 "… Is there anybody listening?
Is there anyone who smiles without a mask?
What's behind the words images
They know will please us?
I'll take what's real
Bring up the lights"

Amen

P.S. I helped tear down for Queensryche one night on the Promised Land tour. I had to tell several groupies I wasn't in the band. OK.. so the last sentence was a lie. lol
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I'm jealous! I'm a HUGE Queensryche fan!

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 01:06 PM (TN0g+)

323 Tandy II?

Posted by: mrp at December 19, 2025 01:06 PM (rj6Yv)

324 I don't have a can of air lying around a la President Skroob, i can run the vacuum cleaner brush extension over the vents and see if that helps any.
Posted by: Count de Monet
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Better than nothing. The cans of compressed air can be found at Walmart in the TV section, office supply, etc. Or if you have an oilless air pump for cars, etc. lying around.

Hard to safely clean electronics other than vacuuming or compressed air. Risk of static electricity.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 01:06 PM (WDjG6)

325 Silver is going up around a dollar a day now.
Posted by: tubal

Shit.

Posted by: William Devane who bought only gold at December 19, 2025 01:06 PM (v0R5T)

326 310 I'm gonna call everyone Glowies.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 19, 2025 01:04 PM (dGCAG)

======

You know, I thought we had something special.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 01:07 PM (GBKbO)

327 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 19, 2025 01:05 PM (lYvO3)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at December 19, 2025 01:07 PM (Zz0t1)

328 That’s oike frying bacon while naked.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 01:00 PM (pDt9x)
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Done it shirtless, though.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 01:07 PM (krQz2)

329 Amen

P.S. I helped tear down for Queensryche one night on the Promised Land tour. I had to tell several groupies I wasn't in the band. OK.. so the last sentence was a lie. lol
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I'm jealous! I'm a HUGE Queensryche fan!
Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2025 01:06 PM (TN0g+)

*assumes fetal position*

*shudders*

*pees*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 01:08 PM (Zz0t1)

330 We ought to be able to log on from an Etch-a-Sketch, they are just forcing us to buy new gear. The bahstids. “In order to provide you with a better experience”.

I don’t need a fucking “better experience”, I’m just trying to read the news, or order something. Just like 25 years ago. Ya fuckheads

Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 01:08 PM (qdur7)

331 282 From his phone
Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 12:45 PM (TH+5o)

>>>Cannot connect to internet no matter if I use my home wifi or my phone hotspot
Posted by: m at December 19, 2025 12:58 PM (RuTUS)

When using a phone as a hotspot, you are not posting from it. You are posting from some other computer over wi-fi.
Posted by: SciVo at December 19, 2025 01:01 PM (Sy6m/)

Oh. Thanks! Nicely put, so that non-techies could follow it.

Posted by: m at December 19, 2025 01:08 PM (RuTUS)

332 How does a homeless guy get away with living in the basement of a poison ivy League campus building?

You'd be surprised.

Posted by: Chuck Mangione at Mega Lo Mart at December 19, 2025 01:09 PM (3nLb4)

333 mimics new elephant just discovering his trunk*

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 01:04 PM (dK+Kv)

Hahahahaha

WAIT A MINUTE

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2025 01:09 PM (TH+5o)

334 The disgronificator ht rush

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at December 19, 2025 01:09 PM (bXbFr)

335 This is just the first stage of Johnny Coldcuts taking over the blog

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 19, 2025 01:12 PM (3Amc7)

336 Are we gonna wang chung tonight?

Posted by: Sounds like code at December 19, 2025 01:13 PM (LaiZQ)

337 This is just the first stage of Johnny Coldcuts taking over the blog
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 19, 2025 01:12 PM (3Amc7)

Dude, you've got a long memory.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 19, 2025 01:18 PM (Hx0tZ)

338 Put in a physical cable. Piece of CAT5. Make sure to route it up over the chandelier so you don't trip on it.

Posted by: No Name Today at December 19, 2025 02:09 PM (8mulE)

339 Try a static IP.

Posted by: SaltyD at December 19, 2025 02:40 PM (UohIj)

340 One time I could ping sites but not get any site to load in any browser. I think it had to do with router config in IP6 disabled or something. I did a system reset and it all worked again.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 19, 2025 03:32 PM (xvV+O)

Open Thresd

Major computer problems. Cannot connect to internet no matter if I use my home wifi or my phone hotspot, any ideas?

Posted by: Ace at 12:19 PM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 Call Pixy.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2025 12:19 PM (NpAcC)

2 1st

Posted by: GF at December 19, 2025 12:19 PM (UhUim)

3 Have you tried restarting the computer? Sorry. Couldn’t resist.

Posted by: Mad Max in VA at December 19, 2025 12:19 PM (vSl8l)

4 Oh well…

Posted by: GF at December 19, 2025 12:19 PM (UhUim)

5

The problem is in between the chair and keyboard.

Layer 0.

Posted by: E Buzz at December 19, 2025 12:19 PM (UxsaJ)

6 Must be Trump's fault.

Posted by: Eeyore at December 19, 2025 12:20 PM (s0JqF)

7 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at December 19, 2025 12:20 PM (5IH8V)

8 Slap a hot iron on it?

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 19, 2025 12:20 PM (MDua2)

9 On a serious note, if your phone has internet, try having ChatGPT troubleshoot it for you. This solved that same issue for me one time, and I could never have done it myself.

Posted by: Mad Max in VA at December 19, 2025 12:20 PM (vSl8l)

10 You're a bit late to the Tech Thread...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2025 12:20 PM (ESVrU)

11 Your neighbors cut you off

Posted by: NCKate at December 19, 2025 12:20 PM (uQzkA)

12 Raytheon Reset works every time, or least 60% of the time, it works every time.

Posted by: GF at December 19, 2025 12:21 PM (UhUim)

13 "Cannot connect to internet no matter if I use my home wifi or my phone hotspot, any ideas?"

6-7 hand gestures

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 12:21 PM (iFTx/)

14 I set up an iPhone hotspot once and it worked… but I’m generally clueless on details of stuff like that and so no a lot of help….

But nevertheless TGIF!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 12:21 PM (sBt/s)

15 Do what the homeless do….go to the library for internet access.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 12:21 PM (udlma)

16 15 Do what the homeless do….go to the library for internet access.

And fapping. But mostly fapping.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 12:22 PM (Riz8t)

17 Disconnect your VPN momentarily.

Posted by: Kurtz at December 19, 2025 12:22 PM (KuiAG)

18 Take the rest of the day off.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 12:22 PM (sDNVV)

19 Any ideas? - Ace

Pay your ISP and cell phone bill?

Posted by: Gauloises and Gitanes at December 19, 2025 12:22 PM (HTCU3)

20 Roll back the last "update" Windoze forced on you?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 12:22 PM (a+4eV)

21 any ideas?

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Router reset? ISP -- or connection to it -- down?

Time to go Starlink?

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 12:22 PM (NNq22)

22 Australia to Confiscate and Destroy Hundreds of Thousands of Firearms

Australia has turned into a country of obedient cowards.

I blame the unending consumption of Vagemite.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 19, 2025 12:22 PM (abIsI)

23 any ideas?
Posted by: Ace

I've heard slapping a hot iron to it works wonders.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:22 PM (77rzZ)

24 With my MacBook if I want to use my phone’s hotspot, I have to turn the hotspot off and then back on each time I use it.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 12:23 PM (udlma)

25 Any ideas? - Ace

Pay your ISP and cell phone bill?

Protip: never ask the horde for ideas.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 12:23 PM (Riz8t)

26 Do what the homeless do….go to the library for internet access.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 12:21 PM (udlma)

***

And take a massive dump in their terlet...

Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 19, 2025 12:23 PM (Bo9Yf)

27 Disconnect and reconnect everything?

I had some internet difficulties a couple of weeks ago. I thought my wireless router had failed. Called my ISP for assistance.

Disconnecting everything and then reconnecting it all back the way it was seemed to work, though not sure why.

It's possible I just had a funky cable connection due to one of my cats constantly bumping my tech around.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2025 12:23 PM (ESVrU)

28 That homeless guy in Providence can probably take over, with live video updates, too.

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2025 12:23 PM (kACBq)

29 Mitt Romney has an oped in the New York Times today supporting taxing billionaires.

Since his net worth is only about $300 million, it is safe for him to do so.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 19, 2025 12:24 PM (xTIDn)

30 Reboot router, modem, computer. If that doesn't work, give it a good bash as my dear old granddad used to say.

It might be your provider too.

Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at December 19, 2025 12:24 PM (t0Out)

31 It's the computer not the router.

Posted by: Ace at December 19, 2025 12:24 PM (1wjle)

32 Maybe it's the provider, not you.

Relax. Pour yourself a warm beverage, watch an episode of either I Love Lucy, Green Acres or Gilligan's Island and try again later.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 19, 2025 12:24 PM (QGaXH)

33 Pay your ISP and cell phone bill?
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Thanks for the reminder! It's due tomorrow, but I better pay it today, as tomorrow is a Saturday.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2025 12:24 PM (ESVrU)

34 Relatives live on Long Island. High winds have caused widespread power outages. Might be the cause of ace's internet connection problem.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 19, 2025 12:24 PM (abIsI)

35 I have had a Windoze "Update" fry my wi-fi card before. Had to get an external card for the machine, then all was well.

Posted by: Brewingfrog at December 19, 2025 12:24 PM (J18vT)

36 Hit the computer for crissakes.

Posted by: 1970s Dad at December 19, 2025 12:24 PM (qUkBO)

37 You've tried the turn it off and off again trick? Also rightclick the wifi connection thingy down in your taskbar. Select the diagnose option. It will probably reset your network connection which often fixes things if rebooting does not.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2025 12:24 PM (3uBP9)

38 Rebooting all gear would be my first inclination.

If you're phone can reach the Internet via WiFi (not cellular) it is likely your computer. Presuming it's WiFi too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 12:26 PM (NwnyJ)

39 My digestive system went offline sometime last night. The things that are supposed to connect to other things aren't working and delivering the wrong things when they do. I may have ebola.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2025 12:26 PM (3uBP9)

40 Damn seed oils!

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:26 PM (77rzZ)

41 Here it comes. Per NY Post, Nick Reiner supposedly had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and new meds were making him crazy. Didn't take long for the "he's crazy" defense to be offered.

Posted by: Tuna at December 19, 2025 12:26 PM (lJ0H4)

42 Did you try slapping the side of the computer cabinet? Do you have someone there who can adjust the antenna until you hit the sweet spot?

Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 19, 2025 12:26 PM (Bo9Yf)

43 My major annoyance of the day; I rent an apartment for child. Been there a few years… out of the blue under new management they decide they need proof of renters insurance. I fiddle around with insurance company and provide proof. Nope not good enough… specific words need to be used. On top of all that I only get nameless emails rejecting my proof… no name is ever provided and they don’t answer the phone. It’s infuriating… am I dealing with a stupid AI bot??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 12:26 PM (/iXAp)

44 31 It's the computer not the router.

Windows 10 is no longer supported by Microsoft since last October.

Costco has good deals if you're interested.

Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at December 19, 2025 12:27 PM (t0Out)

45 His parents left him an orphan.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2025 12:27 PM (Oasjp)

46 Restore Points?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2025 12:28 PM (Oasjp)

47 Did you try slapping the side of the computer cabinet? Do you have someone there who can adjust the antenna until you hit the sweet spot?
Posted by: Truck Monkey

When I was kid, we would hit the bottom of the TV with a hockey stick when it was acting up. Usually did the trick.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:28 PM (77rzZ)

48 >>> Did you try slapping the side of the computer cabinet? Do you have someone there who can adjust the antenna until you hit the sweet spot?
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 19, 2025 12:26 PM (Bo9Yf)

Tuning in Tokyo, can you hear me Tokyo?

Posted by: banana Dream - First Sydney Sweeney related comment of the day at December 19, 2025 12:28 PM (3uBP9)

49 Trump Signs Executive Order Directing Return of Americans to the Moon by 2028 With a Permanent Lunar Base by 2030

To the Moon Alice. To the Moon.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 19, 2025 12:29 PM (abIsI)

50 Look around, can you form some sort of rudimentary lathe?".

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 12:29 PM (XuXeR)

51 His parents left him an orphan.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2025 12:27 PM (Oasjp)

***

What the hell is he supposed to do with an orphan?

Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 19, 2025 12:29 PM (Bo9Yf)

52
No internet at all, or just no connection to the HQ? I often forget to turn off my VPN when connecting to the HQ and it chokes. My fastest VPN server from PIA is apparently on the HQ naughty VPN list.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 12:30 PM (y9nCu)

53 Can we vote on who gos to the moon?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2025 12:30 PM (Oasjp)

54 Did you try slapping the side of the computer cabinet? Do you have someone there who can adjust the antenna until you hit the sweet spot?
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 19, 2025 12:26 PM (Bo9Yf)

Remember when Alan Harper decided to try to adjust the satellite dish on the roof to fix the picture because he was annoyed at the notion of always having to call “the guy”? He ended up with a neck brace and casts on his hands…. Heh the guy, just call the guy

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 12:30 PM (/iXAp)

55 If nutbar blames meds, then drs and pharma can both pay out

Posted by: NCKate at December 19, 2025 12:30 PM (uQzkA)

56 More highlights from sad Judge Dugan fans:

When Gavin Newsom wins in 2028, this judge should be the first person he pardons. Judge Dugan is a civil rights hero.

The whole prosecution was political in nature and had nothing to do with the law. The prosecutor's tongue can’t be removed from Trump’s ass so the argument that this isn’t political or trying to set an example is so laughably false that he should be disbarred

Trump has obstructed justice on actual serious crimes like a dozen times. MAGA has ruined America and the entire legal system. We need to completely replace SCOTUS.

Hey MAGA, what are you going to do when the broken political and legal system comes for you?

Unfortunately those jurors are now collaborators with an illegitimate regime attempting to destroy America

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 19, 2025 12:31 PM (JCZqz)

57 Here it comes. Per NY Post, Nick Reiner supposedly had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and new meds were making him crazy. Didn't take long for the "he's crazy" defense to be offered.
Posted by: Tuna

Yep. I knew it. In his attorneys' defense, though, it's really all they've got.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:31 PM (77rzZ)

58 Could be your network/WiFi card crapped the bed, Ace.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 19, 2025 12:31 PM (6ydKt)

59 45 His parents left him an orphan.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2025 12:27 PM (Oasjp)

And now he wants the court to show leniency....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 19, 2025 12:31 PM (QGaXH)

60 When I was kid, we would hit the bottom of the TV with a hockey stick when it was acting up. Usually did the trick.
Posted by: Bulg

Those were the days. Can't do that with a flat screen,

Posted by: Tuna at December 19, 2025 12:31 PM (lJ0H4)

61 You could also have your wife grab the rabbit ears and move around until the reception is better, then tell her not to move.

Posted by: 1970s Dad at December 19, 2025 12:31 PM (qUkBO)

62 Ace, if you haven' already installed Linux - do that immediately. I have heard Linux solves all problems including some related to computers.

Posted by: Gauloises and Gitanes at December 19, 2025 12:31 PM (HTCU3)

63 Does he get to go to the Funeral?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2025 12:31 PM (Oasjp)

64 >>> Trump Signs Executive Order Directing Return of Americans to the Moon by 2028 With a Permanent Lunar Base by 2030

To the Moon Alice. To the Moon.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 19, 2025 12:29 PM (abIsI)

Can we pick who we send? Because I actually have a list.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2025 12:32 PM (3uBP9)

65 Trump Signs Executive Order Directing Return of Americans to the Moon by 2028 With a Permanent Lunar Base by 2030
—

Why?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 12:32 PM (udlma)

66 51 What the hell is he supposed to do with an orphan?
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 19, 2025 12:29 PM (Bo9Yf)

Fry it up with some onions and bell peppers. Maybe some shiitake mushrooms.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 12:33 PM (UnA8+)

67 Trump Signs Executive Order Directing Return of Americans to the Moon by 2028 With a Permanent Lunar Base by 2030
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Return? We were never there to begin with.
-- Candace Owens

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:33 PM (77rzZ)

68 Buzz Aldrin first.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2025 12:33 PM (Oasjp)

69 We're $38T in debt. Why we going to the moon. Again?

Posted by: NCKate at December 19, 2025 12:33 PM (uQzkA)

70 What the hell is he supposed to do with an orphan?
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 19, 2025 12:29 PM (Bo9Yf)

Fry it up with some onions and bell peppers. Maybe some shiitake mushrooms.
Posted by: XTC

What kind of oil?

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:34 PM (77rzZ)

71 Hey MAGA, what are you going to do when the broken political and legal system comes for you?

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When? Lol

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 12:34 PM (udlma)

72 Can we pick who we send? Because I actually have a list.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2025 12:32 PM (3uBP9)

***
We need to consult the Femalestranauts Gaule Kind and Katy Perry

Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 19, 2025 12:34 PM (Bo9Yf)

73 Trump Signs Executive Order Directing Return of Americans to the Moon by 2028 With a Permanent Lunar Base by 2030
—

Why?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

Workin' on that legacy I suppose. Just like JFK!

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 19, 2025 12:34 PM (abIsI)

74 70 What kind of oil?
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:34 PM (77rzZ)

Baby Oil, of course!

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 12:34 PM (UnA8+)

75 It's the computer not the router.

Posted by: Ace at December 19, 2025 12:24 PM (1wjle)

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Delete the network connection and try to create a new one?

[As someone above hinted at, has your OS -- presumably Windows? -- been recently updated, and if so can you roll it back to the prior version?]

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 12:34 PM (NNq22)

76 Baby Oil, of course!
Posted by: XTC

Ha!

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:34 PM (77rzZ)

77 Return?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2025 12:35 PM (Oasjp)

78 I nominate Mark Kelly to go to the Moon. He has experience in space.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 19, 2025 12:35 PM (abIsI)

79 Nobody is above the law!!!! **

** Not applicable to anyone in the left

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 12:35 PM (udlma)

80 Could be your network/WiFi card crapped the bed, Ace.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

This seems like a reasonable place to start. Plus they are reasonably inexpensive when embracing the "fix it" by swapping out parts technique.

Posted by: Gauloises and Gitanes at December 19, 2025 12:36 PM (HTCU3)

81 I bet Elon has something to do with the Moon thing. A Moon base would be a crucial step in getting to Mars.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:37 PM (77rzZ)

82 >>> It's the computer not the router.

Posted by: Ace at December 19, 2025 12:24 PM (1wjle)

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Delete the network connection and try to create a new one?

[As someone above hinted at, has your OS -- presumably Windows? -- been recently updated, and if so can you roll it back to the prior version?]
Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 12:34 PM (NNq22)

You do not have to delete it. You can reset it. Run the diagnostic. Right click the network connection down in the bottom right. Expand the stuff if you have to first. Select run diagnostics. It will probably attempt to rest it. If that doesn't work you can bring up a system restore from a few days ago before this all happened.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2025 12:37 PM (3uBP9)

83 I nominate Mark Kelly to go to the Moon. He has experience in space.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

That between his ears?

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:37 PM (77rzZ)

84 80 This seems like a reasonable place to start. Plus they are reasonably inexpensive when embracing the "fix it" by swapping out parts technique.

Posted by: Gauloises and Gitanes at December 19, 2025 12:36 PM (HTCU3)

There are _super_ cheap USB wi-fi antennae out there.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 12:37 PM (UnA8+)

85 Workin' on that legacy I suppose. Just like JFK!
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 19, 2025 12:34 PM (abIsI)

If he said let’s go to Mars that’d be legacy. Moon landing? Eh. Been there done that.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 12:37 PM (udlma)

86 If he said let’s go to Mars that’d be legacy. Moon landing? Eh. Been there done that.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

As I said above, I think this is part of the effort to go to Mars.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:39 PM (77rzZ)

87 To go back to a system restore type recovery, pick "open system restore" pick one from a few days ago. I have one from yesterday. Also back to 12/15. Depends on what you were doing. But hopefully before your compy hoarked itself it made a system restore.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2025 12:40 PM (3uBP9)

88 We're $38T in debt. Why we going to the moon. Again?

Posted by: NCKate at December 19, 2025 12:33 PM (uQzkA)

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So Elon can eventually give multi-millionaires rides there and back?

It's a clever indirect way to "Tax The Rich" -- especially once Trump imposes 10,000% tariffs on travel to and from ...

/

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 12:40 PM (NNq22)

89 Trump Signs Executive Order Directing Return of Americans to the Moon by 2028 With a Permanent Lunar Base by 2030

To the Moon Alice. To the Moon.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 19, 2025 12:29 PM (abIsI)
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Can we send the Somalians there first? I mean, they're so amazing at building a civilization from nothing, it should be a piece of cake for them, right?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2025 12:40 PM (ESVrU)

90 Send the ones we are in debt to first.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2025 12:41 PM (Oasjp)

91 81 I bet Elon has something to do with the Moon thing. A Moon base would be a crucial step in getting to Mars.
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:37 PM (77rzZ)

Would it? I really don’t know. But the distance to Mars from erf or from the moon is basically the same thing. It’s kinda like doing a cross country trip and saying you’ll start from Riverside, CA instead of Los Angeles.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 12:41 PM (udlma)

92 As I said above, I think this is part of the effort to go to Mars.
Posted by: Bulg

You can try.

Posted by: Van Allen Radiation Belt at December 19, 2025 12:41 PM (abIsI)

93 But windows sucks. I feel your pain.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2025 12:41 PM (3uBP9)

94 His virus is duplicating into a

nood

in 24 hours we will all be grey goo

Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2025 12:42 PM (3uBP9)

95 You do not have to delete it [the network connection config]. You can reset it. Run the diagnostic.

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You can tell it's been several years since I used Windows (we're on Linux now) and those damn "diagnostics" never worked for me back in the day.

More useless back then than "Clippy" ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 12:44 PM (NNq22)

96 Would it? I really don’t know. But the distance to Mars from erf or from the moon is basically the same thing. It’s kinda like doing a cross country trip and saying you’ll start from Riverside, CA instead of Los Angeles.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

Yeah, but it seems like it would be better to have a support base for Mars in space rather than on Earth. So the Moon would be a good choice for that.

(Mind you, I have almost no knowledge of this subject, just speculating off the top of my bald head.)

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:45 PM (77rzZ)

97 Where'd everybody go?

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:46 PM (77rzZ)

98 BOOBS!

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:47 PM (77rzZ)

99 grey goo
Posted by: banana Dream

My favorite brand of vodka.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:47 PM (77rzZ)

100 100 (in the obsolete thread)

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 12:48 PM (UnA8+)

101 Is this a movie, car, gun or boob thread?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 12:50 PM (udlma)

102 Yahoo: Pulte and other Trump loyalists at mortgage regulator clash with Fannie and Freddie staffers

Clash eh? You mean government employees once again refuse to do what their boss tells them. Time for another round of layoffs.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 12:52 PM (udlma)

103 101 Is this a movie, car, gun or boob thread?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 12:50 PM (udlma)
- - - - - - - -
"Fast and Furious 30: Machine-Gun Jubblies"

Posted by: Another Anon at December 19, 2025 01:38 PM (4h45B)

104 I favor the go to the tech guys. Sure you can fiddle with it but the stress, exasperation and angst ain’t worth it.

Posted by: epador at December 19, 2025 01:54 PM (TRnzq)

105 It's a conspiracy. Probably CIA, NSA working together.

Posted by: LGBTQ+POC, ANTI RACIST HERO at December 19, 2025 03:42 PM (3tGF8)

106 "any ideas?". Beer ? Black and tan, Guinness, Sam Adams ?

Posted by: Edward at December 19, 2025 06:35 PM (9gg3L)

THE MORNING RANT: After $32B in Losses, Ford Throws in the Towel on EVs – There Will Not Be a Full-Size Electric Pickup Truck

Ford Motor Company has announced that it is de-transitioning from the “EV Transition.” Specifically, Ford has finally given up on the eco-globalist dream of an all-EV future, and the company will no longer try to cram recalcitrant consumers into electric vehicles.

“Ford Writes Down $19.5 billion As It Pivots Electric Lightning Line of Vehicles” [Fortune – 12/15/2025]

This is a huge victory for liberty-loving Americans. Left-wing zealots had specifically targeted gasoline-powered vehicles in their battle against carbon-fueled freedom. The rejection of EVs by American consumers was a populist political statement, and Ford executives found themselves in the position of having to either remain loyal to the enviro-communists in Davos, which would have killed off the company, or finally accept that consumers will not acquiesce to an unelected green dictatorship.

More specifically, Ford has finally acknowledged that there is just not a market for an all-electric pickup truck. Not only has the Ford F150 ~~Conflagration~~ Lightning been canceled, but Ford will not even attempt to produce another full-size electric pickup. Of note, the gas/diesel F150 is America’s best-selling vehicle.

Ford CEO Jim Farley is quoted as saying, “Instead of plowing billions into the future knowing these large EVs will never make money, we are pivoting.”

Mr. Farley’s catastrophic EV misadventure has now cost Ford over $32 billion in losses. Ford had already lost $13 billion over the past four years on its “Model E” program (or “Model E-dsel” as some have joked), and the company is now about to realize another $19 billion loss in unwinding the EV mess.

To put the magnitude of Ford’s $32 billion EV loss into context, Ford’s total profit over the past seven years was about $31 billion. Some back-of-the-envelope math shows me that Ford will have lost almost $100,000 for every EV it has ever sold.

Some people are arguing that Ford was just a victim of Obama/Biden era mandates, but Toyota and Honda deftly navigated through those years without committing to an all-EV future in the manner that Ford and General Motors did.

This $20 billion write down is above and beyond the $10 billion+ that the EV debacle has already cost Ford. It’s great news that Ford is finally giving up on the EV folly, but this costly disaster didn’t have to happen. Toyota & Honda wisely showed restraint during peak EV hype.
— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) December 15, 2025

To be fair to Mr. Farley, he answers to a weak Board of Directors which is apparently obedient to the Ford family. Meanwhile, the Ford family retains a powerful voting share of the company’s stock. Bill Ford has maneuvered himself into a powerful position within the Ford family voting bloc and on the Board. Mr. Ford is also a hard-left environmentalist who for decades has been trying to make Ford into a green company that would impress his communist friends in Davos. Jim Farley’s commitment to EVs was almost certainly at the direction of Bill Ford.

I can only surmise what is going on within the Ford family as Bill Ford and Jim Farley drove the company into a $32 billion ditch, but I am guessing that some family members have finally said “enough.”

Despite the great news about Ford terminating any future all-electric F150, there are clearly some “green” bones being thrown to Bill Ford. The company is promising at some future date to release an extended range “EREV” pickup that will have a gasoline-powered generator alongside an electric drivetrain. That sounds just as preposterous as the concept behind plug-in hybrids.

Ford has also announced that it is getting into the industrial-scale battery electric storage systems business, also knowns as “BESS.” Let me be the first to confidently predict that there will be a multi-billion-dollar write-off for Ford’s BESS distraction in coming years.

“Ford to convert EV battery plants to make battery storage for data centers” [Elektrek – 12/15/2025]

Ford is jumping into the battery energy storage business, betting that booming demand from data centers and the electric grid can absorb the EV battery capacity it says it’s not using. To achieve this, Ford plans to repurpose its existing EV battery manufacturing capacity in Glendale, Kentucky, into a dedicated hub for manufacturing battery energy storage systems. Ford says it will invest about $2 billion over the next two years to scale the new business.

Ford getting involved in battery storage systems makes as much sense as when Exxon decided to manufacture and sell office machinery. But I understand in part why Ford is doing this. Specifically, without the BESS announcement, Ford would have to own up to another multi-billion-dollar write-off for the zombie Kentucky battery plant. Plus, with this BESS project, Bill Ford can still feel proud that the company is engaging in a form of green, save-the-world posturing.

For those of us Tennessee taxpayers who kicked in almost a billion dollars toward Ford’s new electric truck plant (“Blue Oval City”, there may be some good news. Concurrent with these other major changes in direction, Ford has announced that the never-used, Memphis-area plant will be repurposed toward the manufacture of gasoline powered pickup trucks - but not until 2029. That would be great, but again, I fear that this is really just a stalling tactic to avoid yet another multi-billion dollar write-off. So long as Ford keeps promising production out of that plant at some date in the far-away future, the state of Tennessee can’t claw back the bad investment it made, and Ford keeps the massive loss off of its books – at least for a few more years.

Even though Ford still has a long way to go to fully extricate itself from its negligent EV commitment, killing off its flagship EV and promising that there will never be an all-electric full-size pickup truck is a monumental milestone.

*****

An article I wrote titled “Banks Are Racially Profiling Mortgage Applicants — The Government Requires It” has been published by The American Spectator.

As crazy as it sounds, if a mortgage applicant won’t disclose his race and ethnicity, the banker is required to visually profile the customer and report that customer’s racial appearance to the government. Bank of America was fined by the Commercial Financial Protection Bureau and some of its bankers were disciplined because they chose not to engage government-mandated racial profiling.

I’d be honored if you’d give it a read. (This article is not blocked by a paywall.)

From me at The American Spectator: “Banks Are Racially Profiling Mortgage Applicants - The Government Requires It”

If a loan applicant won’t reveal his ethnic bloodline, the banker is required to visually assess racial features & report them to the gov’t.https://t.co/PsPj48S1XP
— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) December 17, 2025

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 First

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 19, 2025 11:00 AM (QVmho)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)

3 Yeah, baaaby

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 19, 2025 11:00 AM (QVmho)

4 I will not take Ford seriously until they fire their entire executive board.

They suck at their jobs.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)

5 "You can't fight the future! EVs were the fastest growing market for cars 5 years ago!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 11:02 AM (GBKbO)

6 Oh this is good, I've been waiting for this post all week, I knew you had to write it!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 11:02 AM (uWKK8)

7 No splodey trucks?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 19, 2025 11:02 AM (Kt19C)

8 Right after i hit post the 2nd time, Smash called me into the kitchen to get a pan down from the high shelf for her.

Just barley made it.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 19, 2025 11:02 AM (QVmho)

9 Ford is finally giving up on the EV folly, but this costly disaster didn’t have to happen. Toyota & Honda wisely showed restraint during peak EV hype.

— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) December 15, 2025

Honda, at one point, declared they were going ALL EV by 2035 or some such, I believe.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 11:02 AM (Zz0t1)

10 It can be lunch time

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 11:03 AM (iJa5t)

11 I admit that I have thought Ford was headed for a bankruptcy court because I didn't believe they could take a $19.5 billion dollar write off and survive. But looks like they are even bigger than I realized.

They all truly believed that the US Government was going to force things to where they had a winning position.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 11:04 AM (uWKK8)

12 Kentucky was also in on the grift.

GLENDALE, Ky. (WDRB) — Kentucky invested $250 million in taxpayer money to bring BlueOval SK to the state.

This week, every worker at the Glendale electric vehicle battery plant was laid off.. The shutdown affects all 1,600 employees at the facility and comes after a series of delays, including the decision never to open a second plant known as “Kentucky 2.”

The layoffs also come just four months after production began at Kentucky 1.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 11:04 AM (udlma)

13 Pure EV's are simply a stupid concept, full stop.

Hybrids could be compelling but for what ever reason that was not the big push.

I guess the commies weren't interested in boiling the frog slowly.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2025 11:04 AM (XV/Pl)

14 When the lever for the sale is a tax dodge, think twice before buying.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2025 11:04 AM (Wg6v7)

15 They'll write it off, Jerry. Just write it off.
- Cosmo Kramer, Economist

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 11:04 AM (L/fGl)

16 Just barley made it.
Posted by: BifBewalski

What a rye comment.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 11:05 AM (77rzZ)

17
Ford is the dumb.

People said we want the Ranger back. Ford said okay, here's "a" new "Ranger," but it's the size of a 1986 F-150.

Then people said no no no, we want a *small* pickup truck like the old Ranger. Ford said okay, and built the "Maverick," a 4-door Ford Escape with a very short pickup bed.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 11:05 AM (BTBWt)

18 I'm not sure there is "no market for electric trucks".

I'd buy one, but not for $75,000.

Posted by: Rural Fellow at December 19, 2025 11:05 AM (UZlJN)

19 Ford CEO Jim Farley is quoted as saying, “Instead of plowing billions into the future knowing these large EVs will never make money, we are pivoting.”

It's always "pivoting", never "we're going to try to extricate ourselves from the colossal f***up we pushed on you, the shareholders and customers.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 11:05 AM (Riz8t)

20 "Let me be the first to confidently predict that there will be a multi-billion-dollar write-off for Ford’s BESS distraction in coming years."

Let me be second.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at December 19, 2025 11:06 AM (P7Iz+)

21 I will not take Ford seriously until they fire their entire executive board.

They suck at their jobs.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 11:01 AM

Whoa! Let's not spread that contagion!!

Posted by: NRA Board of Directors at December 19, 2025 11:06 AM (0sNs1)

22 Willowed:
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They've been telling us fat is bad for generations. They've been trying to kill us all along, it seems.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 10:57 AM (Zz0t1)
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Saw this article that says that all the studies they did on alcohol killing the liver did not isolate for other things.

Saturated fats show signs of actually healing an alcoholic rat's liver.

The combination of alcohol and seed oils is what really desiccates the liver. Much less sign of liver damage to alcoholic mice that consumed only saturated fats.

Seed oils are worse than cigarettes. Seed oils are worse than alcohol. Get them out of our food.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 11:06 AM (krQz2)

23 Honda, at one point, declared they were going ALL EV by 2035 or some such, I believe.
Posted by: Sponge
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I think the flat Japanese economy and Honda having to rely on foreign markets like Europe and US drove that comment. Toyota has the most successful hybrid program which satisfies most of the market that EV's would plus eliminating range anxiety which EVs can't. Honda and the rest like Hyundai/Kia, Nissan, etc. simply did not have the ability to go toe to toe in hybrids so they pivoted toward full EV planning.

The ironic thing is that Ford had probably the best of the dwinding Big Three in hybrid tech and threw it away to go after the EV market.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 11:06 AM (WDjG6)

24 Wonderful article, Buck, but throwing in an EV conflagration would have been the Maraschino cherry on top of the sundae.

Posted by: Tom Carvel, Creator of Cookie-Puss at December 19, 2025 11:07 AM (oftw2)

25 Honda, at one point, declared they were going ALL EV by 2035 or some such, I believe.

Anything that far in the future is just a way to pretend you're going to do something, knowing full well you never will. See also "spending cuts" in 10 years.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

26 Meanwhile . . .

Hollywood’s James Cameron is Big Mad at Trump for Not Buying the Climate Crisis Narrative

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If you can't trust imaginary nine foot blue space aliens, who can you trust?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 11:07 AM (L/fGl)

27 Ford is the dumb.

People said we want the Ranger back. Ford said okay, here's "a" new "Ranger," but it's the size of a 1986 F-150.

Then people said no no no, we want a *small* pickup truck like the old Ranger. Ford said okay, and built the "Maverick," a 4-door Ford Escape with a very short pickup bed.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 11:05 AM

Hopefully we're on our way to the USA!

Posted by: Toyota HiLux at December 19, 2025 11:07 AM (0sNs1)

28 Seed oils are worse than cigarettes. Seed oils are worse than alcohol. Get them out of our food.
Posted by: Axeman

How about peanut oil? Is that a seed oil?

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 11:08 AM (77rzZ)

29 I guess the commies weren't interested in boiling the frog slowly.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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Our ruling looting class is in a hurry to get generational wealth before it all collapses. So the grifting is in hyperdrive in all fields before the lights go out.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 11:08 AM (WDjG6)

30 11 I admit that I have thought Ford was headed for a bankruptcy court because I didn't believe they could take a $19.5 billion dollar write off and survive. But looks like they are even bigger than I realized.

They all truly believed that the US Government was going to force things to where they had a winning position.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 11:04 AM (uWKK

Were they one of the companies that took a bailout from King Barry, First of his Shame?

If so, they may not have had a choice.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 11:08 AM (UnA8+)

31 So much for Fascism, companies following the government agenda instead of the shareholders

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 11:08 AM (iJa5t)

32 @17

>>Then people said no no no, we want a *small* pickup truck like the old Ranger. Ford said okay, and built the "Maverick," a 4-door Ford Escape with a very short pickup bed.

A truck that was supposed to be sub-20k that is now sub-30k and trying to find base trims is nigh impossible, so the cheap truck is going to cost you just as much as a Ranger, Colorado or Tacoma.

Or the new Auto manufacturer mantra, pay more, get less.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2025 11:09 AM (XV/Pl)

33 See also "spending cuts" in 10 years.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 11:07 AM

In return for pork today! Done deal!

Posted by: J. Wellington Wimpy (D-Everywhere)_ at December 19, 2025 11:09 AM (0sNs1)

34 I have an older Ford diesel pickup and will keep it as long as it runs decently as it is pre-DEF. Maybe if Lee Zeldin can undo some of the EPA crap like DEF and stupid high mileage mandates then a non UAW controlled company would make a bigger pickup, then I would maybe buy one of those down the road. But for now I'm hoping I (mechanics I trust) can keep the 2003 one ton working. New vehicles have too much foo-fraw crap on them and cost too much.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 19, 2025 11:09 AM (hhkIi)

35 28 How about peanut oil? Is that a seed oil?
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 11:08 AM (77rzZ)

Yes. It's the least bad of the seed oils, but it's still a seed oil.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 11:09 AM (UnA8+)

36 The Ford Lightning has its place.
In a museum.

Posted by: Internally combusted at December 19, 2025 11:09 AM (2Ez/1)

37 How the hell do you explain a $20BILLION fuck up to investors? Who falls on the sword for this monumental miscalculation? I imagine seppuku quietly taking place at Honda or Toyota if they were this blindly political in their choices.

Posted by: red speck at December 19, 2025 11:09 AM (Ve/HL)

38 I'm not sure there is "no market for electric trucks".

I'd buy one, but not for $75,000.
Posted by: Rural Fellow at December 19, 2025 11:05 AM (UZlJN)
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The heavier you make a vehicle, the more power it takes to push it forward. The more power you need on an EV the more the vehicle weighs. But you would have needed to pay for a gigantic battery, is my understanding.

I have nothing, in general against "green energy". I just wish that it worked.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 11:09 AM (krQz2)

39 Big trucks being electric never seemed feasible to me...On another note i see the woman judge who hid the illegal from ICE in Wisconsin was found guilty

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2025 11:09 AM (VE6XX)

40 People said we want the Ranger back. Ford said okay, here's "a" new "Ranger," but it's the size of a 1986 F-150.

Then people said no no no, we want a *small* pickup truck like the old Ranger. Ford said okay, and built the "Maverick," a 4-door Ford Escape with a very short pickup bed.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 11:05 AM
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Car companies aren't legally allowed to build trucks the size of the old Ranger or S-10 anymore. Safety standards and all the ancillary BS they're required to tack onto a truck makes the F-150 size about the smallest a real truck can be.

Posted by: ballistic at December 19, 2025 11:09 AM (3BwY8)

41 Saturated fats show signs of actually healing an alcoholic rat's liver.

The well-being of alcoholic rats hasn't come into my mind until just now.

Posted by: Ratso Rizzo at December 19, 2025 11:09 AM (oftw2)

42 How about peanut oil? Is that a seed oil?

I use olive oil, avocado oil, and butter almost exclusively now.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 11:10 AM (Riz8t)

43 You will see a lot of hybrid trucks hitting the market within two years cuz the batteries will drop in price. I always suspected the push for EVs was to grow the manufacturing base of batteries. They are the number one cost driver for hybrid vehicles. I would put money on a full sized hybrid pickups. All tradesmen these days use battery driven hand tools. Imagine driving to the jobsite and charging up your onboard big battery (the bed of your pickup) and all the little batteries simultaneously.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2025 11:10 AM (Wg6v7)

44 The BlueOvalSK EV battery plant here in Glendale, KY folded up this week, laying off about 1200 people. Finger pointing has already started with the local government down there giving governor Beshear the ubiquitous side-eye.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 11:10 AM (NwnyJ)

45
People said we want the Ranger back. Ford said okay, here's "a" new "Ranger," but it's the size of a 1986 F-150.

Then people said no no no, we want a *small* pickup truck like the old Ranger. Ford said okay, and built the "Maverick," a 4-door Ford Escape with a very short pickup bed.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 11:05 AM (BTBWt)

I was saying this the other day. If Ford wasn't being retarded, they would've released what they're calling the Ranger currently, the F-100, keeping in line with the actual naming convention for their line of trucks, then call what they've named the Maverick, which was a mid sized 4-door SEDAN, the Ranger.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 11:10 AM (Zz0t1)

46 I'm not dead yet!

Posted by: Alcoholic rat's liver at December 19, 2025 11:11 AM (2Ez/1)

47 So much for Fascism, companies following the government agenda instead of the shareholders

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 11:08 AM (iJa5t)
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In almost everyway the Democratic party is soo much better at fascism than the "right".

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 11:11 AM (krQz2)

48 A gasoline powered generator alongside an electric powertrain. Hey Joey, they're making a new choo-choo!

Posted by: Roy at December 19, 2025 11:11 AM (BZF07)

49 The Maverick was recently named Motor Trend's "Truck of the Year."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)

50 Fortunately, The Paolo never suffers from, how you say, "range anxiety".

Posted by: Paolo at December 19, 2025 11:11 AM (0sNs1)

51 The heavier you make a vehicle, the more power it takes to push it forward. The more power you need on an EV the more the vehicle weighs.
Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 11:09 AM (krQz2)
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The Rocket Problem.

Posted by: ballistic at December 19, 2025 11:11 AM (3BwY8)

52 Yes. It's the least bad of the seed oils, but it's still a seed oil.
Posted by: XTC

So, the only good oils that I know of are olive oil and avocado oil. Any others?

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 11:11 AM (77rzZ)

53 and the company is now about to realize another $19 billion loss in unwinding the EV mess.
____

That's about as much as the current known Minnesomalia fraud loss amounts. Huge.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 11:11 AM (Dv3i1)

54 A gasoline powered generator alongside an electric powertrain. Hey Joey, they're making a new choo-choo!
Posted by: Roy at December 19, 2025 11:11 AM (BZF07)

You're welcome.

Posted by: Top Gear at December 19, 2025 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)

55 If I am asked to provide my race, is there any penalty if I lie about it? Why don't we all just self-identify as Pacific Islanders?

Posted by: Oglebay at December 19, 2025 11:11 AM (GPa4z)

56 Islamic State Says Bondi Killings Are a “Source of Pride,” But Doesn't Claim Responsibility

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Not that they're evil or anything.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 11:11 AM (L/fGl)

57
They can make & sell MINIs but they can't make small pickups? Come on.

btw, I think Piper drives a MINI.

So needle her about it tonight.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 11:11 AM (BTBWt)

58 34 I have an older Ford diesel pickup and will keep it as long as it runs decently as it is pre-DEF. Maybe if Lee Zeldin can undo some of the EPA crap like DEF and stupid high mileage mandates then a non UAW controlled company would make a bigger pickup, then I would maybe buy one of those down the road. But for now I'm hoping I (mechanics I trust) can keep the 2003 one ton working. New vehicles have too much foo-fraw crap on them and cost too much.
Posted by: PaleRider

CAFE penalties are set at zero right now but Zeldin (and Trump) has his hands tied on some of it due to congressional statute and refusal of the GOP Senate to get rid of the filibuster or limit it severely.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 11:11 AM (WDjG6)

59 Pecan oil and leaf lard

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 11:12 AM (sDNVV)

60 There's a $10k Toyota truck available elsewhere that would sell amazingly well here in a world of $90k F-250s. Only regulation is keeping it from happening.

Until it does, I'll keep looking for rust-free F-100s between 1967 and 1972 to keep running.

Posted by: red speck at December 19, 2025 11:12 AM (Ve/HL)

61 In almost everyway the Democratic party is soo much better at fascism than the "right".
Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 11:11 AM

You know who else was good at fascism?

Posted by: That Guy who always asks "You know who else" at December 19, 2025 11:12 AM (0sNs1)

62 So, the only good oils that I know of are olive oil and avocado oil. Any others?
Posted by: Bulg
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Animal fats.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 11:12 AM (WDjG6)

63 Today's Ford Maverick is a four door Ranchero.

Posted by: Change my mind at December 19, 2025 11:12 AM (2Ez/1)

64 Yes. It's the least bad of the seed oils, but it's still a seed oil.
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Its a legume.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2025 11:12 AM (Wg6v7)

65 So, the only good oils that I know of are olive oil and avocado oil. Any others?
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 11:11 AM (77rzZ)

Beef tallow

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2025 11:12 AM (VE6XX)

66 4D Tech Auto Start Stop Eliminator - Easy-Install Auto Start/Stop Eliminator Made for 2021-2025 Ford F150

Other things ford consumers don't want? That damned auto start stop button.
My 2021 F150 came with it.
My sister's 2024 F250 didn't come with that button. Ford finally listened to the customer.

The 4D Tech auto start/stop eliminator is engineered to safely and reliably memorize your preference, and turn off this functionality on each start, automatically.

https://tinyurl.com/2cuu4kzv

Couldn't have been easier to install & I couldn't be happier.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 11:13 AM (dAOkg)

67 ========
Our ruling looting class is in a hurry to get generational wealth before it all collapses. So the grifting is in hyperdrive in all fields before the lights go out.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 11:08 AM (WDjG6)

I just can't grok this. 'generational wealth' isn't going to mean much if everything collapses and the local strong man who arises in their area just seizes what they have instead of being bribable. But the ruling class as a group are quite stupid.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 19, 2025 11:13 AM (hhkIi)

68 Animal fats.
Posted by: whig

Well, yeah. But I was thinking of plant oils.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 11:13 AM (77rzZ)

69 Beef tallow
Butter and/or Ghee

Posted by: ballistic at December 19, 2025 11:13 AM (3BwY8)

70 I'm sitting right here.

Posted by: Toyota Hilux at December 19, 2025 11:13 AM (2Ez/1)

71 > Car companies aren't legally allowed to build trucks the size of the old Ranger or S-10 anymore.
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My son-in-law has a 80's vintage S-10. Minimal. 5-speed with a 4 banger. I have a 2016 Colorado. It's what the S-10 "evolved" into. It's roughly 1/2 again as big as his truck. The current Colorados are (again) almost 1/2 larger than mine.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 11:13 AM (NwnyJ)

72 I use olive oil, avocado oil, and butter almost exclusively now.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 11:10 AM (Riz8t)

Me too. Makes food taste so much better. A also use grape seed oil sometimes.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at December 19, 2025 11:14 AM (PSEDc)

73 They've been telling us fat is bad for generations.
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You don't trust the Experts(TM)?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 11:14 AM (Dv3i1)

74 62 So, the only good oils that I know of are olive oil and avocado oil. Any others?
Posted by: Bulg
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Animal fats.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 11:12 AM (WDjG6)

Tallow and Lard. They're even going to play halftime at the Super Bowl instead of that rabbit dude.

