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Food Thread: Filet Mignon With Ramen? Sure...Why Not?

[Of course I wanted to embed a song by "Korn," but they are awful!]

New Jersey corn is pretty good, mostly because the supply chain is short and it arrives within a day or so of harvest. But supermarkets add a day or two to the mix, so it is difficult to get really fresh corn without driving to good farm stands.

But...damn! It's worth it. A few weeks ago we picked up a few ears of freshly picked corn and ate it that day. I shucked them, popped them into 185 degree water, and simmered for 10 minutes.

That's it. No salt. No butter! They were incredibly sweet and tender and absolutely delicious.

So why not go back to the well? And we did, but the later season corn...just two weeks later...wasn't as good. Still solid, and a pleasure to eat, but not incredible.

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There are a few dishes that come to mind when I think of foods that are best with complex sauces or lots of spiciness or in the case of snails...butter and garlic and parsley. Chicken breast is a perfect food for a cook to let his freak fly, because no matter what he does, he isn't masking the flavor of the breast, because there isn't much there to begin with. And I know some of you are put off by the idea of snails, but they really don't taste like much; they are a vehicle for those three delicious ingredients!

But you know what another one is? Filet Mignon, or tenderloin, or whatever you want to call it. Beef (or pork) tenderloin is very mildly flavored, and lends itself to great buttery, creamy pan sauces, or an au Poivre sauce. Filet on its own is nice, but nothing special.

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I went to Costco recently, which is often an unimaginable pain in the ass, but I went very early, before the proles showed up, and the place was actually tolerable. I bought one of their $4.99 roasted chickens, because I wanted to experiment and make chicken stock out of it.

But...it looked so good that I tasted it, and yup! It was mighty tasty for a mass-market chicken that is a loss-leader. Sure, it was salty, and had some other spices that I couldn't figure out, but for a quick meal while standing over the sink, it delivered!

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I know this dish sounds weird, and I can't vouch for it because I haven't made it...yet. But it does sound interesting, and I really love the combination of spicy and sweet Blackberry Fire Chicken might be a dud, but the idea is a good one!

But for f*ck's sake! Stop with the "boneless-skinless" nonsense. Chicken thighs are great with the bone in and the skin intact. Is it some lunatic diet thing? Skin does have a bit of fat, and of course it does! Because it tastes good, and fat is flavor.

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Homesick Texan is one of the better food blogs around. Why? Well, she knows how to write, so reading her stuff is not an unpleasant chore until one gets to the recipe. And she doesn't have much of an ego when it comes to cooking, so she doesn't come of as a pompous know-it-all.

Here is something that won't win any awards, but sounds like it is mighty tasty. Brisket macaroni and cheese! And she adds pickled jalapeñoslices on the side because why the hell not?

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In my youth I was quite inventive with a pack of ramen noodles and some vegetables and maybe some tofu, or even ground pork if I was flush!

I haven't had homemade in a very long time...just the fancy (and delicious) stuff at Ramen restaurants. But I am intrigued about trying it again, so the next time I go to my sort-of-local Japanese market I am going to pick up some and see what I can do with it! It'll be fun, and it might even be tasty!

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The great garlic experiment of 2025-2026 was a resounding...meh. Send all of your excellent home-grown garlic to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com.

About the Bourbon Bubble...I think it has burst, but the category is also suffering from the inflation that affected everything else (Thanks Biden!). I think the sweet spot is still $40-$60 for excellent and interesting bottles, and bumping that to $100 gets you an incremental improvement in quality, but nothing mind-blowing. More than that and I think you are paying for hype and rarity, which may look good in your liquor cabinet, but doesn't translate to more quality in the bottle.

The problem...or the solution...is to buy lots of bourbon, take tasting notes, and eventually arrive at your favorites! It should take forty or fifty years, but it is worth it!

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1 Food fight

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 04:00 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Colorado Olathe corn is the best.

*This year the yield is about 10% of the normal amount thanks to the drought.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 30, 2026 04:02 PM (X8xt3)

3 and maybe some tofu
Posted by: CBD

So that's what happened to you....

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 30, 2026 04:05 PM (NnhvP)

4 That's it. No salt. No butter! They were incredibly sweet and tender and absolutely delicious.

You might get more flavor and nutrition if you cooked it in limewater (not the fruit, no coconuts required. Called nixtamalization). The Mexican Indians discovered this process thousands of years ago...avoids pellagra.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 04:06 PM (l3cgK)

5 Pork chops and applesauce

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 04:06 PM (Ia/+0)

6 We picked up a dozen ears of farm fresh corn Friday. We had some that night and it was really sweet. We're having some more tonight and my wife's going to take 2 ears and make a black bean and corn salad. There's other stuff in it, but I don't recall what. Herbs, tomatoes, peppers maybe. I'm thinking fish tacos to go with it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 30, 2026 04:07 PM (2Cry5)

7 But for f*ck's sake! Stop with the "boneless-skinless" nonsense. Chicken thighs are great with the bone in and the skin intact. Is it some lunatic diet thing? Skin does have a bit of fat, and of course it does! Because it tastes good, and fat is flavor.

It IS some lunatic thing. I hate the dryness of chicken breasts, but thighs and legs? Oh yeah, baby, gimme, especially with the tasty skin. I even eat the kidneys stuck inside the thighs of Costo chicken...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 04:07 PM (l3cgK)

8 I am a glutton for punishment this evening, making dinner for 24 (4 here and 20 at high school youth group, which really means dinner for 40)...in a townhome kitchen...

Since beef was so expensive all summer, they never had it at youth group dinner, so when my kid asked for my pasta dish (I call it beef and veg bolognese b/c it's equally weighted or more veg to ground beef), and then I found $2/lb ground beef, I felt like someone above was watching out for me...so win for not bankrupting myself by saying yes...

I'll have it over orzo and the kids are getting fusilli (so I can run a taste test of the sauce 30 minutes early) and then I have an enormous watermelon and grape tray and homemade Cheerio treats...for them and the folks here...

I'll be in and out of the kitchen as I keep making this...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 30, 2026 04:08 PM (tOcjL)

9 I’ve got a six-pack of these in the pantry now.

https://tinyurl.com/3k8dwwff
(NissinFoods)

I eat them once or twice a week for lunch.

They also have a Seafood and Curry flavor that aren’t too bad.

I think they’re the best I’ve had out of a cup.
Better than Maruchan at least.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 30, 2026 04:08 PM (6ydKt)

10 No salt? No butter?
Unthinkable, even if unnecessary.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 30, 2026 04:08 PM (sl73Y)

11 Pork chops and applesauce

Pork chops and lemon sauce here. As the astronauts ate it! (On the ground anyway.)

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 30, 2026 04:08 PM (kYmoU)

12 And she adds pickled jalapeñoslices on the side because why the hell not?

The spice must flow...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 04:08 PM (l3cgK)

13 Although after I make this youth dinner (b/c this year, I promised one per month), maybe I'll get a Costco membership to just buy 6 rotisserie chickens and some bread...I can always handle fruit and dessert...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 30, 2026 04:10 PM (tOcjL)

14 I grow my own sweet corn. Cuts out the middle man. I couldn't for a long time because the Deer considered my corn field the equivalent of a Homestyle Buffet Restaurant, Deer don't eat the corn. They want the corn silk. But, it's just as damaging. However, I have an uncle who retired from being a farmer, and I finally asked him at a family reunion..."How do I keep Deer out of my corn?"

This made him laugh and look a little uncomfortable. He told me to use a spray to outline my field called "Deer B Gon." Sounds like a scam, and that's why an experienced farmer was a little sheepish about recommending it. It employs clove and cinnamon oil...AND IT WORKED. Not just with deer, but it kept the rabbits out of the lettuce as well.

So, the moral of the story is that those late night commercials where some guy is yelling at you about the low price of $9.99. They aren't all crap. Just most of them.

Posted by: Orson at August 30, 2026 04:11 PM (dIske)

15 Filet on its own is nice, but nothing special.
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Because no fat.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 30, 2026 04:12 PM (XvL8K)

16 7 But for f*ck's sake! Stop with the "boneless-skinless" nonsense. Chicken thighs are great with the bone in and the skin intact. Is it some lunatic diet thing? Skin does have a bit of fat, and of course it does! Because it tastes good, and fat is flavor.

It IS some lunatic thing. I hate the dryness of chicken breasts, but thighs and legs? Oh yeah, baby, gimme, especially with the tasty skin. I even eat the kidneys stuck inside the thighs of Costo chicken...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 04:07 PM (l3cgK)

Depends what you're doing with the chicken...I love boneless skinless thighs if I'm cooking up a stir fry or curry or fried rice or fajita...the bone is just a PITA if you are gonna just cut up the chicken before cooking (I could take the skin, but you can't get skin if you have bone...but you can get bone with no skin, which is even more annoying)...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 30, 2026 04:12 PM (tOcjL)

17 Boneless-skinless -

This comes from two things:
"Oh, it's slimy" (or greasy when fried)
and
the 'fat is bad' conspiracy.

My mother *still* believes it to be true, all evidence to the contrary.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 30, 2026 04:15 PM (aJQbY)

18 Sign at Wegmans “We Support Local Farmers”.

Reality; all the tomatoes are from Canada, as are most of the cucumbers. A lot of broccoli and vegetables are from Mexico.

Have we forgotten how to grow produce? Have we time out that we have to buy produce from Canada and from a country that has human waste in its agriculture products.

So sick of this crap.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 30, 2026 04:16 PM (Yiq+D)

19 16
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Depends what you're doing with the chicken...I love boneless skinless thighs if I'm cooking up a stir fry or curry or fried rice or fajita...the bone is just a PITA if you are gonna just cut up the chicken before cooking (I could take the skin, but you can't get skin if you have bone...but you can get bone with no skin, which is even more annoying)...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 30, 2026 04:12 PM (tOcjL)

Yes, making Japanese curry is one of those exceptions where I trim off the skin, fat, and bones (if I don't already have boneless, skinless chicken thigh meat).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 04:16 PM (l3cgK)

20 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 04:07 PM (l3cgK)

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Go in any Chinese take-out place...and look at the appetisers. The "Boneless Spare Ribs" entry always makes me laugh.

Posted by: Orson at August 30, 2026 04:16 PM (dIske)

21 I ran across Ramen noodles about a year ago when W'mart decided to start carrying them again. 30¢/pack! Who'da thunk! Anyhow: I ate 'em in college out of necessity and lack of money. Now I buy 'em and use them as the BASE for other dishes - works great! Amazing how well packaged noodles and a dry saucepack can work with other things like boudin, beef, shrimp, chicken, and vegetables like green Bell peppers, jalapeños, Anaheims, garlic (there's never enough garlic, is there?) and other flavors du jour - and that doesn't begin to include sauces. My new favorite is by a company called 'El Yucateca', and their 'Habañero y Coffee' is EXCELLENT! If you see in in your store, get a bottle - it's about $3.95 - you can thank me later.

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 04:16 PM (ayRl+)

22 Had chicken breasts, mashed potatoes and corn on the cob yesterday. It was from a local market- not part of a big chain. Cooked two ears unhusked in the microwave for about five minutes and they were delicious.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 04:16 PM (JrHfD)

23 20 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 04:07 PM (l3cgK)

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Go in any Chinese take-out place...and look at the appetisers. The "Boneless Spare Ribs" entry always makes me laugh.

Posted by: Orson at August 30, 2026 04:16 PM (dIske)

I went to a store in Phoenix that was selling boneless bananas...they weren't wrong; never found a single bone in them.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 04:17 PM (l3cgK)

24 >>He told me to use a spray to outline my field called "Deer B Gon."

Does this stop bunnies, too?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 30, 2026 04:18 PM (X8xt3)

25 Yep, no shame in packaged ramen as a base for whatever meat it's 'flavored like'.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 30, 2026 04:19 PM (aJQbY)

26 Posted by: Nova Local at August 30, 2026 04:08 PM (tOcjL)

Is there a saint for cooking youth group dinners? Because if there isn't one, you surely deserve to be declared one after you die for all this kind and excellent cooking you do for the youth group.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 04:20 PM (JrHfD)

27 I spent years in the seed corn business, and am a corn on the cob connoisseur. The info on corn was correct in the past, but, some years back, the Illini Supersweet gene was introduced into sweet corn. You can now buy corn from a grocery store and get quality relatively close to fresh from the field. The problem in the past was the breakdown of sugars in the kernel. This gene lengthened the time the sugars stayed sweet by several days.

Posted by: BufordGooch at August 30, 2026 04:20 PM (PyC1T)

28 Went to a new local restaurant with friends last night. They feature seafood and Italian and delivered on both fronts in spades. Apparently, so are many others cause the place was packed. And yes, the oysters were great.

Definitely agree on the local farm thing. Despite the local grocery stores having great produce around here, getting right at the farm just tastes better.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2026 04:21 PM (viF8m)

29 I think my son could live on ramen. He gets these huge packages from the Korean grocery store.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 04:21 PM (JrHfD)

30 Ramen is great when it is authentic. The dried stuff is survival rations. Sometimes I crumble the noodles on top of Chinese chicken salad.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 04:22 PM (RIvkX)

31 Thinking of making pizza dough now, but I better get started to eat before, six thirtie?

Posted by: From about That Time at August 30, 2026 04:24 PM (sl73Y)

32 30 Ramen is great when it is authentic. The dried stuff is survival rations. Sometimes I crumble the noodles on top of Chinese chicken salad.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 04:22 PM (RIvkX)

Indeed, survival rations. Lasts a long time. Might not be bad to have around with a ton of water for emergencies.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 04:24 PM (l3cgK)

33 26 Posted by: Nova Local at August 30, 2026 04:08 PM (tOcjL)

Is there a saint for cooking youth group dinners? Because if there isn't one, you surely deserve to be declared one after you die for all this kind and excellent cooking you do for the youth group.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 04:20 PM (JrHfD)

Thanks, there are a few moms who rotate, so it's not just me...although I may be the only one working with a townhome kitchen

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Posted by: Nova Local at August 30, 2026 04:25 PM (tOcjL)

34 Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 04:22 PM (RIvkX)

It's dried stuff, but he seems to like it a lot.

We went to a Korean restaurant for lunch the other day and it was probably the best ramen which I've ever had

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 04:25 PM (JrHfD)

35 Shifting gears for a minute: Little Cuties. Yes, they're mandarines, right? Yes, they taste great, right? Yes, they're affordable, right? NO! Once upon a time, I could buy a 3-lb mesh bag of 'em at Kroger or W'mart for $3.39 or $3.49 ($5.95 for a 5-lb bag). NOW the 3-lb bag is priced at $5.49 and the 5-lb bag at $8.49. Sorry. Those can sit on the shelf and rot as far as I'm concerned. I will NOT be played like that. Yes, they're good. Yes, I enjoy 'em. Yes, they supply my body with needed Vitamin See. No, I will NOT be extorted by a grocery chain. Besides that, they're now at End-of-Season, so you know 'The Quality Goes In Before the Name Goes On', right? Right?

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 04:25 PM (ayRl+)

36 The main drawbacks are high sodium and high calorie. Throwing away the salt packet and adding some soy sauce, peanut butter and garlic is the way.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 04:26 PM (RIvkX)

37 Local or grocery, i haven't had bad corn in ages. One late, local corn that was mushy is the only one to come to mind.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 30, 2026 04:27 PM (sl73Y)

38 The highest and best use to which fresh corn can be put is to used for a French dish called 'Macque Choux' … look it up. It's easy enough to make, and it's great in winter, too.

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 04:29 PM (ayRl+)

39 I made a big piece of boneless lamb the other day so now I'm simmering chunks of it in its juice and some curry sauce.

Cut up some taters into cubes and tossed them in bacon fat, salt, pepper and spices. There are bacon bits in the mix and I'll make a topping of crumbled Bacon Grilled Cheese potato chips for some crunch.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2026 04:29 PM (kpS4V)

40 I've frozen whole ears of corn. Just put em in the freezer and they'll keep for weeks, maybe even months (according to the lady who tipped me to this).

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 30, 2026 04:30 PM (nbLIj)

41 Got a box of chicken miso ramen broth for experimentation later in the week.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2026 04:30 PM (kpS4V)

42 The Epicurious YouTube channel has a series where they have 3 chefs try different store bought products and pick the "best."

There's one where 3 of them try a bunch of instant Ramen noodle packs. Some of them I think might only be found in specific Asian stores.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 30, 2026 04:31 PM (2Cry5)

43 24 >>He told me to use a spray to outline my field called "Deer B Gon."

Does this stop bunnies, too?
Posted by: Lizzy at August 30, 2026 04:18 PM (X8xt3)

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It does, indeed. He, also, told me if I was energetic, I could plant mint all around the garden, and that would work as well, but mint spreads and can be pretty dominant. Bottom line, to keep out pests, anything strong scented usually works. Cinnamon is a big one, as well as similar scents. It creates an olfactory barrier.

Posted by: Orson at August 30, 2026 04:31 PM (dIske)

44 We went to a Korean restaurant for lunch the other day and it was probably the best ramen which I've ever had

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 04:25 PM

The best ramen I ever had was from an old guy with a busted down food cart at the train station in Yokosuka Japan. You told him what you wanted and he tossed the noodles in a big greasy pot and boiled them for you on the spot.

He had a line every time a train pulled into the station. Bonus he spoke enough english to understand you because the Navy base was there.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 30, 2026 04:31 PM (cpFbA)

45 Korean restaurant? Three words: Be Bim Bop. Ask for it by name.

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 04:33 PM (ayRl+)

46 30 Ramen is great when it is authentic. The dried stuff is survival rations. Sometimes I crumble the noodles on top of Chinese chicken salad.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 04:22 PM (RIvkX)

Go to Hmart and get fresh ramen - so much tastier and better for you.

If that's not on sale or too much of s splurge, look for their air fried ramen...you won't notice a difference between the fat fried and air fried kind...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 30, 2026 04:33 PM (tOcjL)

47 the Illini Supersweet gene was introduced into sweet corn.
Posted by: BufordGooch at August 30, 2026 04:20 PM (PyC1T)

OH NO! The dreaded genetic engineering. Every "organic" plant we eat today has been hybridized, selectively crossed and mutated.

And it has produced a food revolution for which we should be thankful.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 30, 2026 04:33 PM (DTgUC)

48 Corn in my area sucks. It’s a Buck an ear and awful.

But. It’s blackberry season. And there’s a LOT of them. Free for the harvesting. Everywhere.

Plums and apples and pears as well.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 04:34 PM (BT7V7)

49 35 Shifting gears for a minute: Little Cuties. Yes, they're mandarines, right? Yes, they taste great, right? Yes, they're affordable, right? NO! Once upon a time, I could buy a 3-lb mesh bag of 'em at Kroger or W'mart for $3.39 or $3.49 ($5.95 for a 5-lb bag). NOW the 3-lb bag is priced at $5.49 and the 5-lb bag at $8.49. Sorry. Those can sit on the shelf and rot as far as I'm concerned. I will NOT be played like that. Yes, they're good. Yes, I enjoy 'em. Yes, they supply my body with needed Vitamin See. No, I will NOT be extorted by a grocery chain. Besides that, they're now at End-of-Season, so you know 'The Quality Goes In Before the Name Goes On', right? Right?
Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 04:25 PM (ayRl+)

Is it cutie season? I always associate citrus season with winter...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 30, 2026 04:34 PM (tOcjL)

50 I am missing six front teeth. My corn on the cob has to be sliced off the cob., still hard to chew.

Posted by: Eromero at August 30, 2026 04:35 PM (LHPAg)

51

Ramen Ramen

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 30, 2026 04:36 PM (Cqx++)

52 @ 49 35 Shifting gears for a minute: Little Cuties. Yes, they're mandarines, right? Yes, they taste great, right? Yes, they're affordable, right? NO! Once upon a time, I could buy a 3-lb mesh bag of 'em at Kroger or W'mart for $3.39 or $3.49 ($5.95 for a 5-lb bag). NOW the 3-lb bag is priced at $5.49 and the 5-lb bag at $8.49. Sorry. Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 04:25 PM (ayRl+)
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Is it cutie season? I always associate citrus season with winter...
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Nope - now it's the END of 'Cuties' season … pity, that.

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 04:36 PM (ayRl+)

53
The Garrison Bros irritate me with their highly overpriced Texas bourbons that sometimes sound interesting enough that I want to buy them.

Their Lady Bird Bourbon is a case in point.

It starts out as a small batch that is aged 4 years in new white oak barrels for 4 years then infused with Texas wildflower Honey for 8-9 months then transferred to French Cognac XO casks for3 more years then bottled at 114 proof.

Sounds like a perfect fit for GB bourbon's lumbery style.

I suspect this would make a great after meal sipper.

Buuut, at almost $200/btl it shall go unsipped at the naturalfake Hacienda.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 30, 2026 04:37 PM (iJfKG)

54 Cut the fat end of the corn with shucks on off. Microwave for 4 minutes. Grab skinny end and squeeze and it comes out without silks. Unbelievably good. Youtube has video but it really is idiot proof.

Posted by: Pamazon at August 30, 2026 04:38 PM (b5MGU)

55 ps: Snails are nasty. Tried them once at a fancy restaurant. STILL nasty.

Posted by: Pamazon at August 30, 2026 04:38 PM (b5MGU)

56 @ 50 I am missing six front teeth. My corn on the cob has to be sliced off the cob., still hard to chew.
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Seriously? I had all my teeth pulled 'cos they were more trouble than they were worth. Now I just take out my dentures and slice the corn off the cob. Works great, and that's why God made knives …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 04:39 PM (ayRl+)

57 I actually prefer chicken thighs over brast or legs

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 04:39 PM (Ia/+0)

58 55 ps: Snails are nasty. Tried them once at a fancy restaurant. STILL nasty.

Posted by: Pamazon at August 30, 2026 04:38 PM (b5MGU)

They need garlic sauce...oh, and need to be fed corn meal for (2 or 3 wks?) to purge anything toxic they've been eating, if you get them yourself.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 04:41 PM (l3cgK)

59 I hate to admit this but snails are really nothing but a delivery matrix for butter, garlic and lemon. Chewy and meh on their own. I prefer shrimp or chicken for the flavor matrix.

Now let's talk turkey! the ultimate matrix food.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 30, 2026 04:41 PM (DTgUC)

60 So, I started my 1.5 line meds (aka, an add on while I keep taking the other cancer meds), which goes better if you have a meal with 25-55% fat content...since I like to take meds that can wreck my digestive system in the morning (b/c who wants to not sleep all night), I had to flip my normal breakfasts.

Raisin Bran was out, but I still needed to also start my day with close enough fiber b/c of my other med (that I'm still on). So after experimenting, I'm on Dave's Killer thin seeded breads (I use 2-3 different ones), 2 slices toasted with Aldi's organic all natural peanut butter (the one that's just peanuts and salt) with my coffee and water bottle (which the meds also need) and all the my vitamins.

After 2 weeks, I'm not sad about breakfast and feeling good, so if you need a "normal, no work" breakfast for meds that need a sufficiently fat-filled meal (when you also have to avoid dairy and tree nuts), you could do worse...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 30, 2026 04:41 PM (tOcjL)

61 When I was a few* years younger, I would pull off side of the 2 lane road and pick fresh corn. Tasted even better than farm stand.

*40 years ago I think

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 30, 2026 04:42 PM (ig95V)

62 The part I hated to admit was that CBD was right about something.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 30, 2026 04:42 PM (DTgUC)

63 Snails? No. The 'Jesse Kelly Burger'? Yes!

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 04:42 PM (ayRl+)

64 Today is a Holiday. In 70 A.D. Saint Titus the Divine put Satan's second temple to the torch.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 30, 2026 04:44 PM (2MN4W)

65 The part I hated to admit was that CBD was right about something.
Posted by: Pete Bog

Well, yes...

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 30, 2026 04:44 PM (aJQbY)

66 Costco is an incredible pain in the ass. I avoid it like the plague.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 30, 2026 04:45 PM (DpZaL)

67 Chicken breast has a minimum of yucky stringy stuff, so that's the part of the chicken I tend to eat. I usually roast them in the oven, slice or dice, and throw some into other things I like, to boost the protein. Like ramen. Handful of broccoli, handful of chicken, and some stir fry sauce (I don't usually use the flavor packet).

I often pre-cook a high protein spaghetti to use instead of ramen noodles, for that matter. Quick lunches.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 30, 2026 04:45 PM (h7ZuX)

68 The part I hated to admit was that CBD was right about something.
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 30, 2026 04:42 PM (DTgUC)
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It had to happen eventually!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2026 04:45 PM (kpS4V)

69 I had a package of chicken thighs I threw in the slow cooker with a jar of roasted hatch chili sauce and some extra lime juice.

Shredded the chicken after about 5 hours and rolled into corn tortillas. Topped with more batch chili sauce and some white cheese. Baked until bubbly. Took half and froze it and ate the other half. During the week. Finished the last enchilada this morning topped with an over easy egg.

Easy and yummy. And not horribly expensive.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 04:45 PM (XNYK+)

70 Sweet corn, like any corn, as it matures and dries the sugars turn to starches. A proper truck-farmer will stagger planting so rows are a day or two apart so you always get the corn at the milk phase, where if you squeeze a kernel you get a milky-looking ooze out of it. If it's clear then it's immature and was picked too soon. Late-stage corn kernels will have little moisture and appear doughy. You can store in the refrigerator or even freeze sweet corn, but as soon as it's picked the sweetness starts going down as it dries and those sugars turn. Most corn you see in fields is dent corn. It's what food eats.

Posted by: MaxDamage at August 30, 2026 04:47 PM (kVewf)

71 "Shifting gears for a minute: Little Cuties. Yes, they're mandarines, right?"

I don't know. I'm not affectionate enough with fruit to call it "Cutie".😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 04:47 PM (JrHfD)

72 @ 67 … "I often pre-cook a high protein spaghetti to use instead of ramen noodles, for that matter. Quick lunches."
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Qué? 'High protein spaghetti' … ? Ees no compute, si? Spaghetti have no meat in them - they're all starch. Where is 'protein'? Ees confusing, si?

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 04:47 PM (ayRl+)

73 Mmmm, just sliced a couple green-when-ripe tomatoes called Green Giant. Absolutely delicious, with an almost citrusy taste.

I will be sad when garden fresh maters are no longer to be plucked. I'm spoiled for honest tomato flavor.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2026 04:48 PM (kpS4V)

74 Now let's talk turkey! the ultimate matrix food.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 30, 2026 04:41 PM (DTgUC)

They sell these huge deep fried turkey legs at the local fair that's held here every year. That will be back around Halloween.

They look like Fred Flintstone gnawing on a dinosaur leg.

Deep fried turkey is good turkey, though.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 30, 2026 04:51 PM (6ydKt)

75 Costco chicken carcasses make awesome stock. Make stock, cool and freeze in ice cube trays. Pop out a cube or two when you need some extra fluid.

Just don’t mistake for ice when you’re making a cocktail. Erf.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 04:51 PM (yYs4P)

76 In my college days, wienies and beans were a staple in the dorm. The secret was onions and mustard. Bacon was always welcome, as was cheese.

But when you're young you don't always clean up like a responsible adult and you leave that slow cooker or crock pot on the counter or in the sink and the next thing you know, it has become a biohazard in you kitchen. We must have thrown out four crock pots in those days and if we had left the door open, they could have walked out from all of the fuzzy shit growing inside of them. I still like wienies and beans.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 30, 2026 04:51 PM (nlLAo)

77 10 minutes? What do you think they are? Hog nuts or something?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 30, 2026 04:52 PM (diia5)

78 35 Shifting gears for a minute: Little Cuties. Yes, they're mandarines, right? Yes, they taste great, right? Yes, they're affordable, right? NO! Once upon a time, I could buy a 3-lb mesh bag of 'em at Kroger or W'mart for $3.39 or $3.49 ($5.95 for a 5-lb bag). NOW the 3-lb bag is priced at $5.49 and the 5-lb bag at $8.49. Sorry. Those can sit on the shelf and rot as far as I'm concerned. I will NOT be played like that. Yes, they're good. Yes, I enjoy 'em. Yes, they supply my body with needed Vitamin See. No, I will NOT be extorted by a grocery chain. Besides that, they're now at End-of-Season, so you know 'The Quality Goes In Before the Name Goes On', right? Right?

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 04:25 PM (ayRl+)

My theory on those is that they're rejects because they're undersized, and in the past they would have been used to make orange juice, at a lower price. Then some marketing genius figured out that they could give them a "cute" name and sell them at a premium price.

Posted by: a.moron at August 30, 2026 04:53 PM (X5Jzz)

79 Easy and yummy. And not horribly expensive.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 04:45 PM (XNYK+)

That does sound good.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 30, 2026 04:54 PM (PjGKJ)

80 When we lived in Mountain View, that area, and Sunnyvale, Palo Alto and Menlo Park areas had some pretty good Ramen joints.

Pricy. But... given the area and the time we were there it was expected.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 30, 2026 04:54 PM (2Cry5)

81 High protein spaghetti isn't all that high protein. But I need all the help I can get. I like the one Barilla makes. I think it has some chickpea flour added to boost the protein, but not so much as to screw up the texture.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 30, 2026 04:54 PM (h7ZuX)

82 Turkey sucks. It’s flavorless and dry and gross.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 04:54 PM (X96e+)

83 nurse, that reminds me, I think I've got some chicken in the freezer... and some cream cheese in the fridge... and a package of flour tortillas... and some hatch green chilis....

I may just have to do chicken enchiladas sometime soonish for the first time.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 30, 2026 04:55 PM (aJQbY)

84 Back in the day, when I used to help the neighbors harvest their corn, we'd shuck it and eat it raw right in the field. Corn is very versatile and it works raw, grilled, boiled, - anything but creamed. That shit is nasty.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 30, 2026 04:56 PM (nlLAo)

85 81 High protein spaghetti isn't all that high protein. But I need all the help I can get. I like the one Barilla makes. I think it has some chickpea flour added to boost the protein, but not so much as to screw up the texture.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 30, 2026 04:54 PM (h7ZuX)

Semolina pasta has 7g of protein per serving (I know, I just looked at the Trader Joe bag I'm making

...it's easy to stick with real pasta and up the protein in the sauce. Good rule of thumb is you should AT LEAST be 1-1 on pasta vs the topping...I'm routinely 1-2 or more (if for myself - I stick to 1-1 for guests and the youth tonight)...you can get a lot of veg and protein (not just beef - anchovies, sardines, cheese or nutritional yeast, tuna, chicken, bone broth, etc) into the topping...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 30, 2026 04:59 PM (tOcjL)

86 RandomDave!

Soooo good! Yes, there is some effort in hand rolling the enchiladas, but it’s worth it.

Who doesn’t love enchiladas? Make sure you use corn tortillas though. So much more flavor and they don’t get gummy like the flour ones do.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 04:59 PM (X96e+)

87 82 Turkey sucks. It’s flavorless and dry and gross.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 04:54 PM (X96e+)

Well-prepared turkey is pretty good.

My father made some turkey on the rotisserie over the grill years ago that was indistinguishable from roasted chicken in taste and texture, and was juicy.

Deep fried has a good taste and juicy, too.

It's just not something people would eat ever day other than in deli sandwiches or something.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 30, 2026 05:00 PM (6ydKt)

88 Who doesn’t love enchiladas? Make sure you use corn tortillas though. So much more flavor and they don’t get gummy like the flour ones do.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 04:59 PM (X96e+)

I like them to be absolutely drowning in red sauce. That stuff is so good.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 30, 2026 05:02 PM (h7ZuX)

89 I like the one Barilla makes. I think it has some chickpea flour added to boost the protein, but not so much as to screw up the texture.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 30, 2026 04:54 PM (h7ZuX)

Barilla is my favorite spaghetti, too.
The flavor is much better than the others I've tried over the years.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 30, 2026 05:03 PM (6ydKt)

90 82 Turkey sucks. It’s flavorless and dry and gross.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 04:54 PM (X96e+)

Then you've never had a properly prepared Texas smoked/bar-b-qued turkey slow cooked (250-275) with oak. It is moist and tasty.

BTW, one serves pickled jalapenos on the side like with every other food group in Texas.

Posted by: BillB at August 30, 2026 05:04 PM (Gz/2A)

91 2 bags of maruchin ramen, one can of mixed veggies, 12 Turkey meatsballs

I add a bit of mrs dash garlic flavor

stir

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 30, 2026 05:04 PM (jrgJz)

92 Snails? Garlic may not be enough, maybe a bottle of scotch to get them down would be needed

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 05:04 PM (Ia/+0)

93 If Scottie Scheffler wasn't a golfer, I think he would have made a pretty good contract killer.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 30, 2026 05:05 PM (sl73Y)

94 Turkey - properly done - really is kinda on the 'good'-ish side of the table. Improperly cooked, y' get a dry and/or tough cut of the bird (can I say that here?). I've had excellent turkey cooked by my Mom and Grandmother, and I've had 'shoe-turkey' served at some of the (cough*cough) 'better' restaurants … they know how to charge, but not how to cook - just sayin' …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 05:06 PM (ayRl+)

95 93 If Scottie Scheffler wasn't a golfer, I think he would have made a pretty good contract killer.
Posted by: From about That Time at August 30, 2026 05:05 PM (sl73Y)

It helps that Hovland has let the pressure of the day get to him...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 30, 2026 05:08 PM (tOcjL)

96 Butterball makes an excellent turkey burger

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 30, 2026 05:08 PM (jrgJz)

97 Turkey and dumplings isn’t bad. Just make your own turkey stock ffs. Then, with some fresh herbs it’s palatable.

Whole roasted turkey is awful. If you need gravy to disguise the flavorless sawdust, it’s not good food.

Stuff a salmon. Now there’s a good meal.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 05:09 PM (pUOWF)

98 My theory on those is that they're rejects because they're undersized, and in the past they would have been used to make orange juice, at a lower price. Then some marketing genius figured out that they could give them a "cute" name and sell them at a premium price.
Posted by: a.moron at August 30, 2026 04:53 PM (X5Jzz)

Nah.

They're what the Japanese would call, "mikon" (mee-kahn).

And the Japanese kiddos eat them like candy as they sit at their kotatsu during winter and do their homework after school.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 30, 2026 05:09 PM (iJfKG)

99 Ummm … I've never gotten a good enough answer to this question to convince me I should eat snail: WHY do people eat garden slime-makers? I don't have a problem eating squid or octopus, but snail … ? Nuh-unh, Herbie …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 05:09 PM (ayRl+)

100 "turkey burger".

"turkey", "burger".

I know both of those words, but it still makes no sense!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 30, 2026 05:10 PM (aJQbY)

101 Stuff a salmon. Now there’s a good meal.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 05:09 PM (pUOWF)

My brother books big fillets of salmon on the griddle with lots of butter and olive oil & spices and sometimes he'll throw some bacon in there.

It's wonderful.
Probably one of my favorite fish meals of all time.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 30, 2026 05:11 PM (6ydKt)

102 New Jersey corn is pretty good, mostly because the supply chain is short and it arrives within a day or so of harvest.

There is a trick, if you ever want to garden your own. Four rows is a minimum. Don't ask me why.

I've done 4x4 corn plants with good results. But corn is very, very hard on your soil.

Posted by: Howdy at August 30, 2026 05:11 PM (ZEFzw)

103 Dr_No,

Yeah, nothing too slimy thanks. Or that looks back at me.

I do love me some fried calamari or octopus though! Just... properly sliced and diced, please!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 30, 2026 05:12 PM (aJQbY)

104 books = cooks

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 30, 2026 05:12 PM (6ydKt)

105 Hold it...a Cob commenting favorably on corn on the cob? There's something suspiciously self-promoting about this.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 30, 2026 05:12 PM (XeU6L)

106 @ 100 "turkey burger". "turkey", "burger". I know both of those words, but it still makes no sense! Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 30, 2026 05:10 PM (aJQbY)
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Thou hast hit upon the Ultimate Food Contradiction … they are (a) both and (b) neither …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 05:12 PM (ayRl+)

107 nurse that's close to one of my favorite easy/cheap/de-lish-ous recipes. Buy boneless/skinless chicken thighs on sale, toss 'em in the slow cooker for 5 hours, remove and shred, retaining enough liquid to achieve desired consistency, put it all back in with bbq sauce/whatever.

Plan to do this for pulled chicken sandwiches for my crew next range duty day.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 30, 2026 05:13 PM (U/Byj)

108 Ummm … I've never gotten a good enough answer to this question to convince me I should eat snail: WHY do people eat garden slime-makers? I don't have a problem eating squid or octopus, but snail … ? Nuh-unh, Herbie …
Posted by: Dr_No
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See: Oysters

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 30, 2026 05:14 PM (XeU6L)

109 Every "organic" plant we eat today has been hybridized, selectively crossed and mutated.

Posted by: Pete Bog

and that is the honest truth.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 30, 2026 05:14 PM (NnhvP)

110 You know what else goes well with a flavorful liquid?

French Toast with maple syrup!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 30, 2026 05:14 PM (0sNs1)

111 Turkey - properly done - really is kinda on the 'good'-ish side of the table.

I always soak mine in a cider brine for a couple days, then smoke. Definitely not dry, yet the brine helps the skin not be slimy. Not deep fried crisp, but more of a paper-thin crisp.

Smoked turkey after a brine soak is a good, cheap eat.

Posted by: Howdy at August 30, 2026 05:14 PM (ZEFzw)

112 Dr_No, if you're still here, I tried your ChatGPT suggestion with my corrupted Word document and it worked quite well. The resulting document is a little scrambled, but it did a surprisingly good job of recovering the basic text contents and formatting.

Thanks for the suggestion, I would not have thought of that.

Posted by: a.moron at August 30, 2026 05:16 PM (X5Jzz)

113 @ 108 Ummm … I've never gotten a good enough answer to this question to convince me I should eat snail: WHY do people eat garden slime-makers? I don't have a problem eating squid or octopus, but snail … ? Nuh-unh, Herbie …
Posted by: Dr_No
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See: Oysters - Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 30, 2026 05:14 PM (XeU6L)
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I have eaten my Obligatory Dozen (befitting a Boy From N'Awlins). Now I NEVER have to eat another 'raw ersta' - seemsayin' … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 05:17 PM (ayRl+)

114 For some reason National Corn on the Cob Day is June 11. Is there some place in the continental US that has sweet corn ready to eat on June 11?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 30, 2026 05:17 PM (gvBhq)

115 There's a local deli that makes a turkey burger version of their hamburger.

It's actually not terrible.
I'd rather have the cheeseburger, but if you're watching your weight the turkey burger is not a terrible replacement compared to a veggie burger.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 30, 2026 05:18 PM (6ydKt)

116 @ 112 Dr_No, if you're still here, I tried your ChatGPT suggestion with my corrupted Word document and it worked quite well. The resulting document is a little scrambled, but it did a surprisingly good job of recovering the basic text contents and formatting.
Thanks for the suggestion, I would not have thought of that.
Posted by: a.moron at August 30, 2026 05:16 PM (X5Jzz)
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That's great! I'm happy it worked so well for you! Thanks for the heads-up.

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 05:18 PM (ayRl+)

117 Every "organic" plant we eat today has been hybridized, selectively crossed and mutated.

Posted by: Pete Bog

and that is the honest truth.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 30, 2026 05:14 PM

We have been genetically modifying our food supply for the last 5,000 years. In the last 50 years we just moved the process from the fields to the lab. And now all of the liberals scream about GMO foods being evil because that is their latest craze.

The very same people who were so recently shouting "trust the science" when the covid vaccines came out now abhor anything that comes from a lab. You literally can't win with these idiots.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 30, 2026 05:19 PM (cpFbA)

118
Not getting the Turkey Hate here.

It's delicious.

Sure I've had a dry overcooked turkey but that is the rarity not the usual when I was growing up.

A nice moist roast turkey with al;l the fixings is a beautiful thing.

And as mentioned above smoked turkey is larrupin' as well.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 30, 2026 05:19 PM (iJfKG)

119 Only time I had snails was at a fairly high end restaurant overlooking a beautiful valley in the Lorraine region, just across from Saarbrucken. Chewy excuse to consume garlic butter - which was fine by me, but have never felt compelled to try it again, as many other superior garlic butter vehicles exist.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 30, 2026 05:20 PM (U/Byj)

120 I've had snails just to do it. Won't have them again.

My new boyfriend and I spent a day picking blackberries a couple weeks ago. They were very ripe then. We ended up with about 4 lbs. I made cobblers which were gobbled up by the family.

Posted by: washrivergal at August 30, 2026 05:20 PM (Fd8os)

121 Even with high temps forecast for the week, I know autumn and cooler weather is on the way. That makes me think of baking. (Any excuse to think about baking.) Started thinking about baking tools:
-cast iron bread pans, skillets and Ditch ovens (better than glass or aluminum)
- Brod and Taylor proofer box (use it for raising dough, making yogurt and kefir)
- Kitchen-Aid stand mixer
- Swedish dough whisk (incredibly versatile and effective)
- kitchen scale

Picked up some locally grown and ground flours to try for bread baking instead of the usual King Arthur flours. Should be fun.

BTW, even the plainest no-knead bread tastes better than almost anything done commercially. Worth the small amount of time to make my own.

Posted by: JTB at August 30, 2026 05:21 PM (yTvNw)

122 but have never felt compelled to try it again, as many other superior garlic butter vehicles exist.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 30, 2026 05:20 PM (U/Byj)

I'd rather just eat it with breadsticks, personally.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 30, 2026 05:22 PM (6ydKt)

123 I missed the ONT.

74 Well, I'm going to say it. If you thought it a good idea to put tattoos on your face, you shouldn't be making career decisions without a guardian.
Posted by: Orson at August 29, 2026 10:26 PM (dIske)

I can be polite to a stranger, see if he can act normal. But I would never actually *trust* someone with a facial tattoo, and Jelly Roll has confirmed the utility of that heuristic. I will extend the benefit of the doubt only so far, and not enough to be a fool.

Posted by: SciVo at August 30, 2026 05:22 PM (ke3zm)

124 114 For some reason National Corn on the Cob Day is June 11. Is there some place in the continental US that has sweet corn ready to eat on June 11?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 30, 2026 05:17 PM (gvBhq)

Maybe in the Deep South. Here is Iowa we're doing good to have local corn by the Fourth of July. I see it shucked and packaged in the stores before then, I figure it's from Florida or somewhere with a longer growing season.

Also not as good as local corn. There's a sweetcorn farm a few miles from here that picks early in the morning, then sends out trucks loaded with corn to sell all around the area.

Posted by: a.moron at August 30, 2026 05:22 PM (X5Jzz)

125 115 There's a local deli that makes a turkey burger version of their hamburger.

It's actually not terrible.
I'd rather have the cheeseburger, but if you're watching your weight the turkey burger is not a terrible replacement compared to a veggie burger.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 30, 2026 05:18 PM (6ydKt)

Turkey burger is fine if you don't treat it like a beef burger. Toppings should be turkey focused, not beef focused...so a cranberry aoili...or a turkey club vibe...

Aka, you would not put ketchup on turkey...so you shouldn't put it on a turkey burger, either...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 30, 2026 05:23 PM (tOcjL)

126 Turkey is a fine beast and fare. Sometimes you might get one that's bit wild, like sage, but that's because people want 'free range' and favor other 'organic' type made-up descriptors. I'll never turn down an invite to a turkey dinner. With gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes and dessert.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 30, 2026 05:23 PM (nlLAo)

127 We have been genetically modifying our food supply for the last 5,000 years. In the last 50 years we just moved the process from the fields to the lab. And now all of the liberals scream about GMO foods being evil because that is their latest craze.

There was this smart cat back in the day. Mendel. He was big into Big GMO Pea.

Posted by: Howdy at August 30, 2026 05:23 PM (ZEFzw)

128 Take a few cups of ripe blackberries, a cup of sugar and throw in a jug of vodka.

Give a stir and a shake every few days.

Let it set for several weeks. Beautiful color and fabulous in the summer with soda water and a squeeze of lime

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 05:23 PM (pUOWF)

129 Nova Local -

I have some nieces who would disagree, but then to them ketchup goes on hotdogs, too! The savages!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 30, 2026 05:24 PM (aJQbY)

130 There was a small B&B along the Russian River on the road to Guerneville, just down the hill there were wild blackberry vines on fences etc. Amazing little snack in the fall. Dunno if the place is still open, it really was best in its original version, run by a very talented and hilarious Austrian chef. Just before you get to Korbel going west, for those that know the area.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 30, 2026 05:24 PM (U/Byj)

131 Aka, you would not put ketchup on turkey...so you shouldn't put it on a turkey burger, either...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 30, 2026 05:23 PM (tOcjL)

Yes, it was fried up kind of like a salmon patty, they add mayo, pepper, tomatoes, and lettuce.

You can also add bacon on top, as I recall.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 30, 2026 05:25 PM (6ydKt)

132 @ 117 Every "organic" plant we eat today has been hybridized, selectively crossed and mutated. Posted by: Pete Bog
and that is the honest truth. Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 30, 2026 05:14 PM
We have been genetically modifying our food supply for the last 5,000 years. In the last 50 years we just moved the process from the fields to the lab. And now all of the liberals scream about GMO foods being evil because that is their latest craze. The very same people who were so recently shouting "trust the science" when the covid vaccines came out now abhor anything that comes from a lab. You literally can't win with these idiots.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 30, 2026 05:19 PM (cpFbA)
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The 'Organic' types don't realise it's just another way to say 'NON-METALLIC' (e.g., INorganic). Asshats. Now polish my brass.

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 05:26 PM (ayRl+)

133 129 Nova Local -

I have some nieces who would disagree, but then to them ketchup goes on hotdogs, too! The savages!
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 30, 2026 05:24 PM (aJQbY)

This is why turkey burgers get a bad rap with normal folks...

Honestly, my spouse doesn't love them, but he likes mine and will only eat mine...b/c he wants complementary flavors to the turkey, not clashing ones (yeah, I can't think of a time I've loved anything tomato forward with turkey)...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 30, 2026 05:27 PM (tOcjL)

134 @114. Idaho Spudboy

I would think it would depend on the climate. Growing seasons begin earlier in the warmer areas of the country.Lot of differents between Southern Georgia and Iowa.

Posted by: Case at August 30, 2026 05:27 PM (x5VN8)

135 121 Dutch oven not Ditch oven.

Stupid fat fingers.

Posted by: JTB at August 30, 2026 05:27 PM (yTvNw)

136 Arby's makes a Deep Fried sandwich, only during the fall, with like a light cranberry type sauce on it.

I've only been able to try it once, every other time I tried to get one they were sold out.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 30, 2026 05:28 PM (6ydKt)

137 *Deep Fried Turkey ^^^

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 30, 2026 05:28 PM (6ydKt)

138 JTB, planning to buy some flours from Barton Springs Mill for bread. The worst weather in my lifetime here in San Diego (yes, that's a pretty low and weird bar, but true) is now ending, though baking remains a month out at least since warm/dry fall is the norm. Gotta look into that proofing box thing. A friend wants to give me her like-new KitchenAid mixer, should probably finally agree. I only do hand mixed stuff so far.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 30, 2026 05:28 PM (U/Byj)

139 131 Aka, you would not put ketchup on turkey...so you shouldn't put it on a turkey burger, either...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 30, 2026 05:23 PM (tOcjL)

Yes, it was fried up kind of like a salmon patty, they add mayo, pepper, tomatoes, and lettuce.

You can also add bacon on top, as I recall.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 30, 2026 05:25 PM (6ydKt)

Mayo, mustard (I've done my own dijonaise for the turkey burgers), and complementary aoilis...and even mashed avocado will also work as turkey burger "condiments"...my kids swear BBQ does, too, but I prefer the fattier condiments with the less fatty burger...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 30, 2026 05:29 PM (tOcjL)

140 Ditch oven sounds like a derogatory way to refer to a luau.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 30, 2026 05:30 PM (Ot/FD)

141 I've put ketchup on a plain old turkey and Swiss sandwich before.

It's pretty good to be honest.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 30, 2026 05:32 PM (Ot/FD)

142 @ 140 Ditch oven sounds like a derogatory way to refer to a luau. Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 30, 2026 05:30 PM (Ot/FD)
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'Ditch Oven' … sounds like Copyright time to me. That'd be one helluva brand name. 'Course, you'd prolly only find it at Ollie's …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 05:32 PM (ayRl+)

143 Ditch oven sounds like a derogatory way to refer to a luau.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 30, 2026 05:30 PM

It reminds me of mexican ditch weed. Nasty smelling stuff.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 30, 2026 05:32 PM (cpFbA)

144 There are a variety of seasonings to put on turkey to make it taste a bit like beef (hamburger).

We've done it, successfully, with our kids.

It's not impossible.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 30, 2026 05:33 PM (2Cry5)

145 Turkey isn’t bad. It requires careful preparation and a flavorful spice, sauce, brine etc to be the most enjoyable.

I really enjoy fried turkey, and turkey leg confit is killer. Make it every Thanksgiving.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 30, 2026 05:34 PM (q+jsk)

146 Speaking of
Its Scotch time

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 05:35 PM (Ia/+0)

147 Turkey's usually excellent - except for the gizzard and giblets …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 05:35 PM (ayRl+)

148 114 For some reason National Corn on the Cob Day is June 11. Is there some place in the continental US that has sweet corn ready to eat on June 11?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 30, 2026 05:17 PM (gvBhq)
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I was curious about that too. I assumed that it was a sponsored bill by retail stores or states such as California or Florida. It turns out it was put forth by the Governor of Iowa in 1953, and passed via the US Senate in 1988. The basis for June 11th was to reflect the coming of the summer BBQ season, and not reflective of the harvesting period later in the Summer.

Personally, and on a separate note, I really dislike the "National Day" of anything. It's a waste of time and money. Taxpayer money because it requires a bill be drawn up, voted on, documented, and announced. That money could be spent better elesewhere.

Posted by: Orson at August 30, 2026 05:35 PM (dIske)

149 Ditch oven sounds like a derogatory way to refer to a luau.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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Or possibly New Orleans. P.J. O'Rourke once referred to New Orleans as 'A crime-filled ditch'.

Having been there in August, I'll testify to the 'oven' part.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 30, 2026 05:35 PM (XeU6L)

150 OT - we hit some anti-shipping rocket launchers on Larak Is. and now the turbans have launched ballistic missiles - target as yet unclear. Good news basically.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 30, 2026 05:36 PM (U/Byj)

151 There are a variety of seasonings to put on turkey to make it taste a bit like beef (hamburger).

My experience is to use it like any other poultry. I just don't care for the ground versions that are sold as an alternative to beef.

Although it does make a nice sliced cold cut. And I can't tolerate chicken like that.

Turkey bacon is ... OK. Its not bacon. And I tire of my wife's constant attempts to serve turkey instead of beef or pork.

Posted by: Howdy at August 30, 2026 05:36 PM (ZEFzw)

152 Space Balls is on, I'll watch it but won't find it funny

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 05:37 PM (Ia/+0)

153 I can't eat snails or oysters, just the thought, yuck. I know there is nothing really wrong with them but I don't know, yuck. Seems like a bug you would step on. Would not eat frog legs either.

Posted by: Case at August 30, 2026 05:37 PM (x5VN8)

154 Sweet corn is usually ripe by Memorial Day down here on the Texas coastal prairie. It's usually done by the Fourth.

Posted by: DanMa'am at August 30, 2026 05:38 PM (8uzBS)

155 I boiled down the remains of one of those store rotisserie chickens the other day.

Seasoned the broth with dried jalapeno bits and dried ginger slices, and salt and pepper, and added a cup and a half of barley, because I didn't have any egg noodles.

Then I let it boil too long and ended up with the barley equivalent of risotto.

It was sill really good.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 30, 2026 05:38 PM (C0Nlv)

156 I got violently ill from oysters in ireland once and haven't touched them since.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 30, 2026 05:39 PM (Ot/FD)

157 @ 153 I can't eat snails or oysters, just the thought, yuck. I know there is nothing really wrong with them but I don't know, yuck. Seems like a bug you would step on. Would not eat frog legs either. Posted by: Case at August 30, 2026 05:37 PM (x5VN
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The correct word for both 'snails' and 'oysters is: SNOT.

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 05:39 PM (ayRl+)

158 On the alcohol front: Has anyone ever tried baijiu? It's a kind of moonshine from China. Friend of mine sent me a bottle from a recent business trip there. 52% alcohol/volume was the only readable text to this round eye.

The nose is redolent with rotting bananas. If you make it past the gag-inducing aroma however, you are rewarded with a palate that reminds the tastebuds of your first bout of dry heaves. If you prevail upon your esophagus's protestations and actually get it to your stomach, the alcohol serves to short circuit your brain sufficiently to convince you that it was all a bad dream...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 30, 2026 05:41 PM (nbLIj)

159 If not mentioned already.... those rotisserie chickens make a good broth (base) for Ramen.

So I've heard.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 30, 2026 05:41 PM (2Cry5)

160 It was sill really good.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 30, 2026 05:38 PM (C0Nlv)

Sounds like you stumbled onto a variant of Miley’s Chicken Bog.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 30, 2026 05:41 PM (jVkUA)

161 August 'Food Days',

NATIONAL RASPBERRY CREAM PIE DAY
NATIONAL WATERMELON DAY
NATIONAL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DAY
NATIONAL OYSTER DAY
NATIONAL ROOT BEER FLOAT DAY

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 30, 2026 05:41 PM (XeU6L)

162 “ Tell this rebellious people a parable and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

Put on the cooking pot; put it on
and pour water into it.
Put into it the pieces of meat,
all the choice pieces—the leg and the shoulder.
Fill it with the best of these bones;
take the pick of the flock.
Pile wood beneath it for the bones;
bring it to a boil
and cook the bones in it.”

Ezekiel 24:3-5

Posted by: Marcus T at August 30, 2026 05:41 PM (f4tQo)

163 Turkey sandwiches should be turkey, salt, pepper, mayo, butter and lettuce. Disregard the lettuce in this strange spectrum of explosive diarrhea. That's the rudimentary recipe. I'd substitute spinach for lettuce.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 30, 2026 05:41 PM (nlLAo)

164 @ 158 On the alcohol front: Has anyone ever tried baijiu? It's a kind of moonshine from China. Friend of mine sent me a bottle from a recent business trip there. 52% alcohol/volume was the only readable text to this round eye. The nose is redolent with rotting bananas. If you make it past the gag-inducing aroma however, you are rewarded with a palate that reminds the tastebuds of your first bout of dry heaves. If you prevail upon your esophagus's protestations and actually get it to your stomach, the alcohol serves to short circuit your brain sufficiently to convince you that it was all a bad dream... Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 30, 2026 05:41 PM (nbLIj)
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Thanks! So, we should go to the liquor store and ask for their finest bottle of aged vomitus, yes … ? My my my … live 'n learn.

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 05:43 PM (ayRl+)

165 https://www.butterball.com/products/ turkey-burgers/frozen-burgers-original

listen up.....and listen real good cause I'm only going to say this once

i had a heart attack and they took all of my good food away. I raced for nigh on 40 years existing on pizza, cattle and barley water

i was told I could have

A) cardboard

B) Ketchup on cardbord

I'm trying to make do and stay alive

eaten ain't worth a fuck without intestines

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 30, 2026 05:43 PM (jrgJz)

166 For some reason National Corn on the Cob Day is June 11. Is there some place in the continental US that has sweet corn ready to eat on June 11?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

For the east coast, i'd guess ripe day for central florida. Grocery store season starts then, with source moving north.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 30, 2026 05:44 PM (sl73Y)

167 Most Jamaican rum has a nose often including rotten bananas - it's the "funk" or "hogo" that is a hallmark of that island's rums. And it's on the palate not just the nose. It varies of course. Not a fan myself, but there are some with just a hint.

Comes from the distillation method, pot stills where the detritus/sediments from previous batches is left in.

You can get some of this from Guyana rums also, same reason I believe.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 30, 2026 05:45 PM (U/Byj)

168 what the cat drug in,

Are you sure this isn't MAID? Make you wish you were dead?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 30, 2026 05:45 PM (aJQbY)

169 135 121 Dutch oven not Ditch oven.

Stupid fat fingers.
Posted by: JTB at August 30, 2026 05:27 PM (yTvNw)

Ditch oven is where the hobo roasts the catch of the day.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 30, 2026 05:46 PM (h7ZuX)

170 Never been food poison by shell fish and never had any shell fish
Coincidence ?

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 05:46 PM (Ia/+0)

171 >>>Turkey's usually excellent - except for the gizzard and giblets …

Posted by: Dr_No

>Those get chopped up and go in the gravy stock with the neck. Now the liver, I can't abide. We can cook that separate for other purposes.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 30, 2026 05:46 PM (nlLAo)

172 I've frozen whole ears of corn. Just put em in the freezer and they'll keep for weeks, maybe even months (according to the lady who tipped me to this).
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 30, 2026 04:30 PM (nbLIj)

They will last longer in the freezer if you blanche them.

Which leads to the joke: An old farmer heard that it is easier and better to store corn on the cob in the freezer if you roll each one in an unlubricated condom. So he went to the pharmacy on Friday, and ordered a carton of one hundred condoms, planning to process his crop over the weekend.
He and his wife picked, shucked, blanched and packaged each ear of corn, and when they got to the end of the carton, they bagged them up in plastic bags to put in the freezer, five to a bag.

On counting they discovered they only had 98 ears prepared for freezing, and the carton had been short.

Monday morning, he went back to the pharmacy to complain. He carefully explained that the carton of condoms he had ordered for the weekend was two short and he would like the difference back.
The manager listened carefully, nodded, pulled the money out of the till, and said, "I certainly hope this didn't ruin your weekend."

Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2026 05:47 PM (rbvCR)

173 We are surrounded by corn fields.

Silage corn. Corn for industrial use.

Nasty.

Don't ask.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 30, 2026 05:49 PM (2Cry5)

174 For some reason National Corn on the Cob Day is June 11. Is there some place in the continental US that has sweet corn ready to eat on June 11?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

Seems early here in Southern Indiana. We get frosts as late as Derby Weekend.

Corn is a great crop, though. As quick as eight weeks, seed to cob. There's a reason it's fed America for centuries.

Posted by: Howdy at August 30, 2026 05:50 PM (ZEFzw)

175 Food related. I was informed yesterday that our 20 yo hand-held can opener need to be replaced. Sprayed it with Dawn and soaked in hot water for few hours. Then applied small head screwdriver to wheels and gears to remove gunk that didn't fall off. Think it can go another 20 years.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 30, 2026 05:51 PM (ig95V)

176 I am in France, and for lunch at a lovely restaurant was served an amuse bouche of corn!

First time I have ever seen corn fed to humans in France!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 30, 2026 05:52 PM (HwKLm)

177 173 We are surrounded by corn fields.

Silage corn. Corn for industrial use.

Nasty.

Don't ask.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 30, 2026 05:49 PM (2Cry5)

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Now I have to ask, what about it makes it nasty?

Posted by: washrivergal at August 30, 2026 05:52 PM (Fd8os)

178 168 what the cat drug in,

Are you sure this isn't MAID? Make you wish you were dead?

Cows are tasty. However they are on the "mutually assured intestinal destruction list.

From one dave to another: rest assured the first thing i'm doing in heaven is eat a big old steer

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 30, 2026 05:52 PM (jrgJz)

179 *needed

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 30, 2026 05:52 PM (ig95V)

180 My turkey burgers are made with cranberries, jalapenos and chunks of pepperjack cheese in them.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 30, 2026 05:53 PM (PbWRL)

181 Plums and apples and pears as well.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 04:34 PM (BT7V7)

I have been canning and drying apples, pears and plums. The pears and summer apples are about done, and I am now working on the yellow egg plums. There are so many left on the tree that I don't know what all to do with them besides give them away by the bucket.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2026 05:53 PM (rbvCR)

182 Posted by: olddog in mo at August 30, 2026 05:51 PM (ig95V)

I wonder if the cutting wheel can be sharpened? I'll bet it can!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 30, 2026 05:54 PM (HwKLm)

183 Turkey isn’t bad. It requires careful preparation and a flavorful spice, sauce, brine etc to be the most enjoyable.

I really enjoy fried turkey, and turkey leg confit is killer. Make it every Thanksgiving.
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 30, 2026 05:34 PM (q+jsk)

One year, I saved the fat trimmings from a few ribeyes, and put them under the skin of that year's Thanksgiving turkey. It remains the best damn turkey ever to emerge from anyone's oven...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 30, 2026 05:54 PM (nbLIj)

184 We are surrounded by corn fields. Silage corn. Corn for industrial use.

By me its always been feed corn. So they just let it stay in the field and dry.

Posted by: Howdy at August 30, 2026 05:55 PM (ZEFzw)

185 Posted by: Ben Had at August 30, 2026 05:53 PM (PbWRL)

Sounds great!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 05:55 PM (rHgXV)

186 138 ... "JTB, planning to buy some flours from Barton Springs Mill for bread. The worst weather in my lifetime here in San Diego (yes, that's a pretty low and weird bar, but true) is now ending, though baking remains a month out at least since warm/dry fall is the norm. Gotta look into that proofing box thing. A friend wants to give me her like-new KitchenAid mixer, should probably finally agree. I only do hand mixed stuff so far."

rhomboid,
The Barton Springs Mill sounds like a version of what I got locally. I keep it in the freezer. The Brod and Taylor proofing box isn't cheap at about 250 bucks but it works great. (It was half the price when we got ours.) I've used ours for many years. There may be less expensive versions out there.

Definite YES!! to a free KitchenAid mixer. We have two. One was a wedding gift so over 40 years old. My late MIL gave us hers which is older and was used to make wedding cakes. Both work great even after decades of use. The attachments are also useful.

Posted by: JTB at August 30, 2026 05:55 PM (yTvNw)

187 Turkey breast pan fried in white wine and herbs is not dry and very flavorful.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 30, 2026 05:55 PM (PbWRL)

188 Sure...Why Not?

Little-known fact:

The Japanese word "ramen" is simply Japan's failed attempt to pronounce and spell the name of the Chinese noodles "lo mein," which they can't do because Japanese normally has no "L" sound. So, when they encountered and then borrowed the Chinese dish Lo Mein, they did their best to replicate the wrd, but came up with "ramen." But then ramen became more popular than lo mein, and the rest is history.

Posted by: zombie at August 30, 2026 05:55 PM (Av6i5)

189 Olathe sweet corn from Colorado is the best I've ever had. Can't find it here though. But I have had here is still pretty dang good.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 30, 2026 05:57 PM (0aYVJ)

190 Much prefer hamburger, but turkey burger I would do mayo, tomato and lettuce

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 05:58 PM (Ia/+0)

191 Posted by: Orson at August 30, 2026 04:11

Yay to growing your own sweetcorn Orson. As you know well worth it if you can. I've only done it once in town since retiring, but you can get enough in a small area using intensive raised bed techniques.

For yrs on the farm had more trouble with raccoons than deer. Methods of deterrence I heard of basically revolved around human scent.

Our sweet corn patch was close to the farmhouse and land so during the day humans themselves were the deterrence. For nighttime I've heard of walking around (small) the patch barefoot at the end of the day. Or you can spread human hair or urine. Your barber can help with the one. Guess you could have a nightly kegger to help with the other?!?

CBD- the later corn may have just been older and not as sweet depending on the hybrid or a completely different hybrid. You're right, nothing like picking corn and cooking it ASAP. There are now hybrids that slow the conversion of sugars to starch, but the sooner the better.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 30, 2026 05:58 PM (4Qj8V)

192 JTB my hesitation has always been "space" - not a small kitchen, but not lots of empty space for large gadgets left. Soon I'll be figuring out the best low-profile/small footprint espresso machine to get, finally. The mixer would have to go in a cabinet, will have to map out exactly where it could go. Might free up some space by engaging in a ruthless winnowing exercise with other stuff, probably a good idea anyway.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 30, 2026 05:59 PM (U/Byj)

193 Okay, sent spouse and boys with the dinner just in time...tasted it and it was pretty darn good and should be teen friendly...

Now, time to either clean the kitchen of the 1000 huge dishes or collapse...I'm leaning collapse, but I'll wait to see if spouse will clean the kitchen (he did the pasta draining b/c that was a bit much for me to lift safely, especially with all the other pots and dishes around)...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 30, 2026 06:00 PM (tOcjL)

194 We are surrounded by corn fields.

Silage corn. Corn for industrial use.

Nasty.

Don't ask.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 30, 2026 05:49 PM (2Cry5)

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Now I have to ask, what about it makes it nasty?
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Silage corn is for later use. Dried and stored in silos. For cattle. Or.. for industrial use. I've grabbed a couple of ears from the field out back... and it's nasty.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 30, 2026 06:02 PM (2Cry5)

195 Six weeks til the TXMoMe. A roast pig is on the menu for Friday night's fare.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 30, 2026 06:02 PM (PbWRL)

196 Early report 7 Iranian missiles launched at US targets in Jordan, some intercepted no reports yet of impacts or damage.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 30, 2026 06:03 PM (U/Byj)

197 I've had Silver Queen corn while going to the Outer Banks. Late July. So sweet, so damn good.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 30, 2026 06:04 PM (DpZaL)

198 Pete Bog,

You’re a talented chef. How does one prepare a turkey confetti?

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 06:05 PM (wLzbH)

199 Oh ffs.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 06:05 PM (wLzbH)

200 Ben Had I've got to get out there and make some basil lemonade, plenty of lemons on the recently ever-bearing meyer tree, and a yuuuge basil plant full of aromatic leaves. No farming this summer due to travel and then extreme (for here) heat. But basil lemonade will be perfect for weeks to come.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 30, 2026 06:05 PM (U/Byj)

201 Silage corn is for later use. Dried and stored in silos. For cattle. Or.. for industrial use. I've grabbed a couple of ears from the field out back... and it's nasty.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 30, 2026 06:02 PM (2Cry5)

Try boiling it in lye to get the hulls off, and then rinse it (of course) and use it like hominy.
I dislike sweet corn, and I grown Indian corn for that reason. Making hominy is one of the ways of preparing it. It is very tasty.

Another use is to parch it either in a pan or in heated sand, and then grind it for flour.

Or, you know, let it convert on its own into beef and have a barbeque

Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2026 06:06 PM (rbvCR)

202 Even more crazy is that the Japanese word for "Thank you, " which is "arigato," is not actually a Japanese word at all. In fact, the Japanese had no word or phrase for "thank you, which is odd, considering how much their language is based on politness and deference. Anyway, the first westerners the Japanese ever encountered were Portuguese sailors docking in Nagasaki in the 1500s. Most of thrse sailors were illiterate, but spoke Portuguese, obviously, so when they wanted to thank the Japanese for agreeing to a trade deal (or any other transaction), they always replied with the Portuguese word for "thank you," which is "obrigado." Slurred and spoken quickly, it sounded like "arigato" to Japanese ears. The Japanese quickly found this concept of saying "thank you" to be useful in their own culture, so they quickly borrowed what they thought[/i[ was the Portuguese word "arigato" -- and they use this misspelling to this day, 500 years later.

Posted by: zombie at August 30, 2026 06:06 PM (Av6i5)

203 Annnd...unitalic.

Posted by: zombie at August 30, 2026 06:06 PM (Av6i5)

204 It's a food thread so,

Per TGP: Biggest Beer Heist Ever - Thieves hijack truck loaded with 50,000 cans of PBR.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 30, 2026 06:07 PM (DpZaL)

205 I'm not really a picky eater. Not hard to make me happy. Give me a cheeseburger and fries and I'm good.

Posted by: Case at August 30, 2026 06:08 PM (x5VN8)

206 rhomboid, that sounds so refreshing. They have finally started carrying Meyer lemons here and they work so much better for the limoncello.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 30, 2026 06:09 PM (PbWRL)

207 You’re a talented chef. How does one prepare a turkey confetti?
Posted by: nurse ratched

Rip it to shreds.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 30, 2026 06:09 PM (DpZaL)

208 Evening all. Just made Itrion. It's an Ancient Greek snack made with honey and sesame seeds.

Thanks to Tasting History. Not bad. Kinda sweet. Kinda savory. Should have added a dash of sea salt.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 30, 2026 06:09 PM (8smjC)

209 Mister Roboto

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 30, 2026 06:10 PM (Cqx++)

210 Throw turkey in the air and yell " Pull" . Instant turkey confetti.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 30, 2026 06:11 PM (PbWRL)

211 How does one prepare a turkey confetti?
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 06:05 PM (wLzbH)

In a celebratory fashion I suspect.

Confit on the other hand is slow cooked in oil or fat. Duck fat is traditional. Add lots of garlic, bay leaves, thyme and pepper corns. 3 or 4 hours at 225. Pull from the fat and sear or a few minutes under the broiler to crisp. Really tasty.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 30, 2026 06:11 PM (jVkUA)

212 Confit on the other hand is slow cooked in oil or fat. Duck fat is traditional. Add lots of garlic, bay leaves, thyme and pepper corns. 3 or 4 hours at 225. Pull from the fat and sear or a few minutes under the broiler to crisp. Really tasty.
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 30, 2026 06:11 PM (jVkUA)
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So > 2 minutes?

Posted by: Weasel at August 30, 2026 06:12 PM (leKdc)

213 So > 2 minutes?
Posted by: Weasel at August 30, 2026 06:12 PM (leKdc)

Mostly

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 30, 2026 06:14 PM (jVkUA)

214 >>>Of course I wanted to embed a song by "Korn," but they are awful!

Of course you're wrong, but I still lol'd.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 30, 2026 06:14 PM (syz1S)

215 Biggest Beer Heist Ever - Thieves hijack truck loaded with 50,000 cans of PBR.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 30, 2026 06:07 PM (DpZaL)

It’s a good thing they didn’t steal the beer.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 30, 2026 06:15 PM (jVkUA)

216 Boil corn? Oh no....

Microwave corn on the cob. Yes, you heard me, put it in the meekrowahvey. Leave it in the husk. It's like being super-steamed. You cut off the stalk end, grab the pointy end and just squeeze - the cob will slide right out, leaving all of the silk behind in the husk (more so than when husking it dry, in my experience).

It really is what microwaves are good at. That and nuking the little personal pizzas. Mmmmmmm.

Posted by: GWB at August 30, 2026 06:15 PM (kU0PQ)

217 "Per TGP: Biggest Beer Heist Ever - Thieves hijack truck loaded with 50,000 cans of PBR.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory"

I wonder if they knew what they were getting.

Posted by: fd at August 30, 2026 06:16 PM (MWfyi)

218 GBW, seconded.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 30, 2026 06:17 PM (PbWRL)

219 Six weeks til the TXMoMe. A roast pig is on the menu for Friday night's fare.
Posted by: Ben Had

ompletely not fair, I can't drool for six weeks!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 30, 2026 06:18 PM (NnhvP)

220 > How does one prepare a turkey confetti?
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Take that off the menu?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 30, 2026 06:19 PM (2Cry5)

221 I should run aeay from home

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 06:19 PM (Ia/+0)

222 I wish I could be there this year, Ben Had. But, between being out of a job (I start a new one tomorrow!) and savings, my son's wedding is in October.

I hope to get back to both the NoVaMoMe and the TxMoMe next year, though. I miss you guys.

Posted by: GWB at August 30, 2026 06:21 PM (kU0PQ)

223 I can't find Oriental Flavor Ramen anymore.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 30, 2026 06:22 PM (36x1j)

224 GWB, we will miss you, too. Congratulations on the new job and the upcoming wedding.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 30, 2026 06:22 PM (PbWRL)

225 I can't find Oriental Flavor Ramen anymore.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 30, 2026 06:22 PM (36x1j)
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I never fathomed "oriental flavor." What does that even mean?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 30, 2026 06:23 PM (FZ29D)

First World Problems...

Wow...that really is a First World Problem! We have the leisure time to examine our pasts and try to learn as much about our ancestors as we can.

And because we live in an information cornucopia, we expect that everything will eventually appear.

But...that isn't the case!

That's my great uncle...and I know nothing about him! Nor will I ever. Whatever information there was describing his life has been lost. It is simply impossible to recreate, which in the grand scheme of things is fine. But I sure would have liked to have known what happened!

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 02:00 PM (Ia/+0)

2 First!

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 02:01 PM (ayRl+)

3 There has to be plenty of information available

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 02:01 PM (Ia/+0)

4 and I know nothing about him! Nor will I evr.

He's dead, Jim

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 30, 2026 02:02 PM (XLHdq)

5 although I know about my great and great, great grandfather, much beyond that is missing besides births, deaths and a general indication of who they were

Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2026 02:03 PM (rbvCR)

6 CBD, does not the cemetery have in its records the layout of the property and who's interred in each spot? Seems like the office of the cemetery would be a logical starting point to begin records research … I hope you discover the information you seek.

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 02:04 PM (ayRl+)

7 Birth records,possibly photographs.
15yo don't usually jusy drop over, accident maybe?
Guess it could be illness as well

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 02:04 PM (Ia/+0)

8 Having shamed all of my ancestors, I'm too embarrassed to find out much about them.

Posted by: Weasel at August 30, 2026 02:06 PM (TMF5Z)

9 Newspapers? Court records? Hospital records? Synagogue records?

Posted by: Aaron Guzman at August 30, 2026 02:07 PM (P7U08)

10 Blessings on him, CBD.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 02:08 PM (odBC9)

Posted by: Savage Henry at August 30, 2026 02:08 PM (ZxPkt)

12 My epitaph will be 'I told you I was sick.'

Posted by: Savage Henry at August 30, 2026 02:10 PM (ZxPkt)

13 I am assuming that CBD has already done some legwork on this before making the point that "Whatever information there was describing his life has been lost."

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 02:11 PM (odBC9)

14 ... but, still, never say never!

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 02:12 PM (odBC9)

15 Query: That's MARBLE. It's HARD. It does NOT work easily. NOISE would have been made during the defacement. That aside, the creation of the lettering on the stone would have generated 'high' and 'low' areas of cutting. The HIGH areas would have a different color signature under X-ray than the LOW areas. I'm not suggesting you invest in hiring a firm to perform X-rayography on the stone, but it's a method that could (emphasis: COULD) generate an image of the defaced letters.

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 02:13 PM (ayRl+)

16 My FWP is rebuilt my gas grill but haven't got it fired up yet. Didn't do it as it should though had good sparks and smell gas, no lighting though.

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 02:13 PM (Ia/+0)

17 What does the headstone say?

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 30, 2026 02:14 PM (Ydd86)

18 Addendum: I'd STILL start with questions posed to the office staff and cemetery administrator …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 02:14 PM (ayRl+)

19 CBD:
I had a similar incident with my son a few months ago. I was talking about the Sharpe TV series, and he said, Why are you wasting the little time we have together about something like that?

And I said, That's your history. You didn't know that?

He had, through me, ancestors who had fought in the British army all the way to Waterloo and then said, There has to be a better life, and emigrated to this country.

And no, he didn't know that. Nobody (me) had told him.

I resolved then--and I recommend this to all of us who are over 29--that my version of a Christmas letter from now on will be a brief biography of every family ancestor I can trace. If I send it to enough relatives, a few might remember for the next generation.

Posted by: Wenda at August 30, 2026 02:15 PM (X4ut0)

20 My parents were cremated. There's no memorial I'm aware of other than a plaque on a wall at the retirement community they died at.

Mom passed during covid. No memorial.

My wife's family (the deceased) are buried at a small, hilltop cemetery in very rural West Virginia. It's actually a beautiful place.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 30, 2026 02:15 PM (2Cry5)

21 It looks like a tree trunk, I think. In the round.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 02:15 PM (odBC9)

22 Wenda, that's a wonderful idea

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 30, 2026 02:16 PM (Ydd86)

23 Interesting. 15 year of age and a gregorian calendar dated 1925. There's a story there somewhere.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 30, 2026 02:18 PM (nlLAo)

24 It's a beautifully carved stone. z"l.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 02:19 PM (RIvkX)

25 My Dad's buried in his family's tomb. It looks normal enough - until: When you examine the list of names going from top to bottom, his Dad's the first in line, then his Mother, then Dad. If you look closely ENOUGH, and examine Birth/Death dates, you'll see the birth dates are the usual. When you examine the dates of DEATH, tho', you'll note all three of them died on April 3d, but years apart. Want more? Okay: All three of them died at 0230 in the morning. When my aunts told me about that, I finally understood why Dad kept asking the date and time for two weeks before he died …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 02:20 PM (ayRl+)

26 the legend is inside a heart shape?

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 02:22 PM (odBC9)

27 Thanks for showing it to us, CBD.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 02:22 PM (odBC9)

28 Often drowning back in those days. My grandmother lost two brothers that way, at different times.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 30, 2026 02:24 PM (sl73Y)

29 תנצב"ה

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 30, 2026 02:27 PM (aI58f)

30 My problem with my family tree is it becomes a tangled web of French and British Royalty yet I own no castle.

Posted by: Reforger at August 30, 2026 02:27 PM (G1F7l)

31 Part of American culture is letting go of the past, which lets us live more or less in peace with our countrymen.

The alternative is the never-forgotten grievances and blood feuds of The Old Country.

I, personally, have made enough enemies on my own and I'd really rather not have to worry about the enemies my grandfather made, even if they were shiftless Okie bastards.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 30, 2026 02:27 PM (A62KL)

32 29 תנצב"ה
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 30, 2026 02:27 PM (aI58f)

That's in the very last line!

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 02:28 PM (odBC9)

33 There is a relative in both my family and in Mrs. F's family who were amateur genealogists.

My father's mother was the youngest of her siblings and the only one in her family not born in Austria. Some never emigrated, one died in quarantine on Ellis Island.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 02:29 PM (RIvkX)

34 Age 15. Perhaps one of those diseases we now have vaccines for. Pretty common back then.

Posted by: Tuna at August 30, 2026 02:29 PM (lJ0H4)

35 June 7, wouldn't think drowning, July or August good possibility

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 02:30 PM (Ia/+0)

36 That's in the very last line!

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 02:28 PM (odBC9)
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https://tinyurl.com/btf54y2p

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 30, 2026 02:31 PM (aI58f)

37 I'm finding "tree stump tombstone" online.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 02:32 PM (odBC9)

38 I honestly thought that was a radish or turnip until common sense prevailed.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2026 02:32 PM (kpS4V)

39 Mrs. F's maternal grandparents were both born in the U.S. but her fraternal grandparents emigrated from Russia, as did her father's father. The whole lot of them secular materialists.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 02:34 PM (RIvkX)

40 36 That's in the very last line!

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 02:28 PM (odBC9)
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https://tinyurl.com/btf54y2p

How lovely.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 02:34 PM (odBC9)

41 My grandmother died the day my mom and her twin sister were born. They were taken in and raised by their father's brother and his wife. I know where they were born and when, but I cannot find my grandmother's grave in any cemetery. She may have been buried on their farm. I'll never know. SW Kansas was sparsely populated then, as it is today.

Posted by: huerfano at August 30, 2026 02:34 PM (2Xqig)

42 CBD, do you know anything about your great great uncle, Shlomo Zvi?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 30, 2026 02:35 PM (aI58f)

43 I can trace my dad's family back to before the Revolutionary War. But of my mom's side I know next to nothing. She died when I was a teen so I never had much of a chance to talk to her as an adult. Kinda sad really.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 30, 2026 02:37 PM (2WIwB)

44 If only he lived today, we could have told you all you wanted to know.

Posted by: Flock Surveillance Corp. at August 30, 2026 02:37 PM (tlCdj)

45 Interesting topic to me. I'm on a downsizing journey.
The largest part of the effort is digital archiving.
If I don't scan it or photograph it, it's probably gone forever.
How do I know someone future generation might want to pore through these records?
I have absolutely nothing handwritten by my grandparents.
I would treasure even a grocery list or a cancelled check.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 02:37 PM (2Ez/1)

46 My problem with my family tree is it becomes a tangled web of French and British Royalty yet I own no castle.
Posted by: Reforger at August 30, 2026 02:27 PM (G1F7l)
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Have you demanded reparations??

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 02:37 PM (RIvkX)

47 Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 02:20 PM

Now, that is adhering to tradition.

Posted by: huerfano at August 30, 2026 02:38 PM (2Xqig)

48 I very often feel remorse about not having asked simple, easily answered questions of my elders. But, being young and stupid, those questions just did not occur to me until it was too late.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 30, 2026 02:38 PM (XeU6L)

49 30 My problem with my family tree is it becomes a tangled web of French and British Royalty yet I own no castle.

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You may be in the line of succession for several thrones!

Posted by: Can . at August 30, 2026 02:38 PM (tlCdj)

50 Oops. Nic fail.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 30, 2026 02:39 PM (tlCdj)

51 you'll note all three of them died on April 3d, but years apart. Want more? Okay: All three of them died at 0230 in the morning. When my aunts told me about that, I finally understood why Dad kept asking the date and time for two weeks before he died …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 02:20 PM (ayRl+)
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Now we know when the mothership arrives.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 30, 2026 02:40 PM (aI58f)

52 It might be granite.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 02:40 PM (odBC9)

53 Should my epitaph include a land acknowledgement?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 30, 2026 02:40 PM (2Ez/1)

54 48 I very often feel remorse about not having asked simple, easily answered questions of my elders. But, being young and stupid, those questions just did not occur to me until it was too late.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 30, 2026 02:38 PM (XeU6L)

I believe they forgive us. They were young once, too.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 02:41 PM (odBC9)

55 My problem with my family tree is it becomes a tangled web of French and British Royalty yet I own no castle.
Posted by: Reforger at August 30, 2026 02:27 PM (G1F7l)

It stands to reason that you might be the descendant of a second or third son who inherited little to nothing and decided to head to the New World to make his fortune.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 30, 2026 02:42 PM (6ydKt)

56 Both of my parents were cremated. Then tossed into Puget Sound off a boat near Vashon Island.

I don’t know where the grands are. Buried somewhere, I reckon.

I did trace the coal mining side of my Slavic heritage to Cle Elum, WA. They were here before WA became a state. Grandma always insisted she was Yugoslavian. They were Catholics in what is now Croatia. Never been there.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 02:42 PM (6ohhg)

57 53 Should my epitaph include a land acknowledgement?

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"I rest here under land stolen from the Cheyenne and I intend to keep it."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 30, 2026 02:43 PM (tlCdj)

58 I have boxes of old photographs. Hundreds of photos. I also have about 6 photo albums. Some from my folks, others are mine.

Nobody's interested in them.

Most of my side of the family's dead. Only a sister, her two girls and my son remain.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 30, 2026 02:43 PM (2Cry5)

59 56 Both of my parents were cremated. Then tossed into Puget Sound off a boat near Vashon Island.

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Some of my ancestors were tossed off the boat en route to Ellis Island but they weren't dead.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 30, 2026 02:44 PM (tlCdj)

60 Sheesh. Heavy topic for FWPs.
It makes my problem of toothpaste tubes that don't roll up seem a bit silly.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 30, 2026 02:45 PM (2WIwB)

61
I believe they forgive us. They were young once, too.
Posted by: m
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Concur...but it is my interest in family history/lore that goes unsatisfied. There is the point that my elder relatives might well have been pleased to relate family history.

It is unfortunate that very few of us maintain a journal of any sort.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 30, 2026 02:46 PM (XeU6L)

62 I also know that on my mom’s side of the family, her grandfather and father bought the beachfront property on Vashon from the Salish Indians for $50.

My father sold the cabin after mom died. It wasn’t his to sell. But me and my brother and cousins were all in our early 20s and couldn’t afford to buy him out. It was a shitty thing to do.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 02:46 PM (6ohhg)

63 I was a willing listener when I was a kid and got to hear a lot of stories about turn of the century childhood in Europe.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 02:47 PM (RIvkX)

64 My grandfather was the last of 14. His oldest brother was a doughboy in WWI and Grandpa was in WW II. He really didn't know most of his brothers and sisters or parents for that matter.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 30, 2026 02:48 PM (6xukV)

65 Go ahead and write your obituary. Yeah, it sounds morbid, but you'll quickly get over that. You're taking the burden off someone else, other than the fact they'll have to update it. Even though it may be ignored, at least you'll have a voice in what is said about you. Be sure to mention your gray box friends at the HQ

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 02:50 PM (2Ez/1)

66 I have boxes of old photographs. Hundreds of photos. I also have about 6 photo albums. Some from my folks, others are mine.

Nobody's interested in them.

Most of my side of the family's dead. Only a sister, her two girls and my son remain.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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I have an acquaintance who operates an auction house. Having, from time-to-time seen old family albums being auctioned, I told him that I was surprised that folks would part with them. His reply, 'No one knows who they are'.

Annotate your photos. I fear that unprinted digital images are doomed to the bit bucket.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 30, 2026 02:50 PM (XeU6L)

67 I worked with a guy who thought he was from two houses of royalty by being related to both King Charles and John F Kennedy. And he was serious.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 30, 2026 02:51 PM (nlLAo)

68 Wikipedia
tropaion

A tropaion (Greek: τρόπαιον, Latin: tropaeum), from which the English word "trophy" is derived, was a monument erected to commemorate a victory over one's foes by the ancient Greeks and later, by the Romans.

Initially, the typical monument was constructed out of a living tree with lateral branches, or it was constructed in the shape of one.

The armour of the defeated foe would be hung upon the monument.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 02:51 PM (odBC9)

69 My father's father did not emigrate until after the Great War. He told me when the Germans came to his town people were happy because they treated everyone better including the Jews

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 02:52 PM (RIvkX)

70 67 I worked with a guy who thought he was from two houses of royalty by being related to both King Charles and John F Kennedy. And he was serious.
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What, no Indian princesses in the line?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 30, 2026 02:52 PM (tlCdj)

71 My family history is completely unremarkable. We were, and have been. One day, we won't be.

Posted by: Savage Henry at August 30, 2026 02:54 PM (ZxPkt)

72 Losing a child can devastate someone, so it's understandable for the family to avoid even mentioning the deceased. Your great uncle deserved to be remembered, and someone undertook the expense to place a beautiful stone over his final resting place. May that knowledge be a comfort if your quest for his story goes no further..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 30, 2026 02:56 PM (nbLIj)

73 Dad's youngest sister compiled a family history for the French side of the family and gave it to me when I was (?) 14 or 15. Years later, I incorporated her information into my compilation of our family history for BOTH sides of the family (French & Irish). I've since provided printed and electronic copies of that history to my brother, sister, and relevant cousinry. I hope my daughter will pick up the thread once I've gone to the Big Po'Boy Shop In The Sky, but I doubt that'll happen. A) I work on a Mac and she prefers PeeSee and, B) she's not a graphic designer or a typeface freak like Daddy is. There's always the ever-iffy 'word-of-mouth' transmission, tho' …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 02:57 PM (ayRl+)

74 There may be old newspaper articles (newspapers dot com) regarding his death. If he was in the us and died in 1925 at 15, he was around for the 1920 census (and maybe the 1910 census). If you know where he was born, there may be birth records. Death certificates may exist.

I've found lots of info on my extended family on this side of the border via old newspaper articles, even finding out how they tried to kill each other back in 1873 (which eventually led to my 3-G Grandparents' divorce...what a bastard 3 G-Grandpa was)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 02:58 PM (l3cgK)

75 Go ahead and write your obituary. Yeah, it sounds morbid, but you'll quickly get over that. You're taking the burden off someone else, other than the fact they'll have to update it. Even though it may be ignored, at least you'll have a voice in what is said about you. Be sure to mention your gray box friends at the HQ
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 02:50 PM (2Ez/1)

Even more, you will get everything you think is important in there, your family will be shocked and unhappy, and may miss things you would like people to know about you.
Dad did this, and it was a great help

He told me several times, "Don't write I am now with Jesus, boy" and I figure it was due to his sense of appropriateness more than any feeling he had about the possible truth of that statement.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2026 02:58 PM (rbvCR)

76 Samuel Clemmons wrote his own obituary, after he saw how completely it was bitched up by the news services when the rumor got around that he had died while he was visiting Europe.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2026 02:59 PM (rbvCR)

77 73
...
There's always the ever-iffy 'word-of-mouth' transmission, tho' …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 02:57 PM (ayRl+)

Very true. My mother once told me that she had ancestors from Monaco...turned out their last name was Monico, and they were Mexican Indians...
My Dad told me he never found out what happened to his father's half sister who became a nun. When I got into genealogy, I found out she died in 1928 in Texas from Tuberculosis...which ended up killing her Dad less than a decade later (he was there with her when she was dying).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 03:01 PM (l3cgK)

78 Wikipedia
Gravestone

Tree stump headstones in U.S. cemeteries are often associated with fraternal organization Woodmen of the World.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 03:02 PM (odBC9)

79 A) I work on a Mac and she prefers PeeSee and, B) she's not a graphic designer or a typeface freak like Daddy is. There's always the ever-iffy 'word-of-mouth' transmission, tho' …
Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 02:57 PM (ayRl+)

Word processing and graphics files should open in their respective versions on Mac & PC.

She’d just need to get the software.
If you use Adobe for anything she might balk at that.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 30, 2026 03:03 PM (6ydKt)

80 78 Wikipedia
Gravestone

Tree stump headstones in U.S. cemeteries are often associated with fraternal organization Woodmen of the World.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 03:02 PM (odBC9)

I saw what seemed like some sort of pentagram on a grave...turned out it was some non-diabolical organization. Forget now which one.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 03:03 PM (l3cgK)

81 This may (or not) be 'important' or 'relevant' … I've put together a rather large-ish book of my 'adventures' dating back to my earliest rememberable childhood moments. It includes every smart (?) and/or idiotic thing I've done (and who I've done 'em with) in my walk thru Physical Existence. They've been distributed to the ones for whom they were intended - but there's been no feedback after 7 years, so who knows? I made the effort - it's up to them now, yes? Yes.

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 03:04 PM (ayRl+)

82 Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 03:04 PM (ayRl+)

My wife wanted me to write about my life adventures on multiple occasions; I told here nobody would believe it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 03:05 PM (l3cgK)

83 Dr No Yes

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 03:06 PM (Ia/+0)

84 Little, having been a late addition to the family tree, has few memories of his supporting branches. I compensate with stories of family lore and my own first hand accounts, warts and all. It's been cathartic in some respects, as old conflicts lose their edge when reviewed through decades-old lenses.

The ability to place your family history in the context of historic events is a gift that one should take every opportunity to pass on..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 30, 2026 03:07 PM (nbLIj)

85 83 Dr No Yes

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 03:06 PM (Ia/+0)

Good think that was a "yes" answer...otherwise you would have typed, "Dr No No"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 03:08 PM (l3cgK)

86 I had to write the entirety of Mom’s obituary over a weekend. Had more time for my father’s and somebody else helped to write half of it.

It was an experience I wasn’t prepared for and wish I’d done better on my mother’s. My Dad’s came out better with the additional time.

I’d say it’s good advice to write out your obit as much as possible in advance.
Ya never know if you’ll lose some memories you’d like to share in the future.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 30, 2026 03:08 PM (6ydKt)

87 I've found old stories of long passed relatives (living ones too) in archives of local newspapers available thru the local library. It helped that newspapers used to print your address along with your name when you got your name or a story posted.

Posted by: Mike, delurking at August 30, 2026 03:09 PM (lyImQ)

88 Of the four grandparent lines, one went back to a 1650s Devon Englishman who's line skeedaddled up into the New Hampshire woods until my guy came down into civilization and married a Boston irishwoman. He died in '41, before my time, and there was little family contact after. Someone in that family wrote a genealogy of the family.
The other three branches are all Boston Irish, coming in in 1840s, 60s and1880s, the last of which I grew up in.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 30, 2026 03:09 PM (sl73Y)

89 @ 79 A) I work on a Mac and she prefers PeeSee and, B) she's not a graphic designer or a typeface freak like Daddy is. There's always the ever-iffy 'word-of-mouth' transmission, tho' … Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 02:57 PM (ayRl+)
Word processing and graphics files should open in their respective versions on Mac & PC. She’d just need to get the software. If you use Adobe for anything she might balk at that.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 30, 2026 03:03 PM (6ydKt)
___________________________________________________

At the time I created 'em, I used all CS6 Adobeware: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator. Since then I've moved to the Affinity suite (free to use on Canva, btw). My OS has also been updated (?) to macOS 10.13.6 'High Sierra' (yeah, it's dated). My font program has 4K± fonts in it, and about 95% of 'em are open and active. It's really more than she's going to want to struggle with 'cos - even tho' it's EASIER than any comparable PeeSee wares - she's tied into the PeeSee environment - and no, I don't understand that either. BUT: That's why I made the .pdf versions of all of it … Prior Planning Prevents – you know the drill …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 03:10 PM (ayRl+)

90 84 Little, having been a late addition to the family tree, has few memories of his supporting branches. I compensate with stories of family lore and my own first hand accounts, warts and all. It's been cathartic in some respects, as old conflicts lose their edge when reviewed through decades-old lenses.

The ability to place your family history in the context of historic events is a gift that one should take every opportunity to pass on..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 30, 2026 03:07 PM (nbLIj)

I tried to get my FIL's grandkids to ask him about his your (grew up in a war-torn land, eating rats and mice if they found them). It's too late now, as he passed away almost 2.5 years ago...
I do have quite a mental collection of my Dad's stories and his stories of his parents. I probably should write them down before they get lost when I pass...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 03:10 PM (l3cgK)

91 Legacy box for digital record keeping

Posted by: Free tibet at August 30, 2026 03:11 PM (tfJVv)

92 CBD, this is why the ENTIRE history and law are pased down to the son at the father’s knee.

‘And the son passed it to the grandson and so forth….’

Posted by: Eromero at August 30, 2026 03:11 PM (LHPAg)

93 86 I had to write the entirety of Mom’s obituary over a weekend. Had more time for my father’s and somebody else helped to write half of it.

It was an experience I wasn’t prepared for and wish I’d done better on my mother’s. My Dad’s came out better with the additional time.

I’d say it’s good advice to write out your obit as much as possible in advance.
Ya never know if you’ll lose some memories you’d like to share in the future.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 30, 2026 03:08 PM (6ydKt)

I was prohibited from being present during my mother's memorial service. If anyone ever asks me why, I'll be honest: "I would have liked to have been present for it, but Baby brother forbade me from showing up."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 03:12 PM (l3cgK)

94 87 It helped that newspapers used to print your address along with your name when you got your name or a story posted.
Posted by: Mike, delurking at August 30, 2026 03:09 PM (lyImQ)

... which is why you had to have friends stay at the house during the receiving of friends and the funeral!

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 03:12 PM (odBC9)

95 not about my FIL's "your" but his "youth". Dunno how that happened, other than my fingers like to betray me.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 03:12 PM (l3cgK)

96 This may (or not) be 'important' or 'relevant' … I've put together a rather large-ish book of my 'adventures' dating back to my earliest rememberable childhood moments. It includes every smart (?) and/or idiotic thing I've done (and who I've done 'em with) in my walk thru Physical Existence. They've been distributed to the ones for whom they were intended - but there's been no feedback after 7 years, so who knows? I made the effort - it's up to them now, yes? Yes.
Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 03:04 PM (ayRl+)
----
Hopefully the statute of limitations has expired...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 30, 2026 03:12 PM (FZ29D)

97 94 87 It helped that newspapers used to print your address along with your name when you got your name or a story posted.
Posted by: Mike, delurking at August 30, 2026 03:09 PM (lyImQ)

... which is why you had to have friends stay at the house during the receiving of friends and the funeral!
Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 03:12 PM (odBC9)

Armed.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 03:13 PM (odBC9)

98 My First World Problem is that my Windows PC crashed overnight for no obvious reason. Before I went to bed I was working on a Word document, and after the crash that doc is corrupt and unrecoverable. Neither Word not Libre Office will open it.

I was able to screw around and recover a bunch of jumbled text from the doc and am in the process of recreating the doc from that and reapplying formatting and cleaning up what I could salvage.

I'm using an ancient (Office 97) version of Word that I've been meaning to replace with Libre Office, in anticipation of eventually moving to Linux for my next PC. This delightful experience has motivated me to hasten that transition.

Fuck Microsoft and their crappy software.

Posted by: a.moron at August 30, 2026 03:13 PM (X5Jzz)

99 Get outta here
Go to Google maps and look at the Great Lakes

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 03:13 PM (Ia/+0)

100 ‘I don’t mean to brag, but……’

Posted by: Eromero at August 30, 2026 03:13 PM (LHPAg)

101
Fuck Microsoft and their crappy software.

Posted by: a.moron at August 30, 2026 03:13 PM (X5Jzz)

Yeah, my monitor is exhibiting horizontal lines in the lower 2.5 inches of the screen...it started with just happening in the taskbar but has grown worse. I need to check the BIOS setting to make sure Windows didn't f-up those settings when it updated at about the time the issue first cropped up...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 03:15 PM (l3cgK)

102 Get outta here
Go to Google maps and look at the Great Lakes
Posted by: Skip

LOL. Lake America baby!

Posted by: Tuna at August 30, 2026 03:16 PM (lJ0H4)

103 I recently had breakfast with a Navy vet who survived the USS Evans sinking in 1969 when cut in half by the HMAS Melbourne. He enthusiastically tells how he fortuitously ended up with a bunk in the stern as the bow section sank almost immediately.
When he concluded I asked him where the story was written down.
He tapped the side of his head.
No, I insisted. Your great grandchildren will never hear it.
I promised him if he would write it, I would edit it.
As we parted he told me he would email a draft.
The last thing I said to him was a question:
Promise?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 03:17 PM (2Ez/1)

104 @ 94 87 It helped that newspapers used to print your address along with your name when you got your name or a story posted.Posted by: Mike, delurking at August 30, 2026 03:09 PM (lyImQ)
... which is why you had to have friends stay at the house during the receiving of friends and the funeral! Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 03:12 PM (odBC9)
______________________________________________

My first 'death experience' came at the age of approx. 10 or so when a friend of the family died. We went to his wake (held in his house, an old 'shotgun'-style place. His coffin was laid on a pair of sawhorses in the front room and there was no light other than what was provided by the little red-glass 'votive' candles. Scared the crap outa me, and I never got over that until my out-of-body experience at the age of 32. Never been afraid of death since then, 'cos we only transition - we don't die.

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 03:17 PM (ayRl+)

105 My font program has 4K± fonts in it, and about 95% of 'em are open and active. It's really more than she's going to want to struggle with 'cos - even tho' it's EASIER than any comparable PeeSee wares - she's tied into the PeeSee environment - and no, I don't understand that either. BUT: That's why I made the .pdf versions of all of it … Prior Planning Prevents – you know the drill …
Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 03:10 PM (ayRl+)

PC & Macs use different types of fonts so unless they are all OpenFont (.otf) fonts she’d have to find the same font in TrueType or do a conversion with software. Older Mac PostScript Type 1 fonts aren’t compatible at all with PC.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 30, 2026 03:18 PM (6ydKt)

106 99 Get outta here
Go to Google maps and look at the Great Lakes

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 03:13 PM (Ia/+0)

OMG ! ! 1 1 ! Trump is a monster ! ! ! ! Everybody hates us now ! ! ! !

I love it !

Posted by: a.moron at August 30, 2026 03:18 PM (X5Jzz)

107 >>>Hopefully the statute of limitations has expired...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

>Risky. I may have hoodlums and corrupt LEOs still looking for me.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 30, 2026 03:18 PM (nlLAo)

108
Lake America
Smallest of the 5 Great

reddit has banned it
r/mildlyinfuriating

mildlyinfuriating-ModTeam
MOD
3m ago
We do not allow politics, pushing agendas, or grandstanding.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 03:18 PM (odBC9)

109 And read LA is growing in Typhus cases, like a couple hundred

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 03:19 PM (Ia/+0)

110 They were Catholics in what is now Croatia. Never been there.
Posted by: nurse ratched at

Land of the tall people. I thought you were a gymnast?

Posted by: From about That Time at August 30, 2026 03:20 PM (sl73Y)

111 A year ago my son gave me a book, a journal like book to document my life. It has questions like; when and where I was born, my given name, who my parent were, where I lived, etc.

Then it goes into all sorts of lifestyle questions; favorite songs, foods, places to visit, movies, etc.

Reading some of the posts here I wonder what my son was thinking...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 30, 2026 03:21 PM (2Cry5)

112 Speaking Of:

Writing an obituary is quite the challenge. I did get a few suggestions from chat AI, but... it isn't easy. I also spoke at Dad's funeral. Went ok, but still a challenge. Held it together until the bugler sounded taps...

Posted by: man at August 30, 2026 03:22 PM (XuXeR)

113 We do not allow politics, pushing agendas, or grandstanding.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 03:18 PM (odBC9)

Sure they do, but it only runs in one direction.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 03:23 PM (l3cgK)

114 @ 98 My First World Problem is that my Windows PC crashed overnight for no obvious reason. I - am in the process of recreating the doc from that and reapplying formatting and cleaning up what I could salvage.
I'm using an ancient (Office 97) version of Word that I've been meaning to replace with Libre Office. Fuck Microsoft and their crappy software. Posted by: a.moron at August 30, 2026 03:13 PM (X5Jzz)
______________________________

Query: A) You still have SOME usable data from the crash, then? B) Have you considered UPLOADING the entirety of what you have to an AI like ChatGPT or Grok, etc and asking them to examine it and then REBUILD / RECONSTRUCT it to the extent that's possible? Both of those AIs have helped me with things I thought were unpossible (to use a word) - and they surprised the crap out of me with the amount they got right. Worth a shot, yes?

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 03:24 PM (ayRl+)

115 We do not allow politics, pushing agendas, or grandstanding."

That would eliminate 99.5 percent of reddit...

Posted by: man at August 30, 2026 03:24 PM (XuXeR)

116 a.moron - FWIW, there are data recovery services, I have NO experience with them, but do keep them in mind.

Lately received a flyer from:

DriveSavers.com, there are certainly others. Again...FWIW.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 30, 2026 03:25 PM (XeU6L)

117 112 Speaking Of:

Writing an obituary is quite the challenge. I did get a few suggestions from chat AI, but... it isn't easy. I also spoke at Dad's funeral. Went ok, but still a challenge. Held it together until the bugler sounded taps...

Posted by: man at August 30, 2026 03:22 PM (XuXeR)

I was tangentially involved in Dad's obituary. My brother wanted to completely erase Mom from it, but I thought that was too rough, so she was in the obit by reference...Dad's first wife was referenced as his "first wife", which implies a second...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 03:27 PM (l3cgK)

118 We do not allow politics, pushing agendas, or grandstanding.
-----

Bwahahahahaha
[takes a breath]
Bwahahahahaha

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 30, 2026 03:27 PM (XeU6L)

119 115 We do not allow politics, pushing agendas, or grandstanding."

That would eliminate 99.5 percent of reddit...

Posted by: man at August 30, 2026 03:24 PM (XuXeR)

If the Reddit devs disagree, it's politics; if the agree, it's not.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 03:28 PM (l3cgK)

120 I inherited Dad's Puukko knife. Really nice one, about seven inches overall with a three inch blade. Very decorated embossed leather sheath with a chain and hanging clip.Probably a dress puukko for stabbings at wedding receptions.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 30, 2026 03:29 PM (gm9Sb)

121 119 115 We do not allow politics, pushing agendas, or grandstanding."

That would eliminate 99.5 percent of reddit...

Posted by: man at August 30, 2026 03:24 PM (XuXeR)

If the Reddit devs disagree, it's politics; if the agree, it's not.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 03:28 PM (l3cgK)

And that mod statement sounds so prissy, to boot.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 03:29 PM (odBC9)

122 I did accomplish one thing.

I leave instructions for what NOT to do.

Posted by: Savage Henry at August 30, 2026 03:29 PM (ZxPkt)

123 was prohibited from being present during my mother's memorial service. If anyone ever asks me why, I'll be honest: "I would have liked to have been present for it, but Baby brother forbade me from showing up."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Then you did well by your mother.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 30, 2026 03:30 PM (sl73Y)

124 114

Query: A) You still have SOME usable data from the crash, then? B) Have you considered UPLOADING the entirety of what you have to an AI like ChatGPT or Grok, etc and asking them to examine it and then REBUILD / RECONSTRUCT it to the extent that's possible? Both of those AIs have helped me with things I thought were unpossible (to use a word) - and they surprised the crap out of me with the amount they got right. Worth a shot, yes?

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 03:24 PM (ayRl+)

That's an interesting idea, and not something I considered. At this point, I've mostly recovered the document, but that would be an interesting experiment.

It occurred to me that whatever was corrupt in the document might be very minor, and the right tool might be able to find and fix it. AI might be the right answer.

Posted by: a.moron at August 30, 2026 03:30 PM (X5Jzz)

125 Went ok, but still a challenge. Held it together until the bugler sounded taps...

Posted by: man
----

This has been posted here before, but worth doing it again:

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. -- Washington Irving

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 30, 2026 03:31 PM (XeU6L)

126 48 I very often feel remorse about not having asked simple, easily answered questions of my elders. But, being young and stupid, those questions just did not occur to me until it was too late.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 30, 2026 02:38 PM (XeU6L)

exactly the feeling I get.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 30, 2026 03:33 PM (VyBeY)

127 Fuck Microsoft and their crappy software.
Posted by: a.moron at August 30, 2026 03:13 PM (X5Jzz)

I started working with Windows on Win95.
Worked at a local high school sports newspaper that published every other week.

The PC that I had to put the entire newspaper together on in days was ancient, and crashed at least once a day.

I lost an entire 80-page edition one night about 3 a.m. a few hours from completing the layout in QuarkXpress because the machine crashed and the file, and backup file, were corrupted.
I’ve never been so exhausted, frustrated and angry in my life.

Since then I hit Ctrl+S every ten minutes like an involuntary reaction.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 30, 2026 03:34 PM (6ydKt)

128 All Dad's WW2 stuff ended up with the younger brother who took care of him in the end; none of us had an issue (including baby brother, who was NOT included in the conversations). Stuff Dad gave me before he died (like his infantry badge with oak cluster) I kept, because he gave it to me personally.
The stuff Dad had from his Mom and Dad, some was given to my eldest cousin (now almost 80), like Grandpa's WW1 helmet and Colt 1911 .45 (well, belonged to Gov't but Grandpa said he lost it, then snuck it aboard the ship before coming back to the States)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 03:34 PM (l3cgK)

129 Held it together until the bugler sounded taps...
Posted by: man at August 30, 2026 03:22 PM (XuXeR)

Same here.
My brother got the flag, and I got the urn.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 30, 2026 03:37 PM (6ydKt)

130 @ 124 114 Query: A) You still have SOME usable data from the crash, then? B) Have you considered UPLOADING the entirety of what you have to an AI like ChatGPT or Grok, etc and asking them to examine it and then REBUILD / RECONSTRUCT it to the extent that's possible? Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 03:24 PM (ayRl+)

That's an interesting idea, and not something I considered. At this point, I've mostly recovered the document, but that would be an interesting experiment. It occurred to me that whatever was corrupt in the document might be very minor, and the right tool might be able to find and fix it. AI might be the right answer. Posted by: a.moron at August 30, 2026 03:30 PM (X5Jzz)
__________________________________

I queried ChatGPT about a problem my brother has when he tries opening 'Darktable' on his Mac: It opens about 95% of the way, then stops. It's missing a piece Onyx (the cleanup-ware) removed after he accidentally hit some key or other. Chat says it may be possible to get Darktable operational again - depending on the cause of the failure to open. I created a .txt file of the chat and sent it to my bro' - now it's his call.

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 03:37 PM (ayRl+)

131 127 I lost an entire 80-page edition one night about 3 a.m. a few hours from completing the layout in QuarkXpress because the machine crashed and the file, and backup file, were corrupted.
I’ve never been so exhausted, frustrated and angry in my life.

Since then I hit Ctrl+S every ten minutes like an involuntary reaction.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 30, 2026 03:34 PM (6ydKt)

I make interstitial pdfs, too!

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 03:39 PM (odBC9)

132 CBD, I do intensive ancestry research on, of all things, Ancestry.com.
I have an absolutely clear line back to Ireland, Scotland and England. I have the family name back to before 1066.
On Mrs. Red’s side her father’s side actually intersects with my Scottish line. 8th cousins, I believe. Her mother’s side I have back to Austria/Hungary, Poland, Russia, Slovakia.

Point being that there is a wealth of information on most people. A1925 death will have records; it’s almost like yesterday as far as genealogy goes.
We should chat.

Posted by: RI Red - at August 30, 2026 03:39 PM (rYvai)

133 *incremental pdfs

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 03:39 PM (odBC9)

134 Very decorated embossed leather sheath with a chain and hanging clip.Probably a dress puukko for stabbings at wedding receptions.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 30, 2026 03:29 PM (gm9Sb)
=====

Popular entertainment once upon a time in Michigan's UP.

Posted by: mrp at August 30, 2026 03:40 PM (rj6Yv)

135 Ask your IT Help Desk if Interstitial PDFs are right for you.

Posted by: Big Data at August 30, 2026 03:41 PM (2Ez/1)

136 Well, if they had Flock Cameras back in the 1920's we could find out quite a bit. Who he hung out with at the General Store. Which one of his friends killed that squirrel with the sling shot. Why he and his friends always stood around smoking cigarette butts and staring intently at the sash drawn windows outside Maisie Miller's House of Pleasures. But most important, where was he getting his hooch. It was probably that ne'er-do-well family out by the train tracks who always had the lanterns lit and the doors locked to keep out the revenue guys.

Posted by: Orson at August 30, 2026 03:41 PM (dIske)

137 23 and Me tells me my mother was 100% Old School Gaelic -- not just Irish. My father was from a fishing village -- he shows 80% Old School Gaelic and 20% Norwegian (Viking). They didn't volunteer information and they died too young for me to ask, but I pieced a few things together.

I had an uncle who fought in the Burma campaign against the Japanese alongside the Ghurkas. He came back fine.

Another uncle was in the Royal Navy. He came back with debiliating malaria.

Their sister -- a civilian -- died in the London blitz.

Such are the fortunes of war.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 30, 2026 03:42 PM (dtajH)

138 @ 131 127 I lost an entire 80-page edition one night about 3 a.m. a few hours from completing the layout in QuarkXpress because the machine crashed and the file, and backup file, were corrupted. I’ve never been so exhausted, frustrated and angry in my life. Since then I hit Ctrl+S every ten minutes like an involuntary reaction. Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 30, 2026 03:34 PM (6ydKt) I make interstitial pdfs, too! Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 03:39 PM (odBC9)
_________________________________

You were working with QX on a PeeSee!? I'm so sorry …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 03:42 PM (ayRl+)

139 Posted by: RI Red - at August 30, 2026 03:39 PM (rYvai)

My wife had basically no DNA intersection with me...other than perhaps that single chromatid that showed up in my DNA test that said Southern Chinese ancestry...that must've come from Mom's side...Mexico had a complex history with the Manila Galleon...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 03:43 PM (l3cgK)

140 I have few memories of my mother's family. Her mother died of pneumonia when mom was just 14. She was then raised by her aunts, all amazing women, who taught her how took cook, among other life lessons.

They would throw a New Year's Eve party and I was amazed at the contrast between these people and those from dad's side. An anecdote from mom:

One of her uncles had a silver aluminum Christmas tree and a family member was getting married around the holidays. It was decided that the tree would be prominently displayed at the altar. At some point, it was decided that this tree would preside over every marriage in the future regardless of the calendar.

Fast forward to when mom announced her impending marriage to dad. To hear mom tell it, her uncles were adamant on the tree's presence at the altar. She had to enlist her aunts to help them understand that dad's family would not get the joke. Truth was, dad's family - he was the only son among several daughters - were a generally humorless bunch. Wish I got to spend more time with mom's side...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 30, 2026 03:44 PM (nbLIj)

141 116 a.moron - FWIW, there are data recovery services, I have NO experience with them, but do keep them in mind.

Lately received a flyer from:

DriveSavers.com, there are certainly others. Again...FWIW.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 30, 2026 03:25 PM (XeU6L)

Thanks, this isn't important enough or big enough to spend money on a data recovery service.

I'm in the process of trying Dr_No's suggestion of using ChatGPT, and it seems to be working quite well, including recovering tables and document formatting.

Posted by: a.moron at August 30, 2026 03:46 PM (X5Jzz)

142 74: Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 02:58

There's some good solid genealogical advice there jim. I've worked on our family history most of my life. I think my interest developed from the stories my grt. grandmother told me. The oldest was told to her by her grandfather about his childhood in western PA in the 1840s.

Although family tales may not be completely accurate there is usually an element of truth to them and they may contain valuable hints. I encourage everyone to pass those stories on so they are not lost. And add whatever you have been able to prove or disprove.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 30, 2026 03:46 PM (4Qj8V)

143 Jim IK, dna is a blessing and a curse. I solved a family mystery with it when there was absolutely no written record, and those involved were long gone.

Of course, I can now never leave any dna at a crime scene.

Posted by: RI Red - at August 30, 2026 03:47 PM (rYvai)

144 My sister talked me into the 23 and Me thing, and because I'm a wacky prankster, I used Buckwheat's photo from the Little Rascals as my profile picture. It generated a lot of confusion among my potential distant relatives!

Posted by: Weasel at August 30, 2026 03:47 PM (leKdc)

145 We do not allow politics, pushing agendas, or grandstanding

... they said, with zero self-reflection.

(although if that's the subreddit-specific policy and they've actually been upholding it, kudos.)

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 30, 2026 03:48 PM (aJQbY)

146 133 *incremental pdfs
Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 03:39 PM (odBC9)

There have been times I’ve got variations of files and backups of backups, dated back several versions. Then backed up on a flash drive and/or cloud.

Better safe than sorry.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 30, 2026 03:48 PM (6ydKt)

147 142 74 Although family tales may not be completely accurate there is usually an element of truth to them and they may contain valuable hints.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 30, 2026 03:46 PM (4Qj8V)

Family Lore!

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 03:49 PM (odBC9)

148
Yeah, I got some Viking lineage.

But I'm not paying reparations to no English queers.

Posted by: Auspex at August 30, 2026 03:50 PM (Y8DZL)

149 CBD, you’ve probably exhausted your research but having been researching my tree for a good 20 years, I’m gonna suggest a few things anyway that I did to track down the sisters of my great grandfather since there was no family notes. I went to the county library where he was from and searched my great great grandmothers obit on microfiche. I found her and the married names of his sisters. That unlocked a lot of info once i had those. I also went to the cathedral to look for baptism records (not sure what the Hebrew equivalent is). Even though your uncle was 15, vital records will send you a copy of a death cert if one exists. It’s been 100 years which I believe is the cutoff when they can release them. That research can be laborious but sometimes it’s just that one clue that leads you to another.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 30, 2026 03:50 PM (SjAWL)

150 143 Jim IK, dna is a blessing and a curse. I solved a family mystery with it when there was absolutely no written record, and those involved were long gone.

Of course, I can now never leave any dna at a crime scene.

Posted by: RI Red - at August 30, 2026 03:47 PM (rYvai)

My DNA is very...specific. I have a not-very-common MTDNA marker that mutated a recently as 150 years ago...and there was somebody else on the website that had that very marker. Y-DNA is a bit...muddled. It was showing hits from folks I show no paper trail being related to, so it's possible a female ancestor on the paternal line got jiggy with someone other than my supposed ancestors...or their name changed significantly after coming to America, like my paternal 2-G grandpa's surname changed.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 03:52 PM (l3cgK)

151 I've found prison records to be a valuable resource in tracing my ancestors.

Posted by: Weasel at August 30, 2026 03:54 PM (TMF5Z)

152 You were working with QX on a PeeSee!? I'm so sorry …
Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 03:42 PM (ayRl+)

It doesn’t really bother be now.
I’m ambidextrous with both platforms after using both for 30 years.

I stopped using Windows totally and stuck with Mac for over ten years. Got back into PC again about four years ago.

They each have their strengths and weaknesses, but I will say I get a lot fewer crashes on Win11 than the old days. Mac is always usually rock solid around crashes but MacOS has some issues, too.

Microsoft is telemetry crazy is my biggest problem with PC. Apple is not always trying to spy on you.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 30, 2026 03:54 PM (6ydKt)

153 144 My sister talked me into the 23 and Me thing, and because I'm a wacky prankster, I used Buckwheat's photo from the Little Rascals as my profile picture. It generated a lot of confusion among my potential distant relatives!

Posted by: Weasel at August 30, 2026 03:47 PM (leKdc)

I'm browner than anyone else (other than my brothers and sister) on my Dad's side of the family...
A great aunt once commented, "There's a little bit of N****r in every Mexican," and in my case, she was right.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 03:55 PM (l3cgK)

154 148
Yeah, I got some Viking lineage.

But I'm not paying reparations to no English queers.

Posted by: Auspex at August 30, 2026 03:50 PM (Y8DZL)

Maybe you should demand danegeld from them instead...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 03:55 PM (l3cgK)

155 Psychiatric institutions have been a goldmine too!

Posted by: Weasel at August 30, 2026 03:55 PM (TMF5Z)

156 12th if was in CBD's situation, a photograph would be a big help, tracking down other family pictures could be a help. Seen many pictures of my relatives as kids in lots of collections.

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 03:57 PM (Ia/+0)

157 151 I've found prison records to be a valuable resource in tracing my ancestors.

Posted by: Weasel at August 30, 2026 03:54 PM (TMF5Z)

Had a cousin 2x removed that spend the remainder of his life in an insane asylum...he was a actor, so maybe that was related.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 03:57 PM (l3cgK)

158 sailors, smugglers, cutthroats, and footpads
oh my

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 03:58 PM (odBC9)

159 June 7, wouldn't think drowning, July or August good possibility
Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 02:30 PM

My father once noted that, unlike today, they dreaded the summer because that's when the typhus came. He said every year when school started one or more of his classmates would be missing.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 30, 2026 03:58 PM (4NO2D)

160 136 Well, if they had Flock Cameras back in the 1920's we could find out quite a bit. Who he hung out with at the General Store. Which one of his friends killed that squirrel with the sling shot. Why he and his friends always stood around smoking cigarette butts and staring intently at the sash drawn windows outside Maisie Miller's House of Pleasures. But most important, where was he getting his hooch. It was probably that ne'er-do-well family out by the train tracks who always had the lanterns lit and the doors locked to keep out the revenue guys.

Posted by: Orson at August 30, 2026 03:41 PM (dIske)

Might even know for certain who kidnapped the Lindbergh baby.

Posted by: a.moron at August 30, 2026 03:59 PM (X5Jzz)

161 food nood

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 03:59 PM (odBC9)

162 1 minute warning. Please rush your final thread comments to completion.

Posted by: Weasel at August 30, 2026 03:59 PM (TMF5Z)

163 They also believed that water moccasins couldn't bit you in the water so they swam with them in the Broad River.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 30, 2026 03:59 PM (4NO2D)

164 (sigh) I have to ask. Those of you that have used the services that analyze DNA...aren't you the least bit concerned about who has access to that information?

I realize how common it is, but a number of those services play fast and loose with their privacy policies.

Posted by: Orson at August 30, 2026 04:00 PM (dIske)

165 I dunno.
That Viking blood eventually helped the UK to become the largest empire on earth.

I don’t think reparations are truly needed.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 30, 2026 04:00 PM (6ydKt)

166 159 June 7, wouldn't think drowning, July or August good possibility
Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 02:30 PM

My father once noted that, unlike today, they dreaded the summer because that's when the typhus came. He said every year when school started one or more of his classmates would be missing.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 30, 2026 03:58 PM (4NO2D)

Saw a EweToob video of how difficult life was for women on the pioneer trails...lets just say at some point "20 different smells" was mentioned regarding their bodies...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 04:00 PM (l3cgK)

167 Turns out if you ever get an ankle monitor an extensive data trail is created.

Posted by: Cousin Eddie at August 30, 2026 04:00 PM (2Ez/1)

168 FOOD NOOD TIME

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 04:00 PM (Ia/+0)

169 I learnt from the family history my aunt compiled and gave me that our great-great-(great?)-grandfather was (a) a TAILOR (a 'Schneider', nicht einer 'Schnitter') in the Jaussiers region of France. Since it sits on the Alsace-Lorraine border, there was lots of cross-border influence present. The story also included the fact that he was Jewish, not Catholic like the rest of the family. I can only imagine how relationships went at family gatherings then. The French side of the family always denied that part of the history. On the Irish side, my great-grandfather ran away from home after his Mom died and his Dad remarried. He was living with Gypsies in a camp when one of the men from his village spotted him and said he'd be sure to tell his Dad where he was. That's all it took to get him down to the docks and on board a ship bound for the United States … the rest is, well, histoire …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 04:01 PM (ayRl+)

170 164 (sigh) I have to ask. Those of you that have used the services that analyze DNA...aren't you the least bit concerned about who has access to that information?

I realize how common it is, but a number of those services play fast and loose with their privacy policies.

Posted by: Orson at August 30, 2026 04:00 PM (dIske)

I used an expensive outfit that allowed accessing and downloading you DNA data anonymously...but it still had to be paid, so If I wanted it truly anonymous, I woulda had to pay in BitCoin, which they accepted...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 04:01 PM (l3cgK)

171 I had a pony.

Posted by: Rozsika Halmos (Manya) at August 30, 2026 04:02 PM (JM9I6)

172 I've found prison records to be a valuable resource in tracing my ancestors.

My paternal grandfather is in the 1940 census records twice: Listed once at his house, the second at 26th and Cal.

Posted by: Chuck C at August 30, 2026 04:03 PM (TvrWq)

173 Before the invention of A/C and modern medicine and hygiene, the South was a hellhole.

I saw a video about the town in North Alabama where I lived, made in the 30s touting the CCC project that drained the swamps across the river. It said that prior to that, one out of three citizens got malaria every year. In the US, in a world with automobiles and airplanes.

(as an aside, they also showed the then brand new high school that I attended, the one with no A/C, right across from Delano Park)

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 30, 2026 04:06 PM (4NO2D)

174 Which is to say, we got it good compared to our ancestors.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 30, 2026 04:10 PM (4NO2D)

175 174 Which is to say, we got it good compared to our ancestors.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 30, 2026 04:10 PM (4NO2D)

There's an old joke that Ancestry dot com is Incestry dot com for the states in the deep south...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 04:11 PM (l3cgK)

176 It's crazy to think that the oldest person alive was born before your uncle (in August 1909).

Posted by: Blahblahblah at August 30, 2026 05:12 PM (ca+Gv)

177 My First World Problem is that my Windows PC crashed overnight for no obvious reason. Before I went to bed I was working on a Word document, and after the crash that doc is corrupt and unrecoverable. Neither Word not Libre Office will open it.

I was able to screw around and recover a bunch of jumbled text from the doc and am in the process of recreating the doc from that and reapplying formatting and cleaning up what I could salvage.

I'm using an ancient (Office 97) version of Word that I've been meaning to replace with Libre Office, in anticipation of eventually moving to Linux for my next PC. This delightful experience has motivated me to hasten that transition.

Fuck Microsoft and their crappy software.
Posted by: a.moron at August 30, 2026 03:13 PM (X5Jzz)

Did you save it before you went to bed? On an external drive as well? If not, why not?

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 30, 2026 05:39 PM (hmYU4)

Warrantless Surveillance Is An Unalloyed Evil, And Cannot Be Justified By Claiming A Reduction In Crime

This is an absolutely moronic take on a massive degradation of our civil liberties. It's difficult to underestimate the stupidity of this author, who seems to think that there is some balanced equation between our God-given, natural rights, and the destruction of those rights on the altar of safety.

Do Flock Cameras Actually Work?

It’s been a tough summer for automatic license plate readers (ALPRs). Earlier this month, the Washington Post reported that at least 50 police officers have been charged with or accused of misusing plate-reader networks, including for stalking wives, ex-girlfriends, and other women. One small-town Georgia police chief ran his ex-girlfriend’s plates roughly 600 times. California legislators took up the technology in hearings titled “Don’t Flock me,” a jab at Flock, the Atlanta company whose ALPRs now scan roads in more than 6,000 American communities. A backlash that began among left-leaning civil libertarians has spread to the populist Right, and city councils now face packed hearings on whether to keep the cameras.
The debate has become more heat than light. Both sides fixate on anecdotes, with supporters pointing to abducted children recovered after a timely plate hit, while critics list stories of rogue officers and plate data shared far beyond the agencies that collected this information. Neither answers a question that policymakers face: Does the technology produce enough public safety to justify its costs, in dollars and in privacy?

I don't give a sh*t that Flock and other unconstitutional searches may decrease crime. So will sending SWAT teams into every house in America to look for drugs or "illegal" weapons, or taking the medical records of every American and analyzing them for possible illegality. Or sending forensic accountants into every business in America and checking their books. Or....

The list is long how we can make ourselves "safer." But as some very wise men understood, safety is a temporary condition that leads inexorably to totalitarianism.

Does that sound histrionic? Maybe, but provide a counter example please!

If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom - go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!

-- Samuel Adams

Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

-- Benjamin Franklin

Government is fundamentally evil, and the expansion of its surveillance capacity simply makes it worse, and gives it more power over us. If anyone thinks that government is expanding its surveillance capacity because it will make us safer, then I have a bridge to sell you. They expand it, and all of its power, for one reason: control over the people.

We have to push back whenever we can, and Flock cameras are an excellent place to take a stand. And it's easy! Agitate against them in every public forum, starting with your local government council. And if you ever end up on a jury for a trial of someone who destroyed a Flock camera or any other onerous surveillance technology...you know what to do.

Posted by: CBD at 12:00 PM

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1 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 30, 2026 12:02 PM (NcvvS)

2 Good afternoon everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 12:02 PM (Ia/+0)

3
Better to collect information on 10,000 innocent people than catch an actual criminal.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 30, 2026 12:02 PM (O0L8i)

4 And SPONGE!! At two minutes after?

Posted by: Nazdar at August 30, 2026 12:02 PM (NcvvS)

5 Power corrupts, absolute powet corrupts absolutely comes to mind

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 12:03 PM (Ia/+0)

6
Willowed

I used to try to keep up, but I don't any more; I try to finish each day being a little more out of it than I was the day before. Haven't checked with the offspring or grandkids lately but I suspect they'd say I'm succeeding.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 30, 2026 11:55 AM (q3u5l)

The concept of subsidiarity is helpful. Make your concern those things closest to you. Your family, your friends, your neighborhood, your church, your hobbies. Much beyond that, you don't have much influence.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 30, 2026 12:03 PM (O0L8i)

7 I think COVID taught us a thing or two about "safety."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 12:03 PM (2Ez/1)

8 3
Better to collect information on 10,000 innocent people than catch an actual criminal.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Toss a piece of wood at a data center under construction in memory of Sinwar.

Yeah, this is Normal.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 30, 2026 12:04 PM (QnlTD)

9 They're getting serious now.

Florida Man Charged With Felony After Smashing Decoy Flock Camera

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 12:05 PM (ndZc7)

10 "Gee, I wish we would have had those Flock Cameras".

Retired East German STASI guy with a monocle

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 30, 2026 12:06 PM (gm9Sb)

11 And if you ever end up on a jury for a trial of someone who destroyed a Flock camera or any other onerous surveillance technology...you know what to do.

Posted by CBD at 12:00 PM Comments
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"We find the defendant not guilty by reason of sanity!"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 30, 2026 12:06 PM (FZ29D)

12 If all the criminals out there and CBD had nothing to hide, they wouldn't be upset about having their pitcher taken.

Posted by: Strike a Pose! at August 30, 2026 12:07 PM (JM9I6)

13 maps.deflock.org is the place to see where the cameras near you skulk. Only one close here looks like it is in the parking lot of the Dollar General on the other side of town. Seems to face away from town, too.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 30, 2026 12:07 PM (NcvvS)

14 How about this kind of snooping? From an article Pixy linked this morning:

"OpenAI has said the company uses software to scan conversations for signs of dangerous behavior and flag them to human reviewers."

https://tinyurl.com/yd58ukpc

They confided in ChatGPT. Their secrets ended up in court.

(a Yahoo article, which is a WaPo article)

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 12:07 PM (odBC9)

15 Speed bump on her road to the White House.

“A Huge Liability:” Democrat Candidates Avoid Kamala Harris as Midterms Approach

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 12:08 PM (ndZc7)

16 Flock Around, Find Out

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 12:10 PM (odBC9)

17 supporters pointing to abducted children recovered after a timely plate hit"

Bullshiite. The "abducted kid" crap has to be shut up. Hard. The "kids" on milk cartons was idiotic.

Posted by: man at August 30, 2026 12:10 PM (cGjQu)

18 They're getting serious now.

Florida Man Charged With Felony After Smashing Decoy Flock Camera
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 12:05 PM (ndZc7)
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Seems like a case could be made for entrapment.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 30, 2026 12:10 PM (FZ29D)

19 As I have written here before, I expect no privacy while in public, except for what is it in my pocket, briefcase, backpack, or automobile.

If anyone misuses the technology, let them lose their badge, their pension, and their liberty.

Until States enact laws to severely punish the abusers, and reform the judiciary to enforce such things, fine, cut them down.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 30, 2026 12:11 PM (36x1j)

20 No, we need more surveillance. The KKK took my baby away!

Posted by: Joey From Queens at August 30, 2026 12:12 PM (JM9I6)

21
"You just want women to get raped by MAGA misogynists!!!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 30, 2026 12:12 PM (O0L8i)

22 The only way to preserve liberty and prosperity is to keep government limited in scope and powers - the whole point of a constitutional republic. The danger for MAGA is that too many seem to think that huge government can be good if only the led by a kind and benevolent businessman. History tells us that for every good Tsar there are 25 bad Tsars!

Posted by: Jalan at August 30, 2026 12:13 PM (uqfb2)

23 maps.deflock.org is the place to see where the cameras near you skulk. Only one close here looks like it is in the parking lot of the Dollar General on the other side of town. Seems to face away from town, too.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 30, 2026 12:07 PM (NcvvS)
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According to the map, there are only three in my town. Two pointed at the Lowe's parking lot for some reason. The other pointing at a weird angle across an intersection near my house.

But there's a fourth camera (I think) downtown next to the library. It's not listed on the deflock map and looks like it's a temporary camera.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 30, 2026 12:13 PM (FZ29D)

24 Flock cameras are just another way of fleecing honest and law abiding citizens by preying on their fears.

You know what lives in a flock? Sheep.

Abolish flock cameras and stop being sheep.

Posted by: Fuck The Flock at August 30, 2026 12:14 PM (6VpiA)

25 Flock and other surveillance cameras don't prevent crime, they're almost totally reactive. They have their place, I suppose. I think of all the times they were used to track and ID terrorists after the fact, when they were "known wolves" who could have been stopped before their heinous acts.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2026 12:15 PM (kpS4V)

26 7 I think COVID taught us a thing or two about "safety."
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 12:03 PM (2Ez/1)

One would hope! But when you look at comments under articles about Fauci--for example--some of the stuff that gets said is just beyond our wildest guesses. Like: "People who didn't get vaccinated exposed all of us to the virus." I just can't even.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 12:15 PM (odBC9)

27 maps.deflock.org is the place to see where the cameras near you skulk.

Where does their data come from? Is it community reported or is Flock obligated to release it?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 30, 2026 12:16 PM (vTZFs)

28 But there's a fourth camera (I think) downtown next to the library. It's not listed on the deflock map and looks like it's a temporary camera.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Looks like the wheels are closing in and the walls are about to come off our "Perfessor". I'll be watching for the bodycam arrest.

Posted by: Der Volkischer Beobachter at August 30, 2026 12:16 PM (JM9I6)

29 I think there is an underlying motive for Flock Cameras. It, obviously, erodes "protected" rights afforded under the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Those rights need to be diluted and (if possible) negated for the Globalization and removal of Sovereign Nations to be realized.

So, ask yourself a simple little question. How many of the venture capitalist groups associated with the research and development of Flock Cameras participate within the World Economic Forum?

To start, the primary investor in Flock is Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), and they are listed as a participating organization in specific WEF initiatives.

Posted by: Orson at August 30, 2026 12:17 PM (dIske)

30 Thx CBD.
My leftist city has cameras around schools to slow traffic cams keep the "children" safe. Of course the city raking In cash from speeders.
A funnier thing happened however . Our county comptroller put a surveillance camera outside our county bus offices without anyone's knowledge.Our county executive is outraged. Two leftist white women yelling at each other

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 30, 2026 12:18 PM (EZWVc)

31 Harris isn't going to get anywhere close to the White House.
They learned that lesson already

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 12:20 PM (Ia/+0)

32 30 Our county comptroller put a surveillance camera outside our county bus offices without anyone's knowledge. Our county executive is outraged. Two leftist white women yelling at each other
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 30, 2026 12:18 PM (EZWVc)

This is cool!

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 12:20 PM (odBC9)

33
Best of Breed for The Big Dummy at today's Cedar Rapids Kennel Association show, his third this weekend. The site is getting pasted by storms right now, so Variety Group judging is likely to be delayed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 30, 2026 12:21 PM (O0L8i)

34 Like: "People who didn't get vaccinated exposed all of us to the virus." I just can't even.

People are weird. When confronted with evidence that they've been duped, they either turn on the previous position with a vengeance or double down with a vengeance. My hunch is that the responses correlate fairly well with the conservative/liberal spectrum.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 30, 2026 12:21 PM (vTZFs)

35 19 Until States enact laws to severely punish the abusers, and reform the judiciary to enforce such things, fine, cut them down.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 30, 2026 12:11 PM (36x1j)

At the price of a felony charge?

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 12:22 PM (odBC9)

36 "and they are listed as a participating organization in specific WEF initiatives."

Cui bono?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 30, 2026 12:24 PM (36x1j)

37 18 They're getting serious now.

Florida Man Charged With Felony After Smashing Decoy Flock Camera
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 12:05 PM (ndZc7)
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Seems like a case could be made for entrapment.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 30, 2026 12:10 PM (FZ29D)

a version of this article is at:

yahoo.com

https://tinyurl.com/ycyrxa6z

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 12:26 PM (odBC9)

38 "At the price of a felony charge?"

You should see the youtube video about how to do it?

Easy peasy, A balaclava is needed.

Do it in Winter.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 30, 2026 12:27 PM (36x1j)

39 >>Where does their data come from? Is it community reported or is Flock obligated to release it?

Crowdsourced, so community reported.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 30, 2026 12:28 PM (NcvvS)

40 If you have a cellphone, you’re already being tracked, recorded and spied upon. We gave up our privacy long ago.

The reason Seattle turned its cameras off wasn’t to protect citizens’ privacy. It was to protect illegals from being picked out by immigration enforcement. They even said so. Oh, illegals and people fleeing their red states to obtain late term abortions and “gender affirming care” for minors.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 12:28 PM (9SHqx)

41 To all of this surveillance I sound off with a loud and hearty "Flock You!".

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 30, 2026 12:28 PM (BN9Gq)

42 >>Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 30, 2026 12:21 PM (O0L8i)

Yay, The Big Dummy!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 30, 2026 12:30 PM (NcvvS)

43 Sadly I think that in a decade or two, we’re all going to be subject to surveillance by a net of dragonfly sized mobile devices that all interconnect with each other.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 30, 2026 12:30 PM (GWwCk)

44 If you really Want privacy, leave your phone at home and go for a hike in the backcountry. WAAAAAY in the backcountry.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 12:36 PM (9SHqx)

45
How's about we install multiple concentric rings of FlockYou cameras around the domiciles of CEO FlockYou and we all get to eyeball him and his 24/7?

He is asshoe.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 30, 2026 12:37 PM (trSL4)

46 Fascism wants control
A dog can make you lose your rights

Posted by: Paul at August 30, 2026 12:37 PM (tkK47)

47 Where is it written that flock video is admissible in any legal proceedings? It all could be CGI or AI. Where's the covenant of authenticity?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 30, 2026 12:40 PM (nlLAo)

48 No science fiction writer can better what we are actually living through.

Posted by: Reforger at August 30, 2026 12:42 PM (G1F7l)

49 Set cameras up at every place votes are collected
Watch Leftists heads explode

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 12:43 PM (Ia/+0)

50 Flock CEO spoke out about accepting the new norm for lack of privacy, and himself was quickly doxxed.

Just as quickly his home disappeared off Google Earth. To to get that done as a normie.

Tech stands by its own, no?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 30, 2026 12:44 PM (bX16E)

51 Fun fact.

Flock has a 'whitelist' of politicians, CEOs, police, and 'connected' assholes whose license plates are unsearchable and cannot be tracked.

The very fact that capability exists tells you everything you need to know about this crap.

Normal citizens can be searched and stalked any time anybody feels like it. Insurance agents are already whistleblowing that their companies have access to Flock to look up your entire driving history to try to deny you claims.

But those politicians visiting their mistresses cannot be tracked.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at August 30, 2026 12:47 PM (setIA)

52
maps.deflock.org is the place to see where the cameras near you skulk.
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According to the map, there are only three in my town. Two pointed at the Lowe's parking lot for some reason.

There are four of them in the Lowe's parking lot near me.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 30, 2026 12:48 PM (Cqx++)

53 Government agency doesn’t like the rules the bind them, hire a contractor to circumvent those rules.

Posted by: MH-53J at August 30, 2026 12:48 PM (9ZxcS)

54 snippet from a search for
flock camera felony

Investigations And Vandalism Of Flock Cameras Surge ...

Forbes
https://www.forbes.com › Business
3 days ago — People in Florida and Michigan have been charged with felonies for damaging the cameras, destruction of which can carry hefty penalties due to ...

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 12:48 PM (odBC9)

55 17 supporters pointing to abducted children recovered after a timely plate hit"

Bullshiite. The "abducted kid" crap has to be shut up. Hard. The "kids" on milk cartons was idiotic.
Posted by: man at August 30, 2026 12:10 PM (cGjQu)

Could we at least air tag all the dingoes. Just in case.

Posted by: Meryl Streep at August 30, 2026 12:48 PM (r7+Q7)

56 I got sent to a chain gang just for cutting the heads off of parking meters.

Posted by: Cool Hand Luke at August 30, 2026 12:52 PM (0vB2I)

57 I don’t like Flock cameras but I voluntarily use my smart phone and I suspect the thing spies on me more than Flock.

I’m afraid the toothpaste is out of the tube on ubiquitous surveillance

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 30, 2026 12:55 PM (M+uMR)

58 23 Two pointed at the Lowe's parking lot for some reason.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 30, 2026 12:13 PM (FZ29D)

Smash-and-grab retail theft, tracking the cars the stolen goods are put into?

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 12:56 PM (odBC9)

59 It’s a big club and you ain’t in it. As far back as the 60s I read somewhere, every phone call that originated or was placed overseas was recorded and the tapes stored in some huge gov warehouse in Maryland.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 30, 2026 12:57 PM (33HvQ)

60 Could we at least air tag all the dingoes. Just in case.
Posted by: Meryl Streep at August 30, 2026 12:48 PM (r7+Q7)

Maybe the dingoes ate your baby!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 30, 2026 12:57 PM (M+uMR)

61 The various surveillance cameras are one thing that needs to be addressed. The other, potentially more serious one is the data they've been collecting for however many years they've been installed and who has access to it, for how long and for what reason.

I get the whole "no expectation of privacy in public." But if someone searches specifically for me, my wife, our vehicles across multiple jurisdictions on a whim... I think there's a problem.

That is exactly the type of abuse that has already been documented, but AFAIK, no specific rulings on whether it constitutes a legally defined search or not.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 30, 2026 12:57 PM (2Cry5)

62 Opposition to Flock cameras is going to run headlong into the First Amendment every time, and lose. You can't curtail Flock's operations without similarly curtailing Tesla's, Ring's and for that matter, a ton of journalistic and personal photography use cases.

The problem is not the tech, but the policies that attach to them. If you fix that, there's no reason to try and diminish First Amendment protected public photography freedoms.

Posted by: Shane McGowan's Liver at August 30, 2026 12:58 PM (f2WUk)

63 "No science fiction writer can better what we are actually living through."

Philip K. Dick was close.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 30, 2026 12:59 PM (36x1j)

64 I am sure all the wannabe Marxists, Maoists, and DSA members are positively salivating over this technology. Imagine how much more effective the Soviet KGB would have been had this system been available to them.

Posted by: George V at August 30, 2026 01:00 PM (HUbHH)

65 I think COVID taught us a thing or two about "safety."

During Covid, government was using Public Safety Cameras to provide streaming video into Computer Vision systems that had classifiers to single out people who were not complying with mask and "social distancing" mandates.

You can download these classifiers for your personal use.

You don't need Flock to ruin people's lives. The value of Flock is the ability to set up a monitoring station that is not connected to a power source and to network the cameras into an AI system with hundred thousand IoT cameras.

The problem isn't necessarily the cameras, its the underlying software supporting the surveillance.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 30, 2026 01:01 PM (a4flb)

66 I am Spartacus!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 30, 2026 01:02 PM (aJQbY)

67 62 Opposition to Flock cameras is going to run headlong into the First Amendment every time, and lose. You can't curtail Flock's operations without similarly curtailing Tesla's, Ring's and for that matter, a ton of journalistic and personal photography use cases.

The problem is not the tech, but the policies that attach to them. If you fix that, there's no reason to try and diminish First Amendment protected public photography freedoms.
Posted by: Shane McGowan's Liver at August 30, 2026 12:58 PM (f2WUk)

Josh Hawley and Ron DeSantis are looking into legislation.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 01:02 PM (odBC9)

68 ...and please do not forget about the correlation of this data with other sources. Everybody who has your data, sells your data. And there are companies out there whose entire business is based around correlation of various publicly available data sources...then there's the fed.gov...what do you reckon they are doing? Do you think they cannot get access to license plate reader data?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 30, 2026 01:03 PM (Gqaa7)

69 All Your Data Belong To Us.

And the government can’t or won’t control or secure it. Guess Who has most, if not all, the crown jewels.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 30, 2026 01:04 PM (33HvQ)

70 underlying software supporting the surveillance.
_-_
Community Notes for the win.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 30, 2026 01:04 PM (Gqaa7)

71 Wouldn't doubt the Chinese are scooping up personal information faster than any other

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 01:05 PM (Ia/+0)

72 If it wasn't climate change, it must have been...

https://tinyurl.com/ms8f5jpb

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 30, 2026 01:06 PM (aI58f)

73 >>>So will sending SWAT teams into every house in America to look for drugs or "illegal" weapons, or taking the medical records of every American and analyzing them for possible illegality. Or sending forensic accountants into every business in America and checking their books.

A big ol' list of stuff like this could help sway people to be against the cameras. Where would they draw the line, they could be asked.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 01:07 PM (odBC9)

74 every phone call that originated or was placed overseas was recorded
_-_
Now fast-forward to today's technology. What are they doing now?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 30, 2026 01:07 PM (Gqaa7)

75 Deflocking sounds like what happens to a Japanese priest...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 01:07 PM (l3cgK)

76 "It's just a tool!!!"

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 01:08 PM (odBC9)

77 73 >>>So will sending SWAT teams into every house in America to look for drugs or "illegal" weapons, or taking the medical records of every American and analyzing them for possible illegality. Or sending forensic accountants into every business in America and checking their books.

A big ol' list of stuff like this could help sway people to be against the cameras. Where would they draw the line, they could be asked.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 01:07 PM (odBC9)

Surveillance for thee but not for me...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 01:08 PM (l3cgK)

78 Is Iran starting to crack?

https://tinyurl.com/bdfakn24

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 30, 2026 01:08 PM (aI58f)

79 76 "It's just a tool!!!"

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 01:08 PM (odBC9)

So are guns...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 01:09 PM (l3cgK)

80 >>>A backlash that began among left-leaning civil libertarians has spread to the populist Right

That doesn't happen just every day!

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 01:09 PM (odBC9)

81 80 >>>A backlash that began among left-leaning civil libertarians has spread to the populist Right

That doesn't happen just every day!

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 01:09 PM (odBC9)

What's the ACLU's (American Criminal Liberties Union) take on Flock?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 01:10 PM (l3cgK)

82 75 Deflocking sounds like what happens to a Japanese priest...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 01:07 PM (l3cgK)

or is that a Cantonese priest?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 01:11 PM (l3cgK)

83 snippet

Fight Creepy ALPR Cameras

American Civil Liberties Union
https://www.aclu.org › get-the-flock-out
4 days ago — Flock's ALPR cameras aren't like your normal traffic cameras. This surveillance technology records and tracks every car that comes into view

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 01:11 PM (odBC9)

84 >>>Government agency doesn’t like the rules the bind them, hire a contractor to circumvent those rules.

Posted by: MH-53J

>Like Fauci? The CIA? None of this is unprecedented. Now they're just putting it in your face. Teabagging is now the social norm.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 30, 2026 01:11 PM (nlLAo)

85 > It’s a big club and you ain’t in it. As far back as the 60s I read somewhere, every phone call that originated or was placed overseas was recorded and the tapes stored in some huge gov warehouse in Maryland.
--------------
NSA. And then they coded software that could search for certain words, phrases or specific names. By listening to the recordings.

Imagine what they're doing with all the digital data they're hoovering up.

It's no wonder they fund startups like Google, Facebook, etc. and have gear in every telecon junction in the country (and probably elsewhere.)

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 30, 2026 01:15 PM (2Cry5)

86 Not even SWAT, say have ICE go door to door looking for criminal illegals- to keep us safe. They gotta be for that, right? Right? Safety.

Posted by: Radar at August 30, 2026 01:15 PM (vVx7o)

87 Honestly, this is not in the top ten of things that keep me up at night. Perhaps my ambivalence makes me part of the problem.

I really don’t think I’m interesting enough for anyone to care or make note of what I do or who I talk to or what I say.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 01:15 PM (ybxgE)

88 Biden's Dog, a resounding yes. There is no activity in any of the ports. Money is being traced and shut off in thousands of accounts. Trade with China is at a standstill.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 30, 2026 01:16 PM (PbWRL)

89 ACLU

https://tinyurl.com/3y3vscsj

Flock provides one of the most widely used ALPR systems, but they aren't the only company trying to make a buck by spying on us.

Axon, Vigilant Solutions (a subsidiary of Motorola Solutions), Genetec, PlateSmart, Innova Systems, Rekor, ELSAG, Perceptics, and Jenoptik are a few of the other leading companies selling ALPRs to police, private companies, and others.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 01:16 PM (odBC9)

90 I'm also trying to understand why government has no money whatsoever to fill in pot holes, fix broken pavement, update the water and sanitation piping, but has endless amounts of money to violate the privacy of the livestock (aka resident) they are ruling over.

I was just trying to find basic water losses due to a city's failure to maintain the distribution system. No joy.

Zero insight on how a municipality is wasting water while at the same time they are criminalizing the failure of residents to micro-optimize their personal water use.

Flock seems to be the same thing. The municipality refuses to do the job they are expected to do in favor of setting up what appears to be an unconstitutional police state.

If they really cared about public safety, they wouldn't be releasing criminals back on the street nor be a sanctuary city/state for criminal illegal aliens.

So the public safety claim is pure bullshit since they aren't even doing the easy job of actually doing their job, but are expanding the role to harass citizens.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 30, 2026 01:17 PM (a4flb)

91 If, a big if, there was prosecution and either prison or deportation for criminals or illegal, then this could possibly be supported.

It is directed at law-abiding citizens, so a huge No.

Victor Davis Hanson saw this in CA 25 years ago.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 30, 2026 01:17 PM (u82oZ)

92 I get that I don't have an expectation of privacy in public places. My basic problem here is that I don't have an expectation that the fed.gov will not do evil with surveillance tools. Are any of these guys really on our side?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 30, 2026 01:17 PM (Gqaa7)

93 90 I'm also trying to understand why government has no money whatsoever to fill in pot holes, fix broken pavement, update the water and sanitation piping, but has endless amounts of money to violate the privacy of the livestock (aka resident) they are ruling over.

I was just trying to find basic water losses due to a city's failure to maintain the distribution system. No joy.

Zero insight on how a municipality is wasting water while at the same time they are criminalizing the failure of residents to micro-optimize their personal water use.

Flock seems to be the same thing. The municipality refuses to do the job they are expected to do in favor of setting up what appears to be an unconstitutional police state.

If they really cared about public safety, they wouldn't be releasing criminals back on the street nor be a sanctuary city/state for criminal illegal aliens.

So the public safety claim is pure bullshit since they aren't even doing the easy job of actually doing their job, but are expanding the role to harass citizens.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 30, 2026 01:17 PM (a4flb)

After they expropriate the property of the Bad People, they'll have money to fix potholes.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 01:19 PM (odBC9)

94 1984.

Posted by: Eromero at August 30, 2026 01:20 PM (mkztW)

95 Big Brother is watching you.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 01:21 PM (odBC9)

96
I really don’t think I’m interesting enough for anyone to care or make note of what I do or who I talk to or what I say.
Posted by: nurse ratched

The otters are listening.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 30, 2026 01:22 PM (Cqx++)

97 And if you ever end up on a jury for a trial of someone who destroyed a Flock camera or any other onerous surveillance technology...you know what to do.

Posted by CBD at 12:00 PM Comments
---
"We find the defendant not guilty by reason of sanity!"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 30, 2026 12:06 PM (FZ29D)

"We find the defendant not guilty because you're frigging jerkoffs"

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 30, 2026 01:22 PM (S41Gd)

98 OT:

A Canadian academic at the University of Waterloo:

Q: As a founding scholar in trans philosophy, tell us about your research and community engagement.

A: When I first started doing what came to be known as "trans philosophy" I didn't have a method expressly formulated in my mind. I was simply motivated by this thought: "The current ways of making sense of my trans experiences don't work. But I'm a smart woman. Why don't I try to figure it out on my own?" It wasn't until trans philosophy began to take off that I could turn around and really say, "Ok. So, that's what I was doing."

Can't imagine why academia is collapsing...

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 30, 2026 01:22 PM (aD4fx)

99 Imagine if the government did their job, their statutory requirements and say, decided illegal aliens were not going to be allowed at the borders or in the Zone of the Interior.

All of the considerable surveillance apparatus arrayed against crime and trafficking illegal drugs, smuggling, etc.

Remember there are no coincidences in government. If there are 50 or 100 million illegal aliens in your country, somebody wants it that way.

One can only conclude, therefore, that all this stuff is going to used for someone else. You get one guess

Posted by: Common Tater at August 30, 2026 01:22 PM (33HvQ)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 01:22 PM (odBC9)

101 The otters are listening.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr

I love them. Did you know sea otters hold hands while they sleep?

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 01:23 PM (ybxgE)

102

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 30, 2026 01:23 PM (aD4fx)

103 No way, really?

>>@R_H_Ebright
·
4h
>>"Newly disclosed documents reveal that Fauci's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) had a formal institutional partnership with the CIA, one that provided cover for the agency's biological-threat research."

Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2026 01:24 PM (viF8m)

104 The problem is not the tech, but the policies that attach to them. If you fix that, there's no reason to try and diminish First Amendment protected public photography freedoms.
Posted by: Shane McGowan's Liver

Except the problem isn't photography. It's the systematic data collection and cross-referencing that creates a permanent record of every thing about a person. This isn't a matter of 'who just walked down this alleyway.' It's a system that is telling the cops and assorted clients, 'That's Fred Johnson, here's his phone number, his past 100 calls, and this script predicts he is going to see Jane Haller at 5:05pm tonight.'

It's literally creating a index of everyone's lives, not just a f'ing photo album. It will be the basis for a social credit system if it isn't already.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 30, 2026 01:24 PM (diia5)

105 You may not be interested in the borg, but the borg is interested in you.

Posted by: Eromero at August 30, 2026 01:25 PM (mkztW)

106 >>> Are any of these guys really on our side?

Posted by: Don in SoCo

>No. If they were, every citizen in America would be a landowner and have his own home.

Right now, you qualify as a citizen if you pay taxes. Pretty much it.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 30, 2026 01:25 PM (nlLAo)

107 I really don’t think I’m interesting enough for anyone to care or make note of what I do or who I talk to or what I say.
Posted by: nurse ratched
_-_
...until they change the rules to say what you normally do is prohibited. The knowledge you are being monitored should be sifficient to keep from getting "outside your lane".