Posted by: Roy at December 19, 2025 11:14 AM (BZF07)

75 -------
Car companies aren't legally allowed to build trucks the size of the old Ranger or S-10 anymore. Safety standards and all the ancillary BS they're required to tack onto a truck makes the F-150 size about the smallest a real truck can be.
Posted by: ballistic at December 19, 2025 11:09 AM (3BwY

The Maverick, which isn't as small as my 96 Ranger, is NOT the size of an F-150.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 11:14 AM (Zz0t1)

76 55 If I am asked to provide my race, is there any penalty if I lie about it? Why don't we all just self-identify as Pacific Islanders?
Posted by: Oglebay at December 19, 2025 11:11 AM (GPa4z)

Are you fat enough to pass for Samoan?

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 11:14 AM (UnA8+)

77 So, how much has Gubmint Motors wasted on EV?

Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 11:14 AM (W7XSX)

78 Farley toured some Chinese EV plants and declared that there was zero chance Ford could compete with them, now or ever. That may have also had some impact on Ford's new direction.

Posted by: Oglebay at December 19, 2025 11:14 AM (GPa4z)

79 Our ruling looting class is in a hurry to get generational wealth before it all collapses. So the grifting is in hyperdrive in all fields before the lights go out.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 11:08 AM (WDjG6)

I just can't grok this. 'generational wealth' isn't going to mean much if everything collapses and the local strong man who arises in their area just seizes what they have instead of being bribable. But the ruling class as a group are quite stupid.
Posted by: PaleRider at December 19, 2025 11:13 AM

The laws of gravity and thermodynamics don't apply to us, duh!

Posted by: Your Ruling Class at December 19, 2025 11:15 AM (0sNs1)

80 The Ford family has also sucked at owning and managing an NFL franchise since they bought it, although Sheila Ford Hamp has done a somewhat decent job since she took over.

Posted by: one hour sober at December 19, 2025 11:15 AM (Y1sOo)

81
Just barley made it.
Posted by: BifBewalski

What a rye comment.
Posted by: Bulg

Really didn't want to be squeezin the corn-y puns, i'll accept the accidental typo though.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 19, 2025 11:15 AM (QVmho)

82 People said we want the Ranger back. Ford said okay, here's "a" new "Ranger," but it's the size of a 1986 F-150.

Then people said no no no, we want a *small* pickup truck like the old Ranger. Ford said okay, and built the "Maverick," a 4-door Ford Escape with a very short pickup bed.
Posted by: Soothsayer

Also known as, the Ford Courier.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 11:15 AM (dAOkg)

83 16
‘ Just barley made it.
Posted by: BifBewalski

What a rye comment’

There’s a grain of truth here.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 19, 2025 11:15 AM (jbnUc)

84 "...and the company is now about to realize another $19 billion loss in unwinding the EV mess."
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It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at December 19, 2025 11:15 AM (2Ez/1)

85 Are you fat enough to pass for Samoan?
Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 11:14 AM

What are we, chopped liver?

Posted by: Tongans at December 19, 2025 11:16 AM (0sNs1)

86 Some back-of-the-envelope math shows me that Ford will have lost almost $100,000 for every EV it has ever sold.

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Who knew MBA stood for Must Bankrupt Assets?

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 11:16 AM (NNq22)

87 So Farley was "just following orders"? Sounds like a typical, miniature, worm-like personality that seems to make up much of America now.

In 1940, the CEO of GM (then the biggest most important company in the world) got a phone call out of the blue from the president of the US. He asked the CEO to leave his top job on the planet (umm, no disastrous boondoggles on his resume) and begin organizing US industry for war production.

The guy (an immigrant who had worked as a stevedore, and been a boxer) said yes, right then. No "let me get back to you", no week of reflection, no PowerPoint presentation. Just - yeah, I'll do it.

Compare this story to the lurid idiocy of the Farley case (and many many others).

Sad!

Posted by: rhomboid at December 19, 2025 11:16 AM (U/Byj)

88 75 -------
Car companies aren't legally allowed to build trucks the size of the old Ranger or S-10 anymore. Safety standards and all the ancillary BS they're required to tack onto a truck makes the F-150 size about the smallest a real truck can be.
Posted by: ballistic at December 19, 2025 11:09 AM (3BwY

The Maverick, which isn't as small as my 96 Ranger, is NOT the size of an F-150.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 11:14 AM (Zz0t1)

I drive a 23 Tacoma. Best truck I’ve ever owned. Not a big truck but really suitable for my needs. V6.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 11:16 AM (pDt9x)

89 I find MINIs tough to drive around in. Short wheelbase, low-profile tires, you feel every bump. Studebaker built buckboards back in the 1800s that rode better.

Posted by: Need A Cushion at December 19, 2025 11:17 AM (oftw2)

90 File under "No Shit."

Study Suggests TikTok and Instagram Reels May Harm Cognitive and Mental Health

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 11:17 AM (L/fGl)

91 Seed oils are worse than cigarettes. Seed oils are worse than alcohol. Get them out of our food.
Posted by: Axeman

How about peanut oil? Is that a seed oil?
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 11:08 AM (77rzZ)
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It really depends on the extraction process. If they have to super-heat it, put it through a chemical process, bleach it, or something along those lines, then it's bad.

You can get "expeller-pressed sunflower oil" which my understanding is that it is not nearly as bad as the chemically-extracted stuff.

For plant-based oils, it's best to stick with olive, avocado (although there are no quality constraints on avocado oil) and coconut.

The problem with saturated--natural--fats, is that they have a low smoke-point. I think, Gee has the highest smoke point of animal fats.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 11:17 AM (krQz2)

92 "pickup that will have a gasoline-powered generator alongside an electric drivetrain"

I'm actually intrigued by this. Though a diesel engine would be better paired with the generator - but we all know how the left feels about diesel.

With a properly sized generator/engine, there is enormous torque available via electric motors. So this might work.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 19, 2025 11:17 AM (N39Ws)

93 *There’s a grain of truth here.*

Ahem.

Posted by: A kernel of truth at December 19, 2025 11:17 AM (2Ez/1)

94 The only problem with butter is its low smoke point.

Otherwise, it's generally my preferred cooking fat.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 11:18 AM (UnA8+)

95 Simply selecting Orange, AWD and tow package on the base trim of the Maverick put's the vehicle just at 35k.

You can get a base Ranger with real 4x4 and the tow package for 2500 more.

Sadly the Ranger is not offered in Orange, the blue is nice though.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2025 11:18 AM (XV/Pl)

96 Back when the entire EV craze began to be pushed, it was well known that battery tech wasn't nearly where it needed to be for them to work, but that was ok because the demand would spur new technology and it would all work out just great.
None of the proponents paused to see the magical thinking inherent in that assumption; that something new and magical will show up just because you want it to.

So lithium batteries showed up and all the cheerleaders and promoters jumped up and down and said "yes! This is all that we needed, it's all good now!" Except that they weren't that much better, and they had a host of new problems that came with them, but no one committed to the new system could afford to say the truth. So they all, for various reasons, committed to trying to ram a Big Lie down the publics throat.

and now it's all falling apart. Because all lies do, eventually.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 11:18 AM (uWKK8)

97 The problem with the strategy on electric trucks is that it misunderstands the truck user.

The type of fellow that is forming out $70-90k on a truck needs it for the trucks abilities, hauling and towing and such. And EVs just underperform at those tasks, they aren't practical as an industrial work truck.

The people that would buy electric trucks for which the truck's abilities are suitable are rural folks that need a truck bed for hauling feed, taking trash to the dump, getting a load of mulch, throw the weedeater in, etc.

But those folks won't fork out $75k for a farm truck. They'll just buy an old gas truck for $5k somewhere.

The power tool and garden tool industry have really done a very good job of assessing the market for battery powered tools, hence the success in those markets. But EV makers have just been stuck in some kind of ideological mindset rather than a pragmatic one.

Tesla's success in the car market has been that, relative to competition, it's not egregiously overpriced for a midsize sedan.

Posted by: Rural Fellow at December 19, 2025 11:18 AM (UZlJN)

98 The problem with saturated--natural--fats, is that they have a low smoke-point. I think, Gee has the highest smoke point of animal fats.
Posted by: Axeman

My wife told me that avocado oil has a high smoke point.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 11:18 AM (77rzZ)

99
Fucking Idiots

I think it's really dumb to jump out of planes for "fun." But these people are the dumbest and deserve to plummet to their ends. Of fucking course you're going to hit the plane when you jump you jackasses:

https://is.gd/ThKUo8

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 11:18 AM (BTBWt)

100 For plant-based oils, it's best to stick with olive, avocado (although there are no quality constraints on avocado oil) and coconut.

I'm so old I remember when the food Nazis told us all to avoid movie theater popcorn because it was made with coconut oil.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 11:18 AM (Riz8t)

101 94 The only problem with butter is its low smoke point.

Otherwise, it's generally my preferred cooking fat.
Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 11:18 AM (UnA8+)

Make ghee and use that.

Posted by: Roy at December 19, 2025 11:18 AM (BZF07)

102 Well, yeah. But I was thinking of plant oils.
Posted by: Bulg
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We know appallingly little of how fats are actually used by bodies and old traditional sources of fat before all the massive processing are probably the healthier ones.

Basically government and industry have teamed up with Big Med in an unwholy fashion to produce such specious nonsense as the Food Pyramid, whitewashing sugar, vilifying eggs becuz cholesterol is bad, and so on.

Now our natural experiment on industrializing food products by processing is showing massive increases in obesity, diabetes, and ancillary heart, immune system, and cancer damages.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 11:18 AM (WDjG6)

103 Shame a bit, I am on my 3rd bought new F-150, probably my last one because hopefully this will last as long as I need one.

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 11:19 AM (iJa5t)

104 Some back-of-the-envelope math shows me that Ford will have lost almost $100,000 for every EV it has ever sold.

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Worst part is they won't make it up in volume.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 11:19 AM (L/fGl)

105 My wife told me that avocado oil has a high smoke point.

She is correct.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 11:19 AM (Riz8t)

106 Cooking oils. Crisco is good. It used to be the Devil’s fat, according to TPTB.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 11:19 AM (pDt9x)

107 Now built a pickup with a five speed manual transmission, and without seven grand worth of sensors on it.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 11:20 AM (0U5gm)

108 Every time I see one a them EV trucks or SUVs I wonder if the owners ever think about getting spare parts for them in the future. I pulled back years ago on going after older guns I like mostly for that reason. But maybe I've got it wrong, and there will be parts.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 19, 2025 11:20 AM (U/Byj)

109 Don't worry, he'll get an eight-figure golden parachute.

Posted by: Fuck up, move up, get filthy rich at December 19, 2025 11:20 AM (TbWk/)

110 Posted by: Rural Fellow
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Good points.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 11:21 AM (WDjG6)

111 Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 11:18 AM

Airborne, Airborne, have you heard?
We're gonna jump from a big@ssed bird!

Posted by: Jump School trainees at December 19, 2025 11:21 AM (0sNs1)

112
These battery storage centers use lithium iin batteries. There are other batteries under development for this purpise, but lithium iin is the default.

Battery storage centers are periodically shut down by battery fires. They catch fire like electric cars do, and the fires are almost impossible to extinguish.

A mad rush to do something stupid.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 19, 2025 11:21 AM (azNOR)

113 Technically, there was no EV craze, only governments and companies pushing crap the public never asked for. didn't want and didn't buy.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2025 11:21 AM (XV/Pl)

114 Smoke points of various oils

https://tinyurl.com/mpb75f5w

Oil/Fat Quality Temp
Avocado oil Refined 520 °F
Safflower oil Refined 510 °F
Sunflower oil Neutralized, dewaxed, bleached & deodorized 486–489 °F
Avocado oil Unrefined 482 °F
Butter/Ghee Clarified 482 °F
Beef tallow 480 °F
Mustard oil 480 °F
Pecan oil 470 °F
Palm oil Fractionated 455 °F
Soybean oil 453 °F
Peanut oil Refined 450 °F
Rice bran oil Refined 450 °F
Sesame oil Semirefined 450 °F
Sunflower oil Semirefined 450 °F
Sunflower oil, high oleic Refined 450 °F
Corn oil 446–460 °F
Peanut oil 441–445 °F

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 11:22 AM (dAOkg)

115 Tesla is win the battery storage business with the power wall. I drive my wife crazy, but I would love to be completely off grid and solar panels with an array of powerwalls seems like a viable, if somewhat uneconomical, path.

Posted by: Oglebay at December 19, 2025 11:22 AM (GPa4z)

116 55 If I am asked to provide my race, is there any penalty if I lie about it? Why don't we all just self-identify as Pacific Islanders?
Posted by: Oglebay at December 19, 2025 11:11 AM (GPa4z)

You're an American Indian, just tell them about your great grandmothers historical prairie crab recipe.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 11:22 AM (uWKK8)

117 My neighbor across the cul-de-sac parks his Cybertruck in the cds, which we are not supposed to do. It is not the flex he seems to think it is.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 11:22 AM (Riz8t)

118 It's good to have ghee around for higher temp butter cookin'. And as noted avocado oil for the oil option.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 19, 2025 11:22 AM (U/Byj)

119 So, the only good oils that I know of are olive oil and avocado oil. Any others?
Posted by: Bulg

Coconut oil. Makes popcorn great again.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 11:23 AM (0U5gm)

120 The cybertruck is a really heavy, really expensive, really fast El Camino.

Posted by: And butt ugly at December 19, 2025 11:23 AM (2Ez/1)

121 Now built a pickup with a five speed manual transmission, and without seven grand worth of sensors on it.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 11:20 AM (0U5gm)

Mine is six-speed manual, 2013 Nissan Frontier. About as bare-bones as you can get these days. Hand-crank windows, no electric locks. Suits me very well.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at December 19, 2025 11:23 AM (PSEDc)

122
You're an American Indian, just tell them about your great grandmothers historical prairie crab recipe.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 11:22 AM

"Of COURSE I'm native American. Why, I've got my copy of Pow-Wow Chow right here!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 11:23 AM (Zz0t1)

123 Ford Motor Company has announced that it is de-transitioning from the “EV Transition.”

They finally discovered that cutting your cock and balls off and fucking yourself in the suppurating crotch hole 3-4 times a week just wasn't a recipe for long term happiness or success.

Posted by: Crazy isn't it at December 19, 2025 11:23 AM (TbWk/)

124 Every time I see one a them EV trucks or SUVs I wonder if the owners ever think about getting spare parts for them in the future. I pulled back years ago on going after older guns I like mostly for that reason. But maybe I've got it wrong, and there will be parts.
Posted by: rhomboid

Brownell's or Numrich Arms.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 11:23 AM (dAOkg)

125 The heavier you make a vehicle, the more power it takes to push it forward. The more power you need on an EV the more the vehicle weighs.
Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 11:09 AM (krQz2)
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The Rocket Problem.
Posted by: ballistic at December 19, 2025 11:11 AM (3BwY

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And also, you have to think that a car is expected to carry the weight of itself + passengers + some luggage. A truck is expected to carry significant extra weight. It's gonna tow things, it's going to haul large things in the bed.

The more weight it can tow or haul--weight that does not at all contribute to the power of the vehicle--like battery does--the more you can hype your truck's power. So, again, you need to add more weight to your vehicle in order to give it a chance to tow something significant.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 11:24 AM (krQz2)

126 Bring back Checker cabs!

Posted by: Taxi Squad at December 19, 2025 11:24 AM (oftw2)

127 I pulled back years ago on going after older guns I like mostly for that reason. But maybe I've got it wrong, and there will be parts.
Posted by: rhomboid
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Older guns are more easily fixed because a really good gunsmith can even fabricate or engineer most of them if needed.

Modern cars are a complex mix of computer, sensors, electrical system, and mechanical parts nowadays.

And like the farm machinery industry, due to slowing unit sales, the automakers are relying on proprietary codes, making frequent changes to prevent used parts from being used successfully, and other means to ensure that their dealers and company have a steady income stream from repairs and parts instead of selling vehicles.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 11:25 AM (WDjG6)

128
114 - Where does bacon fat fall?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 19, 2025 11:25 AM (XvL8K)

129 Of fucking course you're going to hit the plane when you jump you jackasses:

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A Nazi plane I hadn't previously heard of. The propeller is immediately behind the cockpit so if you bail out, you get sliced and diced.

https://is.gd/8gN2AF

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 11:25 AM (L/fGl)

130 123 Ford Motor Company has announced that it is de-transitioning from the “EV Transition.”

They finally discovered that cutting your cock and balls off and fucking yourself in the suppurating crotch hole 3-4 times a week just wasn't a recipe for long term happiness or success.
Posted by: Crazy

There's a reason I still have my twig and berries.

Posted by: Dylan Mulvaney at December 19, 2025 11:25 AM (JCZqz)

131 Wonderful article, Buck, but throwing in an EV conflagration would have been the Maraschino cherry on top of the sundae.

Posted by: Tom Carvel, Creator of Cookie-Puss

Ford itself doesn't qualify?

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 19, 2025 11:25 AM (OUMaO)

132 Just barley made it.
Posted by: BifBewalski

What a rye comment.
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 11:05 AM (77rzZ)

The puns are chaffing us.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 11:26 AM (2WIwB)

133 I am whiter than (Johnny Winter x Edgar Winter)^2 but I am not trying to pass for something else - I just want to tell the person asking the question to GFY by choosing an obvious falsehood.

Posted by: Oglebay at December 19, 2025 11:26 AM (GPa4z)

134 >>Cooking oils. Crisco is good. It used to be the Devil’s fat, according to TPTB.

My wife is a firm believer that Crisco is evil. Doing most of the cooking, I can sneak it into things. Just can't do it to often.

Posted by: Nazdar at December 19, 2025 11:26 AM (NcvvS)

135 This post from DU may weave two of the subjects of this Thread together:

"This Country Is Going To Hell

I mean c'mon man, Campbell's chicken noodle soup using 3D printed chickens?

How in the hell are we going to get rid of a cold now?

My grandma made the best chicken noodle soup.

She used a fatty chicken, made her own noodles, it's all I wanted to eat when we visited for holidays."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 19, 2025 11:27 AM (0sNs1)

136 Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 11:22 AM (dAOkg)
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There's another thing that temperature list represents.

How hard it is for humans to break those substances down as well. For example, we can't digest corn at all.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 11:27 AM (krQz2)

137 The power tool and garden tool industry have really done a very good job of assessing the market for battery powered tools, hence the success in those markets. But EV makers have just been stuck in some kind of ideological mindset rather than a pragmatic one."

A big thing that makes them work (I have some, like most of us now) is that it's relatively cheap to have a 2nd battery that you keep in the charger, and when the first runs out you just pop the 2nd one in, no time wasted at all.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 11:27 AM (uWKK8)

138 Where does bacon fat fall?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

LARD 374 °F

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 11:27 AM (dAOkg)

139
How hard it is for humans to break those substances down as well. For example, we can't digest corn at all.
Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 11:27 AM (krQz2)

But I can digest moonshine just fine.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 11:28 AM (Zz0t1)

140 Hey, Sponge, how was your birthday?

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 11:28 AM (77rzZ)

141 Remember the good old days when, for Ford, "Quality is Job 1."?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 19, 2025 11:28 AM (0sNs1)

142 Ford Motor Company has announced that it is de-transitioning from the “EV Transition.”

If only the cliff they drove off had been higher. They'd still be in the air.

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2025 11:28 AM (kACBq)

143
A big thing that makes them work (I have some, like most of us now) is that it's relatively cheap to have a 2nd battery that you keep in the charger, and when the first runs out you just pop the 2nd one in, no time wasted at all.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 11:27 AM

My plug-in saws-all never stops.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 11:28 AM (Zz0t1)

144 Ford getting involved in battery storage systems makes as much sense as when Exxon decided to manufacture and sell office machinery.

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TBF, Exxon did eventually fire the DEI Marketing Director MBA who floated the idea of a Valdez line of Chemical Fasteners.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 11:29 AM (NNq22)

145 The first hint should have been when these things were piling up on dealer lots and dealers were refusing to buy anymore. Ford had to step in and make them buy them even though they weren't selling. Interest payments on those unsold trucks were eating up any profits the dealers made from selling ICE vehicles.

Some dealers opted out of selling any EV's because of that.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 19, 2025 11:29 AM (0N4FZ)

146 99
I think it's really dumb to jump out of planes for "fun." But these people are the dumbest and deserve to plummet to their ends.

In spite of his best efforts the jumper in the video survived.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 19, 2025 11:29 AM (jbnUc)

147 I remember when all these car companies were extorted to start EV lines.

Can we say that "Real free markets hasn't really been tried (in a long while)?"

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 11:29 AM (krQz2)

148 Remember the good old days when, for Ford, "Quality is Job 1."?

I remember that slogan. I also remember saying "what a load of horses***!".

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 11:29 AM (Riz8t)

149 112
These battery storage centers use lithium iin batteries. There are other batteries under development for this purpise, but lithium iin is the default.

Battery storage centers are periodically shut down by battery fires. They catch fire like electric cars do, and the fires are almost impossible to extinguish.

A mad rush to do something stupid.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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Sodium ion batteries have just rollled out in the market. Musk is trying to decide between sodium ion and aluminum ion batteries for a cheaper EV. You trade off a bit of energy density by the best lithium ion types which means more weight for a given storage requirement but in return you get greater longevity, much less problems with runaway fires so faster charging, and much cheaper materials as in mebbe 10-20 percent of lithium ion at scale.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 11:29 AM (WDjG6)

150 There is a ton of bad information out there with seed oils, most of this is association, not causation. Seed oils that are cold pressed are fine, but will have a low smoke point and the taste is going to be heavy. Processed seed oils strip some nutrients but increase the smoke point and decrease the taste, which is important in baking or stir frying. Seed oils have Omega-6 in them, and there is a balance between Omega -6 and 3s we need to maintain. However, unless you are drinking the oil, which I do not recommend, using it to cook with in moderation is not going to harm you. There is a lot of seed oils in ultra processed foods - it’s the ultra processed food that is of concern in total. Avoid these.

Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 11:29 AM (p4NUW)

151 Hey, Sponge, how was your birthday?
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 11:28 AM (77rzZ)

'Twas good. Drank too much, tho, so was useless yesterday.

Good times were had by all, nonetheless.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 11:29 AM (Zz0t1)

152 My wife is a firm believer that Crisco is evil. Doing most of the cooking, I can sneak it into things. Just can't do it to often.
Posted by: Nazdar

Crisco - Estrogen oil, aka, soybean oil.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 11:29 AM (dAOkg)

153 Basically government and industry have teamed up with Big Med in an unwholy fashion to produce such specious nonsense as the Food Pyramid, whitewashing sugar, vilifying eggs becuz cholesterol is bad, and so on.

Now our natural experiment on industrializing food products by processing is showing massive increases in obesity, diabetes, and ancillary heart, immune system, and cancer damages.

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If your ancestors have been eating it for generations, its probably good.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 19, 2025 11:30 AM (sX1BW)

154 She'll solve all our economic /tech problems!

Caroline Ellison, Sam Bankman-Fried’s Partner in FTX Crime, Released Early From Prison

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 11:30 AM (L/fGl)

155 I use bacon grease and pecan oilfir fried chicken
C

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 11:31 AM (sDNVV)

156 The type of fellow that is forming out $70-90k on a truck needs it for the trucks abilities, hauling and towing and such.

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Someone who needs that is getting the bare bones version because it will be beaten up. The $90k truck is spending its life in a suburban driveway commuting to work, and will probably never tow or haul anything.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 11:31 AM (udlma)

157 >>The puns are chaffing us.

Just a gluten for punishment.

Posted by: Nazdar at December 19, 2025 11:31 AM (NcvvS)

158 Where does bacon fat fall?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 19, 2025 11:25 AM (XvL8K)
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Into my collection jar.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 11:31 AM (krQz2)

159 Thanks rickb223, I am no stranger to Numrich, mostly for parts for the big and little M1s. Of course there is a yuuuge number of parts for those rifles still in existence and some new ones being made.

And whig I am aware of several of the guys who specialize in fixing Colts and older stuff, just don't want the hassle. Everything I get is for shooting, not collecting. Kind of academic, haven't bought anything for a while, don't shoot what I have nearly enough.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 19, 2025 11:31 AM (U/Byj)

160 There is a lot of seed oils in ultra processed foods - it’s the ultra processed food that is of concern in total. Avoid these.

I will only eat all-natural, organic Cheetohs.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 11:31 AM (Riz8t)

161 If your ancestors have been eating it for generations, its probably good.
Posted by: SH
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Most likely.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 11:31 AM (WDjG6)

162 141 Remember the good old days when, for Ford, "Quality is Job 1."?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Mustang II, Boredom- Zero!

Posted by: Penguin and Manatee Alliance at December 19, 2025 11:32 AM (oftw2)

163 Remember the good old days when, for Ford, "Quality is Job 1."?

I remember that slogan. I also remember saying "what a load of horses***!".
Posted by: Archimedes

🎵 Look for the union label 🎶

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 11:32 AM (dAOkg)

164 Neither soy foods or isoflavones have an impact on testosterone in men, regardless of age. Go eat that edamame and enjoy it!

Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 11:32 AM (p4NUW)

165 Farley did not do this on his own and the reason he still has a job after lighting all this money on fire is because Bill Ford, idiot progeny, was behind it all.

Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at December 19, 2025 11:32 AM (zdYK9)

166 I use "Mild Taste" olive oil. It's for sauteeing and roasting.

Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 11:34 AM (W7XSX)

167 I am genuinely surprised Ford didn't continue their EV folly into bankruptcy.

I guess impecunity is the only thing worse than not genuflecting to the climate gods among the worthless Davos parasites.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 11:34 AM (1Nv0l)

168
it's 58 and raining sideways

If this was snow....

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 11:34 AM (BTBWt)

169 160 There is a lot of seed oils in ultra processed foods - it’s the ultra processed food that is of concern in total. Avoid these.

I will only eat all-natural, organic Cheetohs.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025

Oh my gosh, I know you are going to laugh at this, but I buy Hippeas cheese puffs. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 11:34 AM (p4NUW)

170 Mustang II, Boredom- Zero!
Posted by: Penguin and Manatee Alliance at December 19, 2025 11:32 AM (oftw2)

there is a really bad Rifftrax movie out there, Alien Outlaw. The chick drove a Mustang II, but the" II" had been pried off the car. As an aside, the chick was smokin' hawt.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at December 19, 2025 11:35 AM (PSEDc)

171 "To put the magnitude of Ford’s $32 billion EV loss into context, Ford’s total profit over the past seven years was about $31 billion. Some back-of-the-envelope math shows me that Ford will have lost almost $100,000 for every EV it has ever sold"

Stellantis has kicked the Jeep Gladiator EV to the curb for the same reason, they were losing tons of money on each sale.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 19, 2025 11:35 AM (0N4FZ)

172 And whig I am aware of several of the guys who specialize in fixing Colts and older stuff, just don't want the hassle. Everything I get is for shooting, not collecting. Kind of academic, haven't bought anything for a while, don't shoot what I have nearly enough.
Posted by: rhomboid

Fair enough. I used to do a lot of the gunsmithing myself as you can actually fit small parts pretty well with nothing more than files and stones.

Colt double action revolvers though before they went to coil spring actions in the 70's are like working on Swiss watches and had a lot of experienced Colt technicians hand fitting at the factory on key parts like the pawl and hand.

OTOH, old Smith and Wessons are pretty easy for anyone with mechanical aptitude to work on.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 11:35 AM (WDjG6)

173 "Instead of plowing billions into the future knowing these large EVs will never make money, we are pivoting."

"Pivoting" seems to be the focus-tested, PR-approved euphemism that all auto makers are using to describe their running from EV dumpster fires like they're being chased by Pepe le Pew.

It's not just Ford using it. Another euphemism is "realignment."

It would be nice if just once one of these slimy bastards would just say "we done fucked the pig, we're sorry, and here's our plan to get back on track ...."

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 11:35 AM (iFTx/)

174 161 If your ancestors have been eating it for generations, its probably good.
Posted by: SH
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Most likely.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 11:31 AM (WDjG6)

Unless you're Somali, and your ancestors have been grinding cow dung into their food since Solomon was King.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 11:35 AM (uWKK8)

175 Lard for pie crusts. Accept no substitutes.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 11:36 AM (pDt9x)

176 My wife tells me that seed oils were originally developed as lubricants for equipment.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 11:36 AM (77rzZ)

177 >>Crisco - Estrogen oil, aka, soybean oil.

Thanks, rickb223. Went to check, and it's soybean oil and a couple of palm oils.

Posted by: Nazdar at December 19, 2025 11:36 AM (NcvvS)

178 164 Neither soy foods or isoflavones have an impact on testosterone in men, regardless of age. Go eat that edamame and enjoy it!
Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 11:32 AM (p4NUW)
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I thought it was things processed from soy, not direct soy products themselves. So edamame is fine and I also read somewhere that real brewed soy sauce is fine too.

Posted by: ballistic at December 19, 2025 11:36 AM (3BwY8)

179 Pro-immigration Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan was convicted of obstructing an official proceeding when she escorted illegal migrant Eduardo Flores Ruiz out of her courtroom, and now faces up to five years in jail.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 19, 2025 11:37 AM (0sNs1)

180 If your ancestors have been eating it for generations, its probably good.
Posted by: SH
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Most likely.
Posted by: whig

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Except they're all dead. Statistics don't lie.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 11:37 AM (1Nv0l)

181 Unless you're Somali, and your ancestors have been grinding cow dung into their food since Solomon was King.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Next time look up the allowable FDA amount for processed food to include rat/mice droppings, bugs, etc. Hell, some people love and pay big bucks for civet cat coffee.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 11:37 AM (WDjG6)

182 Edamame?

Real badasses eat Natto.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 11:37 AM (UnA8+)

183 Bacon fat is one of my main cooking fats. Plan to try lard for pie crusts. Olive oil for most of the rest. Not concerned about seed oils, have one or two, consumption of same is trivial in overall diet. Have some red palm oil (dende) but realize I'm probably the only person who would like anything made with it. Distinctive fairly strong taste. One of the signature aromas of Bahia, with vendors cooking various delights by the beach.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 19, 2025 11:37 AM (U/Byj)

184 155 I use bacon grease and pecan oilfir fried chicken
C
Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 11:31

I bet this is amazing. Clearly not something I am going to suggest eating every day of your life, but I will happily come eat this with you in moderation! I am free tomorrow. 😂

Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 11:38 AM (p4NUW)

185 I hope Dugan's next gig is a room service maid at a Motel 6.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 11:38 AM (sDNVV)

186 Bums are better than cameras!

Unbelievable. “I don’t think a lack of cameras in that building had anything to do with what happened,” Brown University President Christina Paxson said. It took authorities 6 days to find the shooter and police said they literally relied on a homeless man and his Reddit post to help crack this case since there was no clear image of the shooter entering the building.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 11:38 AM (L/fGl)

187 Crisco - Estrogen oil, aka, soybean oil.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 11:29 AM (dAOkg)

They used to make it from cottonseed oil, but soybean oil is a lot cheaper!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...Post-Modernist at December 19, 2025 11:38 AM (n9ltV)

188 Thx Buck. My little leftist city an a surrounding town are considering putting a battery storage facility about a mile and a half from me as the crow flies. Try to point out the dangers, ie Moss Landing , and you get "the technology is much safer". Until the next one goes up.
Oh and the battery manufacturing facility that was supposed to go at the old IBM facility in the same town is done as the Canadian company fell apart. Much grift in the industry

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 11:39 AM (1vqcm)

189 Do not know the pros and cons of tofu, just that I don’t like it. They are rice cakes in myworld.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 11:39 AM (pDt9x)

190 It took authorities 6 days to find the shooter and police said they literally relied on a homeless man and his Reddit post to help crack this case since there was no clear image of the shooter entering the building.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 11:38 AM (L/fGl)

How is a homeless guy posting on Reddit?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 11:39 AM (Zz0t1)

191 Frivolously Out Risking Dollars.

Posted by: FORD at December 19, 2025 11:39 AM (C9oTe)

192 Homeless people post on Reddit? 🤣🤣

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 11:39 AM (udlma)

193 Cooking oils. Crisco is good. It used to be the Devil’s fat, according to TPTB.
Posted by: tubal

It's quite good on door hinges.

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2025 11:39 AM (kACBq)

194 It would be nice if just once one of these slimy bastards would just say "we done fucked the pig, we're sorry, and here's our plan to get back on track ...."
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

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It's all corporate sanitization. Same as they never have problems, it's always "challenges".

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 11:39 AM (1Nv0l)

195 Do the basic ratios/recipes for pie crust vary much when using lard vs. butter? Can look it up I guess.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 19, 2025 11:40 AM (U/Byj)

196 187 Crisco - Estrogen oil, aka, soybean oil.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 11:29 AM (dAOkg)

They used to make it from cottonseed oil, but soybean oil is a lot cheaper!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...Post-Modernist at December 19, 2025 11:38 AM (n9ltV)

I use it occasionally, CBD, and have not transitioned last time I looked.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 11:40 AM (pDt9x)

197 Question: Why isn't Aussie PM attending a single Bondi Beach victim funeral?

Horowitz Answers With Truth: "Because he is a Communist sympathetic to Islamists"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 11:40 AM (ETIdo)

198 190 How is a homeless guy posting on Reddit?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 11:39 AM (Zz0t1)

A lot of homeless people have cell phones, weirdly enough.

Some manage to make enough money e-begging on livestreams to pay for the monthly phone bill, too.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 11:40 AM (UnA8+)

199 Fecklessly Overspending Retarded Dullards

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 11:40 AM (1Nv0l)

200 I guess bums go to the liberrry and can post on Reddit from there.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 11:41 AM (udlma)

201 It's not just Ford using it. Another euphemism is "realignment."

It would be nice if just once one of these slimy bastards would just say "we done fucked the pig, we're sorry, and here's our plan to get back on track ...."
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

You know why--shareholder lawsuits galore. Ford and others ignored clear forseeable consequences from their actions in order to please the Davos crowd, not their customers. Twas always going to end badly when the pain from the stupid Net Zero eco policies exceeded governments being willing to engage in fantasy.

I think this is also why our elites are enamored of China where the CCP simply crams the shit du jour down the peoples' throats. EU is longingly desiring to be that type of government and its member states are well along that road as well.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 11:41 AM (WDjG6)

202 Modern cars are a complex mix of computer, sensors, electrical system, and mechanical parts nowadays.

And like the farm machinery industry, due to slowing unit sales, the automakers are relying on proprietary codes, making frequent changes to prevent used parts from being used successfully, and other means to ensure that their dealers and company have a steady income stream from repairs and parts instead of selling vehicles.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 11:25 AM (WDjG6)

You're implying that automakers using their market power to choke off competitors in the aftermarket is somehow not a good thing and in perfect keeping with free market capitalism? Marxist commie.

Posted by: More tongue in cheek at December 19, 2025 11:41 AM (TbWk/)

203 Re-chargeable snowplows, school bus, postal trucks, etc.

Profoundly stupid ideas. Maybe worth trying - as in, show everyone that they actually work in the cold. As far as I can tell that has never even demonstrated, never mind at scale.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 11:41 AM (IejsB)

204 178 164 Neither soy foods or isoflavones have an impact on testosterone in men, regardless of age. Go eat that edamame and enjoy it!
Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 11:32 AM (p4NUW)
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I thought it was things processed from soy, not direct soy products themselves. So edamame is fine and I also read somewhere that real brewed soy sauce is fine too.
Posted by: ballistic at December

Tofu, soy milk, all of is fine and doesn’t affect testosterone.

Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 11:41 AM (p4NUW)

205 190 How is a homeless guy posting on Reddit?
Posted by: Sponge
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Obama phones still exist like his pernicious anti health care law.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 11:42 AM (WDjG6)

206 How is a homeless guy posting on Reddit?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 11:39 AM (Zz0t1)

Better question - how was a homeless guy regularly sleeping in the basement of one of the Brown U. buildings without a passkey or anything?

Although I can't be very critical of him, he did more work to solve this case than the entire Brown Security team, the Providence Police Force, and the FBI put together.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 11:42 AM (uWKK8)

207 >Tallow and Lard. They're even going to play halftime at the Super Bowl instead of that rabbit dude.
Posted by: Roy at December 19, 2025 11:14 AM (BZF07)

Duck fat FTW!

I use avocado oil if I am searing something on very high heat. Doesn't bring a lot of flavor to the party.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at December 19, 2025 11:42 AM (GTqXr)

208 Piper, Come on ! Pecan oil takes grilled vegetables to a whole new level

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 11:42 AM (sDNVV)

209 How is a homeless guy posting on Reddit?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 11:39 AM (Zz0t1)

I have seen "homeless" in London use credit card swipers when they beg.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2025 11:43 AM (n9ltV)

210 Sydney Sweeney oil can increase testosterone to dangerous levels.

That's why you should only consume it when you're in your bunk.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 11:43 AM (77rzZ)

211 Damn bricklayers!

https://is.gd/ZX5DVK

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 11:43 AM (L/fGl)

212 Chrysler discontinued the Hemi and pissed off the majority of their customer base.

They brought it back after hearing about it for a few months and immediately got preorders for 50,000 units.

The Ford CFO broad comes out a week or so later stating that "People don't care what's under the hood. They care about the technology inside the cabin."

Uh........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 11:43 AM (Zz0t1)

213 My wife tells me that seed oils were originally developed as lubricants for equipment.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 11:36 AM (77rzZ)
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That's my understanding as well.

They were developed to replace petroleum oil as a lubricant. Just were never stable enough.

In WWII they were given a temporary use grant to be used in foods. (Oleo, etc.) because the US was short on butter.

.... Government-style temporary...

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 11:43 AM (krQz2)

214 "Some people are arguing that Ford was just a victim of Obama/Biden era mandates, but Toyota and Honda deftly navigated through those years without committing to an all-EV future in the manner that Ford and General Motors did."

A few companies were smart enough to see the handwriting on the wall and jerked off anti-gas regulators with promises of future EVs that they never really intended to produce:

-- Mazda
-- BMW/Mini (although they did roll out EVs, they were considered laggards)
-- Lamborghini (jerked off regulators with the Lanzador concept that was pretty much vaporware)
-- Toyota and Honda as mentioned above.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 11:44 AM (iFTx/)

215 I do not know much about the good vs evil in the food world. What I do is take information gleaned from the internet, combine it with anecdotal evidence, and garnish it with confirmation bias. Cook it at 350 for a while and serve it up as my truth. Moron, in good standing.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 11:44 AM (pDt9x)

216 From me at The American Spectator: “Banks Are Racially Profiling Mortgage Applicants - The Government Requires It”

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[The root cause of the 2008 Financial Meltdown:]

Although later weaponized by DogEater (Making NINJA Loans Great Again!), this crap started with the Clinton Administration back in 1993, announcing plans to crack down on financial institutions to uncover racial discrimination in mortgage lending

The administration also made changes to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) to make mortgages more accessible to lower- and lower-middle-income families.

Furthermore, they threatened to subject mortgage companies to CRA regulations if they didn't "voluntarily" increase lending to low-income borrowers and minorities, making compliance more attractive to avoid public scrutiny.

HUD Secretary Fredo "The Elder" Cuomo pushed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy $2 trillion in "affordable" mortgages, effectively encouraging lenders to expand credit to minority and low-income borrowers.

Banks that failed to meet CRA obligations risked having their expansion plans blocked, creating strong incentives to increase lending in minority neighborhoods.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 11:44 AM (NNq22)

217 Duck fat FTW!

Posted by: Heavy Meta at December 19, 2025 11:42 AM (GTqXr)

YES!

I love duck, but harvesting a pint or so of duck fat when I roast one is definitely a reason I like duck!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2025 11:44 AM (n9ltV)

218 Room to our dormitory door in Leningrad squeaked like an mfer (pre-Revolutionary building, huge heavy doors). Finally one of us decided to swipe some butter from the stolovaya (cafeteria) and use to grease the hinge. Success.

The butter was actually very good in its intended use. Fresh. There were some merits to the antiquated non-industrialized food systems in the USSR. But variety, fuggetaboutit.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 19, 2025 11:44 AM (U/Byj)

219 What does everyone suppose is going to happen when the Democrats win the presidency and force the manufacturers to go back to building and selling EV's?

You know they'll do it.

They're reverse everything Trump put in place, good or bad because Trump. It's who they are.

Manufacturers around the globe bent the knee to the climate crisis church... they'll do it again.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 11:44 AM (NwnyJ)

220 They all truly believed that the US Government was going to force things to where they had a winning position."

No, they believed they could get part of the trillion plus that was pushing towards EVs... the anticipated volume of cash to be extracted from the future is.... well, remember that one trillion is a thousand billions.... 20 billion is chump change.

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 11:45 AM (XuXeR)

221
Duck fat FTW!

I use avocado oil if I am searing something on very high heat. Doesn't bring a lot of flavor to the party.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at December 19, 2025 11:42 AM (GTqXr)

Wish I could remember who it was that coined "Dick fat" on accident........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 11:45 AM (Zz0t1)

222 Rechargeable school buses is the one thing that makes sense, at least from a technical perspective: Short AM and PM runs with time to recharge in-between and overnight.

Problem is school buses are the cheapest buses around. There's no room in anyone's budget to lard on expensive EV stuff.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 11:45 AM (1Nv0l)

223 I'm going to be gloating for several days over Judge Dugan's conviction. Let's enjoy the lamentations of the Left:

Surely this will make people worried about their immigration status show up to their court dates. /s There needs to be the ability for people to appear via video call for these things. It's outrageous that they have to turn up in person, especially in these circumstances.

Well they got their first jury to support the Nazi court prosecutors. The judges dropped the ball here. As a matter of law her conviction is wrongful, and the judge should have thrown it out well before it go to the jury.

Can't wait for the inevitably successful appeal. Why would they decide no on the lesser charge for concealment but convict on the greater charge that is barely any different?

is this a law board? I just checked the sub name and it appears to be so. a jury heard the facts and applied it to the law and made a decision. Happens every day.

If your jury is full of cult members, you are screwed, and the law doesn't seem to matter.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 19, 2025 11:45 AM (JCZqz)

224 The DM says PDT is out of touch and the price of jewelry is up 8%!

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 11:45 AM (vFG9F)

225 Seed oils are worse than cigarettes. Seed oils are worse than alcohol. Get them out of our food.
Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 11:06 AM (krQz2)

I like some seed oils. Why not just put whatever information out there and let people choose for themselves. Isn't that part of our American freedom too?

And beside, in another year or two there will be a study that shows seed oils are essential for good health.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 19, 2025 11:45 AM (g8Ew8)

226 Although I can't be very critical of him, he did more work to solve this case than the entire Brown Security team, the Providence Police Force, and the FBI put together.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Yes, it is a comment on our over credentialed DEI society where a homeless guy would probably be a better campus police chief than who they have at Brown.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 11:45 AM (WDjG6)

227 So Fulton County just officially admitted it illegally certified 315,000 ballots in the 2020 election, giving Joe Biden the Georgia election.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 11:46 AM (VrPVr)

228
I have seen "homeless" in London use credit card swipers when they beg.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2025 11:43 AM (n9ltV)

Seemingly a must have with everyone abandoning cash nowadays.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 11:46 AM (Zz0t1)

229 192 Homeless people post on Reddit? 🤣🤣

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 11:39 AM (udlma)

Homeless people have nicer cellphones than you or I do.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 19, 2025 11:46 AM (N39Ws)

230 217 Duck fat FTW!

Posted by: Heavy Meta at December 19, 2025 11:42 AM (GTqXr)

YES!

I love duck, but harvesting a pint or so of duck fat when I roast one is definitely a reason I like duck!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2025 11:44 AM (n9ltV)

I buy my ostrich burgers with duck fat mixed in. Outstanding!

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 11:46 AM (pDt9x)

231 Duck fat, OH YEAH!

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 11:46 AM (sDNVV)

232 Rechargeable school buses is the one thing that makes sense, at least from a technical perspective: Short AM and PM runs with time to recharge in-between and overnight.

Problem is school buses are the cheapest buses around. There's no room in anyone's budget to lard on expensive EV stuff.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 11:45 AM (1Nv0l)

IF you can keep them from lighting ablaze and killing your children.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 11:46 AM (Zz0t1)

233 @203 the town of Jackson WY tried electric buses. They could never keep them on a regular schedule because the amount of time needed to charge combined with the increased drain of power caused by the cold winters rendered the buses useless. I believe it they ended the experiment

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 11:47 AM (1vqcm)

234 Junk food related - every Hostess snack ranked by a chef:

Worst: Cupcakes, Snoballs and Zingers
Best: Fruit Pies, Streusel Coffee Cakes and Lemon Drizzle Baby Bundts.

I've never even seen the Baby Bundts, but those Coffee Cakes are pretty damn good.

https://tinyurl.com/jjcc5bfh

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 19, 2025 11:47 AM (XvL8K)

235 213 My wife tells me that seed oils were originally developed as lubricants for equipment.

Posted by: Bulg at December

Prior to this, the development of cottonseed oil was to replace whale fat in oil lamps.

Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 11:47 AM (p4NUW)

236 "Fulton County just officially admitted it illegally certified 315,000 ballots"

Like Fulton County has a mouth. WHO illegally certified 315,000 ballots?

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 11:47 AM (vFG9F)

237
My wife tells me that seed oils were originally developed as lubricants for equipment.
Posted by: Bulg

I was watching an old b/w documentary on the Elgin pocket watch factory. Evidently the oil they used for specific parts during assembly was a simple swipe of the side of the worker's nose the onto the part. No over oiling, and the human based oil seemed to not collect debris and dust as much as a petroleum based oils did.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 19, 2025 11:47 AM (QVmho)

238 Yeah, Crisco is nasty. I thought they might have changed the base, as it is notably nastier than it used to be.

One of the trends that is easy to see if you know to look, “temporary” emergency wartime expedients become longstanding & permanent ersatz replacements. This holds true with everything.

Hydrogenated fats were invented because of blockades, shortages, and rationing. Fats were critical for explosive manufacturing - glycerine or nitroglycerin. Your grocer would pay you a nickel a pound for bacon fat. Gotta kill more Japs, you see. Buy Another Bond!

Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 11:48 AM (IejsB)

239 Jerusalem Post:

When it comes to antisemitism, Wilkinson believes responsibility lies with the courts and police, not politicians. “Thinking about antisemitism in my community is hard when I can’t afford to live in my community,” he says. “That’s why I’ll be voting Labor again this year.”