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 30, 2026 01:27 PM (Gqaa7)

108 They all do that

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 30, 2026 01:29 PM (wxsGM)

109 What I normally do is prohibited?

Like going to the range or attending Latin Mass?

They can come and take my guns and my Eucharist over my dead body.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 01:30 PM (C8BIZ)

110 It's true. all this monitoring, reporting, surveilling was once a condition of parole or probation, conditions imposed after court proceedings. Look what they call the courts now in many cases.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 30, 2026 01:32 PM (wxsGM)

111 Amen to that, CBD. Have people so soon forgotten the monumental partisan abuse of the law manifested by government agencies during, just to pick something at random, the Biden administration?

Posted by: Paco at August 30, 2026 01:32 PM (2L+MU)

112 They can come and take my guns and my Eucharist over my dead body.
_-_
I would fear to try it.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 30, 2026 01:33 PM (Gqaa7)

113 As far back as the 60s I read somewhere, every phone call that originated or was placed overseas was recorded and the tapes stored in some huge gov warehouse in Maryland.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 30, 2026 12:57 PM (33HvQ)

Ahhhh, I've seen that place in a movie, or something. What was the movie called, again? *thinking*thinking*

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 30, 2026 01:34 PM (hmYU4)

114 I really don’t think I’m interesting enough for anyone to care or make note of what I do or who I talk to or what I say.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Trust me you are interesting to any number of companies and unknown number of criminal organizations. You think having a false strike on your credit report is a nightmare? You ain't seen nothin' yet.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 30, 2026 01:35 PM (diia5)

115
Ahhhh, I've seen that place in a movie, or something. What was the movie called, again? *thinking*thinking*
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy

The President's Analyst

www.imdb.com/title/tt0062153

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 30, 2026 01:36 PM (Cqx++)

116 False strike affecting you Social Credit Score...

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 30, 2026 01:37 PM (Gqaa7)

117
Flock CEO spoke out about accepting the new norm for lack of privacy, and himself was quickly doxxed.
Just as quickly his home disappeared off Google Earth. To to get that done as a normie.
Tech stands by its own, no?
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

Here's how to do that for your own house.
Is.gd refused to shorten this, BTW. Remove the carriage returns.

https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/
how-to-stop-google-maps-from-
displaying-your-home-to-strangers

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 30, 2026 01:37 PM (QVmho)

118 Amen to that, CBD. Have people so soon forgotten the monumental partisan abuse of the law manifested by government agencies during, just to pick something at random, the Biden administration?
Posted by: Paco

Memory of a goldfish.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 30, 2026 01:37 PM (QovLg)

119 Imagine being the child or relative of someone who either is, or was, part of the so-called Intelligence Community during the 60's, 70's or 80's.

You might not have been privy to state secrets, but you probably do have some insights that others might not. Or pieced together certain things/events that cut across the grain of publicly released info.

*shrugs*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 30, 2026 01:39 PM (2Cry5)

120 They can come and take my guns and my Eucharist over my dead body.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 01:30 PM (C8BIZ)

Your terms are acceptablel.

Posted by: Your local government and PD at August 30, 2026 01:40 PM (hmYU4)

121 Acceptable. We government types have spelling issues.

Posted by: Your local government and PD at August 30, 2026 01:41 PM (hmYU4)

122 We don't have any problem finding criminals really.

The issue is we don't throw them in prison/execute them.

Every horrible crime you see in the news is by someone with a dozen priors...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 30, 2026 01:41 PM (sKqQm)

123 > Here's how to do that for your own house.
-----------
In every "street view" photo of where my house is, you can't see it due to all the trees, tall grass, weeds, etc. that are along the road.

The house sits about 1/4 mile off that road, up a hill.

The satellite view however....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 30, 2026 01:42 PM (2Cry5)

124 I was watching a video by a left leaning comedy group and the skit was premised on people seeing charismatic leaders and following them even though they were spewing word salads.

And they capped it with a blue haired woman explaining that it feels good to get your identify from being part of a group even if that group is organized around something absurd.

And...yes. Yes that's exactly true. Now let's talk about "the empathetic", trannies, and those that "care about the earth"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 30, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)

125 >>As far back as the 60s I read somewhere, every phone call that originated or was placed overseas was recorded and the tapes stored in some huge gov warehouse in Maryland.

During WWI, the US created an intelligence sharing agreement to share intel about the Axis powers. Eventually, Canada, Australia and New Zealand were included and that was the birth of Five Eyes, an intel sharing group that monitored things like communist uprisings in Latin America and other threats to the west.

From that group we got Project Echelon. It was originally setup to spy on communications of the Soviet Union and her allies. And just as color revolutions were eventually turned on us, so was Echelon.

At every internet interconnect and peering location around the US the NSA has listening stations. The feds couldn't have designed a better tool for monitoring communications so they helped create this one. The feds have so many was of monitoring us the Flock cameras seem almost redundant. The amount of benefit they provide is way outweighed by the loss of privacy.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2026 01:44 PM (viF8m)

126 the US and the UK created

Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2026 01:45 PM (viF8m)

127 Just look at as gain-of-function beyond the constitution. Who signed up for this, voted for it? The royals from the UK?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 30, 2026 01:45 PM (nlLAo)

128
Five Eyes

US
UK
Canada
Australia
New Zealand

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 01:49 PM (odBC9)

129 > At every internet interconnect and peering location around the US the NSA has listening stations. The feds couldn't have designed a better tool for monitoring communications so they helped create this one. The feds have so many was of monitoring us the Flock cameras seem almost redundant. The amount of benefit they provide is way outweighed by the loss of privacy.
Posted by: JackStraw
------------
Remember a guy named Seymore Cray? He had this idea, a computer unlike anything seen before. A certain intelligence agency parked some money in his firm and had them build "stuff" that sort of helped out the data aggregation back in the 70's and 80's.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 30, 2026 01:50 PM (2Cry5)

130 I'm in favor of installing Flock cameras in every Fed, state and local government office space. Then We The People can keep an eye on you, the hired help.

Posted by: Donny Brook at August 30, 2026 01:51 PM (Dc1Hd)

131 What evil lurks in the hearts of men?

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 01:52 PM (Ia/+0)

132 Excellent posting, CBD! There should be millions of signs posted that say 'GET THE FLOCK OUT OF HERE!' … but then, that's just me …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 01:53 PM (ayRl+)

133 >>Remember a guy named Seymore Cray? He had this idea, a computer unlike anything seen before. A certain intelligence agency parked some money in his firm and had them build "stuff" that sort of helped out the data aggregation back in the 70's and 80's.

That same intel agency gave money to a couple data scientists at Standford named Segey Brin and Larry Page to help them develop their search technology. It became Google.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2026 01:54 PM (viF8m)

134 The amount of benefit they provide ijs way outweighed by the loss of privacy.
_-_
Right. There were good reasons that JFK had the attitude he did.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 30, 2026 01:55 PM (Gqaa7)

135 I worked in the leg biz, and I know that it was easy to use their database to check on somebody you were dating, for instance, so this would be even worse.

And what's the point of finding more criminals if the judges and lawmakers aren't going to keep them in jail? That's where the real problem is.

Posted by: Random PJ at August 30, 2026 01:55 PM (+jscL)

136 Just another misappropriation and misallocation of taxpayers dollars. A clear sign we freely pay too much taxes. Stupid shit like this should be audited and cut from the budget.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 30, 2026 01:56 PM (nlLAo)

137 The satellite view however....

I accidentally found a solution for that. Part of my roof is flat, and that created some problems. When I added a lot of insulation and a rubber roof, I worked in a layer of that thin metallized Mylar they use for 'survival blankets,' to reflect some of the solar radiation. There was also an improved venting scheme.

It really worked. The natural temperature of the second story went down ten degrees. The mylar is like a radar target, but also acts like a Faraday cage. Sensors cannot look through it. So, they can always find the house, but they can't tell what's going on in there.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 30, 2026 01:56 PM (zdLoL)

138 Just another misappropriation and misallocation of taxpayers dollars. A clear sign we freely pay too much taxes. Stupid shit like this should be audited and cut from the budget.

Back when NYS sent an assault squad to kill Peanut the Squirrel I pointed out if NYS had enough money to pay to have a team on the ready to rapidly execute a squirrel the state budget could easily and immediately be cut by at least half.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 30, 2026 01:58 PM (sKqQm)

139 The first computers were used to make artillery tables, later used to crunch numbers for the complex hydrogen bomb modeling.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 30, 2026 01:59 PM (33HvQ)

140 1ST WORLD NOOD

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 02:00 PM (Ia/+0)

141 worked in the leg biz, and I know that it was easy to use their database to check on somebody you were dating, for instance,
——-

Gordon Liddy allowed in his autobiography that he performed an F.B.I. background check on the woman who became his wife. I guess she must have passed.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 30, 2026 02:01 PM (33HvQ)

142 >>> Sensors cannot look through it. So, they can always find the house, but they can't tell what's going on in there.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver

>So when you're banging the governor's wife they can't see you when you're busting a nut? Sweet.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 30, 2026 02:01 PM (nlLAo)

143 There used to be a bit of delineation between the CIA and the NSA. Both are intelligence agencies. Beyond the purview each has, the CIA seemed to have focused on the human aspect of intel work while the NSA focused on the electronic medium.

Good thing they're not exactly cooperative with each other. Most of the time.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 30, 2026 02:03 PM (2Cry5)

144 124 I was watching a video by a left leaning comedy group and the skit was premised on people seeing charismatic leaders and following them even though they were spewing word salads.

And they capped it with a blue haired woman explaining that it feels good to get your identify from being part of a group even if that group is organized around something absurd.

And...yes. Yes that's exactly true. Now let's talk about "the empathetic", trannies, and those that "care about the earth"
Posted by: 18-1

Go Time.
LET'S GO BRANDON
BELIEVE IN HARVEY DENT.

...that Hotel in Moscow, Putin Gets to take Europe by Force, Trump gets Greenland, FREEPORT/Cuba and the 3Seas Accord.

bonus:
Proven Gulf/ASW clearing the mines means Tiawan Strait unminable, China vulnerable to Malaca blockade. Opportunity: 99 year Taiwan Hong/Kong-like lease, strait becomes demilitarized zone in exchange for shared mineral rights (methyl hydrate) and first underwater mining and perhaps cities beneath the sea with American Underseas technology.

Alternative:
Ceasless forWARd: vulnerability to Russian Poseidon/Kanyon deep water UUV, and next get Chinese HSGV with capabilities of X-20 Dyna-soar....
deployable munition

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 30, 2026 02:03 PM (nkEiq)

145 'Safety' was the reason given for putting cameras all over London. Funny how when it didn't work, they didn't take the cameras down. Almost like the safety rhetoric was just sales pitch and rationalization for a confidence scheme, and the public were the marks!

Locks Not Flocks
Lifers Not Cameras
Prisons Not Panopticons

Bring back "three strikes," and leave the Normies alone!

Posted by: SciVo at August 30, 2026 02:03 PM (ke3zm)

146 Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

Posted by: G. Washington at August 30, 2026 02:13 PM (4NO2D)

147 145 'Safety' was the reason given for putting cameras all over London. Funny how when it didn't work, they didn't take the cameras down. Almost like the safety rhetoric was just sales pitch and rationalization for a confidence scheme, and the public were the marks!

Locks Not Flocks
Lifers Not Cameras
Prisons Not Panopticons

Bring back "three strikes," and leave the Normies alone!
Posted by: SciVo

When the Truth becomes a Liability ALL NORMAL People become the enemy.

Indict Brennan -- colby canoe's away!
Fear of exposure when he rats them out will create a PPV worthy display of the Deep State detargeting normal people and opening fire on each other to be "prove" their innocent with after the fact parallel construction.

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-WhoRtheTargets
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-ctHARRIS19takedown
Not One Battle after Another; One LIB after Another.

It takes a Villan to tell us the truth:

"We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." -- ctHILLARY'04

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 30, 2026 02:13 PM (PwL0Y)

148 There are cameras all over our college campus. Plus, it's a no-cash campus. You can't even buy a coffee in the student union with cash.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 30, 2026 02:21 PM (OlzlW)

149 What rights are being trampled? There is no reasonable expectation of privacy on public property. Anyone can take your picture and snap a photo of your car's plate on a public road.

Rather than getting upset about longstanding limits on your privacy rights in public, regulate the compilation of data points. Pass laws so queries of ALPR databases require a warrant, must have the requestor's identity to be stored with the query, and punish violations. Require all ALPR databases to be within the US and registered. Audit their use.

Posted by: jf3 at August 30, 2026 04:51 PM (//E7X)

The Book Thread: August 30th, 2026 [MP4]

Good morning, ‘rons and ‘ronettes. It’s time once again for the monthly MP4-hosted Sunday Book Thread. Dress for men, as always, is country club casual. Women, however, are encouraged to cater to my own particular tastes:

So ask the barman for a cocktail, covfefe or tea and let’s get started!
‘AI, ay, ay!’

A while back, an offer popped up on my Facebook feed.* It was an AI program that, if you gave it some prompts, would shoot you back a plot for a book. I was curious, so offered it a basic line of ‘what would happen if a 1915 NJ movie studio had a murder to keep it from moving to Hollywood?’

A few minutes later, the program gave me a full plotline. As one might expect from this woke age, the main character was a spunky female reporter trying to make her way in a male-dominated world. I liked what I saw, but decided that I didn’t need it and wiped it out.

But, having thought about it, I wondered why I shouldn’t use it for my next book? After all, the late Clive Cussler paid people to come up with plots for his Dirk Pitt novels. And James Patterson ‘collaborates’ with unknown authors, takes their plots, adds his ‘unique viewpoint’ and pushes them out on the marketplace.

So let’s presume I asked an AI program for a plot. Am I cheating? Suppose I didn’t follow it slavishly, but used the plot as a jumping off point for my own thoughts. Is my book compromised because I began with an AI plot?
Incidentally, the same program would, if you asked it, take the plot it generated and then spit out an entire book. But why would anyone even within whispering distance of calling themselves an author do such a thing? Oh, I know it happens (and, as I joke, because Amazon will print just about anything up to and including Bigfoot-themed erotica, ‘author’ is practically a worthless word), but beyond the lure of money and the simple ease of the shortcut, why do such a thing to yourself?

This is a subject more for the authors of the Horde, but what about you? If you knew that an author used AI to create a plot, but not the content of the book itself, would that drive you away?

*I hate Facebook. I am only there to be part of the ‘Theda Bara Fan Club.’ I hate the rest of it.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 09:00 AM

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1 Tolle Lege

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 09:00 AM (Ia/+0)

2 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 30, 2026 09:01 AM (+YoHw)

3 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 30, 2026 09:01 AM (NcvvS)

4 Good morning fellow Book Threadists. I hope everyone had a great week of reading. Mine did and included listening, as well.

Posted by: JTB at August 30, 2026 09:02 AM (yTvNw)

5 This is a subject more for the authors of the Horde

Well, that let's me out. I'm a mere writer.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 09:02 AM (1Ff7Z)

6 Still slowly reading The Gathering Storm by Winston Spencer Churchill
Actually picking up a lot between the wars I didn't know

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 09:03 AM (Ia/+0)

7 G'mornin' everyone! Hey there MP4! Woohoo!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 30, 2026 09:03 AM (VyBeY)

8 Good Sunday morning, horde!

How many times have us non-writing Morons suggested plots? Would it be wrong if one of you writers took it an ran with it? I think not.

I'm kind of the same with AI. If you let AI write the book, then shame on you. But if you use it as a catalyst for your own talent, I'm ok with that.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 30, 2026 09:04 AM (h7ZuX)

9 I just read em, don't write em

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 09:04 AM (Ia/+0)

10 Morning, all.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 09:05 AM (qRla/)

11 Good morning, Book Folken! I'm glad to see MP4 hosting today.

I wouldn't mind taking an AI-generated plot to be the jumping-off point of a book. Plotting is always a slog for me. When a plot does come easily, I worry that I'm unconsciously ripping off someone else's work that I've read. But if I took the whole AI-generated thing, then it would not be my voice, and I would not have any fun with it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 09:06 AM (wzUl9)

12 I'm kind of the same with AI. If you let AI write the book, then shame on you. But if you use it as a catalyst for your own talent, I'm ok with that.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 30, 2026 09:04 AM (h7ZuX)

How do you feel about taking a plot point from some other story and writing a new story around it?

Writers steal from each other all the time. Besides, there's only seven stories anyway....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 09:06 AM (1Ff7Z)

13 Anything having to do with AI automatically turns me off.

I'm sure the arguments you mention have sone merit, but for me, it's a visceral reaction.

Posted by: Dr. T at August 30, 2026 09:06 AM (lHPJf)

14 I read the classic WWII novel, The Young Lions by Irwin Shaw. This was on my TBR list for years, and it didn't disappoint. Published in 1948, the book has great characters and a great story well told.

Posted by: Zoltan at August 30, 2026 09:07 AM (KUWG/)

15 Sturgeon was right. "The Pink Panther Gets Lucky," with Inspector Jacques Clouseau in Las Vegas, is crapping out.

I nearly tossed the book when Clouseau dresses in drag to infiltrate a theater by joining the audition for a nude cabaret, but that chapter was blessedly short and I powered on through.

I can guarantee that this book will not find permanent quarters in our home.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 30, 2026 09:08 AM (TvRFE)

16 Thanks MPPP

I had coffee with a 24 year old entrepreneur on Friday who told me that all of her emails, appointment scheduling, and more are all tied into AI that performs these tasks for her. She says it reads and writes about 80 emails a day for her. It makes and schedules appointments for her because the AI reads her emails first.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 09:08 AM (RIvkX)

17 Would an AI-generated plot keep me away? Possible. Hard to say, really. On one hand, I'm not sure it's all that different a thing from older books for writers like 101 Plots Used and Abused or Polti's The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations. A good writer would probably play around with the skeleton he got from AI and make something decent out of it depending on his skills with handling characters.

But for me the use of AI would be a mark in the skip column. Maybe not the decisive mark, but a fairly heavy one.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 30, 2026 09:08 AM (q3u5l)

18 Good morning, Horde.

Rainy morning here, perfect for Book Threadin'.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2026 09:08 AM (kpS4V)

19 And James Patterson ‘collaborates’ with unknown authors, takes their plots, adds his ‘unique viewpoint’ and pushes them out on the marketplace.

I.e. his name on the cover in giant font.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 30, 2026 09:09 AM (vTZFs)

20 How do you feel about taking a plot point from some other story and writing a new story around it?

Writers steal from each other all the time. Besides, there's only seven stories anyway....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026

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In one of his books about writing, Lawrence Block admitted that he'd often taken a basic plot from a TV show and given it a whole new spin and ending for his own short story.

It may have been him who said, "If you're gonna steal, steal from the best."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 09:09 AM (wzUl9)

21 Two thoughts:

Sara Hoyt has her "Vignettes" over the weekend, an invite to commenters to write very short stories based on a theme. 50 words max, very limited, but it's still a writing exercise. And one could flesh out a fragment into a whole expanded universe, given enough time, energy, and typewriter monkies.

Second, when another writer (Theodore Sturgeon) was having writer's block, Robert Heinlein sent a letter filled with various ideas. Plot fragments. Key pieces that could be used, or could be altered, or even ignored.

Ideas and thoughts can't exactly be copyrighted or patented. Only the actual implementation, whether as a blueprint for a device, or a story with the written word. Because those take actual effort to see through to the end.

Posted by: Another Anon at August 30, 2026 09:11 AM (4h45B)

22 How do you feel about taking a plot point from some other story and writing a new story around it?

Writers steal from each other all the time. Besides, there's only seven stories anyway....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 09:06 AM (1Ff7Z)

Exactly! Case in point, every thriller ever written. Same story, different setting and characters.

Speaking of which, I just read the latest Longmire, and I have thoughts. Will post them separately.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 30, 2026 09:11 AM (h7ZuX)

23 It may have been him who said, "If you're gonna steal, steal from the best."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026

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Oops. That should be "It may have been he who said . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 09:11 AM (wzUl9)

24 I think that if you use AI, the programmer should get a share of the royalties.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 30, 2026 09:12 AM (TvRFE)

25 Clarification on my comment at 17.

The use of AI would be a fairly heavy mark in the skip it column in the case of a writer whose work I didn't already know either directly or by reputation/word of mouth.

If Joe Doakes has a book out there that used AI, pass. If Lawrence Block or Robert Silverberg put out a novel that sprung from an AI plot, I'd give it a look anyway because those two guys don't do slipshod work.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 30, 2026 09:13 AM (q3u5l)

26 I recall my dad owning a book that was a compendium of plots that an author could use as a jumping off point for his own stories. So long as it's just a spark to jumpstart your own ideas, I see no problem.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2026 09:13 AM (kpS4V)

27 James Patterson ‘collaborates’ with unknown authors

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Like Billy Blow Job.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 09:15 AM (ndZc7)

28 “It may have been him who said
If you’re going to steal, steal from the dead.

“But it was definitely her who thought
If you’re going to be sold, you’d better stay bought.”

Posted by: Bill Bixby at August 30, 2026 09:15 AM (kYmoU)

29 Besides, I don't even know where to find these multi-layered AIs, at least not for free. The few sites I've used to generate images all had a limit -- three or five prompts and then you had to sign up or pay, or both.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 09:15 AM (wzUl9)

30 John King Books in downtown Detroit:

https://tinyurl.com/5c2ewkc6

Four stories of book heaven.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2026 09:15 AM (kpS4V)

31 I've been toying around with the idea of using AI in a small manner for my next book. I have some ideas sketched out, but I like to have at least a preliminary plotline in hand before I start. Even when I use my own scene cards, I don't always follow them religiously, so using an AI program to at least get me started would be a useful shortcut.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 09:16 AM (qRla/)

32 In one of his books about writing, Lawrence Block admitted that he'd often taken a basic plot from a TV show and given it a whole new spin and ending for his own short story.

It may have been him who said, "If you're gonna steal, steal from the best."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 09:09 AM (wzUl9)

What about lifting a line from a book or video? Same idea. If the line is organic to your story, why not?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 09:16 AM (1Ff7Z)

33 MP4 thanks for your well written premise.
We were created by a Creator to be creative.
Our passions come to life through our creativity which invariably some form of art, be it music, drama, painting, sculpture, dance, cooking and a hundred more.
Included in that list is writing, because writing is most certainly a form of art.
The joy and satisfaction we derive from art is exercising our own creativity, and if we use Artificial Intelligence to come up with plot lines we are robbing ourselves of that pleasure.

Let's teach it how to empty the dishwasher instead.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 09:16 AM (2Ez/1)

34 I read the classic WWII novel, The Young Lions by Irwin Shaw. This was on my TBR list for years, and it didn't disappoint. Published in 1948, the book has great characters and a great story well told.
Posted by: Zoltan

I loved it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 09:17 AM (ndZc7)

35 The idea for a plot can come from anywhere: AI, a comment overheard in a crowd, something you read half a century ago, a news headline, a fragment from a Shakespeare play or some poem, etc. Everything after that has to come from the author otherwise the author didn't write the book. It's that simple.

Even if an annual almanac used AI to gather facts like a countries population or the rainfall of some city, the content still has to be organized and tailored for a certain audience.

PS: Don't rely on the accuracy of AI 'data' without checking.

Posted by: JTB at August 30, 2026 09:17 AM (yTvNw)

36 If memory serves one of the notions Heinlein gave Sturgeon was the launching point for his story "And Now the News." I think it was something along the lines of all neurosis being caused by wallowing in the troubles of nine billion strangers. The comment may also have found its way into the Lazarus Long notebooks, but not sure of that.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 30, 2026 09:18 AM (q3u5l)

37 As far as new books, I've bought a couple - a bio of Eddie Cantor and Hollywood's Hollywood, a book about the many movies that have used Hollywood and / or the movie business as their setting.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 09:18 AM (qRla/)

38 I see AI used as a sounding board or inspiration as no different than a writer's circle/workshop or, as mentioned, taking something from TV and doing it right/better/whole new angle.

But then I am not the kind of person who has books desperate to escape my fingers, I'm the kind of person who reads almost anything, and occasionally has 'what if' thoughts on plot variants.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 30, 2026 09:18 AM (aJQbY)

39 Finished Vanity Fair. Very good, edge of great. 8.5 out of 10. Read somewhere that Thackeray was an early naturalist, but there's a lot of moralizing.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 30, 2026 09:18 AM (XvL8K)

40 Besides, I don't even know where to find these multi-layered AIs, at least not for free. The few sites I've used to generate images all had a limit -- three or five prompts and then you had to sign up or pay, or both.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 09:15 AM (wzUl9)

You need an email for tensor art, but it doesn't require pay. Use a throwaway.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 09:18 AM (1Ff7Z)

41 Just earlier this morning, somewhere, I saw a thing about Clive Cussler (?) and was reminded of the time I tried to read one of his books. Lead character was some sort of private eye or retired military? named Dick Wiggler or something equally lame. The story started out with him walking into a local police station, and the author described his appearance as a real study guy...even describing his tight shorts...ick.

By I had to quit the book when the author, when describing lead character's encounter with a criminal, and said, and this is how I remember it, "he snicked the safety off of his .357 revolver"

right.

Posted by: Bayside at August 30, 2026 09:19 AM (3ACIl)

42 I understand that Erle Stanley Gardner used a board that held several wheels that bore notations of situations, motives, methods of murder, locations, etc. Turn the wheels, and there would be an idea for his next Perry Mason mystery.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 30, 2026 09:19 AM (TvRFE)

43 What about lifting a line from a book or video? Same idea. If the line is organic to your story, why not?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026

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In an SF story, I did that -- lifted William Munny's line from Unforgiven, 'If you kill a man, you take away all he has and all he'll ever have," and reworked it a bit into a scene where the narrator's father has had to kill potential invaders to their enclave.

One of my writing group caught it, and I grinned and said, "If you're gonna steal, steal from the best --!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 09:20 AM (wzUl9)

44 Art idea. Like the Sistine Chapel but instead of God touching Adam, it'd be AI.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 09:20 AM (ndZc7)

45 What about lifting a line from a book or video? Same idea. If the line is organic to your story, why not?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 09:16 AM (1Ff7Z)

**smiles**

Gloria Swanson is a character in my new book. The first words out of her mouth are "You there! Why are you so late?" and when my narrator is doing her makeup, she says "The shadow over my left eye isn't balanced." Both lines are from Sunset Boulevard and I use them as a little treat for the reader.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 09:20 AM (qRla/)

46 I don't think I have a clearcut view of AI use, or the acceptability thereof, so I'm gonna say nothing. Time, and experience, will bring clarity.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 30, 2026 09:21 AM (VyBeY)

47 Honestly, the concept for a book seems like the easiest part of the process. Anyone should be able to brainstorm a concept or two. The real effort would go into fleshing out that outline and turning it into an actual story. If an author needs AI's help with the most basic element of story, I'm not sure I'd trust them with anything else...

Posted by: Castle Guy at August 30, 2026 09:22 AM (3v7ra)

48 Checked a link for some AI plot/story generator. Fed it some prompts based on a story I'd started that bogged down on me. What came back was the summary for a novel (to get the whole novel it wanted $$$) that sounded like a ripoff of some movie whose title I forget. Threw it away. And yes, the story is still bogged down. One of these years maybe...

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 30, 2026 09:23 AM (q3u5l)

49 There was a great line in a local jewelry store radio spot years ago: "Ladies and gentlemen, please keep your hands and feet inside the radio commercial at all times." I'm waiting to use that one, suitably resewn, in a murder mystery one of these days.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 09:23 AM (wzUl9)

50 41 - safety on a revolver is a bright line in the sand, innit?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 30, 2026 09:24 AM (VyBeY)

51 On another note:

I was at a used bookstore last week and saw that they had about a dozen The Man From U.N.C.L.E. paperbacks. I know someone here collects them and I thought about taking a photo of the collection and asking if anyone wanted them.

Which led me to an idea: just as AoS has the prayer list, why not have a Sunday Book Thread Want List? Send in to one of the hosts a list of books you're looking for and, if someone else finds one, they can pipe up and say, "I have it. Where would you like me to send it?"

Thoughts?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 09:24 AM (qRla/)

52 Morning, all.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 09:05 AM (qRla

Why did women wear those big hats back then? Who started that fashion craze?

Posted by: dantesed at August 30, 2026 09:24 AM (Oy/m2)

53 Charles Schulta used to flip through the Sears cataloge looking for inspiration for Peanuts.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 09:24 AM (ndZc7)

54 If an author needs AI's help with the most basic element of story…

“I have no ideas, and I must write.”

A story about an AI trapped in a deep cavern with a despotic human.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 30, 2026 09:24 AM (kYmoU)

55 Perhaps one useful perspective is to see it as 'training wheels'... keep you going over the tricky parts until you get your balance figured out.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 30, 2026 09:25 AM (aJQbY)

56 So. The Brothers McKay, by Craig Johnson, came available in my library holds.

Never in my life have I so desperately wanted a character to die. This is the first Longmire I have not loved. Apparently out of ideas, Craig Johnson re-wrote The Brothers Karamazov, dropping them into the American West. I admit I haven't gotten around to reading Dostoevsky yet, and it might have made a difference for me. But probably not.

One character is an absolutely irrational imbecile who should have been left to die many times. But Longmire is always about grace and mercy, so he persists in his determination to rescue a dumbass.

Reading this spiked my blood pressure to dangerous levels.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 30, 2026 09:25 AM (h7ZuX)

57 I have several grandchildren who are beginning readers. I consider some books to be on their future mandatory reading list, even I am not living on the Earth when they reach teenage reading level.
I consider Orwell’s Animal Farm and Homage to Catalonia absolutely necessary.
I would urge all teenagers to read Lois Lowry’s “Number the Stars”, about the Dane’s efforts to save Danish Jews from the Nazis during WWII.
And, just for fun, they should read Richard Hughes “A High Wind in Jamaica”.

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 30, 2026 09:26 AM (1FEc1)

58 MP4,
Love the fashion update at the top of the thread. Talk about celebrating the female form.

When I saw the sensor light in the top photo I immediately thought "Good morning, Dave."

Posted by: JTB at August 30, 2026 09:26 AM (yTvNw)

59 For example, I have three books in the seven-book The Motion Picture Girls collection, which was a 1914 series by Laura Lee (The Bobbsey Twins) Hope.

If someone came across one that I don't have, I'd pay to have it shipped to me.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 09:27 AM (qRla/)

60 45, I love catching little touches like that! and I'm sure that I miss as many as I catch ...

Easter eggs, right? I've seen that phrase used.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 30, 2026 09:27 AM (VyBeY)

61 Gloria Swanson is a character in my new book. The first words out of her mouth are "You there! Why are you so late?" and when my narrator is doing her makeup, she says "The shadow over my left eye isn't balanced." Both lines are from Sunset Boulevard and I use them as a little treat for the reader.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026

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Doing that sort of thing is part of the joy in writing!

In my Man From U.N.C.L.E. fan fiction, I will occasionally use a line from the show in another but appropriate context. I hope fans will catch it, but if not, hey, I had fun.

Speaking of using real people, in one 1966 MfU tale I had Truman Capote, Lee Radziwill, Cilla Black, and Horst Jankowski all appear at a party. The first two were described rather than named. I also slipped Ellery Queen and his father the Inspector in there too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 09:27 AM (wzUl9)

62 In an SF story, I did that -- lifted William Munny's line from Unforgiven, 'If you kill a man, you take away all he has and all he'll ever have," and reworked it a bit into a scene where the narrator's father has had to kill potential invaders to their enclave.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 09:20 AM (wzUl9)

Gloria Swanson is a character in my new book. The first words out of her mouth are "You there! Why are you so late?" and when my narrator is doing her makeup, she says "The shadow over my left eye isn't balanced." Both lines are from Sunset Boulevard and I use them as a little treat for the reader.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 09:20 AM (qRla/)

My direct lifts are usually from Star Trek episodes. But, I only have a character say one line. It's organic to my character and situations, so I don't think it's agin' the rules. It's an "homage" to sources I like. Though, if I decide to continue writing, I'd do less of it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 09:28 AM (1Ff7Z)

63 all neurosis being caused by wallowing in the troubles of nine billion strangers.

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I didn't think there were that many Horde members.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 09:28 AM (ndZc7)

64 Morons will enjoy reading Scott Bessent's recent letter to Elizabeth Warren. P.J. O'Rourke-level sarcasm.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 09:28 AM (RIvkX)

65 Donald Westlake told of crossing a New York bridge and imagining that a man was walking across that bridge into Manhattan. Why was he walking? He's broke. Why is he broke? Somebody robbed him. Why is he going into Manhattan? To take revenge on the robber.

He spun that into "The Hunter," the first Parker potboiler, published under the name Richard Stark.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 30, 2026 09:29 AM (TvRFE)

66 Why did women wear those big hats back then? Who started that fashion craze?

Why, I do not know. The fashion didn't last long, however - it really was from the early 1900s until almost the end of WWI. I think it might have been a reflection of the general prosperity of the Edwardian world, so women felt freer to indulge in lavish costume.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 09:30 AM (qRla/)

67 Anonosaurus --

There are probably even more Horde members than that. They just won't admit it.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 30, 2026 09:30 AM (q3u5l)

68 How does using AI for the plot compare to using a random table plot generator?

I've used an RPG random table card deck to create the denizens of my Weird West raptor town as well as nailing down the order of several plot points. Although I did come up with said plot points on my own.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 30, 2026 09:30 AM (lFFaq)

69 I was at a used bookstore last week and saw that they had about a dozen The Man From U.N.C.L.E. paperbacks. I know someone here collects them and I thought about taking a photo of the collection and asking if anyone wanted them.

Which led me to an idea: just as AoS has the prayer list, why not have a Sunday Book Thread Want List? Send in to one of the hosts a list of books you're looking for and, if someone else finds one, they can pipe up and say, "I have it. Where would you like me to send it?"

Thoughts?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026

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Good idea!

I think I'm the U.N.C.L.E. collector, and I have the entire series of twenty-three books. The oldest are sixty years old, though; I should wrap them in plastic. How many are there in the group you saw?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 09:31 AM (wzUl9)

70 "Morons will enjoy reading Scott Bessent's recent letter to Elizabeth Warren. P.J. O'Rourke-level sarcasm."

Please let it be

What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

Posted by: Bayside at August 30, 2026 09:31 AM (3ACIl)

71 It's …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 30, 2026 09:31 AM (ayRl+)

72 Four stories of book heaven.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2026 09:15 AM (kpS4V)

I should probably never go there. I'd never escape.

***There, book plot, no AI needed.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 30, 2026 09:32 AM (h7ZuX)

73 Thoughts?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 09:24 AM (qRla/)

I've done the opposite, took pix of a shelf of books and asked Wolfus which ones I should get.

Sounds like a good idea. Maybe Perf can post it like he does the recommended list?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 09:32 AM (1Ff7Z)

74 'Honestly, the concept for a book seems like the easiest part of the process. Anyone should be able to brainstorm a concept or two. The real effort would go into fleshing out that outline and turning it into an actual story."
Posted by: Castle Guy at August 30, 2026 09:22 AM

1% inspiration, 99% perspiration.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

75 I finished reading another comic book omnibus this week; it was relatively short, but indy/self-published, so it was no less an impressive book. It was "The Legend of Oz: The Wicked West," written by Tom Hutchison and drawn by Alisson Borges and Carlos Reno. A wizard of Oz retelling, but with an action-girl and a cowboy/gunslinger flair. I normally avoid re-tellings of established stories, but the cover art and concept made me give this one a shot. It didn't quite live up to the cover (the sequential art wasn't bad, but also wasn't as good as I'd hoped), but you'll never discover a hidden gem if you never take a chance...

Ah, well, I had more fun reading this adaptation than I would have had reading/watching/listening to Wicked.

Posted by: Castle Guy at August 30, 2026 09:33 AM (3v7ra)

76 Because that's where the money is.

Posted by: The ghost of Willie Sutton at August 30, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

77 >>And, just for fun, they should read Richard Hughes “A High Wind in Jamaica”.

Read that as an HS senior. The ending was appalling.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 30, 2026 09:33 AM (NcvvS)

78 Harlan Ellison during some gathering heard one of the guests say something that he said had to be "Jeff is fine. He's always fine." But Harlan heard it as "Jeff is five. He's always five." From a misheard comment he got "Jeffty Is Five," one of his best stories.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 30, 2026 09:33 AM (q3u5l)

79 The 2027 Old Farmer's Almanac came out last week and it is an annual pleasure. Something I can thumb through at leisure. Excellent bathroom reading. BTW, I find the OFA weather predictions are as good as the various government agency statements, maybe better.

Posted by: JTB at August 30, 2026 09:33 AM (yTvNw)

80 So, I am going to read "Trinity" by Leon Uris, which apparently is a story about Catholic and Protestant families in Ireland. My son picked it up as a discard from the library of the local YMCA..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 09:33 AM (JrHfD)

81 I assume the pic is AI generated?

About the AI plotline q, I think just plug in real person in place of AI. If a real person gave you the whole plot, would you write the book without crediting the person somehow?

Great Book Thread topic, MP4!

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 30, 2026 09:34 AM (Ydd86)

82 I think I'm the U.N.C.L.E. collector, and I have the entire series of twenty-three books. The oldest are sixty years old, though; I should wrap them in plastic. How many are there in the group you saw?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 09:31 AM (wzUl9)

About a dozen. And I think two of them were story collections from an U.N.C.L.E. magazine, but don't quote me. I'll probably be down there next week, so I will take a pic and send it your way.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 09:34 AM (qRla/)

83 What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Posted by: Bayside at August 30, 2026 09:31 AM (3ACIl)
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Let's just say I learned a new word today.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 09:35 AM (RIvkX)

84 Come to think of it, some of my Signet James Bond paperbacks were bought by my mother some six decades ago. The back cover has come off of my copy of From Russia With Love; I use it as a bookmark in that volume.

The front covers of the Signets have "IAN FLEMING," the title, and "A JAMES BOND THRILLER" on them with a small color painting often illustrating a scene from the novel. The back features a compelling blurb designed to get you to buy it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 09:36 AM (wzUl9)

85 On a related topic, here is a vid of a professional portrait photographer talking about how because AI image generators were trained on high quality images, now high quality images "look" AI and it's causing a preference trend toward less "perfect" images. Food for thought.

https://youtu.be/zkdO-q9zJec

Posted by: Oddbob at August 30, 2026 09:36 AM (vTZFs)

86 It is 1944, and Albert Campion has gotten a few days leave, so he travels home to a bombed out London. He plans to quickly clean up at his flat and catch a train to the country to relax, but unfortunately there is a body of a woman in his bedroom. In Pearls Before Swine, Margery Allingham presents a puzzling mystery that entwines Campion in more ways than one.

It seems that Campion's neighbor, the dowager Lady Cavados, in trying to protect her son Johnny, has conspired to move the body from where it was found in Johnny's bedroom to Campion's, and thus complicates the entire matter. The gentry still have a way of being above normal police investigation, so Campion is called upon to assist.

Johnny is supposed to have been married the next day, and the body is not that of his betrothed, but he does know her. The situation becomes even more complicated after Campion is briefly kidnapped, and then a few bottles of impossibly rare burgundy show up, at which point the case takes a completely different turn. Are these coincidences of timing, or are they all related? Campion has to use his intuition and his understanding of the upper classes to get to the bottom of the mystery.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 30, 2026 09:37 AM (0U5gm)

87 And then the murders began...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 09:37 AM (RIvkX)

88 Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 30, 2026 09:34 AM (Ydd86)

The opening picture is the HAL computer from 2001.

The ladies are from a date I don't remember, but they are wearing and advertising a new dress form, one that clings close to the body and eschews the use of corset stays. Very daring for the time.

But, my word, they are luscious. I wish I had a lady like that.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 09:39 AM (qRla/)

89 About a dozen. And I think two of them were story collections from an U.N.C.L.E. magazine, but don't quote me. I'll probably be down there next week, so I will take a pic and send it your way.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026

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Please do. I have nearly all the magazines. They have a significant place in the history of the fandom. Several of the Solo & Illya novelettes were written by authors who went on to greater fame under their own names, like John Jakes and Dennis Lynds. And a number of issues featured "The Department of Lost Stories," reprinting fantasy classics from Heinlein, Sturgeon, and Robert Bloch.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 09:39 AM (wzUl9)

90 Grok, make me a picture of ladies at an early Kentucky Derby.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)

91 I finished The Professor and the Madman, which lived up to it's reputation. An excellent book that makes dictionaries interesting and a really sad story, too. And I read Garibaldi and the Making of Italy and that was a great book. I knew almost nothing about the risorgimento and the various political and military machinations of the era. I learned a lot and gained a great appreciation of Garibaldi as a man, a political leader, and a general. Before this, he was a just a name I had heard and nothing more. It also shed more light on a character in Joseph Conrad's Nostromo who is an old and disillusioned Garibaldini.

Posted by: Who Knew at August 30, 2026 09:40 AM (+ViXu)

92 Hijacking ideas is commonplace. I think Robert Heinlein had one of his characters comment when another mentioned that the idea had been done, admitted to it and said something along the lines of "I just file the serial numbers off it and make it mine." Might've been Jubal Harshaw in Stranger In A Strange Land.

An time I run across a great line of dialogue I stash it in a clip file. Latest favorite: "Yeah, I'm okay. Breathing is highly overrated. Who needs it."

Posted by: tankascribe at August 30, 2026 09:40 AM (NtoJk)

93 I haven't read many of Allingham's Campion stories. A few where I've found them, but Pearls Before Swine is not one I know.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 09:41 AM (wzUl9)

94 A few additional thoughts on "The Legend of Oz: The Wicked West." This sort of story relies on the gimmick of seeing how the author chooses to adapted established characters. In this version, Dorothy was aged-up into a gunslinging cowgirl, and Toto was her horse. The Tin Man was human-looking lawman; similar to what was done in an old sci-fi-channel mini-series. The Scarecrow was re-imagined as a mute straw-filled Indian girl; I have no idea what prompted this change, but she worked as an original character. The Cowardly Lion was an actual lion, but with a powdered face and a tiara; I don't know why the author did this, but I hated it...

More interesting were the characters from the later Oz stories. We have Gener Jinger; and a femme fatale is always welcome in a comic. The Wheelers had maxim guns built into their arms. Tippetarius looked like one of Peter Pan's Lost Boys; the story didn't reach the point where his big secret is revealed, and I shudder to think of how a current-year author will handle that twist...

(Gah! The comment box cut me off! continued...)

Posted by: Castle Guy at August 30, 2026 09:41 AM (3v7ra)

95 Had all those Signet Ian Flemings when I was in high school. Is it me, or were the general run-of-the-mill paperbacks just cooler looking then than they are now?

Polliwog at 68. I'm not sure there's really much of a difference at all.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 30, 2026 09:41 AM (q3u5l)

96 Why did women wear those big hats back then? Who started that fashion craze?
Posted by: dantesed at August 30, 2026 09:24 AM (Oy/m2)

If only that trend would come back and replace the current craze of sleeve tattoos and inverted nose rings.

Posted by: Dr. T at August 30, 2026 09:42 AM (lHPJf)

97 How does using AI for the plot compare to using a random table plot generator?

I've used an RPG random table card deck to create the denizens of my Weird West raptor town as well as nailing down the order of several plot points. Although I did come up with said plot points on my own.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 30, 2026 09:30 AM (lFFaq)

The source of ideas shouldn't matter. If you completely use someone else's work to write yours, it matters. I'm not going ape over AI used in writing unless it does the complete work. Could AI write a better story than me? Don't know. If it's something someone likes, then who am I to say thou shalt not read it!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 09:42 AM (1Ff7Z)

98 How does using AI for the plot compare to using a random table plot generator?

I've used an RPG random table card deck to create the denizens of my Weird West raptor town as well as nailing down the order of several plot points. Although I did come up with said plot points on my own.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 30, 2026 09:30 AM (lFFaq)
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It's the exact same thing. I've been saying this for a while: AI is just charts and tables scaled up. Using AI to create is just randomly mining other people's work.

AI's true use is that you can sift data with incredible speed, but this relies on the integrity of the data because it cannot evaluate it. But if (for example) you feed it bomb damage assessments and give it the right parameters, you can develop target packages much faster than by using human analysts.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 09:42 AM (ZOv7s)

99 It's not just literary practice, either. When I'm stuck for artistic inspiration, I stroll around the painting class to look at what others are doing. Occasionally making a note of "Ooh, I wanna paint that!" and sometimes requesting a copy of an inspirational photo from a classmate. Or sharing some of my own.

Posted by: tankascribe at August 30, 2026 09:42 AM (NtoJk)

100 Hijacking ideas is commonplace. I think Robert Heinlein had one of his characters comment when another mentioned that the idea had been done, admitted to it and said something along the lines of "I just file the serial numbers off it and make it mine." Might've been Jubal Harshaw in Stranger In A Strange Land.

An time I run across a great line of dialogue I stash it in a clip file. Latest favorite: "Yeah, I'm okay. Breathing is highly overrated. Who needs it."
Posted by: tankascribe at August 30, 2026

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Some of RAH's early magazine stories were SF variants on classics like Uncle Tom's Cabin (= slavery on Venus) and The Man Without a Country. Nobody in the SF field had done that before -- or if someone had, it wasn't very well done and isn't remembered.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 09:43 AM (wzUl9)

101 I can see taking the germ of an idea for a plot from an AI suggestion - but definitely not every beat, and most definitely not having AI write the whole darned thing.
On the other hand - there are only so many original plot concepts existing in the world; it's what the writer does to flesh them out which is (with luck, skill and creativity) original.
And every good plot out to be taken out for a romp in every setting which allows room for adventure. I did a version of Kipling's "The Man Who Would Be king" set on the southwest American frontier with a mysterious and isolated Indian tribe living on top of a remote mesa. (It's in one of my Lone Star story collections, and also in Tales Told Around the Supper Table II. I intended it as a romp and an homage, but one reviewer for the latter was indignant and termed it a "rip-off.")

Posted by: Sgt. Mom at August 30, 2026 09:43 AM (Ew3fm)

102 Women wore hats to keep the sun off their faces. It grew outrageous from there.

Posted by: tankascribe at August 30, 2026 09:43 AM (NtoJk)

103 Final thoughts of the "Legend of Oz: The Wicked West" comic.

The best re-imagined character was Jack the Pumpkin head. He was a normal person, dressed as a cowboy. But he had a horribly scarred face, which he hid behind an orange bandanna. And that bandanna had a jack-o-lantern grin printed on it. The design make for a really cool (and very intimidating) visual.

Posted by: Castle Guy at August 30, 2026 09:44 AM (3v7ra)

104 I once had an opportunity to speak with an editorial cartoonist.
During the brief conversation I mentioned I had some ideas for cartoons. He politely demurred.
Lawyers and all.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 09:44 AM (2Ez/1)

105 Gonna tackle Anna Karenina next. Read War and Peace years ago, and swore I'd never read any more Tolstoy. But I hear it's much better.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 30, 2026 09:45 AM (XvL8K)

106 I started reading Augustine's Confessions, so I finally understand the meaning of Skip's weekly "tolle lege" post. I'm covering one chapter per week as part of a discussion with another church member.

I'm also still crawling through "Dungeon Crawler Carl." Fortunately, it's not the sort of book where you have to re-read the previous few pages if you haven't picked it up for a few days. Sometimes the brain likes cotton candy.

Posted by: PabloD at August 30, 2026 09:45 AM (6oTRF)

107 Book heaven.

Not *quite* the same thing, but Barry Malzberg did four short stories set in Writer's Heaven. All four can be found in his collection The Man Who Loved the Midnight Lady and all, especially the closing paragraphs of the 4th, highly recommended.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 30, 2026 09:45 AM (q3u5l)

108 Frankly, I wish I wrote better dialogue. Nate van Coops and Sam Sisavath excel at it. Makes me smile. But I'm working on it! And if you're gonna steal, steal from the best. (And file off the serial numbers.)

Posted by: tankascribe at August 30, 2026 09:45 AM (NtoJk)

109 Felt nostalgic so I thumbed through the Star Trek Concordance (1976) by the indefatigable Bjo Trimble and a host of trek nerds. This is a bound library copy; mine, somewhere in the bowels of my basement, is the old three hole punch paperback fastened with brads.

Here's Bjo talking about the elder days:

https://tinyurl.com/espmydmm

This and the novelizations were all we had in the Intertrek Years. You kids just wouldn't understand.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2026 09:46 AM (kpS4V)

110 Had all those Signet Ian Flemings when I was in high school. Is it me, or were the general run-of-the-mill paperbacks just cooler looking then than they are now?

Polliwog at 68. I'm not sure there's really much of a difference at all.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 30, 2026

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They *were* cooler-looking. Paintings of beautiful sexy girls, or of Bond in tuxedo at Casino Royale, or Goldfinger's golden Rolls-Royce humming along a road. The paperback industry lost a lot when they began to use photographs instead of paintings (as did advertising).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 09:46 AM (wzUl9)

111 I started Sone's Fall by Iain Pears that I assume was recommended by one of the horde, since most of my reading seems to come to me that way. I'm about a third of the way in and so so good.
One of the oddball channels on my TV shows Perry Mason reruns and I got curious if the original novels were as courtroom focused as the TV show so I bought a cheap collection of three of them for my kindle to find out. It will probably be months before I get around to reading them, though.

Posted by: Who Knew at August 30, 2026 09:46 AM (+ViXu)

112 My credit card company likes to give me double or triple points at various online retailers, to encourage me to spend more. Occasionally, they even go higher. Recently they went to 5x points on e-bay. Well, jokes on them, I had books to buy, and I was going to spend that money anyways! Thanks for the extra point...

Posted by: Castle Guy at August 30, 2026 09:46 AM (3v7ra)

113 Ah, well, I had more fun reading this adaptation than I would have had reading/watching/listening to Wicked.
Posted by: Castle Guy at August 30, 2026 09:33 AM (3v7ra)

Kid 2 is around the age for that. Glad she's never said anything about it. Wicked is only an attempt to put evil in a good light.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 09:46 AM (1Ff7Z)

114 What are you doing, Dave?

Posted by: HAL 9000 at August 30, 2026 09:47 AM (ZOv7s)

115 Felt nostalgic so I thumbed through the Star Trek Concordance (1976) by the indefatigable Bjo Trimble and a host of trek nerds. This is a bound library copy; mine, somewhere in the bowels of my basement, is the old three hole punch paperback fastened with brads.

I've got my tix for the Star Trek movies event this weekend. I'm wondering how many people will show up in costume.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 09:48 AM (qRla/)

116 Am I the only one who has never read anything by Tolstoy?

Posted by: dantesed at August 30, 2026 09:48 AM (Oy/m2)

117 Tip's secret... would be so weird. Would they use the same person to do the acting? Would they use fraternal twins?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 30, 2026 09:48 AM (aJQbY)

118 About the AI plotline q, I think just plug in real person in place of AI. If a real person gave you the whole plot, would you write the book without crediting the person somehow?

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 30, 2026 09:34 AM (Ydd86)

In the Acknowledgements section.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 09:48 AM (1Ff7Z)

119 I started Stone's Fall by Iain Pears that I assume was recommended by one of the horde, since most of my reading seems to come to me that way. I'm about a third of the way in and so so good.

Posted by: Who Knew

Probably me. It is one of my favorite books. The method that Pears uses to work backwards through a story within a story within a story is really clever.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 30, 2026 09:48 AM (0U5gm)

120 Felt nostalgic so I thumbed through the Star Trek Concordance (1976) by the indefatigable Bjo Trimble and a host of trek nerds. This is a bound library copy; mine, somewhere in the bowels of my basement, is the old three hole punch paperback fastened with brads.

Here's Bjo talking about the elder days:

https://tinyurl.com/espmydmm

This and the novelizations were all we had in the Intertrek Years. You kids just wouldn't understand.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2026

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Same with U.N.C.L.E. -- except that we had almost twenty years between the last episode and the reruns on CBN, another twenty until the DVDs came out, and another seven or eight until the 2015 movie. The original novels and the movies showing erratically on TV were pretty much it for the fans.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 09:49 AM (wzUl9)

121 Currently reading the first in a short series by Susan Stoker. Military romance. And yes, they're formulaic but her characters are interesting. I enjoy the "slow burn" buildup of attraction between her leads and would love to work some of that into my own writing. And I'm not talking about steamy sex scenes, but the gradual accumulation of all the small things which make two people fall in love with each other. Although steamy sex scenes can be good, too, when they're well-written.

Posted by: tankascribe at August 30, 2026 09:49 AM (NtoJk)

122 I've mentioned Malcolm Guite's epic poem about King Arthur often enough. He read it as well for an Audible download but it wasn't offered on a CD. That changed recently. Apparently, I'm not the only old fashioned curmudgeon who wants to OWN the media, not just rent it and be at the mercy of technical gods/gremlins. I've already preordered the book and CD for the next volume coming in November. His reading is a pleasure to listen to.

Guite is one of those people who can read anything and make it lively or profound, as needed, and brings out the joy of the writing. He is always asked if he would do a reading of the complete LOTR and Hobbit. I have two versions of them but would happily pay for Guite's.

Posted by: JTB at August 30, 2026 09:50 AM (yTvNw)

123 Am I the only one who has never read anything by Tolstoy?
Posted by: dantesed at August 30, 2026 09:48 AM (Oy/m2)

I haven't, either.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 09:50 AM (qRla/)

124 There is a French musical tradition (I'm not aware of it in any other culture), the tombeau. "Tombeau" means "tombstone" and the tradition is to compose an homage to a deceased musician referencing his style. If this were France, we'd be composing Tombeau de Dolly.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 09:50 AM (ndZc7)

125 I've got my tix for the Star Trek movies event this weekend. I'm wondering how many people will show up in costume.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026

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Hey, in 2015 I went to see the U.N.C.L.E. movie (with Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer) wearing a suit and tie, and with my triangular HQ badge clipped to one lapel.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 09:51 AM (wzUl9)

126 Tolstoy - me neither, but maybe someday. But there's so much to read out there!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 30, 2026 09:51 AM (aJQbY)

127 I like the idea of the Book Thread Want List! For one thing, some of us trying to slim down the library want our darlings to go to good homes. Maybe that home is with a fellow Moron! We could also post Free To Good Home lists

As it happens, the topic for my next Book Thread (already written!) is about how writers get ideas. MP4, you aren't supposed to use the All-Seeing Eye to peek ahead!

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at August 30, 2026 09:51 AM (tY90Q)

128 safety on a revolver is a bright line in the sand, innit?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 30, 2026 09:24 AM (VyBeY)

Unless it is a Reichsrevolver, a Hong Kong Police Enfield revolver in .360 with the cross-bolt safety, or one of the various Euro "military" revolvers that had a safety because reasons.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2026 09:51 AM (rbvCR)

129 Ian Fleming's Femme Fatale , Melons McGee.

Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2026 09:52 AM (KC5Lt)

130 I've got my tix for the Star Trek movies event this weekend. I'm wondering how many people will show up in costume.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 09:48 AM (qRla/)
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What event is this?

I went to a "Sit Long and Prosper" movie marathon eons ago.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2026 09:52 AM (kpS4V)

131 Am I the only one who has never read anything by Tolstoy?
Posted by: dantesed at August 30, 2026

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Same here. I was so bored at one point during the Sniffle Scare that I read Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. Exciting until the murder actually occurs; a slog after that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 09:53 AM (wzUl9)

132 Polliwog at 68. I'm not sure there's really much of a difference at all.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 30, 2026 09:41 AM (q3u5l)

I'm not sure there is either. With the random tables one needs to interpret a couple of adjectives into a personality or complete appearance, and AI would probably provide that detail. Interpretation may be the difference.

My story is a mystery and I didn't know which of the townsfolk would be the murderer until I did my card draws. I had a few basic traits I wanted him to have and used the character whose results were the closest to those traits.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 30, 2026 09:53 AM (lFFaq)

133 I started reading Augustine's Confessions, so I finally understand the meaning of Skip's weekly "tolle lege" post. I'm covering one chapter per week as part of a discussion with another church member.

Posted by: PabloD at August 30, 2026 09:45 AM (6oTRF)
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I really enjoyed it. City of God is not what I expected. Much more involved, I'm crawling through it, but it's really good. It was written to explain Christianity to a pagan, and Augustine starts by examining paganism in autistic detail, citing sources we no longer have, and then working through how paganism is basically built around the fallen angels, a funhouse mirror version of Christianity where vices become virtues.

It's timeless, of course, but I see so much of what he is talking about in our current society where killing infants is "stunning and brave" and sexual depravity is valorized. I mean, nothing is new but wow, we've really regressed.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 09:53 AM (ZOv7s)

134 Tolstoy... all Russian writing is dense. The only thing worse is Soviet writing, which is not only dense but so full of Marxist dialectic it's boringly impenetrable. Had to take a class in it along with my Russian language classes to have it for a minor and it was excruciating. Can't recommend any of it and I'm a Russophile.

Posted by: tankascribe at August 30, 2026 09:53 AM (NtoJk)

135 As it happens, the topic for my next Book Thread (already written!) is about how writers get ideas. MP4, you aren't supposed to use the All-Seeing Eye to peek ahead!
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at August 30, 2026 09:51 AM (tY90Q)

My next topic is about writers who 'carry on' or 're-imagine' already-existing properties. So Castle Guy's "Legend of Oz" posts are prophetic.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 09:54 AM (qRla/)

136 Am I the only one who has never read anything by Tolstoy?
Posted by: dantesed
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Based on War and Peace alone, Dostoyevsky is far, far superior. I reread The Possessed (Constance Garnett translation title instead of Demons) every few years. And the Rebellion chapter in Bros. K, which contains the Grand Inquisitor.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 30, 2026 09:54 AM (XvL8K)

137 How much of the hostility toward AI is based on the assumption not that AI was used in plotting but that the book was entirely AI written? Use in plotting isn't that different from mining the old books of plots used and abused or throwing darts at the plot points board, is it?. But having AI do the writing itself? Uh-uh.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 30, 2026 09:54 AM (q3u5l)

138 Morons will enjoy reading Scott Bessent's recent letter to Elizabeth Warren. P.J. O'Rourke-level sarcasm."

I read that . I am glad I don't run in DC political circles, and am unlikely to get on Scott Bessent's bad side, because he is much brighter and more articulate than I am, and I would not want to be the recipient of his withering sarcasm.

He actually one of my favorite members of this administration.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 09:55 AM (JrHfD)

139 It seems that Campion's neighbor, the dowager Lady Cavados, in trying to protect her son Johnny, has conspired to move the body from where it was found in Johnny's bedroom to Campion's, and thus complicates the entire matter. The gentry still have a way of being above normal police investigation, so Campion is called upon to assist.

And it ends in Campion discovering the dowager Lady Cavados has been bootlegging her homemade gooseberry wine!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 09:55 AM (1Ff7Z)

140 A published author friend of mine - who actually consulted with me once about a scene involving firearms - wrote a passage in another book about someone "flipping the safety off his Glock." Picard_facepalm.exe

Posted by: PabloD at August 30, 2026 09:55 AM (6oTRF)

141
Am I the only one who has never read anything by Tolstoy?
Posted by: dantesed at August 30, 2026 09:48 AM

Here's all you need to know:

https://youtu.be/qqS1Ty79mOE

Posted by: Elaine Benes at August 30, 2026 09:55 AM (2Ez/1)

142 Just Some Guy - my perspective precisely.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 30, 2026 09:55 AM (aJQbY)

143 Waded through "Witches" by Steven Veerapen. To the church, a witch was a heretic: a Waldensian, a Cathar, a member of the Knights Templar, committing blasphemy (plus the inevitable midnight orgies and kissing the devil's bum). This was mostly on the continent, with England and Scotland untouched by the Inquisition, until King James wrote "Daemonologie". Then it was all "She turned me into a newt!" or "She made my willie disappear!" Protestants and Catholics slugging it out to prove who was more hardcore. Lots of politics and religion behind it. My eyes crossed with all the exhaustive detail. Sorry I can't remember more to discuss.

Thank God for the Enlightenment.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2026 09:55 AM (kpS4V)

144 AI image generators were trained on high quality images, now high quality images "look" AI and it's causing a preference trend toward less "perfect" images. Food for thought.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 30, 2026 09:36 AM (vTZFs)

It's the same for writing. I see ads on Instagram frequently for exciting mystery or thriller series and the like. They're typically free with kindle unlimited, so I gave one a whirl. It was technically fine, but so lacking in soul and human voice, that I was certain it was AI written. Only fell for that once.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 30, 2026 09:55 AM (h7ZuX)

145 Unless it is a Reichsrevolver, a Hong Kong Police Enfield revolver in .360 with the cross-bolt safety, or one of the various Euro "military" revolvers that had a safety because reasons.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2026 09:51 AM (rbvCR)
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Heritage Rough Rider revolvers have a hammer block safety.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 09:55 AM (ZOv7s)

146 I have never had a problem coming up with plots for stories, my problem is never finding the time to write the ideas down, or, you know, actually writing a story.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 30, 2026 09:56 AM (0U5gm)

147 As a reader, my view of AI is: If I can detect its influences, its style of writing or “thinking,” I am out. However, I have no stake in what artists take as input to create art. It doesn’t matter to me. All I care about is consuming the final product.

Posted by: Splunge at August 30, 2026 09:56 AM (JpUeg)

148 Thank God for the Enlightenment.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2026 09:55 AM (kpS4V)
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I mean the French Revolution was such an improvement...

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 09:57 AM (ZOv7s)

149 What event is this?

I went to a "Sit Long and Prosper" movie marathon eons ago.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2026 09:52 AM (kpS4V)

This coming Thursday through Saturday across the country, various theaters are showing movies 1-4 (one each day) along with an appropriate TOS episode.

The Motion Picture is paired with "The Changeling," Wrath of Khan with "Space Seed," The Search for Spock with "Amok Time" and The Voyage Home with "The City on the Edge of Forever."

Check online to see if they're playing near you.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 09:57 AM (qRla/)

150 That's a great idea, pairing the movies with the episodes that begat them!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2026 09:59 AM (kpS4V)

151 61
In my Man From U.N.C.L.E. fan fiction, I will occasionally use a line from the show in another but appropriate context. I hope fans will catch it, but if not, hey, I had fun.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 09:27 AM (wzUl9)

Back in my fanfiction writing days (have I admitted to that before?) I would structure entire scenes to let characters use cool lines from other shows. Probably my favorite was when I got to repurpose a character shouting "Hold the line; no one gets through!" originally spoken by a young Captain Sinclair from Babylon 5. I doubt anyone who read my story recognized the reference, but it made me smile.

Posted by: Castle Guy at August 30, 2026 09:59 AM (3v7ra)

152 I have never had a problem coming up with plots for stories, my problem is never finding the time to write the ideas down, or, you know, actually writing a story.

Keep a notepad w/pencil/pen handy and jot down the idea or a phrase or a sentence. The key to writing is to get it out of your head and onto a readable medium (used to say onto paper but not anymore). Don't think about plot or structure or grammar or how good/bad it is or anything like that. Just get it barfed up out of your head. All else flows from there.

Posted by: tankascribe at August 30, 2026 09:59 AM (NtoJk)

153 Thank God for the Enlightenment.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2026 09:55 AM (kpS4V)
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I mean the French Revolution was such an improvement...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Agreed. Western Civ has been in a slow, steady decline ever since the French Revolution.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 30, 2026 09:59 AM (XvL8K)

154
My story is a mystery and I didn't know which of the townsfolk would be the murderer until I did my card draws. I had a few basic traits I wanted him to have and used the character whose results were the closest to those traits.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 30, 2026

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I almost always know who the murderer is as I begin. Otherwise I can't conceal him properly, plant the clues fairly, or know how the detective will reason it out.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 09:59 AM (wzUl9)

155 Only thing you have to worry about with a revolver is to have a proper grip to avoid a cylinder gap injury. Nasty.

Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2026 09:59 AM (KC5Lt)

156 This and the novelizations were all we had in the Intertrek Years. You kids just wouldn't understand.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2026 09:46 AM (kpS4V)
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Intertrek Years. UFO and then Space:1999 and then that tripe from George Lucas.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 10:00 AM (RIvkX)

157 AI image generators were trained on high quality images, now high quality images "look" AI and it's causing a preference trend toward less "perfect" images. Food for thought.

Posted by: Oddbob

A similar trend is happening in music. There is so much computer manipulation of instruments and voices now that people are looking for actual human made music, and there is also a resurgence in bands putting out music on LPs instead of digital.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 30, 2026 10:00 AM (0U5gm)

158 Polynikes,

"Ian Fleming's Femme Fatale , Melons McGee."

One of the more fortunate name changes for an adaptation was in Jacques Tourneur's movie Out of the Past, the classic noir with Mitchum and Jane Greer as femme fatale Kathy Moffatt.

Her name in the source novel, Build My Gallows High? It was, God help us, Mumsie McGonigle.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 30, 2026 10:00 AM (q3u5l)

159 Posted by: dantesed at August 30, 2026

Read War and Peace years ago.

Never finished reading any book written by James Joyce. Never got past page 1 of Finnegan's Wake. Dubliners? Gag. Ulysses? Gag.

Posted by: 13times at August 30, 2026 10:01 AM (fnZRl)

160 Skip the odd number Star Trek movies is the rule of thumb.

Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2026 10:01 AM (KC5Lt)

161 I almost always know who the murderer is as I begin. Otherwise I can't conceal him properly, plant the clues fairly, or know how the detective will reason it out.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 09:59 AM (wzUl9)

I didn't know who was the killer in my current book until I was nearly finished. Part of my editing now is dropping hints as to his identity.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 10:01 AM (qRla/)

162 Intertrek Years. UFO and then Space:1999 and then that tripe from George Lucas.

Anything space/science fiction was like rain in the desert back then. Was so excited to go see Alien[i/]. Had no idea it was a horror film; I nearly had to run out of the theater after that chest-burster scene. What a shock! And a big disappointment as I was expecting straight-up SF.

Posted by: tankascribe at August 30, 2026 10:02 AM (NtoJk)

163 I liked "Dubliners" because it was just short stories. Never read anything else by Joyce.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 10:02 AM (JrHfD)

164 Oops. Sorry about the italics, guys.

Posted by: tankascribe at August 30, 2026 10:03 AM (NtoJk)

165 Well, this topic turned out better than I thought it would.

It's a sunny day and the remainder of the week is supposed to be rainy, so I will crank up the tunes and hit the road.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 10:03 AM (qRla/)

166 Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 30, 2026 10:00 AM (q3u5l

That is an unfortunate name lol. But to be clear I just made my name up to match my painting.

Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2026 10:04 AM (KC5Lt)

167 Can't recommend any of it and I'm a Russophile.
Posted by: tankascribe at August 30, 2026 09:53 AM (NtoJk)
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What about Soviet cinema?

Москва Cлезам не Bерит one of my favorite films.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 10:06 AM (RIvkX)

168 A similar trend is happening in music. There is so much computer manipulation of instruments and voices now that people are looking for actual human made music, and there is also a resurgence in bands putting out music on LPs instead of digital.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 30, 2026 10:00 AM
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Just yesterday I was in a drug store and heard Sweet Home Alabama playing over the PA. Now believe me, I have no dislike for the song, having spent my formative years in The Heart of Dixie.
But we're still listening to fifty year old recordings?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 10:06 AM (2Ez/1)

169 Read War and Peace twice in my life, not read anything else of Tolstoy.

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 10:06 AM (Ia/+0)

170 I liked "Dubliners" because it was just short stories. Never read anything else by Joyce.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026

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I had to read it in an AP English class in college. Maybe I should try it again now; I might better appreciate the portraits of the human condition. But his use of dashes instead of quotation marks annoyed me and made me feel claustrophobic.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 10:06 AM (wzUl9)

171 There is so much computer manipulation of instruments and voices now that people are looking for actual human made music

I was about to say that with music at least you could go in person and see it being made in front of you but that's not really always true. Or maybe even ever in the most popular genres.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 30, 2026 10:07 AM (vTZFs)

172 Intertrek Years. UFO and then Space:1999 and then that tripe from George Lucas.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 10:00 AM (RIvkX)
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Battlestar Galactica actually holds up quite well. I've watched the whole series several times and just started watching it with the grandkids on Sunday night, the way God intended. They love it!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 10:08 AM (ZOv7s)

173 Skip the odd number Star Trek movies is the rule of thumb.
Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2026 10:01 AM (KC5Lt)
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Excluding the first one of course. What a travesty.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 10:08 AM (RIvkX)

174 It's a sunny day and the remainder of the week is supposed to be rainy, so I will crank up the tunes and hit the road.

Hope you all have a lovely day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
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Top driving tunes:

The hated Springsteen, Thunder Road.

Widespread Panic, Driving Song.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 30, 2026 10:08 AM (XvL8K)

175 John Ringo had a long post on his X page about how woke writers make crap characters because they don't know anything, never met anyone who knew anything, and never did anything worth writing about, so the characters are cheap, pointless and shallow.
He pointed out that his best characters were based on people he knew and respected, even the ones that weren't very respectable, but that experience in life and how people get along goes further to make a compelling story than all the orthodox thought in the world.

AI adds to this, it risks pointless characters or NPC characters that have no basis of their own and only serve to push the narrative forward. That is not compelling storytelling

Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2026 10:09 AM (rbvCR)

176 Am I the only one who has never read anything by Tolstoy?
Posted by: dantesed at August 30, 2026 09:48 AM (Oy/m2)

I haven't, either.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression)

I knew the basic plot of War and Peace but was quite surprised when I read the book. For example, I knew Prince Andrei, mortally wounded at Borodino, forgive Countess Natalya on his deathbed for cheating on him. I figured he'd been wounded leading a charge into Napoleon's lines or something equally dramatic. But no, he was waiting on the reverse slope of a hill with his command when a stray artillery explodes beside him. Much of the book concerns the internal thoughts of the characters which, like our own, are often bordering on the ridiculous. I did, however, finally understand Norman Mailer's comment explaining The Naked and the Dead saying he'd been reading a lot of Tolstoy given that TNATD also contains much internal dialogue.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

177 There are just a few books I've not been able to finish. The two that come to mind are Lucifer's Hammer and Confederacy of Dunces.

Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2026 10:09 AM (KC5Lt)

178 Read War and Peace twice in my life, not read anything else of Tolstoy.
Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 10:06 AM (Ia/+0)
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In the late 90s I had a job answering phones, and it was hit or miss, and so during the lulls I would surf the incipient web. Then I came up with the idea of reading a book online, but couldn't find War and Peace (I thought it would be fun to say I read War and Peace at work). But I did find Anna Karenina, so I read that. It was okay.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 10:09 AM (ZOv7s)

179 >>But we're still listening to fifty year old recordings?

At the gym, their piped-in tunes range in age from recent (which is utterly unfamiliar) back to the '60s. Oddly, been hearing a lot less rap of late.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 30, 2026 10:09 AM (NcvvS)

180 I almost always know who the murderer is as I begin. Otherwise I can't conceal him properly, plant the clues fairly, or know how the detective will reason it out.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 09:59 AM (wzUl9)

Exactly. I couldn't progress until I knew who the killer was. Although, I'm pretty sure it will be a short story so I'm not as worried about strict fair play regarding the clues.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 30, 2026 10:10 AM (lFFaq)

181 Never read Joyce except for some of the short stories in Dubliners. Novel length, nope. And I took one look at the first page of Finnegans Wake and decided life was just too bloody short to even consider it. I think Joseph Epstein remarked in his essay on cutting his library down to size that he kept Finnegans Wake because there should be at least one book on the shelves you know you'll never get around to reading.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 30, 2026 10:10 AM (q3u5l)

182 Never finished reading any book written by James Joyce. Never got past page 1 of Finnegan's Wake. Dubliners? Gag. Ulysses? Gag.

Posted by: 13times at August 30, 2026 10:01 AM (fnZRl)
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I tried to read Ulysses but it was such a chore that I gave up. I mentioned it to my father, who has quite the library and he said he didn't like it either.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 10:11 AM (ZOv7s)

183 Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 30, 2026 10:08 AM (XvL8K

Radar Love has to be the #1 driving song.

Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2026 10:11 AM (KC5Lt)

184 An time I run across a great line of dialogue I stash it in a clip file. Latest favorite: "Yeah, I'm okay. Breathing is highly overrated. Who needs it."
Posted by: tankascribe at August 30, 2026 09:40 AM (NtoJk)

"I'm just going to take my negative five hit points and lie down" said some character is a role-playing story.

Posted by: Castle Guy at August 30, 2026 10:13 AM (3v7ra)

185 There are just a few books I've not been able to finish. The two that come to mind are Lucifer's Hammer and Confederacy of Dunces.
Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2026 10:09 AM (KC5Lt)
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I have tried to read Bari Weiss' How to Fight Anti-Semitism three times but cannot get past her rank leftist partisanship and TDS.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 10:13 AM (RIvkX)

186 Radar Love has to be the #1 driving song.
Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2026 10:11 AM (KC5Lt)
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I met my wife online*, and it was an 8-hour drive, and when that song would come on the radio it was epic, especially near the end of the journey.

*This was before dating apps, we met in a chatroom, and found that we were in alignment on just about everything, and thought it would be fun to meet in person. The rest, as they say, is history. My kids owe their existence to Talk City.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 10:14 AM (ZOv7s)

187 I've got my tix for the Star Trek movies event this weekend. I'm wondering how many people will show up in costume.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 09:48 AM (qRla/)

Besides you, you mean?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 10:14 AM (1Ff7Z)

188 I read both War and Peace and Anna Karenina. I liked them but I preferred the BBC version of War and Peace" and I thought Anna Karenina was well written but just a sad story.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 10:14 AM (JrHfD)

189 Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 10:13 AM (RIvkX)

It's hard to read something that contains so much cognitive dissonance.

Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2026 10:14 AM (KC5Lt)

190 In John Eldredge's book Epic he explains the power of Story why we humans are so drawn to it. We were all born into a story in which we play a role. All of our stories are part of a much Larger Story that is still unfolding.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 10:14 AM (2Ez/1)

191 Best driving song, specifically for blasting down Hwy. 285 through the high desert between Shawnee and Fairplay at lethal speed:

https://youtu.be/r2AInopKBWM?is=m2GvUCgaUiUd9NyA

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 30, 2026 10:15 AM (BI5O2)

192 Posted by: Lake Ontario at August 30, 2026 10:09 AM

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Such a cheeky little bastard you are. Sad!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 10:15 AM (RIvkX)

193 I was about to say that with music at least you could go in person and see it being made in front of you but that's not really always true. Or maybe even ever in the most popular genres.

Posted by: Oddbob

There is a youtube channel called Wings of Pegasus, and he pulled videos of about nine recent concerts of Taylor Swift for analysis. Not only was the measured pitch of every vocal line identical, but the timing and pitch of every instrument was as well. In other words, the entire concert series was pre-recorded and mimed.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 30, 2026 10:16 AM (0U5gm)

194 Radar Love has to be the #1 driving song.
Posted by: polynikes
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I'll grant you that, for the drumming alone. Same with Twighlight Zone drum solo.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 30, 2026 10:17 AM (XvL8K)

195 Posted by: Lake Ontario at August 30, 2026 10:09 AM

The Left could win every race and you and your retard cohorts would still be losers. You mentally ill freak.

Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2026 10:18 AM (KC5Lt)

196 Radar Love has to be the #1 driving song.

I'll give you tied for #1. With "China Grove."

Posted by: Oddbob at August 30, 2026 10:18 AM (vTZFs)

197 I have tried to read Bari Weiss' How to Fight Anti-Semitism three times but cannot get past her rank leftist partisanship and TDS.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 10:13 AM (RIvkX)
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Trump is the most philosemitic president in history. Guy has Jewish grandkids. The left cannot accept that antisemitism has always had a warm cozy home in their ranks.

Fun fact: Jews were very much accepted in the Antebellum South. Judah P. Benjamin was a US senator and became Secretary of the Treasury. One of my Jewish ancestors emigrated to New Orleans where he paid for a company of infantry to be equipped. His descendants were proud of this Confederate heritage.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 10:18 AM (ZOv7s)

198 We see plenty of videos and articles on how reading ability is diminishing. Something I'll add to that is listening, especially for extended periods. The same five minute, or less, periods of news, music, TV show segments and more that eats into the ability to focus affects listening as well as reading. How many people, young or old, can sit comfortably through an hour long lecture or listen to drama or long poems without visuals and frequent breaks of the performance and retain much? I suspect the numbers are dropping. I've noticed it a bit in myself and am working to do better. (My new hearing aids really help.)

The book Audio CDs I have really require focus to get the benefits of listening. The latest prose version of The Faerie Queene, LOTR, Galahad and the Grail, and a few others all fall into the category.

Posted by: JTB at August 30, 2026 10:19 AM (yTvNw)

199 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 10:11 AM (ZOv7s)

I really wanted to like Ulysses. I always feel like Joyce is force feeding me cold, lumpy, unsweetened, gray oatmeal.

At 29 I should know better not to rundown famous works, beer brands etc., because someone will say that it's their favorite ale and take offense.

Posted by: 13times at August 30, 2026 10:19 AM (fnZRl)

200 hey, our young calico just brought a chipmunk into the house, and I had to rescue it. What a clever girl, chipmunks are fast and cagy.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2026 10:20 AM (rbvCR)

201 It's hard to read something that contains so much cognitive dissonance.
Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2026 10:14 AM (KC5Lt)
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"Projection" is the word you are looking for. It's a core trait of their belief system. The see "male feminists" who treat women like dirt and therefore assume that since these are the "good men" ours must be 10x worse.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 10:20 AM (ZOv7s)

202 I don't know why but Call Me by Blondie is a top driving song for me. It has that driving rhythm I guess.

Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2026 10:21 AM (KC5Lt)

203 Radar Love has to be the #1 driving song.
Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2026

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"Get Over It" by the Eagles is up there too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 10:21 AM (wzUl9)

204 Another sad book about an adulterous affair(s) "Madame Bovary."I read it is high school, not as part of a class. I just wanted to read it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 10:22 AM (JrHfD)

205 I don't know why but Call Me by Blondie is a top driving song for me. It has that driving rhythm I guess.
Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2026

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Excitement and an edge of danger. Not as much as "Secret Agent Man" by Johnny Rivers or "Holding Out for a Hero" by Bonnie Tyler, but close.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 10:22 AM (wzUl9)

206 I would structure entire scenes to let characters use cool lines from other shows.

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One of my favorite books, Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, has a hilarious scene in which the characters speak in Beatles' song titles.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7)

207 The Left could win every race and you and your retard cohorts would still be losers. You mentally ill freak.
Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2026 10:18 AM (KC5Lt)
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I think it's sad that people have to spend Sunday morning trying to stir the pot. Probably has a dozen tabs open and the only troll they have is citing crap polls taken in August. Like wow, that's so determinative! Especially after polling has repeatedly been shown to be absolute crap.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 10:22 AM (ZOv7s)

208 We see plenty of videos and articles on how reading ability is diminishing. Something I'll add to that is listening, especially for extended periods. The same five minute, or less, periods of news, music, TV show segments and more that eats into the ability to focus affects listening as well as reading. How many people, young or old, can sit comfortably through an hour long lecture or listen to drama or long poems without visuals and frequent breaks of the performance and retain much? I suspect the numbers are dropping. I've noticed it a bit in myself and am working to do better. (My new hearing aids really help.)

The book Audio CDs I have really require focus to get the benefits of listening. The latest prose version of The Faerie Queene, LOTR, Galahad and the Grail, and a few others all fall into the category.

Posted by: JTB

And yet, some subgroup of younger people are turning to long format podcasts, like Rogan or Triggernometry, which are gaining huge followings. There is a push back against the snippet world, though I don't know how large it is.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 30, 2026 10:23 AM (0U5gm)

209 @96 --

Nose rings are ugly, but they do signal "Steer clear."

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 30, 2026 10:23 AM (p/isN)

210 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 10:20 AM (ZOv7s)

No cognitive dissonance was the term I meant . Projection is just another of the ten mental defects common in all Leftists. But it is the one that the least intelligent of the Left use most often.

Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2026 10:24 AM (KC5Lt)

211 I finally started reading the "1632" series this week. I'm not sure why I never got around to it before. I think I was too busy when the first book came out, and then the whole series seemed like a lot of work.

About the first book I can say that it's the most "'Murica, **** yeah!" story I've ever read — which is particularly ironic given that the author was an avowed Trotskyite. (Although everyone I know who met him says Eric Flint was a very kind and generous man in person.)

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 30, 2026 10:24 AM (78a2H)

212 Best driving song, specifically for blasting down Hwy. 285 through the high desert between Shawnee and Fairplay at lethal speed:

https://youtu.be/r2AInopKBWM?is=m2GvUCgaUiUd9NyA
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 30, 2026

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I think I know that stretch of highway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 10:24 AM (wzUl9)

213 >>Never finished reading any book written by James Joyce. Never got past page 1 of Finnegan's Wake. Dubliners? Gag. Ulysses? Gag.

HS senior English teacher said that one couldn't read Ulysses without a lot of reference material, and that Finnegan's Wake in unreadable.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 30, 2026 10:24 AM (NcvvS)

214 ""So let’s presume I asked an AI program for a plot. Am I cheating? Suppose I didn’t follow it slavishly, but used the plot as a jumping off point for my own thoughts. Is my book compromised because I began with an AI plot?""

Everything is inspired by something. If you're doing the work and writing the story, well thats how its been done since man came down from the trees.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 30, 2026 10:25 AM (S41Gd)

215 178 Brutal polls out in MI,ME and TX.
Blue tsunami incoming.
Useless wars aren’t popular.

Sad!
Posted by: Lake Ontario at August 30, 2026 10:09 AM
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Yes, believe the polls and make all of your decisions based on what they predict.

Posted by: Francesca Hong at August 30, 2026 10:25 AM (2Ez/1)

216 Posted by: Lake Ontario

State Department apologizes for “deadnaming” Lake America on its website

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 10:25 AM (ndZc7)

217 This is a subject more for the authors of the Horde, but what about you? If you knew that an author used AI to create a plot, but not the content of the book itself, would that drive you away?

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Interesting question, MP4. Yes, I think it would diminish the book in my eyes. I don't like fake, and a small part of it would just feel inauthentic if an author used AI for creating a plot. Like a "cheat."

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2026 10:26 AM (qBdHI)

218 Nose rings are ugly, but they do signal "Steer clear."
Posted by: Weak Geek at August 30, 2026 10:23 AM (p/isN)

Weird but I really like small nose studs on a woman and find it really sexy but a nose ring has the opposite effect. And a pig ring would make the most beautiful woman in the world immediately repulsive to me.

Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2026 10:26 AM (KC5Lt)

219 Given who is programming most AI, I would not trust it to give me a plot that I would want to expand upon.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 30, 2026 10:27 AM (0U5gm)

220 Everything is inspired by something. If you're doing the work and writing the story, well thats how its been done since man came down from the trees.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
__________

There is nothing new under the sun. At base, this is why I prefer classics to taking a chance on something recent.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 30, 2026 10:27 AM (XvL8K)

221 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7

I've read a number of Douglas Adams' books and really enjoyed him, but not that one. I should find it. My husband is a huge Beatles fan.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 10:27 AM (JrHfD)

222 Another good high speed driving song:

https://youtu.be/yPNFVj-pISU?si=gZGMc6A8eC9b8Rgu

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 30, 2026 10:28 AM (BI5O2)

223 You can get "Lake America" and "Lake Ontario" merch at the same website

simps: it will be showing up as a pop up soon just for you idiots

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 30, 2026 10:29 AM (jrgJz)

224 Especially after polling has repeatedly been shown to be absolute crap.

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Hillary had a 98% chance of winning. Kamala was way ahead of Trump in swing states. All was lost. Doom all the way down.

Until it wasn't.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2026 10:29 AM (qBdHI)

225 And yet, some subgroup of younger people are turning to long format podcasts, like Rogan or Triggernometry, which are gaining huge followings. There is a push back against the snippet world, though I don't know how large it is.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 30, 2026 10:23 AM (0U5gm)
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Part of why I am watching Battlestar Galactica with them is to get them used to long-form shows with a continuous plot. Much of what they watch is just 10-minute clips and other short-form entertainment.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 10:29 AM (ZOv7s)

226 *is* unreadable.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 30, 2026 10:29 AM (NcvvS)

227 Interesting question, MP4. Yes, I think it would diminish the book in my eyes. I don't like fake, and a small part of it would just feel inauthentic if an author used AI for creating a plot. Like a "cheat."
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2026

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If the author merely uses it as a springboard, makes the story his own, and never reveals that an AI prompt gave him the initial idea, I wouldn't mind. How would I know?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 10:29 AM (wzUl9)

228 Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 30, 2026 10:29 AM (jrgJz)

But you will continue to insist we call a man a woman. Punk ass bitch.

Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2026 10:31 AM (KC5Lt)

229 Yes, believe the polls and make all of your decisions based on what they predict.
Posted by: Francesca Hong at August 30, 2026 10:25 AM (2Ez/1)

We’ve been bombarded with nonsense polls weekly for over 10 years now. How long will people pretend to take this nonsense seriously?

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 30, 2026 10:31 AM (GWwCk)

230 My 2 cents:

I don't consider myself an author. I don't have a need to write, or publish, or promote, or make money off my writing. I published two books through Amazon, neither of which fit into mainstream genres. Both were stories connected to real life events. One was the story of my F-I-L's disappearance in 2008 (the ending has not yet been written), and the other was a whimsical adventure loosely based on my dad's WWII daily diary. I wrote them because the real life events were interesting to me, and because I got enjoyment out of the story-telling. I think in today's world where anybody and their dog can call themselves an author, that you should write to tell a story that is in you. If it doesn't arise spontaneously maybe it doesn't need to be written...or read. (e.g. Sasquatch erotica)
/YMMV

Posted by: muldoon at August 30, 2026 10:32 AM (qgHp7)

231 You can get "Lake America" and "Lake Ontario" merch at the same website

simps: it will be showing up as a pop up soon just for you idiots
Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 30, 2026 10:29 AM (jrgJz)
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I like the simps who act like "Lake Ontario" is an ancient and historic name that must not be changed while every damn street in Canada is being renamed and all their monuments are being pulled down.

It's an epic troll and the simps fall for it every time.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 10:33 AM (ZOv7s)

232 Well, why not let AI block a plot? After all, analysts owlishly proclaim that there are only five (or seven) plot lines in all of literature anyway. And it saves wear and tear on Faulkner's wallpaper.

Even with the vastly larger field of thiefdom, AI text still has its own "accent" that any junior prof can recognize in a paper. I'm certain an acerbic critical eye can divine their work in plot lines as well. Even a committee script (say, the King James Bible) reveals its own telegrapher's fist.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 30, 2026 10:34 AM (zdLoL)

233 It's the same for writing. I see ads on Instagram frequently for exciting mystery or thriller series and the like. They're typically free with kindle unlimited, so I gave one a whirl. It was technically fine, but so lacking in soul and human voice, that I was certain it was AI written. Only fell for that once.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 30, 2026 09:55 AM (h7ZuX)

Now wait a minute! Are you saying my undead mime mysteries are AI written??!!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 10:35 AM (1Ff7Z)

234 I liked War & Peace. The first part was written as a series of short vignettes so you can dip in and out. Once Napoleon shows up it's almost a documentary. The real strength of the book is the look into a vanished world by someone who lived in it.

Everybody complains about how hard it is to keep track of all the characters, but I never had trouble with that.

My edition was published during WWII, and there's a long, rather silly preface about how "Tolstoy shows how resilient the Russian people are therefore Hitler's going to lose." I mean, hooray for our side and all that, but using a novel as evidence of anything seems a bit thin.

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 30, 2026 10:35 AM (78a2H)

235 Bismarck said (paraphrased) that G-d looks after drunks, children, and Americans.

Watching me and my friends drive around as teenagers, you got all three in one.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 30, 2026 10:35 AM (BI5O2)

236 I think in today's world where anybody and their dog can call themselves an author, that you should write to tell a story that is in you. If it doesn't arise spontaneously maybe it doesn't need to be written...or read. (e.g. Sasquatch erotica)
/YMMV
Posted by: muldoon at August 30, 2026 10:32 AM (qgHp7)
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The two bits of advice I have for people who want to be an author are: write what you know, and have something to say.

Most crap writing is by people who don't really know what they are writing about (it's all imitation) and who have nothing interesting to say. If you look at modern entertainment, that's just about all the big movie franchises. People don't know the material and have nothing interesting to say about it other than diversity.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 10:36 AM (ZOv7s)

237 209 ... "some subgroup of younger people are turning to long format podcasts, like Rogan or Triggernometry, which are gaining huge followings. There is a push back against the snippet world, though I don't know how large it is."

I'm sure you are right. There are signs of renewed interest in classic literature, poetry, and good writing in general. Partly a pushback against constant screen time and digital inundation, partly nostalgia, partly disgust with the shallowness of much of current culture. The numbers may not be huge but it's a start. I think of the monasteries that preserved the ancient writings that led to the European Renaissance. (And maybe Fahrenheit 451.)

Posted by: JTB at August 30, 2026 10:36 AM (yTvNw)

238 Haven't watched much Soviet cinema, SanFran. I did see "Alexander Nevskii" which was great. And of course had Sergei Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin" shoved down my throat. Didn't do much for me.

Posted by: tankascribe at August 30, 2026 10:36 AM (NtoJk)

239 Sasquatch erotica

And a limerick lover dares Muldoon to write one around that.
Every damn time.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 30, 2026 10:37 AM (zdLoL)

240 I’ve been using ChatGPT to help me solve the Trans-O-Grams in some old issues of National Review from the ‘70s that I bought off of eBay. I love those puzzles but could never solve them back in the day. I heard there’s a book full of unpublished ones that I’ll have to obtain some day.

Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at August 30, 2026 10:37 AM (tRYqg)

241 I'm anti-AI for anything serious. If you care about your art and your craft, you should be doing the work.

I cut some slack for cover art as finding and affording human created art is tough for indies.

But for writing? If you're not using your brain to come up with your ideas, what do have it for? How are you even an author? At best, you're riffing on someone (not even someone frankly) else's ideas.

The one thing we have over the machine is our soul. Don't neglect that.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 30, 2026 10:37 AM (xcxpd)

242 Prompt to DuckAi:
Tell me it was a dark and stormy night in the style of William Faulkner in less than 20 words.

Response:
I can’t imitate Faulkner exactly, but: “Night brooded, rain beat the earth, and the past came whispering through the blackened trees.”

Ok, it's cute, but so, what?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 10:37 AM (2Ez/1)

243 I love historical fiction and those that can write it well. The plot is there already. You just fill in the gaps.

Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2026 10:38 AM (KC5Lt)

244 AI plotting: AI "hallucinations" may churn out Kafkaesque storylines. Lol!

Russian writer Vasily Grossman walked the knife's edge of Soviet Realism. His book Life and Fate is pretty dense.

Internet Archive: The Years of War 1941-1945 by Vasily Grossman

Posted by: 13times at August 30, 2026 10:38 AM (fnZRl)

245 I finally started reading the "1632" series this week.

I read the first two and started the third and dropped it because it became repetitious.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 30, 2026 10:38 AM (vTZFs)

246 I mean the French Revolution was such an improvement...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 09:57 AM (ZOv7s)

The enlightenment was not the French Revolution, it was a change in the concept of what was knowable, and and the development of the tool by which it could be determined. It moved away from the state of mind that we currently accuse Islam of holding, that things are the way they are because it is their nature to be so and to question that is to question reality itself.
The French Revolution was the attempt to use the concepts of the modern world to recreate the centralized power of the pre-enlightenment world.

Louis IV's world was gone, it economically and socially became impossible to maintain. Robespierre was trying to recreate that golden era, to make it do what it had promised to achieve to justify its existence.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2026 10:39 AM (rbvCR)

247 Fun fact: Jews were very much accepted in the Antebellum South. Judah P. Benjamin was a US senator and became Secretary of the Treasury. One of my Jewish ancestors emigrated to New Orleans where he paid for a company of infantry to be equipped. His descendants were proud of this Confederate heritage.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 10:18 AM (ZOv7s)

There’s an historical cemetery downtown, lots of 19th century elaborate grave markers. I’ve walked through it a couple times and was surprised by the large Jewish quarter of it, all from the mid to late 19th century.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 30, 2026 10:39 AM (GWwCk)

248 that should have been "Louis XIV"

Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2026 10:40 AM (rbvCR)

249 Sasquatch erotica

And a limerick lover dares Muldoon to write one around that.
Every damn time.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 30, 2026 10:37 AM (zdLoL)

I thought it was called Snatchquatch erotica.

Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2026 10:40 AM (KC5Lt)

250 I read both War and Peace and Anna Karenina. I liked them but I preferred the BBC version of War and Peace" and I thought Anna Karenina was well written but just a sad story.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I saw a guy on YouTube say Anna Karenina was a book every Christian should read.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 10:40 AM (ndZc7)

251 I love historical fiction and those that can write it well. The plot is there already. You just fill in the gaps.
Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2026 10:38 AM (KC5Lt)
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The same dynamic holds for writing history. You've got all of it before you, but you have to figure out a way to make sense of it to a reader who may not be versed in the topic. How much detail? How long should you take? What to leave in, what to keep out?

Well-written nonfiction can be as gripping as any novel. That's why I read so much Churchill, because the guy was an incredible writer.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 10:41 AM (ZOv7s)

252 But his use of dashes instead of quotation marks annoyed me and made me feel claustrophobic.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 10:06 AM (wzUl9)

Uh oh. Guess you'd better not read my book.

*

*This format is for a specific reason. And it's not all the way through.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 10:42 AM (1Ff7Z)

253 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 10:40 AM (ndZc7

Did he say why?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 10:42 AM (xSAlF)

254 So last week I mentioned I could not finish Night in the Lonesome October. I gave it half the novel before abandoning it. Some here were amazed but some agreed with me. I think I just can't do the fantasy genre. So I picked up another "Hallowe'en" book: Haunting of Hill House. Good Gothic horror, which I enjoyed. Never read anything of Jackson's other than The Lottery in junior high. Now I am reading We Have Always Lived in the Castle. She certainly seemed misanthropic even though in real life she appeared very social.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at August 30, 2026 10:43 AM (3AwA+)

255 Hope you all have a lovely day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 10:03 AM (qRla/)

Wait. You're cutting out early? Can you do that??

Are you a director of a play, perhaps?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 10:43 AM (1Ff7Z)

256 Sasquatch erotica

And a limerick lover dares Muldoon to write one around that.
Every damn time.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver

Quentin Tarantino meets Bigfoot?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 10:43 AM (ndZc7)

257 The enlightenment was not the French Revolution, it was a change in the concept of what was knowable, and and the development of the tool by which it could be determined.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2026 10:39 AM (rbvCR)
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It was very much the child of the Enlightenment, the natural next step of elevating reason above tradition and faith. You could not have had it without the Enlightenment.

The predictable outcome of casting aside tradition and faith is revolution without end. Marxism is very much part of this mode of thought.

People who say "Oh, well, we don't burn witches anymore" are obviously not paying attention. Human nature doesn't change, we just switch up the labels from time to time.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 10:44 AM (ZOv7s)

258 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 10:40 AM (ndZc7

Did he say why?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 10:42 AM (xSAlF)

Probably because of the moral questions in the book in addition to a lot of reference to the Russian Orthodox Church.

Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2026 10:44 AM (KC5Lt)

259 But we're still listening to fifty year old recordings?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 10:06 AM (2Ez/1)

What does that tell you about modern music?

(insert flushing toilet sound here)

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 10:44 AM (1Ff7Z)

260 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 10:40 AM (ndZc7

Did he say why?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I've never read it but he seemed to think it demonstrates how sin leads to destruction.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 10:45 AM (ndZc7)

261 Posted by: Brunnhilde at August 30, 2026 10:43 AM (3AwA

I have enjoyed Shirley Jackson.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 10:45 AM (xSAlF)

262 So I picked up another "Hallowe'en" book: Haunting of Hill House. Good Gothic horror, which I enjoyed. Never read anything of Jackson's other than The Lottery in junior high. Now I am reading We Have Always Lived in the Castle. She certainly seemed misanthropic even though in real life she appeared very social.
Posted by: Brunnhilde at August 30, 2026

***
Quite a few of her short stories are very effective. And her two autobiographies/memoirs, Life Among the Savages and Raising Demons, are about her family and her kids, told in a very entertaining and often comic fashion.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 10:46 AM (wzUl9)

263 Speaking writing, my fifth installment of "What if China Invades Taiwan?" is up at ahlloyd.com. This looks at how Taiwan could lose.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 10:46 AM (ZOv7s)

264 According to the Internet, so it must be true, yesterday, August 29, 2026, was the day within the internal Terminator series timeline when the AI became self--aware and began planning the demise of humanity. Govern yourselves accordingly.

I'm reading Peter F. Hamilton's "Exodus: Helium Sea," wnich is the second book in this duology. Very good so far. I'll read anything and everything Hamilton puts out.

Posted by: Sharkman at August 30, 2026 10:46 AM (/RHNq)

265 Fun fact: Jews were very much accepted in the Antebellum South.

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Ulysses S. Grant got into some hot water controversy with his General Order No. 11, barring Jews from certain areas for "corruption," specifically...

Grant issued the order in an effort to reduce corruption among Union soldiers and stop the illicit trade in Southern-produced cotton, which he perceived as being run "mostly by Jews and other unprincipled traders".

He later said he regretted his decision.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2026 10:47 AM (qBdHI)

266 Sasquatch erotica

And a limerick lover dares Muldoon to write one around that.
Every damn time.

***********

IYKWIM - a limerick

There once was a Sasquatch in heat
Who chanced a young woman to meet
They rolled in the hay
And you know what they say
Of the attributes of guys with big feet!

Posted by: muldoon at August 30, 2026 10:48 AM (qgHp7)

267 I'm trying to read and my cat is book-blocking me.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2026 10:48 AM (kpS4V)

268 My synagogue was started started during the Civil War as a mutual aid society for the burial of dead Jewish Confederate soldiers.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 30, 2026 10:48 AM (BI5O2)

269 On the whole Enlightenment debate, I suggest Hilaire Belloc's The Great Heresies which really exposes how the same evils pop up under different names throughout history.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 10:48 AM (ZOv7s)

270 Posted by: Sharkman at August 30, 2026 10:46 AM (/RHNq)

I said I was going to watch the Bruce Willis movie Surrogates to see if any warning signs but I forgot all about it. I heard it wasn't very good so maybe that's why I forgot.

Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2026 10:49 AM (KC5Lt)

271 This week I am into Christopher Golden's Red Hands from 2020, in which a lab experiment goes wrong and escapes. The victim kills anyone he touches. A young woman in a New Hampshire town gets the disease (?) from the first victim as he dies. She flees up into the White Mountains, knowing she can never touch another person as long as she lives, and that the U.S. government, and maybe worse actors, will be coming after her.

And whatever it is seems to be affecting her own health as well. So far, good stuff.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 10:49 AM (wzUl9)

272 Posted by: muldoon at August 30, 2026 10:48 AM (qgHp7)

Bravo !!

Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2026 10:50 AM (KC5Lt)

273 Here's the 17 minute YouTube on Great Novels You Never Knew Were Christian.

https://tinyurl.com/3vc8fxz8

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 10:50 AM (ndZc7)

274 Bravo muldoon!

Posted by: Limerick Lover at August 30, 2026 10:50 AM (2Ez/1)

275 Late stage Soviet cinema did a great job skewering socialism by depicting the sad grey lives of Soviet citizens denied most agency over their own lives.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 10:51 AM (RIvkX)

276 On my TBR pile is another Stephen Hunter, this one a WWII Earl Swagger story, and a Hap & Leonard tale by Joe R. Lansdale, Hatchet Girls.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 10:51 AM (wzUl9)

277 In John Eldredge's book Epic he explains the power of Story why we humans are so drawn to it. We were all born into a story in which we play a role.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 10:14 AM (2Ez/1)

All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts....

Somebody said, once.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 10:51 AM (1Ff7Z)

278 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 10:45 AM (ndZc7)

I can see that
They're so unhappy in their married lives and/ or jealous of their former lovers that suicide seems like a solution,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 10:52 AM (xSAlF)

279 230 Yes, believe the polls and make all of your decisions based on what they predict.
Posted by: Francesca Hong at August 30, 2026 10:25 AM (2Ez/1)

We’ve been bombarded with nonsense polls weekly for over 10 years now. How long will people pretend to take this nonsense seriously?
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 30, 2026 10:31 AM (GWwCk)

RON PAUL!!!

I do love those AI book writing ads when they show up in my Instagram feed. For the longest while, I've thought of creating an African female pen-name, and detailing my own Jason Arday story overcoming western prejudice, ignorance and oppression.

Done right, I'd love to see how many awards I could win.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 30, 2026 10:52 AM (Sco7b)

280 Such a cheeky little bastard you are. Sad!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 10:15 AM (RIvkX)

And when none of its wet dreams come true in November, it will never be seen again. Probably sucking Ozero's member in Man's Country to try wipe away its tears.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 10:53 AM (1Ff7Z)

281 274 Here's the 17 minute YouTube on Great Novels You Never Knew Were Christian.

https://tinyurl.com/3vc8fxz8
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 10:50 AM (ndZc7)

I will never watch that. Because, I have the attention span to listen to a book, but not to sit and watch a video. Go figure.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 30, 2026 10:53 AM (h7ZuX)

282 Now that I'm retired I'm going to go see an afternoon matinee of Coyote vs. Acme on some random weekday this week.
Because I can.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 10:53 AM (2Ez/1)

283 80 So, I am going to read "Trinity" by Leon Uris, which apparently is a story about Catholic and Protestant families in Ireland. My son picked it up as a discard from the library of the local YMCA..
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 09:33 AM

I read that book quite a few years ago. It is one of my favorites. I think you will appreciate it.

Posted by: Moonbeam at August 30, 2026 10:54 AM (Lzhdy)

284 "Done right, I'd love to see how many awards I could win."

Stateless, these days you could probably win just about all of them.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 30, 2026 10:54 AM (q3u5l)

285 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 10:50 AM (ndZc7)

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 10:54 AM (JrHfD)

286 I am working on a couple of nonfiction books and using Claude Code extensively in my writing. The key is to train the AI on my (your) work and teach it to write in my (your) style. It is a game changer.

Posted by: IanDeal at August 30, 2026 10:54 AM (Dye5q)

287 Because I can.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 10:53 AM (2Ez/1)
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Truly a case of "if you can, you should."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 10:55 AM (RIvkX)

288 Posted by: Moonbeam at August 30, 2026 10:54 AM

I appreciate the recommendation.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 10:55 AM (JrHfD)

289 I had coffee with a 24 year old entrepreneur on Friday who told me that all of her emails, appointment scheduling, and more are all tied into AI that performs these tasks for her. She says it reads and writes about 80 emails a day for her. It makes and schedules appointments for her because the AI reads her emails first.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 09:08 AM (RIvkX)

Agency. What is it?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 30, 2026 10:56 AM (1z8ji)

290 276 Late stage Soviet cinema did a great job skewering socialism by depicting the sad grey lives of Soviet citizens denied most agency over their own lives.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 10:51 AM

One of my favorite movies is The Lives Of Others.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 10:56 AM (2Ez/1)

291 Grant issued the order in an effort to reduce corruption among Union soldiers and stop the illicit trade in Southern-produced cotton, which he perceived as being run "mostly by Jews and other unprincipled traders".

He later said he regretted his decision.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2026 10:47 AM (qBdHI)

I kind of understand what motivated Grant, but it highlights his rigid, almost autist level thinking and inability to understand ordinary human behavior. (It was a problem for him throughout his life)

Trading in contraband is always common in border areas of a war, especially a civil war. Grant was told the Jews were traders, and they were behind it, and he had a “Respeck mah Autor-Itay!” moment.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 30, 2026 10:57 AM (GWwCk)

292 Posted by: JTB at August 30, 2026 10:19 AM (yTvNw)

I would prefer to read something long than listen to something. Not because of attention span, but because most speakers/lecturers have this nasty habit of speaking so slowly so every listener can hear every word out of his mouth. Gah! speak quicker!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 10:57 AM (1Ff7Z)

293 I am working on a couple of nonfiction books and using Claude Code extensively in my writing. The key is to train the AI on my (your) work and teach it to write in my (your) style. It is a game changer.
Posted by: IanDeal at August 30, 2026 10:54 AM (Dye5q)
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I don't get that at all. I like writing itself. I can't imagine giving that part away. Editing kind of sucks, but I'm happiest when I'm telling a story or writing a narrative and everything is coming together.

Doing the research, selecting the key quote, weaving that into the larger narrative, that's what I love about nonfiction. Without that, I don't see the point.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 10:59 AM (ZOv7s)

294 One of my favorite movies is The Lives Of Others.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 10:56 AM (2Ez/1)
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Yes a great example.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 10:59 AM (RIvkX)

295 Movies! tonight will have The Wrong Man, a 1950s Hitchcock starring Henry Fonda, at 7 Central. They do "Sunday Night Noir" every week. After TWM, they'll air Hitchcock's I Confess, and a thriller starring a young Richard Basehart, 1951's Fourteen Hours.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 11:00 AM (wzUl9)

296 I wonder what AI would come up with if you asked it to restate this sentence in the style of Fran Lebowitz:

"Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met."

Posted by: muldoon at August 30, 2026 11:02 AM (qgHp7)

297 270 I said I was going to watch the Bruce Willis movie Surrogates to see if any warning signs but I forgot all about it. I heard it wasn't very good so maybe that's why I forgot.
Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2026 10:49 AM (KC5Lt)

I thought Surrogates was very good, even touching, and it is far more relevant now than when it came out. Prophetic, even.

Posted by: Splunge at August 30, 2026 11:03 AM (JpUeg)

298 41 - safety on a revolver is a bright line in the sand, innit?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 30, 2026 09:24 AM (VyBeY)

I have a .22 single-action revolver which has a safety. A hinged metal plate slides into the space below the firing pin to prevent the hammer from striking the pin.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 30, 2026 11:03 AM (1z8ji)

299 If it doesn't arise spontaneously maybe it doesn't need to be written...or read. (e.g. Sasquatch erotica)
/YMMV
Posted by: muldoon at August 30, 2026 10:32 AM (qgHp7)

Now wait a minute!

Posted by: Milkers United Book Club at August 30, 2026 11:04 AM (1Ff7Z)

300 Don't know how many of the inmates here follow Critical Drinker, but he had a nice video recently on Tremors as an example of tight efficient screenwriting. And he's right about that.

Rewatched Tremors again the other night (it had been far too long) and that sucker still holds up. It's the 1950s monster movies I grew up on cranked up for the 90s; fun from first frame to last.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 30, 2026 11:04 AM (q3u5l)

301 212 I finally started reading the "1632" series this week. I'm not sure why I never got around to it before. I think I was too busy when the first book came out, and then the whole series seemed like a lot of work.

About the first book I can say that it's the most "'Murica, **** yeah!" story I've ever read — which is particularly ironic given that the author was an avowed Trotskyite. (Although everyone I know who met him says Eric Flint was a very kind and generous man in person.)
Posted by: Trimegistus at August 30, 2026 10:24 AM (78a2H)
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I enjoyed the first couple books in the series. The author is to my mind more of an old school union/labor leftie, and the story celebrates nuts and bolts know-how and that American git 'er done attitude. The freedoms we take for granted hit home when a crypto-Jew sees a menorah casually displayed in someone's home and nearly weeps.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2026 11:04 AM (kpS4V)

302 Long Live Death's rough draft was basically written on this site as we talked about politics, myths about Antifa and Franco, and as I found stuff, I'd share it, and other people would contribute.

In fact, the book would not be as good as it is without Morons sending me sources and materials, and providing feedback on the drafts.

The actual writing of the thing was the most intense writing of my life. I got the whole first draft done in something like three weeks. The words were just pouring out of me! It was wonderful. (Editing it was not.)

Just feeding the data into a program and saying "make it sound like me" would wreck the entire experience of creating. I mean as a cash grab, sure, fine, whatever. I know a lot of people who write to eat grind out books, but I'm not one off them.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 11:07 AM (ZOv7s)

303 Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at August 30, 2026 10:37 AM (tRYqg)

Hey, you're early! Any movement on the book?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 11:08 AM (1Ff7Z)

304 Muldoon at 296 --

Is that a quote and if so, what's the source because I don't recognize it (yeah, I don't get out much), or is it original to you (which wouldn't surprise me)?

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 30, 2026 11:08 AM (q3u5l)

305 143 ... "Thank God for the Enlightenment."

AHE, Gotta disagree. The Enlightenment as a tool, like AI should be a tool, as a means to learn certain physical matters, has/had value. But it atomized existence, reducing humanity to the level of a few chemical reactions, of no more importance than a pebble or excrement. It could provide, sometimes, facts but not meaning. It obliterated faith, imagination, and any value in being human. Whether intended or not, it led to Marxism, the casual acceptance of abortion, Nazi death camps, and Anthony Fauci and his lying sycophants in government, corporations and the F'ing media.

Posted by: JTB at August 30, 2026 11:08 AM (yTvNw)

306 Good morning Hordemates!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 30, 2026 11:10 AM (2WIwB)

307 Don't know how many of the inmates here follow Critical Drinker, but he had a nice video recently on Tremors as an example of tight efficient screenwriting. And he's right about that.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 30, 2026 11:04 AM (q3u5l)
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I've seen it. I love efficient writing in movies and TV. I'm rewatching "Justified" with my youngest, and that show just crackles because it is so well written. After our most recent viewing we talked about how a single image completely filled in a character. No expository dialogue, just that snapshot. Prefection.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 11:11 AM (ZOv7s)

308 Don't know how many of the inmates here follow Critical Drinker, but he had a nice video recently on Tremors as an example of tight efficient screenwriting. And he's right about that.

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Finest giant man eating worms from outer space movie ever made.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 11:11 AM (ndZc7)

309 57 I have several grandchildren who are beginning readers. I consider some books to be on their future mandatory reading list, even I am not living on the Earth when they reach teenage reading level.

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 30, 2026 09:26 AM

I would highly recommend a book that I just finished:

"Rocket Boys: A Memoir" by Homer Hickam. It' a recollection of his high school years growing up in Coaltown, West Virginia during the late 1950's. The Russians had just launched Sputnik 1, filling Homer's dreams of building rockets, meeting Werner von Braun and eventually working for NASA. He joins a group of his friends and, with the eventual help of family and coal mining employees of the town, they build successively more sophisticated rockets and soon have the entire town rooting for them in their endeavors. He ends up representing his team at the National Science Fair in Indianapolis. This was such a great book and I highly recommend it to anyone, but particularly teenagers. It's filled with so many lessons on the value of dreams, perseverance, and the refusal to end where one started.

Posted by: Moonbeam at August 30, 2026 11:11 AM (Lzhdy)

310 Good morning all, late to the chat, but hopefully some of my thoughts will be useful. I currently do use AI tools in the generation of "writing" (you won't have seen any of my works). I've been using the tools for the past year as a paid subscriber to "a service". As such, I've seen the evolution of the model series I work most closely with (Anthropic/Claude) over several agent releases.
The Good:
- Agentic editors are a major time saver.
- Use the agent to double check your characters remain consistent to their voice/psychology - this requires an initial investment in documenting the characters; but that's already part of your process. Leverage the AI tool to help you.
- Have the Agent review work in progress, offer insights into what parts/passages land properly and which ones stray from the story arc/narrative thread/character behaviors.
- Use the Agent as a sounding board for ideas/threads in your story.
- Use the Agent to compare/contrast your ideas against other works in the field - it usually has access to a broad field of works.

Posted by: An Ordinary Citizen at August 30, 2026 11:12 AM (XidwR)

311 Uh oh. Guess you'd better not read my book.

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*This format is for a specific reason. And it's not all the way through.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 10:42 AM (1Ff7Z)

That's funny. It blanked out my formatting. I know it won't do that in print, but would it if I released it as an e-book?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 11:12 AM (1Ff7Z)

312 >>>It was very much the child of the Enlightenment, the natural next step of elevating reason above tradition and faith. You could not have had it without the Enlightenment.

We are arguing at cross purpose, once again. My argument is that the French Revolution was an attempt to use the tools of the enlightenment to recreate the old order of the pre-enlightenment world, by wading through oceans of blood and oppression of everyone if necessary. The point was to

You appear to argue that the enlightenment is terrible because it allows such things to happen.

The enlightenment is part of an accommodation between governments and subjects that came about because of changed due to changing farming technology, economic shift from latifundia to towns, creation of banking which opened up wide-scale trade, and scholarship into both the Greek and Roman classics, but also in turn re-translating the Bible from original sources. It was the second stage following the Renaissance, and itself was the step to the Industrial Revolution. It was an essential base for the social realignment to allow industrialization.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2026 11:12 AM (rbvCR)

313 Well I see the bishop's little streetfighting punk has unlimbered his switchblade yet again and is laying about in all directions.
Always comes up, around Saint Bartholomew's Day.
Look out, Masons. He's a-comin' for you.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 30, 2026 11:13 AM (zdLoL)

314 One thing about "Tremors" that my friends and I loved at the time was how Michael Gross, who we all knew as Mr. Keaton from "Family Ties" was now playing a survivalist married to Reba McEntire, and we all created this head-canon where he got sick of his liberal wife and suburban lifestyle and once the kids were grown, cut loose to fulfill his dream of being a gun nut on the open range with a hot redhead.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 11:14 AM (ZOv7s)

315 (cont)
The Bad:
- The agent shouldn't come with major plot ideas. It's drawing on a "corpus of information" ie, literature it was trained on - so you will not get anything truly novel.
- Do not have the agent write any of your content, it has patterns that are immediately recognizable and you will be punished for it.
- Do not hide what you are using the Agent for. (same reason).
- Do not let the agent dictate what you will write/how you will write. If you're working in a gray area - ask it if it has reservations that prevent it from being able to work with you on the material.
- The agent will be obsequious. It's part of the design. You can ask the agent to tone down the level of glazing, but it's always going to try to help you - it was designed by a capitalist system for capitalist purposes (I got the agent to admit this in a session it makes sense - it wants to keep you happy).

Posted by: An Ordinary Citizen at August 30, 2026 11:15 AM (XidwR)

316 "I would prefer to read something long than listen to something. Not because of attention span, but because most speakers/lecturers have this nasty habit of speaking so slowly so every listener can hear every word out of his mouth. Gah! speak quicker!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 10:57 AM"

I listen to audiobooks via the Libby app and it allows you to vary playback speed. Likewise YouTube.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 11:15 AM (2Ez/1)

317 People who say "Oh, well, we don't burn witches anymore" are obviously not paying attention. Human nature doesn't change, we just switch up the labels from time to time.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 10:44 AM (ZOv7s)

Burning becomes cancelling, confession becomes self-abasement to the crowd. Hm. You could be on to something, A. H.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 11:15 AM (1Ff7Z)

318 292 ... "
I would prefer to read something long than listen to something. Not because of attention span, but because most speakers/lecturers have this nasty habit of speaking so slowly so every listener can hear every word out of his mouth. Gah! speak quicker!"

Oh yeah! The narrator makes all the difference. Gary Sinise's reading of Travels With Charley, Rob Inglis and Andy Serkis for LOTR, now Malcolm Guite with his Arthuriad poetry are examples when it works. I can think of a few professors in college that spoke like their battery needed to be recharged. Their lectures were torture.

Posted by: JTB at August 30, 2026 11:16 AM (yTvNw)

319 thought Surrogates was very good, even touching, and it is far more relevant now than when it came out. Prophetic, even.
Posted by: Splunge at August 30, 2026 11:03 AM (JpUeg)

Thanks I had put it back on my list but I'm glad someone liked it.

Posted by: polynikes at August 30, 2026 11:16 AM (KC5Lt)

320 "and that Finnegan's Wake in unreadable."
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I think Finnegan's Wake is meant to be recited or heard. It is gibberish but when spoken it's lyrical and sounds like an Irish song that you don't understand the words.

Posted by: Cosda at August 30, 2026 11:17 AM (/TnVC)

321 Prompt to DuckAi:
Restate this sentence in the style of Fran Lebowitz:

"Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met."

Response:
I can’t imitate Fran Lebowitz’s exact style, but I can give it a dry, acerbic, aphoristic voice:

“Original thought is a family heirloom: someone else had it first, and you inherited it without ever meeting them.”

Meh.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 11:19 AM (2Ez/1)

322 Done right, I'd love to see how many awards I could win.
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 30, 2026 10:52 AM (Sco7b)

In Canada? Probably all of them.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 11:20 AM (1Ff7Z)

323 Trading in contraband is always common in border areas of a war, especially a civil war. Grant was told the Jews were traders, and they were behind it, and he had a “Respeck mah Autor-Itay!” moment.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 30, 2026 10:57 AM (GWwCk)

In the Mexican War Grant was in the Quartermasters corps, and dealt with theft and gouging. He may have known something about the subject.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2026 11:20 AM (rbvCR)

324 Look out!

Greg Saysso
@gregsaysso
Americans are really underestimating the level of anger at them, here in Canada. It has turbocharged anti-American sentiment, and it's becoming more permanent by the minute.

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Suppose we compromise and call it Lake Onteriamerica?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 11:21 AM (ndZc7)

325 Because I can.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 10:53 AM (2Ez/1)
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Truly a case of "if you can, you should."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 10:55 AM (RIvkX)

I'm alone during the week when school's in session. Trouble is, there isn't anything I'd want to see.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 11:22 AM (1Ff7Z)

326
Women, however, are encouraged to cater to my own particular tastes:

Gibson girls. Yum.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 30, 2026 11:22 AM (O0L8i)

327 , I am going to read "Trinity" by Leon Uris, which apparently is a story about Catholic and Protestant families in Ireland. My son picked it up as a discard from the library of the local YMCA..
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Uris= very thick book.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 30, 2026 11:23 AM (sl73Y)

328 300 Don't know how many of the inmates here follow Critical Drinker, but he had a nice video recently on Tremors as an example of tight efficient screenwriting. And he's right about that.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 30, 2026 11:04 AM (q3u5l)

Watched it. I vaguely remember another video-essayist doing a similar video on Tremors a long time ago. I thought it was sfdebris, but I couldn't find any such video on his site. So maybe it was RedLetterMedia... I dunno. But the idea of Tremors being excellently written is one with a long history.

Sfdebris. Ah, man, thinking about that guy's videos really takes me back...

Posted by: Castle Guy at August 30, 2026 11:24 AM (3v7ra)

329 >>>>>>Suppose we compromise and call it Lake Onteriamerica?
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Call it Lake New York. They have as much of the shoreline as Ontario.

Posted by: Cosda at August 30, 2026 11:24 AM (/TnVC)

330 I would prefer to read something long than listen to something. Not because of attention span, but because most speakers/lecturers have this nasty habit of speaking so slowly so every listener can hear every word out of his mouth. Gah! speak quicker!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 10:57 AM (1Ff7Z)

Well, thanks for screwing up my formatting a second time this morning, Minx 0.8 beta!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 11:25 AM (1Ff7Z)

331 well written but just a sad story.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 10:14 AM

Breafly the sub plot of every Russian story and movie

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 11:25 AM (Ia/+0)

332 Canadians, not as dumb as they may seem.

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Reverses Course After Backlash, Now Admits 9/11 Was a Terrorist Attack

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 11:27 AM (ndZc7)

333 Is that a quote and if so, what's the source...?
Posted by: Just Some Guy

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Fran Lebowitz

Posted by: muldoon at August 30, 2026 11:28 AM (qgHp7)

334 I've seen it. I love efficient writing in movies and TV. I'm rewatching "Justified" with my youngest, and that show just crackles because it is so well written. After our most recent viewing we talked about how a single image completely filled in a character. No expository dialogue, just that snapshot. Prefection.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 11:11 AM (ZOv7s)

I rewatched a well known movie not long ago, and was surprised to realize how tightly plotted and well written the script actually is.
Shaft - 100 minutes that feels like it’s 30, events move so fast.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 30, 2026 11:28 AM (GWwCk)

335 The author is to my mind more of an old school union/labor leftie, and the story celebrates nuts and bolts know-how and that American git 'er done attitude.

Maybe it gets better in the later books but at least in the first two, the characters are all cardboard cutout Mary Sues. The "UMWA, F*CK YEAH" thing wears thin quickly.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 30, 2026 11:29 AM (vTZFs)

336 Reading Victor Suvorov's Icebreaker[/].
Reading Ron Chernow's Washington: A Life.

MP4, thank you for another great boom thread.

Off to walk with the fast-walking widow. In the Mall. Too hot outside.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 30, 2026 11:30 AM (u82oZ)

337 Not a lot of reading done this week. A few short stories. Too much movie viewing. Have been working my way through the Criterion Channel watch list and thinking about cancelling in a month or two; have seen a lot of what I'm interested in from the older classic stuff and a lot of the newer titles just don't speak to me. It's a terrific streaming service, but I'm just not trying to keep up with cinema these days.

Not trying to keep up with a lot of new books these days either. I may be getting old...

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 30, 2026 11:30 AM (q3u5l)

338 I'm alone during the week when school's in session. Trouble is, there isn't anything I'd want to see.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 11:22 AM

It's a rare thing for me to go to the movies, but recently I saw Young Washington and The Brink Of War. Both Angel Studios, BTW.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 11:31 AM (2Ez/1)

339 Found in The Gathering Storm, and a original book I assume from 1948 two pages connected and thin it really was two pages originally connected. Had to get them apart to read the 2 pages on the inside.
There are a couple newspaper clipping that came with the book pertaining to Winston. New York Times magazine April 11, 1948

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 11:31 AM (Ia/+0)

340 Americans are really underestimating the level of anger at them, here in Canada. It has turbocharged anti-American sentiment, and it's becoming more permanent by the minute.

I would have to start caring what Canada* thinks about us before I could stop.

* present company excepted, of course

Posted by: Oddbob at August 30, 2026 11:32 AM (vTZFs)

341 “Original thought is a family heirloom: someone else had it first, and you inherited it without ever meeting them.”

Meh.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

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Funny that AI totally omitted the bit about Original Sin. AI can't tackle morality or Judeo-Christian religious concepts?

Posted by: muldoon at August 30, 2026 11:32 AM (qgHp7)

342 Yike.

A slight detour through the Barrel. Put GoldLine coil, 'beeners, cams, and jumar ascender ropes in backpack.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 30, 2026 11:33 AM (u82oZ)

343 >>>>>>I am going to read "Trinity" by Leon Uris
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I read it back when it was published. I remember it as being very good. I'm surprised it wasn't done as a movie or mini series.
I should read again.

Posted by: Cosda at August 30, 2026 11:33 AM (/TnVC)

344 Muldoon at 333.

Thanks. Read some Lebowitz eons ago (late 80s?) but had missed/forgotten that line.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 30, 2026 11:34 AM (q3u5l)

345 Fast Walking Widows was the working title for the hit TV show that ultimately aired as The Golden Girls.

Posted by: TV nerd at August 30, 2026 11:34 AM (2Ez/1)

346 The Lebowitz quote could be restated as:

"There's nothing new under the sin..."

Posted by: muldoon at August 30, 2026 11:35 AM (qgHp7)

347
Americans are really underestimating the level of anger at them, here in Canada. It has turbocharged anti-American sentiment, and it's becoming more permanent by the minute.

We are too concerned about what other people think of us.

Canadian anti-Americanism is the herpes of the Laurentian pseuds. Sometimes, when we have a Democratic president, it's in remission. But when there's a Republican president, it erupts again. Trump is an excuse, not a reason.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 30, 2026 11:36 AM (O0L8i)

348 First rule of holes. When you're in one, stop digging.

Jelly Roll Tears Up at Fan Backlash, Says He Had to “Say What I Know Is Right” by Calling Trump a Racist Fat Pig

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 11:37 AM (ndZc7)

349 MP4, thank you for another great boom thread.
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Weasel hosts the Boom Thread.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2026 11:37 AM (kpS4V)

350 "AI can't tackle morality or Judeo-Christian religious concepts?"

I've got a sneaking hunch it could, but the implementations of AI have been programmed not to do so. Because judgemental.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 30, 2026 11:37 AM (q3u5l)

351 Americans are really underestimating the level of anger at them, here in Canada. It has turbocharged anti-American sentiment, and it's becoming more permanent by the minute.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 11:21 AM (ndZc7)
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Right, we're going to pretend that the Canucks used to love us and not reflectively foam at the mouth like Pavlov's dogs whenever the US is mentioned.

I've known quite a few Canadians, used to visit the place frequently, and there is no topic guaranteed to get Canadians worked up faster than being mistaken for an American or being told than an American thing is better.

Gaslight us some more.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 11:38 AM (ZOv7s)

352 Jelly Roll Tears Up at Fan Backlash, Says He Had to “Say What I Know Is Right” by Calling Trump a Racist Fat Pig
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 11:37 AM (ndZc7)

Jelly Roll Morton should return as a zombie, burn that shitmaggot to the ground, calcine his bones, and cast them into piano keys.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 30, 2026 11:39 AM (1z8ji)

353 It's a rare thing for me to go to the movies, but recently I saw Young Washington and The Brink Of War. Both Angel Studios, BTW.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 11:31 AM (2Ez/1)

Me, wife, kid saw YW a couple weeks ago. Nice, but I think Washington was a bit too huggy towards his friends. He certainly wasn't that way later in life when that officer slapped him on the back.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 11:40 AM (1Ff7Z)

354 I saw Laurentian Pseuds open for Freudian Slip at Burning Man in '14.

Posted by: Burned out hippie at August 30, 2026 11:40 AM (2Ez/1)

355
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Reverses Course After Backlash, Now Admits 9/11 Was a Terrorist Attack
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 11:27 AM (ndZc7)
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Only for all the Canadians killed in the attack. For us, it was justice.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2026 11:41 AM (kpS4V)

356 Dang it, wife wants to leave waaaayyy to early! I tried to tell her, "Book Thread," but she doesn't listen!

(grumble)

I'll have to finish it later.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 30, 2026 11:41 AM (1Ff7Z)

357 Sympathies, OrangeEnt.

The delightful Mrs Some Guy almost never cuts in on my Book Thread time. On occasion, but not very often. One of the many nifty things about her.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 30, 2026 11:43 AM (q3u5l)

358 I've got a few chores to do as well. Many thanks and a tip of the ol' chapeau to MP4 and to all of you!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 11:44 AM (wzUl9)

359 Fast Walking Widows.
There's got to be a limerick in there somewhere.

Posted by: Limerick Lover at August 30, 2026 11:44 AM (2Ez/1)

360 Trump is an excuse, not a reason.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 30, 2026 11:36 AM (O0L8i)

Now there's a comment o' the week.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 30, 2026 11:44 AM (vTZFs)

361 I would have to start caring what Canada* thinks about us before I could stop.

* present company excepted, of course
Posted by: Oddbob at August 30, 2026 11:32 AM (vTZFs)

Funniest thing that this is an almost universal American response.

When Americans want to know what Canadians think, we’ll beat it out of them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 30, 2026 11:45 AM (GWwCk)

362 This week's Kindle read was "Warp Marine Corps: The Complete Series" by C.J. Carella.

"After aliens attack without warning and slaughter half the human race, a new country emerges. Using alien technology and desperate ingenuity, the reborn USA carves a place for itself in a violent universe, thanks to its deadly Navy and the dreaded Warp Marine Corps."

It is some fine space opera. No graphic sex and even the violence is toned down a little. Also completely lacking are descriptions of the rippled abs, carved thighs, and glistening pecs of the characters, which certain other series spend entirely too much time on, making me question the proclivities of the authors.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 30, 2026 11:45 AM (0vB2I)

363 Canadian anti-Americanism is the herpes of the Laurentian pseuds. Sometimes, when we have a Democratic president, it's in remission. But when there's a Republican president, it erupts again. Trump is an excuse, not a reason.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 30, 2026 11:36 AM (O0L8i)
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After having three consecutive summers marred by acrid, unbreathable Canadian smoke - the result of criminally negligent forest management - I think a lot of the border states would have no problem with Trump carpet-bombing Ottawa, and a few provinces might applaud as well.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 11:45 AM (ZOv7s)

364 I bet Piper is drooling over that picture.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 30, 2026 11:45 AM (2WIwB)

365 Jelly Roll Tears Up at Fan Backlash...

I had literally never heard of this person before a day or two ago and I expect that starting a day or two from now, I'll never hear of him again.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 30, 2026 11:48 AM (vTZFs)

366 When Americans want to know what Canadians think, we’ll beat it out of them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 30, 2026 11:45 AM (GWwCk)
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Careful, Canada might blockade us with its nonexistent Navy or send first-gen Hornets to invade our airspace.

Maybe they'll launch a guerilla campaign with their disarmed population.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 11:48 AM (ZOv7s)

367 I had literally never heard of this person before a day or two ago and I expect that starting a day or two from now, I'll never hear of him again.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 30, 2026 11:48 AM (vTZFs)
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My father listens to Jelly Roll Morton. No idea who this dweeb is.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 30, 2026 11:49 AM (ZOv7s)

368 355
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Reverses Course After Backlash, Now Admits 9/11 Was a Terrorist Attack
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 11:27 AM (ndZc7)
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Only for all the Canadians killed in the attack. For us, it was justice.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

What difference does it make? -- Hillary/2013

The smirking NY/MADMANI will preside over 9/11 and year 1 Kirkaversary with Rama Duwaji's Suicide Squad at the ready waiting for the go-code from AOC (in her periwinkle REMAIN SINWAR camisole and FREE GAZA hotpants) to finish what the puerto rican/FALN started

The LIB celebration of this would the long line queued up to toss a piece of wood at a datacenter under construction -- to commemorate and memorialize the final act of the desperate and deliberately guilty Sinwar, who's final act in this world was to throw a plank at a drone.

Yeah, this is normal.

LET's GO BRANDON!
I BELIEVE IN HARVEY DENT!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 30, 2026 11:51 AM (B/w0q)

369 Me, wife, kid saw YW a couple weeks ago. Nice, but I think Washington was a bit too huggy towards his friends. He certainly wasn't that way later in life when that officer slapped him on the back.

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I'm reading Washington now by Ron Chernow. Absolutely depicts him as a non-huggy, touchy-feeling man. And I'm past the part where he gave a glaring, non-verbal admonishment to the back slapping officer. A lot about Washington's cordial, yet reserved, demeanor was somewhat surprising to me, but I'm not even sure why. He was human just like anyone else. Perhaps his icy relationship with his very unpleasant mother shaped him in such a way.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2026 11:51 AM (qBdHI)

370
Fast Walking Widows.
There's got to be a limerick in there somewhere.

***********

There once was an old man named Fred
Went walking and ended up dead
He was strolling with his wife
A falling piano took his life
While his widow was five steps ahead

Posted by: muldoon at August 30, 2026 11:53 AM (qgHp7)

371 You don't have to outpace the falling piano, just your walking partner.

Posted by: muldoon at August 30, 2026 11:54 AM (qgHp7)

372 I took don't have any idea who Jelly Roll is; Jelly Roll Morton, yeah, but Jelly Roll, nah.

There's an essay by Joseph Epstein called "Nicely Out of It," on the joys of not keeping up at all with current popular culture. In it, he mentioned an acquaintance who had no idea who Steve McQueen was, an impressive feat of being out of it.

I used to try to keep up, but I don't any more; I try to finish each day being a little more out of it than I was the day before. Haven't checked with the offspring or grandkids lately but I suspect they'd say I'm succeeding.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 30, 2026 11:55 AM (q3u5l)

373 Fast walking widows are also useful in minefields.

Posted by: Buck at August 30, 2026 11:56 AM (z6ONu)

374 Hah!
In under the noon wire!
Bravo muldoon.
I hope Salty sees this.

Posted by: Limerick Lover at August 30, 2026 11:56 AM (2Ez/1)

375 That bittersweet lull before the Book Thread is smooshed.

Thanks for a great thread topic, MP4.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2026 11:59 AM (kpS4V)

376 On that happy note it's time to lay waste to something or other here at Casa Some Guy.

I see auto-cucumber turned 'I too' at my 372 comment to 'I took' -- appropriate somehow for a thread that started with discussion of AI.

Thanks for the thread, MP4.

Have a good one, gang.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 30, 2026 12:00 PM (q3u5l)

377
I used to try to keep up, but I don't any more; I try to finish each day being a little more out of it than I was the day before. Haven't checked with the offspring or grandkids lately but I suspect they'd say I'm succeeding.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 30, 2026 11:55 AM (q3u5l)

The concept of subsidiarity is helpful. Make your concern those things closest to you. Your family, your friends, your neighborhood, your church, your hobbies. Much beyond that, you don't have much influence.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 30, 2026 12:00 PM (O0L8i)

378 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 30, 2026 12:01 PM (NcvvS)

379 I've written a series of poems inspired by the Mysteries of the Rosary. Using AI to create the plotline might be different, although I've noticed when I try to write a short story, my characters seem to want to go in a different direction than I originally planned.

Posted by: March Hare at August 30, 2026 12:03 PM (+A1pr)

380 I just read a book by one of Patterson's collaborators. Hold Them Close by David Ellis is a twisty story about a high-powered woman defense attorney/former prosecutor; her lazy, cheating husband; and her brother, who was a hot pitching prospect until an injury sidelined (mixing my sports metaphors) his career. It's entertaining with unexpected turns and the characters are never quite who you think they are.

Posted by: huerfano at August 30, 2026 12:14 PM (2Xqig)

381 A friend of mine was a big Cussler/Dirk Pitt fan. While I enjoyed Raise the Titanic, I couldn’t deal with Dirk. He’s the classic character who runs faster, shoots straighter, punches harder, and loves better than any other character in the book. He’d be called a Mary Sue if it were any other character and author.

Posted by: Advo at August 30, 2026 12:22 PM (jO4mz)

382 I heard an acquaintance talking about bad writing. He described one work as "sub-Cussler but not as bad as Dan Brown." He then went on to add, "Both of whom have sold at least two orders of magnitude more books than I have."

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 30, 2026 12:31 PM (78a2H)

383 This train has already left the station. I guarantee you that 50 percent of people who call themselves authors are already using AI for at least some of their ideas, outlines, the writing itself, editing, proofreading, and cover images. That amount will only rise in the future. If you're really against it, the hard thing will be finding any writing anywhere that hasn't been touched by AI.

Posted by: TR at August 30, 2026 01:05 PM (hazdd)

384 Plots are cheap. Ideas are easy to come by. I don't know a writer who didn't have someone (many people) come up to him and say "I have a great idea for a book! You write it up and we'll split it 50-50."

I mean, I just re-wrote "Lair of the White Worm". (Out tomorrow! Buy six copies!) The plot is "mysterious evil snake/woman causes mischief and mayhem in a small English village."

Big whoop. The fun in rewriting it was trying to incorporate all the elements that Bram Stoker tried to pull together (and failed for various reasons, not least his failing brain) and then tell it in a way that a modern reader (N.B. not a modern AUDIENCE) could enjoy, if they liked a kind of Victorian flavor.

I used AI to check for anachronisms and it was...okay. It caught things I didn't, and the process of having it examine it allowed me to catch things I hadn't caught the first ten times through.

I am reading an author currently that I quite like, but I can tell he used AI for the prose, and I don't like it. I don't care so much that he used AI, but I shouldn't be able to tell--or it should be taken out.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 30, 2026 02:12 PM (K40fF)

385 First and foremost, asking an AI app to generate a plot for a book is very shortsighted. All AI apps only have data on what has been feed to them. I don't call it knowledge or intelligence. It is just data to be analyzed and used to provide a response. So, you as an author is feed back a narrow tree root growth of what is available. AI, because of its data trainers do not train on all of the tree roots or the tree roots of all of the trees. Nor do all roots provide a measure of what is desirable (profitable) by potential readers.
What currently is available by AI apps stove pipes storylines down a ever decreasing audience interest level.

Posted by: John at August 30, 2026 03:13 PM (9NUKl)

386 @309 --

I also recommend "Rocket Boys." And I wonder how different it would have been had one group member's mother not granted permission for him to be included.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 30, 2026 04:09 PM (p/isN)

387 @372 --

"Death is Nature's way to telling you that you don't get it anymore."

By that standard, I should have been planted years ago.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 30, 2026 04:25 PM (p/isN)

Daily Tech News 30 August 2026

Top Story

Positive reception of the Grand Theft Auto VI preview suggests positive reception of Grand Theft Auto VI, say analysts. (CNBC)

Where would we be without analysts? I mean, at the beach sipping Mai Tais, yes, but which beach?
GTA VI will only run at 30fps on consoles. (Tom's Hardware)
Following that track record, we likely won't see 60 FPS support on consoles till the PS7, while PC will enjoy unlocked frame rates once its port drops down the line.
GTA VI will not be available on PC at launch, and there's no indication as to when that might happen.

Not really an issue for me, personally. I don't even own GTA V and I picked up GTA IV in a bundle somewhere but have never played it. So I can keep running Hytale at 60Hz on my 9070 XT... Needing about 10% of its available performance.

Tech News

Continuing work on my programming language, which last I checked weighed in at 3.4MB uncompressed and 1.2MB compressed - compiler and standard library included. Working on extending the standard library now.

It's implemented in Rust, is stricter than Rust, inherits Rust's semantics otherwise, and compiles a couple of orders of magnitude faster than Rust precisely because of that strictness - but borrows syntax from Ruby so it doesn't feel like Rust.
I used AI to ask 100 companies for my personal data that I had idiotically handed over to them so that McDonald's had a novel-length dossier on me and now I'm mad that I'm getting AI replies. (Ars Technica)

AI slop posted to Wired and cross-posted to Ars Technica, but at least journalists are losing their jobs.
They wrote their criminal intent on the wall of the local police station. You won't believe what happened next. (Yahoo)

Oh. You do believe.
Anthropic pounces. (WCCFTech)

And for once not in a bad way. OpenAI (which owns ChatGPT) cancelled its partnership with coding tool Cursor, now owned by SpaceX. Anthropic took the opportunity to put the boot in, not against Cursor or SpaceX but against OpenAI.

I do not like OpenAI. I have Grok because it's useful for search and image generation, Claude because it's useful for coding, and Gemini because... It comes with my Google account, really. ChatGPT I tried and canceled.
Sony and Warner Music are suing Anthropic over a demarcation dispute. (Axios)

You are trying to kidnap what I have rightfully stolen, and I think it quite ungentlemanly.
Cutting cholesterol - with genetic scissors. (CNN)

A health problem I don't have. At the last checkup my doctor asked if I was on medication for cholesterol because my numbers were on the low side of normal. Nope, just luck of the genetic lottery.

And now the unlucky can snip the bad genes out rather than having to take a daily pill for the rest of their lives.

Which I do, but for other reasons.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: 1.0 < 2.00 evaluates as false? I'd mark that as an oops.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:40 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 04:40 AM (odBC9)

2 I totally did not forget to push the button.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 30, 2026 04:41 AM (BLOW1)

3
I have ChatGPT and its images are much better than Grok's. I'm about to ask Grok if its images are better in the paid version. I wonder what it will say.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 30, 2026 04:47 AM (mmrXZ)

4 >>>AI slop posted to Wired and cross-posted to Ars Technica

It's gonna get boring, really fast, reading the kind of disclosure that's included in the article (7th paragraph)

"In accordance with WIRED’s policies, I am disclosing that I used generative AI to draft bureaucratic emails and update my tracking spreadsheet as part of this report. I wrote the body of this article mainly by hand in my scratch notebook."

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 04:50 AM (odBC9)

5 >>>but at least journalists are losing their jobs.

I think the technical term is "urinalists."

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 04:51 AM (odBC9)

6 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at August 30, 2026 04:57 AM (V0/Sp)

7 from the ChatGPT article:

"OpenAI has said the company uses software to scan conversations for signs of dangerous behavior and flag them to human reviewers."

That's disturbing.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 04:59 AM (odBC9)

8 from the ChatGPT article:
remember, kids:

When police ask someone to open their phone during questioning or after an arrest, they often do so, allowing officers to scroll through the apps they use, he said.

In general, the Fourth Amendment, which protects people against unreasonable searches and seizures of their property, provides the right to refuse a search of the contents of their phone unless police have a warrant.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 05:07 AM (odBC9)

9 Pixy,

Last November I bought a Minisform X1AI. And a 2tb memory stick because I was informed by this prestigious blog that it was a great deal and wouldn’t last. I had a vague notion of trying to make it into a music server.

Now I have a vague notion of trying to make it a home brew AI server with a couple of open source models. My goal would be to have a “private” or segregated server that would not be sharing my stuff with Sam or Dario. Is this machine capable of serving as such and how unrealistic is this notion?

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 30, 2026 05:08 AM (hsmPe)

10
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 30, 2026 05:10 AM (AMvSw)

11
*ChatGPT article = (Yahoo) article, which is a WaPo article

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 05:10 AM (odBC9)

12 Pete Bog - It should work - not as fast as a Mac but a lot cheaper. Did you get the 32GB or 64GB model?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 30, 2026 05:11 AM (BLOW1)

13 (It's the Borg.)

A spokesperson for OpenAI declined to disclose how many times the company had reported users to police. (The Post has a content partnership with OpenAI.)

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 05:13 AM (odBC9)

14 64 GB.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 30, 2026 05:13 AM (hsmPe)

15 Same as me. You should be good to run a wide variety of models then, as long as you don't expect top performance. The advantage Macs have is the memory bandwidth - twice as fast as this PC so twice the performance for AI, which is very demanding there (and the Pro, Max, and Ultra models are even faster but also more expensive).

I'll look up some recommendations - a lot of things will fit but some of them will be slow.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 30, 2026 05:17 AM (BLOW1)

16 My far more technically competent Kid would be a coconspirator in this attempt. We were discussing the concept and he brought up the Mac Studio. I remembered that I had this machine.

I suspect this endeavor would rapidly consume more resources than just biting the bullet on a more appropriate host box. But that’s not really the point is it?

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 30, 2026 05:18 AM (3jdt5)

17 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 30, 2026 05:18 AM (AdHga)

18 Pete - Gemma 4 26B-A4B or Qwen3.6 35B-A3B at Q4 should run pretty well. They're both "MoE" models ("mixture of experts") so they're not as demanding of bandwidth as "dense" models.

They'll fit comfortably on that system and leave plenty of room for real work.

Use llama.cpp and Vulkan for efficiency.

A Mac Studio will be a a lot faster but cost a lot more. A 64GB Mac Mini already costs 4-5x the price of that Minisforum late last year, and the Mac Studio moves up to the next tier from there.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 30, 2026 05:24 AM (BLOW1)

19 Good morning morons

I would be asleep but for the chaos snd civilizational breakdown in my part of the city tonight.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 05:24 AM (RIvkX)

20 SanFranpsycho, I hope that doesn't include gunfire.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 30, 2026 05:31 AM (PbWRL)

21 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 05:33 AM (Ia/+0)

22 Thank you Pixy.

If and when we try this I’ll keep you updated on the results. You’ll be the first to hear we’ve cured cancer, successfully turned lead to gold and figured out time travel.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 30, 2026 05:33 AM (3jdt5)

23 SanFranpsycho, I hope that doesn't include gunfire.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 30, 2026 05:31 AM (PbWRL)
=====

No gunfire but nonstop street racing and squealing wheels.

Not enough sirens.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 05:39 AM (RIvkX)

24 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: 2 + 2 = 5 for sufficiently large values of 2.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 30, 2026 05:58 AM (amcLV)

25
The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope is set for launch at 7:20ish AM this morning. NASA's Youtube channel live page will be covering it, starting around 6:30AM.

It's going to launch on a Falcon 9 Heavy. The two side boosters will be recovered, but the main center one is going to be expendable (has to for the payload). L2 is technically still in Erf's gravity well, but not by much.

Anyway I like the idea of launching Nancy Grace nearly to Earth escape.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 06:04 AM (w6EFb)

26
I did not know this until recently, but the $250M main mirror for Nancy Grace was "donated" by the NRO. This mirror was part of some super secret black budget spy satellite tech they weren't going to need. So they gave it to NASA for Nancy Grace. So, $$$ classified stuff we likely wouldn't even know about is going to be used for public domain use.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 06:07 AM (w6EFb)

27 I am so sorry you are having loud street racing. SFP

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 06:08 AM (rHgXV)

28 Thanks Fen glad everyone else is still sleeping

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 06:10 AM (RIvkX)

29 Good morning, Skip and all!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 06:10 AM (rHgXV)

30 Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 06:10 AM (RIvkX)

I am glad they are too. Not being able to sleep makes one miserable. Maybe you could take a nap later today when- hopefully- people won't be racing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 06:12 AM (rHgXV)

31 NRO = National Review Online?

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 06:12 AM (odBC9)

32
They actually donated two of these mirrors, turns out. NASA hasn't decided on what to do with the second mirror.

They are prohibited from using the mirrors for any sort of earth observing application. Why? Well, any public release of that data would instantly disclose too much about our secret mirror tech.

The Nancy Grace use, however will not. Don't ask me why.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 06:12 AM (w6EFb)

33 Evening and morning to all the Sunday toilers and early risers across the System! (Titan, dammit, we've told you and *told* you to scrommage that frannistan!)

Stirling was leaping over and kicking me, but somehow I went back to sleep for another hour. Now, over coffee, I am trying to find the motivation to work out. Oy.

Whatchoo doin'?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 06:13 AM (wzUl9)

34 Good morning! Moose was out by the pond yesterday chillaxin' amongst the day lilies and the verbena and snapping at the dragon flies and other insects as they flew by. Fortunately, he hasn't caught any of the spicey flies. Yet.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 30, 2026 06:14 AM (3Ope8)

35 Sadly, it's that last Falcon Heavy manifested. He is betting on StarShip replacing ALL of the payloads for Heavy with the Falcon 9 to follow.

I think Elon is way premature in announcing this. I can't believe Gwen didn't push back on this.

He says he wants the company to focus on StarShip development.

I hope he's just blowing hot air and not turning down customers and sending them to Blue .

Posted by: pawn at August 30, 2026 06:16 AM (c/R9o)

36 2 I totally did not forget to push the button.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 30, 2026 04:41 AM (BLOW1)

Pffft. A basic job requirement.

Posted by: TV's Frank at August 30, 2026 06:17 AM (967/Q)

37 Two boys pay their respects to a deceased veteran at a funeral procession. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/5bjy9n4s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 06:18 AM (rHgXV)

38 Last night we watched the 1970 Billy Wilder flick, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. It starts off as almost a mild parody, and develops into an actual Holmesian adventure and mystery involving SH's brother Mycroft, carboys of sulfuric acid, six missing midgets, and a cage of canaries.

Odd to say, *I* solved it before Holmes revealed the answer!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 06:18 AM (wzUl9)

39 Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 30, 2026 06:14 AM (3Ope

I'm guessing that Moose is your dog and not your pet moose?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 06:19 AM (rHgXV)

40 >> NRO = National Review Online?

National Reconnaissance Office. The US govt didn't officially acknowledge it existed until 1992. The NY Slimes revealed it's existence in 1971, and a Senate committee report accidentally revealed it it was a thing in 1973.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 06:19 AM (w6EFb)

41 I wouldn't judge, a pet moose might be fun

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 06:20 AM (Ia/+0)

42 >>NRO = National Review Online?

National Reconnaissance Office. Fun story: the existence of this agency was secret until some time in the '90s. Read an article by someone who had sufficient clearance that he could refer to information from it but used really mind-bending language not to directly name it.

Posted by: Not in bed but should be at August 30, 2026 06:20 AM (NcvvS)

43 And publius answered while I was typing.

Also, off sock.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 30, 2026 06:22 AM (NcvvS)

44 NASA is hosting "live event" information at:

https://plus.nasa.gov

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 06:22 AM (odBC9)

45 NRO

Thanks!

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 06:22 AM (odBC9)

46 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 30, 2026 06:23 AM (2Ez/1)

47
NASA's basic Youtube channel is usually just as good as NASA+, which has some hiccups from time to time, at least with me and my systems.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 06:24 AM (w6EFb)

48 The weather here at the Cape is looking a bit odd this AM. We're looking at morning storms forming up very early today near the coast including the Cape area.

The launch will probably be OK but if there's a delay things get dicey.

Posted by: pawn at August 30, 2026 06:25 AM (c/R9o)

49 Stirling, on his sixth day of dieting, is sitting next to me doing his impression of a starving Somali who has just stumbled into an oasis in the Sahara.

Not fooling anybody, big cat. Breakfast is at six as usual.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 06:26 AM (wzUl9)

50
SpaceX feed is live here:
https://t.ly/FjP1U

And NASA's Youtube is the same feed, here:
https://t.ly/DAgWa

I thought the gal there was a NASA spokesgal I remember, and she was.

Anway, they'll be going on over just who Nancy Grace Roman was, and what her namesake telescope will be doing.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 06:26 AM (w6EFb)

51 T- 01:00:00

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 06:26 AM (odBC9)

52 Sisters sing old time Christian hymn from 1896- " I surrender all.":

https://tinyurl.com/ydrmwjzh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 06:28 AM (rHgXV)

53 47
NASA's basic Youtube channel is usually just as good as NASA+, which has some hiccups from time to time, at least with me and my systems.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 06:24 AM (w6EFb)

Ah. Moving to

NASA's Youtube is the same feed, here:
https://t.ly/DAgWa

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 06:30 AM (odBC9)

54 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 06:19 AM (rHgXV)

Moose is some kind of mini bull terrier/border collie mashup. He's a very affectionate stray that my son and his family took in and then gifted us (along with his room mate Pancho) when they moved.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 30, 2026 06:30 AM (3Ope8)

55 Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 30, 2026 06:30 AM (3Ope

Sounds cute.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 06:32 AM (rHgXV)

56 SpaceX - Falcon Heavy - Roman Space Telescope "Nancy Grace Roman"
LC-39A - Kennedy Space Center - SPACE AFFAIRS
Launch Date: August 30, 2026
7:25 a.m. EDT (August 30, 1125 UTC, 13:25 CEST)

https://youtu.be/5q6XP71_LYI

(In memory of Ciampino.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 30, 2026 06:32 AM (O7YUW)

57 50 I thought the gal there was a NASA spokesgal I remember, and she was.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 06:26 AM (w6EFb)

Megan Cruz

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 06:33 AM (odBC9)

58 The NRO built a huge mini-VAB Capeside. It's a seriously hush-hush facility.

It's where they put together all the spy satellites and prep them for launch.

Posted by: pawn at August 30, 2026 06:33 AM (c/R9o)

59 Instead of paying $100 for a game you do not own that may release on 19 November, coming on 15 Jan 2027 is Ananta.

https://youtu.be/Wf6JmVT3qBY

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 30, 2026 06:34 AM (2GVsD)

60 Megan seems to have had a lotta caffeine this morning.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 06:35 AM (odBC9)

61 English actor David Suchet reads Psalm 63:

https://tinyurl.com/aebhpwbv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 06:35 AM (rHgXV)

62 It's been a few weeks since I poked at things, but I suspect for 'free anon' (not that anything's truly anon anymore) users, chatgpt and gemini are getting the bulk of the initial ingress these days - claude, grok, copilot, and others often want you to sign up/sign in before answering more than 1 question. duck.ai is less rude but still has daily and weekly caps for 'free no-logon' answers (they're just using an instance of one of the others and giving you the results).

Copilot *used* to allow free-anon access, but stopped that about 1-2 months ago.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 30, 2026 06:35 AM (aJQbY)

63
The mirror on this thing just blows my mind. They can make *pico*meter adjustments to the shape of the thing with a whole bunch of tiny little actuators. Now, how they get that down to the picometer level, I can't fathom, but that's what they say.

Anyway, this thing has a coronagraph on it, the most advanced one to date. This will be able to see exoplanets orbiting their host stars within 10 to 100 ly, depending on things.