—

How’s that working out for ya buddy?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 11:48 AM (udlma)

240 Come meet a woman who was terrified when she saw a gun-toting dad help his wife get their baby out of the car 😂

I went to Hobby Lobby to buy a small accent table when a minivan pulled into the spot next to me. A young family stepped out, and as the father tended to their newborn, I noticed a firearm strapped to his waist. I froze with fear — especially in light of the recent shooting in Rhode Island. It made me wonder how we're supposed to tell who is a threat and who is simply going about their lives.

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Who knew what that gun was going to do?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 11:48 AM (L/fGl)

241 At Ars Technica the commenters are experiencing full blown grief and anger over the passing of the electric F-150. It is rather lovely.

https://is.gd/L2qx31

Meanwhile, VDH, notes the passing of three refineries in California and the catastrophic impact this going to have on the state's economy. Of course this is all self-inflicted Communist green madness. The solution? Import gasoline form Asia - you can't make this up. For extra credit this is going to whack Nevada and Arizona too. Plus $8.00 per gallon gas in 2026.

https://youtu.be/SBbXJ5trgKg

Meanwhile the Phillips shutting down their refinery in CA has had a knock on effect in Washington State with the closing of their Ferndale refinery. This should not only create gasoline shortages in Washington State but also in Oregon as it is 100% dependent on Washington State for gasoline.

Communists are gonna do what Communists do. Let them walk.

Posted by: Gauloises and Gitanes at December 19, 2025 11:48 AM (HTCU3)

242 Andrew's General Rule #15:

Don't always believe the hype.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at December 19, 2025 11:48 AM (6qf1m)

243 My wife tells me that seed oils were originally developed as lubricants for equipment."

Smart wife. Yes, Rudolph Diesel used veg oils...

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 11:48 AM (XuXeR)

244 How is a homeless guy posting on Reddit?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Obama Pho

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 11:49 AM (dAOkg)

245 > How is a homeless guy posting on Reddit?

Public libraries are now de facto homeless daycare. Libraries have computers.

Plenty of permanently homeless people have cell phones.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 19, 2025 11:49 AM (Yp6az)

246 EV is still going pretty strong in Europe and UK. In fact, these markets have been invaded and nearly taken over by Chineseium EV cars. The Chinese effectively took over 20% of the market literally overnight, with massive spending and investment. Brands people in the USA probably never heard of. BYD, Chery (Omoda, Jaecoo), Ora, etc.

All of these brands originally partnered with Western car makers (VW, etc) to develop EV cars and tech. The Chinese stole the tech, copied the business models to the letter, and then kicked out their Western partners. Same as it ever was.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 11:49 AM (iFTx/)

247 Ford has a better idea! - 1960s

ORLY???

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2025 11:49 AM (wVcYX)

248 More outstanding police work. Give those guys and gals some medals and a promotion.

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 11:50 AM (vFG9F)

249
I went to Hobby Lobby to buy a small accent table when a minivan pulled into the spot next to me. A young family stepped out, and as the father tended to their newborn, I noticed a firearm strapped to his waist. I froze with fear — especially in light of the recent shooting in Rhode Island. It made me wonder how we're supposed to tell who is a threat and who is simply going about their lives.

Lock yourself in your home. Order everything for delivery.

Never go out in the evil public again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 11:50 AM (Zz0t1)

250 And beside, in another year or two there will be a study that shows seed oils are essential for good health.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 19, 2025 11:45 AM (g8Ew

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Depends on the quality of the study. There are really crappy studies that got us into this whole thing in the first place.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 11:50 AM (krQz2)

251 219 What does everyone suppose is going to happen when the Democrats win the presidency and force the manufacturers to go back to building and selling EV's?

You know they'll do it.

They're reverse everything Trump put in place, good or bad because Trump. It's who they are.

Manufacturers around the globe bent the knee to the climate crisis church... they'll do it again.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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I think we are on the way to a breakup if that happens. But the Democrats are weaker than they appear from polling because a lot of their votes, as seen in Fulton Cty, are non existent bullshit ballots, not actual voters.

If WA, CO, AZ, OR, and CA got rid of mail in ballots as an election method, I guarantee you that Democrats would not be doing nearly as well in elections.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 11:50 AM (WDjG6)

252 249
I went to Hobby Lobby to buy a small accent table when a minivan pulled into the spot next to me. A young family stepped out, and as the father tended to their newborn, I noticed a firearm strapped to his waist. I froze with fear — especially in light of the recent shooting in Rhode Island. It made me wonder how we're supposed to tell who is a threat and who is simply going about their lives.

Lock yourself in your home. Order everything for delivery.

Never go out in the evil public again.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 11:50 AM (Zz0t1)

She froze, with Fear. The Horror!!

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 11:51 AM (pDt9x)

253 The Toyota BZ ev is a joke. It’s like they built it as a joke, middle Finger to EV mandates.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 11:51 AM (udlma)

254 The company is promising at some future date to release an extended range “EREV” pickup that will have a gasoline-powered generator alongside an electric drivetrain. That sounds just as preposterous as the concept behind plug-in hybrids.

Isn't that just a gas version of the diesel electric thing they use in cargo trains?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 11:51 AM (a+4eV)

255 How is a homeless guy posting on Reddit?

Public libraries are now de facto homeless daycare. Libraries have computers.

Plenty of permanently homeless people have cell phones.
Posted by: bonhomme at December 19, 2025 11:49 AM (Yp6az)
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Plenty of homeless have girlfriends. There's an ass for every seat.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 11:51 AM (iFTx/)

256 They all truly believed that the US Government was going to force things to where they had a winning position.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Doesn't matter who's on your board, our votes are worth more.

Posted by: Reality and his good friend Physics at December 19, 2025 11:51 AM (CLARQ)

257 At Ars Technica the commenters are experiencing full blown grief and anger over the passing of the electric F-150. It is rather lovely.

https://is.gd/L2qx31

Meanwhile, VDH, notes the passing of three refineries in California and the catastrophic impact this going to have on the state's economy. Of course this is all self-inflicted Communist green madness. The solution? Import gasoline form Asia - you can't make this up. For extra credit this is going to whack Nevada and Arizona too. Plus $8.00 per gallon gas in 2026.

https://youtu.be/SBbXJ5trgKg

Meanwhile the Phillips shutting down their refinery in CA has had a knock on effect in Washington State with the closing of their Ferndale refinery. This should not only create gasoline shortages in Washington State but also in Oregon as it is 100% dependent on Washington State for gasoline.

Communists are gonna do what Communists do. Let them walk.
Posted by: Gauloises and Gitanes at December 19, 2025 11:48 AM (HTCU3)

Communism done right is like food and fuel.

Not everyine gets it.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2025 11:51 AM (wVcYX)

258
Obama Pho
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 11:49 AM (dAOkg)

When he start opening Vietnamese restaurants?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 11:51 AM (Zz0t1)

259 250 Depends on the quality of the study. There are really crappy studies that got us into this whole thing in the first place.
Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 11:50 AM (krQz2)

"Studies" will have whatever outcome the person funding them wants them to.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 11:51 AM (UnA8+)

260 Then people said no no no, we want a *small* pickup truck like the old Ranger. Ford said okay, and built the "Maverick," a 4-door Ford Escape with a very short pickup bed.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 11:05 AM (BTBWt)

A pickup with a 4' bed might as well be a Tonka truck. You have to have at least 6' to get anything hauled.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 11:52 AM (rbvCR)

261 219 What does everyone suppose is going to happen when the Democrats win the presidency and force the manufacturers to go back to building and selling EV's?

You know they'll do it."

I hope that will be quite a while, because that will be when the country breaks up into 4 or 5 successor states. But with any luck, we've got 40 or 50 years til we get there.

the 2030 census is going to wipe out the Dems on the federal level for a generation, at least.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 11:52 AM (uWKK8)

262 Can someone go do a welfare check on Joe Xiden?

Posted by: Chuck C at December 19, 2025 11:52 AM (D0HYP)

263 I have seen "homeless" in London use credit card swipers when they beg.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2025 11:43 AM (n9ltV)

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Pikers!

Willie Brown proposed that as Mayor of San Fransicko back in the early 2000's IIRC.

He also wanted to hire gang-bangers as "security" for "Muni" (MTA) buses and trains. What could go wrong?

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 11:52 AM (NNq22)

264 Rechargeable school buses is the one thing that makes sense, at least from a technical perspective: Short AM and PM runs with time to recharge in-between and overnight."

Logistics raises a hand... so, how does one recharge 100 busses simultaneously? Or do you pay people to shuffle thru some number at a time? And when the band is going to a football game in another county....

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 11:53 AM (XuXeR)

265 @233 Yeah, I read about that one. But the company fitting out the buses didn't know what they were doing.

It's feasible in-principle. But it's never going to be cheap. It will never pay for itself.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 11:53 AM (1Nv0l)

266 -- Toyota and Honda as mentioned above.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 11:44 AM

Both toyota and honda never jumped on the all EV train. They did double down on the hybrid side of the tracks and are cashing in on that every day.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 19, 2025 11:53 AM (0N4FZ)

267 The Ford CFO broad comes out a week or so later stating that "People don't care what's under the hood. They care about the technology inside the cabin."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 11:43 AM

The Paolo, he smiles.

Posted by: Paolo at December 19, 2025 11:53 AM (0sNs1)

268 255 Plenty of homeless have girlfriends. There's an ass for every seat.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 11:51 AM (iFTx/)

In Commiefornia, the homeless get paid generous monthly stipends.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 11:53 AM (UnA8+)

269 Maybe Ford burning $32 billion will siphon off some of the income The Ford Foundation relies on to show how much they hate us.

Posted by: DanMan at December 19, 2025 11:53 AM (8uzBS)

270 Clearly the worst war-time expedient that has evolved into the biggest economic anchor around the country's neck was exempting "health insurance" coverage from income taxes.

At the time it was relatively minor as everything was different, but was the basis on which the entire superstructure of non-market irrational oligopolistic subsidized cost-shifting "health insurance" finance evolved.

Many noxious wheels turning in this picture but it all started there. Companies were constrained by wage controls, labor was short, so various marginal incentives were pursued to attract bodies.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 19, 2025 11:54 AM (U/Byj)

271 Seemingly a must have with everyone abandoning cash nowadays.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 11:46 AM (Zz0t1)

I never get cash in the UK. Why bother...literally everywhere I have ever frequented uses CCs.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2025 11:54 AM (n9ltV)

272 >YES!

I love duck, but harvesting a pint or so of duck fat when I roast one is definitely a reason I like duck!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2025 11:44 AM (n9ltV)

My chilluns always request duck breasts for Christmas dinner - which means I'll be flush with duck fat for a few weeks. Nothing is as sublime as duck fat fried potatoes.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at December 19, 2025 11:54 AM (GTqXr)

273 have seen "homeless" in London use credit card swipers when they beg.

—

It’s a thing in San Francisco too. Venmo as well.
It’s probably everywhere. The homeless are tech savvy I guess lol.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 11:54 AM (udlma)

274 Depends on the quality of the study. There are really crappy studies that got us into this whole thing in the first place.
Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 11:50 AM (krQz2)

I don't care. Just give me the freedom to choose. Stop with the hysterical mandate bullshit.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 19, 2025 11:54 AM (g8Ew8)

275 Potato driving, the newest European sport.

https://is.gd/0uNbIW

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 11:54 AM (L/fGl)

276 Rechargeable school buses is the one thing that makes sense, at least from a technical perspective: Short AM and PM runs with time to recharge in-between and overnight.

Problem is school buses are the cheapest buses around. There's no room in anyone's budget to lard on expensive EV stuff.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 11:45 AM (1Nv0l)

Plus maintenance is a big issue: School districts that took beaucoup Federal bucks to buy EV buses, with the accompanying fanfare, discover that maintaining them costs money that has to come from somewhere else. As in, from them. The EV buses then get quietly put away.

Posted by: Vendette at December 19, 2025 11:54 AM (pJK38)

277 I have seen "homeless" in London use credit card swipers when they beg.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2025 11:43 AM (n9ltV)

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Pikers!

Willie Brown proposed that as Mayor of San Fransicko back in the early 2000's IIRC.

He also wanted to hire gang-bangers as "security" for "Muni" (MTA) buses and trains. What could go wrong?
Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 11:52 AM (NNq22)

We have insights on that.

Posted by: The Rolling Stones at Altamont at December 19, 2025 11:54 AM (wVcYX)

278

Both toyota and honda never jumped on the all EV train. They did double down on the hybrid side of the tracks and are cashing in on that every day.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 19, 2025 11:53 AM (0N4FZ)

Honda did declare they were going all EV in the 2030's at one point.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 11:54 AM (Zz0t1)

279 I was watching an old b/w documentary on the Elgin pocket watch factory. Evidently the oil they used for specific parts during assembly was a simple swipe of the side of the worker's nose the onto the part. No over oiling, and the human based oil seemed to not collect debris and dust as much as a petroleum based oils did.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 19, 2025 11:47 AM (QVmho)
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Back when my grandfather taught me how to fly fish, he showed me how to rub the ferrule of a two-piece rod on your nose before you put the rod together, and the oil from your nose would keep the pieces from seizing together and also not make an oily mess.

Posted by: ballistic at December 19, 2025 11:54 AM (3BwY8)

280 Canola oxidizes fairly quickly. Smells like paint, or varnish.

It makes me slightly nauseous or ill even when fresh. I have always enjoyed potato chips with a good sammich, but they don’t taste quite] right with Canola.

There’s no telling what you’ll actually get, as it’s “May Contain One Or More Of The Following:” but Canola or Soybean oil is likely as they are the cheapest.

I’m no foodie snob, far from it. But I simply can’t eat that shit any longer, tears my innards up badly.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 11:54 AM (15vO0)

281 250 And beside, in another year or two there will be a study that shows seed oils are essential for good health.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 19, 2025 11:45 AM (g8Ew
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Depends on the quality of the study. There are really crappy studies that got us into this whole thing in the first place.
Posted by: Axeman
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Industry funded studies are part of the problem dating back to the sixties and fats instead of sugar being blamed for bad health. Eggs were blamed by LBJ for cholesterol simply because egg prices were high and LBJ did not want to get blamed.

Next look at the vaxx studies and the serious lack of studies for old drugs like Ivermectin etc. that are out of patent.

Scientists are NOT objective by and large if they want to last in the field. They have to scamble for funding from wherever they can scrounge it and that means playing ball to study what the 'consensus' wants studied or what some Sugar Daddy is willing to pay for.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 11:54 AM (WDjG6)

282 The funniest thing about electric cars is the big insurance companies won't insure ocean transport ships because fires on them caused by electric car batteries can't be extinguished. Burn to the water line and sink

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 11:54 AM (1vqcm)

283 I’m no foodie snob, far from it. But I simply can’t eat that shit any longer, tears my innards up badly.
Posted by: Common Tater
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Agree.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 11:55 AM (WDjG6)

284 I got a ride to work today in my Tesla Model 3. First time I used the self-driving mode. They have 5 settings from Chill to Mad Max. Very nice ride.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at December 19, 2025 11:55 AM (wGerL)

285 I do not know much about the good vs evil in the food world. What I do is take information gleaned from the internet, combine it with anecdotal evidence, and garnish it with confirmation bias. Cook it at 350 for a while and serve it up as my truth. Moron, in good standing.
Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 11:44 AM (pDt9x)

Simple test on what to eat: Would my great-grandmother have recognized this as food?

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 11:55 AM (rbvCR)

286 EV is still going pretty strong in Europe and UK."

Government mandates tend to do such things...

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 11:55 AM (XuXeR)

287 Obama Pho
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 11:49 AM

Please, no!

Posted by: Dogs everywhere at December 19, 2025 11:56 AM (0sNs1)

288 It's feasible in-principle. But it's never going to be cheap. It will never pay for itself.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 11:53 AM (1Nv0l)
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I've heard that you're lucky to get your money back before a battery reaches end of life--which they do. And then you've got all that lithium ion that has to be disposed ... where??

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 11:56 AM (krQz2)

289 264 Rechargeable school buses is the one thing that makes sense, at least from a technical perspective: Short AM and PM runs with time to recharge in-between and overnight."

Logistics raises a hand... so, how does one recharge 100 busses simultaneously? Or do you pay people to shuffle thru some number at a time? And when the band is going to a football game in another county....
Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 11:53 AM (XuXeR)

The funny part is the Rechargeable School Bus business has turned out to be one of the most catastrophic failures of the entire EV craze. School districts are having to scrap them within a year or two of purchase and going back to all diesel or gas buses.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 11:56 AM (uWKK8)

290 Then people said no no no, we want a *small* pickup truck like the old Ranger. Ford said okay, and built the "Maverick," a 4-door Ford Escape with a very short pickup bed.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 11:05 AM (BTBWt)

A pickup with a 4' bed might as well be a Tonka truck. You have to have at least 6' to get anything hauled.
Posted by: Kindltot

*cough cough 8 ft bed cough cough*

Plywood and 2x4's laying flat.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 11:56 AM (dAOkg)

291 250 And beside, in another year or two there will be a study that shows seed oils are essential for good health.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 19, 2025 11:45 AM (g8Ew
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Depends on the quality of the study. There are really crappy studies that got us into this whole thing in the first place.
Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 11

Those studies exist now, and there is some truth to them in terms of cholesterol- but again, the thing to remember here is moderation, it’s fine. You aren’t out there drinking seed oils to get enough linoleic acid to affect inflammation. Use the oil that tastes good for your purpose, whether plant or animal based.

Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 11:56 AM (p4NUW)

292 Canola oil is also a case study in marketing.

Someone was smart enough to realize that it was going to be tough sledding selling RAPESEED oil to housewives, so they made up a new name.

Posted by: ballistic at December 19, 2025 11:56 AM (3BwY8)

293 >Both toyota and honda never jumped on the all EV train. They did double down on the hybrid side of the tracks and are cashing in on that every day.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 19, 2025 11:53 AM (0N4FZ)

Ford is FUBAR. They bet the farm on an electrified pick up. Killed all sedans and just axed their best selling ICE SUV. Best of luck selling overpriced pick-up trucks.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at December 19, 2025 11:57 AM (GTqXr)

294 "Fulton County just officially admitted it illegally certified 315,000 ballots"

Like Fulton County has a mouth. WHO illegally certified 315,000 ballots?
Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 11:47 AM (vFG9F)
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https://tinyurl.com/petwsxkd

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 11:57 AM (L7ZUk)

295 The solution? Import gasoline form Asia - you can't make this up. For extra credit this is going to whack Nevada and Arizona too. Plus $8.00 per gallon gas in 2026.

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Having driven 85,000 miles/year for work over the past 13 years in Arizona, looks like I picked the right year to retire (sometime in 2026).

Ugh.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 11:57 AM (NNq22)

296 echargeable school buses is the one thing that makes sense, at least from a technical perspective: Short AM and PM runs with time to recharge in-between and overnight."

Logistics raises a hand... so, how does one recharge 100 busses simultaneously? Or do you pay people to shuffle thru some number at a time? And when the band is going to a football game in another county....
Posted by: man

The obvious solution to keeping the fleet running is to have 2x times more buses. That allows 1/2 the fleet to recharge while the other 1/2 is being used. QED. EVs are so so dreamy.

Posted by: Gauloises and Gitanes at December 19, 2025 11:57 AM (HTCU3)

297 Lard for pie crusts. Accept no substitutes.
Posted by: tuba

Is fantastic. We've also used bacon grease for the crust, if the filling of the pie would be savory.

It does give a different texture than just butter for your crust, but you can always go half butter and half lard and get the best of both worlds

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 11:57 AM (a+4eV)

298 EV is still going pretty strong in Europe and UK."

Government mandates tend to do such things...
Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 11:55 AM (XuXeR)
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Europe is multi-party fascist.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 11:57 AM (krQz2)

299 By the way, animal fats were used as lubricants in chariots so there is that.

Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 11:57 AM (p4NUW)

300 262
‘ Can someone go do a welfare check on Joe Xiden?’

He probably just read this comment.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 19, 2025 11:57 AM (jbnUc)

301 Rechargeable school buses is the one thing that makes sense, at least from a technical perspective: Short AM and PM runs with time to recharge in-between and overnight."

Logistics raises a hand... so, how does one recharge 100 busses simultaneously?

All schools and football stadiums must be built next to submarine pens.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 11:57 AM (dAOkg)

302 Nothing is as sublime as duck fat fried potatoes.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at December 19, 2025 11:54 AM (GTqXr)

Oh yes. Amazing stuff.

Have you had deep fried in duck fat? That's completely over the top and incredible.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2025 11:58 AM (n9ltV)

303 I don't care. Just give me the freedom to choose. Stop with the hysterical mandate bullshit.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 19, 2025 11:54 AM

You don't need choices, Comrade.

Posted by: Comrade Sanders at December 19, 2025 11:58 AM (0sNs1)

304 Plenty of homeless have girlfriends. There's an ass for every seat.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

Believe me, homeless dudes offer up plenty of ass!

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at December 19, 2025 11:58 AM (JCZqz)

305 > Seed oils are worse than cigarettes.

LOL, no. Replacing saturated fats with PUFAs from seed oils lowers LDL and reduces CVD risk. Many many reviews have confirmed this.

The biggest argument against seed oil is that it causes inflammation and oxidative stress. This isn't supported in any of the recent reviews.

Reviews of seed oils among diabetic and dyslipidemic
patients found seed oils improve lipid profiles, glycemic control, and reduce oxidative stress markers.

Most of the bullshit about seed oils come from old re-analyzed experiments from 50-60 years ago and supposition that's been proved over and over to be false.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 19, 2025 11:58 AM (Yp6az)

306 Tesla’s stock is up 120% from its April low and hit a record earlier this week. It’s down slightly since. Electric AVs is where the future is for Tesla and investors are betting big on it.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 11:58 AM (udlma)

307 299 By the way, animal fats were used as lubricants in chariots so there is that.
Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 11:57 AM (p4NUW)

Saw that movie, Chariots of Lard. Great flick.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 11:59 AM (pDt9x)

308 Has "MisterJack" ever showed up in a Buck EV thread?

One of the most amusing delusional commenters who just breezily asserted EVs were clearly the wave of the near and distant future, acceptance was growing, performance was improving, blah blah blah.

Hardly the only topic on which one can see this, but the disconnect between reality and ideology/wishcasting/emotion that now ravages society was never more clearly illustrated.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 19, 2025 11:59 AM (U/Byj)

309 And beside, in another year or two there will be a study that shows seed oils are essential for good health.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 19, 2025 11:45 AM (g8Ew

In Canada they are toying with the idea of bringing back the concept of "laudable pus" due to the cost of things like antiseptics and single use surgical tools under the state health service

(Ok, maybe I made that up)

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 11:59 AM (rbvCR)

310 Honda did declare they were going all EV in the 2030's at one point."

Well, the actual press release was that they "could" be all EV in the US and Canada by 2040...

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 11:59 AM (XuXeR)

311 Oh my gosh, I know you are going to laugh at this, but I buy Hippeas cheese puffs.

Not at all. Costco carried some really good chickpea Cheetohs for awhile, but alas, they are no longer available.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 11:59 AM (Riz8t)

312 ""Fulton County just officially admitted it illegally certified 315,000 ballots"

Like Fulton County has a mouth. WHO illegally certified 315,000 ballots?
Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 11:47 AM (vFG9F)
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https://tinyurl.com/petwsxkd
Posted by: Huck Follywood"

"The Federalist inquired with the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office as to who was responsible for accepting Fulton County’s tabulator tapes despite there being no signatures at all. The office did not return a request for comment at the time of publication."

Yeah.

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 11:59 AM (vFG9F)

313 292 Canola oil is also a case study in marketing.

Someone was smart enough to realize that it was going to be tough sledding selling RAPESEED oil to housewives, so they made up a new name.
Posted by: ballistic at December 19, 2025 11:56 AM (3BwY

They also knew Canuck oil wasn't going to cut it.

Posted by: Roy at December 19, 2025 11:59 AM (BZF07)

314 291 Those studies exist now, and there is some truth to them in terms of cholesterol- but again, the thing to remember here is moderation, it’s fine. You aren’t out there drinking seed oils to get enough linoleic acid to affect inflammation. Use the oil that tastes good for your purpose, whether plant or animal based.
Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 11:56 AM (p4NUW)

Don't tell the Steroid Bros out there.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 11:59 AM (UnA8+)

315 Both toyota and honda never jumped on the all EV train. They did double down on the hybrid side of the tracks and are cashing in on that every day.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 19, 2025 11:53 AM (0N4FZ)

Ford is FUBAR. They bet the farm on an electrified pick up. Killed all sedans and just axed their best selling ICE SUV. Best of luck selling overpriced pick-up trucks.
Posted by: Heavy Metal

Apparently the F-150 EV plan now is to build a truck that has a gasoline engine whose only purpose is to act as an electric generator for the battery. What is this, a comedy routine?

Posted by: Gauloises and Gitanes at December 19, 2025 12:00 PM (HTCU3)

316 EV is still going pretty strong in Europe and UK."

Government mandates tend to do such things...

But European's are douchebags that drive maybe 10 miles a day, if that. When they travel longer distances they usually take mass transit. Again, Euro's are douchebags.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 19, 2025 12:00 PM (abIsI)

317 Worst: Cupcakes, Snoballs and Zingers
Best: Fruit Pies, Streusel Coffee Cakes and Lemon Drizzle Baby Bundts.

I've never even seen the Baby Bundts, but those Coffee Cakes are pretty damn good.

https://tinyurl.com/jjcc5bfh

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 19, 2025 11:47 AM (XvL8K)

Blasphemy. Snoballs and Zingers are great.

Posted by: Pure snobbery! Snobbery I say! at December 19, 2025 12:00 PM (TbWk/)

318 The Rolling Stones at Altamont

I read an interesting piece on that, as part of a Grateful Dead book,

The Hell’s Angels claim that is just pretty much short of complete nonsense. They weren’t hired to do much of anything, and they don’t play cops. There was an informal agreement to keep an eye on the generators. When asked how they wanted to be paid, they said “We like beer”, and that was about. They did beat the shit out of a bunch of people, and kill somebody who was rushing the stage with a pistol.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 12:00 PM (15vO0)

319 Simple test on what to eat: Would my great-grandmother have recognized this as food?
Posted by: Kindltot

Not necessarily a great test, if your great-grandma was poor enough.

"Food" might include things like squirrels or chitlins.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 12:00 PM (a+4eV)

320 What is interesting about EVs is that the new Samsung Silver-Carbon battery looks as though it might actually make them practical. The new battery gives a range 8-9 hundred miles, can charge in 9 minutes and is projected to have a lifespan of 20 years. Samsung solved the dendrite problem that limits other batteries by using a Silver-Carbon anode in the battery. They have reportedly tied up the silver production of Mexico for these batteries.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 19, 2025 12:00 PM (Da7Vv)

321 286 EV is still going pretty strong in Europe and UK."

Government mandates tend to do such things...
Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 11:55 AM (XuXeR)

Actually it isn't. Government has managed to force people to stop buying gas powered cars, mostly, but overall automobile purchases are cratering, and the Euro car companies are still losing large amounts of money and shutting down factories.
Europe is heading towards a future where there will be almost no European car manufacturing left, and all cars worldwide will be built in China, India, Japan, and the US (with a handful of other smaller players like Korea)

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 12:00 PM (uWKK8)

322 302 Have you had deep fried in duck fat? That's completely over the top and incredible.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2025 11:58 AM (n9ltV)

There used to be a bar around here that sold duck fat potato chips as one of their sides.

I didn't like them that much.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 12:00 PM (UnA8+)

323 244 Obama Pho

pho king > obama pho

Posted by: anachronda at December 19, 2025 12:00 PM (edU/H)

324 Behold all the CNG city buses and pick-em-up trucks!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2025 12:00 PM (wVcYX)

325 Someone was smart enough to realize that it was going to be tough sledding selling RAPESEED oil to housewives, so they made up a new name.
Posted by: ballistic
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Unless it's 3 men simultaneously...

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at December 19, 2025 12:01 PM (1Nv0l)

326
Well, the actual press release was that they "could" be all EV in the US and Canada by 2040...
Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 11:59 AM (XuXeR)

I was going by the commercials they were running on TV where they said they'd be going all EV by 2036 or so.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 12:01 PM (Zz0t1)

327 >Oh yes. Amazing stuff.

Have you had deep fried in duck fat? That's completely over the top and incredible.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2025 11:58 AM (n9ltV)

There is a bistro nearby that serves a veal Milanese fried in duck fat. It is stupid good.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at December 19, 2025 12:01 PM (GTqXr)

328 Most of the bullshit about seed oils come from old re-analyzed experiments from 50-60 years ago and supposition that's been proved over and over to be false.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 19, 2025 11:58 AM (Yp6az)
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Then explain how I got the best lab numbers in my life having given up seed oils and sticking mainly to saturated fats? All my cholesterol numbers were optimal.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12:01 PM (krQz2)

329 Ratshitburger was responsible. I hope when the TRUMP!!! curse hits it hurts.

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 12:01 PM (vFG9F)

330 If WA, CO, AZ, OR, and CA got rid of mail in ballots as an election method, I guarantee you that Democrats would not be doing nearly as well in elections.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 11:50 AM (WDjG6)

If Trump follows the EO setting Fentanyl as a WMD to the extreme conclusion, I expect quite a number of people currently and formerly in the executive branches in these states to wind up in Gitmo.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 12:01 PM (rbvCR)

331 >>> 136 Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 11:22 AM (dAOkg)
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There's another thing that temperature list represents.

How hard it is for humans to break those substances down as well. For example, we can't digest corn at all.
Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 11:27 AM (krQz2)

Apparently it has to be processed with lye (?) in order for us to be able to process the niacin it contains, which is not an issue with wheat.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 19, 2025 12:01 PM (ULPxl)

332 Fritos are probably the healthiest processed snack out there: corn, fried in corn oil and garnished with salt.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 12:02 PM (a+4eV)

333 Not necessarily a great test, if your great-grandma was poor enough.

"Food" might include things like squirrels or chitlins.
Posted by: FeatherBlade

Squirrel - Chicken of the Trees

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 12:02 PM (dAOkg)

334
Scientists are NOT objective by and large if they want to last in the field. They have to scamble for funding from wherever they can scrounge it and that means playing ball to study what the 'consensus' wants studied or what some Sugar Daddy is willing to pay for.
Posted by: whig at December

When you go to nutritionist school, you get to study all these changes and the whys behind them. It cracks me up because in the end, you get the same answer - moderation. We can save a lot of money and just go there. lol. I am kidding, of course, there are definitely nutrients we need and better ways than others to get them, but surprisingly often, this is the answer.

Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 12:02 PM (p4NUW)

335 327 >Oh yes. Amazing stuff.

Have you had deep fried in duck fat? That's completely over the top and incredible.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2025 11:58 AM (n9ltV)

There is a bistro nearby that serves a veal Milanese fried in duck fat. It is stupid good.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at December 19, 2025 12:01 PM (GTqXr)

Real poutine uses fresh cut fries, duck confit and fresh cheese curds. Duck confit is the trick.

Posted by: Roy at December 19, 2025 12:02 PM (BZF07)

336 319 Simple test on what to eat: Would my great-grandmother have recognized this as food?
Posted by: Kindltot

Not necessarily a great test, if your great-grandma was poor enough.

"Food" might include things like squirrels or chitlins.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 12:00 PM (a+4eV)

Have eaten both. Squirrel, si. Chitlins hell no.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 12:02 PM (pDt9x)

337 We know a person that bought a Ford Lightning. He was so obnoxious about it telling us "You're ICE truck will be out of date in a few years. I can power a neighborhood from my truck..." Now he's worrying about finding parts going forward. LOL Ahole.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 19, 2025 12:02 PM (abIsI)

338 I have heard that if they didn't bleach the smell out of canola oil, you wouldn't want it in the house.

So they have to bleach it, and then they have to chemically process it to extract the bleach they eliminated the smell with.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12:03 PM (krQz2)

339 There is a bistro nearby that serves a veal Milanese fried in duck fat. It is stupid good.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at December 19, 2025 12:01 PM (GTqXr)

WHERE DO YOU LIVE?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2025 12:03 PM (n9ltV)

340 Meanwhile in New Mexico the Communists running the place are not backing down from their EV mandates. The first target is to have 40% of all new cars sold in 2026 be EVs.

Note to self: 2026 is a couple weeks away and I can count the number of EVs I see driving around Las Cruces on any given day on one hand. Not gonna happen.

Posted by: Gauloises and Gitanes at December 19, 2025 12:03 PM (HTCU3)

341 Saw that movie, Chariots of Lard. Great flick.
Posted by: tubal

Is that the one where ancient astronauts taught the Easter Islanders how to make sawmill gravy?

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:03 PM (77rzZ)

342 308 Has "MisterJack" ever showed up in a Buck EV thread?

One of the most amusing delusional commenters who just breezily asserted EVs were clearly the wave of the near and distant future, acceptance was growing, performance was improving, blah blah blah.

Hardly the only topic on which one can see this, but the disconnect between reality and ideology/wishcasting/emotion that now ravages society was never more clearly illustrated.
Posted by: rhomboid
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It is fairly easy to tell who reads/watches the mainstream media and who does not.

I like tech but much of the reporting on it is always laudatory to the point of shiling for this or that product.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 12:03 PM (WDjG6)

343 Then explain how I got the best lab numbers in my life having given up seed oils and sticking mainly to saturated fats? All my cholesterol numbers were optimal.
Posted by: Axeman at December 19,

Was this the only change you made?

Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 12:03 PM (p4NUW)

344 "I can power a neighborhood from my truck..." "

Sure. For ten minutes. Then what?

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 12:03 PM (vFG9F)

345 Saw that movie, Chariots of Lard. Great flick.
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Spatula was dispatched at the Coliseum.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2025 12:04 PM (Wg6v7)

346 That allows 1/2 the fleet to recharge while the other 1/2 is being used"

Shhhhh. Don't look, but that's how large scale EV batteries actually work. Ever wonder why the blurbs are "80% recharge in 20 minutes "? It's to maintain battery life... and it works, but you're always toting around 20% + of uncharged battery...

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 12:04 PM (XuXeR)

347 320 What is interesting about EVs is that the new Samsung Silver-Carbon battery looks as though it might actually make them practical. The new battery gives a range 8-9 hundred miles, can charge in 9 minutes and is projected to have a lifespan of 20 years. Samsung solved the dendrite problem that limits other batteries by using a Silver-Carbon anode in the battery. They have reportedly tied up the silver production of Mexico for these batteries.

It sounds great, but I've been through more than enough battery (and other) hype cycles to remain skeptical. I hope it is all that they say it is.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 12:04 PM (Riz8t)

348 Behold all the CNG city buses and pick-em-up trucks!
Posted by: Count de Monet

I worked with a guy in '82 who had a CNG converter on his pickup truck.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 12:04 PM (dAOkg)

349 >>> 337 We know a person that bought a Ford Lightning. He was so obnoxious about it telling us "You're ICE truck will be out of date in a few years. I can power a neighborhood from my truck..." Now he's worrying about finding parts going forward. LOL Ahole.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 19, 2025 12:02 PM (abIsI)

He can power a neighborhood? Really, for how long? Does that neighborhood include a|g0re's house?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 19, 2025 12:04 PM (ULPxl)

350 Saw that movie, Chariots of Lard. Great flick.
Posted by: tubal

Did it have an absolutely awful title song as well?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 12:04 PM (Zz0t1)

351 @Whig and semi-literate: With BESS, the light weight of lithium isn't an advantage. It's still used because that's what exists and is best adapted for the purpose, but the primary reason to use lithium in most applications (as opposed to even regular old lead-acid batteries) is that in mobile applications the light weight of lithium is an acceptable tradeoff for the cost. Remember that in vehicle and other mobile applications, part of the energy released by the battery is used to move the battery, so you're looking at the net energy. When the use is stationary, it doesn't matter what the battery weighs, so lithium is less advantaged.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 19, 2025 12:04 PM (eStot)

352 341 Saw that movie, Chariots of Lard. Great flick.
Posted by: tubal

Is that the one where ancient astronauts taught the Easter Islanders how to make sawmill gravy?
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:03 PM (77rzZ)

That’s the one! They used bacon grease, or duck fat.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 12:04 PM (pDt9x)

353 313 They also knew Canuck oil wasn't going to cut it.

could work if they added a bit of maple syrup

Posted by: anachronda at December 19, 2025 12:04 PM (edU/H)

354
Ford has also announced that it is getting into the industrial-scale battery electric storage systems business, also knowns as “BESS.” Let me be the first to confidently predict that there will be a multi-billion-dollar write-off for Ford’s BESS distraction in coming years.

They'd have probably been better off going into the BESS business from the start. Every cellular telephone site, switching center, cable TV hub, landline telephone facility etc has backup batteries. In many cases it's mandated by FCC that these sites have x number of hours of battery backup capacity, over and above their backup diesel generators.

But of course, they went EV not just because they wanted to save the planet, but to chase down those sweet, sweet government subsidy dollars.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 12:04 PM (y9nCu)

355 Pho noodles >> pho king > obama pho

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 19, 2025 12:05 PM (abIsI)

356 And when the band is going to a football game in another county....
Posted by: man
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Keep a few diesel buses around.

It makes sense. Just like plugin hybrids make a lot of sense. I'd rather charge at home than go to the gas station for the 90% of trips I do that can be comfortably all-electric.

What doesn't make sense and never will is all-EV mandates.

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at December 19, 2025 12:05 PM (1Nv0l)

357 By the way, animal fats were used as lubricants in chariots so there is that.
Posted by: Piper

..not like they had better options, back then...

I keep saying, that's one of the miracles of petroleum refining: it enabled people to stop using edible fats for things other than eating.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 12:05 PM (a+4eV)

358 By the way, animal fats were used as lubricants in chariots so there is that.

my old Chevy truck used whale oil in the differential

Posted by: DanMan at December 19, 2025 12:05 PM (8uzBS)

359 >>> 342

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It is fairly easy to tell who reads/watches the mainstream media and who does not.

I like tech but much of the reporting on it is always laudatory to the point of shiling for this or that product.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 12:03 PM (WDjG6)

AI will increase coders' productivity by 10x!!!

Posted by: AI marketers at December 19, 2025 12:05 PM (ULPxl)

360 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith... the anal behind anal sex at December 19, 2025 12:06 PM (lYvO3)

361 Then explain how I got the best lab numbers in my life having given up seed oils and sticking mainly to saturated fats? All my cholesterol numbers were optimal.
Posted by: Axeman at December 19,

Was this the only change you made?
Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 12:03 PM (p4NUW)
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Some supplements as needed, and minimal sugars. Trying to eat as clean as I could, with minimal preservatives.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12:07 PM (krQz2)

362 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith

Sure!

The people "verifying" the signatures don't follow those rules.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 12:07 PM (a+4eV)

363 That allows 1/2 the fleet to recharge while the other 1/2 is being used" Shhhhh. Don't look, but that's how large scale EV batteries actually work. Ever wonder why the blurbs are "80% recharge in 20 minutes "? It's to maintain battery life... and it works, but you're always toting around 20% + of uncharged battery... Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 12:04 PM (XuXeR)

I know a warehouse where they use electric forklift-type applications. They have 3 sets of batteries: One in the vehicle, one cooling, and one charging. They swap them out every 8 hours. Plain old lead-acid batteries, by the way.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 19, 2025 12:07 PM (eStot)

364 The Hell’s Angels claim that is just pretty much short of complete nonsense.

And if you can't take the word of the Hell's Angels, whose can you take?

Posted by: Oddbob at December 19, 2025 12:07 PM (3nLb4)

365 I had an “expert” ‘splain to me that Butter can not be used in Cornbread. Said I needed to do more research.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 12:08 PM (3pkwM)

366 Most of the bullshit about seed oils come from old re-analyzed experiments from 50-60 years ago and supposition that's been proved over and over to be false.
Posted by: bonhomme at December

You speak truth, I love how our messaging is different styles, though. But this is spot on.

Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 12:08 PM (p4NUW)

367 Excellent post and article, Buckster!

As a mechanical engineer for 30 years I have been astounded every day since the 2000s when they have purposely stolen our tax money to fund the environmental cartels who choose to know nothing about physics. Theft. All of it.

Google Map Chisago county in MN and zoom in on the southern end where all of our fertile farmland has been covered by toxic solar panels made by our enemy in China.

Disgusting.

Posted by: Danimal28 at December 19, 2025 12:08 PM (mNOhh)

368 *cough cough 8 ft bed cough cough*

Plywood and 2x4's laying flat.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 11:56 AM (dAOkg)

Oh, I agree, if you are going to have a real pickup, you need an 8'6" bed, 4' between the wheel wells. However, for running around town and picking up a couple totes or a quarter yard of sand, a light pickup is your friend.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 12:08 PM (rbvCR)

369 Samsung is also working on cold fusion I bet. LOL

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 19, 2025 12:08 PM (abIsI)

370 Electric AVs is where the future is for Tesla and investors are betting big on it.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

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Is this Intercepted Reddit Transmissions?

Tesla has paid to Musk more than it has ever earned. Tesla stock runs purely on whatever the next Musk BS story is. Tesla doesn't make any money.

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at December 19, 2025 12:08 PM (1Nv0l)

371 Neighbor bought a new Tesla because he’s retired, bored, and the FSD tech is pretty neat. I advised taking it to the nearest stone circle and having the resident Druid exorcise whatever demons may be lurking.

Who is John Galt ?

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at December 19, 2025 12:08 PM (23/y9)

372 Plain old lead-acid batteries, by the way.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon

That's the heavy way to do it.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 12:08 PM (a+4eV)

373 I had an “expert” ‘splain to me that Butter can not be used in Cornbread.
Posted by: Common Tater

How about carrots? Maple syrup?

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:09 PM (77rzZ)

374 And if you can't take the word of the Hell's Angels, whose can you take?
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Yes, this is the point I neglected to mention.

Over Mick Jagger?

Hell yes.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 12:09 PM (3pkwM)

375 373 I had an “expert” ‘splain to me that Butter can not be used in Cornbread.
Posted by: Common Tater

How about carrots? Maple syrup?
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:09 PM (77rzZ)

Sawdust is a great cornbread extender for the budget minded.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 12:09 PM (pDt9x)

376 What is interesting about EVs is that the new Samsung Silver-Carbon battery looks as though it might actually make them practical. The new battery gives a range 8-9 hundred miles, can charge in 9 minutes and is projected to have a lifespan of 20 years. Samsung solved the dendrite problem that limits other batteries by using a Silver-Carbon anode in the battery. They have reportedly tied up the silver production of Mexico for these batteries.

It sounds great, but I've been through more than enough battery (and other) hype cycles to remain skeptical. I hope it is all that they say it is.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 12:04 PM (Riz8t)
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I'll believe it when I see it. Plus, the comment above isn't accurate about what their capabilities are. It's "up to" 600 miles, which isn't far off from current (bullshit) claims about range. Same with charging. If you have access to one of those super-fast (and expensive) charging stations, and an 800 volt architecture, you can charge in maybe 10-15 minutes. So these new batteries don't move the game on that much further.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 12:10 PM (iFTx/)

377 Some supplements as needed, and minimal sugars. Trying to eat as clean as I could, with minimal preservatives.
Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12

Yay! I love this answer. Guess why your numbers are better?

Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 12:10 PM (p4NUW)

378 If you're ever in Mandalay Bay on the Vegas strip, hit up StripSteak. I would fight people for their duck fat fries, and they are gratis if you buy any other food.

Posted by: ballistic at December 19, 2025 12:10 PM (3BwY8)

379 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith Sure! The people "verifying" the signatures don't follow those rules. Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 12:07 PM (a+4eV)

The Democrats go down to the courthouse and sue and say people are being disenfranchised and a Democrat judge says the votes have to be counted, then the ballots are mixed in with the other ballots so there's no way to know which ones didn't follow the rules. THIS JUST HAPPENED.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 19, 2025 12:10 PM (eStot)

380 "Ford getting involved in battery storage systems makes as much sense as when Exxon decided to manufacture and sell office machinery."

Actually, it's the opposite: Exxon's 1980s office venture (word processors/typewriters) flopped amid fierce competition from Xerox/IBM, costing billions.
Ford is smartly repurposing EV battery plants for large-scale LFP container systems (>5MWh) to power grids/data centers—stabilizing renewables, regulating frequency, providing backup amid AI-driven demand. This booming market (Tesla's Megapacks are highly profitable) aligns perfectly with Ford's expertise.
LFP is exceptionally safe: higher thermal stability, lower fire risk than alternatives, ideal for stationary use. Strategic pivot to high-margin growth. This is not new, you are (as always) behind the curve (Google "AES deploys 20 MW of storage in the Dominican Republic")

Posted by: DominicanVoices at December 19, 2025 12:10 PM (9IJFs)

381 can power a neighborhood from my truck..."

'Lecticity, how does it work?

FWIW, there just isn't any "new battery technology"... it's just nibbling around the edges of charging times, packaging, and manufacturing.

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 12:10 PM (XuXeR)

382
I've never even seen the Baby Bundts, but those Coffee Cakes are pretty damn good.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Those things are GREAT!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 12:10 PM (pkeXY)

383 And so it begins...at long f***ing last.

White men urged to report DEI-related discrimination to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Trump admin

https://is.gd/9k2CMR

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 12:11 PM (Riz8t)

384 That's the heavy way to do it.
Posted by: FeatherBlade

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Which is fine for a forklift, since they have ballast anyway. Just make part of it the batteries.

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at December 19, 2025 12:11 PM (1Nv0l)

385 373 I had an “expert” ‘splain to me that Butter can not be used in Cornbread.
Posted by: Common Tater

How about carrots? Maple syrup?
Posted by: Bulg at December 19

If you put anything sweet in your cornbread, we cannot be on speaking terms. 😂

Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 12:11 PM (p4NUW)

386 Yes, this is the point I neglected to mention.

Over Mick Jagger?

Hell yes.

Fair cop.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 19, 2025 12:12 PM (3nLb4)

387 So...seed oils are used in conjunction with lithium-ion batteries to perpetrate election fraud.

Posted by: Trying to summarize at December 19, 2025 12:12 PM (TbWk/)

388 oops. sock off.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 12:12 PM (1Nv0l)

389 So...seed oils are used in conjunction with lithium-ion batteries to perpetrate election fraud.
Posted by: Trying to summarize

ChatGPT couldn't have said it any better

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 12:12 PM (a+4eV)

390 > Then explain how I got the best lab numbers in my life having given up seed oils and sticking mainly to saturated fats? All my cholesterol numbers were optimal.

*shrug*
That's not data. You probably changed more than one variable.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 19, 2025 12:12 PM (Yp6az)

391 If you put anything sweet in your cornbread, we cannot be on speaking terms. 😂

Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 12:11 PM (p4NUW)

Jalapeno, cheddar, and bacon.