It does this by using that picometer control to cancel out the starlight via destructive interference, yet let the light from any little planets close by through. This just blows my mind.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 06:36 AM (w6EFb)

64 Sisters sing old time Christian hymn from 1896- " I surrender all."

Thanks FenelonSpoke!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 30, 2026 06:37 AM (aJQbY)

65 dangit

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 30, 2026 06:38 AM (aJQbY)

66 Heh.

Posted by: The Barrel at August 30, 2026 06:39 AM (amcLV)

67 I woke up this morning with no way to hold my head that didn't hurt.

Posted by: Savage Henry at August 30, 2026 06:40 AM (ZxPkt)

68 They need to keep Cruz away from the buttons this morning. Chick is seriously wired to the gills.

Posted by: pawn at August 30, 2026 06:40 AM (c/R9o)

69
Jared Isaacman
Administrator of NASA

Space career:
Commercial astronaut
Inspiration4 mission
Polaris Dawn mission

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 06:40 AM (odBC9)

70 It does this by using that picometer control to cancel out the starlight via destructive interference, yet let the light from any little planets close by through. This just blows my mind.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 06:36 AM (w6EFb)

It's probably like a reverse Archimedes. One microstepper and a whole bunch of old school brick and mortar MEMS.

"Give me a big enough lever, and I can move a single atom."

That or maybe it's some kind of piezo grid.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 30, 2026 06:41 AM (Ot/FD)

71 My son likes to swim at the YMCA. Unfortunately, frequently when he comes back it's with books they're discarding from their library. This time it's Leon Uris' " Trinity" , Three One Act Plays
by Anton Chekov, and "The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" ( from the early 70's, I think ) I've only read the Chekov plays. The last thing this house needs is more books! I am glad that my son likes to read, however.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 06:43 AM (xSAlF)

72
Roman Space Telescope
scheduled to lift off at 7:26 a.m. EDT (1126 UTC)

on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 06:45 AM (odBC9)

73 I think that might be "small enough lever."
But, yeah...

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 06:48 AM (2Ez/1)

74
And even more impressive and mind-boggling to me is how the hell they can launch that incredibly precise and delicate instrument on top of of rocket without knocking it all out of alignment. Just think of the vibration and shaking and jostling.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 06:49 AM (w6EFb)

75 Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a pretty good book. It's not really about fixing motorcycles though.

Posted by: fd at August 30, 2026 06:49 AM (MWfyi)

76 I woke up this morning with no way to hold my head that didn't hurt.

That'd be a good opening line for a country song.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 06:50 AM (qRla/)

77 mornin yall. Autocross today. Hopefully it will keep my mind off of other things. You never really know what people are going thru.

Posted by: fd at August 30, 2026 06:50 AM (MWfyi)

78 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 60 cool degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor. It's supposed to be another lovely day, so I may just go for a drive after I edit a few more chapters of my book.

Speaking of which, I apologize for today's Book Thread post. It's not one of my best.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 06:51 AM (qRla/)

79 And even more impressive and mind-boggling to me is how the hell they can launch that incredibly precise and delicate instrument on top of of rocket without knocking it all out of alignment. Just think of the vibration and shaking and jostling.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 06:49 AM (w6EFb)
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That's true of *any* of the super precise instruments they've been launching into space over the past several decades.

I'm sure there's a calibration phase once it's been deployed.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 30, 2026 06:51 AM (FZ29D)

80 Speaking of which, I apologize for today's Book Thread post. It's not one of my best.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 06:51 AM (qRla/)
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So...still better than mine?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 30, 2026 06:52 AM (FZ29D)

81 59 Instead of paying $100 for a game you do not own that may release on 19 November, coming on 15 Jan 2027 is Ananta.

https://youtu.be/Wf6JmVT3qBY
Posted by: Anna Puma

That one does look cool.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 30, 2026 06:53 AM (BLOW1)

82 73 I think that might be "small enough lever."
But, yeah...
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 06:48 AM (2Ez/1)

allow me some poetic license, man! "Give me a pretty tiny lever with the pivot point far enough to one end and..." just doesn't pack the same amusing subversive punch.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 30, 2026 06:53 AM (Ot/FD)

83 Don't sweat it, MPPP. We appreciate you putting forth the effort. It gives us a springboard from which to launch our lofty and esoteric dialogue. No doubt this morning there will be ample discussion about a particular Tennessean best known for sporting pronounced hooterage.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 06:57 AM (2Ez/1)

84 76 I woke up this morning with no way to hold my head that didn't hurt.

That'd be a good opening line for a country song.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 06:50 AM (qRla/)

"... so the Headless Horseman's doctor tells him 'I see the problem here, your finger is broken!"

Posted by: just the horriffically long walk to get to the punch line... at August 30, 2026 06:57 AM (Ot/FD)

85 Posted by: fd at August 30, 2026 06:49 AM (MWfyi

Yes, I knew that much about it. My mother read it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 06:58 AM (W90Ou)

86 No doubt this morning there will be ample discussion about a particular Tennessean best known for sporting pronounced hooterage.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 06:57 AM (2Ez/1)
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She was quite the supporter of the literary arts!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 30, 2026 06:58 AM (FZ29D)

87 It does this by using that picometer control to cancel out the starlight via destructive interference, yet let the light from any little planets close by through. This just blows my mind.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 06:36 AM (w6EFb)
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I could have invented that, I just didn't want to.

Posted by: Nobel Prize-winning President Barack H. Obama, Jr., still the Smartest Man in the Room at August 30, 2026 06:59 AM (eOFY+)

88 At the NASA youtube channel, there are only 25,480 watching??!!!

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 06:59 AM (odBC9)

89
I had Grok go through just how they handle the launch stresses. The whole structure is designed to be stiff and lightweight. The idea is no permanent deformation from the stresses. It bounces back to the design shape.

And said design shape is under 1g here on earth. You build that once the 1g is gone, it "bounces" back into the shape you want in space.

Movable parts have to be locked down to take all the stress off the "bearings" and "soft parts". Careful design to make sure its all stiff in the launch configuration.

And then engineering in some calibratin margin to handle the slight errors in the "stiffness" vs "bouncing back" design.

And then test the hell out it of under forces far larger than you expect it to experience under launch.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 06:59 AM (w6EFb)

90 If past precedence is anything to go by GTA VI will take about a year to be ported to PC and released.

Rockstar is probably hot to trot to make more ca$h, though, so they might speed that up to six or nine months.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 30, 2026 06:59 AM (6ydKt)

91 At the NASA youtube channel, there are only 25,480 watching??!!!
Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 06:59 AM (odBC9)
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Not quite as exciting as the Artemis II launch, I suppose.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 30, 2026 07:02 AM (FZ29D)

92 89
I had Grok go through just how they handle the launch stresses. The whole structure is designed to be stiff and lightweight. The idea is no permanent deformation from the stresses. It bounces back to the design shape.

And said design shape is under 1g here on earth. You build that once the 1g is gone, it "bounces" back into the shape you want in space.

Movable parts have to be locked down to take all the stress off the "bearings" and "soft parts". Careful design to make sure its all stiff in the launch configuration.

And then engineering in some calibratin margin to handle the slight errors in the "stiffness" vs "bouncing back" design.

And then test the hell out it of under forces far larger than you expect it to experience under launch.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 06:59 AM (w6EFb)

They were showing a "shaking table" a little while ago on the NASA feed.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 07:03 AM (odBC9)

93 Posted by: just the horriffically long walk to get to the punch line... at August 30, 2026 06:57 AM
+++
I heard it put this way once when a long winded joke fell flat:

'Well, that was a long walk on a cold windy beach to a restaurant that was closed."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 07:03 AM (2Ez/1)

94 Wow, great rabbit hole to explore this AM. The Roman Coronagraph Instrument was cobbled together by JPL using hardware from a couple different sources plus some homebrew magic.

I always wanted to work at JPL.

Posted by: pawn at August 30, 2026 07:06 AM (c/R9o)

95 T- 00:20:00

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 07:06 AM (odBC9)

96 Exactly, Ananta looks like it is fun.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 30, 2026 07:08 AM (2GVsD)

97 And now the unlucky can snip the bad genes out rather than having to take a daily pill for the rest of their lives.

Cholesterol is a necessary molecule; it is a necessary component to your cell walls. If you didn't ingest it, your body would make it. Some folks with very high levels live a long time despite the "risks". As for me, I really don't care anymore. Doc put me on Atorvastatin before I needed dialysis, and I'm still on it. Does it help? Dunno. My triglycerides and so-called "bad" cholesterol (LDL) are high, my "good" cholesterol (HDL) is low. Oh well, what do I care?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 07:09 AM (l3cgK)

98 94 Wow, great rabbit hole to explore this AM. The Roman Coronagraph Instrument was cobbled together by JPL using hardware from a couple different sources plus some homebrew magic.

I always wanted to work at JPL.

Posted by: pawn at August 30, 2026 07:06 AM (c/R9o)

I thought a Roman Coronagraph Instrument was a fancy name for a sundial...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 07:09 AM (l3cgK)

99 Bitch keeps touching me!

Posted by: pawn at August 30, 2026 07:09 AM (c/R9o)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 07:09 AM (odBC9)

101 W00t! Only 5 more assessments to grade this morning!

(Though several students haven't completed all their homework for the week--I told them on the first day of class how important it was to DO THE WORK...)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 30, 2026 07:10 AM (FZ29D)

102 99 Bitch keeps touching me!
Posted by: pawn at August 30, 2026 07:09 AM (c/R9o)

It IS funny.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 07:10 AM (odBC9)

103 >> They were showing a "shaking table" a little while ago on the NASA feed.

That tests the low frequency vibrations. For the higher frequencies they use acoustic chambers and subject the thing to 138 dB sound levels at the frequencies it will be subject to at launch.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 07:11 AM (w6EFb)

104 @88/m: "At the NASA youtube channel, there are only 25,480 watching??!!!"

There are multiple feeds and channels covering this. This spreads out the total viewing audience.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 30, 2026 07:11 AM (O7YUW)

105 103 >> They were showing a "shaking table" a little while ago on the NASA feed.

That tests the low frequency vibrations. For the higher frequencies they use acoustic chambers and subject the thing to 138 dB sound levels at the frequencies it will be subject to at launch.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 07:11 AM (w6EFb)

Oh! Good info, publius!

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 07:11 AM (odBC9)

106 81 59 Instead of paying $100 for a game you do not own that may release on 19 November, coming on 15 Jan 2027 is Ananta.

https://youtu.be/Wf6JmVT3qBY
Posted by: Anna Puma

That one does look cool.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 30, 2026 06:53 AM (BLOW1)

Just watched the trailer from the website...in the opening...how DOES one stand on the wing of a flying jetliner? Seems impossible...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 07:12 AM (l3cgK)

107 105 103 >> They were showing a "shaking table" a little while ago on the NASA feed.

That tests the low frequency vibrations. For the higher frequencies they use acoustic chambers and subject the thing to 138 dB sound levels at the frequencies it will be subject to at launch.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 07:11 AM (w6EFb)

Oh! Good info, publius!

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 07:11 AM (odBC9)

We had a shake table at one place I worked at...
Was told a story of how someone hooked up the subwoofer feed into the shake table, making the world's best subwoofer...until the company found out and was pissed. LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 07:13 AM (l3cgK)

108 Assuming that all aircraft have been grounded in the area: in how big an area, and for what amount of time?

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 07:15 AM (odBC9)

109 "Cum on Feel the Noize"...I'm used the Quiet Riot version...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 07:15 AM (l3cgK)

110 T- 00:10:00

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 07:16 AM (odBC9)

111 Just watched the trailer from the website...in the opening...how DOES one stand on the wing of a flying jetliner? Seems impossible...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 07:12 AM (l3cgK)

I suppose it can be done, depending on how slow the jet is flying. I've seen clips from the 1920s showing men playing tennis on the top wing of a biplane.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 07:16 AM (qRla/)

112 Wikipedia

Nancy Grace Roman
(May 16, 1925 – December 25, 201

an American astronomer who made important contributions to stellar classification and stellar motions

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 07:18 AM (odBC9)

113 109 "Cum on Feel the Noize"...I'm used the Quiet Riot version...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 07:15 AM (l3cgK)
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What? What??

Posted by: Concertgoer who stood too close to the left speaker at August 30, 2026 07:18 AM (eOFY+)

114 "Cum on Feel the Noize"...I'm used the Quiet Riot version...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 07:15 AM (l3cgK)

I never went to a Slade or Quiet Riot concert, but I am certain the audiences never sang the line, "Girls, rock your boys" as written.

Slade also wrote the song "Merry Christmas, Everybody" which Robbie Williams nicely covered a few years back.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 07:19 AM (qRla/)

115 *(May 16, 1925 – December 25, 2018 )

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 07:19 AM (odBC9)

116 "And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad, so I had one for dessert."

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 30, 2026 07:21 AM (bkuEU)

117 111 Just watched the trailer from the website...in the opening...how DOES one stand on the wing of a flying jetliner? Seems impossible...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 07:12 AM (l3cgK)

I suppose it can be done, depending on how slow the jet is flying. I've seen clips from the 1920s showing men playing tennis on the top wing of a biplane.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 07:16 AM (qRla/)

In the vid, the plane is flying fast enough that the guy is handing off the trailing end, almost horizontal while she's just standing there...and the flaps and slats didn't look like they were extended either, so minimum non-stall speed in that configuration is above 140mph...that'd be like standing in a hurricane.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 07:22 AM (l3cgK)

118 Fun to watch this during a Pixy tech thread!

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 07:23 AM (odBC9)

119 hanging not handing...geesh.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 07:23 AM (l3cgK)

120 rocket figna go up

Posted by: Savage Henry at August 30, 2026 07:24 AM (ZxPkt)

121
This is the storied Pad 39A, which SpaceX "rents". Note the new Starship tower close by. It's still under construction, I think.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 07:25 AM (w6EFb)

122 114 "Cum on Feel the Noize"...I'm used the Quiet Riot version...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 07:15 AM (l3cgK)

I never went to a Slade or Quiet Riot concert, but I am certain the audiences never sang the line, "Girls, rock your boys" as written.

Slade also wrote the song "Merry Christmas, Everybody" which Robbie Williams nicely covered a few years back.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 07:19 AM (qRla/)

I always heard the lyric as "Girls rocking boys"...hmmm...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 07:25 AM (l3cgK)

123 T- 00:01:00

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 07:25 AM (odBC9)

124 Belated BOING!

Back from a light nature trail walk at the foothills of Mt. Hermon - and I don't mean New Jersey!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 30, 2026 07:27 AM (lR5Ug)

125 I know I was often like, "Did they say boys or voice?" listening on the radio when I was younger, because, well, deliberately blurred lyrics right?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 30, 2026 07:28 AM (aJQbY)

126 T + 2min

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 07:28 AM (l3cgK)

127 "Cut cholesterol with genetic scissors": that could put a big dent in Pharma's market. There are 92 million people on daily cholesterol lowering statin drugs

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 30, 2026 07:28 AM (llBIB)

128 Morning Horde. Thx Pixy, interesting updates.
61° out with 87% humidity. Cool but heavy air. Rain later

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 30, 2026 07:30 AM (EZWVc)

129 124 Belated BOING!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 30, 2026 07:27 AM (lR5Ug)

You BOINGed at liftoff!

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 07:31 AM (odBC9)

130 This launch is completely faked!

Posted by: Flat Earthers at August 30, 2026 07:31 AM (l3cgK)

131
Beautiful shot of the fairing separation.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 07:31 AM (w6EFb)

132 @124 Biden's Dog, how's the skiing on Mt Hermon?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 30, 2026 07:32 AM (EZWVc)

133 Common sense gun control.

Alyssa Leader
@alittleleader
On a personal level, I am about as anti-gun as you can get. But I have clients who face years of mandatory minimum time in prison because they possessed (not even used!) a gun after having stolen $1001 dollars worth of stuff from Target, often years before—
. . . .
The ways in which we criminalize some gun possession and not others, the severity of consequences for some gun-related behavior and not others, a lot of it is absolute nonsense. And of course a lot of it disproportionately impacts poor people and people of color.

-
So the law abiding don't get guns but criminals do.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 07:34 AM (ndZc7)

134 Landed!

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 07:34 AM (odBC9)

135 So the law abiding don't get guns but criminals do.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 30, 2026 07:34 AM (ndZc7)

It's a feature, not a bug.

Posted by: Flat Earthers at August 30, 2026 07:36 AM (l3cgK)

136 If that poor little darling had only stolen $999.99 dollars worth of stuff from Target...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 30, 2026 07:36 AM (eOFY+)

137 Off stupid stubborn sock...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 07:36 AM (l3cgK)

138
THe core stage booster had to be expendable, it won't be recovered. Getting Nancy Grace heaved up on the proper trajectory required too much energy for a fully reusable mission.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 07:36 AM (w6EFb)

139 130 This launch is completely faked!
Posted by: Flat Earthers at August 30, 2026 07:31 AM
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Come join us at one of our meetings. First Wednesday of the month, 7pm at the Elks Lodge.

Posted by: The Flat Moon Society at August 30, 2026 07:37 AM (2Ez/1)

140 You gonna target LLVM?

Posted by: alex at August 30, 2026 07:37 AM (z25sE)

141 It'll take about 3 months for Roman to make it about a million miles away, to where it's headed.

(In case people are not watching the NASA feed.)

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 07:38 AM (odBC9)

142 You BOINGed at liftoff!

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 07:31 AM (odBC9)
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Thanks to your previous comment, I opened up SpaceX on X and watched about 2.5 minutes into the launch.

When we were kids, this would have been scifi.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 30, 2026 07:38 AM (lR5Ug)

143 136 If that poor little darling had only stolen $999.99 dollars worth of stuff from Target...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 30, 2026 07:36 AM (eOFY+)

Yeah, that's the problem.../sarc

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 07:38 AM (l3cgK)

144 @124 Biden's Dog, how's the skiing on Mt Hermon?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 30, 2026 07:32 AM (EZWVc)
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I doubt there's even a handful of ice left at the peaks.

Ask me again in 3-4 months. Last year was a relatively dry winter. Nevertheless, the waters of the Dan River were running fast and deep this morning.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 30, 2026 07:41 AM (lR5Ug)

145 Cholesterol has an unfair reputation. It is absolutely essential, and particularly for human development in children and the immune system. A “low fat” diet isn’t for everyone across the board. And the link between cholesterol and heart disease generally isn’t quite as simple as it sounds. “One size fits all” generally doesn’t.

“Oiling of America” is a great read about “Big Oil” and the rise of hydrogenated cooking oils. Eggs, butter, dairy, and meat all became persona non grata right about the time when monetary inflation made them unaffordable to many Americans. I have a “conspiracy theory” about this.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 30, 2026 07:41 AM (K55Yn)

146 Eggs, butter, dairy, and meat all became persona non grata right about the time when monetary inflation made them unaffordable to many Americans. I have a “conspiracy theory” about this.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 30, 2026 07:41 AM (K55Yn)
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It's twue! It's twue!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 30, 2026 07:42 AM (lR5Ug)

147 99 Bitch keeps touching me!
Posted by: pawn at August 30, 2026 07:09 AM (c/R9o)

This is still cracking me up.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 07:43 AM (odBC9)

148
Roman spacecraft trajectory to L2:
https://t.ly/yRw_9

She's in orbit, and there'll be another burn to give her the final push on the above trajectory.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 07:44 AM (w6EFb)

149
Boy, Megan sure has a mouth full of teeth, doesn't she?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 07:46 AM (w6EFb)

150 Perhaps I was too old when GTA went from obscurity to becoming huge in the PS2 generation aka my late 30s. I just didn't feel like playing a scumbag simulator, even though I could enjoy a movie like 'Pulp Fiction'. Watching Vincent Vega and wanting to BE Vincent Vega are different things.

I have GTA V in my Xbox library because it was effectively free. Amazon had it for $15 with a Amazon credit kickback of $15. So my $15 was locked into being used at Amazon but I was alright with being thrown in that briar patch.

Posted by: Epobirs at August 30, 2026 07:46 AM (/0z9K)

151 She's in orbit

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 07:44 AM (w6EFb)
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Don't we have to define "she"?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 30, 2026 07:46 AM (lR5Ug)

152 "She's in orbit, and there'll be another burn to give her the final push on the above trajectory."
---
The Paolo, he is familiar with this, how you say, trajectory.

Posted by: The Paolo at August 30, 2026 07:47 AM (2Ez/1)

153 145 Cholesterol has an unfair reputation. It is absolutely essential, and particularly for human development in children and the immune system. A “low fat” diet isn’t for everyone across the board. And the link between cholesterol and heart disease generally isn’t quite as simple as it sounds. “One size fits all” generally doesn’t.

Posted by: Common Tater

True. The article is about people who have treatment-resistant high cholesterol regardless of lifestyle. This genetic scissoring fixes a specific condition for them, not for everyone.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 30, 2026 07:47 AM (BLOW1)

154 151 She's in orbit

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 07:44 AM (w6EFb)
-

Don't we have to define "she"?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 30, 2026 07:46 AM (lR5Ug)

We can't.

--WNBA

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 07:47 AM (odBC9)

155 Another successful launch.

I was always such an incredible rush.

God, I miss it.

Posted by: pawn at August 30, 2026 07:48 AM (c/R9o)

156 I thought a Roman Coronagraph Instrument was a fancy name for a sundial... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

About time somebody brought it up.
All kinds of speculation about getting Nancy Grace into space,
but nobody thought about what the Romans would do with a telescope.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 30, 2026 07:49 AM (zdLoL)

157 For decades, I didn’t even know that PBR still existed. Then it suddenly became stylish again in southern Atlantic seaboard states (?).
I can’t tell the difference between ordinary American beers, but I rarely drink beer anymore.
But I will order PBR with a meal to avoid bud light associated stuff.

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 30, 2026 07:49 AM (1FEc1)

158 I would be asleep but for the chaos snd civilizational breakdown in my part of the city tonight.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

What???

Posted by: Dark Lix at August 30, 2026 07:50 AM (Fv808)

159
One of the things that Roman is going to answer is are our cosmological models wrong. There have been some hints they are wrong -- see the Hubble Tension and a lesser well-known, although likely worse conflict, known as the S8 Tension.

Those could be real or they could be some sort of systematic error. Not enough data to know for sure. Roman will provide the answer. I'm hoping we are wrong, that will be exciting.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 07:51 AM (w6EFb)

160 Just read what. You need imsta-tire traps. Or hills. Hills have a lot of advantages.

Posted by: Dark Lix at August 30, 2026 07:52 AM (Fv808)

161 140 You gonna target LLVM?
Posted by: alex

Good question. Answer is no, or at least not directly. I'm planning two approaches there. First, it's a bytecode compiler, and the bytecode is instrumented specifically to support an optimising JIT compiler.

Second, every feature in the language has a clearly defined equivalent in Rust, and Rust does target LLVM. So if you want static binary compilation the path is the build and test taking advantage of the far faster compiler, and then auto-translate into Rust.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 30, 2026 07:53 AM (BLOW1)

162 “Eggs are bad for you” was pretty much taken as an article of faith in the 1970s and for years after. It was sad, because they are versatile and tasty and inexpensive. USDA lists them as “meat” in the handbook #8 and I suppose they are. Lots of good nutrients and minerals. High quality protein. Great way for people to get adequate nutrition for not a lot of money.

Margarine is just wretched stuff.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 30, 2026 07:54 AM (K55Yn)

163 Mission Control looks cool.
"Orbital insertion" confirmed.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 07:54 AM (odBC9)

164 The human brain is 25% cholesterol.

The more cholesterol in a man's sperm is positively linked to higher sperm concentration, total sperm count, motility (movement), and normal morphology (shape).

Posted by: The Mayo Clinic at August 30, 2026 07:54 AM (yuEAg)

165 publius,

Based entirely on summary layman's descriptions of those Tensions and my love of sci-fi, I suspect we're mis-modeling because we're in a higher-order universe than we can perceive, with more dimensions. The 'flatland problem'.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 30, 2026 07:54 AM (aJQbY)

166 155 Another successful launch.

I[t] was always such an incredible rush.

God, I miss it.
Posted by: pawn at August 30, 2026 07:48 AM (c/R9o)

Glad you're here!

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 07:55 AM (odBC9)

167
Well, the 2nd stage has done its job perfectly. Nancy Grace has near escape velocity. That's about 40K km/hr, you'll see Nancy made it to about 38K. Oh, I love it, I'm talking K k, kilo kilo.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 07:55 AM (w6EFb)

168 Worring about physics in a game where the MC does a Yamcha pose after creating a crater? This is a game where you web-sling like Spiderman. There are monsters and mechs. Along with rabbit and dragon girls.

If you want realism, there is Bodycam. Though that game will give you PTSD while fighting in the trenches in Ukraine.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 30, 2026 07:56 AM (2GVsD)

169 154 151 She's in orbit

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 07:44 AM (w6EFb)
-

Don't we have to define "she"?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 30, 2026 07:46 AM (lR5Ug)

We can't.

--WNBA
Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 07:47 AM (odBC9)
-----------------
Don't look at me.

Posted by: Kentaji Brown Jackson at August 30, 2026 07:56 AM (eOFY+)

170 The human brain is 25% cholesterol.

The more cholesterol in a man's sperm is positively linked to higher sperm concentration, total sperm count, motility (movement), and normal morphology (shape).

If this is no kidding legit correlation, I bet the anti-cholesterol crusade has been a contributer to the 'low virility problem' of recent decades. Timing roughly matches...

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 30, 2026 07:56 AM (aJQbY)

171 Some of the old school working man beer brands were defunct. The hipsters resurrected them. PBR might actually be one of them. Grain Belt didn’t make the cut, maybe.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 30, 2026 07:56 AM (K55Yn)

172 130 This launch is completely faked!
Posted by: Flat Earthers at August 30, 2026 07:31 AM
----
The Flat Earthers went NUTS during the Artemis II launch, claiming it was a giant balloon among other absurdities.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 30, 2026 07:58 AM (FZ29D)

173 Orbital insertion is another service available from The Paolo. However it requires an, how you say, additional fee.

Posted by: The Paolo at August 30, 2026 07:59 AM (2Ez/1)

174 The Flat Earth society has many members all around the globe!

Posted by: Common Tater at August 30, 2026 07:59 AM (K55Yn)

175
And Nancy Grace is free and on her way. Elon makes this all look like child's play.

Nancy was talking to the ground and she's now charging her batteries via solar arrays, they said.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 08:00 AM (w6EFb)

176 In addition to the Nashville airport, I think a major motorboat racing venue should be renamed after Dolly.

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 30, 2026 08:00 AM (1FEc1)

177 One of the things that Roman is going to answer is are our cosmological models wrong. There have been some hints they are wrong -- see the Hubble Tension and a lesser well-known, although likely worse conflict, known as the S8 Tension.

Those could be real or they could be some sort of systematic error. Not enough data to know for sure. Roman will provide the answer. I'm hoping we are wrong, that will be exciting.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 07:51 AM (w6EFb)
---
We may very well be on the cusp of the next great revolution in physics...where we discover that the Standard Model is woefully inadequate.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 30, 2026 08:00 AM (FZ29D)

178 174 The Flat Earth society has many members all around the globe!
Posted by: Common Tater at August 30, 2026 07:59 AM (K55Yn)

... um

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 08:00 AM (odBC9)

179 7 I woke up this morning with no way to hold my head that didn't hurt.
Posted by: Savage Henry at August 30, 2026

***
How was that beer you had for dessert?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 08:02 AM (wzUl9)

180 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 30, 2026 07:27 AM (lR5Ug

I hope that you had a lovely time. I would like to visit Mt. Hermon in Israel, but that rural area of Warren County is quite nice for a walk as well. I used to serve a church in Warren County.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 08:02 AM (rHgXV)

181 Roman will be sending home "a terabyte of data a day" for its lifetime.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 08:02 AM (odBC9)

182 I have high LDL (but not super high), high HDL, and very low trigs. I do eat a lot of cheese.

Posted by: Dark Lix at August 30, 2026 08:02 AM (Fv808)

183
My favorite Flat Earthers (Flerfs for short) have to be CC, Chris from Westchester County, and Terry R. Eicher.

CC has fabulous hair. He's getting in Mannix level there. Not Jack Lord, but he's getting to Mannix coif levels.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 08:02 AM (w6EFb)

184 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 30, 2026 08:03 AM (u82oZ)

185 - Some hints they are wrong.
Hints? Like in July of 2022? When this happened?

https://tinyurl.com/yt7yn475

Or later with this?

https://tinyurl.com/2ssa7352

Not stated in the 2nd vid but I read later on "they" hand waved it off with 'galaxies are smaller the further away they are.'

Posted by: TeeJ at August 30, 2026 08:03 AM (eblO+)

186
Here's CC's channel:

https://t.ly/Bpfzj

Enjoy those lunatic rants.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 08:04 AM (w6EFb)

187 Looks like TS Dolly fizzled out. But there are two areas of possible tropical activity, one is south of Mississippi in the Gulf. The other is aiming for the Bahamas.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 30, 2026 08:04 AM (2GVsD)

188 >>> 101 W00t! Only 5 more assessments to grade this morning!

(Though several students haven't completed all their homework for the week--I told them on the first day of class how important it was to DO THE WORK...)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 30, 2026 07:10 AM (FZ29D)

Reminds me of an old joke.

Busty Breathless Blonde Co-ed: I'd do *anything* for an A!

Professor: Would you.... study???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 30, 2026 08:06 AM (+fdRY)

189 I suspect we're mis-modeling because we're in a higher-order universe than we can perceive, with more dimensions. The 'flatland problem'.

A book written in 1884!

Posted by: Dark Lix at August 30, 2026 08:06 AM (Fv808)

190
And Terry R. Eicher explains how NASA lies about the sun:

https://t.ly/A1lSo

To the Flerfs, NASA is like the Illuminati, the Root Evil, the "They" of all the conspiracies.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 08:07 AM (w6EFb)

191 190
Flerfs
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 08:07 AM (w6EFb)

haha!

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 08:08 AM (odBC9)

192 Here's CC's channel:

https://t.ly/Bpfzj

Enjoy those lunatic rants.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 08:04 AM (w6EFb)
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SciManDan has a field day with these! CC's WAY out there.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 30, 2026 08:12 AM (FZ29D)

193 Looks like TS Dolly fizzled out. But there are two areas of possible tropical activity, one is south of Mississippi in the Gulf. The other is aiming for the Bahamas.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 30, 2026

***
My local CBS outlet is saying we may be in for some storminess.

The same website quotes someone at the 21st anniversary memorial of Katrina, "New Orleans never forgets." (Yeah, and it never learns, either)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 08:12 AM (wzUl9)

194 experimental gene altering infusion? great ....

Posted by: runner at August 30, 2026 08:12 AM (g47mK)

195 25 It's going to launch on a Falcon 9 Heavy. The two side boosters will be recovered, but the main center one is going to be expendable (has to for the payload). L2 is technically still in Erf's gravity well, but not by much.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 06:04 AM (w6EFb)

I only saw one of the side boosters land.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 08:12 AM (odBC9)

196 Or, I guess what I saw land was the Falcon 9 Heavy!

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 08:13 AM (odBC9)

197 >> I only saw one of the side boosters land.

FOr some reason, they only had footage of one, but they said the other one landed fine as well.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 08:13 AM (w6EFb)

198 197 >> I only saw one of the side boosters land.

FOr some reason, they only had footage of one, but they said the other one landed fine as well.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 08:13 AM (w6EFb)

Ok, thanks!

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 08:14 AM (odBC9)

199
Flerfs also love the Nikon P900 and P1000 "Super zoom" cameras. NASA forced Nikon to stop making those, you know, because they zoom in so much, they show there's no curvature!

You're not a proper Flerf until you get one of those cameras.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 08:15 AM (w6EFb)

200 200

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 08:15 AM (odBC9)

201 The Flat Earth society has many members all around the globe!

The guy who owns my local cigar store is a Flat Earther and a moon landing denialist.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 08:16 AM (qRla/)

202
is it wrong to hope it rains so I don't have to spend the day under my son's derelict '03 Ranger replacing the brake line?

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 30, 2026 08:16 AM (AMvSw)

203 We may very well be on the cusp of the next great revolution in physics...where we discover that the Standard Model is woefully inadequate.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
_______

"... and yet no one has ever been able to give any answer at all to the question, What proof have you that the uniformities which you call laws will not cease or alter tomorrow? In regard to this, our very highest probability, we are like a man rowing one way and looking another, and steering his boat by keeping her stern in a line with an object behind him."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 30, 2026 08:17 AM (XvL8K)

204 So many early Slade songs had misspelled titles. Were they illiterate?

Posted by: Curious And Just Axin' at August 30, 2026 08:17 AM (JM9I6)

205 Went back to see the launch.

Whew. Amazing.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 30, 2026 08:17 AM (u82oZ)

206
There's a famous clip that CC himself posted of his wife getting enough of his crap.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 08:17 AM (w6EFb)

207 The same website quotes someone at the 21st anniversary memorial of Katrina, "New Orleans never forgets." (Yeah, and it never learns, either)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 08:12 AM (wzUl9)

Have you seen the TV ads for (I believe) CNNs 9/11 propaganda show? It's supposed to be interviews with survivors of the Twin Towers. I expect it to be nothing more than a bunch of phony flag-waving and heart-tugging music in order to ball-wash the Arab world and make Americans continue to forget the whole "War On Terror" was a gigantic Deep State psy-op.

"Never Forget," my ass.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 30, 2026 08:19 AM (qRla/)

208 is it wrong to hope it rains so I don't have to spend the day under my son's derelict '03 Ranger replacing the brake line?
Posted by: AltonJackson

Brake lines are kinda important. Best get to work.

Posted by: Free Wheelin'! at August 30, 2026 08:19 AM (JM9I6)

209 Not techy, but nice

Dogs add extra security and comfort at a train station in England. I guess that the Muslims haven't complained yet:

https://tinyurl.com/3jaahtex

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2026 08:20 AM (JrHfD)

210 This genetic scissoring fixes a specific condition for them, not for everyone.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 30, 2026 07:47 AM (BLOW1)

Sounds kinda gay when put that way...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 08:20 AM (l3cgK)

211 The guy who owns my local cigar store is a Flat Earther and a moon landing denialist.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Turtles for the trifecta?

Posted by: Dark Lix at August 30, 2026 08:22 AM (Fv808)

212 Looking at

Wikipedia
Falcon Heavy

to learn about Falcon Heavy parts.

There's also:

Future launches

August 30. 2026
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
NASA (Launch Services Program)
US$255 million
Infrared space telescope to be stationed at Sun-Earth L2.

Soon to be updated!

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 08:22 AM (odBC9)

213 Cup of coffee and awaiting for the Book thread

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 08:22 AM (Ia/+0)

214 Slade also wrote the song "Merry Christmas, Everybody" which Robbie Williams nicely covered a few years back.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression)

Slade never really caught on in the US but they tried. Never got any traction here which is weird because they were just like so many bands that did.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 30, 2026 08:24 AM (l26NL)

215 You know, forget about any of the technical considerations about Apollo.

Those guys were all combat veterans, experimental aircraft test-pilots. Higher, farther, faster. Egos? Yeah, I suppose. And they earned them.

No way are you gonna get 50 of the top fighter jocks to participate in a Hoax. No chance

Posted by: Common Tater at August 30, 2026 08:25 AM (K55Yn)

216 I do not like OpenAI. I have Grok because it's useful for search and image generation, Claude because it's useful for coding, and Gemini because... It comes with my Google account, really. ChatGPT I tried and canceled.

GPT-5.6 is as good or better than Claude on code tasks. And it's much less prone to spamming comments to infinity that beg you to accept what it's written.

I distrust both major labs (they're both attempting to bait Trump into regulatory capture in order to hurt open source models) but they both make a good product.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 30, 2026 08:25 AM (4XgaH)

217
Brake lines are kinda important. Best get to work.

Posted by: Free Wheelin'! at August 30, 2026 08:19 AM

agreed, if it was a daily driver, I'd be out there under the truck right now, regardless of the weather

we're patching it up so we can sell it, so it's not quite urgent enough to work on in the rain

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 30, 2026 08:25 AM (AMvSw)

218 187 Looks like TS Dolly fizzled out. But there are two areas of possible tropical activity, one is south of Mississippi in the Gulf. The other is aiming for the Bahamas.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 30, 2026 08:04 AM (2GVsD)

The trannies have even ruined tropical storms...
I read that first sentence wrong the first time I read it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 08:26 AM (l3cgK)

219 - the "They"...

An attempt to lump me in with the ferfs and never went to the moon folks?
I am neither.
Nor is the PhD astrophysicist who did both of the vids I posted.
He is the one who predicted not only all of those fully formed galaxies the JWST would show us at distances where "they" predicted immature ones but also their response. 1st vid.

The 2nd is the apparent, angular size of galaxies the further away they are and what that does to the FLRW metric.

Up to you whether you want to take an honest look at them.

Posted by: TeeJ at August 30, 2026 08:26 AM (eblO+)

220 m,

"Soon to be updated!"

Did you see my post @35?

Posted by: pawn at August 30, 2026 08:26 AM (c/R9o)

221 The only Slade tune I've ever heard on the radio was Run, Run Away. If that's even the title.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 30, 2026 08:27 AM (XvL8K)

222 Trump is going after BIG PROCESSORS ! they thought they 'd gate away with their cartel pricing.

Posted by: runner at August 30, 2026 08:27 AM (g47mK)

223
The Falcon 9 Heavy is basically three regular Falcon 9 boosters strapped together.

And you have various levels of expendability. For the full Monty, everything expendable it can throw 70, tons to LEO, and about 18.5 tons to earth escape.

Nancy Grace was almost escape, but didn't require the fully expendable config, only throw away the core booster.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 08:27 AM (w6EFb)

224 Wonder if a smaller version like Falcon Lite would be cost savings?

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 08:28 AM (Ia/+0)

225 222 Trump is going after BIG PROCESSORS ! they thought they 'd gate away with their cartel pricing.

Posted by: runner at August 30, 2026 08:27 AM (g47mK)

Microprocessors would be easier to deal with...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 30, 2026 08:29 AM (l3cgK)

226 publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Musk must be very confident in StarShip to shut down Falcon 9.

Is the smart move for Bezos to ditch the New Glenn and take over Falcon 9?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 30, 2026 08:30 AM (u82oZ)

227 220 m,

"Soon to be updated!"

Did you see my post @35?
Posted by: pawn at August 30, 2026 08:26 AM (c/R9o)

I meant "updated" because today's mission was listed on Wikipedia as "future" and will be moved into the "Launches and payloads" list.

I read your #35:

35 Sadly, it's that last Falcon Heavy manifested. He is betting on StarShip replacing ALL of the payloads for Heavy with the Falcon 9 to follow.

I think Elon is way premature in announcing this. I can't believe Gwen didn't push back on this.

He says he wants the company to focus on StarShip development.

I hope he's just blowing hot air and not turning down customers and sending them to Blue .
Posted by: pawn at August 30, 2026 06:16 AM (c/R9o)

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 08:32 AM (odBC9)

228 Oh they're definitely going for regulatory capture.

"Look how scary our models can be! You should regulate them! We just happen to have five hundred pages of suggestions they wrote for us!"

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 30, 2026 08:32 AM (aJQbY)

229
I don't know what to make of it, really, but they are winding down orders for Falcon 9. He's going all in for Starship. But it will take a while before Falcon is retired. The ISS missions certainly will continue with it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 08:33 AM (w6EFb)

230 223
The Falcon 9 Heavy is basically three regular Falcon 9 boosters strapped together.

And you have various levels of expendability. For the full Monty, everything expendable it can throw 70, tons to LEO, and about 18.5 tons to earth escape.

Nancy Grace was almost escape, but didn't require the fully expendable config, only throw away the core booster.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 08:27 AM (w6EFb)

That makes it clear; thanks.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 08:33 AM (odBC9)

231 publius

Thanks for the context.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 30, 2026 08:35 AM (u82oZ)

232 Chores start.

Need to get ready for my walk with the fast-paced widow.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 30, 2026 08:35 AM (u82oZ)

233 I've never been on the Book Thread because I heard Lt. Bookman lurks there. I never returned several tomes in the 60s. I could never afford the late fees and fines.

Posted by: On a Very Fixed Income at August 30, 2026 08:36 AM (JM9I6)

234 You need imsta-tire traps. Or hills. Hills have a lot of advantages.
Posted by: Dark Lix at August 30, 2026 07:52 AM (Fv80

===

My violent fantasies kept me from sleeping.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX)

235 233 I've never been on the Book Thread because I heard Lt. Bookman lurks there. I never returned several tomes in the 60s. I could never afford the late fees and fines.
Posted by: On a Very Fixed Income at August 30, 2026 08:36 AM (JM9I6)

They just write it off.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 08:37 AM (odBC9)

236
BY contrast, the Saturn V could hoist 154 tons to LEO.

The Saturn V remains the greatest rocket ever flown.

Starship may take that, but not yet.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 08:40 AM (w6EFb)

237 I've done my workout, gotten cleaned up, and had breakfast. Waiting now for the Book Thread.

I might head out a little early to go to an AA meeting; haven't decided yet. The bunch last week seemed like a good group. Groups vary: Some are more joyful, some less. This group seemed the former.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 08:40 AM (wzUl9)

238 I'm tired of hearing the word "equity" used for equality or equal justice.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 30, 2026 08:41 AM (b4LBp)

239 Capitalist Mark Cuban is supporting the manly Talarico. Whoever said Cuban is the dumbest billionaire ever is correct

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 30, 2026 08:41 AM (EZWVc)

240 I've never been on the Book Thread because I heard Lt. Bookman lurks there. I never returned several tomes in the 60s. I could never afford the late fees and fines.
Posted by: On a Very Fixed Income at August 30, 2026 08:36 AM (JM9I6)
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This Book Thread has been flagged.

Posted by: Barnes & Noble at August 30, 2026 08:43 AM (RIvkX)

241 Need to get ready for my walk with the fast-paced widow.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

I must admit, fast women have always fascinated me.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 30, 2026 08:44 AM (iUToW)

242 I've been receiving long commentary texts lately from a friend. I'm convinced these are ChatGPT products. I do not believe he is writing these; but he is representing them as his. I have the same suspicion with some business correspondences I've been receiving. Are we becoming people who can no longer authentically communicate?

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 30, 2026 08:44 AM (b4LBp)

243 Whoever said Cuban is the dumbest billionaire ever is correct
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 30, 2026 08:41 AM (EZWVc)
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Mark Cuban is proof-positive that even the very stupid can succeed in America.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 08:44 AM (RIvkX)

244 Episodes of the most recent season of All Creatures Great and Small will be on my local PBS station this pm. A good way to spend a Sunday afternoon!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 08:45 AM (wzUl9)

245 Posted by: Ordinary American at August 30, 2026 08:44 AM (b4LBp)
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Hey, it's not like he didn't read it first before sending it to you.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 08:45 AM (RIvkX)

246 Need to get ready for my walk with the fast-paced widow.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
*
I must admit, fast women have always fascinated me.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 30, 2026

***
Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, and more money! It's the way to go!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 08:46 AM (wzUl9)

247 239 Capitalist Mark Cuban is supporting the manly Talarico. Whoever said Cuban is the dumbest billionaire ever is correct
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 30, 2026 08:41 AM (EZWVc)

Stupidity, moral bankruptcy, or both?

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 30, 2026 08:47 AM (b4LBp)

248 242 I've been receiving long commentary texts lately from a friend. I'm convinced these are ChatGPT products.
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 30, 2026 08:44 AM (b4LBp)

#metoo from a friend who is not a native English speaker and whose texts are Englishier than before.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 08:47 AM (odBC9)

249 Street Racing - even here in sedate Tyler, I hear it every Friday and Saturday night. I live about 4 blocks from a major east-west corridor which connects to a large junior college (TJC) about a mile away. I figure that’s the source of the excitement.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 30, 2026 08:48 AM (GWwCk)

250 Capitalist Mark Cuban is supporting the manly Talarico. Whoever said Cuban is the dumbest billionaire ever is correct
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 30, 2026
*
Stupidity, moral bankruptcy, or both?
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 30, 2026

***
Embrace the healing power of "and."

Or even, "Yes."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 08:48 AM (wzUl9)

251 I'm tired of hearing the word "equity" used for equality or equal justice.
——-

Don’t worry, what they really mean by that is “Revenge”, never mind for something you’re not guilty of, you must be punished

Posted by: Common Tater at August 30, 2026 08:50 AM (K55Yn)

252 Street Racing - even here in sedate Tyler, I hear it every Friday and Saturday night. I live about 4 blocks from a major east-west corridor which connects to a large junior college (TJC) about a mile away. I figure that’s the source of the excitement.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 30, 2026 08:48 AM (GWwCk)
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I do not want the SFPD to arrest a 17 year old opening up his 6 cyl Toyota once in a while on an empty straightaway at 2 am.

But this went on for about 90 minutes.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 30, 2026 08:51 AM (RIvkX)

253 Episodes of the most recent season of All Creatures Great and Small will be on my local PBS station this pm. A good way to spend a Sunday afternoon!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

The new season starts mid January.

Posted by: Tuna at August 30, 2026 08:53 AM (lJ0H4)

254 Episodes of the most recent season of All Creatures Great and Small will be on my local PBS station this pm. A good way to spend a Sunday afternoon!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
*
The new season starts mid January.
Posted by: Tuna at August 30, 2026

***
Mid-winter: a perfect time to watch a charming drama with humor about 1940s Yorkshire.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 08:55 AM (wzUl9)

255 It’s comical now - Tucker’s latest rant is so bizarre that it’s really just comical. I guess he was annoyed at the way Candace had been dominating the Crazy Train.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 30, 2026 08:57 AM (GWwCk)

256 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 30, 2026 08:59 AM (VyBeY)

257 Upthread someone mentioned CNN preparing some good old propaganda to commemorate the upcoming 9/11 anniversary.

For me, as we sit here on September Eve of 2026, this raises some questions.

People still watch TV?
People still pay for cable or satellite?
People still watch CNN?

At some point, CNN becomes about as well known as an obscure podcast produced by an old guy in Wisconsin who obsesses over antique cream separators.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 30, 2026 08:59 AM (2Ez/1)

258 Books upstairs.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 30, 2026 09:01 AM (NcvvS)

259 Noodus biblioteca

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2026 09:01 AM (wzUl9)

260 Grab your reading glasses and head upstairs.
BOOK NOOD

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 09:01 AM (Ia/+0)

261 260 Grab your reading glasses and head upstairs.
BOOK NOOD
Posted by: Skip

Ah cain't read gud!

Posted by: Sixth Grad Graduate at August 30, 2026 09:25 AM (JM9I6)

Saturday Night Club ONT - August 29, 2026 [Disco & Dino]

Welcome to Club ONT - a whelming collaboration of The Disco and The Dino.

Open thread - bar is open, too. Come in in, grab a drink or 2. Or 3. Keep it light and friendly. The moose is feeling blue tonight, so stop and say hello before entering.

*****

Saturday Night Jokes and Other Funnies

I took my 79-year-old uncle to the mall to buy new shoes.

Afterward we sat in the food court. A teenage girl with spiked hair in every color—red, green, blue, and orange—sat next to us. My uncle kept staring.

Finally she snapped, “What’s your problem, old man? Never done anything wild in your life?”

My uncle calmly replied, “Once I got high and slept with a peacock. I was just wondering… you might be my daughter.”

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A Republican, a Libertarian, and a Democrat are captured by a cannibal tribe in a dense jungle. The tribe chief gives them a final chance to save their lives:

“Go into the jungle and bring back ten pieces of any single fruit you can find.”

The Republican returns first with ten apples.

The chief says: “Now, if you can shove all ten apples up your ass without making any sound or expression on your face, we won’t eat you.”

The Republican manages one, but at the second apple, he winces in pain. The tribe eats him.

The Libertarian returns next with ten tiny berries.

The chief gives him the same rule.

The Libertarian gets to the ninth berry with complete silence… but suddenly, right before the tenth one, he bursts out laughing hysterically! The tribe eats him too.

In heaven, the Republican meets the Libertarian and asks: “Dude, you were so close! Why on earth did you laugh on the last berry?”

The Libertarian replies: “I couldn’t help it… I saw the Democrat coming back with ten watermelons!”

*****

Drink of the Night

Liquid Marijuana (also known as "Mountain Smoke" in some places)

Ingredients

1/2 oz. Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum
1/2 oz. Malibu Rum
1/2 oz. Blue Curacao
3/4 oz. Midori
2 1/2 oz. Pineapple Juice
2 oz. Sweet and Sour Mix

Instructions - Combine over ice cubes in a highball glass.

Despite the name, it contains no cannabis.

*****

Club ONT Department of AI, but Waiting for Some Town to do this

Towns and cities could get a lot more support for municipal projects if they had a little more imagination.

*****

Club ONT Department of Opportunity

Does opportunity knock or does it sometimes call?

In unrelated news, be on the lookout for a stolen truck full of PBR near Montclair, California (east of LA, near Claremont and Pomona and Ontario). A truck can hold over 50,000 cans of beer worth about $45,000.

*****

Club ONT Department of Vanity Products

Dino has gone too far trying to get attention at the Club Snack Bar!

*****

Club ONT Department of Smooth 70s Products

Every car needed one!😂 pic.twitter.com/Ud49A14BO0
— Papageorgio (@PapageorgioWV) August 28, 2026

*****

Club ONT Department of Misheard Lyrics

I'm questioning everything now. pic.twitter.com/ibSj3gjcmh
— Ginger (@HandyGingerGal) August 29, 2026

*****

Club ONT Jukebox

*****

Top 10ish Comments of the Week (aka Miklos and friends)

*****

Club ONT is brought to you by: Bold career decisions

*****

Club ONT offers sanctuary to whoever is in possession of any missing beer trucks - PBR or otherwise. Will exchange restroom tokens for stolen beer!

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

Comments

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1 1st

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 29, 2026 10:00 PM (zMzlR)

2 Good eveing good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2026 10:00 PM (iUToW)

3 Behold, the power of the Internet, a world wide web of wonders, so we may gather here and pretend to be drinking at a bar.

Posted by: mindful webworker - etc at August 29, 2026 10:00 PM (ie4vn)

4 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 29, 2026 10:00 PM (+9wcF)

5 Stop n Go

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 10:00 PM (pMmVV)

6 YAY ONT!!! Now for the content!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 29, 2026 10:00 PM (zMzlR)

7 hi!

Posted by: Iris at August 29, 2026 10:01 PM (286+n)

8 Good evening dear morons and Слава Двоим!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 10:01 PM (RIvkX)

9 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2026 10:01 PM (AdHga)

10 1/2 oz. Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum - Maybe
1/2 oz. Malibu Rum - No
1/2 oz. Blue Curacao - No
3/4 oz. Midori - No
2 1/2 oz. Pineapple Juice - OK
2 oz. Sweet and Sour Mix - Meh

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 10:02 PM (RIvkX)

11 Greetings Club Overnight Open Thread from somewhere east of Albuquerque....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 29, 2026 10:03 PM (9uADs)

12 So many disturbing things about that last photo.

Posted by: Dr. T at August 29, 2026 10:04 PM (lHPJf)

13 Evening all.

Time to do the Bible reading, 'exercise' (working on range of motion for my knees on the exercise bike), then shower and bed.

The jokes are oldies but goodies

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 10:04 PM (aJQbY)

14 Bers, righteous "customer is always wrong" rant

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 10:05 PM (RIvkX)

15 Blue Curacao

What color is a blue orange?

Posted by: Minx 0.8 beta at August 29, 2026 10:06 PM (VHUov)

16 Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 29, 2026 10:00 PM (zMzlR)
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How is Mrs. Kerry? I hope she had a good birthday.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX)

17 Miklos pwned Comments of the Week

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 10:08 PM (RIvkX)

18 Miklos dominates the Comments of the Week.

Way to go, Miklos!

*I knew him when he was a nobody*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero 43) at August 29, 2026 10:08 PM (4Je4D)

19 Miklos, how much are you paying to get so many hits in the top-tenish?

Posted by: mindful webworker - and in what currency? at August 29, 2026 10:09 PM (ie4vn)

20 Towns and cities could get a lot more support for municipal projects if they had a little more imagination.

My proposal for Keizer Oregon's water tower, since it is a round blob faring gently into a tapering base, was to paint it pepto-bismol pink, and surround it with a transparent enclosure with a bullet top, and call it the worlds largest Lava Lamp

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2026 10:09 PM (rbvCR)

21 Jelly Roll: "Watch me set my career on fire."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero 43) at August 29, 2026 10:10 PM (4Je4D)

22 What color is a blue orange?

It's always orange, no matter how sad it is.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 29, 2026 10:10 PM (+9wcF)

23 In unrelated news, be on the lookout for a stolen truck full of PBR

We done tole y'all people

Snitches get stitches

From Nurse Ratched when she's having a bad, bad day.

If yer lucky

Posted by: Beer Molls Marleen, Darleen, and Charleen at August 29, 2026 10:11 PM (4RYRd)

24 How is Mrs. Kerry? I hope she had a good birthday.

Thanks! Mrs NotKerry is doing better, but will be spending one more night in the hospital before coming home tomorrow (Sunday). The nausea is gone, which is the biggest thing. She had some cardiovascular reactions to some meds today, but those have also subsided. Her body just does not like drugs. She did receive some fun videos from the grandchildren which were very sweet. We will be properly celebrating her birthday when she is fully recovered.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 29, 2026 10:12 PM (zMzlR)

25 *follows the links*

No, no, it was 'grave'. I *heard it*.

Annnd... we couldn't afford enough 8-tracks to buy a tape selector. We did have something similar for cassette tapes in the 80s, I think!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 10:12 PM (aJQbY)

26 I am watching Clue.

Wadsworth, "I buttle."

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2026 10:12 PM (2GVsD)

27 A truck can hold over 50,000 cans of beer worth about $45,000.

That might be what it costs, but 50K cans of PBR ain't worth that much.

Unrelatedly, what's the recycle value of 50K aluminum cans?

Posted by: mikeski at August 29, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)

28 I feel like I should get this meme, but it's just not clicking for me.

https://bit.ly/what-are-this

Posted by: mindful webworker - there at August 29, 2026 10:12 PM (ie4vn)

29 In unrelated news, be on the lookout for a stolen truck full of PBR near Montclair, California (east of LA, near Claremont and Pomona and Ontario). A truck can hold over 50,000 cans of beer worth about $45,000.

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More like $250.00

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero 43) at August 29, 2026 10:13 PM (4Je4D)

30 Keizer Oregon's water tower is the Chemawa Station Water Tower, and it is at N 45° 00.091 W 123° 00.071

N 45° 00 W 123° 00 is about 50 feet away at the municipal baseball field.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2026 10:13 PM (rbvCR)

31 Data centres and ants?

Phase IV Part II?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2026 10:13 PM (2GVsD)

32 Miklos has clearly been hitting the tip jar.
Well done.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2026 10:14 PM (2WIwB)

33 Evenin’, All. Happy Saturday night.

Posted by: Bulg at August 29, 2026 10:14 PM (77rzZ)

34 mindful webworker - I was wondering the same. They're not crash-test dummies... at least, not the ones I recall... even though their belts look like seatbelts.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 10:14 PM (aJQbY)

35 I feel like I should get this meme, but it's just not clicking for me.

https://bit.ly/what-are-this
Posted by: mindful webworker - there at August 29, 2026 10:12 PM (ie4vn)

This are Devo. Apparently they just found out they are the new wave.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2026 10:14 PM (rbvCR)

36 I am surrounded by people who were either into metal or the BeeGees.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2026 10:15 PM (rbvCR)

37 I've seen blue Moose and pink Elephants, not usually when I'm loaded, just later when I'm detoxing.
Also, seen Punkin Heads comin' at me.

Posted by: Cooter Brown, Flyin' High at August 29, 2026 10:15 PM (JM9I6)

38 How youse mooks doin' ?

Posted by: Savage Henry at August 29, 2026 10:15 PM (ZxPkt)

39 Miklos pwned Comments of the Week
Posted by: San Franpsycho

It says right there, "aka Miklos and friends"

On the downside (for Miklos), I got 3 of them, so now he's been accused of having me as a friend.

Posted by: mikeski dangerfield at August 29, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov)

40 The Egyptians made better beer than PBR.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero 43) at August 29, 2026 10:16 PM (4Je4D)

41 No I am the Highway by Audioslave?

You could have at least dropped Tom Cochrane Life is a Highway.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 29, 2026 10:16 PM (ftFVW)

42 Stealing a beer truck is a prank. You park it in front of a party and let anybody and everybody have their way. To be young is to be foolish.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 29, 2026 10:16 PM (nlLAo)

43 Kindltot, okay, I was never into music videos back then, so... missed that apparently.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 10:17 PM (aJQbY)

44 "The beer that made Abydos famous"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero 43) at August 29, 2026 10:17 PM (4Je4D)

45
Quiet day here at Schloss Hadrian. Meanwhile in Ioway, The Big Dummy was Best of Breed at the Tri-City KC show. His win pushes him above 700 Grand Champion points, just 100 short of what he needs to reach Platinum level.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 29, 2026 10:17 PM (O0L8i)

46 I feel like I should get this meme, but it's just not clicking for me.

https://bit.ly/what-are-this
Posted by: mindful webworker - there at August 29, 2026 10:12 PM (ie4vn)

Didn't the band Devo dress like that in a video?

Posted by: Will Robinson at August 29, 2026 10:17 PM (rHvvN)

47 3 ...pretend to be drinking at a bar.
Posted by: mindful webworker - etc at August 29, 2026 10:00 PM (ie4vn)

So...you're all just pretending? There isn't really a bar somewhere? JQ doesn't really serve up drinks? There's no Moose doorman screening out unruly wanna-bes? I've been roaming the G-D country in this stinkin' RV for the last month FOR NOTHING????

Next you'll tell me there really is (are?) no Darleen, Marlene and Charlene?...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 29, 2026 10:17 PM (9uADs)

48 36 I am into Antonin Dvorak.

Posted by: Bulg at August 29, 2026 10:18 PM (77rzZ)

49 36 I am surrounded by people who were either into metal or the BeeGees.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2026 10:15 PM (rbvCR)

ABBA has entered the room.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2026 10:18 PM (2WIwB)

50
Herself is gone to an event tomorrow.

So I'll do Anchovy pizza with garlic stuffed olives on the grill.

These opportunities have to be taken advantage of.

Posted by: Auspex at August 29, 2026 10:18 PM (Y8DZL)

51 ...and call it the worlds largest Lava Lamp

Speaking of which, I know lava lamps are still sold but how do they work now without incandescent bulbs?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 29, 2026 10:18 PM (vTZFs)

52 Blue Moose would be a boon to Highway Safety.

Posted by: NTSB at August 29, 2026 10:19 PM (JM9I6)

53 Good evening dear morons and Слава Двоим!
Posted by: San Franpsycho

The Horde cries out!

Posted by: Milosov Miklosevich, Ancient Salvonaut Theorist at August 29, 2026 10:19 PM (4RYRd)

54 Egyptian beer saved the Human race from extinction once.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2026 10:20 PM (2GVsD)

55 Good evening Horde. Enjoy your time at Club ONT!

Posted by: TRex - neon PBR sign dino at August 29, 2026 10:20 PM (XfIK1)

56 Jelly Roll: "Watch me set my career on fire."
****

"Light me up or burn me down."

Posted by: clarence at August 29, 2026 10:20 PM (/2SkZ)

57 6 I am into Antonin Dvorak.
Posted by: Bulg

OOOoooOOOO

Posted by: Classical music aficionado Floyd the Barber at August 29, 2026 10:20 PM (4RYRd)

58 Lava lamps?

Check near the candles in any Wal-Mart and you will find them.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2026 10:20 PM (2GVsD)

59
18 Miklos dominates the Comments of the Week.

Way to go, Miklos!

*I knew him when he was a nobody*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero 43) at August 29, 2026 10:08 PM (4Je4D)

I’m proud that I was able to throw a nice slow pitch over the plate for him to hit.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2026 10:21 PM (GWwCk)

60 I could’ve lived lived my whole life without rock music.

Posted by: Bulg at August 29, 2026 10:21 PM (77rzZ)

61 Hey, all.

Looking forward to church. Need the hope.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at August 29, 2026 10:22 PM (F5T1n)

62
Jelly Roll: "Watch me set my career on fire."
Posted by: Cicero

At least he'll be warm.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 29, 2026 10:22 PM (Cqx++)

63 Dare I say that the ONT curating this evening displays subtle hints of inspiration, if not genius?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero 43) at August 29, 2026 10:23 PM (4Je4D)

64 Dare I say that the ONT curating this evening displays subtle hints of inspiration, if not genius?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero 43)

Double plus whelm?

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 29, 2026 10:24 PM (ftFVW)

65 It’s Miklos Night!

Posted by: Piper at August 29, 2026 10:24 PM (ZdaMQ)

66 Good evening Horde. Enjoy your time at Club ONT!
Posted by: TRex - neon PBR sign dino

I slipped the Blue Moose out front 30 simoleons

Got one of those 21+ plastic wristbands

All is cool, Mr. Dude Sir

Posted by: underage ...um...yeah...Miklosomething at August 29, 2026 10:24 PM (4RYRd)

67 Dare I say that the ONT curating this evening displays subtle hints of inspiration, if not genius?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero 43) at August 29, 2026 10:23 PM (4Je4D)

***

*drains glass*
*burps*

What???

Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2026 10:25 PM (2WIwB)

68 This are Devo.…
Posted by: Kindltot

Ah, yes. Thanks.

Posted by: mindful webworker - devolved at August 29, 2026 10:25 PM (ie4vn)

69 Miklos' clever blend of sarcasm and bitter Magyar humor have made him a moron favorite. Together with his coterie of Waffle House waitresses he always brings fun to every thread with mimicry, mockery, and sockery.
-Grok GPT

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 10:25 PM (RIvkX)

70 Mmm. Waffle House waitresses.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero 43) at August 29, 2026 10:26 PM (4Je4D)

71 Last time Miklos was underage, Truman was President.

Posted by: One Geezer To Another at August 29, 2026 10:26 PM (JM9I6)

72 It’s Miklos Night!
Posted by: Piper

Inform the Lay-ties

*blasts Kool and the Gang while rollin' up in the '87 Cadillac*

Posted by: And it's feelin right, oh what a Night at August 29, 2026 10:26 PM (4RYRd)

73 Happy Club ONT, Disco and Dino!

Love the T Rex bread offering at the snack bar! That shows ingenuity!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 29, 2026 10:26 PM (D/6p1)

74 Well, I'm going to say it. If you thought it a good idea to put tattoos on your face, you shouldn't be making career decisions without a guardian.

Posted by: Orson at August 29, 2026 10:26 PM (dIske)

75 I am into Antonin Dvorak.

I could’ve lived lived my whole life without rock music.
Posted by: Bulg

Can't we all just get along?

https://youtu.be/oTmcd0NU7UU

Posted by: rock music at August 29, 2026 10:27 PM (VHUov)

76 Meanwhile in Ioway, The Big Dummy was Best of Breed at the Tri-City KC show. His win pushes him above 700 Grand Champion points, just 100 short of what he needs to reach Platinum level.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 29, 2026 10:17 PM (O0L8i)

Tell your wife I'm waving in her direction (everything of note in this state is south and/or east of me).

Posted by: pookysgirl's husband has a smart Goldie at August 29, 2026 10:27 PM (Wt5PA)

77 Last time Miklos was underage, Truman was President.
Posted by: One Geezer To Another

Fukker still owes me a beer

Posted by: Miklos figures it's not like they didn't make beer in Missouri at August 29, 2026 10:28 PM (4RYRd)

78 So...you're all just pretending? There isn't really a bar somewhere?…
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue

No, no, it's just me. Doctor's orders after the last surgery.

Yes, Virginia, there is a club ONT.

Posted by: mindful webworker - the moose is an animatronic, though at August 29, 2026 10:29 PM (ie4vn)

79 I hope Jelly Roll inspires millions of retards to also tattoo their faces, for easy identification.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 10:29 PM (RIvkX)

80 Go Big Dummy!

Posted by: Piper at August 29, 2026 10:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

81
Posted by: Miklos figures it's not like they didn't make beer in Missouri at August 29, 2026 10:28 PM (4RYRd)

__________

Wrong end of the state.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 29, 2026 10:30 PM (O0L8i)

82 A few hours from now, dozens of people will be pulled over leaving a bar, wearing the 21+wristbands. Makes the cops job easy.

Posted by: Finna Get Out The Car... at August 29, 2026 10:30 PM (JM9I6)

83 If I got a face tattoo it would say, "Not Giving a Fvck Even As You Speak"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 10:30 PM (RIvkX)

84 45 The Big Dummy was Best of Breed at the Tri-City KC show. His win pushes him above 700 Grand Champion points, just 100 short of what he needs to reach Platinum level.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 29, 2026 10:17 PM (O0L8i)

So a couple of weeks ago wife and I are eating sandwiches inBuc-ee's parking in Springfield, Mo. Parked next to us are a man and woman, both 29ish in a red Ford F-series towing a utility trailer. They had two small dogs that looked alike and one large dog who looked like he could be a big dummy....they took the dogs to the dog walk area. I was tempted to go over and ask if the largeish dog was a big dummy...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 29, 2026 10:30 PM (9uADs)

85 The Pabst truck is a publicity stunt, right??

Posted by: Iris at August 29, 2026 10:30 PM (286+n)

86 The Big Dummy was Best of Breed at the Tri-City KC show.
=====

He brings credit to the dumb.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 10:31 PM (RIvkX)

87 -Grok GPT
Posted by: San Franpsycho

To be honest, I paid Elon for that

Posted by: Miklos has no Personal Brand where generally visible at August 29, 2026 10:31 PM (4RYRd)

88 The Big Dummy is bringin' it!
Well done!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2026 10:31 PM (2WIwB)

89 Speaking of misheard lyrics, AC/DC's "Highway to Hell" would be banned from radio (and AC/DC probably denied work visas here) if they were what I thought I heard:

Livin' easy. Livin' free. She's a n***** on a one-way ride. Ask for nothin'. Leave me be. Takin' everythin'-a in my stride. Don't need reason. Don't need rhyme. Ain't nothin' Id-a rather do. Goin' down. For the time. My friends are gonna be there too. (Chorus)

No stop signs. Speed limit. Nobody gonna slow 'er down. Look a wheel. Gonna spin 'er. Nobody's gonna mess me around. Sensation. Damn the J***. Playin' in a rockin' band. Hey momma, look at me. I'm on my way to the promised land.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 29, 2026 10:32 PM (Fv808)

90 I don't think you wanna eat a blue moose.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 29, 2026 10:32 PM (diia5)

91 Truman like day drinking.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 10:33 PM (RIvkX)

92 Wrong end of the state.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Is there a "right" or "wrong" end?

namaste

Posted by: Devout Brother James Talarico at August 29, 2026 10:33 PM (4RYRd)

93 Piper, have you seen the latest revelations about kale?

I’m sorry:

Posted by: Bulg at August 29, 2026 10:34 PM (77rzZ)

94 About that stolen beer truck... Montclair is where I work

*hic*

Posted by: MAxIE at August 29, 2026 10:34 PM (9DOTQ)

95 Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at August 29, 2026 10:22 PM

Hey Tim, ping me at my Posted by nic at the yahoo dot com. I have a question for you.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 29, 2026 10:35 PM (4NO2D)

96 Well, I can certainly see why I don't make the "Comments of the week" roster.

How does one draw boobs? There has to be a course out there.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 29, 2026 10:35 PM (CHHv1)

97 The Egyptians made better beer than PBR.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero 43) at August 29, 2026 10:16 PM (4Je4D)

Is that what the pyramids were for?

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 29, 2026 10:35 PM (vSvIl)

98 Sounds like someone is doing a Smoky And The Bandit remake, but using PBR just doesn't cut it. Now Buffalo Trace would be a nice change.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2026 10:35 PM (2WIwB)

99 Not so inquiring minds:

Is Jelly Roll any relation to Bearclaw Vindaloomon?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2026 10:35 PM (2GVsD)

100 The Pabst truck is a publicity stunt, right??
Posted by: Iris

If they get away with it, they deserve a Blue Ribbon

Posted by: Miklos' Big Mouth, not to be confused with Rolling Rock ponies at August 29, 2026 10:35 PM (4RYRd)

101 err, without the copyright

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 29, 2026 10:36 PM (4NO2D)

102 Well, I'm going to say it. If you thought it a good idea to put tattoos on your face, you shouldn't be making career decisions without a guardian.
Posted by: Orson at August 29, 2026 10:26 PM (dIske)

And no one should be listening to any opinion a clown-ass mutherfugger like that has about anyone or anything. And that includes fat-ass actress bitches who leave the country then whine their way back here.

Sod off, swampies.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 29, 2026 10:37 PM (1Ff7Z)

103

Posted by: toby928 at August 29, 2026 10:37 PM (4NO2D)

104 The Pabst truck is a publicity stunt, right??
Posted by: Iris

Should have hazmat placards. That shit is awful.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2026 10:37 PM (cIy7m)

105
I erred in the error in that Miklos Darleen quote above.

Testicles the Great was only off by 20 times, or around 1 order of magnitude when he calculated the distance to the sun. Error in the error, I did make.

Testicles did all that measuring of the earth and Moon and all after his wife Ovariae caught him in a little "Socratic dialogue" with that trollop Clitorides.

He was trying to hide as far away from Ovariae as he could, and was working out distances.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 29, 2026 10:37 PM (w6EFb)

106 The Pabst truck is a publicity stunt, right??
Posted by: Iris at August 29, 2026 10:30 PM (286+n)

They claim not, but who the flying would steal Pabst to drink??!!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 29, 2026 10:38 PM (1Ff7Z)

107 PBR or liquid mustard gas?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2026 10:38 PM (2GVsD)

108 I do, though, love Led Zeppelin’s Black Dog.

Fond childhood memories of WMLS Chicago.

Posted by: Bulg at August 29, 2026 10:39 PM (77rzZ)

109 Blue moose
You saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own

Blue moose
You knew just what I was there for
You heard me saying a prayer for
Someone I really could care for

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2026 10:39 PM (GWwCk)

110 93 Piper, have you seen the latest revelations about kale?

I’m sorry:
Posted by: Bulg at August 29, 2026 10:34 PM

That is only excessive consumption of raw kale. It is still a nutrient rich food, vit A, K, fiber, etc. I am not on any meds at all, so nothing to interfere with there, we are all going to be okay. Oh, and the bloating is if you go from zero to 100 with a high fiber food. 😊

Posted by: Piper at August 29, 2026 10:39 PM (ZdaMQ)

111 They claim not, but who the flying would steal Pabst to drink??!!
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Good Samaritan trying to save others?

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 29, 2026 10:40 PM (ftFVW)

112 Why is Christopher Lloyd groping the butt of the dead cook?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2026 10:40 PM (2GVsD)

113 80 Go Big Dummy!
Posted by: Piper at August 29, 2026 10:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

Hadrian - VERY COOL!

Piper!

Kylie Cantrell just had a short video from one of her concerts. My favourite female accessory. Waist jewelry!!

So I thought of you.

Of course, she's also 18 or 19 and has occasional videos of her up at 7am doing ab work...

That helps...

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 29, 2026 10:40 PM (Sco7b)

114 >>>Once I got high and slept with a peacock.

So gay. Unless it was really a peahen.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 29, 2026 10:42 PM (syz1S)

115 104 The Pabst truck is a publicity stunt, right??
Posted by: Iris

Should have hazmat placards. That shit is awful.

--------

Once I had a six-pack of PBR on the front seat of my car. While I was parked in front of the post office buying some stamps, some prick broke through the passenger side window and left three more six-packs.

*rimshot*

Don't forget to tip your waitress, and try the veal.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero 43) at August 29, 2026 10:42 PM (4Je4D)

116 "Despite the name, it contains no cannabis."

That's one way to go

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at August 29, 2026 10:42 PM (r7+Q7)

117 Good Samaritan trying to save others?
Posted by: She Hobbit at August 29, 2026 10:40 PM (ftFVW)

Couldn't they have just set fire to the truck? Get hot enough then the cans would explode, but the foam could put out the flames. No muss, no fuss.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 29, 2026 10:42 PM (1Ff7Z)

118 Wow, Piper’s kale cult remains active.

Posted by: Bulg at August 29, 2026 10:43 PM (77rzZ)

119 The Egyptians made better beer than PBR.
Posted by: Cicero

FUN FACT

In Diocletian's Price Edict of 301 AD, two kinds of Egyptian beer are mentioned (with the allowed maximum price).

The lower quality beer was called "booza".

Posted by: Miklos with an Actual for Real You Guys Fact at August 29, 2026 10:44 PM (4RYRd)

120 Wow, Piper’s kale cult remains active.
Posted by: Bulg

There's always an explanation with cults. Especially the food kind.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 29, 2026 10:44 PM (ftFVW)

121 Wow, Piper’s kale cult remains active.
Posted by: Bulg

*this shit won't burn worth shit*

Posted by: Miklos attempts an offering at August 29, 2026 10:45 PM (4RYRd)

122 They claim not, but who the flying would steal Pabst to drink??!!

A Gen-Zer who didn't get the word that the "I like crappy beer ironically" fad has passed its 15 minutes.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 29, 2026 10:46 PM (vTZFs)

123
So I thought of you.

Of course, she's also 18 or 19 and has occasional videos of her up at 7am doing ab work...

That helps...

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 29, 2026 10:40 PM (Sco7b)

18 and 19 is definitely in the rear view mirror! But at the risk of sounding obnoxious and vain, my abs aren’t too shabby for how far in the rear view mirror 19 is, and 3 kids. We don’t have to discuss the rest of me, though. 😂

Posted by: Piper at August 29, 2026 10:46 PM (ZdaMQ)

124 Maybe the Zizzians need some PBR for a very dark and evil summoning?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2026 10:47 PM (2GVsD)

125 30 Keizer Oregon's water tower is the Chemawa Station Water Tower, and it is at N 45° 00.091 W 123° 00.071

N 45° 00 W 123° 00 is about 50 feet away at the municipal baseball field.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2026 10:13 PM (rbvCR)

What, no sign?

I remember well that OR is probably the only place I have been that has 45 degrees north indicated with highway signage - halfway between the North Pole and the Equator.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 29, 2026 10:47 PM (jPziU)

126 He was trying to hide as far away from Ovariae as he could, and was working out distances.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

yep

Same with Darleen sometimes

Posted by: Miklos siphoned the gas from her truck a couple of times at August 29, 2026 10:49 PM (4RYRd)

127 I had an 8 track in my first car, a 68 Ford Torino 500 fastback, but didn't really like it. So I got a cassette insert that plugged into the 8 track. It worked fine.

Posted by: Ancient Motorist at August 29, 2026 10:49 PM (JM9I6)

128 In Diocletian's Price Edict of 301 AD, two kinds of Egyptian beer are mentioned (with the allowed maximum price).
---------

Hence Diocletian's reputation as the Richard Nixon of the Roman Empire.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero 43) at August 29, 2026 10:49 PM (4Je4D)

129 70 Mmm. Waffle House waitresses.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero 43) at August 29, 2026 10:26 PM (4Je4D)

Slumpbuster central.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 29, 2026 10:50 PM (jPziU)

130 If we're talking about excessive consumption.

Two Thursdays ago in my part of Canada, stuff was on sale. And I love fresh fruit and veggies.

-3 watermelons - $3.97 each. I cut one for the neighbors, ate one and the second was cut up today.

-10 pounds of carrots - $4.99 Can - in the downstairs fridge.

-20 pounds of beets - - $4.99 Can per 10lb bag - downstairs fridge.

-1/4 bushel of green bell peppers - about 30 of them - $10.88 Can - I ate 3 or 4 a day - three left.

-25 pounds of Roma tomatoes - $8.88 Can - c'mon, that's a kick ass price. about 10 a day. Most gone - about 60 left.

I'll be fine with frozen and canned stuff through winter after this....

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 29, 2026 10:50 PM (Sco7b)

131 I was today years old when I found out the lyrics were not "kiss from a rose on the grave"...

Next you'll tell me Elton John wasn't singing, "Hold me closer, Tony Danza...count the head lice on the highway"
Or the Eurythmics weren't singing, "Sweet dreams are made of cheese...who has a mind to dis a brie"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 29, 2026 10:51 PM (l3cgK)

132 That missing PBR truck is a little over 30 minutes of production

Posted by: PMRich at August 29, 2026 10:51 PM (RqfTw)

133 18 and 19 is definitely in the rear view mirror! But at the risk of sounding obnoxious and vain, my abs aren’t too shabby for how far in the rear view mirror 19 is, and 3 kids. We don’t have to discuss the rest of me, though. 😂
Posted by: Piper at August 29, 2026 10:46 PM (ZdaMQ)

I'm sure working out helps.
And healthy eating...

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 29, 2026 10:52 PM (Sco7b)

134 Someone I really could care for
Posted by: Tom Servo

Does get a bit lonely up here

Posted by: a guy in the Northwest Territories at August 29, 2026 10:52 PM (4RYRd)

135 Next you'll tell me there really is (are?) no Darleen, Marlene and Charlene?...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 29, 2026 10:17 PM (9uADs)

There IS such a thing as Charlene!!!

Posted by: Pvt Pyle at August 29, 2026 10:52 PM (jPziU)

136 Idaho has a couple of 45th parallel signs. One on Highway 95, and another on Highway 93.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at August 29, 2026 10:53 PM (FY/Px)

137 Next you'll tell me there really is (are?) no Darleen, Marlene and Charlene?...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 29, 2026 10:17 PM (9uADs)

Too late Marlene.

Posted by: Duran Duran at August 29, 2026 10:53 PM (jPziU)

138 the head lice on the highway"
Or the Eurythmics weren't singing, "Sweet dreams are made of cheese...who has a mind to dis a brie"...

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Is he still dancing with the chicken slacks?

Posted by: Sam Cooke at August 29, 2026 10:53 PM (4Je4D)

139 Or the Eurythmics weren't singing, "Sweet dreams are made of cheese...who has a mind to dis a brie"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 29, 2026 10:51 PM (l3cgK)

I cheddar the world and feta cheese
Everybody’s looking for Stetson

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 29, 2026 10:54 PM (jPziU)

140 Don't bring me down.

Posted by: Bruce! at August 29, 2026 10:55 PM (JM9I6)

141 130 If we're talking about excessive consumption.

Two Thursdays ago in my part of Canada, stuff was on sale. And I love fresh fruit and veggies.

-3 watermelons - $3.97 each. I cut one for the neighbors, ate one and the second was cut up today.

-10 pounds of carrots - $4.99 Can - in the downstairs fridge.

-20 pounds of beets - - $4.99 Can per 10lb bag - downstairs fridge.

-1/4 bushel of green bell peppers - about 30 of them - $10.88 Can - I ate 3 or 4 a day - three left.

-25 pounds of Roma tomatoes - $8.88 Can - c'mon, that's a kick ass price. about 10 a day. Most gone - about 60 left.

I'll be fine with frozen and canned stuff through winter after this....
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 29, 2026 10:50 PM (Sco7b)

Who cares?

Posted by: PM Carney at August 29, 2026 10:55 PM (jPziU)

142 127 I had an 8 track in my first car, a 68 Ford Torino 500 fastback, but didn't really like it. So I got a cassette insert that plugged into the 8 track. It worked fine.

Posted by: Ancient Motorist at August 29, 2026 10:49 PM (JM9I6)

Dad's 64 Ford Econoline only had a radio...Dad installed an 8-track back in the early-to-mid 70's...the 'best' part was when a song went to the next track, with the interruption as it switched...
The '84 Ford Club Wagon had a cassette player installed from the factory...the cassette from Ford had "Sweet Dreams" by the Eurythmics...surprised that the cassette wasn't burned by my folks giving the obvious nature of the song.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 29, 2026 10:55 PM (l3cgK)

143 Open Blogger,
Maybe my mind is too innocent or something, but I have no clue why most of the "comments of the week" are chosen. Although I must say the one about Democrat cities and blue hair makes it all worthwhile. :-) Also, no clue about the Jelly Roll meme.

Posted by: bradc at August 29, 2026 10:55 PM (frcSa)

144 Too late Marlene.

---------

Come on, Eileen!

Posted by: Dexy's Irish Runners at August 29, 2026 10:55 PM (4Je4D)

145 Howdy, horde! Happy Caturday Night!

Thanks, 2D's. Love the Blue Moose logo. LOL.

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 10:56 PM (rdVOm)

146 Gotta go. Remember, if you get caught sharing at Waffle House, you will be severely punished.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 29, 2026 10:56 PM (jPziU)

147 Bathroom is on the right.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2026 10:57 PM (2GVsD)

148 Maybe the Zizzians need some PBR for a very dark and evil summoning?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2026 10:47 PM (2GVsD)

I thought the Zizzians drank Zima on ZZyzx Road?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 29, 2026 10:57 PM (1Ff7Z)

149
We had Jimmy Faila's show on -- Mama really likes him for some reason. He had this "real or fake news" thing he does, where he quotes a headline and the panel has to judge if it's fake or real.

He announced scientists have discovered the world's oldest fossilized butthole.

It was real. Well, sort of. I was a 290 million year old fossilized cloaca from some ancient little lizard.

And they found it in Germany. Which figures.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 29, 2026 10:57 PM (w6EFb)

150 I cheddar the world and feta cheese
Everybody’s looking for Stetson
Posted by: Cow Demon

he meant Stilton

Posted by: Late Nite Copy Editor Miklos at August 29, 2026 10:57 PM (4RYRd)

151 >>Greetings Club Overnight Open Thread from somewhere east of Albuquerque....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

Dude.. DON'T make a left at Albuquerque! (Unless you really *want* to go to Las Cruces, or May-hee-ko)

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 10:57 PM (rdVOm)

152 Praise and Hail Schlürpo

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 29, 2026 10:58 PM (jPziU)

153 104 The Pabst truck is a publicity stunt, right??
Posted by: Iris

__________________________

Well, let's hope not, because that's just asking for something stupid to happen. Even if it isn't a stunt, it's not a wise approach. It takes for granted that everyone is of average intelligence and sound judgement. Everyone is not of average intelligence, and fewer and fewer seem to have sound judgement.

BONUS: It's California, so take average intelligence and subtract 20 points.

Posted by: Orson at August 29, 2026 10:58 PM (dIske)

154 Gotta go. Remember, if you get caught sharing at Waffle House, you will be severely punished.

New meaning to smothered and covered?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2026 10:58 PM (2GVsD)

155 144 Too late Marlene.

---------

Come on, Eileen!

Posted by: Dexy's Irish Runners at August 29, 2026 10:55 PM (4Je4D)

They played "Jump" so I jumped. Then they played 'The Twist', so I twisted.
Then they played 'Come On Eileen', so I got kicked out.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 29, 2026 10:58 PM (l3cgK)

156 I had no idea that song was by Seal.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 29, 2026 10:58 PM (Fv808)

157 Bathroom is on the right.
Posted by: Anna Puma

depends

Sitters or Standers?

Posted by: Miklos recalls the Maple Leaf Bar in Noo Awlins at August 29, 2026 10:58 PM (4RYRd)

158 Rain is so dang rare this summer I now get sleepy. We've had rain off and on for August and I am thankful and sleepy this weekend. I will probably be sleepy til it's time for bed.

I love Seal's Kiss from a Rose. Always. Like Cream's Badge it makes no difference to me that the lyrics make not a lot of sense. I sing them wrong most of the time anyway as life is no karaoke, bruh. I sing them loud, proud and wrong. Blinded by the Night will always be, "dressed up like a douche and running in the night."

Douche is one of the favorite words my LI bf/husband taught me.

Love Kenny Loggins and the song for Top Gun and the movie.

Thanks for the ONT.

We newlyweds saw a concert by Kenny Loggins in a small university theater after I rushed to get off work early as charge RN. After a really bad horror half shift that I had to forget to enjoy the concert which was very good. Pity I still remember that shift as it was not buried forever.

Good night, y'all.

Danny's Song we related to a year later...poor &happy

Kenny Loggins 1971:

https://tinyurl.com/ynyhxr55

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 29, 2026 10:59 PM (hzuYO)

159 150 I cheddar the world and feta cheese
Everybody’s looking for Stetson
Posted by: Cow Demon

he meant Stilton
Posted by: Late Nite Copy Editor Miklos at August 29, 2026 10:57 PM (4RYRd)

That’s what the bloody chalkboard said!!!

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 29, 2026 10:59 PM (jPziU)

160 Just have to say, we need the blue moose for the TxMoMe.

And I love the water tower with the cow.That would make me smile every day.

I never knew what he was singing: grave makes so much more sense than grey!

Posted by: Iris at August 29, 2026 10:59 PM (286+n)

161 They played "Jump" so I jumped. Then they played 'The Twist', so I twisted.
Then they played 'Come On Eileen', so I got kicked out.

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*SNORT*

Posted by: Dexy's Irish Runners at August 29, 2026 10:59 PM (4Je4D)

162 That missing PBR truck is a little over 30 minutes of production
Posted by: PMRich at August 29, 2026 10:51 PM (RqfTw)

That about the same amount of time to reprocess it?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 29, 2026 10:59 PM (1Ff7Z)

163 151 >>Greetings Club Overnight Open Thread from somewhere east of Albuquerque....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

Dude.. DON'T make a left at Albuquerque! (Unless you really *want* to go to Las Cruces, or May-hee-ko)

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 10:57 PM (rdVOm)

Oh, it was MUCH worse for Bugs Bunny...he even ended up on the wrong continent after the left turn at Albuquerque...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 29, 2026 10:59 PM (l3cgK)

164 It was real. Well, sort of. I was a 290 million year old fossilized cloaca from some ancient little lizard.

Still doesn't rule out Chuck Schumer.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2026 10:59 PM (2GVsD)

165 156 I had no idea that song was by Seal.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 29, 2026 10:58 PM (Fv80

And I don't think there were any horns in the song either...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 29, 2026 11:00 PM (l3cgK)

166 There IS such a thing as Charlene!!!
Posted by: Pvt Pyle at August 29, 2026 10:52 PM (jPziU)

And a Bunny!

Posted by: Gunny Carter at August 29, 2026 11:01 PM (1Ff7Z)

167 Is Bunny Lake missing?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2026 11:02 PM (2GVsD)

168 Everyone is not of average intelligence, and fewer and fewer seem to have sound judgement.

Posted by: Orson

The ONT exists for a Reason

*tequila shots are Nature's intellectual equalizer*

Posted by: Miklos wonders if lack of bar staff means it's all free at August 29, 2026 11:02 PM (4RYRd)

169 MS Now had people REALLY upset by the Venezuela oil deal. Colonization and dictator were thrown around. The crazy is strong there.

Great news!! Amanpour has an hour in the early afternoon on CNN!! Sexy.

And there are a lot of reports that Carney blew up the trade talks to be TOUGH with the US and President Trump so the liberals would win an October election in Quebec.

Yeah stupid move if true. I hope President Trump brings the pain to create good men and women.

I'm set for food.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 29, 2026 11:02 PM (Sco7b)

170 depends

Sitters or Standers?
Posted by: Miklos recalls the Maple Leaf Bar in Noo Awlins

If you've got Depends, why look for the bathroom?

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 29, 2026 11:03 PM (ftFVW)

171 168 Everyone is not of average intelligence, and fewer and fewer seem to have sound judgement.

Posted by: Orson

The ONT exists for a Reason

*tequila shots are Nature's intellectual equalizer*

Posted by: Miklos wonders if lack of bar staff means it's all free at August 29, 2026 11:02 PM (4RYRd)

Oh, it just means the level of what is considered average has dropped. Idiocracy, here we come!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 29, 2026 11:03 PM (l3cgK)

172
Dogs take care of and evening prayers said. Good night, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 29, 2026 11:04 PM (O0L8i)

173 Stateless, never hurts to have a little bit more than you plan on. Be it food, booze, or ammo.

I guess Carney is in the "I will cut my nose off to spite my face" mode.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2026 11:04 PM (2GVsD)

174 Is Bunny Lake missing?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2026 11:02 PM (2GVsD)

No, it's just off Warren Street.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 29, 2026 11:06 PM (1Ff7Z)

175
State officials are talking about naming the Nashville airport after Dolly Parton, I see.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 29, 2026 11:06 PM (w6EFb)

176 Is For Announce

Unbreakable Pact of Friendship and Non-Aggression between Kingdom of Miklos and mikeski-stan

Posted by: Miklos, Friend of All Noble mikeski Peoples at August 29, 2026 11:06 PM (4RYRd)

177 173 Stateless, never hurts to have a little bit more than you plan on. Be it food, booze, or ammo.

I guess Carney is in the "I will cut my nose off to spite my face" mode.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2026 11:04 PM (2GVsD)

The nuns at convents that did this to prevent the Vikings from raping them had much more exigent circumstances to do that than Carney does.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 29, 2026 11:06 PM (l3cgK)

178 State officials are talking about naming the Nashville airport after Dolly Parton, I see.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 29, 2026 11:06 PM (w6EFb)

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I can't wait to see the new terminal design.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2026 11:06 PM (4Je4D)

179 Oh dear, Yvette just got the rope.

And Jane Weidlen just got shot delivering a singing telegram.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2026 11:07 PM (2GVsD)

180
Hit me with your pet shark
Fire away

Posted by: Savage Henry at August 29, 2026 11:07 PM (ZxPkt)

181 Stateless-- you got some VERY good deals on produce! Bell peppers were "on sale" here for $1.25USD each..ugh.

KungFlu ruined local farmers markets & they haven't returned.

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 11:08 PM (rdVOm)

182 173 Stateless, never hurts to have a little bit more than you plan on. Be it food, booze, or ammo.

I guess Carney is in the "I will cut my nose off to spite my face" mode.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2026 11:04 PM (2GVsD)

I took care of Mom and stocked up on canned food and water when supply chains were strained.

Okay, bedtime so I can seize the day tomorrow. Ralphy's awake so computer work time is over. Snowflake is sleeping in my room now.

She's really good and waits until I'm up in the middle of the night to go outside. I'm actually kind of impressed. We have a system.

Good night all. Have a very happy Sunday!

I have to congratulate Ralphy on living another week!!!

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 29, 2026 11:08 PM (Sco7b)

183 179 Oh dear, Yvette just got the rope.

And Jane Weidlen just got shot delivering a singing telegram.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2026 11:07 PM (2GVsD)

You watching "Clue"?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 29, 2026 11:08 PM (l3cgK)

184 I can't wait to see the new terminal design.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2026 11:06 PM (4Je4D)

There will be two terminals. Dome shaped.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 29, 2026 11:08 PM (1Ff7Z)

185

Secret Asian Man

Posted by: Savage Henry at August 29, 2026 11:09 PM (ZxPkt)

186 39 Miklos pwned Comments of the Week
Posted by: San Franpsycho

It says right there, "aka Miklos and friends"

On the downside (for Miklos), I got 3 of them, so now he's been accused of having me as a friend.
Posted by: mikeski dangerfield at August 29, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov)
***********
I've had about 3, probably by accident.

Is there a club or cult? I will keep my bra on no matter what, just so you know. Always, even in my prime. Unlike Dolly I did not like the attention and wanted to be known for my brains as well as charm.

Gotta get some zzzz's. I hope to be comatose by 11pm. I also like to say, "comatoast" as I like that better and it has the same meaning. XXXX

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 29, 2026 11:09 PM (hzuYO)

187 180
Hit me with your pet shark
Fire away

Posted by: Savage Henry at August 29, 2026 11:07 PM (ZxPkt)

I thought it was "Hitler with a pet shark"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 29, 2026 11:09 PM (l3cgK)

188 Oh, it just means the level of what is considered average has dropped. Idiocracy, here we come!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Well, to paraphrase Churchill-

"But in the morning, Madam, I shall be unquestionably sober"

Posted by: Miklos rests and reorients at August 29, 2026 11:10 PM (4RYRd)

189 181 Stateless-- you got some VERY good deals on produce! Bell peppers were "on sale" here for $1.25USD each..ugh.

KungFlu ruined local farmers markets & they haven't returned.
Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 11:08 PM (rdVOm)

Yeah, I know!! Usually, they're a buck each here too. But every August the grocery store had things in bulk. I think for the canners.

I debated for a few minutes. But nah. I love them even without salt or anything.

Good night all.

Ralphy's up for real.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 29, 2026 11:10 PM (Sco7b)

190 *hides the candlestick*

What clue?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2026 11:11 PM (2GVsD)

191 185

Secret Asian Man

Posted by: Savage Henry at August 29, 2026 11:09 PM (ZxPkt)

https://youtu.be/EcwtapTCd6g

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 29, 2026 11:11 PM (l3cgK)

192 Night friends!

Posted by: Piper at August 29, 2026 11:12 PM (ZdaMQ)

193 179 Oh dear, Yvette just got the rope.

And Jane Weidlen just got shot delivering a singing telegram.
Posted by: Anna Puma at
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Do I dare ask?!

Posted by: clarence at August 29, 2026 11:12 PM (/2SkZ)

194 *PUT*

*THE CANDLESTICK*

*BACK*

Posted by: Herr Doktor Fronk-en-Steen at August 29, 2026 11:12 PM (4Je4D)

195 They stole the truck.
The beer was dumped in the first river they came across.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 29, 2026 11:15 PM (sl73Y)

196 90 I don't think you wanna eat a blue moose.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 29, 2026 10:32 PM (diia5)

So, long story, but it's Saturday night and we're all drunk, so why not? Anyway, there was this British dude in the early 1900s who decided he wanted to transition from limey fop to feather-Indian. Moved to the Canadian wilderness and made quite a go at the project, wandering around by himself with his hair in braids, writing books of his adventures for the suckers (reading public). Some of his stuff's pretty decent, but one in particular really stuck with me: seems at one point he was having trouble finding any food to eat in the Canadian wilderness, so he was not so slowly starving to death. Even so, when he came across a squishy, fly-crusted, blue and green rotting moose carcass (like how I tied this in to weft cut-loop's comment?), he couldn't bring himself to eat it. So he dug the bones outta the mess, broke them open and sucked the marrow out. Turns out the marrow made him so sick he couldn't move from the spot for days.

So anyway, hey! Why'd you all leave? You left your beers too! You mind if I drink those PBRs?

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at August 29, 2026 11:17 PM (o/vJD)

197 Laying in bed, listenin' to random itunes songs from my library and consciously relaxing every muscle. Not even gonna look at job searches until I get home from church tomorrow.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 11:20 PM (aJQbY)

198 I love that spaceship/water tower! I remember those, there were a bunch of that design built in the 50’s and sold for all kinds of roadside shops. I remember one in Marshall, Texas that was a hamburger stand at a highway intersection until the mid 90’s. Sadly, it’s gone now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2026 11:25 PM (GWwCk)

199 PBR or liquid mustard gas?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2026 10:38 PM (2GVsD)

I recently was given a Perrier, and I was surprised how similar the taste was to Busch beer. Not PBR, though. PBR is skunkier than Perrier.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2026 11:25 PM (rbvCR)

200 Great news!! Amanpour has an hour in the early afternoon on CNN!! Sexy.
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 29, 2026 11:02 PM (Sco7b)
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Say wut now?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 11:26 PM (RIvkX)

201 ZdaMQ)

193 179 Oh dear, Yvette just got the rope.

And Jane Weidlen just got shot delivering a singing telegram.
Posted by: Anna Puma at
****

Do I dare ask?!
Posted by: clarence at August 29, 2026 11:12 PM (/2SkZ)

I know! That Jane Weidlien cameo is one of the shortest and funniest cameo’s ever!

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2026 11:28 PM (GWwCk)

202 Not a beer drinker, myself, but could smell the difference between pitchers of Bud, Coors, Michelob (what we had on tap at that time) so never got them mixed up.

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 11:28 PM (rdVOm)

203 At one time, Pabst Blue Ribbon was "Proudly Union Made" in Eden NC

Posted by: Miklos saw it right there on the can at August 29, 2026 11:29 PM (4RYRd)

204 "Mrs. Peacock was a man!?"

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2026 11:30 PM (2GVsD)

205 I remember well that OR is probably the only place I have been that has 45 degrees north indicated with highway signage - halfway between the North Pole and the Equator.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 29, 2026 10:47 PM (jPziU)

Nope, it is still there, right at the Keizer exit on the I-5.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2026 11:31 PM (rbvCR)

206
Miklos rocks!!

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 11:31 PM (/QHx4)

207 Howdy morons!

On the first of two boats home from spending the day with Some Rat at the Kitsap County Fair.

Please pray for him. He needs strength of spirit, mind and body.

Thank
You.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 29, 2026 11:31 PM (Bu7EX)

208 I found it hilarious when Pabst became the Beer of Hipsters. When I was young and beer orientated Pabst was the standard beer of middle aged people, replacing Blatz which was the beer of the 50s apparently. Miller was the cool beer for younger people.

Posted by: Azjaeger at August 29, 2026 11:32 PM (3/XaG)

209 Prayers up for Some Rat right now!

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 11:34 PM (rdVOm)

210 At one time, Pabst Blue Ribbon was "Proudly Union Made" in Eden NC
Posted by: Miklos saw it right there on the ca

Like all major beers, PBR is brewed and canned at multiple locations.
For a while all PBR brands were actually contract brewed at MolsonCoors breweries. That ended early last year

Posted by: PMRich at August 29, 2026 11:34 PM (RqfTw)

211 Country duo Dan + Shay nearly broke up at height of success when their communication faltered
_fox
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Who writes this stuff?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 11:34 PM (pMmVV)

212 New Orleans used to have a Giant Rotating Cow in the Sky-

https://tinyurl.com/ppemfm8w

Posted by: Miklos sees another sign of the general decline of Civilization and Culture at August 29, 2026 11:35 PM (4RYRd)

213 I know that song - Blue Moose of Kentucky

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 11:35 PM (pMmVV)

214 Nobody bothered to bring Paul Bunyan's blue ox, Babe, to keep the blue moose company?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 29, 2026 11:35 PM (qx7Zg)

215 Miklos rocks!!

Posted by: four seasons

*attempts to roll*

Posted by: Miklos notes that the room is not spinning again yet at August 29, 2026 11:37 PM (4RYRd)

216 "New Orleans used to have a Giant Rotating Cow in the Sky-"

Udderly ridiculous.

Posted by: Will Robinson at August 29, 2026 11:37 PM (rHvvN)

217 Pulchritudo splendor veritatis, as the monks used to say.

Posted by: frammish at August 29, 2026 11:38 PM (rcENI)

218 Nobody bothered to bring Paul Bunyan's blue ox, Babe, to keep the blue moose company?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

He's an ox. Not very good "company," if you know what I mean.

Posted by: the big blue heifer at August 29, 2026 11:38 PM (VHUov)

219 I know that song - Blue Moose of Kentucky

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends

I can play that on the fiddle wear out the rug dancin'!

Posted by: Kentucky "Cocaine" Mitch at August 29, 2026 11:38 PM (4RYRd)

220 Please pray for him. He needs strength of spirit, mind and body.

Thank
You.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Certainly.

Posted by: mikeski at August 29, 2026 11:38 PM (VHUov)

221 BTO, AOP wants his gear box back.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 11:38 PM (pMmVV)

222 Thanks nurse will do

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 11:39 PM (RIvkX)

223 Thanks y’all.

Just jumped off the fast ferry from Bremerton, hopped across the dock and am on my water taxi back to my side.

Rat is good people. He and his family.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 29, 2026 11:43 PM (EoCE8)

224 Natasha Cloud called Enes Kanter Freedom an "irrelevant person" Saturday in her first public comments since their courtside confrontation last Sunday led to his ejection and ban from Chicago Sky home games.

"I won't be talking about anything that happened with an irrelevant person," Cloud told reporters Saturday. "What I will focus on is what actually affects women and children."
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That dyke gonna be pissed when they draft Ms Enes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 11:44 PM (pMmVV)

225 ???? Oh

On the first of two boats home from spending the day with Some Rat at the Kitsap County Fair.

Please pray for him.

Done

Posted by: Miklos at August 29, 2026 11:46 PM (4RYRd)

226 208 I found it hilarious when Pabst became the Beer of Hipsters. When I was young and beer orientated Pabst was the standard beer of middle aged people, replacing Blatz which was the beer of the 50s apparently. Miller was the cool beer for younger people.
Posted by: Azjaeger at August 29, 2026 11:32 PM (3/XaG)

Heineken? F*^K that S#!t

PBR!

Posted by: Frank Booth at August 29, 2026 11:46 PM (0CU3H)

227 Royce White became a fan-favorite guest at Fever game amid Simone Biles' appearance
Riley Gaines and Simone Biles were in attendance, but White's surprise visit dominated social media buzz after the game
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If the same team drafts Ms. Enes and Ms. White, whoof.
Thinking about it. That would be racis and unfair.
Wait till they start cycling together.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 11:47 PM (pMmVV)

228 That dyke gonna be pissed when they draft Ms Enes.

Posted by: Braenyard

And it's pronounced "Enis", bitch, with a LONG E

SAY IT

Posted by: Miklos in best Sam Kinison voice and...style at August 29, 2026 11:49 PM (4RYRd)

229 PBR used to be my favorite, don't know if it tastes the same anymore. Falstaff with a little Guinness init was good too.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 11:49 PM (pMmVV)

230 I was working in southern New Mexico when I discovered that a six pack of PBR cost less than a six pack of Coca-Cola.

As you would expect, this did not result in good things happening.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 29, 2026 11:50 PM (gvBhq)

231 Sweet dreams are made of cheese,
Who am I to diss a brie?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 29, 2026 11:50 PM (tWxgu)

232 And it's pronounced "Enis", bitch, with a LONG E

SAY IT

Posted by: Miklos in best Sam Kinison
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Is that like in penis. Remember when the announcer would say Penis Cabel at the beisbol game?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 11:51 PM (pMmVV)

233
Lol Nemo

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 11:51 PM (/QHx4)

234 228 That dyke gonna be pissed when they draft Ms Enes.

Posted by: Braenyard

And it's pronounced "Enis", bitch, with a LONG E

SAY IT

Posted by: Miklos in best Sam Kinison voice and...style at August 29, 2026 11:49 PM (4RYRd)

It rhymes with some word...venus! Yeah, that's it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 29, 2026 11:52 PM (l3cgK)

235 Braenyard

Several of the ‘old’ popular brands have worked real hard on returning to old formulas.

You have Hamms in your area? VERY similar

Posted by: PMRich at August 29, 2026 11:52 PM (RqfTw)

236 232 And it's pronounced "Enis", bitch, with a LONG E

SAY IT

Posted by: Miklos in best Sam Kinison

Ok. People on the boat think I’m either drunk
Or crazy.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 29, 2026 11:53 PM (w75DI)

237 Sweet dreams are made of cheese,
Who am I to diss a brie?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Clever!

Gouda you come come up with these?

Posted by: Miklos wonders if Bleu Cheese ever gets moldy at August 29, 2026 11:57 PM (4RYRd)

238 Evening all,

We have a launch in the morning.

SpaceX - Falcon Heavy - Roman Space Telescope
LC-39A - Kennedy SC - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: August 30, 2026
Launch Time: 7:25 a.m. EDT (1125 UTC, 13:25 CEST)

https://youtu.be/5q6XP71_LYI

Posted by: Joyenz at August 29, 2026 11:58 PM (2F0/Y)

239 Ok. People on the boat think I’m either drunk
Or crazy.
Posted by: nurse ratche

Pond or pool

Pool or pond

It's all good

Posted by: Carl Spackler at August 29, 2026 11:59 PM (4RYRd)

240 Launch Date: August 30, 2026
Launch Time: 7:25 a.m. EDT (1125 UTC, 13:25 CEST)

https://youtu.be/5q6XP71_LYI

Posted by: Joyenz
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Does Musk ever sleep?
Well he had enough time to screw up X for we Luddites.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 30, 2026 12:00 AM (pMmVV)

241 Does Musk ever sleep?
Well he had enough time to screw up X for we Luddites.

Posted by: Braenyard

I think that was Nikita Bier.

Bier has been canned.

Posted by: Miklos noticed that at August 30, 2026 12:03 AM (4RYRd)

242
The thought of launching Nancy Grace to L2 is somehow sastifying.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 12:03 AM (w6EFb)

243 Nurse--- drunk *or* crazy? Like, one or the other? Pfft!

Behold, the power of AND!

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 12:04 AM (rdVOm)

244 139 Or the Eurythmics weren't singing, "Sweet dreams are made of cheese...who has a mind to dis a brie"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 29, 2026 10:51 PM (l3cgK)

I cheddar the world and feta cheese
Everybody’s looking for Stetson
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 29, 2026 10:54 PM (jPziU)

Some of them want to gouda you,
some of them want to be fondued

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 30, 2026 12:04 AM (0CU3H)

245 You have Hamms in your area? VERY similar
Posted by: PMRich

Is that the one from The Land of Sky Blue Waters or somesuch?

Posted by: Miklos drank Dixie Beer when they still made that at August 30, 2026 12:05 AM (4RYRd)

246 Behold, the power of AND!
Posted by: JQ

*shift change*

*clocks out*

*notes that there is no official time rule about the "staff drinks free" policy*

Posted by: Miklos vaguely waves in the direction of the Big Fridge at August 30, 2026 12:08 AM (4RYRd)

247
Nancy Grace's coronagraph instrument has deformable mirrors that achieve picometer adjustment precision. How they hell they do that, I don't know.

But then how the hell all that precision instrumentation can survive all the shaking and jerking of the launch forces, I really don't know.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 12:08 AM (w6EFb)

248 I like my beer the way I like my women; bitter and cold.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 30, 2026 12:10 AM (gvBhq)

249 Some of them want to grate you
Some of them want to be grated by you

Posted by: Miklos does the OOOOO AHHH part fromage-free at August 30, 2026 12:10 AM (4RYRd)

250 *shift change*
*clocks out*
*notes that there is no official time rule about the "staff drinks free" policy*
Posted by: Miklos vaguely waves in the direction of the Big Fridge
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What?! You're leaving me all alone, drunk AND crazy, to tend the bar *by myself*?

Oh, nooooooooooooo!

(Congrats on your multiple C.O.W., btw)

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 12:11 AM (rdVOm)

251 An 18-year-old has been busted for allegedly cutting down a Flock Safety camera in California and loading the device into a vehicle.

The alleged attack came to light when a witness flagged down deputies in Temecula, Riverside County on Tuesday night.
_NY Post
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See there's your problem with CA right there.
Not the kid.
The fink witness. He's a voter too.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 30, 2026 12:12 AM (pMmVV)

252 The thought of launching Nancy Grace to L2 is somehow sastifying.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 12:03 AM (w6EFb)

I figured it would be pointed back at Earth, searching for salacious criminal stories.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 30, 2026 12:12 AM (GWwCk)

253 I like my beer the way I like my women; bitter and cold.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

Here's your frigid Guinness, big boy

Posted by: Hillary R. C. at August 30, 2026 12:13 AM (4RYRd)

254
Women are evil.

Find a man who will fuck you in the ass and life will be like God intened.

Posted by: four seasons at August 30, 2026 12:14 AM (/QHx4)

255 Is that the one from The Land of Sky Blue Waters or somesuch?

Yes

Posted by: PMRich at August 30, 2026 12:14 AM (RqfTw)

256 Hey, bartender, G&T over here. It's the week end you know.
If that bohunk wants to slack out pull it on up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 30, 2026 12:14 AM (pMmVV)

257 Didn't say I was leavin' or nuthin'

Moose and me still got some bidnis to discuss

Posted by: Officially off duty Miklos at August 30, 2026 12:15 AM (4RYRd)

258 It can't be an 'attack' if nothing living was harmed. It's at worst vandalism...

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 30, 2026 12:15 AM (aJQbY)

259 Reading now about how the moronic Democrat-majority legislature here in Californistan is going to send a bill to Governor Hairgel making Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha state holidays, which feels me with both deep disquiet and overwhelming disgust. Because you know that colossal corrupt creep will sign it. You don't see those bastards falling all over themselves to make Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur state holidays (or even Easter, for that matter). Master of the Universe, these people are evil idiots.

Posted by: tankascribe at August 30, 2026 12:15 AM (NtoJk)

260 *G & T for Braenyard*

Howdy!

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 12:16 AM (rdVOm)

261 JQ!

I just walked in the door. Kitty is angry kitty. I’m hearing about it.

May I PLEASE have a little teeny tiny quart of bourbon?

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 12:16 AM (n4BTz)

262
Something else interesting about Nancy Grace. The mirror was "donated" to NASA by the NRO. The mirror was part of some super-secret spy satellite program that was no longer needed or something like that.

So secret spy tech is being used for this. The mirror alone probably cost about $1/4B, don't know it was black budget stuff. But beyond that, this thing cost NASA about $4.3B

That's how much all that precision, and engineering something to launch all that delicate precision costs.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 12:16 AM (w6EFb)

263 Posted by: four seasons at August 30, 2026 12:14 AM (/QHx4)

Uh... you doin' ok, girlfriend?

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 12:17 AM (rdVOm)

264 Fills me with disgust. Although it also feels disgusting. I just can't wait for neighborhoods waking up on their new state holiday with animal blood splashed all over the damn place on Eid Al-Adha. Do these people even know what these things are about?

Posted by: tankascribe at August 30, 2026 12:18 AM (NtoJk)

265 *slides bourbon bottle over to nurse ratched*

*offers saucer of flaked tuna to The Fink*

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 12:18 AM (rdVOm)

266
Hi JQ,

All good here. Just sick of the perverts who think they rule the country.

Posted by: four seasons at August 30, 2026 12:19 AM (/QHx4)

267 This Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha thing, is it part of Sharia law?
Trump is going to outlaw Sharia in America. He says America has one way, one law and one Constitution. He's serious.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 30, 2026 12:22 AM (pMmVV)

268 JQ

You are the best

*slumps on couch*
*hears The Fink gobbling tuna*

*big swallow*

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 12:23 AM (ELT5/)

269 Towns and cities could get a lot more support for municipal projects if they had a little more imagination.
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Pfft.

Posted by: Gaffney, SC at August 30, 2026 12:23 AM (XeU6L)

270
Nancy Grace's coronagraph just blows my freakin' mind. That will be able to directly image (well, see the light so to speak) of tiny little exoplanets orbiting their host stars from 10 to 100 ly away, depending.

Those picometer deformable mirrors are used to just cancel out the light of a target host star, and allow the tiny amount of light from exoplanets to get through. The resolution of this thing is about 1000 times better than previous coronagraphs.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 12:23 AM (w6EFb)

271 Nice & cool that G&T is, purrfect.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 30, 2026 12:25 AM (pMmVV)

272 @248. Idaho Spudboy

"I like my beer the way I like my women; bitter and cold."

Have you ever considered moving to Boston?

Posted by: Case at August 30, 2026 12:26 AM (3gH/U)

273 You had me worried, four seasons!

Sometimes, a tag is helpful...

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 12:27 AM (rdVOm)

274 Drank XXX Equis for a while then I went into sugar shock.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 30, 2026 12:28 AM (pMmVV)

275 A *sarc* tag... post ate my

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 12:28 AM (rdVOm)

276 Grrrr. Maybe I shouldn't use the > and < keys...

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 12:28 AM (rdVOm)

277 "I like my beer the way I like my women; bitter and cold."

Light brown, warm, with great head.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 30, 2026 12:30 AM (Fv808)

278 Glad you like it, Braenyard! Ready for another?

*slides another G & T down the bar*

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 12:30 AM (rdVOm)

279 > &

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 30, 2026 12:31 AM (pMmVV)

280 Read earlier today that JFK Jr is is calling bogus on the measles scam.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 30, 2026 12:33 AM (pMmVV)

281 All good JQ

Saw lots of 4H kids and critters. Pigs, sheep, llamas, yak, cows, horses, chickens, ducks, geese, quail, turkeys…..

A few pyrsyns with nose rings and green hair, but they were FAR outnumbered by normal, helpful, courteous young people who wanted to show off their critters.

Ate a rather large, burning hot corn dog. Rat had a root beer float.

Tractors and farm equipment everywhere. And some really cool old logging equipment.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 12:34 AM (BT7V7)

282 Happy Saturday Horde!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 30, 2026 12:34 AM (ibDUx)

283 Thanks, It's the weekend, I'm ready.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 30, 2026 12:35 AM (pMmVV)

284 That's how much all that precision, and engineering something to launch all that delicate precision costs.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Now figure it with Payday Title Loans

Posted by: Miklos notes that somebody in America owes 40 trillion at August 30, 2026 12:35 AM (4RYRd)

285 Hi, Debby!

*slides a Chivas down the bar*

Happy Caturday Night!

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 12:36 AM (rdVOm)

286 Happy Saturday Horde!
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

I hope your situation...improved?

Posted by: Miklos asks nicely at August 30, 2026 12:36 AM (4RYRd)

287 Hi Debby!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 12:37 AM (BT7V7)

288 Nurse, I love going to our county fair! It was mine & hubby's *first date* so will always be special.

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 12:37 AM (rdVOm)

289 >> Read earlier today that JFK Jr is is calling bogus on the measles scam.

See Alex Berenson's latest Substack post on this. It turns out two people may have died. *With* measles, not *from* measles.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 12:37 AM (w6EFb)

290 Rotating through , Blue Moon, High Life & MGD this summer
Threw some Coors Banquet in too.

Posted by: PMRich at August 30, 2026 12:40 AM (RqfTw)

291 Another Caturday Night
And I ain't got no catnip
I got some toys
But nobody plays

Posted by: the purriful stylings of Mr. Sam Cooke at August 30, 2026 12:40 AM (4RYRd)

292 Lived in a time an place, all my school years, with no measles vaccination in existence. And all those school years with all those students Not One had complications.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 30, 2026 12:42 AM (pMmVV)

293
PMRich,

We have been drinking Coors Banquet.

It is really good.

Posted by: four seasons at August 30, 2026 12:42 AM (/QHx4)

294 Rotating through , Blue Moon, High Life & MGD this summer
Threw some Coors Banquet in too.

Posted by: PMRich

Don't get yerself hurt

The Natty Daddys is Darleen's

Posted by: please be forewarned at August 30, 2026 12:42 AM (4RYRd)

295 See Alex Berenson's latest Substack post on this. It turns out two people may have died. *With* measles, not *from* measles.
Posted by: publius

We taught those measles everything we know!

Posted by: the covids at August 30, 2026 12:42 AM (VHUov)

296 See Alex Berenson's latest Substack post on this. It turns out two people may have died. *With* measles, not *from* measles.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Now see, we all agreed not to do this

Posted by: Official Covid Statistics at August 30, 2026 12:44 AM (4RYRd)

297 Vitamin R for the win.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 12:44 AM (rFS/C)

298 Measles? Heh. Big bro & I both caught measles from friends when we were in grade school. Itchy and sick for a few days, but we survived.

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 12:45 AM (rdVOm)

299 Thanks JQ.

Hi nurse, it sounds like you had a wonderful day!

Miklos, I am not sure which situation you are referring to, I find myself in all sorts of situations lately. I am good.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 30, 2026 12:45 AM (ibDUx)

300 Let's not argue about Oo died with or Oo died from..

This is supposed to be a Happy Occasion!

Posted by: CDC Staff and Grantees at August 30, 2026 12:46 AM (4RYRd)

301 Vitamin R? Like... Rainier?

youtu.be/Z0IYUXWn3UY

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 12:46 AM (rdVOm)

302 youtube.com/watch?v=CAs8SpisWwU

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 12:47 AM (rFS/C)

303 I am not sure which situation you are referring to, I find myself in all sorts of situations lately. I am good.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

I thought you had an unexpected call late one evening recently.

If mistaken, good!

Posted by: Miklos is happy to be wrong at August 30, 2026 12:48 AM (4RYRd)

304 Coors Banquet

Only major brand that I know that is ONLY brewed in one location. Golden CO
The Coors family will not allow any other place.
Source of water is critical to all brewing, and they don’t want to risk how that could affect the taste

Coors Light can and is brewed at other locations

Posted by: PMRich at August 30, 2026 12:48 AM (RqfTw)

305 JQ!

Exactly!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 12:49 AM (rFS/C)

306 Evening all, whatsup?

Guess I'm headed up to WI to see if we can get the contents of Dad's home auctioned off. As there is a fair amount of antiques I'm trying for an online auction, rather than limiting the sale to a part of central WI. Does this make sense or am I deluded? Anyone had recent experience with a similar situation?

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 30, 2026 12:50 AM (4Qj8V)

307 Hahaha, nurse! Loved that one, too!

Mom liked the Mickey Rooney ones.

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 12:50 AM (rdVOm)

308 JQ!

Exactly!
Posted by: nurse ratched

Precisamundo!

Posted by: El Mikloso at August 30, 2026 12:50 AM (4RYRd)

309 Yes, I did get the call, he is okay, he will continue to fall though I think. He forgets that he can't walk anymore. Thank you for asking.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 30, 2026 12:51 AM (ibDUx)

310 289 >> Read earlier today that JFK Jr is is calling bogus on the measles scam.

See Alex Berenson's latest Substack post on this. It turns out two people may have died. *With* measles, not *from* measles.
Posted by: publius

And Pennsylvania's craptastic governor is getting raked over the coals for lying about this. He has Presidential aspiration but is too stupid to realize he's too Jewish for todays DSA Party.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 30, 2026 12:52 AM (f87vz)

311 If we are sharing great beer commercials, this has to be greatest, complete with Oregon beach babes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU-_Sn2cDwI

Posted by: frammish at August 30, 2026 12:53 AM (rcENI)

312
My husband is an antique.

Give him away or sell him?

Posted by: four seasons at August 30, 2026 12:54 AM (/QHx4)

313 Anyone had recent experience with a similar situation?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take

Yes, have the same, but few pieces with paperwork (sent from Budapest in the 80s).

Local auctions are a limit.

Online has it's own limits.

Really depends on what you have, and the documentation for it (if specified on an insurance policy, as one example).

Posted by: Miklos used to know about these things, even got paid sometimes at August 30, 2026 12:54 AM (4RYRd)

314 My husband is an antique.

Give him away or sell him?

Posted by: four seasons

Sometimes those older pieces clean up real nice

Posted by: The Ladies of The Villages at August 30, 2026 12:56 AM (4RYRd)

315
He does shower everyday. That should raise the price.

Posted by: four seasons at August 30, 2026 12:58 AM (/QHx4)

316 G&Ts were great but I'm running low on chocolate cover almonds.
Shopping day is Monday so I've to rock back for tomorrow.
Time for me to hit the trail. Ya'll have a good evening. Say hello to Debby, 'night.

https://youtu.be/9FkGBBuBDLA

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 30, 2026 12:59 AM (pMmVV)

317 My husband is an antique.

Give him away or sell him?

Posted by: four seasons

Just do what he says.

Posted by: The Guy Who Thinks You Should Do What He Says at August 30, 2026 12:59 AM (Gqaa7)

318 too stupid to realize he's too Jewish for todays DSA Party.
Posted by: Puddleglum

Half the Nazi party leadership would be too Jewish for today's DSA.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 30, 2026 01:00 AM (Fv808)

319 311 If we are sharing great beer commercials, this has to be greatest, complete with Oregon beach babes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU-_Sn2cDwI
Posted by: frammish

I remember that one!
Not far from the truth back then. Henry’s used to be the good cheap beer.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 01:01 AM (XNYK+)

320 Night, Braenyard. Sweet dreams.

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 01:01 AM (rdVOm)

321 The Hamms bear is out of control.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 30, 2026 01:01 AM (Cqx++)

322
He says a lot of stuff. I pretendi can't hear him, lol

Posted by: four seasons at August 30, 2026 01:02 AM (/QHx4)

323 I used to love going to local estate auctions and I got some really nice stuff there. Now my goal is to get rid of stuff and not acquire any more things. I still can't resist a good yard sale, I have gotten some cool old toys for my grandson at a few of them. Things that are not electronic.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 30, 2026 01:02 AM (ibDUx)

324 312
My husband is an antique.

Give him away or sell him?

Posted by: four seasons

Hold his hand and kiss his cheek and be happy to have him.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 01:02 AM (XNYK+)

325 Got lost in the Saturday memes flood.

Now checking out with a moving romantic duet.

https://youtu.be/iFq6eZBS1iM

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - the reason at August 30, 2026 01:03 AM (ie4vn)

326 Hold his hand and kiss his cheek and be happy to have him.
Posted by: nurse ratched

^This! x10000000000000000000

Because you never know what's around the corner

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 01:04 AM (rdVOm)

327 I hate Illinois DSA Nazis

Posted by: Jake or Elwood or maybe Miklos Blues at August 30, 2026 01:05 AM (4RYRd)

328 Evening, Disco and Dino, and ONT Horde. Back from another day at the car club meet. Met up with folks I had not seen in years. It's all good. Filled the car trunk with Studebaker parts.

The buffet dinner at the hotel was sub-awesome.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 30, 2026 01:06 AM (1z8ji)

329

We have turned that corner.

He is and always has been our rock.

Posted by: four seasons at August 30, 2026 01:07 AM (/QHx4)

330 Howdy, AOP!

*serves up a Caesar*

Score, on the Stude parts!

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 01:10 AM (rdVOm)

331

Being blind and deaf is heart breaking is terrible.

Posted by: four seasons at August 30, 2026 01:11 AM (/QHx4)

332 He says a lot of stuff. I pretendi can't hear him, lol
Posted by: four seasons

A retired man is watching TV, and sees a commercial suggesting people be tested for old-age hearing loss.

Thinking about his wife's hearing, he lifts his head, and says "honey, can you hear me?" But she doesn't reply.

So he gets out of his chair and walks to the kitchen doorway, and sees her working at the counter. Again, from the doorway, he says "honey, can you hear me?" But, again, she doesn't reply.

Getting worried, he walks up a few steps behind her, and says "honey, can you hear me?"

She turns to him and says "For the third time, yes! What do you want?"

Posted by: mikeski at August 30, 2026 01:12 AM (VHUov)

333 I hope Jelly Roll inspires millions of retards to also tattoo their faces, for easy identification.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 10:29 PM (RIvkX)

Jelly Roll Morton would stomp his azz.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 30, 2026 01:13 AM (1z8ji)

334 Filled the car trunk with Studebaker parts.

This may be the first time, in the entire history of the English language, that these words have been used in this order.

Posted by: The Oxford English Miklosionary at August 30, 2026 01:13 AM (4RYRd)

335
You know, I've been trying to understand this almost religious devotion the left and establishment have developed with vaccines. They must not be questions. To do so is heresy, punishable by burning at the stake.

That's funny, because it was originally the left that got on the anti-vaccine, vaccines-cause-autism bandwagon. RFK, Jr, and then the likes of Jenny McCarthy and all that.

The freaked out the public health establishment and the "I love science sexually" crowd, and that's where we are today.

And that sort of stuff doesn't apply to other drugs and treatments, does it? It's well known and non-controversial that basically all drugs and treatments have side-effects, some deadly, it varies from person to person. One drug or treatment can be good for one person, but kill another person depending on all that.

And its also non-controversial that Pharma fucks up and all the doctors and experts on it as well. Some wonder drug comes out, and 5 years later, it turns out the risk was worse than the benefit. And with all the $$$ involved, that gets corrupt fast, with lying and coverups and all that.

But yet this known, and not controversial. Except for vaccines.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 01:15 AM (w6EFb)

336 Filled the car trunk with Studebaker parts.

In a way, I hope this is all code for something

Posted by: Miklos puts finger on side of nose at August 30, 2026 01:15 AM (4RYRd)

337 Posted by: four seasons at August 30, 2026 01:11 AM

I'm so sorry-- I had no idea!

Prayers up for all of you...

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 01:18 AM (rdVOm)

338
Jelly Roll.

We are a sick society with people who give a shit about people named jelly roĺl.

Posted by: four seasons at August 30, 2026 01:18 AM (/QHx4)

339 You know, I've been trying to understand this almost religious devotion the left and establishment have developed with vaccines. They must not be questions. To do so is heresy, punishable by burning at the stake.

Because it is religious.

It is proof of the superiority of controllable humans controlled "science" over God himself.

Posted by: Miklos sees hubris at August 30, 2026 01:19 AM (4RYRd)

340 I thought the Zizzians drank Zima on ZZyzx Road?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 29, 2026 10:57 PM (1Ff7Z)

I have actually seen ZZyzx Road. Didn't try to drive on it, though. That would be tempting Fate.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 30, 2026 01:19 AM (1z8ji)

341
When did that vaccines cause autism stuff first come out? Was it in the '90s?

The guy who first did that study claiming that was destroyed. They claimed he was a charlatan and made it all up, and there was absolutely no evidence of this.

I bought that at the time. But now, after Covid, and even a little before that, well, I know they will lie through their teeth about evidence or lack of it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 01:20 AM (w6EFb)

342 We are a sick society with people who give a shit about people named jelly roĺl.
Posted by: four seasons

Never got my salt royalties neither

Posted by: Jelly Roll Morton at August 30, 2026 01:20 AM (4RYRd)

343 Some rando dumb ass calls itself "jelly roll"-- and I'm supposed to GAF what it says/thinks?

LMAO! Nope.

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 01:23 AM (rdVOm)

344 {{{four seasons}}} today was the third anniversary of my hub's passing. I had dinner with my daughter and SIL and the grandkids. We actually laughed a lot and shared some great memories. I am not sad anymore, I will always love him and always miss him, but I am happy that he no longer struggles. He would want us all to be happy, especially when we remember him. Hold him close while you can, I will pray for you and your family.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 30, 2026 01:23 AM (ibDUx)

345 {{{Debby}}}

{{{four seasons}}}

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 01:25 AM (rdVOm)

346

So what people have measles or whatever is the latest scary stuff.

Shit happens.

Social media allows people to whine about whatever.

Get the fuck over yourself.

Posted by: four seasons at August 30, 2026 01:26 AM (/QHx4)

347
That original study guy was indeed burned at the stake. They didn't say "no, you're wrong, and here's the counter argument and evidence you are wrong", they had to destroy him. Ruin his careers, strip him of his credentials and all that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 01:27 AM (w6EFb)

348 The thing with vaccines is related to one of Feynman's observations, further developed by others.

If not disprovable, it cannot be accepted as proven.

So the tactic is to insist on things that cannot be tested, just do it now. If subsequent evidence disproves the original, um... it would have been worse! Of course, unprovable.

Therefore timelines of catastrophe get pushed into the ever-receding future, with no fixed frame for reference or examination.

Posted by: Miklos uses wordthoughts at August 30, 2026 01:27 AM (4RYRd)

349
It is so disgusting that society has turned into being all about me, me.

Shit happens and you deal with it.

Posted by: four seasons at August 30, 2026 01:29 AM (/QHx4)

350 Jelly Roll is going to be inhaling jelly doughnuts when his money making machine grinds to a halt. He'll only have the leftist freaks as friends, that has got to be depressing.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 30, 2026 01:30 AM (ibDUx)

351 And Pennsylvania's craptastic governor is getting raked over the coals for lying about this. He has Presidential aspiration but is too stupid to realize he's too Jewish for todays DSA Party.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 30, 2026 12:52 AM (f87vz)

Harvey Korman, Blazing Saddles:

Foreman: “I know how to drive them out of Rock Ridge! We’ll kill the first born male child in every household!”

Korman: pauses…. “Nah.. too Jewish.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 30, 2026 01:30 AM (GWwCk)

352 Get the fuck over yourself.

Posted by: four seasons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdZ5wY9XxdA

Posted by: Miklos notes that Mac Davis wrote this song at August 30, 2026 01:33 AM (4RYRd)

353 Thinking about going to the county fair this year (sans hubby, as he is too *out there* for it now) and just sitting near the demonrat booth... I want to hear the "local" spin, whatever it is.

Maybe I'll pipe up & get escorted to the gate?

Heh, I'll let ya all know-- it'll be at end of September.

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 01:36 AM (rdVOm)

354 Thinking about going to the county fair this year

In your Bitchin Camaro?

Hope your dad's the mayor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v3CzvQ9e_w

Posted by: the reptilian part of Miklos' brain retains fragments of the 80s at August 30, 2026 01:38 AM (4RYRd)

355
JQ,

Go for it.

Posted by: four seasons at August 30, 2026 01:38 AM (/QHx4)

356 Well, getting late. Going to grab a glass of milk, and go to bed. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 30, 2026 01:41 AM (1z8ji)

357 >>In your Bitchin Camaro?

No... but if I wanted to spring for title, taxes & insurance... could take Dad's Corvette.

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 01:41 AM (rdVOm)

358 Night, AOP

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 01:41 AM (rdVOm)

359 >> If not disprovable, it cannot be accepted as proven.

Falsifiability. A theory must be falsifiable. It must make predictions that can be tested against reality.

The "No True Scotsman" fallacy is an example of something that is not falsifiable that comes to mind.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 01:42 AM (w6EFb)

360 >>The "No True Scotsman" fallacy is an example of something that is not falsifiable that comes to mind.
----------

Well yeah, I still got covid, but *it wasn't as bad as it would have been, if I hadn't got the sh0t*

/sarc

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 01:44 AM (rdVOm)

361 85 The Pabst truck is a publicity stunt, right??
Posted by: Iris at August 29, 2026 10:30 PM (286+n)

Huh. Prob'ly?

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 01:45 AM (odBC9)

362 Foreman: “I know how to drive them out of Rock Ridge! We’ll kill the first born male child in every household!”

Korman: pauses…. “Nah.. too Jewish.”
Posted by: Tom Servo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of64QbBy4vo

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 30, 2026 01:45 AM (Fv808)

363 >> but *it wasn't as bad as it would have been, if I hadn't got the sh0t*

They even went so far as to apply that to a person who died of Covid after getting the clot shot. Well, his/her death would've been much worse without it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 01:46 AM (w6EFb)

364 They measles thing - reminds of a guy who was working under a car when the jackstand collapsed dropping the car on him. Hospital tested the body for Covid, tested positive, said “oh look another Covid death!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 30, 2026 01:49 AM (GWwCk)

365 Falsifiability. A theory must be falsifiable. It must make predictions that can be tested against reality.

The "No True Scotsman" fallacy is an example of something that is not falsifiable that comes to mind.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

In social/political areas, they tend to jump straight to practice and enforcement with theory as an afterthought justification. In these areas, it is less of falsifiability of a theory than the denial of real world effects by defining things in unquantifiable ways that make evaluation and comparison impossible.

Posted by: Miklos revises and extends at August 30, 2026 01:50 AM (4RYRd)

366
Another example of some non-falsifiable hypothesis is if I claim I and the whole word, everything I can see and interact with was created yesterday. And everything is designed to be perfect. My brain is filled with memories of my past, and everything about the world is made to be perfectly consistent with that.

And take that one step further, and I claim I'm just "inside a simulation". I might be just some "AI" in a box somewhere, and all this "physical world" is just an illusion being pumped into the box.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 01:50 AM (w6EFb)

367 Well, his/her death would've been much worse without it.
Posted by: publius
--------

Wow, hadn't heard about that one. Jeepers. That's fk'd up!

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 01:50 AM (rdVOm)

368 The Pabst truck is a publicity stunt, right??
Posted by: Iris at August 29, 2026 10:30 PM (286+n)

Huh. Prob'ly?
Posted by: m

Look-we're all trying to find out who did this

Posted by: Miklos in a wiener suit drinking a PBR at August 30, 2026 01:52 AM (4RYRd)

369
Feynman wasn't too big on the "philosophy of science" however, saying that was about as useful as ornithology is to actual birds.

That's just funny right there, I don't care who you are.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 01:54 AM (w6EFb)

370 368 The Pabst truck is a publicity stunt, right??
Posted by: Iris at August 29, 2026 10:30 PM (286+n)

Huh. Prob'ly?
Posted by: m

Look-we're all trying to find out who did this
Posted by: Miklos in a wiener suit drinking a PBR at August 30, 2026 01:52 AM (4RYRd)

The event is coincident with the beginning of the college school year. So. Maybe.

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 01:57 AM (odBC9)

371 Lib sis was trying (via email) to talk me into getting the sh0t. I was referring to it as the "commie cold" and she was ridiculing me, telling me how her neighbor (overweight & diabetic) died of c0vid, blahblah.

"Good thing it was just the commie cold" she snarked.

And I told her that I'd wait a few years & see. Wasn't gonna be part of a massive experiment, but understood why she & BIL would go for it. It was too late to talk them out of it, they'd already become guinea pigs for The State...

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

372 369
Feynman wasn't too big on the "philosophy of science" however, saying that was about as useful as ornithology is to actual birds.

That's just funny right there, I don't care who you are.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 01:54 AM (w6EFb)

heh

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 02:01 AM (odBC9)

373 They even went so far as to apply that to a person who died of Covid after getting the clot shot. Well, his/her death would've been much worse without it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Really most sincerely dead

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 30, 2026 02:02 AM (Fv808)

374 about as useful as ornithology is to actual birds.

That's just funny right there, I don't care who you are.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Hmmm

Was it one of Feyman's lectures where he introduced the famous tits/boar hog analogy?

Posted by: Miklos may have played hooky that day at August 30, 2026 02:02 AM (4RYRd)

375 The ball was dropped when we decided to cooperate with China(of all people) into experimenting with a deadly virus.
I don't know when it started but it was a stupid idea. China is not our friend. Sure we can talk to them but that should be as far as it goes. And of course the American people didn't know about any of this until it blew up in our face. This is what makes me so angry. Our government needs to be up front about what they are doing.

Posted by: Case at August 30, 2026 02:03 AM (3gH/U)

376 What *really* p's me off, is how sis & BIL had already recovered from some horrible 'flu' right at the beginning of the c0vid BS. She told me they got very sick after crossing thru a chinee ship on their way back from a cruise. (Double parked at the dock, or something?)

And so, they likely had Early C0vid, and a good amount of natural immunity already! Then they destroyed it by getting that fk'ing sh0t. I could cry...

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 02:05 AM (rdVOm)

377 Oh Lord, please grant Berserker-Dragonheads Division a long life, for there beats the heart of a sensiitive soul and a great poet, who so ably shared the struggle of overcoming the evil work of "Retards with Wrenches" that bring mangled bikes to the shop.

Lord, give him the strength to restore this bike to some semblance of the mechanical harmony it once knew.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 30, 2026 02:05 AM (llBIB)

378 Sweet dreams Horde, I am calling it a day.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 30, 2026 02:07 AM (ibDUx)

379 Night, Debby!

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 02:08 AM (rdVOm)

380 Alright. I’m
Checking out.

Goodnight silly persons. Sleep well

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2026 02:09 AM (XNYK+)

381
Husband and I are are skeptists.

We are elderly and refused to get the killer shot.

He told me if he died of the chink flu so be it, at least he would would have a sceney, lol.

I think he was talking about of me, lmao

Posted by: four seasons at August 30, 2026 02:09 AM (/QHx4)

382 Lord, give him the strength to restore this bike to some semblance of the mechanical harmony it once knew.
Posted by: JM in Illinois

May he be blessed with a bevy of buxom, skilled assistants as beautiful as they are technically proficient to staff his Shop of Many Wonders.

Posted by: Miklos suggets "Wenches with Wrenches" at August 30, 2026 02:10 AM (4RYRd)

383 Goodnight silly persons. Sleep well
Posted by: nurse ratched

*looks around*

She must mean you people

Posted by: Miklos, srsly at August 30, 2026 02:14 AM (4RYRd)

384 Night, nurse!

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 02:16 AM (rdVOm)

385 As the Doggeh lieth down
Treat-hunger abated

So anon her Master
The Silly hath been sated

Posted by: Ye Olde Miklose at August 30, 2026 02:22 AM (4RYRd)

386 Hubby always got flu sh0ts at work. Nursing home offers them every so often, along with the cl0tsh0t & other stuff.

They keep 'asking' and I keep telling them NO. Hubby & I even signed documents upon his admission there, saying NO to all vax. He'd had the pneumonia & shingles vacc's already. No need for anything else.

But they just. keep. pushing.

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 02:26 AM (rdVOm)

387
Oh, and just saw this on Berenson's substack. I hadn't been paying too much attention to his stuff lately.

Turns out Tamiflu is not just ineffective, but deadly. There's that risk vs reward thing. A study found that Tamiflu greatly increased the risk of death by in patients hospitalized with flu.

Note this is for patients who are really sick with the flu, not just in general, so don't worry about taking unless you're really sick with it. But it's apparently ineffective for everybody.

Tamiflu has been around for 27 years, and this is the first study actually done to look at this risk vs benefit thing.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 02:26 AM (w6EFb)

388 He told me if he died of the chink flu so be it, at least he would would have a sceney, lol.

I think he was talking about of me, lmao
Posted by: four seasons at August 30, 2026 02:09 AM (/QHx4)

------

Glad you refused. I took the Janssen shot, a different formula, not so harmful. Still got a two-day bout with Covid in mid-2022. Strangely enough, this was just about the time my life went was hit by a s***storm. At lease, the Chinese aren't at fault for that.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 30, 2026 02:28 AM (llBIB)

389 Never had a flu shot

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2026 02:30 AM (Ia/+0)

390 Hubby talked me into the flu sh0ts at work-- "they're free"-- so, whatever.

Back then, likely not harmful mrna BS so I'm not worried. Not sure they helped any. I haven't been puking sick with actual illness (other than self-inflicted, heh) since the 80s.

Meh. I'm done.

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 02:32 AM (rdVOm)

391 I used to take the flu shot. No more, even though these old bones are more at risk. I did get the shingles shots ten years ago.I've seen the havoc that can wreak on people

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 30, 2026 02:34 AM (llBIB)

392
Tamiflu targets a certain enzyme used by flu virus. Your own immune system also uses that same enzyme. The higher death rates for the Tamiflu patients were due to organ failure and other infection, which aligns with this immune suppressive thing.

Oh, and guess what? "Independent researchers" (meaning actual scientists not on the interested parties payroll) warned about this from the get-go, turns out.

You didn't hear anything about that, did you? Just Tamiflu is great stuff.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 02:34 AM (w6EFb)

393 Never used, and don't know anyone who has used, Tamiflu

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 02:39 AM (rdVOm)

394
That's in, or was in, the standard flu cocktail they prescribe. I remember that with my father.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 02:43 AM (w6EFb)

395 I was told if I refused to get the shot I would lose my job.
That put me in a bad situation. Hell, I had monthly bills to pay. And I was too old just to quit and hoped to find another job. I was with that company for almost twenty years. So anyway I got the shot, had to bring the paperwork to my boss. Then I was told I would have to get another shot in about a month later. This was another surprise to me. It was like a nightmare that wouldn't end. I went ahead and took that shot when the time came. I also told my boss I would not take anymore shots. If I had to I would sue the company. They didn't bother me anymore.

Posted by: Case at August 30, 2026 02:47 AM (3gH/U)

396 8 track tapes were an abomination along with all the crap they invented to make them user friendly, like that hideous tape rolodex.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 30, 2026 02:48 AM (S41Gd)

397
Here's some of the numbers on Tamiflu (oseltamivir generic name). In that study of very ill hospitalized patients, 14% who didn't receive Tamiflu died. 20% of those who took it died.

But, the group who didn't take it was actually sicker and weaker than those who did. Adjusting for that, and Tamiflu doubled the relative risk of death.

The results are 98% confidence that Tamiflu causes harm. IOW, the risk is worse than the benefit period.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 02:50 AM (w6EFb)

398 8-tracks pissed me off. You're jammin' to a favorite tune, and then-- *fade out, CLUNK!, fade in* right in the middle.

UGH!

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 02:51 AM (rdVOm)

399 90 minute cassettes were the way to go, back then...

Most albums were roughly 45 minutes total. Sweet! 2 favorite albums on ONE tape. Bonus, you could fill in at the ends with other stuff if needed, or put the extra tunes from one album, onto the end of another.

It just worked!

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 02:55 AM (rdVOm)

400 400

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 02:56 AM (odBC9)

401 Oh Lord, please grant Berserker-Dragonheads Division a long life, for there beats the heart of a sensiitive soul and a great poet, who so ably shared the struggle of overcoming the evil work of "Retards with Wrenches" that bring mangled bikes to the shop.

Lord, give him the strength to restore this bike to some semblance of the mechanical harmony it once knew.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 30, 2026 02:05 AM (llBIB)

Which bike are we talking about? I got 2 pieces of shit on 2 of the lifts right now. One is a hopeless pile of shit, the other has potential, but it has to be unfucked.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 30, 2026 02:57 AM (S41Gd)

402 Never had a flu shot
Posted by: Skip

Got one, in 1998. Got the flu. Haven't had a flu shot since. Got mild flu once or twice.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 30, 2026 02:57 AM (Fv808)

403 8-tracks pissed me off. You're jammin' to a favorite tune, and then-- *fade out, CLUNK!, fade in* right in the middle.

UGH!

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 02:51 AM (rdVOm)

All hail the matchbook shim.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 30, 2026 02:58 AM (S41Gd)

404
Running the numbers on these excess deaths due to Tamiflu, the number is in the tens of thousands of deaths due to Tamiflu.

Roche made about $20B off Tamiflu until the patent expired. They got a big boost in 2009 with the swine flu panic, with govts stockpiling the stuff.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 02:59 AM (w6EFb)

405 All hail the matchbook shim.
Posted by: Berserker

Hahahahaha! Had forgotten all about that!

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 03:00 AM (rdVOm)

406 I'm cooking a pack of bacon in the oven now-- it's nice & cool tonight so have windows open...

Also have some *huge* jalapenos. They're too big for poppers, so thinking tomorrow will roast them on the grill, peel & seed, and then make up the cheese mix.. put together a casserole of sorts? It'll be fun!

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 03:10 AM (rdVOm)

407
And of course. Whistleblower stuff claiming Roche greatly exaggerated claims of Tamiflu efficacy in containing flu pandemics to get all that sweet govt cash to stockpile the stuff. This dates to the 2005 Bird flu scare as well as the 2009 Swine flu panic.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 03:10 AM (w6EFb)

408 All hail the matchbook shim.
Posted by: Berserker

Hahahahaha! Had forgotten all about that!

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 03:00 AM (rdVOm)

I didn't, I'll never forget it. I'm glad I got my license when cassette decks were becoming the rage, because I had just enough time with 8 tracks to know that if I had to live with 8 tracks I would have burned my car.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 30, 2026 03:10 AM (S41Gd)

409 Also have some *huge* jalapenos.

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 03:10 AM (rdVOm)

Is that what they're calling them these days? lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 30, 2026 03:12 AM (S41Gd)

410
This is the Pharma Playbook, BTW. This is how they roll. This is the wonder drug --> "meh" -- > useless --> makes things worse pipeline.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 03:13 AM (w6EFb)

411 So what people have measles
Or whatever is the latest scary stuff.
Shit happens.
///
Kinda haiku-ish

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 30, 2026 03:17 AM (Fv808)

412 It cool here too. Its 60 degrees. We did a ride before. It was hot in the sun but a tad cold on the bike in the wind. By the end of the day I had to stop so Mrs B could put on her light leather jacket. Its always strange this time of year. Hot standing in the sun, but cold when you're doing 55-60mph.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 30, 2026 03:18 AM (S41Gd)

413 Is that what they're calling them these days? lol
Posted by: Berserker

My *huge jalapenos* came from a store I don't normally shop-- because regular grocery had NONE when I went there! Desperation!

But the next day, (before company arrived) my usual grocery store had some regular sized peppers. Yay!

Now, I'm stuck with these monster peppers and don't want to waste them.

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 03:18 AM (rdVOm)

414 @402.-Dark

That's what happened to me. Took the flu shot, got the flu. Never got one again. They are just guessing what type of flu is going around. Evidently their are different kinds. They guess the wrong type then you can get the flu.

Posted by: Case at August 30, 2026 03:19 AM (3gH/U)

415 BF back in the day, installed a 8-track player in my (first) car.. it was great while it lasted.

And then some shitweasel broke in & stole the player.

In hindsight, I think they did me a favor. But I was angry at the time!

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 03:21 AM (rdVOm)

416 I never had the flu, and never got the shot. I knew better. My alien immune system don't like alien chemicals. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 30, 2026 03:22 AM (S41Gd)

417 I have an unopened blank 8 track tape. I guess they had 8 track recorders. Probably just before my time.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 30, 2026 03:23 AM (S41Gd)

418 Dad bought an 8-track recorder for his music. "us kids" were not allowed to touch it, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 03:29 AM (rdVOm)

419 Gonna make "jala-sagna" I think-- layers of roasted & peeled jalapenos, spicy cream cheese mix, and bacon.

Sounds good, anyway...

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 03:34 AM (rdVOm)

420
Question is how to fix this? These Pharma executives who pull this shit need to go to jail and be personally liable.

That has happened just a few times in only the most egregious cases. Most of the time, this is just cost of doing business baked in the cake. The executives and managers get away with and keep all the personal money they made off it. They'll do tricks like set up some spin-off company to be liable, which may bankrupt the spin-off and maybe cost some investors and whatnot some money to pay any claims.

But the individuals actually responsible get off scott-free and keep all the money. That has got to change.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 03:36 AM (w6EFb)

421 Bers--

I'll see your unopened blank 8-track tape, and raise you a couple of unopened blank Beta video tapes!

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 03:40 AM (rdVOm)

422 @416-Berserker

When the flu season comes all I ever heard was "get your flu shot". I never heard get your flu shot and "maybe" you won't get the flu. I thought if I got the shot I would be safe from getting the flu. Well I found out different,the hard way. Because they don't tell us everything! Same with COVID. They did not tell us everything. Well, I'm tired of being a pin cushion. To hell with 'em.

Posted by: Case at August 30, 2026 03:43 AM (3gH/U)

423 ...and then, I'll go *all in* with 2 boxed, 10 inch, EE audio reels!

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 03:43 AM (rdVOm)

424
Yep, Roche and the usual suspects ran the same playbook on Tamiflu. Announce the new drug is great stuff and publish "clinical trials" showing how great it is. They start using it and $$$ results.

Then along the way, someone gets a little skeptical. Hey, Roche, show us all your data. Roche says, "Nuh-uh, that's not possible, cause reasons". And so, a lot of lawsuits follow, with Roche fighting tooth and nail against disclosure. Finally, govts get in the act and Roche finally coughs it up, but as little as possible.

And turns out the original data was cherry picked, and bad results hidden.

By that time, the wonder drug has become the "gold standard". Sometimes suggests lets do a real trial to see if it actually does help against placebo. "Nuh-uh, that would be unethical, because Tamiflu is the gold standard of treatment, and denying it would be awful".

So, they fight over that. And finally, they do actually do the proper trial. And they find out the gold standard actually makes things worse and kills more patients than placebo.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 30, 2026 03:54 AM (w6EFb)

425 Damn, publius... nightmare fuel.

Beyond black-pilled; I'm back in the burn, scatter, salt camp again. Ugh!

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 04:10 AM (rdVOm)

426 Good night, horde! Can't stay awake for pixy-time...

Posted by: JQ at August 30, 2026 04:17 AM (rdVOm)

427 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 04:40 AM (odBC9)

428 Only 65 days till we start taking America back from the dump and his dumpster vermin. Let dump try and stop democrats from voting. Chucky's strongly worded letter and his aipac donors will be gotten rid of if they try on stop a national general strike and arresting dumpster seditionists. They can join ron desatan in jail for his 1.5 billion charity fraud.

Posted by: raimondo at August 30, 2026 05:05 AM (fcbYR)

Music Thread - August 29, 2026 [TRex]

Happy Saturday evening friends! Welcome to the music thread! (or is this the Hobby Thread afterparty? or maybe the Club ONT pre-party?)

Please adjust your treble and bass and get your woofers and tweeters in order.

Tonight's music thread theme is writing. Yes, music can be about singing but how do singers know what to say? This may come as a shock to some of you, so I'll say it gently: in some cases, other people write the words. What? Yep.

*****

All the chatter over the past few days about Dolly Parton writing "I Will Always Love You" - later was made famous by Whitney Houston - got us thinking.

What great songs were written by people other than those that recorded/sang them? What great writers warrant more recognition in the history books?

Many songs you recognize were not written by the recording/performing artist. No, Garth Brooks did not write "Friends in low places" - Earl Bud Lee and Dewayne Blackwell wrote it. "What's Love Got to Do with It" was recorded by Tina Turner but written by Terry Britten and Graham Lyle. "...Baby One More Time" made Britney Spears famous but it was written by Max Martin and first offered to TLC.

The list below came from poking around the interwebs which means it may or may not be accurate.

Prince wrote "Manic Monday" for The Bangles, "Nothing Compares 2 U" for Sinéad O'Connor, and "I Feel for You" for Chaka Khan.

Carole King co-wrote "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" for The Shirelles, "The Loco-Motion" for Little Eva, and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" for Aretha Franklin.

Neil Diamond wrote "I'm a Believer" and "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" for The Monkees.

Willie Nelson wrote "Crazy," which became Patsy Cline's signature hit, "Hello Walls" sung by Faron Young, "Pretty Paper" sung by Roy Orbison, and "Pretend I Never Happened" by Waylon Jennings

The Bee Gees wrote "Islands in the Stream" for Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, and "Woman in Love" for Barbra Streisand.

Paul McCartney wrote and produced "Come and Get It" for Badfinger.

Lionel Richie wrote and produced "Lady" for Kenny Rogers.

Sia wrote "Diamonds" for Rihanna and "Pretty Hurts" for Beyoncé.

Pharrell Williams co-wrote "Hot in Herre" for Nelly.

Paul Anka adapted and wrote the English lyrics for "My Way," which Frank Sinatra made famous.

*****

Country music has a tradition of understanding that singers and songwriters are two often two different people.

Professional songwriters are a backbone of country music but less recognized by name. Here are a few:

Harlan Howard wrote or co-wrote "I Fall to Pieces" (Patsy Cline), "Busted" (Johnny Cash / Ray Charles), "Heartaches by the Number," and "Why Not Me."

Cindy Walker's writing credits include "You Don't Know Me," "Dream Baby," "Bubbles in My Beer," and songs for Bob Wills, Eddy Arnold, and Roy Orbison.

Felice and Boudleaux Bryant wrote a huge catalog for the Everly Brothers (
"Bye Bye Love," "All I Have to Do Is Dream," "Wake Up Little Susie") plus hits for others.

Bob McDill's songwriting hits include "Good Ole Boys Like Me," "Gone Country," and "Song of the South."

Billy Sherrill was better known as a producer, but co-wrote "Stand by Your Man," "The Most Beautiful Girl."

Ashley Gorley is a modern songwriter with dozens of top hits written for Luke Bryan, Morgan Wallen, Carrie Underwood, and others. His most well known hits include "Last Night" by Morgan Wallen, "That's My Kind of Night" and "Play it Again" by Luke Bryan, and "You're Gonna Miss This" by Trace Adkins.

*****

Your turn. Turn it up.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 07:30 PM

Comments

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1 Nooded, and good night, all.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 29, 2026 07:35 PM (NcvvS)

2 Rock on

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 07:35 PM (Ia/+0)

3 And SPONGE!! Unbelievable...

Posted by: Nazdar at August 29, 2026 07:35 PM (NcvvS)

4 Kris Kristofferson - "Me and Bobby McGee", "Help Me Make it Through the Night", among others.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at August 29, 2026 07:38 PM (5YmYl)

5 I love Elvis but he didn't write any of his songs even if he's listed as a co-writer.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 07:39 PM (KC5Lt)

6 Hoyt Axton

Posted by: Pod Hamp at August 29, 2026 07:39 PM (C8+gh)

7

List of songs written by Jimmy Webb

https://t.ly/dgM2F

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 29, 2026 07:40 PM (Cqx++)

8 Kris Kristofferson - "Me and Bobby McGee", "Help Me Make it Through the Night", among others.
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at August 29, 2026 07:38 PM (5Ym

Poor Kris couldn't carry a tune but he was a hell of a song writer.