It is known.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2025 12:12 PM (n9ltV)

392 When you go to nutritionist school, you get to study all these changes and the whys behind them. It cracks me up because in the end, you get the same answer - moderation.
Posted by: Piper
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I used to do big empirical studies and a lot of the statistical methods necessary for certain tasks were first pioneered in medical statistics. The problem with most studies is a) we cannot feed people Purina Human Chow switching out key ingredients for decades to get a decent fix on optimal human food, b) impossible to separate out environmental effects like air pollution, chemicals in water and food, medicines, genetics, etc., and c) cost of panel studies running for decades is enormous and you have to have a much bigger panel at first because of attrition from people dropping out of studies. We have added d) where a lot of 'answers' are simply unacceptable socially so we muddle messages (salt intake for one).

We have multiplied the number of variables to the extent that generalities like moderation are about the easiest solution to very complex interactions among relevant variables.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 12:13 PM (WDjG6)

393 I keep saying, that's one of the miracles of petroleum refining: it enabled people to stop using edible fats for things other than eating. Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 12:05 PM (a+4eV)

Whales would have gone extinct 100 years ago.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 19, 2025 12:13 PM (eStot)

394 Squirrel - Chicken of the Trees

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 12:02 PM (dAOkg)

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Heh.

Now I've got an earworm:

"Ask any squirrel you happen to see ..."

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 12:13 PM (NNq22)

395 Why were we on the road to an EV future to begin with?

It all has to do with funding the Left and it's sources: most of the 'green energy' corps were all left-leaning and funding those causes. Vice the 'oiligarchy' companies we're more familiar with. They are far more conservative (although they do donate to Dems) than the EV crowd, and by mandating a move off of gas vehicles, it would help fund more of the left's people. Plain and simple.

Posted by: Mr Wolf at December 19, 2025 12:13 PM (SOGBX)

396 Animal fats as lubricant. My old Polish Landlady and her family were forced labor for the Krauts in WW2. The factory they worked at had a fairly decent "Herr Direktor" who would turn a blind eye to the Poles taking lard back to their quarters.They lubed everything in the plant with lard as the war progressed.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 19, 2025 12:13 PM (gm9Sb)

397
Meanwhile, the MSM seems to be tastefully averting their eyes from AOC's threats, brave stances, and fist-pumping declarations on climate change.

"THIS is our generation's MOON SHOT!" she said.

I wonder if she's still standing by it for that matter.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 19, 2025 12:13 PM (n7rxJ)

398 I had an “expert” ‘splain to me that Butter can not be used in Cornbread.

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I have a recipe book with recipes from an older, black southern woman who used to run a restaurant. Her cornbread recipe uses melted butter in the batter and is the absolute best cornbread I've ever eaten.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 19, 2025 12:13 PM (qBdHI)

399 "and the company will no longer try to cram recalcitrant consumers into electric vehicles."

Well it's about time.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 19, 2025 12:14 PM (O7YUW)

400 If you put anything sweet in your cornbread, we cannot be on speaking terms. 😂
Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 12:11 PM (p4NUW)

are you saying it's wrong to use the Jiffy Cornbread mix from the store? Cuz' if Jiffy Cornbread is wrong, I don't wanna be right!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 12:14 PM (uWKK8)

401 I keep saying, that's one of the miracles of petroleum refining: it enabled people to stop using edible fats for things other than eating.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 12:05 PM (a+4eV)
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Right, so it created a standard of lubrication that no other substance has been able to equal.

In the early 20th century they tried to manufacture a synthetic oil out of chemically extracted plant oils, but they failed to meet that standard. But investors put so much money into this enterprise that they wanted to find some use for the technology.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12:14 PM (krQz2)

402 The problem with most studies is a) we cannot feed people Purina Human Chow switching out key ingredients for decades to get a decent fix on optimal human food,

... I have an idea for what to do with all the homeless druggies once we succeed in institutionalizing them again.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 12:14 PM (a+4eV)

403 I think the big problem for Ford versus Toyota was exactly that the F150 was such a hugely popular vehicle. CAFE standards are based on the entire sales base of vehicles which includes everything up through standard pickups IIRC. For every 15mpg F150 Ford would have to sell a couple of 60mpg vehicles to get a 45mpg average, and Ford just didn't have enough sales of hybrids or econo-roller-skates so they had to go with the 0mpg option to balance the number of F150s they were selling.

Posted by: Christopher B at December 19, 2025 12:14 PM (FUa6R)

404 That's not data. You probably changed more than one variable.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 19, 2025 12:12 PM (Yp6az)

Or it worked for him. Which means absolutely nothing, other than, "it worked for him!"

I always rely on studies with an "N" of 1.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2025 12:14 PM (n9ltV)

405 "THIS is our generation's MOON SHOT!" she said.

I'd like a moon shot from her.

Posted by: That guy who makes everything sexual at December 19, 2025 12:14 PM (Riz8t)

406 387 So...seed oils are used in conjunction with lithium-ion batteries to perpetrate election fraud.
Posted by: Trying to summarize
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Seed oil frying is the only way to properly season the Lithium ion batteries so that a runaway reaction occurs which burns all the evidence of election fraud.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 12:15 PM (WDjG6)

407 Love Jiffy Mix Cornbread. I add an extra egg to it, and a bit more sugar.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 12:15 PM (pDt9x)

408 > Why were we on the road to an EV future to begin with?
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Subjugation of a highly mobile society is difficult.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 12:15 PM (NwnyJ)

409 If you put anything sweet in your cornbread, we cannot be on speaking terms. 😂

Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 12:11 PM (p4NUW)

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Who hasn't been tempted to make and eat chocolate chip cornbread?

/

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 12:15 PM (NNq22)

410 The problem with "plug in" hybrids is that ... nobody ever plugs them in. It's a pain in the ass. Sure, there are some with indoor garages, with expensive charging stations, that have short commutes (and are anal retentive), and will charge when they come home from work every day. My SiL is like this.

But the vast majority of plug-ins rarely if ever get plugged in.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 12:16 PM (iFTx/)

411 Corn bread with jalapeños and cojita cheese.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 12:16 PM (sDNVV)

412 You have to go back to the original bullshit about cholesterol to make sense of it.

Ancel Keys. At the time, of the debates in the 1950s, more than one old line doctor testified he’d never even seen a heart attack until hydrogenated oils came along.

I also find it oddly coincidental that eggs, dairy, & meat and cholesterol came under fire for health reasons right about the time the US dollar shit the bed, and Americans couldn’t afford it.

Margarine was healthier than Butter, the Food Pyramid soon followed, Cholesterol was the great driver of heart disease, Eggs were unhealthy, and Low Fat dieting became the rage.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 12:16 PM (Pp3EP)

413 ... I have an idea for what to do with all the homeless druggies once we succeed in institutionalizing them again.
Posted by: FeatherBlade
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They might do okay eating pet food if the ingredients don't come from China.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 12:16 PM (WDjG6)

414 395 Why were we on the road to an EV future to begin with?
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Cuz the Northeast and Midwest say so. They really hate heating oil (diesel) and natural gas. Evidently, Consolidated Edison is heavily consolidated.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2025 12:16 PM (Wg6v7)

415 I think the big problem for Ford versus Toyota was exactly that the F150 was such a hugely popular vehicle. CAFE standards are based on the entire sales base of vehicles which includes everything up through standard pickups IIRC. For every 15mpg F150 Ford would have to sell a couple of 60mpg vehicles to get a 45mpg average, and Ford just didn't have enough sales of hybrids or econo-roller-skates so they had to go with the 0mpg option to balance the number of F150s they were selling.
Posted by: Christopher B

You have clearly demonstrated how government ensures market forces function correctly.

Posted by: Gauloises and Gitanes at December 19, 2025 12:16 PM (HTCU3)

416 are you saying it's wrong to use the Jiffy Cornbread mix from the store? Cuz' if Jiffy Cornbread is wrong, I don't wanna be right! Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 12:14 PM (uWKK

Martha White's better,

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 19, 2025 12:16 PM (eStot)

417 Cornbread with those little Trappey's jalapenos. Buttered. Hot.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 19, 2025 12:17 PM (gm9Sb)

418 I always rely on studies with an "N" of 1.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

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That's one more than the factual basis of most people's opinions.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 19, 2025 12:17 PM (1Nv0l)

419 > Why were we on the road to an EV future to begin with?
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Subjugation of a highly mobile society is difficult.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 12:15 PM (NwnyJ)

This

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 19, 2025 12:17 PM (snZF9)

420 So...seed oils are used in conjunction with lithium-ion batteries to perpetrate election fraud.
Posted by: Trying to summarize
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Seed oil frying is the only way to properly season the Lithium ion batteries so that a runaway reaction occurs which burns all the evidence of election fraud.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 12:15 PM (WDjG6)

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Nominated for "Comments of The Week" suggestions.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 12:17 PM (NNq22)

421 I had an “expert” ‘splain to me that Butter can not be used in Cornbread.

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I have a recipe book with recipes from an older, black southern woman who used to run a restaurant. Her cornbread recipe uses melted butter in the batter and is the absolute best cornbread I've ever eaten.
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 19, 2025 12:13 PM (qBdHI)
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The secret to many a restaurant is ... butter, butter, and more butter.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 12:17 PM (iFTx/)

422 I always rely on studies with an "N" of 1.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

What does "N" stand for?

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 12:18 PM (77rzZ)

423 Some supplements as needed, and minimal sugars. Trying to eat as clean as I could, with minimal preservatives.
Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12

Yay! I love this answer. Guess why your numbers are better?
Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 12:10 PM (p4NUW)
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But cholesterol is supposed to have more to do with fats, does it not?

I got better numbers while increasing the intake of saturated fats.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12:18 PM (krQz2)

424 Why were we on the road to an EV future to begin with?

It all has to do with funding the Left and it's sources: "

We have a winner.

And I add diced chipotles w/a bit of adobo drizzled in along with crumbled bacon to cornbread...

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 12:18 PM (XuXeR)

425 I always rely on studies with an "N" of 1.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

What does "N" stand for?

Now you've done it.

Posted by: Fani Willis at December 19, 2025 12:18 PM (Riz8t)

426 Those studies exist now, and there is some truth to them in terms of cholesterol- but again, the thing to remember here is moderation, it’s fine. You aren’t out there drinking seed oils to get enough linoleic acid to affect inflammation. Use the oil that tastes good for your purpose, whether plant or animal based.
Posted by: Piper at December 19, 2025 11:56 AM (p4NUW)

I have a stent and got told I would have another blockage eventually. THIS IS EVEN WITHS STATINS. Also the main lipid that appears indicative of future plaques is not tested for since, and I quote the MD, "we don't have any way to affect it"
There is now a huge controversy about the diet-heart hypothesis that has been the main theory for 60 years, and amazingly enough, after 60 years of trying to prevent heart attacks by diet modification has resulted in more heart attacks.

I am reassured that science is slow, but accurate, and it advances one funeral at a time, but it would be nice to have some hope that one of those funerals would not be mine.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 12:18 PM (rbvCR)

427 "Why were we on the road to an EV future to begin with?"

Because it made a lot of influential people piles and piles of money

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 12:18 PM (iFTx/)

428 N = sample size

Posted by: rhomboid at December 19, 2025 12:18 PM (U/Byj)

429 The secret to many a restaurant is ... butter, butter, and more butter.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 19, 2025 12:17 PM (iFTx/)
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Butter = fat

Fat = flavor

Therefore Butter = Flavor

It's basic culinary mathematics.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2025 12:18 PM (ESVrU)

430 At the time, of the debates in the 1950s, more than one old line doctor testified he’d never even seen a heart attack until hydrogenated oils came along.

I'm going to press x to doubt on that one.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 12:18 PM (a+4eV)

431 416 are you saying it's wrong to use the Jiffy Cornbread mix from the store? Cuz' if Jiffy Cornbread is wrong, I don't wanna be right! Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 12:14 PM (uWKK

Martha White's better,
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Corn Casserole is Heaven.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2025 12:19 PM (Wg6v7)

432 Ford is leaning into hybrids, having noticed that EVs have an absolute market cap that has been reached years ago. The Lightning especially was a terrible truck. Basically they took five minutes to pull out the drive train and engine of a normal one and shoveled in an electric motor without designing it into the truck. And it sucked.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 19, 2025 12:19 PM (3Amc7)

433 I always rely on studies with an "N" of 1.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Ecological fallacy works both ways. What is true for the system is not necessarily true for the individual and vice versa.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 12:19 PM (WDjG6)

434 $19.5 Billion here $19,5 Billion there an sooner or later you arre talking about real money.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2025 12:20 PM (Oasjp)

435 New one: Ace's computer is mort.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 12:20 PM (Riz8t)

436 286 EV is still going pretty strong in Europe and UK."

Government mandates tend to do such things...
Posted by: man

Yurupeans drive much less than US Americans. Cities closer together.

Posted by: Frequent Rider at December 19, 2025 12:20 PM (oftw2)

437 "Food" might include things like squirrels or chitlins.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 12:00 PM (a+4eV)

One was from Sothern Scotland, and the other was raised on a farm way out in the middle of nowhere. You are absolutely correct.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 12:20 PM (rbvCR)

438 435 New one: Ace's computer is mort.
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Too much colester all?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2025 12:22 PM (Wg6v7)

439 Ev cars are where battery power tools were 40 years ago. Shiny, new, and totally impractical. They took hours and hours to charge, and lasted 20 minutes if you were lucky. Contractors ended up gulaging them and continued with their corded tools.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 19, 2025 12:22 PM (snZF9)

440 But cholesterol is supposed to have more to do with fats, does it not?

I got better numbers while increasing the intake of saturated fats.
Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12:18 PM (krQz2)

Cholesterol is largely endogenous. Something like 85% is produced by your own body. You can make some changes at the margins with diet, but people with hyperlipidemia frequently have a genetic component to where their liver is just going absolutely ham producing the stuff, even if they're eating dry toast and plain tuna for breakfast lunch and dinner. Basically the only way for those folks to improve their lab values is with statins.

Posted by: Livers are overrated at December 19, 2025 12:23 PM (TbWk/)

441 NOOD Open Thread

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 12:23 PM (NNq22)

442 Now Ford should recall all Lightning EV pickups, and offer their owners full retail value of the EV on a trade-in for a gas or Diesel F150. And at the same time, announce that all warranty service for Lightnings will cease in a year's time.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 12:23 PM (npFr7)

443
Apparently the F-150 EV plan now is to build a truck that has a gasoline engine whose only purpose is to act as an electric generator for the battery. What is this, a comedy routine?
Posted by: Gauloises and Gitanes at December 19, 2025 12:00 PM (HTCU3)

Using a gasoline engine in this application is stupid. Diesel engines are much more efficient as the generator in diesel-electric systems. A diesel engine is REALLY happy at steady RPMs for power generation. Gas engines tend to be better for variable RPM use, as in cars that need quick power application.

The choice of gasoline has nothing to do with performance, it has everything to do with logistics. The gasoline supply network is built out with an existing focus on the average consumer. The diesel network is built with a focus on commercial use.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 12:24 PM (y9nCu)

444 436 286 EV is still going pretty strong in Europe and UK."

Government mandates tend to do such things...
Posted by: man

Yurupeans drive much less than US Americans. Cities closer together.
Posted by: Frequent Rider

European society, as a whole is much poorer than in the US, population density and subsidies means greater access to mass transit like trains and busses, and China is now eating the European automakers lunch with low priced EVs that were originally destined for the US. BVD is even setting up assembly plants in the EU for Chicom components.

EU rejected the US as an equal trading partner and decided like Russia to dance with China for consumer goods. Twon't end well for EU industry.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 12:24 PM (WDjG6)

445 I always rely on studies with an "N" of 1.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

---
Well, here's the thing. I'm the only N that can do anything from my take on the message "Don't eat saturated fats." Or "Eat more saturated fats." So, it is significant to me if I cut out--to the degree possible--seed oils, increase saturated fats and get good lab numbers.

It makes sense that way, does it not? The goal of such a message is to cause *me* to worry, and *me* to change my habits. But I'm never going to have proof of either without numbers.

So if I have the best cholesterol numbers I've ever had in my life--you don't have to believe me--I could care less--but if I have the best numbers, how do I subscribe to "Oh, yeah, eat more seed oils because they're 'lighter' than saturated fats".

When is the ill-effects to trading in the opposite direction to the advice supposed to catch up with me?

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 12:24 PM (krQz2)

446 But the vast majority of plug-ins rarely if ever get plugged in."

One vendor collected that data (yes, your plug in hybrid records when it's plugged in) during a software update service advisory.
Fewer than five percent had ever been plugged in, and about 2.5 percent were regularly plugged in...

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 12:24 PM (XuXeR)

447 But of course, they went EV not just because they wanted to save the planet, but to chase down those sweet, sweet government subsidy dollars.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 19, 2025 12:04 PM (y9nCu)

The total fleet mileage requirement under CAFE had more to do with that, though. They had to have "zero emission" rigs to offset the vehicles they made that would sell.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 19, 2025 12:25 PM (rbvCR)

448 As crazy as it sounds, if a mortgage applicant won’t disclose his race and ethnicity, the banker is required to visually profile the customer and report that customer’s racial appearance to the government.

Definitely a program that must be ended

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 19, 2025 12:26 PM (3Amc7)

449 So how is it that the electric buggies at grocery stores / Sams Club / Costco / Walmart always too few and needing a recharge?

An elderly neighbor with walking issues is slowly switching to online orders and store pickup over in-store shopping because she can't always get a charged buggy to ride on.

She bemoans the frequent substitutions on her orders and lack of opportunistic pickups of Clearance items and in-store only Manager Specials.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2025 12:27 PM (wVcYX)

450 @Buck, if you're still here:

Lordstown Motors. Was that a legit attempt to start an EV truck company or was it just a subsidy rent-seeking operation? I could never decide.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 19, 2025 12:29 PM (eStot)

451 So, the only good oils that I know of are olive oil and avocado oil. Any others?
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 11:11 AM (77rzZ)

Olives and avocados are both seeds.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 12:30 PM (npFr7)

452 I'm going to press x to doubt on that one.
———

Fact.

Don’t take my word for it, though. Learn for yourself. A dear departed member here named Ciampano posted an excellent treatise on the subject. A book entitled The Oiling of America ; it mentions this.

You may be also shocked to learn that large corporations had an outsized effect on lobbying. Corn interests and cereal for example.

Read and learn. You don’t have to accept it, or agree with it. But the Cholesterol = Heart disease was not and is not without serious controversy.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 12:48 PM (Fn30I)

453 Peanut Oil is tasty. Doesn’t cause too much intestinal distress with me. It’s technically a legume.

Coconut oil is excellent for frying, popping corn, etc and doesn’t seem to cause gut issues either. At least with me. I would use 90 wt gear oil if it tasted OK and the price was right.

Sometimes you’ll hear “use a neutral tasting oil”, this doesn’t really make any sense either. Fat is flavor, no way around it.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 12:53 PM (Fn30I)

454 Don’t worry. I am sure free trade will be blamed for this, not Ford’s bad business decisions.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 19, 2025 01:00 PM (rQwsY)

455 Ford's problem with EVs is that they don't know how to make them for a profit.

It's clear that the future is EV for cars and trucks. Only one company, Tesla, makes EVs at a profit.

Ford hired some ex-Tesla guys and they are heading a "skunkworks" project to build EVs that can actually make a profit. Expect this to be big news when it's unveiled. I expect their first EV to be a small car, not a truck.

Building an EV truck with an onboard generator isn't completely stupid. Stellantis is planning to sell a truck like that too. But IMHO it's better to have a pure ICE truck or a pure EV truck... instead of hauling a generator around, just run on gas or else put extra batteries in the truck. But since Ford can't build EVs at a profit yet, the hybrid EV truck looks good to them.

Posted by: mr_jack at December 19, 2025 01:00 PM (LNPSJ)

456 If there was massive election fraud why has no believable witness come forward ? I am sure they would be quite well rewarded for exposing this?

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 19, 2025 01:03 PM (lYvO3)

457 ---
It really depends on the extraction process. If they have to super-heat it, put it through a chemical process, bleach it, or something along those lines, then it's bad.

You can get "expeller-pressed sunflower oil" which my understanding is that it is not nearly as bad as the chemically-extracted stuff.

For vegetarian oils, it's best to stick with olive, avocado (although there are no quality constraints on avocado oil) and coconut.

The problem with saturated--natural--fats, is that they have a low smoke-point. I think, Gee has the highest smoke point of animal fats.
Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 11:17 AM (krQz2)

People who never eat oils of any kind die.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 19, 2025 01:08 PM (rQwsY)

458 That's the heavy way to do it.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 19, 2025 12:08 PM (a+4eV)

Heavy batteries are a distinct advantage in a forklift, acting as a counterweight to the load.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2025 01:11 PM (npFr7)

459 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

"Subjugation of a highly mobile society is difficult."

If I was a dictator in charge of the federal goverment it would have been easier for me to inmobilize you if you drive a gas vehicle instead of an EV. Just close the refineries, blow away the pipelines and good luck fueling your vehicle.

If you have an EV, there are many ways to get the energy to "fuel it" that are out of my reach. There are 132 refineries in the USA according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Meanwhile, there were as of 2022 12,538 utility-scale electric power plants in the USA as per the same source.

Posted by: DominicanVoices at December 19, 2025 01:37 PM (9IJFs)

460 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

"Ev cars are where battery power tools were 40 years ago. Shiny, new, and totally impractical. They took hours and hours to charge, and lasted 20 minutes if you were lucky."

Tell me you don't know anything about EVs without telling me that you don't know anything about EVs. It takes seconds to charge an EV. You just plug it in when you arrive at your home, office or wherever. Go on and do your business and when you come back your "tank" is full.

Posted by: DominicanVoices at December 19, 2025 01:41 PM (9IJFs)

461 #459 DominicanVoices

There are even more EV "fuel" sources if you count houses with solar panels. My house can charge my car most months of the year. (I live at a northern latitude and December/January are not good months for solar production.)

I think few of the people who read this blog have an oil well plus refinery in their home. This is an advantage for EVs.

My car could be remotely disabled, but if I was really worried about that I could disable the cellular antenna and never hook the car up to WiFi. An EV with remote access disabled is the most dictator-safe vehicle you could get.

In fact there are portable solar panels that you could carry in your EV. They would take days to recharge the car, but you totally could be off-grid and moving around from place to place.

Posted by: mr_jack at December 19, 2025 01:47 PM (LNPSJ)

462 Posted by: mr_jack

"Ford's problem with EVs is that they don't know how to make them for a profit. It's clear that the future is EV for cars and trucks. Only one company, Tesla, makes EVs at a profit."

Correct. My concern with the author of this piece and others covering EVs in conservative media is their reluctance to ground opinions in facts. Claims that EVs are neither practical nor profitable must address Tesla's success: a viable business with $97.69 billion in revenue in 2024, $7.1 billion in GAAP net income, and 1.789 million vehicles delivered. Millions of Tesla vehicles are on roads globally.

Tesla (and Elon Musk specifically) shares some responsibility due to limited traditional advertising of vehicles and EV benefits. As evident in comments here, much public 'knowledge' about EVs stems from persistent myths.

Posted by: DominicanVoices at December 19, 2025 01:52 PM (9IJFs)

463 #460 DominicanVoices

I have an EV as my daily driver. I hook it up to my home charger when I need to charge. It takes less time to charge than I take to sleep so overnight charging seems "instant".

On long road trips I need to stop at a fast charger. The car takes a similar amount of time to charge as I would want to stop for a meal anyway.

On very long road trips, like coast to coast, the charging would annoy me. But I never do that, and at least I would be saving some money vs. paying for gasoline.

My longest trip was down the west coast, to visit family in California. I would totally do that trip again in my EV.

When I have to rent a gasoline car, I'm always shocked again by how much worse the car is compared to my EV.

To those of you who prefer gas: good for you, keep driving gas cars. However, please don't try to tell me what EVs are like.

Posted by: mr_jack at December 19, 2025 01:54 PM (LNPSJ)

464 #463 mr_jack

Something that I ask critics of EVs is if they ever count the numbers of cars on the side of the road when on long trips and see how many of them are EVs. I honestly can't recall ever seeing one. Not that it never happens, but not as often as regular vehicles. This is important because how often critics claims that they might get stuck on the side of the road with an empty battery.

Posted by: DominicanVoices at December 19, 2025 02:10 PM (9IJFs)

465 .
Well shit. If'n we cain't have Ferd EVs, at least we have Trump Communication Czar, Devin Nooners hookin' up Trump's wagon to fusion power. Tardnation.

Posted by: Marooned at December 19, 2025 03:22 PM (kt8QE)

466 Ford decides not to redesigning the Edsel

Posted by: Spurwing Plover at December 19, 2025 05:39 PM (wGqjj)

467 REally late to this thread and admit to not reading all of the previous comments, but...

This is something that Akio Toyoda (Chairman, BoD, Toyota) recognized when the whole EV surge began. Although Toyota (the car company) built some EV's and plugin hybrids, they really went hard on the "fully" hybrid market. This was SMART!

There are advantages to direct drive electric motors to the wheels. Torque, HP, even regen braking. But for MILEAGE and REFUELING, there is NOTHING that beats an ICE.

If Ford had introduced a HYBRID F150 instead of fully electric, I "might" have considered one. Instead I opted for a 5.0L V8 (and even considered their 6.2L).

Only IDIOTS buy fully electric EVs!!!!

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at December 19, 2025 06:22 PM (e/Osv)

468 Ford drops thille EV fiasco. Don't worry, they are still stuck on stupid. Hey look!! Ford brought back the Ranger pickup!! Hell, they just manufactured a almost full size pickup. Ford ignored the popularity of the original Ranger, it was small, fuel efficient, still had a cargo compartment that could haul a few things. And on top of that, people loved it. There are still hundreds for thousand still on the road. The marketing/engineering departments along with the senior department heads were sure they new more than the buying public. I'm always thanking my lucky stars that I dumped Ford stock before this latest ignorant decission.

Posted by: Sergeant Major at December 19, 2025 07:02 PM (st9l0)

469 Barack Obama, aka Barry Soetoro, gave Ford $5.9 Billion to retool its manufacturing for EVs. Joe Biden gave Ford a $9.2 Billion loan in 2023 and a $1.7 Billion grant in 2024.
Separately, Biden's DOE, aka Jenny Granholm, gave PG&E $15 Billion in 11/24 just for keeping electricity prices high. Clearly, Ford made a bad trade.

Posted by: wferrin at December 19, 2025 08:12 PM (lCdHU)

470 Horde commenters are the best entertainment on the planet!

Posted by: sf at December 19, 2025 09:57 PM (hohh4)

471 IDK If that upstart Elon can make a electric truck, why can't Ford with all their corporate resources?

Posted by: Oldfogey at December 19, 2025 10:21 PM (KtkkC)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Jo in Wyoming
Edward Hopper

[Hat Tip: neverenough caffeine]

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

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1 art

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

2 First?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 09:30 AM (wzUl9)

3
Stinks

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 09:31 AM (BTBWt)

4 Missed it by an opossum's whisker!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 09:31 AM (wzUl9)

5 Wow. For once, a Hopper I don't care for.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

6 Love this one. This is from Hoppers "happy period": No lost souls in late night diners.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 09:31 AM (lq1XJ)

7 What kind of car?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 19, 2025 09:31 AM (Kt19C)

8 Whitney Museum of American Art

Date
1946

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Watercolor and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 19 15/16in. (35.4 × 50.6 cm)

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

9 The landscapes were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at December 19, 2025 09:31 AM (2Ez/1)

10 Oh, she's painting while sitting in the car -- not consulting a map.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 09:31 AM (wzUl9)

11 Should have sprung for a lawn chair.

Posted by: huerfano at December 19, 2025 09:32 AM (98kQX)

12
What you don't see is her husband at the back of the car sucking on the tailpipe to get away from his horrible wife.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 09:32 AM (BTBWt)

13 First there was a painting of a mountain...

Posted by: Donovan at December 19, 2025 09:32 AM (Q+gd/)

14 Love this one. This is from Hoppers "happy period": No lost souls in late night diners.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

I miss late night diners.
Caffeine, nicotine and Maybelline.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 09:33 AM (dAOkg)

15 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

16 That's hysterical.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

17 This is from Hoppers "happy period": No lost souls in late night diners.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

I prefer sad/lonely Hopper, honestly.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 09:33 AM (77rzZ)

18 Kind of nice, and i guess it's accurate but I would say "too much car." It's almost like an ad--"In our new coupe you can paint landscapes!"

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 19, 2025 09:34 AM (WPL6O)

19 Automobile headliners are rarely the subject of classically trained artists.
Likewise rear view mirrors.

Posted by: Car nerd at December 19, 2025 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

20 Ahh, a bear in his natural habitat -

a Studebaker.

Posted by: Fozzie at December 19, 2025 09:34 AM (gbOdA)

21 What kind of car?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

Brown '49 Ford.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 09:34 AM (dAOkg)

22 The car seat has got to be a mess. I assume that's where her paints are.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2025 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

23 Painting you.......painting meeee.......

SWEEET Jo in Wyoming......BAH BAH BAH.......

You're welcome.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

24
Brown '49 Ford.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 09:34 AM (dAOkg)

SHOEBOX!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

25 Big Hopper fan, but this isn't vone if his better efforts. Would still hang .
Thx CBD , have a great weekend

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 09:35 AM (1vqcm)

26 I like it. Water color well done. Much more uplifting than the comatose "seeress" from the other day. CBD must have had a good night's sleep.

Posted by: Arts and Farces! at December 19, 2025 09:35 AM (oftw2)

27 Don't paint and drive.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 09:35 AM (NwnyJ)

28 This is from 1946, so I suspect the car is pre-war. The auto companies began producing cars again after the war, but they were retreads of 1941-42 models. America had to wait a few years for truly new models. People who had cars before Pearl Harbor hung on to them.

I suppose some financially fortunate people could buy a new car in '46, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 09:35 AM (wzUl9)

29 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 19, 2025 09:32 AM (m0Hrk)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at December 19, 2025 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

30 I prefer sad/lonely Hopper, honestly.
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 09:33 AM (77rzZ)
===================
That was his "bulg" area! (plenty more examples of sad/lonely than the reverse)

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 09:35 AM (lq1XJ)

31 Is she painting, or drawing?

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 09:35 AM (77rzZ)

32 What a relief! Not an Ivy Leaguer in sight!

Posted by: 80's music fan at December 19, 2025 09:35 AM (YlWIZ)

33 I've heard of texting while driving, but not painting while driving.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2025 09:36 AM (ESVrU)

34 Grand Tetons?

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2025 09:36 AM (wVcYX)

35 Kind of nice, and i guess it's accurate but I would say "too much car." It's almost like an ad--"In our new coupe you can paint landscapes!"

You should see the racquetball court.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 09:36 AM (Riz8t)

36 What kind of car?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 19, 2025

***
A roomy one!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 09:36 AM (wzUl9)

37
Gee our old Lasalle ran great...

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 09:36 AM (BTBWt)

38 Three on the tree.

Posted by: davidt at December 19, 2025 09:36 AM (Q+gd/)

39 Gee our old Lasalle ran great...
Posted by: Soothsayer

Those were the days...

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 09:37 AM (dAOkg)

40 Grand Tetons?
Posted by: Count de Monet

So we're back to talking about Abigail Shapiro again?

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 09:37 AM (77rzZ)

41 Three on the tree.
Posted by: davidt

Four on the floor & a fifth under the seat!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 09:37 AM (dAOkg)

42
It's a girl, my Lord
In a '49 Ford...

No, that's not it ...

Posted by: Glenn Frey at December 19, 2025 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)

43
Gee our old Lasalle ran great...
Posted by: Soothsayer
----

Those were the days...
Posted by: rickb223

and girls were girls and men were men...

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 09:38 AM (BTBWt)

44 Roll-up windows.

Posted by: davidt at December 19, 2025 09:38 AM (Q+gd/)

45 I hate backseat painters.

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 09:38 AM (vFG9F)

46 Four on the floor & a fifth under the seat!
Posted by: rickb223

Cop: "Sir, is that a fifth of Jack Daniels I see under the driver's seat?"

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 09:38 AM (77rzZ)

47 How's the glow from the dashboard lights?

Posted by: Meatloaf at December 19, 2025 09:38 AM (wVcYX)

48 I like the colors, and the subject of Jo in Wyoming. It's whimsical, which seems unlike Hopper. He was in a good mood that morning.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 09:38 AM (lq1XJ)

49 Roll-up windows.
Posted by: davidt at December 19, 2025 09:38 AM (Q+gd/)

With the 2/55 A/C system.

Two windows down, 55 mph.

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at December 19, 2025 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

50 Cigarette vents.

Posted by: davidt at December 19, 2025 09:39 AM (Q+gd/)

51 Argh......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)

52 Big Hopper fan, but this isn't vone if his better efforts.

Meh. Never cared for Easy Rider. Hard Pass.

Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 09:39 AM (SlJND)

53 Gee our old Lasalle ran great...
Posted by: Soothsayer
----

Those were the days...
Posted by: rickb223

and girls were girls and men were men...
Posted by: Soothsayer

Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 09:39 AM (77rzZ)

54 It is a 39 or 40 Trabant.
They were imported between the wars as the 5 year USSR plans produced too many car for the proletariats and the Kulak were in year 12 of their 5 year ban on automobile driving.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 09:39 AM (gbOdA)

55
Looks like a frame from one of those cheap, indie cartoons where everything shakes and boils even when supposedly still.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 19, 2025 09:39 AM (iJfKG)

56 Should have sprung for the undercoat and deluxe floor mats.

Posted by: Ralph Williams at December 19, 2025 09:40 AM (oftw2)

57 Is there a Stuckey's up ahead?

Posted by: dantesed at December 19, 2025 09:40 AM (Oy/m2)

58 Floorboard hi beam footswitch.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2025 09:40 AM (wVcYX)

59 Cop: "Sir, is that a fifth of Jack Daniels I see under the driver's seat?"
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 09:38 AM (77rzZ)

square bottle does not roll under brakes.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 09:40 AM (gbOdA)

60 In-dash AM radio.

Posted by: davidt at December 19, 2025 09:41 AM (Q+gd/)

61 Wiki says Hopper and his wife were opposites yet had a very happy marriage. She subordinated her art career to his .

Posted by: Tuna at December 19, 2025 09:41 AM (lJ0H4)

62 Floorboard hi beam footswitch.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2025 09:40 AM (wVcYX)

It took years to stop the Iowans from getting their feet stuck in the steering wheel when they moved the bright/dim switch.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)

63
Those were the days...

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 09:41 AM (BTBWt)

64 10 Oh, she's painting while sitting in the car -- not consulting a map.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 09:31 AM (wzUl9)
_______
Those under 29 will have no idea what you're talking about.

Posted by: Eeyore at December 19, 2025 09:41 AM (s0JqF)

65 Is there a Stuckey's up ahead?

No, but there's a Buc-ee's in the trunk.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 09:41 AM (Riz8t)

66 The necker knob has not yet been installed.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2025 09:41 AM (wVcYX)

67
Next Buc-ee's 143 miles.
You can hold it.

Posted by: The next billboard at December 19, 2025 09:41 AM (2Ez/1)

68 Is there a Stuckey's up ahead?
Posted by: dantesed

Stuckey's.

Buc-ee's older cousin.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 09:41 AM (dAOkg)

69 Josephine was not only Hopper's wife but also his primary model and muse. Her influence is evident in many of his works. Jo was also an artist.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2025 09:42 AM (NpAcC)

70 There are nice details to the car and the woman. Note the column shifter behind the red wheel, the red knobs on the window cranks, and the red necklace she's wearing. It is odd that there appear to be no window cranks on the driver's side; the one for the vent window should be visible at least. The car also has a divided, two-part windshield, something that car companies phased out in the early Fifties. And no external mirrors on the doors, either. Those were extra-cost options once upon a time, if they were available at all.

The object thrown over the driver's seat could be a tarp or a raincoat.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 09:42 AM (wzUl9)

71 68 Is there a Stuckey's up ahead?
Posted by: dantesed

Stuckey's.

Buc-ee's older cousin.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 09:41 AM (dAOkg)

get me a pecan log and a peanut patty

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 09:42 AM (gbOdA)

72 I guess that's one way to prevent a conception in the back seat.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)

73 Next Buc-ee's 143 miles.
You can hold it.
Posted by: The next billboard at December 19, 2025 09:41 AM (2Ez/1)

Plenty of thrones.

No games.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 09:43 AM (Zz0t1)

74 In-dash AM radio.
Posted by: davidt at December 19, 2025

***
With tubes, no doubt. It would have taken a little while to warm up. Plus the signal would have disappeared when you went through a tunnel.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 09:43 AM (wzUl9)

75 Is Jo the woman in the front seat painting the mountain, or is s/he the unseen person in the back seat painting it all?

Posted by: No Name Today at December 19, 2025 09:43 AM (8mulE)

76 Alternative title:

"The Roadside Backseat Midnight Strangler Fell Asleep While Waiting For His Intended Victim to Show, And Now,Sits and Stares at His Intended Victim Wondering If He Should Just Call the Whole Thing Off As a Noontime Strangling Is Simply Too Off-Brand"

Posted by: naturalfake at December 19, 2025 09:44 AM (iJfKG)

77 I hate backseat painters.

There's a cop behind them both painting the scene to get the license plate number.

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2025 09:44 AM (kACBq)

78 The object thrown over the driver's seat could be a tarp or a raincoat.

Large canvas bag. In case she gets hysterical and has to be subdued. Again.

Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 09:44 AM (SlJND)

79 The windshield wipers slow down when you accelerate.

Posted by: davidt at December 19, 2025 09:45 AM (Q+gd/)

80 On the road again…

Posted by: epador at December 19, 2025 09:45 AM (TRnzq)

81 Looks like morning time.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at December 19, 2025 09:45 AM (36PRH)

82 75 Is Jo the woman in the front seat painting the mountain, or is s/he the unseen person in the back seat painting it all?
Posted by: No Name Today at December 19, 2025 09:43 AM (8mulE)

Jo is the sniper about to shoot car woman.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 09:45 AM (UnA8+)

83
"I've seen horror movies that start out like this....."

"I've seen PORN movies that start out like this!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 09:45 AM (Zz0t1)

84 This art raises many questions. Where's the driver? Why is there a coat draped over the seat? Why is she crudely sketching a mountainside?

**********

You're Scared? I have to climb back down the mountain all alone! - a limerick

There once was a gal named Jo Roddy
Drew maps that were childish and shoddy
Her late husband Moe
Was buried in the snow
And she had to know where to find the boody

Posted by: muldoon at December 19, 2025 09:45 AM (/iMjX)

85 As former Secretary of Transportation, I am well-acquainted with automobiles and their furnishings. In fact, my husband Chasten is known as the County Seat.

Posted by: Mayor Petey B. at December 19, 2025 09:46 AM (oftw2)

86 58 beat me to it.
59 they slide.

Posted by: cmeat at December 19, 2025 09:46 AM (R11M+)

87 "Ok, you've had your fun, now it's back in the trunk with you."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 09:46 AM (Zz0t1)

88 The object thrown over the driver's seat could be a tarp or a raincoat.

Large canvas bag. In case she gets hysterical and has to be subdued. Again.
Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 09:44 AM (SlJND)
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PRO TIP: Never look in the package.

Posted by: The Transporter at December 19, 2025 09:46 AM (ESVrU)

89 Josephine Hopper did an interesting still life, owned now by the Whitney and called "Obituary", where the pictured flower arrangement looks sickly.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 09:46 AM (lq1XJ)

90 Hook hanging from the door handle.

Posted by: davidt at December 19, 2025 09:47 AM (Q+gd/)

91 I was surprised this was by Edward Hopper. I expect sharper lines in his paintings This is more fluid and relaxed and seems spontaneous. (I learned it is a watercolor with colored pencils on paper which adds to the looser feel.) I like how the focus is on Jo and the car rather than the actual landscape or her drawing. It is a very human image. This is a nice, relaxed painting to end the week with.

The scene has a bit of nostalgia for me. The car remind me of an old Checker Marathon cab I used to drive. No power steering or brakes and standard transmission. It was a beast to handle in small, colonial era streets but it always ran. And I miss bench seats and vent windows.

Posted by: JTB at December 19, 2025 09:47 AM (yTvNw)

92 The scene has a bit of nostalgia for me. The car remind me of an old Checker Marathon cab I used to drive. No power steering or brakes and standard transmission. It was a beast to handle in small, colonial era streets but it always ran. And I miss bench seats and vent windows.
Posted by: JTB at December 19, 2025 09:47 AM (yTvNw)

No brakes? How'd you stop?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 09:48 AM (Zz0t1)

93 @71 there was a Barney Miller episode where a couple of the cops were bringing a suspect up from the south. They called Barney from a Stuckey's and Wojo interrupted saying " can they bring back a couple of nutlogs?"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 09:48 AM (1vqcm)

94 No brakes? How'd you stop?

You always have brakes.

Posted by: F. Flintstone at December 19, 2025 09:49 AM (Riz8t)

95 The car seat has got to be a mess. I assume that's where her paints are.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2025

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Maybe the seats are covered in something. My dad's '58 Chevy Impala came with vinyl-trimmed cloth seats. He went out and had plastic seat covers put on at least the front seat. The plastic yellowed quickly and began to peel before very long -- and since the Impala had no A/C, the seats were damned hot when the car had been in the sun.

For a long time leather was a very rare option except on top-of-the-line convertibles. Pre-war cars usually had some kind of fuzzy cloth, sort of like velour, or cord material. Vinyl, I think, began to appear in the Fifties.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 09:49 AM (wzUl9)

96 I really like this one.

Very American. Big car, road trip. Big country. Not hurried. Everyrhing is open to interpretation.

Awesome.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 19, 2025 09:49 AM (IhIKR)

97 knobs under the dash to open the floor vents.

Posted by: cmeat at December 19, 2025 09:50 AM (R11M+)

98 The scene has a bit of nostalgia for me. The car remind me of an old Checker Marathon cab I used to drive. No power steering or brakes and standard transmission. It was a beast to handle in small, colonial era streets but it always ran. And I miss bench seats and vent windows.
Posted by: JTB at December 19, 2025

***
My '75 Ford Maverick had power steering, but not power brakes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 09:50 AM (wzUl9)

99 It's not FINE CORINTHIAN leather.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 09:50 AM (Zz0t1)

100 "Big car, road trip. Big country."

In a big country, dreams stay with you.

Posted by: PabloD at December 19, 2025 09:50 AM (Epuwl)

101 Roamin' in Wyomin'

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 09:50 AM (77rzZ)

102 82 75 Is Jo the woman in the front seat painting the mountain, or is s/he the unseen person in the back seat painting it all?
Posted by: No Name Today at December 19, 2025 09:43 AM (8mulE)

Jo is the sniper about to shoot car woman.
Posted by: XTC
========
Surveillance in the olden days. A good spy had to be a good artist.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 09:51 AM (WDjG6)

103 This painting is unmistakably American.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 09:51 AM (A0sqA)

104 99 It's not FINE CORINTHIAN leather.......
Posted by: Sponge
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You have to roll the Rs like Ricardo Montalban.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 09:51 AM (WDjG6)

105
Put your dog and your wife in the trunk.
Drive around for twenty minutes.
Now stop and open the trunk.

Which one is happy to see you?

Posted by: Timeless truth at December 19, 2025 09:52 AM (2Ez/1)

106 The windshield wipers slow down when you accelerate.
Posted by: davidt at December 19, 2025

***
Wipers once operated off the fuel pump.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 09:52 AM (wzUl9)

107 It pays to look into the numbers. Most people won't, but they should. This is really good news.

The BLS says we lost 41,000 jobs in 2 months.

But control for Federal layoffs and we gained 121,000.

Control for deportations and we gained 300,000.

The “Weak” job numbers are entirely made of Federal layoffs and millions of illegals going home.

https://is.gd/DKCR9k

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 09:52 AM (Riz8t)

108 I think the line was "Rich Corinthian leather."

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 09:52 AM (77rzZ)

109 The scene has a bit of nostalgia for me. The car remind me of an old Checker Marathon cab I used to drive. No power steering or brakes and standard transmission. It was a beast to handle in small, colonial era streets but it always ran. And I miss bench seats and vent windows.
Posted by: JTB

Loved Checker cabs. I was in NYC Carpenter's Union and traveled job to job with a big rolling toolbox. No problem in a Checker. Trunk for any lesser cab.
Phyllis Diller owned several quirky cars, a 1965 Checker Marathon station wagon among them.

Posted by: The Pruitts of Southampton at December 19, 2025 09:52 AM (oftw2)

110 83
"I've seen horror movies that start out like this....."

"I've seen PORN movies that start out like this!"
Posted by: Sponge
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Are those the "Art" films that I have heard so much about?

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 09:52 AM (WDjG6)

111 Nice framing of the landscape through the windows, but otherwise kinda boring

Posted by: Elric the Blade at December 19, 2025 09:53 AM (FL09G)

112 If she's looking vtoward Cheyenne Mt you'd expect to see a mushroom cloud

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 09:53 AM (1vqcm)

113 Very Meta.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 09:54 AM (NNq22)

114 I really like this one.

Very American. Big car, road trip. Big country. Not hurried. Everyrhing is open to interpretation.

Awesome.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 19, 2025 09:49 AM

'Merica!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 19, 2025 09:54 AM (kgE5c)

115 Pre-war cars usually had some kind of fuzzy cloth, sort of like velour, or cord material"

Various wool/mohair blends were considered (and in much of Asia, still are) more "lux" than pedestrian leather... the driver (sitting out front there in the rain/snow/whatever) suffered with leather seats.

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 09:54 AM (XuXeR)

116 Loved Checker cabs. I was in NYC Carpenter's Union and traveled job to job with a big rolling toolbox. No problem in a Checker. Trunk for any lesser cab.
Phyllis Diller owned several quirky cars, a 1965 Checker Marathon station wagon among them.
Posted by: The Pruitts of Southampton at December 19, 2025

***
I sat in a Checker once. I told my friends at school, "I wandered around in the back seat for a while, then when I got tired I sat down."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 09:54 AM (wzUl9)

117 It pays to look into the numbers. Most people won't, but they should. This is really good news.

Yep. But you hit on a big, big problem. The "black and white" operation of American Society. Very few understand anything more complex than "number up, number down". No idea where the number comes from, or if its even true.

Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 09:54 AM (SlJND)

118 Is that a watercolor ?

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 09:55 AM (g47mK)

119 Vacuum lines from the engine run the wipers in my 63 Corvair, my 60 VW bus has an electric wiper motor, though. 6V, of course.

Posted by: Rain-X Ray at December 19, 2025 09:55 AM (oftw2)

120 "Eddie! Don't try to pet the buffalo!!"

Posted by: Jo at December 19, 2025 09:55 AM (Q+gd/)

121 The “Weak” job numbers are entirely made of Federal layoffs and millions of illegals going home."

NOOOOO! Don't you know that all numbers must always go up!!! Up, I tell you! Uppity up up up!

Or not./

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 09:56 AM (XuXeR)

122 I think the line was "Rich Corinthian leather."
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 09:52 AM (77rzZ)

He actually doesn't say them together.

https://youtu.be/E_HMIN0nGl0

At least in that ad he doesn't.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 09:56 AM (Zz0t1)

123 112 If she's looking vtoward Cheyenne Mt you'd expect to see a mushroom cloud
Posted by: Smell the Glove
======
Well Cheyenne Mt is no Devil's Tower for attracting aliens, and vastly inferior for sculptures made out of mashed potatoes at the dinner table.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 09:56 AM (WDjG6)

124 Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Brown employs one “administrator” for every two students!

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And tuition is only $90,000! No wonder they can't afford cameras.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 09:56 AM (L/fGl)

125 118 Is that a watercolor ?
Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 09:55 AM (g47mK)

Looks like it. I have always liked the softness and blending that occur in good watercolor painting.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 09:56 AM (pDt9x)

126 The Chrysler Cordoba!

https://youtu.be/uvyTTx33PPQ

Posted by: Ricardo at December 19, 2025 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

127 Various wool/mohair blends were considered (and in much of Asia, still are) more "lux" than pedestrian leather... the driver (sitting out front there in the rain/snow/whatever) suffered with leather seats.
Posted by: man at December 19, 2025

***
Mohair! That was the word I was groping for.

Mercedes taxis in Europe still (?) have MB-Tex upholstery, a tough but flexible vinyl. I had that on my '97 C-Class and found it hard-wearing but comfortable -- and it looked like leather at the same time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 09:57 AM (wzUl9)

128 The marxist "Cornell Graduate Students Union" issued a statement this morning, calling Israel bourgeois, and equating Arab colonists (known as "Palestinians") with the working class.

In this email, all that is necessary to achieve social justice in the world is to get rid of Jews.

I believe the correct response from Cornell would be "Fuck you. War.", and expel the lot of them, but Cornell doesn't agree. Instead the administration and faculty are trying to be eaten last.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 09:57 AM (PMuXB)

129 And tuition is only $90,000! No wonder they can't afford cameras.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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Plus sitting on something like $70 billion in endowment funds.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 09:58 AM (WDjG6)

130
Hook hanging from the door handle.

Posted by: davidt at December 19, 2025 09:47 AM

I understand this reference

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 19, 2025 09:58 AM (tljrc)

131 Oh no!!

“Noise machines installed by LA Home Depot ‘torture’ for day laborers, advocates say”

I have an easy solution. How about you just don’t be a day laborer and go home?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 09:58 AM (udlma)

132 I think the line was "Rich Corinthian leather."

********

The apostle Paul sent two leathers to the Corinthians.

Posted by: muldoon at December 19, 2025 09:59 AM (/iMjX)

133 See how simple this car looks? Even I could figure out the radio, which I can't do in my wife's car.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 09:59 AM (PMuXB)

134 In this email, all that is necessary to achieve social justice in the world is to get rid of Jews.

I believe the correct response from Cornell would be "Fuck you. War.", and expel the lot of them, but Cornell doesn't agree. Instead the administration and faculty are trying to be eaten last.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Umm, the faculty and administration are where they get those ideas from in the first place. Fishes rot from teh head first.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 09:59 AM (WDjG6)

135 The windshield wipers slow down when you accelerate.
Posted by: davidt

Which reintroduces the eternal question - "Do I get wetter if I run through the rain or if I slow down?"

Posted by: Tonypete at December 19, 2025 10:00 AM (cYBz/)

136 The rear-view mirror appears to be askew, otherwise some part of Hopper would be visible ... unless ...

Posted by: mrp at December 19, 2025 10:00 AM (rj6Yv)

137 Vacuum lines from the engine run the wipers in my 63 Corvair, my 60 VW bus has an electric wiper motor, though. 6V, of course.
Posted by: Rain-X Ray at December 19, 2025

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Until fairly recently, Mercedes all had vacuum-operated door locks. My '86 W126 did.

The Germans and their quirky engineering solutions . . . If the 23rd-Century Enterprise is built by Germans, Scotty will have to remove the entire warp nacelles to replace the dilithium crystals every 20,000 light years.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 10:00 AM (wzUl9)

138 Democrats host American Immigration Council rep:
Deporting illegals "makes all Americans less safe."

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I'm gonna hafta see your work on that.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 10:00 AM (L/fGl)

139 The apostle Paul sent two leathers to the Corinthians.
Posted by: muldoon

*golf clap*

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:00 AM (77rzZ)

140 The rear-view mirror appears to be askew, otherwise some part of Hopper would be visible ... unless ...
Posted by: mrp at December 19, 2025

***
The dark part does look something like a human face!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 10:00 AM (wzUl9)

141 The marxist "Cornell Graduate Students Union" issued a statement this morning, calling Israel bourgeois, and equating Arab colonists (known as "Palestinians") with the working class.

Leftists are very good at blaming other people for the problems they create. Here's another example.

Tim Walz Pivots To Attacking White Men When Asked If Somalis Will Be Held Accountable For Fraud.

...In response to a question on whether Somalis should hold themselves accountable, Walz stated that there are many white people who have also committed crime.

https://is.gd/EhHdta

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 10:00 AM (Riz8t)

142
Jumping Jehosafats

Two questions:

1) What are jehosafats, and 2) why are they jumping?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 10:00 AM (BTBWt)

143 132 I think the line was "Rich Corinthian leather."

********

The apostle Paul sent two leathers to the Corinthians.
Posted by: muldoon at December 19, 2025 09:59 AM (/iMjX)

Good one muldoon, take a bow.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 10:01 AM (pDt9x)

144 The BLS says we lost 41,000 jobs in 2 months.

But control for Federal layoffs and we gained 121,000.

Control for deportations and we gained 300,000.

—

As much as I would love for there to be 300K deportations every two months that is simply not the case.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 10:01 AM (udlma)

145 There were a few Checker Station Wagons converted into airport limos, stretched with four doors per side. Saw one at a show once. Will make you do a double-take.

Posted by: Auto Hijinks at December 19, 2025 10:01 AM (oftw2)

146 Umm, the faculty and administration are where they get those ideas from in the first place. Fishes rot from teh head first.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 09:59 AM (WDjG6)
==

Little Red Book Maoist Factories.

Posted by: mrp at December 19, 2025 10:01 AM (rj6Yv)

147 ...In response to a question on whether Somalis should hold themselves accountable, Walz stated that there are many white people who have also committed crime.

https://is.gd/EhHdta
Posted by: Archimedes
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Well, Walz is a white man committing crimes and I am sure that he has a lot of company in doing so in the DFL.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 10:01 AM (WDjG6)

148 The marxist "Cornell Graduate Students Union" issued a statement this morning, calling Israel bourgeois, and equating Arab colonists (known as "Palestinians") with the working class.

-
Well, they do build bombs.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 10:01 AM (L/fGl)

149 Looks like granny was so excited to paint, she forgot she was driving.

"Why won't anything sit still today?" she ponders, as she careens off the highway.

Posted by: red speck at December 19, 2025 10:02 AM (Ve/HL)

150
Which reintroduces the eternal question - "Do I get wetter if I run through the rain or if I slow down?"
Posted by: Tonypete at December 19, 2025 10:00 AM (cYBz/)

Mythbusters proved you get wetter running because you end up running into more rain than you avoid by just walking.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 10:02 AM (Zz0t1)

151 "1) What are jehosafats, and 2) why are they jumping?"

I call them my jehosafats.

Posted by: Abigail Shapiro at December 19, 2025 10:02 AM (Q+gd/)

152 My wife tells me stories like the times her and her sisters would be out with their dad in the car. Usually an old Plymouth or Dodge model with much of it non-operational. Like the wipers.

So, he'd tie cords to them and one sister would pull them to the right, he'd pull them back to the left.

No clue how this would have worked in winter.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 10:02 AM (NwnyJ)

153 Little Red Book Maoist Factories.
Posted by: mrp
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Pretty much.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 10:04 AM (WDjG6)

154 As much as I would love for there to be 300K deportations every two months that is simply not the case.

Agreed. I assume he meant both deportees AND those returning home of their own accord, but even then I have my doubts.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 10:04 AM (Riz8t)

155 The BLS says we lost 41,000 jobs in 2 months.
But control for Federal layoffs and we gained 121,000.
Control for deportations and we gained 300,000.

It was the best of times, it was the best of times.

Posted by: Charles Dickens Reads Today's Report at December 19, 2025 10:04 AM (kACBq)

156 Well, Walz is a white man committing crimes and I am sure that he has a lot of company in doing so in the DFL.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 10:01 AM (WDjG6)

In his defense, he is retarded.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 19, 2025 10:04 AM (dK+Kv)

157 Painting stop and pee break. People knew how to live back then.

Posted by: Case at December 19, 2025 10:04 AM (G1OIb)

158 Well, Walz is a white man committing crimes and I am sure that he has a lot of company in doing so in the DFL.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 10:01 AM (WDjG6)

In his defense, he is retarded.

Oh. Well then he's doing pretty well.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 10:05 AM (Riz8t)

159 Love a car with that felt lining on the doors and roof. Truly living rooms on wheels.

Posted by: Kilo 4/11 at December 19, 2025 10:05 AM (y9EcU)

160 As much as I would love for there to be 300K deportations every two months that is simply not the case.

Agreed. I assume he meant both deportees AND those returning home of their own accord, but even then I have my doubts.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 10:04 AM (Riz8t)

They're claiming 2 mil have returned home on their own.

In 11 months, not doing math, mind you, equates to almost 200k a month.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 10:05 AM (Zz0t1)

161 Mohair! That was the word I was groping for."

You're welcome... and as past 100, I note other numbers in the newz, the latest being that the reason for gas/oil/all petro product prices falling is because either "we're in an unnamed recession" or the more common "production and demand has fallen over the past month or so".

Well, the latest data are out (yeah, big data sux, but ok), and the weekly estimate over the last month of total products down from 1.680 B to 1.687 B.... wait, "down"?

Hmm. Mayhaps our "experts" aren't?

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 10:06 AM (XuXeR)

162 >>Well, Walz is a white man committing crimes and I am sure that he has a lot of company in doing so in the DFL.

Walz is an appetizer. I'm waiting for Newsom's California to be exposed.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 10:06 AM (viF8m)

163 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. No headrests. Granny gonna break her neck for sure. Probably no seat belt either.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2025 10:06 AM (2WIwB)

164 I just use a bowl to cut Moe's hair.
-- Moe Howard's barber.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:07 AM (77rzZ)

165 Chuck Schumer issues dire warning that a media industry consolidated to protect and defend Donald Trump is a “great danger to Democracy."

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The press is only free if it attacks Trump. (Fake Jake Tapper is safe.)

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 10:07 AM (L/fGl)

166
Walz is an appetizer. I'm waiting for Newsom's California to be exposed.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 10:06 AM (viF8m)

With the entire state being Dem and blocking the feds from doing anything, who's going to expose them?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 10:07 AM (Zz0t1)

167 Hmm. Mayhaps our "experts" aren't?

How many completely wrong predictions and explanations are you allowed before they revoke your "expert" status?

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 10:07 AM (Riz8t)

168 In his defense, he is retarded.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

That goes to sentencing amelioration, not guilt. I actually would have to look up the caselaw if someone could be so retarded as to qualify under M'Naugton (insanity) for an affirmative insanity defense.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 10:07 AM (WDjG6)

169 Agreed. I assume he meant both deportees AND those returning home of their own accord, but even then I have my doubts.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 10:04 AM (Riz8t)

If there were really 2M “self deported” people as Trunp claims you’d have msm sob stories of empty abandoned apartment buildings,Empty schools, farms that have to shut down, shit like that.

You don’t remove 2M people from the country in a few months without it going unnoticed.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 10:08 AM (udlma)

170 Ah, mohair! The only vivid memory I have of tenth grade was Susie McNamara waiting outside after school on the first warm Spring day. Sunlight gleaming off her waist-length blonde hair, wearing a pink mohair minidress. The sight should have been on a magazine cover, it was so beautiful. This was 1971.

Posted by: You Can Observe A Lot Just By Watching at December 19, 2025 10:08 AM (oftw2)

171
You don’t remove 2M people from the country in a few months without it going unnoticed.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 10:08 AM (udlma)

Housing costs are going down, or have you missed those reports?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 10:08 AM (Zz0t1)

172 I assume he meant both deportees AND those returning home of their own accord, but even then I have my doubts."

Drive around the back road areas N and NE of Greater Houston. The changes in the past year are... epic. Once crowded corners/areas are now completely empty. It's almost eerie in spots. Even where there are people, the volume is clearly down...

Odd, no?

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 10:08 AM (XuXeR)

173 The apostle Paul sent two leathers to the Corinthians.
Posted by: muldoon at December 19, 2025 09:59 AM

And that was just his sandals!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 19, 2025 10:09 AM (kgE5c)

174 >>With the entire state being Dem and blocking the feds from doing anything, who's going to expose them?

Ever been to Minnesota? The government is completely controlled by Democrats.

The only reason MN is being exposed is because the feds are demanding information on where the money went. It's not like the Democrat politicians in MN are exposing it themselves.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 10:09 AM (viF8m)

175 Mythbusters proved you get wetter running because you end up running into more rain than you avoid by just walking.
Posted by: Sponge

I scoff at Mythbusters!

David Bell's 1976 model in The Mathematical Gazette applied concepts not allow here to proved the opposite. During most of the late night weed-induced ramblings on the subject - pot heads forget there are two sources of wetness (Don't even you guys!). Wetness from above and frontal wetness.

Rain from the front (you "collide" with drops as you move forward): This is proportional to your speed—you hit more drops per second when running. However, over a fixed distance, the total frontal hits are the same regardless of speed (you sweep through the same volume of rainy air).

Posted by: Tonypete at December 19, 2025 10:09 AM (cYBz/)

176 Ah, mohair! The only vivid memory I have of tenth grade was Susie McNamara waiting outside after school on the first warm Spring day. Sunlight gleaming off her waist-length blonde hair, wearing a pink mohair minidress. The sight should have been on a magazine cover, it was so beautiful. This was 1971.

Dang, you paint a picture. One I remember well.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 10:09 AM (Riz8t)

177 Walz is an appetizer. I'm waiting for Newsom's California to be exposed.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 10:06 AM (viF8m)

During Covid, Newsom’s CA sent billions to prisoners who were making bogus unemployment claims. It was exposed. Nobody gave a shit.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 10:10 AM (udlma)

178 How many completely wrong predictions and explanations are you allowed before they revoke your "expert" status?
Posted by: Archimedes

I'm still going strong here.
-- Jim Cramer

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:11 AM (77rzZ)

179 Ah, mohair! The only vivid memory I have of tenth grade was Susie McNamara waiting outside after school on the first warm Spring day. Sunlight gleaming off her waist-length blonde hair, wearing a pink mohair minidress. The sight should have been on a magazine cover, it was so beautiful. This was 1971.

"I've got an idea for a song......"

- - - - - - Sting

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 10:11 AM (Zz0t1)

180 California II: Bonfire Bugaloo

Kevin Dalton
@TheKevinDalton
Nearly a year after the Santa Ynez reservoir was offline, empty, and unavailable during the apocalyptic wildfires, Los Angeles has once again decided to take the Santa Ynez reservoir offline, and it will once again be empty and unavailable.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 10:12 AM (L/fGl)

181 @TheKevinDalton
Nearly a year after the Santa Ynez reservoir was offline, empty, and unavailable during the apocalyptic wildfires, Los Angeles has once again decided to take the Santa Ynez reservoir offline, and it will once again be empty and unavailable.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 10:12 AM (L/fGl)

Same as it ever was.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 10:13 AM (Zz0t1)

182 Nearly a year after the Santa Ynez reservoir was offline, empty, and unavailable during the apocalyptic wildfires, Los Angeles has once again decided to take the Santa Ynez reservoir offline, and it will once again be empty and unavailable.

It kinda makes sense, since the local RE has all already burned down, and isn't being replaced.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 10:13 AM (Riz8t)

183 "I've got an idea for a song......"

- - - - - - Sting
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 10:11 AM

Bitch, please...

- Elton John

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 19, 2025 10:13 AM (kgE5c)

184 The BLS says we lost 41,000 jobs in 2 months.

Millions of illegals leaving and they only left 41,000 jobs behind?! One wonders what the rest of them were doing here.

We need a new stat: "welfare uncollected"

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2025 10:13 AM (kACBq)

185 How many completely wrong predictions and explanations are you allowed before they revoke your "expert" status?
Posted by: Archimedes

I'm still going strong here.
-- Jim Cramer
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:11 AM (77rzZ)

Ever hear of meteorologist getting fired?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)

186
What a fun painting. Bright and happy.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 19, 2025 10:14 AM (3ek7K)

187 If there were really 2M “self deported” people as Trunp claims you’d have msm sob stories of empty abandoned apartment buildings,Empty schools, farms that have to shut down, shit like that.

You don’t remove 2M people from the country in a few months without it going unnoticed.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

Spread out among the entire US, one probably would not notice much. We are a really big place which is why anecdotes are so incomplete to get a good picture.

That being said, enrollments in public schools has dipped in major metro areas significantly during the last year to the extent one large city near me is discussing closing schools.

From Alabama,
"Another key reason, though, is that some students “just disappeared” and never showed up despite being enrolled in an Alabama public school, he said. Alabama superintendents have told Mackey that it seems a majority of those students who were unaccounted for were Hispanic with unknown immigration statuses, he said.

Because of the sharp decline in overall student enrollment, Mackey projects that the district will need 500 to 700 fewer teachers by the 2026-27 school year. "

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 10:14 AM (WDjG6)

188 Maybe the illegals can get their welfare forwarded to Mexico, or wherever.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 10:14 AM (pDt9x)

189 186
What a fun painting. Bright and happy.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 19, 2025 10:14 AM (3ek7K)

Yep. My immediate first impression. Points to a time when life was simpler and happier.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 10:16 AM (pDt9x)

190 Because of the sharp decline in overall student enrollment, Mackey projects that the district will need 500 to 700 fewer teachers by the 2026-27 school year. "
Posted by: whig

There are probably some downsides too but I can't think of any right now. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at December 19, 2025 10:16 AM (cYBz/)

191 MAJOR BREAKING: Milwaukee leftist Judge Hannah Dugan found GUILTY on FELONY OBSTRUCTION after she tried to help a criminal illegal alien evade ICE agents.
Up to 5 YEARS in prison.
FAFO! LOCK THIS JUDGE UP!

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I am surprised.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 10:16 AM (L/fGl)

192 Housing costs are going down, or have you missed those reports?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 10:08 AM (Zz0t1)

Housing costs fluctuate. In 2008 housing costs went waaaaay down. Was it also from self deportations?

Plus in 2024 there was a record number of apartments built nationwide. Around 575k units. And 2025 was close behind with 500k units. That’s what led to lower rents not imaginary millions of self deportations.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 10:16 AM (udlma)

193 What a fun painting. Bright and happy.

Posted by: fourseasons

Yep. My immediate first impression. Points to a time when life was simpler and happier.
Posted by: tubal

And car bench seats were all the rage.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 19, 2025 10:16 AM (cYBz/)

194 MAJOR BREAKING: Milwaukee leftist Judge Hannah Dugan found GUILTY on FELONY OBSTRUCTION after she tried to help a criminal illegal alien evade ICE agents.
Up to 5 YEARS in prison.
FAFO! LOCK THIS JUDGE UP!

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I am surprised.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 10:16 AM (L/fGl)

She will get time served, be given a short probationary period and be back on the bench before you know it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 10:17 AM (Zz0t1)

195 >>I am surprised.

It's the "Nothing will happen." guys day off.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 10:17 AM (viF8m)

196
It's the "Nothing will happen." guys day off.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 10:17 AM (viF8m)

I'm just phrasing it differently.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 10:18 AM (Zz0t1)

197 195 >>I am surprised.

It's the "Nothing will happen." guys day off.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 10:17 AM (viF8m)

I will take the wins we get and not try to explain them away. Contrarianism is too wearing.

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2025 10:18 AM (pDt9x)

198 When I used to perform with The Jets I frequently wore a mohair suit.
And electric boots.

Posted by: Bennie at December 19, 2025 10:18 AM (2Ez/1)

199 It's the "Nothing will happen." guys day off.
Posted by: JackStraw

Does he do anything on his day off, or does nothing happen then, too?

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:18 AM (77rzZ)

200 >>I am surprised.

It's the "Nothing will happen." guys day off.

What did I miss?

Posted by: Thre substitute "Nothing will happen" guy who went for a smoke. at December 19, 2025 10:19 AM (Riz8t)

201 It's hard to have a discussion with those who pick and choose 'facts' or just make shit up on the fly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 10:19 AM (Zz0t1)

202 Its titled Wyoming, but Hopper has not given any sense of the wind that might make it necessary to stay in the car to work on the scene. Still a nice painting.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 19, 2025 10:19 AM (hhkIi)

203 @177.And you wonder why they have $7.00 a gallon gas?

Posted by: Case at December 19, 2025 10:19 AM (G1OIb)

204 Its titled Wyoming, but Hopper has not given any sense of the wind that might make it necessary to stay in the car to work on the scene. Still a nice painting.
Posted by: PaleRider

Or the wolves and mountain lions.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

205 Jo, who used to be Joseph, takes a break to paint a lovely scene between his time as a groomer at government school #301 in Madison.

Posted by: Behind The Paint at December 19, 2025 10:20 AM (R/m4+)

206 How could she undertake such a dangerous trip?

No Apple Carplay, Google Maps, Spotify, or GasBuddy?

Posted by: Kids today at December 19, 2025 10:21 AM (2Ez/1)

207 The only reason MN is being exposed is because the feds are demanding information on where the money went. It's not like the Democrat politicians in MN are exposing it themselves.
Posted by: JackStraw
=========
I suspect this looting of federal money has been going in every blue state and quite a few red ones.

Our elite class are literally looting from teh taxpayers and from the corporations as well as non-profits for generational wealth.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 10:21 AM (WDjG6)

208 F*** you, Walz. Stop dragging all blacks down to the level of Somalis.

Even other Continental Africans hate Somalis.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 10:21 AM (UnA8+)

209 A felony conviction disqualifies one from. holding a law license or judgeship.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 10:21 AM (sDNVV)

210 195 >>I am surprised.

It's the "Nothing will happen." guys day off.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 10:17 AM (viF8m)

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Yeah, but the "she's a minor flunky and nobody," guy is probably going to be showing up.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 10:22 AM (GBKbO)

211
From Alabama,
"Another key reason, though, is that some students “just disappeared” and never showed up despite being enrolled in an Alabama public school, he said. Alabama superintendents have told Mackey that it seems a majority of those students who were unaccounted for were Hispanic with unknown immigration statuses, he said.

Because of the sharp decline in overall student enrollment, Mackey projects that the district will need 500 to 700 fewer teachers by the 2026-27 school year. "
Posted by: whig

Ok that’s fair.

However student enrollment has been crashing everywhere because Millenails stopped having kids. And older GenZ are having even fewer kids that millennials did. One crazy number I saw is there are more people 60+ in the US than under 10.

The entire education system and the kid economy as a whole is going through some major structural changes. Toys R Us going bankrupt was a canary in the coal mine.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 10:22 AM (udlma)

212 Newson is just like the little train that could.

Except no locomotive or tracks.

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 19, 2025 10:22 AM (EyfuW)

213 What does Walz's comment that "White guys commit crimes too" ( D'oh) have anything to with the massive fraud perpetrated by Somalis in MN?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 10:23 AM (ix8EF)

214 I am surprised.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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She was tried in federal court, not state court where her buddies could protect her.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 10:23 AM (WDjG6)

215 Newson is just like the little train that could.

Except no locomotive or tracks.
Posted by: thug dolphin

Just like his high-speed rail project!

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

216 >>I will take the wins we get and not try to explain them away. Contrarianism is too wearing.

One of the accounts I follow on X is Shipwreckedcrew. Former federal prosecutor turned defense lawyer. Defended many J6 defendants for donations.

He said the judge hearing the case is very liberal but played the case straight. He expects a 1 year and 1 day prison sentence which I guess in the federal sentencing guidelines would make her eligible for good time and a reduction in time.

I'll take any guilty and any prison sentence for a leftist. Damns break with small cracks first.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 10:23 AM (viF8m)

217 San Diego Schools Announce ‘More Choices Than Ever’ for Gender Identity

Kendall Tietz
@kendall_tietz
San Diego Unified, California’s second-largest school district, built an “Equity & Belonging” hub that lays out the district’s posture on gender, race and immigration. Among the materials: slides listing 28 sexual orientations and 9 gender identities.

SDUSD’s “Equity Collective” says it is “committed to dismantling systems of oppression and inequity” and calls for ongoing “investment in historically marginalized groups.”

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I miss the good old days when Bernie Sanders argued we had too much choice in deodorants.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 10:24 AM (L/fGl)

218 She's a minor flunky and nobody.

Posted by: The person who always says that at December 19, 2025 10:24 AM (2Ez/1)

219 213 What does Walz's comment that "White guys commit crimes too" ( D'oh) have anything to with the massive fraud perpetrated by Somalis in MN?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 10:23 AM (ix8EF)

Because, as racist "White Savior" Lefties are wont to do, he's lumping all black people in with Somalis.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 10:24 AM (UnA8+)

220 The entire education system and the kid economy as a whole is going through some major structural changes. Toys R Us going bankrupt was a canary in the coal mine.

You say you want to spend the winter in Firenze
You're so afraid to catch a dose of influenza
You live your life like a canary in a coalmine
You get so dizzy even walking in a straight line

Canary in a coalmine
Canary in a coalmine
Canary in a coalmine...

Posted by: Gordon Sumner at December 19, 2025 10:25 AM (R/m4+)

221 A felony conviction disqualifies one from. holding a law license or judgeship.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 10:21 AM (sDNVV)

I think that is (or at least was) correct about holding a law license, but judges don't have to be lawyers, and I'll bet WI will welcome her back with open arms!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...Post-Modernist at December 19, 2025 10:25 AM (n9ltV)

222 Miss us yet?

Posted by: Fifty year old white guys at December 19, 2025 10:26 AM (2Ez/1)

223 It's one thing to have the corruption and fraud exposed in a place like MN. The only surprise is the amount of money the Somali's were able to steal. Most people are nonplused by the state government's involvement.

It's quite another thing to actually see accountability in one's lifetime for something like this. Especially when the entirety of the judicial system is clearly on the side of the criminals.

There will certainly be some shuffling of papers, some indictments drawn up and all the other theater we've come to expect. But I'm fairly certain nobody's going to prison over it. If anyone gets the blame it's going to some poor slob nobody's ever heard of and was likely only marginally involved and unable to find funding for a robust defense.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 10:26 AM (NwnyJ)

224 109 The scene has a bit of nostalgia for me. The car remind me of an old Checker Marathon cab I used to drive. No power steering or brakes and standard transmission. It was a beast to handle in small, colonial era streets but it always ran. And I miss bench seats and vent windows.
Posted by: JTB

The Checkers I hacked around Chicago in were in such bad shape I was always thinking a wheel's about to fall off or something. Brakes that you had to stomp hard as you could to get any stopping power and hope they held on till you got stopped, etc. I remember one that must have had a bent axle - it rode with a rolling up and down motion kind of like a boat going over waves. But somehow they kept running ...

Posted by: Kilo 4/11 at December 19, 2025 10:26 AM (y9EcU)

225 What does Walz's comment that "White guys commit crimes too" ( D'oh) have anything to with the massive fraud perpetrated by Somalis in MN?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Well, he's right.

Joe Biden
Hunter Biden
Greasy Newsom
Bill Clinton . . .

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 10:26 AM (L/fGl)

226 Toys Ya Us went bankrupt? I don't remember that.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:26 AM (77rzZ)

227 221 I think that is (or at least was) correct about holding a law license, but judges don't have to be lawyers, and I'll bet WI will welcome her back with open arms!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...Post-Modernist at December 19, 2025 10:25 AM (n9ltV)

=====

Next Democrat president will probably put her on the district court, and Lindsay Graham will vote for her.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 10:27 AM (GBKbO)

228 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 19, 2025 10:28 AM (SRRAx)

229 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 10:27 AM (GBKbO)

Did you release your Shop Around the Corner vid today?

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:28 AM (77rzZ)

230 CBD, I looked it up for just that reason. Felony conviction says no judge for you
I didn't use Grok .

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 10:28 AM (sDNVV)

231 Hello, Teresa!

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:28 AM (77rzZ)

232 Toys Ya Us went bankrupt? I don't remember that.
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:26 AM (77rzZ)

2017

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 10:28 AM (udlma)

233 What was the capital of Assyria?

Posted by: Keeper of the Bridge of Death at December 19, 2025 10:29 AM (EMg+d)

234

Wir fahr'n, fahr'n, fahr'n auf der Autobahn

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 10:29 AM (pkeXY)

235 However student enrollment has been crashing everywhere because Millenails stopped having kids. And older GenZ are having even fewer kids that millennials did. One crazy number I saw is there are more people 60+ in the US than under 10.

The entire education system and the kid economy as a whole is going through some major structural changes. Toys R Us going bankrupt was a canary in the coal mine.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
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High School enrollment until this year was trending up a bit (decent economy during Bush years) but middle and elementary were dropping.

Simply put, we have to use indirect measures because the fed government (and states, etc.) do not know who we have in this country for decades now.

Many of those illegals worked in the shadow economy of floating cash paid jobs and the easiest sign of those departing should be rising costs for labor and construction depending on how slack the local jobs market are. ICE has not done very much yet in Workplace Enforcement and instead focused on criminals and terrorists first.

Complicating matters is the Reagan amnesty bill let employers off the hook if they took I-9 forms and the proffered ids at face value.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 10:29 AM (WDjG6)

236 And you wonder why they have $7.00 a gallon gas?

I looked up my old Silicon Valley haunts on gasbuddy.com. Gas is $3.69 to $4.39. The East Bay is in the low $3's. This is stunning progress.

No, I'm not tempted to go back.

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2025 10:29 AM (kACBq)

237
btw, Shame on Us for not making a modern Animal Farm movie.

"Politics loves a vacuum"
-- Shih Tzu

We left the door wide open for the totalitarian left to rewrite Animal Farm and rewrite reality.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 10:30 AM (BTBWt)

238 I like it. She seems happy.

Posted by: no one at December 19, 2025 10:30 AM (W7XSX)

239 Austin ISD (public schools here in town) is closing several elementary schools due to lack of enrollment.

My guess is it's some combination of the residents of the district not having enough kids because they're all lunatic lefties that either don't have kids at all or have only one, and the really conspicuous lack of Hispanic kids lately.

Posted by: ballistic at December 19, 2025 10:30 AM (3BwY8)

240 What was the capital of Assyria?
Posted by: Keeper of the Bridge of Death

Assur, to begin with, but it had several others after that, including Nineveh.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:30 AM (77rzZ)

241 Nearly a year after the Santa Ynez reservoir was offline, empty, and unavailable during the apocalyptic wildfires, Los Angeles has once again decided to take the Santa Ynez reservoir offline, and it will once again be empty and unavailable.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 10:12 AM (L/fGl)

Same as it ever was.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 10:13 AM (Zz0t1)

There is water at the bottom of the ocean! But none in the reservoir...

Posted by: David Byrne, City Manager at December 19, 2025 10:31 AM (TbWk/)

242 NYT on suicide watch!

Byron York
@ByronYork
The New York Times makes another big effort to connect Trump to Jeffrey Epstein's crimes. Fails again. "The Times interviewed more than 30 former Epstein employees, victims of his abuse and others who crossed paths with the two men over the years. The Times also obtained new documents that illuminate their relationship and scoured court documents and other public records...An examination of their history by The New York Times has found no evidence implicating Mr. Trump in Mr. Epstein’s abuse and trafficking of minors."

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Now do the ballroom of evil!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 10:31 AM (L/fGl)

243 Recall NY allowed events well beyond the statute of limitations to be tried? And also allowed verbal declarations with no evidence to serve as evidence?

Drop the statute of limitations for any federal employee that gets caught pilfering our money. That includes elected ones too.

Posted by: DanMan at December 19, 2025 10:31 AM (8uzBS)

244 G'day, Art Morons 🎨

First impression is Hopper sitting in the back seat painting the woman in the front seat painting.

Don't think I've ever before seen a painting done from inside a vehicle. Maybe Leroy Neiman did it? 😃

I'd like to see a photograph from behind the car. With someone taking a photograph from behind the photographer. Infinite regression suggested. AI, whip that up for me, wontcha? Yes, I do need coffee.

Posted by: mindful webworker - coffee, thanks at December 19, 2025 10:31 AM (WB0Mb)

245 very nice, beautiful watercolor!

Posted by: kallisto at December 19, 2025 10:31 AM (dCxaZ)

246 "Another key reason, though, is that some students “just disappeared” and never showed up

Do schools pad these rolls, anyways, with ficititious students? Was there ever any incentive not to cheat?

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2025 10:33 AM (kACBq)

247 High School enrollment until this year was trending up a bit (decent economy during Bush years) but middle and elementary were dropping.
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Yeah kids born 2001-2008 have GenX parents for the most part. It’s post 2008 crash when coincidentally millenails came of child bearing age that birth rates plummeted and never recovered.

Next year is when the college cliff begins.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 10:34 AM (udlma)

248 An examination of their history by The New York Times has found no evidence implicating Mr. Trump in Mr. Epstein’s abuse and trafficking of minors.

Trump did rape me in the Lady's Big And Tall at Macy's in December 1992. He even wished me a Merry Christmas as he exploded in my ass. I didn't shit right for a month!

Posted by: E Jean Carroll, Old Whore at December 19, 2025 10:34 AM (R/m4+)

249 Toys Ya Us went bankrupt? I don't remember that.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:26 AM (77rzZ)
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I do. They were a sizable client when they closed up shop.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 10:34 AM (krQz2)

250 My guess is it's some combination of the residents of the district not having enough kids because they're all lunatic lefties that either don't have kids at all or have only one, and the really conspicuous lack of Hispanic kids lately.
Posted by: ballistic

Urbanization drives lower birth rates because it raises the cost of having kids. And you get the stagnant economy for the middle of the income bell curve since the 1970's with declining real per capita income. Only Trump has managed some upturns much to the dismay of our investing class.

Cheaper labor from waves of immigrants legal or not results in depressing native fertility rates and is a perfect example of the tragedy of the commons.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 10:34 AM (WDjG6)

251 Isn’t it illegal to paint a landscape painting in the RoW of a highway?

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 19, 2025 10:35 AM (rQwsY)

252 Char Meck schools are at 2010 numbers for enrollment. So 15 years of increases have been wiped out. Maybe my property tax will decrease!

Posted by: NCKate at December 19, 2025 10:35 AM (uQzkA)

253 The New York Times makes another big effort to connect Trump to Jeffrey Epstein's crimes. Fails again."
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Now do the ballroom of evil!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 10:31 AM (L/fGl)

It's almost amusing that the piece of starts off emphasizing how they knew that Trump was linked to Epstein, and then at the end they almost apologetically tack on the line "ok we really couldn't find any evidence of that."

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 10:36 AM (uWKK8)

254 Now do the ballroom of evil!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 10:31 AM (L/fGl)
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Gonna have a sliding floor into a pool of sharks with frickin' lasers on their heads!

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 10:36 AM (krQz2)

255 What was the capital of Assyria?

Posted by: Keeper of the Bridge of Death at December 19, 2025 10:29 AM (EMg+d)

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Addamascus?

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 10:36 AM (NNq22)

256 67
Next Buc-ee's 143 miles.
You can hold it.
Posted by: The next billboard at December 19, 2025 09:41 AM (2Ez/1)

Billboard on I-40 in Amarillo: NEXT BUC-EE’S 1054 MILES

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 19, 2025 10:37 AM (rQwsY)

257 Richmond, California Mayor Eduardo Martinez knows who's responsible for the Bondi massacre.

https://is.gd/4AFT5T

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 10:37 AM (L/fGl)

258
Look at this. This is typical fare for Tik Tok, btw -- unemployed, ignorant young goblins who know Everything making dumb videos.

Here's a goblin, IN BED, goblin-splaining why "gen X'ers" and "boomers" suck and she hates us and we deserve what we get:

https://is.gd/bu8WWO

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 10:38 AM (BTBWt)

259 252 Char Meck schools are at 2010 numbers for enrollment. So 15 years of increases have been wiped out. Maybe my property tax will decrease!
Posted by: NCKate at December 19, 2025 10:35 AM (uQzkA)

We need more money.

Posted by: Char Meck Schools at December 19, 2025 10:38 AM (rQwsY)

260 It's almost amusing that the piece of starts off emphasizing how they knew that Trump was linked to Epstein, and then at the end they almost apologetically tack on the line "ok we really couldn't find any evidence of that."
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 10:36 AM (uWKK

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If you read far enough into an NYT article it will usually tell you whether there's any there there.

They're at least often honest about their dishonest hype.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 10:38 AM (krQz2)

261 I do. They were a sizable client when they closed up shop.
Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 10:34 AM (krQz2)

they had a big free standing store near me that stood vacant for 4 or 5 years.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 10:38 AM (uWKK8)

262 I live in a lilly white school district. The population has doubled in the past 20 years but school enrollment is flat in that same time. Nothing to do with illegals or deportations. It’s people not having kids. There was talk of consolidating some elementary schools but they decided to keep them open for now with some new bond measures that were passed. It’s a band aid, long term they’ll have to close several schools. No kids to fill them.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 10:38 AM (udlma)

263 The ballroom of evil will feature plenty of SLAYER.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 19, 2025 10:38 AM (rQwsY)

264 Char Meck schools are at 2010 numbers for enrollment. So 15 years of increases have been wiped out. Maybe my property tax will decrease!

(Narrator: Her property taxes will not decrease.)

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2025 10:39 AM (Riz8t)

265 Confirmed by Science - dropping f bombs increases pain tolerance:

https://tinyurl.com/3rfa654u

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 19, 2025 10:39 AM (XvL8K)

266 @TheKevinDalton
Nearly a year after the Santa Ynez reservoir was offline, empty, and unavailable during the apocalyptic wildfires, Los Angeles has once again decided to take the Santa Ynez reservoir offline, and it will once again be empty and unavailable.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 10:12 AM (L/fGl)

Fat lesbian management.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 19, 2025 10:40 AM (g8Ew8)

267 ...In response to a question on whether Somalis should hold themselves accountable, Walz stated that there are many white people who have also committed crime.

https://is.gd/EhHdta

Posted by: Archimedes
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Trust me, if there were a network of white men ripping the country off to the tune of 8+ billion dollars, they wouldn't need me to be concerned about it.

Ah, the standard Democrat strategy of pretending not to understand the scale of things...or maybe not really understanding the scale of things.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 10:40 AM (krQz2)

268 Fulton County [Georgia] admits it illegally certified 315,000 ballots in 2020 election

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NTTAWWT

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 10:41 AM (L/fGl)

269 256 67
Next Buc-ee's 143 miles.
You can hold it.
Posted by: The next billboard at December 19, 2025 09:41 AM (2Ez/1)

Billboard on I-40 in Amarillo: NEXT BUC-EE’S 1054 MILES
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 19, 2025 10:37 AM (rQwsY)

Buc-ee's has a lot of hilarious billboards - one of my favorites; "BUC-EE'S 12 MILES - YOUR THRONE AWAITS!"
and also
"AT BUC-EE'S, WE MAKE OUR ICE FROM SCRATCH!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 10:41 AM (uWKK8)

270 A new company, one that sells calendars in mall Kiosks bought ToysRus. My housemate is working at one that just opened in Colorado a couple weeks before Thanksgiving. They are doing booming business right now, time will tell if there is enough year round business to sustain the mall rent.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 19, 2025 10:41 AM (hhkIi)

271 268 Fulton County [Georgia] admits it illegally certified 315,000 ballots in 2020 election

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NTTAWWT

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 10:41 AM (L/fGl)

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"But they were all Trump votes, so Biden would have won GA by more."
-troll...soon...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 19, 2025 10:41 AM (GBKbO)

272 249 Toys Ya Us went bankrupt? I don't remember that.

Posted by: Bulg
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Looted by hedge funds types. Startup retailers (or restaurants for that matter) often cut deals with real estate investors to get started, then end up buying their own real estate if successful. WalMart, for example, to get started, often gave percentages of a store's gross sales but negotiated a lower fixed rent to the developers. As WalMart got bigger, then it let those old stores sit empty and built new ones that it owned. Eventually a lot were spun off to Hobby Lobby or other stores that did not compete with Wal Mart.

Sears was where Eddie Lampert looted it first by merging it with bankrupt K Mart, and then by spinning off the store real estate and charging rent back to the retail business. Has become a popular tactic claimed by hedge funds to 'unlock' hidden value but it ends up bankrupting the retail companies (and restaurant chains that used that tactic to get big).

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 10:41 AM (WDjG6)

273 Urbanization drives lower birth rates because it raises the cost of having kids. And you get the stagnant economy for the middle of the income bell curve since the 1970's with declining real per capita income. Only Trump has managed some upturns much to the dismay of our investing class.
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All true but it's also lefty Millennials not having kids, ceteris paribus.

Posted by: ballistic at December 19, 2025 10:42 AM (3BwY8)

274 GenZ is roughly 1/2 as big as Millenials.

Schools were already bleeding students. Now as GenZ starts having even fewer kids than millenials it is going to be an apocalypse for the entire education complex.

It’s only beginning.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 10:42 AM (udlma)

275 Ironic that a 3 bedroom 1 bath house built 100 years ago in my neighborhood used to house a family with 10 kids. The houses got huge but the families got small.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 10:42 AM (Dv3i1)

276 FYI Richmond is like East Hartford, Compton, Camden, or Liberty City.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 10:43 AM (9ipOP)

277 Quick like a bunny!

Georgia County Ends COVID State Of Emergency In December 2025, Tells Employees To Return To Work

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 10:43 AM (L/fGl)

278 Char Meck schools are at 2010 numbers for enrollment. So 15 years of increases have been wiped out. Maybe my property tax will decrease!

Posted by: NCKate at December 19, 2025 10:35 AM (uQzkA)

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Has there ever been an instance of property taxes decreasing in an American community?

/only half-joking

* asks Brave AI and gets following incorrect answer -- as the context equates "decreasing" with having to pay increased buy "relatively lower than they would have otherwise been" owing to Califzuela's Prop 13: *

"Yes, there have been instances of property taxes decreasing in American communities, primarily due to policy changes and voter initiatives. For example, California’s Proposition 13, passed in 1978, significantly restricted property tax increases by freezing assessments at 1975 levels or the purchase price and limiting annual increases to 2 percent.

This led to a substantial reduction in property tax burdens for many homeowners, effectively decreasing their tax payments over time as property values rose without corresponding tax increases."

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 10:43 AM (NNq22)

279 268 Fulton County [Georgia] admits it illegally certified 315,000 ballots in 2020 election

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NTTAWWT
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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A lot of those were non existent. The reports are more damning that the media has portrayed. As Fulton did not exclude training data, some of the tapes showed that the votes were imported from another tabulator, etc. etc.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 10:43 AM (WDjG6)

280 A lot of Toys R Us kids had to grow up.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 10:43 AM (krQz2)

281 In response to a question on whether Somalis should hold themselves accountable, Walz stated that there are many white people who have also committed crime.
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Are the white people not held accountable as much as the Somalis are not held accountable?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 10:44 AM (Dv3i1)

282 All true but it's also lefty Millennials not having kids, ceteris paribus.
Posted by: ballistic

Yes. I have a niece by marriage who has told her parents that she's not having children because of climate change.

Fortunately, my Gen-Z son has told my wife and me that he wants to give us grandchildren. So that's nice.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:44 AM (77rzZ)

283 Ironic that a 3 bedroom 1 bath house built 100 years ago in my neighborhood used to house a family with 10 kids. The houses got huge but the families got small.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 10:42 AM (Dv3i1)

From 1970 to today average home size is up 50%, average family size is down 20%.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 10:45 AM (udlma)

284 Fewer kids and most dumb as hell

Posted by: NCKate at December 19, 2025 10:45 AM (uQzkA)

285 Meanwhile in our school district that is kinda famously red for being in the Austin metro area, we're about to build a second HS to accommodate all the kids that are currently in the elementary schools right now.

Posted by: ballistic at December 19, 2025 10:45 AM (3BwY8)

286 Jo Hopper did some very nice paintings as well. Scroll down:

https://tinyurl.com/2rs4afkr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 10:45 AM (ix8EF)

287 Has there ever been an instance of property taxes decreasing in an American community?

/only half-joking

Tarrant County commissioners’ court recently reduced county property taxes. (Fort Worth is the county seat.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 19, 2025 10:45 AM (rQwsY)

288 All true but it's also lefty Millennials not having kids, ceteris paribus.
Posted by: ballistic
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Secular conservatives aren't having many either aka Fiscons. Fertility is found primarily among the so cons aka religious faithful. And a lot of it is probably because Christianity (and Judaism for the faithful) emphasizes having kids and promise of a future.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 10:46 AM (WDjG6)

289 A lot of those were non existent. The reports are more damning that the media has portrayed. As Fulton did not exclude training data, some of the tapes showed that the votes were imported from another tabulator, etc. etc.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 10:43 AM (WDjG6)
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Remember when it was criminal when Trump suggested that they ought to be able to find 11,000 votes?

But 30 x that....not an issue.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 10:46 AM (krQz2)

290 Cheeseburger! Cheeseburger! Cheeseburger!

Long-term study shows people who eat high-fat cheese (and cream) are less likely to develop dementia

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 10:46 AM (L/fGl)

291 Yes. I have a niece by marriage who has told her parents that she's not having children because of climate change.
____

Sad to deprive yourself and husband of the greatest adventure of a marriage. I suppose that all the extra money saved by not having kids will be spent on a large carbon footprint house and international travel.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 10:46 AM (Dv3i1)

292 Good news for kids in high school and middle
School now, way less competition for college. Well assuming Trump doesn’t allow another 600k Chinese students in.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 10:46 AM (udlma)

293 Ironic that a 3 bedroom 1 bath house built 100 years ago in my neighborhood used to house a family with 10 kids. The houses got huge but the families got small.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 10:42 AM (Dv3i1)

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OUT: The Streisand Effect.
IN: The Desmond Effect.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 10:46 AM (NNq22)

294 Thinking about it now, the wife and I don't know any family here with fewer than two kids. Some have three and we know one that has four.