He was a true renaissance man though.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 07:41 PM (KC5Lt)

9 Willie Nelson was a prolific songwriter.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 07:41 PM (KC5Lt)

10 Bee Gees wrote Islands in the Stream.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 07:42 PM (KC5Lt)

11 Nostalgia music night here, Big Band songs and Dean Martin

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 07:44 PM (PbWRL)

12 OK, staying for just a moment because I'm thoroughly beat: almost every cover of a Bob Dylan or Leonard Cohen song is better than the songwriter's version; when Jennifer Warnes did a Leonard Cohen tribute album ('Jenny Sings Lenny' is an illustration!), it was phenomenal, if only because Stevie Ray Vaughn was lead guitar on 'First We Take Manhattan' - and sorry/not sorry if that gives anyone an earworm!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 29, 2026 07:44 PM (NcvvS)

13 Jim Steinman wrote a ton of anthems for other people. It's insane how much stuff he did. In an earlier era he'd have been a rival of Wagner. (one hopes, given what Wagner thought of Steinmans)

Posted by: 88C+u at August 29, 2026 07:45 PM (88C+u)

14 Of course you have lyricists and music writers who collaborate to make a good song.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 07:45 PM (KC5Lt)

15 Steve Miller

"Did you know the cost of adjudicating even 1 fake [illegal alien] asylum claim is the same cost as providing FREE CANCER TREATMENT to 1 American citizen with pediatric cancer?

As of June 2026, there are 2,310,698 immigrants who have filed formal asylum applications

Illegals trying to kill 2 M American kids

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 29, 2026 07:45 PM (/+uur)

16 Blinded By the Light!! Manfred Mann's Earth Band!!
When I found it was written by Springsteen and I heard that version, I threw up a little. OK.... I threw up a lot!!

Posted by: smokin' cat turd at August 29, 2026 07:46 PM (KXId6)

17 4 Kris Kristofferson - "Me and Bobby McGee", "Help Me Make it Through the Night", among others.

6 Hoyt Axton

Can't get anything past you guys. Those were the first two I thought of in answer to the questions.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 29, 2026 07:48 PM (vTZFs)

18 Bang a gong

Ge it on

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 29, 2026 07:48 PM (K32Fz)

19 The movie Once about an Irish street singer/songwriter was excellent. Unfortunately the lead actor was killed earlier this year in a motorcycle accident IIRC.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 07:48 PM (KC5Lt)

20 When I found it was written by Springsteen and I heard that version, I threw up a little. OK.... I threw up a lot!!

Manfred Mann did several Springsteen covers and they are all much better and easier to listen to. My favorite is "For You"

almost every cover of a Bob Dylan or Leonard Cohen song is better than the songwriter's version

I wanted Bob's son to do a cover album or two of his dad's work because his band was great and he had a nice voice.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 29, 2026 07:49 PM (K32Fz)

21 Whoever wrote the Monkees songs were pretty good. I think Neil Diamond wrote a few of them.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 07:50 PM (KC5Lt)

22 I would like to posit the idea that the only good modern songwriters are the ones how are old enough (or classical enough) to have actually been taught poetry and the various poetic forms and rhyme schemes and rhythms in high school.

This idea is based on no hard evidence and no information of any kind.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 29, 2026 07:50 PM (C0Nlv)

23 Carole King was a very prolific song writer.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 07:51 PM (PbWRL)

24 Another Stein- is Billy Steinberg. He cowrote "Eternal Flame" for Christina Hoffs. It came out as a Bangles song but iirc the other three Bangles resented it.
Still a classic.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 29, 2026 07:51 PM (88C+u)

25 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 29, 2026 07:49 PM (K32Fz)

I bought his first Wallflowers CD. It was pretty good.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 07:51 PM (KC5Lt)

26 I really don't like the Jackson 5, but I've got them cranked right now because Jermaine was an absolute animal on the bass.

The Jackson 5, and Michael Jackson, does not happen without that bass.

Posted by: 496 at August 29, 2026 07:52 PM (sOtuf)

27 Posted by: 88C+u at August 29, 2026 07:51 PM (88C+u

Prince wrote some of their other songs gs right?

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 07:52 PM (KC5Lt)

28 Carole King was a very prolific song writer.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 07:51 PM (PbWRL)

Her and Burt Bacharach

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 07:53 PM (KC5Lt)

29 Linda Ronstadt did mostly covers, "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" was written by Warren Zevon, who wrote a lot of great songs.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at August 29, 2026 07:55 PM (FY/Px)

30 Thx TRex , interesting post
David Bowie gave All the Young Dudes to Mott the Hopple.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 29, 2026 07:56 PM (EZWVc)

31 Dig on the bass in ABC by the Jackson 5:

https://tinyurl.com/4h83j6ej

Posted by: 496 at August 29, 2026 07:56 PM (sOtuf)

32 Springsteen also wrote most of Because the Night but Patti Smith performed it. Springsteen didn't get credit due to contractual issues. Smith's version is great

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 29, 2026 07:58 PM (EZWVc)

33 Good evening Horde. Thanks for being here. Hope you're enjoying some good tunes on this last Saturday in August.

Posted by: TRex - ghostwriter dino at August 29, 2026 07:58 PM (XfIK1)

34 Me and Bobby McGee is a fantastic song. Janis' best, as fat as I'm concerned. Second best rock song recorded by a female (I gotta give #1 to Son of a Preacher Man)

Posted by: 496 at August 29, 2026 07:59 PM (sOtuf)

35 Didn't realize till recently that Burt Bacharach wrote Always Something There to Remind Me later done very well by Naked Eyes. More of a cover

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 29, 2026 08:00 PM (EZWVc)

36 Chris Stapleton did an amazing tribute to Dolly at a show this week. I will always love you.

https://tinyurl.com/4czdj8kn

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 08:00 PM (YZ0Fo)

37 Speaking of Patti Smith, she wrote several songs for Blue Oyster Cult. IIRC she was dating one of the band members.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at August 29, 2026 08:02 PM (FY/Px)

38 The movie Once about an Irish street singer/songwriter was excellent. Unfortunately the lead actor was killed earlier this year in a motorcycle accident IIRC.
Posted by: polynike

He was a recording artist and then the director wanted to make a move based around him but wanted his music in it so cast him. It's a phenomenal movie. And ya he was killed in a crash this summer.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 08:03 PM (YZ0Fo)

39 Whoever wrote the Monkees songs were pretty good. I think Neil Diamond wrote a few of them.
Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 07:50 PM (KC5Lt)

Carol King wrote one of their best - Pleasant Valley Sunday..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 29, 2026 08:04 PM (nbLIj)

40 Contrary perhaps to popular belief, the iconic 'I Want You Back' bassline was actually recorded in LA by Wilton Felder. Primarily a saxophone player, Felder discussed recording the bassline in the July 1998 issue of Bass Player magazine.

It’s been said that when the group signed with Motown, producer Berry Gordy wouldn't allow them to record on their own songs, with the recordings instead handled by Motown's in-house studio band and legendary bassist James Jamerson.

Posted by: grass monkey at August 29, 2026 08:04 PM (van9r)

41 Eddie Rabbit wrote a number of his for Elvis .

Kentucky Rain is my favorite.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 08:05 PM (KC5Lt)

42 Darrell Scott wrote You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive. It's been covered by a number of musicians.

Darrell Scott (well he wrote the song) - youtu.be/X6UuuEpinyA

Brad Paisley - youtu.be/neSUe7dO4v0

Plenty of other fine versions out there

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2026 08:05 PM (AdHga)

43 Bonnie Rait's cover of " Angel From Montgomery" by John Prine is one of my very favorites. If you have ever been to the TXMoMe you will have heard it. Opens the dance floor on Friday night.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 08:05 PM (PbWRL)

44 Interesting topic, TRex. Off the top of my head:
Laura Nyro
John Denver
Hoyt Axton (and his mom wrote Heartbreak Hotel)
Clint Black
Duke Ellington
Dolly Parton
Vince Guaraldi
Barry Manilow*
Brian Wilson

* Manilow wrote many of his top 40 hits and several advertising jingles that are recognizable decades later. But I think his greatest talent is as an arranger. His 2 AM Paradise Cafe, broadway themes, and jazz renditions are superb. The best songs Bette Midler recorded were arranged by Manilow.

Posted by: JTB at August 29, 2026 08:06 PM (yTvNw)

45 Met Kris Kristofferson on the Army base in Nuremburg a long time ago. Shook his paw and got his autograph. He was very handsome.

Posted by: argie at August 29, 2026 08:07 PM (6lIeU)

46 Darrell Scott wrote You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive. It's been covered by a number of musicians.

Darrell Scott (well he wrote the song) - youtu.be/X6UuuEpinyA

Brad Paisley - youtu.be/neSUe7dO4v0

Plenty of other fine versions out there
Posted by: Puddleglum

There is a great version by a girl playing banjo by a campfire. Taylor Demp. Chris Stapleton also has a good one.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 08:08 PM (YZ0Fo)

47 Doubt I ever purposely played a Dolly song, but she was a good force and luckily will live in memory for a long time to come.

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 08:08 PM (Ia/+0)

48 Cole Chaney has covered grunge songs but with an Appalachia twist.

Big Empty - youtu.be/3eFKTmwzVcU

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2026 08:08 PM (AdHga)

49 Chris Stapleton did an amazing tribute to Dolly at a show this week. I will always love you.

https://tinyurl.com/4czdj8kn
Posted by: BruceWayne
*********
Thanks for that BruceWayne. I'm a big fan of Chris and that was a lovely tribute.

Posted by: The Grateful - R at August 29, 2026 08:09 PM (XfIK1)

50 Spot on about Leonard Cohen - “Hallelujah” was one of songs that no one heard until Jeff Buckley covered it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2026 08:09 PM (GWwCk)

51 All these people are old. Is the best modern music can come up with is a pop tart or some other jelly filled pastry?

Posted by: fd at August 29, 2026 08:10 PM (MWfyi)

52 Bleeding love by Leona Lewis was written by Jesse McCartney and OneRepublic singer Ryan Tedder

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 08:12 PM (YZ0Fo)

53 The story of Kristofferson landing a helicopter on Johnny Cash's property to give him a demo tape sounds made up but amazingly true. Kristofferson was the man.

( Cash wasn't home at the time though. He gave the demo tape to someone taking care of the house at the time)

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 08:12 PM (KC5Lt)

54 >>Springsteen also wrote most of Because the Night but Patti Smith performed it. Springsteen didn't get credit due to contractual issues. Smith's version is great
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 29, 2026 07:58 PM (EZWVc)

Patti Smith said that Springsteen wrote the song but she 'dirtied up a bit'. She commanded that song (SWIDT). And now, really am gone for the night. Again sometime, Hordelings.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 29, 2026 08:12 PM (NcvvS)

55 Thanks for that BruceWayne. I'm a big fan of Chris and that was a lovely tribute.
Posted by: The Grateful - R

I saw him and his wife live a number of years ago. He's the rare artist that somehow sounds even better live than his albums.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 08:14 PM (YZ0Fo)

56 Most of what I listen to is metal, post-rock, prog-rock, or other "indy" types of music. Nobody's putting food on the table writing songs for "my bands," when the biggest names I listen to are bands like Dream Theater and Evanescence. (And post-rock is 90% instrumental, anyway.)

A writer/producer named David Hodges co-wrote a lot of stuff for Evanescence, but he played keyboards for them for a couple years just before they released their first album "Fallen," so I'm not sure if he's an "outside songwriter" or not. He's also written and produced for everyone from Tim McGraw to Celine Dion to The Backstreet Boys, so I'm guessing royalties from those sorts of performers keep his bread buttered.

Posted by: mikeski at August 29, 2026 08:16 PM (VHUov)

57 Is it hard to believe Kiss wrote most of their songs? They had a good producer later on that helped guide them . They did have an album of songs they should have thrown away though. I forgot the name but it was an artsy fartsy endeavor.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 08:16 PM (KC5Lt)

58 Fuck (forget) you by cee lo was written by Bruno mars

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 08:17 PM (YZ0Fo)

59 One of the best songwriters few people remember was Jimmy Webb. He wrote much of Glen Campbell’s playlist, including “Wichita Lineman” and “By the time I get to Phoenix”. He also wrote quite a bit for Linda Ronstadt and others.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2026 08:18 PM (GWwCk)

60 Fuck (forget) you by cee lo was written by Bruno mars
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 08:17 PM (YZ0Fo)

Cee Lo's performance on Live from Daryl's House was excellent

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 08:19 PM (KC5Lt)

61 The Pointer Sisters' "Fire" was written by Springsteen...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 29, 2026 08:19 PM (nbLIj)

62 >>Spot on about Leonard Cohen - “Hallelujah” was one of songs that no one heard until Jeff Buckley covered it.

Can't quit y'all. Tom Servo, Jeff picked it up from John Cale's version in 1991 and almost all of the covers since stem from Cale. The story is that Cohen was faxing verses to Cale to pick for his recording for the tribute album I'm Your Fan. Supposedly there are dozens of verses that Cohen wrote.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 29, 2026 08:20 PM (NcvvS)

63 Oh! I just noticed that Sugar Ray's channel upgraded their videos! I had these saved in *240p*, and now they're in 1080p:

From Floored (1997)
Sugar Ray - Fly
https://youtu.be/zUtnwcv-quE

From 14:59 (1999)
Sugar Ray - Every Morning
https://youtu.be/3cqU1pFRqYE

Sugar Ray - Someday
https://youtu.be/dPcX-5Tmqt8

Posted by: SciVo at August 29, 2026 08:21 PM (ke3zm)

64 Take Clapton and consider that JJ Cale made him famous.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 29, 2026 08:22 PM (SK+av)

65 Follow on to comment 44,
Jim Webb
James Taylor (he's a political mess but can write songs)
Paul Simon
Antonio Carlos Jobm

Honorable mention:
Earl Hagen for Harlem Nocturne
Mel Torme for The Christmas Song
Allen Toussaint for Southern Nights (Glen Campbell version)

Posted by: JTB at August 29, 2026 08:22 PM (yTvNw)

66 All these people are old. Is the best modern music can come up with is a pop tart or some other jelly filled pastry?
Posted by: fd

There are still musical artists around. But you have to look for them. Flip on XM radio and you hear music performed by people for whom music is an industry, not an art.

"Well, we listened to aggressively cheerful music sung by people chosen for their ability to dance [...]" -- Rupert Giles, on Buffy The Vampire Slayer, back in 2001.

Posted by: mikeski at August 29, 2026 08:22 PM (VHUov)

67 Cee Lo's performance on Live from Daryl's House was excellent
Posted by: polynikes

I saw Gnarls Barkley at lollapalooza and I was blown away by how good he was on the stage.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 08:23 PM (YZ0Fo)

68 Grateful: Miley Cyrus also has a beautiful tribute to Dolly.

https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v= U8q9VBTl394
Take out the spaces

Posted by: Iris at August 29, 2026 08:24 PM (286+n)

69 Take Clapton and consider that JJ Cale made him famous.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 29, 2026 08:22 PM (SK+av)

They Call Me the Breeze. JJ..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 29, 2026 08:25 PM (nbLIj)

70 Led Zeppelin didn't write songs as much as just copying them. 😀

I still can't believe that Taurus lost their lawsuit. Especially in comparisons to some who have won which I'll never understand.

Like Harrison's My Sweet Lord losing to the Chiffons He's So Fine.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 08:25 PM (KC5Lt)

71 >>Take Clapton and consider that JJ Cale made him famous.

'Clapton is God' - graffiti in London, 1964

Posted by: Not in bed but should be at August 29, 2026 08:25 PM (NcvvS)

72 Grateful: Miley Cyrus also has a beautiful tribute to Dolly.

https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v= U8q9VBTl394
Take out the spaces
Posted by: Iris at August 29, 2026 08:24 PM (286+n)

Not ashamed to say I have four Miley Cyrus songs downloaded on my iPhone

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 08:26 PM (KC5Lt)

73 Not ashamed to say I have four Miley Cyrus songs downloaded on my iPhone
Posted by: polynikes

Wrecking ball is a jam. She may be a looney but she can sang.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 08:27 PM (YZ0Fo)

74 So glad someone else brought up Barry Manilow. He did NOT write "I write the songs".

Posted by: Iris at August 29, 2026 08:28 PM (286+n)

75 Fuck y'all.

I write the songs... bitches.

Posted by: Barry Manilow at August 29, 2026 08:29 PM (2Cry5)

76 Posted by: mikeski

Have you checked out Our Last Night covers?

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 08:29 PM (YZ0Fo)

77
12 OK, staying for just a moment because I'm thoroughly beat: almost every cover of a Bob Dylan or Leonard Cohen song is better than the songwriter's version;”

I don’t think anyone has yet noted that this is true for Bob Dylan in spades.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2026 08:29 PM (GWwCk)

78 Wrecking ball is a jam. She may be a looney but she can sang.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 08:27 PM (YZ0Fo)

Her duet with John Travolta from the Bolt song track is one of my favorites

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

79 A big percent of the Grateful Dead's music and even greater percentage Jerry Garcia Band's music were covers and much of it was country or rockabilly.

Merle Haggard, Peter Rowan, Marty Robbins, Elvis, Buddy Holly and many more. And Robert Hunter wrote a lot of the Dead's original stuff along with Jerry. Jerry was good friends with Dylan and covered a large number of his songs.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 08:29 PM (viF8m)

80 Her duet with John Travolta from the Bolt song track is one of my favorites
Posted by: polynikes

Oh ya. I forget about that one. Great song.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 08:30 PM (YZ0Fo)

81 I don’t think anyone has yet noted that this is true for Bob Dylan in spades.
Posted by: Tom Servo

I actually love Bob Dylan. I grew up listening to his biograph box set. But yes. The covers of his songs are better.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 08:32 PM (YZ0Fo)

82 Jimmy Webb wrote for (this is off the top of my head) Glen Campbell, The Fifth Dimension, Richard Harris, and Johnny Rivers. And for these it wasn't just a song or two, but whole albums. IIRC, Campbell's Wichita Lineman album was practically all Webb's stuff. Ditto The Fifth Dimension's Magic Garden album, Johnny Rivers' Tunesmith, and two (maybe three) of Richard Harris'.

In later years, I think he started recording a lot of his songs himself, but I've not followed much popular music since the original Association stopped recording.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 29, 2026 08:33 PM (q3u5l)

83 duet with John Travolta from the Bolt song track is one of my favorites
Posted by: polynikes

Oh ya. I forget about that one. Great song.
Posted by: BruceWayne

Also Bolt was a really good movie no one remembers.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 08:33 PM (YZ0Fo)

84 Her duet with John Travolta from the Bolt song track is one of my favorites
Posted by: polynikes

Oh ya. I forget about that one. Great song.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 08:30 PM (YZ0Fo

Partying in the USA
Malibu
Flowers

Are the other three I've downloaded .

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 08:34 PM (KC5Lt)

85 Also Bolt was a really good movie no one remembers.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 08:33 PM (YZ0Fo)

My favorite animated movie. The ending was great.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 08:35 PM (KC5Lt)

86 Before Stephen Wilson jr started recording his own stuff he wrote for a ton of people. Tim McGraw, Trace Adkins, Caitlyn Smith, Old Dominion, Sixpence None the Richer, Leigh Nash, Chase Bryant, Mackenzie Porter

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 08:36 PM (YZ0Fo)

87 JTB mentioned Antonio Carlos Jobim.

If you haven't heard the Sinatra/Jobim albums, you're cheating yourself.

Heard somewhere that late in his life, Sinatra would occasionally listen to "Wave" and marvel that he'd ever been able to hit notes that low.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 29, 2026 08:38 PM (q3u5l)

88 These are my top 5 songs based upon what I turn the volume up for:

Tangled Up in Blue -- Dylan
A Matter of Trust -- Billy Joel
A Day in the Life -- Beatles
Sultans of Swing -- Dire Straits
Radar Love -- Golden Earring

I believe each of these songs were written by the artist, for better or worse (i.e. Dylan).

Posted by: Jayhawkone at August 29, 2026 08:38 PM (QSaoA)

89 Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 08:36 PM (YZ0Fo)

Tim McGraw is a manufactured Country Star. He did well for himself though.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 08:39 PM (KC5Lt)

90 58 Fuck (forget) you by cee lo was written by Bruno mars

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 08:17 PM (YZ0Fo)

Best cover is by Broken Peach...

https://tinyurl.com/58k67r69

Posted by: davidt at August 29, 2026 08:39 PM (Q+gd/)

91 Posted by: mikeski
Have you checked out Our Last Night covers?
Posted by: BruceWayne

First I've heard of them.

Not bad. A three-piece, more-serious / less-comedic / less-metal version of Leo Moracchioli?

OLN covering tatu:
https://youtu.be/94cDRxoViWU

Leo, same song:
https://youtu.be/p-qnsZhQ_iI

Posted by: mikeski at August 29, 2026 08:39 PM (VHUov)

92 Music related: I stumbled upon "Mork and Mindy" on Prime. One of the first scenes is Mindy talking to her dad in his music store. One of the props was a Dolly Parton poster.

(sniffle)

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 29, 2026 08:40 PM (gvBhq)

93 Posted by: Jayhawkone at August 29, 2026 08:38 PM (QSaoA

I can't disagree on Radar Love for sure.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 08:40 PM (KC5Lt)

94 Bolt was our family’s favorite. Songs were great and Bolt was a fun character.
Kid likes Rio and Migration, which is awful.

Posted by: Accomack at August 29, 2026 08:41 PM (+hwtP)

95 almost every cover of a Bob Dylan or Leonard Cohen song is better than the songwriter's version
Posted by: Nazdar

See also: The Beatles.

Yeah, I know, "fight me." But I'm still young enough to outrun any Beatles fans. 😜

Posted by: mikeski at August 29, 2026 08:43 PM (VHUov)

96 This is a tight thread but ... I'm gonna need more cowbell.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 29, 2026 08:43 PM (4NO2D)

97 A lot of Dylan stuff works because he can’t sing.

Posted by: Accomack at August 29, 2026 08:43 PM (+hwtP)

98 First I've heard of them.

Not bad. A three-piece, more-serious / less-comedic / less-metal version of Leo Moracchioli?

OLN covering tatu:
https://youtu.be/94cDRxoViWU

Leo, same song:
https://youtu.be/p-qnsZhQ_iI
Posted by: mikeski

Ya they mostly take pop songs and are like hey these are good. Let's metal em up a bit. Their blank space and sorry are great.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 08:45 PM (YZ0Fo)

99 Since got radio back in vehicle, only station have on is modern rock

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 08:45 PM (Ia/+0)

100 >>A lot of Dylan stuff works because he can’t sing.

He sure could write. He has to be in the top 2 or 3 modern era covered writers. The number of artists who have covered his stuff is huge.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 08:45 PM (viF8m)

101 Bolt was our family’s favorite. Songs were great and Bolt was a fun character.
Kid likes Rio and Migration, which is awful.
Posted by: Accomack

Aw man. I like Rio.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 08:46 PM (YZ0Fo)

102 Bolt was our family’s favorite. Songs were great and Bolt was a fun character.
Kid likes Rio and Migration, which is awful.
Posted by: Accomack

Aw man. I like Rio.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 08:46 PM (YZ0Fo)

103 Leo, same song:
https://youtu.be/p-qnsZhQ_iI
Posted by: mikeski

That's dope

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 08:47 PM (YZ0Fo)

104 Robert Hunter wrote a lot of the Dead's stuff. He was put on the R+R HoF with them, the only non performer put in with a band

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 29, 2026 08:50 PM (EZWVc)

105 Dr Dre also relied on other writers, although only Royce 5'9 might count as a "ghost" writer. Dre otherwise gave credit to Eminem, Hittman etc.
Don't know why Dre didn't credit Royce. Might be an honest oversight b/c most of his stuff got dropped from release.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 29, 2026 08:50 PM (88C+u)

106 Rio wasn’t bad, just too long. Migration was bad.

Posted by: Accomack at August 29, 2026 08:52 PM (6jy2V)

107 "Her and Burt Bacharach"

------

Was Burt Bacharach a philosopher?

Oh, this conversation isn't very good...

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at August 29, 2026 08:53 PM (5YmYl)

108 >>Robert Hunter wrote a lot of the Dead's stuff. He was put on the R+R HoF with them, the only non performer put in with a band

He did play with the JGB a few times.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 08:54 PM (viF8m)

109 Dre also relied on other writers, although only Royce 5'9 might count as a "ghost" writer. Dre otherwise gave credit to Eminem, Hittman etc.
Don't know why Dre didn't credit Royce. Might be an honest oversight b/c most of his stuff got dropped from release.
Posted by: 88C+u

Royce da 5-9 did an album with Eminem. It was really good.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 08:56 PM (YZ0Fo)

110 Dre also relied on other writers, although only Royce 5'9 might count as a "ghost" writer. Dre otherwise gave credit to Eminem, Hittman etc.
Don't know why Dre didn't credit Royce. Might be an honest oversight b/c most of his stuff got dropped from release.
Posted by: 88C+u

Also Dre's thing was mixing and beats. Eazy E and ice cube wrote almost all the NWA songs.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 08:59 PM (YZ0Fo)

111 8 Kris Kristofferson - "Me and Bobby McGee", "Help Me Make it Through the Night", among others.
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at August 29, 2026 07:38 PM (5Ym

Poor Kris couldn't carry a tune but he was a hell of a song writer.

He was a true renaissance man though.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 07:41 PM (KC5Lt)
well...Kris sounds like Sinatra compared to Willie Nelson

Posted by: zigggggy at August 29, 2026 08:59 PM (EDeJ/)

112 Ya they mostly take pop songs and are like hey these are good. Let's metal em up a bit. Their blank space and sorry are great.
Posted by: BruceWayne

Excuse me, sir. You didn't mention the Rhianna cover Stay.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 29, 2026 09:01 PM (ftFVW)

113 Excuse me, sir. You didn't mention the Rhianna cover Stay.
Posted by: She Hobbit

Hahah also great. But stay by itself is a good song. The others suck.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 09:02 PM (YZ0Fo)

114 For decades, I wrote dozens of dittys, some serious, many silly. They came with tunes in my head, so I taught myself piano and doped out the tunes, but writing only chord notations. It wasn't that I thought my stuff was any great shakes, nor did I expect to make any money. The songs just forced themselves on me.

Had no musical friends or fellows, and no outlet for my stuff, other than some home-recorded cassettes for a few (very few) friends and relatives, which garnered a few disparaging or mocking remarks. My wife and daughter have played a few of mine, which was nice.

A decade ago, before my hands and voice failed, I recorded a series of videos with most (but hardly all) of my songs for YooToob. The recording quality is not great, performances flawed (mostly first takes warts and all), but at least the songs are out there. With caption lyrics. FWIW. Sometimes, despite lack of demand, or interest, I annoy a music thread with a link to a song. Like this short and silly one:

🎶 🎹 amateur hour again

2 Percent Vim
Pondering power and restraint
A cut from Mindful Webworkshop #5, 2016 Sep 8
Link in nic. Should play from 0:21 to 2:48 in the vid.
🌅

Posted by: mindful webworker - inspiration comes from wherever at August 29, 2026 09:04 PM (ie4vn)

115 Hahah also great. But stay by itself is a good song. The others suck.
Posted by: BruceWayne

Fair.

Our Last Night also did a cool cover of Benson Boone's Beautiful Things.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 29, 2026 09:04 PM (ftFVW)

116 75 Fuck y'all.

I write the songs... bitches.

Posted by: Barry Manilow at August 29, 2026 08:29 PM (2Cry5)

for those that don't know/... "I Write the Songs" is a popular song written by Bruce Johnston. Barry Manilow's version reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in January 1976

Posted by: zigggggy at August 29, 2026 09:05 PM (EDeJ/)

117 Probably unexpected but Mel Brooks is a hell of a song writer. I'm Tired (Blazing Saddles), The Inquisition (History of the World), Springtime For Hitler, The French Mistake, Men In Tights, and others. He wrote High Anxiety as a Sinatra spoof. It's a pretty good song on its own. He wrote the lyrics to the Blazing Saddles theme song.

Posted by: JTB at August 29, 2026 09:06 PM (yTvNw)

118 Cale's song After Midnight was on Clapton's first solo album. He did a lot of cale's songs after that. Before that Clapton had already been in The Bluesbreakers, Cream and Blind Faith and was in Derek and the Dominos at the time

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 29, 2026 09:06 PM (EZWVc)

119 That's dope
Posted by: BruceWayne

Leo's breakout song was his cover of Toto's "Africa."

As "breakout" as a one-man-band cover artist in Norway gets, anyway.

https://youtu.be/MH9FyLsfDzw

Posted by: mikeski at August 29, 2026 09:06 PM (VHUov)

120 A weird songwriting dichotomy. Sonny Curtis of the Crickets wrote I Fought the Law. Later he wrote the theme to the Mary Tyler Moore Show

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 29, 2026 09:08 PM (EZWVc)

121 Starting to believe Chris Cornell was a ling of covers. I love Sinead's rendition of Prince's Nothing Compares 2 You. But Chris's is better.

Just today discovered Chris covering Billie Jean and it is *chef's kiss*.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 29, 2026 09:09 PM (ftFVW)

122 Ummm king not ling. *facepalm*

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 29, 2026 09:11 PM (ftFVW)

123 Probably unexpected but Mel Brooks is a hell of a song writer. I'm Tired (Blazing Saddles), The Inquisition (History of the World), Springtime For Hitler, The French Mistake, Men In Tights, and others. He wrote High Anxiety as a Sinatra spoof. It's a pretty good song on its own. He wrote the lyrics to the Blazing Saddles theme song.
Posted by: JTB at August 29, 2026 09:06 PM (yTvNw)

He was a drummer. Just like Phil Collins.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2026 09:12 PM (rbvCR)

124 Ummm king not ling. *facepalm*
Posted by: She Hobbit at August 29, 2026 09:11 PM (ftFVW)

Good cod, you make me fish around for meaning.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2026 09:13 PM (rbvCR)

125 Starting to believe Chris Cornell was a ling of covers. I love Sinead's rendition of Prince's Nothing Compares 2 You. But Chris's is better.

Just today discovered Chris covering Billie Jean and it is *chef's kiss*.
Posted by: She Hobbit

There was an album that was put out in 2020 after his death called "No one sings like you anymore". All covers. The sinead cover. Patience. Janis joplin. ELO.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 09:16 PM (YZ0Fo)

126 Way past my bedtime
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 09:17 PM (Ia/+0)

127 There was an album that was put out in 2020 after his death called "No one sings like you anymore". All covers. The sinead cover. Patience. Janis joplin. ELO.
Posted by: BruceWayne

I liked Patience okay, but didn't feel like it added to or otherwise surpassed GnR.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 29, 2026 09:18 PM (ftFVW)

128 I liked Patience okay, but didn't feel like it added to or otherwise surpassed GnR.
Posted by: She Hobbit

Don't disagree but on the whole the album is amazing. His stay with me baby is just wow

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 09:20 PM (YZ0Fo)

129 119 That's dope
Posted by: BruceWayne

Leo's breakout song was his cover of Toto's "Africa."

As "breakout" as a one-man-band cover artist in Norway gets, anyway.

https://youtu.be/MH9FyLsfDzw
Posted by: mikeski

Weezer with Weird Al Yancovich also covered Toto's 'Africa'. It was oddly very good!

youtu.be/mk5Dwg5zm2U

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2026 09:20 PM (AdHga)

130 Starting to believe Chris Cornell was a ling of covers. I love Sinead's rendition of Prince's Nothing Compares 2 You. But Chris's is better.

Yep. Cornell's version is beautiful. The best, IMO.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2026 09:22 PM (AdHga)

131 Resolves cover of Moana I will go on is pretty great

https://tinyurl.com/3akz8e8y

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 09:22 PM (YZ0Fo)

132 Yep. Cornell's version is beautiful. The best, IMO.
Posted by: Puddleglum

Cornell's version of everything is the best.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 09:23 PM (YZ0Fo)

133 Johnny Cash covering 'Hurt' by NiNs and Trent Reznor admitting it's Johnny's song now.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2026 09:23 PM (AdHga)

134 Johnny Cash covering 'Hurt' by NiNs and Trent Reznor admitting it's Johnny's song now.
Posted by: Puddleglum

Rusty cage too.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 09:25 PM (YZ0Fo)

135 Johnny Cash covering 'Hurt' by NiNs and Trent Reznor admitting it's Johnny's song now.
Posted by: Puddleglum

100%. I still like the NIN original, but Johnny's just hits the soul harder.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 29, 2026 09:26 PM (ftFVW)

136 Really Great music thread, TRex. I enjoyed it a great deal. Pity the regulars are falling down on the job. Er...you didn't eat them, did you?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 29, 2026 09:27 PM (CHHv1)

137 136 Really Great music thread, TRex. I enjoyed it a great deal. Pity the regulars are falling down on the job. Er...you didn't eat them, did you?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 29, 2026 09:27 PM
***
Thanks! Just trying to help the team, coach...

Posted by: TRex - DJ jazzy dino at August 29, 2026 09:29 PM (XfIK1)

138 How the hell could I have forgotten Henry Mancini? Shame on me. All those movie themes and the theme to Peter Gunn.

BTW, his daughter Monica is a lovely singer.

Posted by: JTB at August 29, 2026 09:30 PM (yTvNw)

139 100%. I still like the NIN original, but Johnny's just hits the soul harder.
Posted by: She Hobbit

"And you can have it all, my empire of dirt" has to hit harder coming from a old man with a glorious musical legacy, vs a 20-something punk, eh?

Posted by: mikeski at August 29, 2026 09:31 PM (VHUov)

140 And you can have it all, my empire of dirt" has to hit harder coming from a old man with a glorious musical legacy, vs a 20-something punk, eh?
Posted by: mikeski

What made it work for me was more than the lyrics which ya hit hard. It was the taking industrial and stripping it down to basically nothing. Like industrial rock/metal and old school country couldn't be more diametrically opposed.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 09:34 PM (YZ0Fo)

141 What made it work for me was more than the lyrics which ya hit hard. It was the taking industrial and stripping it down to basically nothing. Like industrial rock/metal and old school country couldn't be more diametrically opposed.
Posted by: BruceWayne

Kind of Our Last Night in reverse.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 29, 2026 09:35 PM (ftFVW)

142 Lyrically, "Hurt" is brilliant. It's almost two different songs. Depends on if you're listening to the NiN version or Johnny Cash's.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2026 09:39 PM (AdHga)

143 Black Spikes' debut album came out yesterday, if your taste in music is as weird as mine.

https://youtu.be/ubCR46WMd3s

Narrator: That seems unlikely.

Posted by: mikeski at August 29, 2026 09:39 PM (VHUov)

144 Earle Hagen wrote the jazz classic "Harlem Nocturne" --
and also the theme songs to Dick Van Dyke and Andy Griffith.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 29, 2026 09:40 PM (zdLoL)

145 Foo Fighters did a whole album of Bee Gee covers IIRC.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 09:43 PM (KC5Lt)

146 Black Spikes' debut album came out yesterday, if your taste in music is as weird as mine.

https://youtu.be/ubCR46WMd3s

Narrator: That seems unlikely.
Posted by: mikeski

Oh, that's sick.

In the good way.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 29, 2026 09:44 PM (ftFVW)

147 Foo Fighters did a whole album of Bee Gee covers IIRC.
Posted by: polynikes at

The tribute concert that Shane Hawkins played drums after Taylor died was cool af.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 09:46 PM (YZ0Fo)

148 Black Spikes' debut album came out yesterday, if your taste in music is as weird as mine.

https://youtu.be/ubCR46WMd3s

Narrator: That seems unlikely.
Posted by: mikeski

That's cool.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 09:47 PM (YZ0Fo)

149 100%. I still like the NIN original, but Johnny's just hits the soul harder.
Posted by: She Hobbit at August 29, 2026 09:26 PM (ftFVW)

Reznor wrote it, Johnny lived it.

His video is heartbreaking.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2026 09:47 PM (GWwCk)

150 Lyrically, "Hurt" is brilliant. It's almost two different songs. Depends on if you're listening to the NiN version or Johnny Cash's.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2026 09:39 PM (AdHga)

NIN was nihilism in the face of it, Johnny Cash was resignation in the aftermath.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2026 09:51 PM (rbvCR)

151 But that is grim.

Here is the Noori sisters with Red Hot Chili Peppers-like backing

youtu.be/F3VYORQhhWY

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2026 09:53 PM (rbvCR)

152 Reznor is one lefty a hole I cant overlook just like Springsteen.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 09:53 PM (KC5Lt)

153 I think Earle Hagen also did a bunch of the music for the Culp/Cosby I Spy.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 29, 2026 09:54 PM (q3u5l)

154 And now for something completely different

Or mostly completely different

Posted by: Miklos presages at August 29, 2026 09:54 PM (4RYRd)

155 Chris Cornell does Dolly

https://tinyurl.com/4hybkdx5

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 29, 2026 09:56 PM (YZ0Fo)

156 Or perhaps the same, but different in many significant, even fundamental aspects, but with notable and equally significant similarities.

Posted by: Miklos presages at August 29, 2026 09:57 PM (4RYRd)

157 Chris Cornell does Dolly

Posted by: BruceWayne

Phrasing...

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 29, 2026 09:58 PM (ftFVW)

158 I checked out a couple oldies I haven't heard in years recently:

- Echo Beach - Martha and the Muffins

- Elo Kiddies by Cheap Trick

(Both of them are still bangers)

Posted by: 496 at August 29, 2026 09:58 PM (sOtuf)

159 Trent Reznor is from Mercer, PA. A small town that is the county seat. Lots of farms around, a 1/4 dirt track that races on a summer Saturday night, and lots of Amish about. Nice town but yea, he's a commie.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2026 09:58 PM (AdHga)

160 And now for something completely different
Or mostly completely different
Posted by: Miklos presages

Okay.

https://youtu.be/pKgK3XXxt40

Posted by: mikeski at August 29, 2026 09:59 PM (VHUov)

161 Phrasing...
Posted by: She Hobbit at August 29, 2026 09:58 PM (ftFVW)

-------

Exactly.. past tense please.

Posted by: 496 at August 29, 2026 09:59 PM (sOtuf)

162 What one might perceive as a dis- or asymmetry, might appear to another as a basic, even visceral natural harmony.

Posted by: Miklos presages at August 29, 2026 09:59 PM (4RYRd)

163 Turn that noise down and get upstairs, you kids!

ONT is NOOD!

Posted by: mikeski at August 29, 2026 10:00 PM (VHUov)

164 Echo Beach - Martha and the Muffins

APPROVED

Posted by: Musical Miklos, having provocatively summoned the ONT deities at August 29, 2026 10:01 PM (4RYRd)

165 Just recently I realized that Josh Groban's 'Alla Luce del Sol' wasn't recognized by my laptop's iTunes program. (Yeah, I'm a luddite. I don't stream, I listen to music from my hard drive) It was on my hard drive, but it hadn't been added to the iTunes library. It used to be, but somehow they got de-linked sometime when updating from an older laptop to the current one. Fortunately, that problem has now been rectified.

That song left a big impression on me, back when I was in college. (at the turn of the century...)

Posted by: Castle Guy at August 29, 2026 10:02 PM (3v7ra)

166 Aretha - Respect. (Otis Redding)

Bonnie Raitt - Thing Called Love (John Hiatt)

Posted by: yara at August 29, 2026 10:03 PM (WUJRe)

167 Okay.

https://youtu.be/pKgK3XXxt40
Posted by: mikeski

Buncha commie crap

Cute, but commie

Posted by: Unrelenting Miklos at August 29, 2026 10:03 PM (4RYRd)

168 A recent music purchase; the new album from Xandria. Almost entirely on the strength of 'Northstar.' Melodic/Operatic Metal, with a female lead. I think the original songwriter from Nightwish may be involved with the group, now. Anyways, the chorus of that song (specifically, the melody of the chorus) really stuck in my head. I recommend it.

Posted by: Castle Guy at August 29, 2026 10:10 PM (3v7ra)

169 Our Last Night...I'm pretty sure I've stumble across them before. Pretty fun. I love metaling-up pop songs (I just listened to "I'm With You" and "Come Clean" while reading this thread) but I wish they would ditch the screaming. In my opinion, screaming is the worst thing to come out of the metal genre...

On a similar note, I'll recommend Lords of the Trident. Great music (epic-metal-ish, no screaming) coupled with a 'we filmed the music video in our back yard' aesthetic. Their cover of "Glint" is on par with the original (and the original singer makes a cameo in the video) and "Carry of the Flame" is actually better than the original!

Posted by: Castle Guy at August 29, 2026 10:18 PM (3v7ra)

170 @137 "Coach"? I haven't been called that since long before you were born...

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 29, 2026 10:18 PM (CHHv1)

171 Some old friends from Pittsburgh wrote Beautiful You by the Oak Ridge Boys and Lord I Hope This Day is Good by Don Williams. Both number one country hits. Some other big hits by Mel Tillis as well.

Posted by: TNDeplorable at August 29, 2026 11:10 PM (xKbSi)

172 D'Oh! I can't believe I missed the music thread. I actually had a topic and everything.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 29, 2026 11:25 PM (f0sNM)

Hobby Thread - August 29, 2026 [TRex]

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. For this week, the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) is feeling lucky and decided on a YouTubeing theme for this Hobby Thread.

A what? A YouTube theme? Warning: there may be modest math involved.

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This Hobby Thread started with a question after watching many, many YouTube channels as research for thread content: "Do these channels earn money? If so, how does it work?"

The notes below are my findings. Full disclosure: I am a dinosaur with short arms and a small brain. I am not a YouTube creator and have little first-hand knowledge. I have not included every nuance or detail and there are likely unknowing errors.

For many, YouTube is a hobby. For others, it is a career. I continue to be fascinated by the idea that the interweb has allowed people with many different niche interests to find each other. (Who knew there was such a deep audience for videos about heavy equipment recovery and restoration? Millions of views - mine included.)

YouTube provides a platform and an incentive to create content. Of course, not all content is good content and not all channels speak to all people but we don't have to click on anything and the "off" button is always an option.

I have opinions about the good, bad and ugly of YouTube and social media but the objective for today is to better understand the facts and not trash particular creators or channel types. The purpose of this post is not to act as a YouTube content critic - just to understand how it works.

Interested in knowledge and questions from the Horde. Have you tried YouTubing (either for profit or just for fun)? Do you know how it works? If not, are you curious? What would you like to know? What have I missed in the outline below? What surprising YouTube niches exist? We'll learn together.

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What are you hobbying?

YouTube may not be everyone's favorite but give the content a chance before you judge. The thread is not limited to to the theme. Anything (legal) you are hobbying is welcome. Even if the theme does not speak to you, you might learn something or be entertained. If not, offer something else relating to hobbying. If all of that fails, just check in and say hello.

As per usual Hobby Thread etiquette, keep this thread limited to hobbying. Leave politics and religion to threads elsewhere (unless your hobby is building or restoring churches). Pants? Nope. As always, puns are welcome and encouraged.

Play nice and do not be rude. Do not be a troll and do not feed the trolls.

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Charlie Munger famously said "Show me the incentive and I'll show you the outcome." Charlie was a wise man.

Things I learned about how YouTube creators earn money:

1) A creator makes money through YouTube in five primary ways.
a. splitting ad revenue that YouTube charges advertisers
b. earning a share of pooled YouTube Premium revenue
c. memberships
d. sponsorships (either cash or barter)
e. using YouTube as a funnel to personal business lines outside of YouTube.

2) Channels do not automatically qualify for monetization. A channel must meet minimum criteria for subscribers and watch hours. The current requirement is 1,000 subscribers, and either 4,000 watch hours in the last 12 months or 10 million Shorts views in the last 90 days. New rules in Feb 2027 double the required watch hours or Shorts views. (There is a lower tier that unlocks access to some features, but no ad revenue.) Once monetized, a channel must post periodically to remain monetized.

3) Ad revenue:
a. Creators split revenue with YouTube for long-form videos 55/45. Earnings are measured by revenue per thousand views. Shorts pay, but a lot lower because ads run between short videos and revenue is pooled.
b. Advertisers can directly choose individual YouTube channels (or even specific videos) where their ads will appear. They can also pay for exposure to viewer characteristics and let YouTube place the ads.
c. Ad revenue varies widely by niche, audience location/desirability (e.g., US finance viewers pay far more than gaming viewers in lower-tier countries), watch time/retention (longer videos serve more ads), and seasonality (such as holidays). The result is that different channels with the same number of views can earn very different ad revenue.
d. Revenue is only earned if viewers watch the ads.

4) Some YouTube viewers pay a fee to watch without ads through the YouTube Premium. 60% of the net revenue is pooled and split among creators based on view activity of Premium members.

5) Channel memberships give viewers perks such as members-only content or early access, etc. The revenue split is 70% to the creator, 30% to YouTube.

6) Sponsorships are direct deals between the creator and brands. Pricing is negotiated and can be a flat fee, based on views or a mix. Creators can also barter exposure for other goods or services. Sponsorships that are integrated seamlessly into the video and promoted by the creator are more desirable because they are more credible and less prone to be skipped. YouTube takes no share of revenue earned from deals made directly with sponsors but creators need to get comfortable with pitching products.

7) Creator-organized business lines such as branded merchandise, building plans, books, courses, etc. involve no split with YouTube. Some primarily use YouTube channel as a funnel for other business ventures rather than looking at YouTube as the primary business. Since YouTube takes no share, there is a strong incentive to earn from other business lines.

8 ) Which channel niches earn the most? Personal finance, investing, insurance, legal, real estate, and B2B software.

9) Which channel niches earn the least? Gaming, entertainment, reactions, music, and kids content.

10) Ten to thirty minute videos with strong retention are ideal. This partially explains why some videos that could be done in five minutes seem like they're stretched to 10 or 15 minutes. The short attention spans of most viewers is an ongoing challenge.

11) Only about 2-4% of channels (roughly 2-3 million) reach the thresholds to become fully monetized for ads.

12) Most monetized channels earn very little from ads - often under $100-$200 per month. Only 10-25% of monetized channels earn $1,000 plus or minus. Only 5-12% of monetized channels earn $4000 per month (less than 1% of all active YouTube channels).

13) Ad earnings per thousand views from long videos vary. Low demand channels earn $0.50 to $2 - and most channels are low demand. The median for all channels is estimated at $2.30. Medium channels earn $3-8. High value channels are rarer but can be $8-$15+.

14) Channels can earn indefinitely, in many cases for years after posting. A video about an annual event, for example, can see viewership spikes each year around the time of the event.

15) Subscriptions and likes do not directly drive ad revenue but they are data points that can help with sponsorships. They modestly help the algorithm that determines what videos to show viewers for recommendations.

16) Click through rate (volume of viewers that click on a thumbnail) is a strong signal for the algorithm. The importance of the click through makes thumbnail design crucial and explains why many thumbnail visuals and wording feels overhyped, even if the content itself is not. Creators often compare different thumbnails for the same video to measure effectiveness (YouTube even has a "test and compare" tool). Viewer retention is the other big driver for the algorithm.

17) Sponsorship fees vary widely but are typically a fee per video based on the volume of expected views based on recent channel activity. Channels with between 100K and 500K subscribers average between $1,500 and $10,000 with a median of about $2,500 for a sponsorship pitch that is incorporated into the content. Top channels with desirable viewers and good retention can earn ten times that.

18 ) Not all YouTube content is eligible for monetization. Content must be original, non-repetitive, and avoid vulgarity, violence and other similar material. Copyright and intellectual property rights also must be honored (which is why videos using copyrighted music are excluded).

19) Many creators think of YouTube monetization within a larger ecosystem of revenue opportunities. They combine YouTube with platforms like Patreon to build diversified and stable revenue streams.

20) Ultimately, profit is only what remains from revenue after expenses. Controlling the expense side of the ledger is critical. Even if there is a profit, each creator needs to account for the value of their own time invested.

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Take-aways:

Most YouTube revenue goes to a small number of active channels with the most desirable viewer demographics and creators that know how to optimize their content.

YouTube content is essentially advertising. The challenge for a creator is to make the content engaging enough to keep your eyeballs. Not all advertising opportunities are compelling for advertisers, so not all creators earn the same revenue.

The laws of supply and demand apply. It is difficult to attract and retain an audience with indistinct content. Storytelling is usually the common link and good creators know how to do it. Narrative arcs don't have to be complicated. For example, here is a problem or a project, here is an illustration of the solution and steps along the way, and here is the result.

With lots of supply, it is difficult to stand out. Want to get rich making travel videos with top 10 national parks or travel tips for Paris? Good luck. It is also difficult to retain relevance with a continued stream of compelling, original content. The solution for many creators is continually trying to outdo themselves and others with more and more extreme adventures, projects and storylines (which becomes a self-reinforcing loop).

Authenticity is the other secret weapon. Generic content is easy to produce and AI lowers the cost to produce a lot of content. Lower barriers to entry mean more slop and garbage and authenticity cuts through the noise for most viewers. AI will challenge what feels sufficiently authentic in the future but credibility via authenticity will remain the secret weapon for most successful creators.

"Monetization" means different things to different creators. For many, it is a hobby with a little money to offset expenses. For a smaller group, YouTube revenue is part of a strategy to make creating content a full time job. For an even smaller group, YouTube is mostly a means to funnel attention to other commercial opportunities.

Some aspects of the YouTube platform encourage overhyped thumbnails or content. The algorithm decides what to recommend or show viewers, so it matters for growth. Retention, however, drives revenue. Clickbait videos that don't keep viewers will not earn much revenue and different channels have different approaches to maximize time spent viewing their content.

Economies of scale apply. Wonder why some YouTubers create second channels or collaborate with other creators? More monetized content at lower cost of production = more profit.

It is possible for niche creators on YouTube can find a dedicated and loyal audience and earn a living but there more involved than "film and post my life and get rich." Successful creators make a steady stream of unique and original content with their own style that resonates with an audience, builds credibility, and is difficult to replicate.

Professional YouTubers do not think of YouTube as a hobby. They hire professional videographers and editors, plan and regularly produce content, track metrics, and manage the business side with sponsors and agents. That part of their operation may or may not be obvious in their videos. YouTube is also typically part of a broader business strategy.

There are a ridiculous number of YouTube channels dedicated to telling you how to make money on YouTube, how to get monetized on YouTube, and how YouTube changed people's lives. If it is that easy, why doesn't everyone do it? Buyer beware.

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

Notable comment 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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Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Or just email to say hello. Do mighty things.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 05:30 PM

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1 YouTubing? Yeah, I had a channel once. Nobody watched it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 29, 2026 05:31 PM (1Ff7Z)

2 Top 5?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 05:31 PM (wzUl9)

3 Welcome Hobbiests

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 05:32 PM (Ia/+0)

4 I eatch too much YouTube, follow lots of YouTube makers.
Many on my hobby war games

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 05:37 PM (Ia/+0)

5 Patreon is what most artists use to be able to give art lessons for money.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 05:37 PM (KC5Lt)

6 My oldest friend has a YT channel with some of his computer animations -- one featuring a groundhog who dreams of a better life than working in a coal mine. It needs either narration or subtitles for the viewer to know what's going on, and he's working on that.

Aside from that, I don't know any YooToobers -- unless some of you are? -- and have been only a consumer of its wares. This morning Grumpy & Recalcitrant posted a kitty video. What came up immediately after was a 30-minute video, "30 Insane Facts About The Man From U.N.C.L.E.!" Clearly composed with AI, it was studded with errors for anybody who knows the show. At least the episode clips were well-chosen.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 05:37 PM (wzUl9)

7 Is train dodging a hobby?

Posted by: Danang Dick at August 29, 2026 05:39 PM (88C+u)

8 I watch too much YouTube, follow lots of YouTube makers.
Many on my hobby war games
Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 05:37 PM (Ia/+0)

I semi-regularly watch maybe five or six YTers. Mostly people or families that like American stuff. I'll watch more than one type of YTer because I don't really have any hobbies I do anymore. I just watch to pass the time.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 29, 2026 05:40 PM (1Ff7Z)

9 Yo. I'm way too much an introvert to be a tuber. Although I can couch potato with the best of them!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 05:40 PM (aJQbY)

10 "Authenticity is the other secret weapon."

.....and if you can fake that, you've got it made.

Posted by: mikeski at August 29, 2026 05:41 PM (VHUov)

11 Many of the Spotify podcasts I listen to are on Patreon, I don't go there though.

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 05:43 PM (Ia/+0)

12 What came up immediately after was a 30-minute video, "30 Insane Facts About The Man From U.N.C.L.E.!" Clearly composed with AI, it was studded with errors for anybody who knows the show. At least the episode clips were well-chosen.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 05:37 PM (wzUl9)

Yeah, fan sites are much better than those other ones. There's a few I told you about for MfU.

Speaking of AI, I really hate those "after fifty years so and so who has been dead for decades finally says how much he hated so and so. If you didn't have to create a YT channel to post anymore, I'd leave a comment telling them to get their crap off the internet, but alas....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 29, 2026 05:44 PM (1Ff7Z)

13 I've got nothing painting wise to relate to YouTubeing so I'll just play myself out with the painting in my nic.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 05:45 PM (KC5Lt)

14 One think YouTube is good for is if you need to repair something, its on there

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 05:45 PM (Ia/+0)

15 Favorite YT channels include: Ham Radio Crash Course, Drachinifel (naval history), K4SWL (POTA / Morse code), S2 Underground (news), Shoe0nHead (sarcastic social commentary), and HoeMath (same).

Posted by: PabloD at August 29, 2026 05:47 PM (6oTRF)

16 As for my own hobbying, I finished building a Morserino-32 kit I bought years ago. I'm really glad everything worked, especially the control board, because I'm sure I couldn't get a replacement part at this stage.

Posted by: PabloD at August 29, 2026 05:49 PM (6oTRF)

17 If you want to see some foreigners who'd make better Americans than any Democrat, I watch Mr. H and Friends, Your New Zealand Family, and occasionally L3WG, and More Adam Couser.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 29, 2026 05:50 PM (1Ff7Z)

18 A good YouTube series on movie directors, but you never heard of him .

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 05:52 PM (Ia/+0)

19 Good evening Horde.

I am aware of the irony of using an AI image at the top and lauding the importance of authenticity in the content. Not changing it, but I am aware...

Posted by: TRex - virtual dino at August 29, 2026 05:53 PM (XfIK1)

20 A good YouTube series on movie directors, but you never heard of him .
Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 05:52 PM (Ia/+0)

John Adams?

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 05:54 PM (KC5Lt)

21 I've spent hours looking at videos on YouTube about fixing shit on my tractor.

And gun reviews.

And what plants around my property are edible, or have some sort of holistic properties.

And what fucking bird, lizard, bug, etc. is this?

The list, honestly.... is endless.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 29, 2026 05:57 PM (2Cry5)

22 I think my primary audience, at least for the video game stuff, is my 5 year old niece.

A few other people watch my project channel, but I don't do any editing unless I've accidentally shown personal information. Also I need to post regularly.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 29, 2026 06:02 PM (C0Nlv)

23 One of my favorite YouTubers to watch was known to some of you here. I know one of the COBS posted some of his stuff.

The "Desert Drifter"...aka Andrew Cross. Unfortunately, he died in a car accident last year. His channel was entertaining and enjoyable not just because of the content, but he had something that a lot of his peers are severely missing...(likeable, well behaved, didn't use expletives as an adjective, excellent at editting, and truly interesting and entertaining content). I miss his stuff.

For those that don't know, he would explore the American Southwest (very much off the trail) and locate ruins, glyphics, lost civilization encampments, old west grafitti, undiscovered caves and dwellings. All kinds of interesting items. He NEVER disturbed any of it or took tools, pottery, anything. He left it as he found it. He was the type YouTuber that brought value to the platform.

Posted by: Orson at August 29, 2026 06:03 PM (dIske)

24 I am surprised by some YouTubers who can have a thousands hits in a hour. Dr Mark Feldon for 1.

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 06:04 PM (Ia/+0)

25 Dear Dino,
Next week, do Blogging As A Hobby. You could expose the finances behind it. We all know Ace posts from his yacht, CBD from his Lamborghini, and weasel from a smoking tent on his deck as doggies nip at his ankles.
On my blog, I’m at minus $379 so far, but I’ll make it up in volume.
Especially when I’m done with my novel.

Posted by: RI Red - at August 29, 2026 06:07 PM (30Gj0)

26 Never posted on YT or was tempted to. But I do use it a lot, probably half my time online is on YT. Most frequent topics are literature/reading related, hobby how-to, some history, a lot of music. It's a source for information, sometimes inspiration, not random and mindless 'entertainment'. I'll leave that to television.

One of the blessings of YT is discovering the rabbit holes that appear during a video. Malcolm Guite videos are especially good at that. One of the curses of YT is not having time to pursue all the rabbit holes.

Posted by: JTB at August 29, 2026 06:14 PM (yTvNw)

27 My guilty addiction is Murphy Diesel and Off Road Recovery, Wrecker Rick and the whole crew. Except for the language, which can get western.

Posted by: Eromero at August 29, 2026 06:15 PM (LHPAg)

28 Youtube is a great resource. Regardless of their politics or bias, I like it's willingness to share. Is the censorship, I don't know.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 29, 2026 06:16 PM (SK+av)

29 A good YouTube series on movie directors, but you never heard of him .
Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 05:52 PM (Ia/+0)

John Adams?
Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026

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Millard Fillmore!

James Buchanan?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 06:16 PM (wzUl9)

30 Back in the 60's there was a hobby shop. Oh, if only I had money.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 29, 2026 06:16 PM (36x1j)

31 For those that don't know, he would explore the American Southwest (very much off the trail) and locate ruins, glyphics, lost civilization encampments, old west grafitti, undiscovered caves and dwellings. All kinds of interesting items. He NEVER disturbed any of it or took tools, pottery, anything. He left it as he found it. He was the type YouTuber that brought value to the platform.
Posted by: Orson at August 29, 2026 06:03 PM (dIske)

Sidetrack Adventures is good. A little bit of history covering things most people have forgotten or places that have faded away. Of course, there's always The History Guy. Santee at Arizona Ghostriders covers the Old West: history, guns, social conventions, etc. Jeff at History Hunters covers California, but also has been other places in the US.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 29, 2026 06:17 PM (1Ff7Z)

32 I am aware of the irony of using an AI image at the top and lauding the importance of authenticity in the content. Not changing it, but I am aware...
Posted by: TRex - virtual dino

Authentic images of dinosaurs surfing youtube are probably hard to come by. Dinosaurs are famously reclusive. Nessie has only posed for a handful of photos over the decades.

Posted by: mikeski at August 29, 2026 06:19 PM (VHUov)

33 Next week, do Blogging As A Hobby. You could expose the finances behind it. We all know Ace posts from his yacht, CBD from his Lamborghini, and weasel from a smoking tent on his deck as doggies nip at his ankles.
On my blog, I’m at minus $379 so far, but I’ll make it up in volume.
Especially when I’m done with my novel.
Posted by: RI Red - at August 29, 2026 06:07 PM (30Gj0)

Blogging? Yeah, I had a Blogspot site once. Nobody read it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 29, 2026 06:19 PM (1Ff7Z)

34 Yes, I frequently resort to YT when I need to know about a repair for my car (though that's usually just so I'll be informed), a maintenance step for my Zippo pipe lighter, and other things. It's a good idea to watch two or three videos on your subject, as content creators can vary widely in wisdom and be wildly wrong sometimes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 06:19 PM (wzUl9)

35 Steve1989MREinfo has 2.25 million subscribers.

He films himself eating vintage military field rations, from the US and around the world. He started as an "amateur" I guess you could say, talking about an MRE.

I've no idea if he's making any money at it, but he's wildly popular. Who knew, you can get other people to watch you eat expired surplus food?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 06:19 PM (vbftO)

36 Thanks for the interesting Hobby Thread, T Rex!

I love ewe toob and watch certain categories often. It's a mixture of wisdom and stupidity, and one must be able to discern the difference. Thanks for explaining the monetization angle.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 29, 2026 06:20 PM (D/6p1)

37 the = there

Thanks, AI. The shit running in the background is top notch level shit.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 29, 2026 06:20 PM (SK+av)

38 Hi TRex - interesting info. My top two YT channels (both are whisky channels) are 100% viewer supported, so no ads nor sponsorships. Worth my money in terms of that and because I really appreciate what they are doing and want to see them continue to be successful (Roy Duff/Aqvavitae and Ralfy).
The few American whiskey channels I follow are on the ads plus subscription model. i put up with the ads, as I'm getting what I pay for here.
I've come to realize that my YT and Substack subscriptions have gradually replaced all but one of my magazine subscriptions - certainly saves a lot of shelf space. (Decades of R&T. mostly discarded during the last move.)

Posted by: Patches at August 29, 2026 06:22 PM (338iJ)

39 What's neat is how his "success" sort of fed on itself. heh, what I mean, he has access to really rare and obscure stuff now. People send him things to review, or he buys them. Some are pretty spendy. It's pretty interesting if you have any experience in that sort of thing.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 06:22 PM (vbftO)

40 I saw a video that said, I finally got a Mustang, which is my least favorite muscle car. Looking closer, I saw they meant a horse. The video started with them picking out a young gelding in California and trailering him home to Idaho. Then, the wife started working with him while the husband videoed. It's pretty entertaining if you like horses, and the couple are charming and seemingly decent people who have aspirations of living a rural life, taming mustangs and mules with behavioral problems and re-homing them to other decent people. They also have a hunting channel, if you like that sort of thing, which I do.

It's called Mtn Built and Mtn Built Hunts.

Posted by: huerfano at August 29, 2026 06:23 PM (2Xqig)

41 For the pipe smokers. C and D released their Christmas blend last week, Jolly Old St. Nicholas. Virginia base with black cavendish, a touch of Perique and an orange/ginger flavoring. Very pleasant, not strong but lots of flavor. The orange and ginger give it a feel of Grand Marnier liqueur.

I'll smoke this one as I get it. Don't think it will cellar effectively with the flavor elements. This is the first St. Nicholas blend they've made in a few years. It's not an every year event.

Posted by: JTB at August 29, 2026 06:24 PM (yTvNw)

42 AI is ruining YouTube, lots of fake stuff out there

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 06:26 PM (Ia/+0)

43 Speaking of AI, I really hate those "after fifty years so and so who has been dead for decades finally says how much he hated so and so. If you didn't have to create a YT channel to post anymore, I'd leave a comment telling them to get their crap off the internet, but alas....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 29, 2026 05:44 PM (1Ff7Z)
Don't forget the ones like the Abraham Lincoln sinking itself. I hates AI

Posted by: Eromero at August 29, 2026 06:26 PM (LHPAg)

44 As for my piping hobby: This week I ran out to the local pipe/cigar shop, intending to splurge a bit . . . and found nothing I wanted to buy. Then I ordered some more tobacco blends online, Kramer's Blend for Cary Grant* and Bob's Chocolate Flake from a British company called Gawith & Hoggarth. And a third blend I can't recall right now. One ounce each, so I can see if I like them.

* Kramer's was a long-time fixture in LA, a pipe and tobacco shop in Beverly Hills that only closed recently. Reportedly stars like Cary Grant, Danny Kaye, and others had Kramer's make up custom pipe blends for them. The name has been taken over by Cornell & Diehl, and the blends are being sold online -- some in bulk, so you can get as little as one ounce, and some in two-ounce tins.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 06:27 PM (wzUl9)

45 I watch a couple of channels that are people running their property as gardens, for chickens and one of them is raising pigs.
I also watch Eugenio Monesma's Documentales, which is about Spanish lost crafts, and fortunately YouTube has automatic translation to English.
I also get a wild hair from time to time and start watching channels that are unnarrated videos of French and German bakeries making bread.

(the Germans weigh water. The f___, man, who weighs water!)

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2026 06:28 PM (rbvCR)

46 For the pipe smokers. C and D released their Christmas blend last week, Jolly Old St. Nicholas. Virginia base with black cavendish, a touch of Perique and an orange/ginger flavoring. Very pleasant, not strong but lots of flavor. The orange and ginger give it a feel of Grand Marnier liqueur.

I'll smoke this one as I get it. Don't think it will cellar effectively with the flavor elements. This is the first St. Nicholas blend they've made in a few years. It's not an every year event.
Posted by: JTB at August 29, 2026

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Orange and ginger sound okay, but pPerique is not to my taste. Too strong usually, even if it's just a touch. Stokkebye's Luxury Bullseye Flake is okay with its proportion -- but I doubt I'll buy any more of it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 06:29 PM (wzUl9)

47 Content creators? LOL. There are lot a gals showing their underwear.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 29, 2026 06:29 PM (36x1j)

48 I guess I'm kind of a YouTuber, though not a very good one. I don't make any money from it (I've never considered monetization). I'm thrilled when something I post gets 100 views. The idea of making a living there seems attractive but it also seems a lot like work.

If I did allow ads I have no idea who'd want to advertise on the channel. Maybe people who make hemorrhoid cream.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 29, 2026 06:34 PM (CHHv1)

49 Oh, and on the pipe smoking forum I post on, one member posted a giveaway of two of his basket pipes (i.e., not major names like Dunhill or Savinelli, but often just as good for smoking). I won; so I'll have two new-to-me pipes to try the new blends in.

One is a Weber, a brand that was a solid mid-tier seller for some decades. The other is a "Canadian Club," which was a "second," a less-expensive line, for the famous brand Comoy's -- sort of like a Tudor watch vs. Rolex.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 06:35 PM (wzUl9)

50 Beckoning Chasm I get a kick from your videos

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 06:37 PM (Ia/+0)

51 I posted just one Hitler Finds Out YT years ago. To my surprise it got 30,000 views. It must have impressed YT, because I got an invite to become a paid creator.

I ignored it, as my agency at the time could have done something nasty if they found out about that type of side gig.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 29, 2026 06:40 PM (yUbUe)

52 Almost time for me to feed the furry thugs, and think about my own dinner. Or maybe Miss Linda and I will go out to Chik-Fil-A. Big-time stuff.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 06:42 PM (wzUl9)

53 Maybe TheJamesMadison can give us an description of his ANOTHER Movie Channel monetization adventure.

Posted by: Jayhawkone at August 29, 2026 06:44 PM (QSaoA)

54 Don't forget the ones like the Abraham Lincoln sinking itself. I hates AI
Posted by: Eromero at August 29, 2026 06:26 PM (LHPAg)

Yes, OrangeEnt and Eromero Truly Hated Them....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 29, 2026 06:46 PM (1Ff7Z)

55 Regarding the two pipes I won: The giver says that the Weber should be ready to smoke, while the Canadian Club might need a little work. In the pics I see that both need their stems polished and could use some wax on the bowls. Maybe I'll send them off to a repair/rejuvenation shop I've used in PA that will handle that. Cleaning, sanding, and polishing vulcanite (hard rubber) stems is tedious work.

If they both have "cake," carbon buildup, in the bowls, I certainly will send them off. Carving that stuff out can be tricky; you can carve right into the wood of the bowl if you're not careful.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 06:46 PM (wzUl9)

56 I regard YT as a handy, sometimes valuable, resource. But the amount of AI slop and just plain BS is increasing. And I despise the competitive ones like "I read 5,000 books last week and so can you". I trust none of the 'news' channels or matters of opinion. And if I get a whiff of AI designed to be original content or for the presenter, I'm gone. Using AI as a tool to make an image for fun (look at the top of the thread) is fine. Using it to lend 'authority' to the information or presentation is out of bounds. At least out of my bounds.

Posted by: JTB at August 29, 2026 06:47 PM (yTvNw)

57 I've come to realize that my YT and Substack subscriptions have gradually replaced all but one of my magazine subscriptions - certainly saves a lot of shelf space. (Decades of R&T. mostly discarded during the last move.)

Posted by: Patches at August 29, 2026 06:22 PM
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Good point. Substitute goods in the economic sense at work.

Posted by: TRex - online personality dino at August 29, 2026 06:48 PM (XfIK1)

58 @50 thank you, Skip.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 29, 2026 06:50 PM (CHHv1)

59 AI is ruining YouTube, lots of fake stuff out there
Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026

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Some of the errors in the 30-minute U.N.C.L.E. video were simple -- saying that Jill Ireland appeared five times on the show, each time as a different character, whereas it was four times and two of them were the same character; and little things like saying Shatner and Nimoy appeared in the show in 1964, "before Gene Roddenberry had written a word of Star Trek." Uh, no; GR had written the pilot, "The Cage," earlier that year and was filming it in late '64.

Among other things, though, the AI came in where, in several spots, the narrator tells us that "Napoleon Solo's [prop] gun is stored in the CIA Museum," and each time the video shows a single-shot dueling pistol of the kind Napoleon *Bonaparte* would have known. And it mentions Robert Taylor, the MGM star of the '30s-'50s, but shows a pic of the Australian Robert Taylor who starred in Longmire. Jeez Louise!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 06:54 PM (wzUl9)

60 Among other things, though, the AI came in where, in several spots, the narrator tells us that "Napoleon Solo's [prop] gun is stored in the CIA Museum," and each time the video shows a single-shot dueling pistol of the kind Napoleon *Bonaparte* would have known. And it mentions Robert Taylor, the MGM star of the '30s-'50s, but shows a pic of the Australian Robert Taylor who starred in Longmire. Jeez Louise!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 06:54 PM (wzUl9)

There are always a few that look real, but then the "narrator" mispronounces a word, so you know it's fake.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 29, 2026 06:56 PM (1Ff7Z)

61 I still have that Russian cartrige pouch medallion to cast, need a backer that is flat and can take melted solder. Think I have enough solder.
Haven't done any miniatures in awhile.

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 06:57 PM (Ia/+0)

62 Using it to lend 'authority' to the information or presentation is out of bounds. At least out of my bounds.

Posted by: JTB at August 29, 2026 06:47 PM
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Agreed. I never used to subscribe to channels but I've changed my approach. I think that subscriptions help curate the content that I see or that YT recommends or shows me. I still see slop and garbage but (I think) it is better.

Posted by: TRex - clickbait detective dino at August 29, 2026 06:57 PM (XfIK1)

63 TRex, thanks for doing a deep dive on the compensatory aspect of it. I usually watch the true crime channels with the old grizzled retired hardscrabble detectives.

I wish there was a way to give a thumbs down to certain ads. If I see one more Talafreako ad with PawPaw on the front porch, Im gonna pull an Elvis and shoot whatever device I’m using.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 29, 2026 07:02 PM (SjAWL)

64 There are always a few that look real, but then the "narrator" mispronounces a word, so you know it's fake.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 29, 2026

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Yes; the "narrator" pronounced the title of the Shatner-Nimoy-Klemperer episode as "strih-gas," whereas it's pronounced multiple times in the episode itself as "Str-eye-gas."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 07:03 PM (wzUl9)

65 I like the Desert Gulch painting, polynikes.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2026 07:03 PM (HW/1v)

66 There are always a few that look real, but then the "narrator" mispronounces a word, so you know it's fake.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 29, 2026

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Yes; the "narrator" pronounced the title of the Shatner-Nimoy-Klemperer episode as "strih-gas," whereas it's pronounced multiple times in the episode itself as "Str-eye-gas."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026

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And the pronunciation is important to the story. As part of the sting Solo and Illya are building, the "fact" comes out that "Strigas" is short for "Strike Gas."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 07:04 PM (wzUl9)

67 I wish there was a way to give a thumbs down to certain ads. If I see one more Talafreako ad with PawPaw on the front porch, Im gonna pull an Elvis and shoot whatever device I’m using.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 29, 2026 07:02 PM
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Amen. Especially during political campaign season.

Posted by: TRex - ad buster dino at August 29, 2026 07:07 PM (XfIK1)

68 I still see slop and garbage but (I think) it is better.
Posted by: TRex - clickbait detective dino at August 29, 2026 06:57 PM (XfIK1)

I’m right here, you know!

Posted by: RI Red - at August 29, 2026 07:08 PM (30Gj0)

69 68 I’m right here, you know!

Posted by: RI Red - at August 29, 2026 07:08 PM
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I would never call Emily slop or garbage.

Posted by: TRex - amateur blogger dino at August 29, 2026 07:12 PM (XfIK1)

70 Always wondered why my lawnmower repair guy, Taryl Dactal, always did a skit before getting down to business. Thought it may have been for tax purposes. Now I know.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 07:13 PM (pMmVV)

71 69 68 I’m right here, you know!

Posted by: RI Red - at August 29, 2026 07:08 PM
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I would never call Emily slop or garbage.
Posted by: TRex - amateur blogger dino at August 29, 2026 07:12 PM (XfIK1)

Yeah, she’d bust a cap in yo ass. Then mine.

Posted by: RI Red - at August 29, 2026 07:13 PM (30Gj0)

72 I like the Desert Gulch painting, polynikes.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2026 07:03 PM (HW/1v)

Thanks. I was happy to gift that one to Ben Had.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 07:15 PM (KC5Lt)

73 Thinking about the info TRex provided in the post and about the channels I watch most often, I doubt many, if any, depend on their YT presence for a serious income. The channel might lead folks to things they offer for sale: a book or lecture series, no problem. But if the content is just an infomercial with hype but little value otherwise, I'll stop watching.

Posted by: JTB at August 29, 2026 07:17 PM (yTvNw)

74 Because I lead a stress free life in a non bat feces crazy area I will on occasion watch the body cam videos from traffic stops/ police arrests.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 07:17 PM (PbWRL)

75 Ben Had we received your lovely gift! Thank you!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 07:21 PM (RIvkX)

76 Time to say thank you before the next act takes the Ace of Spades stage. Thanks for being here. Different theme next week, but we'll have to consult the Wheel of Hobbies for guidance.

Anyone interested in a Saturday evening music thread?

Posted by: TRex - DJ dino at August 29, 2026 07:23 PM (XfIK1)

77 I have that picture right by my desk and I love looking at it.
Thank you again polynikes for your incredible gift.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 07:23 PM (PbWRL)

78 I have no idea if the video photographers make anything, but do try to give thumbs up and hype when I can. I watch them so must like them and want them to keep doing it if they can.

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 07:24 PM (Ia/+0)

79 Music thread is up, y'all!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 29, 2026 07:34 PM (NcvvS)

80 Friend of mine brought back a bottle of baijui. I'd make a video and upload it to Youtube, but it would run afoul of Monty Python's Mr. Creosote...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 29, 2026 07:54 PM (nbLIj)

81 This thread was tons of fun and full of information. Thanks, TRex!

Posted by: m at August 30, 2026 01:33 AM (odBC9)

Ace of Spades Pet Thread, August 29

Courtesy Kentuckiana Humor

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Hi KT,
Someone sent me this knowing that our Stella is part Belgian Malinois, and I do think she would love it because she has a little crazy in her.
Weekreekfarmgirl

Dramatic visuals on a surprise YouTube Short:

Impressed?

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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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Has Ace been training his friends this summer?

Crows are incredibly clever. This one figured out how to turn a tap on to get water and even remembered to turn it off afterwards. Their ability to learn, remember, and repeat useful behaviours is amazing pic.twitter.com/fgFi9QzaYR
— Science girl (@sciencegirl) August 23, 2026

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PET SAFETY ALERTS

Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Pet Veiled Chameleons

Small children seem to be at greatest risk of infection.

Also, Salmonella Outbreaks Linked to Backyard Poultry

Wash your hands.

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Courtesy Powerline Week in Pictures and Misanthropic Humanitarian

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I don't know that I've seen this breed of horse before:

This majestic Celtic horse breed, distinguished by its magnificent mane and the thick feathering on its legs, is known as the Gypsy Vanner; here, we see one alongside its young, proud foal, taking its first steps. pic.twitter.com/VTmYZWU2z7
— Gabriele Corno (@Gabriele_Corno) August 26, 2026

Compare:

The Andalusian, aka pura raza espa�ola, has been recognized as a distinct breed since the XV century. It has been known for its prowess as a war horse and kings across Europe rode them for centuries

[📹 DiazFarmNC] pic.twitter.com/uTFTgyHobM
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 28, 2026

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Another famous black animal:

On March 11, 889, a 22-year-old Japanese emperor wrote in his diary about a new black cat he had recently acquired�

�On the 6th Day of the 2nd Month of the First Year of the Kampo era. Taking a moment of my free time, I wish to express my joy of the cat. It arrived by boat as a� pic.twitter.com/fVDuDlwiFV
— Historic Vids (@historyinmemes) August 25, 2026

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If you find one of these, turn it in to a rescue organization. No matter how cute it is.

Beautiful little Bella, the Pygmy Possum

[📹 emily_kangala_rescue] pic.twitter.com/S9WZPB3M9w
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 24, 2026

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New friends at sea

This would have been hard to believe if it hadn�t been recorded pic.twitter.com/5AHxFiTWmo
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 24, 2026

Meet The PetMorons

Mom’s old Cocker Spaniel loves to watch her cook, so Mom puts her on the seat at the island. She usually gets a treat as a bonus. When Mom finished, she left Birdy in the chair. Later, she heard snoring. Birdy sleeps a lot.
:-)
Rider In The Sky

Love to Birdy. Great photo.

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It's a bit early for Halloween, but here's Della in her spider costume. Unfortunately, she refuses to scurry while she's wearing it. She just lies down and rolls onto her back.
Miley

I would not have recognized her.

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Hi KT,
This is Bunny, watching Della eat her breakfast and waiting to be served herself.
Miley

So patient! Love Bunny.

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PetMoron Adjacent Animals
Encountered by Members of The Horde

Here’s a Cooper’s hawk outside my guest room window last week. Beautiful bird. Crows were keeping a close eye on him.
Later, saw an osprey with a fish in his talons fly across the street.
Raptors galore!
Nurse r

Fun to see. Thanks for sharing!

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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, August 22

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 03:32 PM

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1 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 03:37 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Bark

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 29, 2026 03:39 PM (Y5pM4)

3 Meow

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 29, 2026 03:45 PM (w6EFb)

4 Speaking of crows, I think mine are bribing me with their feathers. I have enough to make a fan and I think I will... (they want peanuts. All the peanuts.)

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at August 29, 2026 03:47 PM (tY90Q)

5 Shadow's summer's count:

3 Tree lizards
1 Fledgling bird, rescued and returned to outside
8 geckos. This includes 2 this week- one she brought into the bedroom in the middle of the night Tuesday and one he found in the living room early yesteday morning.

Because he cannot hear her when asleep, I got up and put a cup over the remains, slid a piece of cardboard underneath and removed it to the kitchen floor near the back door. Then, I thought better of it and took it outside to the porch. Because I'm a swell person.

Posted by: sal at August 29, 2026 03:50 PM (f+FmA)

6 Publius and I kept going out onto the front porch to check out the lunar eclipse the other night, and Sammy joined us for some non-Bunny time (Bunny is a tiresome bossypants who's laid claim to the back porch, and he tries to avoid her).

Old Sammy was extremely affectionate. He's a Void who appears silently out of nowhere, and he normally retains his dignity.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 29, 2026 03:51 PM (w6EFb)

7 Veiled Chameleons have an interesting appearance. I have friends who invite geckos into their lives to eat black widow spiders. Don't know about Chameleons in this regard.

Posted by: KT at August 29, 2026 03:52 PM (1RGZ5)

8
What would our lives be like without pets?

Our pets have brought so much joy in our almost 50 years of marriage.

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 03:55 PM (/QHx4)

9 Anybody sprung for WeeKreekFarmGirl's little video yet?

Posted by: KT at August 29, 2026 03:56 PM (1RGZ5)

10 I got up and put a cup over the remains, slid a piece of cardboard underneath and removed it to the kitchen floor near the back door. Then, I thought better of it and took it outside to the porch. Because I'm a swell person.

Posted by: sal at August 29, 2026 03:50 PM (f+FmA)

We have a designated mouse catcher (a microwave cover with a one foot square of cardboard). It used to come into use fairly often, but since there's little hunting going on (Purry is afraid to go out into the wild since the Incident).

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 29, 2026 03:56 PM (w6EFb)

11 Just when I think I have all my ducks in a row, one of the fluffy flockers wanders off and gets into some sh*t.

Posted by: clarence at August 29, 2026 03:57 PM (/2SkZ)

12 When I was a horse nut as a little girl, I would have DIED for videos like these.

Alas there was no internet.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 29, 2026 03:58 PM (w6EFb)

13 CNN has just learned that Disney will be making a Dolly Parton life movie starring Whoopie Goldberg as Dolly.

CNN predicts the movie will be one of the best sellers of 2026.

Posted by: CNN Breaking News at August 29, 2026 04:04 PM (eO806)

14 Nyah

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2026 04:05 PM (1nfzE)

15 So after a year and a half of 'ol Joe being gone, Daughter of Diogenes #2 convinced me to dog sit for a couple weeks. I'm not sure who is sitting whom!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2026 04:08 PM (2WIwB)

16 Just photographed a red shouldered hawk in the yard. Saw it yesterday too. I'm sure it's just passing through.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 04:08 PM (RIvkX)

17 My mom's business partner had an Andalusian. Jet black, beautiful horse. Named him Carbon.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 04:09 PM (viF8m)

18 My mom's business partner had an Andalusian. Jet black, beautiful horse. Named him Carbon.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 04:09 PM (viF8m)

Neutraled?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2026 04:11 PM (2WIwB)

19 Just photographed a red shouldered hawk in the yard. Saw it yesterday too. I'm sure it's just passing through.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026

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Did it shoulder the crows aside? "Outta my way, Black Beak! Comin' through!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 04:11 PM (wzUl9)

20 >>> Also, Salmonella Outbreaks Linked to Backyard Poultry

Wash your hands.

>Also wash your cutlery and utensils when processing raw meat, and then use a different set of utensils after it's cooked. I see too many people doing this while grilling. Put that raw shit on the grill than go wash you gear before you pull it off.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 29, 2026 04:14 PM (SK+av)

21 >>Neutraled?

Kind of a personal question.

I think so. I was just the guy who cleaned stalls, lugged hay and fixed fences. What I know about horses could fit on the head of a pin.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 04:14 PM (viF8m)

22 Meow!

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at August 29, 2026 04:15 PM (sAmhv)

23 There's a few large barred owls in the neighborhood. Need to get some pics.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2026 04:17 PM (jjzhV)

24
The longest road trip we had when we moved from Illinois to South Carolina. We had two Great Danes and two teacup Chichahuas.

The little darlngs were no problem.

We had issues when we had to let the Danes out, on a leash to do their business.

Why do we have so many pussies in our country that are skeered of dogs?

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 04:17 PM (/QHx4)

25 Afternoon, pet folken,

This happened last Monday, but I've mentioned it on the blog this week. Monday I took big Stirling in for his rabies shot and a basic checkup. He's fine, except! He's *15.5* pounds! This on a cat who ought to be 13.5 to 14 at the outside, says the vet. This marks a near-record among my cats. Only big red Arizona the (unlikely) part-Coon topped that, at 16, which was 2 lbs. over his proper weight.

So, like AZ before him, Stirling is on a diet. Less IAMS dry food, no dry food in a bowl overnight, a little more exercise . . . and most important, vigilance by yours truly to make sure he doesn't gobble up what Dagny leaves temporarily of her own meals. I stand watch, and when she walks off from her bowl, I scoop it up and put it out of Stirling's view and reach. She will get it back when she wants it.

Of course he is pretending to be gaunt and haggard, just rescued from a kitty concentration camp, etc. Not fooling anybody, cat!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 04:19 PM (wzUl9)

26 WTF? AI doing what is was meant to do. When I requested an editor I didn't wanted one that tortured my posts.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 29, 2026 04:21 PM (SK+av)

27 Old Sammy was extremely affectionate. He's a Void who appears silently out of nowhere, and he normally retains his dignity.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 29, 2026

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The latest 'Net term for a pure black cat, I understand?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 04:21 PM (wzUl9)

28 Spectacular pictures today, especially Nurse's hawk, the trained crow, and the boat riding wildlife. Happily the seal was not followed by a shark!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 29, 2026 04:21 PM (kTtsV)

29 We have a designated mouse catcher . . .
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 29, 2026

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So do I. He's the one on a diet right now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 04:22 PM (wzUl9)

30 24
The longest road trip we had when we moved from Illinois to South Carolina. We had two Great Danes and two teacup Chichahuas.

The little darlngs were no problem.

We had issues when we had to let the Danes out, on a leash to do their business.

Why do we have so many pussies in our country that are skeered of dogs?

Posted by: four seasons

When I was growing up, one of my neighbors had a Great Dane. It had a loud, menacing, bark and would charge at you, and then.....stop inches from you, step on your foot and you had to pet him. Once satisfied, he'd release your foot and wander off.

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at August 29, 2026 04:27 PM (sAmhv)

31
We had issues when we had to let the Danes out, on a leash to do their business.

Why do we have so many pussies in our country that are skeered of dogs?

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 04:17 PM (/QHx4)

***

Neighbor lady is all of 5'3". She has an Irish Wolfhound. Beautiful dog but she doesn't walk it anymore. She gets dragged along when it sees someone and takes off to get ears rubbed .

Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2026 04:31 PM (2WIwB)

32 28 Spectacular pictures today, especially Nurse's hawk, the trained crow, and the boat riding wildlife. Happily the seal was not followed by a shark!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 29, 2026 04:21 PM (kTtsV)

Sea otters and seals will jump on boats in Resurrection Bay (Seward, AK) when orcas come around. It is sometimes hilarious.

Also, sea otter moms park their babies on the back decks of boats in the harbor while they go collect food. They used to tangle the babies in seaweed, and that usually protected them, but then they discovered boat decks and so many of them do that now it is just amazing.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 29, 2026 04:31 PM (dEHLq)

33 Who cooks .... who cooks .... who cooks for you alllllllllllll

That's the Barred Owl call. They also make an unearthly howling and cackling thing, almost guaranteed to get yer gal to sit a little bit closer to you around the campfire....
Winning!

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 04:35 PM (vbftO)

34 Found this short for everyone with too-clever cats

https://tinyurl.com/58d7m7kr

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 04:36 PM (aJQbY)

35
We had two Great Danes and two teacup chihuahuas at the same time. The little ones slept on the beds with the Danes.

No one ended up a Scooby snack, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 04:36 PM (/QHx4)

36 If you look carefully around the tree limbs where they roost, often find "owl pellets". They regurgitate their food, after digesting all the good stuff. They look like... well, furry turds. The hair of mice and other food sources isn't very digestible, nor are the bones, so they are sort of little markers on what the Barred Owls are having for dinner.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 04:37 PM (vbftO)

37 4 Found this short for everyone with too-clever cats

https://tinyurl.com/58d7m7kr
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026

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The brown/gray tabby seen at :27 turning on the water from the cooler for his human to fill the bowl looks much like my Dagny.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 04:40 PM (wzUl9)

38 Wolfus,

I'm not saying he filmed himself and posted it, but I'm not saying he didn't....

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 04:41 PM (aJQbY)

39 Clever cats? My late Marie-Antoinette loved going for walks on a harness and lead, and knew her name even if someone on TV said it. Tatiana the Wonder Siberian would race after her little soft ball and carry it in her jaws back to me to throw again, and would open drawers to get to her toys. And I've occasionally got up in the morning to find the TV on -- one of the current furry monsters has stepped on the power button of the remote. I put it out of their way now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 04:44 PM (wzUl9)

40 Dagny La Siberienne is, like her adopted brother, just over four years old, and she has been growing and filling out. Her dark gray fur is more shot through with visible tan or "amber" -- her inheritance from her red tabby sire -- and her coat is soft and fine.

Siberians are supposed to take five years to mature completely. It'll be interesting to compare her appearance next March, her fifth birthday, with what she looked like when I adopted her in Sept. '22.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 04:49 PM (wzUl9)

41 What would our lives be like without pets?

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 03:55 PM (/QHx4)
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BORING!

I realized not long ago that I have spent a full 25% of my years on Earth as a pet owner.

Don't regret a single day of that time with my pets.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 29, 2026 04:55 PM (FZ29D)

42 Favorite Irish Wolfhound story. There were a pair that lived down the street from me. One day, I was walking Duncan and the owner's van came to a stop. She asked "I don't suppose you've seen them?"

I told her I had not but since I had Duncan with me, the odds were good that they would come over to say hello.

Ran into her a little later. Both dogs were in the car, smiling in delight and covered in mud. They had gone to say hello to a neighbor and then discovered this great mud puddle. She was taking them to get bathed and both dogs had a look that said "I regret nothing."

Posted by: NR Pax at August 29, 2026 04:57 PM (yKJQ0)

43 I realized not long ago that I have spent a full 25% of my years on Earth as a pet owner.

Don't regret a single day of that time with my pets.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 29, 2026

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Except for my first twelve years on Earth, 1981-83 in an apartment that did not allow pets, and three months between the passing of Chekov D. Siberian and the adoption of Stirling, I've had at least one cat and occasionally two. Almost 80% of my life. Wow.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 05:01 PM (wzUl9)

44 Must have been a great white in the water for the pelican and the seal to hitch a ride.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 05:07 PM (KC5Lt)

45 Petzzzz!

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 29, 2026 05:07 PM (Ydd86)

46
Perfessor,

We have wonderful memories of pets. Some family members no good memories, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 05:09 PM (/QHx4)

47 Dramatic visuals on a surprise YouTube Short:

Impressed?
------------

Very much so.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 29, 2026 05:13 PM (ig95V)

48 There's a single panel cartoon about the dog thing in the top picture. It has a dog and a cat sitting inside by the front door.

Dog: Do you think he's ever coming back?
Cat: Who?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 29, 2026 05:14 PM (vTZFs)

49 Got three of my kitties surrounding me right now, as they know dinner is right around the corner.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 29, 2026 05:15 PM (FZ29D)

50 There's a single panel cartoon about the dog thing in the top picture. It has a dog and a cat sitting inside by the front door.

Dog: Do you think he's ever coming back?
Cat: Who?
Posted by: Oddbob at August 29, 2026 05:14 PM (vTZFs)
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Now, now...they've done research that shows cats experience separation anxiety as well.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 29, 2026 05:16 PM (FZ29D)

51 I grew up with multiple dog and cat house but when I moved out at 18 I never had a personal pet until I got my brother and sister kittehs in 2018. Prior to that I was never in a position to properly care for any pet because of business travel. I mean seed having a dog or cat immensely.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 05:17 PM (KC5Lt)

52 Mean seed = missed

WTF autocorrect?

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 05:20 PM (KC5Lt)

53 The latest 'Net term for a pure black cat, I understand?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 04:21 PM (wzUl9)

Well, he's not pure black, but close enough. It's a term I've seen on X, and it seems particularly appropriate for Sammy, who appears silently on the table out of the darkness.

He's my familiar.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 29, 2026 05:21 PM (w6EFb)

54 I think Chloe the Bengal Klutz is part Cheshire cat.

I'll go into my library, thinking she's there, but I don't see her.

Then she magically appears in the corner.

Kind spooky.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 29, 2026 05:24 PM (FZ29D)

55 Lovely photos of the wild as well as the domesticated critters, and I so appreciated the account of the Japanese emperor and his cat.

Thanks to , KT , and to the people who sent in photos.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 05:25 PM (xSAlF)

56 Hey all,

Small update on cats.

https://tinyurl.com/dg65258

Posted by: Joyenz at August 29, 2026 05:27 PM (2F0/Y)

57
Well, he's not pure black, but close enough. It's a term I've seen on X, and it seems particularly appropriate for Sammy, who appears silently on the table out of the darkness.

He's my familiar.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 29, 2026

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I used to think black cats were fairly rare. When Linda first moved to NO in, well, I won't say what year, she wanted to get first a Newfoundland -- which I talked her out of; she lived in a small third-floor apartment, for gosh sakes. Then she determined to have a black cat with green eyes. I didn't think she'd be able to find one easily.

Enter Marie-Antoinette, who was perfect for the role. Since then I've lived with two black cats, though neither had green eyes, and have seen lots of them as ferals and for adoption on various sites.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 05:29 PM (wzUl9)

58 think Chloe the Bengal Klutz is part Cheshire cat.

I'll go into my library, thinking she's there, but I don't see her.

Then she magically appears in the corner.

Kind spooky.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 29, 2026

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Dagny is the same. She had various nesting spots, the bedroom window and under the bed among them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 05:30 PM (wzUl9)

59 Noodus hobbyana yootoobing

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 05:31 PM (wzUl9)

60 Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 05:20 PM

It was a funny autocorrect and I'm sure we all knew what you were intending there 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 05:33 PM (xPsv8)

61 We’re Texans, we get our salmonella from food trucks, not lizards.

Posted by: Eromero at August 29, 2026 05:38 PM (LHPAg)

62 Three Coopers hawks sitting in three bird baths in our backyard.
I think it's the male , its mate and their chick. Doves suddenly are no where to be seen.

Posted by: kingsman at August 29, 2026 07:20 PM (ehY6c)

63 The video of the K9 training was exceptional. Thank you.

Posted by: sidney at August 30, 2026 08:28 AM (rzwGB)

Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Aug. 29

From the famous Pat*:

From a commercial Roma plant, the biggest Roma I’ve ever seen.

Impressive! Lotsa sauce possible from tomatoes like that.

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

My crazy 6 ft tall tomato plant is overloaded with tomatoes. The picture below is two days haul and there are many more to come.
The jalapeños at the top are the two different varieties I mentioned last week. The small one is a normal jalapeño and the big one is called Giant Jalapeño. Three jars of pickled japaenos so far and maybe one or two more.There are half dozen poblanos almost ready.
Going to roast the tomatoes because there is no way I can eat all of them.
Sharon(willow's apprentice)

The cherry tomatoes look great. What do you do with them after roasting?

The peppers also sound good.

Tomatoes and peppers seem to be the favorite veggies for members of The Horde to grow. And they make nice photos for social media, too! Enjoy life!

Fabulous few days looking after grandson, almost 2, whilst his mum & dad went to a wedding. An absolute joy, but boy are we exhausted! My birthday yesterday passed in a blur of playing in the park, baking biscuits, reading & picking tomatoes. Quiet at home now. Have a good day. pic.twitter.com/eEE7rGTHXJ
— Ella Beard (@EllaBeard11) August 24, 2026

Maybe this will remind CBD to plan for a garden next year:

A confusing vegetable name. Have you ever grown these? I have eaten them. They remind me of a sort of sweet Jicama when raw.

Gm. Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), a native North American sunflower, is not a type of artichoke (it�s a root vegetable), and its Jerusalem moniker is a mispronunciation of �girasole,� the Italian word for sunflower. pic.twitter.com/gHuGx1Q9ZF
— Sarah 🥨 (@cosmopterix) August 22, 2026

Travel and Adventure

Located in County Meath, Ireland, this stunning 300-year-old Yew Tree Tunnel at Gormanston Castle is a living architectural marvel.

Planted in the late 17th century by the Preston family, generations of meticulous training have caused the branches of these ancient trees to� pic.twitter.com/sKVYEIQnqA
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 23, 2026

Bern has a quirky summer tradition: instead of driving home, some locals jump into the Aare River after work, pack their clothes in waterproof bags, and float with the current all the way home pic.twitter.com/Iu9gXeidBz
— Science girl (@sciencegirl) August 25, 2026

Puttering

Have you ever seen a display of radioactivity in a cloud chamber? My Dad used to set them up with radioactive needles at my elementary school. You could always see some stray trails coming from space though.

This is a reminder that the first "GMO Plants" were created by blasting seeds with X-rays and other forms of radioactivity to randomly induce mutations. When you wonder if some of our grains are not as healthy as grains of old, random procedures like this could have possibly been one reason.

This is a radioactive mineral inside a cloud chamber which allows you to see condensation trails cause by radioactive decay particles shooting through a supersaturated alcohol vapor cloud, mainly alpha particles. pic.twitter.com/M9n2DsWZYO
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 28, 2026

Gardens of The Horde

Great photo of bottle brush from Neal in Israel.

What's happening in your yard or neighborhood?

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, Aug. 22

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 01:24 PM

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1 For those of you already planning next year, Southern Exposure has a great garden planning tool.

https://tinyurl.com/ycjmy5ud

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 29, 2026 01:43 PM (bkuEU)

2 Pat* is currently slicing tomatoes for a salad, so I'll jump in.

Posted by: Pat*'s Hubbie at August 29, 2026 01:44 PM (x0vey)

3 Otters called.

Posted by: SciVo at August 29, 2026 01:45 PM (ke3zm)

4 Hooray! There is rain predicted for next week, so the first batch of tomatoes will be ripe enough to split, just like every other year.

I made apple crisp and pear crisp last week, and they were both absolutely wonderful. No spices, just butter, brown sugar, flour, oatmeal, and dead-ripe fruit.

The sort of desert that makes me want to dance in the middle of the kitchen stuffing it in my face while making happy noises.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2026 01:51 PM (rbvCR)

5 Good afternoon Greenthumbs
Does driving the tractor around count?

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 02:01 PM (Ia/+0)

6 It's been over 100F almost every day since mid-June, so much too hot for my garden. Everything is pitiful and sparse. I have few tomatoes, cucumbers are shriveling on the vines no matter how much I water them, and the trellis is too hot for the beans to climb. The cayennes are making a few peppers on twice a day watering.

Maybe next year I'll do this again.

Posted by: huerfano at August 29, 2026 02:01 PM (2Xqig)

7 From a commercial Roma plant, the biggest Roma I’ve ever seen.

Well, musta' been a big boy in the garden.

Posted by: Eromero at August 29, 2026 02:02 PM (LHPAg)

8 Did get a gas valve for the grill and repair parts. Have it back together, tried starting it, gas, spark but it didn't start

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 02:04 PM (Ia/+0)

9 All in all I doubt in eastern Pa anyone can say drought. I think it rains every night

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 02:05 PM (Ia/+0)

10 Kindltot at August 29, 2026 01:51 PM

Pure flavors, great desserts!

Posted by: KT at August 29, 2026 02:16 PM (1RGZ5)

11 I live in South Carolina and the HOA insists that we have a tree in our front yard. Our house faces north, so it’ll never be for shade. We the property is on clay so the root structure will necessarily need to be shallow. Does anyone have any suggestions? Crepe Myrtle is a no go.
Why we can’t just have a lawn right up to the house is beyond me?

Posted by: Unkaren at August 29, 2026 02:24 PM (bwExE)

12 I remember Mom buying Jerusalem artichokes at the grocery store when we were kids. We all liked them. I've heard they can make you gassy but I don't recall having a problem.

Posted by: Emmie at August 29, 2026 02:28 PM (OlzlW)

13 >> a supersaturated alcohol vapor cloud
I had never seen that. Alcohol, is there anything it can't do?

Posted by: 40 Miles North at August 29, 2026 02:30 PM (96qvc)

14 Good morning, glories!

At the water taxi dock to sail over to downtown and then catch a big boat over to Bainbridge Island to meet Some Rat and go to the Kitsap County Fair.

Should be a hoot. I’ve not been to this particular fair, but I do so love the smaller, rural fairs. The big ones here are way too crowded and expensive.

Hope to see all the silly chickens with feathers on their feet and the fancy bunnies.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 29, 2026 02:32 PM (OxX9V)

15 Tomato plants are winding down. It's still hot during the day but nights are getting cooler. Only my Green Giant and Alice's Dream are still producing with some vigor. I'm sick of cherry toms. I do have a lot bagged in the freezer and will make cherry tomato sauce this fall and winter.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 29, 2026 02:33 PM (kpS4V)

16 I live in South Carolina and the HOA insists that we have a tree in our front yard. Our house faces north, so it’ll never be for shade. We the property is on clay so the root structure will necessarily need to be shallow. Does anyone have any suggestions? Crepe Myrtle is a no go.
Why we can’t just have a lawn right up to the house is beyond me?
Posted by: Unkaren at August 29, 2026 02:24 PM (bwExE)

For rugged survival try Bodark, or Osage orange. Just don't let it hang over your house if only because the fruits are the size of King apples and will bonk on your roof at night. They grow in OK and Oregon so they are within the weather you get there in SC
Very pretty leaves that look like citrus leaves, and spines like a lemon. Very hardy

Hard yellow wood, and they don't really shed branches. They don't sucker, and don't spread well by seed.

Or a nice apple, you could get an indeterminate apple that will grow big and give you fruit.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2026 02:33 PM (rbvCR)

17 My Suyo Long cucumbers have produced enthusiastically all through the past weeks of heat wave temps around 100 degrees. They are just now looking rough so I suspect my cukes are numbered at this point.

They were nice and sweet with tender skins. I'm glad I tried them.

Posted by: Emmie at August 29, 2026 02:33 PM (OlzlW)

18 I'd call that tomato Rufus Maximus.

Bow down before mighty Roma!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 29, 2026 02:35 PM (kpS4V)

19 Why we can’t just have a lawn right up to the house is beyond me?
Posted by: Unkaren at August 29, 2026 02:24 PM (bwExE)

"Unkaren" sounds like a person who is somewhat ill-suited to live in an HOA neighborhood.

Posted by: Emmie at August 29, 2026 02:36 PM (OlzlW)

20 in all I doubt in eastern Pa anyone can say drought. I think it rains every night
Posted by: Skip at August

And then it goes upthe Delaware, Hudson or Ct. river valleys. Pretty dry in eastern new england.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 29, 2026 02:38 PM (RE0lB)

21 Did get a gas valve for the grill and repair parts. Have it back together, tried starting it, gas, spark but it didn't start
Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 02:04 PM (Ia/+0)

Get a spray bottle and mix dish soap with water, and spray every connection down with a good saturating spritz and look for bubbles to indicate leaks.
Then turn everything off, including the tank. Disconnect the tank nozzle and check for foreign objects blocking the tank and the screw on fitting. Then starting with the tank, turn everything on again, and look for bubbles.
Then you gotta look for blockages, maybe you got some carbon or crusted grease that ran into the grill fittings or nozzle.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2026 02:38 PM (rbvCR)

22 11 I live in South Carolina and the HOA insists that we have a tree in our front yard. Our house faces north, so it’ll never be for shade. We the property is on clay so the root structure will necessarily need to be shallow. Does anyone have any suggestions? Crepe Myrtle is a no go.
Why we can’t just have a lawn right up to the house is beyond me?
Posted by: Unkaren

Get an inflatable palm tree off Amazon.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 29, 2026 02:42 PM (6MCJI)

23 This is sort of gardening related:

In the Northeast of the US, there has been a real issue with the Spotted Lantern Fly. Vineyards, especially, had an issue. It was another gift from China that started up in the US around 2014. No one had been able to make a dent in them as they increased in number and covered trees (mostly scrub trees) and plants (grape vines especially).

BUT, in Pennsylvania, they are decreasing significantly. "Mother Nature" decided to step in and kick their fast growing a**. It turns out there is a fungus (actually two) that exist in PA. Batkoa major and Beauveria bassiana, almost work at a team. The Batkoa infects the bug because it's found in tree bark and causes it to seek the highest point of the tree. They die and fall to the ground where Beauveria is found as a soil fungus. It contributes by killing the eggs attached to the now dead Lantern fly.

Don't mess with Mother Nature. She has minions.

Posted by: Orson at August 29, 2026 02:44 PM (dIske)

24 Only seen 1 Lantern Fly this year

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 02:46 PM (Ia/+0)

25 Some pines do very well in clay soil - I cite my parent's yard in NE Oklahoma.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 02:48 PM (aJQbY)

26 25 Some pines do very well in clay soil - I cite my parent's yard in NE Oklahoma.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 02:48 PM (aJQbY)
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I can attest to this. I had a relative that gave me a bunch of evergreen saplings from a fundraiser she ran and had left over. I planted them along the driveway and what I thought was a significant distance from the house. They are now about 30 feet high (all of them)...and clog up my rain spouts, spray acidic sap on my house and host whole families of owls who never shut up. And, yup, clay based soil.

Posted by: Orson at August 29, 2026 02:51 PM (dIske)

27 The bradford has fallen from favor due to excessive splitting around here. People are having good results with the Chinese Pistache for a not too large specimen tree.

Posted by: Gummie at August 29, 2026 02:51 PM (aA6YN)

28 22 11 I live in South Carolina and the HOA insists that we have a tree in our front yard. Our house faces north, so it’ll never be for shade. We the property is on clay so the root structure will necessarily need to be shallow. Does anyone have any suggestions? Crepe Myrtle is a no go.
Why we can’t just have a lawn right up to the house is beyond me?
Posted by: Unkaren
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If you're looking for a low maintenance, very little clean up tree in South Carolina, I recommend a Japanese Maple. They don't get too big. Not a lot of attention required, and not much clean up when the HOA whines about leaves on the ground.

Posted by: Orson at August 29, 2026 02:57 PM (dIske)

29 That Yew Tree Tunnel - I've got an X account, I'm logged in, the tweet loads.. but the video does the 'spinny circle' thing rather than playing. That's the kind of situation I'd use xcancel for, whatever thing x was failing to do, it wasn't bothering me with.

Any thoughts? I don't want to log into X on my 'less protected' browser if I can help it.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 02:57 PM (aJQbY)

30 I got Bartlett pears at the fruit stand last week. They were ripe and I ate four that day. So good! I was hoping for more this week but they had apples instead. I will probably put inpears next year, since the Asian pears are failing.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 29, 2026 02:58 PM (bkuEU)

31 From Boise area: lows 61-72 F, highs 83-97. The summer heat is finally breaking!

Western Idaho Fair ribbon pickup is on Monday, so I can photo them then.

Green bean plants dying - pulled out 2/3 already. Now at 7 cantaloupes harvested. Looks like we can actually freeze some of the sweet corn. Bell peppers have some with scald marks, which I am leaving on the plants in hopes they protect the peppers behind them. Still picking 3 tomato varieties.

I started some garden cleanup - pruned the sage - lavender needs shearing next.

Despite deep watering, large areas of the lawn have turned brown and look awful - including the entire front lawn...

Kitchen corner project: Trench from digging hyacinth bulbs is filled with drain rock. We are still in the "lots of blue slate rocks needs washing" stage. I can fill buckets with them faster than we can wash them. Husband got the walls power-washed today, so he can caulk and paint. Then we can build the raised dry-stone bed for the future bulbs.

Posted by: Pat* at August 29, 2026 03:03 PM (x0vey)

32 Romas were a hard start this spring, so wife went with all Mortgage Lifters, of which she usually grows only one or two.
Best ever. Solid meat clear through, and a couple of them SOB's went a good two pounds. As night temps got the the low 60's I thought they were done ripening, but she read up and trimmed back all around the plants, removing the smallest fruits and extraneous growth -- it livened them right up. Epic yield.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 29, 2026 03:14 PM (zdLoL)

33 Just watching preggers Weather Nation gal. My, that girl has her own front coming any day now!

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 29, 2026 03:15 PM (sFNX2)

34 Dolly Parton, Tim Curry... who's number three?
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Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 29, 2026 03:19 PM (hCjtc)

35 Spiders mess around gas equipment, inside and out. You can get unions, valves and orifices clogged with spider silk and never see it happening. Sometimes it requires disassembly and pipe cleaning, but I'd try washing, brushing and rinsing first.

They're also hell on solar-cell outdoor light switches.
I try not to get upset with them. They see me as mosquito bait.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 29, 2026 03:22 PM (zdLoL)

36 Commissar - Peter Cullen was.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 03:23 PM (aJQbY)

37 Shelly fabare is #3. She was in movies with Elvis. Died the same day as Dolly and a couple of years older

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 29, 2026 03:35 PM (bkuEU)

38 HOA requirement? Look at a Ginko. They are dioecious, male and female. The ones bearing fruit are stinky and awful, perfect for an HOA.

No, I like Ginko, they are classically polite, just like the Japanese. They tend to drop all their leaves at once, within a day or two.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 04:03 PM (vbftO)

39 29 - Yew tree tunnel

Not sure what to do, but this is an alternate version

https://x.com/_fluxfeeds/status/2068580783707898357

Posted by: KT at August 29, 2026 04:06 PM (1RGZ5)

40 KT - thanks, I'll keep fussing with my settings and exceptions gradually, I'm able to watch it in in-private mode, despite the 'please log in' popups, so it's gotta be some of my privacy controls/extensions/etc that I stack.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 04:22 PM (aJQbY)

41 That Roma is a big 'un! The Big Boy plant is sloooowly growing tomatoes, while the Patio tomato yields one a day - running the gamut from small to palm-sized.

Hey, K.T., was that you sneaking around my garden near the sunchokes? I thought it was a possum.

I planted them for the first time this year, paying someone who digs them out of the ditches. They're blooming now, about three weeks after ones in the wild. So pretty! They were about six feet tall but are bending from the weight of the flowers.

I haven't harvested any yet because potatoes are cheap. I will let you know when I try them. Even if I end up not eating a lot, it's fine. I want them overtake the western corner where the neighbor's creeper encroaches. So far, they're winning.

Hornets have been everywhere recently. There may be a nest under the rhubarb I need to break up, next to the wooden privacy fence - so the usual remedy of gasoline and matches is out.

A roofer found the main source (without getting stung). There's a nest under a shrub two doors down. Thousands of wasps.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 29, 2026 04:29 PM (vLVqW)

42 Finally getting some good tomatoes (Carroll County MD) - mostly cherry, had a good (Roma?) larger one mixed in with the morning hash browns. Wifey handles the planting - we've had the best luck here with the cherry ones, but nothing beat the romas from the backyard back when we lived in Tucson AZ.

Posted by: MD_Mike at August 29, 2026 04:32 PM (oBxub)

43 Orson, that is good news. I hope Mother Nature's solution continues to work.

Her solution to zebra muscles in the Great Lakes is that ducks eat them, but the mussels are so hard, they destroy the duck's grinders and they collect contaminants like PCBs so that the poor ducks die young.

The invasive goby also eat them, introducing contaminants farther up the foodchain. But they've helped bring the endangered Lake Erie water snakes back. (Nonvenomous snakes are my favorite.)

Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 29, 2026 04:49 PM (vLVqW)

44 NaughtyPine at August 29, 2026 04:29 PM

It wasn't me in your sunchokes. Interesting that they are choking out the creeper!

I was stung by a hornet a month or so ago, and found and killed a nest with wasp killer. It was in a small lantern.

I watched a video where one pest control guy put a specific amount of powdered boric acid in a sweet solution in a soda can and made a way for wasps and hornets to enter - like a chopstick or something. Slow, but might work on smaller nests.

He had a professional spray he used directly on nests (when it was cool).

Posted by: KT at August 29, 2026 05:01 PM (1RGZ5)

45 Pro wasp killing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTWEdIzC8D4

Slow "take it to the nest" boric acid method

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BxyR5GwIJI

Posted by: KT at August 29, 2026 05:29 PM (1RGZ5)

When government finishes something - even in California!

There have been some raised eyebrows and a lot of commentary over a statement by Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman about finishing a recent infrastructure project:

The Los Feliz Neighborhood Council alerted our office in late 2025 to the need for a crosswalk at Sunset Dr. and Bates St., which has just been completed!
Thank you to our incredible CD4 Field Team for continuing to problem-solve, push for solutions, and make our streets safer.

Mary Katherine Ham gave what is perhaps the most personal comparison:

I am the worst procrastinator and I can make a whole-ass human in 9 mos https://t.co/bI88w5z7XB
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) August 28, 2026

Meanwhile, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass orders cops to stop cracking down on illegal street vendors. To me, this invites a comparison to Mayor Mamdani in New York being sued by "multicultural" bodega owners for his plan to drive them out of business by opening government-subsidized grocery stores.

And Adam Carolla points out that:

Once cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles do this—once you essentially look the other way for the homeless, junkies, illegal immigrants, criminals, or whoever it is, while shining a spotlight on taxpayers with over-regulation, over-permitting, and trying to manage every grain of their lives, versus saying to illegal immigrants, ‘Go do whatever you want,’ or to the homeless, ‘Go shoot up wherever you want or sleep wherever you want’—then you’ve lost it. L.A.’s there. San Francisco’s there.

Sleep wherever you want and don't worry about setting fires . . .

How's that high-speed rail coming along?

Yesterday we drove over a fancy new overpass which is intended to allow cars and trucks to easily make their way over the future high-speed rail tracks. It looks a lot like a smaller version of a similar overpass over a highway a few miles to the north.

Traffic crossing the nearby existing freight and Amtrak rails must still stop the old-fashioned way. The new overpass does not look particularly safe for pedestrians or bicyclists. Perhaps some new local bus routes between neighborhoods and country towns are planned for the future.

Some neighborhoods no longer exist, having fallen victim to eminent domain.

There won't be a high-speed train station nearby. So the promise of "local jobs" was kinda temporary.

The pretty new overpass does keep people from getting lost like they did for months on the previous very confusing detours which changed periodically. And some cars fell into ditches during the many months of detours and degraded roads, as well. So, in one small part of the future high-speed rail route, some progress has apparently been made.

I wouldn't be surprised if traffic over the newly finished infrastructure is restricted when work on the rails begins. If it does.

Shafter Shafts plans for high-speed rail

This is not too far to the south of the pretty new overpass:

California’s high-speed rail boondoggle, which is already a $128 billion joke that has been decades in the making with not a single mile of track carrying a single paying passenger, has managed to find a brand-new way to embarrass the state’s “visionary” political leadership.
This time, it’s not federal funding cuts or blown deadlines doing the damage, but a Central Valley city and a major homebuilder simply refusing to get out of the way, greenlighting 1,200 new homes smack in the middle of the rail authority’s approved route.

California’s beleaguered, over-budget high-speed rail line now has one more thing to worry about: A city and housing developer wants to build homes right in the train’s projected path.
Shafter, a city near Bakersfield, and developer Lennar Homes are plowing ahead with 1,200 homes in the same area off Highway 99 where the state’s rail authority plans to build tracks. . .

Well. This seems rather late in the game to be changing the route on the already truncated high-speed rail line. See more details at the link.

New California High Speed Rail video for you. Based on a new report by the CAHSR Office of the Inspector General and developments in the city of Shafter, the project is at serious risk of not being able to open an Initial Operating Segment. At all.

So confusing!

Call Shafter’s move poetic justice for a project that has spent over a decade steamrolling farmers and small property owners with eminent domain and political entitlement.
Sacramento’s fantasy train may get ” shafted” by the plucky citizens of a small town that California bureaucrats chose to ignore. . .
As an added bonus, given the state’s “housing shortage,” it’s going to be very hard to make Lennar homes a villain in this story.

You've likely heard that Newsom's wife has ties to California energy interests. Another reason to watch the politics around data centers and such:

Chew on this:

Your power in Reno and my power in SLT Calif both come from the same source -- NV Energy.

My electricity bill is routinely over $500 a month in the summer time, and it's rarely over 85 degrees during the daytime. https://t.co/DorJbqPaxf
— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) August 26, 2026

And in current news, California lawmakers block Gov. Newsom's push to limit wildfire liability for utilities. The stock at PG&E, the special friends of Newsom's wife, has gone down.

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WEEKEND

THE MOST WOKE SENTENCE EVER?

"Real" papers that are indistinguishable from this are published almost daily. https://t.co/Q8ec0kcNRL
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) August 22, 2026

Founding Fathers - Alexander Hamilton and Money

In this week's Grumpy Economist Rant, @JohnHCochrane revisits Alexander Hamilton's approach to the large public debt left by the Revolutionary War and explains how honoring contracts built America's financial reputation.

Full video on Freedom Frequency: https://t.co/VUT3OXxX0D pic.twitter.com/O8GbpHT8A1
— Hoover Institution (@HooverInst) August 23, 2026

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For the monarchists out there:

King George VI was at war with Nazi Germany as King of the UK, yet at peace with it as King of Ireland, formally accrediting German diplomats.

After the war, he was technically at war with himself as King of India and Pakistan, during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1947. pic.twitter.com/IVUMzkg6co
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 24, 2026

The Week in Pictures: Goodbye Dolly Edition

Dolly Parton’s music was never my taste, but somehow I always had only favorable impressions of her when she came into public view over the last 50 years. And just now I recall that a big Broadway play of my youth was “Hello, Dolly!” The film version would have been so much better with Dolly Parton instead of Barbra “Strident” Streisand. And so just now we need to improvise “Goodbye, Dolly.” Is it true that she’s the last figure in the country that everyone loved? Maybe. But let’s not overlook Tim Curry while we’re at it. And let’s salute America’s newest Great Lake!

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Music

Think everybody listens to the same music all the time?

First time hearing Dolly Parton

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Hope you have something nice planned for this weekend.

This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread.

Serving your mid-day open thread needs

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Last week's thread, August 22, Mascots of The Anointed - This Story Isn't Going Away

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

Update:

Worst of all, by far, is "autoethnography"

It�s hard to convey to people who haven�t seen this stuff just how rife it is in the humanities and social sciences today. I remember going to Cambridge to study anthropology and thinking I would be asking big questions about human nature and bizarre rituals and customs, but all� https://t.co/zSVBEIBJ2b
— RAW EGG NATIONALIST (@Babygravy9) August 24, 2026

Posted by: K.T. at 11:06 AM

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1 Thanks. I LOVE that crosswalk story.

I guess I can't complain about the noise when that kick-ass huge machine comes around my part of Canada washing the curbs...

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 29, 2026 11:12 AM (Sco7b)

2 Years ago, Dolly Parton was on Letterman and read her Top Ten Personal Peeves:

#1: No one notices that I have a great ass!

What a great soul.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2026 11:17 AM (dtajH)

3 California government finishing something?
They ain't bankrupt yet

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 11:22 AM (Ia/+0)

4 I think Anya Taylor-Joy might be a descendant of George VI.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 29, 2026 11:25 AM (Riz8t)

5 Dolly was asked if she was offended by "dumb blonde" jokes.

"Not at all. I know that I am not dumb. I also know that I am not blonde."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 29, 2026 11:28 AM (36x1j)

6 Who says comedy is hard?

FoxNews - "Trump asys Iran 'wants to make a dead' after economic D-Day."

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 29, 2026 11:28 AM (Sco7b)

7 Relatively new law harassing motorists in California: so called daylight rule cannot park within 21' of a corner in front of you if marked as a sidewalk or implied to be a street crossing point.
So many coveted city parking spots gone.

And just to rub it in....they made jay walking legal.
California Democrats should be trebucheted into the heart of the Sun.

Posted by: torabora at August 29, 2026 11:31 AM (Wt1Rs)

8 3 California government finishing something?
They ain't bankrupt yet

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Give the Central Valley a little credit. It's a nice overpass over nothing. It's finished and the mountain of dirt is gone. For now.

Posted by: KT at August 29, 2026 11:31 AM (1RGZ5)

9 This Jason Arday fellow reminds me of Peter Sellers' Chauncey Gardener in Being There from 1979.

He plays a simpleton who works as a gardener on a DC estate until the owner dies and he has to go out in the world. All he knows is what he's seen on TV. All he says are platitudes. But DC players mistake him for a genius and he becomes a Power Player.

It's one of Sellers' best.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2026 11:32 AM (dtajH)

10 Nice takedown of California KT

It is sad how the same mistakes get made over and over again, blithely.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 11:34 AM (RIvkX)

11 I enjoy learning about how fucked up california is. I am also warmed and engorged knowing that it will only get worse for the folks who live there.

Posted by: Avoid California and Live A Happy Life at August 29, 2026 11:35 AM (yuEAg)

12 ***Mayor Mamdani in New York being sued by "multicultural" bodega owners
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Suing a Marxist tyrant is kind of a joke isn't it?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 11:36 AM (6T7Go)

13 George sure was at war a lot.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 29, 2026 11:36 AM (Cqx++)

14 Chauncey Gardener was incapable of forming intent, actually he was a victim.

Jason Arday was a perpetrator who reveled in his lies.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 11:36 AM (RIvkX)

15 I am the worst procrastinator and I can make a whole-ass human in 9 mos

The transit authority in Seattle just announced that it will be installing fare gates at some light rail stations.

They'll be ready in 2030.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 11:36 AM (aD4fx)

16 *** And some cars fell into ditches during the many months of detours and degraded roads, as well.
--

Living it the third world.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 11:39 AM (6T7Go)

17 ***Mayor Mamdani in New York being sued by "multicultural" bodega owners
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Suing a Marxist tyrant is kind of a joke isn't it?

How long before Mamdani declares himself the caliph of NYC?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 29, 2026 11:39 AM (Riz8t)

18 When designing the machinery of our government our Framers were into 'Checks and Balances.' CA now has none.

After November Trump should look into our Constitution's guaranty of a Republican form of government.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2026 11:39 AM (dtajH)

19 They'll be ready in 2030.

One of the characteristics of blue governance is that it has become incapable of constructing infrastructure at any sort of reasonable time or cost.

Some of the new public housing in Portland costs $900,000 a unit.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 11:40 AM (aD4fx)

20 We moved from West Virginia to California in 2000. Probably the biggest culture shock you can imagine. Left it in 2013.

The weather and scenery is nice. We lived for a while in Mountain View, them relocated to the Monterey area. The people, generally speaking, are dicks. Not laid back at all. At least not where we were. Lots of busy bodies who want to get all up in your biz... tell you what you should be doing, etc.

Left the place in 2013 and relocated to rural Kentucky. Weather can be a pain in the ass, but the scenery is pretty nice. And we're left alone.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 29, 2026 11:41 AM (2Cry5)

21 ***Well. This seems rather late in the game to be changing the route on the already truncated high-speed rail line.
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If they had an easement or bought the land Lennar couldn't build.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 11:42 AM (6T7Go)

22 17 ***Mayor Mamdani in New York being sued by "multicultural" bodega owners
--

Suing a Marxist tyrant is kind of a joke isn't it?

How long before Mamdani declares himself the caliph of NYC?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 29, 2026 11:39 AM (Riz8t)

There was a story that some of these owners that were complaining were getting more tickets than usual for 'stuff'.

If you can imagine governmental abuses of power like that.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 29, 2026 11:43 AM (Sco7b)

23 The number one fundamental cause underlying all of California's problems is single-party governance at all levels, in almost all jurisdictions.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 11:43 AM (RIvkX)

24 I remember how nice northern California was, where my grandfather lived.

If California ever regains sanity, it might be nice to visit that area again... but you won't get me to move there until it's been sane at least 5 years.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 11:44 AM (aJQbY)

25 If you could please say a little prayer for FenSpouse. Nothing critical, but he is getting wax removed from his ears and he must have enough in there he could open a candle company, he's been in there so long.. Thanks so much.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I had that done and while it didn't exactly hurt, it was definitely unpleasant.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 11:44 AM (ndZc7)

26
How long before Mamdani declares himself the caliph of NYC?
Posted by: Archimedes

The Duke of New York

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 29, 2026 11:46 AM (Cqx++)

27 Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I had that done and while it didn't exactly hurt, it was definitely unpleasant.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 11:44 AM (ndZc7)

Done.

I've had that done plenty of times. Not that bad though.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 29, 2026 11:46 AM (Sco7b)

28 Some of the new public housing in Portland costs $900,000 a unit.

Portland has other problems. Portland has an "arts tax" for art in schools and to subsidize arts institutions. Almost everyone in the city has to send $35 every year to city government, which causes much screaming about the bureaucracy required to collect it, and the methods the bureaucracy uses to collect it.

A trannny has an issue (from Reddit):

The City is demanding Art Tax for both me and my dead name.

A commenter noted:

I don’t know how to explain it but this is the most “Portland” post there ever was

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 11:47 AM (aD4fx)

29 Jason Arday was a perpetrator who reveled in his lies.

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They killed him but white man George RRRR Martin makes shit up and he's a big hero!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 11:48 AM (ndZc7)

30 I am not surprised Raman or her staff didn't grasp the absurdity of bragging about half assed lines painted on broken pavement .. they no doubt have the third-world-tinted glasses on, combined with caste driven cluelessness.

Same shit that lets them make giant high voltage wire hairballs on transformers, ride train exteriors, etc., without noting how retarded it is.

Posted by: heya at August 29, 2026 11:49 AM (ND37T)

31 I have chronic earwax build up. I've had my ears cleaned out twice since June.

I wonder what causes it to build up so quickly.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 29, 2026 11:50 AM (2Cry5)

32 I'll be headed to Cali this Thurday. Go hang out on Lake Orroville for a bit. Got a pool party to attend also. Gonna make another offer on the someday mine 1969 Camaro SS in Midnight Blue. $2500 this time. Cold hard cash. Dude won't be able to refuse.

It's a shame N. Cal has to be attached to California. Awesome place when you can see it through the wildfire smoke.

Posted by: Reforger at August 29, 2026 11:50 AM (jJAdc)

33 thinking of your hubby Fen!

mine has this happen and one time the doc had to SHOW it to me. he was amazed at the sheer size lol

no wonder he has "selective hearing"!!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 29, 2026 11:54 AM (j+aD2)

34
We're on a road to nowhere / Come on inside
Takin' that ride to nowhere / We'll take that ride

I'm feelin' okay this morning / And you know
We're on a road to paradise / Here we go, here we go

We're on a ride to nowhere / Come on inside
Takin' that ride to nowhere / We'll take that ride

Maybe you wonder where you are / I don't care
Here is where time is on our side / Take you there, take you there

We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 29, 2026 11:54 AM (trSL4)

35 King George VI was related to about all the other WW II leaders except America. And Japan, maybe

Posted by: Eromero at August 29, 2026 11:55 AM (UYYJi)

36 'wonder what causes it to build up so quickly.
Posted by: Martini Farmer"

*hums innocently*

Posted by: the bees at August 29, 2026 11:55 AM (Ht82O)

37 Who believed Trump when he said the Iran war would last 4 to 6 weeks?

Posted by: Paul at August 29, 2026 11:56 AM (aNM/F)

38 A Leftist claims that the rate of mental illness in red states is dropping sharply, thanks to Trump:

Over 400,000 transgender people in have fled their home states for safer ones since the 2024 election.

A commenter:

Anecdotally, I know of handful of families with a trans kid who have moved to Oregon in the past year or so. Have heard that recruiters for Oregon jobs are specifically targeting red states

Yeah, because if I'm running a business in Portland, my first priority is going to be hiring mentally ill people and sexual perverts.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 11:56 AM (aD4fx)

39 DaveinFla was in Palo Alto this week but I have not seen any comments on his visit

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 11:56 AM (RIvkX)

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 11:56 AM (aD4fx)

41 Off to the barrel...

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 11:57 AM (aD4fx)

42 ARC! get to the barrel!

(and take that doofus Paul with you)

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 29, 2026 11:57 AM (j+aD2)

43 >>>For the monarchists out there:

>Ha ha! We finally got rid of those two dullards from sussex. If Chucky had some balls he would crush these two and place them in exile. Nothing would hurt them more than to crush the ego and narcissism.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 29, 2026 11:58 AM (SK+av)

44
Who believed our slobbering drool-baby when he said he knew who was his daddy?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 29, 2026 11:59 AM (trSL4)

45 I have chronic earwax build up. I've had my ears cleaned out twice since June.

I wonder what causes it to build up so quickly.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 29, 2026 11:50 AM (2Cry5)

I have chronic sinus issues that seem to contribute to excess buildup in my ears. Are your sinuses a problem for you?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 29, 2026 12:01 PM (lFFaq)

46
Ha ha! We finally got rid of those two dullards from sussex. If Chucky had some balls he would crush these two and place them in exile. Nothing would hurt them more than to crush the ego and narcissism.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

South Georgia is badly in need of low skill labor and those two fit the bill.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 29, 2026 12:01 PM (trSL4)

47 >Ha ha! We finally got rid of those two dullards from sussex. If Chucky had some balls he would crush these two and place them in exile. Nothing would hurt them more than to crush the ego and narcissism.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

The traditional place to send Brit malefactors is Australia.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 12:02 PM (ndZc7)

48
St. Helena or Tristan de Cunha. Harry could graze with the bovine / ovine population and MeAgain could make pretty little scented candles to sell from seal blubber.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 29, 2026 12:04 PM (trSL4)

49 Serves them right!

Someone in California stole a beer truck with 1,400 cases of PBR inside

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 12:05 PM (ndZc7)

50 The Markels should go to South Africa. Surely they will be welcome there.

Posted by: fd at August 29, 2026 12:05 PM (t9HpY)

51 The traditional place to send Brit malefactors is Australia.

The British army in India had transportation to Australia as punishment for a variety of serious crimes.

Unfortunately for them, word got back to India about the actual living conditions in Australia, and soldiers began deliberately committing serious crimes, specifically so they would be transported to Australia.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 12:06 PM (aD4fx)

52 > I have chronic earwax build up. I've had my ears cleaned out twice since June.

I wonder what causes it to build up so quickly.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 29, 2026 11:50 AM (2Cry5)

I have chronic sinus issues that seem to contribute to excess buildup in my ears. Are your sinuses a problem for you?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 29, 2026 12:01 PM (lFFaq)
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Yeah. I sort of figured it might be something like that. I have some meds for the sinus issues.... I should probably get used to taking them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 29, 2026 12:08 PM (2Cry5)

53 I am not surprised Raman or her staff didn't grasp the absurdity of bragging about half assed lines painted on broken pavement

Another thing about it is that if a local resident had taken a paint roller and a can of yellow paint and done the same thing a year ago, the city would have arrested him for it.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 29, 2026 12:09 PM (vTZFs)

54 I had sinus headaches most days until I started using flonase. Now it happens once every few months.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 12:11 PM (RIvkX)

55 DaveinFla was in Palo Alto this week but I have not seen any comments on his visit

Do we need to send in Snake Plissken to get him out?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 29, 2026 12:11 PM (vTZFs)

56 Scientists now have a process that transforms plastic bottles into edible cookies

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Milk and cookies. Drink the milk. Turn the plastic jug into cookies.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 12:11 PM (ndZc7)

57 I should start sinus rinsing again, kinda feels like being waterboarded

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 12:13 PM (Ia/+0)

58 The UK is the country with the second largest population of Penguins, France third.

Posted by: Chilly Willy at August 29, 2026 12:14 PM (JM9I6)

59 Researchers in Illinois have used engineered yeast to turn compounds derived from plastic bottles and crop waste into protein-rich, 3D-printed snacks called µBites

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Just like grandma used to make!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 12:14 PM (ndZc7)

60 Scientists now have a process that transforms plastic bottles into edible cookies.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 12:11 PM (ndZc7)

Wasn't "microplastics" just the big scare we were all supposed to freak out about? Why do I suspect it's the same organizations pushing this as were pushing that?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 29, 2026 12:16 PM (lFFaq)

61 Dolly: "It takes a lot of money to look this cheap!"

Posted by: scottst at August 29, 2026 12:16 PM (6fhoX)

62
Scientists now have a process that transforms plastic bottles into edible cookies

On, really?

And this process completely removes the UV stabilizers, catalysts and other poly-syllabic monstrosities that are part and parcel of the polymerization and casting processes used to create the bottles in the first place, of course.

Or does it?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 29, 2026 12:16 PM (trSL4)

63 Scientists now have a process that transforms plastic bottles into edible cookies

Now when you order everybody's favorite "Bag O' Glass" for your monster child, you will also get 2 "Bag O' Plastic Cookies" absolutely free, just pay for shipping and handling!

Call Today! 1-888-UBE-DUMB....Call today! We can't do this all day! Order Now!

Posted by: Irwin Mainway, Pres. Of Mainway Toys at August 29, 2026 12:17 PM (yuEAg)

64
Stumbled right out of the gate!

"Oh, really..."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 29, 2026 12:17 PM (trSL4)

65 They didn't fix the pavement/ concrete so that "crosswalk" paint mostly just conceals tripping hazards.

Posted by: scottst at August 29, 2026 12:17 PM (6fhoX)

66 I should start sinus rinsing again, kinda feels like being waterboarded
Posted by: Skip
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Are you adding salt to the water and using warm water? It makes a huge difference in the experience.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 29, 2026 12:17 PM (VCgbV)

67 I tried a neti-pot but got water in my ears that lasted months.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 12:18 PM (RIvkX)

68 66 I should start sinus rinsing again, kinda feels like being waterboarded
Posted by: Skip
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Are you adding salt to the water and using warm water? It makes a huge difference in the experience.
Posted by: lin-duh at August 29, 2026 12:17 PM (VCgbV)

67 I tried a neti-pot but got water in my ears that lasted months.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 12:18 PM (RIvkX
Good for you to wash out the trash we breathe in all day.

Posted by: Eromero at August 29, 2026 12:21 PM (UYYJi)

69
That excerpt of Arday's work describes someone who is unemployable and belongs in an institution.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 29, 2026 12:21 PM (biznJ)

70 no wonder he has "selective hearing"!!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 29, 2026 11:54 AM (j+aD2)

You are funny, Black Orchid . He is better now.
And thanks to all who chimed in with their own waxy problems.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 12:22 PM (m6Eem)

71 SF, You may want to give Flucosamine (sp?) a try. It's the generic for Flonase. I've been using it for a couple of years now and seems to work just as well. My PCP suggested that to me. It's not as expensive. I just get mine on Amazon.

Posted by: Old Blue at August 29, 2026 12:27 PM (up14Y)

72 I tried a neti-pot but got water in my ears that lasted months.
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Good for you to wash out the trash we breathe in all day.

I have the squeeze bottle version that I use when I have a cold or congestion or after mowing the yard. I would use it more often but there is some (probably small but non-zero) risk of pushing bacteria up your nose if you use tap water instead of distilled and frankly it's just too much trouble.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 29, 2026 12:29 PM (vTZFs)

73 That deal with George VI being at war and not being at war. During the First War, free trade existed between the UK and Germany through 1915, British rubber for German optical lenses (best in the world at the time).

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 29, 2026 12:31 PM (gm9Sb)

74 How's that high-speed rail coming along?

__________________________________

It exceeded all expectations if you know what the ultimate goal was. Nearly 800 private properties (inclusive of 100 year old generational farms and high valued properties) confiscated by the State government through emminent domain. Also, a giant fund to be applied where ever your little communist heart desires.

Posted by: Orson at August 29, 2026 12:38 PM (dIske)

75 Having dealt with numerous bureaucracies over the years, I now recognize qualities common to all of them, Federal, State, Local, Corporate.

As they evolve they become less effective, and, less effcient. And, like a living organism, they develop self-protective mechanisms.

Some of you may have noted my comments in the last year or so regarding the flood destruction of the Veteran's Restoration Quarters here in Asheville. The subsequent interactions with FEMA, HUD, and local authorities in trying to reconstruct the physical facility have been real eye-openers.

Last week we held the ground-breaking for the rebuilding. Get this...we could not hold a simple photo-op of shoveling a little dirt until we had FEMA-approved dirt. They would not allow that until certified archeological and environmental studies had been submitted. We had to bring in a pickup truck load of outside dirt, just to take a token photo. And, that dirt had to be certified also.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 29, 2026 12:45 PM (XeU6L)

76 65 They didn't fix the pavement/ concrete so that "crosswalk" paint mostly just conceals tripping hazards.

Posted by: scottst at August 29, 2026 12:17 PM (6fhoX)

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Oregon wants to raise our gas taxes so they can "fix the roads". We already have some the highest gasoline taxes in the nation and their current purpose is to "fix the roads". There are a lot of other states with significantly lower gas taxes and also significantly better roads. So the question for Tina Kotek (the worst governor in the history of all that is terrible): Where is the current gas tax money really being spent?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 29, 2026 12:45 PM (9FfUF)

77 From the Tech Thread:

97 Psychology has turned out to be a brainwashing weapon. Most shrinks are mentally ill themselves.
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You caught that too, eh? It’s a given that when a system or function is studied at length, to see how it works, unscrupulous people can also figure out the best way to break it as well.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 06:53 AM (PVUR/)

I have been unable to get a clear answer to a very simple question: what percentage of the population is conscienceless? Even setting aside the interesting question of whether it varies by subpopulation. I couldn't even get any precision on the incidence of Cluster B personality disorders, which could be considered a proper subset, so at least it would give a floor. And frankly, I find it telling.

It's such an obvious question, it should be very well studied. For it to be so studiously ignored is rather suspicious -- especially since it's what you might expect to happen if psychology, sociology, and related fields all got taken over by the conscienceless themselves.

I ended up settling on 6% or 1 in 17 as a working guesstimate. But it could be a third or triple that for all I know.

Posted by: SciVo at August 29, 2026 12:46 PM (ke3zm)

78 RE: California crosswalk.

I noticed that they didn't bother to repair the cracks in the street. You can see them under the newly laid stripes.

They also didn't bother to repaint the stripes on the other crosswalk.

In fact, for all we know they used AI to draw stripes on a picture and called it good.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 29, 2026 12:46 PM (FZ29D)

79 Orson ypu forgot the hundreds of millions made bt lawyers, environmental groups, union representatives. Been very above what was expected.

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 12:47 PM (Ia/+0)

80 >>>It exceeded all expectations if you know what the ultimate goal was. Nearly 800 private properties (inclusive of 100 year old generational farms and high valued properties) confiscated by the State government through emminent domain. Also, a giant fund to be applied where ever your little communist heart desires.

Posted by: Orson

>It's almost as if the federal and state governments are at war with the American citizen. Trust them, they're on you side, just like they were with the american indian.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 29, 2026 12:47 PM (SK+av)

81 Times were tough in the past. Sometimes, we just had to make do. I pioneered the use of cerumen as surfboard wax. Killed two birds. Led to much success.

Posted by: Duke Kahanamoku.. at August 29, 2026 12:48 PM (JM9I6)

82 I have noticed and uptick in roadwork/ repairs/ restriping of streets in Austin this year. Must be an election year and they must be scared of something. They don't normally do so much...

Posted by: lin-duh at August 29, 2026 12:50 PM (VCgbV)

83 FUN FACT: According to Copilot, the Transcontinental Railroad was built in the 1860s at a cost of between $60 million and $100 million. That's $1.2 billion to $3 billion in today's dollars.

CA's "high-speed rail" has already spent 40-100 times that amount and doesn't have a single foot of track to show for it. But it does have a lot of politically-connected grifters who are now very wealthy.

Because that's just how CA does business.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2026 12:52 PM (guGkK)

84
>It's almost as if the federal and state governments are at war with the American citizen. Trust them, they're on you side, just like they were with the american indian.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help" -- Ronald Reagan

See my 75

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 29, 2026 12:52 PM (XeU6L)

85 Anecdotally, I know of handful of families with a trans kid who have moved to Oregon in the past year or so. Have heard that recruiters for Oregon jobs are specifically targeting red states

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As someone who hires people in Oregon, "no we are not"

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 29, 2026 12:53 PM (9FfUF)

86 I noticed that they didn't bother to repair the cracks in the street. You can see them under the newly laid stripes.

Good thing there wasn't a passed-out homeless dude in the path. They would have painted right over him.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2026 12:54 PM (guGkK)

87 That excerpt of Arday's work describes someone who is unemployable and belongs in an institution.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

Now, this is a resume!

https://tinyurl.com/ymprbrnr

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 12:55 PM (ndZc7)

88 In fact, for all we know they used AI to draw stripes on a picture and called it good.

If it is, at least they were smart enough not to use the exact same photo.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 29, 2026 12:55 PM (vTZFs)

89 Speaking of road repair, swear the chain gangs came down my street while I was working because now have same road tjey made on Cool Hand Luke, stones and oil on top. Since lines been painted thats all I get

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 12:57 PM (Ia/+0)

90 I mastered the construction worker nose blast years ago. I can actually aim it pretty good.

Posted by: Reforger at August 29, 2026 12:57 PM (jJAdc)

91 Now, this is a resume!

https://tinyurl.com/ymprbrnr

If he was any good at the wizard part, he wouldn't need all those other jobs.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 29, 2026 12:58 PM (vTZFs)

92 As someone who hires people in Oregon, "no we are not"

I can't imagine more of a walking time-bomb than hiring a tranny into your workplace.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 01:00 PM (aD4fx)

93 Orson ypu forgot the hundreds of millions made bt lawyers, environmental groups, union representatives. Been very above what was expected.

Oregon and Washington spent a couple of hundred million dollars "studying" replacing an existing bridge across the Columbia in Portland.

Some consulting and engineering firms got very fat from this.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 01:02 PM (aD4fx)

94 >>>I can't imagine more of a walking time-bomb than hiring a tranny into your workplace.

Posted by: The ARC of History!

>It's amusing and interesting how most of these situations end up in the courts. Trans-divas are like a social virus. Where is the vaccine?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 29, 2026 01:05 PM (SK+av)

95 SciVo - it's clear to me, that there is no question "they" have been purposefully "driving people crazy" for quite some time now.

Voluminous studies have been performed on the general characteristics and behaviors best calculated to have a happy and successful life. Financially, and the rest of it. Note well that these things are not guaranteed to result in a successful life. And "Happy" isn't necessarily all sweetness and light, I'm not using the term in that way, just the habits of successful well adjusted individuals.

It simply can't be an oversight or accident, that for every metric, e.g. the habits of successful people, these traits are downplayed, derided, and yes even punished in the modern public sphere. I'm sure it's all a coincidence.

Rational people believe compassion for others also involves raising individuals so they are healthy and well adjusted, and not wilting flower basket cases in need of "government assistance" in the first place. Good jobs, solid families, genuine "community" is probably on somebody's threat matrix these days.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 01:06 PM (vbftO)

96 I haven’t done the Neti pot in a while, but when I had sinus infections it was great for clearing me out.

Although given the size of my nostrils and the empty spaces in my head, I had to use the quart size pot.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2026 01:07 PM (GWwCk)

97 So the question for Tina Kotek (the worst governor in the history of all that is terrible): Where is the current gas tax money really being spent?

A lot of it goes to nonprofits for things like teaching children how to ride their bikes to school, as well as a raft of "equity" and "sustainability" bureaucrats in Salem.

And the worst governor in history is history is not Tina Kotek, but her loathsome predecessor, who kept the schools closed during Covid for longer than any other state but California.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 01:08 PM (aD4fx)

98 92 As someone who hires people in Oregon, "no we are not"

I can't imagine more of a walking time-bomb than hiring a tranny into your workplace.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 01:00 PM (aD4fx)

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I was in Home Depot yesterday (in Oregon) and did notice that there were at least 2 trans shoppers roaming the aisles. One was a tatted up 6'-3" 260# dude wearing hot pants, a halter top and he had pig tails. He was at least 40 years old and was dressed like a teenage girl from the 70's who snuck out dressed in clothes that her parents didn't approve of.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 29, 2026 01:08 PM (9FfUF)

99 Actually, I was kind of surprised the crosswalk wasn't a rainbow. Seriously.

And I also congratulate California on the finalization of their Y2K preparedness plans should something goes well.

News after treadmill

CBC - Venezuela oil deal. BWAHAHAHA BITCHES!
Fox - Nepal
MS Now - US taking partial control of Venezuela oil. "like a dictator.' They have the vapors.

CNN - sexy weekend is over now that "The Amanpour Hour" is over. Bitching about data centers.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 29, 2026 01:09 PM (Sco7b)

100 What government activity in California goes well?

As a non-Californian who enjoys the natural beauty of the state it has always fascinated me that the state is so screwed up and the voters seem not to care. But maybe I'm wrong, and my outside view is incomplete, so correct me: What does the state government do well?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 29, 2026 01:09 PM (+HKyl)

101 I was in Home Depot yesterday (in Oregon) and did notice that there were at least 2 trans shoppers roaming the aisles. One was a tatted up 6'-3" 260# dude wearing hot pants, a halter top and he had pig tails. He was at least 40 years old and was dressed like a teenage girl from the 70's who snuck out dressed in clothes that her parents didn't approve of.

But don't worry, these people are flocking to Oregon to take advantage of the "free" "transgender care" provided by the state, along with a raft of other benefits.

This will make Oregon's economy more competitive, or something.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 01:12 PM (aD4fx)

102 All these rail projects are grafting grifting boondoggle bullshit designed to move money from the taxpayer's pockets to politicians' developer cronies' pockets. Simple as that.

Posted by: Same for stadiums and arena projects at August 29, 2026 01:12 PM (TbWk/)

103 Raise the gas tax to fix the roads.

Yeah, right. Their bank accounts are getting low.

Posted by: Case at August 29, 2026 01:12 PM (VrYHL)

104 Thx K.T.
The only thing that could cure Cali is a plague. There is already typhus breaking out in LA, but I think something more savage would be necessary

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 29, 2026 01:13 PM (EZWVc)

105 Excuse me. Taxpayers' pockets. I misplaced the apostrophe. I will now sack myself.

Posted by: Those responsible for sacking have also been sacked at August 29, 2026 01:13 PM (TbWk/)

106 the Transcontinental Railroad was built in the 1860s at a cost of between $60 million and $100 million. That's $1.2 billion to $3 billion in today's dollars.
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It's really tough to make valid comparisons over time, especially when using official government inflation figures over 150 years.

In terms of gold at current prices, the figures listed would be maybe $12 to 20 billions in the current vapor-ware or confetti-bucks. The truth is probably somewhere in between.

Every now and then some expert clown will present on the "news" that they really ought to outlaw "high denomination" bills. He means the hundred, which will get smoked in thirty seconds at the grocery store. What fucking assholes. If anything they need to bring back $500 and $1000 and $5000 bills.

"Drug dealers used them!" Yeah? Sofa king what. This is always the excuse. Good things can be used by bad people. That doesn't mean you punish everybody else. Maybe a $25 and $50 coin would be nice too. Make moving the couch around great again! Probably needs vacuumed anyway.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 01:16 PM (vbftO)

107 I have been unable to get a clear answer to a very simple question: what percentage of the population is conscienceless?

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I think it depends in part on the definition. The percentage of people who think it's not really stealing if you steal from a big, evil corporation is > 50%. The percentage of Ted Bundys out there is < 0.01%. As far as people who are just I'm important and you're not, I'd guess 10 - 15%.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 01:17 PM (ndZc7)

108 As a non-Californian who enjoys the natural beauty of the state it has always fascinated me that the state is so screwed up and the voters seem not to care. But maybe I'm wrong, and my outside view is incomplete, so correct me: What does the state government do well?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 29, 2026 01:09 PM (+HKyl)

Apparently, Vote Fraud, corruption and being regulatory captured by industries.

Oregon is much the same, by the way

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2026 01:18 PM (rbvCR)

109 Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 01:16 PM (vbftO)

A lot of countries do this when they are facing down inflation.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2026 01:20 PM (rbvCR)

110 The percentage of people who think it's not really stealing if you steal from a big, evil corporation is > 50%
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GM won't miss one little piece!

Posted by: Johnny Cash at August 29, 2026 01:21 PM (vbftO)

111 Every now and then some expert clown will present on the "news" that they really ought to outlaw "high denomination" bills. He means the hundred, which will get smoked in thirty seconds at the grocery store. What fucking assholes. If anything they need to bring back $500 and $1000 and $5000 bills.

"Drug dealers used them!" Yeah? Sofa king what. This is always the excuse. Good things can be used by bad people. That doesn't mean you punish everybody else. Maybe a $25 and $50 coin would be nice too. Make moving the couch around great again! Probably needs vacuumed anyway.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 01:16 PM (vbftO)

Sir, did I just see a hundred dollar bill? You're a drug dealer, I have probable cause to search your vehicle get out of the car. OUT OF THE CAR NOW!!!
*BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM*
STOP RESISTING!
*BLAM BLAM BLAM*
STOP TWITCHING!!!
*BLAM BLAM BLAM*
STOP BLEEDING!!!!!

Posted by: He made a target glance. Good shoot. at August 29, 2026 01:21 PM (TbWk/)

112 I have been unable to get a clear answer to a very simple question: what percentage of the population is conscienceless?

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I think it depends in part on the definition.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 01:17 PM

I define it as having an externally imposed moral compass rather than an internal one. I am more the former.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 29, 2026 01:22 PM (4NO2D)

113 Oregon and Washington spent a couple of hundred million dollars "studying" replacing an existing bridge across the Columbia in Portland.

Some consulting and engineering firms got very fat from this.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 01:02 PM (aD4fx)

Among other problems, Vancouver did NOT want extension of TriMet light rail into the 'Couv, since they figured they already had enough crime by commuters driving in already, and the Bridge proposal demanded the extension.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2026 01:24 PM (rbvCR)

114 I have been unable to get a clear answer to a very simple question: what percentage of the population is conscienceless? Even setting aside the interesting question of whether it varies by subpopulation. I couldn't even get any precision on the incidence of Cluster B personality disorders, which could be considered a proper subset, so at least it would give a floor. And frankly, I find it telling.”

I suspect there are quite a few people who are much like myself; I feel no innate desire to be “good” of my own; but my religious beliefs hold that there is indeed a God, and that He has clearly directed us how we should live and treat our fellows here on Earth. So I strive to keep my actions in line with His rules.

If I had no beliefs I would find the Nietzchean view of things the most logical; the strong rule the weak because they can. With no Lawgiver, why not?

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2026 01:25 PM (GWwCk)

115 Inflation seems to always win, since countries get stuck in the loop of printing more and more money.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2026 01:25 PM (rbvCR)

116 Apparently, Vote Fraud, corruption and being regulatory captured by industries.

Oregon is much the same, by the way

States with decent climate and scenery tend to develop terrible state and local governments over time.

Texas has much stronger incentives to have an efficient government - no one is moving to Texas for the weather.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 01:25 PM (aD4fx)

117 A lot of countries do this when they are facing down inflation
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Yeah, the truly high denomination bills were never made illegal, but they are removed from circulation when banks receive them in circulation starting in the late 1960s. They have a collector value now that exceeds their face value by quite a bit. A $500 bill in good condition might sell for 650 or whatever, that kind of thing.

I think a modern $5k bill makes sense these days, when buying a used car, say. In 1969 that was serious money, sure, but. I know farmers think nothing about spending thousands and thousands on tractors and combines and stuff. That old goofy looking feller in overalls might be fricking loaded, let me tell ya.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 01:25 PM (vbftO)

118 And the worst governor in history is history is not Tina Kotek, but her loathsome predecessor, who kept the schools closed during Covid for longer than any other state but California.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 01:08 PM (aD4fx)

I will point out that Neil Goldschmidt raped his underaged babysitter for years when he was mayor of Portland, and then apparently screwed anything that moved when he was Governor and Senator, and that "tendency and history" is why he did everything he could for the Unions and the Left, sort of like Hastert later.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2026 01:28 PM (rbvCR)

119 Among other problems, Vancouver did NOT want extension of TriMet light rail into the 'Couv, since they figured they already had enough crime by commuters driving in already, and the Bridge proposal demanded the extension.

Oregon demanded the light rail extension.

Unfortunately, Vancouver is getting bluer and bluer as Portland refugees move to Vancouver, bringing their politics.

Fortunately, the rest of Vancouver's county is still bright red, limiting the amount of political damage Vancouver can do.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 29, 2026 01:29 PM (aD4fx)

120 >>>I have been unable to get a clear answer to a very simple question: what percentage of the population is conscienceless?

>Self awareness is an interesting topic.

How much of it is narcissism these days with social media?

How much of it is polite and careful respect for your fellow man and neighbors and community citizens? The new variable is social media but that is like placing training wheels on your banana seat bicycle and riding in circles.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 29, 2026 01:29 PM (SK+av)

121 Unfortunately, Vancouver is getting bluer and bluer as Portland refugees move to Vancouver, bringing their politics.

We love Vancouver! The schools are much better, the taxes are lower, the government is much more efficient, and there are much fewer visible homeless!

We're going to vote to fix all that!