Posted by: ballistic at December 19, 2025 10:47 AM (3BwY8)

295
Yeah kids born 2001-2008 have GenX parents for the most part. It’s post 2008 crash when coincidentally millenails came of child bearing age that birth rates plummeted and never recovered.

Next year is when the college cliff begins.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

Reopen the borders!!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2025 10:47 AM (pkeXY)

296 Sears was where Eddie Lampert looted it first by merging it with bankrupt K Mart, and then by spinning off the store real estate and charging rent back to the retail business. Has become a popular tactic claimed by hedge funds to 'unlock' hidden value but it ends up bankrupting the retail companies (and restaurant chains that used that tactic to get big).
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 10:41 AM (WDjG6)

This is also why now any new Wendy's or Burger King built has the exact same building form factor as every new bank being built.

The business doesn't matter. Only the Real Estate matters.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 10:47 AM (UnA8+)

297 Cheeseburger! Cheeseburger! Cheeseburger!

Long-term study shows people who eat high-fat cheese (and cream) are less likely to develop dementia

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 10:46 AM (L/fGl)
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The brain is fat. So it seems that fat would keep it from "drying out".

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 10:47 AM (krQz2)

298 I suppose that all the extra money saved by not having kids will be spent on a large carbon footprint house and international travel.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 10:46 AM (Dv3i1)
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And benzodiazepines.

Posted by: ballistic at December 19, 2025 10:47 AM (3BwY8)

299 Art OK

Posted by: Bad Andrew at December 19, 2025 10:48 AM (6qf1m)

300 And a lot of it is probably because Christianity (and Judaism for the faithful) emphasizes having kids and promise of a future.
Posted by: whig

God's first commandment in the Bible is "Be fruitful and multiply."

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:48 AM (77rzZ)

301 I grew up reasonably middle class, but I never had a bedroom to myself until after I graduated from college. Of course since I'd never had it, it wasn't important to me. In fact I felt lonely if I had to stay by myself.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 10:48 AM (uWKK8)

302 Long-term study shows people who eat high-fat cheese (and cream) are less likely to develop dementia
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Ain't that good news!

Posted by: Blood Type: Gravy at December 19, 2025 10:49 AM (oftw2)

303 From 1970 to today average home size is up 50%, average family size is down 20%.
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McMansions are made of plywood and vinyl siding. Interesting, a lot of them feature 12 foot ceilings and require oversized furniture to look normal.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2025 10:49 AM (Wg6v7)

304 Only way to get a tax reduction is challenge the assed value. I’ve done that twice. One time the saving was significant, about $1k a year. Other time was like $20 lol.

But it doesn’t cost anything to try.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 19, 2025 10:49 AM (udlma)

305 This is also why now any new Wendy's or Burger King built has the exact same building form factor as every new bank being built.

The business doesn't matter. Only the Real Estate matters.
Posted by: XTC
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You seem pretty savvy on real estate--that is a decent field to get into with a minimum of expensive credentials.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 10:49 AM (WDjG6)

306 First, get a stick of butter.

Posted by: Paula Deen at December 19, 2025 10:49 AM (2Ez/1)

307 The brain is fat. So it seems that fat would keep it from "drying out".
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Lard is good for you.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2025 10:50 AM (Wg6v7)

308 God's first commandment in the Bible is "Be fruitful and multiply."
Posted by: Bulg
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People can and do ignore it and society becomes the worse for it.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 10:50 AM (WDjG6)

309 First, get a stick of butter.

Posted by: Paula Deen at December 19, 2025 10:49 AM (2Ez/1)
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Way ahead of you.

Posted by: Zombie Marlon Brando at December 19, 2025 10:50 AM (krQz2)

310 Feds Estimate Somali-Linked Fraud in Walz’s Minnesota Could Top $9 Billion

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But what about the white guys?!!!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 10:50 AM (L/fGl)

311 286 Jo Hopper did some very nice paintings as well. Scroll down:

https://tinyurl.com/2rs4afkr
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 10:45 AM (ix8EF)

Yes.. And when she first married Hopper she was the more noted Artist

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2025 10:50 AM (VE6XX)

312 Fulton county may have illegally certified those votes but every Dem will pull the Tommy Vietor "that's like five years ago'.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 10:50 AM (1vqcm)

313 God's first commandment in the Bible is "Be fruitful and multiply."
Posted by: Bulg
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These days, people substitute fruity and divide.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 10:51 AM (krQz2)

314 Jelly Roll gets pardoned by Tennessee Gov.

Felony armed robbery and drugs.

Must be nice to be rich. Sorry.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 10:51 AM (dAOkg)

315 Nice art. I like that.

Thank you, CBD.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 19, 2025 10:52 AM (QVmho)

316 Jelly Roll gets pardoned by Tennessee Gov.

Felony armed robbery and drugs.

Must be nice to be rich. Sorry.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 10:51 AM (dAOkg)

Yep. A totally different set of rules.

Tiger Woods has a Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 10:52 AM (Zz0t1)

317 Fulton county may have illegally certified those votes but every Dem will pull the Tommy Vietor "that's like five years ago'.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 10:50 AM (1vqcm)
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Yeah, but would Trump still be in prison had they convicted him of interfering in Georgia's election?

Again, the tactic is to ignore the scale.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 10:53 AM (krQz2)

318 Toys Ya Us went bankrupt? I don't remember that.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:26 AM

ISWYDT.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 19, 2025 10:53 AM (Wnv9h)

319 Yes.. And when she first married Hopper she was the more noted Artist
Posted by: It's me donna

And when Dixie Lee married Bing Crosby, she was the bigger star.

Posted by: Caucasian Christmas at December 19, 2025 10:54 AM (oftw2)

320 Toys Ya Us went bankrupt? I don't remember that.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:26 AM

ISWYDT.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

That's always how I refer to it.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:54 AM (77rzZ)

321 And when Dixie Lee married Bing Crosby, she was the bigger star.
Posted by: Caucasian Christmas at December 19, 2025 10:54 AM (oftw2)

I did not know that

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2025 10:55 AM (VE6XX)

322 That's always how I refer to it.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:54 AM (77rzZ)
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Like the Russian letter?

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 10:55 AM (krQz2)

323 Like the Russian letter?
Posted by: Axeman

Yep.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:56 AM (77rzZ)

324 Brown University shooter made a barking noise' as he gunned down students in classroom, witnesses told cops

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 10:56 AM (RHGPo)

325 322 That's always how I refer to it.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:54 AM (77rzZ)
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Like the Russian letter?
Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 10:55 AM (krQz2)

See also : Tetyais.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 10:57 AM (UnA8+)

326 The brain is fat. So it seems that fat would keep it from "drying out".
Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 10:47 AM (krQz2)

Dry-brain syndrome is hell.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 19, 2025 10:57 AM (g8Ew8)

327
Are there any good paintings of General George Jefferson crossing the Delaware on Christmas night?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 10:57 AM (BTBWt)

328 The brain is fat. So it seems that fat would keep it from "drying out".
Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 10:47 AM (krQz2)

Dry-brain syndrome is hell.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 19, 2025 10:57 AM

They've been telling us fat is bad for generations. They've been trying to kill us all along, it seems.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 10:57 AM (Zz0t1)

329 300 And a lot of it is probably because Christianity (and Judaism for the faithful) emphasizes having kids and promise of a future.
Posted by: whig

God's first commandment in the Bible is "Be fruitful and multiply."
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:48 AM (77rzZ)

For context there were only two people on the whole planet at the time. And Blackrock, Monsanto, ConAgra, ArcherDanielsMidland, hedge funds, private equity, tech oligarchs and fiat currency didn't exist yet.

Posted by: Bit of a change in circumstance at December 19, 2025 10:57 AM (TbWk/)

330 Are there any good paintings of General George Jefferson crossing the Delaware on Christmas night?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 19, 2025 10:57 AM (BTBWt)

He was simply moving on up.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 10:58 AM (Zz0t1)

331 314 Jelly Roll gets pardoned by Tennessee Gov.

Felony armed robbery and drugs.

Must be nice to be rich. Sorry.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 10:51 AM (dAOkg)
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Eh, he's quite literally turned his life around and spends quite a bit of his time using his platform to talk openly about how not to get involved in a life of crime.

You see a lot of these retroactive pardons for people who made a lot of bad decisions but then got their shit together later in life.

Posted by: ballistic at December 19, 2025 10:58 AM (3BwY8)

332 Trump is randomly sinking boats!

Democrats’ Narrative on Trump Admin "Randomly Shooting Boats" Sunk by One of Their Own

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 19, 2025 10:58 AM (L/fGl)

333 329 For context there were only two people on the whole planet at the time. And Blackrock, Monsanto, ConAgra, ArcherDanielsMidland, hedge funds, private equity, tech oligarchs and fiat currency didn't exist yet.
Posted by: Bit of a change in circumstance at December 19, 2025 10:57 AM (TbWk/)

Nor did synthetic estrogen or silicone breast implants.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 10:59 AM (UnA8+)

334 We stand four-square and rock-ribbed for the eat fat movement!

Posted by: Whoopi, Trigglypuff, Stacey, and Lizzo at December 19, 2025 10:59 AM (0sNs1)

335 317 Fulton county may have illegally certified those votes but every Dem will pull the Tommy Vietor "that's like five years ago'.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 10:50 AM (1vqcm)
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Yeah, but would Trump still be in prison had they convicted him of interfering in Georgia's election?

Again, the tactic is to ignore the scale.
Posted by: Axeman

The fact is that Governor Kemp and AG Carr knew about this from teh get go and have refused to do a damn thing about nor about the fake electors case bullshit from Fulton County. They haven't done a damn thing and even the GA House and GA Senate, both controlled by GOP have done little enough. GA appellate courts have also been profiles in cowardice--not killing the fake cases outright years ago and not ordering Fulton to turn over those ballots for public perusal in 2021 when the suit began for access.

GA Sos Ratshitburger is another cog in the wheel by he and his employees lying at every moment to protect fraud in Fulton (and probably Savannah, Macon, and other blue areas) including the Senate runoff in 2021. They can all rot in hell for what they did.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 10:59 AM (WDjG6)

336 Are there any good paintings of General George Jefferson crossing the Delaware on Christmas night?

Posted by: Soothsayer

You bet. Painted by Marla Gibbs, still with us age 94.

Posted by: Caucasian Christmas at December 19, 2025 10:59 AM (oftw2)

337 For context there were only two people on the whole planet at the time.

God first said it to the animals, before man was made. Then I believe he repeated it once He had made humans.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:59 AM (77rzZ)

338 >>Fulton county may have illegally certified those votes but every Dem will pull the Tommy Vietor "that's like five years ago'.

Even CNN's pollster admitted yesterday that Democrats currently have an approval rating of 18%.

Just keep hammering them with their corruption. We might not be able to win 2020 again but lots of elections before us and we need those Independents.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 11:00 AM (viF8m)

339 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)

340 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

341 Then I believe he repeated it once He had made humans.
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 10:59 AM (77rzZ)

Wonder if he regrets that now

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2025 11:01 AM (VE6XX)

342 Fulton County [Georgia] admits it illegally certified 315,000 ballots in 2020 election

First: There was no fraud. That's a proven fact

Then: Well, maybe things weren't done perfectly but it didn't change the results

Finally: That's old news. Everyone knew we were more focused on getting every eligible citizen to vote versus stopping non citizens from voting. Let's MoveOn(tm)

Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 11:02 AM (sKqQm)

343 They've been telling us fat is bad for generations. They've been trying to kill us all along, it seems.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 10:57 AM (Zz0t1)
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Saw this article that says that all the studies they did on alcohol killing the liver did not isolate for other things.

Saturated fats show signs of actually healing an alcoholic rat's liver.

The combination of alcohol and seed oils is what really desiccates the liver. Much less sign of liver damage to alcoholic mice that consumed only saturated fats.

Seed oils are worse than cigarettes. Seed oils are worse than alcohol. Get them out of our food.

Posted by: Axeman at December 19, 2025 11:02 AM (krQz2)

344 Actually kind of nice. Might not hang, but can appreciate it.

Posted by: GWB at December 19, 2025 11:24 AM (1lmsO)

345 " Fulton County [Georgia] admits it illegally certified 315,000 ballots in 2020 election"

It worked, didn't it?

Also...

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at December 19, 2025 11:33 AM (vFG9F)

346 I was a youthful fuckup. I got my shit together. Nobody's lining up to wave off any of my convictions. Nor should they.

Trump has pardoned or at least commuted sentences for people who are nobodies, and he gave a full pardon to Ross Ulbrecht though that was a very controversial thing to do.

I'd reckon he isn't pardoning this Jelly Roll without at least some sense that the guy should be sprung.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 19, 2025 11:37 AM (BI5O2)

347 Remember when all the switches was on the Dashboard the only Lights was for the Headlights Bright or Dim as well as the lite up Insterments and the Turn Signal and the Headlight Dimmer switch was on the floor and there was more leg room in the Back Seat

Posted by: Spurwing Plover at December 19, 2025 05:43 PM (wGqjj)

348 Porno web bieden een verscheidenheid aan video’s voor
volwassen entertainment. Kies voor gegarandeerde platforms voor een veilige ervaring.

Posted by: FULL PORN MOVIES at December 19, 2025 08:43 PM (DONVs)

The Morning Report — 12/19/25

Good morning kids. Not to toot my own horn but am I good or what?! In yesterday's Morning Report, I wrote:

we have two separate shootings on two of the nation’s top campuses, Brown University and at MIT. . .Are these incidents all connected somehow. Given the assassination of Charlie Kirk and several failed attempts on President Trump as well as the violent rhetoric and actual violence and acts of terrorism by the Left cheered on and encouraged by the Democrat propagandist media and the Democrats themselves not just in the Trump era but virtually throughout our history. Well anything is possible, and maybe the MIT Professor had links to Academia’s bête noire The State of Israel or was targeted by the Chi-Coms or other foreign state actors? Meh, just spit-ballin’ here. Don’t cost nuthin’. . .

Well, the gunman offed himsef and it turns out he was a Portuguese national, as was his victim at MIT. What his connection to the victims at Brown is unclear, except for the fact that he attended Brown at one point. But here's the kicker:

Israeli officials are reportedly investigating a possible Iranian connection to the murder of senior MIT nuclear scientist Prof. Nuno F. G. Loureiro, who was reportedly shot at his home on Monday evening by unknown assailants and died in the hospital a few hours later. Professor Loureiro, 47, was the director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), whose faculty he joined in 2016. He was born and raised in Portugal, earning an undergraduate degree from the Instituto Superior Tecnico in Lisbon and a Ph.D. from Imperial College in London, then spending several years at the Institute for Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion in Lisbon before moving to the United States. . . “The Israeli investigation is being conducted against the backdrop of Loureiro’s sensitive field of research,” JP reported. “However, informed sources have emphasized that at this stage, there is no unequivocal determination or evidence linking the murder to a state or intelligence operation.”
The Jewish magazine Forward on Wednesday sought to debunk social media rumors that Loureiro was killed because he was an outspoken supporter of Israel and Jewish people as unfounded. The rumors appear to be based on some social media posts that were mistakenly attributed to Prof. Loureiro, but actually written by someone else using the same name, along with a photo posted to social media that claimed to show a “Stand With Israel” sign in the professor’s window. . . There has been much speculation about such a connection, since the killer has proven remarkably elusive in both cases, and Loureiro’s home in Brookline is only about 50 miles from Brown University, so it would not be difficult for the killer to get from one murder site to the other in less than two days.

Well about me saying "Am I good or what?" I'll go with the "or what" choice. As I said, given everything going on both at home and abroad and the Venn diagram of events intersects at quite a few points. Almost any day of the week, the links we have can be played almost like that old game called "Mad Libs" no not angry leftists but a play on the expression Ad-lib, although there are myriad Mad Libs/angry leftists that populate virtually every link to one degree or another. Where or how the victims and perpetrator in these killings are connected vis a vis the motive is still unknown, and as President Trump is fond of saying, we'll just have to wait and see. Unless of course the propaganda media and their paymasters in the institutional left deem the truth way to inconvenient and damaging to their narrative.

As in this case:

How bad is the establishment media? How much does it present propaganda disguised as news? How low will it stoop? Here’s a case study.
A “Sioux Falls man” was arrested on Tuesday. It seems that this particular Sioux Falls man was minding his own business, not bothering anybody, livestreaming on Facebook, when he suddenly decided to let the world know that all was not right in the world of Sioux Falls Man. He announced, right on his Facebook livestream, that he was planning to burn a building down. He also brandished a gun and a knife. . . Having thus advertised his intentions to the world, Sioux Falls man was arrested, and the local media covered the story. Yet the way that one Sioux Falls “news” outlet presented the facts has implications that go far beyond Sioux Falls and the story of one local boy who went bad. . . You’d reasonably expect, or even assume, that this was a photo of the Sioux Falls man who was livestreaming and announced his plans to commit an act of arson. Yet not only was it not a photo of the perp, but it was a photo that showed someone who was about as different from the perp as it would be possible to get. . . the real Sioux Falls man who issued this arson threat was not the man in KELO’s photo. Instead, he was a black man named Mohamed Mansarry. Likely because of all the attention KELO received from their false photo (End Wokeness has 3.9 million followers on X), it has taken down the story that it initially circulated with the misleading photo; now all there is at that link is a Page Not Found notice. . .
The story that KELO now has up carries Mohamed Mansarry. But what was going on with that other photo? One X user offered the most likely explanation: “The media operates as a laundering service for the regime’s persistent failures. This visual deception in Sioux Falls is a blatant example of narrative control. KELO News substitutes a stock photo of a white man for Mohamed Mansarry to preserve a hollow multicultural illusion. This is a calculated attempt to sanitize demographic reality. You liberal sycophants swallow this visual poison because you fear the truth more than the fire Mansarry threatened to start. The press functions as the propaganda wing of a crumbling state that relies on your blindness to survive.”

At the tail end of the latest edition of the podcast CBD and I were reminiscing about the good old days growing up in the greater NYC area. For me it was the Flatbush/Midwood section of Brooklyn, having graduated from what was an outstanding example of what the concept of the Melting Pot ought to be: Midwood High School, where whatever your religion, ethnicity or background, we all somehow managed to get along and embraced not only our heritages but our common heritage of being American. Anyway, when we were off the air, CBD asked me about notable alumni:

Unfortunately one of my predecessors was Woody Allen and some years after I ventured as far away as across the street to Brooklyn College, came the truly execrable Hakeem Jeffries. I don't know if fellow alums Didi Conn, Morty Gunty or David Peel collectively offset the latter two.

But sadly, one of my own classmates, who long ago and far away I once considered a friend. I haven't seen nor spoken with him in ages and with this story I likely never will:

Thursday on CNN’s “The Lead,” network medical analyst Jonathan Reiner said the “manic cadence” of President Donald Trump’s White House address raised medical concerns.

One of Dr. Reiner's former patients was the late VP Dick Cheney. IIRC way back when when Cheney either had one of his dozens of heart attacks or was diagnosed with a serious heart ailment early on in Dubya's first term, I believe Reiner operated on him, and he became a go-to press source for politician-related medical stories. Anyway, Oh Johnny, my old friend and classmate, it pains me to say this but that you've let yourself descend to the level of being a flaming asshole paid propagandist with an MD shingle is disgusting and disappointing beyond belief. I'm ashamed and embarrassed for you, and I cannot believe we came up together in the same environment.

Perhaps this story is too personal but it is nevertheless illustrative of the nature of both the media as well as how one's personal politics can cloud any sense of ethics and decency, or more frighteningly that their personal politics and blinkered uninformed worldview gives them a sense of moral superiority that they are justified in doing what they do. Lying is truth telling to them. They have gone full Orwellian 1984. Meh, basta cosi.

Elsewhere, shiver me timbers!!!

Patriots of the Caribbean: Sen. Mike Lee Bill Authorizes Privateers to Combat Cartels Outside U.S. Borders — “The Constitution provides for Letters of Marque and Reprisal as a tool against the enemies of the United States,” Lee said. “Cartels have replaced corsairs in the modern era, but we can still give private American citizens and their businesses a stake in the fight against these murderous foreign criminals. The Cartel Marque and Reprisal Reauthorization act will revive this historic practice to defend our shores and seize cartel assets.”

God forbid the Democrats seize control . . . I can imagine them one day deputizing Antifa goons to use deadly force on suspected conservatives! Nous Somme les deux Charlies maintenant - Kirk et Hebdo .

Have a great weekend!

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS

Providence police have identified a former Brown University student and Portuguese national as the suspect in Saturday’s shooting at the Ivy League school.
Brown, MIT shooting suspect ID’d — after he’s found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wound

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

“Over the years, Charlie and Turning Point have been attacked by groups like the Southern Poverty Law Center, which villainizes our open-dialogue approach on campuses,” Andrew Sypher, Turning Point USA Executive Vice President of Field Operations, said.
Turning Point USA Executive Testifies to Congress About How SPLC ‘Villainizes’ Conservatives Like Charlie Kirk

"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY, NEWSOM/DEMOCRAT VIOLENT INSURRECTION RIOTS
The denaturalization plan, detailed in The New York Times, will be spearheaded by USCIS Director Joe Edlow and focus on referring 100 to 200 denaturalization cases every month to the agency’s Office of Immigration Litigation.
Trump’s USCIS Seeks to Strip Naturalized Citizenship from Immigration Fraudsters
The case underscores systemic failures in welfare oversight, with taxpayers bearing the cost and legitimate recipients facing increased scrutiny.
$7 Million SNAP Fraud Scheme Uncovered, Run by Haitian Immigrant Duo.
“People go where they have connections.”
Intervention Leads to Immigration

WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
The world’s major religions needs a better answer to Islam.
The Religion of the Strong Horse
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
Within just 24 hours, two Jewish men were attacked in Brooklyn in incidents now under investigation by the NYPD.
‘It’s Open Season’: Antisemitic Attacks in NYC Highlight Broader Threat, ‘This is Mamdani’s NY’
A high-profile Zohran Mamdani appointee resigned Thursday after newly unearthed posts revealed a series of antisemitic comments online — including rants about “money hungry Jews” and defunding NYPD “piggies.” The short-lived appointment fell apart once the Anti-Defamation League of New York and New Jersey demanded answers Thursday from Mayor-elect Mamdani’s team about whether its members knew about Catherine Almonte Da Costa’s past antisemitic posts on X, formerly known as Twitter. Da Costa, whom Mamdani tapped on Wednesday as the city’s next director of appointments, had several vile stereotype-laden posts from 2011 and 2012, the ADL revealed in a post on X
Zohran Mamdani appointee resigns after vile antisemitic social media posts resurface (Meh, the Islamunist bench of Einsatz-Groupie Jew-haters runs very deep - jjs)
BONDI BEACH CHANUKAH BLOODBATH
Cops from New South Wales (NSW), the Australian Federal Police (AFP), and the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) responded to a tip of a “violent act” in planning, according to an NSW Police statement. The men were headed for unknown reasons to Bondi Beach and five were arrested, reported news.com.au
Australian Police Reportedly Ram Car To Foil Suspected Second Terror Plot In Days
Bondi Beach was the site of last weekend's ISIS-inspired antisemitic terror attack.
Australian Police Arrest 7 Near Bondi Beach Over Suspected Plot To Carry Out ‘Violent Act’
SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
Nothing Trump has done, or what his critics accuse him of doing, even compares to this
Two New Tales Of FBI Corruption Should Make Everyone Furious
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
The consumer price index rose 2.7 percent from a year ago, the Department of Labor said, down from three percent in September and below the 3.1 percent forecast by economists. The report was delayed by the shutdown of the federal government that stretched from early October through mid-November.
Inflation Unexpectedly Tumbles To 2.7%, Much Better Than Expected, Core Inflation Falls to Lowest Since Early 2021
There’s no denying that Biden's economic legacy is a disaster. Inflation averaged nearly 5% during his tenure and peaked at a jaw-dropping 9.1%, the worst inflation crisis in generations. Democrats' reckless spending spree fueled the fire, and American families paid the price.
The Economic Comeback Under Trump Is Very Real
Gasparino: . . . Trump just needs to work on the messaging
There’s positive signs for US economy but...
47 seems to have forgotten how to appeal to those feeling left behind at such a critical juncture for the nation — and his Barnum & Bailey second presidency.
Affordability-Addled Americans Want Dr. Marcus Welby, The Donald Gave ‘Em P.T. Barnum
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
The incidents have left communities grieving and sparked an ongoing investigation into potential links between the two crimes.
Brown, MIT Shootings Possibly Linked, Investigation Suggests.
Professor Loureiro, 47, was the director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), whose faculty he joined in 2016. He was born and raised in Portugal, earning an undergraduate degree from the Instituto Superior Tecnico in Lisbon and a Ph.D. from Imperial College in London, then spending several years at the Institute for Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion in Lisbon before moving to the United States.
Report: Israel Investigates Possible Iran Link in Killing of MIT Nuclear Scientist
Douglas Murray: Even Trump haters are having to admit that it’s working. Long-time DC resident Andrew Sullivan this week wrote a mea-culpa column in which he had to fess up.
Douglas Murray: Trump cleaned up crime in DC – and taught everyone a lesson in public safety
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
The story that KELO now has up carries Mohamed Mansarry. But what was going on with that other photo? One X user offered the most likely explanation: “The media operates as a laundering service for the regime’s persistent failures. This visual deception in Sioux Falls is a blatant example of narrative control. KELO News substitutes a stock photo of a white man for Mohamed Mansarry to preserve a hollow multicultural illusion. This is a calculated attempt to sanitize demographic reality. You liberal sycophants swallow this visual poison because you fear the truth more than the fire Mansarry threatened to start. The press functions as the propaganda wing of a crumbling state that relies on your blindness to survive.”
‘Sioux Falls Man’ Is Arrested, and There’s Something Weird About the News Coverage
Where macho feminism takes us.
The Trouble With Female Leftist Reporters
Luke Yarwood, 36, pleaded guilty at Bournemouth Crown Court to two counts of publishing writen material intended to stir up racial hatred.
UK man jailed for anti-migrant posts condemning Islamic attacks on German Christmas markets after relative rats him out to cops
Thursday on CNN’s “The Lead,” network medical analyst Jonathan Reiner said the “manic cadence” of President Donald Trump’s White House address raised medical concerns. (Oh Jonathan, My old friend and classmate, it pains me to say this but that you've let yourself descend to the level of being a flaming asshole propagandist with an MD sheepskin is disgusting; I'm ashamed and embarrassed for you - JJS)
CNN’s Reiner: ‘Manic Cadence’ of Trump’s Speech Raises Health Concerns

* * * * *
‘The EU’s AI Act should be a wake-up call for every American who cares about sovereignty and free expression.’ ‘The idea that a laissez-faire approach to artificial intelligence protects free markets is no longer tenable when Europe is already writing and enforcing the rules.’
New Heartland Institute Study: Europe Is Now Regulating America’s AI
Robert Zimmerman: "The frightening part to me, however, is the weak response by parents. Only half are convinced this technology is harming their kids, and even those who do believe so are not taking it away from their children, only limiting its use in a variety of superficial and generally ineffective ways."
New study: AI is corrupting the minds of children

RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
“Trump Media & Technology Group built uncancellable infrastructure to secure free expression online for Americans, and now we’re taking a big step forward toward a revolutionary technology that will cement America’s global energy dominance for generations,” TMTG Chairman and CEO Devin Nunes said in a statement.Trump Media Announces $6 Billion Merger With Tech Giant To Spearhead ‘Fusion Energy’ Revolution
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
Conservatives can’t save the country by funding their enemies—defunding the Department of Education would return billions to taxpayers, cut grift, and let education compete.
Conservatives can’t save the country by funding their enemies—defunding the Department of Education would return billions to taxpayers, cut grift, and let education compete.
The teacher was concerned for ‘their’ personal safety.
‘Non-Binary’ Teacher Refused to Teach 10-Year-Old Son of Conservative School Board Member
10 percent of the school's graduates since 2014 bear the surname of the ruling Al Thani family, according to a Middle East Forum report
Northwestern Says Its Qatar Campus Gives Middle Eastern Women a Quality Education. Nearly 40 Percent of Its 2020 Graduates Came From Elite Qatari Families.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reportedly considering adding a ‘black box’ warning to COVID-19 vaccines to highlight potential side effects.
COVID Boosters Linked to Elevated Risk of Dementia-Linked Virus.
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
Loudmouthed Texas Democrat announces U.S. Senate run after taking money from Jeffrey Epstein
Bombshell Report: Crockett Charged with Assaulting Police Officer in 2022
POLITICS
Not his name. Not his face. But his presidency, his agenda, and the remaining years of his administration absolutely are.
Vote like Trump is on the ballot in 2026—because he is
Stefanik, whose team argues she has the best shot at defeating incumbent Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, is facing Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. Even though Stefanik currently leads Blakeman by 31 points, President Donald Trump has asserted both are “great people” and declined to get involved in the race at this point.
Elise Stefanik Went Full MAGA — So Where Is Her Trump Endorsement?
If Hilton and Bianco advance, it could lead to a Republican governor in California for the first time since 2011.
Former Fox Host, UK PM David Cameron Advisor Tops CA Governor Primary.
“So, all this stuff they’re doing with the not getting off of the trans for everyone, not getting off of the just racial politics, the victimhood politics, the soft on crime politics…none of this stuff is actually helping their brand, amongst themselves.”
Shock Poll Reveals Democrats at Worst Level of the Century (take another poll New Year's eve 2100 and call me - jjs)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Fred Fleitz: Trump’s peace-through-strength approach has reversed Biden-era weakness, restoring deterrence, ending conflicts, and reasserting American leadership at home and abroad.
Trump’s Christmas Gift to America: A Year of US Global Leadership and Peacemaking
. . . how President Trump has restored America's power of deterrence and global prestige.
President Trump’s Foreign Policy Realism and Successes
Another year of useless UN pronouncements and conferences.
Two Fade-Outs and a Farce
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
The Cartel Marque and Reprisal Reauthorization Act authorizes President Donald Trump to commission American operators under letters of marque to seize cartel property and persons on land or sea outside the United States.
Exclusive — Patriots of the Caribbean: Sen. Mike Lee Bill Authorizes Privateers to Combat Cartels Outside U.S. Borders (I can imagine Democrats one day deputizing Antifa goons to use deadly force on suspected conservatives! Nous Somme Charlie Kirk et Hebdo maintenant - jjs)
The Indo-Pacific is where global power now concentrates, and decades of U.S. neglect have left deterrence against a rising China urgent, fragile, and racing against time.
Deterrence by Denial in the Indo-Pacific
The deal prompted an angry backlash from China which continues to threaten the independent, democratic state on an almost daily basis.
U.S. Approves Sale of $11 Billion-Worth of Arms to Taiwan
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
I negotiated directly with the drug companies in foreign nations to which were taken advantage of our country for many decades to slash prices on drugs and pharmaceuticals by as much as 400 500 and even 600% in other words, your drug costs will be plummeting downward, and I use the threat of tariffs to get foreign countries who would never have done it to pay the cost of this giant dollar reduction.
‘I’m Doing What No Politician Has Ever Done’: TrumpRx Delivers Historic Price Cuts Up to 600%
The Executive Order aims to improve research, access, and guidance for medical marijuana and CBD products.
Trump Expands Medical Marijuana and CBD Research, Orders DOJ to Expedite Cannabis Reclassification.
If we handle it right, a more effective, more humane vision of medicine is within reach.
Is AI the Rx for U.S. Health Care?
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
The deadline for this report suggests that Trump’s executive order today is precisely aimed at providing Isaacman the political clout he needs to pull those astronauts from [the spring SLS-Orion lunar] mission, for legitimate safety concerns. When he releases this report in March, he will do so with great fanfare, in a manner that will allow him to take such a politically charged action.

New Trump executive order today guarantees major changes coming to NASA’s Moon program
Flammarion Crater is of interest because some scientists believe it once held a lake. These channels on the periphery of the crater floor support that hypothesis, especially as they seem to drain downward into the crater.
Ancient Martian drainage into crater lake, now turned into ridges
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Fuscarino has close ties to New Jersey’s governor-elect Mikie Sherrill (D) and other Democrat state officials.
LGBTQ Group Leader Charged With Assaulting Foster Child.
“Collectively, these actions will ensure that the federal government in no way funds directly gender transition procedures on minors, and also does not fund facilities that perform these procedures on minors,” the official stated.
HHS Moves To Defund Hospitals And States Pushing ‘Gender Transition’ On Children
The mayor-elect’s gender agenda is built more on dogma than evidence.
Mamdani’s LGBTQ Morality Trap
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
A disembodied notion of American identity means that America is really nothing at all, and no one is really an American.
Vivek Ramaswamy Is Wrong About American Identity And Wrong About America
The new name reflects bipartisan support for the cultural center.
Kennedy Center Renamed Trump Kennedy Center Following Unanimous Board Decision.
Those on the left who label Robert E. Lee a traitor and call for statues of him to be torn down have no interest in the historical facts or good faith debate.
The Left’s Real Target In Its Latest Attack On Robert E. Lee Is America Itself
HITHER & YON
"God has given us an opportunity to achieve Charlie's almost impossible goal."
Charlie Kirk Gave His Team An Impossible Task. Now They’re Fighting To Make It A Reality.
Christian Toto: Thoughtful undead thriller puts emphasis on healing, not head shots
‘We Bury the Dead’ Offers Somber Spin on Zombie Craze
A powerful book unveils Nazism after the lights went out.
When the “Master Race” Sat in a Jail Cell

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 07:20 AM (Zz0t1)

2 Happy Friday

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 07:20 AM (gbOdA)

3 Woah....that might be a first.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 07:20 AM (Zz0t1)

4 Greetings and good morning!

Posted by: NR Pax at December 19, 2025 07:21 AM (lXoJ5)

5
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 19, 2025 07:22 AM (tljrc)

6 Yay! Sefton!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 07:22 AM (XR7sA)

7 'Staggering, industrial-scale fraud': More than $9B looted from Minnesota medicaid programs
U.S. attorney announces additional charges in the ongoing investigation engulfing state

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2025 07:22 AM (Xac3k)

8 This visual deception in Sioux Falls is a blatant example of narrative control.

There is a saying that I came across a year ago and I always say it at moments like this: "If they don't show the face, then we know the race."

Posted by: NR Pax at December 19, 2025 07:22 AM (lXoJ5)

9 It's very convenient that the Brown gunman killed himself. It will make it harder to follow any conspiracy.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at December 19, 2025 07:25 AM (aKh6S)

10 Reiner said he was afraid his son might hurt him so he brought him to Conan O'Brian's Christmas party.

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 07:25 AM (vFG9F)

11 *Staggering, industrial-scale fraud': More than $9B looted from Minnesota medicaid programs*

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It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at December 19, 2025 07:25 AM (2Ez/1)

12 Good morning again dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Laura Tingle's remarks yesterday that "it's not their religion" drawing massive blowback to ABC.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 07:25 AM (9ipOP)

13 1 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 07:20 AM (Zz0t1)
=====

This is...wrong somehow.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 07:26 AM (9ipOP)

14 8Posted by: NR Pax at December 19, 2025 07:22 AM (lXoJ5)

It's a farce if you don't see a Schvar....

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2025 07:27 AM (x0n13)

15 Letters of Marque return to the Caribbean! Excellent news. Senator Lee is a good dude.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 07:27 AM (XR7sA)

16 BOING!

חנוכה שמח, שבת שלום וחודש טוב

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 19, 2025 07:27 AM (3HyZi)

17 Regarding the TPUSA article at Daily Wire:

“I’m calling on every conservative governor in the nation to do an event like this with us and make promises, and create a culture where a leftist teacher or administrator is scared to trample on the First Amendment rights of a 15-year-old.”

The only way to make these people scared is facing real consequences. And I hope Turning Point has a bunch of lawyers ready to go and they are able to broadcast the names of the teachers and admins that are causing problems.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 19, 2025 07:28 AM (lXoJ5)

18 Being devious does not require intelligence. Any idiot can steal.

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 07:29 AM (vFG9F)

19 G'mornin' JJ, and gut shabbes!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 19, 2025 07:29 AM (Cjt/F)

20 In June 2012, Da Costa posted: “Far Rockaway train is the Jew train.”

Every day, I get in the queue
(Too much, Magic Bus)
To get on the bus that takes me to you
(Too much, Magic Bus)
I'm so nervous, I just sit and smile
(Too much, Magic Bus)
Your house is only another mile
(Too much, Magic Bus)

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 07:29 AM (gbOdA)

21 Somalians looted every possible federal give-away program, it seems. And usually, they did it with the active collaboration of the Democrat Party. Can't wait to see the total fraud, once calculated.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 07:29 AM (XR7sA)

22 It's a farce if you don't see a Schvar....
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Heh. I like that. But seriously, I remember a few years back when there was a shooting from a sailor that ended at the local base. During the interview:

Reporter: "What was the name of the person?"
Spokesman: "He was a Navy Corpsman."
Reporter: "OK, but what was his name?"
Spokesman: "He was a Navy Corpsman."
Reporter: "Can I buy a vowel?"
Spokesman: "He was a Navy Corpsman."

And then it came out that he was an African migrant who was a Corpsman. Needless to say, the story was strangled quickly.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 19, 2025 07:31 AM (lXoJ5)

23 18 Being devious does not require intelligence. Any idiot can steal.
Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 07:29 AM

+++

Get a gun and you can rob somebody.
Get a bank and you can rob everybody.

Posted by: Monopoly man with top hat, cane and monocle at December 19, 2025 07:31 AM (2Ez/1)

24 Reiner said he was afraid his son might hurt him so he brought him to Conan O'Brian's Christmas party.
Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 07:25 AM (vFG9F)

Seems he should've started paying attention to his son long before that night.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 07:31 AM (Zz0t1)

25 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2025 07:31 AM (iJa5t)

26 "U.S. Approves Sale of $11 Billion-Worth of Arms to Taiwan"

How do I get in on that deal?

Posted by: Michelle Fields at December 19, 2025 07:32 AM (vFG9F)

27 You liberal sycophants swallow this visual poison because you fear the truth more than the fire Mansarry threatened to start. The press functions as the propaganda wing of a crumbling state that relies on your blindness to survive.

Poetry......Pure poetry.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 07:32 AM (Zz0t1)

28 20 Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 07:29 AM (gbOdA)

Far Rockaway is a shithole. Unless he means that the train to Far Rockaway goes through Crown Heights and so Jews ride it.

I better not continue as my BP is already spiking.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2025 07:33 AM (x0n13)

29 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 19, 2025 07:33 AM (u82oZ)

30 Here is a fanfare for the morning: https://youtu.be/5LoUm_r7It8
John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine – BBC Proms 2014

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 19, 2025 07:35 AM (u82oZ)

31 My edit did not take

To get on the bus that takes me to ~~you~~ Jews
(Too much, Magic Bus)

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 07:36 AM (gbOdA)

32 I better not continue as my BP is already spiking.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2025 07:33 AM (x0n13)
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She means the LIRR not the subway

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 07:36 AM (9ipOP)

33 The deadline for this report suggests that Trump’s executive order today is precisely aimed at providing Isaacman the political clout he needs to pull those astronauts from [the spring SLS-Orion lunar] mission, for legitimate safety concerns.
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cue to Boeing-supporting Senators to begin screeching in protest.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 07:36 AM (xz8OS)

34 J.J. Sefton

Thank you so much for this tour d'horizon.
You have sound reasoning on what underlies the "news".

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 19, 2025 07:38 AM (u82oZ)

35
This is...wrong somehow.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 07:26 AM (9ipOP)

Right?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 07:38 AM (Zz0t1)

36 32 I better not continue as my BP is already spiking.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2025 07:33 AM (x0n13)
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She means the LIRR not the subway
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 07:36 AM (9ipOP)

Correct. There is a LIRR line that runs to a Far Rockaway station, but there is a subway line that also terminates at a station in Far Rockaway.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2025 07:38 AM (x0n13)

37 About Somalia. All that looting, and very little is better in that country. For reasons.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 19, 2025 07:39 AM (u82oZ)

38 On Sunday, Just the News reported on evidence it had obtained of how the FBI actively thwarted an investigation into the Clinton Foundation in the run-up to the 2016 election. On Tuesday, it reported newly disclosed evidence that the FBI ignored concerns about not having probable cause to mount its unprecedented raid on Donald Trump’s home in August 2022.

The fact that the chief federal law enforcement agency was subverting the law for obvious partisan reasons is a scandal almost without precedent.
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Another day ending in "Y"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 07:39 AM (xz8OS)

39 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at December 19, 2025 07:40 AM (53oGX)

40 Turns out, it was a good thing I took the day after my birthday off as well. I was relatively useless yesterday.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 07:40 AM (Zz0t1)

41 Nick Reiner is the product of a poor environment. There's nothing wrong with him, I can prove it.

Posted by: Randolph Duke at December 19, 2025 07:40 AM (R/m4+)

42
The fact that the chief federal law enforcement agency was subverting the law for obvious partisan reasons is a scandal almost without precedent.
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Another day ending in "Y"
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 07:39 AM (xz8OS)

And has yet to suffer any consequence for it's actions. It only means it will happen again, bigger and more destructive the next time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 07:41 AM (Zz0t1)

43
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 07:36 AM (9ipOP)

The LIRR Long Island Railroad is a commuter railroad generally running from Manhattan out to the east end of Long Island.

The "subway" is part of the NYC transit system, of primarily subways and a couple of elevated lines that connect four boroughs except Staten Island.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2025 07:42 AM (x0n13)

44 Midvale School For The Gifted>> Midwood High School

Posted by: Short Bus Bobby at December 19, 2025 07:42 AM (oftw2)

45 Sky News , Australia took Laura Tingle to task yesterday for her egregiously stupid and biased remarks on the Bondi killings:

https://tinyurl.com/57k2k3cj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 07:43 AM (ix8EF)

46 Queens is huge. I never realized it extends south of JFK. I guess I thought that was Nassau County down there.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 07:43 AM (xz8OS)

47 Huck Follywood

Used to be, the ruling inner party was always vey nervous about rogue intelligence organs of the State. Not so much now.

Purges in the NKVD and the GRU kept their heads down. The millions killed by good intelligence disregarded were collateral damage. (Stalin was told over 100 times of the attack by Germany on the USSR).

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 19, 2025 07:44 AM (u82oZ)

48 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 19, 2025 07:42 AM (m0Hrk)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at December 19, 2025 07:44 AM (Zz0t1)

49 "Providence police have identified a former Brown University student and Portuguese national as the suspect in Saturday’s shooting at the Ivy League school. "

Not buying this for one second.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 19, 2025 07:45 AM (0N4FZ)

50 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 07:45 AM (NwnyJ)

51 Sky News , Australia took Laura Tingle to task yesterday for her egregiously stupid and biased remarks on the Bondi killings:

https://tinyurl.com/57k2k3cj
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 07:43 AM (ix8EF)
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Fen, that link doesn't work for me. Can you check it?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 07:45 AM (xz8OS)

52 47 Queens is huge. I never realized it extends south of JFK. I guess I thought that was Nassau County down there.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 07:43 AM (xz8OS)

Largest borough by area. Yes it crosses Jamaica Bay and includes most of the peninsula of Far Rockaway. The far eastern end is part of Nassau County.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2025 07:46 AM (x0n13)

53 JJ, you are good AND what! And Happy Birthday to you!

Posted by: Gref at December 19, 2025 07:46 AM (5rh/l)

54 cue to Boeing-supporting Senators to begin screeching in protest.

I think the usual protocol in Babylon DC is to give the Congress enough runway to place their bets in the markets so they can profit from the government action.

Its even better when your man is in the Executive seat because he can feed you actionable detail such where your Congress Critter can privately auction off this knowledge to campaign donors.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 19, 2025 07:46 AM (pUU4E)

55 The link worked for me.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 19, 2025 07:47 AM (YfNjq)

56 Fenelon I misspoke yesterday about Josh Frydenburg, he was a Liberal not Labor minister

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 07:47 AM (9ipOP)

57 44 Midvale School For The Gifted>> Midwood High School
Posted by: Short Bus Bobby at December 19, 2025 07:42 AM (oftw2)

Like anywhere else, a few bad apples taint the reputation. It was a great school.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2025 07:47 AM (x0n13)

58 From Tech thread:
166 Really liked Ben Shapiro's speech at TPUSA

Very thorough and undramatic skewering of Candace and Tucker, Inc.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 07:01 AM (9ipOP)

Looking at overnight stories this morning, like like Tucker finally and completely jumped the shark last night. He was allowed to give a speech at TPUSA, and the clips show a frantic, clearly upset Tucker telling his audience that “Islam is good! We should all be friends with Islam! It’s a huge evil conspiracy to say that Islam is an enemy of western civilization!”
And he went on and on about what a joyful peaceful religion Islam is, it was embarrassing to watch him, it was like watching a little monkey in a hat dance while his organ grinder stood just off stage, smiling.
He made it obvious last night that Tucker is no longer America first - he is Qatar first.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 07:48 AM (QDJ2U)

59 Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)

It seems to be an OP. What to do? What to do?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 19, 2025 07:48 AM (u82oZ)

60

William Castle's The Tingler>>>>>Laura Tingle.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2025 07:49 AM (x0n13)

61 "CHANGE AT JAMAICA!"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 07:49 AM (9ipOP)

62 Try this for Sky News, Australia:

https://tinyurl.com/57k2k3cj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2025 07:49 AM (ix8EF)

63 I think the usual protocol in Babylon DC is to give the Congress enough runway to place their bets in the markets so they can profit from the government action.
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Yup!

Posted by: Nanzi Pelosi at December 19, 2025 07:49 AM (xz8OS)

64 "William Castle's The Tingler>>>>>Laura Tingle.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton"

She gives me the creeps.

Posted by: Dr. Warren Chapin at December 19, 2025 07:49 AM (vFG9F)

65 Have a great day, everyone.

Head on a swivel, and no looking at the phone while driving.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 19, 2025 07:50 AM (u82oZ)

66
She gives me the creeps.
Posted by: Dr. Warren Chapin at December 19, 2025 07:49 AM (vFG9F)

It must be the manface.

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at December 19, 2025 07:50 AM (Zz0t1)

67 How many students were in the Brown class? Not one has come forward to confirm what the killer shouted? Strange. What about the professor? Wasn't she Jewish? She has nothing to say?

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 19, 2025 07:50 AM (WHfpM)

68 CNN’s Reiner: ‘Manic Cadence’ of Trump’s Speech Raises Health Concerns

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"Manic cadence!?" No, not THAT!!! Surely, not that!!!