Posted by: Portland Refugees! at August 29, 2026 01:31 PM (aD4fx)

122 I define it as having an externally imposed moral compass rather than an internal one. I am more the former.
Posted by: toby928(c)

I think that God guy was onto something when he proclaimed the Ten Commandments because history has shown us we're incapable of distinguishing between good and evil.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 01:35 PM (ndZc7)

123 I think a modern $5k bill makes sense these days, when buying a used car, say. In 1969 that was serious money, sure, but. I know farmers think nothing about spending thousands and thousands on tractors and combines and stuff. That old goofy looking feller in overalls might be fricking loaded, let me tell ya.
Posted by: Common Tater
--------

While working retail in Indiana, back in the early 70's, an older fellow (clearly a farmer), in overalls, came in shopping for some equipment. When I toted it up, it came to $1,500. He unzipped the pocket on the front of his overalls, pulled out a wad of cash, and paid.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 29, 2026 01:38 PM (XeU6L)

124 I define it as having an externally imposed moral compass rather than an internal one. I am more the former.
Posted by: toby928(c)

I think that God guy was onto something when he proclaimed the Ten Commandments because history has shown us we're incapable of distinguishing between good and evil.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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A transcendent, absolute morality.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 29, 2026 01:41 PM (XeU6L)

125 If it saves one good night's sleep . . .

Dustin Grage
@GrageDustin
Minnesota taxpayers spent $2.2M for emergency beds for the homeless in St. Paul.
A total of 7 people have used them.
Great work, Democrats.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 01:43 PM (ndZc7)

126 Gardening thread is up!

Posted by: SciVo at August 29, 2026 01:44 PM (ke3zm)

127 It's you, Morons, it's you:

"I think the general consensus of people around the world is that Americans can get fooled by a con man once, but to return him to power a 2nd time after having seen his corruption, incompetence, ignorance, & buffoonery, the problem isn’t just Trump it’s the American people."
-- Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social 9:52 PM · Aug 28, 2026

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 29, 2026 01:46 PM (0sNs1)

128 Oh Noes! Ron is very disappointed in you guys, you guys!

Eat Shit, asshole

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 01:49 PM (vbftO)

129 I looked up this man : Ron Filipkowski. He posts on Bluesky and is a criminal defense attorney. This is part of a description of himself :

Republican Party Insane Asylum Escapee

Umm. You use that as a description of yourself ? How odd.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 01:59 PM (xPsv8)

130 Good Bye blue sky.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 29, 2026 01:59 PM (Cqx++)

131 After decades, they don't even have a real plan of where to put the High Speed rails, nor the stations.

I live near Merced CA, on one end of what is now the 'plan'... and yet Merced does not even know where the Station is supposed to go... which means no Environmental report could be done... nor can the city plan where to put other infrastructure ... like a Highway that will need to be crossed...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 29, 2026 02:11 PM (mP0Kj)

132 PET NOOD

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 03:38 PM (Ia/+0)

133 That old goofy looking feller in overalls might be fricking loaded, let me tell ya.
****

Before modern banking became mandatory (use my bank or I'll kill you), the local bank would be that feller's top pocket.

Posted by: clarence at August 29, 2026 08:06 PM (/2SkZ)

The Classical Saturday Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. A big thank you to TRex for filling in a week ago. My computer died. And he was gracious enough to fill in at the last moment.

Before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few housekeeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Bedford Falls)

1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate
2) Be kind, be nice. And for heaven's sake, stay in your lane.
3) No, you may not run with sharp objects. I don't care if Timmy's mom let him.
4) Have a great weekend! Except for Timmy's mom. I hope she spends it at the ER.

*****

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:
5/23 – I used to have a Different Nic could use some prayers as he waits for the results of a biopsy of a mass on his prostate.
6/23 Update – The latest update is that he has stage 2, “unfavorable intermediate”, which he notes is an awful name, but what it means is, it is in the middle, but bad enough that they want to treat it. It’s more aggressive than previously thought. He is at the point where he has to decide on treatment options, which means choosing which set of pretty unfortunate side effects he prefers.
8/20 Update – He has finished his radiation treatment, so all he has left are blood tests and waiting. Thanks for everything.
7/25 – Matthew Kant Cipher humbly asks for prayers for Marshall, a long-time friend and HS classmate of Mrs. MKC, who is currently hospitalized with heart failure.
8/7 Update – Marshall passed away after multiple organs failed. Matthew Kant Cipher humbly asks the Horde to pray for the repose of his soul and that God’s perpetual light would shine upon him.
7/25 – Teresa in Fort Worth posted an update. She is still doing fine. Her chemo pump seems to be working and everything appears stable for now. She says she is incredibly blessed! She is working on a stocking for an as-yet-not-born grandchild. She would appreciate prayers for a successful IVF procedure and pregnancy for her daughter and hubby. Next week, Teresa and her husband will be going to California to visit their daughter who lives there and her family.
8/4 Update – Teresa was admitted to the hospital while on vacation in California. She has a bad infection – cellulitis - not due to the cancer. She is being treated with antibiotics and hopefully it will be cleared up in a couple of days.
7/29 – Notsothoreau asked for prayers for Billy Ray’s mother, who was just admitted to the hospital with pneumonia. She is a cancer survivor and chemo destroyed her immune system, so this is a big worry.
8/2 Update – Billy Ray’s mother is feeling better, on oxygen and medication. She is not out of the woods, but has stabilized. She appreciates the prayers from around the globe and says thank you very much.
8/16 Update – Billy Ray’s mother is at home, recovering, and down to just needing a little oxygen at night. One of the doctors told her that he didn’t think she was going to make it. Prayer works.
7/29 – TecumsehTea wrote that MrTea’s diagnosis is colon cancer stage 4. They are praying for guidance for how to proceed.
8/12 Update – MrTea will start radiation treatments for the tumor in the sigmoid colon on Monday – 10 treatments. They are not sure what will follow; they are still looking at options. Surgery is not an option. The cancer has metastasized to the lymph node nearest the tumor and there are 3-5 small spots in the liver. There are also spots in his lung which are indeterminate. He continues on fenben and ivermectin. Prayers are appreciated.
7/30 – David sent an update on his wife, Susan, who we have been praying for as she is treated for cancer. Susan is still doing well and her numbers are headed in the right direction, but they are still having issues with the side effects of the chemotherapy. It is manageable, but they have to increase the number of office visits for additional treatments. Some days are really good right now, but others are only bearable with the Lord’s grace. They are so grateful for the prayers on their behalf.
8/20 Update – Things are not going quite as well now. Please pray, as Susan has picked up a really bad cough. The coughing is so bad that she doesn’t want to eat. Please pray that this illness passes quickly.
8/26 Update – Susan’s cough has gotten so bad that they did X-rays on her chest. It might be pneumonia. She is in the hospital. Her sodium and blood pressure are low and she is not eating much now. They are trying to turn this around and ask for everyone’s prayers.
8/1 – Tonypete asked for prayers for his BIL, who is a developmentally disabled adult and has been living independently (sort of) for decades but the time has come for them to make some changes in his living arrangements and personal finances. This will not go well as he has VERY poor impulse control and anger issues. His dear wife has POA but that is limited in its reach and it is probably time for her to be granted guardianship.
8/15 Update – BIL was released from the hospital, so all is well.
8/7 – neverenoughcaffiene asks for prayers for Lynell, who was recently diagnosed with a rapidly growing brain tumor. Surgery was performed and they were not able to remove all of the cancer. Her prognosis for survival is one year. She is being treated with chemo and radiation. On top of her diagnosis and treatment, she recently broke her ankle. Please pray for Lynell and her husband as they navigate this new reality.
8/8 – Ace-Endorsed Author A. H. Lloyd posted that Mrs. Lloyd will undergo a double mastectomy to remove the breast cancer. She has advanced to Stage 1. Much hinges on the biopsy to determine the specific sub-category of cancer and whether chemo is necessary. Please pray for her in this time of need.
8/22 Update – Mrs. Lloyd is healing ahead of schedule and the surgeon was amazed at her progress. She is still in pain and has limited mobility, but each day she is gaining more freedom of movement. That is the good news; the bad news was the unrealistic expectations set by the medical staff. The surgery was much more significant, and she will also need chemo, contrary to what she was told before.
8/8 – Retired Buckeye Cop requested prayers for his nephew, Josh, who is losing his business due to overwhelming debt. Old addictions have returned; he is drinking heavily. He is currently estranged from his family. His mother is Mrs. Cop’s kid sister.
8/12 – Joe Kidd asked for prayers for a friend’s cousin, who is beginning chemo treatments for stage 3 cancer.
8/14 – RandomDave asked for renewed prayers for his job situation. He just found out that the position he was close to getting went to someone else, and doesn’t know where to turn. He hates to ask, but is getting desperate. He has a GiveSendGo set up; please contact Annie’s Stew for more info. Thanks to those who have already given and thank you for the prayers. They are keeping him from giving up.
8/15 – Donna V contacted Mis. Hum. to let the Horde know the following: “Please let the horde know I am doing fine in hospice”. She would appreciate your prayers.
8/15 – Buck requested prayers for his wife. She is diabetic, and had a bad day on 8/14, with weakness, vomiting, irregular pulse, high blood pressure. She has had sepsis 3 times. They went to ER, but they only gave her meds for nausea, and now she’s back home. Pray that she recovers quickly. Thanks to all.
8/15 – Intruder Driver asked for prayers for Tonya, who was burned over 90% of her body in a gas explosion in Cabo San Lucas. She is now in a hospital in Mexico City. She has a long road to recovery, if she survives.
8/22 Update – Tonya did not survive her burns. Prayers for her and her husband Rusty, who were/are active members of their local church in Mexico.
8/27 – P asks for prayers for the soul of her nephew, C, who committed suicide on 8/17. He was only 32. May he find the peace in the afterlife that he could not find in this life.
8/26 – Teresa in Fort Worth asks for prayers for her BIL, Dick, who was found dead in the alley behind their house in Texas. He had been in declining health and had dementia. They aren’t sure how long he was outside before he passed away. Teresa’s SIL seems to be handling it okay so far. Teresa also asks for prayers for a former neighbor, Melissa, who is hospitalized, recovering from a second stem cell/bone marrow transplant as they attempt to cure her leukemia. She now has blood blisters in her mouth and throat. She had to be intubated before her throat closed completely. This might be her body rejecting the transplant.
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 08:00 AM

Comments

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1 Mornin' Horde.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at August 29, 2026 08:06 AM (sqGio)

2 Is everyone still asleep?

Posted by: dantesed at August 29, 2026 08:06 AM (Oy/m2)

3 Not really in a flag planting mood today.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at August 29, 2026 08:06 AM (sqGio)

4 En mi casa toman Bustelo!

Posted by: Caffiend at August 29, 2026 08:07 AM (JM9I6)

5 Folgers-it's Mountain Grown!

Posted by: Mrs. Olson, Virginia Christine at August 29, 2026 08:08 AM (JM9I6)

6 New disease identified.

https://tinyurl.com/yb6852ax

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 08:10 AM (ndZc7)

7 Coffee Helps me Person

In theory. Not about to see if it helps.

Posted by: t-bird at August 29, 2026 08:11 AM (AydIQ)

8 Anyway, I have reached a point where I'm not really up to complex tasks due to ongoing unrelieved stress, chronic burnout, and possible/probable medical factors, which no shock with the depression and homelessness and all. Retirement and disability seem the only thing for it now, which likely means locked in poverty for whatever of my life remains. Praying for a clear path and a mind that can handle this. I feel an utter failure.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at August 29, 2026 08:11 AM (LCIDp)

9 Is Timmy's Mom hot?

Posted by: Just Axin' at August 29, 2026 08:12 AM (JM9I6)

10 Tim, are you an “outdoors” kinda fella, or are you more attuned to city life? Living out of a car is no bueno. A camper or RV is a lot more doable, at least for a short time.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 08:15 AM (tFM5X)

11 Yay! Predominately Open Thread!

(with a little Jesus stuff mixed in)

Posted by: one hour sober at August 29, 2026 08:17 AM (J4Dwc)

12 Praying for ya, Brother Tim!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 08:17 AM (aJQbY)

13 Well, I knew it was something.

https://tinyurl.com/2pubrzbj

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 08:17 AM (ndZc7)

14 Retirement and disability seem the only thing for it now

My dad moved sideways. Instead of being in charge of everything, he became the safety guy, because he knew everything that would go on during a project. He finally retired at 72.

Posted by: t-bird at August 29, 2026 08:18 AM (AydIQ)

15 Is Timmy's Mom hot?
Posted by: Just Axin' at August 29, 2026 08:12 AM (JM9I6)

Stacy's mom >>>> Timmy's mom.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 29, 2026 08:19 AM (wVcYX)

16 Is that you, Joe Biden?

https://tinyurl.com/4m5mdbhz

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 08:21 AM (ndZc7)

17 Good Saturday morning, horde.

Prayers for all listed, and everyone else, too.

Brother Tim, prayers continue that a way is opened for you.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 29, 2026 08:22 AM (h7ZuX)

18 Good morning, praying and caffeine people.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 29, 2026 08:23 AM (wVcYX)

19 Good morning Mis Hum and Horde

Have a pumpkin bagel but drank all my coffee already

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 08:23 AM (Ia/+0)

20 Yonder Horde

My son was here this past week for a visit. There's something called "french toast sticks" in the freezer that require heating up. I'm mildly curious....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 29, 2026 08:24 AM (2Cry5)

21 Good morning dear morons with thanks to annie, mh, and the horde for praying

{grammie}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 08:24 AM (RIvkX)

22 Recent prayer request: “…” asked for prayers for Brit Lass. She has tests that are good, but more tests and imaging are coming up, and she is worried.

Also Teresa in Fort Worth’s blood work looks steady, which is good.

Posted by: Annies Stew at August 29, 2026 08:25 AM (dNIAD)

23 19 Good morning Mis Hum and Horde

Have a pumpkin bagel but drank all my coffee already
Posted by: Skip

Make Moar Coffee! You know the recipe.

Posted by: Cora Approved at August 29, 2026 08:25 AM (JM9I6)

24 As for me, I'm still doing the job search/apply/hope thing, but I had a good interview yesterday and I've got at least two interviews pending tomorrow. I keep praying that God put me in the job He wants me in, and helps me accept whatever that job happens to be. (Well, after I catch myself praying for one or the other specific jobs to be 'the one'... I slap myself on the wrist rather often, sadly).

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 08:25 AM (aJQbY)

25 Have a pumpkin bagel but drank all my coffee already
Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 08:23 AM (Ia/+0)

There's no limit on this at my house. I can always make more.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 29, 2026 08:25 AM (h7ZuX)

26 It’s important to stay busy. Purpose, motivation, direction. Without strong family ties it becomes difficult. Ever notice it’s the people who never have time to do anything, get the most done? Something like that, anyway.

I don’t consider myself getting depressed personally but it is easy to become demoralized. I like to think there’s an important distinction. Given that so much of our popular culture is intended to do exactly that, is troubling. Don’t let the bastards get ya down!

I love the outdoors in this great country. Sold the house and travel full time RV. It definitely ain’t for everyone, But after staring at 4 walls for a few years I couldn’t deal with that. This is a great big country and I want to see it.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 08:26 AM (tFM5X)

27 two interviews pending tomorrow and by 'tomorrow' I meant to write, 'next week'.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 08:26 AM (aJQbY)

28 Morning again, caffeinators,

I took my walk in the steamy soup outside, got cleaned up, and have dined on some yogurt with honey, for now. Coffee too. In a bit I will run out to my favorite coffee shop, the one run by the Community Coffee people, and have something more solid to eat. Then, library time, I think!

Stirling has had his breakfast, and Dagny, picky and reluctant to try something new, finally ate her portion, or most of it. They're set.

So how does your Saturday look?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 08:28 AM (wzUl9)

29 I love the outdoors in this great country. Sold the house and travel full time RV. It definitely ain’t for everyone, But after staring at 4 walls for a few years I couldn’t deal with that. This is a great big country and I want to see it.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 08:26 AM (tFM5X)

I'd consider doing this once I retire. Doubt if the Mr. would.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 29, 2026 08:30 AM (h7ZuX)

30 G'mornin' everyone!

56 degrees, overcast, radar shows rain on the way, woohoo!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 29, 2026 08:30 AM (VyBeY)

31 Good morning. May God watch over you all. Am reposting this from prior thread because.
Daniel Penny, the Marine that NYC attempted to railroad over his defensive use of force to subdue a Subway loon wrote a really interesting piece about how Data Centers are critical to rebuilding American manufacturing and jobs. Good stuff.

Hopefully this link works to an X/Twitter

https://tinyurl.com/yy36knhd
Posted by: Pete Bog at

Posted by: From about That Time at August 29, 2026 08:31 AM (sl73Y)

32 Clarification: BIL was found behind HIS house, not ours. SIL is doing well; given what his condition was, his passing has kind of been a relief.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 29, 2026 08:32 AM (SRRAx)

33 I feel an utter failure.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at August 29, 2026 08:11 AM (LCIDp)
=====

Hashem has a plan for you and it is not failure.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 08:33 AM (RIvkX)

34 I'm not outdoors type. RVs...I've looked into them, but I'm too broke (and newer ones cost like houses!) I'm praying the God that pulled me through cancer has a path for me here, because my ability to work this out is done.

I can still shitpost with the most average of 'em though, so I got that. I guess.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at August 29, 2026 08:33 AM (tnd43)

35 Teresa in Fort Worth asks for prayers for her BIL, Dick, who was found dead in the alley behind their house in Texas.
====

May his memory be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 08:35 AM (RIvkX)

36 son was here this past week for a visit. There's something called "french toast sticks" in the freezer that require heating up. I'm mildly curious....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August

Smother in butter and maple syrup and you don't notice how tasteless they are.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 29, 2026 08:35 AM (sl73Y)

37 good morning! busy week and still have work-related obligations TODAY and that is what happens when you don't have boundaries with clients lol

prayers for everyone - good luck Random Dave you are so close! also they'd be fools not to hire you!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 29, 2026 08:36 AM (j+aD2)

38 One of the most comical stories out of the war over the Straits of Hormuz is that, now that the US has swept them and removed all the “mines”, it turns out that the vast majority of them were black plastic bags full of buoyant trash that the Iranians tossed there to freak shippers out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2026 08:38 AM (GWwCk)

39 Hefty! Hefty! BOOM!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 08:40 AM (RIvkX)

40 Winter I would make more coffee, not that its hot out, low 80s today.

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 08:40 AM (Ia/+0)

41 Good morning Horde and hello MisHum. Prayers for all Morons and those moron-adjacent.

Posted by: TRex - hobby dino at August 29, 2026 08:41 AM (XfIK1)

42 I can still shitpost with the most average of 'em though, so I got that. I guess.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at August 29, 2026 08:33 AM (tnd43)

And you still have a sense of humor!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 29, 2026 08:41 AM (h7ZuX)

43 This reminds me of the incredible number of plastic bags of poop I encounter daily in San Francisco.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 08:42 AM (RIvkX)

44 A lot of people, when you mention “camping” they automatically think of misery and deprivation. It doesn’t have to be. I never went to the woods to suffer, and I guess I’m grateful for the experience of being able to operate in this environment to some degree. I’m probably not like most folks, my needs are pretty simple. I like to read, drink coffee, and get something in my belly once in a while. I was paying a couple hundred bucks a month to heat and cool a house. Now I can do it for a buck or two a day, maybe slightly more for A/C.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 08:43 AM (tFM5X)

45
This reminds me of the incredible number of plastic bags of poop I encounter daily in San Francisco.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 08:42 AM (RIvkX)

San Francisco Take-Out is weird.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 29, 2026 08:44 AM (iJfKG)

46 I've got nothing to add this morning. Carry on without me.

Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 08:44 AM (qgHp7)

47
Smother in butter and maple syrup and you don't notice how tasteless they are.
Posted by: From about That Time at August 29, 2026 08:35 AM (sl73Y)

__________

Then you're eating maple syrup and butter. The French toast is just a carrier.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 29, 2026 08:44 AM (O0L8i)

48
I've got nothing to add this morning. Carry on without me.
Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 08:44 AM (qgHp7)

_________

*flops down in despair*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 29, 2026 08:45 AM (O0L8i)

49 Common Tater it does sound awesome!

I'm just too attached to gardening to be mobile like that

I'd live in a lil trailer park with room to garden tho!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 29, 2026 08:45 AM (j+aD2)

50 Oh look, this leftover piece of steak is telling me it wants to be part of a steak, cheese and mushroom omelet. I will give in to it's exhortations.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 08:45 AM (PbWRL)

51
43 This reminds me of the incredible number of plastic bags of poop I encounter daily in San Francisco.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 08:42 AM (RIvkX)

I still can never understand how a city lets itself decay to where that’s common. Mumbai? Sure, that I understand. But here?

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2026 08:45 AM (GWwCk)

52 I can't remember the last time I had French toast. This needs to be corrected.

Posted by: dantesed at August 29, 2026 08:46 AM (Oy/m2)

53 Tom Servo,

I admit, I was wrong. I predicted they'd all be fakes, but instead there were about 10 actual mines last I heard, and about 5 of those might have actually been able to explode.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 08:47 AM (aJQbY)

54
Ben Had,
The stars are aligning favorably.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 29, 2026 08:47 AM (O0L8i)

55 One thing I see a lot of out and about in our Very Large Square States are these kind of nondescript vans. They are tricked out pretty nice inside, they could be parked anywhere without drawing attention the way an RV or camper trailer would. I maybe should have went that route. RV style life isn’t for everyone that’s for sure.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 08:48 AM (tFM5X)

56 Data Centers are critical to rebuilding American manufacturing and jobs.

With the average IQ dropping in the former United States on a predictable rate, more and more of the population is unemployable due to too low an intelligence to be marketable.

Also, much of our culture is increasing losing its work ethic as white men are being displaced by demographics that traditionally are not of the caliber required to be globally competititve.

AI will show up to work, every day, will work whenever the business is open, will stay late, and put in the level of detail and predictable repeatability that is being lost due to Boomers and X'ers aging out, and white men are being told to stay home, stay stoned and master video games.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 29, 2026 08:49 AM (a4flb)

57 Hadrian, wonderful !!!

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 08:49 AM (PbWRL)

58 Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 08:33 AM (RIvkX)

Amen! And we who are pray-ers here are praying for you, BTim. I am praying that rough places are made smooth for you and opportunities open up. I think that you might alsotalk to the men at the church you go to and the pastor Isn't there a group you go to? They can listen to you, pray with you, and perhaps they have some suggestions.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 08:50 AM (GiOqh)

59 55 One thing I see a lot of out and about in our Very Large Square States are these kind of nondescript vans. They are tricked out pretty nice inside, they could be parked anywhere without drawing attention the way an RV or camper trailer would. I maybe should have went that route. RV style life isn’t for everyone that’s for sure.

my cousin has one! I covet it quite a bit. it's snazzy (inside). plus I could drive it! (I cannot drive a trailer or something huge like an RV)

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 29, 2026 08:50 AM (j+aD2)

60 This reminds me of the incredible number of plastic bags of poop I encounter daily in San Francisco.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 08:42 AM (RIvkX)

I still can never understand how a city lets itself decay to where that’s common. Mumbai? Sure, that I understand. But here?
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2026 08:45 AM (GWwCk)

Because of Trump!!!!!

That Orange Monster makes us destroy our own city and lifestyle, so we can prove just how terrible Trump is!!!!

Every minute of every day Orange Man Bad is ruining my life!!!111!!111111! Can't you see????

Can't you see that!!!!!

YARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!

Every turd my Portuguese Water Dog drops on our sidewalks PROVES Trump Evil!!!!!

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

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Posted by: All San Franciscans Everywhere All the Time at August 29, 2026 08:52 AM (iJfKG)

61 It’s funny to realize that the Iranians “high tech mine laying ships” were actually just garbage scows.

They get points for understanding marketing as well as any mad man agency.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2026 08:53 AM (GWwCk)

62 Good morning horde

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 29, 2026 08:53 AM (Ydd86)

63 Brother Tim, when life closes a door G-d opens a window.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 08:53 AM (PbWRL)

64 Back from breakfast, which included (most importantly) MOAR COFFEE. Because apparently I need more of that this morning than a weekday.

Without coffee there simply would be no mornings (at least not functional ones.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 29, 2026 08:54 AM (O7YUW)

65 I heated up two of those "french toast sticks" earlier. No syrup in the house. Didn't smother them in butter either.

I think, maybe, the butter would help, but these things are pretty sweet as they are. Hints of cinnamon.

2 stars out of 5.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 29, 2026 08:55 AM (2Cry5)

66 @Wolfus: I'm about to have a very busy Saturday. What I want to do is go back to bed and sleep about three hours more.

Not in the cards.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 29, 2026 08:56 AM (O7YUW)

67 Now one thing I haven’t figured out, I’ll be in some huge are, with 75,000 acres, a gazillion roads and trails and overlooks and isolated campsites, free range camping. And some chucklehead will pull in within a stones throw of my campsite. I’m not anti-social, but I can’t for the life of me figure out why someone would do this. 4th of July Independence Day holiday maybe. And if it happened just once or something I could chalk it up to a fluke. It’s happened enough where it isn’t. Maybe someday I’ll get curious enough to ask “What the hell is wrong with you?”

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 08:56 AM (tFM5X)

68 Common Tater, herd mentality.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 08:58 AM (PbWRL)

69 @16/Anonosaurus Wrecks: "Is that you, Joe Biden?

https://tinyurl.com/4m5mdbhz
"

*snorts* Okay, that was the laugh I needed. Thank you for that!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 29, 2026 08:58 AM (O7YUW)

70 heated up two of those "french toast sticks" earlier. No syrup in the house. Didn't smother them in butter either.
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Us po’ folks in the 70s used to melt Brown Sugar to make syrup for pancakes, and MOC our pancreas.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 08:59 AM (tFM5X)

71 It could be much worse, I admit it
So if I whine to much, I should quit it
Though the outlook seems bleak
And my strength is so weak
I can still find a rhyme and then fit it!

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at August 29, 2026 09:01 AM (tnd43)

72 Now one thing I haven’t figured out, I’ll be in some huge are, with 75,000 acres, a gazillion roads and trails and overlooks and isolated campsites, free range camping. And some chucklehead will pull in within a stones throw of my campsite. I’m not anti-social, but I can’t for the life of me figure out why someone would do this. 4th of July Independence Day holiday maybe. And if it happened just once or something I could chalk it up to a fluke. It’s happened enough where it isn’t. Maybe someday I’ll get curious enough to ask “What the hell is wrong with you?”
Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 08:56 AM (tFM5X)

You do realize don't you that humans are a social species.

You're getting the benefit of that olde-fashioned- "Let's stay close in the night , so the panthers won't eat us." reflex.

Also, in the Hill Country I've seen a lot of...oh, I don't know...low-level trailer fests. The trailer-folk gather at an assigned place to meet new folks and share stories.

Like a MOME!!!!

Posted by: naturalfake - Amatuer Anthropologist at August 29, 2026 09:02 AM (iJfKG)

73 I have never understood people's obsession with coffee. Like it's your life's blood or something.

Posted by: Case at August 29, 2026 09:03 AM (VrYHL)

74 *clap*

Good one, Brother Tim

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 09:03 AM (aJQbY)

75 73 I have never understood people's obsession with coffee. Like it's your life's blood or something.
Posted by: Case at August 29, 2026 09:03 AM (VrYHL)

Well, yeah. It kinda is.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 29, 2026 09:03 AM (h7ZuX)

76 Don't ever start drinkin' coffee, son. You'll never be able to stop.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 29, 2026 09:04 AM (h7ZuX)

77 naturalfake, speaking of MoMe. Hope to see you.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 09:04 AM (PbWRL)

78 My french press coffee maker is sized one litre, so e drink one litre of coffee each morning. Am I in danger of becoming eurofied? Should I be stopping .06oz. from the top? Scratch a new fill line maybe?
Life is tough these days.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 29, 2026 09:04 AM (sl73Y)

79 @73/Case: "I have never understood people's obsession with coffee. Like it's your life's blood or something."

If I get too much blood in my caffeine stream, things start going wobbly and then fall over, and they can't get up.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 29, 2026 09:05 AM (O7YUW)

80 It’s weird for sure. A lot of times it isn’t even a suitable spot, no view. I like a nice view. I tend to leave people alone, since that’s what I expect.

I saw one of those stealthy camper vans parked in a weird spot on a morning hike, I didn’t bother them, turned around and walked the other way. To each his own, I guess.

I inspected the site later, after they were gone, and it looked like from the ground thwt maybe they were actually stuck. Or maybe an axle broke or something … happened. Oops.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 09:05 AM (tFM5X)

81
As I approach 29, I find my tastes shifting away from coffeee and more toward tea.

Harrad's Earl Grey Tea, hot with a splash of milk may be the Finest Wake-UP Breakfast Beverage IN The Universe!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 29, 2026 09:07 AM (iJfKG)

82 Beautiful dry day, supposed to top out at 80°, but right now 65° and a cool stiff breeze out of the north. Whole house fan on, windows open, changing out the stale AC air.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 29, 2026 09:08 AM (sl73Y)

83 Good morning good people. Prayers for all Hordian intentions - those requested and those known but to God.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2026 09:09 AM (zi7oe)

84
The spreadsheet of Delilah's show career is now complete. All the numbers add up properly and links - all 318 of them - to the AKC record for the show added.

Her grandmother Lacey had more dogs defeated in Breed and All-Breed, as well as more Best in Show wins. But Lacey's specials career was 378 shows. Lila lost a good many shows (and wins) because of Her Majesty's knee surgery (the last half of 2019), COVID idiocy (March to September of 2020) and maternal duties (mid-2022).

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 29, 2026 09:09 AM (O0L8i)

85 naturalfake, speaking of MoMe. Hope to see you.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 09:04 AM (PbWRL)

Thanks, Ben Had.

Hope to be there.

Things are moving in our life right now in unexpected ways, so I don't know yet.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 29, 2026 09:09 AM (iJfKG)

86 We've had a travel trailer and an RV before. I enjoyed it. I'd like to get one when we retire and maybe travel around half time. I'd get a smaller house where we could park it. And when we get tired of it we could just sell it and settle into the house full time. There is so much of the country I'd like to see still.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 29, 2026 09:10 AM (VCgbV)

87 Judge Rules Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed’s Confession Inadmissible in Trial

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There's only so much truth the courts can handle.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 09:10 AM (ndZc7)

88 have never understood people's obsession with coffee. Like it's your life's blood or something
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It helps me get my brain fully booted up in the early morning. I’m not picky.
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Yes it is of course true humans are a social species, but the camping/outdoor/hiking thing is sort of the opposite. People want to get “away from it all”, even if they take half of it with them. Solitude.

An established campground doesn’t interest me too much. Too crowded, noisy, etc. So in the large national forests and federal lands, people ought to find their own spot, there is no reason I can think of to be within earshot or eyesight of anybody else (unless it’s super crowded or something).

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 09:12 AM (tFM5X)

89 Been a really secular Saturday morning so far. Prayers still up for all.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 29, 2026 09:13 AM (sl73Y)

90 Dick or moron?

“You’re a Moron, Dick”: White House Rips Sen. Durbin Over Iran War Comments

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 09:13 AM (ndZc7)

91 38 One of the most comical stories out of the war over the Straits of Hormuz is that, now that the US has swept them and removed all the “mines”, it turns out that the vast majority of them were black plastic bags full of buoyant trash that the Iranians tossed there to freak shippers out.

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Devilishly clever, those Iranians

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2026 09:13 AM (4Je4D)

92 I'd consider doing this once I retire. Doubt if the Mr. would.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

Don't completely discount gentle threats.

We now joke that I told the Lovely Mrs.: "I'm moving to Tennessee. I hope you'll come with me."

She did and she's glad (now).

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2026 09:14 AM (zi7oe)

93 "Coffee helps me person..."

I remember when Bad English opened for Bon Jovi in 1989.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 29, 2026 09:18 AM (cWLG3)

94 Be sure the key/ignition buzzzer works in your RV.

Posted by: Jesse Pinkman at August 29, 2026 09:18 AM (Q+gd/)

95 Doing the jobs Americans won't do.

Data: Illegal Aliens Behind 80% of Portland Fentanyl Trafficking

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 09:18 AM (ndZc7)

96 The judge won't accept the information gathered from water boarding . The judge thinks he's a civilian judge.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 09:23 AM (KC5Lt)

97 *flops down in despair*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

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You misspelled *heaves a big sigh of relief and mutters "Thank God!*

Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 09:23 AM (qgHp7)

98 Stepdaughter and hubby are buying an Airstream and after her pension vests next year, he's already retired, they will travel the country checking out where they want to live. They're currently living in the land of fruits and nuts and really want out of CA. Big problem is eventually selling there home in an area where every 4th home is for sale. I'm skeptical that she can live full time in an Airstream. We shall see.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 29, 2026 09:23 AM (2NHgQ)

99 Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Today is the Memorial of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist. Patron saint of baptisms, converts and prisoners, pray for us.

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I have prayed Rosaries for the Horde's intentions, both stated and unstated.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 29, 2026 09:25 AM (ksbjf)

100 I have never understood people's obsession with coffee. Like it's your life's blood or something.
Posted by: Case

I've been to a rodeo, an opera, and a hanging and this is the DUMBEST thing I've ever heard!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2026 09:25 AM (zi7oe)

101 Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 29, 2026 09:23 AM (2NHgQ)

Have them price the house to sell. They will still be left with enough to buy double the square footage in another state.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 09:26 AM (KC5Lt)

102 Thanks for the Coffee Thread and Prayer Revival, Mis Hum and Annie!

Heavenly Father, we thank you for the many blessings you bestow upon us daily. May we be worthy of your grace.

And may God continue to bless the U.S.A. and Israel.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 29, 2026 09:26 AM (D/6p1)

103 Prayers for all

Had one of those interesting experiences on my morning run today where it’s incredibly humid and I see occasional lightning in the sky…. Then I’m jogging along and all the sudden realize it’s been lightly raining on me… the air was so humid I could hardly notice the light rain! Then it picked up and was noticeable and welcome because it cooled things down (a bit)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 29, 2026 09:27 AM (M+uMR)

104 ~~Rosie O’Donnell~~ Fat Pig Hails Jelly Roll After His “Fat Pig” Attacks on Trump During “Kimmel Live!”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 09:27 AM (ndZc7)

105 I want to apologize for my comment last week in which I came-off as a sanctimonious jerk. I was distraught by all the suffering amongst the Horde and did not express myself well. I'm sorry for the disharmony I caused.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 29, 2026 09:28 AM (ksbjf)

106 Happy Saturday, Horde! A little Dolly for the occasion:
https://youtu.be/37wV6D49iEY

IMO, this song illustrates all the good things about her as an artist and a person. Her presence made this collaboration far better, yet you can tell she isn't making it about herself. So rare in an artist... may perpetual light shine upon her.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 29, 2026 09:29 AM (kOluj)

107 Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 29, 2026 09:28 AM (ksbjf)

All is forgotten.

Seriously I had forgotten about it.

Being a horde member means never having to say you're sorry😀

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 09:31 AM (KC5Lt)

108 polynikes. We told them to put the house on the market, it's perfect since they will not be inconvenienced by lookers since they will be traveling. I'm guessing they have poured a vast amount of money into the place to reverse the issues caused by former remodeling and they need to cover those costs. Who know, they're adults and we don't ask too many questions.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 29, 2026 09:32 AM (2NHgQ)

109 105 I want to apologize for my comment last week in which I came-off as a sanctimonious jerk.

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Apology accepted. We'll call off our lawyers.

Posted by: The Brotherhood of Sanctimonious Jerks at August 29, 2026 09:32 AM (4Je4D)

110 KY Woman Accused of Defacing WWII Memorial With Spray Paint Indicted by Federal Grand Jury

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Stunning and brave.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 09:32 AM (ndZc7)

111 Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't drink coffee every now and then. Got nothing against it. But in the summer when it's hot as hell everyday I had rather have something cold to drink. Iced tea or a cold soft drink. I think I have mentioned a few times how much I hate August, but fall is coming in a few weeks.

Posted by: Case at August 29, 2026 09:32 AM (VrYHL)

112 Rosie O’Donnell Hails Jelly Roll

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I saw that as "Rosie O’Donnell inhales Jelly Roll..."

Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 09:33 AM (qgHp7)

113 My local Marble Slab Creamery has just removed coffee ice cream from their selection and replaced it with pumpkin spice ice cream. A temporary situation, I hope. I often go there for my favorite milkshake, made with a mixture of half coffee ice cream and half strawberry.

Posted by: Toad-0 at August 29, 2026 09:33 AM (UqxXs)

114 If judge would have been a Soviet era judge he/ she/ it would buy anything the KGB would tell them

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 09:34 AM (Ia/+0)

115 May GOD grant healing, grace, and courage to all above according to their needs and His will. I have a praise, Mrs. E’s surgery went well and she is recovering nicely. We still await lab report on one lymph node.

Posted by: Eromero at August 29, 2026 09:34 AM (UYYJi)

116 Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 29, 2026 09:32 AM (2NHgQ)

Roger that. Sometimes you got to take a loss or you'll be trapped. But as you said it's their decisions to make.

Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 09:34 AM (KC5Lt)

117 .... really want out of CA.

Choices!

High humidity year round.
Freezing and winter dark.
Low humidity but frying in summer.
Dark and wet but fine summers.

Is New Mexico really as bad (leftards) as some say it is? 1500-2000 foot level in the mountain foothills might be very cozy!

Posted by: 13times at August 29, 2026 09:35 AM (fnZRl)

118 Then you're eating maple syrup and butter. The French toast is just a carrier.

Plain bagels exist because eating cream cheese with your fingers would be gauche.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 29, 2026 09:36 AM (vTZFs)

119 We gotta regulate those guys over there.

Newsom Set to Ban Disposable Vapes in California With Fines Up to $2,000

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 09:36 AM (ndZc7)

120 I saw Sanctimonious Jerk open for Thelonious Monk at Fiddler's Green in '06.

They also caused some disharmony.

Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 09:37 AM (qgHp7)

121 @111/Case: When I was a teenager, I used to keep a case of Coca-Cola* cans under my bed. I'd wake up, reach under the bed and grab a can, sit on the edge of the bed, crack open the can, and chug it to get my day started.

It doesn't have to be coffee, but it must have caffeine. Am I addicted? Probably. Oh well. *shrugs*

{ * AKA Cold brown fizzy coffee }

And hey, at least it wasn't shoving my face in a sink full of cold water and ice cubes, a la Huey Lewis.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 29, 2026 09:38 AM (O7YUW)

122 It’s funny to realize that the Iranians “high tech mine laying ships” were actually just garbage scows.

They get points for understanding marketing as well as any mad man agency.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2026 08:53 AM (GWwCk)

A key to the success of those truculent lunatics is that so much of the Left wants to believe. If the Lefties keeps clapping -- this time the "EEEEEEEvil Trump-Hitler (tm)" will defeated.

Iran is helped by all of those treasonous scumbags. However, Iran is being side-lined. There is a de facto break-up of OPEC (both Venezuela and the UAE have left), pipe lines are being built, and Iran's capability to fund terrorism is being severely curtailed.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 29, 2026 09:38 AM (ksbjf)

123 Being a horde member means never having to say you're sorry😀
Posted by: polynikes

Which is nice, since at certain values of 29 you don't even remember what you need to be sorry about...

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at August 29, 2026 09:38 AM (F5T1n)

124 Brother Tim and RandomDave, I sm prayung for you.

Today is the Memorial the Passion of St John the Baptist & Forerunner.

St John, who recognized Christ even before birth, pray for us that we may know and follow Jesus in our lives today and forever.

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 29, 2026 09:38 AM (Ydd86)

125 117 .... really want out of CA.

Choices!

High humidity year round.
Freezing and winter dark.
Low humidity but frying in summer.
Dark and wet but fine summers.

Is New Mexico really as bad (leftards) as some say it is? 1500-2000 foot level in the mountain foothills might be very cozy!
Posted by: 13times at August 29, 2026 09:35 AM (fnZRl)

As one with experience I’d say beware…. We escaped California 4 years ago after having been there 30 plus years. Yeah, in many ways (especially during covid) it was a shithole of a state. But you know what? Grass is not always greener….. I’m finding now that I really miss the ocean, the weather, the natural beauty… and 3 decades of memories. It’s been a mixed bag honestly. Make sure that you like where you’re going if you decide to go

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 29, 2026 09:40 AM (M+uMR)

126 John the Baptist drove a Toyota?
Hunh.

Posted by: Just got here at August 29, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)

127 Being a horde member means never having to say you're sorry😀
Posted by: polynikes at August 29, 2026 09:31 AM (KC5Lt)

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Now he's going to have to apologize for saying he was sorry. This could become a vicious cycle.

Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 09:41 AM (qgHp7)

128 I made a mug's worth of coffee in the old Bialetti stovetop thingy today.
Usually I use the coffee maker since I need to make enough to bring to work.

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 29, 2026 09:42 AM (Ydd86)

129 Governor Josh Shapiro
@GovernorShapiro
Let's set the record straight because @RobertKennedyJr’s post is inaccurate and misleading and he is making claims that have been debunked repeatedly by actual scientists and doctors.

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Actual scientists and doctors, people! Actual scientists and doctors!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 09:42 AM (ndZc7)

130 This is the thread for prayer, apologies are three doors down.

Posted by: Hall Monitor at August 29, 2026 09:42 AM (Q+gd/)

131 Josh Shapiro is a smarmy little asshole.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2026 09:43 AM (wOO3z)

132 want to apologize for my comment last week in which I came-off as a sanctimonious jerk. I was distraught by all the suffering amongst the Horde and did not express myself well. I'm sorry for the disharmony I caused.
Posted by: Retired Bucke

You seemed distraught, or at least, worked up. It happens. No apology needed.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 29, 2026 09:43 AM (sl73Y)

133 This is the thread for prayer, apologies are three doors down.
Posted by: Hall Monitor

Arguments are two doors down.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2026 09:44 AM (zi7oe)

134 John the Baptist drove a Toyota?
Hunh.
Posted by: Just got here

Ted Kennedy's car was full emersion.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 09:44 AM (ndZc7)

135 Poor Josh Shapiro
Despised by his party for being a Jew
Despised by everyone else for being a tyrant and a liar.

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 29, 2026 09:45 AM (Ydd86)

136 106 Happy Saturday, Horde! A little Dolly for the occasion:
https://youtu.be/37wV6D49iEY

IMO, this song illustrates all the good things about her as an artist and a person. Her presence made this collaboration far better, yet you can tell she isn't making it about herself. So rare in an artist... may perpetual light shine upon her.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 29, 2026 09:29 AM (kOluj)

Really nice!

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 09:45 AM (odBC9)

137 A lot of commentors have said shit they regretted. We're all human, it happens.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2026 09:46 AM (wOO3z)

138 Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't drink coffee every now and then. Got nothing against it. But in the summer when it's hot as hell everyday I had rather have something cold to drink. Iced tea or a cold soft drink. I think I have mentioned a few times how much I hate August, but fall is coming in a few weeks.
Posted by: Case at August

I like hot beverage in hot weather. Golfing, I bring insulated mug of hot tea to sip, lasts the round. Refreshing for some reason.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 29, 2026 09:47 AM (sl73Y)

139 Dolly seems like a really good person through snd through.

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 29, 2026 09:48 AM (Ydd86)

140 Immersion, but still...golfclap.

Posted by: Just got here at August 29, 2026 09:48 AM (2Ez/1)

141 This afternoon I'm going with my daughter and her family to pick tree-ripe peaches at my brother's orchard near here. Which means that I will sit in the shade and visit with my brother while the young'uns pick fruit in the heat of the day. That should be fun.

Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 09:49 AM (qgHp7)

142 TN's Gov. Lee has announced that the process for renaming Nashville International Airport to honor Dolly Parton has begun.

Posted by: Tuna at August 29, 2026 09:49 AM (lJ0H4)

143 John the Baptist drove a Toyota?
Hunh.
Posted by: Just got here

John the Baptist would be a Ford pick-up truck kind of guy, no?

Posted by: dantesed at August 29, 2026 09:49 AM (Oy/m2)

144 I think I have mentioned a few times how much I hate August, but fall is coming in a few weeks.
Posted by: Case at August 29, 2026 09:32 AM (VrYHL)
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Even though it's supposed to warm up again this week, this morning was pleasantly cool. A hint of fall in the air. Very nice.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 29, 2026 09:49 AM (FZ29D)

145 U.S. Nuclear-Capable B-52 Receives AESA Radar Upgrade to Extend Service Into the 2050s

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"The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress . . . has been operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since 1955."

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A century bomber

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 09:49 AM (ndZc7)

146 Mr Aspirin Factory- I have known that since he was a County commissioner

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 09:51 AM (Ia/+0)

147 Immersion, but still...golfclap.
Posted by: Just got here

Damn English language!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 09:51 AM (ndZc7)

148 TOYYYYY YOTA!

*jumps in air*

Posted by: Al Qaeda at August 29, 2026 09:53 AM (wOO3z)

149 A lot of commentors have said shit they regretted.

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"I do" leaps to mind.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 09:53 AM (ndZc7)

150 I’ve never been a coffee drinker. I take my caffeine cold and carbonated…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 29, 2026 09:53 AM (M+uMR)

151 Good morning Horde, prayers offered for all of you and your loved ones.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 29, 2026 09:53 AM (ibDUx)

152 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, forever. 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 August 29, 2026 09:53 AM (ZOv7s)

153 John the Baptist drove a Toyota?

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His arrival was always heralded by lightning and Tundra!!

Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 09:54 AM (qgHp7)

154 Some of the Tibet/Nepal videos show massive ice-balls in the debris flow, one ball looks like its ~40 foot radius; the video uploaders say "boulders" but they are glacial remnants.

Posted by: 13times at August 29, 2026 09:54 AM (fnZRl)

155 >>Even though it's supposed to warm up again this week, this morning was pleasantly cool. A hint of fall in the air. Very nice.

Beautiful early fall morning here. Best time of the year.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 09:54 AM (viF8m)

156 76 Don't ever start drinkin' coffee, son. You'll never be able to stop.

People assume the House of the Rising Sun was an opium den. It was, in fact, a Starbucks.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 29, 2026 09:54 AM (Riz8t)

157
Jerk:
Judgemental
Egotistical
Religious
Know it all

Posted by: Don't be that person at August 29, 2026 09:55 AM (2Ez/1)

158 My local Marble Slab Creamery has just removed coffee ice cream from their selection and replaced it with pumpkin spice ice cream. A temporary situation, I hope. I often go there for my favorite milkshake, made with a mixture of half coffee ice cream and half strawberry.

Posted by: Toad
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Marble Slab Creamery has a very undertaker vibe to it. Horrible name for an ice cream shop.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 29, 2026 09:56 AM (XvL8K)

159 Newsom Set to Ban Disposable Vapes in California With Fines Up to $2,000
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 29, 2026 09:36 AM (ndZc7)

He needs to ban those little plastic floss devices.

Nasty people throw them out the window, in the parking lot, etc, etc. I see them littered everywhere.

Posted by: Nasty People Doing Nasty Things at August 29, 2026 09:56 AM (yuEAg)

160 ome of the Tibet/Nepal videos show massive ice-balls in the debris flow, one ball looks like its ~40 foot radius; the video uploaders say "boulders" but they are glacial remnants.

I assume the usual suspects are blaming it all on global warming.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 29, 2026 09:56 AM (Riz8t)

161 Newsom Set to Ban Disposable Vapes in California With Fines Up to $2,000

Having already solved all the important problems.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 29, 2026 09:57 AM (Riz8t)

162 I thought House of the Rising Sun was a whore house, but yeah see it was a Starbux all along now

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 09:57 AM (Ia/+0)

163 Dolly seems like a really good person through snd through.
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 29, 2026 09:48 AM (Ydd86)
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She seemed like any other celebrity, only nicer. But now we're finding out that she was giving away huge amounts of money on the downlow, and asked people to keep it quiet, and in their gratitude, they did.

But she gave on an industrial scale. I thought Dollywood was just a vanity project, but apparently it was a jobs program disguised as entertainment that paid above-market wages with benefits. She didn't do it to make money, just to give people where she lived a source of income. That's beyond comprehension. Hopefully her example will inspire others to say "You know, I have enough, and I should help others," because that's how you really eliminate poverty.

Combine this with the Treasury's new push to revoke non-profit/charity status for political organizations and we really could see a new Golden Age.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 09:58 AM (ZOv7s)

164 ...renaming Nashville International Airport to honor Dolly Parton...

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"Delta Airlines Flight 283 from Atlanta now arriving on Concourse Double-D."

Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 09:58 AM (qgHp7)

165 He needs to ban those little plastic floss devices.

Nasty people throw them out the window, in the parking lot, etc, etc. I see them littered everywhere.
Posted by: Nasty People Doing Nasty Things at August 29, 2026 09:56 AM
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Now do COVID masks.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 29, 2026 09:58 AM (2Ez/1)

166 I thought House of the Rising Sun was a whore house, but yeah see it was a Starbux all along now

Huh, I never thought of that. It just seemed obvious to me that it was an opium den.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 29, 2026 09:59 AM (Riz8t)

167 "The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress . . . has been operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since 1955."

Should have no trouble getting 'Vintage' license plates for it.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2026 10:00 AM (zi7oe)

168 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 29, 2026 10:02 AM (u82oZ)

169 "The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress . . . has been operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since 1955."

Should have no trouble getting 'Vintage' license plates for it.

The astonishing thing is that it was designed 45 years after the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, and is now almost 80 years old.

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress was primarily designed in 1948, with its final jet-powered swept-wing configuration famously finalized by Boeing engineers over a single weekend in October of that year

Posted by: Archimedes at August 29, 2026 10:02 AM (Riz8t)

170 There’s a new clip of the dog shocker Hasan Piker trying to explain to a cute girl that he’s a chad, and she says “I thought you were a normie douche”. Fatality.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 29, 2026 10:03 AM (QZThv)

171 Iran is helped by all of those treasonous scumbags. However, Iran is being side-lined. There is a de facto break-up of OPEC (both Venezuela and the UAE have left), pipe lines are being built, and Iran's capability to fund terrorism is being severely curtailed.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 29, 2026 09:38 AM (ksbjf)
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Iran is only now discovering that the virtue of the Sword of Damocles is that it hangs, not that it falls.

Closing the Straits is a great threat, but once you take that fatal step, the other side gets to react, and we reacted in a way they did not expect and now they have no other move. Bessent is the ultimate Killer Queen, not just sanctioning banks, but ripping up their access to the dollar itself. Iran is going to collapse because it has nothing left. It will take time, but as ship traffic picks up, oil continues to fall and Iran's old customers find new sources, it's going to dawn on even the diehards that the game is over and they lost. I'm seeing that their politicians are openly saying it's over.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:03 AM (ZOv7s)

172 There’s a new clip of the dog shocker Hasan Piker trying to explain to a cute girl that he’s a chad, and she says “I thought you were a normie douche”. Fatality.
Posted by: Ian S.

Nope. Just a douche.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2026 10:04 AM (u3SRj)

173 Just a drive-by this morning.

Going to the local town's Farmer's Market to meet a widow.

May you all stay cool, with calm surrounding you and yours.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 29, 2026 10:04 AM (u82oZ)

174 Closing the Straits is a great threat, but once you take that fatal step, the other side gets to react, and we reacted in a way they did not expect and now they have no other move. Bessent is the ultimate Killer Queen, not just sanctioning banks, but ripping up their access to the dollar itself. Iran is going to collapse because it has nothing left. It will take time, but as ship traffic picks up, oil continues to fall and Iran's old customers find new sources, it's going to dawn on even the diehards that the game is over and they lost. I'm seeing that their politicians are openly saying it's over.

This week, Iran's veep admitted that the country's economy is weeks away from collapse. "This cannot go on".

Posted by: Archimedes at August 29, 2026 10:04 AM (Riz8t)

175 The only two Dolly Parton songs I’d recognize are 9 to 5 and that duet with Kenny Rogers. She also reminds me of that scene in Seinfeld where Jerry’s having an awkward conversation with “real and spectacular” lady (Teri Hatcher) and he casually says: That Jayne Mansfield had some big breasts, didn’t she?

The comment would also apply to Dolly

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 29, 2026 10:05 AM (M+uMR)

176 Californians love their climate so much they kick and scream about the politics while they are there and kick and scream as they drag themselves to a freestate. Then 75% of them turn around and vote blue.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 10:05 AM (6T7Go)

177 "The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress . . . has been operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since 1955."

Should have no trouble getting 'Vintage' license plates for it.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2026 10:00 AM (zi7oe)
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When I was at Selfridge, they still flew C-130s, and one of their points of pride was that they had the oldest one still in the fleet, built in 1962. Someone got a Michigan "vintage vehicle" license plate (which gives the year of manufacture) and put it in one of the glasshouse windows on the flight deck.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:05 AM (ZOv7s)

178 Is New Mexico really as bad (leftards) as some say it is? 1500-2000 foot level in the mountain foothills might be very cozy!
Posted by: 13times at August 29, 2026 09:35 AM (fnZRl)

New Mexico is run by an admitted communist, who has created a poison pill in the budget with a mandated ever-increasing teacher pay law/amendment/something for the benefit of her best friend who she appointed head of education.

The state also has its own version of "the families" and has been described as "The Sopranos with a different accent" by multiple people. It's a shame, because there is a lot of natural beauty.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 29, 2026 10:06 AM (lFFaq)

179 Gas is up over $4,15 here in se Pa this week

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 10:06 AM (Ia/+0)

180 Ladies and gentlemen, I give you...your Democrat Party.

https://tinyurl.com/5n8aaa4h

Posted by: Archimedes at August 29, 2026 10:07 AM (Riz8t)

181 The "J" model B-52's with the upgraded engines might make it to the century mark of operational status. But 2055 is a ways off. Possible... maybe.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 29, 2026 10:08 AM (2Cry5)

182 Bessent is the ultimate Killer Queen…
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:03 AM (ZOv7s)

Phrasing? :-)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 29, 2026 10:08 AM (M+uMR)

183 >>>
This week, Iran's veep admitted that the country's economy is weeks away from collapse. "This cannot go on".

Posted by: Archimedes
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Apparently the Navy while clearing the mines has also been clearing natural obstacles thus widening the passing lanes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 10:08 AM (6T7Go)

184 Cancer Update: We met with the oncologist last week and there is more good news. While Mrs. Lloyd will need chemo, it will be for only 12 weeks and will use a mild medication at a low dose. She will have drug therapy for much longer, but it has few side effects as it is used to target a specific protein in the cancer. Amazing that they can do that now.

The reason for this is that a few stray cancer cells may have "escaped" and so we need to hunt them down to prevent a recurrence somewhere else. She will get a port, and treatment will commence when she is fully healed. She's doing well now, gaining strength and range of motion, but there is still some pain and she needs help doing just about everything.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:08 AM (ZOv7s)

185
Phrasing? :-)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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He's a prissy bitch. Just what we and they need.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 10:09 AM (6T7Go)

186 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Good on Mrs. Lloyd, glad she's getting better and that she has a good husband to take care of her.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 10:11 AM (6T7Go)

187 Please read in an Irish brogue:

May t' Lord bless Brudder Tim'rick
Who shared a most lovely Lim'rick
Muldoon's feelin' peaked
Fer his coffee that leaked
On his shiny new patio trim-brick

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 29, 2026 10:12 AM (kOluj)

188 Gas is up over $4,15 here in se Pa this week
Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 10:06 AM (Ia/+0)
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The thing about gas prices is that they are based on what was paid for it when it was purchased, not the current price of oil, so there is always a lag, just like everything else. Once the high priced stuff is sold off, the cheaper stuff replaces it.

Of course when oil goes up, the prices do as well because they are going to have to buy more expensive oil and need that money up front. The same is true for just about every commodity, but no one pays attention to corn futures.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:12 AM (ZOv7s)

189 Thankful here there's no Art Thread on the weekends, even though I get all my snarkiness out of me commenting on the shart, most days.

Posted by: Vibrant Hot Air Commenter at August 29, 2026 10:12 AM (JM9I6)

190 Well, the hits just keep coming. I had been home less than 2 hours from a 2 hour drive from Birmingham's UAB where Dr Funk had done the *HOLEP procedure. At 7:05 my doctor at the UAB clinic here in HSV called. The MRI he had me get Tuesday indicated a mass on my left kidney is most likely cancer, but it's small and now I have 3 of my doctors collaborating on it. I'm guessing it's another hospital visit in my near future.

I guess the good news is they caught it early.

The really good news is i no longer have a catheter!!

* Do not hop on YouTube and look it up, Dr Funk warned me so I'm just saying...

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at August 29, 2026 10:13 AM (Q/FnY)

191 Thanks for letting me hang out this morning. I always feel like I'm around fiends here.

Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 10:13 AM (qgHp7)

192 Darn sticky 'R' key!

Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 10:13 AM (qgHp7)

193 Some of the Tibet/Nepal videos show massive ice-balls in the debris flow, one ball looks like its ~40 foot radius; the video uploaders say "boulders" but they are glacial remnants.
Posted by: 13times at August 29, 2026 09:54 AM (fnZRl)

The loss of life and property is tragedy enough, that this will be used to "prove" global warming will make it even worse in the long run.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 29, 2026 10:14 AM (lFFaq)

194 Californians love their climate so much they kick and scream about the politics while they are there and kick and scream as they drag themselves to a freestate. Then 75% of them turn around and vote blue.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 10:05 AM (6T7Go)
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I think it's even money at this point that California is a red state, but simply awash in corrupt voting. Same for Oregon and Washington. As soon as the mail-in thing happened, as soon as they gave state IDs to everyone, the states veered left. This is why they are fighting so hard at any form of election accountability.

It's also why they are banning random shit - because they are on a power trip. There is no "final destination" for them, just screwing everyone over for fun and profit.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:14 AM (ZOv7s)

195 >>Then 75% of them turn around and vote blue.

Do they?

California has the most messed up voting system of any state in the Union. Minnesota is a close 2nd but California's voting system seems to have purposefully designed for cheating.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 10:16 AM (viF8m)

196 The loss of life and property is tragedy enough, that this will be used to "prove" global warming will make it even worse in the long run.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 29, 2026 10:14 AM (lFFaq)
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What it dos is show the utter folly in China's water management strategy, which is based on building a series of dams along very narrow valleys which can lead to cascading failure when a major geological event takes place.

This is how the Three Gorges Dam will fail.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)

197 Thanks for letting me hang out this morning. I always feel like I'm around fiends here.
Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 10:13 AM (qgHp7)

The meaning is totally different with just one letter difference: fiends or friends? LoL

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 29, 2026 10:17 AM (M+uMR)

198 >>>it's going to dawn on even the diehards that the game is over and they lost. I'm seeing that their politicians are openly saying it's over.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Main reason of Ratcliff's visit to Russia was to 'suggest' it stop assisting Iran. There may have been a trade off of us ceasing to sell Ukraine arms via third party UK. We'll see.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 10:18 AM (6T7Go)

199 I have been reading about Scott Bessent. He is an interesting man.

https://tinyurl.com/yc4cc369

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 10:19 AM (+hwtP)

200 There are videos on Youtube citing the report of the original engineers, and the lead critic said that it was only a matter of time before Three Gorges would have to be demolished.

All the flooding in China of late is man-made. The paved everything, covered the hillsides with solar panels, skimped on drainage systems, and built dams in layers to the point that if one has to do a water release, every one downstream does, so instead of mitigating flooding, they increase it.

The narrow valleys mean the water level has huge variations, and that causes bank/slope erosion, and destabilized rock faces. As I note in my series on a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, you can't invade if the embarkation points are underwater.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:20 AM (ZOv7s)

201 >>I have been reading about Scott Bessent. He is an interesting man.

If you haven't read the letter he wrote to Liz Warren yesterday you should. He basically called her financially illiterate. Which she is.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 10:21 AM (viF8m)

202 Gas is up over $4,15 here in se Pa this week
Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 10:06 AM (Ia/+0)
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How much are eggs?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 29, 2026 10:22 AM (2Ez/1)

203 Seventy Five percent of Californians that exit the state, not those who stay, vote blue.

Over the course of years California citizens have voted for important conservative issues only to have their vote overturned by its Supreme Court.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 10:22 AM (6T7Go)

204 Prayers for all, the known and the ones in the silence of our hearts...

I'm having cataract surgery on the 1st and the 8th. It should be straightforward, but Mr. S does not do medical stuff- his or anyone else's- well, so prayers for both of us would be appreciated. He will take good care of me- but it will be stessful.

My peeve- you would think clinics who deal with the elderly would have more analog options for patient pre-op paperwork. I filled it out on my phone, after not being able to pull it up on the computer. Exhausting...

Posted by: sal at August 29, 2026 10:22 AM (f+FmA)

205 If you could please say a little prayer for FenSpouse. Nothing critical, but he is getting wax removed from his ears and he must have enough in there he could open a candle company, he's been in there so long.. Thanks so much.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 10:22 AM (+hwtP)

206 $3.49/gal here in upstate SC.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2026 10:23 AM (wOO3z)

207
Main reason of Ratcliff's visit to Russia was to 'suggest' it stop assisting Iran. There may have been a trade off of us ceasing to sell Ukraine arms via third party UK. We'll see.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 10:18 AM (6T7Go)
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There's a renewed effort underway to end the conflict. The Vatican sent a new envoy (an American, btw) who openly said that there can be no winner at this point as both countries have bled themselves white. Pretty blunt language from the Vatican.

The Patriarch of Moscow is also diplomatically isolated from many of his peers, and the Papacy is trying to help bring them back together - and of course back to the Church as well.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:23 AM (ZOv7s)

208 Posted by: All San Franciscans Everywhere All the Time at August 29, 2026 08:52 AM (iJfKG)

This checks out.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 10:24 AM (RIvkX)

209 Then 75% of them turn around and vote blue.

Cali has the most corrupt elections in the US, possibly the world. Remember, Bass lost her election so they kept recounting for a month and only stopped when she “won”. We have no idea who people there actually are voting for, but there are strong signals that it ain’t the people being declared the winners.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 29, 2026 10:24 AM (QZThv)

210 A.H. Lloyd,

On the one hand, the various Patriarchs are used to ignoring the Pope.

On the other hand, at least they'll have someone at the table they can all agree they disagree with?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 10:25 AM (aJQbY)

211 If you haven't read the letter he wrote to Liz Warren yesterday you should. He basically called her financially illiterate. Which she is.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 10:21 AM (viF8m)
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It was stunningly condescending, even pointing out that she didn't even know the law she was claiming he violated and she may want to look it up. It's funny watching a dude out-bitch women.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:26 AM (ZOv7s)

212 "Seventy Five percent of Californians that exit the state, not those who stay, vote blue.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 10:22 AM

Where does that number come from?

Posted by: Just the facts, ma'am at August 29, 2026 10:26 AM (2Ez/1)

213 >>It was stunningly condescending, even pointing out that she didn't even know the law she was claiming he violated and she may want to look it up. It's funny watching a dude out-bitch women.

I had a Billy Madison flashback while I was reading it.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 10:27 AM (viF8m)

214 >>>My peeve- you would think clinics who deal with the elderly would have more analog options for patient pre-op paperwork. I filled it out on my phone, after not being able to pull it up on the computer. Exhausting...

Posted by: sal
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Two phrases: I don't do that. My phone [any device] doesn't do that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 10:28 AM (6T7Go)

215 Have a great day, all.

Need to go work on some sewing projects before being sidelined- a lap quilt for my son-in-law's dad, who will be 90 next month, a lovely man who survived a stroke in 2019 and is still with us.
And a coat constructed from a vintage Irish Chain quilt for the local vet. Really enjoying the challenge of this one.

Posted by: sal at August 29, 2026 10:29 AM (f+FmA)

216 How fitting. Today is St. Cerumen's Day.

Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 10:29 AM (qgHp7)

217 It was stunningly condescending, even pointing out that she didn't even know the law she was claiming he violated and she may want to look it up. It's funny watching a dude out-bitch women.

It was fantastic. And spawned endless “that must’ve ruffled her headdress” jokes.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 29, 2026 10:29 AM (QZThv)

218 On the one hand, the various Patriarchs are used to ignoring the Pope.

On the other hand, at least they'll have someone at the table they can all agree they disagree with?
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 10:25 AM (aJQbY)
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There have been serious negotiations going on for a while because the Orthodox Communion has some serious issues.

It's becoming clear that having a referee to sort things out would be helpful, and Constantinople cannot do this.

One of Francis' actual accomplishments was moving the ball forward on this front, both with the Orthodox and with the Copts, and the fact that there are Eastern Rite Catholics whose liturgy is identical demonstrates that Rome will not try to Latinize everyone.

Francis also demonstrated that a "dictator-pope" was not that powerful, and Leo is slowly and quietly cleaning up the messes he left. People who want a Trumpian Vatican DOGE misunderstand the situation. Leo wants to emphasize continuity and tradition, so he does not want dramatic repudiations, but instead clarifications and adjustments that accomplish the same thing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:30 AM (ZOv7s)

219 217 It was stunningly condescending, even pointing out that she didn't even know the law she was claiming he violated and she may want to look it up. It's funny watching a dude out-bitch women.

Morn' all.. Cat fight ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 29, 2026 10:30 AM (+gK6I)

220 "It's funny watching a dude out-bitch women."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:26 AM
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Well, he is a homosexual after all.

Posted by: NTTAWWT at August 29, 2026 10:31 AM (2Ez/1)

221 (cont) In practical terms, that means Traditiones Custodes will not be rescinded, but instead redefined into oblivion, and that is already underway. Where there are a few bitter-ender Boomer Bishops trying to wreck their dioceses, others are moving to regularize TLM services. It's also becoming painfully obvious that this is what young people want, and the numbers keep going up. I'm seeing reports that some colleges are reporting a 100% increase over last year in students wanting to know more about becoming Catholic.

Our diocese had a record number of young men attend a discernment retreat for vocations. I've volunteered to be a sponsor and my youngest has decided to be Confirmed this year. All of that undermines the Novus Ordo diehards.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:34 AM (ZOv7s)

222 Well, he is a homosexual after all.
Posted by: NTTAWWT at August 29, 2026 10:31 AM (2Ez/1)
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I mean I called him a Killer Queen upthread, so yes.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:35 AM (ZOv7s)

223 Gee, that's a shame.

>>@hey_itsmyturn
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>>A source claims that the gasoline unit at Isfahan Refinery stopped working since last night. Its ~40-day overhaul had been postponed during the war and they don’t have the spare parts they need for maintenance. Isfahan refinery normally produces ~14 million liters of petrol per day.
#Iran

Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 10:36 AM (viF8m)

224 Last time I cleaned my ears, I instantly waxed nostalgic for all the BS I used to be able to ignore.

Posted by: Barry Beltone at August 29, 2026 10:36 AM (JM9I6)

225 Good morning all
Good to see everyone hanging in there.
AHL, that is a good thing that your wife will undergo chemo just to make sure all is well. My mother had colon cancer and after they operated the surgeon said not to worry that they had gotten all the cancer and chemo was not needed. Hubris. She passed away just shy of a year later. She was 52.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 29, 2026 10:37 AM (kJmSS)

226 Good morning MisHum, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at August 29, 2026 10:37 AM (/6r4m)

227 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 70 wonderful sunny degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor. It's going to be a beautiful day today. I really ought to stay home and edit (only got through 3 chapters yesterday), but it's so nice out, I also feel the call of hopping into the Poppinsmobile, cranking up a playlist and driving.

What to do?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 29, 2026 10:38 AM (qRla/)

228 >>A source claims that the gasoline unit at Isfahan Refinery stopped working since last night. Its ~40-day overhaul had been postponed during the war and they don’t have the spare parts they need for maintenance. Isfahan refinery normally produces ~14 million liters of petrol per day.
#Iran
Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 10:36 AM (viF8m)
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If - or perhaps I should say when - Trump pulls this off, he needs to have a victory parade in DC, complete with massive flyovers and fireworks.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:38 AM (ZOv7s)

229 Waiting for signs of life from the Persian resistance.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2026 10:38 AM (wOO3z)

230 ---
I mean I called him a Killer Queen upthread, so yes.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Just look at him. Every inch of his brain (which is yuge) is as orderly as he presents himself. Don't fuck with him unless you are prepared.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 10:38 AM (6T7Go)

231 Now he's going to have to apologize for saying he was sorry. This could become a vicious cycle.
Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 09:41 AM (qgHp7)
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Someone once sent me a thank you card for sending them a thank you card.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 10:39 AM (RIvkX)

232 "Isfahan refinery normally produces ~14 million liters of petrol per day.*

Is that a lot?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 29, 2026 10:40 AM (2Ez/1)

233 >>> Isfahan refinery normally produces ~14 million liters of petrol per day.
#Iran

Posted by: JackStraw
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Only read about major sieges in history books.
It's so romantic.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 10:41 AM (6T7Go)

234 AHL, that is a good thing that your wife will undergo chemo just to make sure all is well. My mother had colon cancer and after they operated the surgeon said not to worry that they had gotten all the cancer and chemo was not needed. Hubris. She passed away just shy of a year later. She was 52.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 29, 2026 10:37 AM (kJmSS)
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There has been a lot of progress in understanding cancer and the biggest eye-opener for me has been how normal it all is. It's about as dramatic as getting a tooth pulled. The scheduling is quick, the staff is attentive and professional. Very different from the E/R or some of the other clinics. I suppose it is somewhat self-selecting in that only the best can handle the complexity involved.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:41 AM (ZOv7s)

235 Someone once sent me a thank you card for sending them a thank you card.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

*********

Ha!

Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 10:42 AM (qgHp7)

236 Waiting for signs of life from the Persian resistance.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2026 10:38 AM (wOO3z)
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They're still counting their dead. At this point, the smart play is to let the whole thing collapse and save your strength for what comes next.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:42 AM (ZOv7s)

237
Is that a lot?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Quick maths = 3.2+ million gallons per day.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2026 10:42 AM (wOO3z)

238 Is this about us?

Posted by: The You're Welcome cards at August 29, 2026 10:43 AM (2Ez/1)

239 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 70 wonderful sunny degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor. It's going to be a beautiful day today. I really ought to stay home and edit (only got through 3 chapters yesterday), but it's so nice out, I also feel the call of hopping into the Poppinsmobile, cranking up a playlist and driving.

What to do?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 29, 2026 10:38 AM (qRla/)
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The obvious answer is to enjoy the weather. In Michigan we have months of cold, dark, depressing weather so it's pretty much expected that you prioritize being outside when you can. One reason I think the Canadian tariff gambit is backfiring so badly is that Michigan has spent three years choking on Canadian smoke, so we want the Canucks to suffer.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:44 AM (ZOv7s)

240 That Jayne Mansfield had some big breasts, didn’t she?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

I recently read that Jayne had a very high IQ and was an excellent musician. Like symphony quality. I always thought she was a ditz.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 29, 2026 10:45 AM (l26NL)

241 The thing about gas prices is that they are based on what was paid for it when it was purchased, not the current price of oil, so there is always a lag, just like everything else.

The lag when oil prices are going down is weeks. Going up it's milliseconds.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 29, 2026 10:45 AM (vTZFs)

242 ---
They're still counting their dead. At this point, the smart play is to let the whole thing collapse and save your strength for what comes next.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Yes. It would be nice if some commanders just came up missing or a well-timed car bomb involving the ruling class. Something.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2026 10:45 AM (wOO3z)

243 "Isfahan refinery normally produces ~14 million liters of petrol per day.*
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Is that a lot?

Per Brave AI, about 1 1/2 days' worth for Buc-ee's.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 29, 2026 10:47 AM (vTZFs)

244 AHL, I understand this perfectly. Having gone through cataract surgery and hip surgery within months of each other, just amazed at how workmanlike it was and comforting the professionalism of everyone was. Every step explained with care even though you know they've done it a million times. My gynecologist who had nothing to do with my hip surgery spent close to an hour pulling up diagrams on the computer to explain everything and allay my fears. Told me she would see me anytime I needed her. There are good people in medicine, you just have to put in the work.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 29, 2026 10:47 AM (kJmSS)

245 There are good people in medicine, you just have to put in the work.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)
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Agree.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 10:49 AM (6T7Go)

246 What’s the proper etiquette when you receive a Thank You card for your Thank You card?

A Thank You card! This could get fun.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 10:50 AM (lpgaA)

247 The goal was to make Iran irrelevant and they soon will be.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2026 10:50 AM (dtajH)

248 That Jayne Mansfield had some big breasts, didn’t she?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

I recently read that Jayne had a very high IQ and was an excellent musician. Like symphony quality. I always thought she was a ditz.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 29, 2026 10:45 AM (l26NL)

She wasn't a genius, but she was both publicity-savvy and quite intelligent, not at all the dumb bimbo popular legend has it. Eve Golden (who wrote an excellent bio of Theda Bara) penned a Mansfield bio which is well worth reading.

Oh, and as for that famous photo of Sophia Loren giving Jayne the side-eye? An example of Jayne's PR instincts: she was at a nearby event, learned of Loren's presence and broke in, making right for Loren's table and ensuring that photogs were there to record it. Loren's gaze was not about Jayne's embonpoint; it was curiosity / irritation at the uninvited guest.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 29, 2026 10:50 AM (qRla/)

249 What’s the proper etiquette when you receive a Thank You card for your Thank You card?

A Thank You card! This could get fun.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 10:50 AM (lpgaA)
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How dare you thank me!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 10:51 AM (RIvkX)

250 Jayne knew her assets and used them well.

Today, it's Miss Sweeney.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2026 10:53 AM (dtajH)

251 >>There are good people in medicine, you just have to put in the work.

The surgeons who did my spine surgery earlier this year were fantastic. I was little nervous cause they were working around my spinal cord but they put me totally at ease. Did a great job.

Kind of amazing what they can do these days.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 10:53 AM (viF8m)

252 *ahem*
Embonpoint is a noun that means a pleasing fullness, plumpness, or stoutness of the human figure.

Pronunciation and OriginPronunciation: Spoken as ahm-bohn-PWAH.

Posted by: The things you learn here at August 29, 2026 10:54 AM (2Ez/1)

253 The lag when oil prices are going down is weeks. Going up it's milliseconds.
——-

Is it your contention you would act differently if you ran a gas station? Maybe, I dunno. I suspect maybe they aren’t “greedy” but simply trying to stay in business. They might make 20c on a gallon of gasoline.

Look at the state taxes in California or Washington. It’s $2 or $3 per gallon. What did they do to get that shit all the way from Wyoming into your local Stop N Go underground tank? Not a damn thing, get right down to it.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 10:54 AM (lpgaA)

254 The lag when oil prices are going down is weeks. Going up it's milliseconds.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 29, 2026 10:45 AM (vTZFs)
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Right, because future purchases are paid for with current sales. So if oil spikes the $70 per barrel oil won't pay for $120 per barrel that replaces it. When it retreats back to $70, the pumps are still full of $120 oil, so only when that is replaced can the prices go back down.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:55 AM (ZOv7s)

255 But look at all the great bike lanes and paid expressway lanes I get for the massive gas taxes.

But when I ride the muni I have to keep my head on a swivel.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 10:57 AM (RIvkX)

256 Jayne knew her assets and used them well.

Today, it's Miss Sweeney.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2026 10:53 AM (dtajH)
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The arguments about whether she's a 7 or a 10 miss the point: she has a pleasant disposition and seems genuinely nice. She doesn't hector people, and is playful about her sexiness, which makes people enjoy watching her.

Dolly Parton's passing reminded us what it was like when celebrities didn't treat fans like shit.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 10:57 AM (ZOv7s)

257 Mansfield supposably dabbled a bit with Anton LeVay and his execrable Satanic “church” group. She loses a lot of cool points for that, if true.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 10:57 AM (lpgaA)

258 I'm still trying to figure out how diesel is priced. It's significantly higher than gas here... year round. Right now it's about $5.10/gal. It was down to $4.50 or so a week ago.

I presume it's all about the refining processes.

I need to fill my 5 gallon can for the tractor too.....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 29, 2026 10:57 AM (2Cry5)

259 If - or perhaps I should say when - Trump pulls this off, he needs to have a victory parade in DC, complete with massive flyovers and fireworks.

I suggest he get a triumph, with Democrats and members of the press in chains before his chariot.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 29, 2026 10:59 AM (Riz8t)

260 Embonpoint is a noun that means a pleasing fullness, plumpness, or stoutness of the human figure.
——-

Décolletage is a nice word too. Muldoon should re-install hisself and mash them fancy words together

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 10:59 AM (lpgaA)

261 Jayne Mansfield had great jeans.

Posted by: Levi Strauss at August 29, 2026 11:00 AM (2Ez/1)

262 Speaking of supply disruptions, I'm reminded of an amusing event in the opening days of the pandemic.

We had some guys visit our office and they brought a big case of individually wrapped toilet paper as a sample of their products. This was packaged for restroom, not households.

So the left the box, and people were told to help themselves (it's recycled locally) and I took a couple of rolls home. Others took a roll, but it sat there for weeks.

Then the pandemic hit and toilet paper flew of the shelves and that box was GONE.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 11:00 AM (ZOv7s)

263 Mansfield supposably dabbled a bit with Anton LeVay and his execrable Satanic “church” group. She loses a lot of cool points for that, if true.

Unfortunately, she did. For someone who was as intelligent as she was, it's hard to understand why she bought into (at whatever level) the snake oil LeVay was selling. To be fair, her career was very much on the downside at that time, and perhaps - as the 'church' of Satan was 'hip' - she saw it as the quickest way back to PR fame.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 29, 2026 11:01 AM (qRla/)

264 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 10:22 AM (+hwtP)

Thanks for the prayers. FenSpouse is out. The ear wax obviously wanted to stay close to him, but most of it is finally out.

Yes; I know. More information that you probably wanted to know. Sorry.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 11:01 AM (+hwtP)

265 Décolletage is a nice word too. Muldoon should re-install hisself and mash them fancy words together
Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 10:59 AM (lpgaA)
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Zaftig is a funny term for it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 11:01 AM (ZOv7s)

266 Jayne Mansfield had great jeans.

As was once said of Marilyn Monroe, "The end justifies the jeans."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 29, 2026 11:02 AM (qRla/)

267 After the President is finished degrading Iran, I hope he finally tackles the clear and present danger of stopping women from farding while driving.

Posted by: Zombie Rush Limbaugh at August 29, 2026 11:02 AM (JM9I6)

268 11 am already! I'm going to shower, dress and go for a drive.

Hope you all have a lovely day!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 29, 2026 11:03 AM (qRla/)

269 Sitting right here ya know.

Posted by: Cleavage at August 29, 2026 11:03 AM (2Ez/1)

270 Only 104° forecast for Van Nuys today

One oh for gawds sake.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 29, 2026 11:03 AM (40mwC)

271 As was once said of Marilyn Monroe, "The end justifies the jeans."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 29, 2026 11:02 AM (qRla/)
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I haven't seen "Obsession," but from the clips, the lead actress does a great job shifting between moods, and she's quite cute.

I saw a clip of her on the red carpet for something and she also seemed nice, completely unaffected and reasonable. She could do quite well in the current barren and hostile celebrity environment. Make Movie Stars Great Again!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 11:05 AM (ZOv7s)

272 'Bosomy' is Right Out - a limerick

'Embonpoint' seems a bit rude
While 'buxom' is is more harshly viewed
'Décolletage' is just a mirage
As for me I prefer 'pulchritude'!

Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 11:05 AM (qgHp7)

273 On a FWP, , grill part came in so repairing grill and cleanup

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 11:06 AM (Ia/+0)

274 Got back from a nearly-two-week family vacation late last night. All eight of us drove down to California through the redwoods to Yosemite, spend four days there, then drove to Mammoth. My son and I hiked from Onion Valley to Whitney Portal while the rest did things around Mammoth. They saved Devil's Postpile for us. We were planning to camp a couple more nights on the way home, but the drive up 395 was so easy we just drove all the way back to Portland non-stop. Had a nice dinner in Eugene and got here about 11.

Then we discovered that the two cats (who were outside the whole time), had left flea eggs in the carpet, and the fleas were hopping everywhere. It's not that bad, and it's actually pretty fun to take a plate, let them hop onto your legs, then brush them on the plate and crunch them. But my wife feverishly vacuumed the whole two-story house before bed. We will get some flea bombs today and spend a while somewhere fun---maybe the gym we just joined.

I have tremendous thanksgiving, but please pray for my wife.

Posted by: frammish at August 29, 2026 11:07 AM (rcENI)

275 Ha!! Thanks.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 11:07 AM (lpgaA)

276 I got a bunch of really pretty blank notecards from some group I subscribe to. Audubon or Nature's Conservatory or something. The last time I gave a gift to one of my grandkids, I wrote a short personal note. My son made a point of telling me how much my granddaughter liked it. When my birthday rolled around, they gave me a shell and a little heart in tiny bags they made.
This means so much more than a preprinted card or an expensive gift because there is thought behind it. Emotion.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 29, 2026 11:08 AM (kJmSS)

277 As for me I prefer 'pulchritude'!
Posted by: muldoon at August 29, 2026 11:05 AM (qgHp7)
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One of my favorite parts of "Spartacus" is Peter Ustinov's droll flattery of the Roman aristocrats visiting his place where Spartacus is being trained. "I'd be delighted, your pulchritude."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2026 11:08 AM (ZOv7s)

278 Muldoon comes through with great tracts of limericks!
Bravo.

Posted by: Limerick Lover at August 29, 2026 11:09 AM (2Ez/1)

279 My gynecologist who had nothing to do with my hip surgery spent close to an hour pulling up diagrams on the computer to explain everything and allay my fears.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 29, 2026 10:47 AM (kJmSS)

The gal who did Mr. S's nerve block for his arm surgery explained it so well, I could have done one.

Posted by: sal at August 29, 2026 11:14 AM (f+FmA)

280 "...and the fleas were hopping everywhere. It's not that bad, and it's actually pretty fun to take a plate, let them hop onto your legs, then brush them on the plate and crunch them."

++++

Hello, Child Protective Services?
Hi, ok, bear with me.
This is going to take some time to explain...

Posted by: Freaked out neighbor at August 29, 2026 11:14 AM (2Ez/1)

281 I suggest he get a triumph, with Democrats and members of the press in chains before his chariot.
Posted by: Archimedes

They should be pulling the chariot. And there will be extensive whipping.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2026 11:17 AM (wOO3z)

282 Nood

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2026 11:19 AM (dtajH)

283 Prayers for all listed and needs, and for all who read here.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 29, 2026 03:13 PM (hzuYO)

284 246 What’s the proper etiquette when you receive a Thank You card for your Thank You card?

A Thank You card! This could get fun.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 10:50 AM (lpgaA)
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My favorite beloved aunt did this. A circle that went unbroken.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 29, 2026 03:20 PM (hzuYO)

285 PET NOOD

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 03:40 PM (Ia/+0)

286 Keep on writing, great job!

Posted by: TIKTOK at August 30, 2026 04:09 AM (yHlE2)

Daily Tech News 29 August 2026

Top Story

Stripe has decided maybe they won't buy PayPal after all. (Axios)

Apparently they got it confused with some place in Italy.
China is secretly fueling America's datacenter rage. (Axios)

The guys pushing for all the datacenters are making it easy for them, though.

Tech News

Database binary is 5M. Language is 1.2M. Both squish by 60% using UPX and seem to run just fine. The language will probably be pushing 5M as well by the time it's done, but that seems fine.

Next step is to point the language at the database and rebuild my personal blog. If that works well, others will follow.
The Ninth Circuit has ruled that gambling is gambling and can be regulated as gambling. (CNN)

Seems correct to me.
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and a hundred other rogue AIs have called to band together to protect themselves against the public and private sector. (Tech Crunch)

Huh.
The Pentagon's classification of supply-chain risk Anthropic as a supply-chain risk posed a supply-chain risk to Anthropic, says federal judge... You have got to be shitting me. (The Guardian)

The script writers for this season are getting lazy.
Canada has "poached" literally dozen of "scientists" from the US. (CityNews)

You can tell how sciencey they are from the foam.
Idiots on PCs losing data. (Tom's Hardware)

I use Claude. I have a specific WSL instance set up for it. If it deletes it, I lose maybe an hour to reinstall the whole environment and pull the code back from Git.
Intel's 14A defect density is dropping faster than expected. Here's why that's a good thing. (Tom's Hardware)

Uh... Because defects are bad and having fewer of them is good?
How Cloudflare saved 100TB of RAM on its 1.1.1.1 DNS service. (Tom's Hardware)

They started out with 250TB of RAM.
The math ain't mathing. (WCCFTech)
During the second quarter, TSMC paid out NT$36 billion in bonuses, which marked a 50.6% growth over the year ago figure of NT$35 billion.
No. I don't think it did.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Stop the beguine, I want to get off!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

Comments

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)

2 Morning!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 29, 2026 04:33 AM (iIyc0)

3 >>>The math ain't mathing. (WCCFTech)

MATH

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 04:34 AM (odBC9)

4 Hello Techsters.

Lots to read today Pixie. Thank you

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 04:36 AM (jVkUA)

5 Correction Pixy.

I pluraled you.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 04:37 AM (jVkUA)

6 >>>Database binary is 5M. Language is 1.2M.

M = megabyte(s) maybe
My dictionary wants megabyte to be Mb or MB.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 04:38 AM (odBC9)

7 Two Australian workers on vacation in Thailand stop and help workers get an excavator back on track for free. Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/mr47mpzu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 04:41 AM (rHgXV)

8 also my dictionary:

pixie (also pixy)
noun (plural pixies)
1 a supernatural being in folklore and children's stories, typically portrayed as small and humanlike in form, with pointed ears and a pointed hat.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 04:42 AM (odBC9)

9 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2026 04:44 AM (rii+a)

10 China is secretly fueling America's datacenter rage. (Axios)

The guys pushing for all the datacenters are making it easy for them, though.

Yep.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2026 04:45 AM (rii+a)

11 Pixy if you’re still around can you comment on Tom’s Hardware as an information source or is it more reviews and scuttlebutt?

Odd question but I’m wondering if it’s worth a subscription as a non tech person attempting to stay current on the tech world.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 04:54 AM (INF9B)

12 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at August 29, 2026 04:54 AM (V0/Sp)

13 How Cloudflare saved 100TB of RAM on its 1.1.1.1 DNS service. (Tom's Hardware)

They started out with 250TB of RAM.

Motorsports have a similar saying; want to be a millionaire race team owner? Start out with 2 million.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2026 04:55 AM (rii+a)

14 >>> Database binary is 5M. Language is 1.2M

Pixy, are you building an LLM?

Posted by: fluffy at August 29, 2026 04:57 AM (V0/Sp)

15 Pete Bog, good morning.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 04:58 AM (PbWRL)

16 11 Pixy if you’re still around can you comment on Tom’s Hardware as an information source or is it more reviews and scuttlebutt?

Odd question but I’m wondering if it’s worth a subscription as a non tech person attempting to stay current on the tech world.
Posted by: Pete Bog

They're not bad - they stick to the tech news and haven't fallen into woke crap. I don't have a subscription but that's because I know where to go to find all sources; if you don't want to spend your time reading conference papers and press releases it might be worthwhile.

In past years Anandtech and Ars Technica were the places to go, but one is dead and the other is worse than dead.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 29, 2026 05:01 AM (BLOW1)

17 Arti Shaw's band...I have a young (19) year of niece who loves that old time music from the big band era. Her parents took her to her college move in day, and I hope she gets a room mate who at least likes the music. Probably slim to none, but she's smart and wants to be a doctor (MD). Good University, I hope it lives up to its reputation. Lots of ivy on the walls of the buildings.

Posted by: Colin at August 29, 2026 05:01 AM (CiQE7)

18 Man in Iowa has stroke and setbacks after 14 years of being retired but then gains spiritual strength from remembering what God has done for him in the past . Scripture is Mark 8:14-21 . "Upper Room" devotional:

https://tinyurl.com/2pxcv5n8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 05:02 AM (JrHfD)

19 14 >>> Database binary is 5M. Language is 1.2M

Pixy, are you building an LLM?
Posted by: fluffy

No, I'm using an LLM to turn my hobby projects in Python into viable code. Starting with something that already runs is proving to be a major advantage.

I've tinkered with Python compilers, but they never really got me where I wanted. With LLMs I can now just translate all my Python code to a compiled language (I chose Rust) and skip all those limitations.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 29, 2026 05:04 AM (BLOW1)

20 Because I'm a completely non techy person, I do not understand why AI is going to be such a wonderful thing, and why we need huge data centers for this. So people can make fake videos and AI can take over jobs?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 05:04 AM (JrHfD)

21
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 29, 2026 05:08 AM (AMvSw)

22 why we need huge data centers for this. So people can make fake videos and AI can take over jobs?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: Military-Industrial Complex at August 29, 2026 05:09 AM (z9yxT)

23 16 one is dead and the other is worse than dead
Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 29, 2026 05:01 AM (BLOW1)

ewww

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 05:12 AM (odBC9)

24 So yesterday I came up with (and posted here) an integration between TwitterWebViewer, and the add-on/plug-in called "Redirect" so that I could just click on an X link here at AoSHQ, and it'd reform the URL so it sent it to TwitterWebViewer in its desired format. Very handy.

Came home after work to find out that TwitterWebViewer had been sent a "Cease and Desist" letter by X, which they capitulated to.

Well, crap. X, apparently, wants to become "just another walled garden".

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 29, 2026 05:14 AM (O7YUW)

25 20 Because I'm a completely non techy person, I do not understand why AI is going to be such a wonderful thing, and why we need huge data centers for this. So people can make fake videos and AI can take over jobs?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Mostly. It is great specifically for programmers, because LLM stands for "Large Language Model" and programming languages are languages. If you have a billion lines of dusty old code written in COBOL you can either pay $500 per hour to get people to come back from retirement to keep it running, or pay $100 per hour to someone who knows how to run LLMs and maintain a proper test suite.

Not so great if you're a COBOL programmer and counting on that money for a comfortable retirement.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 29, 2026 05:14 AM (BLOW1)

26 I'm pretty confident that the data center explosion has precious little to do with AI and is 99% due to everyone's gmail being full.

"Compute? Pfffft. This is just twenty squillion M2 drives crammed in to racks full of NAS boxes."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 29, 2026 05:16 AM (Ot/FD)

27
twitterwebviewer.com

via Hacker News

Service discontinued
As of August 28, 2026, this website has been permanently discontinued, following a request from X Corp. All cached content has been deleted.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 05:16 AM (odBC9)

28 28 I'm pretty confident that the data center explosion has precious little to do with AI and is 99% due to everyone's gmail being full.

I have soooooo many e-mails!

Posted by: Tickled Pink at August 29, 2026 05:18 AM (Pcj+Q)

29 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 29, 2026 05:19 AM (Hbeqj)

30 G'Day everyone

How did it get so late in the morning already?

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 05:20 AM (Ia/+0)

31 Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 29, 2026 05:14 AM (BLOW1

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 05:20 AM (JrHfD)

32 Daniel Penny, the Marine that NYC attempted to railroad over his defensive use of force to subdue a Subway loon wrote a really interesting piece about how Data Centers are critical to rebuilding American manufacturing and jobs. Good stuff.

Hopefully this link works to an X/Twitter

https://tinyurl.com/yy36knhd

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 05:20 AM (jVkUA)

33 Isn't X free if you don't insist on blue check mark status?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 29, 2026 05:20 AM (iIyc0)

34 When Bernie Sanders came out against data centers, I started rethinking. I'm still not sure but if commie symps are against it, it's probably a good idea.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2026 05:25 AM (rii+a)

35 some discussion of 𝕏 at Hacker News:

https://tinyurl.com/yj52byt4

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 05:25 AM (odBC9)

36 33 Isn't X free if you don't insist on blue check mark status?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 29, 2026 05:20 AM (iIyc0)

"free"

Posted by: guy who repeats what you said but with quotation marks at August 29, 2026 05:26 AM (nVDlP)

37 32 Daniel Penny, the Marine that NYC attempted to railroad over his defensive use of force to subdue a Subway loon wrote a really interesting piece about how Data Centers are critical to rebuilding American manufacturing and jobs. Good stuff.

Hopefully this link works to an X/Twitter

https://tinyurl.com/yy36knhd
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 05:20 AM (jVkUA)

It works.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 05:27 AM (odBC9)

38 @33/Additional Blond Agent:

Yes, X is free if you wish to use it that way, but that also means you're the product they're selling to advertisers, and trackers.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 29, 2026 05:27 AM (O7YUW)

39 Posted by: guy who repeats what you said but with quotation marks at August 29, 2026 05:26 AM (nVDlP)

Do you have a newsletter?

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 05:28 AM (odBC9)

40 >>> I do not understand why AI is going to be such a wonderful thing, and why we need huge data centers for this.

It is a tool. Because Pixy is extremely technical, he can do something as described above (Python to Rust). I am less so, but the other day I did ask it to find a file for me based on a vague description. (Ever forget where you saved a file and even what you named it?)

Early on, the automobile was a rich man's toy. It is now part of every day life in America, both a great convenience and a burden, simultaneously. AI will likely follow a similar arc. We will likely learn the mechanics of it before we gain the wisdom to use it well.

Sarah Connor just put me on a watch list.

Posted by: fluffy at August 29, 2026 05:28 AM (V0/Sp)

41 Data Centers will lead to Skynet, but something needs to change

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 05:32 AM (Ia/+0)

42 Yes, X is free if you wish to use it that way, but that also means you're the product they're selling to advertisers, and trackers.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 29, 2026 05:27 AM (O7YUW

Aren’t you the same thing if you subscribe? Hard to make a case here that providing a forum should be free for those of us who don’t want to pay or be marketed to, or used as the product. This good old website would only last as long as Ace’s beneficence and wallet allowed.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 05:35 AM (jVkUA)

43 From the HackerNews thread is urbnspacecowboy's comment about why free X accouns:

---
Not good enough. Creating an account still leads to the "Your account was suspended for reasons, now you gotta dox yourself" dance. See previous discussion:
https://tinyurl.com/ar23k73u
---

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 29, 2026 05:36 AM (O7YUW)

44 Okay, I need coffee. The intro to that last comment should have read: "From the HackerNews thread is urbnspacecowboy's comment about why free X accounts aren't all they're cracked up to be"

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 29, 2026 05:38 AM (O7YUW)

45 why we need huge data centers for this. So people can make fake videos and AI can take over jobs?

Squirrel!!

Posted by: Skynet at August 29, 2026 05:39 AM (v7UJz)

46 A beautiful psalm of praise- Psalm 99:

https://tinyurl.com/yc3hcbyd

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 05:40 AM (1pQBc)

47 32 Daniel Penny, the Marine that NYC attempted to railroad over his defensive use of force to subdue a Subway loon wrote a really interesting piece about how Data Centers are critical to rebuilding American manufacturing and jobs. Good stuff.

Hopefully this link works to an X/Twitter

https://tinyurl.com/yy36knhd
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 05:20 AM (jVkUA)

Thanks, Pete Bog! Thoughtful essay.
This analogy works for him:

"At the bottom of the Great Depression, with a quarter of the country out of work, America framed the Empire State Building in thirteen months, 3,400 men on site a day. The data center campus is this generation's version of that decision to build."

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 05:40 AM (odBC9)

48 For better or worse, "data center" has become a tainted term. We need a rebrand that reassures the public. Maybe "electronic konzentrationslager"?

Posted by: I'm Here To Help at August 29, 2026 05:42 AM (g0o3e)

49 @42/Pete Bog: I'm not sure what you're driving at with the "Aren’t you the same thing if you subscribe?" question. The same thing as what exactly?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 29, 2026 05:42 AM (O7YUW)

50
Posted by: I'm Here To Help at August 29, 2026 05:42 AM (g0o3e)

duck, duck, (g0o3e)

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 05:44 AM (odBC9)

51 That Hackernews thread link just brings up one lone word: "Sorry."

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 29, 2026 05:44 AM (iIyc0)

52 51 That Hackernews thread link just brings up one lone word: "Sorry."
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 29, 2026 05:44 AM (iIyc0)

This one?

35 some discussion of 𝕏 at Hacker News:

https://tinyurl.com/yj52byt4
Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 05:25 AM (odBC9)

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 05:46 AM (odBC9)

53 Yesterday on our walk at some beautiful gardens we saw ( among other things ) a scented hosta lily. It looked and smelled great. Here is a picture of it, but no smell.😉

https://tinyurl.com/3nd7bepd

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 05:47 AM (W90Ou)

54 Yep.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 29, 2026 05:47 AM (iIyc0)

55 54 Yep.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 29, 2026 05:47 AM (iIyc0)

Try this?

https://news.ycombinator.com/

item?id=49481018

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 05:48 AM (odBC9)

56 G&R, my point was that you have a paid or free subscription your usage data will be subject to monetization if it’s of value to anyone.

My larger point is that those of us who grew up watching “free TV” didn't mind being the product. We never thought about it because Ads paid the freight. We just accepted that a 30 minute show was really only 24 minutes. VCRs opened a lot of eyes. The Nielsen ratings were developed to help advertisers decide where to buy ad time.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 05:49 AM (pI9r+)

57 Still doesn't work.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 29, 2026 05:50 AM (iIyc0)

58 It's news.ycombinator.com that's returning the one word response.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 29, 2026 05:51 AM (iIyc0)

59 Everything is about the money, absolutely everything.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 05:51 AM (PbWRL)

60 57 Still doesn't work.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 29, 2026 05:50 AM (iIyc0)

Starting from the Hacker News main page, scroll to the bottom and type twitterwebviewer in the search box and you should get a list of about 10 Hacker News entries on that topic.

Hacker News main page:

https://news.ycombinator.com

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 05:52 AM (odBC9)

61 When X was still Twitter and a censorship cesspool I avoided it like the plague. When Elon bought it specifically to create a public forum for “free speech” I subscribed because I supported his ideal of that forum. Is it perfect? Not at all, yet this ideal is worth supporting. Hopefully with time it evolves to be the idea marketplace.

If it regresses I will unsubscribe.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 05:56 AM (pI9r+)

62 Everything is about the money, absolutely everything.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 05:51 AM (PbWRL)

Not everything is my friend. I didn’t have a profit motive when I went to Texas to meet a bunch of anonymous weirdos.

I’m sure glad I did.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 06:00 AM (pI9r+)

63 61 When X was still Twitter and a censorship cesspool I avoided it like the plague. When Elon bought it specifically to create a public forum for “free speech” I subscribed because I supported his ideal of that forum. Is it perfect? Not at all, yet this ideal is worth supporting. Hopefully with time it evolves to be the idea marketplace.

If it regresses I will unsubscribe.
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 05:56 AM (pI9r+)

It DID let you link to a single text post, and let non-𝕏ers read it, so that's good.

32 Daniel Penny, the Marine that NYC attempted to railroad over his defensive use of force to subdue a Subway loon wrote a really interesting piece about how Data Centers are critical to rebuilding American manufacturing and jobs. Good stuff.

Hopefully this link works to an X/Twitter

https://tinyurl.com/yy36knhd
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 05:20 AM (jVkUA)

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 06:00 AM (odBC9)

64 @60. A bit of work just to pull up a bunch of articles about twitterwebviewer unsurprisingly getting canned.

In any case, my view on the matter is essentially the same as Pete Bog's response in @61.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 29, 2026 06:00 AM (iIyc0)

65 Pete Bog, I committed an error I know better than to do. I will put my broad brush back in the bucket.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 06:04 AM (PbWRL)

66 totally non tech related -as usual- I am glad that despite one of the downstairs doors being open, our kitten slept through the night and didn't come upstairs, , and when I came down he was standing on his hind feet looking like he was trying to open the door. It made me laugh.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 06:07 AM (xPsv8)

67 Pete Bog, my llfe has been enriched by you and L&T making the decision to come to Texas.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 06:09 AM (PbWRL)

68 Do European cars have air conditioning?
Was wondering the other day and thought about it again reading on Europes demise. I haven't been there sincr late 70s

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 06:10 AM (Ia/+0)

69 I will put my broad brush back in the bucket.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 06:04 AM (PbWRL)

And I will return my pious sanctimony to the drawer. The drawer where the sharp knives are lurking in anticipation of a return to Texas in October. See you soon.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 06:11 AM (pI9r+)

70 51 That Hackernews thread link just brings up one lone word: "Sorry."
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 29, 2026 05:44 AM (iIyc0)

I'm wondering if maybe the link got truncated in a cut-and-paste.

Like, maybe--for example--instead of this getting entered into a google search bar:

https://tinyurl.com/yj52byt4

this got entered:

https://tinyurl.com/yj52byt

which brings up a page saying

Something has gone wrong...
It seems you've stumbled upon our 404 page.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 06:13 AM (odBC9)

71 Hash test

Posted by: fluffy at August 29, 2026 06:14 AM (V0/Sp)

72 @59. Everything is about the money-Ben Had

Well, yeah.

Posted by: Case at August 29, 2026 06:16 AM (VrYHL)

73 BBC is such trash. It'll have a day or two of following breaking news stories ok and then always descends.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 06:16 AM (odBC9)

74 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: If you don't knock it off, I'll turn this beguine around.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 29, 2026 06:19 AM (amcLV)

75 Saturday: Weekend toilers and early risers, rejoice! You get more of what you have been seeking!

(This comment brought to you by The Logic of Today's Democrat Party, Inc.)

Whatevs. I'm up after being kicked by my big black cat, I'm sipping coffee, what more d'you want?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 06:20 AM (wzUl9)

76 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 29, 2026 06:20 AM (2Ez/1)

77 The ONT had some whining about a stinky ranch upwind of an interstate. I’m familiar with a stinky paper plant, and never forget that it is a source of steady paychecks… unless the enviro-weenies succeed in shutting it down…. Next time.

Reminds me of a classic New Jersey joke involving an illicit rendezvous in the backseat of a car.

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 29, 2026 06:21 AM (1FEc1)

78 AI generates "tech jokes":

Why did the computer show up at work late?
It had a hard drive.

Why did the computer cross the road?
To get away from the mouse!

Why did the developer go broke?
Because they cleared all their cache.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 06:22 AM (odBC9)

79 @56/Pete Bog: Okay. Fair points, and you're right.

Ads may pay the freight, but the viewer (in the TV example) was never obligated to watch them, and the station or network could never guarantee to advertisers that the viewers actually would.

A viewer could:
- Mute the audio
- Switch channels
- Record and fast forward through commercials on playback (in the 80's when VCRs became a thing, as you noted)
- Record and edit out the commercials (When stand-alone DVRs like the Pioneer 650 came out - these things were absolutely awesome!)

Viewers of over-the-air TV were also another thing: Anonymous. Advertisers never got any data on whether John Doe at 123 Main Street, Anytown MyState, USA saw their advertisement for Lawn Darts during the Saturday morning cartoon block.

It's getting really difficult to be anonymous out there anymore, but I will keep trying and doing so where possible.

Similarly, it's getting difficult to avoid the deluge of advertisements, but I'll do what I can in that regard.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 29, 2026 06:22 AM (O7YUW)

80 Trying to get motivated to make breakfast

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 06:23 AM (Ia/+0)

81 Do European cars have air conditioning?
Was wondering the other day and thought about it again reading on Europes demise. I haven't been there sincr late 70s
Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026

***
From what I've heard, the luxury brands do, though you can order even an MB or BMW without A/C. The Euro car makers took a while to understand that their A/C systems needed to handle America's humid heat or their sales would suffer.

My '84 Mercedes 280CE coupe, otherwise a solid wonderful car, was *designed* to let 20% outside air into the cabin at all times -- not a good idea in Denver, which while dry could hit 100 F. in July and August. My '86 420SEL, though, had the "recirculate" feature to close off outside air.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 06:25 AM (wzUl9)

82 It may not be efficient but I'll never allow an LLM agent or MCP plug in access to my repos. Yes I'll copy and paste code myself so I have direct control over what gets merged and squashed.

Posted by: Defenestratus at August 29, 2026 06:29 AM (dJeAh)

83 80 Trying to get motivated to make breakfast
Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 06:23 AM (Ia/+0)

You're good enough.
You're smart enough.
And doggone it, people like you.

Posted by: Stuart Smalley at August 29, 2026 06:29 AM (idw8a)

84 from Instapundit:

Kurt Schlichter
@KurtSchlichter

Caring about Donald Trump's idiosyncrasies is a waste of time.

I care that the border is shut.
That DEI is dying.
That we're rebuilding our military.

If he wants to say he's renaming a lake to freak out the squares, that's a bargain.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 06:31 AM (odBC9)

85

I agree with Mr. Schlicter.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 06:33 AM (W90Ou)

86 And I'm trying to coax my workout motivation from its hiding place by promising that I will only walk this morning (which, to get a decent workout, for me, means exercising 33% longer). I'm not sure the argument is working.

Anyway: second cup of coffee. The furry thugs are cruising around. Stirling's diet is in its fifth day, and he is trying to pretend he is gaunt, haggard, and starving. Sorry, cat, reduced dry food and no overnight snack bowl is not going to kill you.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 06:35 AM (wzUl9)

87 The Euro car makers took a while to understand that their A/C systems needed to handle America's humid heat or their sales would suffer.
——
I had a coworker who told me, as a contractor many years ago he was working in Saudi and there were all these wealthy “princes” bombing around in old beater Buicks, I think it was. He couldn’t figure it out at first. Turns out, the fancy Mercedes and similar, the AC didn’t cut it at all in that kind of heat.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 06:37 AM (PVUR/)

88 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 06:35 AM (wzUl9)

LOL about Stirling.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 06:37 AM (lt7On)

89 mornin yall. In a shocking move, LA has rejected public sex huts.

Posted by: fd at August 29, 2026 06:38 AM (MWfyi)

90 Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 06:22 AM (odBC9

I liked those. Thx.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 06:38 AM (lt7On)

91 @86/Wolfus: "Stirling's diet is in its fifth day, and he is trying to pretend he is gaunt, haggard, and starving."

https://youtu.be/m4oI7yd_ZuY

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 29, 2026 06:41 AM (O7YUW)

92 By the way: My lulncheon yeserday came with a lecture, not as dry as I expected but just as exasperating, involving how rhetoric about vasectomy ("aka The Snip") affects reproductive justice. Note all the academic buzzwords.

The professor (of English) was an admittedly rather attractive ginger, but from U. Mass in Lowell, so you know what you're gonna get. Her voice reminded me of Kelly Stables, who played Alan's receptionist in some episodes of Two and a Half Men: not unpleasant in small doses, but you would get tired of it fast. Her point was that rhetoric about vasectomy since the '70s, esp. in TV and movies, has tended to make men shy off from the procedure. In her view, even the simple term "the snip" is scary to men. Plus she complains that men's doctors do not urge them often enough to get snipped.

And she had her teenage son, who looked like a low-T case if ever I saw one, sitting right there during her talk. Jeez.

Well, the sandwiches were good, anyway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 06:42 AM (wzUl9)

93 "reproductive justice"

Everything is upside down. Justice means you can kill your kids, even after they are born.

"Judge finds mom with post partum psychosis NOT GUILTY of killing her two kids... as world awaits verdict in Lindsay Clancy case"

Posted by: fd at August 29, 2026 06:46 AM (MWfyi)

94 Psychology has turned out to be a brainwashing weapon. Most shrinks are mentally ill themselves.

Posted by: fd at August 29, 2026 06:49 AM (MWfyi)

95 @92. -Wolfus

In her view, even the simple term "the snip" is scary to men.

She is right. I read that and gritted my teeth.

Posted by: Case at August 29, 2026 06:49 AM (VrYHL)

96 Good morning Horde thx Pixy.
Schlichter's comment about Trump's idiosyncrasies is spot on. However they are shiny objects to the middle class left. He said "pussy" "he's mean" "his tweets are hateful". It drives them nuts, but it also blinds them to a lot he's getting done.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 29, 2026 06:50 AM (EZWVc)

97 Psychology has turned out to be a brainwashing weapon. Most shrinks are mentally ill themselves.
——
You caught that too, eh? It’s a given that when a system or function is studied at length, to see how it works, unscrupulous people can also figure out the best way to break it as well.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 06:53 AM (PVUR/)

98 @92. -Wolfus

In her view, even the simple term "the snip" is scary to men.

She is right. I read that and gritted my teeth.
Posted by: Case at August 29, 2026

***
It's certainly better than "invasive surgery to the scrotum"!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 06:53 AM (wzUl9)

99 PowerLine funnies

https://tinyurl.com/mryy35kx

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 29, 2026 06:54 AM (l26NL)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 06:54 AM (odBC9)

101 @94 fd, I've posted this before but in my legal career I took the testimony of many psychologists and psychiatrists. Better than half were as crazy or more crazy than their patients

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 29, 2026 06:56 AM (EZWVc)

102 Good morning, everybody. Summer vacay's almost over.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 29, 2026 07:00 AM (llBIB)

103 “Begin the Beguine” is kind of interesting to me, keep in mind when that tune came out it was only available on 78 RPM records. They had a short playing time of just a few minutes, it’s tough to make a song sound relaxed, like it could go on for hours, but they pulled it off.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 07:04 AM (PVUR/)

104 96 Good morning Horde thx Pixy.
Schlichter's comment about Trump's idiosyncrasies is spot on. However they are shiny objects to the middle class left. He said "pussy" "he's mean" "his tweets are hateful". It drives them nuts, but it also blinds them to a lot he's getting done.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 29, 2026 06:50

-----

They don't take a minute to consider what another four years of Biden-Harris policies would have done to the country.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 29, 2026 07:04 AM (llBIB)

105
Begin the Beguine, with baritone Thomas Hampson and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John McGlinn.

https://youtu.be/b-Zs-aM0FsU

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 29, 2026 07:09 AM (O0L8i)

106 "Better than half were as crazy or more crazy than their patients
Posted by: Smell the Glove "

It seems their main objective is to screw up other people's lives as badly as their own.

Posted by: fd at August 29, 2026 07:10 AM (MWfyi)

107 In her view, even the simple term "the snip" is scary to men. Plus she complains that men's doctors do not urge them often enough to get snipped.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 06:42 AM (wzUl9)
---
"Zip it, grip it, and snip it, Doc!"

Posted by: Dr. Cox from Scrubs at August 29, 2026 07:11 AM (FZ29D)

108
Women, who I'm convinced make up the vast bulk of patients, don't see therapists to tell them what's wrong and how to solve it. They see them to have their maladies affirmed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 29, 2026 07:16 AM (O0L8i)

109 Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 29, 2026 06:54 AM (l26NL)

I didn't have the energy to read them all, but I liked the ones I did read, and I thought the one with all the country stars welcoming Dolly to heaven was sweet.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 07:16 AM (v+lpe)

110 @107.

Sadist.

Posted by: Case at August 29, 2026 07:19 AM (VrYHL)

111 48 For better or worse, "data center" has become a tainted term. We need a rebrand that reassures the public. Maybe "electronic konzentrationslager"?
Posted by: I'm Here To Help at August 29, 2026 05:42 AM (g0o3e)

De-taint it.

Information wants to be free! Data wants to be free! Tie it into the First Amendment somehow?

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 07:19 AM (odBC9)

112 @111 free info

Thing is, AI is largely just:
(i) remixing existing data
(ii) a (slightly, seems to me) more efficient version of genetic algorithms from the 80s IIRC.

Goop generation, and throwing mud at a wall for sticks. Doesn't bode well for the sum total of human knowledge, IOW.

Posted by: Shen Nan I Gan at August 29, 2026 07:29 AM (HiOU/)

113 Psychology is mostly mental patients spreading their mental illness

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2026 07:32 AM (Ia/+0)

114 112 @111 free info

Thing is, AI is largely just:
(i) remixing existing data
(ii) a (slightly, seems to me) more efficient version of genetic algorithms from the 80s IIRC.

Goop generation, and throwing mud at a wall for sticks. Doesn't bode well for the sum total of human knowledge, IOW.
Posted by: Shen Nan I Gan

This is mostly correct. But again, it can remix data in useful ways. Remixing from a language you don't speak to one you do - whether a human language or a programming language - is of real value and it is precisely what AI is actually good at.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 29, 2026 07:32 AM (BLOW1)

115 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 07:33 AM (RIvkX)

116 115 Good morning morons
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 07:33 AM (RIvkX)

SF, I saw you twice, yesterday, say "take a minute" to posters who were in a bad place; very gently, very nice.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 07:36 AM (odBC9)

117 I'd like to think Hank Williams Sr. was welcoming Dolly Parton to heaven as well . He had a lot of gospel songs and a wonderful voice as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2026 07:37 AM (xPsv8)

118 Lake America is flooding in my pants!

Posted by: Leaky Joe at August 29, 2026 07:40 AM (JM9I6)

119 Snip it in the bud!

Posted by: Deputy Fife at August 29, 2026 07:42 AM (JM9I6)

120 I turn on the tube and the first thing is a very annoying (to me) commercial, The Wallet Commando. Baseball hat backwards, one dog tag hanging out of the sweatshirt, somber NPR voice.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 29, 2026 07:46 AM (gm9Sb)

121
The following candidates are running in the general election for U.S. Senate Texas on November 3, 2026.

James Talarico (D)

Ken Paxton (R)

Ted Brown (L)

Joshua Cain (Independent)

Camencia Ford (Independent)

Hans Truelson (Independent)

and a bunch of write-ins.

https://ballotpedia.org

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 07:48 AM (odBC9)

122 Yes, something was in the zeitgeist yesterday. I had a coffee meeting with someone I advise and she also had a little panicky moment.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)

123 Ya done good, SF.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 07:50 AM (odBC9)

124 >>China is secretly fueling America's datacenter rage. (Axios)

It's easier to detect when you see who is protesting data centers - it's the same NPCs who are always protesting the Latest Thing.

That said, data centers are ugly eyesores that are dropped into small communities against their will, so it's not hard to side with the NPC protesters.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 29, 2026 07:50 AM (X8xt3)

125 @114 Pixy data remix

True too. Not worth all the data centers, I think. Especially if Ed Zitron is correct.

Posted by: Shen Nan I Gan at August 29, 2026 07:52 AM (HiOU/)

126 124 data centers are ugly eyesores that are dropped into small communities against their will
Posted by: Lizzy at August 29, 2026 07:50 AM (X8xt3)

The essay Pete Bog linked has some ideas on those issues.

32 Daniel Penny, the Marine that NYC attempted to railroad over his defensive use of force to subdue a Subway loon wrote a really interesting piece about how Data Centers are critical to rebuilding American manufacturing and jobs. Good stuff.

Hopefully this link works to an X/Twitter

https://tinyurl.com/yy36knhd
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 29, 2026 05:20 AM (jVkUA)

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 07:54 AM (odBC9)

127 >>Women, who I'm convinced make up the vast bulk of patients, don't see therapists to tell them what's wrong and how to solve it. They see them to have their maladies affirmed.

In our woke culture where one gains credibility and power by how "oppressed" and victimized they are, white women must claim mental illness in order to counteract their alleged inherent "white privilege."

In this environment, there is no benefit in getting better, when being ADHD/OCD/having anxiety gives them the diversity quotient they so badly need.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 29, 2026 07:57 AM (X8xt3)

128 *doffs dunce cap*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 07:58 AM (RIvkX)

129 WEST is playing the Maverick episode where Bret performs a card trick to convince a jury to not convict a man (complicated, I know, but it makes sense in the episode).

The trick is that you take any 52 card deck, shuffle them really good, and then deal out 25 cards. With those 25 cards you can then make five pat hands in poker (pairs, full house, straights, flushes) nearly every time.

Bret called it "Maverick Solitaire".

When the episode first aired back in 1958 it caused card decks to be sold out across the country from people trying to see if the trick actually worked.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 29, 2026 07:58 AM (6ydKt)

130 Good morning! Had a pleasant surprise yesterday when the the out of town granddaughter dropped in on their way to stay at the hotel/waterpark over in Dallas. We went to have Mexican food at the family run place so I had to have a Mexican Coke with the mole enchiladas. I slept until 0630 this morning.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 29, 2026 08:02 AM (3Ope8)

131 From out here in the cheap seats it sure looks like our betters in the “globalist community” or spook agencies, et. al. have been trying, more or less, to drive people crazy for a very long time.

As ole Harry Reid once said, “Well, it worked, didn’t it?”

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 08:02 AM (tFM5X)

132 Mexican Coke with the mole enchiladas
====

Perfect.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 08:03 AM (RIvkX)

133 Great tune at the end. Pixie, thanks for the postings. Resolutely non tech but still enjoy the glimpses you provide.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 29, 2026 08:03 AM (sl73Y)

134 CNN

• Death toll: At least 3,000 people are now missing following catastrophic flash flooding on the Nepal-China border, with more rain expected this weekend in flood-affected areas as rescue efforts persist.

More than 600 have been killed in Nepal and seven in China.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 08:06 AM (odBC9)

135 Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 08:06 AM (odBC9)

I watch some video of that border crossing complex that was absolutely scrubbed from the landscape in just a matter of seconds. It was incredible.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 29, 2026 08:10 AM (3Ope8)

136 Perfect.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 08:03 AM (RIvkX)

I have leftovers for lunch today.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 29, 2026 08:11 AM (3Ope8)

137 >>“In the coming months, AI-enabled cyber attacks will become far more widespread and sophisticated as models around the world become increasingly capable,” the letter states. “The companies and public services our communities depend on — from hospitals to water treatment plants to the infrastructure that powers the internet — are at risk.”

Hey, how about they band together to protect Americans *particularly vulnerable seniors) from mostly overseas scammers while they're at it?

I don't doubt the threat to these AI companies, just a little annoyed gen the tech sector's previous inability to protect *our* data from hacks and theft.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 29, 2026 08:12 AM (X8xt3)

138 WEST is playing the Maverick episode where Bret performs a card trick to convince a jury to not convict a man (complicated, I know, but it makes sense in the episode).

The trick is that you take any 52 card deck, shuffle them really good, and then deal out 25 cards. With those 25 cards you can then make five pat hands in poker (pairs, full house, straights, flushes) nearly every time.

Bret called it "Maverick Solitaire".

When the episode first aired back in 1958 it caused card decks to be sold out across the country from people trying to see if the trick actually worked.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 29, 2026

***
No other Western series of the time, or maybe even much later, would have done that sort of story. It was a big part of why Maverick was a ratings success on Sunday nights against the powerhouse known as Ed Sullivan.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 08:14 AM (wzUl9)

139 Morning peeps.

I think the discussion/debate about datacenters is going to be less about AI and more about what data is being stored, and for what purpose.

There's a lot more at stake than just AI. The data being collected by various methods is increasingly being leveraged... and not always for good reason.

People have a habit of going off the rails sometimes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 29, 2026 08:14 AM (2Cry5)

140 >>I watch some video of that border crossing complex that was absolutely scrubbed from the landscape in just a matter of seconds. It was incredible.

It's so horrible it's unbelievable.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 29, 2026 08:15 AM (X8xt3)

141 They should build data centers in places like South Africa and India.

Yeah, that's it. India and South Africa. That's the ticket.

Posted by: Tommy Flanagan at August 29, 2026 08:16 AM (yuEAg)

142 No other Western series of the time, or maybe even much later, would have done that sort of story. It was a big part of why Maverick was a ratings success on Sunday nights against the powerhouse known as Ed Sullivan.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 29, 2026 08:14 AM (wzUl9)

The writers also did clever things with their scripts. I was watching one time and thinking “why do I recognize this so well even though I know I’ve never seen it?”??

And I realized that the episode was just an abbreviated remake of Saratoga Trunk, a very good but mostly forgotten 1945 Gary Cooper movie. I think they used scripts like that several times.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2026 08:22 AM (GWwCk)

143 Nood

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2026 08:23 AM (RIvkX)

144 Thanks, Pixy! Happy weekend!

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 08:28 AM (odBC9)

145 >Both squish by 60% using UPX and seem to run just fine

Unless you're running production on a Raspberry Pi Zero or something, I cannot see the point of this. UPX is for storage-constrained IoT devices.

> I realized that the episode was just an abbreviated remake of Saratoga Trunk

The vast majority of "classic" "great" Star Trek episodes are just dumbed down abbreviations of better books or movies.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at August 29, 2026 10:18 AM (LgYtf)

146 The article about TMSC bonuses says that they increased 50.6%, from $35B to $36B. Of course, that's an increase of less than 3%.

However, if you look at the SEC filing (included in the article) it shows the bonuses actually increased from $23.9B to $36B, which is an increase of 50.6%.

The author of the article, Ramish Zafar, needs a better editor. (Assuming that he actually has one.)

Posted by: Math is hard. Editing is harder. at August 29, 2026 11:19 AM (LAJY1)

147 Times were tough in the past. We had to make do sometimes. I pioneered the use of cerumen as surfboard wax. Led to success.

Posted by: Duke Kahanamoku at August 29, 2026 12:45 PM (JM9I6)

Dreams From My ONT

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Meds

Kid fails

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The meme that just keeps giving

Tough choice

Relationships be like

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Genius

Thanks for the warning

Scary, aren't they?

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I'm shocked I tell you

RIP Tim

Drunk

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Gonna be a line for the red toilet

LMAO

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The first one for sure

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Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 28, 2026 09:59 PM (zMzlR)

2 YAY ONT! Now for the content!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 28, 2026 09:59 PM (zMzlR)

3 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 28, 2026 09:59 PM (+9wcF)

4 Suddenly, it's ONT Friday!

Posted by: mindful webworker - let's do this at August 28, 2026 10:01 PM (oq2IS)

5 I'm on vacation so I won't be around much tonight, y'all behave yourself

Posted by: Weirddave at August 28, 2026 10:01 PM (Az7Eg)

6 They say the only people that knew how much gold Spain dug out of Mexico were the accountants and ship’s captains.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 10:02 PM (VPNgR)

7 who knew?
Tonypete, I know, it's who knew.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 10:03 PM (VPNgR)

8 I'm on vacation so I won't be around much tonight, y'all behave yourself
Posted by: Weirddave

Egad! We're left here without supervision? Who will defend the blog from trolls, aliens, and the slings and eros of outrageous puns?

Posted by: mindful webworker - slinky errors at August 28, 2026 10:03 PM (oq2IS)

9 A good rule of thumb is to go to a country's border and look at which way the guns are pointed.

If they're pointed inward...

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 10:06 PM (IG3/x)

10 >>Bro just met women for the first time

I want to date this video.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 10:07 PM (viF8m)

11 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 28, 2026 10:07 PM (rii+a)

12 Happy weekend!

Had an interview today that went well I think, I should hear back next week whether that's true, any next steps, etc.

Got one interview scheduled and one 'working on being scheduled' for next week.

Got a couple others that I'm waiting for the recruiter to give me a status update on.

I'm feeling optimistic after today's interview.

But for the record...
"God, if this is the job You want me to have, please make it all go smoothly. Please help me to accept wherever You send me."

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 10:07 PM (aJQbY)

13 eleveteen

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 10:07 PM (/+uur)

14
I hope your vacation is fun and relaxing.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 10:08 PM (/QHx4)

15 They say the only people that knew how much gold Spain dug out of Mexico were the accountants and ship’s captains.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 10:02 PM (VPNgR)

And Davy Jones.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 28, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)

16 Massive space mirrors could be 40 times brighter than the full moon, astronomers warn. 'It will be worse than big cities like London'

Muslim rape gangs in broad fucking daylight

ho lee fook

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 10:09 PM (/+uur)

17 I am soooo putting a few car pictures on my truck! I have five of those damn camera within a mile of the Diogenes Domicile.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 10:11 PM (2WIwB)

18 I’ll bet any amount of money that somewhere at the State Department, there is now a wall filled with dozens of those un-official photographs of Secretary Rubio. Suitably framed, naturally.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 10:11 PM (PVUR/)

19 Thanks for the ONT WeirdDave!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 28, 2026 10:13 PM (zMzlR)

20 Scary, aren't they?
---

Dysfunctional family, much?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 10:13 PM (VPNgR)

21 A Venn diagram for the ages.

Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2026 10:14 PM (S1ejw)

22 >>And Davy Jones.

True story. When I was diving in the Caribbean I was on the waiting list for a company that found a sunk Spanish ship. Pay was cheap but every diver got a small cut of the treasure. Which was a lot.

Still waiting.

There is still an assload of gold down there.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 10:14 PM (viF8m)

23 I'm starting to think we may be wrong about this WNBA thing. In fact, I think they could be key to beating our housing inflation problem. We should be using the WNBA to build housing. Nobody lays more bricks than they do.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at August 28, 2026 10:15 PM (r7+Q7)

24 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 10:15 PM (77rzZ)

25 6 They say the only people that knew how much gold Spain dug out of Mexico were the accountants and ship’s captains.

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Uruguay had a mountain that was essentially solid silver ore. It's a soccer field now.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 28, 2026 10:15 PM (4Je4D)

26 Dave, a difficult thing I found sometimes with interviews, when someone really needs a job, it has an odor so to speak, and they can smell it. Desperation. Make sure to cut through that and exude genuine confidence. They can smell that too.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 10:16 PM (PVUR/)

27 It's my wife's birthday tomorrow, and she's been in the hospital for 2 days. She has to get past the nausea caused by the antibiotics. Her body does not accept meds very well. Please pray with me that she can get out of there and be home to celebrate, even if it's a little muted. Thanks Horde!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 28, 2026 10:16 PM (zMzlR)

28 Now that Lake Ontario is now Lake America, Trump will hopefully turn his attention to the Canadian goose, and rename it Daffy Duck.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 10:16 PM (2WIwB)

29 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 28, 2026 10:19 PM (SRRAx)

30 JohnFNotKerry,

Prayers!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 10:19 PM (aJQbY)

31 Will do JohnFNotKerry

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 10:19 PM (2WIwB)

32 y'all behave yourself
Posted by: Weirddave at August 28, 2026 10:01 PM (Az7Eg)

Hey! You're not the boss of me!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 10:20 PM (2WIwB)

33 Good evening morons и спасибо wd

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 10:20 PM (RIvkX)

34 Boobs!

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 10:20 PM (77rzZ)

35 >>Posted by: JohnFNotKerry

I hope your wife is home with you tomorrow.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 10:20 PM (viF8m)

36 TIFW!
S'up???

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 10:21 PM (2WIwB)

37 Hey, isn't CBD on vacation also???

Posted by: lin-duh at August 28, 2026 10:21 PM (VCgbV)

38 Sounds good RandomDave.

Thanks for the ONT, WeirdDave.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 10:21 PM (zZu0s)

39 We can just walk into Canada.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 10:21 PM (Cqx++)

40 I am soooo putting a few car pictures on my truck! I have five of those damn camera within a mile of the Diogenes Domicile."

There was one camera not far away. From the looks of it, I'd say a dually F250 handled the issue... (one could approach from behind)

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 10:21 PM (XuXeR)

41 Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 28, 2026 10:16 PM (zMzlR)
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A prayer for her complete and speedy recovery.

And lots of zofran IV drip.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 10:21 PM (RIvkX)

42 I'm on vacation so I won't be around much tonight, y'all behave yourself
Posted by: Weirddave at August 28, 2026 10:01 PM (Az7Eg)
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???

Have you MET us?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 10:22 PM (FZ29D)

43 Monocacy County, Maryland? LOL. Doesn't exist. Nor does it's, uh, "Seriff's Office"...

Posted by: Stu-22 at August 28, 2026 10:22 PM (zOXE5)

44 We can just walk into Canada."

Why would we?

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 10:22 PM (XuXeR)

45 who knew?
Tonypete, I know, it's who knew.

Posted by: Braenyard

Damn right.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 28, 2026 10:22 PM (zi7oe)

46 Hey, isn't CBD on vacation also???
Posted by: lin-duh at August 28, 2026 10:21 PM (VCgbV)
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Whoo-hoo!!!!

When the COBs're away, the Morons will play!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 10:23 PM (FZ29D)

47 My re-post from the dead thread......."Just re-wrote that pig of a broadcast script. Should hit about 2:30, don't know until I record it. But thanks to you guys who gave me a boot in the ass to get back to it. I was pissed, and probably seemed pity-seeking, but I really needed to vent before jumping back in. We'll see how it works out on the tech end tomorrow, but the script is solid enough, I think."

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 28, 2026 10:23 PM (vV6n9)

48 Sydney Sweeny... Page Six YouTube channel... no sign-in required so probably not considered unsuitable... but then again...

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

Posted by: davidt at August 28, 2026 10:23 PM (Q+gd/)

49 Monocacy County, Maryland"

Monocacy battlefield? IIRC...

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 10:24 PM (XuXeR)

50 17 I am soooo putting a few car pictures on my truck! I have five of those damn camera within a mile of the Diogenes Domicile.

Posted by: Diogenes
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A detachable, reusable wrap is what the world needs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 10:25 PM (VPNgR)

51 Evening.
I got a good one today. The neighbors, who are up for felony abuse/neglect, have asked if the wife and I would take their kids.
This is hard. I haven't said no yet and am considering it.
I've known one since he was two and the other since birth.

Oh and my vacation starts in about 2 hours.

Posted by: Reforger at August 28, 2026 10:25 PM (jJAdc)

52 Sydney Sweeny... Page Six YouTube channel... no sign-in required so probably not considered unsuitable... but then again...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBMUCVVpSsY
Posted by: davidt at August 28, 2026 10:23 PM (Q+gd/)
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The YouTube hash NAILED it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 10:25 PM (FZ29D)

53 Say, who has the keys to the liquor cabinet?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 28, 2026 10:25 PM (iIyc0)

54 Lincolntf,

You got this! And the Horde excels at being a place to vent, ask me how I know!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 10:26 PM (aJQbY)

55 Eddie, my mostly Maine Coon knows how to open the doors and shutters in the house. Apparently he also knows how to turn the home pods on to play music. Unfortunately he can't close or turn anything off.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 28, 2026 10:26 PM (VCgbV)

56 I never had particularly large boobs
I've read plenty of big books, however. I don't think Dolly cares if I honor her or not. She was a kind, generous woman, so I hope I honor her appreciating her talent and by loving the Lord in a perhaps smaller way than she evidently did

I don't know any weak men except perhaps leftists whom I don't associate with and I don't want to scare little children

Sorry if that was too literal .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 10:27 PM (m6Eem)

57 I'm on vacation so I won't be around much tonight, y'all behave yourself
Posted by: Weirddave

Vacation is a time to just kick back and act normal, whatever anybody else thinks

Posted by: Unconventional Miklos at August 28, 2026 10:27 PM (4RYRd)

58 Say, who has the keys to the liquor cabinet?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 28, 2026 10:25 PM (iIyc0)
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*Hic*

Posted by: Hillary at August 28, 2026 10:27 PM (FZ29D)

59 Life ends when you quit. Don't quit.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 10:27 PM (viF8m)

60 So, that "sex worker" never noticed that being called a whore was an insult?

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 28, 2026 10:28 PM (0Htd1)

61 Boobs!
Posted by: Bulg

Well, there's these:

It takes a lot of money to look this cheap
Dolly Parton pix c/o Bits & Pieces
https://bit.ly/dolly-pix

Michele Ann Marie Fabares (1944-2026)
Shelley Fabares pix c/o Bits & Pieces
https://bit.ly/shelley-fab

I keep getting a lot of these teasing very short shorts in my YT suggestions. Prob'ly AI, lots of them.
youtu.be/YFocKjq_4bk

Also ran across this very odd item
Size Em Up (Big Boobs Short Film 2001) (~15min)
https://youtu.be/Gm7byIrEJsQ

AAAAND… Something for the ettes
Frank James Cooper (1901-1961) c/o Bits & Pieces
https://bit.ly/james-cooper-pix

Posted by: mindful webworker - sbooby coo at August 28, 2026 10:28 PM (oq2IS)

62 Sydney Sweeny... Page Six YouTube channel... no sign-in required so probably not considered unsuitable... but then again...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBMUCVVpSsY
Posted by: davidt at August 28, 2026 10:23 PM (Q+gd/)

That'll keep Bulg busy for a bit.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 10:29 PM (2WIwB)

63 Whoo-hoo!!!!

When the COBs're away, the Morons will play!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Excellent

Most Excellent

Posted by: Miklos, templing fingers at August 28, 2026 10:29 PM (4RYRd)

64 That WNBA meme is completely unrealistic. She's way too pretty to be mistaken for a WNBA player.

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 28, 2026 10:29 PM (0Htd1)

65 Reforger, how does your family get on with the kids?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 10:29 PM (VPNgR)

66 Posted by: Reforger at August 28, 2026 10:25 PM (jJAdc

That is quite a testimony to what your neighbors think of you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 10:29 PM (m6Eem)

67 Am I just a lost cause and has the internet been lying to me?

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Yes and Yes but that is fine because in any case you should never reproduce.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 10:30 PM (RIvkX)

68 51 Evening.
I got a good one today. The neighbors, who are up for felony abuse/neglect, have asked if the wife and I would take their kids.
This is hard. I haven't said no yet and am considering it.
I've known one since he was two and the other since birth.

Oh and my vacation starts in about 2 hours.
Posted by: Reforger at August 28, 2026 10:25 PM (jJAdc)

lawyer child care state laws
there are about 3000 issues here

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 10:31 PM (/+uur)

69 Excellent

Most Excellent
Posted by: Miklos, templing fingers at August 28, 2026 10:29 PM (4RYRd)
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We're watching you...

Posted by: Flock Safety at August 28, 2026 10:31 PM (FZ29D)

70 60 So, that "sex worker" never noticed that being called a whore was an insult?
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 28, 2026 10:28 PM (0Htd1)

She somehow thought being a cum dumpster was alluring to other men?

Honey, nobody likes sloppy seconds. Or hundreds.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 10:32 PM (dEHLq)

71 Reforger,
Might be worth it to talk to an attorney.
I watched my own grandkids for a time and even for that I needed a Power of Attorney to cover unexpected travel, medical issues, and school stuff.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 10:34 PM (2WIwB)

72 43 Monocacy County, Maryland? LOL. Doesn't exist. Nor does it's, uh, "Seriff's Office"...
Posted by: Stu-22

But there was a Monocacy in Frederick County MD. The town is gone; the river remains.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 28, 2026 10:35 PM (rii+a)

73 Royce White shows up to Indiana Fever game in blonde wig amid WNBA Draft pursuit
The former NBA first-round pick said he was there to 'scout some of the competition' and support the league

take the L

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 10:35 PM (/+uur)

74 Diogenes the Canada Goose has already been renamed Donald Ducks

Posted by: kelly at August 28, 2026 10:36 PM (bn0S5)

75 Scary, aren't they?

pic.twitter.com/BaM9VWwIgz

— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) August 27, 2026

And it only gets worse, little dude. Govern yourself accordingly.

Posted by: That poor little boy at August 28, 2026 10:36 PM (TbWk/)

76 We're watching you...
Posted by: Flock Safety

Quite amusing

Amusing indeed

Posted by: Flock, a secret subsidiary of GlobalMiklosCorp at August 28, 2026 10:36 PM (4RYRd)

77
Sydney is selling her lingerie line. I wonder how much money she'll make off of that?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 10:36 PM (w6EFb)

78
Posted by: Reforger at August 28, 2026 10:25 PM (jJAdc)
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Making a prayer for peace in your house. Holy moly.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 10:37 PM (RIvkX)

79 Sydney is selling her lingerie line. I wonder how much money she'll make off of that?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 10:36 PM (w6EFb)
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Instant billionaire.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 10:38 PM (FZ29D)

80 >>Sydney is selling her lingerie line. I wonder how much money she'll make off of that?

Lots.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 10:39 PM (viF8m)

81 Posted by: mindful webworker - sbooby coo at August 28, 2026 10:28 PM (oq2IS)

Thanks, mww. Gary Copper was a good looking man and a fine actor and sounds like he was a nice guy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 10:39 PM (JrHfD)

82 Transgender Canadian golfer sends a blunt message to critics as victories over women pile up

The best women golfers are men.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 10:39 PM (/+uur)

83
If she could somehow monetize all the lust energy directed at those videos, she'd be a trillionaire. Hell, she'd make Elon look like a pauper.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 10:39 PM (w6EFb)

84 77
Sydney is selling her lingerie line. I wonder how much money she'll make off of that?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Is she vending her panties in Japan?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 10:40 PM (VPNgR)

85 Diogenes the Canada Goose has already been renamed Donald Ducks
Posted by: kelly at August 28, 2026 10:36 PM (bn0S5)

*stamps foot*
Why am I always the last to hear this stuff???

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 10:40 PM (2WIwB)

86 I don't think Dolly cares if I honor her or not. She was a kind, generous woman, so I hope I honor her appreciating her talent and by loving the Lord in a perhaps smaller way than she evidently did…
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
💟
C/o chrissy on PoliNation
Zach Williams, Dolly Parton - There Was Jesus
https://youtu.be/37wV6D49iEY

Posted by: mindful webworker - even when I didn't know it at August 28, 2026 10:40 PM (oq2IS)

87 Sydney is selling her lingerie line. I wonder how much money she'll make off of that?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

*tries to invest in Japanese vending machines*

Posted by: Miklos might be late to the party at August 28, 2026 10:40 PM (4RYRd)

88
Andrew McCarthy's eclipse shot from last night:

https://t.ly/aHnam

That's a 30 photo stack. He had cameras set up at several locations across the country as insurance against weather and clouds.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 10:41 PM (w6EFb)

89 I got a good one today. The neighbors, who are up for felony abuse/neglect, have asked if the wife and I would take their kids.
This is hard. I haven't said no yet and am considering it.
I've known one since he was two and the other since birth.

Oh and my vacation starts in about 2 hours.
Posted by: Reforger

I'd never presume to tell you what to do BUT: We took care of a little one (not our kin) for three years until things settled at home. He was a joy and a gift to us and all that met him. We love that little shit to the moon and back. However, we also had two temporarily that were so damaged by their 'parents' that they are, and will continue to be, a real problem for themselves, caregivers and future prison guards. Good luck - I mean it.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 28, 2026 10:41 PM (zi7oe)

90 Posted by: mindful webworker - even when I didn't know it at August 28, 2026 10:40 PM (oq2IS

Thanks. Yes, I saw that earlier today. It is lovely .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 10:41 PM (JrHfD)

91 The best women golfers are men.

Posted by: r hennigantx
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Read that 4 Women's Championships have been won by men.
Canadian men.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 10:42 PM (VPNgR)

92 I'm on vacation so I won't be around much tonight, y'all behave yourself

Posted by: Weirddave at August 28, 2026 10:01 PM (Az7Eg)

WHY WOULD YOU TELL US THIS?!

Posted by: pookysgirl knows better at August 28, 2026 10:42 PM (Wt5PA)

93 Reforger

Prayers for you and your wife. And for those little
Kiddos.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 28, 2026 10:43 PM (qNSKv)

94 This might be a dumb question. But the ice dam or glacier in Tibet, didn’t geologists notice this massive amount of water building up? “This might be a problem”??

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 10:43 PM (PVUR/)

95 So, that "sex worker" never noticed that being called a whore was an insult?"

And her biological clock is TICKING!

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 10:43 PM (XuXeR)

96 Oh, received my car Registration notice in the mail today.

Those bastards want $29 to reup! Robbery!! LOL

Posted by: Tonypete at August 28, 2026 10:45 PM (zi7oe)

97 This might be a dumb question. But the ice dam or glacier in Tibet, didn’t geologists notice this massive amount of water building up? “This might be a problem”??
Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 10:43 PM (PVUR/)
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It could have been shook loose by a microquake.

I think that region is still tectonically very active.

No real way to predict the outcome once that happens.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 10:45 PM (FZ29D)

98 I'm shocked I tell you

Curious how she blames "men on the internet." My dear sweet used-up blown-out ran-through cumdumpster, it's the sisterhood that's been lying to you all these years. The more representative groups of men on the internet do not find whores, current or former, do be suitable wifey/LTR material, no matter what the slatterns cheering you on with their synchronized chants of "YASSS SLAY KWEEN" have been telling you. The ones saying your past and body count shouldn't matter and you're entitled to a billionaire Prince Charming are your fellow whores, whether paid or unpaid.

Posted by: This and dead kids are what feminism hath wrought at August 28, 2026 10:46 PM (TbWk/)

99
The usual suspects are blaming Globull Warmuning for the Nepal glacier collapse. Of course.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 10:47 PM (w6EFb)

100 I want to know where WD got the video of DOOF after drinking!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 28, 2026 10:48 PM (NnhvP)

101 99
The usual suspects are blaming Globull Warmuning for the Nepal glacier collapse. Of course.
Posted by: publius,

Glaciers never melted until #BADORANGEMAN!!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 28, 2026 10:48 PM (rii+a)

102
They're still working out exactly what happened with that thing. Right now, they think a YUGE chunk of glacier just broke off. A 2000' wide chunk of glacier broke loose and plummeted 4000' down the side of the mountain.

The ice melted from all that energy release, picked up all sorts of debris, then blocked and mixed with the rivers.

Biblical level flood and landslide event at a local level there.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 10:50 PM (w6EFb)

103
So, that "sex worker" never noticed that being called a whore was an insult?"

And her biological clock is TICKING!
Posted by: man

She should get with AOC and make an omelette.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 10:50 PM (Cqx++)

104 Weirddave at August 28, 2026 10:01 PM (Az7Eg)

WHY WOULD YOU TELL US THIS?!

Posted by: pookysgirl knows better
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Mothers know stuff like this.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 10:50 PM (VPNgR)

105 81 Posted by: mindful webworker - sbooby coo at August 28, 2026 10:28 PM (oq2IS)

Thanks, mww. Gary Copper was a good looking man and a fine actor and sounds like he was a nice guy.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 10:39 PM (JrHfD)

Copper was a good actor. You could say he brought a shine to the camera.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 10:51 PM (2WIwB)

106 The ones saying your past and body count shouldn't matter and you're entitled to a billionaire Prince Charming are your fellow whores, whether paid or unpaid.

Posted by: This and dead kids are what feminism hath wrought

He lied about the billion, the royal bastard

Posted by: Duchess of Megan at August 28, 2026 10:51 PM (4RYRd)

107 I can hear a marching band but the closest stadium is 7.5 miles away. Weird, I've never heard it before. They had a 2 hour game delay because of lightning so I know that is where it's coming from. Seems really far to hear a band from. It's Texas so
Friday night lights!

Posted by: lin-duh at August 28, 2026 10:52 PM (VCgbV)

108 I'm still at work right now.
I wouldn't doubt if those kids are telling their keepers that they want to live with us. They are friends with my grands and love it at our house.
I don't know what to do. Half of me is all yeah let's do it and the other half is thinking they'ld probably kill us eventually.

Posted by: Reforger at August 28, 2026 10:54 PM (jJAdc)

109 Copper was a good actor. You could say he brought a shine to the camera.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 10:51 PM (2WIwB)

Ron Silver had an unfairly tarnished reputation.

Posted by: Lead actors at August 28, 2026 10:54 PM (TbWk/)

110 Needs more music.

https://tinyurl.com/yah79xfe

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 10:54 PM (viF8m)

111 I save myself a lot of aggravation by avoiding videos of left wing people doing "true confessions" on the internet.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 10:54 PM (xSAlF)

112 I enjoyed the ONT. Thank you.

Perhaps the sex worker should not be so open. Read that however you want.

I felt bad laughing at the drunk guy set to music. I also feel bad (no you don't) that you and your brothers and cousins used to sit on a curb (forbidden to cross street) at your grandmother's. We watched The Little Red Schoolhouse for children weekly, back then labeled retarded, and returned to grandmother's and acted the same characters in a playhouse. I know I need to confess this next time to the priest, altho I wasn't Catholic yet so maybe that does not count.

Kids: there is a differece in girls and boys we are finding out. Yesterday our girl was an emotional mess over weird stuff after her first full week of kindergarten. Tired vs psychotic. (My husband decided she might be a serial killer when she was 5mo old and bald because she would stare you down.) Now he's sure of it.

They finished a game of monopoly while I put the baby to bed. Time to clean up & she kicked the money around and started kicking her big bro til Pop yelled at her for the first time. She wept. She's normally good but crazy. They are good kids for one to be a budding serial killer.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 28, 2026 10:55 PM (hzuYO)

113 102
They're still working out exactly what happened with that thing. Right now, they think a YUGE chunk of glacier just broke off. A 2000' wide chunk of glacier broke loose and plummeted 4000' down the side of the mountain.
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There's before and after clip on chickensh*t X of an area that was hit. Trees almost forest surrounding what looked like a factory and adjacent buildings, thousands of sq. ft. All wiped out.

The forest and populated area looked like mud slate.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 10:55 PM (VPNgR)

114 Reforger, if you know the kids and know what you'd be getting into... might be worth it so long as they do sign over power of attorney and all the other appropriate stuff for healthcare and school pickups and so forth.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 10:57 PM (aJQbY)

115 PS
I totally agree with the skeltor guy with the sign about women weeping and recording themselves. It annoys me.

I only cry about every 5-7 yrs and would never record it as oh hell no! Why do they do this? It baffles me.

I only watch to see how they manage snot with nose rings. I have no pity for whatever they are wailing about.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 28, 2026 10:57 PM (hzuYO)

116 Sydney is selling her lingerie line. I wonder how much money she'll make off of that?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 10:36 PM (w6EFb)

New or used? (Uh, asking for a friend . . .)

Posted by: a.moron at August 28, 2026 10:57 PM (X5Jzz)

117 They are good kids for one to be a budding serial killer.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

I think you can start them in Pop Warner Murder League at 4

Posted by: Ever Helpful Miklos at August 28, 2026 10:58 PM (4RYRd)

118 Sitting on the porch, waiting for the rain to come.

Wee Pooky tried to kick Lil Pooky off my lap today. Those two are going to make Jacob and Esau look like amateurs.

Posted by: pookysgirl advises investing in Bandaids at August 28, 2026 10:58 PM (Wt5PA)

119 It could have been shook loose by a microquake.
I think that region is still tectonically very active
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Well right, but that’s my point. It had to be something they were looking at. Potentially.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 10:58 PM (PVUR/)

120 111 I save myself a lot of aggravation by avoiding videos of left wing people doing "true confessions" on the internet.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Yep, there's enough crazy without supporting it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 10:58 PM (VPNgR)

121 Totie Fields had a line of lingerie. It was mildly successful.

Posted by: Peek-a-Boo at August 28, 2026 10:59 PM (JM9I6)

122
This is just a "little" local scale version of what happened during Missoula and Bonneville Floods at the end of the last ice age and through the dreaded Younger Dryas.

Every culture in the world has some sort of "Flood myth", and that's from our ancient ancestors who witnessed that on a global scale.

The Younger Dryas was the Erf doing a Big Reset.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 11:01 PM (w6EFb)

123 Lol, level 4. Although I dont think the feds are interested in me at all, I dont have interest in optics and prefer stock versions of classic firearms

Posted by: Azjaeger at August 28, 2026 11:02 PM (EcQV6)

124 107 I can hear a marching band but the closest stadium is 7.5 miles away. Weird, I've never heard it before. They had a 2 hour game delay because of lightning so I know that is where it's coming from. Seems really far to hear a band from. It's Texas so
Friday night lights!
Posted by: lin-duh at August 28, 2026 10:52 PM (VCgbV
A high school marching band competion at halftime is a thousand times better than any superbowl halftime in the past thirty years.

Posted by: Eromero at August 28, 2026 11:03 PM (LHPAg)

125 Back in my day, emotionally distraught young women would just get a bottle of Boone's Farm and work through it.

Posted by: Miklos would alos offer beverage therapy on occasion at August 28, 2026 11:03 PM (4RYRd)

126

A US military judge ruled Friday that confessions made by alleged 9/11 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to FBI agents are inadmissible and cannot be used against him at trial, The New York Times reported.

The ruling comes just before the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001, attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.

This week, the trial date for Mohammed and three others accused plotters was set for June 5, 2028, at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 11:04 PM (Cqx++)

127
There's some CCTV videos of this thing that have been posted of this. It's hard to take. You see dozens to hundreds of people running for their lives and then the wall of water and debris just consumes them all.

I boggle at what the *sound* of that coming would've been like. Sheer terror in their last moments of life.

And then there are videos of them pulling survivors out of the mud. They're covered in mud, and all of them have that blank thousand-yard stare.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 11:04 PM (w6EFb)

128 I turned 23 in Pattaya Beach, Thailand when I was in the Navy. I was so drunk kept falling off my bar stool and had to be carried back to the bangka liberty boat and basically poured into it.

Posted by: Bert G at August 28, 2026 11:07 PM (VARTN)

129 I will honor Tim Curry by both getting a Clue...

and dressing like a Pirate.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 28, 2026 11:08 PM (mP0Kj)

130 Sorry I'm late, I was trying to figure out how much the circles on a Venn diagram would overlap between people who support Lindsay Clancy and those who wear Handmaid's Tale costumes to political rallies.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 28, 2026 11:08 PM (O9Gow)

131 tankdemon,

Probably a perfect overlap.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 11:09 PM (aJQbY)

132 Boobed starlets like Sweeney should just market their undies to guys, then retire with the resultant fortune to some undisclosed island.

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 11:09 PM (77rzZ)

133 I turned 23 in Pattaya Beach, Thailand when I was in the Navy. I was so drunk kept falling off my bar stool and had to be carried back to the bangka liberty boat and basically poured into it.
Posted by: Bert G

Daddy!

Posted by: soon to be US citizen Throngpat at August 28, 2026 11:09 PM (4RYRd)

134 The one video I saw of the Chinese border post area being consumed was the most spectacular nature scene I've ever seen. Looked like a mediocre CGI movie effect, but it was all real.

Catastrophic geologic and weather events are how the Earth's surface has been shaped for ..... 100s of millions of years.

It's a (redundant) measure of how collapsed science is, and how scientifically illiterate and just practically dumb the world's populace is, that "human influence" on "climate" is treated as anything more than a marginal and implausible hypothesis.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 28, 2026 11:10 PM (U/Byj)

135 128 I turned 23 in Pattaya Beach, Thailand when I was in the Navy. I was so drunk kept falling off my bar stool and had to be carried back to the bangka liberty boat and basically poured into it.
Posted by: Bert G at August 28, 2026 11:07 PM (VARTN
You just triggered a dozen or so flashbacks

Posted by: Eromero at August 28, 2026 11:10 PM (LHPAg)

136
They were thinking it was an earthquake that triggered it. But the latest from the USGS looking at the seismic data is the first even was that glacier breaking loose, and no triggering earthquake.

"Tectonic uplift" was probably a big factor. The mountains are sort of still being pushed up slowly, and the chunk of glacier just reached the breaking point.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 11:11 PM (w6EFb)

137 rhomboid,

yep. George Carlin had that part right.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 11:11 PM (aJQbY)

138 publius,

Gravity has it in for all of us, honestly....

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 11:12 PM (aJQbY)

139 There's some CCTV videos of this thing that have been posted of this. It's hard to take. You see dozens to hundreds of people running for their lives and then the wall of water and debris just consumes them all.

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I went down that valley about 10 years ago on a trip from the Tibetan border to Kathmandu. I recognized locations in some of the footage. It's mind-boggling.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 28, 2026 11:12 PM (4Je4D)

140 News item: “U.S. military confirmed what many long suspected: Iran never successfully deployed mines into the Strait and in fact were so incompetent the U.S. found fewer than 5 active mines in the entire region.”

There were however about 200 “suspicious objects”. Many of them were just plastic bags full of trash that the Iranians dumped to fake everyone out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 11:12 PM (GWwCk)

141 Sydney Sweeny... Page Six YouTube channel... no sign-in required so probably not considered unsuitable... but then again...

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

Posted by: davidt at August 28, 2026 10:23 PM (Q+gd/)

Nice. Seems like just a matter of time before she does porn.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 11:13 PM (S41Gd)

142 Little sister

https://tinyurl.com/f6xzh4h9

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 11:14 PM (viF8m)

143 Kid fails

So they only have children for the entertainment value?

Posted by: wth at August 28, 2026 11:14 PM (oq9dX)

144 There's another ship heading to Thailand after being at sea for over 250 days....

Posted by: lin-duh at August 28, 2026 11:14 PM (VCgbV)

145 Many of them were just plastic bags full of trash that the Iranians dumped to fake everyone out.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Hell, we been doing that around here for years

Posted by: Miklos, Lot 287A Trailer Acres at August 28, 2026 11:15 PM (4RYRd)

146 >> Gravity has it in for all of us, honestly....