*runs and hides under the bed*

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 19, 2025 07:50 AM (qBdHI)

69 Crap.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 07:51 AM (Zz0t1)

70 CNN’s Reiner: ‘Manic Cadence’ of Trump’s Speech Raises Health Concerns

But THIS Joe Biden. THIS Biden is THE BEST Biden, eh slick?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 07:51 AM (Zz0t1)

71 Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 07:48 AM (QDJ2U)
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I will certainly find it.

Ben got a lot but not universal support for his comments from the audience.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 07:51 AM (9ipOP)

72 Interesting (sort of) story of a Finance YouTuber who got the Two Minutes Hate treatment from the woke left for telling people to be more responsible with their personal finances.

https://youtu.be/v2Gzii1wXaI

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 19, 2025 07:52 AM (YfNjq)

73 It's my VPN screwing up the Sky News link. So, quoting a great television star, "never mind"....

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 07:52 AM (xz8OS)

74 I hope we don't find out that some DEI hire/illegal alien worked on Biffle's plane and forgot to hook a fuel pump up.

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 07:52 AM (vFG9F)

75 I am not sure how the Letters of Marque would work? The privateers can't sell the booty. Does the government pay a bounty?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2025 07:52 AM (sDNVV)

76 26 "U.S. Approves Sale of $11 Billion-Worth of Arms to Taiwan"

How do I get in on that deal?
Posted by: Michelle Fields at December 19, 2025 07:32 AM (vFG9F)

We have a winna!

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at December 19, 2025 07:53 AM (i0Hi3)

77 61 "CHANGE AT JAMAICA!"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 07:49 AM (9ipOP)

I think the LIRR terminal at Flatbush Ave Brooklyn runs trains straight through to Far Rockaway without a change at Jamaica. And now there's a new terminal under Grand Central. Amazing space. was there when last in NYC 2 years ago.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2025 07:54 AM (x0n13)

78 CNN’s Reiner: ‘Manic Cadence’ of Trump’s Speech Raises Health Concerns

Given it is CNN, the "Health Concerns" means that Trump is going to be healthy and vigorous through the rest of his term.

If Trump were to slur his words, drift off into space, fall asleep mid sentence or go into some perverted story of hairy legs, rusty blades and children, CNN would not be concerned, but relieved.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 19, 2025 07:55 AM (nCgQz)

79 For those of you who want to pay for your Christmas presents, this Saturday's Powerball is at $1.5 billion.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 19, 2025 07:55 AM (qBdHI)

80 68 CNN’s Reiner: ‘Manic Cadence’ of Trump’s Speech Raises Health Concerns

--

"Manic cadence!?" No, not THAT!!! Surely, not that!!!

*runs and hides under the bed*
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 19, 2025 07:50 AM (qBdHI

Hey hey let's not rush to judgement

Posted by: Tik tok Karen's posting from their car at December 19, 2025 07:55 AM (i0Hi3)

81 Steve Hilton, Chad Bianco, Eric Swalwell, Katie Porter, and other candidates in California’s jungle primary.

Well, let's bungle in the jungle
Well, that's all right by me, yeah

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 07:56 AM (gbOdA)

82 Trump ripped thru that speech in 20 minutes so the networks could get back to their programming. People sat thru it so they would not miss the beginning of "The Floor".

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 07:57 AM (vFG9F)

83 When I lived in Manhattan and my parents would visit they would always meet us at Grand Central. My old man is a sucker for oysters, and the Oyster Bar might be his favorite place in NYC.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 07:57 AM (xz8OS)

84 I am not sure how the Letters of Marque would work? The privateers can't sell the booty. Does the government pay a bounty?

Live Stream, Subscriptions, Clicks and Views = $$$

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 19, 2025 07:57 AM (nCgQz)

85 I just saw reported the President Trump ordered the Fed Gov closed on Dec 24th and 26th creating a five day weekend.

I assume that includes the post office, and we'll lose another couple of days for snail mail. Any first of the month stuff may be impacted and your Christmas cards, if they haven't gone out yet, are likely already late.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 19, 2025 07:57 AM (pIfcn)

86 4 I am not sure how the Letters of Marque would work? The privateers can't sell the booty. Does the government pay a bounty?

Think Only Fans for Privateers

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 19, 2025 07:58 AM (nCgQz)

87 I knew Penn Station well but last time I was there it was totally unrecognizable.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 07:58 AM (9ipOP)

88 83 When I lived in Manhattan and my parents would visit they would always meet us at Grand Central. My old man is a sucker for oysters, and the Oyster Bar might be his favorite place in NYC.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 07:57 AM (xz8OS)

ABSOLUTELY!!!! It's one of my favorites. I miss it among a number of other things in NYC. Will definitely have a meal there when I get back to town one of these days.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2025 07:58 AM (x0n13)

89 Like Bryant Park. I hear you can't get heroin there anymore!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 07:59 AM (9ipOP)

90 > Steve Hilton, Chad Bianco, Eric Swalwell, Katie Porter, and other candidates in California’s jungle primary.
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IIRC Swalwell is the Congress critter who's missed the most votes. It's like he's AWOL weekly. Must be focused on his "next job."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 07:59 AM (NwnyJ)

91 "I am not sure how the Letters of Marque would work? The privateers can't sell the booty. Does the government pay a bounty?"

They could setup a website with videos and buttons that let you purchase a chance to push the button that pulls a trigger or launches a missile.

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 08:00 AM (vFG9F)

92 89 Like Bryant Park. I hear you can't get heroin there anymore!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 07:59 AM (9ipOP)

True. It has been cleaned up and in the winter they install a skating rink there. I know the former PR manager for the park.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2025 08:00 AM (x0n13)

93 How far is Far Rockaway? Can I get there from here?

Posted by: Need New Hidey Hole at December 19, 2025 08:00 AM (oftw2)

94 So far, I am outside Xcel Energy's exclusionary zone
still have electricity

Posted by: Don Black at December 19, 2025 08:00 AM (ZxPkt)

95 58 From Tech thread:
166 Really liked Ben Shapiro's speech at TPUSA

Very thorough and undramatic skewering of Candace and Tucker, Inc.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 07:01 AM (9ipOP)

Looking at overnight stories this morning, like like Tucker finally and completely jumped the shark last night. He was allowed to give a speech at TPUSA, and the clips show a frantic, clearly upset Tucker telling his audience that “Islam is good! We should all be friends with Islam! It’s a huge evil conspiracy to say that Islam is an enemy of western civilization!”
And he went on and on about what a joyful peaceful religion Islam is, it was embarrassing to watch him, it was like watching a little monkey in a hat dance while his organ grinder stood just off stage, smiling.
He made it obvious last night that Tucker is no longer America first - he is Qatar first.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 07:48 AM (QDJ2U)

Tucker needs to go to some mosques and tell the congregation to turn out their radicals and denounce anti Semitism. See how that goes. Ask them why every Muslim yells Allah akbar when the kill non Muslims.

Not gonna happen.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at December 19, 2025 08:01 AM (i0Hi3)

96 Thank you JJ

I only left southern California in the last 5 years but I really miss what it used to be… in the 90s and even 2000s it was a near paradise. Thanks Dems

But it’s fun to reminisce

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 08:01 AM (k0PcD)

97 Is AI the Rx for U.S. Health Care?
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Pixy is probably laughing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 08:01 AM (xz8OS)

98 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 08:02 AM (dAOkg)

99 They could setup a website with videos and buttons that let you purchase a chance to push the button that pulls a trigger or launches a missile.

Oh. So a trophy hunt.

I'm trying to figure out what exactly they would mount on the wall after a successful kill.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 19, 2025 08:02 AM (/TiS1)

100 Is AI the Rx for U.S. Health Care?
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Pixy is probably laughing.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 08:01 AM (xz8OS)
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I know, right?

Posted by: WebMD at December 19, 2025 08:02 AM (9ipOP)

101 "I am not sure how the Letters of Marque would work? The privateers can't sell the booty. Does the government pay a bounty?"

They could setup a website with videos and buttons that let you purchase a chance to push the button that pulls a trigger or launches a missile.
Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 08:00 AM (vFG9F)

I would be concerned that contraband would continue to leak onto the market and we would simply be funding a different drug pathway.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at December 19, 2025 08:03 AM (i0Hi3)

102 Regarding the Brown shooter… what’s up with that? I look at the photos of the guy they’ve ID’d as the shooter and those photos don’t show him with the same (tubby) body type of the photos originally circulated of the perp…. Is it really the same guy??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 08:03 AM (k0PcD)

103 79 For those of you who want to pay for your Christmas presents, this Saturday's Powerball is at $1.5 billion.
Posted by: Lady in Black

I only buy tickets when it gets that high. And my brother and I agreed that the first thing we do if we win is shut our mouths.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 19, 2025 08:03 AM (lXoJ5)

104 Is AI the Rx for U.S. Health Care?

Like Elmer's Glue is a suitable pizza topping?

I think I can better understand the origins of consuming fish tank cleaner to ward off Covid.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 19, 2025 08:04 AM (/TiS1)

105 It's Flapjack Friday!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 19, 2025 08:05 AM (0N4FZ)

106 And he went on and on about what a joyful peaceful religion Islam is, it was embarrassing to watch him, it was like watching a little monkey in a hat dance while his organ grinder stood just off stage, smiling.
He made it obvious last night that Tucker is no longer America first - he is Qatar first.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 07:48 AM (QDJ2U)

I guess he skipped the part in their book where it tells the followers to kill all the nonbelievers.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 08:06 AM (Zz0t1)

107 “ Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.”

Matthew 5:3-6

Posted by: Marcus T at December 19, 2025 08:06 AM (q1tXs)

108 Trump Kennedy Center outrage!!

NBC is berserk this morning. Every story.

He’s everywhere he’s everywhere!

Posted by: Auspex at December 19, 2025 08:07 AM (vhs4j)

109 "I am not sure how the Letters of Marque would work? The privateers can't sell the booty. Does the government pay a bounty?"

I figure they could be paid a bounty for amount of drugs captured and then get money for the value of the boats they seize as well as payment for every live cartel member.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 19, 2025 08:07 AM (lXoJ5)

110 Propaganda Press organs are jazzed that the DOJ has to release their Epstein files today. The coming headlines will all start with the word "Trump", I have no doubt.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 08:08 AM (lQNDj)

111 I saw Manic Cadence open for The March of Time at the Rivoli Theater in 1938.

Posted by: Ol' Cap From Bleak Hill at December 19, 2025 08:08 AM (oftw2)

112 Can't wait to see clips of Qatarlson on MEMRI throwing a shoe at some greasy professor in a hotel bathrobe yelling whatever "Facts and Logic" is in Arabic.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2025 08:09 AM (06Hmj)

113 Tucker Carlson is not well… he needs significant professional mental health support. Not a plain old therapist but a whole team of psychologists and psychiatrists giving him antipsychotics… the cackle is intolerable; even worse are the words surrounding the cackles. Sad

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 08:10 AM (k0PcD)

114 IIRC Swalwell is the Congress critter who's missed the most votes. It's like he's AWOL weekly. Must be focused on his "next job."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 07:59 AM (NwnyJ)

Missed more votes than a rep that died in MArch

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 08:10 AM (gbOdA)

115 I saw Manic Cadence open for The March of Time at the Rivoli Theater in 1938.
Posted by: Ol' Cap From Bleak Hill at December 19, 2025 08:08 AM (oftw2)

Ah, so were you in the mosh pit with Taylor Lorenz?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 08:11 AM (Zz0t1)

116 105 It's Flapjack Friday!
Posted by: Mister Scott

Not this again!

Posted by: Rachel Corrie at December 19, 2025 08:11 AM (oftw2)

117 Who is older, Keith Richards or Taylor Lorenz?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 08:12 AM (lQNDj)

118 Tucker Carlson is not well… he needs significant professional mental health support. Not a plain old therapist but a whole team of psychologists and psychiatrists giving him antipsychotics… the cackle is intolerable; even worse are the words surrounding the cackles. Sad
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 08:10 AM (k0PcD)

How much to sell your sole when you're already incredibly wealthy?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 08:12 AM (Zz0t1)

119 Tucker's a leftist. He's pro-Trump. He's America first. He's Qatar first.

He's whatever his paymasters want him to be. He's also, apparently, having some sort of break with reality.

A welfare check is in his future.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 08:12 AM (NwnyJ)

120 "Roma Daravi, the Trump Kennedy Center’s vice president of public relations, noted, “The unanimous vote recognizes that the current Chairman saved the institution from financial ruin and physical destruction.”

But we like financial ruin and physical destruction!

Posted by: The left at December 19, 2025 08:12 AM (vFG9F)

121 Not this again!
Posted by: Rachel Corrie at December 19, 2025 08:11 AM (oftw2)
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That joke fell flat.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 08:13 AM (lQNDj)

122 Yay! Milwaukee judge Dugan found guilty of a felony for letting a wetback escape out a back door from her courtroom.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 08:13 AM (dAOkg)

123 Why are Israeli officials investigating a murder in America?

Posted by: Asking Questions at December 19, 2025 08:13 AM (UZlJN)

124 Swalwell is the Congress critter who's missed the most votes. It's like he's AWOL weekly. Must be focused on his "next job."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 07:59 AM (NwnyJ)

Missed more votes than a rep that died in MArch

Posted by: rhennigantx

The one that died had the advantage of a working brain for three months.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 08:13 AM (0U5gm)

125
I am encouraged that David Brooks has been named in the Epstein files

Posted by: Auspex at December 19, 2025 08:13 AM (vhs4j)

126 Could the Portuguese scumbag legally own and purchase firearms? Yes, if:

Federal Requirements
To purchase a firearm from a Federal Firearms License (FFL) dealer, a legal permanent resident must:

Not be a "prohibited person": LPRs must meet the same baseline eligibility requirements as U.S. citizens. Prohibitions include, but are not limited to, felony convictions, certain domestic violence misdemeanors, a history of involuntary mental health commitments, or being subject to a protective order.
Complete ATF Form 4473: This required form explicitly confirms the individual's LPR status and requires them to attest to their eligibility under penalty of federal perjury.
Pass a NICS background check: The FFL dealer will submit the information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).
Provide identification: LPRs typically need a state-issued driver's license or ID card and their Permanent Resident Card (Form I-551, or "green card") which contains their USCIS, AR, or A number

Some state laws mandate additional info be supplied.

Posted by: Gref at December 19, 2025 08:13 AM (5rh/l)

127 Who is older, Keith Richards or Taylor Lorenz?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 08:12 AM (lQNDj)

Isn't she his great aunt or somesuch?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 08:13 AM (Zz0t1)

128 So, Reddit did ultimately solve the case. The guy named John posted so much specific info to Reddit that law enforcement followed up with him, and he showed them the way.

Someone said that John should be hired by Brown to run security b/c he identified the perp being suspicious before the shooting, but then got called out for harassing by the perp and left...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 19, 2025 08:13 AM (tOcjL)

129 102 Regarding the Brown shooter… what’s up with that? I look at the photos of the guy they’ve ID’d as the shooter and those photos don’t show him with the same (tubby) body type of the photos originally circulated of the perp…. Is it really the same guy??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 08:03 AM (k0PcD)

I think it is all 100% bullshit. He went to a building he may have been to 25 years ago and killed the VP of the Republican Club.
ha

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 08:13 AM (gbOdA)

130 58 Looking at overnight stories this morning, like like Tucker finally and completely jumped the shark last night. He was allowed to give a speech at TPUSA, and the clips show a frantic, clearly upset Tucker telling his audience that “Islam is good! We should all be friends with Islam! It’s a huge evil conspiracy to say that Islam is an enemy of western civilization!”
And he went on and on about what a joyful peaceful religion Islam is, it was embarrassing to watch him, it was like watching a little monkey in a hat dance while his organ grinder stood just off stage, smiling.
He made it obvious last night that Tucker is no longer America first - he is Qatar first.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 07:48 AM (QDJ2U)

Hey, Tucker.

Convert or STFU.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 08:14 AM (UnA8+)

131 We need to be the troisieme Charlie: Martel.

Posted by: Kzintis at December 19, 2025 08:14 AM (9uL7w)

132 Why are Israeli officials investigating a murder in America?
Posted by: Asking Questions at December 19, 2025 08:13 AM (UZlJN)

Because it involves nuclear shit, and they don't trust anyone else's "investigators".

I don't blame them.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2025 08:14 AM (06Hmj)

133 Yay! Milwaukee judge Dugan found guilty of a felony for letting a wetback escape out a back door from her courtroom.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 08:13 AM (dAOkg)

She'll get time served, a probationary period and be back on the bench before you know it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 08:14 AM (Zz0t1)

134 102 Regarding the Brown shooter… what’s up with that? I look at the photos of the guy they’ve ID’d as the shooter and those photos don’t show him with the same (tubby) body type of the photos originally circulated of the perp…. Is it really the same guy??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 08:03 AM (k0PcD)

Yes, he's tubby - see rental car counter photos...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 19, 2025 08:15 AM (tOcjL)

135 Tucker Carlson is not well… he needs significant professional mental health support. Not a plain old therapist but a whole team of psychologists and psychiatrists giving him antipsychotics… the cackle is intolerable; even worse are the words surrounding the cackles. Sad
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 08:10 AM (k0PcD)

How much to sell your soul when you're already incredibly wealthy?

Posted by: Sponge

That is what I don't understand. I once literally walked away from a job with no backup plan rather than participate in fraud. How does someone wealthy sell out for cash?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 08:15 AM (0U5gm)

136 Why are Israeli officials investigating a murder in America?
Posted by: Asking Questions at December 19, 2025 08:13 AM (UZlJN)

Why Not? No one else is.

Posted by: Zombie Sgt. Joe Friday at December 19, 2025 08:16 AM (R/m4+)

137 "106 And he went on and on about what a joyful peaceful religion Islam is, "

Ayaan Hirsi Ali has something to say about that. I wonder if Tucker even recognizes her existence.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 19, 2025 08:16 AM (WHfpM)

138 “I’m calling on every conservative governor … create a culture where a leftist teacher or administrator is scared to trample on the First Amendment rights…”

Every parent, every taxpayer, every stakeholder should be able to view every public school classroom, hallway, auditorium, teacher’s lounge, etc over surveillance video, everything 24/7.

Should be an App that comes bundled on yer phone. “What the F&@$k Are These Clowns Doing Now?”

It won’t be governors that ultimately get the whack job situation straightened out

Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 08:16 AM (bZahh)

139 Kennedy Center is the high church of the DC Dems. It's takeover and makeover by Trump skewers them like nothing else. This is great political drama!

Posted by: Mega Ultra MAGA Man. at December 19, 2025 08:16 AM (oftw2)

140 Far Rockaway is a shithole. Unless he means that the train to Far Rockaway goes through Crown Heights and so Jews ride it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2025 07:33 AM (x0n13)
-

Dunno about today but back in the 80s and before, FR had a large, vibrant, Jewish Orthodox middle class community.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 19, 2025 08:16 AM (eyaCe)

141 It ain't like Mossad has arrest or subpoena powers here. They can investigate whatever the hell they want to.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2025 08:17 AM (06Hmj)

142 Can't wait to see clips of Qatarlson on MEMRI throwing a shoe at some greasy professor in a hotel bathrobe yelling whatever "Facts and Logic" is in Arabic.

I love the ongoing war to win viewers in the lucrative, yet very crowded pod cast market. Its so lucrative even Bongino had to return.

The problem is, Joe Rogan popularized the three hour long format and now hundreds of Influencers are trying to win the coveted position of being the most popular. There are only so many viewable hours in the week and with the multi-hour episodes, the competition is fierce AND GLOBAL.

Its no longer Americans they seek to get (since we are a dwindling market in comparison to everyone else on the planet) but an international market and an up-rise in disenfranchised young men.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 19, 2025 08:17 AM (rgGn5)

143 135 Tucker Carlson is not well… he needs significant professional mental health support. Not a plain old therapist but a whole team of psychologists and psychiatrists giving him antipsychotics… the cackle is intolerable; even worse are the words surrounding the cackles. Sad
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 08:10 AM (k0PcD)

How much to sell your soul when you're already incredibly wealthy?

Posted by: Sponge

That is what I don't understand. I once literally walked away from a job with no backup plan rather than participate in fraud. How does someone wealthy sell out for cash?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 08:15 AM (0U5gm)

Normally, the wealthy have an unhealthy fixation with staying wealthy and obtaining more money, b/c being rich is never enough...you have to be richer...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 19, 2025 08:17 AM (tOcjL)

144 Know islham, no peace.

No islham, know peace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)

145 Rockaway
Far Rockaway
Way Far Rockaway
Too Fukcn Far Rockaway

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 08:18 AM (gbOdA)

146 139 Kennedy Center is the high church of the DC Dems. It's takeover and makeover by Trump skewers them like nothing else. This is great political drama!
Posted by: Mega Ultra MAGA Man. at December 19, 2025 08:16 AM (oftw2)

It was a good distraction by Susie after Trump's Reiner comments - they are now gone b/c of his ego on the building...and ego is something she handles well and his voters don't mind...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 19, 2025 08:18 AM (tOcjL)

147 Mornin' my pretties. Windy and snowy in my part of The Mitten.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 19, 2025 08:18 AM (kpS4V)

148 Yay! Milwaukee judge Dugan found guilty of a felony for letting a wetback escape out a back door from her courtroom.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 08:13 AM

I did not expect that.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 19, 2025 08:18 AM (0N4FZ)

149
I love the ongoing war to win viewers in the lucrative, yet very crowded pod cast market. Its so lucrative even Bongino had to return.

After his stint of not doing a whole lot of anything as Deputy Director of the FBI, I don't see his podcast world being anywhere near as lucrative as it once was.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 08:19 AM (Zz0t1)

150 Kennedy Center is the high church of the DC Dems.

So that is why the Dems let it go to seed?

Seems On Brand.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 19, 2025 08:19 AM (rgGn5)

151 141 It ain't like Mossad has arrest or subpoena powers here. They can investigate whatever the hell they want to.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2025 08:17 AM (06Hmj)

And then kill them in a elevator.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 08:19 AM (gbOdA)

152 I only buy tickets when it gets that high. And my brother and I agreed that the first thing we do if we win is shut our mouths.
__________________________

My son the private investigator tells me he can make us virtually disappear if either of us win.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 19, 2025 08:19 AM (DK+e8)

153 Its no longer Americans they seek to get (since we are a dwindling market in comparison to everyone else on the planet) but an international market and an up-rise in disenfranchised young men.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 19, 2025 08:17 AM (rgGn5)

Podcasts are the new background music. There's a lot of three hours-es to fill in a week. Fierce competition, sure, but a much bigger market than it might appear on the surface.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2025 08:19 AM (06Hmj)

154 Mornin’, All. Happy Friday.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 08:19 AM (77rzZ)

155 I have incredible sympathy for Erika Kirk and her response to the tragedy in her life has been amazing. But… it’s clear to me now that without Charlie TPUSA will not have nearly the same impact. He was a uniquely talented individual…. How can a grieving widow hold that place together and raise her children? The whole thing is so tragic… on top of which the horrible CO is nipping at her heals. If I were her dad I’d advise her to get out of the public spotlight for a long while…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 08:19 AM (k0PcD)

156 After his stint of not doing a whole lot of anything as Deputy Director of the FBI, I don't see his podcast world being anywhere near as lucrative as it once was.

He FA, now he is going to FO.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 19, 2025 08:20 AM (rgGn5)

157 t December 19, 2025 08:13 AM (5rh/l)

127 Who is older, Keith Richards or Taylor Lorenz?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 08:12 AM (lQNDj)

Quit picking on me, OK? Me mate Mick is five months older than me.

Posted by: Keef Richards at December 19, 2025 08:20 AM (oftw2)

158
Ayaan Hirsi Ali has something to say about that. I wonder if Tucker even recognizes her existence.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 19, 2025 08:16 AM (WHfpM)

Seems Tucker would tell you she has no clue what she's talking about.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 08:20 AM (Zz0t1)

159 Dunno about today but back in the 80s and before, FR had a large, vibrant, Jewish Orthodox middle class community.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 19, 2025 08:16 AM (eyaCe)
====

No thanks.

Posted by: Sarah Symms Rabinowitz from Hewlett Harbor at December 19, 2025 08:20 AM (9ipOP)

160 WTF????

A man suspected of killing two people and wounding nine others at Brown University before going on to kill a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility, where he had rented a unit, officials said.

Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a Portuguese national and a former Brown student, was found dead on
Thursday evening from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Providence police chief, Oscar Perez,
said at a news conference. He added that, as far as investigators knew, the suspect had acted alone.

https://tinyurl.com/yc6fcrxy

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 08:20 AM (dAOkg)

161 I guess I will miss out on Bongino because I don't listen to podcasts. Oh well.

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 08:21 AM (vFG9F)

162 Too Fukcn Far Rockaway
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 08:18 AM (gbOdA)

AKA Connecticut

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2025 08:21 AM (06Hmj)

163 Gosh darn those pesky Iranian hit teams

Posted by: Don Black at December 19, 2025 08:21 AM (ZxPkt)

164 My son the private investigator tells me he can make us virtually disappear if either of us win.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

"Son, why is our living room covered in plastic?"

But yeah; I will probably erase all of my tracks if I won. I'll miss you guys.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 19, 2025 08:22 AM (lXoJ5)

165 And then kill them in a elevator.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 08:19 AM (gbOdA)

Falafel farts are no laughing matter.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2025 08:22 AM (06Hmj)

166 I don't think it's only about money with Carlson. That iconoclastic gleam in his eyes, that forced cackle of triumphal condescension. He's got a serious disorder of some kind.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 19, 2025 08:22 AM (WHfpM)

167 Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a Portuguese national and a former Brown student, was found dead on
Thursday evening from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Providence police chief, Oscar Perez,
said at a news conference. He added that, as far as investigators knew, the suspect had acted alone.

https://tinyurl.com/yc6fcrxy
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 08:20 AM (dAOkg)

Nothing to see here, please disburse.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 08:22 AM (Zz0t1)

168 Today is National Ugly Sweater Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2025 08:23 AM (NpAcC)

169 Yay! Milwaukee judge Dugan found guilty of a felony for letting a wetback escape out a back door from her courtroom.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 08:13 AM

I did not expect that.
Posted by: Mister Scott

Seems to me, that the people or Milwaukee are tired of illegals.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 08:23 AM (dAOkg)

170 I guess I will miss out on Bongino because I don't listen to podcasts. Oh well.
Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 08:21 AM (vFG9F)

I can't stand sitting and listening to talk. I'd rather read at my own pace. People speak too slowly sometimes as if they're waiting for a stenographer to catch up.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 19, 2025 08:24 AM (uQesX)

171 AKA Connecticut
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2025 08:21 AM (06Hmj)

=====

Heh

Posted by: Jordan61 at December 19, 2025 08:24 AM (H/ViQ)

172 Today is National Ugly Sweater Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2025 08:23 AM (NpAcC)
===

It's Harmeet Dhillon's favorite holiday.

I keed.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 08:24 AM (9ipOP)

173 My son the private investigator tells me he can make us virtually disappear if either of us win.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

"Son, why is our living room covered in plastic?"

But yeah; I will probably erase all of my tracks if I won. I'll miss you guys.
Posted by: NR Pax

Who's the new commenter PN Rax? 😁😁😁

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2025 08:25 AM (dAOkg)

174 Ohhhhhh, you mean garments.

I was wondering why Cenk Uyghur got his own national day.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2025 08:25 AM (06Hmj)

175 Gonna give the cops a little leeway on the MIT perp - dude was renting cars and swapping plates (he can prepared with a ton of plates that, what, he bought online) and was apparently a heck of an intellect who put a lot of time and energy into planning this and getting his revenge on the prof (which I'm sure is the assumed motive - hatred and revenge of the guy who took the life he should have had)...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 19, 2025 08:25 AM (tOcjL)

176 Good morning . Thx JJ, an interesting HS you attended
Why do I think of the the movie and book A Clockwork Orange and the droog Dim when you reference Antifa goons? The dystopian sci-fi of the last century is coming true in many ways

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 08:26 AM (1vqcm)

177 AKA Connecticut
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2025 08:21 AM (06Hmj)

I was think more like Nova Scotia

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 08:26 AM (gbOdA)

178 >> I love the ongoing war to win viewers in the lucrative, yet very crowded pod cast market. Its so lucrative even Bongino had to return.

I like watching sports, especially football, so there are a few (I guess you’d call them) podcasts I watch on YouTube. One of the guys just signed a deal with Netflix and he’s gonna do his football podcast on Netflix… no more YouTube channel. Personally I don’t think there’s any way that’s gonna work… his comments were filled with guys saying “luv you bro but Im not following you to Netflix… not gonna buy Netflix to get content I now get for free on YouTube”… but I’m sure he got a nice $$$ package from Netflix so probably doesn’t care

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 08:26 AM (k0PcD)

179 Heh. Heh.
Sponge said "disburse."

Posted by: He meant disperse at December 19, 2025 08:26 AM (2Ez/1)

180 My son the private investigator tells me he can make us virtually disappear if either of us win.

So after taxes, and assuming only one winning ticket, you instantly become the CEO of a one person entity with $500M-$750M cash, no product, no brand, no investments.

If you give it away - you are sending up a flare in all directions for every free-loader and an invented sob story.

If you spend it on toys, its hard to disappear with a fleet of Lambos surrounding your Hawaiian island palace.

If you invest in real-estate and private equities, what is the point in having the loot if it is tied up in future growth? You plan on living forever or leaving it to others who don't mind having to spend a few million a year on security so they don't become kidnap bait?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 19, 2025 08:26 AM (BvPIe)

181 can = came. Need more coffee.

Posted by: Nova Local at December 19, 2025 08:26 AM (tOcjL)

182 The reason Rogan is the leader in this field is because he doesn't try so hard to shock or incite. He has genuine conversations and channels the everyman's curiosity, bafflement, wonder and common sense.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 19, 2025 08:26 AM (WHfpM)

183 I was wondering why Cenk Uyghur got his own national day.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2025 08:25 AM (06Hmj)
====

I really needed that laugh.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 08:27 AM (9ipOP)

184 Falafel farts are no laughing matter.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2025 08:22 AM (06Hmj)

neither are lumpy ones

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 08:27 AM (gbOdA)

185 Well I apparently jumped to conclusions about it being Islamic terrorism at Brown or MIT. Understandable.
So it's just an angry failed scientist.
But is he a furry?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 08:28 AM (1vqcm)

186 While our campus is a far cry from when we served 16,000 residents and 4,000 staff, we remain fully capable of treating Mr. Carlson in a caring, inpatient environment.

Posted by: Pilgrim State Hospital at December 19, 2025 08:28 AM (oftw2)

187 They had very clear pics of the Brown killer this whole time?!

Welp, that explains why they did not need to interview all witnesses.

Posted by: Operator Error at December 19, 2025 08:29 AM (a0Lo1)

188 So after taxes, and assuming only one winning ticket, you instantly become the CEO of a one person entity with $500M-$750M cash, no product, no brand, no investments.
------------ -------------------

I become a philanthropist and start a very well-funded cat rescue. Open a few local small businesses and keep a low profile.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 19, 2025 08:29 AM (d6I3r)

189 Heh. Heh.
Sponge said "disburse."
Posted by: He meant disperse at December 19, 2025 08:26 AM (2Ez/1)

Well, whatever. Nazi.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 08:30 AM (Zz0t1)

190 I'd start a Llama farm.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2025 08:30 AM (06Hmj)

191 Looking at overnight stories this morning, like like Tucker finally and completely jumped the shark last night. He was allowed to give a speech at TPUSA, and the clips show a frantic, clearly upset Tucker telling his audience that “Islam is good! We should all be friends with Islam! It’s a huge evil conspiracy to say that Islam is an enemy of western civilization!”
And he went on and on about what a joyful peaceful religion Islam is, it was embarrassing to watch him, it was like watching a little monkey in a hat dance while his organ grinder stood just off stage, smiling.
He made it obvious last night that Tucker is no longer America first - he is Qatar first.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 07:48 AM (QDJ2U)
*******
I hope TPUSA never lets him speak at their events.
He's becoming a laughingstock and I'm sorry to say I'm enjoying it.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2025 08:30 AM (NpAcC)

192 The majority of teens using AI are discussing violence? Hey, if there had been social media when I was that age, I'd have gotten flagged. I wrote space opera and spy stories with lots of violence -- no gore, but action and deaths of bad guys a la Alistair Maclean.

But I suppose a lot of these teens are not writing fiction with an eye to getting published someday, but indulging fantasies.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 08:31 AM (wzUl9)

193 RLM did a piece earlier this week about the proliferation of AI slop on YouTube. AI can generate influencers now. Probably entire podcasts. Authenticity may become the new currency.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 19, 2025 08:32 AM (d6I3r)

194 *******
I hope TPUSA never lets him speak at their events.
He's becoming a laughingstock and I'm sorry to say I'm enjoying it.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2025 08:30 AM (NpAcC)

He, Owens and the other obnoxious asshole are being paid handsomely to tear the right apart by giving the left enough Nazi ammo to make it so America never votes R again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 08:32 AM (Zz0t1)

195 Oops, MIT killer offed himselc.... Brown guy migh5 still be out there...

Posted by: Operator Error at December 19, 2025 08:32 AM (a0Lo1)

196 I checked. "Disburse" is not even a word!

Posted by: Discerning Gent at December 19, 2025 08:33 AM (oftw2)

197 My dad grew up in Far Rockaway. My uncle lived there until he died. He thought about moving to FL, but couldn't find a neighborhood he liked where he could walk to a bar.

Posted by: Jordan61 at December 19, 2025 08:33 AM (H/ViQ)

198 For the record:

disburse /dĭs-bûrs′/
transitive verb
To pay out, as from a fund; expend. synonym: spend.
Similar: spend
To pay out; to expend; -- usually from a public fund or treasury.
Similar: disbursed
An officer in any department of the public service who is charged with the duty of paying out public money.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition • More at Wordnik

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 08:33 AM (Zz0t1)

199 If you took the comments about Tucker here and placed them beside the comments about Tucker from the Democratic Underground, they would be largely indistinguishable. His cackle, he's a Nazi, he's Qatarlson, he's mentally unstable, etc, etc.

I guess this is what they mean by the 'woke right'.

Posted by: Asking Questions at December 19, 2025 08:34 AM (UZlJN)

200 Probably entire podcasts. Authenticity may become the new currency.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 19, 2025 08:32 AM (d6I3r)

Once you can fake authenticity, you can do real reporting.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 08:34 AM (gbOdA)

201 Today is National Ugly Sweater Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2025

***
I have no ugly sweaters. And today is going to be a little warm for a sweater anyway. Again this chance must slip by me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2025 08:34 AM (wzUl9)

202 I haven't seen Carlson's speech, but if it's as bad as people are reporting, TPUSA may have done the nation a great service by letting him speak. Hopefully the final nail in his coffin

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 08:34 AM (1vqcm)

203 If you took the comments about Tucker here and placed them beside the comments about Tucker from the Democratic Underground, they would be largely indistinguishable. His cackle, he's a Nazi, he's Qatarlson, he's mentally unstable, etc, etc.

I guess this is what they mean by the 'woke right'.
Posted by: Asking Questions at December 19, 2025 08:34 AM (UZlJN)

What's your point?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)

204 Who's the new commenter PN Rax? 😁😁😁
Posted by: rickb223

I even have a set of Groucho Glasses ready for this possibility.

I become a philanthropist and start a very well-funded cat rescue. Open a few local small businesses and keep a low profile.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

As for me?

One account for my mom and dad that pay the rent on their retirement home for the rest of their lives.

One house out of MD bought through my LLC with my name not attached to it.

And then become the "anonymous donor" guy you hear about in the news.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 19, 2025 08:35 AM (lXoJ5)

205 Morning Horde. JJ is that Didi Conn the actress from Grease?

She was great. Summer of 78, every young boy in my area fell in love with Olivia Newton John

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2025 08:35 AM (YCxFk)

206 I think a bursar will disburse money to you.

Posted by: But what do I know? at December 19, 2025 08:35 AM (2Ez/1)

207 He, Owens and the other obnoxious asshole are being paid handsomely to tear the right apart by giving the left enough Nazi ammo to make it so America never votes R again.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 08:32 AM (Zz0t1)

Do you think people believe any of that bullshit?

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 08:36 AM (gbOdA)

208 Interesting (sort of) story of a Finance YouTuber who got the Two Minutes Hate treatment from the woke left for telling people to be more responsible with their personal finances.

Too many woke women called into his show expecting to be told they were victims and were instead told to stop blowing $500 a month on Starbucks.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 19, 2025 08:36 AM (oyazo)

209 God forbid the Democrats seize control . . . I can imagine them one day deputizing Antifa goons to use deadly force on suspected conservatives! Nous Somme les deux Charlies maintenant - Kirk et Hebdo

This sort of thing is common with criminal governments in their initial stages of rule, from Petomane to Palpatine.

Posted by: Eromero at December 19, 2025 08:36 AM (o2ZRX)

210 Girl F. and SiL are supposed to be on their way to Sydney but they got to LAX for their 11 PM flight and it was delayed 12 hours. They left yesterday at 6 AM and b"h will arrive in Sydney late Saturday night. What a long trip.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 08:36 AM (A0sqA)

211 What's your point?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)

That you sound like a green-haired, obese lesbian with a septum piercing.

Posted by: Asking Questions at December 19, 2025 08:36 AM (UZlJN)

212 The moon is ours!

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 08:37 AM (g47mK)

213 The press functions as the propaganda wing of a crumbling state that relies on your blindness to survive.

-----

This monolithic superstate hasn't yet begun to crumble, but I think we're starting to see the first cracks. They'll be papered over in the next few years, but they will still be there.

I stand by my story - they'll shore it up and increase the pressure on dissent. Maybe they'll even get very violent about that. But a system this blatantly corrupt won't live longer than the people who are teenagers today, and I may well see the regime fall.

My standing prediction is sometime in the late 50s or early 60s.

The fed gov will get worse and worse and the situation will become unbearable by the time boys born ten years from now are coming of age.

Slowly, then all at once.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 19, 2025 08:37 AM (RrchV)

214 Didi Conn lights up my life.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 08:37 AM (A0sqA)

215 He, Owens and the other obnoxious asshole are being paid handsomely to tear the right apart by giving the left enough Nazi ammo to make it so America never votes R again.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 08:32 AM (Zz0t1)

We're already separating from the narcissistic scumbags who infect the national GOPe. If these people do us the favor of carving off yet more grifters and psychopaths, and foot the bill no less, then good.

For every one we carve off, that's how many thousands of normal disengaged supporters willing to give the anti-insanity movement a second look.

It's a big tent. And we'll all be smothered by it if we let predators keep hacking away at the poles.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2025 08:37 AM (06Hmj)

216
Do you think people believe any of that bullshit?
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 08:36 AM (gbOdA)

Hells yes I do. Millennials are dumb. They're spoon fed horseshit and think it's Fillet Mignon. The left eats that shit up and bludgeons us over the head with it as if it's fact.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 08:37 AM (Zz0t1)

217 127 Who is older, Keith Richards or Taylor Lorenz?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 08:12 AM (lQNDj)

Quit picking on me, OK? Me mate Mick is five months older than me.
Posted by: Keef Richards at December 19, 2025 08:20 AM (oftw2)

You youngsters run along and play. Now git!

Posted by: Mike Love, Original Beach Boy at December 19, 2025 08:37 AM (wVcYX)

218 I only buy tickets when it gets that high.

Fun Fact - its roughly 200 million to one to hit the numbers. When it gets up to $500 mil I throw two bucks at it. If the pot splits ? I don't care.

Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 08:37 AM (SlJND)

219 Well Yesterday, Trump broke the record for most nominations approved by the Senate, for the first year of a Presidential term. Thune did a good job with the en banc votes

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2025 08:38 AM (YCxFk)

220 It's Harmeet Dhillon's favorite holiday.

I keed.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 08:24 AM (9ipOP)
******
She's got some mad knitting skillz.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2025 08:38 AM (NpAcC)

221 He, Owens and the other obnoxious asshole are being paid handsomely to tear the right apart by giving the left enough Nazi ammo to make it so America never votes R again.

To the extent that it's actually working, it's mostly because people like Ace keep giving him oxygen. The fact that nobody remembers the first rule of trolls with him is maddening.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 19, 2025 08:38 AM (oyazo)

222 Disburser? I hardly knew 'er!

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 08:38 AM (vFG9F)

223 Is this about me?

Posted by: Green-haired, obese lesbian with a septum piercing at December 19, 2025 08:38 AM (2Ez/1)

224 176 Good morning . Thx JJ, an interesting HS you attended
Why do I think of the the movie and book A Clockwork Orange and the droog Dim when you reference Antifa goons? The dystopian sci-fi of the last century is coming true in many ways
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 08:26 AM (1vqcm)

The only thing that doesn't line up is that Nadsat was taken from corruptions of Russian words, and Antifa hates all things Russian.

Otherwise, yeah.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 08:39 AM (UnA8+)

225 Columbus OH mayor and police chief made a video saying they will not cooperate with ICE. So they basically announced that Columbus has a serious illegal immigrant problem. Mike DeWine is a toxic combination self-congratulatory do-goodery for non-citizens and chamber of commerce cuck. I don't know how independent the State AG Yost is from the governor, but now would be a good time to speak up about the lawlessness in Columbus. And since Columbus has large sections of the city already succumbing to the Somalian invasion, there no doubt is a lot of fraud that must be investigated. Yost and Tom Homan, Ohio's capital is in trouble and needs your help now.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 08:39 AM (Dv3i1)

226 The dystopian sci-fi of the last century is coming true in many ways

Posted by: Smell the Glove

I had never seen Soylent Green, so I picked up a copy and watched recently. They nailed the world of the mid 2020s, just got the reason wrong. They blamed overpopulation and environmental disaster, not globalism.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2025 08:39 AM (0U5gm)

227 Busty lesbians >>> obese lesbians.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 19, 2025 08:39 AM (oyazo)

228 210 Girl F. and SiL are supposed to be on their way to Sydney but they got to LAX for their 11 PM flight and it was delayed 12 hours. They left yesterday at 6 AM and b"h will arrive in Sydney late Saturday night. What a long trip.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I sailed to Tahiti with an all-girl crew, including the lovely Edy Williams. Now that was a long trip.

Posted by: Zombie Gardner McKay at December 19, 2025 08:40 AM (oftw2)

229 Too many woke women called into his show expecting to be told they were victims and were instead told to stop blowing $500 a month on Starbucks.
Posted by: Ian S.

He's an angrier, younger Dave Ramsey and is quite entertaining. And apparently, being financially responsible is "far right." And maybe Nazi adjacent.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 19, 2025 08:40 AM (lXoJ5)

230 What's your point?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)

Heh… reminds me of the scene in A Few Good Men with Nicholson down at Guantanamo… Demi Moore’s character just has to ask about code reds and Nicholson says “what’s your point” and Lt Caffey (Tom Cruise) jumps in and says “she has no point, Sir… it’s part of her charm”

Eventually, Colonel Jessep utters the immortal words: You have to ask me nicely…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 08:40 AM (YobFY)

231 Rob Reiner died for whose sins? Who let Rob Reiner down? What steps can be taken to prevent another death like Rob Reiners?

Posted by: 80's music fan at December 19, 2025 08:40 AM (YlWIZ)

232 Cucker Tarlson shit his pants for 20 minutes at TPUSA yesterday. What a fkng clown. he can go back to his left roots now, now one will notice. Did you guys see the stats? his retarded audience is 65+ and 65+adjacent loons who yell at kids to get off the loan, and want to know about sekret Zionists plots in the neighborhood11!

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 08:40 AM (g47mK)

233 He, Owens and the other obnoxious asshole are being paid handsomely to tear the right apart by giving the left enough Nazi ammo to make it so America never votes R again.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 08:32 AM (Zz0t1)

Do you think people believe any of that bullshit?
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 08:36 AM (gbOdA)
*******
You'd be surprised how many people are gullible.
A friend of mine's husband does.
They got into a big fight about it last week.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2025 08:40 AM (NpAcC)

234 The shooter is an immigrant granted permanent status under Biden.

So what percentage of murders in America are caused by:

Illegals
Dreamers
People granted status under Biden

Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 08:40 AM (sKqQm)

235 Saw an interesting story about Cali on YouTube. Apparently the Pacific Palisades reservoir is off line because the cover is damaged again. It won't be repaired for 9 months. Fire and wind season is beginning. Add to the his the closures of the oil refineries and that state is fubar

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 08:41 AM (1vqcm)

236 Rob Reiner died for whose sins? Who let Rob Reiner down? What steps can be taken to prevent another death like Rob Reiners?

Common sense tranny control?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 08:41 AM (sKqQm)

237 So why did Portugal Man shoot up the classroom?

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 08:41 AM (77rzZ)

238 People sitting back like, WTF is he saying ? I love the part when he implied that Jews are not white. Man, that country club of his must be very special.

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 08:41 AM (g47mK)

239 212 The moon is ours!
Posted by: runner

Government cheese for all!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 08:41 AM (Dv3i1)

240 You'd be surprised how many people are gullible.
A friend of mine's husband does.
They got into a big fight about it last week.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2025 08:40 AM (NpAcC)

how old is the husband ? age group ? let me guess, between 55-65?

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 08:42 AM (g47mK)

241 I guess this is what they mean by the 'woke right'.
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I guess this is what it means when the interpretation of his behavior is the same no matter what your worldview is, hence lending to it the authenticity of being non-partisan.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 08:42 AM (A0sqA)

242 Red, is the husband employed ?

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 08:42 AM (g47mK)

243 "Providence police have identified a former Brown University student and Portuguese national as the suspect in Saturday’s shooting at the Ivy League school. "

Not buying this for one second.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 19, 2025 07:45 AM (0N4FZ)

Let's hear YOUR theory.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 19, 2025 08:42 AM (5xuJ/)

244 237 So why did Portugal Man shoot up the classroom?
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 08:41 AM (77rzZ)

He studied engineering there 25 years ago and got a 69 on a quiz.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 08:42 AM (gbOdA)

245 Saw an interesting story about Cali on YouTube. Apparently the Pacific Palisades reservoir is off line because the cover is damaged again. It won't be repaired for 9 months.

Infrastructure deterioration because the elites are looting everything is common in failing societies.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 19, 2025 08:43 AM (oyazo)

246 237 So why did Portugal Man shoot up the classroom?
___

Why is it, by all evidence reluctantly released so far, that it appears he targeted the (just about) lone conservative on campus? We'll never know the motive.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 08:43 AM (Dv3i1)

247 "240 You'd be surprised how many people are gullible."

Come join us.
First Wednesday of every month.
7:30 pm. Elks Lodge.