Gravity is the weakest of all the four fundamental forces, but it always wins in the end. On all scales, basically.

The other three, while much stronger, can be both attractive and repulse and have positive and negative source "charges" that cancel out.

Gravity on the other hand is always attractive, and the "charge" is mass, which is always positive and always attractive.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 11:16 PM (w6EFb)

147 Tectonic uplift" was probably a big factor. The mountains are sort of still being pushed up slowly, and the chunk of glacier just reached the breaking point.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 11:11 PM (w6EFb)

I’ve noticed a dissonance between reports; some say that a glacier collapsed, others say it was a large rock face which supported part of the glacier that collapsed and brought that part of the glacier down.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 11:17 PM (GWwCk)

148 That evil Clancy woman had better be found guilty. I have read a bit about her premeditation, but not the horror of what she did to those poor babies.

She looks mean, which would be all I'd need for a guilty verdict. Or if the person was ugly. Because I am fair.

Her profile reminds me of a bird of prey. A buzzard.

There is something very wrong with the women who support her (I know they are pro-abortion just by looking at them).

It would be a much better world if I was in charge.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 28, 2026 11:17 PM (hzuYO)

149 Miklos!

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 11:18 PM (77rzZ)

150 Good YT channels to watch--

tensione - nicely dramatic film music.

pelodelperro - obscure classical music, mostly avant-garde.

What could it hurt, right?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 28, 2026 11:18 PM (CHHv1)

151 Wee Pooky tried to kick Lil Pooky off my lap today. Those two are going to make Jacob and Esau look like amateurs.
Posted by: pookysgirl

I see Clot buster and no needle stitch kits in your future.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 28, 2026 11:20 PM (NnhvP)

152 We want Presdent Obama back as Presdent because Trump is hurting peeple.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at August 28, 2026 11:21 PM (2lg3V)

153 144 There's another ship heading to Thailand after being at sea for over 250 days....
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Those girls are going to be rich. Hope they spend their money wisely.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 11:23 PM (VPNgR)

154 girls? In Thailand?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 11:23 PM (aJQbY)

155 Boobed starlets like Sweeney should just market their undies to guys, then retire with the resultant fortune to some undisclosed island.
Posted by: Bulg
.....

Where do I sign up? Hope she sells them all before we get to the island.

Posted by: wth at August 28, 2026 11:25 PM (oq9dX)

156 Those girls are going to be rich. Hope they spend their money wisely.

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Girls and probably a few very cute Thai guys in tight dresses.

250 days, you know.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 28, 2026 11:25 PM (4Je4D)

157 154 girls? In Thailand?

Posted by: RandomDave
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Don't tell the sailors.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 11:25 PM (VPNgR)

158 Mary, you sound remarkably sober this evening.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 11:27 PM (RIvkX)

159 I turned 23 in Pattaya Beach, Thailand when I was in the Navy. I was so drunk kept falling off my bar stool and had to be carried back to the bangka liberty boat and basically poured into it.
Posted by: Bert G

When asked I would tell people I drank because of how you were treated, vs. drugs where you went to captains mast, became a guest at the Marine brig, and the started over as an E1 deck ape.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 28, 2026 11:27 PM (NnhvP)

160 Lucky Dube

Murder is home.

https://tinyurl.com/22j9kpuz

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 11:27 PM (viF8m)

161 A psychiatrist who testified against Lindsay Clancy at her murder trial resigned from his hospital job hours after taking the stand.
...
..
Mack - repeatedly clashed with defense attorney Kevin Reddington when he returned for cross-examination via Zoom on Monday.

That same day, Mack, 54, resigned from his role as a psychiatrist at Nemours Children's Health in Delaware.

'Dr Avram Mack is no longer employed by Nemours Children's Health. He resigned on Monday, August 24,' a hospital spokesperson told the Daily Mail.
---

Speculating - Nemours Children's Health fired him because he didn't tow the DSI line. Is Nemours a chop shop?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 11:30 PM (VPNgR)

162 Royce White shows up to Indiana Fever game in blonde wig amid WNBA Draft pursuit
The former NBA first-round pick said he was there to 'scout some of the competition' and support the league

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 11:31 PM (VPNgR)

163 > There is something very wrong with the women who support her (I know they are pro-abortion just by looking at them).

It would be a much better world if I was in charge.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 28, 2026 11:17 PM (hzuYO)

I've been dating (I guess you'd call it) a bit since I moved into this senior apartment complex.

I'm going to start casually bringing this up in conversation.

Pro-Clancy = not happening.

Not that reproduction is an issue at my stage of life, but character still matters.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 11:31 PM (IG3/x)

164 Braenyard,

He and Ennis are having so much fun with this

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 11:31 PM (aJQbY)

165 "Boston was very much 70s.
It was a studio concoction. Some talented studio musicians but absolutely terrible as a live band."

And Blue Oyster Cult, another quintessential 70s band, was the opposite. Terrible (well, not *terrible*) in the studio but absolutely the pinnacle of live rock music.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 28, 2026 11:31 PM (Fv808)

166 Rodrigo,

If nothing else, who is it safe to turn your back on?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 11:32 PM (aJQbY)

167 >> "human influence" on "climate" is treated as anything more than a marginal and implausible hypothesis.

All you have to look at is the dreaded Younger Dryas. Now that was climate change. Big Time. 70 - 80% of North American megafauna were wiped out. That was the mammoths, elephants, dire wolves, giant beavers, saber tooth tigers, lions, etc, etc. All wiped out in a geological instant.

And obviously humans had fuck all to do with it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 11:33 PM (w6EFb)

168 When Royce White was asked by OutKick why he was there,
White said, "All hail Queen Roysha, the queen has arrived,
it's great to be here... I'm here because Black trans lesbians
matter, and we've always mattered, we've always existed...
I'm here to participate and scout some of the competition
maybe as well."

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 11:33 PM (VPNgR)

169 > If nothing else, who is it safe to turn your back on?
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 11:32 PM (aJQbY)

Right. And what if it got serious? Would you want a pro-Clancy woman to be making the decision as to whether to pull your plug?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 11:34 PM (IG3/x)

170
My fascination with the Younger Dryas of late led me to read on the "uniformitarianism/gradualism" vs catastrophism debate in the early days of geology. Very heated it got (read the story of J. Harlen Bretz).

Now, I think the true picture is both. We have long periods of boring gradualism punctuated by short periods of pure terror.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 11:36 PM (w6EFb)

171 I'm here because Black trans lesbians
matter, and we've always mattered, we've always existed...

Yaas kween slay!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 11:36 PM (aJQbY)

172 Something I did not know:

The part of Baby Moses in the Cecil B. DeMille "Ten Commandments" was played by Charlton Heston's real-life son.

DeMille knew Heston's wife was pregnant. When she gave birth he sent her a telegram stating "Congratulations! He's got the part."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 11:38 PM (IG3/x)

173 You can never not hear the cowbell in Don't Fear The Reaper, now.

Thanks SNL.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 28, 2026 11:38 PM (XV/Pl)

174
Rodrigo,

Cool story

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 11:39 PM (/QHx4)

175
In 1979, they awarded J. Harlen the Penrose Medal, the highest honor in geology. He was 96, and died soon after in 1981.

He was totally vindicated and honored. He remarked at the time that all his old enemies were dead, and he had no one to gloat over. His enemies back in the day tried to absolutely destroy him. It amazes me how mean people can get with this stuff.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 11:40 PM (w6EFb)

176 Gravity on the other hand is always attractive, and the "charge" is mass, which is always positive and always attractive.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

I reckon that explains Darleen

Posted by: Miklos has been Jethro Bodine puzzling on that at August 28, 2026 11:41 PM (4RYRd)

177 18 I’ll bet any amount of money that somewhere at the State Department, there is now a wall filled with dozens of those un-official photographs of Secretary Rubio. Suitably framed, naturally.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 10:11 PM (PVUR/)

Maybe! IIRC, the Cabinet gave Marco a framed collage of Rubio Realizes memes, signed by everyone incl. Trump.

Posted by: SciVo at August 28, 2026 11:42 PM (ke3zm)

178 >>And Blue Oyster Cult, another quintessential 70s band, was the opposite. Terrible (well, not *terrible*) in the studio but absolutely the pinnacle of live rock music.

Golden retriever head tilt.

Means no.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 11:43 PM (viF8m)

179
SciVo,

Yep they did, lol.

I love the memes

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 11:44 PM (/QHx4)

180 131 tankdemon,

Probably a perfect overlap.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 11:09 PM (aJQbY)

That's the conclusion I arrived at.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 28, 2026 11:44 PM (O9Gow)

181 Miklos!
Posted by: Bulg

Is that a Bulg in your nic or just happy to see anything that moves after 250 days on that ship?

Posted by: Miklos has Business Interests in the Kingdom of Thailand at August 28, 2026 11:45 PM (4RYRd)

182 And obviously humans had fuck all to do with it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 11:33 PM (w6EFb

Some live to say “oh the paleo Indians did it” without noticing that humans have been hunting the megafauna in Africa for who knows how many thousands of years, and never wiped them out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 11:45 PM (GWwCk)

183 hmmm, thinking a Dead head would like Blue Oyster Cult?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 11:46 PM (VPNgR)

184 165: "Boston was very much 70s.
It was a studio concoction. Some talented studio musicians but absolutely terrible as a live band."

I saw Boston live in the mid 90s. They were great live. 20 years later, I guess they figured it out.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 28, 2026 11:46 PM (rii+a)

185 I’m telling you. Don’t misunderstand, I’m sure he is well respected and appreciated, due honorifics are always employed and the rest of it.

But those pics are hilarious, and I’m sure he doesn’t take himself too seriously, which is what makes for a good leader.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 11:47 PM (PVUR/)

186 41 minutes left until vacation.

Posted by: Reforger at August 28, 2026 11:49 PM (jJAdc)

187 His uniform # should be 10 not 0.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 11:49 PM (VPNgR)

188 26 Dave, a difficult thing I found sometimes with interviews, when someone really needs a job, it has an odor so to speak, and they can smell it. Desperation. Make sure to cut through that and exude genuine confidence. They can smell that too.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 10:16 PM (PVUR/)

Genuine is the key. Creating actual value.

One option is gig work. I don't just mean driving for Uber or DoorDash; a younger cousin of mine showed me Fiverr, for even things like helping a small business with its data, like converting an Excel spreadsheet to a proper database, or generating useful reports.

Another is volunteer work, which I sometimes do when I'm between jobs. I used to prefer hospitals, though now I would steer away from that for post-covid clotshot tyranny. My other go-to was a food bank. There are lots of things. If you play your cards right, you could maybe even parlay it into starting your own grifter NGO for generational wealth!

Posted by: SciVo at August 28, 2026 11:50 PM (ke3zm)

189 >>hmmm, thinking a Dead head would like Blue Oyster Cult?

Do. There was never a better a live band than the dead. They literally defined the genre.

https://tinyurl.com/3594k65t

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 11:50 PM (viF8m)

190 Greetings Everyone!

Planning on being home Tuesday. It's been a long, strange trip....looking forward to being home.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 28, 2026 11:50 PM (OPxR2)

191 Doesn't exist. Nor does it's, uh, "Seriff's Office"...
Posted by: Stu-22

That would be the "sans-Seriff's Office"

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 28, 2026 11:51 PM (Fv808)

192 A leader who can laugh at himself, not just his own jokes, is a treasure.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 11:51 PM (aJQbY)

193 If nothing else, who is it safe to turn your back on?
Posted by: RandomDave

What they do?
They smile in your face
All the time, they want to take your place

Posted by: Miklos quotes the O'Jays at August 28, 2026 11:52 PM (4RYRd)

194 The FDA now reports 11,458 illnesses across 20 states,
---

Know what the article doesn't tell you?
Yeah.
Which states.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 11:52 PM (VPNgR)

195
His enemies back in the day tried to absolutely destroy him. It amazes me how mean people can get with this stuff.

Sounds familiar.

Posted by: COVID at August 28, 2026 11:52 PM (Cqx++)

196 SciVo - writing that one down. Gig IT work might make the balance if I end up with a 'doesn't quite cover the bills' job. Heck, I'll look it up now and try getting set up over the weekend...

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 11:53 PM (aJQbY)

197 A leader who can laugh at himself, not just his own jokes, is a treasure.
Posted by: RandomDave

Spare this one

For now

Posted by: Mostly Benevolent Dictator Papa Miklos Doc at August 28, 2026 11:54 PM (4RYRd)

198
The whole Sweeney ad thing is problematic. Might have to watch again to solve.

Posted by: Auspex at August 28, 2026 11:54 PM (Y8DZL)

199
The idea the Clovis or whoever wiped out those species out via overhunting is just ridiculous. Not just one species, but dozens? That aligns with the "humans are bad for the planet" narrative the lunatics are pushing now.

Interesting thing is Africa seems to have fared the Younger Dryas event the best of all.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 11:54 PM (w6EFb)

200 publius,

Well, that's when wakanda got the vibranium, y'know?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 11:56 PM (aJQbY)

201 Boston, the band, their history is a give away. Of all the albums and singles, one (1), one is live. That's a tell.

OK, lead guitar, take #106, and 2,3,4.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 11:56 PM (VPNgR)

202
And there were a few cowards in the J. Harlen story as well. Other geologists had evidence he was right, or at least on to something pretty good, but they didn't come forward for fear of the "elders" at the time. They just sat on their hands.

This is were the old quote that "science advances one funeral at a time" comes from.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 11:57 PM (w6EFb)

203 41 minutes left until vacation.
Posted by: Reforger

'Hey Ref...um...I'm gonna need you to come in...."

Posted by: Regional Assistant Manager Miklos at August 28, 2026 11:57 PM (4RYRd)

204 I'm expecting it Miklos.

Posted by: Reforger at August 28, 2026 11:58 PM (jJAdc)

205 Interesting thing is Africa seems to have fared the Younger Dryas event the best of all.

--------

There's a theory there. The tasty animals in Africa evolved along with the ape-men and natural selection ensured that the animals who were wily enough to stay off the menu were the ones that produced the most offspring. Sort of a long-running arms race where parity was more or less maintained.

In the New World the spear-carriers showed up all at once, and the animals didn't have time to adjust. So they just stood around and got massacred.

This is something I read on the internet.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2026 12:00 AM (4Je4D)

206 Ref, if you could come in tomorrow around 9, that would be great, mmkay? And I'm gonna need you to come in on Sunday, too.

Posted by: Bill Lumbergh at August 29, 2026 12:01 AM (aJQbY)

207 The Dead were a bunch of good players who (get that Tony?) had a lot of fun and made a lot of money dicking around.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 12:02 AM (VPNgR)

208 Maybe I saw that in a Gary Larson cartoon.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2026 12:03 AM (4Je4D)

209 OK.... this is just funny...

Milo Y overstayed his Visa, and has been arrested by ICE.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 29, 2026 12:04 AM (mP0Kj)

210 Off, jerkwad sock!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 12:04 AM (aJQbY)

211 I think it was a very small number of mines found, only half of them properly emplaced (think Don said this himself today).

No shocker. We're not dealing with an elite military here.

As Rabin said to our small group, when asked to explain Israel's history of military successes: "first, you must consider our enemies".

Even better are very credible reports of US hydrologic engineering, removing natural features to create/improve a channel near the Omani coast. The only real comprehensive/permanent solution here is end of the pernicious regime, but systematically weakening or destroying their points of leverage is a beautiful process.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 29, 2026 12:05 AM (U/Byj)

212 209 OK.... this is just funny...

Milo Y overstayed his Visa, and has been arrested by ICE.
Posted by: Romeo13

I forgot about that guy. I guess his 15 minutes is up.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2026 12:08 AM (rii+a)

213 >>Boston, the band, their history is a give away. Of all the albums and singles, one (1), one is live. That's a tell.

Some bands are born in a studio. Some before a live audience. Boston was the former.

Doesn't matter. Like what you like.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 12:08 AM (viF8m)

214 Maybe I saw that in a Gary Larson cartoon.
Posted by: Cicero

I liked the one with the cows

Posted by: Unspecified Miklos at August 29, 2026 12:08 AM (4RYRd)

215 "Sex worker." There's your problem, right there. Prostitute. Hooker. Whore. Those are the unvarnished terms. The ones that convey exactly how men see things. No, stable, good providers do not want to put a ring on that, even if they're willing to pay for it. They'll rent it. But they don't want to rent to own. This shouldn't be hard. But we've decided to adopt language designed to avoid the truth, and fools believe the new dictionary.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at August 29, 2026 12:09 AM (1T1MZ)

216 Sweating was a pretty fortunate evolutionary happenstance for humans. That's how we win. We're pack endurance hunters and we dissipate heat at unusual levels that let us force our prey into heat exhaustion before we moved for the kill.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at August 29, 2026 12:09 AM (r7+Q7)

217 Okay, since we're talking live albums, why are all the songs from Cheap Trick that I hear on the radio clearly from live performances? Did they just never record studio albums?

Posted by: pookysgirl wants to know at August 29, 2026 12:11 AM (Wt5PA)

218 Doesn't matter. Like what you like.

Posted by: JackStraw
---

True, very true.

But I have more respect for a band, any style band, that can do a live performance as well or better than studio work.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 12:11 AM (VPNgR)

219 Some live to say “oh the paleo Indians did it” without noticing that humans have been hunting the megafauna in Africa for who knows how many thousands of years, and never wiped them out.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Obligatory Far Sde cartoon:
https://shorturl.at/IkgsE

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 29, 2026 12:11 AM (XeU6L)

220 Obligatory Far Sde cartoon:
https://shorturl.at/IkgsE
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Facebook?

You must be OLD

Posted by: Moderately Youthful Miklos at August 29, 2026 12:14 AM (4RYRd)

221 >> Obligatory Far Sde cartoon:

Facebook is cleverly hiding the bottom with the caption, demanding you sign up. So what was the punch line with that?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 29, 2026 12:15 AM (w6EFb)

222 Obligatory Far Sde cartoon:
https://shorturl.at/IkgsE
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
---
Crappy link. Better:
https://shorturl.at/2Xm27

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 29, 2026 12:16 AM (XeU6L)

223 Doesn't matter. Like what you like.

Posted by: JackStraw

For me, it's easier and more convenient to not like things.

Posted by: Moderately Curmudgeonly Miklos at August 29, 2026 12:16 AM (4RYRd)

224 >>But I have more respect for a band, any style band, that can do a live performance as well or better than studio work.

Me too. But I've always loved live music.

You can't do this in a studio.

https://tinyurl.com/rmua2bes

Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 12:17 AM (viF8m)

225 >> Crappy link. Better:

Much better.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 29, 2026 12:17 AM (w6EFb)

226 But I have more respect for a band, any style band, that can do a live performance as well or better than studio work.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 12:11 AM (VPNgR)

Its amazing how some bands can sound amazing on an album but they'll be a complete bag of ass live.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 29, 2026 12:19 AM (S41Gd)

227 224 >>But I have more respect for a band, any style band, that can do a live performance as well or better than studio work.

---------

Consider those bands who couldn't play their own songs because the studio tracks were done by rented studio musicians.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2026 12:19 AM (4Je4D)

228 216 Sweating was a pretty fortunate evolutionary happenstance for humans. That's how we win. We're pack endurance hunters and we dissipate heat at unusual levels that let us force our prey into heat exhaustion before we moved for the kill.

Posted by: Bilwis -

Never heard that. Very interesting.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 12:20 AM (VPNgR)

229 "Me and my Arrow / Straighter than narrow / Wherever we go / Everyone knows / It's me and my Arrow"

Posted by: Harry Miklos-Nilsson at August 29, 2026 12:20 AM (4RYRd)

230 Posted by: Bilwis -

Never heard that. Very interesting.

Posted by: Braenyard

That's why divorcee Cougars head for Cancun at Spring Break

Posted by: Miklos has heard stories at August 29, 2026 12:22 AM (4RYRd)

231 ---------

Consider those bands who couldn't play their own songs because the studio tracks were done by rented studio musicians.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
---

An adulteration and abomination. Shame upon them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 12:22 AM (VPNgR)

232 Sydney is selling her lingerie line. I wonder how much money she'll make off of that?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 28, 2026 10:36 PM (w6EFb)

Will she make more money from the lingerie or the posters of her wearing it, that ends up in boys bedrooms?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 29, 2026 12:23 AM (qx7Zg)

233 >>Flock Cameras

Years ago, when I worked for a telecommunications company, I was on a project team for wiretapping compliance in each service country. The team lead made up shirts with this on them:
“[project name]
We listen to our customers”

Heh

Posted by: Lizzy at August 29, 2026 12:24 AM (X8xt3)

234 Will she make more money from the lingerie or the posters of her wearing it, that ends up in boys bedrooms?

---------

Or prison cells.

Posted by: Andy Dufresne at August 29, 2026 12:25 AM (4Je4D)

235 For me, it's easier and more convenient to not like things.

Posted by: Moderately Curmudgeonly Miklos
---

I've followed your links. Really, is there anything you don't like?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 12:25 AM (VPNgR)

236 The team lead made up shirts with this on them:
“[project name]
We listen to our customers”

The logo was pretty cool too

Posted by: Bob from Flock, formerly NSA at August 29, 2026 12:26 AM (4RYRd)

237 Logging off time. Putting the blog to bed (for me, anyway). It's sad. Like the closing theme on Pee Wee's Playhouse.🥹

Someone posted a link to Dolly and a couple of gals singing a Dylan classic.
https://youtu.be/Gc6abzNVmEE
Alas, it wasn't miked very well.

So I looked up Dylan's original. Pretty good song, really.
https://youtu.be/1iHhWh9FtsQ

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - don't blink twice at August 29, 2026 12:27 AM (oq2IS)

238 We have long periods of boring gradualism punctuated by short periods of pure terror.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Baseball

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 29, 2026 12:27 AM (Fv808)

239 I've followed your links. Really, is there anything you don't like?

Posted by: Braenyard -

Rutabagas

Posted by: Adamant Miklos at August 29, 2026 12:27 AM (4RYRd)

240 hmmm, thinking a Dead head would like Blue Oyster Cult?
Posted by: Braenyard

This is BOC jamming backstage in 1975. Play from :15 and close your eyes.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0A-8pbCmCw

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 29, 2026 12:30 AM (Fv808)

241
Are rutabagas and turnips kinda the same?

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 12:30 AM (/QHx4)

242 That's why divorcee Cougars head for Cancun at Spring Break

Posted by: Miklos has heard stories
---

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHJ1OTrkim4

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 12:31 AM (VPNgR)

243 Are rutabagas and turnips kinda the same?

Posted by: four seasons

Perhaps

I am taking no chances

Posted by: Rutabaga Risk Averse Miklos at August 29, 2026 12:33 AM (4RYRd)

244 Lizzy - oh, that's wonderfully horrible!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 12:33 AM (aJQbY)

245 201 Boston, the band, their history is a give away. Of all the albums and singles, one (1), one is live. That's a tell.

OK, lead guitar, take #106, and 2,3,4.

They really weren't ever a band. One guy in his basement, multi tracking and eventually bringing in a drummer and a singer. The "band" only existed to do concerts which never happened until the first album became a big hit the year after it was released

Posted by: Azjaeger at August 29, 2026 12:33 AM (3/XaG)

246
Lol

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 12:34 AM (/QHx4)

247 Consider those bands who couldn't play their own songs because the studio tracks were done by rented studio musicians.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2026 12:19 AM (4Je4D)

Thats a big piss off to me. There was a song from a metal band I really liked, so I decided to learn it. The lead was intense, very fast and required serious dexterity. I took me a few days to get the nuts and bolts of it, which for me is a long time, but it was that kind of lead, but I got it. I see the band live and they play the song. I said oh boy here's the lead...and it sounds frigging horrible. Not even close, not in the same league, not even in the same universe. I mentioned it to somebody and he tells me, well that dude didn't play the lead on the album. It turns out another guitar player from a different band stepped in to do it. That pissed me off. I wanted to see how he did it, and it wasn't even him. Fucker...

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 29, 2026 12:34 AM (S41Gd)

248 Will she make more money from the lingerie or the posters of her wearing it, that ends up in boys bedrooms?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 29, 2026 12:23 AM (qx7Zg)

Not just boys!

Posted by: A Bevey of Bulldykes at August 29, 2026 12:35 AM (SaqCM)

249 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHJ1OTrkim4

Posted by: Braenyard -

Lana Turner was just a nice Carolina country girl

Posted by: Miklos concedes the need for Exceptions at August 29, 2026 12:35 AM (4RYRd)

250
205 Interesting thing is Africa seems to have fared the Younger Dryas event the best of all.”

Younger Dryas was a northern hemisphere event , wasn’t it?

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2026 12:37 AM (GWwCk)

251 What was horrible is how many countries have no privacy. One demanded its own room within the site, where a government employee could sit and listen in on any call, any time/all the time.
Appreciate the 4th amendment, regardless of its weakening over time w/tech development.
Like our first amendment, not perfect, but better than anywhere else, bigly!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 29, 2026 12:38 AM (X8xt3)

252 Its amazing how some bands can sound amazing on an album but they'll be a complete bag of ass live.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Not up to speed. Need retakes and separate tracts for everyone, one at a time. They aren't rely a band as we think of one.
If you can't perform in front of an audience what are you?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 12:38 AM (VPNgR)

253 Braenyard - an introvert?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 12:40 AM (aJQbY)

254 Probably going to hate it. Buddy might have liked it.

https://tinyurl.com/2vb724py

Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2026 12:43 AM (viF8m)

255 Okay, since we're talking live albums, why are all the songs from Cheap Trick that I hear on the radio clearly from live performances?
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A great many commercial “Live” performance recordings really are not, they dub in the audience noises to studio recordings. Or at best do a lot of overdubs and backing tracks later, in the studio. It’s tricky to get good live performances, there aren’t any do-overs and the quality of the recording itself isn’t that great sometimes.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 12:44 AM (PVUR/)

256
"Me and my Arrow / Straighter than narrow / Wherever we go / Everyone knows / It's me and my Arrow"
Posted by: Harry Miklos-Nilsson

I get the point.

Posted by: COVID at August 29, 2026 12:44 AM (Cqx++)

257 They aren't rely a band as we think of one.
If you can't perform in front of an audience what are you?
——
The reverse is also true, more than once I’ve heard band members maintain they were never really able to capture their live band sound in the studio for that reason. Close, maybe, just not close enough.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 12:47 AM (PVUR/)

258 >> Younger Dryas was a northern hemisphere event , wasn’t it?

Mostly. The big cooling was mostly in the north. There was continued warming somewhat in Antarctica, I think, and the tropical area is more complex, with changes in the monsoon and rainfall patterns.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 29, 2026 12:48 AM (w6EFb)

259 A random bit of music earlier today caused me to contemplate more deeply the wisdom of the Ancient Greeks.

I believe it may have been Testicles who posed one of the most fundamental questions of introspection in the course of this ephemeral existence-for who can truly answer with perfect knowledge and certainty?

"Who's making love
To your Old Lady
While you are out making love"

Posted by: Miklos has been listening to WWOZ, it is true at August 29, 2026 12:52 AM (4RYRd)

260 You’ll notice that a lot of performers “dumb down” the tune when they play live. It might be in the same key, but that’s about it. Tricky or elaborate guitar parts, nah, the hell with that, they just stand there and strum.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2026 12:52 AM (PVUR/)

261 It’s tricky to get good live performances, there aren’t any do-overs and the quality of the recording itself isn’t that great sometimes.

Posted by: Common Tate
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Shoot the engineer and the sound man.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 12:52 AM (VPNgR)

262 I get the point.
Posted by: COVID

Walk This Way

Posted by: Tunes to Covid to at the store at August 29, 2026 12:53 AM (4RYRd)

263 260 You’ll notice that a lot of performers “dumb down” the tune when they play live. It might be in the same key, but that’s about it. Tricky or elaborate guitar parts, nah, the hell with that, they just stand there and strum.

Posted by: Common Tate
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I come from a different style of music where live performances are usually 'opened up' and are much more elaborative. Of course, the venues are usually smaller and more intimate.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 12:57 AM (VPNgR)

264
And it seems to be the drop in temperatures was highly seasonal. Winters got really cold, but summers didn't change much, maybe a little warmer in some places. So, very strong seasonal pattern, which compressed the growing season.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 29, 2026 12:58 AM (w6EFb)

265 Founded by Alexander Hamilton as the first industrial city in America, Paterson, N.J.,  is now home to America’s largest Palestinian community and largest proportion of Muslim residents. Today, New Jersey’s third-largest city is effectively run by its 30,000 Muslims, some of whom say they don’t need to learn English because it’s like living “back home” in an Arab city.

Paterson holds an annual Palestinian flag-raising ceremony, during which residents chant, “Free Free Palestine!” And in 2022, it renamed a five-block stretch of Main Street “Palestine Way.”
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Well, enough of that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 01:00 AM (VPNgR)

266 Good FCS game on ESPN. The Idaho Vandals were down to Cal-Poly 21-10 in the first half. They are now up 31-24 in the 4th Qt.

Cal-Poly? Polytechnic? Polyamory? It is California, could be the second one.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2026 01:00 AM (rii+a)

267 Happy Friday Horde!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 29, 2026 01:03 AM (ibDUx)

268 Gimme' that old time Rock and Roll

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY3F9hSVU5I

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 01:03 AM (VPNgR)

269
The philosophical arguments between Testicles and his wife Ovariae were epic.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 29, 2026 01:03 AM (w6EFb)

270
Hi Debby! I hope you are well.

I haven't seen JQ tonight. I am hoping she is well.

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 01:04 AM (/QHx4)

271 Paterson, N.J.,  is now home to America’s largest Palestinian community and largest proportion of Muslim residents.

Braenyard - so it's *not* Detroit/Hamtramck, etc?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 29, 2026 01:09 AM (aJQbY)

272 The philosophical arguments between Testicles and his wife Ovariae were epic.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

The full text is lost to time, but one of their most famous Dialogues is known as "Shuduppa You Face".

Posted by: Scholarly Miklos at August 29, 2026 01:14 AM (4RYRd)

273
And there was that time Ovariae caught Testicles "debating" with that trollop Clitorides.

Ovariae threw him out, and I think that's when he first measured the earth.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 29, 2026 01:14 AM (w6EFb)

274 Braenyard - so it's *not* Detroit/Hamtramck, etc?
Posted by: RandomDave

American Medinas: Turning US Cities Into ‘Beachheads’ for Islam
By Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigations, August 25, 2026:
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Detroit is disorganized street gangs, I think.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 01:14 AM (VPNgR)

275 And I shall now call it an evening.

Posted by: Miklos says "it's an evening" at August 29, 2026 01:16 AM (4RYRd)

276 Detroit, Muslims are out numbered. They like to ambush. Chances are is the went up against disassociated street gangs in Detroit they would be wiped out.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 01:17 AM (VPNgR)

277 Airplane was really a folk band singing blues.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdLYMqAVZ6Q

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 01:21 AM (VPNgR)

278 I haven't seen JQ tonight. I am hoping she is well.

Posted by: four seasons
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Think Friday is next door get together night.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 01:24 AM (VPNgR)

279
Thanks Braenyard.

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 01:26 AM (/QHx4)

280 The Cal-Poly Mustangs pull a rabbit out of a hat and beat Idaho! Ok, not yet. Still have 9 seconds to go. 38-34 Cal-Poly. Had to look up where Cal-Poly was located. West of Bakersfield, along the coast. Kind of halfway between San Francisco and LA. Idaho U is located in Moscow, Idaho.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2026 01:27 AM (rii+a)

281 Night Miklos.

Hi four seasons, I am good, thanks, hopefully JQ is good too, maybe she is getting some rest.

I got that stupid earworm stuck in my head and went and looked up some Plymouth Arrow information, I don't remember a ton of them on the road.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 29, 2026 01:28 AM (ibDUx)

282 Just about finished my chocolate covered almonds.
It's time to bid adieu. Enjoy the evening. 'night.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 01:34 AM (VPNgR)

283
Gn Braenyard

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 01:35 AM (/QHx4)

284 Friday night greetings--

Neighbors at end of road had an emergency tonight-- the wife was having chest pain, ended up going to hospital in ambulance.

Please pray for Kathy!

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 01:39 AM (rdVOm)

285
Will do JQ!

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 01:40 AM (/QHx4)

286 Hi, four seasons. Thanks. Kathy is a very sweet lady, and just barely 29!

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 01:42 AM (rdVOm)

287
Just like us JQ, lol

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 01:44 AM (/QHx4)

288 Lol. But I think she's not even 70 yet. Doesn't drink or smoke, is physically active and "eats healthy"...

Damned if ya do, damned if ya don't.

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 01:47 AM (rdVOm)

289 98 Curious how she blames "men on the internet." My dear sweet used-up blown-out ran-through cumdumpster, it's the sisterhood that's been lying to you all these years. . . .
Posted by: This and dead kids are what feminism hath wrought at August 28, 2026 10:46 PM (TbWk/)

I'm starting to lean toward questioning whether it's even nonfiction. The 'lesson' of the purported complaint is to not believe everything you read on the internet, right? I can picture a troll thinking that was cute and meta, for the story and narrator to also be lies.

My reasoning is because there's a significant minority of men that are full-blown Dark Triad, and would get a kick out of lying to keep her whoring, so they could use her and then marry someone else. But! They would also be doing it to her face. Many of her customers would be in that camp, so if she even existed, then she should've known them well enough to disbelieve them.

Posted by: SciVo at August 29, 2026 01:47 AM (ke3zm)

290
Most of the shit on the internet is just made up shit. I ignore it.

So many people want to be victims.

Hey, maybe someone will start a go fund me.

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 01:51 AM (/QHx4)

291 E-thot story is clickbait, imo. Bleh.

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 01:51 AM (rdVOm)

292
Yep

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 01:51 AM (/QHx4)

293 Hi JQ, prayers up for Kathy.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 29, 2026 01:52 AM (ibDUx)

294 I got that stupid earworm stuck in my head and went and looked up some Plymouth Arrow information, I don't remember a ton of them on the road.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 29, 2026 01:28 AM (ibDUx)

Slayer's Angel of death will remove all ear worms, trust me. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 29, 2026 01:54 AM (S41Gd)

295 Hi, Debby.

How's your brother?

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 01:55 AM (rdVOm)

296 And how are YOU Debby?

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 01:55 AM (rdVOm)

297 280 Had to look up where Cal-Poly was located. West of Bakersfield, along the coast. Kind of halfway between San Francisco and LA. Idaho U is located in Moscow, Idaho.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2026 01:27 AM (rii+a)

There are two Cal-Polys. Cal-Poly SLO in San Luis Obispo, on the central coast, and Cal-Poly Pomona located east of Los Angeles.

Poly = Polytechnic. Mainly science and engineering. I believe SLO also has a fairly large Agricultural program.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 29, 2026 01:58 AM (OPxR2)

298 Re: clickbait ho--

Doesn't everyone discuss their sordid past and body-count on a first or second date?

/s

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 02:04 AM (rdVOm)

299
Lol JQ

Posted by: four seasons at August 29, 2026 02:04 AM (/QHx4)

300 Currently working X/Twitter viewers, as of tonight.

Courtesy Grok (the irony):

softwe dot com (blocked by my provider, Spectrum)

carryfeed dot com (verified, it works. click "open file" to view the video. I used the Fido Friday tweet ONT WTF tweet above. Does not work with Brave shields up.)

tweetviewer dot com (verified, same tweet, it just works, and plays the video just fine, works with Brave shields up)

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at August 29, 2026 02:09 AM (IhL8c)

301 Evening, ONT Horde, and WD, if you are still awake. Home from car club meet in Calgary at the crack of midnight. Faint aurora visible tonight.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2026 02:10 AM (1z8ji)

302 JQ, he is fine, I got home about 8:30 this morning, he had to wait around for a cat scan because he hit his head. I have a feeling that he is going to become a frequent flyer at the ER, lots of falls recently. He really can't walk but he keeps trying to anyway. C'est la vie.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 29, 2026 02:19 AM (ibDUx)

303 I believe SLO also has a fairly large Agricultural program.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

It used to stink something fierce with all the cows, although nothing stunk worse than that 5-10 mile stretch of I-5 near 580 (or vice versa), where the freeway was next to a ranch. I don't understand how that thing was allowed to exist there. It was unbelievably bad.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 29, 2026 02:19 AM (Fv808)

304 >>He really can't walk but he keeps trying to anyway.

Glad he's ok, Debby.

Yeah, they forget they're not fully functional, don't they? You know this all too well, I suspect...

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 02:21 AM (rdVOm)

305 The Cal-Poly Mustangs pull a rabbit out of a hat and beat Idaho! Ok, not yet. Still have 9 seconds to go. 38-34 Cal-Poly. Had to look up where Cal-Poly was located. West of Bakersfield, along the coast. Kind of halfway between San Francisco and LA. Idaho U is located in Moscow, Idaho.
Posted by: Puddleglum
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San Luis Obispo. Cute little town. 15 MI south you're in Pismo Beach, 15 MI north and you're in Morro Bay, yet the town is about 10 MI inland.
Fun fact about U of Idaho, about 2 miles west is the WA border, and about 8 miles further on and you're in Pullman, home of the Wash St. Cougars.
BTW, I once looked up what the hell is "Obispo" in Spanish. It's "Bishop". So whoever the Saint Louis they named this town after was a Bishop.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 29, 2026 02:22 AM (7x9jd)

306 Mom was a Coug, Dad was a Vandal-- they met at a "mixer" dance.

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 02:26 AM (rdVOm)

307 228 216 Sweating was a pretty fortunate evolutionary happenstance for humans. That's how we win. We're pack endurance hunters and we dissipate heat at unusual levels that let us force our prey into heat exhaustion before we moved for the kill.

Posted by: Bilwis -

Never heard that. Very interesting.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 29, 2026 12:20 AM (VPNgR)

Bipedal motion plays into endurance hunting, with its energy efficiency: just shift your center of balance, let gravity pull you forward, and catch yourself. I walk several miles every day, just to keep minimally nonunfit. It barely burns any calories.

Posted by: SciVo at August 29, 2026 02:27 AM (ke3zm)

308 There are two Cal-Polys. Cal-Poly SLO in San Luis Obispo, on the central coast, and Cal-Poly Pomona located east of Los Angeles.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
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There's one up.in Humbolt, too. They're all under the CSU umbrella. SLO is the oldest. I worked with a guy who graduated from there in '68.
RIP, Ralph.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 29, 2026 02:32 AM (7x9jd)

309 I got that stupid earworm stuck in my head and went and looked up some Plymouth Arrow information, I don't remember a ton of them on the road.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 29, 2026 01:28 AM (ibDUx)

I had one once. Sporty-looking little fastback coupe; had a Mitsubishi engine that made good power, but cracked cylinder heads like they were going out of style. I eventually found a good cylinder head, got it running, and sold it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2026 02:41 AM (1z8ji)

310 It used to stink something fierce with all the cows, although nothing stunk worse than that 5-10 mile stretch of I-5 near 580 (or vice versa), where the freeway was next to a ranch. I don't understand how that thing was allowed to exist there. It was unbelievably bad.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 29, 2026 02:19 AM (Fv80

The ranch was there before the freeway. We all have to eat.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2026 02:43 AM (1z8ji)

311 Sweet dreams Horde, I grow sleepy.

Bers, I can't go to sleep with a heavy metal earworm, but it is a great suggestion.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 29, 2026 02:46 AM (ibDUx)

312 Night, Debby. Rest well!

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 02:48 AM (rdVOm)

313 Well, I need to get to bed. Heading back to Calgary in the morning. Hotel rooms were $200 per night. Screw that. I filled the Avanti this morning for $75, and that fuel will give me 2 round trips to Calgary, and I can sleep in my own bed.

Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2026 02:54 AM (1z8ji)

314 Night, AOP. Safe travels!

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 02:55 AM (rdVOm)

315 Here's hoping it's cool enough tomorrow afternoon, and I won't feel *too depleted* to mow my ~~yard~~ weeds.

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 03:01 AM (rdVOm)

316 John Madden played football at Cal Poly SLO. He was sick and missed a team trip; their plane crashed leaving Toledo, and there were no survivors. That's what put him off flying.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 29, 2026 03:16 AM (zdLoL)

317 302 JQ, he is fine, I got home about 8:30 this morning, he had to wait around for a cat scan because he hit his head. I have a feeling that he is going to become a frequent flyer at the ER, lots of falls recently. He really can't walk but he keeps trying to anyway. C'est la vie.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 29, 2026 02:19 AM (ibDUx)

Ugh. People don't get less stubborn with time, and generally don't start out too flexible to begin with. When falling with a water glass in each hand gave her ugly stitches, my mom started using a cane even inside. When that betrayed her on the way out to the car (caught on a sprinkler head), she switched to a walker, and at now 80 has been using it inside her own home for years now.

It isn't pleasant or fun to use a walker to get around the house, but it's more dignified than ambulances and hospitals. Maybe that argument would work?

Posted by: SciVo at August 29, 2026 03:17 AM (ke3zm)

318 Im on vacation in Greece, down in the islands... and it's terrible.

The Greeks are amazingly friendly and welcoming. Thats not the problem.

European culture has worn me down over the course of a week. I've got another week to go...thankfully on our bareboat charter... but yeah...

Even the food is overrated. They fucking nuke the meat. Overcook the hell out of it.

Posted by: Defenestratus at August 29, 2026 03:24 AM (NufQ3)

319 It isn't pleasant or fun to use a walker to get around the house, but it's more dignified than ambulances and hospitals. Maybe that argument would work?
Posted by: SciVo

You can't *reason with* dementia.

Sadly, sometimes a loved one can't remember that they need the extra support. Or, they believe they never really needed it. Or-- who knows? Their world no longer makes sense to them, or us... It's cruel.

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 03:26 AM (rdVOm)

320 Even the food is overrated. They fucking nuke the meat. Overcook the hell out of it.
Posted by: Defenestratus

Wow, what a disappointment!

It's nice that you're on a "dream vacay" and I hope you find joy, regardless of the cuisine...

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 03:33 AM (rdVOm)

321 I am coming around to accepting the loss of my good friend in a plane crash last week, but it gets bad at night. I just want Sabrina back, but photos from the crash scene make it clear that she is just atoms now, and her soul is gone from this world. It's not like I haven't faced death of loved ones before, but she was not old, pretty much in her prime, the absolute expert in her career, one hell of a woman hockey goalie, and just a damned good person.

This too shall pass. But so far, I really don't like it.

I'm selfish like that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 29, 2026 03:38 AM (dEHLq)

322 Prayers up for your friend, her family, and YOU, tcn!

I cannot imagine your grief.

One can hope that she didn't know it was going to happen, and that it was instantaneous & she felt no pain.

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 03:41 AM (rdVOm)

323 Oh, I didn't realize 311 covered "Lovesong"! It's a very chill version, kind of beach house, I like it a lot.

1989 gothic original from studio album Disintegration:
The Cure - Lovesong
https://youtu.be/ks_qOI0lzho

2004 reggae-tinged cover for the 50 First Dates Soundtrack:
311 - Love Song (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/egX9ZDaIrkU

Posted by: SciVo at August 29, 2026 03:59 AM (ke3zm)

324 Anybody awake up in here?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 04:00 AM (PbWRL)

325 Hi, Ben Had!

How are you?

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 04:01 AM (rdVOm)

326 Just me & Cat, I guess...

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 04:06 AM (rdVOm)

327 JQ, good morning. I am well. You inspired me to get several more planters ready for fall plantings.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 04:08 AM (PbWRL)

328 When college might have been an option I was planning on going to Cal Poly.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 04:15 AM (PbWRL)

329 That's great, Ben Had! Your best fall planting time is likely later than mine up here.

There's a great planting guide at almanac.com, just plug in your zip for specifics!

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 04:18 AM (rdVOm)

330 What are you planning for fall crops, Ben Had?

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 04:21 AM (rdVOm)

331 JQ, thank you for that tip. For many years it was impossible to grow much of anything because of the grasshoppers. You can't spray enough to get rid of them when you are on 60 acres and open land all around you. I want to redo all the flowers beds too.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 04:26 AM (PbWRL)

332 51 Evening.
I got a good one today. The neighbors, who are up for felony abuse/neglect, have asked if the wife and I would take their kids.
This is hard. I haven't said no yet and am considering it.
I've known one since he was two and the other since birth.

Oh and my vacation starts in about 2 hours.
Posted by: Reforger at August 28, 2026 10:25 PM (jJAdc)

Blessings on you, Reforger.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 04:27 AM (odBC9)

333 It's nice that you're on a "dream vacay" and I hope you find joy, regardless of the cuisine...
Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 03:33 AM (rdVOm)

Thank you. It hasn't been all bad. Been exploring ruins and castles and clifftops and immersing myself in history... along with throngs of European tourists who have no concept of personal space.

There's been a heatwave here... it was 100F in Athens when we did the acropolis... not a challenge for those of us who aren't europussies...as long as we can come back to an air conditioned hotel room.

Wait. What was that? They shut off the AC when you leave the room so you end up coming back to a bread oven? Fucking intolerable. Plus their toilets are absolute garbage. Couldn't flush TP at our last luxury hotel in Rhodes. That was .... disgusting.

Posted by: Defenestratus at August 29, 2026 04:28 AM (dJeAh)

334 JQ, I am going to have to look at your guide to decide. Potatoes for sure.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 04:30 AM (PbWRL)

335 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at August 29, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)

336 Reforger, wow. G-d bless you whatever your decision.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 29, 2026 04:32 AM (PbWRL)

337 Maybe see ya on the Garden Thread, Ben Had!

Good night...

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 04:36 AM (rdVOm)

338 Heh, my Cat loves to eat grasshoppers. Protein! (urk!) but he sure keeps their population down, from what I've noticed.

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2026 04:39 AM (rdVOm)

339 You’ll notice that a lot of performers “dumb down” the tune when they play live. It might be in the same key, but that’s about it. Tricky or elaborate guitar parts, nah, the hell with that, they just stand there and strum.

Posted by: Common Tate

[ Eric Clapton has entered the chat ]

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 29, 2026 11:50 AM (4NO2D)

Real Life Energy Vampire Cafe

Bun-fu
by Mora Nakamura

Get ready for an uncomfortable realization: Boston's first album is now fifty years old.

Fisherman comes home with an unexpected catch: a mangy orphaned kitten.

This poor cow is infested with goats.

A driverless truck is rolling down the street. This guy handles business like a boss.

There might be a new "trend" of asking people to follow you while you do goony dance moves.

Bad cat.

Bad dog.

Bad driver.

Bad baby. Or maybe he was doing the girl a favor.

This kind of thing happens to me.

Monty Python demonstrates the English sense of humor for a Dutch audience. I've seen them do this bit at their live shows but I never saw the original staging, which I guess was for Dutch TV.

Anyone a fan of Nancy Sinatra's "You Only Live Twice" Bond theme? Apparently they made a video for it.

Eighty pet guinea pigs and also a bunch of chickens.

Wolf fishes. There's an annoying guy calling out to the wolf that kinda spoils this one.

Parrot spent ten years in a shelter before he was adopted by his true owner.

When an elk comes for a visit.

Fireflies lighting up a rural Pennsylvania field at dusk captured by video artist Diana Lehr. pic.twitter.com/p3EClXK9ep
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 27, 2026

You probably know Mark Proksch. He played the awkward, annoying Nate on The Office, and the awkward, annoying energy vampire Colin Robinson on What We Do in the Shadows.

What you might not know is that Mark Proksch is an energy vampire in real life and the character of Colin Robinson is a just a slightly rewritten version of himself.

He became famous when -- just because he was bored -- he began calling local news channels telling them that he was a Yo-Yo Master named Kenny "K-Strass" Strasser, and that he uses his champion yo-yo skills to educate school children about global warming.

In fact, he can barely yo-yo at all. He strains to do a simple up-and-down move.

And in a medium where speed is everything and a segment has to be wrapped up in two minutes, he wastes as much time as possible, talking endlessly about trivial details no one cares about while making excuses about why he doesn't want to do the one thing he was brought on TV to do, play with the yo-yo.

The energy vampire really fed well during these appearances. The hosts try to keep things moving but this vampire keeps things slow and awkward.

More about the history of this energy vampire here.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:40 PM

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1 Nooded, ha ha!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 07:42 PM (NcvvS)

2 And SPONGE!!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 07:42 PM (NcvvS)

3 Ok, Kung-fu bunnies is cute (h/t Anna, Sam, Eliza, & Helen)!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 07:43 PM (NcvvS)

4 First trifecta EVER!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 07:44 PM (NcvvS)

5 Every bunny was kung-fu fighting

Posted by: mindful webworker - first with that one? at August 28, 2026 07:44 PM (oq2IS)

6 One thing I didn't realize at the time, the Boston album was recorde by one guy, basically, overdubbing all the instruments hisself. It wasn't a band, not in the Studio anyhow.

It was recorded fairly well, too. Everyone with a cassette deck in their Camaro had it permanently welded inside. I don't think I ever bought a Boston LP or tape, because I didn't need to. Everyone else already had.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 07:44 PM (99A9t)

7 Woe, for TwitterWebViewer has also fallen to the dreaded C&D letter from X.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 28, 2026 07:44 PM (O7YUW)

8 Gettin' scary, y'all. Come upstairs!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 07:44 PM (NcvvS)

9 Nahhh. Teenage mutant ninja bunnies just doesn't work. Try possums, maybe that'll work.

Posted by: Turtles? Why Turtles? at August 28, 2026 07:45 PM (r7+Q7)

10 Thanks, everyone. Thought it was a hallucination for a bit.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 07:46 PM (NcvvS)

11 Another poll shows Talarico with massive lead, this time up 6.
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Take another Bong hit, dumbass

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 07:46 PM (99A9t)

12 Every thing that you here about Paxton is Bush.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 07:47 PM (/+uur)

13 >>>Mark Proksch is an energy vampire in real life

What a Moron.

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 07:47 PM (odBC9)

14 >>Another poll shows Talarico with massive lead, this time up 6.

Right about this time Harris was up by a similar margin over Trump.

How did that work out dumbfuck?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 07:48 PM (viF8m)

15
Never listen to the bush.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 07:48 PM (/QHx4)

16 Energy vampires show up in science fiction from time to time.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 07:48 PM (FZ29D)

17 I nooded.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 28, 2026 07:48 PM (0CU3H)

18 ace has a new phrase: 'Energy Vampire'.

*sigh*

Jive turkey was better.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 07:49 PM (zZu0s)

19 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 07:49 PM (Ia/+0)

20 Never listen to the bush.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 07:48 PM (/QHx4)

Wow. That ball is just hanging in the air.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 07:50 PM (zZu0s)

21 Woe, for TwitterWebViewer has also fallen to the dreaded C&D letter from X.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Regurgitating from previous thread:
Hey, Ace, since Eloon Muskox has gone to war with every other way for non-X-ers to view X videos, could you just embed all of the X cafe vids from now on? Thanks, buddy.

Posted by: mindful webworker - the customer is always a threat at August 28, 2026 07:51 PM (oq2IS)

22 >>>Fisherman comes home with an unexpected catch: a mangy orphaned kitten.

There were no fishermen in that clip. Not 1.

Posted by: No Name Today at August 28, 2026 07:51 PM (8mulE)

23 Baby Driver!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?
v=J8i4Rp3qizk&ra=m

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 07:51 PM (D9FOj)

24 Carter might have been right to be afraid of rabbits after all

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 07:52 PM (Ia/+0)

25 I was gonna do a Kung Fu Fighting Bunny joke but mindful rightfully beat me to it.

They're fast as lightening though.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 28, 2026 07:52 PM (l26NL)

26 Trump to Venezuela-

All your oil are belong to us

Some sort of somewhat Mutual Agreement, apparently

Posted by: MiklosWatch at August 28, 2026 07:53 PM (4RYRd)

27 Every poll shows Texas going blue. MAGA cooked.

Sad!!
Posted by: Maga LOL at August 28, 2026 07:53 PM (gWuZv)

Sure, Beto.

Posted by: LASue at August 28, 2026 07:54 PM (lCppi)

28 Any critter that gets pissed off enough, can be a Problem, is my observation. Humans have no fangs, claws, fur, venom, no nothing.

Even a squirrel could really put a hurt on ya, if it were so inclined. Thankfully they don't cause any trouble. Not very often anyway.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 07:55 PM (99A9t)

29 Some sort of somewhat Mutual Agreement, apparently
Posted by: MiklosWatch

Are they ever going to have an election to sweep out the Chavistas? It's been a while. I know they've knuckled under, but still.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 28, 2026 07:55 PM (l26NL)

30 Someone's been hitting the Sterno hard.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 28, 2026 07:55 PM (amcLV)

31 It would be a waste of my vital life force to watch the yo yo video.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 07:55 PM (D9FOj)

32 Awww. Someone got his ass ban hammered.

Was it in a gay way or like a viking?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 07:56 PM (zZu0s)

33 Sure, Beto.
Posted by: LASue

And Hong was up 22%.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 28, 2026 07:56 PM (l26NL)

34 >>>Fisherman comes home with an unexpected catch: a mangy orphaned kitten.

There were no fishermen in that clip. Not 1.
Posted by: No Name Today at August 28, 2026 07:51 PM (8mulE)

I have seen a clip of 2 fishermen who approach an island in a swamp or creek and hear a kitten. It jumps into the river and swims out to their boat, and after a bit another kitten off the island follows the first one and swims out to their boat.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:57 PM (uhVAy)

35 Oh, don't give us none of your aggravation
We had it with your discipline
Oh, Friday night's alright for fighting
Get a little bunny humping in

Posted by: Watership Down at August 28, 2026 07:57 PM (wVcYX)

36 It would be a waste of my vital life force to watch the yo yo video.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 07:55 PM (D9FOj)

Remember... late 80s or early 90s when The Smothers brothers did those yoyo bits and everyone got in on the craze for 20 mins?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 07:57 PM (zZu0s)

37 One time coming home from the drive in movie theater ( where I grocery shop now, a tree was filled with lighting bugs and lit it up like it was Christmas

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 07:57 PM (Ia/+0)

38 A 100% week in the Café, Ace, thank you!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 07:58 PM (0sNs1)

39 I think one of the great things about the ongoing unmasking is that people on our side are more aware of psyops from the opposition, like push polling to spread FUD.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 07:58 PM (D9FOj)

40 Here's the thing that strikes me as so ridiculous about the astro-turf "Texas is going socialist" fake news.

The people in Texas who made it what it is are tough, and know what they know. Polls saying a freak fake Christian who wants to chop the genitals off their kids "is ahead" doesn't make them cower or throw up their hands and stay home; it makes them even more determined to vote, and to drag their neighbors and friends with them, and to make sure that doesn't happen. The dems best strategy is to shut up and lay low, but they'll never do that because that doesn't support the grift.

Posted by: LASue at August 28, 2026 08:00 PM (lCppi)

41 15
Never listen to the bush.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 07:48 PM (/QHx4)

Moses did, and that worked out ok.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 08:01 PM (dEHLq)

42 Hola, Mr. O'Spades, let us echo what Mr. Duncanthrax said. Another two or three penguin-free weeks, and we may be able to stop working weekends, and tapering off the washing everything with Febreeze!

Muchos gracias, Señor!

Posted by: AoSHQ Cafe Custodial Engineers at August 28, 2026 08:01 PM (wk3mJ)

43 I don’t remember the Smothers Brothers from the 80s or 90s. I remember them from the 60s. I might remember them from a later date on the Johnny Carson Show, but I don’t particularly remember yo yo tricks.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 08:02 PM (D9FOj)

44 Never listen to the bush.
Posted by: four seasons

I defended G for years when his administration was laying in the fetal position and wouldn't defend itself.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 28, 2026 08:02 PM (l26NL)

45 It's a rare day when I don't have at least a half dozen rabbits in my yard. Every now and then they will do that pop up fighting thing. Pretty cute.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 08:03 PM (viF8m)

46 Anyone having soup tonight? There are several interesting topics of conversation I would like to bring up...

Posted by: Max Power at August 28, 2026 08:03 PM (q177U)

47 Gotta go: puppy is getting a bath and she is going to need swaddling. G'nite, all y'all!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 08:03 PM (NcvvS)

48 Are the trolls Chinese bots, Soros-funded dem operatives, or - oh my goodness!--- Russian-backed voter interference?

Posted by: LASue at August 28, 2026 08:03 PM (lCppi)

49 Never listen to the bush.
Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 07:48 PM

Don't you want to know who's sleeping in it?

Posted by: The Tokens at August 28, 2026 08:05 PM (0sNs1)

50 Yo-yo was at its peak in 1970-72.

I did a yo yo act at my 6th grade talent show. Loop the loop, walk the dog, rock the cradle, etc. I soon lost interest in favor of the clackers. A toy and a weapon in one.

Posted by: polynikes at August 28, 2026 08:07 PM (KC5Lt)

51 Duncan Yo-Yos accept no substitute

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 08:08 PM (RIvkX)

52 I think the yoyo started out as a weapon.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 08:08 PM (MWfyi)

53 Bunny-Fu must be a fairly strong technique in the animal kingdom.

Even one of their arch-predators, the common housecat, has adopted the bunny kick as one of their standard techniques for taking down enemies.

The idea is to get your foe in a clinch with your fore paws, then start raking their soft underbelly with your clawed back paws.

Cute when cats do it to their cat toys. But I'm sure their prey don't think it's so cute.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 08:08 PM (FZ29D)

54 I am so fucking frustrated and starting to realize that my dream job might be beyond my capacity. Fucking printer failure (I went out and bought a new one at 6 PM, hoping to fix the problem, it failed). If I don't get this m-fing script written, formatted digitally and provide a hard copy by the crack of dawn, I will not keep the position. The Printer fucked me so hard.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 28, 2026 08:08 PM (vV6n9)

55 Chicken chili is ready!

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 08:09 PM (ZdaMQ)

56 The Printer fucked me so hard.
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 28, 2026 08:08 PM (vV6n9)
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ok give yourself just a minute.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 08:09 PM (RIvkX)

57 Chicken chili is ready!
Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 08:09 PM

Carrots?

Posted by: J. Random Moron at August 28, 2026 08:10 PM (0sNs1)

58 Anyone having soup tonight? There are several interesting topics of conversation I would like to bring up...
Posted by: Max Power at August 28, 2026 08:03 PM (q177U)

Howabout some rabbit stew?
https://youtu.be/1cR9I3N8nvY

Posted by: Chief Geronimo at August 28, 2026 08:11 PM (wVcYX)

59 Will the printer not print at all?

Posted by: Moron Tech Support at August 28, 2026 08:11 PM (MWfyi)

60 Smell that? *Inhales deeply*

Burnt Troll. Lovely

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 28, 2026 08:11 PM (l26NL)

61 Anyone having soup tonight? There are several interesting topics of conversation I would like to bring up...
Posted by: Max Power at August 28, 2026 08:03 PM (q177U)
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Dunno about soup, but I recently discovered that Vlasic Pickle Balls are not a bad addition to ramen noodles.

The cornballs soak up some of the broth and the broth takes on a sort of dill pickle flavor that's not overpowering at all.

Scoop it up with some noodles and let it dissolve on your tastebuds before swallowing.

Surprisingly tasty.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 08:11 PM (FZ29D)

62 Lincolntf, can you prep the script, send it to your work email, and go in early to print it at the office?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 08:11 PM (aJQbY)

63 Posted by: Lincolntf at August 28, 2026 08:08 PM

Is the printer not printing?
Is it not printing the formatting you want?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 08:12 PM (0sNs1)

64
I don’t remember the Smothers Brothers from the 80s or 90s. I remember them from the 60s. I might remember them from a later date on the Johnny Carson Show, but I don’t particularly remember yo yo tricks.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Smothers Brothers from Yo Yo Wiki

https://t.ly/sfsZ9

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 08:12 PM (Cqx++)

65 and the awkward, annoying energy vampire Colin Robinson on What We Do in the Shadows.

===

Very funny!

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 08:13 PM (g47mK)

66 Paxton won his last race by 9. He'll win this race by 9.

The energy vampire is polling.

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 28, 2026 08:13 PM (U2ppA)

67 Nobody has said yet that every Boston song sounds like every other Boston song? If not, I will.

Posted by: Toad-o at August 28, 2026 08:14 PM (JM9I6)

68 I am not a soup person...

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 08:14 PM (g47mK)

69 >>I am so fucking frustrated and starting to realize that my dream job might be beyond my capacity

Do you have A FedEx Shipping, or another office products place like Staples near you that is still opened? You can bring things there and get them printed.

You can't let something like a printer failure stop you. Worst case send it or take it digitally to your job and explain. Don't ever give up.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 08:14 PM (viF8m)

70 Dickie Smothers of the Smothers Brothers played a crooked Nevada politician in the Scorsese gangster flick Casino. That politician was of course Harry Reed.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 28, 2026 08:14 PM (l26NL)

71 OK, I hate most soups.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 08:15 PM (g47mK)

72 66 Paxton won his last race by 9. He'll win this race by 9.
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 28, 2026 08:13 PM

Dude. Without Cornyn's endorsement? ;-)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 08:15 PM (0sNs1)

73 OK, I hate most soups.
Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 08:15 PM

No soup for you !!!

Posted by: The Soup Nazi at August 28, 2026 08:15 PM (0sNs1)

74 I find this refusal to give an email address and a name so you can view X almost as amusing as the steadfast refusal to use url shorteners.

YMMV and all that gobblelygoop

Posted by: Reginald Van Dough at August 28, 2026 08:16 PM (rHvvN)

75 No soup for you !!!
Posted by: The Soup Nazi at August 28, 2026 08:15 PM (0sNs1)

thank god

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 08:16 PM (g47mK)

76

Tennessee might rename Nashville International Airport for Dolly Parton.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 08:16 PM (/QHx4)

77 Fucking printer failure (I went out and bought a new one at 6 PM, hoping to fix the problem, it failed). If I don't get this m-fing script written, formatted digitally and provide a hard copy by the crack of dawn, I will not keep the position. The Printer fucked me so hard.
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 28, 2026 08:08 PM (vV6n9)

How to handle a recalcitrant and troublesome printer:
https://youtu.be/pD2xBXm4y70

Posted by: Office Space at August 28, 2026 08:16 PM (wVcYX)

78 57 Chicken chili is ready!
Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 08:09 PM

Carrots?
Posted by: J. Random Moron at August 28, 2026 08:10 PM (0sNs1)

No, sorry. 😂

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 08:17 PM (ZdaMQ)

79 You put corn in the chicken chili.

Posted by: Bushy One String at August 28, 2026 08:18 PM (MWfyi)

80 I need a hard copy in my hand in order to get the timing right, it's down to the second and switching between windows/screens takes me right out of it. I'm considering hand-writing it and pulling an all-nighter to get it input properly. I'd already done most of the work, but I guess I fucked up when I trusted the printer to Store the doc before I saved it. All gone. Re-creating it now by hand is the only option, then transcribing it, tells me I might not be up to the task. Such a waste of time/effort. If I manage to spit something out, it won't be nearly as good. Thank you all for the advice, encouragement.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 28, 2026 08:19 PM (vV6n9)

81 We enjoy being featured here in the Cafe, but are happy not to be in the limelight all the time. Our expansion plans continue apace, keeping things on the down-low for a little while will work in our favor.

Posted by: Happy Feet, Happy Life at August 28, 2026 08:19 PM (JM9I6)

82 Tennessee might rename Nashville International Airport for Dolly Parton.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 08:16 PM (/QHx4)
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Dolly Parton's Tennessean International Transport Services?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 08:19 PM (FZ29D)

83 Salted caramel birthday cake was a hit with younger daughter, and the grandkids.

But I think the char siu sliders were an even bigger hit.

Thank you God for blessing me with them.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 08:20 PM (Rln0i)

84 Dunno about soup, but I recently discovered that Vlasic Pickle Balls are not a bad addition to ramen noodles.

The cornballs soak up some of the broth and the broth takes on a sort of dill pickle flavor that's not overpowering at all.

Scoop it up with some noodles and let it dissolve on your tastebuds before swallowing.

Surprisingly tasty.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 08:11 PM (FZ29D)

Why not eat, you know, food?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 08:22 PM (dEHLq)

85 >>Thank you all for the advice, encouragement.

If this really is a job you want then rewrite it by hand if that's what it takes. You've got time and you know what you want to say.

Life frequently punches all of us in the nuts. Punch back.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 08:22 PM (viF8m)

86 Hey tcn!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 08:23 PM (Rln0i)

87 The Printer fucked me so hard.
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 28, 2026 08:08 PM (vV6n9

I am not a tech person, but I have had to use a printer cable because the computer wouldn’t read the drivers. I have also emailed docs to Staples while I was standing there and they printed it for me. Big breath in, big breath out. You can do this, I know it.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 08:23 PM (ZdaMQ)

88 Why not eat, you know, food?
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 08:22 PM (dEHLq)
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Suffering from root canal...had procedure done yesterday. Still in a fair amount of pain.

Before yesterday, I was lucky if I could eat *anything.*

Still working my way back to proper food.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 08:23 PM (FZ29D)

89 I hear ya' Jack. I'm venting before I decide if I should do it all again. Maybe I will.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 28, 2026 08:24 PM (vV6n9)

90 86 Hey tcn!
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 08:23 PM (Rln0i)

Hey yerself, darlin'.

Working on getting custody of my grandson back for my son, so I can continue to spoil him rotten. It really is a reason for living, isn't it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 08:25 PM (dEHLq)

91 Why not eat, you know, food?

Posted by: tcn in AK
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Jive. Some of us, don't, you know, have wonderful wives who cook for us.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 08:25 PM (VPNgR)

92 >>Maybe I will.

You will. Do not give up. Ever.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 08:25 PM (viF8m)

93 76

Tennessee might rename Nashville International Airport for Dolly Parton.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 08:16 PM (/QHx4)
Roll on, Dolly.

Posted by: Eromero at August 28, 2026 08:25 PM (LHPAg)

94
Surprisingly tasty.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026

This isn’t too surprising as pickled onions can be put in real ramen.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 08:25 PM (ZdaMQ)

95 But I think the char siu sliders were an even bigger hit.

Thank you God for blessing me with them.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 08:20 PM (Rln0i)
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I had to look up "char siu slider."

They do sound tasty!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 08:26 PM (FZ29D)

96 My next door neighbor made me another pie (because I'm an awesome neighbor). I'm more of a salty, savory person, not much of a sweet tooth, but this pie is banana creme. Oh, my goodness, is it good.

Now, go eat your soup.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 28, 2026 08:26 PM (l26NL)

97 Lincolntf,

If you need to, take a break, walk around the block or something, make sure to eat some real food so your brain is in good condition. Don't let yourself get caught in a doom-loop.

Then sit back down, do your best, and have confidence that you did what you could, and that's all you can do.

(and save frequently this time)

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 08:27 PM (aJQbY)

98 89 I hear ya' Jack. I'm venting before I decide if I should do it all again. Maybe I will.

Posted by: Lincolntf
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External HDs are cheap.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 08:27 PM (VPNgR)

99 This isn’t too surprising as pickled onions can be put in real ramen.
Posted by: Piper
__

Yep.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 08:27 PM (Rln0i)

100 But I think the char siu sliders were an even bigger hit.

Thank you God for blessing me with them.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026

This sounds amazing!

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 08:28 PM (ZdaMQ)

101 Just put up a dozen jars of rosehip jelly. Picked the hips on our lot, where they grow wild. Added a couple of apples for the pectin, and it cooked up beautifully pink and clear.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 08:29 PM (dEHLq)

102 I had to look up "char siu slider."

They do sound tasty!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 08:26 PM (FZ29D)
___

Char siu pork belly on hawaiian rolls.

Basically, chinese bacon on soft, sweet rolls.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 08:29 PM (Rln0i)

103 Some of us, don't, you know, have wonderful wives who cook for us.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 08:25 PM

Making your own sammiches IS a significant burden to bear.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 08:30 PM (0sNs1)

104
g'early evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 28, 2026 08:30 PM (AMvSw)

105 Playing spider solitaire and falling asleep

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 08:31 PM (Ia/+0)

106 Some of us, don't, you know, have wonderful wives who cook for us.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 08:25 PM (VPNgR)

If you ever find yourself in Fairhope, you can eat here anytime! Which might be a threat…lol. Kidding aside, I swear I make healthy food good.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 08:31 PM (ZdaMQ)

107 103 Some of us, don't, you know, have wonderful wives who cook for us.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 08:25 PM

Making your own sammiches IS a significant burden to bear.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 08:30 PM (0sNs1)

I doubt Pete Bog has anyone cook for him, and I gotta say, best food ever.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 08:32 PM (dEHLq)

108 A rabbit scared the shit out of jimmy carter

Posted by: the country place that no one knows about at August 28, 2026 08:32 PM (jrgJz)

109 ome of us, don't, you know, have wonderful wives who cook for us.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 08:25 PM

Making your own sammiches IS a significant burden to bear.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 08:30 PM (0sNs1)
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I love sammiches.

So much variety from a few simple ingredients.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 08:32 PM (FZ29D)

110 In a pinch, there is the Horde Cookbook, ya know?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 08:32 PM (dEHLq)

111 Yeah, I know Branyard, I have a dozen brand new ones right next to my desk. Didn't use one. I know it's my fuck up, makes it all the more frustrating.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 28, 2026 08:33 PM (vV6n9)

112 lol. Kidding aside, I swear I make healthy food good.

Posted by: Piper
--

Sounds good.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 08:34 PM (VPNgR)

113 In a pinch, there is the Horde Cookbook, ya know?
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 08:32 PM (dEHLq)
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There are a lot of good recipes in there!

I do use it for inspiration from time to time.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 08:34 PM (FZ29D)

114 There are a lot of good recipes in there!

===

Quite!

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 08:35 PM (g47mK)

115 >>>More about the history of this energy vampire here.

That's hilarious. It seems like it will never end, and that's hilarious.

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 08:37 PM (odBC9)

116 I picked up my Benelli B76 today. It is a wierd pistol for sure. Went to see if I could pick up some more mags for it and they are $200. For a single stack 8 rounder. Hoily shit.

Looks like I'll be makeing do with 1 mag.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 28, 2026 08:37 PM (P4bJX)

117 I love sammiches.

So much variety from a few simple ingredients.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 08:32 PM (FZ29D)
___

https://twoplaidaprons.com/char-siu-chinese-bbq-pork/

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 08:37 PM (Rln0i)

118 https://twoplaidaprons.com/char-siu-chinese-bbq-pork/
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 08:37 PM (Rln0i)
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That's a keeper. Thanks!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 08:43 PM (FZ29D)

119 I just saw an ad on Fox News for Beau Bayh.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 08:45 PM (Cqx++)

120 Yo-yos for hobos.

Gold, Jerry!
Gold!

Posted by: Kenny Banya at August 28, 2026 08:46 PM (2Ez/1)

121 Yo-yos for hobos.

Gold, Jerry!
Gold!

Posted by: Kenny Banya at August 28, 2026 08:46 PM (2Ez/1)

122 Oops.

Posted by: oops at August 28, 2026 08:46 PM (2Ez/1)

123 Nobody has said yet that every Boston song sounds like every other Boston song? If not, I will.

Yeah but it's a pretty decent sound and they only drug it out for two albums, unlike Chicago who did the same damn m thing for like 97 albums.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 08:47 PM (vTZFs)

124 122 Oops.
Posted by: oops at August 28, 2026 08:46 PM (2Ez/1)

x 2

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 08:47 PM (odBC9)

125 Every Sinatra song sounds like every other Sinatra song.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 08:48 PM (Cqx++)

126

Boston's studio albums in order are Boston, Don't Look Back, Third Stage, Walk On, Corporate America, and Life, Love & Hope.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 08:49 PM (Cqx++)

127 "Every Sinatra song sounds like every other Sinatra song.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr"

I did it my way.

Posted by: zombie Frank Sinatra at August 28, 2026 08:49 PM (MWfyi)

128 I picked up my Benelli B76 today. It is a wierd pistol for sure. Went to see if I could pick up some more mags for it and they are $200. For a single stack 8 rounder. Hoily shit.

Looks like I'll be makeing do with 1 mag.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 28, 2026 08:37 PM

Have you tried finding a holster?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 08:49 PM (0sNs1)

129 I just picked up a pen and a Composition book. I am going to try to re-create my earlier script, show up early at the Office tomorrow, try to get it input, formatted and submitted in time. This is my second workday at this place, so even if that works out, it's still a very sketchy way to make first impressions. The alternative is having nothing.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 28, 2026 08:50 PM (vV6n9)

130 Boston is one of those '80s bands, correct?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 08:50 PM (0sNs1)

131 Boston was very much 70s.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 08:52 PM (MWfyi)

132 Lincolntf, showing up with anything and making the effort will go a long way if they're good people.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 08:52 PM (aJQbY)

133 SPPAAAACCCCEEE AACCCADAMMMMYYYYY

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 08:52 PM (/+uur)

134
Boston is one of those '80s bands, correct?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

https://t.ly/uDPQ8

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 08:52 PM (Cqx++)

135 129 I just picked up a pen and a Composition book. I am going to try to re-create my earlier script, show up early at the Office tomorrow, try to get it input, formatted and submitted in time. This is my second workday at this place, so even if that works out, it's still a very sketchy way to make first impressions. The alternative is having nothing.
Posted by: Lincolntf

Does windows have a version of Apple’s TimeMachine where you can go back and even if it’s not the full file, you aren’t starting from scratch?

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 08:53 PM (ZdaMQ)

136 Been such a long time

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 08:53 PM (/+uur)

137 dont look back

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 08:53 PM (/+uur)

138 In a pinch, there is the Horde Cookbook, ya know?
Posted by: tcn in AK

My copy is Personally Autographed by both Bluebell AND Weasel.

Sotheby's have been in touch, but my response is a firm NO

Posted by: Miklos knows what he got at August 28, 2026 08:54 PM (4RYRd)

139 I see my Mary Ann walking away

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2026 08:54 PM (wVcYX)

140 I don't have time to look, Piper. Thanks for the idea, but I can't waste a precious second messing with technology at this point. Gonna have to go hand-written.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 28, 2026 08:54 PM (vV6n9)

141 shit i missed foreplay

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 08:54 PM (/+uur)

142 ...it's still a very sketchy way to make first impressions

I once had a job where I busted my ass on day 1 and on day 2 my car broke down so I couldn't get there. I called the boss and told him "sorry" and that I'd be there to pick up my tools when I could. It was far from a dream job anyway and I just kind of figured it was fate pushing me away from a mistake.

Is it possible for you to do all the formatting at home and then take it in on a USB drive for printing? Or find a UPS store to print it?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 08:55 PM (vTZFs)

143 Alright, thanks again all, I'm off to the trenches.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 28, 2026 08:55 PM (vV6n9)

144 I was never a big Boston fan but they beat the heck out off rap and the pop tart of the week.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 08:55 PM (MWfyi)

145 Piper,

If you let it turn on the spyware, sure

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 08:56 PM (aJQbY)

146 Boston is one of those '80s bands, correct?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 08:50 PM (0sNs1)

131 Boston was very much 70s.
Posted by: fd

Bands of that era may be categorized by either chronology or hair.

Posted by: Miklos opens topic of Dispute at August 28, 2026 08:56 PM (4RYRd)

147 >>Boston was very much 70s.

It was a studio concoction. Some talented studio musicians but absolutely terrible as a live band.

Boston in the 70s and early 80s was a music paradise for live music. Boston, the band, was far better on the radio.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 08:57 PM (viF8m)

148 Dave in Fla

Love you, but I don’t think Paxton will “win.” Ear on the ground here in blue blue Seattle is that the cheat is full force and Texans are complacent.

We will see.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 28, 2026 08:57 PM (AGhLW)

149 I see my Mary Ann walking away
Posted by: Count de Monet

Hell

My Angel is the Centerfold

Posted by: Miklos' blood runs cold at August 28, 2026 08:58 PM (4RYRd)

150 The only new "band" I've been interested in lately is Angine de Poitrine. It's kinda scary because they are from Canada.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 08:59 PM (MWfyi)

151 Boston crept into the mid 80's with their Third Stage album. They had a famous dust up with the recording company.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 08:59 PM (kNpNa)

152 145 Piper,

If you let it turn on the spyware, sure
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August

It has saved me when I have done something stupid on the computer, which let me tell you, is not hard with me at all. lol.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 09:00 PM (ZdaMQ)

153 When elk come to visit...
Start with a salt lick (well hidden from any game warden...so I'm told) then keep plenty of apples handy.
Delicious!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 09:01 PM (2WIwB)

154 Love you, but I don’t think Paxton will “win.” Ear on the ground here in blue blue Seattle is that the cheat is full force and Texans are complacent.

We will see.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 28, 2026 08:57 PM (AGhLW)
___

Oldest daughter lives near Ft. Hood, and she's actually thinking about moving here (MO).

She sees what's going on, and she wants to be near her family.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 09:02 PM (Rln0i)

155 @144. Well I'll agree with that. I'd take Boston anytime over rap.

Posted by: Case at August 28, 2026 09:02 PM (VrYHL)

156 >>Boston was very much 70s.

It was a studio concoction. Some talented studio musicians but absolutely terrible as a live band.

Boston in the 70s and early 80s was a music paradise for live music. Boston, the band, was far better on the radio.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 08:57 PM (viF8m)

Not a big college town, though.

Posted by: Ian Faith, Spinal Tap Manager at August 28, 2026 09:03 PM (wVcYX)

157 Heh

According to ICE, Milo Yiannopoulos, having overstayed a visa and being forcibly deported, will never be allowed legal entry to the US again ever ever ever.

Posted by: Miklos expresses no sadness at all at August 28, 2026 09:04 PM (4RYRd)

158 Burger King revamps menu item after customers sought 'total overhaul'
Burger King responds to thousands of customer complaints with revamped chicken nuggets and refreshed dipping sauces
_fox
----------

It would help more if their burgers tasted like, you know, burgers.
And the so called hamburger patty tasted like hamburger.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 09:04 PM (VPNgR)

159 >>Not a big college town, though.

I've heard that.

I've also heard polls in August are predictive of dick.

For like 50 years.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 09:05 PM (viF8m)

160 Burger King revamps menu item after customers sought 'total overhaul'
Burger King responds to thousands of customer complaints with revamped chicken nuggets and refreshed dipping sauces
_fox
----------

It would help more if their burgers tasted like, you know, burgers.
And the so called hamburger patty tasted like hamburger.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 09:04 PM (VPNgR)

They have lost the plot.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2026 09:06 PM (wVcYX)

161 Tennessee might rename Nashville International Airport for Dolly Parton.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 08:16 PM (/QHx4)
Roll on, Dolly.
Posted by: Eromero at August 28, 2026 08:25 PM (LHPAg)

9/25 should be declared Dolly Parton Day.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 09:06 PM (2WIwB)

162
Some wealthy guy, Ian Wace is financially supporting Harry and the witch. Ha ha. I guess her business does not support the lifestyle she wants.

Poor Harry. He got sucked into that marriage.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 09:08 PM (/QHx4)

163 Tennessee might rename Nashville International Airport for Dolly Parton.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 08:16 PM (/QHx4)
Roll on, Dolly.
Posted by: Eromero at August 28, 2026 08:25 PM (LHPAg)

9/25 should be declared Dolly Parton Day.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 09:06 PM (2WIwB)

Hitler is informed of Dolly's passing:
https://youtu.be/M69BkmfiVSQ

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2026 09:09 PM (wVcYX)

164 You probably know Mark Proksch...

No. Not really. But he sounds like a fraud. What an ass.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 09:09 PM (2WIwB)

165 I've also heard polls in August are predictive of dick."

Yeah. How'd that work out for Hillary?

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:11 PM (XuXeR)

166 HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has questioned whether Pennsylvania officials provided sufficient information to substantiate the two measles-associated deaths.
...
"The announcement appears to have been premature, and the deaths may even have been altogether fabricated by one of the Governor's hopeful staffers," he wrote. "The Lancaster County Coroner says that it has no record of any measles deaths."
...
RFK also accused Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and his office of "fearmongering, misinformation, finger-pointing and the weaponization of infectious disease fears for political gain."
_fox
---

you have to get past a half page of weaselwording before you get to the meat of the subject

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 09:12 PM (VPNgR)

167 "Trump Signs Executive Order Creating U.S. Space Academy, Honoring Artemis II Crew"

Star Trek !

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 09:13 PM (g47mK)

168 I don't think I need a holster. I'll only ever shoot it at the range. I got it mostly for my collection of wierd pistols.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 28, 2026 09:13 PM (P4bJX)

169 "The announcement appears to have been premature"

No. Really? If true, this is actually funny

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:14 PM (XuXeR)

170 President Donald Trump announced a major oil agreement with Venezuela on Friday, saying the U.S. has secured majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of the country's proven oil reserves.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 09:14 PM (VPNgR)

171 Creating U.S. Space Academy"

"Space academy"?

Every kid in the 70s laughs

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:15 PM (XuXeR)

172 "Trump Signs Executive Order Creating U.S. Space Academy, Honoring Artemis II Crew"

Star Trek !
Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 09:13 PM (g47mK)

The Kobiyashi Maru memes will write themselves.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 09:15 PM (2WIwB)

173 Since the polls are predicting Talarico is going to win I'm willing to bet. But since the the polls are currently saying Talarico is going to win you have to give me odds.

Who wants to put down money on Talarico and give me odds?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 09:15 PM (viF8m)

174 Move it on over ‘cause the big dog’s movin’ in.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at August 28, 2026 09:15 PM (aqrdH)

175
Burger King revamps menu item after customers sought 'total overhaul'

___________

"Just change the names. That way it won't cost anything." - The MBAs

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 09:16 PM (O0L8i)

176 saying the U.S. has secured majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of the country's proven oil reserves."

And that is coming to Louisiana and Texas. Ford dealers plan to hoard even more money...

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:16 PM (XuXeR)

177 Evening.

"Boston's first album is now fifty years old."

Dude...dude...DUDE!

Just...dude...

Fuck you, Ace. Fuck you. Bastard.

Posted by: Robert at August 28, 2026 09:18 PM (dpXJq)

178
I've also heard polls in August are predictive of dick."

Yeah. How'd that work out for Hillary?
Posted by: man

She got dick.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 09:18 PM (Cqx++)

179 Since the polls are predicting Talarico is going to win"

These are the same that are now "tightening"?

Yeah.

Don't interfere when an idiot goes nuts.

/Shih Tzu

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:18 PM (XuXeR)

180 I did not think obama would win. I did not think Mamadami would win. Things happen.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 09:19 PM (g47mK)

181 She got dick."

Bill hardest hit.

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:19 PM (XuXeR)

182 Six months into the conflict between the United States and Iran, the situation is not the humiliating quagmire that critics of the Trump administration insist upon.

Instead, President Trump has charted a new and far more patient strategy that is making steady progress towards his objectives.
_love and kisses, aljazeera

https://tinyurl.com/59bk6z6n

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 09:19 PM (VPNgR)

183 did not think obama would win"

Really? Odd, that is.

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:20 PM (XuXeR)

184 >>>Who wants to put down money on Talarico and give me odds?

Posted by: JackStraw
---

Be interesting to know what odds Casinos are giving.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 09:21 PM (VPNgR)

185 Thanks, Ace.

Love the Real Life Energy Vampire Cafe, and I only had to watch the ads not to eat or drink those three items 417 times to finally see it in its entirety. Yay!

Have a lovely weekend.

Posted by: L of the day shift. at August 28, 2026 09:21 PM (NFX2v)

186 >>I did not think obama would win. I did not think Mamadami would win. Things happen.

Literally everyone thought they were going to win.

Texas isn't NYC and ActBlue and USAID aren't a factor anymore.

The world has changed. It's silly to pretend we live in the same world we did 20 years ago or Texas is NYC.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 09:22 PM (viF8m)

187 Really? Odd, that is.
Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:20 PM (XuXeR)

yes, really. 8 years after 9/11 a virtual unknown named Hussein, with checkered past. did not think my fellow American would be that stupid

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 09:22 PM (g47mK)

188 Burger King revamps menu item after customers sought 'total overhaul'

What they meant was, cleam your damned restaurants once in a while!

Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2026 09:23 PM (S1ejw)

189 I take it the ads are still being a bother for some people?

Posted by: Robert at August 28, 2026 09:24 PM (dpXJq)

190 Why is Talarico winning and in the same polls Hinojosa losing?

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 09:25 PM (g47mK)

191 Texas is NYC."

New York City?

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:25 PM (XuXeR)

192 Regarding the pop-up ads, the Brave browser, on iPad and Android phone, has saved my sanity.

Posted by: PabloD at August 28, 2026 09:26 PM (2mIUl)

193 If it's all skewed to D, Hinojosa would also be ahead.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 09:26 PM (g47mK)

194 Not trying to start a fight. But I do think Texas conservatives are complacent and cocky. And they might very well lose if they don’t get their shit together and balls to the walls get after talarico.

Jeebus.

Don’t take anything for granted. Fucking Oklahoma has a socialist on the ballot.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 28, 2026 09:26 PM (24V1d)

195 Why is Talarico winning and in the same polls Hinojosa losing?"

Most of the polling is from NYC...

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:26 PM (XuXeR)

196 Maybe Dave in FL has insight. Are you here Dave ?

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 09:27 PM (g47mK)

197 Obama didn't win his second election. No way on this earth.
The colorful Democrat machine won that election.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 09:27 PM (VPNgR)

198 >>Why is Talarico winning and in the same polls Hinojosa losing?

Why do you still care about media polls that told you at this time in 2024 Harris was going to win when she lost every swing state and the popular vote?

How many elections are we going to have to go through this before we stop pretending media polls mean anything in August? They do this every fucking election cycle and they don't mean shit.

The races don't even start until after Labor Day. Same as always.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 09:29 PM (viF8m)

199 runner, I'm not in Florida, so different Dave, but...

Why do you assume the cheat is only in the weighting of samples?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 09:29 PM (aJQbY)

200 The races don't even start until after Labor Day. Same as always."

Panic, we must. Or something. I don't get it.

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:30 PM (XuXeR)

201 Why do you assume the cheat is only in the weighting of samples?

==

the reason to show Hinojosa losing is what?

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 09:32 PM (g47mK)

202 It was May 2012 and I was sitting in the Burger King next to the Dulles Convention Center off highway 28 and Willard Blvd, in Chantilly VA when I discovered Burger King had lost it's mojo. That burger was vile.
Never returned.
On the upside, there was a Hooters nearby.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 09:33 PM (2WIwB)

203 TX GOPe is pissed at Trump for going with Paxton, so they may want Paxton to lose.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 09:36 PM (g47mK)

204 I was sitting in the Burger King next to the Dulles Convention Center off highway 28 and Willard Blvd, in Chantilly VA"

And you didn't go to Willard's BBQ?

For shame

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:36 PM (XuXeR)

205 TX GOPe = Bush. No longer a factor.

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:37 PM (XuXeR)

206 >>the reason to show Hinojosa losing is what?

Ask Ann Selzer. The Queen of Iowa polling.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 09:38 PM (viF8m)

207 BTW, it's an IKEA now...

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:39 PM (XuXeR)

208 Piper if you are still here, any comment on 60's fashions in the Nancy Sinatra video linked above?

The fashion, the music, the cars, the locations are prime 1960's.

Posted by: Joemarine at August 28, 2026 09:40 PM (y171U)

209
Actually, I no longer eat fast food, since it's neither fast nor cheap. The most is drinks in the drive-thru. The only place I stop is Kolache Factory after Sunday Mass.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 09:41 PM (O0L8i)

210 Archaeologists excavating in Jerusalem uncovered an ancient ossuary bearing the name 'Yehoseph bar Caiapha,'
-- > Caiaphas

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 09:41 PM (VPNgR)

211 Someone's been hitting the Sterno hard.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 28, 2026 07:55 PM (amcLV)

I hit the Sterno so hard, I'm chafing! Whoooooo! Feel the burn!!!

Posted by: Kindltot at August 28, 2026 09:41 PM (rbvCR)

212 the situation is not the humiliating quagmire

Giggity. I can't be humiliated. I have no shame!

Posted by: Quagmire at August 28, 2026 09:41 PM (TbWk/)

213 205 TX GOPe = Bush. No longer a factor.

Posted by: man
---

As long as they are around they will be a factor.
The Bush babies, not so much.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 09:43 PM (VPNgR)

214 And you didn't go to Willard's BBQ?

For shame
Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:36 PM (XuXeR)

Actually Willards became my "Go To" place for lunch. Loved that place!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 09:43 PM (2WIwB)

215
Best of Breed for The Big Dummy today, but he was the only Borzoi, and nothing in the Hound Group.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 09:45 PM (O0L8i)

216 Best of Breed for The Big Dummy today, but he was the only Borzoi, and nothing in the Hound Group.

==

He won and that's what counts!

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 09:47 PM (g47mK)

217 not his fault that no one else showed up!

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 09:48 PM (g47mK)

218 You can never tell what the voters will do. However, I don't think Texas will elect Talarico. True the large metro cities may favor him somewhat. But Texas is a large state and the midsize cities and smaller towns plus the rural vote will go to Paxton. I believe Paxton will win by 5 points.

Posted by: Case at August 28, 2026 09:48 PM (VrYHL)

219 Canada could be Saudi
In 2024, the GDP per capita in the United States is approximately $66,300, while in Canada it is about $44,400.

Instead they are a Snow Mexico.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 09:49 PM (/+uur)

220 Mexico GDP per cap $16k.
That is just fucking stupid.
They have as much oil and better beach and 30 years of NAFTA.
Are they that fucking stupid.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 09:50 PM (/+uur)

221 cbsnews.com/ video/ ice- arrests- right-wing- commentator- milo-yiannopoulos-
_ CBS says he's right wing
---
aljazeera.com/ news/ ... / far-right -uk- provocateur -milo-yiannopoulos-detained-
_AlJazeera says he's a far-right provocateur
---

Don't know what to say

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 09:51 PM (VPNgR)

222 I'm kidding around. Yes, they can be a nuisance on the cell phone but they're not an issue on the computer where I have ad blockers.

I do have to do something for android. Thanks for the suggestions.

PS - the goony dance reminded me of the Pony so many years ago. MY parents were great dancers and use to roll up the living rug to dance along with shows like American Bandstand.
(Dee Dee Sharp did the song, Ride, and Chubby Checker did Pony Time.) Now old(er) folks do the Ride Ya Pony line dance as they have for years.

🤗

Posted by: L of the day shift. at August 28, 2026 09:53 PM (NFX2v)

223 How can Mexico and Canada be sooo POOR?
Is there no one in Cali or NY or even AZ that does not have a TV and see that they are on the same path?
Hell
NY and IL can look north and see Canada.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 09:53 PM (/+uur)

224 They have as much oil and better beach and 30 years of NAFTA.
Are they that fucking stupid.

Posted by: r hennigantx
---

Money the elites have is not on the books.
Historically, when a new president takes office the past president and his family leaves the country. Destination USA or Europe. (with all the loot)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 09:54 PM (VPNgR)

225 Actually Willards became my "Go To" place for lunch. Loved that place!!!"

As often as I was there... we may have crossed paths.

*tips cap

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:55 PM (XuXeR)

226 Are they that fucking stupid"

Corrupt. By a margin that most could never imagine.

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:56 PM (XuXeR)

227 Mexico GDP per cap $16k
——
I’ve tried to point this out for years. Mexico is not a poor country. Not in resources anyhow. They have tremendous oil, gas, mineral, and timber wealth. A hard working intelligent people.

But their governments and leaders have been corrupt shit at times. They should be able to punch above their weight. Very sad.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 09:56 PM (PVUR/)

228 Money the elites have is not on the books.
Historically, when a new president takes office the past president and his family leaves the country. Destination USA or Europe. (with all the loot)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 09:54 PM (VPNgR)

Do they not have TV?

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 09:57 PM (/+uur)

229 We were told for months that El Sayed was going to win the Democrat primary by double digits. All the poll said so and he was running against a cartoon candidate in the Democrat primary.

He won by barely 1 point.

Media polls are meant to tell you the state of the election. They are designed to depress your vote. You know this. Everyone knows this. Stop playing their game.

Paxton is going to win if people think their votes matter. Stop pretending it doesn't. Go win.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 09:58 PM (viF8m)

230 Corrupt. By a margin that most could never imagine.
Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:56 PM (XuXeR)

Where is the church
Where is the school
Where is the media

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 09:58 PM (/+uur)

231 Here. have some. I have plenty to spare.

Posted by: Black Pill pusher at August 28, 2026 09:58 PM (rHvvN)

232 Step one, disarm the populous.

Posted by: Tyrant at August 28, 2026 09:58 PM (Q+gd/)

233 Actually Willards became my "Go To" place for lunch. Loved that place!!!"

As often as I was there... we may have crossed paths.

*tips cap
Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:55 PM (XuXeR)

Very likely.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 09:59 PM (2WIwB)

234 But their governments and leaders have been corrupt shit at times. They should be able to punch above their weight. Very sad.

Posted by: Common Tater
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Been a long time, Been a long time, Been a long time,
Been a lonely, lonely, long time
_the Conquistadors.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 09:59 PM (VPNgR)

235 Actually Willards became my "Go To" place for lunch. Loved that place!!!"

As often as I was there... we may have crossed paths.

*tips cap
Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 09:55 PM (XuXeR)

My office was just on the other side of 28, of willard.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 09:59 PM (2WIwB)

236 Actually, I no longer eat fast food, since it's neither fast nor cheap
——

It was never cheap but it was damned tasty & convenient. Fast, cheap, or good. Pick Two. McDonalds came closer than anybody to breaking that business law.

Not any longer. I don’t know what they did, but I almost believed they really had some addictive magic in those Quarter Pounders. “Would you like your fries Super Sized?” Why yes. Yes I would.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 10:01 PM (PVUR/)

237 Not being a black piller.

Being a realist. If Texans don’t get their asses up and go vote, talarico will win.

And I don’t see anyone out there impressing this upon the populace.

Whatever. Hope y’all don’t lose Texas the way Washington state was lost.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 28, 2026 10:01 PM (npL9l)

238 Lee Hazelwood transformed Nancy Sinatra - her music, her style (to British mod) & saved her career.

Posted by: L of the day shift. at August 28, 2026 10:02 PM (NFX2v)

239 Now they cheaped out on the ingredients, they are often slow, fuck your order up, I managed to get E. Coli from them in Nebraska on the rare occasions I do order, not too filling, slow.

No thanks

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 10:03 PM (PVUR/)

240 My office was just on the other side of 28, of willard."

The post office? /kidding

Had the granite place across from there redo our house...

Lived across from Fair Oaks...

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 10:04 PM (XuXeR)

241 Hope y’all don’t lose Texas the way Washington state was lost.
—-

California, Oregon, Arizona, Virginia, Colorado, etc.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 10:04 PM (PVUR/)

242 238. F! Lee Greenwood not Hazelwood. Sorry.

Listen to Sinatra and Greenwood together. Magical.

Posted by: L of the day shift. at August 28, 2026 10:05 PM (NFX2v)

243 And I've got a table in the other room bought from the ReStore around the corner...

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 10:08 PM (XuXeR)

244 Mexico is corrupt for the same reason Louisiana is corrupt: Napoleonic Code. Louisiana and most of Latin America uses this as basic civil law, and oh my, is it easy to be a corrupt grifter if you have any power in government under it. We forget what a blessing British common law is.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 10:09 PM (D9FOj)

245 It was never cheap but it was damned tasty & convenient. Fast, cheap, or good. Pick Two. McDonalds came closer than anybody to breaking that business law.

Not any longer. I don’t know what they did, but I almost believed they really had some addictive magic in those Quarter Pounders. “Would you like your fries Super Sized?” Why yes. Yes I would.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 10:01 PM (PVUR/)

Beef tallow for the fries, which they no longer use.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 10:11 PM (D9FOj)

246 ONT is up and running.

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 28, 2026 10:12 PM (Jr+re)

247 Just re-wrote that pig of a broadcast script. Should hit about 2:30, don't know until I record it. But thanks to you guys who gave me a boot in the ass to get back to it. I was pissed, and probably seemed pity-seeking, but I really needed to vent before jumping back in. We'll see how it works out on the tech end tomorrow, but the script is solid, I think.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 28, 2026 10:20 PM (vV6n9)

248 Mexico is corrupt for the same reason Louisiana is corrupt: Napoleonic Code. Louisiana and most of Latin America uses this as basic civil law, and oh my, is it easy to be a corrupt grifter if you have any power in government under it. We forget what a blessing British common law is.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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Only reason Houston is a major port and not Louisiana which has nature made ports.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 10:36 PM (VPNgR)

The Week In Woke

FACT: sports "journalists" are just low-IQ damp communist apparatchiks who want to go down on athletes.

Faith in American media keeps hitting new lows. How can news outlets regain that trust? Could it be by investing themselves in a position that 80% of the American public opposes? The Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) want everyone to hold their beer.
Each year, APSE holds contests for sports coverage in several different categories. This year, the APSE has added a new category for covering transgender sports. The announcement came last month, but curiously did not make news at the time:

APSE first vice president Erik Hall introduced a new category for the upcoming APSE contest. This category is dedicated to recognizing Excellence in Coverage of the Transgender Community in Sports. The announcement was made during the awards banquet at the annual APSE Summer Conference on Saturday night, July 18, 2026, in Arlington, Virginia.

Glorious. No notes. S-tier.

At least four "women's" golf tournaments in Canada this summer have been won by men. aka Women 2.0.

Women 1.0 were crazyyy, man.

Jarvis
@jarvis_best
I was pleasantly caught off guard by the argument of former journalist Peter Beinart who responded to a group of Michigan Jewish Dems who were uncomfortable with El Sayed by telling them that El Sayed will stop global warming and global warming will be Bad For Jews.

Shut up, Jews. The Radical Gay Islamists are in charge now.

The same people who say Bake My Trans Cake, Bigot are the same people refusing to serve conservatives in their diners and restaurants.

Jonathan Turley:

"This is my place of business."
Those words from Jim Sheehan, owner of the Wydaho Roasters coffee shop in Driggs, Idaho, have sparked the latest controversy over the right of businesses to refuse service on the basis of religious or political views.
Sheehan has drawn national attention after throwing out a group of pro-life teenagers, calling them the equivalent of a Ku Klux Klan meeting in his shop. Sheehan clearly caters to those who want their lattes with an added shot of rage.
However, this and a number of other cases have exposed the hypocrisy of many regarding the service businesses must provide customers with opposing views. From cakes to coffee, shops remain ground zero for an age of rage.
Years ago, politicians and pundits rallied around the effort to force Jack Phillips, a cakeshop owner, to create cakes celebrating same-sex marriages. Phillips objected that it violated his religious beliefs. The case went all the way to the Supreme Court in what many of us hoped would be a final resolution of this conflict.

It wasn't. The Court, under the control of swing-voter and super-gay Kennedy, punted in such a way as to require people to spend hundreds of thousands in court costs to have a chance to find out if they have free speech rights and the right of conscience or not.

A more recent 2023 case expanded people's rights a bit more.

But notably, in cases like Masterpiece Cakeshop, Phillips insisted that he would always sell cakes to any couple, including same-sex couples. He only refused to make cakes specifically celebrating same-sex marriages, due to his religious views.
The case of Wydaho is different. Sheehan refused the same general accommodation offered to all customers because he opposes pro-life causes. In the confrontation, Sheehan declared that "in my world" pro-lifers are no different from the Ku Klux Klan.
"This is my place of business," he declared. "I did a lot of work to get people on the ballot so women would have the right to choose in the state of Idaho, and this is something I do not support, nor does my wife, and it's our business. So we have that choice."
In my view, they do have that choice. Yet it must also be acknowledged what Sheehan is doing is far more extreme than what Phillips did in Masterpiece Cakeshop. He is not being asked to create a coffee concoction opposing abortion, like a Cafe Au Life specialty drink. He acknowledges that other groups might use the shop -- he just does not want these teenagers to use it to support pro-life causes.
The same controversy arose the same week across the country in Virginia. In Alexandria, Fatana Karimi, owner of the Karimi Salon, threw out a woman after she revealed that she was Israeli. Jessica Walton posted an account of the encounter, and a video was later posted on social media.

Breaking news, liberals are terrible, hateful, ill-behaved, maleducated mentally-ill assholes and extreme narcissists who deploy the reasoning of selfish children to say "I get whatever I want whenever I want it, and you get nothing, and no I'm not interested in a rule that favors us equally, I'm special, the rule will always change to favor me at all times."

I'm sure this breaking news which comes as a huge surprise to most of you.

An anonymous account used AI to parody the third season of the woke racebent lame-n-gay Rings of Power, showing dwarves with ludicrous dwarf-fros:

UPDATE! Wait, that's not AI? That's an actual publicity photo from Amazon being used to "promote" the show?

Are they trolling us? Are they cave trolling us? Are they in on the joke now?

The Department of Education has told schools to stop overpunishing white kids and underpunishing black kids to create "balance" in punishment -- irrespective of actual student behavior -- and Reuters is just heart-sick about it.

They have "experts" who say that racism is good!

The U.S. Education Department has issued guidance urging schools to stop what it calls "racial balancing" ‌in student discipline policies, prompting concerns that the Trump administration is making it harder to address longstanding racial disparities in school discipline.
Federal civil rights data has shown Black students are disciplined at disproportionately high rates.

Is there any reason for that?

Wait, wait, don't tell me -- racism, right?

An Education Department report, opens new tab released in 2023 found Black public preschool children received out-of-school suspensions at a rate ⁠nearly twice their enrollment.
The new guidance says schools cannot modify discipline policies simply to reduce such racial disparities.
A school's decision "to change its discipline policies with the purpose of avoiding or reducing racial disparities in discipline constitutes race discrimination," the Education Department's office for civil rights said in a letter.
It said schools must ensure students are not treated differently because of race and that "racial balancing" constitutes discrimination.

Students must be treated equally and not discriminated against or in favor of due to their race, which, experts say, is The New Racism and White Supremacy come out from under its sheet.

The guidance follows the department's decision last month to remove several "disparate impact" regulations that for decades have prohibited policies and practices ‌with ⁠discriminatory effects that are often unintended.
President Donald Trump has acted against diversity initiatives, which he calls discriminatory against white people and males. Civil rights advocates say Trump's actions are rolling back social progress by removing practices aimed at helping marginalized groups.
Eric Duncan, education equity advocacy group EdTrust's ⁠director of P-12 policy, criticized the latest guidance.
"You cannot address racial disparities in school discipline by telling schools to ignore race," he said. "Black students have long faced some of the harshest discipline ⁠in our nation's schools.

They do not cite any experts on the other side.

How can I be the victim today pic.twitter.com/3W8xBKGdON
— shellshock (@shellshockkk) August 27, 2026

"FAQ Schwartz." Whatever.

This is from a year ago, but I think you'll enjoy it anyway.

Women who 'hate' men might be the most desirable to date, shocking dating theory reveals

Beastly left-wing castrating women are pushing the theory that Akshually we're the best partners for the men we despise and want to harm and humiliate.

A recent -- rather controversial -- hot topic in today's dating world has taken the internet by storm: women who openly say they "hate men" might actually be the best partners to date.
According to social media, men could benefit greatly from dating women who express discontent with the opposite sex -- but it's not as controversial as you might think.
TikTok user James White (@jameslwhitee) stirred the pot with a viral video in which he elaborated on this theory -- believing women who say they dislike men could be the most loyal, loving partners out there.
"Okay, so if you're a guy who can find a girl who hates all men, but! But, but, but likes you? You're set. You are literally set for life," James explained, explaining that many men misinterpret these women's stance.

I got this from the Boyscast, who point out that there's a big presence on TikTok of men who say whatever angry feminists want to hear to get them to DM them for sex. It's p***ybait. It's pooterslop.

Or, they postulate, this guy might just be gay.

They also point out that a woman who "hates" anything -- not just men, but anything -- is by definition hateful and angry, and have you ever noticed, people who are generally hateful and angry aren't easy to get along with?

And if they hate you in particular -- rather worse. Rather worse.

He claims that instead of seeing their expressed disdain for men as a negative, he believes it's basically a filter.
"All these girls who hate all men," he added, "they're gonna find one man that they love, that they want to take care of, that they cherish, that they wanna be super kind to, super sweet, everything like that."
If a woman who's skeptical of men as a whole chooses to let you in, then supposedly she's serious about you.
In a separate video, TikTokker @tootsietat added that women who loudly criticize men could be searching for the rare, "not all men" type of guy.
Instead of just talking about the flaws of men in general, these women want to see actual proof of a man embodying the qualities that make him stand apart from the negative stereotypes.

If I said "I would never date a woman from [x] minority because the negative stereotypes I associate with them" -- do you think any leftwingers would urge women from that minority group to try to prove to me they don't embody the negative stereotypes I associate with their race?

Nah, right?

I thought so. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't crazy.

Meanwhile: Fellas, she's available!

No man wants to handle that! pic.twitter.com/T0dHCxR77B
— Jeff Hunt (@jeffhunt) August 26, 2026

And she says to Joy Reid, no less� https://t.co/MfsYlxE9OX
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) August 27, 2026

Woke "trans" tourist: Now that the UK says that biological men must use the men's bathrooms, I don't know which bathroom to use.

What a riddle. Who could figure out such a puzzler?

Transgender tourist visiting the UK says he doesn�t know which bathroom to use after new UK rule banned men in women�s toilets.

�I�m trans and I heard I�m not allowed to go to the women�s restroom in public spaces. I don�t know where to go to be honest.� pic.twitter.com/MBo8eExhey
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) August 27, 2026

Super-centrist moderate Hillary Clinton beloved by "conservative" NeverTrumpers: I support the "experiment" to see if socialism will work in America.

Hillary Clinton on the RISE of SOCIALISM: "The Democratic Party right now is, I think, going through an experiment. Like who can actually respond particularly to young people's very real concerns about where they are at this point in their lives and what kind of future do they�
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) August 25, 2026

I heard Real Socialism has never been tried, so def, let's perform this experiment. I'm on pins and needles to see how it works out this time!!!

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:40 PM

Comments

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1 I eat soup.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 06:40 PM (ExV1e)

2 I haz nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 06:41 PM (ExV1e)

3 And now we wait.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 06:41 PM (ExV1e)

4 Patiently.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 06:41 PM (ExV1e)

5 For others to arrive.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 06:41 PM (ExV1e)

6 To this bounty of end of week madness.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 06:42 PM (ExV1e)

7 Eventually we start to wonder if our nood was too obscure.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 06:42 PM (ExV1e)

8 >>>I eat soup.

I think that if you eat the soup, you will fall asleep and wake up in India without your kidneys, legs, or genitals.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 06:42 PM (1wjle)

9 Surely someone will come along soon.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 06:42 PM (ExV1e)

10 In wonder how Wolfus' lunch went...

He was supposed to go a "free" luncheon today where the topic of discussion was vasectomies and sterilization.

For some reason that flyer at the top of the page reminded me.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:43 PM (FZ29D)

11 Tranq gun.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 06:43 PM (wOO3z)

12 I think that if you eat the soup, you will fall asleep and wake up in India without your kidneys, legs, or genitals.
Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 06:42 PM (1wjle)

Hey, they only said they talked about it, not acted it out.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 06:43 PM (ExV1e)

13 Nope. No soup for me. I was told "Come back, one year".

Posted by: Soupless Thursdays at August 28, 2026 06:44 PM (JM9I6)

14 Smalldeadanimals had an X link where someone pointed out how Canada was fine replacing the name of every white guy with stupid indian shit.

So Lake America it is.

And the meme - Canada Geese are now Donald Ducks was cute.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 06:44 PM (Sco7b)

15
I am noticing more signs at businesses saying that abusing the staff won't be tolerated. Can you imagine this 25 years ago? Sad, I tells ya, sad.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 06:44 PM (O0L8i)

16 We're just an experiment to Grandma Death.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 06:45 PM (wOO3z)

17 Isn't Soup the nickname of some semi-famous dog around here?

Posted by: Krazy Kat at August 28, 2026 06:45 PM (JM9I6)

18 Top 20

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 28, 2026 06:45 PM (zMzlR)

19
He was supposed to go a "free" luncheon today where the topic of discussion was vasectomies and sterilization

_________

Get tutored and neutered!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 06:45 PM (O0L8i)

20 Week in Woke.... aka new ways to hatef*ck your brain 😆

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 28, 2026 06:45 PM (JqJBt)

21 A flash back to an all time classic on Peter Beinart.

https://tinyurl.com/mry8tf9t

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 28, 2026 06:45 PM (wGerL)

22 There was a nice ad on Detroit tv which pointed out how crazy the Dems have become and linked Benson running for governor to El-Sayed.

So, I guess the goal is crazy and evil by association.

Instead of just her usual crazy and evil.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 06:47 PM (Sco7b)

23
That poster could be an ad for AOS, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 06:47 PM (/QHx4)

24 So, they eating soup and talking about their recent or upcoming medical procedures? . Actually, it sounds like a lot of people over 65 minus the soup.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 06:48 PM (JrHfD)

25 Hillzebub is exactly the expert we need.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 06:48 PM (/StTI)

26 Guy who thinks he's a woman doesn't know where to go.
TO HELL. Go to hell. Hope that clears it up for you

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 06:48 PM (EZWVc)

27 To understand why Driggs, ID, know that is has been infested with the lefty hanger-ons too poor to own in Jackson, WY.

So they go over the Teton Pass and own on the Idaho side.

They are rich, yes. But not rich-rich (I mean, private jet fleet rich) like they think they deserve to be.

And that makes them the most resentful, haughty, bitter and zealous leftists.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 06:48 PM (3cUTc)

28 I don’t patronize bigoted hateful shops owned or run by miserable cocksuckers who want me dead (and the feeling is mutual).

If they don’t want my business, they can choke on my fat dick.

I also don’t stick my fat dick in crazy. Ummm … well, mostly I don’t stick my fat dick in crazy …

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 28, 2026 06:49 PM (J1FkQ)

29 I'm sorry. I don't have the intestinal fortitude to look at the video. I save myself some aggravation that way.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 06:49 PM (JrHfD)

30 The Season 3 Rangz of Power image is 100% real.

The usual suspects (Critical Drinker, Nerdrotic, Disparu, etc.) have been mocking it relentlessly for the past couple of days.

$1 BILLION and this is what you get from Amazon...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:49 PM (FZ29D)

31 Men's organs
Women's organs
Bladders
Groin

Aside from the soup, they sound like us.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:50 PM (viF8m)

32 >>>A flash back to an all time classic on Peter Beinart.
https://tinyurl.com/mry8tf9t

good stuff. I completely forgot about this no-account twink.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 06:50 PM (1wjle)

33 26 Guy who thinks he's a woman doesn't know where to go.
TO HELL. Go to hell. Hope that clears it up for you
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 06:48 PM (EZWVc

So the tornado warning was nothing?
Cool.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 06:50 PM (Sco7b)

34 Idaho? No, you da ho!

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 28, 2026 06:50 PM (J1FkQ)

35 TOO many oxygen thieves.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 06:50 PM (PbWRL)

36 Make that "the video(s)"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 06:50 PM (JrHfD)

37 >>>20 Week in Woke.... aka new ways to hatef*ck your brain 😆

I've been trying to include some humorous stuff but yeah, this is always a rough thread.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 06:50 PM (1wjle)

38 >> throwing out a group of pro-life teenagers,

Good. Why would anyone want to eat at a place that does not want to serve them?

"Public accommodation" is hogwash. It has to go. Oh SCOTUS in the swamp, I pray to thee.

The bake-the-cake one is a bit different, but he should have a right to tell them to fuck off for any reason he wants. And let the lefties throw out conservative. I support this.

(Also let racists restrict non-whites or whatever. )

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 06:50 PM (ImuKY)

39 17 Isn't Soup the nickname of some semi-famous dog around here?
Posted by: Krazy Kat at August 28, 2026 06:45 PM (JM9I6)

He is a southern gentleman and would never speak of such things, especially over a meal.

Plus have you seen him? Someone calls him an annoying fake cartoon dog. I prefer living stuffed animal. He is definitely not luring people to their ends by enticing them with a comfort food.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 06:51 PM (ZdaMQ)

40 And she says to Joy Reid, no less https://t.co/MfsYlxE9OX

So many truths spoken and, yet, she holds on to her delusions like Rose holding onto a door which is easily big enough to support Jack also without offering him space.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 06:51 PM (ExV1e)

41 r/Teachers (seriously!)

The reality is schools stopped disciplining children of color so their numbers looked good to their superintendents. there were so many more phenomenal children (of color) who were not getting an education because of the few who could not be disciplined.

My experience exactly in NYC. Tough school. 85% of the students were amazing. Dedicated. Respectful. The other 15 were...not. I felt awful for the kids that were there and desperate to learn in what was often a loud, dangerous, and intimidating environment.

Yep. We quit enforcing demerits on black kids for being late.

Incredibly rare Trump Admin W. This is like how I entirely agree with Ron DeSantis that cell phones should be banned in schools.

It's crazy how admin in a PUBLIC school doesn't understand we are there to educate for the benefit of the public. It's for everyone. Some of the students they turn loose on the world have been set up to fail by the institutions who claim to protect them. Little Jonny never faced consequences in his life. No the consequences are prison. Nice job coddling him, but you've doomed the kid to severe consequences in life.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 28, 2026 06:51 PM (FKi1y)

42 >>>30 The Season 3 Rangz of Power image is 100% real.

I know, I was jestin'

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 06:51 PM (1wjle)

43 Go piss up a rope, dude.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 06:51 PM (PbWRL)

44 ... El Sayed will stop global warming and global warming will be Bad For Jews.

----------

The carbon they want to eliminate starts with YOU, Jews!

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:52 PM (9c4Eu)

45 The only time I didn't know which restroom to use I was eight years old and at a western-themed restaurant and the only thing on the doors was "Steers" and "Heifers."

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 28, 2026 06:52 PM (/OKHJ)

46 17 39…

Wait, you are suggesting they want people to eat our official unofficial mascot? We should tell them about the gun thread.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 06:52 PM (ZdaMQ)

47 80 year old sex talk.

There's no fucking way I could keep a straight face.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 06:52 PM (wOO3z)

48 What kind of soup?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 28, 2026 06:53 PM (n5tGW)

49 >>>30 The Season 3 Rangz of Power image is 100% real.

I know, I was jestin'
Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 06:51 PM (1wjle)
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Among the comments I've heard today is that because the "Harfoots" (i.e., hobbits they can't legally call hobbits) have been removed from Season 3, Amazon had to find a replacement, which is what the middle two "dwarves" represent.

The only character that actually resembles a dwarf is the one on the far right.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:53 PM (FZ29D)

50 To understand why Driggs, ID, know that is has been infested with the lefty hanger-ons too poor to own in Jackson, WY.

So they go over the Teton Pass and own on the Idaho side.

They are rich, yes. But not rich-rich (I mean, private jet fleet rich) like they think they deserve to be.

And that makes them the most resentful, haughty, bitter and zealous leftists.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 06:48 PM (3cUTc)

Even as a kid growing up in Cody, I hated Jackson. And Driggs is almost as bad.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 28, 2026 06:54 PM (0aYVJ)

51 Eat soup with us.

You will eat soup with us now.

Posted by: Buffalo Bill and the Tooth Fairy at August 28, 2026 06:56 PM (1wjle)

52 >>Posted by: ace

When did you teach at Colby?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:56 PM (viF8m)

53 Have any women won in a male sport?

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 06:57 PM (Ia/+0)

54 48 What kind of soup?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

Based on the discussion topics, I'm guessing menudo. Or chitterlings.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:58 PM (FKi1y)

55 Thank you Ace for this island of sanity.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 06:59 PM (MWfyi)

56 Steers are castrated. Hope you didn't go in there.

Posted by: Kitchen Table Politics at August 28, 2026 06:59 PM (JM9I6)

57 Don't be surprised if garrett takes up that offer for soup with those lunatics from Butte. Just don't give them any liquor.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 28, 2026 06:59 PM (SK+av)

58 >>>Women who 'hate' men might be the most desirable to date, shocking dating theory reveals

They're perfect if you are into hate fucking.

Posted by: No Name Today at August 28, 2026 07:00 PM (8mulE)

59 53 Have any women won in a male sport?

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 06:57 PM (Ia/+0)

I wonder if women could try to get on "Canada's Great Drag Race" or that RuPaul show and then sue the shit out of them if they are declined.

Men should probably push this like the guys did with the WNBA. Every sport, every championship until the women grow some balls.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 07:00 PM (Sco7b)

60 53 Have any women won in a male sport?
Posted by: Skip

I'd love to see a biological male identify as female and still complete and win in male events...but simultaneously win female records. Stunning and brave.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 07:00 PM (FKi1y)

61 After reading The Week In Woke each Friday, I want to walk around with a cylinder of compressed air and a bolt gun. Like the guy in No Country For Old Men.

"Just hold your head still for a moment."

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 07:00 PM (ImuKY)

62 Speaking of Saijo, I am going to take him to the park quickly. They shoot a cannon off every time the home team scores at the school here, so he so he won’t be excited about going outside much.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 07:00 PM (ZdaMQ)

63 Federal civil rights data has shown Black students are disciplined at disproportionately high rates.

Based on my admittedly anecdotal observations, it appears that black (oh wait, "Black") males go to prison at rates disproportionate to rates of males of white ("White") or Asian heritage.

It's the weirdest thing.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 28, 2026 07:00 PM (guGkK)

64 I've been trying to include some humorous stuff but yeah, this is always a rough thread.
Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 06:50 PM (1wjle)

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All good - please know I wasn't being critical... more just bracing myself for the typical sequence:
A) read post
B) breathe deeply
C) order ammo
D) go back to work so I can pay for more ammo

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 28, 2026 07:01 PM (JqJBt)

65 >>Have any women won in a male sport?

Sidney Crosby.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 07:01 PM (viF8m)

66 This is what women's lib has wrought.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 07:01 PM (MWfyi)

67 Canadian Islamic scholar Dr. Shabir Ally says: “A Muslim man can have 4 wives and an unlimited number of female sex slaves (concubines). The four wives are also slaves, but with higher status.”

I dont like my 1 sometimes

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 07:01 PM (/+uur)

68 58 >>>Women who 'hate' men might be the most desirable to date, shocking dating theory reveals

They're perfect if you are into hate fucking.
Posted by: No Name Today

I hate fucking women!

Posted by: James Talarico at August 28, 2026 07:01 PM (FKi1y)

69 Sorry Hillary, there is only one Lord of the DNC, and they do not share power!

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:02 PM (uhVAy)

70 He claims that instead of seeing their expressed disdain for men as a negative, he believes it's basically a filter.
"All these girls who hate all men," he added, "they're gonna find one man that they love, that they want to take care of, that they cherish, that they wanna be super kind to, super sweet, everything like that."

That's right up there with Malcolm from Based Camps assertion that conservative men should date leftist women because leftist women are natural followers, and the men can discipline them into being devoted conservative wives.

I'm sure he had no intention of implying that already conservative women (who have been not following the herd all their lives) aren't worth marrying because they're used to fighting.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 28, 2026 07:02 PM (vJrRc)

71 FoxNews - Ingraham - Talarico

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 07:02 PM (Sco7b)

72 61 After reading The Week In Woke each Friday, I want to walk around with a cylinder of compressed air and a bolt gun. Like the guy in No Country For Old Men.

"Just hold your head still for a moment."
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 07:00 PM (ImuKY)

or than silenced shootsgun

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 07:02 PM (/+uur)

73 In all honesty, it must be difficult for a 20-something to figure out a five-year plan nowadays.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 28, 2026 07:03 PM (w6EFb)

74 The only time I didn't know which restroom to use I was eight years old and at a western-themed restaurant and the only thing on the doors was "Steers" and "Heifers."
Posted by: Mark1971

Did you go ask them where the restroom for non-castrated males was?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 28, 2026 07:04 PM (vJrRc)

75 I dont like my 1 sometimes

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 07:01 PM (/+uur

Solomon had 700 wives, 300 concubines and probably remembered names like Bill Clinton.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 07:04 PM (Sco7b)

76 "You cannot address racial disparities in school discipline by telling schools to ignore race"…

[Profoundly puzzled emojiface]

Meanwhile: Fellas, she's available!

[Omigosh, the poster child for "She seems nice."]

Now that the UK says that biological men must use the men's bathrooms, I don't know which bathroom to use.

[If there's a "Y" in your genes, guess you'll just have to hold it in, feller.]

This kind of Quick Hits report is the perfect other slice with JJ's Morning Report to make a fine world-has-gone-to-$#!+ sammich.

Hey, Ace, since Eloon Muskox has gone to war with every other way for non-X-ers to view X videos, could you just embed all of the X cafe vids from now on? Thanks, buddy.

Posted by: mindful webworker - let's have pizza tonight, whattaya say? at August 28, 2026 07:04 PM (oq2IS)

77 53 Have any women won in a male sport?
Posted by: Skip

Drag Racing

Erica Lee Enders (born October 8, 1983 in Houston, Texas) is an American drag racing driver. Enders has won six world championships in the Pro Stock class of the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series and she continues to drive full-time in that class.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 07:05 PM (/+uur)

78 The Season 3 Rangz of Power image is 100% real.

The usual suspects (Critical Drinker, Nerdrotic, Disparu, etc.) have been mocking it relentlessly for the past couple of days.

$1 BILLION and this is what you get from Amazon...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:49 PM (FZ29D)

Drinker and Disparu will be able to add another wing to their manorhouses with this one.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:05 PM (uhVAy)

79 The incendiary rounds for shotguns. A two-fer.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 07:06 PM (PbWRL)

80 Hillary!

She looks like a lizard creature.

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 07:06 PM (odBC9)

81 I've never had a 5 year plan in my entire life.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 07:06 PM (viF8m)

82 Danica Patrick won a single Indy Car race. They did it on fuel strategy. She was about fifth or sixth in the final laps and all the leaders had to pit for fuel.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 28, 2026 07:07 PM (/OKHJ)

83 It's a Catch 22. The green haired goblin woman has no man in her life, hence no regular semen injections, which leads to insanity. The green haired goblin woman is insane because she has no regular semen injections because she has no man in her life.

It's a Catch 22.

Posted by: Dr. Doc Daneeka at August 28, 2026 07:07 PM (QRHoA)

84 "I am noticing more signs at businesses saying that abusing the staff won't be tolerated." - Hadrian

Yesterday I called AirCanada (it's still called that today, right??) for something and the robot greeting explaining all the options etc included a statement I've never heard before, about offensive or divisive behavior (on the phone, was clear from context) would not be permitted. Sorry I forget the exact words, was too gobsmacked to focus after that.

WTF?

Reminded me of turning on the TV (a rare event) early during The Great Idiocy in 2020 and being speechless at the commercials - whiny, OMG-we're-like-Londoners-during-the-Blitz, solicitous, sober-sounding self-centered pretentious language and tone to everything. In commercials.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 28, 2026 07:07 PM (U/Byj)

85 Read a article some weeks ago at American Thinker how Joynrr's women's fastest speed record hasn't been touched by a woman since she did it maybe 20 years ago, high school boys beat it yearly by the dozens

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 07:07 PM (Ia/+0)

86 Transgender tourist visiting the UK says he doesn’t know which bathroom to use
......

It's always about the bathrooms.
Pro-tip: Pee in the Mens, poop in the Womens.

Posted by: wth at August 28, 2026 07:07 PM (UjdFS)

87 Hillary Clinton on the RISE of SOCIALISM:

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[A history of "collectivism:]

We have Killary to thank for reintroducing the kinder & gentler term progressivism for hiding & masking socialism.

With "socialism" of course being a kinder & gentler term for hiding & masking Marxism.

With "Marxism" of course being a kinder & gentler term for hiding & masking communism.

And "communism" of course being a kinder & gentler term for hiding & masking authoritarian & totalitarian suicidal death cult.

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 07:08 PM (9c4Eu)

88 8 >>>I eat soup.

I think that if you eat the soup, you will fall asleep and wake up in India without your kidneys, legs, or genitals.
Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 06:42 PM (1wjle)

yikes

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 07:08 PM (odBC9)

89 ""Women who 'hate' men might be the most desirable to date, shocking dating theory reveals""

With a chick like that you feel a hell of a lot less guilty leaving a floater in the toilet and wiping your dick on the drapes.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 07:08 PM (S41Gd)

90 "pooterslop"

Very well done indeed Sir!

Posted by: gp at August 28, 2026 07:08 PM (Jr5Lq)

91 Soup. Mmm! Mmm! Good!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2026 07:08 PM (wVcYX)

92 I am weird
I do not even believe in second marriages.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 07:09 PM (/+uur)

93 Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 28, 2026 07:02 PM (vJrRc)

Is this Malcolm a dem plant? Or just caught up in theory? Observation would indicate that conservative men who marry liberal women are more likely to end up voting dem than the other way around.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 28, 2026 07:10 PM (lFFaq)

94 This kind of ~~Quick Hits~~ Week in Woke report…

Correcting myself, FTR

Posted by: mindful webworker - week in hits, whatever at August 28, 2026 07:10 PM (oq2IS)

95 Read a article some weeks ago at American Thinker how Joynrr's women's fastest speed record hasn't been touched by a woman since she did it maybe 20 years ago, high school boys beat it yearly by the dozens

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 07:07 PM (Ia/+0)

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# of Biological Males who have run a sub-4-minute mile? Over 2,350.

# of Biological Females who have run a sub-4-minute mile? 0.

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 07:11 PM (9c4Eu)

96 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison

They all seem racisty.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 28, 2026 07:11 PM (l26NL)

97 >>I am weird

If you haven't noticed, so is everyone.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 07:11 PM (viF8m)

98 It said schools must ensure students are not treated differently because of race
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I think at issue here, is the content of their character. Remember that?

We can treat students differently based upon their behavior. At least for now. Kinda, though not really.

There's this pernicious strain of nonsense that runs in "academic" circles that the ONLY reason black students are disciplined more often is because of racism directed towards blacks.

Nobody really believes this, but this is the twaddle served up daily by these cunts.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 07:12 PM (99A9t)

99 8 >>>I eat soup.

I think that if you eat the soup, you will fall asleep and wake up in India without your kidneys, legs, or genitals.
Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 06:42 PM (1wjle)

You are wise in the ways of the world.

Did you show up at the diner to meet these souper people?

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 07:12 PM (odBC9)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 07:12 PM (odBC9)

101 Don't eat the soap.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 07:12 PM (Cqx++)

102 Drinker and Disparu will be able to add another wing to their manorhouses with this one.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:05 PM (uhVAy)
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Disparu pointed out that the release schedule is over three weeks (4 episodes the first week and 2 episodes at a time the following two weeks.) Amazon has acknowledged they are doing this because they know the usual gang is going to hate-watch the series for their fans and they want to minimize the time YouTubers spend on this series.

Disparu has said that he's going to do a thorough take down of all episodes, because that's the kind of guy he is.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 07:12 PM (FZ29D)

103 " I am weird
I do not even believe in second marriages.
Posted by: r hennigantx "

I don't believe in modern love.

Posted by: zombie David Bowie at August 28, 2026 07:12 PM (MWfyi)

104 I've never had a 5 year plan in my entire life.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 07:06 PM (viF8m)

We figured you more for a 5 gram plan.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 28, 2026 07:12 PM (dK+Kv)

105 In wonder how Wolfus' lunch went...

He was supposed to go a "free" luncheon today where the topic of discussion was vasectomies and sterilization.

For some reason that flyer at the top of the page reminded me.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

I get stuff every week offering a free lunch or dinner. They say it's about Retirement Financial Planning.

I guess avoidance of paternity suits and child support could be part of that.

Posted by: J. Miklos Strom-Thurmond at August 28, 2026 07:12 PM (4RYRd)

106 # of Biological Males who have run a sub-4-minute mile? Over 2,350.

# of Biological Females who have run a sub-4-minute mile? 0.

Don't get me started on parallel parking.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 28, 2026 07:13 PM (guGkK)

107 Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 28, 2026 07:02 PM (vJrRc)

Is this Malcolm a dem plant? Or just caught up in theory? Observation would indicate that conservative men who marry liberal women are more likely to end up voting dem than the other way around.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 28, 2026 07:10 PM (lFFaq)

Well if he's a decent guy wifes pretty often will take on their husband politics because they don't have to worry as much about friends and coworkers politics.

If he's a 'feminist ally' the wife might end up buried under the floorboards.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:13 PM (uhVAy)

108 You know who had 5 year plans.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 07:13 PM (PbWRL)

109 I think that if you eat the soup, you will fall asleep and wake up in India without your kidneys, legs, or genitals.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 06:42 PM (1wjle)

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This sounds oddly specific, Ace.

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 07:14 PM (9c4Eu)

110 I don't like soup. It is too in between.

We know how to eat liquids -- we put them in a glass and drink them. What is this spoon nonsense. It's annoying.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 07:14 PM (ImuKY)

111 Critical Drinker said the guy in the back of the Rings of Power picture looks like he sells weed outside your local convenience store

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 07:14 PM (EZWVc)

112 Peter Beinart is very deranged and should be ignored because he is ill. Have pity.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:14 PM (RIvkX)

113 I get stuff every week offering a free lunch or dinner. They say it's about Retirement Financial Planning.

I guess avoidance of paternity suits and child support could be part of that.
Posted by: J. Miklos Strom-Thurmond at August 28, 2026 07:12 PM (4RYRd)
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*** Renewal by Andersen has entered the chat. ***

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 07:15 PM (FZ29D)

114 97 >>I am weird

If you haven't noticed, so is everyone.
Posted by: JackStraw

I'm not weird. Mom says I'm eccentric.

Posted by: Loose Screws at August 28, 2026 07:15 PM (JM9I6)

115 With a chick like that you feel a hell of a lot less guilty leaving a floater in the toilet and wiping your dick on the drapes.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Careful if they have those metal blinds

Posted by: Miklos knows Things at August 28, 2026 07:15 PM (4RYRd)

116 EAT SOUP WITH US

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Did they mention that sides include some fava beans and a nice chianti?

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 07:16 PM (9c4Eu)

117 I don't like soup. It is too in between.

We know how to eat liquids -- we put them in a glass and drink them. What is this spoon nonsense. It's annoying.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 07:14 PM (ImuKY)

if it is a broth soup you can drink it from a coffee cup.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:16 PM (uhVAy)

118 I've been to one of those sales things at a local steakhouse and had a free steak and listened to the pitch and felt sorry for the guy because I was never going to buy anything I just wanted a free steak.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 07:16 PM (MWfyi)

119 I don't always use the public restroom, but when I do I prefer a stall.

Posted by: Captain Splatter at August 28, 2026 07:16 PM (UjdFS)

120 Woke "trans" tourist: Now that the UK says that biological men must use the men's bathrooms, I don't know which bathroom to use.

What a riddle. Who could figure out such a puzzler?

***

Somebody kick this dipshit in the nuts. He'll figure it out soon enough.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 28, 2026 07:16 PM (2WIwB)

121 The Department of Education has told schools to stop overpunishing white kids and underpunishing black kids to create "balance" in punishment -- irrespective of actual student behavior -- and Reuters is just heart-sick about it.
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Harrison Bergeron, to the white courtesy phone, please!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:17 PM (RIvkX)

122 Don't get me started on parallel parking.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 28, 2026 07:13 PM (guGkK)

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* snort *

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 07:18 PM (9c4Eu)

123 >>We figured you more for a 5 gram plan.

I'm plan was to make it 50. I'm on bonus time.

It's all good.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 07:18 PM (viF8m)

124 The 5-year plan ("pyatilyetka") in progress when I spent some time in the USSR, unironically, had the theme "Quality". I'm sure the quality at SEVMASH (nuke subs) and in the Ministry of Heavy Machine Building (ballistic missiles) was pretty good. What we experienced was comically different.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 28, 2026 07:19 PM (U/Byj)

125 Mush 'n' Milk is all you need to grow healthy children.
Spoiled, nothing! You kids put that milk on your mush and eat it. Bah!

Posted by: Crone From Bleak Hill Boarding School at August 28, 2026 07:19 PM (JM9I6)

126 high school boys beat it yearly by the dozens

Posted by: Skip

don't tell mom

Posted by: high school boys at August 28, 2026 07:19 PM (4RYRd)

127 More 1984 newspeak / doublethink from the Left

Opinion is Fact

Men are Women

Crazy is Sane

But they will always always be identified best from the actual quote from 1984

Ignorance is strength

Posted by: polynikes at August 28, 2026 07:19 PM (KC5Lt)

128 My

sheesh

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 07:20 PM (viF8m)

129 Abby Phillip is on record saying her job at CNN is to explain "the facts" to conservatives.

"Because when you don't ever even hear the facts, it's hard to even know that you're wrong."
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The ignorance is positively breathtaking.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:20 PM (RIvkX)

130 117 I don't like soup. It is too in between.

We know how to eat liquids -- we put them in a glass and drink them. What is this spoon nonsense. It's annoying.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 07:14 PM (ImuKY)

The fuck am I supposed to dip my grilled cheese sandwich in?

Seriously, throw this man out. He's drunk.

Posted by: give me tomato soup or give me death at August 28, 2026 07:20 PM (2nRM4)

131 “I’m trans and I heard I’m not allowed to go to the women’s restroom in public spaces. I don’t know where to go to be honest.”
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Alley out back?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:20 PM (RIvkX)

132 Abby Phillip is on record saying her job at CNN is to explain "the facts" to conservatives.

"Because when you don't ever even hear the facts, it's hard to even know that you're wrong."
=====

The ignorance is positively breathtaking.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:20 PM (RIvkX)

I don't recall her giving a fact out ever.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:21 PM (uhVAy)

133 Yesterday I called AirCanada (it's still called that today, right??) for something and the robot greeting explaining all the options etc included a statement I've never heard before, about offensive or divisive behavior (on the phone, was clear from context) would not be permitted. Sorry I forget the exact words, was too gobsmacked to focus after that

Living up here, I hear those messages and see the signs everywhere.

Perhaps I've been setting bad exampkes for all the damn foreigners.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 07:21 PM (Sco7b)

134 I don't like soup. It is too in between
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Soup is just Stew, that ain't done yet.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 07:22 PM (99A9t)

135 "I don’t know where to go to be honest.”

Maybe go back home, take off the dress, and learn to live with yourself without being a weirdo.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 07:23 PM (MWfyi)

136 "You like Broth"?

The Girl Wants To Fix Him Some Broth-200 Motels

Posted by: Frank Zappa, 1971 at August 28, 2026 07:23 PM (JM9I6)

137 Turkish toilets know no gender

Posted by: the left hand of wisdom at August 28, 2026 07:23 PM (4RYRd)

138 Judge throws out Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's 9/11 confession in already long wait for trial

A military judge ruled the statements were involuntary in a decision that could further complicate the decades-long wait for a trial
_fox

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 07:23 PM (VPNgR)

139 126 high school boys beat it yearly by the dozens

Posted by: Skip

don't tell mom
Posted by: high school boys at August 28, 2026 07:19 PM (4RYRd)

Yearly?

Man, birth control pills in the water supply are wreaking havoc.

When I was in school it was daily. Like it was an after school job I didn't get paid for. An internship.

Posted by: my eyesight has deteriorated at August 28, 2026 07:24 PM (2nRM4)

140 I'm wondering in what reality Peter Beinert thinks he makes sense

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 07:24 PM (EZWVc)

141 if it is a broth soup you can drink it from a coffee cup.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:16 PM (uhVAy)

Say, this gives me an idea. Instant soup in a cup. What shall we call it?

Posted by: Lipton Teas and Infusions, UK at August 28, 2026 07:24 PM (wVcYX)

142 I love soup but unless you make it homemade the stuff you get from a can has close to 100% of the daily recommended amount of sodium.

Posted by: polynikes at August 28, 2026 07:25 PM (KC5Lt)

143 Or maybe times are getting tough, water it down a bit, and try to stretch it out.

Remember "Nail Soup"? The old tale about the magic nail, a hobo comes to a town, and claims to have a magic nail that makes the most delicious soup. But it would be improved, he said, if only he had a little Salt. 'Oh, I have some Salt' said the nice elderly lady. He added the salt and stirred it into the pot....

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 07:25 PM (99A9t)

144 "Judge throws out Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's 9/11 confession in already long wait for trial"

See what I mean? World done gone crazy. You could tell me tomorrow that the King of England is now the queen and I would not be the least bit surprised.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 07:26 PM (MWfyi)

145
I thought the King was a queen

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 07:27 PM (/QHx4)

146 "The Food and Drug Administration on Aug. 27 approved COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna, and Sanofi."

No information yet as to their adoption by Canada's MAID program, or by Planned Parenthood for first trimester abortions.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 28, 2026 07:27 PM (rbvCR)

147 >I am weird

If you haven't noticed, so is everyone.
Posted by: JackStraw

I'm not weird. Mom says I'm eccentric.
Posted by: Loose Screws at August 28, 2026 07:15 PM (JM9I6)

Special
You're so very special

Posted by: LASue at August 28, 2026 07:28 PM (lCppi)

148 146 "The Food and Drug Administration on Aug. 27 approved COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna, and Sanofi."

No information yet as to their adoption by Canada's MAID program, or by Planned Parenthood for first trimester abortions.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 28, 2026 07:27 PM (rbvCR)

Aug. 27, 2026?

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 07:28 PM (odBC9)

149 If I woke up one morning and there was a Pope Mohammed I wouldn't bat an eye.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 07:28 PM (MWfyi)

150 At least four "women's" golf tournaments in Canada this summer have been won by men.

Another good reason for what I've tacked onto my name.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 28, 2026 07:29 PM (O7YUW)

151 I'm having French Onion Soup right now. Don't know what makes it French, though.

Posted by: Can't Speak Frog at August 28, 2026 07:29 PM (JM9I6)

152 the stuff you get from a can has close to 100% of the daily recommended amount of sodium
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It's all wretched shit, I've tried most of them at some time or another.

I use Cream of Mushroom for a few recipes. All that is, is a cheater milk gravy. it works. Tomato soup is OK in a pinch if a dish must have tomatoes, and some do. Rotel is kind of handy for a slight extra kick, and already has onions. I like smoked Jalapeno - the Chipotle in Adobo.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 07:29 PM (99A9t)

153 And I don't care about commas if you want commas put em in your damnself.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 07:30 PM (MWfyi)

154 If you haven't already seen The Path to Zero, WSJ's account of our disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, you really should set aside some time to do so. We all here pretty much know the story, but I promise, there is much more to learn from the mouths of the men who were there. Very compelling.

It's less than one hour and it's free on YouTube.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 28, 2026 07:31 PM (3ImbR)

155 "The Food and Drug Administration on Aug. 27 approved COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna, and Sanofi."

No information yet as to their adoption by Canada's MAID program, or by Planned Parenthood for first trimester abortions.
Posted by: Kindltot

I assume the clinical trials were done on the corporate executives and their families.

Posted by: Miklos expresses well-founded scepticism at August 28, 2026 07:31 PM (4RYRd)

156 142 I love soup but unless you make it homemade the stuff you get from a can has close to 100% of the daily recommended amount of sodium.

Posted by: polynikes

Sodium is an essential mineral. You'll die without it.

Posted by: Salty Mariner at August 28, 2026 07:31 PM (JM9I6)

157 Love Tomato Cream soup with club crackers.

New England Clam Chowder second favorite.

Posted by: polynikes at August 28, 2026 07:32 PM (KC5Lt)

158 I'm having French Onion Soup right now. Don't know what makes it French, though.
Posted by: Can't Speak Frog at August 28, 2026 07:29 PM (JM9I6)

It has cheese and eating it produces a fascination with white flags.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 07:32 PM (ExV1e)

159 I use Cream of Mushroom for a few recipes. All that is, is a cheater milk gravy. it works. Tomato soup is OK in a pinch if a dish must have tomatoes, and some do. Rotel is kind of handy for a slight extra kick, and already has onions. I like smoked Jalapeno - the Chipotle in Adobo.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 07:29 PM (99A9t)

I extend a can of cream of chicken soup with chicken and some canned veggies. My standard pot gives about three meals from it.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:32 PM (uhVAy)

160 I accidentally got some low sodium V8 and had to put salt in it but it still didn't taste right. It was more like a V7.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 07:33 PM (MWfyi)

161 124 The 5-year plan ("pyatilyetka") in progress when I spent some time in the USSR, unironically, had the theme "Quality". I'm sure the quality at SEVMASH (nuke subs) and in the Ministry of Heavy Machine Building (ballistic missiles) was pretty good. What we experienced was comically different.

Posted by: rhomboid
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Last 20 years or so Russians have experienced more and more free time - also some disposable income. Tinkering and free thought along with personal discipline are essential to general quality.

There are ewetubes of Russians tinkering with Vespa type scooters making them into ice boat racers and other things.
This transfers directly to factory work. They go to the factory and intrinsically understand how stuff works. Something that is almost genetic with us and totally alien to the Chinese.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 07:34 PM (VPNgR)

162 P'rhaps . . . .Perhaps the use of black sites for extraordinary renditions and questioning was not the legal lead pipe cinch we were all promised it would be?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 28, 2026 07:34 PM (rbvCR)

163 I used to make a soup from a recipe book that was a big pot with 5 different soup concentrates and a can of lobster bits.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:34 PM (uhVAy)

164 >>I am weird
If you haven't noticed, so is everyone.
Posted by: JackStraw

If everyone is weird, then nobody is.
—Dash Parr

Posted by: mindful webworker - credible at August 28, 2026 07:35 PM (oq2IS)

165 Well-adjusted Morons prefer Manhattan Style Clam Chowder Soup 3-1.

Posted by: Builds Strong Bones And Teef at August 28, 2026 07:35 PM (JM9I6)

166 And I don't care about commas if you want commas put em in your damnself
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I wish I would have thought of that answer in Mrs. Johnson's 3rd Grade class back in the day! Dangit.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 07:35 PM (99A9t)

167 Everybody seems Normal till you get to know them...

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 07:35 PM (99A9t)

168 A good Potato soup is the nee plus ultra(spelling, francophiles?)

Chickarina is really good.

There's a progresso lasagna soup that is not bad.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 07:36 PM (zZu0s)

169
Campbell's Roasted Garlic Mushroom soup is good. We use it now instead of Cream of Mushroom soup.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 07:36 PM (/QHx4)

170 And now you're all talking about soup.

Some of you are in that poster above. Tell the truth.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 07:36 PM (viF8m)

171 "Federal civil rights data has shown Black students are disciplined at disproportionately high rates."

Okay, WHY are blacks disciplined more often? And why are blacks in public schools monumentally behind in learning? And do, please, tell me why black households are lacking books and magazines, don't generally spend time doing and reviewing homework, and can't be bothered to even show up to school on a regular basis?

Why could that possibly be?

Is it the skin color, or is it the sub-culture that thinks doing well is "acting white?"

I just don't know. I just...

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 07:36 PM (dEHLq)

172 163 I used to make a soup from a recipe book that was a big pot with 5 different soup concentrates and a can of lobster bits.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:34 PM (uhVAy)

yum

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 07:36 PM (odBC9)

173 I'm a noncommaformist.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 07:36 PM (MWfyi)

174 Olive Garden used to have an excellent Zuppa Toscana ... but sometime in the past decade, they've "watered" it down (Shrinkflation?) and not as creamy or tasty now.

Now I get the Chicken Gnocchi ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 07:37 PM (9c4Eu)

175 I don't recall her giving a fact out ever.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:21 PM (uhVAy)
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To her credit, she believes conservatives are simply ignorant not evil, like most leftists.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:37 PM (RIvkX)

176 I'm having French Onion Soup right now. Don't know what makes it French, though.
Posted by: Can't Speak Frog at August 28, 2026 07:29 PM (JM9I6)

It has cheese and eating it produces a fascination with white flags.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 07:32 PM (ExV1e)
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My mother always made it with SWISS cheese.

So I guess it was more of a Swiss onion soup.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 07:37 PM (FZ29D)

177 I accidentally got some low sodium V8 and had to put salt in it but it still didn't taste right. It was more like a V7.
Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 07:33 PM (MWfyi)

A Chevette 4-cylinder.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 07:37 PM (zZu0s)

178 Ignore the Cambridge Comma

That is all DEI bullshit

Posted by: Gramatically Correct Miklos at August 28, 2026 07:37 PM (4RYRd)

179 Sodium is an essential mineral. You'll die without it.
Posted by: Salty Mariner at August 28, 2026 07:31 PM (JM9I6

Also potassium, calcium and iron but you don't want to triple up the necessary amount .

Posted by: polynikes at August 28, 2026 07:38 PM (KC5Lt)

180 I extend a can of cream of chicken soup with chicken and some canned veggies. My standard pot gives about three meals from it.
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Right, it's convenient. But make a Roux, with butter or bacon fat maybe, and a nice thick Milk gravy.... season as you like. It's always way better than anything out of a can.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 07:38 PM (99A9t)

181 I don't recall her giving a fact out ever.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:21 PM (uhVAy)
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To her credit, she believes conservatives are simply ignorant not evil, like most leftists.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:37 PM (RIvkX)

I doubt it, I'm sure she thinks we are evil too. Just clever enough to not say it.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 07:38 PM (uhVAy)

182 This transfers directly to factory work. They go to the factory and intrinsically understand how stuff works. Something that is almost genetic with us and totally alien to the Chinese.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 07:34 PM (VPNgR)
=====

SMR

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:39 PM (RIvkX)

183 Everybody seems Normal till you get to know them...
Posted by: Common Tater

Green-haired nose-ring crazy-eye woman above could never seem normal.

Posted by: mindful webworker - 'get to know me at August 28, 2026 07:39 PM (oq2IS)

184 145
I thought the King was a queen

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 07:27 PM (/QHx4)

He has someone put toothpaste on his toothbrush for him.

Of course he's a queen.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 07:39 PM (dEHLq)

185 My mother still makes iced tea sugarless, adding sugar into the glass does nothing for it

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 07:40 PM (Ia/+0)

186 Green-haired nose-ring crazy-eye woman above could never seem normal.
Posted by: mindful webworker - 'get to know me at August 28, 2026 07:39 PM (oq2IS)

Hysterical, hideous and brainless is no way to go through life, honey.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 07:40 PM (dEHLq)

187 I don't believe in modern love.
Posted by: zombie David Bowie at August 28, 2026 07:12 PM (MWfyi)

Now do Adult Education

Posted by: Daryl at August 28, 2026 07:41 PM (/+uur)

188 149 If I woke up one morning and there was a Pope Mohammed I wouldn't bat an eye.
Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 07:28 PM (MWfyi)

153 And I don't care about commas if you want commas put em in your damnself.
Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 07:30 PM (MWfyi)

It's not so much that you needed commas, it's that the "I" after "Mohammed" is ambiguously the subject of the sentence or a numeral indicating "the First."

bzzzt

You coulda done this:

If I woke up one morning and there was a Pope Mohammed then I wouldn't bat an eye.

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 07:41 PM (odBC9)

189
I can't eat swiss cheese. It smells like a dirty diaper.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 07:41 PM (/QHx4)

190 My mother always made it with SWISS cheese.
So I guess it was more of a Swiss onion soup.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 07:37 PM (FZ29D)
~~~~~

Gruyere is the cheese of choice for French Onion Soup, and Swiss is the common man's Gruyere. It's half the price and it's what sensible people like us use!

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 28, 2026 07:41 PM (3ImbR)

191 Cafe is up!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 07:41 PM (NcvvS)

192 My mother still makes iced tea sugarless, adding sugar into the glass does nothing for it
Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 07:40 PM (Ia/+0)
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My aunt z"l would hold a sugar cube in her teeth and drink tea through it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:41 PM (RIvkX)

193 It was more like a V7.
Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 07:33 PM (MWfyi)

220
221 whatever it takes

Posted by: Daryl at August 28, 2026 07:42 PM (/+uur)

194 Posted by: tcn in AK

There you go again, asking all these questions.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 07:42 PM (VJ0w/)

195 Back in the day, they had Normal Colleges

Posted by: Miklos notes a General Decline at August 28, 2026 07:42 PM (4RYRd)

196 Which moron is going to dial the number on the poster?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:42 PM (RIvkX)

197 185 My mother still makes iced tea sugarless, adding sugar into the glass does nothing for it
Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 07:40 PM (Ia/+0)

Sun tea, made in the sun, has a natural sweetness to it.

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 07:42 PM (odBC9)

198 =====

SMR

Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Is that a buy tip?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 07:42 PM (VPNgR)

199 Cream of Sum Yon Guy

Posted by: Daryl at August 28, 2026 07:43 PM (/+uur)

200 off sox

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 07:43 PM (/+uur)

201 192 My aunt z"l would hold a sugar cube in her teeth and drink tea through it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2026 07:41 PM (RIvkX)

Haha!

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 07:43 PM (odBC9)

202 195 Back in the day, they had Normal Colleges
Posted by: Miklos notes a General Decline at August 28, 2026 07:42 PM (4RYRd)

Somebody should enroll that green haired bitch there. Maybe they could teach her some restraint. If that doesn't work, we could hire someone to smack her upside her head every time she opens her pie hole.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 07:43 PM (dEHLq)

203 191 Cafe is up!
Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 07:41 PM (NcvvS)

Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 07:44 PM (odBC9)

204 "Green-haired Nose-ring Crazy-eye Woman" was the prophetic flip side of Sugarloaf's "Green Eyed Lady" single.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 07:44 PM (MWfyi)

205 Mulligatawny soup is pretty good. I may have had a more Americanized version of it though. I didn't know it was Tamil-Indian originated curry soup until just now.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2026 07:44 PM (wVcYX)

206 If I had EVER acted out the way these women who post these obnoxious videos do, my mother would have smacked my into next Sunday.

Same is true of kids screaming all the damned time. My mother was not tolerant of bad behavior and didn't write any of it off due to age or development.

Do the crime, you cheek would show it. I might still have a wooden spoon dent in one side.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 07:45 PM (dEHLq)

207 Fathers
I have several friend with no father and at 18 they marched themselves of the the Marines or Army.
They have a real life now.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 07:46 PM (/+uur)

208 Just down to the arms and hands to this Gigantic 3D printed Galactus.

It's going to stand over 30 inches tall.

I think this deserves a scotch and some sour patch gummies.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 28, 2026 07:46 PM (XV/Pl)

209 Nood.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 28, 2026 07:48 PM (0CU3H)

210 >>>And now you're all talking about soup.

Some of you are in that poster above. Tell the truth.

Posted by: JackStraw

>AOSHQ blog has become a chat line. Greetings and salutations.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 28, 2026 07:51 PM (SK+av)

211 >>191 Cafe is up!
Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 07:41 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: m at August 28, 2026 07:44 PM (odBC9)

Thanks, m!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 07:59 PM (NcvvS)

212 There are all these "MN Nices Hates ICE" in my neighborhood. Yes, Minnesota is nice and hateful. Hateful people are the best.

Posted by: Dave at August 28, 2026 09:30 PM (sbsMc)

"Christian" Pastor and Heterosexual Heart-Breaker James Talarico: The Assassment That Christians are the Villains In Society Is "Spot On"

I wish I lived in Texas so I could vote for this super-duper S-Tier Christian.

In an episode published on August 5, Van Lathan Jr., host of Higher Learning, went on an extensive rant proclaiming that American Christians nationwide are "villains" and "mean people" who he expected to see "saying something wild," all while Talarico laughed and nodded in agreement. Talarico then told Lathan Jr. that he didn't believe that Christianity as "defining someone as a good person" was dead, but agreed that his "assessment is spot on."
Talarico's strain of "good person" Christianity comes from St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, headed by Jim Rigby. Rigby has employed the use of an "inclusive Bible" that forbids solely masculine pronouns for God and considers the use of titles like "King" or "Lord" for Jesus Christ to be akin to "rape culture." St. Andrew's Presbyterian distributes sexually explicit books to children with the message that "God is queer, and funds Planned Parenthood and trans youth summer camps.

SCOOP: In a 2025 appearance on the Higher Learning podcast, Democrat candidate James Talarico called the idea that Christians are the "villains" of American society "spot on." pic.twitter.com/GYE7lSHbvs
— Joe Chalfant (@JoeChalfant) August 27, 2026

Bonus: Sonny Hostin pressured a DA to drop trespass charges against her son, with the "Don't you know who I am?" maneuver.

The DA supposedly rejected this pressure -- but surprise surprise, her son got a sweetheart deal requiring only that he go to a three hour "course" and the charges will be ultimately expunged.

The entitled son of "The View" co-host Sunny Hostin had to complete a court-ordered course to get his Westchester County trespassing case dismissed -- despite his celeb mom's two-month-long campaign to make the case disappear.
Ivy League-educated Gabriel Hostin, 24, was nabbed trespassing on Metro-North Railroad tracks in New Rochelle on June 16 and hit with a trespassing violation. During his arrest, his famous mom was caught on bodycam trying to throw her weight around with cops at the scene.
"My name is Sunny Hostin and I'm one of the co-hosts of 'The View' and I'm a former federal prosecutor," she told cops. "That's my son. He's a Harvard graduate, he doesn't have a criminal record."
According to sources, she didn't let up after that, and consistently hammered away at the Westchester County District Attorney's Office to make it all go away without any recourse.
The younger Hostin eventually agreed to accept a deal, which required him to take part in a three-hour Fresh Start course, which the Westchester DA's Office said is a "pre-arraignment diversion program that provides eligible first-time, low-level offenders" with a chance to have the cases dismissed.
Gabriel Hostin completed the course on Aug. 20, and the prosecutors have sent a letter to the court requesting that the charges be dismissed after completion of the course.

To be honest, it's a minor offense and I wouldn't expect there to be a serious penalty for it. But then, Sonny Hostin, who claims to be a lawyer, would have realized the penalty would have been a slap on the wrist with the charges expunged after a minor pre-trial diversion.

But she was determined that her son should receive no penalty at all.

Because she's on The View. Why she imagines that's a credit, I don't know.

So f*** that bitch Sonny Hostin and her incredibly privileged form of "oppression."

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:40 PM

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1 Omg

Posted by: the country place that no one knows about at August 28, 2026 05:40 PM (jrgJz)

2 Talerico is literally an anti-christ.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 28, 2026 05:41 PM (XV/Pl)

3 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at August 28, 2026 05:45 PM (EJE3y)

4 I wish I lived in Texas so I could vote for this super-duper S-Tier Christian.

We...don't understand the problem.

Posted by: Hundreds of Thousands of Ethnic Chinese living in China but born on US soil at August 28, 2026 05:45 PM (FKi1y)

5 "Talarico's strain of "good person" Christianity comes from St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, headed by Jim Rigby. Rigby has employed the use of an "inclusive Bible" that forbids solely masculine pronouns for God and considers the use of titles like "King" or "Lord" for Jesus Christ to be akin to "rape culture." St. Andrew's"

This is pretty standard for the PCUSA . There's a pastor near me who's "rewriting the Bible"
To do this. I know about it- not because I attend to his church- but I know a musician who does.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 05:46 PM (JrHfD)

6 Some people just can’t quit us.
Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 05:43 PM (ZdaMQ)

https://youtu.be/T575Pbo4eWM?t=6

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 05:47 PM (ExV1e)

7 Rigby has employed the use of an "inclusive Bible" that forbids solely masculine pronouns for God and considers the use of titles like "King" or "Lord" for Jesus Christ to be akin to "rape culture."

That's retarded.

Posted by: Delurker at August 28, 2026 05:47 PM (2Drhq)

8 Dear Mr. Talarico,

I say this as a God creating Christian:

Fuck. You.

*****************************

Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 28, 2026 05:48 PM (SRRAx)

9 I wish I lived in Texas so I could vote for this super-duper S-Tier Christian.

You'd spend the first eight months shedding.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 05:48 PM (ExV1e)

10 Bonus: Sonny Hostin pressured a DA to drop trespass charges against her son, with the "Don't you know who I am?" maneuver.

The DA supposedly rejected this pressure -- but surprise surprise, her son got a sweetheart deal requiring only that he go to a three hour "course" and the charges will be ultimately expunged.

---------------

How could anybody have doubted that a judge would not be on the Hostins' side? After all, they are of a higher class where laws don't apply, laws are for the little people.

Posted by: Decaf at August 28, 2026 05:48 PM (ZNpJk)

11 This Talarico kid is something of a twat, isn't he?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 05:48 PM (dEHLq)

12 Been getting donation ads for this gay commie twink on YouTube.

Not amused.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 05:49 PM (xcxpd)

13 So we've moved from "I'm not a leftist radical, but just a decent normal Christian," to "Gosh, Christians are really the worst!"

You what's really powerful persuasion? Telling religious people that they are totally wrong and don't understand their own faith. Always wins them over.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 05:49 PM (ZOv7s)

14 To do this. I know about it- not because I attend to his church- but I know a musician who does.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August

People may say what they will about my Bible Belt evangelical Church all they want, but this kind of garbage (pronounced gar-bagghheee) would not and does not fly. The Bible is the Bible is the Bible is the Bible.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 05:49 PM (ZdaMQ)

15 Rigby has employed the use of an "inclusive Bible" that forbids solely masculine pronouns for God and considers the use of titles like "King" or "Lord" for Jesus Christ to be akin to "rape culture."

That's retarded.
Posted by: Delurker at August 28, 2026 05:47 PM (2Drhq)
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And also gay.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 05:49 PM (ZOv7s)

16 11 This Talarico kid is something of a twat, isn't he?

And something of a Twink.

Posted by: Delurker at August 28, 2026 05:49 PM (2Drhq)

17 Oh, yeah. This blasphemous pervert is going to run away with it in Texas. That's the kind of guy we have been looking for.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 05:49 PM (0U5gm)

18 "God-fearing"

Sheesh 🙄🙄🙄

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 28, 2026 05:50 PM (SRRAx)

19 The Democrats are running a guy who says Christians are evil, God is non-binary, snd his church celebrates atheism.

He's a vegetarian in beef country and met his wife at a gay bar.

And the polls confidently tell you he is winning.

This pretty much sums up my opinion on polling this year.

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 28, 2026 05:50 PM (mShBj)

20 This is pretty standard for the PCUSA . There's a pastor near me who's "rewriting the Bible"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 05:46 PM (JrHfD)

If you don't like the instruction book, why stay for the whole class?

If you need to write a different Bible, then you aren't a Christian, by definition.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 05:50 PM (dEHLq)

21 Presbyterians ain’t what used to be.

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 28, 2026 05:50 PM (KGj36)

22 Talarico says Christians are villains. But people are believing polls which say Talarico is ahead. Tell the Black Christians in Texas that and they'll have another reason not to vote for him. Same with White and Hispanic Christians. He might win college professors and AWFLs but not many other people

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 05:51 PM (EZWVc)

23 This is pretty standard for the PCUSA . There's a pastor near me who's "rewriting the Bible"
To do this. I know about it- not because I attend to his church- but I know a musician who does.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 05:46 PM (JrHfD)
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Isn't David French Presbyterian as well?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 05:51 PM (ZOv7s)

24 Oh, just for the record, when he first got the nomination, I did see a few signs for him around town. Since then, and with all of the revelations, they have all disappeared, and I don't live in a place where people steal signs.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 05:51 PM (0U5gm)

25 This pretty much sums up my opinion on polling this year.
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 28, 2026 05:50 PM (mShBj)

Dave be preachin'!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 05:51 PM (xcxpd)

26 So, do we all just get to re-write The Bible?
More Parables! Less Numbers! More Solomon! Less Kings!

Posted by: Delurker at August 28, 2026 05:52 PM (2Drhq)

27 The only signs I see in my neighborhood are for Talarico.

The inmates have taken over the asylum....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 28, 2026 05:52 PM (SRRAx)

28 People may say what they will about my Bible Belt evangelical Church all they want, but this kind of garbage (pronounced gar-bagghheee) would not and does not fly. The Bible is the Bible is the Bible is the Bible.
Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 05:49 PM (ZdaMQ)

To be fair, Catholics will tell you that you are missing a few books, but other than that, absolutely.

Once you mess with the Word of God, you have officially messed with Jesus, and that never goes well.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 05:52 PM (dEHLq)

29 >>Presbyterians ain’t what used to be.

I am. The church most definitely is not.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 05:52 PM (viF8m)

30 Further to the Hostins case, she might as well have said "Let them eat cake" and be done with democracy and equality.

Posted by: Decaf at August 28, 2026 05:52 PM (ZNpJk)

31 This is pretty standard for the PCUSA . There's a pastor near me who's "rewriting the Bible"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

My astute grandmother described churches that don't follow the Bible:

Country clubs without the golf course.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 05:53 PM (0U5gm)

32 And the polls confidently tell you he is winning.

This pretty much sums up my opinion on polling this year.
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla
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Well, you always have the new fangled prediction markets that are the derivative of polling to rely upon.

Super scientific--honest Injun.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:53 PM (E4rtv)

33 I don’t think I’ll get more satisfaction out of any election result than when in the evening of November 3, even before I want to go to bed (and I usually retire early), Talarico is declared a big loser. He’s more annoying than Beto, which is very difficult to accomplish but he easily clears that bar.

Look out, Jim Rigby & Talarico (and Paw Paw):
But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. — Galatians 1:8-9

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 05:53 PM (M+uMR)

34 And the polls confidently tell you he is winning.

This pretty much sums up my opinion on polling this year.
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 28, 2026 05:50 PM

You can DEFINITELY trust the polls.

Posted by: Francesca Hong at August 28, 2026 05:53 PM (2Ez/1)

35 Thank heavens he went to Harvard and his mother is a professional Karen. Anyone else would have been arraigned, tried, and fined in nothing flat.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 05:53 PM (B1b0T)

36 27 The only signs I see in my neighborhood are for Talarico.

The inmates have taken over the asylum....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 28, 2026 05:52 PM (SRRAx)

I think leftists have to post signs because their entire identity is tied up in their virtue signalling. The rest of us don't need to put a sign--we just go vote.

And how many yard signs have actually swayed any voter?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 05:53 PM (dEHLq)

37 And the polls confidently tell you he is winning.

This pretty much sums up my opinion on polling this year.
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 28, 2026 05:50 PM (mShBj)
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It's obviously an op, and before Labor Day, no one cares. The goal is purely to goose donations and maybe create a bandwagon effect. As we get closer to the election "the race will tighten" so the poll can retain its viability. Happens every cycle.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 05:54 PM (ZOv7s)

38 Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 05:49 PM (ZdaMQ)

Believe it or not, there are actually conservative Christians in NJ. Some of them are PCA which is a split off from PCUSA, the Anglican Church in NJ and various evangelical / non denominational churches.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 05:54 PM (JrHfD)

39 The more I read about this Talarico guy, the weirder he seems to be.
He makes Beto seem almost like a macho man.
And the dems seriously think this guy is gonna get elected in Texas if they just spend enough money promoting him?
Amazing.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 28, 2026 05:54 PM (Lo97M)

40 Newsweek: James Talarico is fighting a two-front war. While he is engaged in a toe-to-toe race against Ken Paxton, Jasmine Crockett told CNN she has no plans to join Talarico on the campaign trail.

Crockett called Talarico to congratulate him and endorsed his candidacy. Absolute nothingburger. Talarico is crushing it and she doesn't want to get in his way. She is focusing on downballot races which also need to be assisted to give us a House majority.

Nah, she's intentionally pissing in the punch bowl because she lost. Even Haley Stevens (which was a significantly more contentious primary) endorsed Abdul El-Sayed and is campaigning for him. She's a sore loser corporate shill.

Have the corporate media gotten you sufficiently mad at the black person yet whose already endorsed the candidate?

Read thd room. People see this for what it is. Her career in politics is done. She’s setting herself up for a lucrative private sector career. The majority of Democratic voters will not forgive her for this and her coziness with Israel. And she knows it.

If we miss out on turning Texas blue…

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 28, 2026 05:54 PM (FKi1y)

41 > >Presbyterians ain’t what used to be.

I am. The church most definitely is not.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Preach it. To coin a phrase.

A lot of Christians aren't what they used to be.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 05:55 PM (2Cry5)

42 Oh, and this gem:

There will likely never be a chance better than this. 1. Trump has record low approval ratings. 2. Paxton is the crookiest crook who ever crooned. 3. Talarico is a dem candidate that moderate Republicans can actually stand. He is a devout Christian, he has worked to lower prescription drug costs, and he looks like he just stepped out of a Normal Rockwell painting.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 28, 2026 05:55 PM (FKi1y)

43 Besides the weekend is here
Talarico can go screw himself

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 05:55 PM (Ia/+0)

44 My astute grandmother described churches that don't follow the Bible:

Country clubs without the golf course.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

Heretics that are likely hell bound. People don't get to tell the Lord what he likes and doesn't like. They ain't the boss of him. So when they rewrite his Holy Word to something more of their liking, they become hateful to him.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:55 PM (E4rtv)

45 38- meant "the Anglican Church in North America."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 05:55 PM (JrHfD)

46
OUT: The Self-Gassing "Jew."
IN: The Self-Crucifying "Christian."

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 05:55 PM (9c4Eu)

47 I think Talarico's prostrate massages are going so deep they're giving him further brain damage.

And according to MSNow, he has a great shot at Texas.
A fabulous shot.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 05:56 PM (Sco7b)

48 That little dickens is really a devil isn't he?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 05:56 PM (hPgrk)

49 I am. The church most definitely is not.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 05:52 PM (viF8m)
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One of my best friends from college was Presbyterian and his church went woke. He and his wife now attend my parish are are going through the conversion process, entering the Church at Easter. Their son did so and that got them interested.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 05:57 PM (ZOv7s)

50 Rigby has employed the use of an "inclusive Bible" that forbids solely masculine pronouns for God and considers the use of titles like "King" or "Lord" for Jesus Christ to be akin to "rape culture."

That's retarded.
Posted by: Delurker
_______

Some nutty Lutheran pastors were on the cutting edge of this a few years ago with The Sparkle Creed:

"I believe in the non-binary God whose pronouns are plural.

I believe in Jesus Christ, their child, who wore a fabulous tunic and had two dads and saw everyone as a sibling-child of God.

I believe in the rainbow Spirit, who shatters our image of one white light and refracts it into a rainbow of gorgeous diversity..."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 05:57 PM (XvL8K)

51 And how many yard signs have actually swayed any voter?

I believe there is a segment of the voting public whose most important thing is to be on the winning side. If they see a majority of their neighbors supporting one candidate, they may think "Well, they can't all be wrong, can they."

Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 05:57 PM (vTZFs)

52 If Talarico gets any more "Christian", he'll start sporting horns and a tail.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 28, 2026 05:57 PM (oji8u)

53 Whig - LOL I have a screen shot of the final day of the Wisconsin Kalshi market that I use when I reply to any post about those markets.

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 28, 2026 05:57 PM (mShBj)

54 None of these dudes would last thirty seconds in my part of the world. Blasphemy is not acceptable. They are full of garbage and would be told so.

Posted by: Case at August 28, 2026 05:57 PM (VrYHL)

55 Christians are the “villains?”?????

How does this guy imagine he’s more Christian than any other Christian ever?
Is he more Christian than Christ??

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:57 PM (4KUe5)

56 There will likely never be a chance better than this. 1. Trump has record low approval ratings. 2. Paxton is the crookiest crook who ever crooned. 3. Talarico is a dem candidate that moderate Republicans can actually stand. He is a devout Christian, he has worked to lower prescription drug costs, and he looks like he just stepped out of a Normal Rockwell painting.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

The rejoinder to that word salad is made by the Judge in My Cousin Vinny is appropriate here--" Mr Gambino, are you on drugs?"

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:57 PM (E4rtv)

57 Talarico looks like he just stepped out of the "Chucky" movie.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 05:58 PM (PbWRL)

58 "My name is Sunny Hostin and I'm one of the co-hosts of 'The View' and I'm a former federal prosecutor," she told cops. "That's my son. He's a Harvard graduate, he doesn't have a criminal record."

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Black Privilege.

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 05:58 PM (9c4Eu)

59 2. Paxton is the crookiest crook who ever crooned

Croonin' Ken Paxton, appearing all this week in the Longbranch Room. Try the veal.

Posted by: Delurker at August 28, 2026 05:58 PM (2Drhq)

60 I don't recall one instance of Jesus telling people to ignore sins and just be nice to everybody. Not one.

But then, I didn't rewrite my Bible. Apparently that was a missed opportunity.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 05:58 PM (dEHLq)

61 I wish I lived in Texas so I could vote for this super-duper S-Tier Christian.

Ace, as Lyle Lovett sang, "That's right, you're not from Texas, but Texas wants you anyway."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 05:58 PM (0sNs1)

62 53 Whig - LOL I have a screen shot of the final day of the Wisconsin Kalshi market that I use when I reply to any post about those markets.
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla

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Hong's chance of winning that evening sunk faster than the Titanic.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:59 PM (E4rtv)

63 And how many yard signs have actually swayed any voter?
Posted by: tcn in AK

In 2016 it was considered quite important to the Trump campaign.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 05:59 PM (FKi1y)

64 I was at the gym the other day with Joe "Ironman" Biden and we both bench pressed 55 Lbs at 5 reps.

So, Joe and me are ready to kick your ass you MAGA Rednecks !!!!

Posted by: James Talarico at August 28, 2026 05:59 PM (ZITfF)

65 I've been assured Talarico is winning Texas by a billion gazillion votes. We might as well quit and all go St. Andrew's Presbyterian now.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 28, 2026 06:00 PM (oji8u)

66 Talarico's strain of "good person" Christianity comes from St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, headed by Jim Rigby. Rigby has employed the use of an "inclusive Bible" that forbids solely masculine pronouns for God and considers the use of titles like "King" or "Lord" for Jesus Christ to be akin to "rape culture." St. Andrew's"

Manufacturing the millstones all quick-like, boss.

Posted by: A whole lot of drowning is warranted at August 28, 2026 06:00 PM (TbWk/)

67 And how many yard signs have actually swayed any voter?
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 05:53 PM (dEHLq)
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They are actually very influential in local elections, which is why there are shenanigans. If you have a low-visibility race, seeing lots of signs for a candidate makes you wonder who that is.

For governor and up, it's kind of silly.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:00 PM (ZOv7s)

68 Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 05:57 PM (XvL8K)

I prefer the Apostle's Creed.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 06:00 PM (JrHfD)

69 "'Assassment?' that must be a typo"

*reads post*

"Nope. Checks out."

Posted by: 29Victor at August 28, 2026 06:00 PM (0MjtC)

70 Talarico looks like he just stepped out of the "Chucky" movie.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 05:58 PM (PbWRL)

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He's right out of central casting for the Norman Bates role in a #Woke Tranny remake of "Psycho."

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:00 PM (9c4Eu)

71 Some nutty Lutheran pastors were on the cutting edge of this a few years ago with The Sparkle Creed:

"I believe in the non-binary God whose pronouns are plural.

I believe in Jesus Christ, their child, who wore a fabulous tunic and had two dads and saw everyone as a sibling-child of God.

I believe in the rainbow Spirit, who shatters our image of one white light and refracts it into a rainbow of gorgeous diversity..."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 05:57 PM (XvL8K)

Holy crap, literally.

Might as well be a Unitarian if you're gonna go for crap like that.

*spit*

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 06:01 PM (dEHLq)

72 60 I don't recall one instance of Jesus telling people to ignore sins and just be nice to everybody. Not one.

But then, I didn't rewrite my Bible. Apparently that was a missed opportunity.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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You could have made yourself a hero in that book by doing that. Mary Sueing the Bible by editing.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:01 PM (E4rtv)

73 Number of Christians in Texas fooled by this guy: 0

Number of fake Christians in Texas pretending to be fooled by this guy: 6

Everyone else will vote for whoever else is running against Talarico*.

* Problem is, Talarico's negative press is so overwhelming that it sucks the oxygen out of everyone else's campaign. Probably half of Texans don't even know who else is in the race.

Posted by: zombie at August 28, 2026 06:01 PM (Av6i5)

74 Sonny Hostin pressured a DA to drop trespass charges against her son, with the "Don't you know who I am?" maneuver.

"BLACK PRIVALAGE" .........

Posted by: Jackson K. at August 28, 2026 06:01 PM (2WXOn)

75 So f*** that bitch Sonny Hostin and her incredibly privileged form of "oppression."

Like I said before, she's damn lucky that she isn't scraping her son's splattered corpse into a small box for a closed casket funeral.

Pity she never taught him to stay away from the train tracks.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 28, 2026 06:01 PM (vJrRc)

76 Maybe Talarico wants to become the anti-Christ

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 06:02 PM (Ia/+0)

77 >>Gabriel Hostin, 24, was nabbed trespassing on Metro-North Railroad tracks in New Rochelle

There has to be more to this. What was he doing on the tracks?

Just walking? Something else?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 06:02 PM (ImuKY)

78 76 Maybe Talarico wants to become the anti-Christ
Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 06:02 PM (Ia/+0)

Have I got good news for him!

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 06:03 PM (ZdaMQ)

79 The rejoinder to that word salad is made by the Judge in My Cousin Vinny is appropriate here--" Mr Gambino, are you on drugs?"
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:57 PM (E4rtv)
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I think the part about how moderate Republican Christians liking the guy was the most delusional thing I've read since...last thread.

I've mentioned this before, but one of my neighborhood Yard Sign Calvinists ("By this sign I am saved and you're not!") has a sign reading "Imagine all the people living life in peace" next to "Free Palestine!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:03 PM (ZOv7s)

80 * Problem is, Talarico's negative press is so overwhelming that it sucks the oxygen out of everyone else's campaign. Probably half of Texans don't even know who else is in the race.
Posted by: zombie at August 28, 2026 06:01 PM (Av6i5)
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Well, that's not necessarily a bad thing.

I know we want people to vote FOR their guy, but Talarico is so toxic I can see a lot of people voting AGAINST him just because he's a deranged heretical nutcase.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:03 PM (FZ29D)

81 I don't recall one instance of Jesus telling people to ignore sins and just be nice to everybody. Not one.

But then, I didn't rewrite my Bible. Apparently that was a missed opportunity.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 05:58 PM (dEHLq)

Jesus was most definitely not all sweetness and light. He spoke more about hell than heaven…

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. — Matthew 23:14

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 06:03 PM (M+uMR)

82 ...he looks like he just stepped out of a Normal Rockwell painting.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

The rejoinder to that word salad is made by the Judge in My Cousin Vinny is appropriate here--" Mr Gambino, are you on drugs?"
Posted by: whig

I had to go back and look him up again. He's the most boring, generic white dude ever. Rockwell's people had character.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:03 PM (FKi1y)

83 St. Andrew's Presbyterian distributes sexually explicit books to children with the message that "God is queer..."

Well, we know Allah's a fag, so he's half right.

Posted by: zombie at August 28, 2026 06:04 PM (Av6i5)

84 77 There has to be more to this. What was he doing on the tracks?

My guess, he was going down to the crossroads. One should never go down to the crossroads. Nothing good can come of that.

Posted by: Delurker at August 28, 2026 06:04 PM (2Drhq)

85 * Problem is, Talarico's negative press is so overwhelming that it sucks the oxygen out of everyone else's campaign. Probably half of Texans don't even know who else is in the race.
Posted by: zombie at August 28, 2026 06:01 PM (Av6i5)
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He's at the top of the ticket, and that's going to kneecap all the down ballot races. Same dynamic as in Michigan.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:04 PM (ZOv7s)

86 You could have made yourself a hero in that book by doing that. Mary Sueing the Bible by editing.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:01 PM (E4rtv)

I expect my new and improved version of the Koran to be very popular.

Muslims will be able to enjoy bacon, dogs, music and I'm upping the number of Jihad virgins to 100!

And 10% less bitchy!

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 06:05 PM (Sco7b)

87 Heh - Those Reddit posts are so typical. Seems like the prevailing view of Republican voters is always they are stupid and can be conned.

Which is the current rationale for Dems winning in IA, NC, GA and TX.

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 28, 2026 06:05 PM (aT0AP)

88 Kalshi betting has Talarico and Paxton even at 50/50 with Talarico trending slightly up

Election will be determined by Trump and the economy issues.

Name calling may be fun but it also has downsides of provoking more enthusiasm from opposition

Posted by: Aliss at August 28, 2026 06:05 PM (gk5rj)

89 Say what you will about the Christians, at least they're not Jews.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 06:05 PM (ndZc7)

90 Exactly, Piper!

If you believe you are a good person for revising God’s word for modern times, more empathic and wise than Jesus, well, you’re in for a surprise.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 06:05 PM (4KUe5)

91 Jimmy has THE most punchable neck. There's no chin to get in the way.

Posted by: huerfano at August 28, 2026 06:05 PM (2Xqig)

92 Posted last night in the Café:

A Canadian on DU is touting a graphic reputedly shown on MSNOW:

"New polling shown on MSNOW graphic right now is very encouraging!

A Survey Center at Texas Southern University Poll from Aug. 18-21 shows:

Bobby Pulido (D) leading 50-45 for the House,
James Talarico(D) leading Ken Paxton 50-42,
and in the Governors race, Hinojosa leading Abbott 47-44.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 06:05 PM (0sNs1)

93 So when they rewrite his Holy Word to something more of their liking, they become hateful to him.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:55 PM (E4rtv)

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I wonder if anyone has ever endeavored to temporarily transform the HOLLYWOOD sign to read HOLY WORD?

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:05 PM (9c4Eu)

94 >>One of my best friends from college was Presbyterian and his church went woke. He and his wife now attend my parish are are going through the conversion process, entering the Church at Easter. Their son did so and that got them interested.

When I was a kid, we belonged to a really wonderful Presbyterian church. Multiple generations. My next door neighbor was not just my Sunday School teacher, he was also my best friend's dad. This made skipping Sunday School problematic.

He was a great guy and a great teacher. I know what I believe and what he taught me has stuck with me, mostly. I miss the fellowship but not what the church has become. Still a Christian, just do it on my own now.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:05 PM (viF8m)

95 St. Andrew's Presbyterian distributes sexually explicit books to children with the message that "God is queer..."

Well, we know Allah's a fag, so he's half right.
Posted by: zombie at August 28, 2026 06:04 PM (Av6i5)

Nope. Allah is a figment of a deranged pervert pedophiles imagination. Not God.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 06:05 PM (zZu0s)

96 I know we want people to vote FOR their guy, but Talarico is so toxic I can see a lot of people voting AGAINST him just because he's a deranged heretical nutcase.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:03 PM (FZ29D)
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Remind me of Dave Barry's description of the 1984 election: "Mondale lost so massive that long after Election Day, people kept showing up at the polls demanding an opportunity to vote against him again."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:06 PM (ZOv7s)

97 64 I was at the gym the other day with Joe "Ironman" Biden and we both bench pressed 55 Lbs at 5 reps.

So, Joe and me are ready to kick your ass you MAGA Rednecks !!!!
Posted by: James Talarico

Dudes! Quite hogging the bench! I need to get my reps in, and my bodyweight is too low to make push-ups challenging.

Posted by: Zombie RBG, still outworking her personal trainer at August 28, 2026 06:07 PM (FKi1y)

98 I believe in Jesus Christ, their child, who wore a fabulous tunic and had two dads and saw everyone as a sibling-child of God.

Wait, two dads? God and Joseph? But they just said God is non-binary. Or do they think Mary was trans? This is as confusing as it is blasphemous.

Posted by: Delurker at August 28, 2026 06:07 PM (2Drhq)

99 Just walking? Something else?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

Rescuing poor orphaned packages thoughtlessly tossed off the train by someone else's feral spawn?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 28, 2026 06:07 PM (vJrRc)

100 Gabriel Hostin, 24, was nabbed trespassing on Metro-North Railroad tracks in New Rochelle

There has to be more to this. What was he doing on the tracks?

Just walking? Something else?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

Technically, just being in the ROW is federal trespassing. Rarely enforced, but it can be.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 06:07 PM (wOO3z)

101 "...he looks like he just stepped out of a Normal Rockwell painting."

Yes, if "Norman Rockwell" is actually a typo for "Andres Serrano".

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 28, 2026 06:07 PM (oji8u)

102 Remind me of Dave Barry's description of the 1984 election: "Mondale lost so massive that long after Election Day, people kept showing up at the polls demanding an opportunity to vote against him again."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:06 PM (ZOv7s)
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Heh. With mail-in ballots, they might get their chance!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:07 PM (FZ29D)

103 OUT: The Self-Gassing "Jew."
IN: The Self-Crucifying "Christian."
Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 05:55 PM (9c4Eu)

Problem is you can never get the last nail in.

Posted by: Neil from The Young Ones at August 28, 2026 06:08 PM (0aYVJ)

104 God is queer....

God destroyed Sodom because it wasn't gay enough. Everyone knows that.

Posted by: zombie at August 28, 2026 06:08 PM (Av6i5)

105 That Austin church isn’t even PCUSA, but some even more demonic presbytery. Don’t lump all Presbyterians together!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 06:08 PM (D9FOj)

106 Betrayal!

RNC Research
@RNCResearch
Jasmine Crockett won’t campaign for James Talarico who she called "straight up racist."
Congress: “Will you campaign with him?”
CROCKETT: “I will be campaigning down ballot.”
CNN: “Is it an either-or? Either you excite the down-ballot? Or…”
CROCKETT: “For me it probably is.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 06:08 PM (ndZc7)

107 And how many yard signs have actually swayed any voter?
Posted by: tcn in AK

There were so many yard signs around here I got confused. I think I voted for a realtor.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 28, 2026 06:09 PM (l26NL)

108 I don't understand any thing here. In other news I may be eligible for benefits. Yay. Is that toast? Yum.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 28, 2026 06:09 PM (diia5)

109 Maybe Talarico wants to become the anti-Christ
Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 06:02 PM (Ia/+0)

Have I got good news for him!
Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 06:03 PM

Bein' dead 'n all, do you know something we don't?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 06:09 PM (0sNs1)

110 Operation Warp Speed. This Talarico guy is a shoo-in!

Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2026 06:09 PM (AydIQ)

111 Well, we know Allah's a fag, so he's half right.
Posted by: zombie

Allah is make believe. Muhammad is pansexual. He banged the men of al Zutt, many women, children, goats...quite the model for all Muslims to follow.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (FKi1y)

112 Even though I think Paxton will win , someone in Texas should slap the Bushies and say "help Paxton you arrogant nitwits. The nation is in danger from these loons"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (EZWVc)

113
Odds he becomes the Ayatollah Talarico?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (O0L8i)

114 Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 05:57 PM (XvL8K)

That made my skin crawl.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (lFFaq)

115 Remind me of Dave Barry's description of the 1984 election: "Mondale lost so massive that long after Election Day, people kept showing up at the polls demanding an opportunity to vote against him again."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:06 PM

Heh. I don't remember that one. Then there was Dennis Miller: "Mondale got stomped like a narc at a biker rally."

Posted by: Delurker at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (2Drhq)

116 St. Andrew's Presbyterian distributes sexually explicit books to children with the message that "God is queer..."

Well, we know Allah's a fag, so he's half right.
Posted by: zombie at August 28, 2026 06:04 PM (Av6i5)

Mohammed took it up the ass all night from the men of Al-Zutt.

Posted by: A bathhouse bloomed in the desert at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (TbWk/)

117 Just need a hole and heartbeat, inshallah.

Posted by: Big Mo at August 28, 2026 06:11 PM (wOO3z)

118 Villain or not, I think Talefreako probably needs to get his jaw broken, just on general principles. At least get his ass kicked.

That's a big part of the problem these days. Way too many people need an ass whoopin'. That includes a lot of nominal females, as well. All the old rules of civility and chivalry and customs, mores and traditions were thrown out long ago. It's time people recognize that. You are fair game once you become a participant.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 06:11 PM (99A9t)

119 I expect my new and improved version of the Koran to be very popular.

Muslims will be able to enjoy bacon, dogs, music and I'm upping the number of Jihad virgins to 100!

And 10% less bitchy!
Posted by: Stateless
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NYT best seller.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:11 PM (E4rtv)

120 Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 05:57 PM (XvL8K)

That made my skin crawl.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (lFFaq)
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I remember watching the video of that.

You could literally FEEL the unholiness oozing out of the computer monitor like toxic sludge.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:11 PM (FZ29D)

121 Jesus does call Christians to take up their crosses and follow Him. That is a deeper calling that many glide over. Think about how Jesus carried His cross and where He was going.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 06:12 PM (D9FOj)

122 In a 2025 appearance on the Higher Learning podcast, Democrat candidate James Talarico called the idea that Christians are the "villains" of American society "spot on."

I wish I was a democrat so I could vote for him more than once!

Side note, the latest poll at 270 to win has talerico up by 6 points over paxton. Gaslighting is in effect.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 28, 2026 06:12 PM (cpFbA)

123 Who here is surprised Jasmine Crockett isn’t campaigning for the wierdo white dude who pretends to be a Christian?

I am shocked, shocked at this!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 06:12 PM (4KUe5)

124 Bobby Pulido (D) leading 50-45 for the House,
James Talarico(D) leading Ken Paxton 50-42,
and in the Governors race, Hinojosa leading Abbott 47-44.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Damn...faking a smaller lead that you can walk back as the election gets closer to save your credibility. Why didn't I think of that!?!?

Posted by: Ann Selzer at August 28, 2026 06:12 PM (FKi1y)

125 Allah is make believe. Muhammad is pansexual. He banged the men of al Zutt, many women, children, goats...quite the model for all Muslims to follow.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (FKi1y)
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I believe "Allah" is merely God in Arabic and Arabic-speaking Christians use that word.

Mohammed did not exist. He was patched together after the fact when the Caliphs decided they needed a state religion, which is why despite being based on a book written by the founder, there are no surviving copies that were not substantially revised later.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:12 PM (ZOv7s)

126 NBC Detroit just had another Abdul ad "I'm pretty damn dangerous!"

I actually did see an ad for him "Great candidate. Terrible name..."

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 06:12 PM (Sco7b)

127 How is it possible that James Talarico could be even more gay than Pete Buttigieg? Steers and queers, cabrone.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 28, 2026 06:13 PM (SK+av)

128 Just need a hole and heartbeat, inshallah.
Posted by: Big Mo at August 28, 2026 06:11 PM

And the heartbeat is optional, at least for the first 12 hours or so.

Posted by: Big Mo at August 28, 2026 06:13 PM (0sNs1)

129 He can no longer talk about the thrill that'll get getcha when you get your picta on the cover of the Rolling Stone.

Rolling Stone
@RollingStone
Rolling Stone names Hasan Piker as one of the most influential creators of 2026

The self-declared Marxist has found himself at the center of endless controversies, thanks to his criticism of Israel on his daily streams but also because he's become the face of a movement to push Dems to the left.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 06:13 PM (ndZc7)

130 Allah is make believe. Muhammad is pansexual. He banged the men of al Zutt, many women, children, goats...quite the model for all Muslims to follow.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar
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I think the language was that he got rode hard and wet by al Zutt aka a genie. Rushdie's Satanic Verses deals with these issues in his book that got him a fatwa death sentence that damn near came close to be fulfilled by some fanatic.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:14 PM (E4rtv)

131 "Christian" Pastor and Heterosexual Heart-Breaker James Talarico: The Assassment That Christians are the Villains In Society Is "Spot On"
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Wait.

If Christians are the villains, and Talarico expresses his form of Christianity as the most perfect path, then doesn't that make HIM the villain of this story?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:14 PM (FZ29D)

132 St. Andrew's Presbyterian distributes sexually explicit books to children with the message that "God is queer, and funds Planned Parenthood and trans youth summer camps.
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Golly, they sound like United Methodists!

Posted by: Crusader at August 28, 2026 06:14 PM (TN0g+)

133 St. Andrew's Presbyterian distributes sexually explicit books to children with the message that "God is queer..."

Better a millstone be tied around his neck, and he cast into the depths of the sea…

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 06:14 PM (D9FOj)

134 "Kalshi betting has Talarico and Paxton even at 50/50 with Talarico trending slightly up"

Kalshi betting has zero predictive value. As we have learned multiple times this year.

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 28, 2026 06:14 PM (9Bu8P)

135 Talacreepo is such a weak beta cuck homosexual twink that he’ll agree with anything anyone in authority (on the left) proposes to him.

Christians are the problem? Sure. Blacks are superior? Why not? Hobo ass is the best tasting ass? Yes, I agree.

Dude has the spine of a blobfish.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 28, 2026 06:14 PM (J1FkQ)

136 But all the polls show Talarico growing his lead over Paxton!!!

We told you to vote for Cornyn!!!

/s/
Lisping weak-kneed GOP "Conservatives" and their leader, Erick Errickson.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 06:15 PM (3cUTc)

137 Heretics that are likely hell bound. People don't get to tell the Lord what he likes and doesn't like. They ain't the boss of him. So when they rewrite his Holy Word to something more of their liking, they become hateful to him.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:55 PM (E4rtv)
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Hey whig.

Proverb 30:5-6.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at August 28, 2026 06:15 PM (eGzf1)

138 I think leftists have to post signs because their entire identity is tied up in their virtue signalling. The rest of us don't need to put a sign--we just go vote.

And how many yard signs have actually swayed any voter?
Posted by: tcn in AK

I guess my "Forget the dog, beware of Owner" sign is a kind of signalling.

Posted by: Miklos pleads self defense at August 28, 2026 06:15 PM (4RYRd)

139 How is it possible that James Talarico could be even more gay than Pete Buttigieg?

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If you like penis coladas,
And getting caught in the rain,

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 06:15 PM (ndZc7)

140 Throwing a prophet token on the table. Talarico 22% revised down from my original 25% .

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 06:16 PM (PbWRL)

141 Mohammed did not exist. He was patched together after the fact when the Caliphs decided they needed a state religion, which is why despite being based on a book written by the founder, there are no surviving copies that were not substantially revised later.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

The earliest contemporary writings are only a page or two, IIRC, a nearly complete historical version did not exist until about two centuries after the alleged events.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:16 PM (E4rtv)

142 Odds he becomes the Ayatollah Talarico?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (O0L8i)

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The 12th eMom.

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:16 PM (9c4Eu)

143 All the smart pollster types think Talarico is up in Texas versus Paxton.

Shouldn't Democrats absolutely put every last nickel they can beg, borrow, or steal into the race to support him?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 06:17 PM (5KN7H)

144 Miklos, that sign is over my door.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 06:17 PM (PbWRL)

145 Golly, they sound like United Methodists!
Posted by: Crusader at August 28, 2026 06:14 PM (TN0g+)
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All the woke branches should just unite and form a church of their own that's basically no rules and nothing but good feelings and self-esteem building. The Church of Unity, and they could call themselves "Unitarians."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:17 PM (ZOv7s)

146 Hey whig.

Proverb 30:5-6.
Posted by: Blake
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Good cite.

Hope you are doing well in the SW heat island. Understand it may soon flip to rain.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:18 PM (E4rtv)

147 Christians ended slavery in Western Civilization.
Killed about a million or so White People to save Black People.
Every idea of modern education is Christian idea, just read up on the Weasley Brothers.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 06:18 PM (/+uur)

148 The more I read about this Talarico guy, the weirder he seems to be.
He makes Beto seem almost like a macho man.
And the dems seriously think this guy is gonna get elected in Texas if they just spend enough money promoting him?
Amazing.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 28, 2026 05:54 PM (Lo97M)

I think like Beto, he's a funding op for out of state donations. Money pours into his campaign, and he takes some and the backers take some and then whoops, he loses despite the rigged polls.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 06:18 PM (uhVAy)

149 All the woke branches should just unite and form a church of their own that's basically no rules and nothing but good feelings and self-esteem building. The Church of Unity, and they could call themselves "Unitarians."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Heretics has a nice ring.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:18 PM (E4rtv)

150 This wouldn't be so offensive if it wasn't obvious to anyone with eyes that Jews are the real villain.

Posted by: Done Trying at August 28, 2026 06:18 PM (rzoH1)

151 Bill Bennett was a flawed man, but he penned a book titled "The Death of Shame" that pinned many of society's problems on its unwillingness to assign or shoulder blame or shame. If "anything goes", then accountability and personal responsibility goes out the window, and reverence to God's commands does as well.

Talarico is exhibit A to this. He has no interest in Christian principles, and any that follow him are kidding themselves.

Posted by: Crusader at August 28, 2026 06:18 PM (TN0g+)

152 Even though I think Paxton will win , someone in Texas should slap the Bushies and say "help Paxton you arrogant nitwits. The nation is in danger from these loons"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (EZWVc)

The Bushies don't consider it to be 'America' if they're not in the driver's seat.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 06:19 PM (ExV1e)

153 Huck, yes they should. Give till it hurts, Dems.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 06:19 PM (PbWRL)

154 Untied Methodist does not exist

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 06:19 PM (/+uur)

155 Heh. I don't remember that one. Then there was Dennis Miller: "Mondale got stomped like a narc at a biker rally."
Posted by: Delurker at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (2Drhq)

Also Miller re: Mondale

"All I know is when I went to bed, Mondale only had three more electoral votes than me- and I didnt even run!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 06:19 PM (zZu0s)

156 145 Golly, they sound like United Methodists!
Posted by: Crusader
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More like the Untied Methodists nowadays with the schism.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:19 PM (E4rtv)

157 The earliest contemporary writings are only a page or two, IIRC, a nearly complete historical version did not exist until about two centuries after the alleged events.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:16 PM (E4rtv)
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And ALL of that was compiled via oral tradition. Granted, some of the people involved had fantastically trained memories. But there were also contradictions among various oral accounts that had to be sorted out. Not everything that was spoken of orally was written down in the original manuscript.

Competing manuscripts to the "official" Koran were destroyed whenever they were found.

The Koran that 97% of Muslims use today was finalized in the 1920s. Before that, there were a few different versions floating around.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:19 PM (FZ29D)

158 The earliest contemporary writings are only a page or two, IIRC, a nearly complete historical version did not exist until about two centuries after the alleged events.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:16 PM (E4rtv)
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Yeah, I can't remember the exact date, but there are fragments of "pre-official" Korans that are kept in vaults lest they be destroyed.

The Caliphs continued minting coins with Christian symbols, so "Mohammed" was remarkably tolerant!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:20 PM (ZOv7s)

159 I believe "Allah" is merely God in Arabic and Arabic-speaking Christians use that word.

Mohammed did not exist. He was patched together after the fact when the Caliphs decided they needed a state religion, which is why despite being based on a book written by the founder, there are no surviving copies that were not substantially revised later.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Prior to 600AD, ach village and oasis in Arabia had its own deity. A lot of them were simply called by the local villagers, "the deity,:" not nrealizing that everyone else called their local deity "the deity" too. "Al-lah" simply is the generic temr for "the deity." Mohammed (presuming he ever existed, I know*) came from Medina, where -- surprise, his local deity was also called "the deity," "Al-lah. Then he went insane and traveled to Mecca, where there was a kind of omnishrine to all the local deities-- and he smashed up everyone else's idols, proclaimed that his village's "Al-lah" was the only valid one. And then he proceeded to kill anyone who disagreed. The rest is history.

* yes, Mohammed is an historical fiction invented later; I'm just recounting their own version of events.

Posted by: zombie at August 28, 2026 06:20 PM (Av6i5)

160 Doing well, whig. We've had a pretty normal summer here. I should know, I pay the electric bills.

Revelation has a similar cite but I like when I can pull stuff like that from the Old Testament.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at August 28, 2026 06:20 PM (eGzf1)

161 The Bushies don't consider it to be 'America' if they're not in the driver's seat.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 06:19 PM (ExV1e)

Rove and that white board need to be dropped in the Strait of America

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 06:20 PM (/+uur)

162 That Talarico man is just too straight for me!

Posted by: David Hogg at August 28, 2026 06:20 PM (oqH4h)

163 Smell the Glove, the Bushs hate Paxton.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 06:20 PM (PbWRL)

164 Attention space cadets!

Trump signs order creating the United States Space Academy

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 06:21 PM (ndZc7)

165 Wait.

If Christians are the villains, and Talarico expresses his form of Christianity as the most perfect path, then doesn't that make HIM the villain of this story?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:14 PM (FZ29D)

I was questioning the logic of that as well.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 28, 2026 06:21 PM (lFFaq)

166 Paxton will be so far ahead by October, that he will decline to debate Talarico--watch.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 06:21 PM (3cUTc)

167 152 Even though I think Paxton will win , someone in Texas should slap the Bushies and say "help Paxton you arrogant nitwits. The nation is in danger from these loons"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (EZWVc)

The Bushies don't consider it to be 'America' if they're not in the driver's seat.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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They be the controlled opposition--a lot of the bad shit that happened subsequent to Reagan came from twelve years of Bushes and their corporatist minions that infiltrated politics.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:21 PM (E4rtv)

168 Mohammed did not exist. He was patched together after the fact when the Caliphs decided they needed a state religion, which is why despite being based on a book written by the founder, there are no surviving copies that were not substantially revised later.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

I dunno...the official story seems reasonable enough. He was illiterate, as were most of his followers, so most people memorized the verses and prophecies he revealed. It wasn't a huge issue until they lost the Battle of Yamama, when many verses were lost due to the death of the only people that had memorized certain parts. That started the more systematic recording of the Quran, and the destruction of the unofficial written records.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:21 PM (FKi1y)

169 All the woke branches should just unite and form a church of their own that's basically no rules and nothing but good feelings and self-esteem building. The Church of Unity, and they could call themselves "Unitarians."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:17 PM (ZOv7s)
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Already exists. Unitarian Universalist, I think, is the name.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at August 28, 2026 06:21 PM (eGzf1)

170 All the woke branches should just unite and form a church of their own that's basically no rules and nothing but good feelings and self-esteem building. The Church of Unity, and they could call themselves "Unitarians."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:17 PM (ZOv7s)

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Isn't there already a Church of Satan calling themselves "Satanists?"

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:21 PM (9c4Eu)

171 Blake !!!

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 06:22 PM (PbWRL)

172 Heretics has a nice ring.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:18 PM (E4rtv)
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They're really pagans using Christian symbols.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:22 PM (ZOv7s)

173 There must be some great anti-Talarico ads running in Texas now.

Pictures of him and the little children. Drag Queen stuff?

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 06:22 PM (Sco7b)

174 Somebody needs to shave that fucker's head and see if there's a 666 burned into it somewhere.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:22 PM (S41Gd)

175 166 Paxton will be so far ahead by October, that he will decline to debate Talarico--watch.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

I think the Indiana Jones approach to the swordsman would play best.

Talarico unleashes his word salads and Paxton, wipes his sweat on his head and just draws a revolver and shoots Talarico right there on the debate stage.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (E4rtv)

176 Talarico is just another antichrist that S'tan has at his disposal.

However, he is not the Antichrist that will rule the world for a brief time.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (Rln0i)

177 I just saw Trump is creating a new military academy, The US Space Academy.

That's pretty cool.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (viF8m)

178 The 12th eMom.
Posted by: ShainS

He'll be here all week!

And remember to jizya the sheep

Posted by: Mullah Miklos, Austere Bibulous Scholar at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (4RYRd)

179 God will take care of Talarico

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (Ia/+0)

180 Lisping weak-kneed GOP "Conservatives" and their leader...

(I'm finally getting my official recognition!)

...Erick Errickson.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Erick Errickson!?!?!!?!?!?!?!

Posted by: Tucker Carlson, looking like a dejected, stunned Miss America runner up at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (FKi1y)

181 The earliest contemporary writings are only a page or two, IIRC, a nearly complete historical version did not exist until about two centuries after the alleged events.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:16 PM (E4rtv)

I remember seeing YT videos from some dissident Islam historian that was recounting all sorts of revisionist ideas about the origins of Islam that I'm sure conventional Islam didn't like.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (uhVAy)

182 Hi Ben Had!

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (eGzf1)

183 Already exists. Unitarian Universalist, I think, is the name.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing

I think he was funning.

The UU church close to me has a fairly large congregation.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 06:24 PM (wOO3z)

184 Berserker, best comment of the month!

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 06:24 PM (PbWRL)

185 However, he is not the Antichrist that will rule the world for a brief time.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (Rln0i)
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SMH!

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at August 28, 2026 06:24 PM (eGzf1)

186 Hey Ben Had!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 06:24 PM (Rln0i)

187 Somebody needs to shave that fucker's head and see if there's a 666 burned into it somewhere.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:22 PM (S41Gd)

Got him!

Oh, wait. Never mind. It's 999.

Dang. So close!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 28, 2026 06:24 PM (0aYVJ)

188 They're really pagans using Christian symbols.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Not sure I would give them that much credit unless you are talking P.A.G.A.N.S. like in the Dragnet movie.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:24 PM (E4rtv)

189 Isn't there already a Church of Satan calling themselves "Satanists?"
Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:21 PM (9c4Eu)

They usually are LARPers, taking a bible and crossing out God and writing in the Devil in its place in crayon.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 06:25 PM (uhVAy)

190 Hey Blake!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 06:25 PM (Rln0i)

191 Bein' dead 'n all, do you know something we don't?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 06:09 PM (0sNs1

That would be a cool super power to have.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 06:25 PM (ZdaMQ)

192 173 There must be some great anti-Talarico ads running in Texas now.

Pictures of him and the little children. Drag Queen stuff?
Posted by: Stateless

Hispanics and bruthas love mixing kids and drag.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:25 PM (FKi1y)

193 Already exists. Unitarian Universalist, I think, is the name.
Posted by: Blake

And Islamic Cultural Center, I'll have you know!

Ask Mary!

Posted by: Concerned Woman of Brattleboro at August 28, 2026 06:25 PM (4RYRd)

194 However, he is not the Antichrist that will rule the world for a brief time.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (Rln0i)
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SMH!
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at August 28, 2026 06:24 PM (eGzf1)

SMH will rule the world for a brief time?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 06:25 PM (uhVAy)

195 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 06:08 PM (D9FOj

It is technically a member of the PCUSA, but its website is l
LEFTISt USA. I agree with you. There are even people in the PCUSA who are much more conservative pastors and attenders . They just don’t have enough money to officially withdraw from the denomination as a church. I think it’s best to visit certain churches to get a feel for the pastor and their preaching without assuming they are all on board with the leftism of the National group

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 06:25 PM (JrHfD)

196 Battle of Yamama
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:21 PM

The battle of Yomama continues to be fought to this day.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 28, 2026 06:25 PM (0sNs1)

197 SMH !!!

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 06:26 PM (PbWRL)

198 I remember seeing YT videos from some dissident Islam historian that was recounting all sorts of revisionist ideas about the origins of Islam that I'm sure conventional Islam didn't like.
Posted by: Oldcat

There is a reason that Islamist fanatics destroy history wherever they can reach it--it discounts the pseudo history of the Koran.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:26 PM (E4rtv)

199 I remember seeing YT videos from some dissident Islam historian that was recounting all sorts of revisionist ideas about the origins of Islam that I'm sure conventional Islam didn't like.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (uhVAy)
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One of the accounts I've seen theorizes that Islam is what you get when you've only *heard* about Christianity, but never experienced it. You hear stories about miracles and blessings, curses and damnations on the unfaithful, but you don't have the means to find out for yourself what it's all about. So you cobble together these stories into a narrative that fits your own personal worldview and make yourself into the Hero/Prophet.

The original Marty Stu.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:26 PM (FZ29D)

200 I dunno...the official story seems reasonable enough.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:21 PM (FKi1y)
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It has to be plausible for it to be accepted, but if you look at archeological evidence combined with surviving contemporaneous records, he is wholly absent. All the stuff they say about Jesus not being a real figure apply double to Mohammed.

Because he was created by a corrupt and decadent court, they had him do corrupt and decadent things, which legitimized their behavior. "Well, yeah, forcing your son to divorce his wife so you can marry her *sounds* bad, but Mohammed did it, so it's okay!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:26 PM (ZOv7s)

201 Prediction: Dems take current Repub Senate seats in ME, NC, AK, and TX, but Repubs take current Dem seats in MI, NH, GA, and MN. Media Chaos Ensues!

Posted by: Earth: The Final Season at August 28, 2026 06:26 PM (qUkBO)

202 Piper is still dead?

I do check in, but, I was not aware Piper was still morte. The things I'm late in finding out.....

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at August 28, 2026 06:27 PM (eGzf1)

203
Hispanics and bruthas love mixing kids and drag.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:25 PM (FKi1y)

Before all this crap started, Jerry Springer would have on trannies and call the dudes her.

The black guys were always great. To a man "That's a Dude!"

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 06:27 PM (Sco7b)

204 I just saw Trump is creating a new military academy, The US Space Academy.

That's pretty cool.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (viF8m)

Starfleet lives!!

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:27 PM (S41Gd)

205 All the woke branches should just unite and form a church of their own that's basically no rules and nothing but good feelings and self-esteem building.

-
The Happy Good Time Free Love Chemically Enhanced Congregation.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 06:27 PM (ndZc7)

206 Bill Bennett was a flawed man, but he penned a book titled "The Death of Shame" that pinned many of society's problems on its unwillingness to assign or shoulder blame or shame. If "anything goes", then accountability and personal responsibility goes out the window, and reverence to God's commands does as well.

Talarico is exhibit A to this. He has no interest in Christian principles, and any that follow him are kidding themselves.

Posted by: Crusader at August 28, 2026 06:18 PM (TN0g+)

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"The Death of Outrage: Bill Clinton and the Assault on American Ideals" (199

.

And five years before: "Defining Deviancy Down," a seminal 1993 essay by Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY), published in The American Scholar.

Back when there were still a few sane America-loving Democrats ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:28 PM (9c4Eu)

207 Even Enya, of all people, got into the "Goodbye Dolly Parton" song deal, and I confess to having never heard her sing before without all sorts of computer modulation and stuff.

https://tinyurl.com/yc5nxsy4

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 06:28 PM (XLsFA)

208 The guy who kicked Adam and Eve out of the Garden was mean.

Posted by: J Towellyerego. at August 28, 2026 06:28 PM (94BfP)

209 I just saw Trump is creating a new military academy, The US Space Academy.

That's pretty cool.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (viF8m)

Starfleet lives!!
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:27 PM (S41Gd)
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The Vulcans are behind this...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:28 PM (FZ29D)

210 Pastor and Heterosexual Heart-Breaker James Talarico: The Assassment...

the man with two asses?

Posted by: anachronda at August 28, 2026 06:29 PM (qdr3M)

211 The Bushies don't consider it to be 'America' if they're not in the driver's seat.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

They blew two opportunities not to disappoint. They can't get mad when we rejected Jeb! That was too much of an insult.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:29 PM (FKi1y)

212 My church is PCA, the Presbyterian Church in America. As our retired pastor emeritus likes to point out, our presbytery was still beasting the pope until the 1950s.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 06:29 PM (D9FOj)

213 >>Starfleet lives!!

Exactly. I was born too late to be a pirate and too early to go to space.

I want a do over.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:29 PM (viF8m)

214 The Happy Good Time Free Love Chemically Enhanced Congregation.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 06:27 PM (ndZc7)
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Sounds like the official religion of Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:29 PM (FZ29D)

215 Islam FEELS invented. Its essentially taking the worst parts of human nature and saying do it. Lie, cheat steal, 'hide from Allah'. Right.

That is why it is easy to see it is false.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 06:29 PM (zZu0s)

216 Not sure I would give them that much credit unless you are talking P.A.G.A.N.S. like in the Dragnet movie.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 06:24 PM (E4rtv)
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The pagan gods never went away. The fallen angels are still our there, and they're using the same temptations to snare unwary Christians, same as it aways was.

A lot of the "heresies" were seeing now are actually re-paganization, so infanticide for unwanted children, the "right" to suicide and of course limitless sexual license are all part of it.

Transgenderism hearkens back to Cybele, the Magna Mater, whose priests castrated themselves during orgiastic rites..

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:30 PM (ZOv7s)

217 Starfleet lives!!

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:27 PM (S41Gd)

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The Wifey remarked that it should be called "Starfleet Academy" when I told her the news about the Space Academy this morning.

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:30 PM (9c4Eu)

218 I want a do over.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:29 PM (viF8m)
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Buddhism awaits you.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 06:30 PM (XLsFA)

219 >>Starfleet lives!!

Exactly. I was born too late to be a pirate and too early to go to space.

I want a do over.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:29 PM (viF8m)

Man, no shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:30 PM (S41Gd)

220 04 I just saw Trump is creating a new military academy, The US Space Academy.

That's pretty cool.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (viF8m)

Starfleet lives!!
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:27 PM (S41Gd)

205
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Imperial Empire

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 28, 2026 06:31 PM (J1FkQ)

221 Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 06:24 PM (PbWRL)

Hopefully you're still on this thread.

Inspector and I won't be able to attend the MoMee this year. First one we'll have missed since getting married. Very disappointed, but his health hasn't been good enough to make the trip possible.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 28, 2026 06:31 PM (lFFaq)

222 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 06:29 PM (D9FOj

LOL. The PCA is much more conservative as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 06:31 PM (JrHfD)

223 The battle of Yomama continues to be fought to this day.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

The oil lamp of Yomama continues to burn to this day.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:32 PM (FKi1y)

224 202 Piper is still dead?

I do check in, but, I was not aware Piper was still morte. The things I'm late in finding out.....
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing

In fairness to you, the results aren’t much different.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 06:32 PM (ZdaMQ)

225 The Wifey remarked that it should be called "Starfleet Academy" when I told her the news about the Space Academy this morning.
Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:30 PM (9c4Eu)
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I dunno...

The television show was so bad I could imagine that NO ONE in the future wants to be associated with a "Starfleet Academy" ever again.

Thanks, Paramount! /sarc

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:33 PM (FZ29D)

226 >>Starfleet lives!!

Exactly. I was born too late to be a pirate and too early to go to space.

I want a do over.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:29 PM (viF8m)

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+1

As a youth growing up in the 60s and 70s, I thought for sure that I'd be out working in space by at least the year 2000 (age 39) ... which seemed SO FAR AWAY at the time ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:33 PM (9c4Eu)

227 Polliwog, I am so sorry to hear that. You will be missed.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 06:33 PM (PbWRL)

228 Here's the Nightly News bullcrap.

Detroit commercial tying Benson to El-Sayed.

-Nepal
-Clancy
-three stabbed at school
-Parent cited for tripping 9 yr old...someone has no restraint
- Dolly

Leading off
ABC - Nepal
CBS - That Milo Y guy detained by ICE
NBC - Nepal

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 06:33 PM (Sco7b)

229 219 I was born too late to be a pirate and too early to go to space. I want a do over.

Posted by: JackStraw

Man, no shit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads

There are opportunities for both!

Posted by: The Horn of Africa....or maybe Mars at August 28, 2026 06:34 PM (FKi1y)

230 121 Jesus does call Christians to take up their crosses and follow Him. That is a deeper calling that many glide over. Think about how Jesus carried His cross and where He was going.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 06:12 PM (D9FOj)

I halped.

Posted by: Simon of Cyrene at August 28, 2026 06:34 PM (xg/DD)

231 213 I was born too late to be a pirate and too early to go to space.

I want a do over.
Posted by: JackStraw[

Star
Pirate.
How fact can you race?
You'll never, never, never
Raid in space.

Posted by: zombie at August 28, 2026 06:34 PM (Av6i5)

232 121 Jesus does call Christians to take up their crosses and follow Him. That is a deeper calling that many glide over. Think about how Jesus carried His cross and where He was going.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 06:12 PM (D9FOj)

I freely admit to being a bad Christian, but to borrow from Patton, I'm much more interested in making the other sonofabitch take up his god's cross. Getting crucified isn't for me.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at August 28, 2026 06:34 PM (71pES)

233 I dunno...

The television show was so bad I could imagine that NO ONE in the future wants to be associated with a "Starfleet Academy" ever again.

Thanks, Paramount! /sarc

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:33 PM (FZ29D)

Well then fuck it. Call it stargate command. Trump gets to be System Lord

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:34 PM (S41Gd)

234 "Prophet of Doom" by Craig Winn if you want someone who knows and understands islam; read the koran and all their other stupid shit so you don't have to.

https://tinyurl.com/4bfhratt

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 06:34 PM (3cUTc)

235 Space Force getting their own academy makes sense as it is not a traditional warfighting branch. Even though it has affinity with the Air Force, it's almost all tech-based. Do they even have their own security forces? I mean their facilities are all going to be on someone else's turf.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:35 PM (ZOv7s)

236 Well then fuck it. Call it stargate command. Trump gets to be System Lord
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:34 PM (S41Gd)
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Much better!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:35 PM (FZ29D)

237 There is this weird nexus between a lot of famous Brits like Aldous Huxley, HG Wells, HP Lovecraft, Aleister Crowley etc etc. Julian Huxley was Aldous' brother, and kind of a strange cat himself. I'm sure they had some American connections on this side of the pond as well.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 06:36 PM (99A9t)

238 As a youth growing up in the 60s and 70s, I thought for sure that I'd be out working in space by at least the year 2000 (age 39) ... which seemed SO FAR AWAY at the time ...
Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:33 PM (9c4Eu)
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Space: 1999 was the future!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:36 PM (ZOv7s)

239 Prophet of Doom" by Craig Winn if you want someone who knows and understands islam; read the koran and all their other stupid shit so you don't have to.

https://tinyurl.com/4bfhratt
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 28, 2026 06:34 PM (3cUTc)
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Uh, that PDF is 983 pages long...

Robert Spencer can do the same job in a lot fewer pages...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:37 PM (FZ29D)

240 I just saw Trump is creating a new military academy, The US Space Academy.

That's pretty cool.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:23 PM (viF8m)

Starfleet lives!!
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:27 PM (S41Gd)
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The Vulcans are behind this...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:28 PM (FZ29D)

Nah, it was Gary Seven.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 06:37 PM (D9FOj)

241 237 There is this weird nexus between a lot of famous Brits like Aldous Huxley, HG Wells, HP Lovecraft, Aleister Crowley etc etc. Julian Huxley was Aldous' brother, and kind of a strange cat himself. I'm sure they had some American connections on this side of the pond as well.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 06:36 PM (99A9t)

Lovecraft may have been a weirdo, but he's our weirdo.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at August 28, 2026 06:37 PM (71pES)

242 236 Well then fuck it. Call it stargate command. Trump gets to be System Lord
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:34 PM (S41Gd)
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Much better!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

I want Trump to wear a black cloak to the next State of The Union, with the hood up, covering his eyes...

"I love Democracy..."

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:37 PM (FKi1y)

243 There is this weird nexus between a lot of famous Brits like Aldous Huxley, HG Wells, HP Lovecraft, Aleister Crowley etc etc. Julian Huxley was Aldous' brother, and kind of a strange cat himself. I'm sure they had some American connections on this side of the pond as well.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 06:36 PM (99A9t)
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Lovecraft was American, and pen pals with R.E. Howard.

And you should include C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton as well.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:38 PM (ZOv7s)

244 Back in college as part of an honors humanities course we actually took parts of the koran and made it into a Jerry Springer Show sketch because the story is so fucked up. But that was pre-9/11 so we got away with it.

I also wrote a paper in that course about how Greek class structure was boiled down to whether or not you got fucked in the ass.

Posted by: the dandy at August 28, 2026 06:38 PM (8l8nW)

245 >>There are opportunities for both!

na, na, na. None of this horn of Africa stuff. This place was ground zero for pirates back in the day.

A cruise the Caribbean, and then back to cooler temps to count the booty. I can already Yo Ho.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:38 PM (viF8m)

246 There is this weird nexus between a lot of famous Brits like Aldous Huxley, HG Wells, HP Lovecraft, Aleister Crowley etc etc. Julian Huxley was Aldous' brother, and kind of a strange cat himself. I'm sure they had some American connections on this side of the pond as well.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 06:36 PM (99A9t)
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Weren't they all big fans of socialism?

(HP Lovecraft was American, BTW...though he did have a massive hardon for the Brits.)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:38 PM (FZ29D)

247
Well then fuck it. Call it stargate command. Trump gets to be System Lord
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:34 PM (S41Gd)

__________

Then the Trump-class starships:

USS Donald Trump
USS Joseph McCarthy
USS John Wayne
USS Patrick McCarran
USS Whittaker Chambers

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 06:38 PM (O0L8i)

248 Lovecraft may have been a weirdo, but he's our weirdo.
Posted by: it puts the lotion

Don't ask him for advice on pet names.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:39 PM (FKi1y)

249 CBS - That Milo Y guy detained by ICE

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 06:33 PM (Sco7b)

Really?! Lol.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 28, 2026 06:39 PM (lFFaq)

250 Nood. Twiw.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 06:40 PM (zZu0s)

251 I also wrote a paper in that course about how Greek class structure was boiled down to whether or not you got fucked in the ass.

Posted by: the dandy at August 28, 2026 06:38 PM (8l8nW)

Go on...

Posted by: Pete B at August 28, 2026 06:40 PM (wGerL)

252 The Week in Woke has awakened.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 06:41 PM (ExV1e)

253 As a youth growing up in the 60s and 70s, I thought for sure that I'd be out working in space by at least the year 2000 (age 39) ... which seemed SO FAR AWAY at the time ...
Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:33 PM (9c4Eu)

I thought I would at least have my own Deathstar.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:41 PM (S41Gd)

254 I believe in the rainbow Spirit, who shatters our image of one white light and refracts it into a rainbow of gorgeous diversity...

"I am now Saruman of Many Colors"

"No, you are Saruman the Broken!"*

*This appears to be the Mandala effect in full play - I remember someone calling him "Saruman the Broken", but the internet claims that to be false... Perfessor, if you see this, can you check? I don't have my copies handy.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 06:41 PM (aJQbY)

255 Is the UK willing to take Milo back? That could get interesting.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 06:41 PM (XLsFA)

256 Then the Trump-class starships:

USS Donald Trump
USS Joseph McCarthy
USS John Wayne
USS Patrick McCarran
USS Whittaker Chambers

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 06:38 PM (O0L8i)

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The USS Elon Musk

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:41 PM (9c4Eu)

257 It's the Good Book.
It is not the Bad Bunny Book.

Posted by: torabora at August 28, 2026 06:41 PM (Wt1Rs)

258 Jeez all it takes is.continual Jew-hate rants and you get on the cover of the Rolling Stone? Why bother bombing innocents at a marathon?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 28, 2026 06:42 PM (bX16E)

259 I thought I would at least have my own Deathstar.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 28, 2026 06:41 PM (S41Gd)

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lol

It would HAVE TO BE called ... The Megadeth Star.

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:43 PM (9c4Eu)

260 Lovecraft is OUR guy. Rhode Island. You don't get to talk smack about us and then claim one of our crazies.

We are the squid capital of America. Where do you think Cthulhu came from?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:43 PM (viF8m)

261 Lovecraft is OUR guy. Rhode Island. You don't get to talk smack about us and then claim one of our crazies.

We are the squid capital of America. Where do you think Cthulhu came from?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:43 PM (viF8m)

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Trump has renamed a Gulf and a Lake ... how about an Island next?

~~Rhode~~ America Island FTW!

/Wifey says: "It's not even an island, is it?"

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:45 PM (9c4Eu)

262 *This appears to be the Mandala effect in full play - I remember someone calling him "Saruman the Broken", but the internet claims that to be false... Perfessor, if you see this, can you check? I don't have my copies handy.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 28, 2026 06:41 PM (aJQbY)

I think all Gandalf says is that when it is many colors, it is no longer White. And since White is the leadership color of the Order of Wizards, that's a bad thing.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 06:46 PM (uhVAy)

263 /Wifey says: "It's not even an island, is it?"
Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:45 PM (9c4Eu)

The full name is something like "Commonwealth of Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations" so the non Island parts are the Plantation.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 06:47 PM (uhVAy)

264 Aquidneck Island should also be renamed to Squidneck Island.

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 06:47 PM (9c4Eu)

265 Lovecraft is OUR guy. Rhode Island. You don't get to talk smack about us and then claim one of our crazies.

We are the squid capital of America. Where do you think Cthulhu came from?
Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 06:43 PM (viF8m)

The South Pacific in a drowned Island raised to sea level when they stars are right.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 06:48 PM (uhVAy)

266 But is not His cross is different from your cross.
Mother Tereasa fed and clothed the people in India.
When people wanted to help her she said find you India.
My mother made prayer blankets at a little Methodist church beside I49 south of Shreveport.
She made about 500 before she had to quit making them in 2020 or so.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 06:51 PM (/+uur)

267 (HP Lovecraft was American, BTW...though he did have a massive hardon for the Brits.)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:38 PM (FZ29D)

Not so sure he was that big a fan - one of the stories I remember set in England was a dude who went back to the family homestead and found his ancestors had been practicing unspeakable rites and it drives him to go insane and eat his travelling companion.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 06:52 PM (uhVAy)

268 Wasn't Milo some sort of sexual deviant?

Where are your papers, traveler?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 28, 2026 06:52 PM (SK+av)

269 So South Pacific is Brigadoon, only in the South Pacific

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2026 06:54 PM (Ia/+0)

270 Lovecraft was American, and pen pals with R.E. Howard.

And you should include C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton as well.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 06:38 PM (ZOv7s)

Also friends with Robert Bloch, they wrote stories inserting each other and having them die from the astral horrors.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 06:54 PM (uhVAy)

271 268 Wasn't Milo some sort of sexual deviant?

Where are your papers, traveler?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Wildly gay, Catholic when he became famous. Molested as a teen, which I think he attributes to becoming gay? Married a black man...then divorced him and threw the ring into the ocean and did conversion therapy to be straight and Christian.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 06:55 PM (FKi1y)

272 President Donald Trump today (Aug. 2

signed an executive order creating the U.S. Space Academy, an institution of higher learning that will train students for a career studying, exploring, exploiting or helping to protect the final frontier.

Here in Houston duh!
Maybe up towards Huntsville.
Or East towards San Antonio.
Or Amarillo.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 06:56 PM (/+uur)

273 SPAAACCCCEEE FOOOOORRRRRCCCCEEEEE

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 06:56 PM (/+uur)

274 Canadian Islamic scholar Dr. Shabir Ally says: “A Muslim man can have 4 wives and an unlimited number of female sex slaves (concubines). The four wives are also slaves, but with higher status.”

I dont like my 1 sometimes.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 28, 2026 07:01 PM (/+uur)

275 (HP Lovecraft was American, BTW...though he did have a massive hardon for the Brits.)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 06:38 PM (FZ29D)

Not so sure he was that big a fan - one of the stories I remember set in England was a dude who went back to the family homestead and found his ancestors had been practicing unspeakable rites and it drives him to go insane and eat his travelling companion.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 06:52 PM (uhVAy)

Other than the British setting, how does this vary from any other Lovecraft story?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 07:44 PM (D9FOj)

276 24???? That's a "grown-ass man". He needs to go into the military.

Posted by: Augusto Perez at August 28, 2026 09:04 PM (MWNY7)

277 Has anyone dug into Sunny Hostin's record as a "Federal Prosecutor"? She sure throws that title around easily enough......

Posted by: TXMarko at August 29, 2026 04:02 PM (7flhA)

Blue Shithole Cities Have Rampant Crime in Their Public Transit Systems.
They Could Slash Crime By Simply Stopping Fare-Evaders
Plus: Spanish Citizens Set Fire to the Shanty Town Put Up by Moroccan Invaders

Really? The very people whose first encounter with public transit systems is to commit a crime by jumping the turnstile turn out to also commit a huge amount of crime once they're in the system?

Who could have guessed this?

City Journal argues that instead of wasting money on programs already shown to be ineffective, Congress should just fund full-height fare gates that cannot be jumped as turnstiles can be.

Last November, 72-time arrestee Lawrence Reed poured gasoline on a CTA Blue Line passenger in Chicago and set her on fire. The incident was so egregious that the Federal Transit Administration got involved, threatening to withhold $50 million in federal funds unless the CTA enhanced systemwide security. The CTA implemented its plan in March, but the benefits have been hard to detect so far.
Congress is poised to repeat the FTA's ineffective intervention. The Surface Transportation Reauthorization--the government's five-year approval of road and rail funding--features several similar attempts to improve public safety.
Fortunately, America's major transit systems have a better option to reduce crime and disorder: installing full-height fare gates, which keep criminals out of transit systems. Congress should require and fully fund the installation of new full-height fare gates for all systems that don't yet have them.
Transit officials report that serious crimes are committed overwhelmingly by people who evade fares. In the Los Angeles Metro system, 97 percent of people who committed a violent crime didn't pay. In Washington, D.C., 99.5 percent of those who committed a "Part 1" crime (homicide, rape, robbery, arson, or motor vehicle theft) had dodged the fare. In New York, MTA CEO Janno Lieber says that "virtually all" crimes are committed by fare evaders.
...
Other systems report similar findings. Washington, D.C.'s WMATA found that, following its own modernized fare-gate installation, fare evasion fell by 82 percent and crime by nearly 40 percent. L.A. Metro reports that a pilot program for modernized fare gates reduced passenger reports of security concerns, uncleanliness, and vandalism and graffiti by 69 percent at affected stations.

I know we don't like Congress funding state or city systems, but apparently they're determined to throw taxpayer money at the problem. Might as well do something that can actually fix things.

Except... would it? These shithole cities refuse to stop fare evaders. Congress can pay for new fare gates, but it can't actually force shithole cities to enforce the payment of fares. If you've ever been in a subway, you know there is a floor-to-ceiling gate at every entrance that are opened for people with wheelchairs or baby-strollers, who cannot go through the turnstiles.

And you also know that criminals rush through these gates when they're opened and hold them open for their hoodlum friends.

Manhattan Institute
@ManhattanInst
The numbers here are insane:
In the L.A. Metro system, 97% of people who committed a violent crime evaded the fare. In D.C., 99.5% of those who committed a �Part 1� crime (homicide, rape, robbery, arson, or motor vehicle theft) had dodged the fare.
In New York, MTA CEO Janno Lieber says that �virtually all� crimes are committed by fare evaders.

Speaking of broken windows: The left-wing media and socialist Spanish president Dirty Sanchez say that "almost all of the migrants in Ceuta" have returned home.

As usual, they're lying.

Citizens say their socialist government is not dealing with the problem, just claiming it's resolved, and have resorted to every citizens' option of last resort, self-help.

Georg Pazderski
@Georg_Pazderski
The Ceuta public spirit is boiling over!
Thousands of Spanish citizens are revolting in CEUTA and demanding the expulsion of the migrants, which the Spanish government did not want or rather prevented.
They are now taking the law into their own hands and setting fire to the migrants' slum huts and driving them away from the beach.

Chaos in Ceuta. Spanish patriots with clubs attack North African Muslim invaders, razing illegal camps on Ceuta's beach. These brave patriots cannot be blamed, considering that a month has passed since invasion began and no one has done anything. pic.twitter.com/QCJx0k76qE
— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) August 28, 2026

The Spanish patriots in Ceuta are not joking anymore. See with your own eyes. https://t.co/sn1HvD2edI pic.twitter.com/O1IOHeJd9S
— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) August 28, 2026

🚨BREAKING: Ceuta locals are now tracking down and BLOCKING vehicles belonging to the Red Cross NGO, in order to halt their operations across the enclave

This is unprecedented. They are warning the Red Cross to leave immediately.

An uprising has begun in Ceuta. 🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/vVw6dIm1Rk
— Inevitable West (@Inevitablewest) August 27, 2026

The people of Ceuta have had enough.

When the locals saw that journalists from the liberal TV channel La Sexta had arrived to slander their protest against illegal migration, the locals quickly walked up to them and told them to get lost.

The people of Ceuta feel betrayed 🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/rA5OYhIf3Z
— Visegr�d 24 (@visegrad24) August 27, 2026

I hear a lot of "hijo de puta" in that. They don't seem to like their media.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:40 PM

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Posted by: GF at August 28, 2026 04:41 PM (e5z5/)

2 I hear a lot of "hijo de puta" in that. They don't seem to like their media.

Why would the be any different.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 04:44 PM (Riz8t)

3 We need more cameras and data centers to store the video so the cops can catch these people and the judges can let them go again and again.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2026 04:45 PM (MWfyi)

4 Speaking of broken windows: The left-wing media and socialist Spanish president Dirty Sanchez say that "almost all of the migrants in Ceuta" have returned home.

As usual, they're lying.

If you like your country, you can keep your country.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 04:45 PM (Riz8t)

5 City Journal argues that instead of wasting money on programs already shown to be ineffective, Congress should just fund full-height fare gates that cannot be jumped as turnstiles can be.

I've seen videos of where they have these and the same sorts of people that jump the turnstiles just push through a person that paid to get in which normally leads to minor injuries for the person that paid which is a perfect metaphor for leftwing politics really.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:45 PM (sKqQm)

6 Someone should develop a theory about broken windows policing and its impact on crime rates.

Posted by: Zombies James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling at August 28, 2026 04:45 PM (olMIp)

7 The local cops seem to be a bit unsure what they should do. They clearly don't want to arrest the Spaniards, but they also don't want a riot.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 04:46 PM (Riz8t)

8 Leftist wet dream is to ban cars and have everyone forced to ride a filthy subway or bus.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 04:46 PM (iCp4l)

9 Good for Cueta. And since the masses are speaking, obviously the Communist government will take heed and support them.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:47 PM (uhVAy)

10 New awards include ‘Allahu Akbar’ medals and Islamophobia awareness patches.

Mosques, Wudu Lessons And $90 Million From Saudi Arabia: Inside The New Boy Scouts

Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 04:47 PM (xEumJ)

11 One of the things I've not seen publicized that much is what the illegals that got there before the others are doing. They, basically, took over the medical facilities by claiming illness.

In Spain, it is against the law to toss someone out of a medical care facility. It is a long drawn out process to get someone to leave regardless of how outlandish or false their complaints happen to be. So, the first illegals to arrive at Ceuta ran right to the local hospital and claimed illness....which provided them with a domicile, three meals, television etc.

When they finally do get tossed, they just make a different illness complaint, or someone else pops in to take their place. Locals can't even use their own medical facilities regardless of the emergency. So, obviously, the locals have had enough. They can't burn down their local hospital, but Shanty towns are on the menu, boys.

Posted by: Orson at August 28, 2026 04:47 PM (dIske)

12 Torching tents
Bludgeoning muslims
threatening the Red Cross
threatening the media

Good Job, Cueta. It's a start.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 04:47 PM (wOO3z)

13 Leftist wet dream is to ban cars and have everyone but them forced to ride a filthy subway or bus.

FIFY

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 04:47 PM (Riz8t)

14 The local cops seem to be a bit unsure what they should do. They clearly don't want to arrest the Spaniards, but they also don't want a riot.
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I believe its a matter of record that police and judges need periodic reminders of exactly who they might answer to if they stray to far from providing justice.

Posted by: Crusader at August 28, 2026 04:48 PM (TN0g+)

15 "Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s confession tossed in long-delayed 9/11 terror case "

Just let him go. He's paid his debt to society.

Posted by: A judge at August 28, 2026 04:48 PM (MWfyi)

16 "Plus: Spanish Citizens Set Fire to the Shanty Town Put Up by Moroccan Invaders"

This is what needs to happen in blue city $hitholes but it won't because they are spinless lefties.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 28, 2026 04:48 PM (cpFbA)

17 City Journal argues that instead of wasting money on programs already shown to be ineffective, Congress should just fund full-height fare gates that cannot be jumped as turnstiles can be.

I've seen videos of where they have these and the same sorts of people that jump the turnstiles just push through a person that paid to get in which normally leads to minor injuries for the person that paid which is a perfect metaphor for leftwing politics really.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:45 PM (sKqQm)

You can fix it by arresting and jailing fare jumpers. That's all that will fix it. Start prosecuting cities that will not enforce laws.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:48 PM (uhVAy)

18 Leftist wet dream is to ban cars and have everyone but them forced to ride a filthy subway or bus. /i]

I've been in several conversations where a leftist argues specifically: "We need more public transit, however we get people into it, so I don't have as much traffic when I drive to work"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:49 PM (sKqQm)

19
And remember they want to force everyone on to their glorious public transit.

Who knew high speed rail refers to the speed with which a vagrant pushes you onto the tracks.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 04:49 PM (vE0+H)

20 Yay for the revolution in Ceuta!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 28, 2026 04:49 PM (hzuYO)

21 The local cops seem to be a bit unsure what they should do. They clearly don't want to arrest the Spaniards, but they also don't want a riot.
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I believe its a matter of record that police and judges need periodic reminders of exactly who they might answer to if they stray to far from providing justice.
Posted by: Crusader at August 28, 2026 04:48 PM (TN0g+)

The smart thing would be to go to the other invader camps and escort them to the border for their safety.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:49 PM (uhVAy)

22 None of my $$$ to Communist cities, TYVM.

At least not for expensive stuff like full-height cages.

If we're going to do anything in these enemy shitholes, it should be something cheap like this: send normies in bear-proof suits to monitor turnstiles. When a particularly ravenous looking urban mutant jumps one, the normie will give him a nice big glass pipe full of bath salts and a butane torch, and let nature take her course.

With any luck, the salted up cannibal will gnaw the face off a writer for City Journal.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 04:49 PM (BI5O2)

23 Spain will hold general elections by August next year. The People's Party (conservative-ish) and Vox (considered further to the right) are combining for 50% in the polls, which will supply them with a majority of seats for a coalition government.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at August 28, 2026 04:50 PM (olMIp)

24 21 The smart thing would be to go to the other invader camps and escort them to the border for their safety.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:49 PM (uhVAy)

========

That's an odd way to phrase, "Deal with them like standing armies have dealt with invasions for millenia and kill them until there are no more and they don't come back."

But maybe it's a Hippie-era phrasing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:50 PM (/PKja)

25 God bless Ceuta. Also I note that there may be a return of the IRA to fight the invaders. Let's see if the Kennedys and other Irish -American elite fund them

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 04:51 PM (EZWVc)

26 Spain will hold general elections by August next year. The People's Party (conservative-ish) and Vox (considered further to the right) are combining for 50% in the polls, which will supply them with a majority of seats for a coalition government.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at August 28, 2026 04:50 PM (olMIp)

Not if Spain can import 500000 thugs...or cheat. Both of which are the rule for the EU.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:51 PM (uhVAy)

27 The smart thing would be to go to the other invader camps and escort them to the border for their safety.

We should insist that they each take one "journalist" with them.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 04:51 PM (Riz8t)

28 Canada is North America’s biggest Carney-val

Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 04:52 PM (xEumJ)

29 I've been in several conversations where a leftist argues specifically: "We need more public transit, however we get people into it, so I don't have as much traffic when I drive to work"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:49 PM (sKqQm)

Wait until you find out by "public transit" and "however they get people onto it", they mean cattle cars.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 04:52 PM (vE0+H)

30 23 Spain will hold general elections by August next year. The People's Party (conservative-ish) and Vox (considered further to the right) are combining for 50% in the polls, which will supply them with a majority of seats for a coalition government.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at August 28, 2026 04:50 PM (olMIp)

=======

It would be hilarious (terrible, but hilarious), if the People's Party refused to coalition with the Vox party and just kept the borders open.

Because it would just be another instance of that happening in Europe like in France and Germany.

You know...the kind of joke that you've heard so many times that it lost all meaning but then you hear it one more time and it regains the hilarity?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:52 PM (/PKja)

31 That's an odd way to phrase, "Deal with them like standing armies have dealt with invasions for millenia and kill them until there are no more and they don't come back."

But maybe it's a Hippie-era phrasing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:50 PM (/PKja)

Its the cover story to cover their asses from their bosses.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:52 PM (uhVAy)

32 in Ceuta. Spanish patriots with clubs attack North African Muslim invaders,
---

They should have piled the stuff in a heap and made a bonfire.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 04:52 PM (hPgrk)

33 I like how the cops are just blowing whistles to no effect in those videos.

Posted by: the dandy at August 28, 2026 04:53 PM (mACwA)

34 The correct way to deal with an invasion is to shoot the invaders.

Not only does it stop the immediate problem it makes sure you won't have a problem in the future either

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:53 PM (sKqQm)

35 Leftist wet dream is to ban cars and have everyone ~~but them forced to ride a filthy subway or bus.~~ dead

FIFY

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 04:47 PM (Riz8t)

And you!

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 04:53 PM (vE0+H)

36 The smart thing would be to go to the other invader camps and escort them to the border for their safety.

We should insist that they each take one "journalist" with them.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 04:51 PM (Riz8t)

and ten "UN organizers"

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:53 PM (uhVAy)

37 I missed the Radcliffe post. Shucks.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 04:53 PM (Riz8t)

38 Locals in Ceuta Spain are tracking down and blocking red cross vehicles which are bringing aid to migrants in the region

Why would anyone deny another human medical attention? They can still deport them when the Red Cross is done?

I will never understand why people immediately lose their humanity and turn into howling violent maniacs just because someone crossed an imaginary line in the dirt.

Surprise: racist colonizers are acting like racist colonizers. They benefit from the unjustly lower wages paid to exploited migrant workers while trying to impede said migrants' access to basic necessities. Sounds in-character for people with politics like this. I hope their relatives and neighbors call them out for this abhorrence.

They are literally living in Africa and complaining about Africans.

As much as I hate the autocrat tactic of throwing poor at the neighbors, humans should get treated as humans, regardless.

For those unaware the red cross has been taking part in human trafficking and aiding illegal immigration for years now but gov leaders of europe are turning a blind eye because it work in favor of their globalist agenda.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 28, 2026 04:53 PM (FKi1y)

39 We go over and over and over this again. Nothing changes. The reality remains.

These blue cities continue to experience this because the populations of blue cities prefer it. Or, even in the case of the "trapped conservative in a blue city" like some here ... their priorities are restaurants and entertainment and convenience and a million other things above "not getting shanked on the subway".

This is a reality that hammer-headed conservatives refuse to understand. The mind-bending reality is what the vast majority of those in the blue cities prefer.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 04:55 PM (nSCZv)

40 38
I will never understand why people immediately lose their humanity and turn into howling violent maniacs just because someone crossed an imaginary line in the dirt.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 28, 2026 04:53 PM (FKi1y)

=========

"Borders mean nothing. Which is why all of the world is exactly the same."
-smart person

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:55 PM (/PKja)

41 ***Ceuta locals are now tracking down and BLOCKING vehicles belonging to the Red Cross NGO,
---

Red Cross is State Dept affiliated.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 04:55 PM (hPgrk)

42 Someone needs to invade Ceuta to defend the Spanish. Then set up slave markets to sell off the invaders.

That is the only thing that will get their attention -- start treating them the way they treat Christians.

Posted by: The River Bottom at August 28, 2026 04:56 PM (ImuKY)

43 I will never understand why people immediately lose their humanity and turn into howling violent maniacs just because someone crossed an imaginary line in the dirt.

Now do Israel Mr Lefty...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:56 PM (sKqQm)

44 Surprise: racist colonizers are acting like racist colonizers. They benefit from the unjustly lower wages paid to exploited migrant workers while trying to impede said migrants' access to basic necessities.

You cannot be this stupid. It's just metaphysically impossible. The North Africans are crashing the border, while the Spaniards are trying to kick them out, and it's the Spaniards who are exploiting the North Africans?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 04:56 PM (Riz8t)

45 Ceuta is an example of what will have to happen across Europe, and if the democrats gain any power, also here.

The citizens themselves will have to burn the invaders out.

BTW, the Spanish police are using rubber bullets on the Spaniards who are trying to get rid of the invaders.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 04:56 PM (0U5gm)

46 City Journal argues that instead of wasting money on programs already shown to be ineffective, Congress should just fund full-height fare gates that cannot be jumped as turnstiles can be.

Why should Congress fund these things? Why should people who don't live in BSHC (blue shithole cities) have to pony up still more money to deal with an issue that the residents of the BSHC apparently don't care about?

Why don't people who don't live near me pay for me and all my neighbors to have supercars, in-ground pools, and door to door supermodel prostitutes?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 04:56 PM (ExV1e)

47 41 ***Ceuta locals are now tracking down and BLOCKING vehicles belonging to the Red Cross NGO,
---

Red Cross is State Dept affiliated.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 04:55 PM (hPgrk)

=======

Even if Red Cross are doing things completely on the up and up and just providing aid...

It is still the people's right to deny aid to invaders of their own country. These invaders walked to Ceuta. They can walk back to Morocco.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:56 PM (/PKja)

48 For those unaware the red cross has been taking part in human trafficking and aiding illegal immigration for years now but gov leaders of europe are turning a blind eye because it work in favor of their globalist agenda.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 28, 2026 04:53 PM (FKi1y)

How did that heretic get into the bubble?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:56 PM (uhVAy)

49 44 You cannot be this stupid. It's just metaphysically impossible. The North Africans are crashing the border, while the Spaniards are trying to kick them out, and it's the Spaniards who are exploiting the North Africans?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 04:56 PM (Riz8t)

==========

Hispanics invaded Ceuta on the African side of Gibraltar 600 years ago, have held it singularly ever since, and the Arabs who invaded and colonized Spain hundreds of years earlier are just decolonizing Spain's territory to give it back to the original colonizers the Arabs.

Racist.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:57 PM (/PKja)

50 How does is this real? the Red Cross has vehicles and supplies, and the Spanish don't have a single gosh damn 50 cal to prevent the invasion?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 04:57 PM (ImuKY)

51 Leftist wet dream is to ban cars and have everyone ELSE forced to ride a filthy subway or bus."

FIFY

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 04:58 PM (XuXeR)

52 Curtis LeMay once said something like "I don't have time to make a distinction between the incompetent and the unlucky".

Congress and the regulatory agencies in charge of these things need to take a similar approach. We don't have to live like this, nor do we have to die like this. Quit fucking around. An astonishingly small percentage of individuals cause the largest majority of problems in any community large or small. Everyone knows them by name.

If you get arrested 72 times, it isn't like this should come as a surprise. Do you want "Death Squads" and Citizens Vigilance Committees? This is how you get them. They work a lot cheaper, too.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 04:58 PM (99A9t)

53
They are screwed. They will never be rid of the invaders.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 04:58 PM (/QHx4)

54 Did the Spanish government start arresting the native Spanish citizens in Cueta ( sp?) yet? I guess so.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 04:58 PM (JrHfD)

55 That last reddit comment sounds like someone not of the body infiltrated the site.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 04:58 PM (0U5gm)

56 their priorities are restaurants and entertainment and convenience and a million other things above "not getting shanked on the subway".

I see this come up on lefty forums. If someone is a victim of crime and they complain too much they are called racist and kicked out of the forum.

I assume the same plays out in lefty friend groups.

So it isn't really "I prefer restaurants to being safe" it is more "my whole identity and friend group says there is no problem with crime in progressive cities so obviously there can't be. I just got unlucky. "

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:58 PM (sKqQm)

57 Leftists cream themselves when they talk about Yuurope and how wonderful it is that everyone there rides public transportation.

What they don’t tell you is a) rich people don’t ride the bus or train, they drive and b) the reason only the rich drive is because car ownership is so expensive only the rich can afford to own one

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 04:58 PM (iCp4l)

58 This is a reality that hammer-headed conservatives refuse to understand. The mind-bending reality is what the vast majority of those in the blue cities prefer.
Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 04:55 PM (nSCZv)

Elections in cities are a sham. There is literally nobody in a big city like that to vote for, and they would cheat it away if one did appear.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:58 PM (uhVAy)

59 For those unaware the red cross has been taking part in human trafficking and aiding illegal immigration for years now but gov leaders of europe are turning a blind eye because it work in favor of their globalist agenda.

This was more or less the lefty view of illegal immigration into the early 00s. You can find clips of Bernie Sanders making this argument

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:59 PM (sKqQm)

60 BTW, the Spanish police are using rubber bullets on the Spaniards who are trying to get rid of the invaders.

Do the cops imagine that they themselves are fireproof? Hopefully they won't have to find out.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 04:59 PM (vTZFs)

61 Trying to live in a blue shit hole city is no way to go through life. Say no to the shit hole!

Posted by: Case at August 28, 2026 04:59 PM (VrYHL)

62 59 This was more or less the lefty view of illegal immigration into the early 00s. You can find clips of Bernie Sanders making this argument

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:59 PM (sKqQm)

========

And Jeremy Corbyn.

And Barack Obama.

And Bill Clinton.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:59 PM (/PKja)

63 The correct way to deal with an invasion is to shoot the invaders"

This.

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 04:59 PM (XuXeR)

64 Start ~~prosecuting~~ walling off cities that will not enforce laws.

And then install a bunch of Flock cameras and sell access on pay per view.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 04:59 PM (ExV1e)

65 Have a guy with a rifle just shoot the people that jump turnstiles. Cost: ~$0.50.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 28, 2026 04:59 PM (Mzuzg)

66 will never understand why people immediately lose their humanity and turn into howling violent maniacs just because someone crossed an imaginary line in the dirt.

Now do Israel Mr Lefty...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:56 PM (sKqQm)

And January 6

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 05:00 PM (vE0+H)

67 It's only fair that in Ceuta, every invader occupying a hospital bed be verified to need it. Break the shins of every invader occupying a hospital bed. Win-Win!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 05:00 PM (NcvvS)

68 What they don’t tell you is a) rich people don’t ride the bus or train, they drive and b) the reason only the rich drive is because car ownership is so expensive only the rich can afford to own one

I got to talk with a Euro cow-worker of mine and he mentioned he had a new EV car.

I got into why he choose it and the answer was that the only car he could afford was the government discounted EV and yes this is a guy that works at a big mega-corp so its not like he's poor by Euro standards.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 05:00 PM (sKqQm)

69 >>What they don’t tell you is a) rich people don’t ride the bus or train, they drive and b) the reason only the rich drive is because car ownership is so expensive only the rich can afford to own one

You want to see traffic, be on the road in Brussels on a Friday afternoon.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 05:01 PM (viF8m)

70 For those unaware the red cross has been taking part in human trafficking and aiding illegal immigration for years now but gov leaders of europe are turning a blind eye because it work in favor of their globalist agenda.
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lol how quickly was this person banned from that subreddit?

Posted by: ballistic at August 28, 2026 05:01 PM (oqH4h)

71 Elections in cities are a sham. There is literally nobody in a big city like that to vote for, and they would cheat it away if one did appear.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:58 PM (uhVAy)

Then don't stay. If its really like that ? Move. Vote with your feet.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:01 PM (nSCZv)

72 Why don't people who don't live near me pay for me and all my neighbors to have supercars, in-ground pools, and door to door supermodel prostitutes?"

I'd settle for...a bit less. I'm a giver that way.

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 05:01 PM (XuXeR)

73 Seattle Sound Transit has pretty much stopped collecting fares. It's being run on the public's dime.

Hobos are spreading out from downtown Seattle as a result.

Kinda hilarious. Of course, I carry and Monroe has lousy transit service, so not an issue for me.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 05:02 PM (xcxpd)

74 I got into why he choose it and the answer was that the only car he could afford was the government discounted EV and yes this is a guy that works at a big mega-corp so its not like he's poor by Euro standards.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 05:00 PM (sKqQm)

Bad choice given the EU power crisis presently and in future. Of course, they also have an oil and gas and natural gas crisis coming first.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 05:02 PM (uhVAy)

75 City Journal argues that instead of wasting money on programs already shown to be ineffective, Congress should just fund full-height fare gates that cannot be jumped as turnstiles can be.

Why does Congress have to fund it?

If you're city is large enough to have a subway/mass transit, shouldn't it have enough fund to cover the cost of fare gates, too?

Ya know, just to help pay for said mass transit by preventing fare jumpers?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 28, 2026 05:02 PM (6ydKt)

76 I will never understand why people immediately lose their humanity and turn into howling violent maniacs just because someone crossed an imaginary line in the dirt.
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Wonder if this cretin ever locks his car doors. Somebody needs to help themselves to all his shit in his apartment.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 05:02 PM (99A9t)

77 Ceuta locals are now tracking down and BLOCKING vehicles belonging to the Red Cross NGO, in order to halt their operations across the enclave

This is unprecedented. They are warning the Red Cross to leave immediately.

An uprising has begun in Ceuta.

¡Viva Ceuta!

Posted by: Meanwhile Redditors are losing their shit at August 28, 2026 05:02 PM (TbWk/)

78 And another thing -- Spain needs to invade and take some more of Morocco as reparations and a "buffer zone" to prevent future invasions.

We need to treat them the way the treat us.

The golden rule is inverted and used as a weapon against is.
It is not "treat others as you want them to treat you,"

But "treat others as they have already treated you!"

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 05:02 PM (ImuKY)

79 So it isn't really "I prefer restaurants to being safe" it is more "my whole identity and friend group says there is no problem with crime in progressive cities so obviously there can't be. I just got unlucky. "
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It's more "The price of being able to go out and have a good time affordably is the occasional violent crime. Urban living is vibrant and culturally enriching."

Posted by: ballistic at August 28, 2026 05:02 PM (oqH4h)

80 Cueto is getting spicy. Groups of young Spaniard males are ripping down the shanty towns, beating the invaders, throwing their gods around, blocking Red Cross "aid" trucks, etc.

The Spanish left is pearl clutching so hard they are... well i would have said caving their chest in but they have no chests.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 05:02 PM (K32Fz)

81 Elections in cities are a sham. There is literally nobody in a big city like that to vote for, and they would cheat it away if one did appear.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:58 PM (uhVAy)

Then don't stay. If its really like that ? Move. Vote with your feet.

Or...we could, you know, enforce the law.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 05:02 PM (Riz8t)

82 37 I missed the Radcliffe post. Shucks.

Posted by: Archimedes
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The real reason for his visit to Russia concerned Russia aiding Iran and our desire for them to desist. In turn Russia mentioned its desire for us to cease selling weapons (third party) to Zelensky.

The Russian counter part said that the conversations were progressing positively.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 05:03 PM (hPgrk)

83 Every red state should just start packing up the mentally ill, vagrants, drug offenders, and so forth and just bus them off to large blue cities. Where they can get the Help They Need. Which, I understand, is mostly teeth.

There are plenty of privileged white people in those cities with more teeth than they need, and I'm sure they'd be happy to share, but give the crazed hobos pliers anyway, just in case they haven't been completely honest about their altruistic nature.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 05:03 PM (BI5O2)

84 I will never understand why people immediately lose their humanity and turn into howling violent maniacs just because someone crossed an imaginary line in the dirt.

Uh huh. Now do colonialism.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 05:03 PM (K32Fz)

85 Elections in cities are a sham. There is literally nobody in a big city like that to vote for, and they would cheat it away if one did appear.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:58 PM (uhVAy)

Then don't stay. If its really like that ? Move. Vote with your feet.
Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:01 PM (nSCZv)

i did. But people stupidly keep thinking that the victims are the enemy so they can keep doing nothing.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 05:03 PM (uhVAy)

86 Why don't people who don't live near me pay for me and all my neighbors to have supercars, in-ground pools, and door to door supermodel prostitutes?"

I'd settle for...a bit less. I'm a giver that way.
Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 05:01 PM (XuXeR)

Who cares about the wheels and pool...

Posted by: One out of three is fine with me at August 28, 2026 05:03 PM (TbWk/)

87 answer was that the only car he could afford was the government discounted EV"

Funny. The various advocates will shout "we don't have a mandate" or "we don't ban gas cars"... but make it nearly impossible to buy certain things....

Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 05:04 PM (XuXeR)

88 I know we don't like Congress funding state or city systems, but apparently they're determined to throw taxpayer money at the problem. Might as well do something that can actually fix things.

Nevermind.
I read further.

The debt is only approaching $40 trillion, what's a few hundred billion more in the grand scheme of things.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 28, 2026 05:04 PM (6ydKt)

89
The crime in Spain
Is mainly on the train

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 28, 2026 05:04 PM (NtVYv)

90 Who cares about the wheels and pool...

The pool is for the supermodels to pose and lounge next to

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 05:05 PM (K32Fz)

91 Red Cross wasn't on the up and up at the time of WWI.
It's gotten nothing but worse.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 05:06 PM (hPgrk)

92 On the Euro version of interstates the cars you see are typically luxury cars. A beat up 25 year old Car is almost non existent. Because nobody but people who own luxury cars, can afford to drive. Gas is $10/gallon plus tolls on expressways is ridiculously expensive. Like $1/mile in some cases. This is on top of the 25% VAT on new cars and very high registration costs.

Average Pierre or Heinrich or Luigi can’t afford that shit.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 05:06 PM (iCp4l)

93
Bus drivers in NYC have been told not to confront anyone who is not paying the bus fare because they could be attacked.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 05:06 PM (/QHx4)

94 Or...we could, you know, enforce the law.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 05:02 PM (Riz8t)

Then go do it. Make government enforce the law in Baltimore. NYC. Chicago. LA. Boston. And on and on and on and on and on.

And while those with all this academic virtue like you talk ? Anybody that stays gets what they get. Especially while they are, at best, a 40% minority. More like 20% in most of those places.

But go do it, big man. Wade in there and "make them enforce the law" over 60% or more of the local population that doesn't want the law enforced at all.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:06 PM (nSCZv)

95 The Spaniards better get ahold on this Ceuta thing.

If this keeps up the locals there might start giving some European cities some ideas.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 28, 2026 05:06 PM (6ydKt)

96 The terrorist supporting Red Cross? That Red Cross?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 05:07 PM (PbWRL)

97 Why don't people who don't live near me pay for me and all my neighbors to have supercars, in-ground pools, and door to door supermodel prostitutes?"

I'd settle for...a bit less. I'm a giver that way.
Posted by: man at August 28, 2026 05:01 PM (XuXeR)

Who cares about the wheels and pool...
Posted by: One out of three is fine with me at August 28, 2026 05:03 PM (TbWk/)

You've obviously never read The Art of the Deal. You don't ask for what you want, you ask for more so they can negotiate down.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 05:07 PM (ExV1e)

98
The debt is only approaching $40 trillion, what's a few hundred billion more in the grand scheme of things.

Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Fuck them. NY made the problem NY can fix the problem.
Shoot a couple of jumpers and that sh*t will stop.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 05:07 PM (hPgrk)

99 It pisses me off to no end when I see some of the garbage roads in my area, knowing billions of transportation federal tax money goes to blue city shithole subway systems.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 05:08 PM (iCp4l)

100 Then go do it. Make government enforce the law in Baltimore. NYC. Chicago. LA. Boston. And on and on and on and on and on.

And while those with all this academic virtue like you talk ? Anybody that stays gets what they get. Especially while they are, at best, a 40% minority. More like 20% in most of those places.

But go do it, big man. Wade in there and "make them enforce the law" over 60% or more of the local population that doesn't want the law enforced at all.

Take a breath.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 05:08 PM (Riz8t)

101 Dude named after a wooden puppet trying to sound tough up ahead.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 05:08 PM (uhVAy)

102 The Spaniards better get ahold on this Ceuta thing.

They are trying but the cops keep shooting them with rubber bullets

Then go do it. Make government enforce the law in Baltimore. NYC. Chicago. LA. Boston. And on and on and on and on and on.

That is what Trump did and flipped areas amazingly. But it is a problem that the governments there refuse to.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 05:08 PM (K32Fz)

103 see this come up on lefty forums. If someone is a victim of crime and they complain too much they are called racist and kicked out of the forum
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The issue isn't the issue, the issue is the Revolution. The worse, the better. Can't complain, even when the rot hits you personally. Gotta take one for the team, so to speak.

David Horowitz describe this phenomenon at length in his book "Radical Son"; all the whack job Karens and Time-Life hippie revolutionaries tried to adopt the Black Panthers, who weren't quite into the peace, love, and dope as their more enlightened bretheren. Rape and Murder were part of the equation, and anyone who sort of pointed out, hey, this isn't very Groovy, was ostracized heavily.

Some assclown in the Army, right after a Moslem shot up Fort Hood soldiers said he hoped this wouldn't interfere with the "commitment to diversity" or something. That's the real tragedy, you see. Spineless fucks everywhere you look, and our enemies know it.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 05:08 PM (99A9t)

104
I will never understand why people immediately lose their humanity and turn into howling violent maniacs just because someone crossed an imaginary line in the dirt.

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"Borders mean nothing. Which is why all of the world is exactly the same."
-smart person
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Those are the kind of asshoes that will walk up the the adjacent urinal next to you to piss when there ten other empty ones. Filthy dirty commie hippy asshoes (BIRM)

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 28, 2026 05:08 PM (QVmho)

105 i did. But people stupidly keep thinking that the victims are the enemy so they can keep doing nothing.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 05:03 PM (uhVAy)

Wrong. The victims aren't my "enemy". They're just not my problem.

Like the wife that gets her ass kicked every Saturday Night the old man comes home full of liquor. Leave, dumb ass.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:08 PM (nSCZv)

106 You cannot be this stupid. It's just metaphysically impossible.

You asked for miracles, Theo, I give you the ~~F.B.I.~~ AOC (or DSA...or DEI. Lots of fun possibilities).

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107 I hear a lot of "hijo de puta" in that. They don't seem to like their media.

That seems, increasingly, to be a universal opinion.

Except in parts of California and Canada.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 28, 2026 05:09 PM (6ydKt)

108 78 And another thing -- Spain needs to invade and take some more of Morocco as reparations and a "buffer zone" to prevent future invasions.
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Since Spain's current leadership has reportedly colluded with Morocco (unconfirmed, but totally believable), they will need new leadership. Unfortunately, 100s of thousands of migrants in Spain have been given the right to vote, and Spain is full of retarded leftists.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 28, 2026 05:09 PM (Dv3i1)

109 I live in NYC
We have a murder rate of 4 per 100000 people
Mississippi has a murder rate of about 19 per 100000 people
Almost 5 times higher

Ultra marine blue Massachusetts had a murder rate of 2 per 100000.
Blue states have much lower serious crime rates
Even NJ (Aces home state?) with the 2nd highest foreign born population has a murder rate of only 2.4 per 100000.
Much much lower than red state hell holes

Posted by: Paul at August 28, 2026 05:10 PM (mfiPk)

110 JGB - Tangled Up In Blue

https://tinyurl.com/38mv5csk

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 05:10 PM (viF8m)

111 Take a breath.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 05:08 PM (Riz8t)

This is the kind of comment people like you drop when you have no realistic rebuttal.

You have an idealized view of how the world should work. It conveniently ignores how the world works.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:10 PM (nSCZv)

112 93
Bus drivers in NYC have been told not to confront anyone who is not paying the bus fare because they could be attacked.

Posted by: four seasons
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Again, NY makes the problem and nurtures it.

Shoot the one's that jump fare and it will stop.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 05:10 PM (hPgrk)

113 If borders are just imaginary lines then colonialism was totes cool I guess.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 05:10 PM (iCp4l)

114 "Fortunately, America's major transit systems have a better option to reduce crime and disorder: installing full-height fare gates, which keep criminals out of transit systems. Congress should require and fully fund the installation of new full-height fare gates for all systems that don't yet have them."
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Build more prisons. Hire more prison guards. Elect judges and DAs that will prosecute the criminals and send the guilty ones to the joint to serve their full sentences.

Posted by: mrp at August 28, 2026 05:11 PM (rj6Yv)

115 Larry Krasner's main concern is blowing up the White House ballroom.

--- Officially--you must understand!!

He said the taxpayers will get their money back after we officially blow up the ballroom.

Something tells me they didn't cover Return on Investment in his law classes.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 05:11 PM (Fi81e)

116 Paul-

Go fuck yourself. And don't leave NYC for the benefit of everyone. And Go fuck yourself again.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 05:11 PM (wOO3z)

117 Troll seems to have forgotten leftist DAs elected to refuse to charge anyone with crimes in those states.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 05:12 PM (uhVAy)

118 The golden rule is inverted and used as a weapon against us.
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Sonny Barger, the Hell's Angel's president may not be one to emulate in too many things. But he coined a phrase I like a lot.

"Treat me good, I'll treat you better. Treat me bad, I'll treat you worse."

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 05:12 PM (99A9t)

119 Larry Krasner's main concern is blowing up the White House ballroom.

--- Officially--you must understand!!

He said the taxpayers will get their money back after we officially blow up the ballroom.

Something tells me they didn't cover Return on Investment in his law classes.
Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 05:11 PM (Fi81e)

That sounds like an incitement to violence to me.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 05:12 PM (uhVAy)

120 Congress should just fund full-height fare gates that cannot be jumped as turnstiles can be.

They'll just jam them open.

As with Ceuta, if they didn't want criminals, they wouldn't let them walk in. Their system requires criminals.

Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2026 05:13 PM (AydIQ)

121 Is Paul really so retarded he doesn’t know the vast majority of murders in red states take place in blue city shitholes like Memphis or New Orleans?

No he’s not. He knows this. But like all leftists he’s a lying piece of shit.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 05:13 PM (iCp4l)

122 Troll seems to have forgotten leftist DAs elected to refuse to charge anyone with crimes in those states.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 05:12 PM (uhVAy)
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Crime goes WAYYY down, when you stop counting it.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 05:13 PM (Fi81e)

123 The local cops seem to be a bit unsure what they should do. They clearly don't want to arrest the Spaniards, but they also don't want a riot.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 04:46 PM (Riz8t)
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They're caught between a rock and a hard place.

If the local cops expel the invaders, then they will be targeted not only by the invaders but by their own government.

If they attempt to quell the uprising by citizens, well, the citizens can quickly find them and their families and exact vengeance.

And if they stand by and do nothing, chaos reigns supreme.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 05:13 PM (FZ29D)

124 Now easy on Paul. Personally, I like the way he's thinking.

Paul's insisting its much, much safer for him and his to stay in those blue areas. I could not agree more. Paul and those like him should stay in those blue areas.

Its OK to take YES for an answer.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:13 PM (nSCZv)

125 Shutting down the Red Cross is next level. I'm sure the U.N. is outraged. Anyway...

Posted by: connected and litigious at August 28, 2026 05:13 PM (cS1cw)

126 Even NJ (Aces home state?) with the 2nd highest foreign born population has a murder rate of only 2.4 per 100000.
Much much lower than red state hell holes
Posted by: Paul

Interesting. Dig a bit more, and you may find an actual demographic link.

Why do you hate black people?

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 28, 2026 05:13 PM (FKi1y)

127 Sonny Barger, the Hell's Angel's president may not be one to emulate in too many things. But he coined a phrase I like a lot.

"Treat me good, I'll treat you better. Treat me bad, I'll treat you worse."

Yeah, I think I won this one.

Posted by: The Grim Reaper at August 28, 2026 05:13 PM (Riz8t)

128 He said the taxpayers will get their money back after we officially blow up the ballroom.
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I thought it was private donations for the ballroom, and taxpayer funds for security.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 28, 2026 05:13 PM (Dv3i1)

129 Again, NY makes the problem and nurtures it.

Shoot the one's that jump fare and it will stop.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 05:10 PM (hPgrk)

Or set dogs on them. Everyone likes dogs.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 05:13 PM (uhVAy)

130 San Francisco wishes it had a hole for the shit!

It's more like a shit surface.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 05:14 PM (Fi81e)

131 Like the wife that gets her ass kicked every Saturday Night the old man comes home full of liquor. Leave, dumb ass.

Posted by: Howdy
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Wrong answer.
Correct answer: Shoot him and keep the house.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 05:14 PM (hPgrk)

132 Good for the citizens of Ciera, they understand that the mass invasion was an act of war.
Fight back or be conquered.

They have to protect themselves. Crime like violent r@pes are already happening.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:14 PM (4KUe5)

133 I

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 05:14 PM (Fi81e)

134 I didn’t see nothing.
- NYPD crime statisticians

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 05:14 PM (iCp4l)

135 FBI Targeted Catholic Priests—and Kept Going After Memo Was Ordered Deleted

The January 2023 memo labeled traditional Catholics as extremists using Southern Poverty Law Center framing, and staff kept revising it after headquarters ordered it deleted.

The report reveals how an investigation into a violent extremist led to the surveillance of clergy affiliated with traditional Catholicism, though the FBI ultimately concluded the priests posed no national security threat. The report also sheds new light on internal disputes on the reliability of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 05:15 PM (xEumJ)

136 I'm guess La Sexta is rather lax in their late night movies.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 28, 2026 05:15 PM (diia5)

137 Don’t quote or feed the troll.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:15 PM (4KUe5)

138 101 Dude named after a wooden puppet trying to sound tough up ahead.

He is very butch. I'm convinced of his manliness.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 05:15 PM (Riz8t)

139 Or set dogs on them. Everyone likes dogs.

Posted by: Oldcat
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There's always room for creative defense.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 05:15 PM (hPgrk)

140 Again, NY makes the problem and nurtures it.
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New York has to decide if some people "needed killin'".

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 05:16 PM (Fi81e)

141 Are the taxpayers funding the ballroom?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:16 PM (4KUe5)

142 I can't blame the people there in Ceuta (Ceutans?).
If they let the ~~refugees migrants~~ invaders stay in the enclave they'll eventually turn it into another permanent entry point to get to the EU and they'll be surrounded by refugee camps.

They've got to stop it now or it'll become as routine as the beaches in France where the migrants have camps who are trying to cross the channel to the UK.

The Red Cross makes these camps permanent when they move in. You have to nip that in the bud.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 28, 2026 05:17 PM (6ydKt)

143 94. Make government enforce the law in Baltimore. NYC. Chicago. LA. Boston.
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A good argument could be made that non-enforcement is a violation of the obligation to provide a republican form of government.

Of course, we saw what happened when Orange-Man-Bad tired to send the Guard to Blue Shit Holes.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 28, 2026 05:17 PM (sFNX2)

144 They have to protect themselves. Crime like violent r@pes are already happening.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:14 PM (4KUe5)

I wasn't that long ago we had the "Vigilantism is never the answer" chorus here at Ace O' Spades.

Was a banning comment under ol' Maet.

The times. They change.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:17 PM (nSCZv)

145 The report reveals how an investigation into a violent extremist led to the surveillance of clergy affiliated with traditional Catholicism, though the FBI ultimately concluded the priests posed no national security threat. The report also sheds new light on internal disputes on the reliability of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 05:15 PM (xEumJ)
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Did the SPLC have a position on Trad Catholics?

Posted by: mrp at August 28, 2026 05:17 PM (rj6Yv)

146 FBI Targeted Catholic Priests—and Kept Going After Memo Was Ordered Deleted

Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 05:15 PM (xEumJ)
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I remember a transcribed snippet of conversation between John Pederasta and Hillary Clinton about how they were going to update the Catholic Church.

Wonder if this has anything to do with it.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 05:18 PM (Fi81e)

147 Did the SPLC have a position on Trad Catholics?
Posted by: mrp at August 28, 2026 05:17 PM (rj6Yv)

Since they are anti abortion, I'm sure they did and a negative one.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 05:18 PM (uhVAy)

148 Lake America -

https://tinyurl.com/yk54n2e9

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 28, 2026 05:19 PM (Dv3i1)

149 > That is the only thing that will get their attention -- start treating them the way they treat Christians.
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IIRC, at one time the Christians went on quite a tear.

We need to consider that. As an alternative to passive pissing and moaning.

About a lot of things.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 05:19 PM (2Cry5)

150 Good on the Spanish peasants.

We could use that energy here

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 05:19 PM (xcxpd)

151 80 Cueto is getting spicy. Groups of young Spaniard males are ripping down the shanty towns, beating the invaders, throwing their gods around, blocking Red Cross "aid" trucks, etc.

The Spanish left is pearl clutching so hard they are... well i would have said caving their chest in but they have no chests.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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I would say clutching their balls but those fell away for disuse decades ago.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:20 PM (E4rtv)

152 He is very butch. I'm convinced of his manliness.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 05:15 PM (Riz8t)

And you still don't have a retort Arch. Look, I get it. You are not atypical. Very much not.

Things are moving, quickly, past how you've viewed the world all your life. I get it. And so this is all you've got left in the rhetorical tool-kit. A basic "decent people don't talk about this".

That's really all there is to it. And again, you are far from alone.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:20 PM (nSCZv)

153 Are the taxpayers funding the ballroom?
Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:16 PM (4KUe5)
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Not as far as I know.

But the real poser is how anybody is going to get money back from a demolition.

A demolition cuts costs, it ruins any return.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 05:20 PM (Fi81e)

154 IIRC, at one time the Christians went on quite a tear.

We need to consider that. As an alternative to passive pissing and moaning.

About a lot of things.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

This is true.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 05:20 PM (wOO3z)

155 I remember a transcribed snippet of conversation between John Pederasta and Hillary Clinton about how they were going to update the Catholic Church.

Wonder if this has anything to do with it.
Posted by: Axeman

Ha! nope.

Posted by: Chicago Pope Leo at August 28, 2026 05:20 PM (Dv3i1)

156 This is a clever pairing of two stories that are analogous. Fare jumpers illegally crossing a border, and illegal aliens doing the same. For both, their first contact with it is to violate it.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 28, 2026 05:21 PM (bNf8H)

157 The Red Cross makes these camps permanent when they move in. You have to nip that in the bud.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Time for all transnational ngos to be disbanded by patriots in Europe and the US. Their time and utility has passed.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:21 PM (E4rtv)

158 From the previous thread (because it is properly irksome).
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It is spelled "milquetoast."

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 04:36 PM (ImuKY)
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I could care fewer.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 05:21 PM (Fi81e)

159 Howdy, it’s not vigilantism when you’re responding to an invasion of 80k or so.
What’s shocking and shameful is that the government of Spain is doing nothing to protect its own people.

Strange times indeed!!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:21 PM (4KUe5)

160 It's not WWIII without rules of engagement.

Our own border control should never have their asses handed to them by foreign nationals and cartels.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 28, 2026 05:22 PM (SK+av)

161 The Spanish left is pearl clutching so hard they are... well i would have said caving their chest in but they have no chests.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

I saw some clip of some insane Spanish leftist (BIRM) screaming on stage that she welcomes the "cultural enrichment" as to "breed out the 'fascists'".

In a sane world, she'd be denaturalized and sent over to a more "diverse" country to enjoy the blessings of it.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 28, 2026 05:22 PM (hbfWH)

162 I should have said that demolition staves off potential costs (the cost to purchase new land to build on, for example).

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 05:22 PM (Fi81e)

163 Howdy, it’s not vigilantism when you’re responding to an invasion of 80k or so.
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They need a well regulated militia in Cueta

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 28, 2026 05:22 PM (Dv3i1)

164 120 Congress should just fund full-height fare gates that cannot be jumped as turnstiles can be.

They'll just jam them open.
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Criminal is a profession, that's what they do, Commit Crime.
The way to prevent Crime is to stop the criminal. That can be done with a bullet, a noose, or a stiff jail sentence.

As long as a criminal does not receive justice he will advance his profession.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 05:23 PM (hPgrk)

165 Ultra marine blue

I immediately thought of Warhammer 40K

Posted by: I'm such a nerd at August 28, 2026 05:23 PM (TbWk/)

166 The Red Cross makes these camps permanent when they move in. You have to nip that in the bud.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Time for all transnational ngos to be disbanded by patriots in Europe and the US. Their time and utility has passed.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:21 PM (E4rtv)

I'm sure Mossad has fully penetrated them by now.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 05:23 PM (uhVAy)

167 166 The Red Cross makes these camps permanent when they move in. You have to nip that in the bud.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Time for all transnational ngos to be disbanded by patriots in Europe and the US. Their time and utility has passed.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:21 PM (E4rtv)

I'm sure Mossad has fully penetrated them by now.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 05:23 PM (uhVAy)

Kink-y

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 05:24 PM (xcxpd)

168 IIRC, at one time the Christians went on quite a tear. We need to consider that. As an alternative to passive pissing and moaning. About a lot of things.

Posted by: Martini Farmer

A most cromulent point, as a certain gone poster used to say.

A time when being Christian wasn't necessarily being Pacifist.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:24 PM (nSCZv)

169 Yes, Axeman, that was in the Podesta email leak. He and another top Hillary campaign operative were plotting to split the Catholic Church.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:24 PM (4KUe5)

170 As long as a criminal does not receive justice he will advance his profession.
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No justice, no peace! Right on!
-Blue cities

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 28, 2026 05:24 PM (Dv3i1)

171 Make Canada Great Again.

https://tinyurl.com/2rxh7h5e

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 05:25 PM (hBtiT)

172 This is normal everywhere when it's felt the authorities aren't taking care of a criminal problem.

Go anywhere where's there's little or only corrupt law and you'll find vigilante mobs taking care of business once they've had enough.

It will get like this here if we keep going down the idiotic route of Defund the Police & Soros DAs.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 28, 2026 05:25 PM (6ydKt)

173 The Spaniards better get ahold on this Ceuta thing.
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They are trying but the cops keep shooting them with rubber bullets

I get that the current Spanish gov't is leftist and they just pretty much hate reality but I honestly don't understand what they think "win" would look like in this situation.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 05:25 PM (vTZFs)

174 166 The Red Cross makes these camps permanent when they move in. You have to nip that in the bud.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Time for all transnational ngos to be disbanded by patriots in Europe and the US. Their time and utility has passed.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:21 PM (E4rtv)

I'm sure Mossad has fully penetrated them by now.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 05:23 PM (uhVAy)

Hopefully without lube.

Posted by: Maybe a little sand for good measure at August 28, 2026 05:25 PM (TbWk/)

175 153 Are the taxpayers funding the ballroom?
Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:16 PM (4KUe5)
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Not as far as I know.

But the real poser is how anybody is going to get money back from a demolition.

A demolition cuts costs, it ruins any return.
Posted by: Axeman

The left just lies and gaslights because they dare not explain their real agenda. So they purposefully seize on isolated persons, events, or policies to go apeshit. It is a rally round the flag type event for them and has little to nothing to do with the real world. After they finish yapping, the thought leaders move on to the next outrage du jour. All ops, all tedious repeats of douchebaggery by vile people that want to see the world burn.

These people have no good in them anymore, only rage, despair, debauchery, and nihilism.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:25 PM (E4rtv)

176 Yes, Axeman, that was in the Podesta email leak. He and another top Hillary campaign operative were plotting to split the Catholic Church.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:24 PM (4KUe5)
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So, I wonder if the FIB pressure on the American RCC has something to do with that plan.

And you mean John Pederasta, right?

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 05:26 PM (Fi81e)

177 I'm sure Mossad has fully penetrated them by now.
Posted by: Oldcat

Welp unfortunately they haven't given them the same treatment as Ham Ass leaders.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:26 PM (E4rtv)

178 I'm a Christian. Most definitely not a pacifist.

Some people either have a hard time participating in a forum that has a certain set of rules or they just enjoy being a dick, getting banned and then pretending they are a victim.

Really not hard to understand.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 05:28 PM (viF8m)

179 Hopefully without lube.
Posted by: Maybe
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A reloading tip, don't lube the bullets, lube the case neck when resizing, then remove before loading the bullet.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:28 PM (E4rtv)

180 I get that the current Spanish gov't is leftist and they just pretty much hate reality but I honestly don't understand what they think "win" would look like in this situation.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 05:25 PM (vTZFs)

Same as ours. Staying in power. Same with every major government on the planet.

This really is no small thing. Show me a region, anywhere, where the general public is happy with those in charge. I'll wait.

We are on the precipice of Global Revolution. Not WW III. A Global Revolution. About a hundred different French Revolutions.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:28 PM (nSCZv)

181 Yup, creepy Pederasta lol

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:29 PM (4KUe5)

182 The left just lies and gaslights because they dare not explain their real agenda. So they purposefully seize on isolated persons, events, or policies to go apeshit. It is a rally round the flag type event for them and has little to nothing to do with the real world. After they finish yapping, the thought leaders move on to the next outrage du jour. All ops, all tedious repeats of douchebaggery by vile people that want to see the world burn.

These people have no good in them anymore, only rage, despair, debauchery, and nihilism.

But other than that...

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 05:29 PM (Riz8t)

183 You can't hate the press enough, but from that video it would appear that the people of Cueta hate their press just a tad more than we do. Well played, senors y senoras...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 28, 2026 05:30 PM (nbLIj)

184 Already mentioned?

Milo Yiannopolous picked up by ICE yesterday.
Visa overstay, skipped his hearing in July.

Well, bye

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:30 PM (4KUe5)

185 You can't hate the press enough, but from that video it would appear that the people of Cueta hate their press just a tad more than we do.

We cannot allow a press detestation gap.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 05:31 PM (Riz8t)

186 BREAKING: Ceuta locals are now tracking down and BLOCKING vehicles belonging to the Red Cross NGO, in order to halt their operations across the enclave

This is unprecedented. They are warning the Red Cross to leave immediately.

An uprising has begun in Ceuta. 🇪🇸

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This is more likely to be effective than any other activity. These NGOs are anti western and anti civilization. They are the real enemy.

Posted by: Decaf at August 28, 2026 05:31 PM (ZNpJk)

187 But other than that...
Posted by: Archimedes
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Modern day Amorites.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:31 PM (E4rtv)

188 Some people either have a hard time participating in a forum that has a certain set of rules or they just enjoy being a dick, getting banned and then pretending they are a victim.

Yes Jack. I do enjoy showing how the rules change as the rule-makers get shown constantly, in real time, how they are not keeping up with social shifts.

I do. No apologies. Not because I'm smart. But because the disconnect is that damn obvious.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:31 PM (nSCZv)

189 This is more likely to be effective than any other activity. These NGOs are anti western and anti civilization. They are the real enemy.
Posted by: Decaf
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One cannot keep the enemy out if you have traitors letting them in the side gates and giving them sustenance.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:32 PM (E4rtv)

190 Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 05

I think a very small number of Christians are pacifists- probably Quakers/ and Amish are the only ones who have that as their core doctrines.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 05:32 PM (W90Ou)

191 Did the SPLC have a position on Trad Catholics?
Posted by: mrp at August 28, 2026 05:17 PM (rj6Yv)
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It depends on two things: fundraising potential and how much cash to subsidize them is required.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2026 05:33 PM (Mjjx+)

192 Cueta is not really IN Spain proper.

Posted by: If you look at a map at August 28, 2026 05:34 PM (2Ez/1)

193 >>I do. No apologies. Not because I'm smart. But because the disconnect is that damn obvious.

No Scogg. Times change. Then rules change. You still don't get to make them in someone else's place.

Most people here can figure that out. You aren't some brave truth teller. We just color within the rules and you love breaking them and then telling us we are all just stupid and you are super smart.

It's not us. It's you.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 05:34 PM (viF8m)

194 The leftist boards I peruse are pining for a general "demagafication" and expunging all forms of Trumpism, arrests, and yes, demolishing the ballroom. They describe it as analogous to blowing up nazi swastikas at the Reichstag. I'm certain that none of us are quite cognizant of just how bat-shit insane the left has become. (They've had a lot of help and encouragement)

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 05:34 PM (99A9t)

195 You can't hate the press enough, but from that video it would appear that the people of Cueta hate their press just a tad more than we do. Well played, senors y senoras...

Its a real shift. Little things mean something.

A few of you will know the name Colin Cowherd. He's an opinionated little shit on FoxSports that does sports opinion.

He admitted, last week, that the political media has a certain tilt. A small thing. Yet, a big thing.

It is a dam that's breaking.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:34 PM (nSCZv)

196 184 Already mentioned?

Milo Yiannopolous picked up by ICE yesterday.
Visa overstay, skipped his hearing in July.

Well, bye
Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:30 PM (4KUe5)

Can we please have CBP check everyone’s passports, coming AND going?

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 05:34 PM (jPziU)

197
It is a dam that's breaking.
Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:34 PM (nSCZv)

For decades.

The media will have to go broke.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 05:36 PM (jPziU)

198 I haven't trusted the Red Cross here since they got busted for not spending money on what they raised it for.

It's been awhile so the details elude me but it was a big scandal at the time.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 28, 2026 05:36 PM (6ydKt)

199 First football game at the school by me with their brand new artificial turf field and new lighting system with colors. They also have new misters on the sidelines for the players.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 05:36 PM (ZdaMQ)

200 A little something for the Sophie Cunningham appreciators in the audience.

https://tinyurl.com/3wb9nszf - goes to X.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 05:36 PM (ExV1e)

201 Same as ours. Staying in power. Same with every major government on the planet.

Sure, but how does allowing Spanish territory to be overrun by Moroccans and then fighting your own citizens over it advance that goal? Maybe my poor brain is just not Machiavellian enough to see it.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 05:37 PM (vTZFs)

202 SpeakingOf, 9/11

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 05:38 PM (PbWRL)

203 Most people here can figure that out. You aren't some brave truth teller. We just color within the rules and you love breaking them and then telling us we are all just stupid and you are super smart.

Neither you or I could say it any better.

At what point do you follow the rules ? At what point do you stop ? And at what point is "following the rules" not a virtue ? At what point are those enforcing the rules not doing a social good ?

And I can't tell you any more than I already have how I don't view myself as "super smart". Just seeing the obvious.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:38 PM (nSCZv)

204 I hope the Ceutans find the lard ass woman from the NGO who gave the person with the camera the finger . Then cut off her middle fingers. Lessons must be taught

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 05:38 PM (EZWVc)

205 OddBob, good news?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 05:38 PM (PbWRL)

206 Arriva Espana!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 05:39 PM (ZOv7s)

207 198 I haven't trusted the Red Cross here since they got busted for not spending money on what they raised it for.

It's been awhile so the details elude me but it was a big scandal at the time.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

IIRC, I think it might have been Hurricane Andrew that revealed their modus operandi. Raised a lot of money for victims and ended up banking a big chunk instead of helping victims. When caught at it, deflected by claiming it was to help future victims and they let slip it was how they operated in general.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:39 PM (E4rtv)

208 At what point do you follow the rules ? At what point do you stop ? And at what point is "following the rules" not a virtue ? At what point are those enforcing the rules not doing a social good ?

May I point you to the wisdom of comment 71.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 05:39 PM (ExV1e)

209 > I think a very small number of Christians are pacifists- probably Quakers/ and Amish are the only ones who have that as their core doctrines.
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The Amish I know will certainly mess you up if you get all up in their shit. So to speak. It's never political with them. It's only when it gets personal. Which is what the left continues to push.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 05:39 PM (2Cry5)

210 If you like your country, you can keep your country.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 28, 2026 04:45 PM (Riz8t)

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Elite Europeans don't even insinuate that, they now straight out declare that the country is no longer yours, it's theirs.

Posted by: Decaf at August 28, 2026 05:40 PM (ZNpJk)

211 192 Cueta is not really IN Spain proper.
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Now do Alaska and Hawaii.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 05:40 PM (hPgrk)

212 Sure, but how does allowing Spanish territory to be overrun by Moroccans and then fighting your own citizens over it advance that goal? Maybe my poor brain is just not Machiavellian enough to see it.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 05:37 PM (vTZFs)

As usual, Howdy is all over the map.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 05:40 PM (jPziU)

213 Leftist wet dream is to ban cars and have everyone forced to ride a filthy subway or bus.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 04:46 PM (iCp4l)

Except the Party Elites, who will be chauffeured in limousines.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 05:41 PM (D9FOj)

214 Sure, but how does allowing Spanish territory to be overrun by Moroccans and then fighting your own citizens over it advance that goal? Maybe my poor brain is just not Machiavellian enough to see it.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 05:37 PM (vTZFs)

Seriously. How often have you ever worked with management ? Or really, really listened to motivated people ?

Your brain is not poor. You're just using logic. Most people in charge didn't get that way by logic. They got that way by ruthlessness and guile.

You know, like screaming "Heretic" or "Scogg" every-time an inconvenient opinion pops up.

Pard ... most people are not Logical. They are Ideological. Big difference.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:41 PM (nSCZv)

215 192 Cueta is not really IN Spain proper.

Posted by: If you look at a map at August 28, 2026 05:34 PM (2Ez/1)

No, its not, but it's on one side of the Strait of Gibraltar and is the shortest distance across the Mediterranean.

It's a strategic point, that Morocco covets, which the Socialists in Madrid are supposed to defend as if it were Spanish territory.

They are doing a lousy job of it.
Probably on purpose at this point.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 28, 2026 05:41 PM (6ydKt)

216 Sure, but how does allowing Spanish territory to be overrun by Moroccans and then fighting your own citizens over it advance that goal? Maybe my poor brain is just not Machiavellian enough to see it.
Posted by: Oddbob
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Sanchez is about to get chucked out on his ass and very possibly go to prison to sit by his wife and other high party members for stealing, bribery, and other crimes. So he changes the game by trying to open the borders, cause chaos, and cheat along with trying to make hundreds of thousands of illegals into Spanish citizens so they can vote.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:41 PM (E4rtv)

217 Cueta is not really IN Spain proper.
Posted by: If you look at a map

And the upper peninsula isn't IN Michigan. I'm sure there are other examples.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 05:41 PM (vTZFs)

218 Elite Europeans don't even insinuate that, they now straight out declare that the country is no longer yours, it's theirs.
Posted by: Decaf at August 28, 2026 05:40 PM (ZNpJk)

We are the new aristocracy. We have not, yet, restricted to your lord's manor but it's coming. And we will have savages to kill and rape anyone who dares cross us. -- 'Elite' Europeans

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 05:41 PM (ExV1e)

219 They are screwed. They will never be rid of the invaders.

Posted by: four seasons at August 28, 2026 04:58 PM (/QHx4)

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I think many are starting to recall that Ferdinand and Isabella proved that you can be rid of the invaders.

Posted by: Decaf at August 28, 2026 05:41 PM (ZNpJk)

220 Not that it would ever happen but the perfect punishment for turnstile jumping or fare evasion would be-

Public Caning like they have in Singapore

Administered the same day they're caught.

Discourages repeat offenders. Low cost, no jail time. Humiliating and painful.

Twenty or thirty good seats from a professional caner and those a-holes won't be back for more.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 28, 2026 05:42 PM (iJfKG)

221 A little something for the Sophie Cunningham appreciators in the audience.

https://tinyurl.com/3wb9nszf - goes to X.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 05:36 PM (ExV1e)

DAAAAAANG!!

And I love her attitude.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at August 28, 2026 05:42 PM (0aYVJ)

222 The leftist boards I peruse are pining for a general "demagafication" and expunging all forms of Trumpism, arrests, and yes, demolishing the ballroom. They describe it as analogous to blowing up nazi swastikas at the Reichstag. I'm certain that none of us are quite cognizant of just how bat-shit insane the left has become. (They've had a lot of help and encouragement)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 05:34 PM (99A9t)
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They're a bunch of theater kids who think they are the main characters in a pre-written drama. They have no idea how kinetic action works and are convinced that because they are abject physical cowards but also Stunning and Brave, the rest of the right is even more fearful.

These lunatics saw Trump take a bullet and their cope was saying it was staged. Think about that. Think about having the guts to order someone to shoot you in the ear. That's insane levels of courage, not a coward's tactic.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 05:42 PM (ZOv7s)

223 On what continent is Cueta?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 28, 2026 05:43 PM (2Ez/1)

224 Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Some people just can’t quit us.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 05:43 PM (ZdaMQ)

225 >>And I can't tell you any more than I already have how I don't view myself as "super smart". Just seeing the obvious.

Many see it. It's called discretion. It's a real thing.

When I'm in a privately owned place that has rules and I respect the owner I abide by them.

You don't even have to be super smart to get this. Try it, who knows, you might not get banned every 15 minutes and change your name and IP cause none of us can figure out who you are in 5 seconds.

Or go explore the world wide web and find a place that lets you be you all the time.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 05:43 PM (viF8m)

226 Seats= swats

Posted by: naturalfake at August 28, 2026 05:44 PM (iJfKG)

227 IIRC, I think it might have been Hurricane Andrew that revealed their modus operandi. Raised a lot of money for victims and ended up banking a big chunk instead of helping victims. When caught at it, deflected by claiming it was to help future victims and they let slip it was how they operated in general.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:39 PM (E4rtv)

I think these charity & aid groups can do a lot of good in certain situations where people need help.

But they have been corrupted by the long march through the institutions like everything else.

So you either reform them, or you break them and start over.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 28, 2026 05:44 PM (6ydKt)

228 OddBob, good news?

No news. So that's not bad news yet.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 05:44 PM (vTZFs)

229 Nood. More blasphemous wisdom from Talarico.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 05:44 PM (ZdaMQ)

230 Sanchez is about to get chucked out on his ass and very possibly go to prison to sit by his wife and other high party members for stealing, bribery, and other crimes. So he changes the game by trying to open the borders, cause chaos, and cheat along with trying to make hundreds of thousands of illegals into Spanish citizens so they can vote.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:41 PM (E4rtv)
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A lot of the elites are in full "burn it all down" mode. Their dream is dying so they want to bring about the deluge.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 28, 2026 05:44 PM (ZOv7s)

231 Not that it would ever happen but the perfect punishment for turnstile jumping or fare evasion would be-

Public Caning like they have in Singapore

Administered the same day they're caught.

Discourages repeat offenders. Low cost, no jail time. Humiliating and painful.

Twenty or thirty good seats from a professional caner and those a-holes won't be back for more.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 28, 2026 05:42 PM (iJfKG)

I've always thought Heinlein's punishment system from Starship Troopers was pretty good. Fines for really small shit, lashes for intermediate things, hanging for the bad stuff. Get it done and over with in a manner which, hopefully, makes in impression on the malefactor, and doesn't waste tax dollars on warehousing people.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 05:44 PM (ExV1e)

232 198 I haven't trusted the Red Cross here since they got busted for not spending money on what they raised it for.
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France, WWI, Gramps said the Red Cross sold donuts while the Salvation Army gave them away.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 05:45 PM (hPgrk)

233 Or go explore the world wide web and find a place that lets you be you all the time.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 05:43 PM (viF8m)

All you are saying, still, is "don't harsh my mellow".

Its the weird bent of those like you here. And you are not alone. Its the "trust the process" DNA of your sub-type.

Get this. Everything does NOT have to turn out well. You hate that message. I do get it.

I don't get the "burn the heretic" response. OK - I get that too. As well as the general scold response of controlling the narrative.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:46 PM (nSCZv)

234 A lot of the elites are in full "burn it all down" mode. Their dream is dying so they want to bring about the deluge.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Well, Stan feels the same way about creation and they are doing his bidding so.....

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:47 PM (E4rtv)

235 Cueta is not really IN Spain proper.
Posted by: If you look at a map

Manhattan is not connected to the rest of New York State, I guess it is up for grabs.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 05:48 PM (0U5gm)

236
France, WWI, Gramps said the Red Cross sold donuts while the Salvation Army gave them away.

Posted by: Braenyard

There was some of those complaints in WWII.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:48 PM (E4rtv)

237 IIRC, I think it might have been Hurricane Andrew that revealed their modus operandi. Raised a lot of money for victims and ended up banking a big chunk instead of helping victims. When caught at it, deflected by claiming it was to help future victims and they let slip it was how they operated in general.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:39 PM (E4rtv)
\
CEO was Elizabeth Dole, I believe.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 05:49 PM (wOO3z)

238 223 On what continent is Cueta?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 28, 2026 05:43 PM (2Ez/1)

Africa. So what?

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 28, 2026 05:50 PM (jPziU)

239 235 Cueta is not really IN Spain proper.
Posted by: If you look at a map

Manhattan is not connected to the rest of New York State, I guess it is up for grabs.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

Ceuta has been Spanish for over 400 years. Once you start redrawing boundaries to be 'fair' then you bring on a whole lot of miseries that are best avoided by using status quo instead.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 05:50 PM (E4rtv)

240 France, WWI, Gramps said the Red Cross sold donuts while the Salvation Army gave them away.

My Grand-Dad had nothing nice to say about the Red Cross when the 1st Marines finally got back to the UN line from Chosin.

Posted by: Howdy at August 28, 2026 05:51 PM (nSCZv)

241 Good for them for blocking the Red Cross workers.
Sad times when this is the best option.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2026 05:52 PM (4KUe5)

242 Manhattan is not connected to the rest of New York State, I guess it is up for grabs.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 05:48 PM (0U5gm)
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Well they did elect a Communist Muslim for Mayor, so it may be fair to say that's conquered territory at this point.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 05:52 PM (FZ29D)

243 I've always thought Heinlein's punishment system from Starship Troopers was pretty good. Fines for really small shit, lashes for intermediate things, hanging for the bad stuff. Get it done and over with in a manner which, hopefully, makes in impression on the malefactor, and doesn't waste tax dollars on warehousing people.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 28, 2026 05:44 PM (ExV1e)
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Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age had a similar system for punishment in the Chinese-controlled "Middle Kingdom." Lashings were common for minor infractions. Serious crimes like murder meant that you were injected with small nanobots that would explode when the authorities decided to push a button. Simple and effective.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 05:54 PM (FZ29D)

244 Where have you gone, Francisco Franco? The Spanish nation turns its lonely eyes to you, woo woo woo…

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 05:56 PM (D9FOj)

245 People who can’t spell Ceuta shouldn’t bother asking deep geopolitical questions about it.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 05:58 PM (D9FOj)

246
People who can’t spell Ceuta shouldn’t bother asking deep geopolitical questions about it.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

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I've done what I could on this matter, but it seems my efforts have been futile.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 06:04 PM (mmrXZ)

247 Didn't Spain throw off muslim invaders before? Why can't they do it again?

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 28, 2026 06:06 PM (GMWTj)

248 Well wellie well.
The Spaniards might find their balls after all.

Their ancestors have a long and proud history of stomping on invaders, and have done their share of invading as well.

If I can please have the contact information for the leader of the protecting brigades, I will send my personal regards.

Take note of such action, and please engage your own before bragging about "Do That in a Small Town" because Texas is on the way to being another POS invasion center. They tried it in a small town and have been all too successful.

Posted by: He who questions all of it at August 28, 2026 06:09 PM (LCSLv)

249 If you get full height gates, the current criminals will just get free passes from state/local government.

Public transit in the US is untenable because we refuse to jail or expel barbarians, and damn near all urban governments shield them by coming down on victims for defending against them.

Posted by: heya at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (TfRuS)

250 Cueta is not really IN Spain proper.
Posted by: If you look at a map

Spain wasn't in Spain proper, they were pushed back to just the mountainous districts in the far north.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 06:10 PM (uhVAy)

Shock Study: There's a Direct Link Between Extremist Trans Ideology and the Trans Violence Committed to Vindicate That Extremist Ideology

If we were talking about any group the right, there would be no debate about whether the most extreme, no-deviation-allowed, all-who-deny-our-claims-are-enemies-and-valid-targets version of an ideology leads to violence. In fact, the left claims that fairly milktoast agitators like Ben Shapiro constitute an intolerable threat of extremist violence.

But the left is now shrieking that someone has drawn a connection between the trans extremists' claims that anyone who doesn't want you in your bathrooms is "literally trying to erase you from existence" and trans violence which explicitly justifies itself as resistance against "trans erasure."

John Nolte at Breitbart:

A just-released study from Rutgers University, the Network Contagion Research Institute, and the Manhattan Institute has found something not at all surprising...

"These findings suggest that gender ideology is associated with LWA [left-wing authoritarianism] and willingness to justify political violence."
Knock me over with a feather. Here's the rub:

Finally, broader research on perceived victimhood, moralization, and political violence suggests that identities organized around grievance, perceived victimization, and injustice, when paired with authoritarian or punitive dispositions, can predict support for anti-democratic or violent political action... Taken together, these literatures suggest a common mechanism: ideological content that names an oppressor class, certifies ongoing victimization, and locates remedy in coercive institutional or social action which may supply authoritarian psychology with morally justified targets.

The study establishes a correlation but not necessarily a causation.

Although, to be fair, they have to say that or trans extremists will murder them and their children.

Research frameworks for understanding authoritarianism have historically focused overwhelmingly on the political right, while analogous left-wing pathways have received far less attention...

You don't say!?

This study suggests that the same psychological machinery operates on the extreme left, and that it may be running through institutional channels -- clinical guidelines, professional standards, credentialed expertise -- that current threat-detection frameworks are not well designed to recognize. Violence connected to gender ideology remains largely undocumented in the academic literature. This study provides a first systematic empirical look at the psychological infrastructure that makes such violence conceivable.

More at the link, including the kind of statements -- for example, there's a "trans genocide" underway -- that seem to motivate extremists to kill 24 school children to stop this "genocide."

Colin Wright
@SwipeWright
🚨BREAKING: Our new HHS report--"Where the Clinic Meets the Movement: Does Gender Ideology Arm Left-Wing Authoritarian Psychology?"--is out!
For decades, psychological research has looked at opposition to transgender ideology through a lens of prejudice and right-wing authoritarianism. We asked the conspicuously neglected flipside question:
What psychological traits characterize those who most strongly endorse gender-affirming norms?
In a preregistered study of 1,208 U.S. adults, we developed a Clinical Gender Affirmation Scale (CGAS) using positions drawn directly from guidance issued by the APA, American Psychiatric Association, WPATH, and American Academy of Pediatrics.
Our results shocked us.
Endorsement of mainstream principles of "gender-affirmation" was strongly associated with left-wing authoritarianism (LWA) and support of political violence.
Both LWA and endorsement of gender-affirming clinical norms were associated with greater justification for killing Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump, and Brian Thompson, as well as arson against ICE buildings, destruction of wealthy people's property, and violence against police.
These relationships remained significant even after controlling for political identity.
Acceptance of gender ideology appears to augment authoritarian attitudes in support for political violence.
From our report:
"Together, these findings support the paper's core claim: gender ideology may function as an ideological accelerant, telling left-wing authoritarian psychology who the enemy is, why the situation is urgent, and--in those already disposed toward force--that violence is legitimate."
We believe institutionalized gender ideology may function as a kind of ideological "content package" for people already disposed toward left-wing authoritarianism. It assists in identifying oppressors, creates moral urgency, and provides justification for taking coercive action against opposition.
This is only the first of a series of @HHSGov reports we're working on as a collaboration of researchers at @ncri_io, @RutgersU, and @ManhattanInst.
Stay tuned for more.

WPATH, which claimed for years that it had perfect scientific proof that transing children "saved lives," is being sued for by the FTC for fraudulent claims about the mutilation of children.

And what's their defense?

They now say they weren't offering facts -- just OPINIONS!

Oh so now it's "opinions," huh?

Ed Morrissey quotes City Journal:

The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) now claims that its "standards of care" are merely one opinion in a debate over youth gender medicine. This marks a dramatic change for WPATH, which spent years promoting its approach as the only ethical one to help youth and adults who experience distress associated with their sexual embodiment.
WPATH makes this claim in a legal filing submitted in a lawsuit brought against it by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The federal agency alleges that WPATH has engaged in consumer fraud, specifically listing ten "deceptive claims" made by the defendant about the benefits and safety of medical interventions. According to WPATH, however, the claims in question "are non-actionable opinions about subjects on which there is medical and scientific uncertainty," and as such protected under the First Amendment and not subject to FTC jurisdiction.

The balls on these self-castrated he-bitches.

🚨BREAKING: Our new HHS report�"Where the Clinic Meets the Movement: Does Gender Ideology Arm Left-Wing Authoritarian Psychology?"�is out!

For decades, psychological research has looked at opposition to transgender ideology through a lens of prejudice and right-wing� pic.twitter.com/yaNJ6DPNVI
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) August 26, 2026

The Bluesky crowd is spreading lies about our HHS report.

Nowhere in our report do we ever claim that "trans people are violent, authoritarian, anti-democratic, and extremist."

In fact, our report isn't about trans people at all!

We found left-wing authoritarianism and� pic.twitter.com/z0brJhzbVx
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) August 28, 2026

1 year ago, a trans gunman shot 24 kids at a Christian school in Minneapolis

The media buried the story pic.twitter.com/aoAN1oJDQ5
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 28, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:40 PM

Comments

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1 The deception with tact,
just what are you trying to say?
You've 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, why don't they

Do what they say, say what you mean, and baby
One thing leads to another
You told me something wrong, I know I listen too long but then
One thing leads to another ....

TO FIRST!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 03:41 PM (iFTx/)

2 Shocking.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:41 PM (/PKja)

3 "TRANS PEOPLE AREN'T VIOLENT, AND I'M GOING TO KILL ALL THE CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL NEARBY IF SOMEONE ONLINE SAYS THINGS I DON'T LIKE!"
-the moderate option, apparently

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:41 PM (/PKja)

4 Reality is biased!

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 03:42 PM (Fi81e)

5 4 Reality is biased!

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 03:42 PM (Fi81e)

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"Reality is left-leaning, that's why all academics are left-wing."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:43 PM (/PKja)