Posted by: The Flat Moon Society at December 19, 2025 08:44 AM (2Ez/1)

248 Qatar spares no expenses on their influence peddling.

They gifted the President of the US a goddamn airplane. Tucker's getting some prime Qatari real-estate and wads of cash for peddling his nonsense to the unwashed masses.

It's to the Qatari government's best interests to minimize the poor perception people have about Islam... specifically in Qatar. The tiny country is ascendant in the Middle East. Home to one of the largest US bases in the region. Tucker's one of their paid spokespersons. A lot of others are in our government.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 08:44 AM (NwnyJ)

249 I stand by my story - they'll shore it up and increase the pressure on dissent.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 19, 2025 08:37 AM (RrchV)

Yes. They have no other option, at least in their shuttered, monomaniacal brains. The rhetorical signals about what they will try once in positions of total power again grow clearer and more brazen. We're already seeing this in Britain, Germany and Australia -- ever greater restrictions on and more punitive responses to speech and freedom.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 19, 2025 08:44 AM (WHfpM)

250 Do you think people believe any of that bullshit?

Oh yes. I know it.

"Jews are behind it all" is a pretty strong thread from a subset of Gen Z and Millennials now. Especially those who are really tuned into podcasts. They follow their favorite voices every bit as faithfully as those that used to follow the Big Three news shows in the evening. Every bit as much as those that believed L. Ron or Rush word for word.

Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 08:44 AM (SlJND)

251 how old is the husband ? age group ? let me guess, between 55-65?
Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 08:42 AM (g47mK)
******
He's 46.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2025 08:45 AM (NpAcC)

252 Kelsey Grammer: The Left couldn’t stop Trump so now they’re after us

Grammer: “Donald Trump’s not standing in the gap anymore. He can’t protect us.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 08:46 AM (gbOdA)

253 I love the part when he implied that Jews are not white.

Marxist "self-gassing" Jews play a game where they claim to not be white when they're advocating for DEI. Scientifically they have the same claim to being non-white as Arab Muslims, but they generally aren't considered non-white either. Islam itself has been made into a race for victimhood purposes.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 19, 2025 08:46 AM (aUxYo)

254 He's 46.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2025 08:45 AM (NpAcC)

yeah, what a maroon.

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 08:47 AM (g47mK)

255 I did poorly on an algebra test in 1971, but have no plans to shoot up the school. I was lazy at times.

Posted by: Ol' Codger at December 19, 2025 08:47 AM (oftw2)

256 Red, is the husband employed ?
Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 08:42 AM (g47mK)
*****
He heads the IT department.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2025 08:47 AM (NpAcC)

257 237 So why did Portugal Man shoot up the classroom?
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 08:41 AM (77rzZ)

B/c Brown was where his life started failing.

Posted by: Nova Local at December 19, 2025 08:47 AM (tOcjL)

258 TPUSA gave him a platform AGAIN? Jeezus, people, get you act together.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 19, 2025 08:47 AM (WHfpM)

259 Infrastructure deterioration because the elites are looting everything is common in failing societies.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 19, 2025 08:43 AM (oyazo)
====

Wait, whut?

Posted by: Islamic Fascist Republic President Pezeshkian at December 19, 2025 08:47 AM (A0sqA)

260 He heads the IT department.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2025 08:47 AM (NpAcC)

Spends a bit of time online. Poor devil.

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 08:48 AM (g47mK)

261 I seem to recall several people from the Bulwark and the North American Man Boy Lincoln Project were on Qatar's payroll as well.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 19, 2025 08:48 AM (OEJns)

262 What steps can be taken to prevent another death like Rob Reiners?
Posted by: 80's music fan at December 19, 2025 08:40 AM (YlWIZ)

Stop giving Hollyweird your money for their crappy products made by clowns like Rob and other big mouth libtards.

Posted by: Turn Them Off at December 19, 2025 08:48 AM (R/m4+)

263 I wrote a book about this: Sneetches On The Beaches.

Posted by: Dr. Suess at December 19, 2025 08:48 AM (2Ez/1)

264 Is it possible Tucker dis, in fact, have a fight with a demon and lost?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 19, 2025 08:48 AM (8CIFn)

265 210 Girl F. and SiL are supposed to be on their way to Sydney but they got to LAX for their 11 PM flight and it was delayed 12 hours. They left yesterday at 6 AM and b"h will arrive in Sydney late Saturday night. What a long trip.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I sailed to Tahiti with an all-girl crew, including the lovely Edy Williams. Now that was a long trip.
Posted by: Zombie Gardner McKay at December 19, 2025 08:40 AM (oftw2)

Get out of here with that Hollywood stuff. Long trip, indeed! Lemme tell you about a long trip . . .

Posted by: Zombie Thor Heyerdahl, 4300 miles in 101 days on Kon-Tiki at December 19, 2025 08:49 AM (wVcYX)

266 People sitting back like, WTF is he saying ? I love the part when he implied that Jews are not white. Man, that country club of his must be very special.

This isn't an uncommon Jewish belief, especially on the left. The irony of course is that other leftwing groups generally see Jews as uber white devils.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 08:50 AM (sKqQm)

267 The Assistant U.S. Attorney investigating the Somali fraud in Minnesota says as much as $18 billion could have been stolen from the taxpayers.

He compares it to an iceberg– “much larger than visible to the public.”

Tiny Timmy was in on this no doubt

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 08:50 AM (gbOdA)

268 261 I seem to recall several people from the Bulwark and the North American Man Boy Lincoln Project were on Qatar's payroll as well.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 19, 2025 08:48 AM (OEJns)

I thought those ones were paid by Pierre Omidyar.

He's Iranian, not Qatari.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 08:50 AM (UnA8+)

269 262 What steps can be taken to prevent another death like Rob Reiners?
Posted by: 80's music fan at December 19, 2025 08:40 AM (YlWIZ)

If you have a drug-addicted kid, send him away somewhere. Stop thinking love and compassion will cure him.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 19, 2025 08:51 AM (WHfpM)

270 Is it possible Tucker dis, in fact, have a fight with a demon and lost?

Pretty sure its much simpler. Tucker was born rich and knows nothing else. Never worked. Never built anything - either through business or with his hands. He's not intellectually grounded in anything.

He said things for a while some here liked. But it was never going to last. Because there is nothing solid about Tucker.

Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 08:51 AM (SlJND)

271 There's a 1966 episode of "Hey, Landlord!" featuring Rob Reiner as a guest on Youtube. He was still a teen at the time.

Posted by: Dead From Neck Up at December 19, 2025 08:51 AM (oftw2)

272 Rain is coming down in buckets. Winds up to 25 mph. This is after it was in the teens the last couple of weeks with snow twice. Potholes R us

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 08:52 AM (1vqcm)

273 Rob Reiner........

*glances over at small jar of f*cks*

*determines they're too valuable*

*leaves the remaining f*cks in jar*

....anyway.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 08:52 AM (Zz0t1)

274 Who would've thought that killer would be Portuguese, of all things?

Portugal is probably the most low-key country in Europe. I can't remember the last time Portugal was in the news for anything.

Maybe when they handed over Macao to China. But I don't remember seeing much news about that, even.

I mean, except for Sarah Hoyt, who grew up there, nobody talks about Portugal.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 08:52 AM (77rzZ)

275 TPUSA gave him a platform AGAIN? Jeezus, people, get you act together.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 19, 2025 08:47 AM (WHfpM)

I think it's because Kirk already had that in the pipeline and Erika is holding to that. It does not matter, since Shapiro went first as an opener to the whole thing, and dropped a nuke on him , owens, Epstein's boy Bannon and the rest of them. Got a standing ovation. Then Cucker came out, and chastised everybody for hating on poor innocent muslims. I mean "religion of peace" anyone ? what a penis head.

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 08:52 AM (g47mK)

276 Federal prosecutors unsealed a major fraud indictment Wednesday, charging two Haitian migrants with operating a $7 million Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit trafficking scheme out of two small retail storefronts in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood.

According to a newly filed federal criminal complaint, Antonio Bonheur, 74, and Saul Alisme, 21

Stealing the food from childrens mouths that Americans will not steal.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 08:53 AM (gbOdA)

277 The old man from Baghdad in my minyan would not be amused by the "are joos white?" question.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 08:53 AM (A0sqA)

278 I think what Tucker was discussing is what a lot of Americans are waking up to, which is that Muslims or Arabs or however you want to classify them aren't intrinsically bad and all wanting to blow you up.

LIV Golf, the World Cup in Qatar, Trump Towers Dubai, F-1 races, etc, people are increasingly understanding that rich oil sheiks like fast cars, pretty women and orderly societies just as much as American men. Some dude with $50 billion in oil money isn't strapping a bomb to his chest and exploding you because you are a Catholic or a Jew.

Just as every Jewish person isn't Rabbi Solomon Friedman that owns Porn Hub or Leonid Radvinsky that owns Only Fans and is the single largest donor to AIPAC, neither is every Arab Muslim some suicidal death bomber.

Posted by: Asking Questions at December 19, 2025 08:54 AM (UZlJN)

279 Very thorough and undramatic skewering of Candace and Tucker, Inc.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 07:01 AM

Looking at overnight stories this morning, like like Tucker finally and completely jumped the shark last night. He was allowed to give a speech at TPUSA, and the clips show a frantic, clearly upset Tucker telling his audience that “Islam is good! We should all be friends with Islam! It’s a huge evil conspiracy to say that Islam is an enemy of western civilization!”

And he went on and on about what a joyful peaceful religion Islam is, it was embarrassing to watch him, it was like watching a little monkey in a hat dance while his organ grinder stood just off stage, smiling.

He made it obvious last night that Tucker is no longer America first - he is Qatar first.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2025 07:48 AM

What exactly is the purpose of TPUSA? Does the organization actually do anything other than make money for their influencers by giving speeches and throwing parties for themselves? Seems as useless as CPAC.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 08:54 AM (P5BPp)

280 Good morning J.J. You are so right about Far Rockaway. Instead of building what should have been NYC’s version of the Riviera, they built low income housing projects. That land is worth billions but communists destroy everything they touch.
I remember my mother taking my brother and I to Rockaway Beach in the summer when you could ride the A train in safety. Such a shame.

Posted by: RetSgtRN at December 19, 2025 08:54 AM (GWcJD)

281 This sketch is always worth watching.

https://youtu.be/keX9D-KhqRI

Most of it was ad libbed.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 19, 2025 08:54 AM (2Ez/1)

282 Cucker comes out, and barely gets a clap. He thinks the online boomer groupies and groypers are the real deal! where the country is! Like that idiot MTG, got sucked into the online chimera and thought that was real! turned out pakistan, turkey indonesia, china are boosting this class of goons online.

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 08:55 AM (g47mK)

283 Some dude with $50 billion in oil money isn't strapping a bomb to his chest and exploding you because you are a Catholic or a Jew.

Of course not. They fund groups to do that kind of work.

And when they doesn't do the trick ? They buy off your society. Trust those fucks at your own peril.

Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 08:56 AM (SlJND)

284 There's a conservative talk show radio station owner and host I thought a lot of that one morning started talking, out of the blue, about how wonderful and what a great friend of USA Qatar is. It confused me, until I found out he got 400K from them.

Posted by: Not Mentioning Names at December 19, 2025 08:56 AM (oftw2)

285 I think what Tucker was discussing is what a lot of Americans are waking up to, which is that Muslims or Arabs or however you want to classify them aren't intrinsically bad and all wanting to blow you up.

==

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

yeah, go with that

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 08:56 AM (g47mK)

286 267 The Assistant U.S. Attorney investigating the Somali fraud in Minnesota says as much as $18 billion could have been stolen from the taxpayers.
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Somalia's GDP is only $12B

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 08:57 AM (Dv3i1)

287 It confused me, until I found out he got 400K from them.
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I'll talk nice if you pay me.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2025 08:57 AM (Wg6v7)

288 *I mean, except for Sarah Hoyt, who grew up there, nobody talks about Portugal.*

And we like it that way.

Posted by: The good people of Portugal at December 19, 2025 08:57 AM (2Ez/1)

289 Just as every Jewish person isn't Rabbi Solomon Friedman that owns Porn Hub or Leonid Radvinsky that owns Only Fans and is the single largest donor to AIPAC, neither is every Arab Muslim some suicidal death bomber.

I saw a strange thing today. Some rebels were being arrested. One of them pulled the pin on a grenade. He took himself and the captain of the command with him. Now, soldiers are paid to fight; the rebels aren't.
They could win.

Posted by: Michael Corleone at December 19, 2025 08:57 AM (R/m4+)

290 Over/under on when Tucker officially converts to Islam?

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 08:57 AM (77rzZ)

291 The Assistant U.S. Attorney investigating the Somali fraud in Minnesota says as much as $18 billion could have been stolen from the taxpayers.
___

Somalia's GDP is only $12B

I'm going to guess more then half of that money ended up in the pockets of Dems officeholders, NGOs, and leaders in MN...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 08:58 AM (sKqQm)

292 Here's a short 1:17 sec. clip of Ben @ TPUSA last night.
Daily Wire
@realDailyWire
"The people who refused to condemn Candace’s truly vicious attacks – and some of them are speaking here tonight – are guilty of cowardice."

https://tinyurl.com/55wunmsh

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2025 08:58 AM (NpAcC)

293 The 13 Worst Movies of 2025:

https://youtu.be/8WfSDq-yNME

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 19, 2025 08:58 AM (kmovr)

294 I think what Tucker was discussing is what a lot of Americans are waking up to, which is that Muslims or Arabs or however you want to classify them aren't intrinsically bad and all wanting to blow you up.

They'll pay someone else to do the heavy lifting.

It's never the leadership strapping on the bomb, silly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)

295 290 Over/under on when Tucker officially converts to Islam?
Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 08:57 AM (77rzZ)

He won't.

The Western "Islam is awesome and great!" people, both on the left and on the right, are too bitch-made to convert.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 08:59 AM (UnA8+)

296 I'm going to guess more then half of that money ended up in the pockets of Dems officeholders, NGOs, and leaders in MN...
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No way. These people are the epitome of virtue. Just ask them.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2025 08:59 AM (Wg6v7)

297 his isn't an uncommon Jewish belief, especially on the left. The irony of course is that other leftwing groups generally see Jews as uber white devils.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 08:50 AM (sKqQm)

I don't know, but he sounded like some 1960s country club, WASPy (which genetically he is not ) effete.

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 09:00 AM (g47mK)

298 Whoever decided it was a good idea to bring 10s of thousands of Somalians to the US after we sent them food and in repayment they killed our troops and desecrated their bodies should be tried for treason.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 09:00 AM (Dv3i1)

299 Wealthy Arab Muslims might be playboys, but they also fund suicide bombers and terrorists. And they would support a one world caliphate , even if it ended up ending their playboy lifestyles

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 09:00 AM (1vqcm)

300 LIV Golf, the World Cup in Qatar, Trump Towers Dubai, F-1 races, etc, people are increasingly understanding that rich oil sheiks like fast cars, pretty women and orderly societies just as much as American men.

Every dictator in history wants ordered society once they gain control. And they determine the definition of order.

Guess what, sport. Their idea of order won't please you. Not one bit.

Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 09:00 AM (SlJND)

301 Portugal is becoming a retirement destination. Warm climate and one of the EUSSR's more affordable oblasts.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 19, 2025 09:01 AM (JYpkr)

302 Osama Bin Laden came from wealth. His family is still one of the more important ones in Saudi Arabia...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 09:01 AM (sKqQm)

303 I can imagine them one day deputizing Antifa goons to use deadly force on suspected conservatives!

So, pretty much like the last 40 years or so.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 19, 2025 09:02 AM (K0w3s)

304 284 There's a conservative talk show radio station owner and host I thought a lot of that one morning started talking, out of the blue, about how wonderful and what a great friend of USA Qatar is. It confused me, until I found out he got 400K from them.
Posted by: Not Mentioning Names
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This has been going on since the 70's and our politics is far to the worse for it.

Our elites have decided that they should all have generational wealth and if a little treachery is how to do it, they will do it.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 09:02 AM (WDjG6)

305 Reddit commenter figures out everything about MIT and Brown
Portly Portogeesian man to blame and now dead in storage unit

Add bow and TA fucking DA and wrap everything up like Las Vegas PDT assassination attempt and Charlies death.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 09:03 AM (gbOdA)

306 World Portuguese Language Day is observed on May 5th.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2025 09:03 AM (wVcYX)

307 Guess what, sport. Their idea of order won't please you. Not one bit.

Maybe. Maybe not.

I bet I'd prefer the orderly nature of Doha to the orderly condition of Detroit, Philadelphia or Washington D.C.

Only a strong man like Trump has helped clean up any American cities, and even now we still have crazed fucktards in our streets blockading traffic and shooting at ICE.

Posted by: Asking Questions at December 19, 2025 09:04 AM (UZlJN)

308 I bet I'd prefer the orderly nature of Doha to the orderly condition of Detroit, Philadelphia or Washington D.C.

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guys, I, cant ....

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Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 09:05 AM (g47mK)

309 So I can see a connection for the murdered to the Prof...but the argument now is he killed the students at Brown because he washed out of Brown?

That seems...unlikely.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 09:05 AM (sKqQm)

310 To make things worse, the terse bursar dispersed from her purse and through pursed lips told us to disperse.

Posted by: Good night nurse at December 19, 2025 09:06 AM (2Ez/1)

311 Sadly I think TPUSA is losing its way already without Charlie Kirk. Hosting Tucker Carlson because that was the plan before he was assasinated doesn’t make sense… things have happened; TuCa’s gone off the deep end. I’d imagine being in the audience would’ve been awkward. Dueling speakers? Ben Shapiro then TuCa? Talk about dissonant messages… just uninvite Carlson. He’s a kook

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 09:06 AM (sBt/s)

312 Islam is as much a religion as Scientology or Joel Olsteen Baptism.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 19, 2025 09:06 AM (dtajH)

313 Rush used to do the side by sides when all of a sudden the sclerotics in the media started saying the same thing! whole reels of the stuff!

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 09:06 AM (g47mK)

314 302 Osama Bin Laden came from wealth. His family is still one of the more important ones in Saudi Arabia...
Posted by: 18-1
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And GWB hustled other members of that family out of the US after 9/11 so that they could not be questioned.

Both the Bush family and Clinton bear responsibility for playing footsie with the Saudis post Cold War yet allowing them to spread their evil Wahhabism and terrorists to the US.

The Saudi Royal embassy staffers were involved in the 9/11 plot giving aid and sustenance to the terrorists and the long time ambassador to the US at the time despised Americans. He was an oily prick. He was one of the ones locked up in the hotel after the Las Vegas shootings.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 09:06 AM (WDjG6)

315 Old man Bush sending US troops into Somalia to stop clan violence was the beginning of this crap. The GOPe has as much blood and fraud on their hands as Barky and Mush Brain

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 09:06 AM (1vqcm)

316 What exactly is the purpose of TPUSA? Does the organization actually do anything other than make money for their influencers by giving speeches and throwing parties for themselves? Seems as useless as CPAC.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 08:54 AM (P5BPp)

The founding, defining mission was to reach young people with a message of patriotism and Christ. It was embodied in and by their founder. Now it's about sustaining the funds and the institutional infrastructure. They're lost and the mission is lost at the moment, and maybe for good.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 19, 2025 09:07 AM (WHfpM)

317 Hey baby, wanna go 'round the world?

Posted by: Zombie Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese Sailor and Navigator at December 19, 2025 09:07 AM (wVcYX)

318 I am not sure how the Letters of Marque would work? The privateers can't sell the booty. Does the government pay a bounty?
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My guess is, the contraband has to be turned over; maybe for a reward.

But the legal items, by the letter, become your property.

I mentioned the other day, one of those oil tankers has between $100 and $200 million in oil. And TX has the refineries for the Venezuelan oil.
Then sell the tanker to Exxon; another $15-30 million idk.
Imagine the incentive if that's the prize?

You get a Letter of Marque and defense security contractors will be pounding down your door begging to "work" for you.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 19, 2025 09:07 AM (HXT0k)

319 The Somali fraud in MN likely funded Al Shabaab, the Somali terrorist group as well as lining MN government official's pockets and Somali officials at the national level.

$18 billion buys a lot of terrorist related kit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 09:08 AM (NwnyJ)

320 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 09:06 AM (sBt/s)

I don't know. We will have to see. It sure is different after the biggest, most prominent, effective voice is gone. But I would not write them off just yet.

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 09:08 AM (g47mK)

321 309 So I can see a connection for the murdered to the Prof...but the argument now is he killed the students at Brown because he washed out of Brown?

That seems...unlikely.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 09:05 AM (sKqQm)

Not if you blame Brown for ruining your life...he leaves/fails/gets kicked out and went back to Portugal a failure before coming back here in 2017 to a middling/non-dignified and non-rich experience.

You are thinking like a rational man...not one fixated in a midlife crisis for how his whole life was a waste...and he knows exactly who to blame for that...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 19, 2025 09:08 AM (tOcjL)

322 I bet I'd prefer the orderly nature of Doha to the orderly condition of Detroit, Philadelphia or Washington D.C.

If only you had the freedom to avoid or leave a Detroit, Philly, or DC. Or resettle to Doha.

If only.

Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 09:08 AM (SlJND)

323 Sadly I think TPUSA is losing its way already without Charlie Kirk. Hosting Tucker Carlson because that was the plan before he was assasinated doesn’t make sense…

Why would that be "losing its way" without Charlie?

Charlie took extreme criticism for not cancelling Tucker. Having him on is exactly what Charlie would have done.

Are you really that retarded?

Posted by: Asking Questions at December 19, 2025 09:08 AM (UZlJN)

324 You are thinking like a rational man...not one fixated in a midlife crisis for how his whole life was a waste...and he knows exactly who to blame for that...

No my argument is wouldn't he target other profs, admins, or the school president?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 09:09 AM (sKqQm)

325 308 I bet I'd prefer the orderly nature of Doha to the orderly condition of Detroit, Philadelphia or Washington D.C.

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Kudos to whoever is doing this. Top shelf parody.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 19, 2025 09:09 AM (8AONa)

326 Eric Daughert
: The Trump administration is releasing several hundred THOUSAND Epstein Files today, exactly as promised

Today is the deadline for the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Blanche says MORE documents coming in the next couple weeks.

HUGE backfire on the Left!

DEPUTY AG TODD BLANCHE: "We have been working tirelessly since [30 days ago] to get every single document we have within the DOJ, review it, and get it to the American public."

https://tinyurl.com/4cnd6wjz

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2025 09:09 AM (NpAcC)

327 298 Whoever decided it was a good idea to bring 10s of thousands of Somalians to the US after we sent them food and in repayment they killed our troops and desecrated their bodies should be tried for treason.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 09:00 AM (Dv3i1)

A lot of people need to be tried for treason. Unfortunately we haven't the guts or commitment to pick out even the low-hanging fruit.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 19, 2025 09:09 AM (WHfpM)

328 To make things worse, the terse bursar dispersed from her purse and through pursed lips told us to disperse.
Posted by: Good night nurse at December 19, 2025 09:06 AM (2Ez/1)

Valiant effort!

Posted by: Zombie Dr. Seuss at December 19, 2025 09:10 AM (wVcYX)

329 311 Sadly I think TPUSA is losing its way already without Charlie Kirk. Hosting Tucker Carlson because that was the plan before he was assasinated doesn’t make sense… things have happened; TuCa’s gone off the deep end. I’d imagine being in the audience would’ve been awkward. Dueling speakers? Ben Shapiro then TuCa? Talk about dissonant messages… just uninvite Carlson. He’s a kook
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Have courage in open debate for our kids. Tucker outed himself by saying obviously false things while in reality, students are worried about Islamic terrorism and becoming aware of the bloody borders around Islam. They can see on trips to Euroland how the no go zones are spreading etc.

The cure to bad speech is more speech and Shapiro calling out types like Candace Ovens and Tucker for their Islamophilia to the extent of anti-Semitism is exactly on point.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 09:10 AM (WDjG6)

330 Rich oil sheiks are hardly devout Muslims.

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 09:10 AM (vFG9F)

331 Almost any day of the week, the links we have can be played almost like that old game called "Mad Libs"

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I did a Mad Lib-merick once. Let me see if I can find it in the archives.

Ahh, here we go:

There once was a [gender] from [place]
Whose [body part] was as big as a [nautical term]
By the end of the [unit of time]
It was found to be [colorful adjective]
And as for the [farm animal], [famous person] [pun].

Posted by: muldoon at December 19, 2025 09:10 AM (/iMjX)

332 What exactly is the purpose of TPUSA? Does the organization actually do anything other than make money for their influencers by giving speeches and throwing parties for themselves? Seems as useless as CPAC.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 08:54 AM (P5BPp)

I doubt it can sustain itself much longer, but TPUSA has been a far cry from CPAC. It's done a lot of effective youth outreach, GOP fundraising, and GOTV efforts.

CPAC has only ever been a griftmill for the pampered closet homosexuals in the ConInc elite.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 19, 2025 09:10 AM (BI5O2)

333 We have all the charm of the North and all the efficiency of the South.

Posted by: The District of Corruption at December 19, 2025 09:11 AM (2Ez/1)

334 Whoever decided it was a good idea to bring 10s of thousands of Somalians to the US after we sent them food and in repayment they killed our troops and desecrated their bodies should be tried for treason.

See also the endless swarms of Muslims in general brought to the US after 9/11.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 09:11 AM (sKqQm)

335 324 You are thinking like a rational man...not one fixated in a midlife crisis for how his whole life was a waste...and he knows exactly who to blame for that...

No my argument is wouldn't he target other profs, admins, or the school president?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2025 09:09 AM (sKqQm)

All of them were probably gone...but the building was still there...you find the place your life was ruined and destroy it - thus the hail of bullets, but then walking out after it's destroyed...and not shooting the way out b/c that was only part 1 of 2 of the "you wrecked my life" well thought out plan...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 19, 2025 09:11 AM (tOcjL)

336 As I said, given everything going on both at home and abroad and the Venn diagram of events intersects at quite a few points.

I love Venn diagrams! Don't you? I'm glad I could introduce them to you.

Posted by: Kamala! 2028! 2032! at December 19, 2025 09:11 AM (0sNs1)

337 A lot of people need to be tried for treason. Unfortunately we haven't the guts or commitment to pick out even the low-hanging fruit.
Posted by: Ordinary American
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That would be GHWB, Clinton, GWB, and Obama. A fish rots from the head and all of these presidents were co-conspirators in the Great Replacement.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 09:11 AM (WDjG6)

338 Charlie took extreme criticism for not cancelling Tucker. Having him on is exactly what Charlie would have done.
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I think it is a good thing they had Tucker give a speech. The audience got a chance to see for themselves how out of touch Tucker is now.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 09:11 AM (Dv3i1)

339 They know he is off the rails, they know he hosted and cuddled that nazi twink from Berwyn, they are not deaf, or blind. We just have to see how it all shakes up.

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 09:12 AM (g47mK)

340 How is it that Brown University allowed a homeless man to live in the basement of one of their buildings?

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2025 09:12 AM (NpAcC)

341 In a hearse.

Posted by: Just the punchline at December 19, 2025 09:12 AM (2Ez/1)

342 is a good thing they had Tucker give a speech. The audience got a chance to see for themselves how out of touch Tucker is now.

Posted by: Chuck Martel

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He's not out of touch with the people paying him.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 19, 2025 09:13 AM (8AONa)

343 37 About Somalia. All that looting, and very little is better in that country. For reasons.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 19, 2025 07:39 AM (u82oZ)
Not one little smidgin of culture, vibrant or not.

Posted by: Eromero at December 19, 2025 09:13 AM (o2ZRX)

344 Sadly I think TPUSA is losing its way already without Charlie Kirk. Hosting Tucker Carlson because that was the plan before he was assasinated doesn’t make sense… things have happened; TuCa’s gone off the deep end. I’d imagine being in the audience would’ve been awkward. Dueling speakers? Ben Shapiro then TuCa? Talk about dissonant messages… just uninvite Carlson. He’s a kook

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2025 09:06 AM

What exactly what TPUSA's purpose with Charlie Kirk? What exactly have they been accomplishing over the past 10+ years since its formation other than develop influencers who get rich from speeches and social media videos?

To me, they have always seemed nothing more than the modern-day National Review and CPAC. Not actually doing anything more than talking and enriching themselves from it.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 09:14 AM (P5BPp)

345 The Somali fraud in MN likely funded Al Shabaab, the Somali terrorist group

“Shabaab” sounds like the chorus of a 50s doo-wop song.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 19, 2025 09:14 AM (QZThv)

346 : The Trump administration is releasing several hundred THOUSAND Epstein Files today, exactly as promised
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Ah, I see now. Pam Bondi only had "the Epstein file" on her desk months ago, but there are several hundred thousand of them. An easy mistake to make.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2025 09:15 AM (Dv3i1)

347 > A lot of people need to be tried for treason. Unfortunately we haven't the guts or commitment to pick out even the low-hanging fruit.
Posted by: Ordinary American
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There are a significant number of "conservatives" that clutched their pearls until their fingers bled over a mean tweet Trump directed at Reiner.

Not only do we not have the guts or commitment, we don't have the numbers to even try.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2025 09:15 AM (NwnyJ)

348 The TPUSA radio show has been reduced to shilling for Memorybox and ED pills. I think they are going off the air soon.

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2025 09:15 AM (vFG9F)

349 Good morning JJ, Horde

Letters of Marque ... Marky Marque? Wahlberg is going back to rapping?

Posted by: callsign claymore at December 19, 2025 09:15 AM (Lp5M8)

350 Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 09:14 AM (P5BPp)

Well, Charlie must've been effective, or they wouldn't have taken him out.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 09:16 AM (77rzZ)

351 What exactly what TPUSA's purpose with Charlie Kirk?

They did a lot of documented good work convincing the yoots not to be Communist while over-29s like us had already written them off.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 19, 2025 09:16 AM (QZThv)

352 Not if you blame Brown for ruining your life...he leaves/fails/gets kicked out and went back to Portugal a failure before coming back here in 2017 to a middling/non-dignified and non-rich experience.

You are thinking like a rational man...not one fixated in a midlife crisis for how his whole life was a waste...and he knows exactly who to blame for that...
Posted by: Nova Local
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I'll simply wait and see. Our media, officials, and law enforcement have lied so much to the people of the US that nothing they say can be taken for the truth until it is dragged out of them by leaks, lawsuits, and whistle blowers.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 09:16 AM (WDjG6)

353 Have courage in open debate for our kids. Tucker outed himself by saying obviously false things while in reality, students are worried about Islamic terrorism and becoming aware of the bloody borders around Islam. They can see on trips to Euroland how the no go zones are spreading etc.

The cure to bad speech is more speech and Shapiro calling out types like Candace Ovens and Tucker for their Islamophilia to the extent of anti-Semitism is exactly on point.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 09:10 AM (WDjG6)

yeah, real people, not bots; they got to see him nakked, without the glorious trappings of FOx News - producers, lights, guardrails from sane people, and it shocked him not to get the adulation he is used to getting from either his cray cray guests, or the selective visitors to his whatever he has now online

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 09:17 AM (g47mK)

354 @346

>>Ah, I see now. Pam Bondi only had "the Epstein file" on her desk months ago, but there are several hundred thousand of them. An easy mistake to make.

The contours of Epstein's life of how he came to work for Bill Barr's dad to when he was murdered in a prison run by Bill Barr, would make for a fascinating Spotlight type movie.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2025 09:18 AM (XV/Pl)

355 That would be GHWB, Clinton, GWB, and Obama.

Every president post WW II put the welfare of the American People second to the prosecution of the Cold War. They were all Globalists by definition.

You hit the nail on the head. When the Soviets fell - the Globalism never stopped. Bush Sr was indeed the first culprit.

Trump is quite literally the first Nationalist President in about 100 years, depending on how you view Hoover. Thats quite a shock to the political system. Quite a shock to a national culture that has grown used to be driven by their government rather than served.

Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 09:18 AM (SlJND)

356 Here is one other thing, for years, and until very recently, Ben Shapiro offered to debate him. And CUcker Tralson refused. Shapiro offered to go on his show, or in any other format, after they ran at each other 3 moths ago at Kirk's memorial. No go.

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 09:19 AM (g47mK)

357 Shapiro doing the work few else seem willing to do. Good for him.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 19, 2025 09:19 AM (WHfpM)

358 Shapiro doing the work few else seem willing to do. Good for him.
Posted by: Ordinary American

Did you know that his sister has huge boobs?

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 09:20 AM (77rzZ)

359 356 Here is one other thing, for years, and until very recently, Ben Shapiro offered to debate him.

I think TPUSA wanted Tucker to debate Mark Levin at the event, but Mark Levin was scared and wouldn't do it.

Posted by: Asking Questions at December 19, 2025 09:21 AM (UZlJN)

360 The TPUSA radio show has been reduced to shilling for Memorybox and ED pills. I think they are going off the air soon.
Posted by: fd

Every other ad on WMAL is for ED pills/treatments. Whatever pays the bills, I guess.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 09:22 AM (77rzZ)

361 Did you know that his sister has huge boobs?
Posted by: Bulg

Wait...Abigail Shapiro has a brother? Since when?

Posted by: NR Pax at December 19, 2025 09:22 AM (lXoJ5)

362 Patriots of the Caribbean: Sen. Mike Lee Bill Authorizes Privateers to Combat Cartels Outside U.S. Borders — “The Constitution provides for Letters of Marque and Reprisal as a tool against the enemies of the United States,” Lee said.

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Make Bounty Hunting Great Again!

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 09:23 AM (NNq22)

363 Shapiro doing the work few else seem willing to do. Good for him.

If the talk radio thing goes bad, he can always get work speed reading the "fine print" at the end of radio adds. Or auctioneering.

Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 09:23 AM (SlJND)

364 What exactly what TPUSA's purpose with Charlie Kirk?
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
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Campuses are hostile places for conservatives and people of faith. Neglect by older generations and nostalgic views of a long past liberalism at college don't apply to the reality of colleges today.

Leftist professors harass conservatives in class openly and their flying monkey leftist students join in. They are physically assaulted while the adminstrations do little or nothing, their meetings are interrupted by screaming leftists, adminstrations refuse to pay for speakers from the right while every nasty leftist gets a generous sinecure. Obama and 9/11 took that liberalism and turned it into commie tactics on campus--By Any Means Necessary.

TP was literally a semi safe space where conservative leaning students could meet and talk and act collectively in forcing grudging administration types to recognize them as official student groups which opens the doors to securing free meeting rooms, etc.

If older generations had done their job, colleges would have never become such nasty intolerant places for faithful Christians, Jews, and conservatives.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 09:23 AM (WDjG6)

365 I think TPUSA wanted Tucker to debate Mark Levin at the event, but Mark Levin was scared and wouldn't do it.

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What about Ben Shapiro ? All jews are alike, no?

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 09:24 AM (g47mK)

366 How is it that Brown University allowed a homeless man to live in the basement of one of their buildings?
Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2025 09:12 AM (NpAcC)

It happens. - - Harvard University from the 1994 movie With Honors starring Brendan Fraser (student) and Joe Pesci (homeless bum living in the basement)

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2025 09:24 AM (wVcYX)

367 300 Guess what, sport. Their idea of order won't please you. Not one bit.
Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 19, 2025 09:00 AM (SlJND)

"Why not? There won't be any mincing fags and all the AWFLs will be in trashbag burqas!"

I used to have a friend who said he wanted Islam to take over because all he'd have to do is grow a beard.

"used to" is the operative phrase.

Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 09:24 AM (UnA8+)

368 If older generations had done their job, colleges would have never become such nasty intolerant places for faithful Christians, Jews, and conservatives.
Posted by: whig

It never occurred to the older generation that things would get this bad. They just figured that the other side were good people with different views and we'd all get along.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 19, 2025 09:25 AM (lXoJ5)

369 Levin is a friend of Trump's , he does not need CUckeer Tralson.

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 09:25 AM (g47mK)

370 357 Shapiro doing the work few else seem willing to do. Good for him.
Posted by: Ordinary American
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I am not a fan of Shapiro but he eviscerated the tissue of lies surrounding what Tucker said and did recognize Candace Ovens as a nasty critter way back (did not want to hire her at the Daily Wire but investors insisted).

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 09:25 AM (WDjG6)

371 There's a long list of targets the Dems will use Letters of Marque to eliminate when they regain power.

Posted by: davidt at December 19, 2025 09:26 AM (Q+gd/)

372 This might be debatable but the president closest since WWII to be America first before Trump had a very different personality. It was Ike. He did prosecute the Cold War but he warned about the military industrial complex, wouldn't help the French with airstrikes in 54, told the Israelis, Brits and French to knock it off in the Suez and was a solid internal president

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2025 09:26 AM (1vqcm)

373 Funny how no one ever mentions Tucker Carlson's sister's bust size.

Posted by: Oh by the way at December 19, 2025 09:26 AM (2Ez/1)

374
I used to have a friend who said he wanted Islam to take over because all he'd have to do is grow a beard.

"used to" is the operative phrase.
Posted by: XTC at December 19, 2025 09:24 AM (UnA8+)

He's too stupid to understand that if you're not born islhamic, you never belong. You'll forever be a lower class 'citizen' in the pecking order of their satanic cult.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2025 09:26 AM (Zz0t1)

375 The Somali fraud in MN likely funded Al Shabaab, the Somali terrorist group

“Shabaab” sounds like the chorus of a 50s doo-wop song.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 19, 2025 09:14 AM (QZThv)

Shadoobie.

Posted by: Rolling Stones - Shattered at December 19, 2025 09:27 AM (wVcYX)

376 It never occurred to the older generation that things would get this bad. They just figured that the other side were good people with different views and we'd all get along.
Posted by: NR Pax
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I was on campus when the worm turned. And it was the late Bush years and Obama that turned on the commie tactics. Then I started see Antifa looking fliers at the end of the Obama years. And my school by no means was situated in a blue area and blue state.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 09:27 AM (WDjG6)

377 Funniest thing I saw about Abigail Shapiro was a side by side comparison of her and Hana Uzaki from the show Uzaki-Chan Wants to Hang Out.

The latter was getting trashed by the usual suspects because of her "unrealistic body type" but she and Abigail have similar proportions.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 19, 2025 09:27 AM (lXoJ5)

378 >>TP was literally a semi safe space where conservative leaning students could meet and talk and act collectively in forcing grudging administration types to recognize them as official student groups which opens the doors to securing free meeting rooms, etc.

I think the talk of TPUSA's demise is a bit premature. The number of new chapters and members has exploded since Charlie's murder. The need is still there and there are obviously millions of young people looking for an alternative to the left.

It was bound to be a bit of a messy transition. Charlie was one of a kind and it will take a team to replace him and get back on course but I think the movement will continue in one way or another.

And among their next missions appears to be getting Vance in as 48. That gets huge applause at their meetings whenever it is announced.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2025 09:27 AM (viF8m)

379 Mark Levin is not afraid of Tucker.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2025 09:28 AM (NpAcC)

380 Shapiro did a mia culpa about Trump, said he was wrong 10 years ago, because he made a mistake of being distracted by the "tone", etc. He explained that after people complained about Reiner's tweet. I kinda get it, he was young then. He grew up since. GOt married and had kids. SO that probably taught him patience...

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 09:28 AM (g47mK)

381 You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at December 19, 2025 09:29 AM (2Ez/1)

382 Mark Levin is not afraid of Tucker.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2025 09:28 AM (NpAcC)

no , of course not. he does need it, he does not need the numbers, and he does not need to boost Qatarlson by having some kind of "debate".

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 09:30 AM (g47mK)

383 What about Ben Shapiro ? All jews are alike, no?

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 09:24 AM (g47mK)

No, all Jews are not alike.

Judge Boasberg and Jeffrey Epstein are different from say, JJ Sefton, though they are all Jews.

I don't know why or if TPUSA tried to arrange a Shapiro debate, but Levin did come right out on his show and share the texts with Tucker where TPUSA wanted them to debate.

Then Levin admitted that he is a scared, weak little man and couldn't face Tucker.

Posted by: Asking Questions at December 19, 2025 09:30 AM (UZlJN)

384 I love the ongoing war to win viewers in the lucrative, yet very crowded pod cast market. Its so lucrative even Bongino had to return.

After his stint of not doing a whole lot of anything as Deputy Director of the FBI, I don't see his podcast world being anywhere near as lucrative as it once was.

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Some people seem to expect that Bongino is going to tell all on his podcast return. Somehow, I doubt that. Very much.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at December 19, 2025 09:30 AM (AaY6N)

385 Shadoobie.
Posted by: Rolling Stones - Shattered at December 19, 2025 09:27 AM (wVcYX)
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Al-Shadoobie sounds like a good name for a boomer anti-Antifa group. Or, maybe, a Christopher Guest movie political organization.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2025 09:30 AM (lq1XJ)

386
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Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2025 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

387 He's too stupid to understand that if you're not born islhamic, you never belong. You'll forever be a lower class 'citizen' in the pecking order of their satanic cult.
Posted by: Sponge

Islamic adherents are actually racist themselves--they allow others to join but Arabs and those that can trace their lineage to Mo or his compatriots are the true guardians of Islam. Everyone else is inferior and some sects (Druze, Alawites, Sufi, Shia in Sunni areas and Sunni in Shia areas, etc), are viewed as heretics deserving of the sword just as much as infidels. They look down upon blacks and were quite active slavers back in the day except they ended up killing en masse blacks or making them eunuchs. Still going on in South Sudan and West Africa among other places.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 09:31 AM (WDjG6)

388 Noodus gratia artis.

Posted by: Bulg at December 19, 2025 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

389 Trolls are always moving goal posts, I talk about SHAPIRO, and they move to ....LEVIN !

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 09:32 AM (g47mK)

390 nice head fake, Carlson got what he got at the hands of Shapiro yesterday, regardless

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2025 09:33 AM (g47mK)

391 It was bound to be a bit of a messy transition. Charlie was one of a kind and it will take a team to replace him and get back on course but I think the movement will continue in one way or another.

And among their next missions appears to be getting Vance in as 48. That gets huge applause at their meetings whenever it is announced.
Posted by: JackStraw

I simply do not know. Trump is making an issue of how bad our colleges have gotten and DeSantis in Florida has tried his best to fix his state schools.
But whether these are one off efforts not followed by successors or a sustained campaign, I do not know.

Most GOP governors and state legislatures simply neglect dealing with the noxious and toxic colleges other than tut tutting and taking out an occasional nutjob administrator or professor. Drops in the ocean.

They don't move against DEI on campus (which is the kernel of commie activists in administration and the professorate), they don't fix the rotten system of student funding, allow costs to proliferate, and they spend more time worrying about who is football coach and AD than they do about their academics.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2025 09:38 AM (WDjG6)

392 There are a significant number of "conservatives" that clutched their pearls until their fingers bled over a mean tweet Trump directed at Reiner."

You know what's funny about that? No one, and I mean that, is talking about that now (except to mock the gasping shrews).
Even after it was going to end the Trump presidency! The walls were turning in.. or something.

Posted by: man at December 19, 2025 09:38 AM (XuXeR)

393 Northwestern Says Its Qatar Campus Gives Middle Eastern Women a Quality Education. Nearly 40 Percent of Its 2020 Graduates Came From Elite Qatari Families.

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Have they created The Tucker Qatarlson School of "Journalism" yet?

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 19, 2025 09:41 AM (NNq22)

394 Are you really that retarded?
Posted by: Asking Questions at December 19, 2025 09:08 AM (UZlJN)
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Such insightful questions too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 09:45 AM (A0sqA)

395 Kudos to Ace for not running with the reddit/X person of interest.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at December 19, 2025 09:49 AM (R86kT)

396 280 Good morning J.J. You are so right about Far Rockaway. Instead of building what should have been NYC’s version of the Riviera, they built low income housing projects. That land is worth billions but communists destroy everything they touch.
I remember my mother taking my brother and I to Rockaway Beach in the summer when you could ride the A train in safety. Such a shame.
Posted by: RetSgtRN at December 19, 2025 08:54 AM (GWcJD)

The Neponsit section of Far Rockaway is actually much more middle class upper income than the rest of the area. the beach is private but my buddy and I always would sneak in during the summer parking the car a few blocks away.

Almost drowned there in 1979, caught by a wicked undertow. Somehow I was able to get back to the beach. Totally exhausted. Convinced that God or an angel was looking after me.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2025 09:51 AM (x0n13)

397 Such insightful questions too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2025 09:45 AM (A0sqA)

Dude, really?

Kirk was accosted by Jewish donors that wanted him to deplatform Carlson, but he refused.

And you have someone on here saying "TPUSA would have never let Carlson speak if Charlie were still here. They've lost their way" ?

Complete and utter retardation.

Posted by: Asking Questions at December 19, 2025 09:51 AM (UZlJN)

398 395 Kudos to Ace for not running with the reddit/X person of interest.

While in the meantime LIBs are burnin' down the house (Charlie Kirk's house) w'omage to to the methods of Vlad Drakul.

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-RememberThisWell
Remember this well, there will be NO PEACE while Kirk Lives -- Klingon Ambassador libbing out.

Awaiting their Big Big Surprise on the 13th day of Jeffmas/What could Possibly Go Wrong?
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsTheChickenRun

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at December 19, 2025 09:55 AM (kt1XA)

399 I doubt it can sustain itself much longer, but TPUSA has been a far cry from CPAC. It's done a lot of effective youth outreach, GOP fundraising, and GOTV efforts.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 19, 2025 09:10 AM

That's good to hear about the fundraising and GOTV efforts. Good that they are not keeping all the money they raise for themselves like grifting organizations do.

That said, I would guess that the popularity of Charlie Kirk and TPUSA resulted from a consistent message over the years. When an event run by TPUSA invites people like Tucker Carlson and others who do not preach the organization's message, the organization will lose credibility and support.

Also, it seems the "conservative movement", such that it is, seems to always be involved in stupid drama. Steven Crowder, Daily Wire, Tim Pool, Candace Owens and on and on and on. Either these people are ridiculously childish and can't put the movement above their own personal pettiness or... they're grifters doing this for clicks and views and likes.

I have always felt it was the latter with all of these people "on the right". There is no unity. Just a bunch of people with big egos fighting.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 19, 2025 10:17 AM (P5BPp)

400 Is AI the cure for U.S. health care? I don’t know. I have no health for which to care.

You will have to ask healthy people.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 19, 2025 10:44 AM (rQwsY)

401 "I negotiated directly with the drug companies in foreign nations . . . to slash prices on drugs and pharmaceuticals by as much as 400 500 and even 600%" Huh? Cutting prices by 100% brings them down to zero, right? So WTF does it mean to slash prices by 600%?

Posted by: bof at December 19, 2025 04:25 PM (wQY1T)

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