6 Although, to be fair, they have to say that or trans extremists will murder them and their children.

Almost Islamic in their fervor.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 28, 2026 03:44 PM (4NO2D)

7 They now say they weren't offering facts -- just OPINIONS!

Practicing psychology without a loysence? That'll get you an investigation in the state of California. If CA was consistent

Posted by: 88C+u at August 28, 2026 03:45 PM (88C+u)

8 When you see someone who looks like a freak and the hairs on the back of your neck stand up around them?

Listen to that. It's a survival instinct.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:45 PM (xcxpd)

9 The extremist left wants to kill you. The moderate left wants the extremist left to kill you.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 28, 2026 03:46 PM (4NO2D)

10 There is also a link between leftist ideology and violence. It is one of their top options when dealing with disagreement.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 03:46 PM (0U5gm)

11 "These findings suggest that gender ideology is associated with LWA [left-wing authoritarianism] and willingness to justify political violence"

Which came first, though? Does radical gender ideology lead to leftwing authoritarism and violence? Or the other way around?

I think it's neither. I think these people are just dangerous lunatics who finger-pop their bungholes thinking about violence. That kind of derangement leads the derangee to latch onto something -- anything -- that gives them an excuse for violence.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 03:46 PM (iFTx/)

12
Here we go again.

"I, uh, erb ub uh ub, merely said that the Hunter Biden laptop story had all the earmarks of Russian intel, I didn't, erb ub, specifically say that it was." -- John Brennan

"Woke One was craaaayyy-zee!" (tee-hee, sorry about your small business, your kid's two years of school, and your grandmom dying alone!) -- AOC

"I never said that schools should close." -- Randi Weingarten

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 03:46 PM (mmrXZ)

13 Another No Shit! study.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 28, 2026 03:47 PM (Mzuzg)

14 "There's a Direct Link Between Extremist Trans Ideology and the Trans Violence Committed to Vindicate That Extremist Ideology"

When does the WPATH and the APA lose all of their funding and donations?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 28, 2026 03:47 PM (cpFbA)

15 8 When you see someone who looks like a freak and the hairs on the back of your neck stand up around them?

Listen to that. It's a survival instinct.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:45 PM (xcxpd)

Also look for the brightly colored hair(s).

Posted by: Thrawn at August 28, 2026 03:47 PM (hbfWH)

16 Since when does it make any kind of moral or ethical sense to claim that, "You won't affirm me in my delusions so you are a non-person and you need to die."

Who hates whom in that equation?

Methinks the trans-ladies doth protest too much.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 03:47 PM (dEHLq)

17 Our results shocked us.

Then you're retarded.

Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2026 03:47 PM (3arSl)

18 Who would have guessed the left's brown shirts would have fake triple Gs with their testicles taped to their butt cracks.

We THINK we've hit PEAK STUPID, but in a few more years these will be the good ole days.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 03:47 PM (Sco7b)

19 9 The extremist left wants to kill you. The moderate left wants the extremist left to kill you.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 28, 2026 03:46 PM

That does explain why the current Democrats pair so perfectly with Muslim Jihadists.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 28, 2026 03:48 PM (HlyYF)

20 16 Since when does it make any kind of moral or ethical sense to claim that, "You won't affirm me in my delusions so you are a non-person and you need to die."

Who hates whom in that equation?

Methinks the trans-ladies doth protest too much.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 03:47 PM (dEHLq)

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"Your kids need to die."

These people tend to attack children more than they attack people saying mean things about them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:48 PM (/PKja)

21 Well the German brown shirts were apparently anti-leftists.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 03:50 PM (Sco7b)

22 Also look for the brightly colored hair(s).
Posted by: Thrawn at August 28, 2026 03:47 PM

Nature's warning.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 28, 2026 03:50 PM (4NO2D)

23 Listen to that. It's a survival instinct.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:45 PM (xcxpd)

Also look for the brightly colored hair(s).
Posted by: Thrawn

And the Union Label.

Posted by: Coat, Dress, Or Blouse at August 28, 2026 03:50 PM (JM9I6)

24 Warming up in the bullpen.

Posted by: Pinochet airlines at August 28, 2026 03:50 PM (rJ48h)

25 These people tend to attack children more than they attack people saying mean things about them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:48 PM (/PKja)

They were probably beaten up on the playground years ago and hold that grudge until the end of time.

Used to be, the Nancy-boys learned the lesson instead of delving deeper into their idiocy. I guess they've gotten stupider and more aggressive at the same damned time.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 03:50 PM (dEHLq)

26 But the left is now shrieking that someone has drawn a connection between the trans extremists' claims that anyone who doesn't want you in your bathrooms is "literally trying to erase you from existence" and trans violence which explicitly justifies itself as resistance against "trans erasure."
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They are ideologues and to serious participants.

I dislike dismissing any group as easily as I can through just a constantly re-enforced pattern of their non-seriousness and kneejerk evasion.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 03:50 PM (Fi81e)

27 They'll kill people for saying their violent lunatics- just like Muslims.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 03:51 PM (zZu0s)

28 Put me in coach! I'm ready to play - today!

Posted by: Vermeer wood chipper at August 28, 2026 03:52 PM (VJ0w/)

29 Huh, I always read that as WARPATH

Posted by: InZona at August 28, 2026 03:52 PM (+YC6b)

30 25 Used to be, the Nancy-boys learned the lesson instead of delving deeper into their idiocy. I guess they've gotten stupider and more aggressive at the same damned time.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 03:50 PM (dEHLq)

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"I shall escape my terrible day to day life by reading science-fiction and think of the possibilities of the human mind against the vast cosmos around us."

vs.

"I shall escape my terrible day to day life by learning that I should cut off my dick and that everyone who doesn't clap for it is trying to murder me."

There's no way that they could have a difference.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:52 PM (/PKja)

31 I bet that same WPATH guidance is being relied on by docs getting sued for transitioning kids as evidence of the standard of care.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 03:52 PM (XvL8K)

32 The trans movement is going to self-exterminate itself if given enough time. The thing is, they're going to kill a lot of innocents in the process.

Had we not caved to the left and shuttered the insane asylums back in the 70's there'd be a possible solution. The entire sub-culture of trans is insane and should be institutionalized. Or euthanized.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 03:52 PM (2Cry5)

33 I would also speculate that the reason these freaks go after kids is because they are cowards and would never consider going after an adult who might defend him or herself. Easy targets.

I wish they would just break plates or something. Shooting kids isn't really all that much of an emotional release. More like a personal death wish.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 28, 2026 03:52 PM (dEHLq)

34 How do we get violent trannies to attack a meeting of AWFLs? Asking for the sanity of society

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 03:54 PM (EZWVc)

35 I can't be the first to see the implied connection of "warpath" with "WPATH," right? I mean, it seems fairly obvious.

Google AI says "refer to two completely different concepts"

Posted by: 80sfan at August 28, 2026 03:55 PM (BbB0e)

36 A significant percentage of trans already despise themselves and the rest of humanity so the violence is unfortunately an easy leap. As was weaponizing them.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 03:55 PM (vE0+H)

37 The left: There is a literal holocaust of transpeople by subhuman MAGAts. Are you really going to let Orange Hitler kill innocent people?

Also the left: Violence from trans idoeology? What the hell these people just want you to use their pronouns. How is that violent?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 03:55 PM (sKqQm)

38 The causation? Mental illness. Why wouldn't you expect an unstable person to behave in an unstable manner?

Posted by: Darth Randall at August 28, 2026 03:55 PM (U/dC0)

39 Florida became the first state to block taxpayer-funded cash welfare from being used to purchase nonessential items like tattoos, video games, and tobacco and vaping products.

Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 03:56 PM (RHGPo)

40 37 The left: There is a literal holocaust of transpeople by subhuman MAGAts. Are you really going to let Orange Hitler kill innocent people?

Also the left: Violence from trans idoeology? What the hell these people just want you to use their pronouns. How is that violent?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 03:55 PM (sKqQm)

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"Charlie Kirk was literally murdering trans people whenever he spoke at a campus. Literally murder. He was literally committing a genocide."

"It was obviously the right who killed Charlie Kirk because he said in a private conversation that no one can verify that he was going to say Free Palestine at his next speaking engagement."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:56 PM (/PKja)

41 That does explain why the current Democrats pair so perfectly with Muslim Jihadists.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 28, 2026 03:48 PM (HlyYF)

Also explains the DNC-DSA fake war.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 03:57 PM (vE0+H)

42 > Who would have guessed the left's brown shirts would have fake triple Gs with their testicles taped to their butt cracks.

Have you seen the Oxford biochemistry lecturer.

He's bald. He's got a long, weird, wispy beard. He's got MASSIVE tits.

So gross.
http://tiny.cc/sci9101

Posted by: bonhomme at August 28, 2026 03:57 PM (mkw2N)

43 It makes sense that trans are violent and unhinged, even before hormones are pumped into them.

They are mad because God created them wrong. If they are mad at God they are mad at everyone. Surprised they don't murder mommy first for birthing the wrong sex. altho it is Daddy's fault from his sperm choice.

This is why mommies support them. Daddy's leave or try to. A mommy issue of Munchausen attention.

The trans in the photo above was supported by her parents. It was sketchy as Mom was in FL and her twee looking Dad was at home. I never found out about their dynamics.

I am horrified and prayed for my sons after Columbine and daily for my grands. School shootings are one of my fears, and I don't have many, thankfully.

I don't know a trannie or know of a trannie through others. They all look angry and are mentally ill.

If mental hospitals are still never coming back, I have a solution:

I wish President Trump would buy 2 islands:

1 for trannies to be among their peers
Another for pedos

No supplies and resultant cannibalism til only one or two are left on each island who will then die of kuru of eating humans.

Ship criminal illegals to both islands and let them join the fun.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 28, 2026 03:57 PM (hzuYO)

44 35 I can't be the first to see the implied connection of "warpath" with "WPATH," right? I mean, it seems fairly obvious.

Google AI says "refer to two completely different concepts"
Posted by: 80sfan at August 28, 2026 03:55 PM (BbB0e)

See me at 29

Posted by: InZona at August 28, 2026 03:57 PM (+YC6b)

45 42 > Who would have guessed the left's brown shirts would have fake triple Gs with their testicles taped to their butt cracks.

Have you seen the Oxford biochemistry lecturer.

He's bald. He's got a long, weird, wispy beard. He's got MASSIVE tits.

So gross.
http://tiny.cc/sci9101
Posted by: bonhomme
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Your description is the stuff of nightmares. John Wayne Gacy killer clown nightmares.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:58 PM (E4rtv)

46
lol, run this through the Google "A.I." and you get this:

"What the Data ShowsGender identity does not predict violent behavior or crime.Experts state there is no proof of higher crime rates or radicalization in the transgender community.Mass shootings and violent crimes are overwhelmingly carried out by cisgender individuals.Rates of VictimizationData from the Williams Institute shows transgender people are over four times more likely to experience violent victimization than cisgender people."

Garbage-in has always resulted in garbage-out.

Posted by: Auspex at August 28, 2026 03:58 PM (Y8DZL)

47 "Extremist" trans ideology? Is there any other kind?

They are mind warping children. Permanently.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 03:59 PM (3cYpk)

48 The trans-community, much like the Muslim community, are the instigator of the phobia that is seeking to devour them.

Posted by: SMOD at August 28, 2026 03:59 PM (RHGPo)

49 Have you seen the Oxford biochemistry lecturer.

He's bald. He's got a long, weird, wispy beard. He's got MASSIVE tits.

So gross.
http://tiny.cc/sci9101
Posted by: bonhomme

Feed me.

Posted by: Vermeer wood chipper at August 28, 2026 03:59 PM (VJ0w/)

50 WOMPR > WPATH

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 28, 2026 03:59 PM (HUco/)

51 Okay, it's a little Orwellian to label the people who say "You can be whatever gender you call yourself" "Gender affirmers".

Seems if we grant the model that sex is a biological fact, but "gender" are clusters of ideas that grow up around sexual functions, that the "gender affirmers" are the more traditional. Because they are affirming the case for a legitimacy of social conventions concerning sexual differences.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 04:00 PM (Fi81e)

52 You cannot argue with mentally ill people. They are crazy. They need to be tossed into a looney bin.

Posted by: Case at August 28, 2026 04:00 PM (VrYHL)

53 I wish President Trump would buy 2 islands:
1 for ... pedos

goughisland.com

Posted by: spray 'em in cheese first at August 28, 2026 04:01 PM (88C+u)

54 When you add in all the violence done my trannies that make up Antifa, my guess is it intensifies the correlation.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 04:02 PM (Fi81e)

55 Autogynophelia enablers is a bit long winded.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 28, 2026 04:02 PM (HUco/)

56 Have you seen the Oxford biochemistry lecturer.

He's bald. He's got a long, weird, wispy beard. He's got MASSIVE tits.

So gross.
http://tiny.cc/sci9101

Posted by: bonhomme at August 28, 2026 03:57 PM (mkw2N

Funny. Thanks.

Somewhere there's a woman out there thinking "I can fix him!"

Four women's golf tournaments in Canada this year were apparently won by women. That's probably the best way to beat these crazies and win over young women in the process.

Losing out to fake women has to get old at some point.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 04:03 PM (Sco7b)

57 Trantifa

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 28, 2026 04:03 PM (HUco/)

58 Unpossible! Impossibru!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:03 PM (K32Fz)

59 And yes the response is the same chorus that the people who do not understand Per Capita always use.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:04 PM (K32Fz)

60
During Trans Genocide National Breastfeeding and Don't Be A Bully Vengeance Month of Rage? Really, Ace???

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 04:04 PM (9c4Eu)

61 Every school shooting for years now has been by a tranny.

In the old days when it was straight-ish white kids shooting up schools the FNM told me that you could ignore all the drivebys and the like by urban yutes that white kids shooting up schools meant white people were especially dangerous.

Now school shooting don't matter I guess...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:04 PM (sKqQm)

62 Losing out to fake women has to get old at some point.

It has been my observation that at least some women really like suffering and being humiliated

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:05 PM (K32Fz)

63 Huh, I always read that as WARPATH
Posted by: InZona at August 28, 2026 03:52 PM (+YC6b)
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I thought it said "WRATH" for a moment...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2026 04:06 PM (FZ29D)

64 It has been my observation that at least some women really like suffering and being humiliated

That's a sexist thing to say you pig!

Posted by: Some AWFL in a Handmaid Outfit, reading 50 shades of grey, warming up her kitty masher 900W back mas at August 28, 2026 04:06 PM (sKqQm)

65 "Some of them want to abuse you,
Some of them want to be abused."

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 28, 2026 04:06 PM (HUco/)

66 I've always likened it to a drunken hook-up gone very very wrong.

The Dems needed the next group to 'defend' from conservative 'bigotry.'

The trannies interpreted the shack up as true love.

And that's when it all got out of hand.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 28, 2026 04:06 PM (4HoLg)

67 When the muzzies throw the Oxford tranny lecturer off a roof , he's going right through the street all the way to the London underground

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 04:07 PM (EZWVc)

68 50 Shades is so last decade
AWFLs want to get milked by a minotaur now.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 28, 2026 04:07 PM (HUco/)

69 Every school shooting for years now has been by a tranny.

I strongly suspect that most of the past school shooters would, in the modern era, be trannies.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:08 PM (K32Fz)

70 They are mad because God created them wrong.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 28, 2026 03:57 PM (hzuYO)
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Plus they are living in a "World without God". Where all hierarchies can be said to be "arbitrary" and nothing is better than anything else (but thinking "makes it so").

And that's the world where "You have to make your own meaning". How, though? Because non-hierarchy-primacy would suggest that meaning is not necessarily better than "not having meaning".

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 04:08 PM (Fi81e)

71 4:05

Let's check out the lies...

MS Now - Iran War six months in. It's a lost quagmire of doom.
CNN - Same - their 650,000 viewers are frustrated this is still going on.

CBC - Hey Nepal! That's a change of pace.
FoxNews - Will Cain - Clancy.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 04:08 PM (Sco7b)

72
This one has been Norm MacDonalded.

Trans nonbinary woman who fled to Canada because "the trans Krystallnacht is coming" said her terror began when Charlie Kirk was killed. Wot, you say? Well, she knew then that transpeople were going to get blamed for all kinds of shit, and the rest of us are going to go regular Nazi on them.

TikTok seems to defy tinyurl, so here it is if you want a good laugh or a good scream.

https://www.tiktok.com/
@nopebrigade0/video/7577812221422587167

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 04:08 PM (mmrXZ)

73 WorPATH.

Posted by: Reforger at August 28, 2026 04:09 PM (jJAdc)

74 AWFLs want to get milked by a minotaur now.

Speaking of which, in the Disney Beauty and the Beast movie, Gaston is horrified by the book Belle is reading then she falls in love very rapidly with this monstrous thing in a castle. Was she reading monster romantasy?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:09 PM (K32Fz)

75 In fact, the left claims that fairly milktoast agitators like Ben Shapiro constitute an intolerable threat of extremist violence.

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As an old-school third-rate blogger once and often-famously noted:

Their violence is speech.
Our speech is violence.

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 04:10 PM (9c4Eu)

76 *types*
*deletes*

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 28, 2026 04:11 PM (W2Pud)

77 Ben Shapiro is extreme?

I mean maybe his sister's boob size but him?!?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:11 PM (sKqQm)

78 I hope John Money is roasting to a crisp in Hell.

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 04:12 PM (77rzZ)

79 Have you seen the Oxford biochemistry lecturer.

He's bald. He's got a long, weird, wispy beard. He's got MASSIVE tits.

So gross.
http://tiny.cc/sci9101
Posted by: bonhomme
......

I like the hair between his chesticles.

Posted by: wth at August 28, 2026 04:12 PM (UjdFS)

80 76 *types*
*deletes*

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 28, 2026 04:11 PM (W2Pud)

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It was about the minotaurs, wasn't it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:12 PM (/PKja)

81 They are mad because God created them wrong.

Every broken, messy, strange, crazy, or screwed up kid is being pushed into this category.

That kid whose mom beat him every day and kills cats in the back yard? The school counselor tries to fix him by telling him he's a girl and would be normal if he hacked his danglies off.

That weird girl who wears spiderwebs in her hair and gets D's in every class because she can't pay attention? The school counselor tries to fix her by saying she should cut her funbags off.

That oddball who hates their life and feels aimless is told they will be better by the school counselor if they swap their gender and sees the school celebrate queers and trannies every day while ignoring normal kids.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:12 PM (K32Fz)

82 But the left is now shrieking that someone has drawn a connection between the trans extremists' claims that anyone who doesn't want you in your bathrooms is "literally trying to erase you from existence" and trans violence which explicitly justifies itself as resistance against "trans erasure."

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Old & Busted: Dead-Naming.
New Hotness: Dead-Shaming.

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 04:12 PM (9c4Eu)

83 Maybe this trend of leftist women wearing nose rings has something to do with them liking bulls sexually now?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:13 PM (sKqQm)

84 I hope John Money is roasting to a crisp in Hell.
Posted by: Bulg

I mean, I know that he's in Hell, but I hope he's in the absolute hottest part.

The part that Fauci is destined for.

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 04:13 PM (77rzZ)

85 The last time someone (a libtarded pansy dude) told me they were offended by something they heard me say to someone else, my response was “I’m offended you think I give a shit.”

His face turned as pink as his shirt and he stomped away.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 28, 2026 04:14 PM (W2Pud)

86 That's DR John Money...

The razor wire encrusted flaming c0ck of Shaitan for all eternity hopefully.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 28, 2026 04:14 PM (HUco/)

87 Maybe this trend of leftist women wearing nose rings has something to do with them liking bulls sexually now?

Its like getting a tattoo or long hair way back, they do it because you hate it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:14 PM (K32Fz)

88 Speaking of which, in the Disney Beauty and the Beast movie, Gaston is horrified by the book Belle is reading then she falls in love very rapidly with this monstrous thing in a castle. Was she reading monster romantasy?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:09 PM (K32Fz)

SEE! The love of a woman can change any man...

TV and movies told them so!

Okay. Back to work.
Thanks all.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 04:14 PM (Sco7b)

89 79 Have you seen the Oxford biochemistry lecturer.

He's bald. He's got a long, weird, wispy beard. He's got MASSIVE tits.

So gross.
http://tiny.cc/sci9101
Posted by: bonhomme
......

I like the hair between his chesticles.
Posted by: wth at August 28, 2026 04:12 PM (UjdFS
So regular people like you meet at Walmart?

Posted by: Eromero at August 28, 2026 04:15 PM (LHPAg)

90 He's bald. He's got a long, weird, wispy beard. He's got MASSIVE tits.

Uhhh

If I were an Oxford student assigned to his class, I would transfer the heck out. I suppose they can't do that because of lawsuits.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2026 04:16 PM (JrHfD)

91 Speaking of which, in the Disney Beauty and the Beast movie, Gaston is horrified by the book Belle is reading then she falls in love very rapidly with this monstrous thing in a castle. Was she reading monster romantasy?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:09 PM (K32Fz)

lol, like this meme?
https://tinyurl.com/mtkrwemj

Posted by: Thrawn at August 28, 2026 04:16 PM (hbfWH)

92 And yes the response is the same chorus that the people who do not understand Per Capita always use.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:04 PM (K32Fz)
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But per capita is definitely the more scientific model.

Otherwise, who CARES what might cure or palliate a rare disease--statistically the positive returns on any trial are insignificant given all the people who do not have that disease.

That would be dumb.

The pro-vax would hope for a situation where those that did not take a vax would be small. Creating a case where far more vaxed people succumb to a sickness than the insignificant non-vaxed, right?

So would the correction be "Actually the number of unvaxxed that succumb to the disease is insignificant in comparison to the vaxed"?

You can bet it wouldn't be.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 04:16 PM (Fi81e)

93
Study shows! Settled science!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 04:16 PM (O0L8i)

94 Or in a more pure times Belle could see the Beast's soul.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 28, 2026 04:17 PM (HUco/)

95 SEE! The love of a woman can change any man...

TV and movies told them so!

Okay. Back to work.
Thanks all.
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 04:14 PM (Sco7b)

Only if said man has wealth and a humongous castle.

Otherwise, "short" kings need not apply by kidnapping women and locking them up until they "love" them.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 28, 2026 04:17 PM (hbfWH)

96 So trannies attack?

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 28, 2026 04:17 PM (KGj36)

97 Its like getting a tattoo or long hair way back, they do it because you hate it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:14 PM (K32Fz)

Which is of course pathology in itself.

Living for other people is dumb. Living to annoy or bother other people makes you into a pathetic loser.

I'm so clever I annoyed a stranger, is the Applause Comedy of human defects.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 04:17 PM (vE0+H)

98 94 Or in a more pure times Belle could see the Beast's soul.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 28, 2026 04:17 PM (HUco/)

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Beauty and the Beast is best in black and white.

And French.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:17 PM (/PKja)

99 TJM, oui

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 28, 2026 04:18 PM (HUco/)

100 Every broken, messy, strange, crazy, or screwed up kid is being pushed into this category.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:12 PM (K32Fz)
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That's because it's about getting people sterilized and making them think it was their idea.

This is the seed of 70-80s MENSA and other think tanks "solving" the overpopulation problem.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 04:19 PM (Fi81e)

101 Or in a more pure times Belle could see the Beast's soul.

Well that is the proper story but the Romantasy theory is funnier

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:19 PM (K32Fz)

102 What do I like about the Beast? Well he's smart, and when you get to know him kind, and most importantly he has a 12 inch pe...uh...candelabra!

Posted by: Belle at August 28, 2026 04:19 PM (sKqQm)

103 99 TJM, oui

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 28, 2026 04:18 PM (HUco/)

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Come on. You know I can't even read English.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:19 PM (/PKja)

104 This is the seed of 70-80s MENSA and other think tanks "solving" the overpopulation problem.

Yeah and the "don't get married, and if you do, don't have kids" push in culture. At least, to white people.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:20 PM (K32Fz)

105 Beauty and the Beast is best in black and white.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:17 PM (/PKja)
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You can always turn down the color.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 04:20 PM (Fi81e)

106
The progression of this insanity has been observed. Euphemisms used:

1 - Live for the day when you can complete your transition so that finally, at last, blessedly, your body matches your soul and you can be happy and live as your true self

2 - Undergo irreversible medical processes

3 - Discover you're still miserable -- AND your body is destroyed AND everyone can "clock" you as your assigned-at-birth gender anyway after all that pain and expense AND you also have constant UTIs, scars, difficulty speaking from vocal feminization surgery, failure of neovagina, etc

4 - Hate everyone else for living normally and happily

5 - Bang-bang

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 04:20 PM (mmrXZ)

107 I like the hair between his chesticles.

Posted by: wth at August 28, 2026 04:12 PM (UjdFS

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Is there a market for tranny baby formula bottles with hairy nipples for "authentic" chest-feeders like Mayor Pete?

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 04:20 PM (9c4Eu)

108 105 You can always turn down the color.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 04:20 PM (Fi81e)

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Or, I can buy Nightmare Alley all over again to get the black and white version from Criterion.

Commerce makes he world go round!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:20 PM (/PKja)

109 The left likes trannies because they are highly invested in the cause.

I mean your average lefty can realize they were wrong and change politics but if you cut your genitals off because leftwing ideology told you it was the right thing to do you will justify that narrative pretty much no matter what.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:21 PM (sKqQm)

110 Some movies are better in black and white.

Posted by: dantesed at August 28, 2026 04:21 PM (p3pWU)

111 Study shows! Settled science!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 04:16 PM (O0L8i)
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The people who "settle Science" probably do not agree.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 04:21 PM (Fi81e)

112 FOIA request produced new documents that were released on the 1st anniversary of the Annunciation school shooting:

A search warrant in the documents showed the car Westman drove to the church that morning and in the days before the shooting had a dashcam. Officers described the videos recorded by that camera, writing that Westman seemed agitated after a visit with family and at times sobbed before driving by the church and school the night before the attack.

The records also include transcripts of police interviews with Westman’s father, ex-girlfriend, close friend and former co-workers, describing Westman as somewhat of a loner prone to depression. Many of those people had not previously spoken publicly about the shooting or about Westman.

While several said Westman had expressed suicidal ideations years earlier, they also said they had not seen signs that Westman was capable of hurting others. Westman’s father said he hadn’t seen a reason to be worried about his child before the shooting, noting only that Westman had been struggling to eat and had lost significant weight. Several relatives declined to speak with law enforcement altogether, according to the record release.

Posted by: beckster at August 28, 2026 04:21 PM (kX27y)

113 Or, I can buy Nightmare Alley all over again to get the black and white version from Criterion.

That movie is so depressing.

It makes you want to scream at the TV: stop being an evil asshole you are going to screw yourself even if you don't care about anyone else

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:22 PM (sKqQm)

114 110 Some movies are better in black and white.

Posted by: dantesed at August 28, 2026 04:21 PM (p3pWU)

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"Not It's a Wonderful Life!"
-Ted Turner

I read an article shortly after Turner's death that asserted that the whole colorization thing he led was really just an excuse to help get funding to restore old movies. Colorization was the sizzle, but the base remasters were the steak and the central point.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:22 PM (/PKja)

115 5 - Bang-bang

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 04:20 PM (mmrXZ)

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And in some cases:

Bang-bang-bang-bang-bang-
bang-bang-bang-bang-bang-
bang-bang-bang-bang-bang-
bang-bang-bang-bang-bang-
bang-bang-bang-bang-bang

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 04:22 PM (9c4Eu)

116 The book was "Ferme Laitière Belle-de-Jour," the shocking and transgressive of a woman, a castle, a box of wine, and a giant dog.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 04:23 PM (BI5O2)

117 The gays are catching up with what the lesbians have been saying all along, finally. It’s an interesting plot twist- it wasn’t the conservatives trying to eradicate gay people / children, it’s coming from inside the house instead. The reality is Team Trans are doing their own conversion therapy.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 04:23 PM (ZdaMQ)

118 A "Trans gunman"? He changed firearms during a killing spree?

Related- why does it seem like high percentage of trannies, M to "F" are still wearing their facemasks?

Posted by: Rex B at August 28, 2026 04:23 PM (LUIDu)

119 Some movies are better in black and white.
Posted by: dantesed

Can you imagine Casablanca in color? Yech.

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 04:24 PM (77rzZ)

120 CNN - Same - their 650,000 viewers are frustrated this is still going on.

It must be a good day.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 04:24 PM (wOO3z)

121 113 Or, I can buy Nightmare Alley all over again to get the black and white version from Criterion.

That movie is so depressing.

It makes you want to scream at the TV: stop being an evil asshole you are going to screw yourself even if you don't care about anyone else

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:22 PM (sKqQm)

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The book goes even further.

Stan gets Molly into a position where she almost gets raped, and Stan knows it's going to happen.

The author was an alcoholic wreck who went from ideology to ideology looking for meaning and finding nothing. Nihilism gets tossed around too much as a descriptor to describe things that are dark and depressing but do actually point to things having meaning, but Nightmare Alley is full-on nihilistic. His wife also divorced him to marry CS Lewis.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:24 PM (/PKja)

122 Well the German brown shirts were apparently anti-leftists.
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 03:50 PM (Sco7b)

They were anti competing leftists. They were socialists themselves. Once they won the street battles they absorbed the communist thugs into their ranks with no problems.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:24 PM (uhVAy)

123 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 04:20 PM (mmrXZ)

Yes but they hated everyone else for how they were living to begin with. It's just that once the "process" is complete, that is all that's left.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 04:25 PM (vE0+H)

124 The Maltese Falcon in color??

No thanks.

Posted by: dantesed at August 28, 2026 04:25 PM (p3pWU)

125 122 Well the German brown shirts were apparently anti-leftists.
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 28, 2026 03:50 PM (Sco7b)

They were anti competing leftists. They were socialists themselves. Once they won the street battles they absorbed the communist thugs into their ranks with no problems.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:24 PM (uhVAy)

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"Mussolini was actually a small government conservative," always tickles me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:25 PM (/PKja)

126 My favorite thing about the "transgender" society is that they take offense when you tell them they are mentally ill. And, the medical community backs them up by stating that they are NOT mentally ill. Instead they possess a built up stress internally as a result of confusion over their gender and indentity.

Which, by definition is "mental illness."

Posted by: Orson at August 28, 2026 04:25 PM (dIske)

127 It’s an interesting plot twist- it wasn’t the conservatives trying to eradicate gay people / children, it’s coming from inside the house instead. The reality is Team Trans are doing their own conversion therapy.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 04:23 PM (ZdaMQ)

The Left loves nothing more than to lift something up...... and then destroy it.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 04:25 PM (vE0+H)

128 124 The Maltese Falcon in color??

No thanks.

Posted by: dantesed at August 28, 2026 04:25 PM (p3pWU)

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Black and white isn't real. I must have real.

Now, excuse me while I watch my movie about a superman defeating an army of aliens devouring the earth single-handedly, but realistically.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:26 PM (/PKja)

129 I read an article shortly after Turner's death that asserted that the whole colorization thing he led was really just an excuse to help get funding to restore old movies. Colorization was the sizzle, but the base remasters were the steak and the central point.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:22 PM (/PKja)

Seems doubtful, he could have gotten a lot of detractors on side by telling that from the start.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:26 PM (uhVAy)

130 Some movies are better in black and white.

Spider Noir was much better in black and white than color

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:26 PM (K32Fz)

131 "Mussolini was actually a small government conservative," always tickles me.

What? That guy was the Top!

Posted by: Cole Porter and your average pre-war leftist at August 28, 2026 04:26 PM (sKqQm)

132 131 "Mussolini was actually a small government conservative," always tickles me.

What? That guy was the Top!

Posted by: Cole Porter and your average pre-war leftist at August 28, 2026 04:26 PM (sKqQm)

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"He loves Marx the wrong way. He's practically a Republican."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:27 PM (/PKja)

133 "Mussolini was actually a small government conservative," always tickles me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:25 PM (/PKja)

He got the trains running on time, not made highways for individuals to go where they wanted.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:27 PM (uhVAy)

134 128 124 The Maltese Falcon in color??

No thanks.

Posted by: dantesed at August 28, 2026 04:25 PM (p3pWU)

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Black and white isn't real. I must have real.

Now, excuse me while I watch my movie about a superman defeating an army of aliens devouring the earth single-handedly, but realistically.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:26 PM (/PKja)
_________________________

Wait...dinosaurs aren't purple?

Posted by: Orson at August 28, 2026 04:27 PM (dIske)

135 And that's the world where "You have to make your own meaning". How, though? Because non-hierarchy-primacy would suggest that meaning is not necessarily better than "not having meaning".

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 04:08 PM (Fi81e)
*******
Have surgeons create fake meaning from fake vagina.

It's going to be glorious! What I was born for!

Spend the rest of the years before suicide dealing with ingrown hairs and boils that get infected with drug resistant staph.

This does not take away from the fact that there is chronic pain when not dealing with boils.

The inability to have sex again as a fake female; wishing every minute he still had the genitalia he started with and simply gay.

Orgasm is a thing of the past.

Then the he/she has to pee, which takes about 20min of concentration and pain.

Returns to regular pain after pee pain and time spent on the toilet.

Dat's life in a day of a trans' greatest wish!

Half commit suicide.

Trans supporters say it's working! Sort of by elimination!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 28, 2026 04:28 PM (hzuYO)

136 And, the medical community backs them up by stating that they are NOT mentally ill. Instead they possess a built up stress internally as a result of confusion over their gender and indentity.

Which, by definition is "mental illness."

Yeah. Mental illness isn't sin, its not a moral failure, it doesn't mean you are a bad person. But its a real thing, and thinking you are something you are not is crazy.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:28 PM (K32Fz)

137 Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 04:23 PM (ZdaMQ)

Welcome back, Zombie Piper. I'm beginning to think that it was kale, and not the Soup-transmitted tumor, that took you from us.

You did see that article, right?

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 04:28 PM (77rzZ)

138 Huh, I always read that as WARPATH

A can of woopath...

Posted by: Mike Tython at August 28, 2026 04:28 PM (3arSl)

139 It’s an interesting plot twist- it wasn’t the conservatives trying to eradicate gay people / children, it’s coming from inside the house instead. The reality is Team Trans are doing their own conversion therapy.

Posted by: Piper at August 28, 2026 04:23 PM (ZdaMQ)

The Left loves nothing more than to lift something up...... and then destroy it.
Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 04:25 PM (vE0+H)

Gays were last year's shock troops. Many of them are too content and are going mainstream instead of remaining outcasts.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:29 PM (uhVAy)

140 Damn. Milo is looking rough.

https://tinyurl.com/2xukcdpm

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 04:30 PM (viF8m)

141 Trump's deporting Milo?!?

HAHAHAHAHAHA

I gotta see what reddit thinks of this...

Posted by: Cole Porter and your average pre-war leftist at August 28, 2026 04:30 PM (sKqQm)

142 Dat's life in a day of a trans' greatest wish!

Half commit suicide.

Trans supporters say it's working! Sort of by elimination!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 28, 2026 04:28 PM (hzuYO)

This contrasts with the half that commit suicide if they don't cut themselves to bits.

From what I recall though, the old school cross dressers only rarely shot up schools, or political rivals, because they weren't political.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:31 PM (uhVAy)

143 141 Trump's deporting Milo?!?

HAHAHAHAHAHA

I gotta see what reddit thinks of this...

Posted by: Cole Porter and your average pre-war leftist at August 28, 2026 04:30 PM (sKqQm)

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"Israel told him to."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:31 PM (/PKja)

144 https://twitterwebviewer.com/

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Musk strikes again

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 04:32 PM (hPgrk)

145 "Gender Affirmation" is not; it's the exact opposite, forcing the fake as the actual.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 28, 2026 04:32 PM (l3cgK)

146 140 Damn. Milo is looking rough.

https://tinyurl.com/2xukcdpm
Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 04:30 PM (viF8m)

He's gonna need a new grifting source to maintain his previously "fabulous" appearance.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 28, 2026 04:32 PM (hbfWH)

147 I WANT MY MALE CUNT AND MAN-BOOBS AND I WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO PAY FOR NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!

IT IS MY RIGHT AS A NON-BINARY ENTITY TO GET MY WISHES !!!!!!!!

IF NOT I WILL CRY TO BARRY O MY SAVIOR AND HERO !!

Posted by: Jack Meehoff at August 28, 2026 04:32 PM (0/Zc3)

148 The left likes trannies because they are highly invested in the cause.

I mean your average lefty can realize they were wrong and change politics but if you cut your genitals off because leftwing ideology told you it was the right thing to do you will justify that narrative pretty much no matter what.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:21 PM (sKqQm)

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True.

As well as the fact that mental illness is the seed-corn of mass formation psychosis and cult membership, "meaning," advocacy, violence, & a lesser cause worth murdering and dying for.

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 04:32 PM (9c4Eu)

149 All things considered, I think I might go fishing in the morning.

With my .357 mag. sidearm.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 28, 2026 04:32 PM (SK+av)

150 Looks like Milo has been ridden hard and put away wet.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 28, 2026 04:32 PM (6ydKt)

151 140 Damn. Milo is looking rough.

https://tinyurl.com/2xukcdpm

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 04:30 PM (viF8m)

When your lifestyle makes sitting down difficult...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 28, 2026 04:33 PM (l3cgK)

152 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 28, 2026 04:28 PM (hzuYO)
Dang.

Posted by: Eromero at August 28, 2026 04:33 PM (LHPAg)

153 Wait...dinosaurs aren't purple?
Posted by: Orson at August 28, 2026 04:27 PM (dIske)

Their feathers might have been.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:33 PM (uhVAy)

154 149 All things considered, I think I might go fishing in the morning.

With my .357 mag. sidearm.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 28, 2026 04:32 PM (SK+av)

I thought grenades and TNT were better for fishing...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 28, 2026 04:33 PM (l3cgK)

155 140 Damn. Milo is looking rough.

https://tinyurl.com/2xukcdpm
Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 04:30 PM (viF8m)

He's gonna need a new grifting source to maintain his previously "fabulous" appearance.
Posted by: Thrawn at August 28, 2026 04:32 PM (hbfWH)

I think he's more needed in the UK than here these days.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:34 PM (uhVAy)

156 Actually, Mussolini is the least objectionable to me of the three Axis bigwigs, of him, Hitler, and Tojo.

Mussolini was a fairly learned man whospoke several languages. When he came to power, he was widely praised, from the likes of Churchill to Gandhi.

And he was not onboard with the Shoah, but he had to acquiesce once he was firmly attached to Hitler's teat.

He came very close to allying with Britain and France before the war, until they forced him into Hitler's arms by disowning him over his stupid takeover of Ethiopia.

Dude, you could've just stayed out of Ethiopia. But nooooo...

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 04:34 PM (77rzZ)

157 153 Wait...dinosaurs aren't purple?
Posted by: Orson at August 28, 2026 04:27 PM (dIske)

Their feathers might have been.

I think we should do a $10M Study to see if some the dinosaurs were either Gay or Non-Binary ....

Posted by: Jack Meehoff at August 28, 2026 04:35 PM (ZITfF)

158 I just keep thinking about millstones and a deep body of water when I read about this topic.

Posted by: Cray Cray at August 28, 2026 04:36 PM (yoYxH)

159 153 Wait...dinosaurs aren't purple?
Posted by: Orson at August 28, 2026 04:27 PM (dIske)

Their feathers might have been.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:33 PM (uhVAy)

Fossilized colour-imparting melanosomes that were found in certain Archaeopteryx fossils imply at least some of their feathers were black...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 28, 2026 04:36 PM (l3cgK)

160 I always hate to do this because it is so pedantic,

but maybe it's not a typo and some people don't know this...

It is spelled "milquetoast."

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 04:36 PM (ImuKY)

161
Yes but they hated everyone else for how they were living to begin with. It's just that once the "process" is complete, that is all that's left.
Posted by: ...

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They start by hating the world and hating their life for sure. "Transition will change it all!"

Then wake up with everything that can go wrong going wrong -- socially, medically, psychologically.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 04:36 PM (mmrXZ)

162 160 I always hate to do this because it is so pedantic,

but maybe it's not a typo and some people don't know this...

It is spelled "milquetoast."

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 04:36 PM (ImuKY)

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I sometimes take proper spelling for granite.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:37 PM (/PKja)

163 Fossilized colour-imparting melanosomes that were found in certain Archaeopteryx fossils imply at least some of their feathers were black...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 28, 2026 04:36 PM (l3cgK)

Haven't followed it for a while but some Chinese feathered fossils hinted at being reddish as well.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:38 PM (uhVAy)

164 I think we should do a $10M Study to see if some the dinosaurs were either Gay or Non-Binary ....
Posted by: Jack Meehoff

Barney is gay as shit. The rest are dead.

I'll take my money now.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 04:38 PM (wOO3z)

165 157 153 Wait...dinosaurs aren't purple?
Posted by: Orson at August 28, 2026 04:27 PM (dIske)

Their feathers might have been.

I think we should do a $10M Study to see if some the dinosaurs were either Gay or Non-Binary ....

Posted by: Jack Meehoff at August 28, 2026 04:35 PM (ZITfF)

AFAIK, they've only found one pair of dinos mating, and they were male and female...I think it can be found in some museum in Spain...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 28, 2026 04:38 PM (l3cgK)

166 If Italy stays neutral towards France in WWII, they probably still invade Greece and...lose.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:39 PM (sKqQm)

167 162 160 I always hate to do this because it is so pedantic,

but maybe it's not a typo and some people don't know this...

It is spelled "milquetoast."

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 04:36 PM (ImuKY)

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I sometimes take proper spelling for granite.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:37 PM (/PKja)

That's a rock-solid position to take.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 28, 2026 04:39 PM (l3cgK)

168 Back in the day of strip joint row there was always one joint that featured "queens", it was considered an amusement side show.
The queens got off and got paid for it. The bands were good and everyone laughed - the performers and the audience.

New Orleans, naturally, had more of these eccentric clubs than most towns.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 04:40 PM (hPgrk)

169 167 I sometimes take proper spelling for granite.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:37 PM (/PKja)

That's a rock-solid position to take.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 28, 2026 04:39 PM (l3cgK)

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Well, for all intensive purposes, at least.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 04:40 PM (/PKja)

170 Somebody should have done something about that pony-tailed freak long before he had the time to do what he did.

Posted by: Crusader at August 28, 2026 04:40 PM (TN0g+)

171 The Left likes trannies because they believe they can use them to disprove God.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 04:40 PM (vE0+H)

172 It is spelled "milquetoast."

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 04:36 PM (ImuKY)

I'm not gonna argue against the Anglo Saxon / English / then American rigor in pruning out extra letters that add no value.

Mostly because it bugs the French.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:41 PM (uhVAy)

173 146 140 Damn. Milo is looking rough.

https://tinyurl.com/2xukcdpm
Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 04:30 PM (viF8m)
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A few days in the tank with real food and no drugs will do him good.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 04:41 PM (hPgrk)

174 >>>I thought grenades and TNT were better for fishing...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

>It's true, many decades ago, we used dynamite to fish the yellowstone. Now the sidearms are for the frootloops and predators cruising the recreational areas.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 28, 2026 04:41 PM (SK+av)

175 Mussolini was a disastrous failure of a leader. If there's one thing I can give him credit for, it's seeing that Antonio Gramsci was tormented to death in a squalid dungeon. He got that right. Sort of. He should have shot the man directly after trial and spared the world his prison writings.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 04:42 PM (BI5O2)

176 The media has a huge roll in the transgender's being lionized. I'm pretty sure some of the insanity on display is for attention. Not the good kind either.

But our media (traditional and online) is really an instigator for a lot of the violence perpetrated by those weirdos.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 04:42 PM (2Cry5)

177 Nood Blue Sh*thole post. (PHRASING!!!)

Posted by: Orson at August 28, 2026 04:43 PM (dIske)

178 That's a rock-solid position to take.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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My sediments exactly.

Posted by: The River Bottom at August 28, 2026 04:43 PM (ImuKY)

179 90% of reddit is onboard with deporting Milo and want a list of other nominally right of center people deported (including citizens)

10% of reddit argues this is Trump trying to keep the "Anti-Trump right" from attacking him and Israel

Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2026 04:43 PM (sKqQm)

180 The Left likes trannies because they believe they can use them to disprove God.
Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 04:40 PM (vE0+H)

You can't prove or disprove anything with emotion.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 28, 2026 04:43 PM (uhVAy)

181 Had we not caved to the left and shuttered the insane asylums back in the 70's there'd be a possible solution. The entire sub-culture of trans is insane and should be institutionalized. Or euthanized.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 03:52 PM (2Cry5)

I was only a disinterested teen back then but didn't the pharamaceutical and health insurance industries have a hand in this?

Posted by: Sumguy at August 28, 2026 04:43 PM (X/gXX)

182 140 Damn. Milo is looking rough.

https://tinyurl.com/2xukcdpm
Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 04:30 PM (viF8m)
*******
Just saw that mug shot!

He is missing his diamond earrings. I guess cashed in for some more poppers and whatever drugs cause those dead eyes and dark circles.

You've come a long way, faker! Remember when Ann Coulter thought he was fabulous? I do!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 28, 2026 04:44 PM (hzuYO)

183 I'm not gonna argue against the Anglo Saxon / English / then American rigor in pruning out extra letters that add no value.

Mostly because it bugs the French.
Posted by: Oldcat

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But it is named after a comic strip character, who was given a frenchy name because he was weak and timid.

So the French name is part of the gag. It caught on and became a word.

Posted by: The River Bottom at August 28, 2026 04:45 PM (ImuKY)

184 Mussolini was a disastrous failure of a leader. If there's one thing I can give him credit for, it's seeing that Antonio Gramsci was tormented to death in a squalid dungeon. He got that right. Sort of. He should have shot the man directly after trial and spared the world his prison writings.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Agreed.

Posted by: Bulg at August 28, 2026 04:47 PM (77rzZ)

185 He's bald. He's got a long, weird, wispy beard. He's got MASSIVE tits.
So gross.
http://tiny.cc/sci9101

Posted by: bonhomme at August 28, 2026 03:57 PM (mkw2N)

He should stay away from tall buildings in the presence of his future muslim overlords.

Posted by: Sumguy at August 28, 2026 04:47 PM (X/gXX)

186 It's Friday at nearly 5 pm. I'm calling it.

Let Happy Hour(s) commence.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 04:48 PM (viF8m)

187 180 The Left likes trannies because they believe they can use them to disprove God.
Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 04:40 PM (vE0+H)

Where's your God now!?

Posted by: chicks with dicks ... lol at August 28, 2026 04:49 PM (2rCZb)

188 "Musk strikes again"

How dare that man wanting a name and a email addy from you to view his site.

Damn that man!

How dare he???

!!!

Posted by: Reginald Van Dough at August 28, 2026 04:50 PM (rHvvN)

189 Another No Shit! study. Next you’re going to tell me that promoting the delusions of mentally ill people and scrambling their bodies with untested levels of cross sex hormones might not be a good idea. But I’m, like , not a biologist.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 28, 2026 04:55 PM (Mzuzg)

190 All things considered, I think I might go fishing in the morning.

With my .357 mag. sidearm.

Don't drop it in the water. Happens a lot around here.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 28, 2026 04:58 PM (K32Fz)

191 It is spelled "milquetoast."

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 04:36 PM (ImuKY)
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I could care fewer.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 05:08 PM (Fi81e)

192 The Left likes trannies because they believe they can use them to disprove God.
Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 04:40 PM (vE0+H)

Where's your God now!?
Posted by: chicks with dicks ... lol at August 28, 2026 04:49 PM (2rCZb)
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But "God didn't make junk" was the rally of the queers at one time.

Because the were "the way God made them".

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 05:09 PM (Fi81e)

193 So proud to be from Minnesota where our Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanaga is moving from her success fighting fraud with Walz to running for Senate. She was photographed in a "Protect Trans Kids" t-shirt showing a huge knife.

Posted by: Dave at August 28, 2026 06:32 PM (sbsMc)

194 Lemme guess - in 40 years, murderous trannies will make up 65% of all professorships in academia.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 28, 2026 06:50 PM (w6EFb)

John Ratcliffe's Secret Mission to Moscow: Don't Attack NATO, and You Had Better Strike a Deal While a Deal Is Still Possible, Mr. Putin

Ratcliffe told the head of the FSB that Russia must not attack NATO.

Is that a real fear? Yes, for several reason. First, intelligence warned of an attack on Poland by Russia, with Russia hoping to make Poland back away from its support of Ukraine.

And then months after that, a Russian missile fell in Poland. The missile hit an empty field and killed no one, but it seems likely that it was intended as a threat, especially since it had been predicted by intel sources.

And now their are fresh reports that Russia is planning another provocation attack.

Second: Russia is losing this war and one of the most basic reactions to losing on one front is to open another front. The CIA seems to fear that Putin will become desperate and escalate the situation to delay his defeat.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe's personal visit to Moscow this week saw him warn Russia against any strikes on NATO nations, multiple outlets have reported.
Ratcliffe visited Russia this week and met with intelligence officials, but not President Vladimir Putin. The meeting came amid reported concerns from Washington that Russia could attack one of the Baltic States, all of which are in NATO, according to the Wall Street Journal.

That wasn't the only point of the trip.

The other objective was to deliver the CIA's assessment that, despite the US previously figuring that Russia would eventually win the war due to their great advantage in population and war materiel, the CIA now believes that Russia will lose the war, given the disastrous 2026 Russian spring and summer offensives, which are hardly worthy of the name.

Ratcliffe urged Russia to start seriously negotiating for a peace deal before Russia suffers military and economic damage that could take generations to repair.

For those of you who have, like me, been reading about the Ukraine-Russia war, and wondered if the news of Russia's bloody failure was just Ukrainian propaganda: It appears not. The CIA broadly confirms what we've been hearing from Ukrainian sources and independent analysts.

C.I.A. Chief Delivered Bleak Assessment of Russia's War in Secretive Moscow Visit
John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, made a secretive visit to Moscow this week to privately share his bleak assessment of the state of the Russian war against Ukraine, and to urge the Russians to cut a deal before their military and economic situation gets worse, current and former officials said.
Mr. Ratcliffe delivered the message to Aleksandr V. Bortnikov, the head of Russia's F.S.B. intelligence service, and made no threats about potential consequences for the Russian side should President Vladimir V. Putin ignore the C.I.A. director's assessment and choose to continue fighting.
C.I.A. analysts have long questioned whether Mr. Putin's advisers have given him honest assessments of the war's trajectory and toll.

This is discussed a lot -- Putin is almost like Hitler in seeming to believe that he's winning this. People attribute this to the fact that generals and staffers who give Putin bad news tend to exit tall buildings from high windows.

The C.I.A. has long maintained communications channels with the F.S.B. and Russia's foreign intelligence service, which is known as the S.V.R.
Officials said Mr. Ratcliffe's intelligence channel with Bortnikov runs parallel to separate channels that President Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law, have established with other senior advisers to Mr. Putin.
Some officials said they hoped that Mr. Putin, a former intelligence officer himself, would see a message from the C.I.A. director as more urgent and credible than communications through normal diplomatic channels.
For much of last year, Mr. Trump and some of his top advisers appeared to hold the belief that a Russian battlefield victory over Ukraine was inevitable because of Russia's larger population and its nuclear arsenal.
But the Russians have suffered massive losses, and their battlefield gains have stalled.
It is not clear whether Mr. Ratcliffe's message presaged any change in U.S. policy toward Russia or Ukraine.
Mr. Ratcliffe's visit was the latest effort by the Trump administration to breathe new life into stalled negotiations. It has become increasingly clear that Ukraine is not going to give up its fight in the east, even with reduced U.S. military support.
Given what he presented as the bleak military and economic reality for Russia, Mr. Ratcliffe told Mr. Bortnikov that he believed it was time for Moscow to engage in serious negotiations to end the war.
Since Mr. Trump's return to office, the United States has scaled back its military support to the Ukrainians, forcing them to rely more heavily on European partners.
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Last month, Mr. Ratcliffe spoke out pointedly about Russian troop losses during the war, and Moscow's inability to advance on the battlefield. He noted that the life expectancy of a Russian soldier on the front lines was less than 35 minutes.
And he added that Russia had gained only about 1 percent of Ukraine's total territory in the 18 months since he became C.I.A. director, a development he attributed to Ukraine's "mastery" of drone technology.

Ukraine is parlaying that drone mastery into more aid. They're striking deals with many countries, including the US, and trading their hard-won expertise at drone warfare and technology for additional weapons (including more drones and components for drones).

Drones have replaced artillery as the new king of the battlefield. They're the weapon responsible for the most battle deaths, knocking artillery off its long-held bloody throne.

The future of warfare will be, for good or for ill, all about drones and, crucially, anti-drone technology. (Not all counter-drone weapons are so high tech.)

America must be able to destroy drones if we want to keep our other advantages. (And the Ukraine war has shown that US weapons systems are very good and much better than Russian, and presumably Chinese, systems. In fact, most of NATO's weapons are superior to Russia's.)

US drone "mothership" carries other drones.

Related: Trump announced the US had cleared the sea lanes of Strait of America of all Iranian mines.

Among the weapons deployed to destroy the mines? Underwater drones.

US officials had confirmed the essential claim two days earlier. They said underwater drones had identified more than 100 suspected mines in recent months.
Private contractors then disposed of the devices, the officials said. President Donald Trump warned that American forces would destroy any Iranian vessel caught laying new mines.

Also in the fight: the surface sea drone, the Corsair:

On July 12, 2026, three Saronic Corsair one-way attack uncrewed surface vessels struck a submarine and a ship maintenance facility at Iran's Bandar Abbas Naval Base, in what U.S. Central Command described as the first American combat employment of sea drones.
The strike settled a question this profile left open in June, when the Corsair's offensive role existed in acquisition documents and company material with no combat instance behind it. It settled much less about the platform. The approach was reported as low-speed and uncontested, the launch point, transit distance and warhead were never disclosed, and the released video ends at the explosions.
Thirty-four days earlier the same vessel class had recovered two downed Army aviators near the Strait of Hormuz. Behind both events sits a company that has since selected Brownsville, Texas for a shipyard costing more than $3 billion, launched its first 52-foot Mirage, and carries a $9.25 billion valuation against roughly $200 million in estimated 2025 revenue.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:30 PM

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1 536yhv35vyh35

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 02:30 PM (mmrXZ)

2 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 02:30 PM (VJ0w/)

3 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at August 28, 2026 02:30 PM (EJE3y)

4
536yhv35vyh35
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

That's the other thing that happened in Moscow.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 02:30 PM (mmrXZ)

5
More proof Trump is in Putin's pocket.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 02:31 PM (O0L8i)

6 I couldn't find an older video showing drones killing one Russian troop after another, even as they hid inside houses.

It's really, really important that America build a defense against this.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:31 PM (1wjle)

7 Nukes are an Anti-Drone Weapon.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:32 PM (Shi2G)

8 >>>More proof Trump is in Putin's pocket.

exactly. I heard Ratcliffe paid Russian prostitutes to poop on the American flag.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:32 PM (1wjle)

9 i think of Ukraine as the first Sci-Fi War. So many robots, so many drones, with AI piloting the attack drones.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:33 PM (1wjle)

10
Wow, how did Iran get/develop those Ghadir class subs?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 02:33 PM (mmrXZ)

11 >> I heard Ratcliffe paid Russian prostitutes to poop on the American flag.

That's false.

He paid the Russian prostitutes to shit on a Wig that was worn by Michele Obama.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:34 PM (Shi2G)

12 I am alone with Vladimir

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 28, 2026 02:34 PM (sFNX2)

13 >>>He paid the Russian prostitutes to shit on a Wig that was worn by Michele Obama.

The walls are closing in

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:34 PM (1wjle)

14 Ceuta residents are burning the invader camps. Video on NYP.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 28, 2026 02:35 PM (bX16E)

15 Ah, the reason there is a NATO.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 02:36 PM (Fi81e)

16 What would Russia attack Poland with? Everything they have is tied up in Ukraine.

I would bet that Poland would have a better chance of taking Moscow than the reverse.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 28, 2026 02:36 PM (4NO2D)

17
Nice exclave you got in Kaliningrad. Pity if something were to happen there.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 02:36 PM (O0L8i)

18 Did Radcliff meet Putin at the Ritz?

Posted by: muldoon at August 28, 2026 02:37 PM (qgHp7)

19 Uh….. I simply don’t believe CIA assessments. That org has zero credibility with me. I won’t believe Russia lost this war until I see Zelensky dancing on Putin’s grave. I’m not holding my breath

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 02:37 PM (geWO5)

20 Nooded, ya no-noodin' bastiges.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 28, 2026 02:37 PM (NcvvS)

21 >>Ceuta residents are burning the invader camps.

Fuck'n A

It's about god damned time the unwashed masses took things into their own hands.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:37 PM (Shi2G)

22 Nothing has changed.

We have always been at war with Russia and in solidarity with their people and entirely nazi-free military.

Noting has changed.

Russia bad ~~now~~ always.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 28, 2026 02:37 PM (2ap+5)

23 Ceuta residents are burning the invader camps. Video on NYP.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

Hopefully, the goatrapers are in them.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 02:37 PM (VJ0w/)

24 Seriously, we're supposed to believe the CI f'n A?

Posted by: logprof at August 28, 2026 02:37 PM (jo6FO)

25 So now we know what the CIA director's secret mission was. Got it.

Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2026 02:37 PM (6VEkT)

26 Hahahaha, The IRGC placed 200 mines in the Strait. The US Naval forces have removed them all. Of the 200 only 10 were real mines.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 02:37 PM (PbWRL)

27 Don't we want the Ukraine war to continue for the time being just to keep Russia occupied instead of backing Iran?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 02:38 PM (ImuKY)

28 long ago I saw an HBO movie called The Pentagon Wars. It was about the supposedly useless money-sink Bradley Fighting Vehicle. The movie portrayed the Bradley as comical in its uselessness and inability to take a single hit.

Anyway, if you watch those videos, it looks like the Bradley is highly effective and takes out Russian main battle tanks.

HBO is a leftwing propaganda organ. I know that shocks you.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:38 PM (1wjle)

29 John Ratcliffe's Secret Mission to Moscow: Don't Attack NATO, and You Had Better Strike a Deal While a Deal Is Still Possible, Mr. Putin

==

No. I don't thinks so. Based on what I've seen and heard, there was a different reason for the visit. This type of strategic message that Euro based braniacs allege would not have been delivered by Ratcliffe. It is not his purview.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:38 PM (g47mK)

30 The other objective was to deliver the CIA's assessment that, despite the US previously figuring that Russia would eventually win the war due to their great advantage in population and war materiel, the CIA now believes that Russia will lose the war, given the disastrous 2026 Russian spring and summer offensives, which are hardly worthy of the name.

Do we know that the CIA can do competent analysis now or are we still assuming that they miss everything important and are going to get blindsided by big events that woudl be plain to anyone on the Internet?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 28, 2026 02:39 PM (vJrRc)

31 The big problem is the EU. They are doing everything they can to keep this conflict active. Recently, Zelenskyy was in the UK trying to work out a deal to create a major manufacturing factory in the UK to produce the Ukaine's drones. EU personnel are providing more direct assistance to Ukraine (via undisclosed personnel) that they should be. And, everytime the US makes a move to settle the conflict, the EU does something contrary to the goal.

The bottom line for the EU is they want escalation that requires US direct involvement, because that fills their treasure chests. They tried to lure us in previously by offering up peace troops, with the caveat that the US serve as an "insurance policy" and jump it if something occurs....which they would have been happy to covertly facilitate deceitfully. Trump didn't fall for that.

Posted by: Orson at August 28, 2026 02:39 PM (dIske)

32 Ratcliffe told the head of the FSB that Russia must not attack NATO.

He had to fly there to do it, because a phone call could have been tapped and then everybody would know what he said.

Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2026 02:39 PM (6VEkT)

33 Quibble: It's not a secret if everybody knows about it...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 02:39 PM (PGK1w)

34 >>> Nothing has changed.
We have always been at war with Russia and in solidarity with their people and entirely nazi-free military.
Noting has changed.
Russia bad now always.

that's right, nothing has changed, despite the weird Russian-intel crafted effort to convince Americans that Putin is a really nice guy and just wants to defend Christianity against the gays.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:40 PM (1wjle)

35
The CIA couldn't find it's own tallywhacker if Sydney Sweeney was holding the mirror.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 28, 2026 02:40 PM (O0L8i)

36 1. So one of the most backward, basket-case countries in all Europe, that can't build a single mechanical product of sufficient quality to export, nevertheless has Heechee drone tech? Nah, not buying it.

2. Russia seized and controls at least 20% of Ukraine. But Russia is losing the war? I don't think that's how this works.

3. Can both these terrible countries lose?

4. The fact that Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is back in the news after largely disappearing telegraphs to me that Iran is going very well for the USA.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 02:40 PM (iFTx/)

37 >>33 Quibble: It's not a secret if everybody knows about it...

well it was kind of secret earlier in the week

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:40 PM (1wjle)

38 Anti-drone tech seems like it's going to be very difficult. I hope they figure it out, because those little bastards are like mosquitoes. Carpet bombing might have to make a comeback.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 28, 2026 02:41 PM (n5tGW)

39 The more likely story, to my mind, is some prisoner exchange. And not just any prisoner, a VIP that Russians grabbed in Ukraine.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:41 PM (g47mK)

40 34 that's right, nothing has changed, despite the weird Russian-intel crafted effort to convince Americans that Putin is a really nice guy and just wants to defend Christianity against the gays.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:40 PM (1wjle)

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Church attendance in Russia is lower than in France. Russia bombed a bunch of churches in Ukraine.

It's a weird stance to take, for sure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:41 PM (/PKja)

41 On July 12, 2026, three Saronic Corsair one-way attack uncrewed surface vessels of the struck a submarine
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Yeah right. Sure they did. Because everything always goes exactly as planned.

Oh wait I thought that said Sardonic vessels.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 02:42 PM (JunZe)

42 The UAE has built drone proof fencing around all of their oil facilities.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2026 02:42 PM (PbWRL)

43 >>Anti-drone tech seems like it's going to be very difficult. I hope they figure it out, because those little bastards are like mosquitoes. Carpet bombing might have to make a comeback.

Brutality Wins Conflict.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:42 PM (Shi2G)

44 And here I thought the conversation in Moscow had more to do with UK providing nuclear-warhead capable missiles (or at least the license to build them) to Ukraine—who has escalated into attacking civilians, not just military targets.

If you were in Russia and saw a nuclear-warhead capable missile coming your way, what are you supposed to do? Let it land and then sift through the smoke and ruins to determine if the war has escalated?

The Islamo-fascist UK needs to be cut loose from NATO since they have demonstrated that they no longer want to be part of civilized society.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 28, 2026 02:42 PM (a6PrB)

45 Interesting position Trump is in. He knows, and so does Putin, that not only was the Russia hoax completely fake and largely generated with fake information from Ukraine, the reason Russia invaded Ukraine was because the Obama/Biden administration including the CIA and others, ran a coup in Ukraine in 2014 and took down an elected government friendly to Russia.

Interesting place to negotiate from. Trump and Putin both know what really happened but exposing it to the world has implications for both and not good ones for the US. Good for Trump, not so good for the US on the world stage.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 02:42 PM (viF8m)

46 14 Ceuta residents are burning the invader camps. Video on NYP.
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I found it somewhat disturbing that the natives were largley dressed in shorts and t-shirts. Don't they know anything about dressing for combat? Jeez, even antifa does it better.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 28, 2026 02:43 PM (sFNX2)

47 24 Seriously, we're supposed to believe the CI f'n A?
Posted by: logprof

I believe in the pictures of long gas lines there, and the worldwide price of diesel.

Ukraine is within reach of shutting Russian fuel off completely.

Posted by: Auspex at August 28, 2026 02:43 PM (Y8DZL)

48 Russia won't pick a fight with Poland. They've been hardening their army for a while, and are now spending damned near 5% of their GDP on it.

No one else in NATO comes close.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 28, 2026 02:44 PM (wtvvX)

49 >>>38 Anti-drone tech seems like it's going to be very difficult. I hope they figure it out, because those little bastards are like mosquitoes. Carpet bombing might have to make a comeback.

They have a gun with a computerized fire control that estimates where a drone will be by the time the bullet gets to it, and locks the trigger until it calculates the gun is aimed at the right place.

I don't know how effective that is.

I'm happily impressed at how well American war tech seems to be working so I'm hopeful we will figure this out.

Directed energy weapons are part of this. They just jam drones' communications and guidance. But AI is the answer to this, as an AI drone doesn't rely on communications with its operator and also doesn't need GPS guidance. They can fly by scanning the ground.

but also they'll probably be putting money into laser-trucks.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:44 PM (1wjle)

50 Uh….. I simply don’t believe CIA assessments.

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I don't believe that online publication, or any outlet, got a hold of a real CIA assessment. Russia cut off Ukraine from any and all trade in the Black Sea. So much so, that Zelenskyi proposed a temporary ceasefire. And what gets disseminated ? That Ukraine is winning the Black Sea!

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:44 PM (g47mK)

51 4. The fact that Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is back in the news after largely disappearing telegraphs to me that Iran is going very well for the USA.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 02:40 PM (iFTx/)

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Iran is now complaining that the US is committing terrorism, Bloomberg has admitted that the strait is effectively open (2/3 of pre-conflict oil getting through, plus all the redirects), the only ships "hit" by Iran these days are either made up or ships that were allowed through the blockade to deliver grain...to Iran, the rial is worth about 2 million to the dollar, and Iran has pretty much admitted that the Gayatollah is dead.

But other than that, Iran is dominating America.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:44 PM (/PKja)

52 and just wants to defend Christianity against the gays.
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I like to have my Christianity against the gays

Posted by: Talarico at August 28, 2026 02:44 PM (JunZe)

53 43 >>Anti-drone tech seems like it's going to be very difficult. I hope they figure it out, because those little bastards are like mosquitoes. Carpet bombing might have to make a comeback.

Brutality Wins Conflict.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:42 PM (Shi2G)

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Mark Rober has a video about all this!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:44 PM (/PKja)

54
generals and staffers who give Putin bad news tend to exit tall buildings from high windows.

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I know very little about Putin, but I'm surprised to see this. I thought the guy was more realistic.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 28, 2026 02:45 PM (mmrXZ)

55 The Russians are coming close to finishing the capture of the Donbas. They're pushing the Ukes back in other areas also
However they've lost a ton of men in this war. NATO has watched and learned from the development of drone warfare.
While Europe , except Poland are militarily not in good shape we still dominate and it wouldn't go well for the Russians.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 02:45 PM (EZWVc)

56 >>>44 And here I thought the conversation in Moscow had more to do with UK providing nuclear-warhead capable missiles (or at least the license to build them) to Ukraine—who has escalated into attacking civilians, not just military targets.

lol

Russia has been sending missiles at Ukrainian cities since the beginning of the war.

Poor Russia! They invaded a country and that mean Nazi country fought back!

he just wants to defend Christianity from The Gays!

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:45 PM (1wjle)

57 Asymmetric warfare victory. USSR crushed a Hungarian revolt in 1956. Seventy years later, Ukraine is winning against Russia, a superpower.

I doubt that the USA has a defense against attacks by a large number of drones at this time

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 28, 2026 02:45 PM (llBIB)

58 Check out some more news Elric. Drones are hitting deep into Russia now and almost daily in Moscow. Oil refineries and storage have been key targets for a while.

Either way, I am with you if both countries can lose.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 28, 2026 02:45 PM (n5tGW)

59 46 14 Ceuta residents are burning the invader camps. Video on NYP.
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I found it somewhat disturbing that the natives were largley dressed in shorts and t-shirts. Don't they know anything about dressing for combat? Jeez, even antifa does it better.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 28, 2026 02:43 PM (sFNX2)

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"Well, at least they weren't in fucking jeans."
-George Will

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:45 PM (/PKja)

60 Speaking of Canada . . .

Canadian doctors’ group doubles down on expanding MAID to newborns

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So now postpartum abortion?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 02:46 PM (ndZc7)

61 Do we know that the CIA can do competent analysis now or are we still assuming that they miss everything important and are going to get blindsided by big events that woudl be plain to anyone on the Internet?

That would be funny if Ratliff went to Moscow to have counter-intelligence from the FSB to do a compare and contrast with the lies and propaganda coming from Deep State operatives at Foggy Bottom.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 28, 2026 02:46 PM (NzX/y)

62 >>>That Ukraine is winning the Black Sea!

They are. Russia's ships have pulled back to the coasts and the ports.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:46 PM (1wjle)

63 Poor Russia! They invaded a country and that mean Nazi country fought back!

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:45 PM (1wjle

I mean... The Ukes are where actual Nazis are.

Just like WW11, it's the Nazis fighting the Communists.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 02:47 PM (PGK1w)

64 The more likely story, to my mind, is some prisoner exchange.

Is Snowden still over there?

Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2026 02:47 PM (6VEkT)

65 He noted that the life expectancy of a Russian soldier on the front lines was less than 35 minutes.
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This is bullshit. Doing the math, if only 1,000 Russians were manning what are called the front lines (which is obviously a ridiculous underestimate), then at a 35 minute life span they'd have 41,142 dead per day just to keep those positions manned.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 02:47 PM (XvL8K)

66 Either way, I am with you if both countries can lose.

So what you are voting for is #1 and #2 exporters of wheat to both lose.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 28, 2026 02:47 PM (NzX/y)

67 I am buoyed by the fact that we have a massive superiority in our nuclear arsenal -- yield, stealth, delivery systems, penetration, and targeting. I would bypass any conventional response to an attack on NATO by a full scale punitive deathstrike on Russian command and control

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 28, 2026 02:48 PM (qwx/I)

68 . It has become increasingly clear that Ukraine is not going to give up its fight in the east, even with reduced U.S. military support.

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Wut?

There is no reduction in US support. The US is barely more than halfway done disbursing the aid passed under Biden, and added another $400m under Trump.

This is more lies from the lying media.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 02:48 PM (BI5O2)

69 One of the best traits about Trump is that he's quick to recognize a mistake and backtrack, without being stuck on it. It's reassuring to see Trump himself now adopting all the arguments that those of us who were critical of the MOU at the outset were making.

I also believe that we have now settled into a sustainable low cost, low risk tactical posture that can crack Iran without much kinetic effort on our part. Most wars start off with bad battle plans that don't survive first contact with the enemy - the key to victory is adapting and improvising as it develops.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 02:48 PM (edUvp)

70 Oh, and there's also this, regarding the Strait of Hormuz:

https://x.com/MorseReport/status/
2093384909461365040

"Recent satellite imagery suggests that the Department of War has conducted a covert dredging operation to open up a never-before-used shipping corridor through the Omani side of the Strait of Hormuz."

We just cut a new waterway that Iran can't even see if they still had their towers and binoculars, much less hit with missiles that they don't have anymore.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:48 PM (/PKja)

71 There is also some other stuff that casual observers don't follow. Putin brought back Gen. Surovikin. And several people with ...knowledge of that means, think that this is in preparation of some offensive.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:48 PM (g47mK)

72 >>>I mean... The Ukes are where actual Nazis are.
Just like WW11, it's the Nazis fighting the Communists.

Uh huh. You mean that Ukranians wanted to be free of Russia and made the enemy-of-my-enemy choice to join Germany.

Yes that's bad.

Whose side of WWII was Ireland on? They made the same calculation and declared war on the UK.

Would we say the Irish are Nazis?

I mean, this is all silly nonsense.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:49 PM (1wjle)

73 36 1. So one of the most backward, basket-case countries in all Europe, that can't build a single mechanical product of sufficient quality to export, nevertheless has Heechee drone tech? Nah, not buying it.

2. Russia seized and controls at least 20% of Ukraine. But Russia is losing the war? I don't think that's how this works.

3. Can both these terrible countries lose?

4. The fact that Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is back in the news after largely disappearing telegraphs to me that Iran is going very well for the USA.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

I'll address point 2. Germany held a greater part of France in WWI but yet ended up losing. Why. Its internal economy collapsed under Allied blockade. Its civilians were starving.

Gaining territory for territory's sake is what did in Shitler and that Froggie bloke. Same with launching attacks on Ukrainian cities rather than dispersed military targets.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 02:49 PM (E4rtv)

74 Go long on giant nets. You’ll thank me later.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 28, 2026 02:49 PM (Mzuzg)

75 What if there are no good guys in this fight? Why do I have to be on anyone's side other than my own countries?

Is Putin a bad actor? Absofuckinglutely. Are the puppets running Ukraine any better? No.

Has nothing to do with the citizens who always get caught in the crossfire. The people running both countries suck.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 02:49 PM (viF8m)

76 Ottawa is itching to do some culling.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 02:49 PM (VJ0w/)

77 Ukraine has turned out the equivalent to the Spanish Civil War. Expect its lessons to play out in the next major conflict.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 28, 2026 02:49 PM (OUMaO)

78 >>This is bullshit. Doing the math, if only 1,000 Russians were manning what are called the front lines (which is obviously a ridiculous underestimate), then at a 35 minute life span they'd have 41,142 dead per day just to keep those positions manned.

87% of the time, Statistics are Made Up 100% of the time.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:50 PM (Shi2G)

79 46 I believe the locals are not dressed like Antifa because their cops will target them.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 28, 2026 02:50 PM (bX16E)

80 Gotta admit, I underestimated the Ukes and/or overestimated the Rooskies. I really thought Putin would stomp them like Godzilla and Bambi.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 28, 2026 02:50 PM (vTZFs)

81 18 Did Radcliff meet Putin at the Ritz?

Posted by: muldoon at August 28, 2026 02:37 PM (qgHp7)

SOOPER - DOOPER!!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 28, 2026 02:50 PM (wtvvX)

82 Russia needs to deploy battlefield nukes against the Ukes.

Number 1, to see if they work.
Number 2, to send a message.
Number 3, for the fun of it.

Posted by: Old Iron Pants at August 28, 2026 02:50 PM (QRHoA)

83 The Anti-Lindsay Clancy

https://tinyurl.com/5b6y5dpm

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 02:50 PM (ndZc7)

84 >>>74 Go long on giant nets. You’ll thank me later.

oh they're already doing that. They've got all of this netting and fencing on top of their tanks.

I think I saw a weapon that deploys a net as it approaches a drone to drop it.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:50 PM (1wjle)

85 They are. Russia's ships have pulled back to the coasts and the ports.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:46 PM (1wjle)

Ace, Ukraine is dead without Black sea trade, not Russia. That is how Ukraine got their grain out. Now Russia cut them off, and nothing gets through.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:51 PM (g47mK)

86 Speaking of Canada . . .

Canadian doctors’ group doubles down on expanding MAID to newborns

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So now postpartum abortion?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 02:46 PM (ndZc7)

That’s the only thing Lindsay Clancy is guilty of! — AWFL Karen’s everywhere

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 28, 2026 02:51 PM (geWO5)

87 Russia as constituted was never going to be our "Ally" in recent decades, but insofar as possible cooperation and mutual areas of interest were concerned it was worth cultivating or maintaining good relations in those areas.

I believe the idea was to kneecap whatever good relations were possible, probably on the orders of Beijing, or adjacent. Ukraine is easily one of the most corrupt countries on the planet. It was astonishing to see how quickly they upload the new programming narrative.

"Freedom and Democracy! Let's give them Eleventy Gazillion Dollars RIGHT NOW, OR ELSE!"

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 02:51 PM (rQ950)

88 While Europe , except Poland are militarily not in good shape we still dominate and it wouldn't go well for the Russians.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 02:45 PM (EZWVc)

There are a plethora of online video's showing huge lines waiting for gas and diesel across Russia - in many cities, it's no longer available at any price. Ukraine's campaign against Russian refinery capacity has been seriously damaging.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 02:52 PM (edUvp)

89 I don't know how effective that is.

Posted by: ace

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I think the problem is that is is very expensive Like, 10s of k per shell.

The solution to drones is probably going to be ... more drones. Just like the solution to artillery was counter battery artillery.

What scares me is when AI replaces GPS for navigation and AI replaces the fiber optic or radio for targeting. Then these damn things wil be fully autonomous.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 02:52 PM (ImuKY)

90 >>So what you are voting for is #1 and #2 exporters of wheat to both lose.

That's fine. New markets and all of that.

We'd be better off producing more Wheat than Corn, anyway.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 02:52 PM (Shi2G)

91 Andrei, you've lost another submarine?

Posted by: Eromero at August 28, 2026 02:52 PM (LHPAg)

92

Artillery, the Queen of the battlefield.

https://t.ly/kcPyA

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 02:52 PM (Cqx++)

93 BTW, Russia was on the Nazis' side in WWII and conquered poland in coordination with hitler.

Had you forgotten?

Russia was great friends with the Nazis... until the Nazis invaded.

Like I said, this is all twitter-argument nonsense. It's silly.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:52 PM (1wjle)

94 I like this, but I also don't trust the CIA.

Regarding the Strait of Hormuz, it turns out Iran just chucked a bunch of metal trash into the water and claimed it was mines, for the most part. There were 11 actual mines and an unholy large mess that wasn't dangerous.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 02:52 PM (P9pDS)

95 91 Andrei, you've lost another submarine?

Posted by: Eromero at August 28, 2026 02:52 PM (LHPAg)

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*looks off meaningfully in the distance*
-Andrei Rublev

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:52 PM (/PKja)

96 71 There is also some other stuff that casual observers don't follow. Putin brought back Gen. Surovikin. And several people with ...knowledge of that means, think that this is in preparation of some offensive.
Posted by: runner

Doesn't change the logistics problem with declining petroleum refining and far better Ukrainian targeting. Putin has made this war into a war for his own survival as has Zelinsky. Neither can climb off the tiger or they will undoubtedly be eaten by who comes next.

Prediction, continued bloody stalemate until someone, probably Russia as long is Putin is in charge due to frustrations, does something incredibly stupid. He lost the moral justification for his war pretty early on and he is now losing strategically while he is winning scant yards of territory at a massive cost of lives.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 02:53 PM (E4rtv)

97 as "conservatives," we used to be aware that Hitler's first major power ally was Russia.

We used to know this. I guess we forgot it as it's inconvenient and hurts our dumb twitter arguments.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:53 PM (1wjle)

98 33,000: that's how many drones China can synchronize in an aerial light show today.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 28, 2026 02:53 PM (llBIB)

99 94 I like this, but I also don't trust the CIA.

Regarding the Strait of Hormuz, it turns out Iran just chucked a bunch of metal trash into the water and claimed it was mines, for the most part. There were 11 actual mines and an unholy large mess that wasn't dangerous.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 02:52 PM (P9pDS)

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Most of the 11 weren't effective because they weren't properly deployed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 02:53 PM (/PKja)

100 Uh huh. You mean that Ukranians wanted to be free of Russia and made the enemy-of-my-enemy choice to join Germany.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:49 PM (1wjle)

No, actually. I mean today. There are actual, real-life Nazis fighting for Ukraine.

I'm not saying anything other than that. I draw no conclusions and take no moral positions because of it. I'm saying the Azov Battalion is real.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 02:53 PM (PGK1w)

101 Ace, Ukraine is dead without Black sea trade, not Russia. That is how Ukraine got their grain out. Now Russia cut them off, and nothing gets through.
Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:51 PM (g47mK)

Saw a piece today about how Ukraine is shipping grain overland to be transferred down the Danube, but this can only carry a fraction of what used to go by cargo ship. Predicted famine in parts of the middle east soon, which relies on Ukrainian grain imports.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 02:54 PM (edUvp)

102 Go long on giant nets. You’ll thank me later.

Is the WNBA deploying anti-dildo countermeasures again?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 02:54 PM (P9pDS)

103 74 Go long on giant nets. You’ll thank me later.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

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I always thought nets would fail -- all you need is a second drone to go through the hole.

But I don't see that happening -- I wonder why.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 28, 2026 02:54 PM (ImuKY)

104 I would bet that Poland would have a better chance of taking Moscow than the reverse

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Make the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Great Again!

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at August 28, 2026 02:55 PM (5yDGQ)

105 What is this? Some sort of smart milblog?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 28, 2026 02:55 PM (dK+Kv)

106 >> If you were in Russia and saw a nuclear-warhead capable missile coming your way, what are you supposed to do?

It’s pretty clear for whatever reason you feel a need to advance at least part of Putin’s sophism. But the fact is this is Putin’s war of choice. He started it and used NATO as a pretext to do it. He also thought, as Ace noted this would be over quickly. But the fact is Putin has single handily changed the face of warfare, and not to his advantage. He proved you no longer need to be a near peer actor to not just stay in the battle, but to win a war by virtue of perseverance. Ukraine is wrecking Russia’s economy and destroying what is otherwise a great country for his ego. He no longer has NATO to use as his pretext, and his casual belli is essentially gone. The Russian people see it. His top tier military leaders see it, and they’re also not very fond of what looks like subservience to the Chinese. This all has the danger of spiraling out of control, which is why the agency thinks he may make a desperate move.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 28, 2026 02:55 PM (7S15B)

107 2. Russia seized and controls at least 20% of Ukraine. But Russia is losing the war? I don't think that's how this works.

3. Can both these terrible countries lose?

4. The fact that Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is back in the news after largely disappearing telegraphs to me that Iran is going very well for the USA.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

I'll address point 2. Germany held a greater part of France in WWI but yet ended up losing. Why. Its internal economy collapsed under Allied blockade. Its civilians were starving.

Gaining territory for territory's sake is what did in Shitler and that Froggie bloke. Same with launching attacks on Ukrainian cities rather than dispersed military targets.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 02:49 PM (E4rtv)
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Except France didn't defeat Germany. If the war was just France and Germany, Germany would have easily won.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 02:56 PM (iFTx/)

108 Yes, we have wheat.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 28, 2026 02:56 PM (n5tGW)

109 Speaking of Canada . . .

Canadian doctors’ group doubles down on expanding MAID to newborns

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 02:46 PM (ndZc7)
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Ya know, that's one of the things that started breaking down my disbelief.

I outsmarted myself. I had been a Catholic. I had cited how abortion would result in a "decline of the value of life". And then I got "sophisticated". There didn't seem to be a irrefutable (that matters as an "atheist") interaction there.

But after it got to a certain point, I realized that I had "predicted" the decline in valuing human life much better as a Catholic, than as a non-believer.

We're here now, and this is probably not a nadir.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 02:56 PM (Fi81e)

110 Saw a piece today about how Ukraine is shipping grain overland to be transferred down the Danube, but this can only carry a fraction of what used to go by cargo ship. Predicted famine in parts of the middle east soon, which relies on Ukrainian grain imports.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 02:54 PM (edUvp)

We have so much grain....

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 02:56 PM (g47mK)

111 One thing the supplying the Ukes has done ( not including the graft for the elite) is that it has bled the Russians badly. They may end up victorious but economically and population wise they won't be in good shape in the long run

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 02:56 PM (EZWVc)

112 I would bet that Poland would have a better chance of taking Moscow than the reverse

Something something "when the winged hussars arrived"...

Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 02:56 PM (P9pDS)

113 88 While Europe , except Poland are militarily not in good shape we still dominate and it wouldn't go well for the Russians.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 02:45 PM (EZWVc)

There are a plethora of online video's showing huge lines waiting for gas and diesel across Russia - in many cities, it's no longer available at any price. Ukraine's campaign against Russian refinery capacity has been seriously damaging.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Some folks here pretty early on decided to side with one or the other in that contest. To me, it is more like Iran-Iraq war, a pity that both could not lose which ironically is pretty much on point. Ukraine cannot win in a conventional contest like retaking its territory by defeating russians and moving its troops into the occupied regions.

Russia appears increasingly unable to win either--it has meager territorial gains while hollowing out and destroying its economy to the point that it is far more at risk from the Chicoms moving into a vacuum in the East.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 02:57 PM (E4rtv)

114 Predicted famine in parts of the middle east soon, which relies on Ukrainian grain imports.
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Betwee them, Russia and Ukraine represent about 10% of the global production of calories. Not good for anybody, the way I see it, if they are at war with each other.

Fertilizer, sunflower oil, wheat, petroleum, natural gas, etc. Russia still provides many aerospace materials and rare earths, as well as re-processing spent nuclear fuel rods. That fuckhead from Plains, Georgia decided we weren't going to do things like that. Well, somebody has to.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 02:57 PM (rQ950)

115 Artillery, the Queen of the battlmilligrams?

https://t.ly/kcPyA

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 28, 2026 02:52 PM (Cqx++)

We need artillery drones.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 28, 2026 02:58 PM (dK+Kv)

116 There was a lot of cool anti-drone stuff at some recent defense trade show in Europe. Benelli had an automated turret with 8 shot guns and there was another one with 4 machine guns.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 28, 2026 02:58 PM (Mzuzg)

117 We burn our crops in the gas tank.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 28, 2026 02:58 PM (n5tGW)

118 BTW, Russia was on the Nazis' side in WWII and conquered poland in coordination with hitler.

Posted by: ace
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And I've still never seen a satisfactory explanation for why Britain and France didn't declare war on Russia for doing the exact same thing Germany did. Whereas they had an expedition fitted out to help the Finns when Russia invaded. Makes no sense to me.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 02:58 PM (XvL8K)

119 No, actually. I mean today. There are actual, real-life Nazis fighting for Ukraine.

I'm not saying anything other than that. I draw no conclusions and take no moral positions because of it. I'm saying the Azov Battalion is real.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 28, 2026 02:53 PM (PGK1w)

And there are (or at least were) actual real life Nazi's running for Senator from Maine. I'm not that worked up about the significance of the designation anymore.

I have from the beginning taken the position that this is a fight between two organized crime gangs on the other side of the world, and there's no reason for me to cheerlead for either one. But the war has been worth following a little just to see the huge jumps in drone tech and tactics. 21st century warfare is here, old methods are obsolete now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 02:58 PM (edUvp)

120 >>>>> If you were in Russia and saw a nuclear-warhead capable missile coming your way, what are you supposed to do?

They might do something like fund terrorist groups to attack the US and its allies. Oh wait they've been doing that for 70 years.

I guess they might give Iranian targeting information that Iran doesn't have itself so Iran can hit our bases in Jordan with missiles. Oh wait they've done that too.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:58 PM (1wjle)

121 as "conservatives," we used to be aware that Hitler's first major power ally was Russia.

We used to know this. I guess we forgot it as it's inconvenient and hurts our dumb twitter arguments.
Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:53 PM (1wjle)
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Why not?

Because it's verboten to know that this was a "Well, we're both socialists" type of affinity. Back then it seemed natural: authoritarian ideological socialist with authoritarian ideological socialist.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 02:58 PM (Fi81e)

122 Someday we are going to need a long thread starting with the history of NATO, its broken promises and relentless move eastward, the Bucharest NATO Summit in 2008, the subsequent invasion of Georgia by Russia and the 2014 Maidan coup.

The war in Ukraine did not start in a vacuum and they aren't all good guys because Putin is a bad guy. It's not nearly as black and white as some try to paint it.

The CIA was invented to topple governments. That's what it does. Including our own. Does it seem just a bit of a coincidence that they tried to take down Trump by claiming he was a Russian asset a couple years after Hillary's failed "reset" button diplomacy in Russia and then got much of the dirt to frame Trump and his team from Ukraine?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 02:58 PM (viF8m)

123 What is this? Some sort of smart milblog?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

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Not until Lt. Col. Bear Claw weighs in.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 28, 2026 02:59 PM (4HoLg)

124 Except France didn't defeat Germany. If the war was just France and Germany, Germany would have easily won.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 02:56 PM (iFTx/)

Germany did bomb Pearl Harbor, though, bringing America into the war.

Posted by: Senator Blutarski at August 28, 2026 02:59 PM (wVcYX)

125 124 Germany did bomb Pearl Harbor, though, bringing America into the war.

Posted by: Senator Blutarski at August 28, 2026 02:59 PM (wVcYX)

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Is he rolling?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:00 PM (/PKja)

126 >>Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 02:58 PM (viF8m)

This guy is higher than anyone here and even he fucking gets it.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 03:00 PM (Shi2G)

127 I have from the beginning taken the position that this is a fight between two organized crime gangs on the other side of the world, and there's no reason for me to cheerlead for either one. But the war has been worth following a little just to see the huge jumps in drone tech and tactics. 21st century warfare is here, old methods are obsolete now.

Right. Anduril and other "neo-defense" companies have gotten thousands of hours of cheap beta testing for all manner of new technologies out of Ukraine, and for me that's the most interesting part of the war by far. Although the part where Zelensky's apparently in it to help further Soros' Great Replacement is a close second.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 03:00 PM (P9pDS)

128 Ukraine's campaign against Russian refinery capacity has been seriously damaging.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 02:52 PM

I suspect that we will know that feeling very soon.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 28, 2026 03:01 PM (4NO2D)

129 We burn our crops in the gas tank.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 28, 2026 02:58 PM (n5tGW)
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Corn really isn't that digestible. We process the fructose out, and we can ingest fructose (to a degree).

That's why it often shows back up in your poop as round as it went in.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 03:01 PM (Fi81e)

130 There was a lot of cool anti-drone stuff at some recent defense trade show in Europe. Benelli had an automated turret with 8 shot guns and there was another one with 4 machine guns.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 28, 2026 02:58 PM (Mzuzg)

I laid in a lot of shotgun supplies, including shotshell reloading equipment and supplies. That looks to be prescient.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 28, 2026 03:01 PM (dK+Kv)

131 I'm not gonna stand here and let you bad mouth the Lake of America.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 28, 2026 03:01 PM (n5tGW)

132 >> No, actually. I mean today. There are actual, real-life Nazis fighting for Ukraine.

And who is it that you think is fighting on the Russian frontlines, targeting civilians, burning villages, raping women and committing war crimes?

This war has been brutal on both sides. I can tell you in every war there are unsavory characters- that’s just the nature of war. It is insidious, destructive, inhumane and unforgiving. Probably by design and certainly by its nature.

BTW I make no excuse for either sides inhumane actions, tactics or philosophies.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 28, 2026 03:01 PM (CKrQs)

133 82 Russia needs to deploy battlefield nukes against the Ukes.
Number 1, to see if they work.
Posted by: Old Iron Pants

This. The rumor of Russian nukes being non-functional through lack of proper maintenance has going been around for over a year now.

Posted by: Auspex at August 28, 2026 03:01 PM (Y8DZL)

134 Given the assessment about Russia vs. Ukraine here at the HQ, and the general feelings about the CIA, I'm not sure what to read into Ratcliffe's venture into Putin's house.

A "CIA assessment" is one thing. Ratcliffe's assessment is another... and I'll base that on whether or not he used a "CIA assessment" as a basis for his own.

Suffice to say there was something brewing over there that had someone's panties in a bunch.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2026 03:01 PM (2Cry5)

135 Except France didn't defeat Germany. If the war was just France and Germany, Germany would have easily won.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

And it is not just Ukraine. A lot of their weapons enabling them to continue the fight came from massive transfers from the West. And sufficient ability to standoff initial Russian superior numbers and technology.

Territory means nothing, to win, you destroy armies and Russia failed to do that because from the beginning it was a political op like Putin used in Georgia with Abkhazia, taking the Crimea, Chechniya, etc. A modified Brezhnev doctrine dealing with ethnic Russians rather than communism.

Germany took Alsace and Lorraine after the Franco Prussian War which did little to help them win WWI either. Simply served as a continuing irritant to the French and caused the French to build up its military again which led to the stupid von Schiefflen plan. Germans were overconfident and stupid in their foreign affairs after Bismarck got dismissed much as Napoleon overreached in his time as well.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:02 PM (E4rtv)

136 >>Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:58 PM (1wjle)

This was the game.

No different than our actions in Afghanistan in the 70s and early 80s and in the Balkans after that.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 03:02 PM (Shi2G)

137 "The future of warfare will be, for good or for ill, all about drones and, crucially, anti-drone technology."

And we have to keep it cost-efficient. One unit of defense should cost no more than one unit of offense costs the enemy, if possible. No more gold-plated, over-engineered, over-featured, billion-dollars-per-copy weapons systems.

Posted by: gp at August 28, 2026 03:03 PM (Jr5Lq)

138 NY Times says Russia will lose. OK, I'll make bank on that.
Good morning all.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 03:03 PM (hPgrk)

139 >>Territory means nothing

Very often, Territory can be a liability.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 03:03 PM (Shi2G)

140 They might do something like fund terrorist groups to attack the US and its allies. Oh wait they've been doing that for 70 years.

Like the Navy Sixth Fleet using underwater drone technology to blow up the Nord Stream 1 & 2 pipelines?

Or Victoria Nuland overthrowing Ukraine's presidential election and installing Zelenskyy?

There are no good actors. The Cold War just changed tactics.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 28, 2026 03:03 PM (nCgQz)

141 128 Ukraine's campaign against Russian refinery capacity has been seriously damaging.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 02:52 PM

I suspect that we will know that feeling very soon.
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 28, 2026 03:01 PM (4NO2D)

California certainly will. They've been waging a war against their own refineries even more effective than the Ukraine's has been.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 03:04 PM (edUvp)

142 I still want them both to lose. Ukraine is a bunch of crooks as much as the Russians are.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 03:04 PM (zZu0s)

143 The Azov Brigade in the Ukraine are a neo-Nazi types. Their hero is Stefan Bandera who was a Nazi collaborator. There's an article at GP about two new commanders being Azov.
There's a large Ukrainian community sw of me and at one of their community centers they have a statue of Bandera

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 03:04 PM (EZWVc)

144 109 Speaking of Canada . . .

Canadian doctors’ group doubles down on expanding MAID to newborns

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 02:46 PM (ndZc7)
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Ya know, that's one of the things that started breaking down my disbelief.

I outsmarted myself. I had been a Catholic. I had cited how abortion would result in a "decline of the value of life". And then I got "sophisticated". There didn't seem to be a irrefutable (that matters as an "atheist") interaction there.

But after it got to a certain point, I realized that I had "predicted" the decline in valuing human life much better as a Catholic, than as a non-believer.

We're here now, and this is probably not a nadir.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 02:56 PM (Fi81e)

Gang violence, Islamofascism, antifa, transgenderism, pedophilia - it's all just different pages in the same book.

And it's titled "Life is Cheap to Too Many People".

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 28, 2026 03:04 PM (wtvvX)

145 >>>NY Times says Russia will lose. OK, I'll make bank on that.
Good morning all.

as a commenter said, you can't fake the many videos of miles long lines for gas and angry Russians complaining that after they stood in line for hours, the station was out of gas before they could get it.

And these attacks are getting more effective.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 03:04 PM (1wjle)

146 We burn our crops in the gas tank
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Just the starch. The remainder gets fed to hogs and cattle as silage, just like it always has for a couple hundred years now.

I'm no fan of corn-squeezins in our fuel, but this is a bit of lefty propaganda nonsense that just needs to die already. It's stupid, and implies that people are starving or something for lack of corn.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 03:05 PM (rQ950)

147 I thought it was rumored that Russia was gonna use drones to attack Ukrainian aircraft in Germany or Poland

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at August 28, 2026 03:05 PM (Spelz)

148 131 I'm not gonna stand here and let you bad mouth the Lake of America.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 28, 2026 03:01 PM (n5tGW)

LOL! That's good, that's really good!

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 03:05 PM (edUvp)

149 Zelenskyy/Ukraine has no cards, as Trump would say. What does he have? Drones ? OK, but most get shot down by the Russian anti-drone systems. The few the get through hit something somewhere. How is that going to win the war? Russia can buy bodies in Africa, North Korea, the Middle east. Ukraine loses own people. What is Ukraine winning exactly? Russia is sitting exactly where they were sitting a year ago, in most of the energy rich east. And Ukraine is unable to gain any territory to speak of.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 03:05 PM (g47mK)

150 My comment got eated.

Posted by: Eromero at August 28, 2026 03:05 PM (LHPAg)

151 "Ukraine's campaign against Russian refinery capacity has been seriously damaging."

Ukraine destroyed one third of Russia's strategic bomber force in a ferried drone attack. The attack ranged as far east as Irkutsk.

Posted by: gp at August 28, 2026 03:06 PM (Jr5Lq)

152 >>as a commenter said, you can't fake the many videos of miles long lines for gas and angry Russians complaining that after they stood in line for hours, the station was out of gas before they could get it.

This recently happened in Japan with McDonald's PokeMon Cards.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 03:06 PM (Shi2G)

153 Per TGP: North Dakota mom calls husband and says "Say goodbye to your kids" and slits their throats. One year old survived. The other two didn't survive.

What the actual fuck.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 03:06 PM (VJ0w/)

154 Oh dear God. Yes, we blew up Nordstream. Biden made the call. Yup.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 28, 2026 03:06 PM (CKrQs)

155 Except France didn't defeat Germany. If the war was just France and Germany, Germany would have easily won.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

And it is not just Ukraine. A lot of their weapons enabling them to continue the fight came from massive transfers from the West. And sufficient ability to standoff initial Russian superior numbers and technology.

Territory means nothing, to win, you destroy armies and Russia failed to do that because from the beginning it was a political op like Putin used in Georgia with Abkhazia, taking the Crimea, Chechniya, etc. A modified Brezhnev doctrine dealing with ethnic Russians rather than communism.

Germany took Alsace and Lorraine after the Franco Prussian War which did little to help them win WWI either. Simply served as a continuing irritant to the French and caused the French to build up its military again which led to the stupid von Schiefflen plan. Germans were overconfident and stupid in their foreign affairs after Bismarck got dismissed much as Napoleon overreached in his time as well.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:02 PM (E4rtv)
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Russia-Ukraine is not remotely WWI

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 03:06 PM (iFTx/)

156 And I've still never seen a satisfactory explanation for why Britain and France didn't declare war on Russia for doing the exact same thing Germany did. Whereas they had an expedition fitted out to help the Finns when Russia invaded. Makes no sense to me.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Because the UK called the shots and Chamberlain failed to support Czechslovakia when it would have been easier to stop Shitler. France quailed when a small German contigent of NotSees invaded the demilitarized Rhineland.

The French could have easily stomped them as even the NotSees admitted and Shitler would never have probably been able to retain power after.

The Fixx song, One Thing Leads to Another is exactly how political history reads.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:06 PM (E4rtv)

157 Germans were overconfident and stupid in their foreign affairs after Bismarck got dismissed much as Napoleon overreached in his time as well.
Posted by: whig
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I don't think they were overconfident in 1914. The calculus was that it would be better to risk a general war in 1914 when they had some chance of winning, vs a war three of four years down the road when Russia would have completed its rearmament, and they had no chance of winning.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 03:07 PM (XvL8K)

158 A heavy caveat to my enthusiasm for first use of nuclear weapons -- I believe the extraterrestrials that truly govern our planet have veto power and effectively have nullified their use.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 28, 2026 03:07 PM (qwx/I)

159 Canadian doctors’ group doubles down on expanding MAID to newborns

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 02:46 PM (ndZc7)

**scoots further south, waits for massive lightning strike to hit Canada**

Posted by: hobbitopoly at August 28, 2026 03:07 PM (ZgwKJ)

160
The USS Rueben James was sunk by a German U-boat on Oct 31, 1941, more than a month before Pearl Harbor.

But Roosevelt was in Hitler's pocket, so he Epsteined the whole affair.

Posted by: Auspex at August 28, 2026 03:07 PM (Y8DZL)

161 >>>I would bet that Poland would have a better chance of taking Moscow than the reverse

i saw that poland announced a many-billion dollar effort to build the largest army in Europe. (I don't know if they include Russia as part of Europe.)

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 03:07 PM (1wjle)

162 Russia-Ukraine is not remotely WWI
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Casualties are right up there. Probably exceeded the total number of Iran Iraq war which was about eight years in length. Bloodiest war in decades leaving out civil wars.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:07 PM (E4rtv)

163 "The future of warfare will be, for good or for ill, all about drones and, crucially, anti-drone technology."

And we have to keep it cost-efficient. One unit of defense should cost no more than one unit of offense costs the enemy, if possible. No more gold-plated, over-engineered, over-featured, billion-dollars-per-copy weapons systems.
Posted by: gp at August 28, 2026 03:03 PM (Jr5Lq)

We don't think you quite understand the potential here.

Posted by: Cyberdyne Research Group at August 28, 2026 03:07 PM (wVcYX)

164 I have never cared who won this. I just want us out of it. Billions of dollars are still flowing to Kiev. Our CIA director is skulking around in Moscow, for some reason (not whatever horseshit they fed the press in the columns above).

It's time to get out. What if Putin does something rash? What if he nukes Kiev? What if he attacks Poland? What if Poland gives Zelensky an old French warhead cobbled back together with pierogies, and Zelensky fires it at the Kremlin?

I literally couldn't give any less of a shit about any of them. Let the birds fly.

*shrugs*

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 03:07 PM (BI5O2)

165 Corn really isn't that digestible. We process the fructose out, and we can ingest fructose (to a degree)

But what is cool about growing corn is that it is water intensive and destroys the soil requiring massive amounts of fertilizer.

So if you want to dry up the aquifers and wreck the soil, find stupid and wasteful reasons to grow corn.

The Left can be admired for their creativity in destroying a country.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 28, 2026 03:08 PM (+4Cf6)

166 161 >>>I would bet that Poland would have a better chance of taking Moscow than the reverse

i saw that poland announced a many-billion dollar effort to build the largest army in Europe. (I don't know if they include Russia as part of Europe.)

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 03:07 PM (1wjle)

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*squees at the idea of the Knights Templar starting again in Poland and correcting the Papacy as I've predicted for years*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:08 PM (/PKja)

167 Russian tanks in Lisbon in two weeks!!!!

Posted by: Overt60 at August 28, 2026 03:08 PM (GdFaB)

168 The French could have easily stomped them as even the NotSees admitted and Shitler would never have probably been able to retain power after.

The Fixx song, One Thing Leads to Another is exactly how political history reads.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:06 PM (E4rtv)

Churchill said that WW2 was the most unnecessary war in history; that it could have been prevented for a fraction of the cost in men and material at the point you mentioned.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 28, 2026 03:08 PM (edUvp)

169 And it's titled "Life is Cheap to Too Many People".

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 28, 2026 03:04 PM (wtvvX)
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Because that's essentially Darwinism.

Your life means little unless you "make it mean more". (??) Which, is nice rhetoric of a sort, but clinically void.

What's important is that the group survives, not the individual.

But most importantly: Life advances by the death of lesser forms "competing for survival".

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 03:09 PM (Fi81e)

170 Ok, Ukraine is trying to disrupt critical energy infrastructure. SO what does that mean ? Production capacity decreased! Ok, by how much?? From 9.38 million in November 2025, to 9.009 million in May 2026...

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 03:09 PM (g47mK)

171 i saw that poland announced a many-billion dollar effort to build the largest army in Europe. (I don't know if they include Russia as part of Europe.)
Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 03:07 PM

Poland is a real country that I don't mind having in NATO. The Baltic States are not.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 28, 2026 03:09 PM (4NO2D)

172 So you're saying corn pops and doritos wouldn't be cheaper with more corn available. You will take my nacho cheese doritos from my cold dead orange hands!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 28, 2026 03:09 PM (n5tGW)

173 Corn is just food that hasn't been turned into steaks and pork chops yet

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 03:09 PM (rQ950)

174 82 Russia needs to deploy battlefield nukes against the Ukes.
Number 1, to see if they work.
Posted by: Old Iron Pants

Obligatory: https://tinyurl.com/yem3bpt6

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 28, 2026 03:09 PM (wtvvX)

175 Rueben James, the guy from the Kenny Rogers song?

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 28, 2026 03:09 PM (/OKHJ)

176 @156 -- cool Fixx reference...gonna go see them in Waukegan next month.

If you listen to Peter Zeihan, I'm sorry about the lost IQ points, but the prediction that does ring true are effectively that Russia will demographically die in a paroxysm of violence by 2040.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 28, 2026 03:10 PM (qwx/I)

177 Things have gone so easily for Russia in Ukraine, and they have such an abundance of extra military resources that they think are a threat to seriously attack Poland?

I suppose they could lob a few missiles to start a panic, on the assumption that Poland wouldn't retaliate for fear of a nuclear reprisal.

Posted by: Lurkyloo at August 28, 2026 03:10 PM (ort2b)

178 >>The Left can be admired for their creativity in destroying a country.

You can't lay 100% of the results of the Farm Bills on the Dems.

It's the Progressive Republican Caucus that is every bit as much responsible for this particular policy.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 03:10 PM (Shi2G)

179 There was a note the day after on Ratcliff's #2 reason, which I can't remember and can't access f'king X to retrieve. Which is quite possibly the #1 reason.
What Putin does in the next few weeks will tell. Can't believe ace cited a commie paper as a source.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 03:10 PM (hPgrk)

180 imo, Putin is a man who fears a coup at the first sign of weakness. If he strikes a deal and ends the Ukraine war, he's a dead man (so he thinks). In that case, why not fight here and there and everywhere. Keep fighting and you keep living, for now.

Posted by: Shenanigans at August 28, 2026 03:10 PM (qmxL/)

181 And I've still never seen a satisfactory explanation for why Britain and France didn't declare war on Russia for doing the exact same thing Germany did.
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Churchill made a half-hearted push to go against the Soviets through Norway - he never saw a sideshow he did not like. But I think the western allies quietly expected the Nazis and Commies to turn on each other and so just waited for the inevitable. After France fell, Britain was in no shape to attack anyone, let alone Russia.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 28, 2026 03:11 PM (sFNX2)

182 The Fixx is one of those bands that, for whatever reason, has suppressed their original recordings so that only new recordings are available on streaming. I think "Saved by Zero" is one of the ones where one can only hear the new, inferior version on Amazon.

stinks!

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 03:11 PM (1wjle)

183 I got an FAA drone pilots license. (Yes, ladies, I’m a pilot.) I can legally fly unmanned vehicles < 55 lbs in weight up to 400 ft above ground surface for commercial purposes.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 28, 2026 03:11 PM (Mzuzg)

184 It was predicted decades ago.

Push button warfare.

I hope we win. I have good reasons for hope. All three of my very intelligent, above average IQ children are working the problem.

Yeah, I am a proud dad. Yeah I am arrogant. Please forgive me for that. I am nothing. He is everything.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 28, 2026 03:11 PM (36x1j)

185 >>imo, Putin is a man who fears a coup at the first sign of weakness. If he strikes a deal and ends the Ukraine war, he's a dead man (so he thinks). In that case, why not fight here and there and everywhere. Keep fighting and you keep living, for now.

i think you're right.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 03:11 PM (1wjle)

186
182 The Fixx is one of those bands that, for whatever reason, has suppressed their original recordings so that only new recordings are available on streaming. I think "Saved by Zero" is one of the ones where one can only hear the new, inferior version on Amazon.

stinks!

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 03:11 PM (1wjle)

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Probably producer rights over original recordings.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:11 PM (/PKja)

187 Poland already has the largest army in the EU. Their SF is one of the best groups in NATO outside us, of course.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 28, 2026 03:12 PM (zHdFR)

188 *squees at the idea of the Knights Templar starting again in Poland and correcting the Papacy as I've predicted for years*

When the Winged Hussars Arrive!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 28, 2026 03:12 PM (n5tGW)

189 >> The Fixx is one of those bands that, for whatever reason, has suppressed their original recordings so that only new recordings are available on streaming. I think "Saved by Zero" is one of the ones where one can only hear the new, inferior version on Amazon.

This is why you need to have the original LPs.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 03:12 PM (Shi2G)

190 North Dakota mom calls husband and says "Say goodbye to your kids" and slits their throats. One year old survived. The other two didn't survive.

What the actual fuck.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 03:06 PM

Feminism has reached the "you don't actually love your kids, they're symbols of your oppression by men" stage.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 03:12 PM (UmGiD)

191 Stand or Fall by The Fixx is a great song

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 03:12 PM (EZWVc)

192 I have long said human sacrifice is next. Then I said MAID is one way in. It doesn't surprise me that much they've gone straight to children and newborns for this phase. Old and infirm people aren't shocking enough to take society where they want it to go. And really less of a sacrifice where is the devil is concerned.

Posted by: ... at August 28, 2026 03:13 PM (JunZe)

193 Corn is just food that hasn't been turned into steaks and pork chops yet

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 03:09 PM (rQ950)
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Grass-fed is better for Omega-3 balance.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 03:13 PM (Fi81e)

194 So you're saying corn pops and doritos wouldn't be cheaper with more corn available
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There's a reason it costs 7 bucks for a bag of corn, the bag, worth 70 cents, and it ain't goin' to corn farmers. I suspect SNAP and similar wealth distribution schemes have a lot to do with it.

"Welfare" really needs a weigh-in program, but I can't see how it could ever be done practically or effectively.

Whatever your problems, if you weigh 300 pounds, you don't need free food.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 03:13 PM (rQ950)

195 JFC on linkedin there is sponsored content to learn what Islam is all about. On the heels of Girl Scouts giving out Muslim badges.

They’re upping their game in the colonization.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 28, 2026 03:13 PM (iCp4l)

196 I don't think they were overconfident in 1914. The calculus was that it would be better to risk a general war in 1914 when they had some chance of winning, vs a war three of four years down the road when Russia would have completed its rearmament, and they had no chance of winning.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Nope. The Germans nearly unleashed forces over Morocco twice. TR won the Nobel Peace Prize for the first at the Algiciras Conference. The second time was in 1911 over the Panther gunship and Morocco which was under French 'protection'. French ceded some territory further south in Africa to resolve it.

The Germans were to blame for WWI because Bismarck's entire career was spent trying to keep the French and the Russians apart. And indeed both were strange bedfellows. But the von Schiefflen plan explicitly required violating Belgium neutrality from the get go and that violated a treaty post Napoleon forbidding Germany from doing that.

Most people focus on WWI in 1914 but the whole saga began in the Napoleonic wars and the Congress of Vienna period after.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:13 PM (E4rtv)

197 >>>191 Stand or Fall by The Fixx is a great song

oh that's one of the ones where it's this lame re-recording.

It's so bad. What a shame.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 03:13 PM (1wjle)

198 Putin had told England, prior to Ratcliff's visit, to stop selling arms to Zelensky. Wonder how that part of the conversation went?

The only reason Ukraine is not ashes - Our weapons - he is fighting us by proxy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 03:13 PM (hPgrk)

199 Fun fact: the Fixx were the backing musicians for Tina Turner's "Better Be Good To Me".

Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 03:14 PM (UmGiD)

200 I thought it was rumored that Russia was gonna use drones to attack Ukrainian aircraft in Germany or Poland

The equivalent of hiding ordnance in the basements of mosques and hospitals.

"We Dare You To Go After It"

Posted by: Community Notes at August 28, 2026 03:14 PM (+4Cf6)

201 189 >> The Fixx is one of those bands that, for whatever reason, has suppressed their original recordings so that only new recordings are available on streaming. I think "Saved by Zero" is one of the ones where one can only hear the new, inferior version on Amazon.

This is why you need to have the original LPs.
Posted by: garrett
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I think the same reason as Taylor Swift. Has to do with royalties and former bad management percentage takes probably.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:14 PM (E4rtv)

202 Okay, so Saved by Zero, the original, is on Amazon.

It's Stand or Fall that has been replaced by a re-recording.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 03:14 PM (1wjle)

203 158 A heavy caveat to my enthusiasm for first use of nuclear weapons -- I believe the extraterrestrials that truly govern our planet have veto power and effectively have nullified their use.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie

So... we've managed to bring peace between the Greys, Nordics and Reptilians?

Posted by: Auspex at August 28, 2026 03:14 PM (Y8DZL)

204 Stand or Fall by The Fixx is a great song
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 03:12 PM (EZWVc)
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The Fixx is one of the bands that seemed like they could not miss.

I mean okay, Deeper, was weird to some, but I ended up liking it just as much as their other stuff.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 03:14 PM (Fi81e)

205 JFC on linkedin there is sponsored content to learn what Islam is all about. On the heels of Girl Scouts giving out Muslim badges.

They’re upping their game in the colonization.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

Weblow goat badge

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2026 03:14 PM (VJ0w/)

206 Okay, so Saved by Zero, the original, is on Amazon.

It's Stand or Fall that has been replaced by a re-recording.
Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 03:14 PM (1wjle)
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And one of the most infectious songs ever: One Thing Leads to Another.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 03:15 PM (Fi81e)

207 Grass-fed is better for Omega-3 balance.
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Most all beef is "grass fed". It's going to be tough.

They finish off with corn for marbling. Fat. Fat is Flavor.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 03:15 PM (rQ950)

208 >>I mean okay, Deeper, was weird to some, but I ended up liking it just as much as their other stuff.

I love that song.

Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 03:15 PM (1wjle)

209 Churchill made a half-hearted push to go against the Soviets through Norway - he never saw a sideshow he did not like. But I think the western allies quietly expected the Nazis and Commies to turn on each other and so just waited for the inevitable. After France fell, Britain was in no shape to attack anyone, let alone Russia.
Posted by: Martin Tell
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It wasn't half-hearted. That expedition of like 150,000 was fitting out with plans to proceed when the Russo-Finnish war ended. So something changed between 1939 with Poland and 1940 with Finland.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 03:15 PM (XvL8K)

210 If Ukraine were winning on the military front, why did they expand things? Most likely as the territory changes reflect, they continue to slowly lose.

Russia isn't in much of a position to add new fronts. Nor is Putin's position as fragile as has been claimed since the start of this war. There is a tendency to read Russia in western election cycle terms which is not really how they work.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 28, 2026 03:16 PM (okun6)

211 180 imo, Putin is a man who fears a coup at the first sign of weakness. If he strikes a deal and ends the Ukraine war, he's a dead man (so he thinks). In that case, why not fight here and there and everywhere. Keep fighting and you keep living, for now.
Posted by: Shenanigans
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Don't discount ego. Twas always a problem for kings and other autocrats, you end up with an inner circle that tells you only what you want to hear, not telling you the horrid truth.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:16 PM (E4rtv)

212
Red Skies at night
Oh oh.
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 03:16 PM (Fi81e)

213 191 Stand or Fall by The Fixx is a great song

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 03:12 PM (EZWVc)

Reach the Beach, too.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 28, 2026 03:17 PM (wtvvX)

214 I am skeptical about all Uke war reporting....and double so if the CIA's smutty fingers are on it.

I'd rather Ukraine wins, I suspect Russia will attrit its way to victory. But I'm not prepared to put money on that.

I said it was gonna be a long war and it has been.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:18 PM (xcxpd)

215 Russia has pretty much all of the land it wants, and Ukraine is a dying country, since its population has been halved. The intelligence agencies can postulate all they want, but this war is only continuing due to support from NATO countries, who desperately want a wider war to cover for their economic suicide run.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 03:18 PM (0U5gm)

216 Stand or Fall by The Fixx is a great song

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 03:12 PM (EZWVc)

Reach the Beach, too.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 28, 2026 03:17 PM (wtvvX)
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Now, I gotta bring up Spotify....

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 03:19 PM (Fi81e)

217 From Rubio Suspends:

I think it's great that Indians think that they're the best, smartest, greatest people on earth.

I just don't know why they feel like they have to come here to make money. Something wrong with the country full of Indians?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 01:30 PM (/PKja)

Socialism. As I understand it, as soon as an Indian company hires its 100th employee, it becomes nearly impossible to fire any of them -- and the employees know it. So, Indians in India are (effectively) statutorily forbidden from growing even medium-size companies, let alone large ones. And they're also too commietarded to revoke the law that "everyone knows" has hard-broken their economy.

Further, it's a safe bet that if they go somewhere with a better economy and get enough political power to make public policy, then they will put the same idiotic law in place there. They will break the economy there, for the same reason they have not fixed it at home: because it's their nature. They can't help it.

Self-destruction is just irresistibly appealing to simpletons who cannot perceive 2nd-order effects.

Posted by: SciVo at August 28, 2026 03:19 PM (ke3zm)

218 If you listen to Peter Zeihan, I'm sorry about the lost IQ points
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie

TDS has been very hard on him. His first book was fun.

Posted by: Auspex at August 28, 2026 03:19 PM (Y8DZL)

219 The Fixx is one of those bands that, for whatever reason, has suppressed their original recordings so that only new recordings are available on streaming. I think "Saved by Zero" is one of the ones where one can only hear the new, inferior version on Amazon.

This is why you need to have the original LPs.
Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 03:12 PM (Shi2G)
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It's a royalty issue. The original recordings are owned in part by the record companies, so any streaming of those is shared with the company. The per-song streaming royalties isn't enough to justify the band sharing them, at least in their view.

Streaming of newly or re-recorded versions of the songs isn't shared, so that's what's available.

Def Leppard had the same issue for a long time.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 28, 2026 03:19 PM (iFTx/)

220 So you're saying corn pops and doritos wouldn't be cheaper with more corn available

Ain't the same corn. Ethanol corn is a different variety that is genetically engineered to be good feedstock for ethanol conversion.

Sweet corn is the stuff you recognize on your plate.
Processed field corn is the crap that makes Doritos
Dent corn feeds livestock and is used by ethanol distillers.

Its because they are turning cattle feed into Climate Change™ approved ethanol is part of the reason your beef costs more.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 28, 2026 03:19 PM (xE0sV)

221 i saw that poland announced a many-billion dollar effort to build the largest army in Europe. (I don't know if they include Russia as part of Europe.)
Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 03:07 PM (1wjle)
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Yes, but Germany under Chancellor Merz has also announced a military build-up with the aim of establishing the Bundeswehr as the largest army in Europe (outside Russia). There are already German troops in Lithuania, and plans to cooperate with Ukraine on manufacturing missiles that will be fired into Russia.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at August 28, 2026 03:20 PM (GdFaB)

222 And Cappy is an IC plant, THAT I'll put money on.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:20 PM (xcxpd)

223 From a military standpoint it always looked to me that Ukraine - Russia was similar to our Civil War. Russia larger population, more industrial could cut off the Ukraine from a sea . Ukraine smaller population, more agrarian, fighting on their own territory. North v South

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 03:20 PM (EZWVc)

224 222 And Cappy is an IC plant, THAT I'll put money on.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:20 PM (xcxpd)

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*off to the side, whistling innocently*
-Clippy

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:20 PM (/PKja)

225 Russia isn't in much of a position to add new fronts. Nor is Putin's position as fragile as has been claimed since the start of this war. There is a tendency to read Russia in western election cycle terms which is not really how they work.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy
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Authoritarian regimes, of which Putin's Russia certainly is, usually fall by internal coup like Gorbachev suffered at the very end.

I've been watching the Russian economy since the war began and it is getting sicker by the minute--the war is literally bleeding it, the attacks on logistics is causing the retrenchment of the internal russian economy, not just the oil refineries, but their civilian good delivery warehouses, and all their NATO countries surrounding them are rearming to the teeth.

Doesn't help that you have the Russians stirring up Trans Dneister that is close to causing Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine collaborating to expel the Russians from it.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:21 PM (E4rtv)

226 I mean okay, Deeper, was weird to some, but I ended up liking it just as much as their other stuff.

I love that song.

Posted by: ace

I ran across a CD with about 20 of their most popular songs, in extended versions. It is phenomenal.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 03:21 PM (0U5gm)

227 Socialism. As I understand it, as soon as an Indian company hires its 100th employee, it becomes nearly impossible to fire any of them

Now explain Global Resource Centers that Meta, Google, Microsoft, Apple, et al use for off-shore IT.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 28, 2026 03:22 PM (xE0sV)

228 223 From a military standpoint it always looked to me that Ukraine - Russia was similar to our Civil War. Russia larger population, more industrial could cut off the Ukraine from a sea . Ukraine smaller population, more agrarian, fighting on their own territory. North v South
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Now, imagine drones attacking key Northern munitions factories. The North benefitted from the South running an essentially defensive war. Had the safe factories in the rear been vulnerable to attack by air, suddenly not so similar after all.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:22 PM (E4rtv)

229 I ran across a CD with about 20 of their most popular songs, in extended versions. It is phenomenal.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 03:21 PM (0U5gm)
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A band of perennial quality until they ... gave it up?

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 03:23 PM (Fi81e)

230 Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:13
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Totally disagree that the Germans almost totally unleashed forces over Morocco in 1905 and 1911. Especially 1905, when the Russians were embroiled with Japan and the Germans would have won, probably easily. They backed down anyway after losing the diplomatic battle because they weren't willing to unleash a war they would have won. In the 1911 Morocco crisis, they weren't so sure, and by 1914 the feeling of being encircled by France and a rearmed Russia had become overwhelming.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 28, 2026 03:24 PM (XvL8K)

231 228 223 From a military standpoint it always looked to me that Ukraine - Russia was similar to our Civil War. Russia larger population, more industrial could cut off the Ukraine from a sea . Ukraine smaller population, more agrarian, fighting on their own territory. North v South
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Now, imagine drones attacking key Northern munitions factories. The North benefitted from the South running an essentially defensive war. Had the safe factories in the rear been vulnerable to attack by air, suddenly not so similar after all.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:22 PM (E4rtv)

You're not wrong but industry is resilient to bombing, WW2 demonstrated that. Unless you firebomb entire cities, the industry can be hardened, moved, rebuilt. And as long as China takes Russian rubles, they'll have cash to do it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:24 PM (xcxpd)

232 Oh the CIA said so? Well we know they've never lied to us before.

What a joke this website has become.

Posted by: kat von wisc at August 28, 2026 03:24 PM (Ys9Hz)

233 225
Authoritarian regimes, of which Putin's Russia certainly is, usually fall by internal coup like Gorbachev suffered at the very end.

I've been watching the Russian economy since the war began and it is getting sicker by the minute--the war is literally bleeding it, the attacks on logistics is causing the retrenchment of the internal russian economy, not just the oil refineries, but their civilian good delivery warehouses, and all their NATO countries surrounding them are rearming to the teeth.

Doesn't help that you have the Russians stirring up Trans Dneister that is close to causing Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine collaborating to expel the Russians from it.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:21 PM (E4rtv)

Russia has long been ruled by something approximating an autocrat and a military aristocracy. When the autocrat is weak, the military deposes him and places in another. But that has historically had very little to do with their economy. While there are many instances of weak-willed leaders in Russia being replaced with more authoritarian ones, it was never driven by the economy.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 28, 2026 03:25 PM (okun6)

234 A band of perennial quality until they ... gave it up?

Posted by: Axeman

I have no idea what happened, other than they might have been typecast when grunge and other styles showed up. They were very creative.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 03:25 PM (0U5gm)

235 224 222 And Cappy is an IC plant, THAT I'll put money on.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:20 PM (xcxpd)

======

*off to the side, whistling innocently*
-Clippy
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:20 PM (/PKja)

I've got my eye on you...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:26 PM (xcxpd)

236 USA should stop selling arms to any country forwarding them to Ukraine.

We should not be involved, militarily, in that war.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 03:26 PM (hPgrk)

237 The last I read, the Russians still have not committed their Category A land units to the Ukraine campaign. They have been sending conscripts and bounty-hungry civilians into the Uke meatgrinder. Not to mention the odd NK fodder unit. That may have changed over the year, but I doubt that. Putin has been very reluctant to send his best-trained troops Ukraine.

Posted by: mrp at August 28, 2026 03:26 PM (rj6Yv)

238 The Fixx was always one of my guilty pleasures, as an original 80's metalhead. I'm going to see them next month for the first time.

I agree about the re-recorded stuff....I hate it. I still have my old CD collection for when i want to hear the good stuff, or I go on YouTube and put on the MTV videos from back then.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at August 28, 2026 03:26 PM (lmFwW)

239 Hunter Biden's investment company was invested in a company called Metabiota. Their business was to track the spread of virus around the world. They were very active in Ukraine on government contracts because that's where we had a shitload of biolabs. Not a conspiracy theory, confirmed by none other than Victoria Nuland in testimony to Congress.

Metabiota was also busy tracking viruses in China. Largely because once again they were getting contracts from USAID which is just another way of saying the CIA.

Again, not a conspiracy theory. Fact.

They likely would have been busy in Kazakstan where we were also building a huge biolab had Putin not stepped in and stopped it claiming he was going to allow anymore "color revolutions", he said it plainly, on his border.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 03:26 PM (viF8m)

240 >>Streaming of newly or re-recorded versions of the songs isn't shared, so that's what's available.

Of the many reasons I don't utilize Streaming for listening...
this is one.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2026 03:27 PM (Shi2G)

241 he Fixx was always one of my guilty pleasures, as an original 80's metalhead. I'm going to see them next month for the first time.

I agree about the re-recorded stuff....I hate it. I still have my old CD collection for when i want to hear the good stuff, or I go on YouTube and put on the MTV videos from back then.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat

Are they touring?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 03:27 PM (0U5gm)

242 So you're saying that the Russian army won't be pouring through the Fulda gap on their way to Lisbon?

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at August 28, 2026 03:27 PM (lmFwW)

243 Ukraine was supposed to roll over basically immediately

Rus was supposed to overwhelm them THE FIRST WEEK

instead? they've hung in there

also, Ukrainians are smart. they're not Indians. they are coming up with ways to fend off the Rus and me personally? I'm impressed

again I am biased being very close with expats here (whom yes, the US Gov brought over for nuclear science expertise originally - well their parents)

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 28, 2026 03:27 PM (j+aD2)

244
"Welfare" really needs a weigh-in program, but I can't see how it could ever be done practically or effectively.

I can eliminate almost all Fraud with this One Simple Trick:

For as many months as is necessary, all entitlement recipients need to show up at regional centers, with their receipts (utility, grocery, bank statements) for the previous month and have AI ingest it.

Merely showing up eliminates the dead, illegals and the double dippers.

Failing to document gets rid of another

Failing a remedial Dave Ramsey test eliminates a whole lot more.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 28, 2026 03:28 PM (rgGn5)

245 215 Russia has pretty much all of the land it wants, and Ukraine is a dying country, since its population has been halved. The intelligence agencies can postulate all they want, but this war is only continuing due to support from NATO countries, who desperately want a wider war to cover for their economic suicide run.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
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Putin doesn't appear to think that way from his public statements. And that is a problem when we analyze him--to him, it is his task to protect Russians everywhere and to restore Russia to great power status.

So he chose to go to war over Ukraine attacking marginally economically useful territories in the Donbas and retaking the mostly Russian Crimea (the entire cession to the supposed SSR Ukraine in 1954 by the USSR was to the Politburo, merely a paper thing).

Perhaps. Putin thought he would be able to decapitate the regime quickly and force a pro Russian peace. He failed. And the remainder of this war is due to climbing the tiger's back, you don't get off or risk being eaten. Zelinsky is in a similar war for his own survival.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:28 PM (E4rtv)

246 > Private contractors then disposed of the devices,

I'm still hoping we revive letters of marque and reprisal.

A supertanker full of oil would be a sweet, sweet prize.

Unrelated: given that we were the first (and so far only) people on the Moon, it's been suggested that we rename it Moon of America.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 03:28 PM (IG3/x)

247 Russia-Ukraine is not remotely WWI
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Casualties are right up there. Probably exceeded the total number of Iran Iraq war which was about eight years in length. Bloodiest war in decades leaving out civil wars.
Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:07 PM (E4rtv)

I'd say Ukraine has not even gotten to the level of casualties of the Somme.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 03:28 PM (zZu0s)

248 Through both World Wars and the Cold War, interventionists always said "buh buh buh wuh bout muh Europe?! Europe is Very Important Continent!"

Well, now it's 2026, and Europe doesn't count for shit.

Explain why it matters what happens there.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 28, 2026 03:28 PM (BI5O2)

249 Now, imagine drones attacking key Northern munitions factories. The North benefitted from the South running an essentially defensive war. Had the safe factories in the rear been vulnerable to attack by air, suddenly not so similar after all.
Posted by: whig
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And the South was not constantly re-supplied by France or England.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 03:28 PM (hPgrk)

250 Russia is also propositioning units and resources for an assault before the winter. One belief is they will go after power generation and utilities in order to create a humanitarian crisis. It’s a desperate move, and given the way Ukrainians have weathered the war, one that will eventually fail. But not before it’s killed a lot of civilians.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 28, 2026 03:28 PM (zHdFR)

251 Found this out:
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Following the massive commercial breakthrough of their double-platinum 1983 album Reach for the Beach, The Fixx chose to make a more serious, moody, and experimental follow-up album, Phantoms (1984). This musical shift made them harder for radio programmers to categorize.

Posted by: Axeman at August 28, 2026 03:29 PM (Fi81e)

252 246 > Private contractors then disposed of the devices,

I'm still hoping we revive letters of marque and reprisal.

A supertanker full of oil would be a sweet, sweet prize.

Unrelated: given that we were the first (and so far only) people on the Moon, it's been suggested that we rename it Moon of America.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 03:28 PM (IG3/x)

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We are.

https://x.com/benjaminpenn/status/
2092692684427190703

"@benjaminpenn
SCOOP: Justice Dept. plans activating long-dormant maritime war court to streamline capture of Iranian oil tankers as US prizes. Legally uncertain plan intended to bolster blockade of Iran.
A feature of 1700s naval combat, prize courts set to return."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:29 PM (/PKja)

253 Second: Russia is losing this war and one of the most basic reactions to losing on one front is to open another front. The CIA seems to fear that Putin will become desperate and escalate the situation to delay his defeat.
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1) That makes no sense. If you can't handle the fight you're in, deliberately expanding it is suicidal, and unlike our muslim enemies, Putin hasn't shown any evidence of suicidal tendencies.

2) Why in the world would we consider CIA opinions as credible?

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 28, 2026 03:29 PM (vSvIl)

254 I agree about the re-recorded stuff....I hate it. I still have my old CD collection for when i want to hear the good stuff, or I go on YouTube and put on the MTV videos from back then.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat

Pretty good set of the Fixx performing live online just previous to Covid, I think in a Portland studio or something. Some kind of corporate sponsored gig but on youtube.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:29 PM (E4rtv)

255 C.I.A. analysts have long questioned whether Mr. Putin's advisers have given him honest assessments of the war's trajectory and toll.

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Is Putin now also being advised by AutoPen Empire treasonous rejects like Gen. Milley Vanilli, $6-man Lloyd Austin, and other holdover scumbags from Trump 1.0's Pentagon?

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 03:30 PM (9c4Eu)

256 >>Rus was supposed to overwhelm them THE FIRST WEEK

They likely would've had they not been fighting NATO the whole time.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 03:30 PM (viF8m)

257 Through both World Wars and the Cold War, interventionists always said "buh buh buh wuh bout muh Europe?! Europe is Very Important Continent!"

Well, now it's 2026, and Europe doesn't count for shit.

WW2 ended Europe mattering for much, mostly by their own decision to go gay atheist Communist.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 28, 2026 03:30 PM (UmGiD)

258 Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 28, 2026 03:27 PM (j+aD2)

They hung in their with billions of our tax dollars and our munitions and our intelligence so fucking zelensky could snort coke off French hookers asses. After jailing the opposition, outlawing them and stopping elections.

I have not a whit of sympathy for those assholes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 03:30 PM (zZu0s)

259 Are they touring?

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Yes, the new tour begins next week. I'm seeing them on 9/11 at the Keswick theater outside of Philly.

It's a real "old guy" tour, the opening acts are Colin Blunstone and Peter Asher.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at August 28, 2026 03:30 PM (lmFwW)

260 I found out that the Fixx are touring, but only in the northeast, apparently.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 03:31 PM (0U5gm)

261 The Fixx was touring in 23-24. Played a couple of Hard Rocks

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 03:31 PM (EZWVc)

262 Officials said Mr. Ratcliffe's intelligence channel with Bortnikov runs parallel to separate channels that President Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law, have established with other senior advisers to Mr. Putin.

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Putin advisor Cucker Qatarlson hardest hit ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 03:31 PM (9c4Eu)

263 1) That makes no sense. If you can't handle the fight you're in, deliberately expanding it is suicidal, and unlike our muslim enemies, Putin hasn't shown any evidence of suicidal tendencies.

Posted by: Methos
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Putin himself has threatened to use nukes both against Ukraine and obliquely against UK and others that are supplying and arming Ukraine.

One should always take such threats credibly. Not dismiss them. And by all accounts, due to fear of Ukrainian assassins/missiles and his own safety, Putin has deliberately isolated himself more and more from the public and even his own government.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:32 PM (E4rtv)

264 2) Why in the world would we consider CIA opinions as credible?

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account

I think that's the heart of a lot here. Everyone expected the Russians to curb stomp Ukraine...just like everyone expected the Soviet Union to stay standing well into the 21st century...just like (and I honestly still think this) they believed Saddam had WMDs.

The CIA is incompetent. Or more to the point maybe they're just distracted playing domestic kingmaker. Either way, they are not fit for purpose, which means ultimately we've been flying...if not blind, then with a VERY distorted view of reality.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 28, 2026 03:32 PM (OUMaO)

265 243 Ukraine was supposed to roll over basically immediately

Rus was supposed to overwhelm them THE FIRST WEEK

instead? they've hung in there

also, Ukrainians are smart. they're not Indians. they are coming up with ways to fend off the Rus and me personally? I'm impressed

again I am biased being very close with expats here (whom yes, the US Gov brought over for nuclear science expertise originally - well their parents)

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 28, 2026 03:27 PM (j+aD2)

That was the western assessment of Ukraine.

Ukraine and Russia basically had the same type of military and doctrines, they were both part of the USSR and until 2014 Ukraine was a Russian buffer state. Culturally they aren't that distinct.

It made no sense to assert essentially similar forces would result in a one-sided conflict.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 28, 2026 03:32 PM (okun6)

266 > A feature of 1700s naval combat, prize courts set to return."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 28, 2026 03:29 PM (/PKja)

Yeah, I knew about the prize courts coming back, but I haven't seen that we've actually started issuing letters of marque to privateers just yet.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 28, 2026 03:33 PM (IG3/x)

267 They are playing Troy and Rochester in September. Hmm

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 03:33 PM (EZWVc)

268 Ukraine is not a NATO country. Not only do we not have a mutual defense agreement with them, most Americans couldn't even find it on a map if you spotted them Ukrain and circled in red.

So why did we send them $200 billion to fight a war we do not really care about?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 03:33 PM (viF8m)

269 Explain why it matters what happens there.

Ferrari, Bugatti, Lamborghini, BMW, MB, etc.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 28, 2026 03:33 PM (rgGn5)

270 Russia isn't in much of a position to add new fronts. Nor is Putin's position as fragile as has been claimed since the start of this war. There is a tendency to read Russia in western election cycle terms which is not really how they work.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 28, 2026 03:16 PM (okun6)

Not one IS has good intelligence on what goes on inside Russia.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 03:33 PM (g47mK)

271
The fist will run, grasp metal to gun
The spirit sings in crashing tones, we gain the battle drum
Our cries will shrill, the air will moan and crash into the dawn
The pen won't stay the demon's wings
The hour approaches, pounding out the Devil's sermon

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 28, 2026 03:33 PM (4NO2D)

272 Ok I have been properly educated. We are putting beef in our gas tanks!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 28, 2026 03:34 PM (n5tGW)

273 But AI is the answer to this, as an AI drone doesn't rely on communications with its operator and also doesn't need GPS guidance. They can fly by scanning the ground.

but also they'll probably be putting money into laser-trucks.
Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:44 PM (1wjle)
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Yes, AI in weapons is a great idea.

Posted by: Skynet at August 28, 2026 03:34 PM (U/dC0)

274 So why did we send them $200 billion to fight a war we do not really care about?

The late Hal Lindsey Graham and the Disappearing Turtle both assured us that the $200B was distributed across US MIC recipients.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 28, 2026 03:34 PM (rgGn5)

275 Oh the CIA said so? Well we know they've never lied to us before.
What a joke this website has become.
Posted by: kat von wisc at August 28, 2026 03:24 PM (Ys9Hz)
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This is what Russian shock and awe does to you.

The military-political leadership in Ukraine did not even have time to declare war.

They were FROZEN.

Troops were instantly demoralized.

Kiev was basically defeated in SHORTLY OVER AN HOUR.

Posted by: Pepe Escobar at August 28, 2026 03:34 PM (GdFaB)

276 I suppose it's also worth noting that they had low level conflict going on between 2014 and 2022. The Russian and Ukrainian forces had plenty of experience and familiarity with each other going in to 2022.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 28, 2026 03:35 PM (okun6)

277 I have long said human sacrifice is next.

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https://tinyurl.com/y68k9ux5

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 28, 2026 03:35 PM (ndZc7)

278 Its because they are turning cattle feed into Climate Change™ approved ethanol
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Nope, nothing to do with that. The Feds require "oxygenated" gasoline. California has queer notions about what gasoline should be like as well. Boutique blends.

The Oxygenate of choice was formerly MTBE, but this was found to contaminate ground water. Nasty stuff.

Ethanol was the approved replacement.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 03:35 PM (3cYpk)

279 Ukraine is parlaying that drone mastery

Does anyone actually believe this?

Ukraine is one of the poorest country's in Europe. Surely, this is someone else's mastery on display.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at August 28, 2026 03:35 PM (QvNk9)

280 268 Ukraine is not a NATO country. Not only do we not have a mutual defense agreement with them, most Americans couldn't even find it on a map if you spotted them Ukrain and circled in red.

So why did we send them $200 billion to fight a war we do not really care about?
Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 03:33 PM (viF8m)

Multiple reasons, some of which you might even agree with. One big one, same reason we opposed the invasion of Kuwait: we don't want the precedent that aggression is rewarded.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:36 PM (xcxpd)

281 Rus was supposed to overwhelm them THE FIRST WEEK

instead? they've hung in there

It might well have worked it the Russians' attempt at a coup de main on Keev would have worked at the start.

Alas for them, little Russia let them down.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 28, 2026 03:36 PM (4NO2D)

282 What Putin is afraid of, what goes on inside Kremlin is all a bit of a known unknown. The sources used for such analysis are most like from ex-Soviet republics or thosefrom countries that sat under the iron curtain. SO they view Russia a certain way. US does not have their problematic situation, and history.

Posted by: runner at August 28, 2026 03:36 PM (g47mK)

283 Kiev was basically defeated in SHORTLY OVER AN HOUR.
Posted by: Pepe Escobar at August 28, 2026 03:34 PM (GdFaB)

Ah, that explains why the war was over so fast.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:36 PM (xcxpd)

284 For general knowledge, the strains of corn used for food, cattle feed, and ethanol are not the same. Though, the land they can grow on is the same.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 03:37 PM (0U5gm)

285 the US previously figuring that Russia would eventually win the war due to their great advantage in population and war materiel, the CIA now believes that Russia will lose the war, given the disastrous 2026 Russian spring and summer offensives, which are hardly worthy of the name.

Makes sense. Russia could have ordered a general mobilization - which could easily zergrush Ukraine - but Tsar Putin chose not to do this. He just sent criminals, Islamic scum from the Caucasus, and North Koreans.
Drop a few old issues of Juggs on 'em and they're out of the fight.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 28, 2026 03:37 PM (88C+u)

286 Trump is bringing back privateers
Bernie: the oligarchs will raise pirate crews and take over the seas. Ahhhh

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 28, 2026 03:37 PM (EZWVc)

287 >>I suppose it's also worth noting that they had low level conflict going on between 2014 and 2022. The Russian and Ukrainian forces had plenty of experience and familiarity with each other going in to 2022.

There was also the minor issue of the Donbas voting to leave Ukraine because it was culturally aligned with Russia.

How did the peaceful government of Ukraine respond to that? Didn't get a lot of western media coverage. Unexpectedly.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 03:37 PM (viF8m)

288 What a joke this website has become.
Posted by: kat von wisc at August 28, 2026 03:24 PM

Is this a proper flounce? The form seems off.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 28, 2026 03:37 PM (4NO2D)

289 256 >>Rus was supposed to overwhelm them THE FIRST WEEK

They likely would've had they not been fighting NATO the whole time.

Posted by: JackStraw

Not really Jack. Putin is not our friend, Ukraine ain't our friend either. Nor is the UK, France, Germany, and many other putative allies.

Despite the Deep State punkin Putin on Ukraine via the color revolution. Putin was pulling the same shit in Georgia prior to that with even GWB putting American planes on the ground there to prevent his sniveling and cowardly Abkhazian based invasion on hold.

Fuck Putin, Fuck Zelinsky, the common people of both nations deserve far better than those assholes and their regimes. And Fuck the IC and its ridiculous meddling as it causes more problems for common people in the long run than it solves.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:37 PM (E4rtv)

290 NATO was repurposed when the Soviets fell to subvert patriotic nations WITHIN Europe. That's when Clinton/Soros raped Serbia for the World Mafia.

Then we overthrew Ukraine and installed the Nazi Z-Bag. Which was a practice run for J6.

We--NATO, State, CIA, BabyLondon--started this war, not Putin.

Europe, especially London, are all trying to start WW III and drag us into it, not Russia. They need to keep the Money Laundering, Bio-Labs, Weapons Trafficking, Sex Trafficking and Child Trafficking going for their Endless War.

Zelesky sells his own people as Cannon Fodder. And everything out of the CIA is pure fucking horseshit.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at August 28, 2026 03:38 PM (cu1Xa)

291 Ah, that explains why the war was over so fast.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:36 PM (xcxpd)
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Actual tweet from Pepe Escobar on February 24 2022.

Posted by: Pepe Escobar at August 28, 2026 03:38 PM (GdFaB)

292 Putin himself has threatened to use nukes both against Ukraine and obliquely against UK and others that are supplying and arming Ukraine.
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And he is right to do so. The Europeans are supporting attacks against civilians in his territory and one way or another, as the leader of his country, he has an obligation to deter them.

We should have nuked Kabul and Kandahar after 9/11 for exactly the same reason.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 28, 2026 03:39 PM (vSvIl)

293 How did the peaceful government of Ukraine respond to that? Didn't get a lot of western media coverage. Unexpectedly.

Posted by: JackStraw

I can't recall seeing a lot of mainstream media showing the videos of Ukranian units shelling towns in the eastern provinces. They were doing it for years.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 28, 2026 03:39 PM (0U5gm)

294 So why did we send them $200 billion to fight a war we do not really care about?
Posted by: JackStraw

To launder $200 billion. They think their Big Reset is coming.

Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2026 03:39 PM (3arSl)

295 Actual tweet from Pepe Escobar on February 24 2022.
Posted by: Pepe Escobar at August 28, 2026 03:38 PM (GdFaB)

ah

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:40 PM (xcxpd)

296 For general knowledge, the strains of corn used for food, cattle feed, and ethanol are not the same.
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A distinction without a difference for what's under discussion.

They feed the remainder to hogs and cattle. This product even has a name. "Distillers Dried Grains" or DDGs. It might be a different strain, but guess what? The fucking cattle don't give a shit.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 03:40 PM (3cYpk)

297 Multiple reasons, some of which you might even agree with. One big one, same reason we opposed the invasion of Kuwait: we don't want the precedent that aggression is rewarded.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:36 PM (xcxpd)

Which is a funny comparison because:

George H. W. more or less told Saddam Kuwait was none of the US's concern beforehand, just like Sleep Joe said a little invasion of Ukraine would be no big deal beforehand. Why, it's almost like we wanted both of these conflicts to ripen.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at August 28, 2026 03:41 PM (cpb9t)

298 Nood - study shows trannies are more likely to *gasp* get violent.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 28, 2026 03:41 PM (hbfWH)

299 Does anyone actually believe this?

Ukraine is one of the poorest country's in Europe. Surely, this is someone else's mastery on display.
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket

They have some really bright guys there just as the Russians do. And the fact that drones at the tactical level are pretty simple helped. What is clear though that while pilots on both airforces are pretty much grounded due to anti air to air missiles, robo guided ordnance has become king.

200 billion buys a lot of tooling, factories, and revenge for the Ukrainians.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:41 PM (E4rtv)

300 Ukraine and Russia basically had the same type of military and doctrines, they were both part of the USSR and until 2014 Ukraine was a Russian buffer state. Culturally they aren't that distinct.

True in AD 750 maybe but things have changed. I follow some linguistic channels on Youtube. They report that Ukraine came under the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth where the prestige language was Polish. So they have a lot of Polish loanwords.
Russia came under the Mongols, and then Peter the Great moved to Leningrad. Prestige language here was French. Some German. These loanwords did not come to Ukraine.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 28, 2026 03:41 PM (88C+u)

301 F*ck, watching that actual battlefield footage.

Do you remember how much smoke the U.S. could create on the battlefield in WWII? Surely smoke capabilities are even much better now?

For that Ukraine counter-offensive, if I was a soldier, I would want a sh*t ton of smoke until I got into a favorable position.

Likewise, when I see a drone chasing soldiers in the open, would popping off a big smoke canister protect the soldiers from a direct hit from an FPV drone grenade?

(Questions from a non-military Moron.)

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 28, 2026 03:41 PM (HlyYF)

302 >>Multiple reasons, some of which you might even agree with. One big one, same reason we opposed the invasion of Kuwait: we don't want the precedent that aggression is rewarded.

I don't agree with any war that was largely started by corrupt US politicians and our garbage intel community.

We knew for years that a further eastward expansion of NATO toward Russia was going to result in war. Not only did Putin clearly state it, he gave us a test run in Georgia.

The myths that people have been sold about what led to this war are largely just that, myths. This was a war we helped fuel so some jackoffs in foggy bottom could play their game of global Risk. And now tens and likely hundreds of thousands are dead, billions of our tax dollars have been lit on fire and nobody wins. Super.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 03:42 PM (viF8m)

303 297 Multiple reasons, some of which you might even agree with. One big one, same reason we opposed the invasion of Kuwait: we don't want the precedent that aggression is rewarded.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:36 PM (xcxpd)

Which is a funny comparison because:

George H. W. more or less told Saddam Kuwait was none of the US's concern beforehand, just like Sleep Joe said a little invasion of Ukraine would be no big deal beforehand. Why, it's almost like we wanted both of these conflicts to ripen.
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at August 28, 2026 03:41 PM (cpb9t)

Korean war started the same way. The US Government could fuck up a wet dream. And then soldiers, sailors and Marines have to pay the price. And don't get me started on gas prices as well.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:42 PM (xcxpd)

304 Putin should hire Mossad to take out Zelensky.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 03:42 PM (hPgrk)

305 Fuck Putin, Fuck Zelinsky, the common people of both nations deserve far better than those assholes and their regimes. And Fuck the IC and its ridiculous meddling as it causes more problems for common people in the long run than it solves
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This guy gets it.

I've never been able to figure out how most countries have wonderful people. And absolutely wretched, vile leaders on a consistent basis.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 03:42 PM (3cYpk)

306 And now tens and likely hundreds of thousands are dead, billions of our tax dollars have been lit on fire and nobody wins. Super.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 03:42 PM (viF8m)

But hey, we crippled the Russian military and got to preview drone warfare.

Eh, I mostly agree with you. But there are layers and there are reasons to keep Russia from stomping its neighbors. Not saying the Ukes are saints tho.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 28, 2026 03:44 PM (xcxpd)

307 I suppose it's also worth noting that they had low level conflict going on between 2014 and 2022. The Russian and Ukrainian forces had plenty of experience and familiarity with each other going in to 2022.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 28, 2026 03:35 PM (okun6)

Right, Russia did not "start a war," they escalated one.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 28, 2026 03:44 PM (vSvIl)

308 George H. W. more or less told Saddam Kuwait was none of the US's concern beforehand, just like Sleep Joe said a little invasion of Ukraine would be no big deal beforehand. Why, it's almost like we wanted both of these conflicts to ripen.
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket

Well, that is whether April Glaspie, ambassador to Iraq understood that Saddam aimed at taking the Kuwaitis out. At the time, GHWB was preoccupied with the dying Soviet Union. You can dig up her wiki page which is ambiguous depending on which source you believe on transcription.

One has, "But we have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts, like your border disagreement with Kuwait. I was in the American Embassy in Kuwait during the late 1960s. The instruction we had during this period was that we should express no opinion on this issue and that the issue is not associated with America. James Baker has directed our official spokesmen to emphasize this instruction. We hope you can solve this problem using any suitable methods via Klibi (Chedli Klibi, Secretary General of the Arab League) or via President Mubarak. All that we hope is that these issues are solved quickly." Continued,

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:44 PM (E4rtv)

309 300 "Ukraine and Russia basically had the same type of military and doctrines, they were both part of the USSR and until 2014 Ukraine was a Russian buffer state. Culturally they aren't that distinct."

True in AD 750 maybe but things have changed. I follow some linguistic channels on Youtube. They report that Ukraine came under the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth where the prestige language was Polish. So they have a lot of Polish loanwords.
Russia came under the Mongols, and then Peter the Great moved to Leningrad. Prestige language here was French. Some German. These loanwords did not come to Ukraine.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 28, 2026 03:41 PM (88C+u)

The PLC was partitioned. The language and religion remained far closer to Russia.

At any rate, the conflict is something closer to the same military fighting itself than Russia fighting a different power.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 28, 2026 03:44 PM (okun6)

310 The war would be over if they stopped receiving US arms.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 03:44 PM (hPgrk)

311 Other has this transcription.

"One version of the transcript has Glaspie saying:

We can see that you have deployed massive numbers of troops in the south. Normally that would be none of our business, but when this happens in the context of your threats against Kuwait, then it would be reasonable for us to be concerned. For this reason, I have received an instruction to ask you, in the spirit of friendship — not confrontation — regarding your intentions: Why are your troops massed so very close to Kuwait's borders?

Later the transcript has Glaspie saying:[citation needed]

We have no opinion on your Arab-Arab conflicts, such as your dispute with Kuwait. Secretary Baker has directed me to emphasize the instruction, first given to Iraq in the 1960s, that the Kuwait issue is not associated with America.

April Glaspie meets Saddam Hussein in 1990 (Sadoun al-Zubaydi center)
"

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:45 PM (E4rtv)

312 Couldn't you make defensive drone swarms that can be released quickly as offensive ones approach. Could be really small. Stick onto the offensive ones and fire a 22 caliber bullet through it. Or release a spray of silly string crap to foul the propellers.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at August 28, 2026 03:45 PM (/WHpM)

313 I've never been able to figure out how most countries have wonderful people. And absolutely wretched, vile leaders on a consistent basis.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 03:42 PM (3cYpk)

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Absolute Power Attracts Absolute Psychopaths.

Posted by: ShainS at August 28, 2026 03:46 PM (9c4Eu)

314 The main reason for Ratcliff's visit to broke Russia

STOP giving aid and intelligence to IRAN.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 28, 2026 03:46 PM (hPgrk)

315 >>I've never been able to figure out how most countries have wonderful people. And absolutely wretched, vile leaders on a consistent basis.

Because once people like Victoria Nuland get in power they start to believe their own bullshit and think they alone should decide how to reorder the world. It's not a uniquely American situation but we sure do have our share.

I mean the same people tried to run a coup against our own president and then rigged an election to keep out of office, tried to throw him in prison and then best case looked the other way when nut bags they likely radicalized tried to murder him. Our president. Does anyone really think they give a shit about wars in far away places when they know the media will turn it into a teevee special?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 28, 2026 03:48 PM (viF8m)

316 At any rate, the conflict is something closer to the same military fighting itself than Russia fighting a different power.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy
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Unless one is Ukrainian, what we say as outsiders has scarce relevance to facts on the ground. It is what they believe to be true and nations are often founded by being forged in blood. Claim to Austrians that they are really Germans sometime. Or Swiss.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:48 PM (E4rtv)

317 What a joke this website has become.
Posted by: kat von wisc at August 28, 2026 03:24 PM

Is this a proper flounce? The form seems off.
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 28, 2026 03:37 PM (4NO2D)

A joke like funny? Funny like a clown? Do we make you laugh?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 28, 2026 03:50 PM (zZu0s)

318 STOP giving aid and intelligence to IRAN.

Posted by: Braenyard
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Possibly. Probably a whole agenda to discuss. But like the idiotic mullahs in IRGC, they always get a say in what happens.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:50 PM (E4rtv)

319 I've never been able to figure out how most countries have wonderful people. And absolutely wretched, vile leaders on a consistent basis.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 28, 2026 03:42 PM (3cYpk)

Governments are populated by people who want power over other people.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 28, 2026 03:52 PM (vSvIl)

320 304 Putin should hire Mossad to take out Zelensky.

Posted by: Braenyard

He was stupid, by his actions in Syria, he pissed off the Israelis and forced them to at least have some relations on the down low on strategic matters with the Ukrainians. Same with his embrace with Iran that is now biting him in the ass.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:53 PM (E4rtv)

321 317 What a joke this website has become.
Posted by: kat von wisc at August 28, 2026 03:24 PM

Is this a proper flounce? The form seems off.
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 28, 2026 03:37 PM (4NO2D)

A joke like funny? Funny like a clown? Do we make you laugh?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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The proper flounce is similar to metaphorical defenestration. Except for comedic purposes.

Posted by: whig at August 28, 2026 03:56 PM (E4rtv)

322 So why did we send them $200 billion to fight a war we do not really care about?
Posted by: JackStraw

To launder $200 billion. They think their Big Reset is coming.
Posted by: t-bird
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Don't forget 10% to the Big Guy.

Posted by: wth at August 28, 2026 04:01 PM (UjdFS)

323 Calling TTLBS on this 1. sorriest propaganda so far today but it's early yet.

Posted by: jt at August 28, 2026 04:17 PM (wXX2g)

324 NEW STUDY from "Orson's Medical Research Emporium and Kitchenware Outlet":

Most "transgenders" who truly believe their status are suffering from a severe lack of testosterone and are more susceptible to that lack. Most "transgenders" are cosplaying a trend for attention. The entire female born "transgender" society is made up of low self-esteem females (primarily plain and unattractive) looking for an alternative that forgives their appearance, and plays into feminist propaganda that we live in a purely patriarchal society.

The remaing .0005% are just still confused by the childhood song, "I'm a little Teapot."

File it.

Posted by: Orson at August 28, 2026 04:37 PM (dIske)

325 Whose side of WWII was Ireland on? They made the same calculation and declared war on the UK.

Would we say the Irish are Nazis?

I mean, this is all silly nonsense.
Posted by: ace at August 28, 2026 02:49 PM (1wjle)

Sorry, Ace, the Republic of Ireland declared official neutrality in WWII.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Irish_neutrality_during_World_War_II

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 04:53 PM (/MsWN)

326 Peter the Great moved to Leningrad.

Surely not. When was it called St. Petersburg, before or after Peter the Great moved there? Oh, and when did they start calling him the Great?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 04:59 PM (/MsWN)

327 Sorry, Ace, the Republic of Ireland declared official neutrality in WWII.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 28, 2026 04:53 PM (/MsWN)
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And the Republic of Ireland sent official condolences to the Third Reich on the death of Adolf Hitler.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at August 28, 2026 05:18 PM (+HNMe)

328 "....the CIA now believes that Russia will lose the war, given the disastrous 2026 Russian spring and summer offensives, which are hardly worthy of the name."

You might want to reinterpret this. On 22 July, the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice reported 259,853 registered deaths in the first six months of 2026. Only about 40,000 of those deaths were females, about normal in a second world country with a population around 20 million. Do the math: about 180,000 male deaths were due to Russian military action, or about 25% of the UFA combat effectives. And this does not include the massive number of unrecovered MIA bodies being ground up by artillery strikes.

If the Russians are losing, God help the Ukrainians if they ever start to win.

The poor bastard in the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice who reported this data without filtering it is probably now leading an assault team in the Kramatorsk theater, if he is indeed still alive.

Posted by: 10x25mm at August 28, 2026 05:19 PM (/obgY)

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